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1 | what does God say about people stealing | Ex 20:15 | TMcCully | 234674 | ||
This could be a very exhaustive list of verses. The eighth commandment sums up the spirit of them all. Do not take from others what belongs to them. Perhaps the most important thing we often miss about such commands is what it means when we disobey them. It means God is not really as incredibly worthy as He desires to be in our hearts and minds. God is the Creator and Maker of truth, food, home, purpose for life, companions, and life itself. He is the Giver of all those good things to mankind in Genesis One the same ways He is today. When we merely think of taking something from someone else, God is not in the throne of our minds, so we are disobeying the first command to treat God alone as most worthy. To actually take reveals what we really worship, and takes what God chose to bless someone else with. |
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2 | meaning of passages | Matthew | TMcCully | 234646 | ||
responses for questions C and D. C. The last shall be first and the first shall be last. This is from... Matt 19:16 And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?” 17 And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” 18 Then he said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not commit murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; 19 Honor your father and mother; and You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 20 The young man *said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” 22 But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property. 23 And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?” 26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 23 And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?” 26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 27 Then Peter said to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?” 28 And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last; and the last, first. Matthew 19:19-30 NASB The rich man wanted to earn salvation, did not realize only God is that good, and could not give up earthly wealth v16-22. It is hard for the rich to enter heaven because their hopes about earthly things distract them from what matters eternally v23-24. Jesus even has to teach His disciples that only God can do things good enough for God v25-26. Disciples who put God's kingdom before them selves in this life will have a generous reward in the kingdom v27-28. Those who leave behind the relationships of normal life for those of the kingdom will receive much greater reward in relationships during the kingdom v29-30 (v30 was your question). D. Blessed are those who have not seen and still believe. This is from after the resurrection... John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” 26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.” 28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” John 20:26-29 NASB After Thomas finally touched Jesus, he believed Jesus had risen v28. In your verse 29, Jesus speaks of the greater work of God than what was done for Thomas, bringing later believers who never saw Jesus to a saving relationship with Him. |
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3 | meaning of passages | Matthew | TMcCully | 234645 | ||
There is a 2600 word limit on responses, so I will answer two questions here and two in another post. A. To save your life you must lose it. This is from Matthew 16 below... Mat 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. 22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.” 23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.” 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds. Matthew 16:21-27 NASB Jesus is teaching how costly it is to truly serve God's purposes, as He himself will shortly do upon that awful cross v21. Peter did not understand what true service of the Messiah would mean, but thought Jesus was mistaken about God's purpose for Him v22. Peter was a zealot, which means he hoped for the immediate kingdom of God on earth, ruled by Messiah. His ideas of what God intended were a temptation for Jesus, that He might not sacrifice Himself but instead begin rule of the earth v23 (as Satan tempted Jesus Matthew 4). True service of God means sacrificing oneself. One must put God's kingdom first in this world to receive the promise of far more in the next in v24 and your verse 25. To save your life via salvation, one must put God's purposes before one's own life, perhaps to great extremes as Jesus did Himself. The remainder the passage is about why sacrifice of our lives or what we desire for them might be needed, because glorifying God is a very urgent matter. B. Let the dead bury the dead. This is from Matthew 8... Matt 8:18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea. 19 Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” 20 Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” 21 Another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.” Matthew 8:18-22, NASB This again is about the cost of true discipleship. Jesus probably knew the scribe (a governing official) was hoping for an immediate earthly reign of Messiah like Peter v19, and took the first opportunity to teach that truly serving God does not bring immediate earthly benefits, but instead has serious costs v20. Another disciple attempts to limit what he will do as a servant by raising a family concern as a higher priority v21. Your question is about v22, where Jesus puts the priorities of a true servant of God clearly. True service puts the advancement of God's kingdom before any earthly activity, even a commendable one. |
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4 | Man before the Bible. | Gen 12:10 | TMcCully | 234620 | ||
There is certainly a record of what happened before the flood of Noah that utterly destroyed the (unnamed) land of Noah and almost all of mankind. See Genesis 1-11. The inspired name for Egypt is pronounced mitsrayim, Strong's Translating Concordance uses reference H4714 for mitsrayim. At BlueLetterBible.org browse to Genesis 12:10 and click the "C" Concordance button to see this. If you then click on the number 4714 in that concordance entry, you will see the first use of "mitsayim" is for the apparent grandson of Noah who apparently founded the nation of the land of Mitsrayim / Egypt. Genesis 12:10 is the first translation of mitsrayim as "Egypt" because that is the land where Abram went to live at that point. Whatever else happened in Egypt before Abram went there is apparently not considered significant in the Scriptures. Remember the Scriptures primarily are meant to teach the character of God, and mere human history is often a distraction from God. Your question may then become one about the number of years between when Mitsrayim went to the land and when Abram went there, which might be detailed in the Egyptian historical records. Be careful about assuming the translated word "son" can be taken literally as a single generation. The Hebrews also used that word for any male heir. This is why Jesus can legitimately be called the "Son of David" even though several generations separated David from Jesus. The same is true of the Hebrew word translated as "father". It means a male ancestor separated by any number of generations. This is why the Pharisees referred to Abraham as their "father" despite the many generations between them. The translated words "son" or "father" are indeed good one-for-one translations of the inspired words. However translated words are NOT inspired words, so human assumptions about what translated words mean may be wrong. Some interpreters assume assume the Scripture about the generations of Hebrews is complete so they can calculate the how many years passed.In your servant's opinion God does not tell us how many years separated Mitsrayim from Abram / Abraham, which may be a distraction from His purposes. |
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