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1 | How about common sense? | Bible general Archive 1 | Xapis | 2171 | ||
Gentlemen, I thank you for this thread. It has been a joy to read. May God bless you both and heal charis' wife. Jude 24-25. Xapis. | ||||||
2 | Are there (then) no mysteries? | 1 Cor 4:1 | Xapis | 2142 | ||
I don't have all the answers, but I have struggled with these questions myself, and the things that I add are the things that make the most sense to me. I go under the assumption that we are all adding the things that we have been taught together to bring us closer, in knowledge, to the truth. Yet knowledge does puff up. I also have almost 21 years of marriage, and I don't understand the unity that we have and have had since day one. However I don't confuse the mystery(modern english usage) of how with the mystery(NT defined) of what, since there are two different concepts here. I state the same concept a little differently, ignorance causes arrogance. If I come across as arogant, and apparently I do, I apologize. I don't want to waste your time with unwrapping the substance of what I believe. I lay it out for others to evaluate, and not without thought. I believe that I remain teachable, maybe I need to be taught how to interact on-line. As far as having the answers, I also have teenagers, so I obviously know that I don't have all the answers. Bear with me please, God has made me worth the effort, you will be rewarded. |
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3 | Good study guide for Revelation? | Revelation | Xapis | 1794 | ||
Sounds like a great commentary on a book about studying the Bible, "left me asking more questions ... at the end of the study" Just a thought |
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4 | Snatch? | Hebrews | Xapis | 1203 | ||
Well, I did a word study on the word knowledge, since it would seem like a key to understanding the verse. One could make a point that the word doesn't necessarily mean experiential knowledge, but it would be weak. I can't in clear conscience say that the word doesn't mean what it looks like. But, let me add these thoughts. 1. There seems to be a parallel here to what Jesus said about driving out a demon and not filling the place, but sweeping it clean and the demon returns and brings with him seven demons that are worse. 2. Since I am sealed with the Holy Spirit, and He cannot deny Himself, it would seem difficult at best for me to renounce Christ, when his alter-ego is sealed in me. 3. God promised to finish the work that He started because he is faithful. 4. Paul seemed to deal with Christians that went astray. Leaving the flesh to be destroyed, with the confidence that the spirit would be saved. To sum up: God is faithful when we are not, He knew we would fall. God has a plan for when we won't listen, and being turned over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh sounds like a worse state to me. The Holy Spirit cannot deny Himself, so we can't casually walk away from God. We would have to tear ourselves free from the greatest force on earth, the force that kept Jesus on the cross, God's incredible love. I believe that as a believer, we are secure in the love of God, we have a holy and righteous fear of God, and we know in the depths of our being that God is the answer to all of our needs, and therefore choosing to leave is not even a possibility to the redeemed, to those that have been changed from the inside out. |
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5 | In Jesus' name...except baptism? | Col 3:17 | Xapis | 1062 | ||
Let me add another thought. In Mat 28 the focus is the entire world, a group of people that needed to be taught that there is one God, and He exists in three persons. In Acts 2 Peter is speaking to those who worshipped the one true God. If someone who was already convinced that God is one, is ready to or just has received His Son as savior, they have already come to the understanding that God is a Trinity. Therefore Peter only needs to say "in the name of Jesus". Whereas Matthew was echoing a greater statement than just baptize them, he was saying disciple them in the fullness of the truth of who God is. That encompasses the Father, Son and Holy Spririt. I also don't see how with the limited revelation that we have that we can presume any formula to be exclusive. Baptism is a picture, a testimony of what already happened, so the words that accompany it are a testimony as well. As you can tell from the Gospels the truth can be told from different views and still be the truth. God warns us about "controversial questions and disputes about words" in 1 Tim 6. Here He is talking about depraved minds which I am convinced none of you have, but we should watch so that our desire to understand doesn't end up paralleling those with depraved minds, always searching but never coming to know the truth, because we think we need a level of revelation that isn't available. I still say that if one baptizes in the name of Jesus or in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit it is one and the same. | ||||||
6 | Who are the seven spirits... | Rev 1:4 | Xapis | 945 | ||
Thank you for the enlightenment, I have never connected the two verses Isa 11:2 and Rev 1:4 and several other places in Revelation. However I don't understand the answer that points to two scriptures, one clear and one vague and says that the vague one is "more likely". This goes against what you say and I hold to dearly that the Bible is the best commentary on the Bible, and what I am convinced of is that God wants us to know clearly not vaguely. If you can enlighten me as to how Zech is a better reference to understand this than Isaiah please do. | ||||||
7 | Who are the 24 elders in this verse? | Rev 19:4 | Xapis | 944 | ||
You know I really appreciate that aspect of your answer, no answer based upon limmited revelation. It is great that you said that and if that is what the other response was referencing then I was out of place. I hope that you understand that I run across many who don't understand the difference between the text and the notes. | ||||||
8 | In Jesus' name...except baptism? | Col 3:17 | Xapis | 941 | ||
There has been mention here of unity and division, that begs the question, What difference does it make. If one is baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus they are baptized into the Trinity. Before Jesus came there was no concept of one God existing as three separate entities. If you are baptized into the Lord Jesus you are baptized into the One True God, therefore you are baptized into the Trinity whether it is stated or not. If it is stated that you are baptized into the Trinity you are still "buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead." (COL 2:12) We try to separate the Trinity, and it is impossible. God is not into formulas, He is concerned with relationships and He is concerned with us listening to Him. This discussion seems more to deal with earthly wisdom than that which is from above(James 3). |
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9 | Was the wine alcoholic or not | John 2:10 | Xapis | 813 | ||
No offense taken at all. I just don't ever want to use the Word of God deceitfully. I am thankful for someone taking the time to read my responses and helping to make them clearer. My dear wife does it with such grace that I have come to appreciate it. | ||||||
10 | Who are the 24 elders in this verse? | Rev 19:4 | Xapis | 812 | ||
Not really from the Bible, as in the text of the Bible, but rather from the notes that accompany the Bible. However I do appreciate the input as I have wondered for many years what it meant. In my earlier days as a Christian I heard a preacher or Bible College teacher say that because they apppear in heaven just after the rapture (come up here) they are representative of the church. Also there was some mention made of 24 orders of singers that David organized. If this helps, turns on a light or brings something else to mind, my rambling has been successful, otherwise remember it is a free forum, and God be praised. Those of you who contribute are a blessing to me. | ||||||
11 | Was the wine alcoholic or not | John 2:10 | Xapis | 745 | ||
You are correct, I should have quoted it in its entirety, but I don't think that it changes the point that I was making. Nor do I think that by omitting it I was in any way deceitful, or handling the Word of God falsely. However if I have please show me and I will learn. I believe that this is one example of a technique that God uses often in scriptures by following a point with a magnification or explanation. "Wherein is excess" points back to "drunk with wine" explaining that the excess is the problem not the drinking of the wine. This is one way that the Bible is the best commentary on the Bible. | ||||||
12 | why does it matter | John 2:10 | Xapis | 742 | ||
No, I am sure that you have don't know me. I just chose that name because of the study I have done on the word. | ||||||
13 | Why did Jesus have to beborn of a virgin | Bible general Archive 1 | Xapis | 630 | ||
I would like to add a comment here as well. There are many fullfilments of scripture that are, may I say minor fulfillments of the law, they fulfill the law but not fully. One of these is the firstborn being wholly set apart to the Lord. In the KJV EXO 13:2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. This is fulfilled in part, because the firstborn in sanctified, but in Jesus it is completely fulfilled, because since His mother was a virgin, he literally opened the womb. No other first-born really opens the womb, Jesus did. The word for openeth here is derived from the root which means to burst forth. | ||||||
14 | That's an interesting belief. | Luke 23:43 | Xapis | 624 | ||
I fully agree that we have a choice it the matter. I can't speak for others, but the overwhelming love that is communicated by God's Holy Spirit in me constrains me to love Him back. As I said, the falling away argument has been hypothetical in all of my over 20 years of knowing Christ. Sure we sin, and don't want to humble ourselves and come back for the cleansing that we know that we need, "those that have been bathed need only to wash their feet", but the rejection after a life-changing conversion, I haven't seen it. Now I have seen seekers change their habits and enjoy the benefits of turning from some sinful habits, and then go right back, but Jesus talks about that too. Did they get saved, we don't know, but John says that they who believe, endure. With the number of "one set of footprints in the sand" experiences that I have seen, it seems to me that if He saves you, He keeps you. There is no catch and release program for God, for I am convinced that nothing can separate me from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. Do more reading, God is interested in us searching, and I believe even wrestling with issues until we know that the argument has been put to sleep. In the end the truth will triumph, and so will we who are in Christ Jesus. Check out the following verses please: Jude 24-25 and II Peter 2:9 God is able and he knows how to keep us from falling. |
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15 | That's an interesting belief. | Luke 23:43 | Xapis | 595 | ||
This verse warns about losing what we worked for. By definition our salvation is not being talked about here. Look a Eph 2:9 "Not by works, lest any man should boast" and Titus 3:5 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done", but I don't need to tell you this. You are fully persuaded that salvation is free. Look at Eph 1:13 the language is that of a contract, we believe, God gives us pledge. The Bible is pretty clear about the inability of God to lie, so a pledge by God is as good as money in the bank or better yet a citizenship in heaven. Also when God seals something it is sealed forever, and the Bible says that the Holy Spirit is sealed in us by God. That means if I go to Hell, the Holy Spirit goes with me. It isn't going to happen. Therefore when we believe, God makes the Phil 1:6 commitment to continue the work until the Day of Jesus Christ. It seems to me that the falling away that I hear about is hypothetical, and the changes that I see in redeemed souls are real. So, when someone receives Jesus and is radically changed from the inside out, the change is permanent which demonstrates the eternal nature of the salvation. | ||||||