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1 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | rferg | 71347 | ||
My friend, We do not need to be God to understand the Trinity! God certainly wants his creation to understand who and what God is. God is not a God of confusion. I studied the Trinity for a long time. I received these kinds of responses to my questions. How can you expect someone to know who God is by an explanation like this? There is no love, effection, no life or anyone to have a relationship with. I will explain it in a word picture so to speak. The Trinity (God) is a family. Just like we have an earthly family on earth the Father God, Jesus -Son of God and the Holy Spirit-God are a spiritual family in heaven. Like in our earthly families we have a last name and several members in our families so does God of course he created us in their likeness. There are 5 members in my family we are all different and have different functions but we are all know by the same family name, our last name. There is a chain of command the Father being the first and the son the second and the so on and we have the same in our earthly families. The spiritual family of God are all righteous they have the same nature and are in unity with each other even with their different funtions. Our earthly families are born with a sin nature until we are baptized into the body of Christ and become spiritual (no I don't mean a God) I mean we are righteous because Jesus died for us. Like our earthly families we can add to them the spiritual family of God can be added to. When we are born again we become the children of God. The confusing part is we say God and know one can figure out who God is because there seems to be three but the bible tells us there is but one God. We don't address people by their last names first. Re-read the NT and ask yourself God who when it is referring to God. Abba Father-God, Jesus Christ the Son of -God or the Holy Spirit of God. You will see them individually or collectively (all together). When Jesus is being baptized you see Jesus being baptized and the heavens upen and the Father saying this is my Son in whom I am well pleased and the Holy Spirit descending upon Him. We see all three individually all working together. In the OT God was referred to usually collectively. One God. Abba Father hadn't sent his Son Jesus to the earth yet. John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Who was the Word? Jesus John 1:14. And Jesus was with God. God who? God the Father. And the Word (Jesus) was God. God Who? The Son of God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. Who is He? Jesus He was in the beginning with God. God who? God the Father. Read Prov. 8:22 3 All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Read Gen.1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God who? The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 2 we see the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. Gen 1:26 Then God said, Let "us" make man in "our" likeness, according to Our likeness. Notice that us and our are plural. More than one. But the bible says there is only one God. Here we see that the family of God are working together to create man in his image. Hope this helps you to see there is one family of God with three distinct persons in that family they are a spiritual family. |
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2 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | rferg | 71444 | ||
Hello I'm not a history buff but I have been a christian a long time and could not find the answer that made any sense to me. But I have studied this subject for a very long time and I prayed and asked God to help me understand Him. So I could love something and someone who was real to me and that I knew had a plan for me and loved me. I have a limited education and it takes me a long time to understand. This is when one night I recieved this word picture. I took a piece of paper and drew a line at the top of the left side I wrote (earthly family) at he right side I wrote (heavenly famil) things unfolded from their. After I wrote Abba Father -God, Jesus Son of -God and Holy Spirit of -God they were on top of each other and I could see that God was like our last name and then I realized God was a family. Things unraveled from there and still are. I don't know why God Showed me this. But I have been asking for a long time. Seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened, ask and you shall recieve. It has bothered me for years that know one could explain this to me. Most Pastor's use the Jesus when they should be using the Father's name and viceversa. In my heart I feel it is a clear message I can share with others so they can believe in a real God and when they read their bible for themselves they can understand it and thirst for more of it. God Bless! |
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3 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | rferg | 71498 | ||
Richard, Thanks for the info. I now understand what the Christian church referrs to as the trinity (the family of God). Sincerely, |
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4 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | rferg | 71499 | ||
The word Trinity is not in the bible even though it is used to discribe a tri-une God. I don't know about understanding the "trinity" as the church as tried to understand it but I do understand the "Family of God" being the Abba Father, Jesus Christ the Son of God and the Holy Spirit of God. ONE FAMILY OF GOD. I'm a child of God who has studied this subject for years earnestly seeking the truth not what a denomination believes. I have been persecuted, ridiculed, etc. God is reavealing truth to those who seek Him in the last days. | ||||||
5 | Entering Heaven | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71286 | ||
Greetings! Mark 16:16 clearly states "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved." Why wouldn't you want to be baptized into the body of Christ, the kingdom of God? Why do so many resent and resist baptism? At the beginning of Matthew, Mark , Luke and John the writer is trying to prove the diety of Jesus that He is the Son of God. The very next thing is for sinners to repent and be baptized by John the baptist, then we see Jesus coming to John 3:13 Then Jsus arrived from Galilee at the Jordon coming to John, to be baptized by him. But John tried to prevent Him, saying, I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me? 3:16 And after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and hehold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and coming upon Him. Jesus was baptized in water in the Jordon (not a church building) during that time he recieved the promise of the gift of the Holy Spirit from His Father. Did Jesus need to be baptized to wash away His sins? NO, of course not. But when He was baptized He recieved the Holy Spirit. After He was baptized and recvd. the Spirit is when he started preaching the Gospel. Jesus is our example! We need the Holy Spirit living in us. We are a temple of the Holy Spirit. Notice that at Pentecost all who believed were baptized that day adding the their number 3000. All who believed. The entire book of Acts is filled with example after example of every believer wanting to be baptized even in the middle of the night. There is no mention, not even once of anyone who didn't want to get baptized or who question baptism as a part of salvation. I personally think we have a misunderstanding of what baptism is. This is the reason why we don't think it's important to be baptized. It is a Spiritual act for those who believe. The most important aspect of baptism is being filled with the Holy Spirit. That's why the devil wants you to believe it's not important. Also as your reading the bible notice it is those who are preaching the gospel (disciples) who are baptizing. When we as children of God (disciples) lead someone to Christ we can baptize at that time in water. This is the religious hinderance to baptism. I disagree with your interpatation of John 3:5. If you begin at the beginning of John and move forward you will see after the deity of Christ, the witness of John the Baptist and Jesus being baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit then Jesus begins His ministry of preaching the gospel. John 3 begins with the 2 births, physical and spiritual. John 3:5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit (Jesus was baptized in water and filled with the Holy Spirit during that experience), he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (this is the born again experience). In verse 6 he says that which is born of the flesh is flesh (physical birth). So through baptism in water we are born again (shallow grave) dying to our old self and being re-born of the Spirit. Jesus is the baptizer of the Holy Spirit. He gives us this gift just as the Father gave it to Him. I believe the point in verse 8 is speaking about the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is not something we can put our hand on or show to others it's like the wind, you know the presence but you are not in control of it. Now in John 3:14 it gives us the example of Moses lifing up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. Numbers 21:9 is the example. 15 that who ever believes may in Him have eternal life. Read Numbers and notice what they had to do. There was an action to their belief. They had to look up at the bronze serpent if they beleived or they died. Why would this scripture be here? For an example to those who believed. Then we go to John 3:16 and by it's self is taken out of context. Those who believe will have everlasting life. But if you continue to read to verse 22 it say After these things Jesus and His desciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing them. 23 And John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there: and they were coming and were being baptized. 26 And they came to John and said to him, Rabi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have borne witness behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him. 3:33 He who has received His witness has set his seal to the, that God is true. 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for He gives the Spirit without measure. 35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hands. 36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but wrath of God abides on him. Continues on in chapter 4 about baptizing. Belief is an action. |
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6 | Entering Heaven | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71287 | ||
When Paul was baptized it was for an example to all believers. In the book of Acts it tells us to follow after the examples of the Apostles. Aslo Acts 2:35-40 38 And Peter said to them Repent and let each of you be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off as many as the Lord shall call to His self. We are baptized for the forgiveness of sins. We repent then the water washes away our sins. Then we recieve the Holy Spirit. |
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7 | Entering Heaven | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71340 | ||
Greeting BradK! I don't know what the Chrurch of Christ's doctrine is. I don't have my bible in front of me at the moment to give scripture. But I believe that the water in baptism represents the blood. The bible says we are washed in the blood of Jesus. I gave scripture that says to repent for the remission of sin and be baptized. Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit during batism. Sincerely |
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8 | Animal Talks? | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71458 | ||
I wasn't disagreeing with this person! I was being light hearted and actually this particular scripture hadn't come to mind. | ||||||
9 | Entering Heaven | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71459 | ||
Writer thank you for such a great explanation. It's nice to know someone actually knows the truth and can explain it such an inlighting way. God Bless |
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10 | Entering Heaven | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71461 | ||
I'm not Tim but I will give you my two cents! People don't witness to the lost because they have not found the answers to their own questions and are afraid they won't be able to answer someone elses. Churches are not set up for the common person to really teach people to study their bibles for themselves, by subjects. So they just go as a ritual and sit on the pews each week. (Ask a person who says they are a Christian a question about the bible and most don't know. They don't know the truth fully about any subject or course show me a church who teaches subject's instead of telling you their point of view and using a scripture here and there and I will fall over.) Who's fault is it that we sit on pews and don't know the bible? Well the Pastor's can say it's the peoples because they don't read their bibles. The people come to the church learn and to be taught. The preacher preaches from the pulpit with no question and anwer time (conversing). Do you think when Jesus or Paul spoke for hours that they didn't let people ask questions and then they responded? Of course they did because that's how most of learn is through conversing. But if the Pastor's are the only ones who "KNOW" we are to listen with no questions asked. Hog Wash!!! I'm tired of this. The reason why Pastor's do this is because they really don't know much more than a few people in their congragations. Thank for letting give my oppinion why people don't witness. |
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11 | Which Church is the right one? | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71464 | ||
CEBJ You might want to get a book of cataicism (sorry I can't spell) and look up the Ten Comandments written in it (somewhere around pg 50 0r 60.) You will notice that the second commandment is taken out completely, which states not to have any graven images. The third commandment is then quoted as the bibles fourth commandment which states to keep the sabbath Holy and not to do any work on it. At the end a commandment is added I beleive it's in the nineth position so there is still Ten Commandments from removing the second. Also check for yourself under the 3rd commandment that it states that the Catholice church changed the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. It also says that the Protestant church pays homage because it follows suit. This is not what my Holy Bible says. AS for as Col. 2:16 This scripture is referring to meat and drink offerings, new moon and sabbath days under which are related to the feast which were under the Levitical Law. We are no longer under the Levitical Law. The sabbaths were kept during the feasts. sincerly |
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12 | Which Church is the right one? | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71472 | ||
Hank, I thought "Christians" were suppose to be kind? |
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13 | what is the purpose of the resurrection? | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71497 | ||
Greetings Emmaus, I was asking a question. You didn't answer it. The questions you asked me are way over my head. But you did reffer to the spirit as the (soul). I was under the understanding that we are a three part being, body, soul and spirit. The soul is the mind, will and emotions. I believe they do die when the physical body dies. That's are personality and we die it dies. Sorry this is where I am on this subject. |
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14 | How many Pastor's are preaching to he lo | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71501 | ||
That's not my point. They probably tell less sinners about Jesus than the lay person. There are less sinners in Church than outside. I never hear or see a preacher out in public preaching the gospel do you. But in the work place I have seen and heard people tellin others about Jesus. These big buildings, programs, and big salary's paid to Pastor's are not getting the lost saved! | ||||||
15 | How many Pastor's are preaching to he lo | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71502 | ||
That's not my point. They probably tell less sinners about Jesus than the lay person. There are less sinners in Church than outside. I never hear or see a preacher out in public preaching the gospel do you. But in the work place I have seen and heard people tellin others about Jesus. These big buildings, programs, and big salary's paid to Pastor's are not getting the lost saved! | ||||||
16 | How many Pastor's are preaching to he lo | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71504 | ||
Do you see pastor's who have 7 million dallar churches preaching to the lost in public, because I live in California and I sure don't and never have. | ||||||
17 | How many Pastor's are preaching to he lo | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71510 | ||
Pasator's should lead by example. Jesus the appostles and disciples did and they didn't do it for money. I don't give my tithes an offerings with the idea that I'm paying someone to do my job (witnessing to the lost). I give my tithes and offering so it can be used to take care of the widows, feed the poor or take care of the needs of anyone in the body first and the prisioner. I also expect the money to be used in study material to help us who are Christians learn to read and study our bibles, not having to pay to get taught the Word through selling us books, tapes or video's. This is what the bible says to do with our money. I don't see where it says to spend millions of dollars on buildings, salaries and programs do you? As long as I have been a Christian in Church I have never heard any Pastor ask if there is any widow who needed to be taken care of, have you? I don't know of any widows taken care of financially by the church. But I know many pastor's who extreme salaries that could be used to spread the gospel. One of the biggest waste of money I see spent in the church is on the "Music Pastor's". There are so many tallented music people in the world and when they love music you don't have to pay them to lead worship in church. P.S I expect Pastor's to do a good day's work for there pay. People work hard to pay tithes which support their salaries instead of writing books, taking vacations, playing golf etc. Remember I live in California. |
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18 | How many Pastor's are preaching to he lo | NT general Archive 1 | rferg | 71539 | ||
Then they don't need a music leader that bad! If you have a lawn and on one side the gardener gets paid and then you are trying to find another gardner to do it for free when he knows the other get paid would you do it for free? That's the problem in the church. Everyone see's these pastor's getting large salaries and brand new usually expensive cars not to mention vacations, food exp., book exp. on and on and so they want some of the money too. |
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19 | im looking for the truth | Gen 1:1 | rferg | 56294 | ||
The book "New Age Bible Versions", by G.A. Riplinger, gives a lot of informtion on the dead sea scrolls, bible versions, and Hebrew and Greek translations and many other facinating topics. This information has helped me a great deal determine truth which I have been looking for for many years. |
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20 | Interesting things | Gen 1:1 | rferg | 56295 | ||
What a great concept! Thanks for sharing. | ||||||
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