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1 | Is it wrong to use condoms? advise | Bible general Archive 1 | bob r. | 47087 | ||
According to Gen 9:7 God said to Adam and Eve, "Be fruitfull and multiply", but He didn't say to multiply and multiply. I don't think God wants us bringing children into the world if we can't provide for them. There is a considerable investment in time and money raising children. If we aren't up to this then why have more? Abstinence can also lead to all kinds of sinfull desires. bob r. |
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2 | How can God (Jesus) increase in wisdom? | Luke 2:52 | bob r. | 47061 | ||
to nate2go I apreciate your response but either I don't understand your answer or you didn't understand my question. I'll try again. If Christ is God and God is all knowing, how can He increase in wisdom? Is Luke saying that Christ is not God? Is he saying God is not all knowing? I believe that Christ is God and that God is all knowing, so what is Luke trying to tell us here? bob r. |
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3 | Christ- wisdom increasing or reputation? | Luke 2:52 | bob r. | 47185 | ||
Steve, This is a much better reply. These bible verses give me somthing to work with. I don't know yet if I'll agree with you or not but I promise to meditate on your answer. Part of the problem I have is that I agree with you in all of Christ's physical aspects. His mental aspects are another matter. Weren't the men in the temple astonished at the wisdom of Jesus when He was just 12 years old? Luke 2:47 I wonder if Luke was trying to tell us that Jesus was gaining in reputation for being wise and that the respect He received from the people grew with His reputation? Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question. I will consider your answer. God bless you. bob r. |
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4 | Christ- wisdom increasing or reputation? | Luke 2:52 | bob r. | 47186 | ||
Steve, This is a much better reply. These bible verses give me somthing to work with. I don't know yet if I'll agree with you or not but I promise to meditate on your answer. Part of the problem I have is that I agree with you in all of Christ's physical aspects. His mental aspects are another matter. Weren't the men in the temple astonished at the wisdom of Jesus when He was just 12 years old? Luke 2:47 I wonder if Luke was trying to tell us that Jesus was gaining in reputation for being wise and that the respect He received from the people grew with His reputation? Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question. I will consider your answer. God bless you. bob r. |
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5 | Christ- wisdom increasing or reputation? | Luke 2:52 | bob r. | 47187 | ||
Steve, This is a much better reply. These bible verses give me somthing to work with. I don't know yet if I'll agree with you or not but I promise to meditate on your answer. Part of the problem I have is that I agree with you in all of Christ's physical aspects. His mental aspects are another matter. Weren't the men in the temple astonished at the wisdom of Jesus when He was just 12 years old? Luke 2:47 I wonder if Luke was trying to tell us that Jesus was gaining in reputation for being wise and that the respect He received from the people grew with His reputation? Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question. I will consider your answer. God bless you. bob r. |
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6 | One God- Three manifestations | John 14:5 | bob r. | 47089 | ||
GK 13 Your question on who to direct your prayers to was interseting. I feel a lot of people are confused in this regard. First let me say that there is only one God. God is all powerfull. He can do anything. If God wanted to appear to you in the form of a raven, He could. Then you would be right to say that that raven was God. Instead God chose to reveal Himself in three distinct forms,Father,Son, and Spirit. It's all the same God though. It's kind of like if you hired me to put a new roof on your house last year. I was a roofer. If you hire me this year to do some plumbing, I'm a plumber. I'm still the same man but working in a different capacity. Likewise God has chosen three ways to manifest Himself to mankind. Remember that God is everywhere, so He can be God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit all at the same time. In John 14:23 Christ says,"If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." Now we know as Christians that the Holy Spirit abides in us, yet in this verse He doesn't even mention the Holy Spirit. Why? Because all are one and the same. Today God reveals Himself through His Holy Spirit. But it was necessary for God to come in the form of flesh and blood to offer Himself as a sacrifice for our sins. When we pray, we pray in Jesus name to aknowledge what God accompished for us on the cross. The Father represents the totallity of the Godhead. As flesh and blood Christ was limited in that He could only be in one place at a time. Hence the Holy Spirit so that God can have a personal relationship with each of us. In each case it is the same God. In John 14:28 Christ says,"....the Father who is greater than I." This might confuse you. Christ, in the form of flesh and blood experienced hunger Luke 4:2, He got tired John 4:6, He thirsted John 19:28 etc. God is a Spirit John 4:24. As spirit God would not experience any of these things. Becomming flesh and blood God limits Himself to the limitations of flesh and blood. We see where Christ often prayed to the Father, but let us not forget that Christ also served as an example for us in how to behave. bob r. |
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7 | One God- Three manifestations | John 14:5 | bob r. | 47178 | ||
steve, While I respect your oppinion, I cannot agree with you. If you could quote the bible for me it would give me something to consider other than your opinion or the opinion of others. I hope that I have a teachable heart. I've prayed for one. My faith is based on the bible only. When it comes to opinion, if that opinion is not supported by the bible it carries little weight with me. Let us not forget that 1500 years ago when Constantine legalised Christianity he was replacing a polytheistic religion. Replacing many gods with one may have been a little difficult with society. To replace these many gods he came up with the trinity idea as well as the idea of praying to saints. I can find nowhere in the bible where anyone other than God should be prayed to, that is Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. By the way, any religeous leaders of the day who failed to go along with this were threatened with exile, and some were exiled for their stand. Respecfully, bob r |
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