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1 | 40 Days | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 121550 | ||
Luke 3:23 states that Jesus was about thirty when He started His ministry. We often take that to mean He was thirty years old. We know the He died in the year 33 AD so that makes Him 33 Years old when He was crucified. But the word thirty in Luke 3:23 actually mean the decade of thiry in other would it realy means He was somewhere in His thirties when He started. The Jews in John 8:57 may be supporting this when instead of saying you are not yet 40 they say you are not yet 50. These guys were adversaries and I can't imagin them giving Jesus the benifit of the doubt. John 8:57 is a weak example though to support Jesus as being 40. Lets go to the history books. We often assume that Christ was born in the year 1 AD; but Herod the great who was the particular Herod involved in the execution (murder) of the children in Bethleham, died in the year 4 1/2 BC. When looking for the child he assertained from the magi that the child was already about two years old. This is supported also by the meaning of the word child in Matt 2. Also the only census to take place near the time Christ was born took place in 7 BC. This was when Christ was born in a manger while his parents were registering for the census. If you count from 7 BC to 33 AD (do not count the year 0 there was no such year) you get 40 years. | ||||||
2 | God is one | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 121697 | ||
Forgive me for being so abrupt, I am sorry, Your original question to me seemed somewhat loaded. I realy am sorry. But to answer your question this verse is one of the foundation verses for the trinity doctrine. It indicates a plurality in God. One God yet three distinct persons. I dont know if anyone knows why God didn't use the singular in this case. Perhaps It was one of His first hints to us that He is far greater than we can realy comprehend. And that in turn make us realize we are very finite compared to him and have a great need for Him. | ||||||
3 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 122874 | ||
God's faithfulness to the Jews is partly based on His faithfulness to His word and the covenant He made with Abraham. (It's good to know we have a God who keeps His word regardless of whether we keep ours.) The Jews rejected Jesus because God did not allow them to know who Jesus was. As a result of that rejection God opened the door to the Gentiles. But His covennat with the Jews still stands but even with the covenant it will not be all the Jews who get save only the remnant Rom 9:27. | ||||||
4 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 122876 | ||
Sorry, should have clarified. The Jews during Jesus' lifetime were not allowed to know. The Jews after His death and resurrection that's a different matter. Those after were definately shown that Jesus was the Christ the three thousand Jews saved when Peter preached for the first time is ample proof of that. Sorry about the misunderstanding and thanks for the correction. | ||||||
5 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 122988 | ||
Let me start with the miracles Jesus performed. When Jesus performed a miracle at least for the Jews He often told them not to spread it around, ex. the leper Matt 8:4, the blind man Matt 9:30, dead child Mark 5:43, Deaf Man Mark 7:36 and even multitudes Matt 12:15,16. Jesus Tried to keep word about Himself from spreading around. The only people He seems not to give that admonision to were the Gentiles He healed. Jesus keeps demons from delaring Him to be the Son of God Mark 3:12 and Luke 4:41 When he cast them out He commanded them not to speak out Who He was. Peter's confession. Matt 16:13-20 "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God" Jesus said that it was His Father that had revealed that to them but also told them not to tell anyone that He was the Christ. The transfiguration. Matt 17:9 On their way down the mountian Jesus admonished The four disciples with Him not to disclose the vision to anyone until after Christ had been raised from the dead. Jesus Speaks in parables. Many christians have the misunderstanding that Jesus spoke parables to the multitudes to give them an easy way to understand the kingdom of God. But that's not true if we read to account Mark 4:11,12 Jesus explains that it was given to the disciples to understand but not to the multitudes. Mark 4:33,34 Mark writes that Jeseus did not speak to the multitude without parables but explained everything to His disciples. The prophecy Jesus quotes indicates that he spoke the parables so that They would hear about the Kingdom of God but not understand. They were not allowed by God to understand: Is.6:9. The only time Jesus let them know He was the Christ was at His trial before the high priest so that they could acuse Him of blasphemy. Of those who believed in Him after the miracle of feeding 5000 they all left when He told them they must eat his flesh and drink His blood. John 6:66. Of those who believed after Laz. being raised. many of those were also yelling criucify Him before Pilot. Luke 23. How many disciples were left after Jesus was crucified read Acts 1:12- 2:1. Very few Although many may had believed in Him while He was alive but for one reason or another most of them left. The reason They were not allowed to know Who Christ was can be found in 1 Cor 1:23- 2:8. The main verse being 2:8 "If they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory." If Jesus had made Himself know to them they would have tried to set Him up as King. They even tried once John 6:14,15, but Jesus didn't come to rule as king He came to redeem mankind. Heb 12:2 "For the joy set before Him He endured the cross" If Jesus had not been crucified where would we be now. We would all still be dieing in our sins seperated from our Heavenly Father. |
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6 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 123059 | ||
You are right they knew That a king was born but they did not know who it was this is why Herod had ALL the male children two years and under killed. Another point about Jesus deliberately hiding His identity from the Jews is the discussion between Jesus and Peter. Jesus told him that it was God who revealed to him that Jesus was the Son of God. Jesus also told them not to reveal that to anyone. But He also said that it was on that that He would build His church. It was on not only Peter's statement that He was the Son of God but on the revelation of this truth. The jews were looking for an earthly king they were not looking for it to be the Son of God. This revelation that would make them part of the church He kept from them. He specifically instructed His deciples to keep it to themselves; here and on the mount of transfiguration. The Jews at this time were specifically stopped by God from receiving the truth in order to be saved. After Jesus was raised from the dead is a different matter. Jesus did not come to evangelize he came to redeem. He left the evangelizing to those he trained to do it. | ||||||
7 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 123097 | ||
You are right. They knew that the messiah had been born. But they didn't know it was Jesus. Just as today we believe that the "Anti-christ" is alive now but we have no idea who it is. Can you point to one man and say this is the one? This is the point Jesus did not let them know that He was "THE" Son of God. If He did would He be a hypocrite after telling His disciples not to tell anyone, or shutting the mouth's of demons so they wouldn't tell? About John 10; even here Jesus does not tell them and they still do not know. Verses 1-6 This is a parable that left them all just as confused as before. "...This figure of speech (parable) Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them." Parenthesis added. Verses 7-21 This part only deepened the confussion and and started arguing about whether Jesus had a demon or not. Verses 22-40 they asked Him "How long will you keep us in suspense?" they still didn't know even after all that Jesus had taught and the miracles He performed. But when He said "I and the Father are one." They tried to stone Him. Their perception was He was making Himself out to be God. But Jesus Gave them scripture in reference to that statment (Ps 82:6) which indicates that all of them were son's of God and that He was including Himself in that verse. Was Jesus telling them He was the Son of God? I would have to admit YES! But in a way that was ambiguous and would make sure they didn't get it. Just like the parables spoke the truth but also hid it. Jesus even here in John 10 does the same He didn't want them to know. Luke 19:42-44 "... saying, "If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation." They did not recognize the day that the messiah would come riding into Jerusalem on a donkey if they knew Jesus to be the Messiah why even after the crowd yells Hosanna in the highest does Jesus speak over them that they had not recognized it. |
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8 | Which one are we not going to keep? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 125890 | ||
Country Girl; How much influence does the Law and OT have on us Christians. None of us can come to Christ without following the Law. (That will raise a few brows I bet) The law says that sin must be punished. In the law The punishment was death however; God instituted the sacrifices as a way to cover sins. So a lamb or goat or bull shed its blood for the covering of sins. Hebrews 9:22 "Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins" It is still the same today The only way we are forgiven for our sins is by sacrificing of innocent blood; Jesus' blood. This is why He is called the Lamb of God. No one can come to the Father except they come through this sacrifice. You may consider this the fulfillment of the law. But it is still the Law, mirrors it exactly. You may not receive forgiveness of your sins without the shedding of blood. Only Christ did it once for all. I hope this makes sense. It shows that all who come to christ still have to offer innocent blood Jesus' blood. Now do we still have to abide by the things written in the law? Yes! Matt 5:20 "For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." The pharisees obeyed the letter of the law but it was not good enough. Matthew takes the next three chapters (The so-called sermon on the mount) to explain that The heart or intent of the law must be followed. Hard as you may try, you can not keep the intent of the law without keeping the letter of it. But you can keep the letter of the law without keeping the intent. This is what the pharisees were doing. Jesus said that in order for us to enter the kingdom of heaven we must go farther than just keeping the letter. Now does that mean we dont sin? No. In the law sacifices of innocent blood were offer every year for the covering of their sins that they continually committed. So do we 1 John 2:1,2 "My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. When we sin we still come back to the innocent blood. Jesus' blood. Christ does not die again but His blood is still the payment for our sins. This is why John specifically mentions that He is the expiation for our sins. This is reference to His blood. We do the same thing when we sin again just as those in the OT did we go to the blood. Blessings to you. |
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9 | Which one are we not going to keep? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 125892 | ||
Country Girl Christ has not fulfilled all the OT. There are far more prophecies in the OT about His second coming than there are of His first by about 8:1. And since He has not returned yet He has not accomplished all. The OT is still as valid and vital today as it ever was. Blessings to you |
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10 | Which one are we not going to keep? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 125898 | ||
Theo-Minor You misunderstand context of those scriptures. The context is those who practise sin. Not those who just stumble. James 3:2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. 1 John 3:6-9 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In the previous chapter John writes, 1 John 2:1 "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;" He was aware that we still sin on occasions but sin is not the rule in our lives it is the exception. This book was written to the church in Ephesus. It is a book that gives the church a criterea for judging whether someone is a Christian or not. The whole book contrasts those who say they walk with God but dont and those who say they walk with God and do. 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This was written to believers. Are you telling me that you do not sin or that you do not stumble in word, thought or deed. Your reference to Heb 6:4-6 and 10:26 is also one of "Willfully" sinning not the believer that just stumbles. And as for your reference in Luke 9:16 It has nothing to do with sinning, it is reference to priorities. What is more important to us the world or Christ. |
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11 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128386 | ||
Hello New Creature: This is where I believe regeneration starts: 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. But I don't believe it is a finished work we still need purification Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. But the great thing is the One who started it will also finish it. Phil 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. His grace and peace to you |
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12 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128400 | ||
Good evening New Creature: In response to your question I would say we are active but only as one responding to the direction of the Lord: For example see the scriptures below the works we do are originated in God. He prepared them that we should walk in them. Our response is to walk in them. Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Here our deliverence from temptation is one God creates for us it is our response to something He has provided for us that we use to escape. 1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Rom 8:13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Rom 8:14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Rom 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; - The Spirit gives life to our mortal Bodies - By the Spirit we put to death the deeds of the flesh. - You are a son of God if you are being led by the Spirit - The spirit interceeds for us. Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Rom 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; Rom 8:30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. - God causes all thing to work for our good - In Rom 8:29-30 you can see our progress from glory to glory is realy God's work being performed in us. We only respond to Him. If we will not respond to Him then I would say that would be living according to the flesh (see Rom 8:13 above) and regeneration does not take place. |
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13 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128429 | ||
Good morning New creature: You asked if: “Do you believe the Holy Spirit dwells even in unbelievers, and remains inactive in them, until some at point in their lives they become aware of His indwelling presence, and at this point they begin actively responding to Him?” No. I believe the Holy Spirit only indwells believers. The influence of the Holy Spirit is an external one (What I mean by that is He works from the outside as He influences the inside) to unbelievers. This scriptures shows what spirit is influencing unbelievers: of which we were all part of. Eph 2:1-3 1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. This scripture show that there is a big difference between the two groups and that God dwells in one and not the other. 2 Cor 6:14-18 14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." 17"Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you." 18"I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." Here we see that we are sealed after we believe. Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, Here it says that those who believed in Him received the Holy Spirit John 7:38-39 38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'" But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. Grace and peace to you P.S. You say that this is a survey? Will you share with us your findings? I would love to see the results. |
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14 | Please explain the big words! | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 132286 | ||
Good Morning Tim; Actually Hemenutics is a "small" word for interpretation. Hemenutics only has 10 letters while interpretaion has 14. :-) Blessing to you Aaron |
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15 | The Bible written in code ? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 144928 | ||
Good morning Hank: You are so right about this. The word of God was given and inspire by God to reveal Jesus not hide Him. I've read both the original "Bible Code" and "Bible Code II" the first I found very interesting but I was sceptical. The second basicaly was geared to show that God was some exterestial alian who computer was the source of the Bible and its space craft was buried near the Dead sea in the west bank in Israel where no one can get to because of territorial desputes. What a crock. Blessing to you Aaron |
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16 | Study of the minor prophets? | OT general | following him | 127554 | ||
I'm thinking that we can start with Joel. It's a short book that will test whatever format we use. After that we make adjustments and move on to another book. As for the format: See following outline Joel study: Background Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 The Background would be where anyone wanting to add any historical, social, information for the book. It would basicaly be the intro to the book. The Chapter sub streams would be where the actual studying will be happening. It may be that it will be smaller divisions based on if the chapter can be clearly divided into smaller sections or not. Anyone will be able to add their input at any point of the book under the proper sub-stream (chapter division). The difficult part would be to restrict discussion to only the passage and not get off on tangents within the study stream. Each Chapter or section stream would start with the actual Biblical text of that section. Then those who wish to add thoughts would do so under that sub-stream. This would make it easy for the entire book to be set up at one time. Does this sound feasible? |
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17 | Study of the minor prophets? | OT general | following him | 127637 | ||
Hello DocTrinsograce; Thanks for your interest in participating in this study. Actually there is no reason once the study of Joel is formated a study for Habakkuk could also be formated. Anyone would be able to join in at any time. However studying multiple books at one time can be overwhelming. I suggest as soon as we see how the response to the study in Joel is going we can set one up for Hab. We can use Joel as a test to see if it works. My biggest concern is that the postings for the study will get all mixed up with the rest of the postings on the forum. Perhaps I will send a suggestion to the Lockman foundation about this. Blessings to you |
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18 | Study of the minor prophets? | OT general | following him | 127638 | ||
Hello chesed: Blessings to you and welcome to the forum. We would love to have you participate. I'm just waiting to see if there is a little more response or interest in it before trying to set it up. I looking at the beggining of next week if all goes well. |
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19 | Study of the minor prophets? | OT general | following him | 127650 | ||
Anyone may join the study. The only thing I would ask is that all discussions stick to the subject of the book of Joel. Any tangents that come up should be moved to the main forum and not discussed within the study streams. This study may also latter be used by some as a sort of commentary while reviewing all the postings in it. A commentary which they can add to if they wish. | ||||||
20 | Right purposes for miracles | NT general Archive 1 | following him | 122347 | ||
1) Is there miracles in today's world being performed by human beings (God through people)? Yes! 2) Are they deceiving themselves and others into believing these miracles? What is the basis for you to think they are deceiving themselves if they heal somebody. If one gets healed how can that be a deception. You sound like the pharisees who could not believe that the blind man was healed by Jesus. The blind man's response was, all I know is that I was blind but now I see (John 9:25). Regardless of what we have seen or done through the Holy Spirit in the realm of healing, you will not believe. 3) What do we use to determine if these miracles actually come with God's blessing in accordance with His command to "test the spirits." See 1 John 4:1-2 You need to reread this reference. The test does not mention what they do but what they teach about Christ. You keep using it as a guage to what they are doing. |
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