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1 | Is God hand so short that he cannot lead | Col 2:21 | popdzl | 93636 | ||
Dear Justme, First let me start by apologizing to any whom I may offended, however, I am afraid that you (and possibly others) have missed the mark of what I said in lieu of the original question. Secondly, let me attempt to clarify some statements I wrote in my last posting. I stated that separations based on CUSTOMS not BELIEFS are trivial and that the source of this type of division is a root of racism and nationalism. I in no way implied or inferred that any church or denomination is racist. As far as the question of pride in (y)our country is concerned, pride leads to all types of problems, however, that is another subject. Concerning my statements on indoctrination and false teachers, I would like to state that I was not saying that seminary students are parrots; the thought, in response to a specific comment, is that just because a person went to seminary does not mean that their beliefs are valid or rather authoritative. In addition, I never said that all teachers are false teachers; the statement is meant as a warning to people who put their belief in the academic credentials of others. Again, I am not saying that all teachers, whether in seminaries or not, are false teachers, however, think on this, if you want to deceive the most people, the most effecient and effective way is by attempting to deceive the teacher's teacher. As far as my statement about this forum, I love this forum because it gives people the opportunity to ask questions and get no-nonsense responses. But, the nature of the material discussed on this forum lends itself to speculation for the simple fact that now we see dimly as a person looking into a mirror and that now we know in part; what is known in part is not known. All responses are not answers. Lastly, I would like to say in conclusion, whosever God loves, He chastens. Peace in Christ Jesus be unto you. |
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2 | Remember the Sabbath; when? | Gen 1:1 | popdzl | 89979 | ||
EdB, I am sorry I missed the earlier "explanations" given about the Sabbath and the observance thereof; therefore I am compelled to respond to this posting for two reasons: 1) this is a current discussion, and 2) your understanding is incomplete. Do not become offended by that statement. I am not writing this post to kindle any kind of debate or anger; you are to follow the scripture given and meditate thereon, and if your heart is not hardened, the Holy Spirit will give you a more complete understanding. Please do not disregard the meat of this post as splitting hairs or semantic points. The Adversary would have you to believe so, but everything is important to receive what God has for us. Our understanding of the observance of the Sabbath is more crucial to our salvation than most Christians realize. God ordained the seventh day for the Sabbath by merely acknowledging a seventh day; He then blessed it and sanctified it (Gen 2:2,3). He COMMANDED that on the SEVENTH day man was to rest from his work(s) as He rested from His (Ex 20:8-11). Keep in mind that this was a COMMANDMENT and not Law. The Law dealt with HOW to keep the commandments. Herein, lies the confusion. All commandments are orders, do this; don't do that. Most of the time, a command was given to a specific person, and, at all times, specific instructions were given in how to fulfill any given command. In the ten commandments, we have orders for living a life in God('s way). The Law as given by God through Moses was the specific instructions to keeping the commandments. By the time of Jesus' ministry, the Adversary had perverted the function of the Law. People began to view it as a means of salvation; they quantified and measured their holiness by it. It eventually led to a division of the people into two basic groups-the masses and the rabbis. The rabbis of the Pharisees and Sadducees viewed themselves as masters of the Law in knowledge and in deed. Because of their dominance in society, their physical mastery of the Law became a means to enslave or suppress the masses. In other words, they began to use the Law to secure their exalted status in society by bringing attention to the "unLawful" actions of others; therefore, if a person could not master the Law, they could not challenge the system which had become corrupted. Then came Jesus. Jesus broke the yoke of the rabbis. He condensed all the commandements and the Law (another source of confusion: by this time also, the Law was seen as covenential commandments as opposed to instructions to fulfilling the commandments) into two commandments: love God with all your heart, strength, mind, and soul; and to love your neighbor as you love yourself (Mt 22:37, Mk 12:30, Lu 10:27). Hence, the question changed from needing external approval, "Rabbi, am I doing this right," to internal review, "Am I doing this for God." Jesus' ministry accomplishes several things: fulfills the law (Mt 5:17,18); does away with the need for the temple (Mt 12:6), the high priest (Heb 3:1, 4:14), and rabbis or teachers (1 Cor 12:1-11); in fulfilling the Law, JESUS DID NOT DO AWAY WITH THE SABBATH; He taught the true observance of the Sabbath (Heb 10:1,2) and the correct relationship of man to the Sabbath (Mk 2:27). He did not, however, change the DAY-Friday evening to Saturday evening-on which the Sabbath was observed; this change was made by the Romans/Gentiles who had converted to Christianity. |
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3 | Are our motives right? | Matt 6:2 | popdzl | 88978 | ||
Dear Tim, Are a pastor of a protestant congregation? |
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4 | What about those who never hear gospel? | Prov 24:12 | popdzl | 88977 | ||
Dear John, Read Ex 33:19, Ro 9:15, Mt 11:16-27, John 12:44-50, Acts 10:40-43; 17:22-31, and Ro 2:1-29. |
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5 | Is God hand so short that he cannot lead | Col 2:21 | popdzl | 88975 | ||
Tim, I do agree that there is a problem; whether in cornfield country (where I have never been) or in the bible belt (where I currently reside), the Church has become self-righteous akin to the Sadducees and the Pharisees. Many denominations have formed because someone did not agree with the CUSTOMS of the dominant denomination in their particular area as opposed to the DOCTRINE e.g. Catholics from the early Church; Protestants from Catholics; Baptist from Presbyterian; etc. On down to today, the myriad of denominations mainly exist because of some disagreement on customs (the Sadducees and Pharisees were separated on points of doctrine). The sad part of it all is that Jesus taught against division. The body is to be united, however, many churches can not see beyond their insignificant differences (any difference based on a custom is slight) in order to come together for the sake of building the Kingdom of God. It is a reflection or maybe the cause of what is wrong with this country (racism) and the world (nationalism). The irony of it all, Edb, is that EVERYBODY thinks that they are right because this guy or that guy believes the same thing or because they went to this seminary or that seminary and this is what they were taught (indoctrination). Clearly in Paul's day there were already false teachings and teachers. How much more so do you think there are today? The Adversary is smarter than ANYBODY. He knows how to manipulate a situation so that the focus of those on the Way is shifted from the finish line to golden apples along the wayside. (Yes this is a reference to Greek mythology but it is not the focus here). Many people teach for their own glory-the glory that comes when people follow what they say; therefore they "teach" about things which they do not know and substitute speculation for truth. Look at many of the postings on this website and consider the debates spawned from questions which no man can answer. What it all boils down to is that people will do whatever they want and use anything to justify it. Sadly, this is practiced by the Church of Today. Peace be unto you in the name of Jesus |
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6 | Parallels? | Ps 119:1 | popdzl | 86152 | ||
Prazn, You have once again referenced another piece of scripture which speaks to me. This scripture is the plumbline which I use to determine if I am leaning to the right or to the left. Unfortunately, I see that many people study the Word and use it to support the ideals with wich they have been indoctrinated or to justify their lifestyles instead of studying in order to get a more clarified revelation of the truth. I encourage you to read Isaiah and take note of the character of the Lord's servant (take particular note of chapters 42 and 53). I believe that God wants us to adopt these traits as we abide in Jesus. |
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7 | why three days? and not three hours | Gen 40:13 | popdzl | 50408 | ||
You stated the supposition, "If sin stuck to Him, He would have died spiritually." This is exactly why He spent the three days in Sheol. What was finished on the cross was the actual act of bearing our sins physically; spiritually, He had to "deposit" those sins or "captivity" in their proper place-Sheol. Because He went there does not imply or signify that He suffered. To understand this issue with more clarity, study sacrifice and energy as well as the cleansing of sin. |
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8 | Sin defined by gentiles? | Ex 20:2 | popdzl | 43719 | ||
Just as God gave the laws to His chosen people, the gods of the other nations gave them their laws. | ||||||
9 | why three days? and not three hours | Gen 40:13 | popdzl | 43718 | ||
As He died for our sins, He had sin. Therefore, he had to go to Sheol. The three days were spent in mainly to cleanse Him of our sins and consequentially to fulfill prophecy. | ||||||
10 | Can satan read our mind. | Eph 4:18 | popdzl | 42030 | ||
Steve, I would like to thank you for note based on intellect and not emotion. I must confess that I had never read that Satan has the ability to read our hearts; an ordained minister told me that once, so I took it to heart. Your note has caused me to research (which I love) the subject, and although I have not found any verses which specifically states that Satan can read hearts, I have come up with many verses which expound on the relation of the heart to evil, sinful, and wicked thoughts. However, with your note in mind, I wanted to show a correlation between the heart and the devil. Before I go further, I would like to state a few postulates which I took as givens. 1) The flesh is man's sinful nature. 2) The devil is the source of all sin and wickedness. 3)The heart is the fertile ground in which both righteousness or evil are able to flourish. With these postulates in hand, let's go to the scripture. In Prov 6:18, Gen 6:5, and Gen 8:21, we see that the heart devises wicked imaginations. Jeremiah 4:14 shows that vain thouhgts lodge within the heart, and Jeremiah 17:9 goes on to state that the heart is "deceitful above all things and desperately wicked." In conclusion, in light of these, and other scripture, I believe that if Satan can not read the hearts of the sinful, he definitely knows the sinful and wicked thoughts before they enter one's heart. Either way, I believe it amounts to the same thing i.e. Satan knowing the heart of the wicked. |
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11 | Biblical discernment | John 19:41 | popdzl | 40644 | ||
Kalos, I commend you on your seeking. I would like to give you some things which I thought as I was reading your post. When you write "biblical disernment" are you implying that it is different from the gift of the Holy Spirit? I would like to study the passages which you cited in order to get a better understanding of what the authors meant. Lastly, I would recommend reading as pure a translation of the Bible (the original tongues if possible) as you can obtain. |
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12 | Can satan read our mind. | Eph 4:18 | popdzl | 40642 | ||
Kalos, if you were to read all the scripture that speaks of the heart in conjunction with evil viz. Satan, you may find that evil manifests itself through the thoughts or desires of the heart. One does not commit an act of sin or wickedness until the desire is in one's heart. Because Satan has a certain ability to do something does not make him equal to God. I did not infer or imply that in my previous answer. Futhermore, if we look closer into Romans 8:27, we see that God has the ability to know "ALL" hearts whereas Satan only knows the heart of the sinful and wicked which all of us have been to a certain degree or another at one point in our lives. When our hearts become pure, Satan no longer has the ability to read them. Just as when you read my previous response, your heart was filled with some unpure emotion (probably pride), and Satan, seeing this emotion, used you to write a response filled with language which would have provoked my feelings of pride and caused me to strike back at you. However, through the grace of God and the power of discernment, his plan is thrawted. |
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13 | WAS JESUS GOD ON EARTH TOO OR JUSTMAN | Ps 8:5 | popdzl | 39318 | ||
Thank you Hank for the scripture. I read it, and I also researched the word which was translated "asleep" in the scripture. I shall first write on the translation; as for the scripture, I will expound on that in another part of the forum. In the Greek, the word katheudo means to "lie down to rest"; by implication it means to "fall asleep". Therefore, someone translating from Greek to other languages could (and appearantly has) translate the word as asleep by implication of Him having a pillow. I, however, prefer to use "lie down to rest". Whereas you and someone else pointed out that God does not sleep. I concede, maybe He was not meditating, but my point is that He was not so much of a man that He was so tired that He was sleeping through the storm. As for John 19:28, look for my response under that particular verse in this forum (if you are still actively using the forum.) |
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14 | WAS JESUS GOD ON EARTH TOO OR JUSTMAN | Ps 8:5 | popdzl | 39311 | ||
To Radioman and EdB: Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.' He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. - Matthew 10:34-39 Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgement you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye': and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. - Matthew 7:1-6 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of teh money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And he said to them,"It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'" Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant and said to Him,"Do You hear what they are saying?" and Jesus said to them,"Yes, Have you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise'?" -Matthew 21:12-16 |
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15 | WAS JESUS GOD ON EARTH TOO OR JUSTMAN | Ps 8:5 | popdzl | 39181 | ||
Hank, the purpose of a forum is to discuss different thoughts and ideas on a given subject. Some ideas may fit into your little box and others may not. If you feel so disheartened by differing ideas maybe you should not continue to be an active user; I for one would miss your if not insightful, knowledgeable comments. Your rebuttals and notes make me think and rethink which I feel is the purpose of a forum; not just trying to "convert" other people to my ways of thinking. It seems to me that some people who use this forum either do not truly read the scripture that someone may cite or do not read the whole dialogue on a topic from the beginning; both of these are necessary to get a better understanding of a conveyed idea. | ||||||
16 | WAS JESUS GOD ON EARTH TOO OR JUSTMAN | Ps 8:5 | popdzl | 39036 | ||
Hank and Lionstrong (and anyone else for this matter), I am not implying or even inferring that God slept ever at anytime; I said He rested. In the note to which I was replying, the author said that Jesus was so much of a man that He was so tired that He slept through a raging storm. I am merely saying that He was resting [the scripture says He was asleep] as it was not time for Him to move. I have yet to come across any scripture which says Jesus slept because He was tired, ate because He was hungry, or drank because He was thirsty. I truly believe that He was not even sleep on the boat; He more than likely was meditating and the disciples perceived Him to be sleep because "He was on a pillow" (and probably with his eyes closed). Likewise, I believe that He overcame the NEEDS of the flesh when He overcame the temptations of Satan. As you may recall, Satan appealed to His hunger (turn the stones to bread and eat), to His eyes (all that You see will be Yours), and to His pride (jump and the angels will catch You lest You should dash Your foot upon a stone). In each instance, Jesus rebuked him with the Word. Every little thing Jesus did had a purpose behind it for He is "about His Father's business." | ||||||
17 | How sinful is "fallen away"? | Mark 4:16 | popdzl | 38688 | ||
I'm sorry Zach, I should have said "level of GRACE on which Hebrews 6:4-6 speaks." Faith is determined by whether or not a person succumbs without question or comment to the will of God. Trust is the underlying foundation of faith. As long as we keep the commandments, judgements, and testimonies of the Lord and repent if we do not, we will not fall out of grace. As our faith grows, the more grace that shall be given unto us. I appreciate your question whereas it shows how important it to select wording which would not be confusing or inhibiting to people who are trying to reconcile their faith in God. Thanks and may God bless popdzl |
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18 | WAS JESUS GOD ON EARTH TOO OR JUSTMAN | Ps 8:5 | popdzl | 38674 | ||
The flesh is man's sinful nature, and as Jesus was in the flesh, he shared that nature. However, that is not to say that he sinned. As seen in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, he was tempted by Satan through the flesh but did not succumb to those temptations. I say he was not good because good is a relative term. One can be a good man, priest, or writer, yet that does not preclude one from being a sinner. Just because Jesus slept during the storm does not mean he was so much a man that he was tired; even God rested on the seventh day. His sleeping exemplifies the faith that one should have during times of tribulation. Instead of running around and panicking like everyone else on the boats, we are to take comfort in the Lord and move when and where as He tells us. Continue reading, but let us not read to have our convictions and beliefs edified but to find the truth in all that we seek. |
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19 | More evidence | Job 40:15 | popdzl | 38304 | ||
Heapshake, be of good cheer for I have the answer (or so I'd like to think.) The passage is talking about the cedar as whole, specifically the trunk which is more flexible compared with other trees which grow as tall and wide as cedars, e.g. the oak tree. | ||||||
20 | Who else besides Cain, Adam, and Eve? | Genesis | popdzl | 37632 | ||
Emmaus, the key here is when did the "Fall" occur. It would also be beneficial to note that any creator will create a blueprint of sorts to be used over. | ||||||
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