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141	reincarnation or not?	John 3:7	Hank	200065
	Beanyboy :: In a pinch perhaps Legumelad would do as an ersatz name for Beanyboy, but never would reincarnated do for being born again in the sense that Jesus used it in His discourse with Nicodemus, recorded in John 3. ...... It's always desirable to have a knowledge of the meanings of English words before one uses them, and this becomes especially important when one uses theological terms, which almost always have a very precise meaning. So let's take a brief look at two words, reincarnation and regeneration. ...... Reincarnation -- not taught in Scripture (see Job 14:10; Hebrews 9:27) -- is the belief in the birth and rebirth of a person's soul over and over again in different bodies which can be human, animal, vegetable and even inanimate objects, e.g., a stone). It has close ties to the Hindu concept of Karma. ....... Regeneration -- definitely taught in Scripture (see John 3:1-17; 2 Cor. 5:17; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 John 2:29) -- is the act of God by which He renews the spiritual condition of a sinner. It is a supernatural spiritual change wrought by the Holy Spirit. It means to be born again or born from above, which is precisely what Jesus said in His discourse with Nicodemus. ....... To read more go to carm.org, a handy web site which includes a concise but helpful theological dictionary, written from a reformed perspective, which I have found to be quite orthodox in my estimation. ...... In summary, reincarnation and regeneration are terms that ought never be used interchangeably, because they are by no means synonymous. --Hank
142	INVITATION	NT general	Hank	200004
	Irish Eyes :: Your post addressing Jeff was directed to me. Anyway, thanks for responding and I'm sure Jeff will see it on the thread. Keep the Irish Eyes smiling :-) (I'm sure you remember the lyrics from the song, "When Irish eyes are smiling..." --Hank
143	INVITATION	NT general	Hank	200001
	Hi, Jeff :: Your caution against hastening to dole out specific advice or rushing to judgment is wise indeed, for as you and the rest of us regular posters on SBF know all too well, questions seeking advice are all too common, as are answers proposing to give it. The problems with these kinds of Q. and A. exchanges are many. Three come quickly to mind. (1) The web site is first and foremost a forum for Bible study, as its name implies. It is not, therefore, in competition with the "Dear Abby" type of advice columns that appear in newspapers. ...... (2) Most of us here are lay persons who are not qualified to dispense advice on specific personal problems, and even if we all were professionals in that area (there are some professionals who have registered on SBF), that is not what the Forum is all about. Moreover, I believe that professional counselors would be very wary of trying to treat a private personal problem on a public forum. (3) Finally, the problems that questioners present to this forum are often vague, incomplete, and one would guess that they are rather lop-sided, usually presenting only one side of an issue, namely, that of the questioner's, and may not tell the whole story. ..... Anyway, I've rambled enough. But thanks, Jeff, for calling attention to the unwisdom of rushing to judgment even before it is determined whether all the facts are in. It's a dangerous business, and one needs to make sure he is not unwittingly giving bad advice, which is far worse than giving none at all. --Hank
144	INVITATION	NT general	Hank	199977
	Dear Justme :: Good to know that you and the missus made it back 'home' and are happy with the move. I knew you were SBC but had no idea you had been on a six-year leave of absence. ........ My wife and I were "unchurched" for a matter of months several years ago while we looked for a new church home. It was not a fun time for us by any means. We felt like homeless drifters. --Hank
145	INVITATION	NT general	Hank	199955
	Hi again, Doc. May I enter an amendment to my prior post? Evidently I erred in my understanding of the "committee" question in regard to candidates for membership. At the Baptist church where I'm a member, those who "walk down the aisle" are indeed met and counseled by the church's staff of ministers (it is a large church and has a pastor and a number of other ministers on its ministerial staff. After thinking of my previous post, I began to fear that I came off as a maverick of some kind and, albeit inadvertently, may have misrepresented my home church as well as my position on the matter. But of course and indeed! there is a great deal more involved in following Christ than merely taking a Sunday morning stroll down the aisle of the church house. These new members need much follow-up counsel, nurturing, instruction, encouragement and fellowship from the moment they take the initial step down the aisle onward. I tend to believe that the questioner may have been mistaken about the committee who reportedly took it upon themselves to pass judgment about a candidate's salvation. That's a matter between the candidate and the Lord. --Hank
146	INVITATION	NT general	Hank	199952
	Thanks, Doc. I must lead a cloistered life, for this is the first time I've heard of a membership committee in an SBC church. I suppose there are two things every church needs these days. More committees to gum up the works and confound things sufficiently so that congregants can bask in endless disputes. And a generous supply of pettifogging lawyers to tell the church what it can and cannot do. What a golden age we live in! How comforting! --Hank
147	having sex with other men husband disabl	Ex 20:14	Hank	199933
	Right you are, Dave. Behind each question, each answer, each note and comment of every stripe, lies a flesh and blood human being, with virtually the same hopes, fears, and aspirations as I have. And they also have feelings which, not unlike my own, are fragile, delicate and oh so vulnerable to hurt. But more than any of these things, they have the same desperate need of a Savior that I do. By God's grace through faith in His Son Jesus Christ, we are saved. Without Him we die in our sins. And on this Forum, as in all walks of life, they will know we are Christians by our love. --Hank
148	having sex with other men husband disabl	Ex 20:14	Hank	199927
	Dear Dave (workman) :: Sir, with all respect to you, I really don't think that Irene (Blue Eyes) was deliberately trying to shout at her correspondent (by using all caps for God and Bible). I notice that in nearly all her posts to date, she uses all caps for certain words while using all lower case for nearly everything else, including the beginning of a new sentence. I believe Irene would look favorably upon the gentle suggestion of brushing up her skills a bit on the conventions of capitalization and punctuation for the sake of clarity of communication. I recognize that both you and Irene are new to Study Bible Forum, and it's an honor to have you both. We truly encourage the participation of new users of SBF such as you and Irene who have demonstrated an avid interest in sharing with the rest of us the eternal truths of God's blessed word, the Bible; and we fully recognize that the Forum can be a daunting place for a newcomer and that it takes a while for one to find his stride. I've been on this thing almost since the day it cranked up in early 2001, and I'm still looking for my stride :-). So, please, don't either you, Irene, or any of the other new users become discouraged. We have quite a number of seasoned users on SBF, and I can assure you confidently that each one of them stands at your beck and call should any of you newer users need help in finding your way around SBF. May God richly bless you all. In Him, --Hank
149	How did Paul die	NT general	Hank	199903
	Hello again, Talmid :: My heart goes out to young believers in schools today. It was tough enough a long time ago (I'm 72) when I was in school. I can only try to imagine what it must be like today. Grace to you. --Hank
150	How did Paul die	NT general	Hank	199889
	Hi, Talmid of Yeshua Ha Maschiach. This is Hankmid of Ozarka Ha Arkansach. See? I have a sense of humor, too! ..... Too bad what happened to poor old Sha'ui, whoever the old boy was. But do you happen to have any information on the apostle Paul? I note that you reckon dates by using C.E. It's a matter of taste and preference, I suppose, but what's wrong with using A.D. It's Latin you know for "the year of our Lord" I'm aware that C.E. can stand for Christian Era, but usually not. It's more often an abbreviation for "Common Era." It's chiefly an invention of secularism to remove as many references as possible to the triune God. --Hank
151	Should I be water baptized?	NT general	Hank	199866
	Sir, it is hoped that your joy in Study Bible Forum may wax ever stronger as a workman who needeth not be ashamed as you join us on the sacred journey of making our best efforts at rightly dividing the word of truth; and as you get to know us better and we you. ....... It's refreshing to see that you have sketched in your personal profile. Perhaps in time you will see fit to expand it somewhat. A warm welcome to you. --Hank
152	Who or what was sacrificed?	Judg 11:39	Hank	199863
	Hi, BMyers :: One of dearest and sweetest ladies I've ever known, a precious old saint who for years was a member of my home church until the Lord called her to glory a couple of years ago, said to me one day, "Hank, I just don't think I'll ever be able to accept these new translations. I've tried to read them, but they don't seem like the Bible to me." I noticed that in her lap she was holding a copy, much tattered and worn, of the King James Bible. If I thought reading the KJV would make me half the saint that she was, I'd order a case of them tomorrow. ....... My mother loved the King James, and I still have her copy, the one she owned up until she died, tucked away among my prized earthly treasures. My father, on the other hand, was a staunch defender of the American Standard Version of 1901. It was his conviction that the King James was written for the British but he was an American, so both for patriotic and theological reasons, he favored the American Standard Version. The fine translation that we know today as the NASB is essentially the old American Standard Version of 1901 dressed up in a new suit of clothes. --Hank
153	Who or what was sacrificed?	Judg 11:39	Hank	199818
	My name is Hank. It does not profane my name or show me any disrespect to call me Hank, complete with the vowel a. Nor does it show any respect for me, my age (72), or anything else to write my name as Hnk, omitting the vowel a. ...... Now, if I were writing in German to a German speaking Forum, I would use the German appellation for the first person of the trinity, which is Gott. If this were a French speaking Forum, I'd use Dieu. But since SBF is designed for speakers of English, I usually refer to the Father as God, to the Son as Jesus or Christ, and to the third person of the trinity as the Holy Spirit. ...... I see nothing at all to commend the general and habitual usage of foreign-language terms for any member of the trinity in everyday communication on this Forum, unless one who is qualified to do so is explaining something of didactic value about the meaning and significance of underlying Hebrew or Greek words supporting an English translation. Otherwise, in my judgment, the practice does nothing to instruct or unite us as members of the body of Christ. Its didactic value is practically non-existent. I am expressly unaware that to write God as G-d or Lord as Lrd has any effect at all on whether I profance His name. I can profane His holy name in a thousand ways in my life, and so can anyone else, and none of them has anything whatever to do with whether I write His name as God or G-d! ..... This web site comes to us through the kind provision of the Lockman Foundation, translators and publishers of the New American Standard Bible (NASB), which for years now has been held in exceptionally high regard by scholars and commoners like me. We are told on good authority that it is one of the most literally accurate translations of Scripture in modern English. I submit to readers of this Forum that the nomenclature for members of the trinity throughout this fine translation is as good as we're likely to find and therefore worthy of emulation. We need not spend our time searching for esoteric names for the trinity. The seasoned and dedicated scholars who gave us the NASB did not translate Genesis 1:1 as "In the beginning Abba (or G-d or Adonai) created the heavens and the earth." They say "In the beginning God..." and, my friends -- since most of us speak and write English, not Hebrew or Greek or German or French or Urdu -- so should we. I love and worship God and His Christ just as much when I call Him God and His Son Jesus as I possibly could should I insist upon always calling the Father Abba or Adonai and His Son Jeshua or Yashua. My object in speaking about Jesus is to communicate as clearly as I can with my English-speaking audience, whether one person or many, not to confuse them with foreign terms that are likely strange and unintelligible to them. I'm just not much good at, or in favor of, speaking in an unknown tongue. ..... This is an English-language Forum. It behooves all of us to write English, and write it as well and as lucidly as we possibly can. --Hank
154	Repentance, how many times?	Luke 15:20	Hank	199696
	stjohn, halroy, and to all others whom it may concern :: The question posed by LJ777 had to do with "backsliding" and repentance. The responses have veered off topic it seems to me; hence, my questions: (1) What does the Bible teach, if anything, about "backsliding"? (2) Does the Bible view backsliding and apostasy as being the same things? (3) Are the two words, repentance and forgiveness, used synonymously and interchangeably in Scripture: are they the same things? ....... It is all too common to discuss ideas and issues based on certain "theological" words without stopping to define the words themselves in the light of how Scripture uses them. So what do these words -- backslide, repentance, forgiveness, apostasy -- mean within the context of Scripture? There's the semantic "bait," so have at it. :-) --Hank
155	Explain Trinity Father Son, Holy Ghost	Is 1:1	Hank	199634
	Dear Halroy :: A warm welcome, sir, to Study Bible Forum. Yes, I also concur heavily with the caveat that we must lean toward caution when speaking of, or trying to invent metaphors and similies to explain, the idea of the triune God. God has revealed much of Himself in His word, all, I would dare say, that man is capable of comprehending. And even then He has encased much of His revelation in what John Calvin was pleased to call "baby talk," by which I take Calvin to mean that God has reduced His eternal truths to the simplest human language possible so that we might know Him as intimately as possible. Yet God is still God and man is still man, and God remains transcendent. ...... And when finite man attempts to explain in his own language and according to his own limited reason the attributes of the triunity of the transcendent God, all his metaphors and similies rapidly fall apart because they never had adhesion to begin with. ..... But we know that Scripture teaches clearly the triunity of God even though we understand it but dimly. No one I suppose has anything like a perfect understanding of this vital doctrine of the church, but the ancient creeds add much to our understanding, even though it remains limited. ...... As an afterword, I'm reminded of a story one of my college professors told me long after I'd left school and his classroom. The professor (of English) used to teach a surprisingly popular class on the King James Bible as literature. After class one day, a young co-ed walked up to his desk and presented her dilemma. It so happened that her very next class was a speech class and she had chosen to give a brief speech on the Trinity. But she admitted to the English professor that she had not had time to prepare for her speech and asked him to explain the Trinity to her (she had all of 10 minutes before her speech class) so she could make her speech. "And what did you tell this young lady? I asked. And the professor told me that he said something like this to her, "My dear young lady, you flatter me enormously. Some of the finest minds who have ever walked this earth have strugged with the doctrine of the Trinity for hundreds of years, and you presume me able to explain the Trinity to you in 10 minutes? Next time you're called upon to give a speech, for goodness' sake choose a subject you know something about. Good day, young lady." ...... Grace to you, halroy. --Hank
156	sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard	1 Cor 1:18	Hank	199460
	Dear Jesusman :: It happens but rarely, sir, that on Study Bible Forum I disagree with a statement with any more vigor than with yours which opens your Post 199448. It reads as follows: "Without the overwhelming historical, scientific and archeological evidence to support the Bible's claims, we might as well tell the unbelieving to believe in Santa Claus, Rudolph and the Easter Bunny." ....... Frankly, sir, this statement is not only unpersuadable, being corroborated neither by Scripture nor anything else, but it also appears strikingly atypical of your thinking insofar as I've been able to determine your convictions from reading your production on SBF. ...... Tell me, do you really believe God's word needs man's supplementation in order to deliver its message to the sinner? Does it in fact require these things you list, i.e., "overwhelming historical, scientific, and archeological evidence"? Just how "overwhelming" are these things anyway? Tell me why, if you can, must the Bible, the word of the living God, have these kinds of support to validate its claims? When the Spirit led Philip to join the chariot of the Ethopian eunuch in which he sat reading from the book of Isaiah, did Philip teach him science, history and archeology to convert the eunuch, or did he preach unto him Jesus? (See Acts 8:26-39). When the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?", did they try to open the mind of the jailer with a series of long-winded dissertations on the "historical Jesus" or some sort of "scientific proof," or did they tell him to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ? (See Acts 16:25-34). ....... Must we supply the Bible with these supplements that you speak of lest it be reduced to nothing more than baseless tales having no more power or credulity than the fables of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny? No! No! No! A thousand times no! ...... Jesus said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away" (Matt. 24:35). Oh, how wrong even to hint that the eternal, inerrant, plenary word of the Almighty God needs man's puny help in order to be effective in delivering its message to a fallen world! The word of God is eternal and absolutely true. The highest literary output of which man is capable is ephemeral and freighted with all manner of error. ....... The Bible is unlike any other book that has ever been written or that will ever be written. No other book in human history can make the following claim: "For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart" (Hebrews 4:12). ...... It always grieves my soul to read on any page, be it on this Study Bible Forum or elsewhere, even the slightest hint or suggestion that the word of God needs man's help in any way to empower it to reach the heart of the unregenerate. This Forum has striven to present, promote, and encourage the highest view of Scripture possible, and it expects no less from its registrants. Sola Scriptura! --Hank
157	do women have to wear dersses	1 Pet 3:3	Hank	199380
	Thanks for the clarification, little brother. For a moment there, when I read your other post, I was wondering whether Paul dropped by to make a guest appearance in Peter's letter while I wasn't paying attention. :-) ...... I would tend to question whether it doesn't make any difference what one wears to worship service. I know you pretty well and don't at all believe that you mean to advocate that it's o.k. to attend worship service in, for example, abbreviated beach wear. --Hank
158	interpretations on John gospel	John	Hank	199175
	Salam :: Please tell us the rules of whatever game you're playing so that we can all play. :-) .... If you need help posting, let it be known. Someone will assist you. --Hank
159	salvation	Bible general Archive 4	Hank	198683
	Dr. Steeno :: Two questions and two suggestions.... First, the questions: (1) You say, "The Lord's prayer does not apply." Does not apply to what, and why? (2) You call yourself Dr. Steeno, so in what field do you hold your doctorate? ....... Now the suggestions. ..... (1) That you make every possible effort to substantiate and authenticate your theological propositions by the generous use of Scripture, citing book, chapter and verse wherever possible. (2) That you fill in your personal profile which can be accessed by clicking on your user name in any of your posts. The information thus afforded to your peers in your personal profile may very well help them better to understand you and your views. ...... I trust that you will enjoy using Study Bible Forum and profit by it yourself as well as being a source of help and inspiration to others. Those of us who have been Forum readers and contributors for some years prize the value of maintaining a harmonious relationship with our peers as much as possible, thus averting acrimony and ill-will among the participants. --Hank
160	Rhantizo vs. Baptizo- Synonyms?	NT general	Hank	198435
	Dear Bobby :: I know neither biblical Hebrew nor Greek, but I do know a little about English, Latin, German and French; and in those four languages the meaning of a word or phrase is determined by the way it's used in a passage, i.e., by the context. Good translators the world round, no matter what language they are working with, seem to agree that context is of paramount importance in translating from one tongue to another. Evidently the Greek words you call into question had various shades of meaning to the ancient Greeks, depending on how they were used and the meaning the context gave them, just as words do today in modern languages. When John the Baptizer led his followers INTO the Jordan river to be baptized, and when both Philip and the Ethopian went down INTO the water. as recorded in Acts 8:38, the clear context leads one to conclude that immersion in water was the thing that occurred, not the sprinkling or pouring on of a small amount of water. There is a ton of commentary extant on this topic, but I believe the careful reader, who is willing to leave his pre-suppositions behind, will have no problem in understanding, even in translation, what the term baptize means. ..... If you're still curious, why not do as CDBJ suggests and ask Lockman. --Hank

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