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1 | What's the proper response to injustice? | 1 Pet 2:19 | PasserBy | 153221 | ||
Hello: Where have you been? By that statement, I mean several things. First: Why have you not come into this discussion before? You can ask me the same thing, because I ask myself the same thing. I wonder if we have the same reason. Second: Have you not been to the churches? Even if Aixen had not talked about it, have you not seen injustice there? Third: Have you actually read the thread? It seems that Aixen is saying there is injustice for two reasons. 1. People with needs are not getting their needs met. Have you not seen that? 2. People with spiritual gifts are denied an opportunity to exercise those gifts. Have you not seen that? In so far as it is true that some gifts and some needs are systematically ignored, it is unjust. What do you think? Aixen speaks about fear, but I think he is actually very brave. It takes a brave person to point this out, since many see it and do not have the courage to speak up. He has brought it up. It remains to be seen whether he himself will be ignored or attacked for doing so. I am not here to defend the brother. But I wonder why others have not seen what he has seen. Perhaps it is because he travels a lot and visits many churches. But now he has talked about it, I wonder why it is hard for you to even understand what he has said. What would you do about the case of that young man that he spoke about? That person introduced a program into a church and ran it for a short time. Then it was summarily taken away from him and given to others. Would you say that was injustice? Or would you do like someone else has done, to imagine reasons why they had just reasons to do that? Or should he say to the young man that he should “keep hoeing”? I am sure that Aixen could elaborate and illustrate with many stories, but I do not think we need to prove the point that there is injustice. If you have not seen it yourself, then you may not understand. The Bible talks about it and we need ideas from the Bible to deal with it. |
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2 | people who have never heard the Gospel ? | Heb 7:25 | PasserBy | 150259 | ||
Dr. Aixen: There is a doctrine called "Universal salvation". Also known as “Universalism”. I do not know which church teaches it, but some people believe it. I looked it up and found the following at GotQuestions.org Question: "Is universalism / universal salvation Biblical?" Answer: Universalism is the belief that everyone will be saved. 1 Corinthians 1:22,23 reads, “For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles.” There are many people today who hold to the viewpoint of “Universal Salvation” - the idea that all men eventually end up in heaven with the Lord. Perhaps it is the thought of men and women living a life of eternal torment in hell that causes some to reject the teaching of scripture on this issue. For some it is their over-emphasis on the love and compassion of Christ that lead them to believe that God will have mercy on every living soul. But the scriptures do teach that some men will spend an eternity in hell, while others an eternity in paradise with the Lord. That is the first part of the article. It says more. So the doctrine exists, but I have never seen it on this forum. |
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3 | Who did sin, that man, or his accusers? | Rom 7:13 | PasserBy | 133944 | ||
I ran into this little thread again (I ws looking for something on the nature of sin) and I must say I am really puzzled by it. The thread has to do with the sinfulness of sin, but it seems the originator should not have brought it up because in so doing he was committing a sin. What was his sin? He was soliciting information with the intention of sending his clients to this thread to read the information. His clients would be paying him and they would be getting the information here for free. That is different from what the owners of this site do, to offer all of the information on this forum for free. Meanwhile, it is OK for them to sell Bibles on the same web site. Maybe I am dense or unspiritual or something else you might suggest, but I don’t get it. This man is accused of providing counseling on an unsecured web site. But has anyone seen any personal information about anyone on his site? It may be that the method he uses is just too complicated for those who have commented here to understand. You describe his web site as unfriendly and I am sure you do not use it, but is it right to describe what he does as unethical and illegal? Unethical to refer people to free information. Illegal to offer links to that information. He might have thought that all information posted on the Internet was available to everyone. For free. But now it seems that everyone has decided to withhold their thoughts on the topic of sin for fear the brother might get hold of that information and pass it on to others. It is suggested here that the person should be banned from the forum for doing these things. I suppose the sin is stealing. Stealing information. I don’t get it. You might also bar the brother from ever entering your church because he might learn something there that he might later share with his paying clients. I don’t get it. But I wonder if the attitude expressed here, or the opposition to his ministry, is a sin. |
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4 | is it wrong to wear fine clothing | 1 Tim 2:9 | PasserBy | 132045 | ||
I will, dear lady, if that is what you wish. I was completely unaware that I was judging anyone. But what do I know? I'm just a passing through. We can leave it up to Higher Powers to decide who is judging whom. Isaiah 5:20. | ||||||
5 | is it wrong to wear fine clothing | 1 Tim 2:9 | PasserBy | 132033 | ||
Unbelieveabe. As I passed by I noticed this same man attacking Dr. Aixen ("Aixen7z4") whenever he comes on, no matter what the topic is, because he knows he is a Christian psychologist who accepts payment for his services. Here he urges sympathy and prayers for a Christian lady who exposes her body to the public because it is hard for her to give up 800 dollars per night. But wisdom is justified of all her children. |
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6 | Rowdy, Rowdy, are you sure? | 1 Tim 2:9 | PasserBy | 132029 | ||
Rowdy, Rowdy, are you sure? Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. “And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? … Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? “So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple”. |
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7 | Is hetero-anal sex a sin? | 2 Tim 2:20 | PasserBy | 132027 | ||
Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Then each of you will control your body and live in holiness and honor-- not in lustful passion as the pagans do, in their ignorance of God and his ways. God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women …, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved. When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them. It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. If you keep yourself pure, you will be a utensil God can use for his purpose. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work. Run from anything that stimulates youthful lust. Follow anything that makes you want to do right. Pursue faith and love and peace, and enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts. You husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat her with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God's gift of new life. If you don't treat her as you should, your prayers will not be heard. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to the Spirit and understand what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Everyone who is victorious will eat from the tree of life in the paradise of God. |
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8 | Just what is the purpose of baptism? | Heb 11:7 | PasserBy | 129909 | ||
Having not seen the “the recent posts on this subject for the past couple of weeks”, this writer does not know if this comment contributes to them. The idea of baptism being a part of some sort of gradual process of salvation is not familiar to this passerby. It seems that baptism is similar to salvation in some ways, in that it is done and over with. In that way water baptism is like spiritual baptism, which happens at the moment of salvation. If there has been a discussion, I suppose these points have already been made. But one must agree with the concluding comment from Angel, that baptism is an act of obedience. Baptism is indeed an act of obedience, and it fulfills several functions. It is a demonstration of our repentance toward God and our readiness to follow Christ (1 Peter 3:21). It is a show of our identification with Christ in his death and burial and resurrection (Romans 6:4). It is a means of displaying publicly what has happened privately when we were immersed into the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13). It shows our willingness to follow Christ’s example personally (Matthew 3:15) and to be a part of the church which corporately follows his commands (Matthew 28:19). |
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9 | One universal religion | Acts 4:12 | PasserBy | 129898 | ||
It seems appropriate that the question be asked of the pastor himself. It is difficult to know what he meant unless we know the context of his statement. He could have been talking about denominations or about the ecumenical movement. He should have given a scripture reference for his statement. If he forgot to do so, it would be good to ask him. He would probably agree that God wants everyone to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4) and since there in no other name by which they can be saved except the name of Jesus (Acts 4:12) that would mean that God wants all men to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. There is salvation in none other. Jesus is the way, the only way, to God (John 14:6). Since God wants all men to come to him, he would want them all to come through Jesus. |
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10 | Burnt to death with fire. All-loving? | Luke 9:54 | PasserBy | 126580 | ||
I am not sure where the term "all-loving" comes from. God is love (1 John 4:8,16). But God is also "a consuming fire" (Deuteronomy 4:24; 9:3; Hebrews 12:29). God has other qualities in addition to love. These qualities include justice and holiness. All in all, God is a good God and he will not allow sin to permeate his realm. From time to time he arises to punish sin. Also, because he is Sovereign, he will do these things that are right whether or not we understand or agree with him. We should understand that this God of love loved us so much that he allowed the full force of his justice against sin to be meted out on his son. That is what happened at Calvary and it was because he loved us and wanted to take away our sin. Hs love and his justice are both seen in the cross of Christ. So now, since Christ has borne the penalty for our sin, God can show love and forgiveness toward us. We should understand that God does not want to punish us. But he does not want us to sin either. If we sin, there must be punishment for sin. God’s justice must be satisfied. You have seen the severity of God. He did send down fire. I trust you can also see the goodness of God. His disciples watched once when a city declined to receive Jesus. When his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?” But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them”. God has a fire prepared for those who reject him. And it is worse than the fire that fell on those soldiers in the book of 2 Kings. It is a fire that will not stop and the people in it will not die. But the God of justice is also a God of love. He sent Jesus to save us from hell. We can go to heaven if we will accept his salvation. That is love. God does that because he is a God of love. |
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11 | Did any prophet come from Galilee? | Luke 24:19 | PasserBy | 125549 | ||
A comment as requested: The sentiment seems to be that names and pronouns that refer to the Lord Jesus Christ should be capitalized to indicate a recognition of deity. Some translations of the Bible do that. Sometimes it is not clear whether it is the speaker, as in the case of Nicodemus, or whether it is the translator who recognizes the deity of Christ. But it seems appropriate that the The Lord should be honored in every way, in word and with action. I am told that Roman Catholics make a sign every time they pass a church or other holy place. Perhaps everyone who recognizes Jesus as Lord should make some sign indicating a bowing of the knee whenever the name is mentioned (Philippians 2:10). They might also say at that time that Jesus Christ is Lord. What do you think? |
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12 | "What things?" | Luke 24:19 | PasserBy | 125548 | ||
I will go to that post and take a look. | ||||||
13 | Proverbs 8 Wisdom Equals Jesus | Prov 8:22 | PasserBy | 125500 | ||
Hi Angel: It might help if you used your word processor to create your posts. Compose your thoughts there, proofread, then copy and paste. You will have a nice clean item, like this one. If by any chance you lost it on the Forum, you can always return to your word processor for it. Likewise, we can let the word of God process our thoughts. It also explains itself. For example, we read about a rock in Exodus 17:6. Who would have thought that that rock was actually a Rock? Who would have thought that “that Rock was Christ”? (1 Corinthians 10:4). Only the other passage could tell us what the other passage meant. About the topic in question, as others have said, the “person” in question in the proverbs passage is simply wisdom personified. It is true that “Christ is made unto us wisdom” (1 Corinthians 1:30). And “Christ (is) the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24). And he was in the beginning with God. But we need a direct scriptural statement to indicate that it was Jesus talking in Proverbs. The direct evidence is that it was Solomon talking, and personification was the literary device he was using, as it were to let Ms. Wisdom talk for herself. As always, the context keeps us in line. Doth not wisdom cry (Proverbs 8:1)? |
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14 | Bible reference for hypnotism | Rom 6:16 | PasserBy | 125424 | ||
This writer knows of no passage of scripture dealing directly with the subject of hypnotism. But there are related passages dealing with related issues. It is good, first of all to consider how it is that anyone can be hypnotized. “If you ever wondered whether or not you could be hypnotized please read the following paragraph. “Take a deep breath...close your eyes...get comfortable. Can you follow simple instructions such as these? THEN YOU CAN BE HYPNOTIZED”. The words are those of Dr. Kenneth Grossman, hypnotherapist. Or perhaps one should say that he endorsed the message. They are a part of an ad for his program. The lure of the program is that “you can use hypnosis to help yourself accomplish your goals and live your dreams”. And it is a red flag for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Our scriptures teach us something else, that our accomplishments are through Christ (John 15:5; Philippians 4:13). Likewise, a Christian is asked to surrender his will to God (Romans 12:1; 1 Corinthians 6:20;2 Corinthians 5:14,15, etc.). In so doing he would be following the example of Jesus (John 6:38;Luke 22:42) and of Paul (Galatians 2:20; Philippians 1:21) In hypnotism, the client surrenders his will to the therapist. They will tell you that “one of the first conditions … of all successful hypnotism, that the (client) surrenders up his will to the (therapist) who, of course, guarantees to return it to him at the close of the (session)”. To answer the question directly, a Christian can be hypnotized, for although he is a servant of Christ, he still has the freedom (ability) to yield to anyone (Romans 6:16). The answer to the question not asked, whether he should do it, can be deduced from the discussion above. |
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15 | "What things?" | Luke 24:19 | PasserBy | 125248 | ||
Ye participants and visitors at StudyBibleForum, I perceive that in all things ye are very studious, and more than that, meticulous in your studies. For as I passed by, and beheld your discussions, I found a thread with this inscription, “What things?” The questioner suggests that the Lord, in thus replying to a question with a question, supports their assumption that He is a stranger and that such a response was, while not a falsehood, liable to be construed as misleading. It is to be hoped that this careful analysis of the method used by our Lord Jesus Christ does not cast any doubt on his perfection, and does not cause us to miss any of the facts or the beauty in his message. His question had come after they had told of “things” that had recently happened. And he said unto them, “What things?” And they said unto him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: “And beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not”. Then he said unto them, “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?” O friends, ought not Christ to have asked this question, to encourage them to search their hearts, to see where they were in their faith, so he could gently rebuke them and encourage them, and lead them to deeper faith, based on a more complete revelation? |
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