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1 | What is the biblical def of apostle | Luke 6:13 | james210 | 133234 | ||
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 1 Corinthians 9:1 Am I am not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 2 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2 Timothy 1:11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; --- Although the Bible never says Paul was 'numbered with the eleven' to replace Judas as Matthias was (Acts 1:26), every letter except Philippians, both Thessalonians, and Philemon Paul introduces himself as an 'apostle'. |
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2 | Can unbelievers pray to God? | Matt 5:45 | james210 | 133179 | ||
See Post ID# 133176 | ||||||
3 | Can obedience produce the new birth? | 1 Cor 13:8 | james210 | 133072 | ||
Yeah I figured you agreed - it did seem like a rhetorical question. | ||||||
4 | THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW | Rom 7:7 | james210 | 132988 | ||
THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW Paul once again gives us the purpose of the Law in this verse. The Law is given that we may know our sin. We should use the Law in sharing the Good News to show the sinful state of man and then show man's need for a Savior from God's Judgment. |
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5 | Jesus in the flesh | Matt 1:23 | james210 | 132942 | ||
Go to post ID# 132936 regarding this topic. | ||||||
6 | Those who saw Christ didn't die, how? | Ex 3:20 | james210 | 132941 | ||
This definately helps! Thanks, James |
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7 | Jesus in the flesh | Matt 1:23 | james210 | 132927 | ||
I believe that we are both correct in saying that yes, anyone that sees God shall die, and that yes, Jesus Christ is God and people have seen Him. You're correct in stating that some would and will use this *apparent* contradiction to lead you down a rabbit trail. We should always take the Bible at its word, even in apparent contradictions as these. Personally, I'm not sure how to make this 'contradiction' make sense to someone who would ask me. |
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8 | Jesus in the flesh | Matt 1:23 | james210 | 132921 | ||
Wasn't God visible (as Jesus Christ) before He died and rose again? Indeed "[He] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by him, and for him." Colossians 1:15,16 Also, you stated that Jesus existed in the heavenly realm before He came to earth. Actually, being God, He created the heavenly realm so he pre-existed that, too (John 1:1-3). |
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9 | Did Mary remain a virgin? | Matt 12:47 | james210 | 132898 | ||
You misunderstood what I was saying. I was saying that in v49 Jesus calls His disciples His brothers. My point is, why did he have to make such a distinction IF the people were telling Him that His disciples were outside? The 'brothers' outside could not have been His disciples, so we can eliminate that as one of the possible meanings of 'brother' in verse 47. That's all I was saying. James |
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10 | Did Mary remain a virgin? | Matt 12:47 | james210 | 132885 | ||
Matt 12:46 While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. Matt 12:47 Someone said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You." Matt 12:48 But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?" Matt 12:49 And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers! Looking at this passage we can eliminate some of the options of what 'brother' means when the people are telling Jesus his mother and brothers are outside wanting to speak with Him. Certainly if in verse 46 the term meant fellow countrymen, all men, or apostles, Jesus would not have made the comment in verses 48 and 49. |
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11 | Did Mary remain a virgin? | Matt 12:47 | james210 | 132868 | ||
JCrichton said "I find it interesting that some adamantly interprete the Bible according to only one particular view," I was just taking what I read in the Bible at face value. At the same time, it's interesting that you base your conclusion in part on the Catholic Church's teaching. Could there be other interpretations to 'brother/sister'? Sure, but I'll stick with 'brother' meaning a true brother. It holds to Scripture that Mary could have had other children, and this in no way takes away from the virgin birth or the divinity of Jesus Christ. Thanks for your comments, James |
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12 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | james210 | 132738 | ||
Thanks for your comments justme. --- Matthew 5 28 But I say to you that everyone who so much as looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. --- From what I can see, Jesus was saying that lusting and committing adultery are one in the same. Would one be guilty of adultery if one even just thought about committing it? Yes. For this is the entire purpose of the Law, so that we will find ourselves guilty and repent and trust in Christ (Romans 3:19, Romans 7:7). Jesus was saying that He doesn't just want you to have the appearance of keeping His commandments, but He desires truth within (see Psalm 51:6 below). As far as indulging in sin if we're already guilty, you can think about it this way: Couldn't you say that since you've already sinned (lied, not put God first, etc), you might as well not stop sinning since God's Law has already condemned you? That shouldn't be our attituted in light of the command to repent (Luke 13:3). --- Mark 7 18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Psalm 51 6 Behold, You desire truth in the inner being... --- As far as there being 'levels' of sin, I've never really seen anything in the Bible saying there is. If you've broken one of God's Laws, you've broken them all. In fact my username, james210, comes from the verse James 2:10: --- James 2 10 For whosoever keeps the Law [as a] whole but stumbles and offends in one [single instance] has become guilty of [breaking] all of it. --- I hope I made sense in all of this. James |
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13 | a more revealing light. | 1 John 2:3 | james210 | 132630 | ||
I failed to mention that I too have felt that doubt before. Satan loves to attack believers and render them ineffective (see the book of Job, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10). You said that when you are weakest, you learn the most. I definately would agree with that: "When I am weak, then am I strong." 2 Corin 12:10 |
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14 | The ransom - God or man? | 1 Cor 15:21 | james210 | 132475 | ||
"Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am." John 8:58 "I and my Father are one." John 10:30 "But if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works: that you may know and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him." John 10:38 "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak to you I speak not of myself but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works." John 14:10 "That the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one." John 17:22 "Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by him, and for him." Colossians 1:15,16 "For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." Colossians 2:9 "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seens of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." 1 Timothy 3:16 "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, Has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;" Hebrews 1:1-3 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made." John 1:1-3 |
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15 | The ransom - God or man? | 1 Cor 15:21 | james210 | 132367 | ||
alienresident said "He has to be either one or the other in my mind in order to conform to rational thought." ---------------------------- Was it possible for Jesus to be man and God? "With men [it is] impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God." Mark 10:27 Just because it is impossible for us to fathom with our finite minds how God could do it, doesn't mean he couldn't. Was Jesus God? "I and my Father are one." John 10:30 (KJV) Was Jesus a man? "For since [it was] through a man that death [came into the world, it is] also through a Man that the resurrection of the dead [has come]." 1 Corinthians 15:21 (AMP) |
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16 | Cor 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope... | Bible general Archive 2 | james210 | 132355 | ||
Although 'charity' and 'love' are not exact synonyms in our modern day language, 'love' is the modern word for the archaic word of 'charity'. The King James Bible was translated for people in a different time and a different nation. I personally prefer it to some other translations, but some words have changed meaning slightly since their original use in that version. The point in my earlier post was that we don't go around saying 'ye' instead of 'you' because that's not the way we speak. Likewise, instead of 'charity' we say 'love. The problem exists because although 'ye' is not used in today's society, 'charity' is, but with a different meaning then the word used by the people of England hundreds of years ago. When 'charity' was used by the original translators of the KJV it best fit the Greek word. Today, 'love' is a closer translation because 'charity' has a different meaning today. |
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17 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | james210 | 132324 | ||
Another good example is Psalm 51. | ||||||
18 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | james210 | 132322 | ||
I think we can clear this up with other verses: For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. John 3:16 For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law's demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.] Eph 2:8-9 But we believe that we are saved through the grace (the undeserved favor and mercy) of the Lord Jesus, just as they [are]. Acts 15:11 I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. Mark 1:8 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God's own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). Eph 4:30 We cannot do anything to earn our salvation (Eph 2:8-9). It is God's free gift that we cannot earn. We receive His gift when we trust Christ (John 3:16). When we do this we are baptized by the Holy Spirit (Mark 1:8) which seals us up until the day of redemption (Eph 4:30). We show our obedience to Christ by being baptized with water, just like following any of His other commandments. If we add water baptism as a requirement of salvation, we are saying Christ's death on the cross wasn't enough to save us, while in fact the Scriptures say it was sufficent. |
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19 | Is the rapture biblically supported? | 1 Thess 4:17 | james210 | 132207 | ||
Christ's departure back to heaven, explained in Scripture: "So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and He sat down at the right hand of God." Mark 16:19 The rapture at any moment explained in Scripture: Matthew 24 37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For just as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, [men] marrying and [women] being given in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah went into the ark, 39 And they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away--so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the hand mill; one will be taken and one will be left. 42 Watch therefore [give strict attention, be cautious and active], for you do not know in what kind of a day [whether a near or remote one] your Lord is coming. 43 But understand this: had the householder known in what [part of the night, whether in a night or a morning] watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be undermined and broken into. 44 You also must be ready therefore, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him. "Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord" 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Note that we are 'caught in the air'. It never says he comes completely to earth at the time of the rapture. A good book on this topic is "Revelation: Reveiled" by Tim LaHaye. |
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20 | An Admission of an Atheist | Ps 53:1 | james210 | 132179 | ||
Romans 1:20 says, "For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So [men] are without excuse [altogether without any defense or justification]..." Creation (the things that have been made) prove that there is a Creator. How do we know a painting has a painter? The very fact that there is a painting proves it (same for a building and a builder). He might find that argument interesting. |
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