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1 | Do the stars really PROCLAIM His work? | Ps 19:1 | following him | 145040 | ||
One of the purposes God created the stars for was "for signs". Gen 1:14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; Gen 1:15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. There are two books that I know of (read only one of them though) that may interest you. "Testamony of the stars" and "Witness of the stars". I dont have them in front of me right so I cant tell you who the authors are. Blessing to you Aaron |
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2 | These things say He who is holy | Is 22:22 | following him | 133764 | ||
Good morning Ray: I would go with the NASB. But this is only because I like it better. To me the passages are saying the same thing and refereing to to same One. The only difference is the repetition of the word He and the placement of "These things says(KJV)/says this(NASB). In my opinion this difference in of little importance. It is important though as to who Is the one speaking and in both cases I believe it to be correctly capitalized. Blessing to you Aaron |
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3 | The (s)Shepherd's value? | Zech 11:13 | following him | 133585 | ||
Hello Ray: I would capitalize it. It seems to me that it is God speaking to Zech in the first person and refering to Himself. Blessing to you Aaron |
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4 | Why did the Savior Dread the Cup? | Matt 26:38 | following him | 133125 | ||
Good Morning Doc; I think anyone with even just an incling of the horror of that type of death. Would at least have some desire to avoid it. Physical pain and suffering are, well...... painful. I wonder if I was in the same boat would I be able to say "Not my will but Yours be done" or would they take me screaming and yelling NO No No? But there is another thing that Jesus may have been suffering here as well. He knew that He had come to die on the cross and take the sins of mankind upon HImself. Did He know that in doing so it would seperate Him from the Father. "Father, why have You forsaken Me." It seems to me that this may have also been added to the weight of the physical torment that He was willing to suffer for us. All through the gosples we hear Him teach that He and the Father are one. And now that relationship was going to be severed for a little while. Good question Blessing to you Aaron |
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5 | Mark 16:17- interpetation and proof | Matt 4:5 | following him | 132447 | ||
This is similar to the temptation the devil gave to Jesus. He was trying to get Jesus do do something that was written in the scriptures but But look at what Jesus responded with. "You shall not put the lord your God to the test." Matt 4:5 Then the devil *took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, Matt 4:6 and *said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, 'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU'; and 'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'" Matt 4:7 Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'" Deliberately putting yourself in danger for this reason would be putting the Lord to the test. How do you know the He would not fail it? God is not One to be manipulated by our foolishness. |
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6 | The ransom - God or man? | 1 Cor 15:21 | following him | 132435 | ||
This has been an interesting thread, although rather difficult to follow at times and did not intend to join in on it; however I feel the Lord wants me to post this comment. The Messiah had to be a man. However because Adam sinned and thus put all men under the bondage of sin. “There are none righteous…” The only one able to pay the price was God. The purpose of the law was to show mankind that their efforts could in no way redeem them from the curse. The law then points to the need for Christ. The question should not be “Did the Messiah have to be God” it should be “Did God have to become man?” Heb 2:14-17 ”Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.” Christ is never equated with Adam but instead is contrasted with him i.e. Adam sinned – Christ was sinless, Adam brought death – Christ conquer it. Adam brought bondage to sin – Christ freed us from it. Christ did what Adam did not. But it remains that because death and the lose of authority over the creation came about because of man, man had to restore it. This is the concept of the kinsman redeemer found in the book of Ruth and in areas of the law. Christ became our kinsman redeemer. Christ is indeed fully God for only God could meet the requirements needed and fully man for only man could pay the price. Blessing to you Aaron |
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7 | Cor 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope... | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 132194 | ||
Charity is the word used by the King James Version of the Bible which was writen in 1611. The original word in the manuscripts is agape. Today we translate it as love in 1611 they translated it charity. Both words refer to the same thing. The verse you are refering to about adding or deleting a word from the Bible is Rev 22:18-19 "I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book." This verse is specifically talking about changing words in this particular book i.e. the Book of Revelation not the rest of the Bible. although I believe the same applies. However in this case the word was not changed. It is still agape (love/charity) and refers to the same now as it did then. |
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8 | Naming our Daughter question | 2 Chr 3:1 | following him | 131989 | ||
Hello wshiner; Elizabeth is an old biblical name but has many current derivatives that are nice. It means dedicated to God. Blessing to you Aaron |
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9 | Integrity | Num 12:7 | following him | 131987 | ||
Hello Praise be to God; Although there are a great many people to chose from I would select king David. He was a man after God's own heart. The aspect of integrety that I find most admirable about him is that when he screwed up he didn't hide from it nor deny it. But instead confessed, repented and accepted the responsiblity for his actions. Integrity does not mean being holy or sinless it involves how we lead our lives in our successes and failures. Blessing to you Aaron |
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10 | isaiah6:1 | OT general | following him | 131630 | ||
There is none that I know of. King Uzziah did right in the sight of God. This reference to King Uzziah is just a time indicator of when Isaiah received the vision. Blessing to you Aaron |
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11 | is tounges a sign of holyghost | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 131628 | ||
Absolutly not. It is a sign not "THE" sign. Blessing to you Aaron |
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12 | Studying beyond reading | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 131609 | ||
Hello Jo; Country Girl hinted at it, but you must be at least 18 yrs. to participate on this forum. I say this not to discourage you from coming on but just so that you are aware of the rules. But besides that someone on this forum mention a Bible software site e-sword.net where you can download for free, software to use in your study. I am using it now and have been very impressed by it. If you want to dig deeper into the Bible try looking into why we Christians believe what we believe. Do some topical studies. Find out what the Bible teaches concerning: The Trinity, salvation by faith vs works, what it means to be a new creature (2 Cor 5:17), select a topic that is being discussed here on the forum and do your own study on it. Just a few suggestions Blessing to you Aaron |
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13 | They were not born again at time of marr | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 131503 | ||
Hello Moey; Glory Bound is correct about the vows before God. They are still married in the sight of God. However your comments about "The Catholic church is not the true church..." has coaught my attention. Although I am not a catholic, I was raised one, I grew up in a catholic church that seemed to be dead spiritually. However since giving My life to Christ, I has since come across catholics who attend other catholic churches in my area that are very much alive spiritually. And at the same time come across protestant or non-denominational churches that are dead spiritually. My supervisor at work is a catholic and when we talk the conversation aways (by his doing) turns to Christ and worshiping Him. Emmaus who is on this forum is a catholic and has on different occasions brought a great deal of insight to questions I've had. I have come to have a great deal of respect for him. I would suggest that you reevaluate you opinion that "The Catholic church is not the true church..." In the denominational and the non-denomination churches there are bad churches, OK curches, good churches and great churches. If you have had a bad experience in one please dont judge all the rest based on that one. Aaron |
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14 | More quotable paragraph breaks for NASB? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 131281 | ||
Hello Reighnskye; Years ago I was involve in Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at the college I attended. While there I went to a week long retreat to Catelina Island off the coast of california with them. There the particular program I was involved in was a study of the first half of the book of Mark. We spent about 5 days for 6-7 hour per day doing nothing but studying those first eight chapters. What you might be interested in was the method we used to do the study. They call it a Manuscript study. They used the NIV though but it will work with any version. They took the first eight chapters and took all the chapter breaks and verse divsion out and ran all the sentances together separated only by the punctuation which they left in. Then during the study we as a classs after reading the manuscript decided where to put paragraph breaks. We then would go through highlighting and circling repeated words or phrases then connecting the repeated words together to see how the sections of manuscript were connected. By locating repeated words we began to see what was important to the writer. It helped to discover context and the ideas the writeer wanted to get across. There were other thing we looked for as well but needless to say I was so impressed by what we discovered in the scripture that this became my primary way of studying ever since. Realise though that even using this method some paragraghs will be more than 4 verses. If you want more information you can probably contact Intervarsity Christain Fellowship and ask them about it. If you want to contact me personally about it my e-mail address is; aerberich@ev1.net Blessing to you Aaron |
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15 | What should be a woman's boundaries? | Ruth 2:22 | following him | 131119 | ||
Hello Reighnskye; I just thought of this while reading your question. The book of Judges show a pattern of when Israel was disobiedent to God He "cursed, punished, etc." them and when they returned and repented He blessed them. Here in Ruth we see at the beginning that Israel was possibly in the middle of one of those punishing times. But later we see that God begins to bless them possibly because the had repented. (This is mostly opion or suppisition on my part but it does seem to fit). When Naomi and Ruth return there is a danger to Ruth because she is a Moabite. The Moabites were enemies of Israel. But here we have a Moabite woman in their midst even though she had converted not all may have known and she may have been in danger of those who just returning to God in their zealouseness to keep God's commandments might do her harm. Therefore Naomi encourages her to stay with the maidens of Boaz who was family and would protect her as such. Just thinking. Blessing to you Aaron |
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16 | Were woman bought and sold? | Ruth 4:5 | following him | 131114 | ||
Hello Reighnskye; I would like to make a few comments about this book (Ruth) that may interest you in your studying of it. Although women had a lower status than men, and they were probably bought and sold like property, I don’t believe that this is the issue or the implication of this book. Boaz was not buying Ruth. He was redeeming her. There is a difference. She was not to become his slave but his bride. Although this is a historical book, it is in my opinion a very prophetic one as well. In Hosea 12:10 it mentions different ways in which God gave messages (prophecies) to the people. Hosea 12:10 “I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.” The word similitudes means: to be like, to resemble, to liken etc. This is where we get the idea of “prefigurations” or “foreshadowings” such as we see in Gen. 22 where Abraham sacrifices his son Issac. This was a prefiguration or similitude of God the Father sacrificing His only Son Jesus. The roles played here may correspond like this: Naomi is Israel Ruth is the church Boaz is Jesus The near kinsman is the old covenant or John the Baptist Please reread the book of Ruth with these roles in view, then let me know what you think. Iwould be interested in getting your opinion on this. Boaz plays the part of the kinsman redeemer as Jesus is our redeemer. This is also significant in the book of Revelation because there is a section there that could be difficult to understand if you are unfamiliar with the concept of the kinsman redeemer. Blessing to you Aaron |
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17 | Correction | 1 Cor 8:5 | following him | 130925 | ||
Hello Noveta; I have been following for the most part this thread and have been blessed and impressed (even though I have only been observing) by your steadfastness and Biblical understanding inspite of the difficult position you are in at home. I would consider it a loss if you were to stop posting, however you should do as you believe the Lord is directing you. I believe the Lord would want me to encourage you that you are doing better than you may think you are. Blessing to you dear sister Aaron |
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18 | Can a satanist invade my dreams? | 2 Cor 10:4 | following him | 130873 | ||
Hello JumpingBum; Yes it can. The main thing to remember in you situation is that you have authority over it through Christ. If you would like to discuss this more please feel free to e-mail me at aerberich@ev1.net Blessing to you Aaron |
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19 | Does God plunge mortals into ignorance? | Obad 1:8 | following him | 130870 | ||
Hello Reighnskye; You ask if: “Even though we refer to God as light, does God sometimes pluge mortals into the darkness of ignorance?” and you use Obadiah 1:8 "Will I not on that day," declares the LORD, "Destroy wise men from Edom and understanding from the mountain of Esau?” as a reference verse. I would say it depends on what you would call wisdom. In the instances where I have read of wise men in the scripture it has refered to those in a position to influence kings and rulers with their input (except in 1 Cor 1). Were these mentioned in Obadiah those sort? In my opinion yes. What kind of wisdom did they possess? That of God as described in Prov 8 or that as described in 1 Cor. 1:20-29. The context of the passage in Obadiah indicates it was the later type of wisdom which God does not consider wisdom at all. Therefore I don’t see how destroying these wise men would be plunging the people into a darkness of ignorance. The wisdom of these wisemen had already done that. 1 Corinthians 1:20-29 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27 but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, 28 and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, 29 so that no man may boast before God. Blessing to you Aaron |
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20 | Rule or Ideal? | 1 Tim 3:2 | following him | 130207 | ||
Hello Doc I'm not sure I agree with you about "all the rest are very subjective; i.e., "how hospitable?" "how well able to teach?" etc." By todays standards we would consider ourselves hospitable if we tolerate the presence of someone we dislike but during the time of the apostles being hospitable meant showing kindness to strangers, sharing your home with visiters, preparing food for others i.e demonstrating the love of Christ in tangable ways. And the ability to teach had a set standard as well which was understanding the teachings and doctrines set forth by the apostles and being able to spot heresies Titus 1:9 "Holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict." Heb 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food." Just because we today may look at things as being subjective does not mean they were writen with that intention. Blessing to you Aaron |
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