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1 | Jesus and the "good" theif at the | Eph 4:9 | Victrix | 187841 | ||
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2 | Jesus and the "good" theif at the | Eph 4:9 | Victrix | 187839 | ||
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3 | Can you lose your salvation? | Ps 18:2 | Victrix | 187837 | ||
Although there may be debate about whether "once saved always saved," is it not true that 2 Timothy 3:16, 17 state that "All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work." So all things needed for our benefit, and to make us complete are found in the Bible. What does the Bible have to say as regards to a person who has come into an approved condition with God? Do they need to maintain that condition? Or since they have become "saved" as it were, they need no longer struggle, as if they can loose that position? Here are a few Scriptures that may shed light on the fact: "Jude 5, RS: “I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.” Matt. 24:13, RS: “He who endures to the end will be saved.” (A person's salvation is not dependent on when he believes in Jesus, but if he endures "to the end" that is to the end of his life, or the end of this wicked system of things.) Phil. 2:12, RS: “As you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” (This was written to the "saints,” or holy ones, at Philippi, as stated in Philippians 1:1. Paul realized that these saints should not be overly confident but come to an understanding that their final salvation was not yet assured.) Heb. 10:26, 27, RS: “If we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries.” (Thus the Bible does not go along with the idea that no matter what sins a person may commit after he is “saved” he will not lose his salvation. It encourages faithfulness. See also Hebrews 6:4-6, where it is shown that even a person anointed with holy spirit can lose his hope of salvation.)" One more point. If you think you are saved and have come into an approved condition before God what is the Scriptual counsel: "Consequently let him that thinks he is standing beware that he does not fall." - 1 Corinthians 10:12. There is no need for interpretation of these Scriptures, if you read what they say, with the right heart condition, you will understand their meaning. |
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4 | Your thoughts on the story of Abigail? | 1 Sam 25:1 | Victrix | 187777 | ||
I gave this post some thought and have to come to a conclusion, and based on the events in the account, I don't agree that this was a type as you have proposed. It is a interesting idea, and God definitly uses "prophetic dramas," as it were, to highlight future events or things to come. For example Paul tells us in Galations that Hagar and Sarah were playing roles in a prophetic drama, Hagar was a slave woman and represented the Israelties who were in slavary to the Law given to Moses, while Sarah was the free woman, and represented the Christian congregation who was freed from slavery under the law. - Galations 4:21-26. But here is why I don't believe that Nabal would represent fallen man, David, God, and the servant woman the holy spirit, and Abigial Jesus as the mediator. Number one God is a God of justice, there is nothing wrong with his decisons or ways of dealing with people. ("The Rock, perfect is his activity, For all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness, with whom there is no injustice." - Deut 32:4.) To say that David represented God in this case, would be to say that God was to act rashly against mankind to destroy it. But Scripture shows us that before "the founding of the world" that is in the garden of Eden, before Adam and Eve had offspring, God foretold a promised seed in Genesis 3:15 that would correct the condition of fallen man. Not only that, in his dealings with his nation of Israel, and even David himself he showed great mercy and has never used his power in a wrong way, as David intended to do. ("And Jehovah went passing by before his face and declaring: “Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness and truth, 7 preserving loving-kindness for thousands, pardoning error and transgression and sin, but by no means will he give exemption from punishment, bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon sons and upon grandsons, upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation.”- Exodus 34:6,7.) Also, God himself dealt Nabal a blow and put him to death for his treatment of the anointed of Jehovah. So even though Abigial interceded, it did not prevent the death of her husband, even though it did perhaps protect the rest of the household. But David's actions were rash and I don't agree that God would have used such an example to illustrate himself and his feelings toward mankind which are obviously of great kindness and love, and the last thing he wants to do is use his power against mankind: "Jehovah is not slow respecting his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with YOU because he does not desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance." - 2 Peter 3:9. I cannot definitly say one way or the other however, but after prayer and a consideration of what I know of God and the account this is the conclusion I came to. |
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5 | Please explain further | Rom 4:16 | Victrix | 187763 | ||
To understand this verse we need to understand what the sacred secret or (sacred mystery) is and how it applied to the anointed Christian congregation. The sacred secret was not revealed, for a long time. But it was revealed at the revelation of Jesus coming to the earth and becoming the promised seed of the prophecy in Genesis 3:15, thus answering the question to Satan's question. (Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. It says, not: “And to seeds,” as in the case of many such, but as in the case of one: “And to your seed,” who is Christ." (Galatians 3:16). But there was a further revelation of that sacred secret and what it entailed. Up to Jesus' time all faithful servants of God had the hope of a ressurection to life on earth in the future. But now a portion of God's will was revealed in that he was going to make a new creation: " For neither is circumcision anything nor is uncircumcision, but a new creation [is something]. 16 And all those who will walk orderly by this rule of conduct, upon them be peace and mercy, even upon the Israel of God." - Galatians 6:15, 16. This new creation was explained in detail by Paul in 1 Corinthians chapter 15. That it was indeed a sacred secret is evident by the fact he said these words: "This he caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and good sense, 9 in that he made known to us the sacred secret of his will. It is according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself 10 for an administration at the full limit of the appointed times, namely, to gather all things together again in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth. [Yes,] in him, 11 in union with whom we were also assigned as heirs, in that we were foreordained according to the purpose of him who operates all things according to the way his will counsels, 12 that we should serve for the praise of his glory, we who have been first to hope in the Christ." - Ephesians 1:8-12. God's original purpose for the nation of Israel was that they would become a nation of kings and preists to his name. (And YOU yourselves will become to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to say to the sons of Israel.” - Exodus 19:6). But the fact that they proved disloyal meant that he would have to reject them and now he would accept non-Jews into the covenant that Jesus had made with his disicples for a kingdom. (But YOU are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for special possession, that YOU should declare abroad the excellencies” of the one that called YOU out of darkness into his wonderful light." - 1 Peter 2:9. So the fulfillment of the Scripture quoted above at Romans 4:6, would be in the fact that the administration that God had created in heaven and the "new creation" he was forming, that is a select group of anointed Christians to rule with him in heaven would both entail Jews, who had the oppertunity first, and then to the gentiles, because the majority of the Jews rejected Jesus. So non-jews, became the real Jews, or the Isreal of God, in that they were not literally circumsied, but they but faith in the God of Abraham, and thus were called to be Abraham's children by reason of faith as Romans 2:28 and 29 points out: "For he is not a Jew who is one on the outside, nor is circumcision that which is on the outside upon the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one on the inside, and [his] circumcision is that of the heart by spirit, and not by a written code. The praise of that one comes, not from men, but from God." Thus to these anointed Christians, whether they be Jew by birth or not, the sacred secret of God was revealed to them, that he was creating a new creation, in that they were given a promise, through the new covenant with Jesus to rule as kings and priests with him in the kingdom of the heavens over the earth. These are the ones referred to in prophecy at Daniel 7:27 where we read: "“‘And the kingdom and the rulership and the grandeur of the kingdoms under all the heavens were given to the people who are the holy ones of the Supreme One." - Daniel 7:27. During the "first resurection", that is the resurrection to spirit life in heaven, and not that on earth, these anointed Christians would rule over mankind: "Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him for the thousand years." - Revelation 20:6. These humble and meek humans will help Jesus when he brings his kingdom to earth restore mankind to perfect and bring untold happiness and peace to the earth! (Rev 21:3,4). |
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6 | Your thoughts on the story of Abigail? | 1 Sam 25:1 | Victrix | 187761 | ||
I believe that Abigail is a fine example for a Christian woman to follow. Obviously God thought so too, as he left her fine example in his Holy Word, "for all the things that were written aforetime were written for our instruction."- Romans 15:4. She displayed the qualities of sensibleness, and discretion. Realizing the danger that her household was in, and wanting to prevent David, the anointed of God from doing anything rash, she went ahead of Nabal and reaches David and his men. She gives a humble appeal for mercy, again showing her resepect of God's anointed, and shows great courage, being able to tell David that if he doesn't check himself, he may become responible for bloodguilt. David's response was: “Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me! And blessed be your sensibleness, and blessed be you who have restrained me this day from entering into bloodguilt.”—1 Samuel 25:32, 33. After returning home, she again musters up courage and informs her husband of the gift she gave to David and he is so stunned that something happens to him and he is paralized, and ten days later is smitten by God's hand. By studying her fine example a Christain -whether man or woman - can learn to cultivate prudence and sensibility during difficult situations. And to speak in a calm manner when emotions are running high. |
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7 | Thieves that died with Jesus | Prov 3:13 | Victrix | 187760 | ||
Dear Congo, there is no more reference in the Scriptures to theses theives. And I don't know if there really are an secular sources that will have talked about them. | ||||||
8 | standards for a preacher/biship | 1 Tim 3:2 | Victrix | 187757 | ||
I really didn't make myself to clear on that I'm sorry about that. I'm sure if we can all be blessed with enlightenment and understanding of Scripture if we meditate on it with a humble heart along with prayer and holy spirit. And it's okay to differ. Thank you for you kind comments. |
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9 | pain meds (rx) vs. medical use of pot | Rom 12:1 | Victrix | 187755 | ||
Romans 12:1 can be used to explain the point, useing it along with illustrating the consequences of useing marijuana. We read: “Consequently I entreat you by the compassions of God, brothers, to present your bodies a sacrifice living, holy, acceptable to God, a sacred service with your power of reason.” The greek used here for sacred, living, holy is - thysian zosan hagian. The greek word for living can mean "to live in health." And as an Isrealite was not allowed to offer a lame animal as a sacrifice to God, that was deformed in any way, the same would apply to the Christian, as he devotes his life to serve the Lord. Thus, all his conduct, his actions would reflect a respect for that life as he would want to present it to God in a clean, undefiled way. Give their very best, to God. How would God feel if a person were to purposefully engage in activites that would hinder their physical bodies in some way? Some claims by researchers say that marijuana users can have smaller babies, more accidents, and damaged lungs, immune system weakened, memory imparied, concentration imparied. To list a few things that would defile the flesh by the use of "recreational drugs." The same principles would apply when dealing with ciggerates as well. As for medicinal drugs, the same risks cannot be said to be invovled, as long as they are not abused. |
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10 | standards for a preacher/biship | 1 Tim 3:2 | Victrix | 187751 | ||
I agree with the statement that they could have been divorced and remarried and still serve as an elder. My statement never said anything to the contrary. What I did bring out, was the fact that if the brother had divorced his wife unscripturally (that is a reason besides that of fornication) and his wife, the innocent mate, choose to remain single, then he would not qualify to serve in the position of elder, until his wife remarried. That this was the meaning of Jesus' words in Mark 10:11, 12 is evident. There we read: "And he said to them: “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, 12 and if ever a woman, after divorcing her husband, marries another, she commits adultery.” If you read the context of that Jesus was referring to the fact that God had allowed the Israelites, out of the hard-headedness of their hearts, to get certificates of divorces, (which obviously were other reasons than on the grounds of fornication, as those ones, under the law were to be put to death.) But he set them straight as to the fact that God had yoked the man and woman together in the beginning and the "two would become one flesh" and "what God has yoked together let no man put apart." - Mark 10:1-9. We have already established the fact that Jesus did say that a divorceing on the grounds of fornication was legal and just in in Father's eyes. "Moreover it was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 However, I say to YOU that everyone divorcing his wife, except on account of fornication, makes her a subject for adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." - Matthew 5:31, 32. Thus, in God's eyes the innocent woman would be free to marry again if her husband had remarried, and thus had committed adultrey, or fornication against her. If she did remarry, and the man was repentant of his sins and came to be in good standing in the congregation, then perhaps he would qualify again to serve as an elder. But he would not as long as she remained free, that is single, and choose not to remarry. |
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11 | standards for a preacher/biship | 1 Tim 3:2 | Victrix | 187750 | ||
Paul obviously had the authority of an elder in the congregation. But he also held a position of apostleship, one that was only given to the 12 apostles and him. ((1Co 9:1, 2; 15:9, 10; 2Co 12:12; 2Ti 1:1, 11; Ro 1:1; 11:13; Ac 19:5, 6) In order to justify that he was indeed an apostle to some that were complaining and bickering against him, perhaps some out of jealousy, and others in order to draw away people after themselves, he says in 1 Corinthians 9:1, 2: "Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not YOU my work in [the] Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, I most certainly am to YOU, for YOU are the seal confirming my apostleship in relation to [the] Lord." That he had special privleges as an apostle, "to the nations," that is he had been assigned to preach to the gentiles, while Peter was assigned to preach to the Jews, he says that he could have become a "burden" to the brothers, that is required that they supported his preaching activities as an active minister of the congregation, but instead he rather tried to furnish his own expensives in his preaching work, supporting himself as a tent maker: "For YOU yourselves know the way YOU ought to imitate us, because we did not behave disorderly among YOU 8 nor did we eat food from anyone free. To the contrary, by labor and toil night and day we were working so as not to impose an expensive burden upon any one of YOU. 9 Not that we do not have authority, but in order that we might offer ourselves as an example to YOU to imitate us." - 2 Thessalonias 3:7-9. That he served in a position of oversight is also seen in the letters that he wrote to the congregations. He set matters straight about many things, and even to the congregation in Corinth that he helped found, he judged a man who had been sleeping with the wife of his father as being unfit to stay in the congregation and told the brothers there to throw him out, or shun him from the congregation, and the woman he was with. (1 Corinthians 5:1-5.) |
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12 | standards for a preacher/biship | 1 Tim 3:2 | Victrix | 187749 | ||
"However, the inspired utterance says definitely that in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons...forbidding to marry." - 1 Tim 4:1,3. Paul had prophesied that there would be a time that would come when certain religious organziations would listen - rather than to the Word of God - to the teachings of demons. |
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13 | Where was David? | Acts 2:34 | Victrix | 187711 | ||
Where was David if he had not gone to heaven? | ||||||
14 | I have a problem with Mat 27:53 | Matt 27:53 | Victrix | 187710 | ||
The explanation I gave would be in harmony with Scripture. Otherwise how could it be said that Jesus was "the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death]." - 1 Corinthians 15:20. And again in Colossian 1:18: ". He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he might become the one who is first in all things." Jesus was the first of the saints, or holy ones to be raised from the dead, and even Paul understood that after he was to die there would be a period of time that he would have to wait before he was raised to heavenly life with Jesus. |
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15 | What is the correct way to tithe? | 1 Cor 16:2 | Victrix | 187708 | ||
When Jesus was in the temple he wanted to share something with his diciples and knowing that a very poor widow was coming he waited for her and when she approached and he got his diciples attention and told them to watch her. This is what happened, and why he wanted to use her to teach his diciples a lesson: "And he sat down with the treasury chests in view and began observing how the crowd was dropping money into the treasury chests; and many rich people were dropping in many coins. 42 Now a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins, which have very little value. 43 So he called his disciples to him and said to them: “Truly I say to YOU that this poor widow dropped in more than all those dropping money into the treasury chests; 44 for they all dropped in out of their surplus, but she, out of her want, dropped in all of what she had, her whole living.” - Mark 12:41-44. This shows the attitude that Jesus and his Father have towards giving. All the others, who may have been rich and given much, were really just giving out of what they had leftover, so to speak, but this woman, she dropped in out of her want, all that she had. And it was a very small amount, like say 2 cents by todays standards, to give you an idea of how little she gave. But that little that she gave was worth more to Jesus and his Father than all of the rest, because she gave out of her want and in faith. If you think about it, we can't give anything to God that he doesn't already own. What our giving does do though, is show our faith and love in him, and that is why it is acceptable. Jesus never demanded of anyone anything more than what they were willing to give freely. For the tithe under the Mosiac Law was to support Isreal's temple and preisthood. |
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16 | Give someone a Second chance | Matthew | Victrix | 187706 | ||
God is perfect and thus does not sin, nevertheless he freely forgives us who are sinners. So if we as sinners, expect forgiveness from a perfect God, should we not forgive as he freely does? I think the Parable of the two slaves by Jesus explains God's view of forgiving our neighbors their sins against us which are really tiny in comparison to the debt that we owe God, that he willingly forgives: "That is why the kingdom of the heavens has become like a man, a king, that wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 When he started to settle them, there was brought in a man who owed him ten thousand talents [60,000,000 denarii]. 25 But because he did not have the means to pay [it] back, his master ordered him and his wife and his children and all the things he had to be sold and payment to be made. 26 Therefore the slave fell down and began to do obeisance to him, saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will pay back everything to you.’ 27 Moved to pity at this, the master of that slave let him off and canceled his debt. 28 But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves that was owing him a hundred denarii; and, grabbing him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back whatever you owe.’ 29 Therefore his fellow slave fell down and began to entreat him, saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will pay you back.’ 30 However, he was not willing, but went off and had him thrown into prison until he should pay back what was owing. 31 When, therefore, his fellow slaves saw the things that had happened, they became very much grieved, and they went and made clear to their master all the things that had happened. 32 Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘Wicked slave, I canceled all that debt for you, when you entreated me. 33 Ought you not, in turn, to have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I also had mercy on you?’ 34 With that his master, provoked to wrath, delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay back all that was owing. 35 In like manner my heavenly Father will also deal with YOU if YOU do not forgive each one his brother from YOUR hearts.” - Matthew 18:25-35. |
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17 | I have a problem with Mat 27:53 | Matt 27:53 | Victrix | 187704 | ||
1 Corinthians 15:20 states: "However, now Christ has been raised up from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death." And at 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 15: "For if our faith is that Jesus died and rose again, so, too, those who have fallen asleep [in death] through Jesus God will bring with him. For this is what we tell YOU by Jehovah’s word, that we the living who survive to the presence of the Lord shall in no way precede those who have fallen asleep [in death]." So who entered into Jerusalem, a considerable time after the earthquake had occured, namely after the ressurection of Jesus' death? From what was written it is understood that the bodies did not have life, so Matthew had to have been talking about people who visited the tombs and brought the news of the events to Jerusalem. |
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18 | 3 days,3nights in the earth | 1 Sam 30:12 | Victrix | 187703 | ||
This expression that Jesus used that he would be buried "three days and three nights" could refer to parts of "three days and nights" as is seen in the Scripture of 1 Samuel 30: 12, 13. Under the heading “Day,” The Jewish Encyclopedia says: “In Jewish communal life part of a day is at times reckoned as one day; e.g., the day of the funeral, even when the latter takes place late in the afternoon, is counted as the first of the seven days of mourning; a short time in the morning of the seventh day is counted as the seventh day; circumcision takes place on the eighth day, even though of the first day only a few minutes remained after the birth of the child, these being counted as one day.” Jesus was indeed dead for parts of three days, dying at about 3PM on Friday afternoon, and being raised from the dead sometime on Sunday. Parts of three days. |
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19 | I have a problem with Mat 27:53 | Matt 27:53 | Victrix | 187698 | ||
The word used here is egerio, and means to "raise up." It is also used in Matthew 12:11; 17:7; and Luke 1:69 in conjection with not a literal ressurection but to "lift out" from a pit or to "get up" from the ground. The Greek writer Aelius Aristides in the second century talked about reports after an earthquake that caused a similiar occerence where the bodies were thrust out of their graves. Many Bible commentators have trouble explaining this Scripture, and several of them describe the opening of the tompbs by the earthquake and the exposing of bodies that had been buried. Colossians 1:18 explains that Jesus was the "firstborn from the dead." 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 explains that those with the heavenly hope would rest in deathlike sleep until the appointed time for Jesus to raise them up in immortality as is explained in 1 Corinthians 15. Also notice as Paul clearly explained the hope of the holy ones, he did not once quote the Scripture in Matthew, nor did any other Bible writer. |
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20 | Does 1 Tim 5 v 23 contradict this? | 1 Tim 3:2 | Victrix | 187697 | ||
There is a difference between being an alcoholic and a drunkard. You can be an alcoholic and never touch alcohol. And you can be a drunkard (that is a habitual drunk) without having a physical dependence on the substance. So to say that aloholism is wrong is not true. God willingly accepts the worship of alocholics. But he rejects those who have a practice of getting drunk. (1 Cor 6:9, 10) The fact that there is nothing wrong with drinking alcohol in moderation is seen in the fact that Jesus himself turned water into wine during a festival. (John 2:3-9). |
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