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1 | what is baptism | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 26847 | ||
Dear Nolan, I'm confused by your response, please help me to understand what you are saying. Are you saying that water baptism is an act of righteousness, to be shown outward as a public display of the inner baptism that has already occurred? What is the inner baptism and how do I understand it? Thanks, Love Fountain |
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2 | Why the actual word "God"? | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 27230 | ||
Dear Nolan, Thanks for the website. I still wonder where the word "God", in English ever came from. I wonder what is the first use, in English, and who used it? I think we are using God's name in vain, if we are not still using it the way He said was His name,(i.e. "I Am"). What do you think? But then again His name (YHVH) is unappreciable, including unpronounceable according to the Hebrew dictionaries I have looked at. The Jews at the website you referred me to said we should never try to pronounce or call on His name. This is interesting to me because God says He is the God of love, but some feel we shouldn't pronounce His name and I wonder how that is love? Thanks for your time, Love Fountain |
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3 | Why the actual word "God"? | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 27238 | ||
Dear Kalos, Thanks for this info and the prior info regarding the Oxford Unabridged. Regarding "akin to Old High German got(god)", do you think or know if "got(god)" has anything to do with the "J's"(Jehovah or Jesus) we now read in our English Bibles? I believe I have heard that the J's came from German also? Coincidence? What do you know? Thanks, Love Fountain |
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4 | Why the actual word "God"? | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 27239 | ||
Dear Nolan, I agree, I think we should "honor Him and adore Him" also, but why would His name(YHVH) be unappreciable. By His name being unappreciable doesn't this seem like He may not want us to Honor Him or adore Him? I tell people my name as a beginning point, so we can begin a bond in friendship and grow together in love. If my name was unappreciable what would my friends think? I am sure God has His reasons but these are somethings that come to my mind and when I meet Him, this is one of many questions I have to ask. What do you think? Thanks, Love Fountain |
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5 | Call those things that are not | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 29207 | ||
Dear Mother, Happy New Year! I wanted to respond to what you said, "I have no idea where else to turn or how to study the Bible to get what I need". The Bible is the most incredible, inexhaustible book in the whole world. Fifty people could read the same chapter of any given book and come up with different interpretations of what they had just read. The Bible is personally written to you, to me and to all of God's other children who choose to understand the true Father and want to understand His will and what and how He would have us. In Ephesians 4:25-27 we are told that Jesus(the Bridegroom) loved the church(the bride) and gave Himself up for her and that He would present her to Himself glorious with no spots, wrinkles or any other such things, to be holy without blemish. The way to be presented without any blemish or spot is given in verse 26 of the same book and chapter we are told that HE would have us sanctified and washed with (spiritual)water by the word, His words, the Living Word which is the (spiritual)living water that we shall never thirst again(John 4:10) if we drink of it. In 2Timothy 2:15 we are told to study to show ourselves approved and in Eph 5:1 we are told to be followers of God as His children, because His children we are. Anyways, your words touched my heart and I sense you are seeking to understand and for this I have great joy and hope for you. Recently I was reading the book of Jeremiah and in Jer 17:5 it says cursed is anyone who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength whose heart turns away form the Lord, this is why I will listen to people on the radio or TV and on the internet, but ultimately I only goto the Bible. If I don't understand I pray, meditate and read again and again until God allows me to understand. This is really tough at times because I don't have much patience and I know God knows this to be true and is one of the lessons I am receiving. I am sure your experience is different than mine because we are all unique and bring different gifts to the table which help each other grow in faith. Keep searching and you will find Him. Bless you, Love Fountain |
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6 | Jezebel spirit how to recognize? referen | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 29210 | ||
Dear crenidablack, Happy New Year! If you goto www.blueletterbible.com and search the word "Jezebel" you will find much info. Is their something wrong with,"the Elijah spirit"? Bless you, Love Fountain |
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7 | Call those things that are not | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 29213 | ||
Oops, correction......Dear Mother, Please see Ephesians 5:25-27 not chapter 4 as I stated. Sorry, Love Fountain |
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8 | Call those things that are not | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 29240 | ||
Bless you Mother, I agree! Love Fountain |
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9 | Call those things that are not | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 31359 | ||
Dear Mother, I thought about the following verse after we spoke last. Jer 29:13 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. KJV Bless you, Love Fountain |
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10 | Call those things that are not | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 31360 | ||
Dear EdB, You said, "While that may be true I do not believe God intended that to be. I believe the problem comes when we read and take things out of context, read with a prejudices or preconceived notions, or read violating established rules of grammar. That is not to say the Bible was never intended to speak to us an individuals but as far as doctrines precepts, statues, commandments, and knowing Gods ways if we will apply sound language skills, keeping everything in context, and without preconceived notions I believe we will all arrive at the same conclusions." EdB, I do agree with you, but I believe the most important thing that we can do is read and search for understanding with all our heart. If men would put aside their papers of intelligence and rely foremost on the Holy Spirit with a sincere heart I believe we would not have so much division in the world today. Bless you, Love Fountain |
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11 | Call those things that are not | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 31499 | ||
Dear EdB, Thanks for your response. You state, "Think about it, if we both agree God wrote the Bible to be plainly understood, and we have major divisions today what could be the problem? I am sorry to say but we do not both agree. The bible is not written to be plainly understood. Jesus spoke in parables because it was not for "them" to understand. "Them" are the ones who do not read the Bible with the sincerity of their heart to understand and if they did, then Jesus promises to heal them. Matt 13:10-15 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, and should be converted, and I should heal them. KJV It is plainly stated in the above verse that we will not be healed until we seek to understand with all our heart. Perhaps we could sum it up with a choice, wisdom or reason? I will choose wisdom every time. Bless you, Love Fountain Jer 29:13-14 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your HEART. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. KJV I believe the significance of the heart would be better understood if all 830 times it is used in the KJV were read with a sincerity of heart. |
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12 | Definite article in Hebrew and Greek? | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 31701 | ||
Dear Tim, Thank you for your response. I believe I have a better understanding now. An example of a definite article would be in Rev 12:10 when satan is called "the accuser". Since "the" is used, we have a definte article which leaves us no misunderstanding of who the accuser is. This is not really a good example, since this is the only time in the KJV "the accuser" is stated in this way but if it was elsewhere also then we would have understanding of who is being referred to because of the rule of the definite article. So,if my understanding of your reply regarding a definite article is right, when a definite article is used in Scripture, it always refers to same person, place, thing, idea or event, not allowed to change its meaning or referrence, according to the rules of grammar? Is this accurate? Bless you, Love Fountain |
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13 | Call those things that are not | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 32119 | ||
Dear EdB, Thanks again for you response. In regards to the challenge, I do in depth Bible study and every time I do I learn something new, but perhaps something I said has led you to the conlusion that I do not. So I went back through your postings to me on this thread and found the following statement by you, "I think just the opposite is true. I think much of the problem today is because men have put away what the bible has told them and rely on their "sincere heart". I think you have said this because of what I said, in reference to Matt 13:15, that people need to search and understand with a sincere heart. To say one must understand with his heart is figurative. We see that figuratively speaking, the Greek word for heart kardia, is in reference to the mind. Greek 2588 in the Strongs is the word for heart in Matt 13 as follows, kardia (kar-dee-ah); prolonged from a primary kar (Latin, cor, "heart"); the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle: KJV - (broken-) heart (-ed). Bless you, Love Fountain |
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14 | Help! | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 32124 | ||
Dear Mother, While it is good to hear what others have to say, it is important to understand that any book written by a man or woman is merely their interpretations or suggestions of what they believe. In the Bible we are told to study the Word of God with each other and help each other grow in the love of Christ through the Word but we must always go back to the Word to check what we have heard and if it is true. Please read the following verse from Isaiah 55:2, Isa 55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. In the above verse, I would apply this to all books we read that are not the Word of God. God says you spend money and read what I have not written and you will not be satisfied within your soul. The Word of God is the only bread that fills our souls, not bread or words from men or women. Please read the following from Jeremiah, Jer 17:5-7 5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. KJV The Hebrew word for heart in Jer 17:5 is leb and is being figuratively used for the intellect which is in your mind, as follows, leb (labe); a form of OT:3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything: Put all your trust and burdens in this life, into the Word of God, the Bible, and you will be healed. Put away mans teaching and focus on the Word. Ask the Father for wisdom before you read and thank Him after you read. He knows your heart and your thoughts and knows everything you need, even before you know it yourself. God says ask and you shall receive. If you want to enter into His will and find what He has for you start with repentance and study diligently in His Word not mans and you will be cleansed from the inside out. He will heal your comprehension disorder if you stick to His Word and not give up. My hope and prayers go out to you and search. Also, as others have said, there are concordance dictionaries which tell you where each word in the Bible is used and what the word was in the original language which every student should have. You say you do not know what He has for you, but I think you are already on the right path if you are searching His will and that is exactly what He wants from us all. God is love and there are no methods to love, but to read the love letter He wrote to you with a open and ready mind and you will be cleansed of ailments, blemishes and spots. When cleansed from within you will comprehend and shine on the outside and give love to all you meet. Please read chapter by chapter and verse by verse and the Old Testament and New Testament, for man lives by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Bless you, Love Fountain |
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15 | Help! | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 32128 | ||
Dear Hank, I do agree that we should have a concordance and that we should read through a whole chapter without looking at side notes and then go back to see and compare what we read with someone elses point of view. But you have stated we should use an,"inductive method of Bible study." This "method" is confusing to me, I hope you can help me understand. I have always believed God is love and love is the greatest gift of all, I know no method to love. Love is from within not something of method. There is not a method to which I love anyone, I love because I love to love. Is there a method to love a wife or husband or your children or any other relatives or friends? Bless you, Love Fountain |
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16 | Help! | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 32141 | ||
Dear Indy, Thanks for taking me to 1Cor 13, love is definitely the greatest gift. I see 1Cor 13 as stating the characteristics of love but not a method. My Webster's Dictionary says method implies an orderly logical effective arrangement usually in steps. Am I understanding you if I sayyou think love is a decision obtained through method, according to Webster's thought on method, are you saying love has an orderly logical effective arrangement found in steps? I believe God is love, and He has given us love freely by allowing us to have freewill. Freewill to make a choice to love Him and others as ourself or not to love Him. He tells us His will in the Bible and how He wants us to be and what He wants us to do, but I haven't seen Scripture that says start here. Just like I have never found love in the same manner twice. I don't believe love is "warm fuzzies", I believe love is something we find when we give our full mind, heart, body and soul to understanding the gifts our Father has bestowed upon us through the Son within His Word. I am always happy to hear from you. Bless you, Love Fountain LOVE LOVE (Heb. 'ahaba; Grk. 'agape). Chiefly represented in the Scriptures as an attribute of God and as a Christian virtue. Its consideration, therefore, belongs to both theology and ethics. An Attribute of God. According to the Scriptures, God has feeling, affection, although rationalistic theologians (e.g., Schleiermacher, Bruch) have asserted the contrary. We must derive our conceptions of God from the special revelation that He has given of Himself, and this declares His love as strongly as His existence. It is held by some to be inadequate to speak of love as a divine attribute. "God is love" (1 John 4:8,16). The Scriptures contain no equivalent statements with respect to other qualities of the divine nature. Love is the highest characteristic of God, the one attribute in which all others harmoniously blend. The love of God is more than kindness or benevolence. The latter may be exercised toward irrational creatures, but love is directed toward rational, personal beings. The eternal love of God has never been without its object, a fact upon which we receive some light from the Scripture revelation of the threefold personality of God (see Trinity; see also Matt 3:17; John 15:9; 17:23-26). The gracious love of God to men, even to sinful men, is most strongly declared in both the OT and NT (e.g., Ex 34:6; Isa 63:9; Jer 31:3; John 3:16; 1 John 4:10). The love of God underlies all that He has done and is doing, although many facts exist that we cannot reconcile with His love on account of our limited understanding. The highest disclosure and most complete proof of divine love is in redemption (see Rom 5:8; 8:32-39; 1 John 4:9-10). The reality and power of this love are properly apprehended only under the influence of the Holy Spirit. "The love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us" (Rom 5:5). (From The New Unger's Bible Dictionary. Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago, Illinois. Copyright (c) 1988.) |
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17 | Can a person's spirit visit the earth? | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 36282 | ||
Dear Johnny, You have quoted verses pertaining to the second death, which has to do with the death of the soul. If the soul is dead then I would agree with you that they will no longer visit earth. However, I believe that Suzanne was asking about the first death or death of the physical body and if the spirit ever returns to the Earth for a visit. This can be answered as yes, because of the mount of transfiguration, where we see Moses and Elijah with Jesus returned to Earth from Heaven. Bless you, Love Fountain |
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18 | How do I deal with Hatred toward God? | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 36353 | ||
Dear gnuheart, Is there a way that you can ask the person you are referencing why they hate God? If you truly want to be involved and try to help, you and I will need more information. A really hard lesson for me has been to leave people alone once a seed is planted. Scripture teaches we need to allow the Father to grow the seed. So if you have talked with this person and shared the good news, give it to the Father and allow Him to do according to His will. I sense your concern for this person and can relate through my own experiences and when I feel the way I sense you may be, I read my Bible and find verses like the following, Rom 11:7-11 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded 8(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. KJV Also, Rom 11:25-32 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. KJV Please read the whole Chapter of Rom 11 for a better understanding. Hope this helps. Bless you, Love Fountain |
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19 | Crusifiction of Christ | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 40880 | ||
Dear Tim, Thank you for understanding and paying attention to the details. I was not taking any position and did not use my own words but was sharing something I thought to be of interest in regards to the shape of the cross as you have understood. Bless you, Love Fountain Matt 16:24 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. KJV |
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20 | Crusifiction of Christ | Bible general Archive 1 | Love Fountain | 40882 | ||
Dear EdB, Please reread what I copied and pasted from another web site again. The words are not mine nor have I taken any position but merely shared something I thought to be of interest regarding the shape of the cross. I see no need for hostility or put downs in any discussion of the Bible and I wish others would do the same so that we can all learn and grow in unity of Christ. Did you go to the website I listed and read the rest of the appendix? I am sorry I could not list the whole apendix in one post for you but I am limited to 5000 characters for some reason. Bless you, Love Fountain Heb 12:1-2 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. KJV |
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