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1 | Whats the major reson for sunday worship | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 160169 | ||
Thank you David for your note. The verses you have quoted have nothing whatsoever to do with Christian Believers meeting on the last day of the week. All of them in fact refer to Paul a Jew, taking the Gospel to "the Jews first", which he did when all the Jews living ia a particular locality were all in one place at one time, ie in their Synagogue on the Sabbath. If you read the verses you quote in their context, this will become apparent. Please read 1st Corinthians Ch 16 vs 1-5, and also Acts Ch 20 v 7, which clearly indicates that Belivers met on the first day of the week. This day was also refered to as "the Lord's day", see Revelation Ch 1 v 10. May the Lord bless you, and keep you safe, ebrain. |
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2 | Number 216 | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 160393 | ||
Thank you Hank for your post on 216. I have allways been interested in Biblical numerology, and think that you might just find the folowing of interest. A man said to his friend, I would very much like to be in the center of the will of God. His friend replied, Perhaps we will find advice on this in the center of the Bible. How can we find the centre of the Bible?. Well the Book of Psalm's is near the middle, perhaps it is in there someware, yes but which Psalm do we look for?. I wonder if it might be someware between the longest, and the shortest?. 117 is the shortest, and 119 is the longest, could it then be 118?, yes but in any case how can we be sure that 118 is indeed in the centre. Let us consider that all the Psalm's represent Chapters, and count how many Chapters there are each side of 118. The total in each case is 594, so it must be 118, but which verse?, well if we add 594 to 594 we get 1188, could this be indicating that verse 8 is the one in question?. Well read that verse, and see what you think. More another time. Every blessing. ebrain. |
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3 | Number 216 | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 160466 | ||
Thank you again Hank, this time for your kind words of welcome. I am a little older than you having been born in December 1931. Oh! and by the way I must be half American, as my father was born in the States. I was not aware of the possible connection between our National Poet,and Psalm 46, thank's for that, it's most interesting. Allow me to share with you somthing about the No 7 which I understand indicates Divine perfection, and completion. A number of years ago I found myself wondering if Biblical numbers could also be found in other translations, for example English. To this end I looked at the very first verse in the Bible namely Gen Ch 1 v 1, and decided to try 'created' as it has 7 leters, (in Hebrew only 4 letters). God said 'I am the first and the last', Hebrew does not have a seperate set of shapes for numbers as we do in English, but ascribes to each letter a number, A is 1, B is 2, C is 3, and so on, now just suppose that we had the same, then the first and the last letters of 'created' would have a value of 3 and 4 which when added together make 7. Now suppose we give neumeric values to all the letters, and add them up, then the total is 308, a number that can be divided exactly by 7 whith none left over. Note, After the 10th letter J, the next K is 20, L is 30, M is 40, and so on up to 100, and then the next is 200 etc, etc. How about that then 3 lots of severn's, and what does 3 indicate but Trinity More later, the Lord bless you,and yours. ebrain. |
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4 | Where in verses is Jesus God | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 162074 | ||
May I also add Isaiah Ch 48 v 16, and Isaiah Ch 6 vs 1-5, with John Ch 12 vs 37-41, and of course the three claims to be "I AM" found in the 8th chapter of John, at vs 24, 28, and 58. note "he" is not found in the original Greek. | ||||||
5 | if you are saved are you always saved? | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 162936 | ||
It is clear from Scripture that the Lord does not save everyone, but in fact only a few (Matt 7:14). In John 6:65, it is written "no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father". Are you saying in fact that God grants salvation to persons that He knows in advance will loose it? That He is not able to do what He says He is able to do at Jude v 24? |
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6 | Please read 1 Sam 15:1-4. | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 164599 | ||
Thank you Lionheart, I agree, I have no problem with this passage of Scripture, but some people may have? Happy Christmas. Edwin. |
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7 | Please read 1 Sam 15:1-4. | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 164600 | ||
No problem, I agree, see my post to Lionheart above. Happy Christmas to you as well Atdcross, and anyone else who reads this. May the Lord bless you all. Edwin Brain. |
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8 | Does Satan Really Exist? | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 166298 | ||
Thank you drbloor for your posts of 17th, and 19th of Jan 06. In reply let me comment as follows. You ask if Satan is a person or not, you then state that the word Satan means adversary, this of course is correct, you then go on to say "there was a adversary in Job, and I am certain he was a person", Thereby answering the very question you had just asked? You state that Isaiah Ch 14, and Ezekiel Ch 28 refer to to men only, and not to Satan, if this is so then please explain how the king of Babylon fell from Heaven as described in verse 12? In Ezekiel 28:13, how did the king of Tyre get into the "Eden, the garden of God"? Now regardind Divine permission, in my ESV Bibly, Job 2:6, reads, And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life", please tell me how this can be considered as anything other than Divine permission?. God also uses the personal pronoun "your". indicating that He, God is speaking to a person, and not something other that a person. |
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9 | Is baptism required? | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 167154 | ||
No, baptism is not required for salvation, but it is God's prefered option, read 1st Peter 3:21, (NKJV), as the Lord wishes you to give a public demonstration of your conversion to, and acceptance of His provision of your salvation. Also do what Doc says. |
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10 | Did more than one God make man? | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 167184 | ||
Further to the above, the Hebrew word translated "us" is a plural noun, and although the Hebrew plural means three or more, that is not it's prime meaning here, beter understood as overflowing, like "Holy Holy Holy", it is in fact difficult for me to describe, no doubt others will give a more comprensive explanation. | ||||||
11 | Did more than one God make man? | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 167497 | ||
Hi Princess MJ. Thank you for your post. Have a look at Isaiah 48:12-16, and you will find that the last part of v 16, indicates that the person speaking in the first part of this verse is Jesus, also it's a great verse in the O.T. to show the Trinity. |
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12 | In heaven are we male or female? | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 168400 | ||
Yes it is speculation, but no more so than your post of 9.34 am. in the first line you use the word "Possibly",i.e pure speculation. You also say "there is no real indication that angels are genderless". Quite true, but there is no indication that they are not. You also say "There is nothing in the Bible that indicates people will lose or change sex in eternity" once more you are quite right, but there is nothing in the Bible which says they won't. You use the word "seems" twice in the last paragraph, again speculation. You say "Jesus retained his gender", please provide Chapter, and verse to support this, I am not saying that there arn't any, just that I am not aware of any. At Matt 23:37, Jesus likens himself to a hen gathering her chicks, does this make him female? God is refered to as He, and Father, does this make Him male? Please let me know just what you think Jesus was intending to convey at Mat 22:30. |
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13 | In heaven are we male or female? | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 172879 | ||
Thank you for your post annointed child. A spiritual body yes, but also still a physical one, we are told quite a lot in the Bible about the spiritual body. Read 1 Cor 15:42-58. John 20:19-23. Luke 24:31-43. John 20:15. Luke 24:31. A spiritual body is flesh and bone, has internal organs, lungs, a digestive system, is able to appear, and dissappear at will, can pass through solid material, has the same marks it had before death (nail prints), is not allways recognised at first. |
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14 | After feast at the Jews Jesus went where | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 178249 | ||
When you say after Jesus feed the Jews, I am taking this to refer to the feeding of the 5000 as refered to at Matthew 14:13-21 if so in this case He went up on the mountain to pray as shown at verses 22-23 of this chapter. If on the other hand you are refering to the feeding of the 4000, then He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan, see Matthew 15:39 but I have a feeling that this is not the answer you are looking for, if so can you be more specific by quoting, Book, Chapter, and verse/verses. Thank you. ebrain. |
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15 | Who is "Us"? | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 184870 | ||
The Lord Our God is refering to Himself, see Matt 28:19, one name but three persons. | ||||||
16 | eph 1:4-5 what is predestination, chosen | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 185226 | ||
Hi God's-elect You have said, "You cannot choose God". If this is the case, then please explain, "choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve", as in the verse below? Jos 24:15 "And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Are you suggesting that God speaking through Joshua is asking the people to do what God knows full well they cannot do? ebrain. |
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17 | eph 1:4-5 what is predestination, chosen | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 185310 | ||
Joshua said "But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." You have said, "You cannot choose God". Is Joshua telling lies then?. ebrain. |
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18 | eph 1:4-5 what is predestination, chosen | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 185313 | ||
Thank you Apollos for your input. Perhaps, what follows may be of assistance. Subject: Born Again. Is born again that which a person becomes upon receiving the Lord Jesus as his own personal saviour, or is it what God must do to a person to enable him/her to receive Jesus ?. PS I am not a Calvinist. Sincerely yours. Edwin Brain. Without question the biggest single problem that the church has is an abysmal lack of in depth Bible teaching. For example when a born again Christian is not even able to explain exactly just what is meant by "Born again" how can he possibly communicate the Gospel to the un-saved ?. Let me explain, The unconverted are spiritually dead, see. 1Cr 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. This of course all happened at "The fall", see. Gen 2:17 "for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.".. This is an incorrect translation, as it should read, "for in the day that you eat of it, dying you shall die". That is to say, two deaths, spiritual death at the moment you eat thereof, followed by physical death in due course. Have a look at Jhn 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. Jhn 6:65 And He said, "Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father." Now read. Mat 16:16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Mat 16:17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. Mat 16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it Note, "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven" You are petros and upon this petra I will build my church" ie each member of my church will have what you Peter have just had, that is direct divine intervention into their lives, enabling them to accept me for who I am. The one and only "I AM" He who died that they might live. How can any flesh be saved, read, Mat 19:25 When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" Mat 19:26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. Now lets have a look at. Jhn 3:5-6, Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Jhn 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. But first a suitable background against which to view the revenant words, Let us say two different worlds, or two different modes of existence, what about Physical life, and Spiritual life. Now then how did you get into this physical world. Well you were born into it weren't you?. Now exactly how much contribution did you make to your physical birth, non whatsoever you owe your existence entirely to the activity of another, namely your human father. Likewise your arrival into the spiritual world (If you are to get there) will be due entirely to the activity of another, namely, the Lord our God, who will then be your heavenly Father. The water refereed to in v 5 of John 3, is of course amniotic fluid which is required to be born of the flesh refereed to in the next verse. In fact using Hebrew parallelism, v 6 in given in order to clear up any doubt as to exactly what is meant by water in v 5. To sum up therefore it is clear from the text that it is impossible to be saved, unless one is first born again into the spiritual world, thus enabling one to understand the way of salvation, and thereby to receive Jesus as ones own personal Saviour.. Born again can also be translated as born from above, ie born of God. My Conversion follows. May the Lord bless you all. Edwin Brain. |
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19 | eph 1:4-5 what is predestination, chosen | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 185314 | ||
Subject: My Conversion. I was nearly 30 years old when the Lord saved me. For most of that time I was either agnostic, atheist, or indifferent. For as long as I can remember I have always had an insatiable thirst for knowledge. How does this work?. How does that work?. What makes people what they are?. When my school boy friends were out playing games like cricket, football,or chasing girls, I would be found in the local library reading room finding out as much as I could about my latest interest. With a name like Brain, and my interests it is no wonder I got the nickname Professor, or Mr know it all. I did not really care what they called me, I was a loner. I would do my own thing in my own way. I particularly enjoyed a battle of wits with anyone, as I always won, or at least I thought so. I especially looked out for people of a Religious disposition, as I really enjoyed exercising my superior knowledge, and shooting them down in flames as it were, but then one day in the late summer of 1961 when looking out of the office window where I worked, I saw in our car park a Bedford mini bus with the words "Even Christ pleased not himself" written on its side in letters of gold 3" high. I enquired whose this was, and the owner was pointed out to me. I made my mind up there and then that he would be my next victim. I met a man at work 43 years ago, and to cut a long story short he invited me to his home, to which I went for 8 successive Friday evenings, I was very much impressed with this man, he is very well educated, and also very sincere. He wanted me to become a Christian like him, and kept on asking me if I was yet ready to receive Jesus as my saviour. I told him I could say the words he wanted me to, but I knew that I would not mean it, not that I did not want to, I did, but I knew that it would not work if I didn't mean it. The problem was the enormity of my sin, which I considered to great for God to forgive. It was near to midnight, and his wife and his 5 children were all in bed. At this point the Lord caused his youngest child a girl of about 18 months to cry, he excused himself and left the room, saying I don't want my wife to be disturbed, I will go and see what is the matter. This left me alone as it were, I said to myself this man wants me to become a Christian like him, well maybe someday I will. but if I ever do then I will have to do what they do, they pray, and I don't know how to pray. I wondered what to do next, I had opened the bible a number of times whilst visiting my friend, and often found the verses that I read spoke to me powerfully, often dealing with the particular problem that I had in my mind at that moment. Now I opened it once again at random, and found myself reading Luke Ch 11 from v 1. "Teach me how to pray". The Lord spoke to me in His still small voice, and said "Why am I doing this, why am I as it were taking time off from running this vast universe to come down into this room to be with you to cause you to open my book just where I want you to open it, to read the very verse that I want you to read that tells you that I know just what your problem is, if as you say your sin is too great for me to forgive?. I had no answer for this, and with tears streaming down my face I looked up and said "Because you love me" That is how I became a Christian. The date of my conversion was the 8th of December 1961, although I did mention 8 successive Friday evenings. As I feel sure you know, 8 is the Biblical number indicating "Fresh start, new beginning". Although all this happened more than 45 years ago, it is only recently that I have seen the connection. Every blessing. Edwin. (ebrain) |
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20 | eph 1:4-5 what is predestination, chosen | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 185350 | ||
Hi Hobbs. You said. "I don't see this as a firm foudation for the establishment of so-called "free-will". Please read the following Scripture verses, and let me have your answer to the question I ask. Gen 5:24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Tell me did Enoch walk with God of his own free will? Gen 6:9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. Tell me did Noah walk with God of his own free will? Job 1:8 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?" Tell me did Job fear God and shun evil of his own free will? Thank you. ebrain. |
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