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1 | God can't die or look on sin! | Matt 27:46 | following him | 225418 | ||
Hello CDBJ; It's been years since I have posted, and have recently started looking in again and saw your posting here. In response to your question, I think it may be important to look at whose sin it was. The sin He became was not His it was ours. On the cross while dieing for our sins and taking them on Himself He was still Holy, blameless and without sin of His own. He has never committed sin and therefore is uncontaminated by carring and suffering for ours. Does this sound reasonable? God Bless Aaron Erberich |
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2 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | following him | 184321 | ||
Hello jonp: It has been a while since I’ve had the chance to participate on this forum. But I have been able to at times take a quick look into a few of the discussions going on and have decided that I would like to weigh in on this one “briefly” if no one objects. I think you are forgetting some scriptural references here that should shed some light on this subject. Your foundational scripture Gen 1:26 is dealing first of all primarily with the creation of mankind within the context of the rest of creation. If you examine Gen 1;1-2 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.” (Gen 1:1-2 NASB) You will see that the whole of creation is centered around God who was doing it without the help or counsel of angels yet the key point I would like you to see is that in verse 2 a different member of the trinity is spoken of as having intimate involvement with the creation. That would be the Spirit of God or as we call Him the Holy Spirit. We have now two members of the Godhead involved in creation. But what about the third? Well in Colossians we have the answer. “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” (Col 1:15-17 NASB) And since all three members of the Godhead were present and active participants in the creation of the world, I would assume when God said let us make man in our own image He was not talking to angles but to the other members of the Godhead who were present and involved. Following Him |
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3 | 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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4 | These things say He who is holy | Is 22:22 | following him | 134321 | ||
Hello Ray; Forgive me for taking so long in getting back to you. "The problem that I am presenting is whether the repetition of "(h)He who is true, "(h)He who has the key of David", "(h)He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens" are to be included." In this case (refering to the NASB) I dont believe it matters since "He" is at the beginning of the list and all those attributes listed relate back to the first He. "My question is related to the idea of whether we can think of Jesus as just a man like David or Eliakim or not. How important is it to think of Him as a Man and to give Him glory in capitalization?" It is essential that we think of Him as a man. If it wasn't important for God to become man why did He do it. But neither are we to think lightly of His Diety. I can see it is rather a fine line of distinction. We must see Christ both as a man and as God yet the two are somehow inseperable. I can give you scriptural reasons to think of Him as man and I can give you scriptural reasons to think of Him as God. How to divide the two concepts I dont know if it can be done or if it should. I am aware that my answers to you are nothing new to you so they probably didn't help except to muddy it a bit. Sorry :-) Blessing to you Aaron |
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5 | Why is life expectancy for Americans low | Gen 6:3 | following him | 133613 | ||
Hello Edd: The scriptures do not say how old Noah was when he started to build the ark. Also Gen 6 is not chronilogically after Gen 5. Gen 5 is only a listing of the geneology up to the time of the flood. Gen 6 takes place somewhere during Gen 5. Gen 6:1 is the only time indicator when it says when men began to multiply on the face of the earth. This could be anytime before Noah. So God's command for Noah to build the ark could have taken place prior to Noah's sons being born; 20 years for that matter. |
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6 | Why is life expectancy for Americans low | Gen 6:3 | following him | 133609 | ||
If God limited the life span of men to 120 years, and this restiction came before the flood, how is it that those after the flood lived to well over 120 years. Shem - 602 Arpachshad - 438 Selah - 433 Eber - 464 Peleg - 239 Reu - 239 Serug - 230 Nahor - 148 Terah - 205 Abraham - 175 Issac - 180 Jacob - 140 All of these men except Shem were born after the flood. So it appears that perhaps God was not talking about the life span of man when He mantioned the 120 years. If He did, then why did these all live so much longer. |
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7 | The (s)Shepherd's value? | Zech 11:13 | following him | 133605 | ||
Hello Ray: I would say that God was speaking of Himself. It seems to me that the context of the passage is all about God's relationship with the leaders of Israel and the value they put on it and His ways. It may be that they saw things differently concerning their faithfulness to God yet the context is concerning the truth that those leaders cared very little about God. Zech. was only the middle man relaying God's message to them. How they responded to Zech., God considered it their response to Him. |
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8 | Isn't 24 more than one? | Acts 2:38 | following him | 133482 | ||
Hello Steve: You are absolutley right about circumcision being the sign of the covenant. What's more is that it was a sign of God's faithful to Abraham not Abraham's faithfulness to God. Gen 17:7 "I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you." Circumcision was what God gave Abraham to do as acknowledgement of God's covenant with him. Gen 17:11 "And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you." But Abraham's righteousness was established long before this and it was based off his faith in God not the circumcision. See Gen 15:1-6 Blessing to you Aaron |
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9 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | following him | 132778 | ||
Good afternoon Country Girl; "Today's world" - This world is a very big place; how do know know miracles are not taking place by believers in places other than where you are familiar with? You are even confident enough to say that it is a fact; are you sure? Blessing to you Aaron |
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10 | Was Paul married and to a Sanhedrin woma | NT general Archive 1 | following him | 132511 | ||
Good Evening Angel Although I know of no scripture specifically mentioning he was a member of the Sanhedrin there are a couple of interesting passages that indicate he may have been. 1. Acts 4:15-16 "But when they had ordered them to leave the Council, they began to confer with one another, saying, "What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. But so that it will not spread any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any man in this name." This is the part of the trial the the apostles found themselves in before the Sanhedren. The question here is if all the disciples were put out of the counsel how does this part of the discussion come to be written here. It is possible that Paul was there and related this part of the story to Luke. Of course Gameliel could have told it to Paul as well. 2. Paul or should I say Saul was also intimate with those of the Sanhedrin that stoned Stephen in Ch 7. This is off the subject but an interesting thing here is that Paul being of Tarsus was a Hellenistic Jew ( a non Israel native Jew) and the synagog? of the freedmen was a hellenistic Jewish Synagoge. these were the guys that brought Stephen before the Sanhedrin and the stoned him with Saul's support. Later after Paul is converted and is defending the faith in Jerusalem (Acts 9:28-31), he is seen arguing (and winning) with the hellenistic Jews. Who also began to try and kill him. There are a lot of parallels between Stephen's preaching to the hellenistic Jews and Paul doing the same thing. I wonder if the ones Paul was preaching to were the same ones he at one time had stood with when stephen was stoned. But now the shoe is on the other foot and they are trying to kill Him. Is this an instance of Divine justice? What goes around comes around, you reap what you sow etc. It seems Paul has come full circle. another interesting thing is that The persecution started with Paul at Stephens stoning and it ended with Paul when the disciples sent him away to Tarsus. Acts 9:30-31. Just some rambling thoughts. Blessing to you Aaron |
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11 | The ransom - God or man? | 1 Cor 15:21 | following him | 132473 | ||
Is this scriptural. According to your New world Translation; yes. According to Divinely inspired scripture; No! I know that it will be a waste of both our time to continue this discussion because neither of us will be swayed by the others opinion. However I do want to make this comment. The theme in the Bible is not the vinidcation of God's rightful sovereignty it is the redemption of creation, man and nature. God in no way needs to prove His sovereinty. You have to prove something only when it is in doubt. There never has been any doubt to His sovereinty. | ||||||
12 | Is the rapture biblically supported? | 1 Thess 4:17 | following him | 132442 | ||
Hello Janae; I too was taught as you were and am now reevaluating my position on this subject. Here is a web site with a commentary that you will find interesting. It takes the "prewrath" position. I believe it was Kalos who turned me on to it. It has given me much to think about. revelationcommentary.org. Blessing to you Aaron |
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13 | Is the rapture biblically supported? | 1 Thess 4:17 | following him | 132426 | ||
Good morning Kalos; Although a pretriby for many years I'm at the moment reevaluating my stance on the issue. The scriptures you mention here about the linen white and clean on the armies of heaven can be seen as the bride of Christ especailly since the bride of Christ was specifically mention in Rev 19:7-8 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready. It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints." Since it is so closely connected in context with the return of Christ in this passage; I do not think it is a "stretch of the imagination" to think that the armies of heaven are the bride. However according to the law brides and wives were not allowed to go to war (i dont know if that would apply in this case though, And is there any other scriptures mentioning that the church is the, a, an, etc. army of the Lord, God, heaven, etc. If not then the idea of these armies being that army may need to be reevaluated because of lack of supporting scriptures that the church even plays such a role. Also in reference to the angels wearing the exact same thing Rev 15:6, the linen white and clean in rev 19 8 is the righteous deeds of the saints. How would that relate to angels if the linens white and clean were the same. |
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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 | Is the rapture biblically supported? | 1 Thess 4:17 | following him | 132210 | ||
Hello Kalos; I'm not sure that the discourse by Jesus in Luke 17:26-30 is refering to the rapture. I am not going to be a stickler about this but could it not be refering to Israel's flight into the wilderness to be hidden for 3 1/2 years. If the Beast enters the temple at the half way point of the trib. and set himself up as God, this would be the signal for the Jews to flee Jerusalem those who remain would be caught and destroyed by the beast those who left would be saved (the remnant) |
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16 | Denounce militant Islam? | Matt 5:44 | following him | 132188 | ||
Hello Alienresident; Just a quick question. In a nation where the people are free to chose their leader is it realy God who selects the leader or does man? Where the people have the right to select their leader I believe that the authority is not in the individual but in the office the person holds. The person we have placed in that office recieves and excersises the authority that God gives to that office or position. If we have the right to put a person of our chosing in a position where they can excersise the authority that God gives to that position. I would say that we should excersise our right to put the person we believe would be less likely to abuse that authority. And if we have the opertunity to put a person in there who would excersise it in a Godly way so much the better. |
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17 | What is your opinion on this? | Gal 5:6 | following him | 132177 | ||
Tim; It also seems to me that all of Paul's references to circumscision was toward adult male gentile converts in regards to thier salvation. It was not directed toward infants that have no concept of salvation by works or grace. Just a thought. Blessing to you Aaron |
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18 | is it wrong to wear fine clothing | 1 Tim 2:9 | following him | 132154 | ||
Brother EdB: This is a perfect example of what John was talking about. I've always believed that we are not witnessing to the world when we simply say "Jesus loves you!" It is truth, but in many cases it is just words until they see it practically touch their real day to day lives. Although these verses speak specifically of believers, I believe they can be applied to our actions toward unbelievers also. 1 John 3:16-18 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth." Blessing to you and your church Aaron |
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19 | Denounce militant Islam? | Matt 5:44 | following him | 131621 | ||
Hello Norrie; If they kill me because I wont convert. Then I guess I will be in good company, i.e. Paul, Peter, Ignatius, Polycarp, and millions of other Christians who died because they would not bow their knee to anyone but God. The odd thing is that it was and is in this type of persecution that Christianity flurished and grew. This is a historical fact. And a current one taking place in areas like China. In every age there seems to be one group or another that is the main source of terrorism. The Pharisees and religious leaders (see Acts), Ganguis Khan, Attila the Hun, Rome, Hitler etc. Truely there is nothing new under the sun. We live in an age where it is the Muslems for the most part. Nothing has changed except the technology they use to do their evil. But if they come for you, will you bow your knee to their god or as they execute you will you say, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." |
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20 | Denounce militant Islam? | Matt 5:44 | following him | 131618 | ||
Hello Norrie We are to hate all evil or is it just the evil done by terrorists. Does that refer to your neighbor who not being a Christians does bad things? Or do we love the sinner and hate the sin. You say, “They are behind every terrorist action anywhere in the world today.” I take it you are refering to Muslems. There are many other terrorist around the world today that are not Muslems I'm sure you have heard of the IRA in Ireland? Or do you count those gang members here who rule their neighborhoods and communities by terror, intimidation and violence if their will is opposed? Do take into account the school yard bully that does the same thing, as he rules the playground by threats intimidation and violence upon those smaller and weaker than himself (the innocent and weak)? We tend to think only those not of our nationality as terrorists. Are we to hate all these as well or do we love, them pray for them and try to reach them? I do not condone any of the actions of any of these different types of terrorists. But Jesus does call us to love them because He want them saved. 1 Tim 2:4 "who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." Aaron |
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