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1 | Does God hear the prayers of the lost? | Acts 10:4 | xmikx | 149378 | ||
Thank you all for the information. All of these verses have been very helpful. My wifes friend (Kim) still has not accepted the greatest gift, but we will not give up. Mike |
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2 | Does God hear the prayers of the lost? | Acts 10:4 | xmikx | 149203 | ||
Thanks for the scripture. Last Sunday's message at church was about prayer and how God gives four different answeres to prayer: 1. no 2. not yet 3. not that way 4. yes. So I am aware that God answers all prayer, but the answer is not always what we want. And I am very glad that God is in control and not me. Thanks again. |
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3 | What about judgement? Heb 10:17... | Heb 10:17 | xmikx | 145602 | ||
Thanks EdB. That helps me. | ||||||
4 | Can Satin read our minds?Chaser. | Bible general Archive 2 | xmikx | 138703 | ||
EdB, That was a great post! Most of us Christians do place the blame for our actions on Satan and his never ending temptations. But, when we actually get beat down enough that the only way to overcome this situation is by looking up. And then we finally turn to God for help. We sometimes turn to God as a last resort when He should be our first and only option to repent and overcome the sin in our lives. This is Romans 8:1-8 (NASB). It is very comforting to me: 1 Therefore there is now no (1) condemnation for those who are (2) in (3) Christ Jesus. 2 For (4) the law of the Spirit of life in (5) Christ Jesus (6) has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For (7) what the Law could not do, (8) weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in (9) the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the (10) requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who (11) do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on (12) the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, (13) the things of the Spirit. 6 (14) For the mind set on the flesh is (15) death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is (16) hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8 and those who are (17) in the flesh cannot please God. Mike |
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5 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 137658 | ||
Hey there mommapbs, If that is the idea you received from my post, my bad. I do not deny that at all. I was only commenting on the fact that God created Man, sometimes referred to Mankind which equated to Adam and Eve. The scripture says that Adam became the father of a son in his likeness, according to his image; and named him Seth. I agree with you that Adam was created in the likeness of God, but Genesis clearly states that Seth was in the image of his father Adam. Mike |
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6 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 137567 | ||
Yes Hank, we are in complete agreement!!!! At least we are about these two subjects :) :)!! and you as well Hank. Mike |
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7 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 137551 | ||
Hank, You know that God did not form Seth out of the dust of the ground as He did Adam. Genesis 5:1-3 says this: 'This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He Created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created. 3 When Adam had lived on hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. (NAS) I would say that God actually created two human beings and those are Adam and Eve. pro·cre·ate v. pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing, pro·cre·ates v. tr. To beget and conceive (offspring). To produce or create; originate. Mike |
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8 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 137540 | ||
This is Gen 5:1-3 (NIV) 1 This is the written account of Adam's line. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man. [1] " 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. If you wil notice, only Adam was created in the image of God. When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. Seth was created in the image of Adam. Mike |
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9 | need help undestanding Eph. 3:10 | Eph 3:10 | xmikx | 137533 | ||
JamesO, That was a wonderful post to read. I too struggled with trying to figure out my ministry at church. I knew I needed to be more involved, but was not sure in what area of my church. My wife and I of course started praying about what our ministry should be. After a few weeks of diligent prayer, the Youth pastor of our church approached my wife and said, "I see that you and Mike are interested in working with the youth." Now, this was very shocking to both of us as neither one of us had ever even hinted at working with the students (7th through 12th grade). As if this was not enough of a sign from God, we continued to pray about it for another couple of days. One morning, I called my wife to tell her what I 'heard' (not literally) as an answer to my ministry prayer. It was as if God said, "why do you think I had him (youth pastor) come to you?" I told this to my wife and she had the same exact feeling. So, we both joined in the student ministry. Neither one of us started serving with the expectation of: oh goody, now what do I get for doing this work for God. It was more about, ok, what more can I learn so that I will be able to contribute more than prayer for the students. Now this is not to say that prayer is not important, because prayer is a very vital part of our Christian faith as it says in Romans 12:12; Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. But, I needed to have some personal growth so that I could share more than personal testimony with these students. I have been rewarded greatly since I began serving in this ministry. I have developed great friendships with the students and have been able to share my "story" with them and how it is difficult, even as an adult, to live in this world. I tell them that it is essential to develop habits now at their age so that when they get to my age (32, but only 6 as a Christian) these habits will be part of their daily routine. But to answer your question of, why do we do what we do? Your answer is so correct!!! It should all be about God and that's it. I have been struggling with this concept for a while now. I can tell that God is ready to use me for something 'huge' right now. But, I am still thinking about what I will have to give up to gain more from Him. Example: I might have to give up TV time, Xbox time, sports magazine reading time, lying around doing nothing time. I really struggle with this. I know it is much more important to look at what I will gain. and that is favor with God!!!! I know this line of thinking is better for me and the correct thing to do, but it is still hard for me to grasp when using my abilities. So please, I ask the readers of this post to please pray for me that I might be able to completely submit to the will of the Father and what He has in mind for me. I am currently going through some marital problems as well. My wife and I are currently seperated. I had not been truthful with her about my problem with pornography in the past. Each and every time she would ask, I chose to lie to her. I went to church camp this past summer with my church. While here, God convicted me. I went down and prayed and asked for His forgiveness and repented of this sin. It was such a wonderful feeling to finally be free of this sin that had me tied up in chains for so long. I called my wife that very night to share my joy about being free from this sin. She immediately went on the attack about how she knew I was hiding something from her. There is so much more junk that happened next, but the important things are: she moved out into an apartment, our 2 year old daughter lives one week with her and the next week with me, she stopped going to church, stop talking to our friends from church and started hanging out with only "her" friends. I have continued going to church and serving in the student ministry. I shared the whole story with our pastor. He shared enough so that the staff could also pray for my wife and I. I have seen my prayer life grow considerably during this time and that might have been one of the things God wanted from me. I have seen God answer some of my prayers. My wife finally allowed herself to hear from God. She did not want to hear anything about honoring our vows and honoring our marriage because I was not thinking about our vows or our marriage when I was lying to her about the porn. But, God has changed her heart. My wife has agreed to come home. Praise God!!!! God is in the restoration business! He has restored what the world would have considered dead. All of this is further proof that all we have to do, is let go of our problems and let God be God!!! He is so much more capable than we are. So, once again, please pray for me that I will fully submit to God's will in my life. I am still wanting my treasures here on earth instead of storing my treasures in heaven as it says in Matthew 6:19-20. Mike |
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10 | what does it mean to fast | Bible general Archive 2 | xmikx | 137436 | ||
That is a great post Kalos. Mike |
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11 | what does it mean to fast | Bible general Archive 2 | xmikx | 137431 | ||
Hey Steve, I will also disagree with my answer. Yours is very much correct and I apologize to any who view my previous post. It was written poorly on my part. Mike |
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12 | what does it mean to fast | Bible general Archive 2 | xmikx | 137430 | ||
Hank, Perhaps a poor choice on my part. Allow me to try a do over... srbaegon's answer is correct. But fasting does not have to be limited to going without food and/or drink only. Fasting is usually associated as a means to obtain insight from God about a particular problem, concern or situation. We usually fast (and pray) when we are facing a rather difficult situation that requires God's input. One can fast from TV, radio, sex or other things so that the "time spent" doing these activities can be utilized and better spent focusing on a conversation with God to obtain the information we seek. I apologize for my poor choice of words. Mike |
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13 | what does it mean to fast | Bible general Archive 2 | xmikx | 137419 | ||
Hello srbaegon, while your answer is partially correct, fasting is not only going without food. Fasting is going without '____________' (fill in the blank) so that we are able to focus more intently on God and search His will for this part of our life. When we fast, we are able to "lean", if you will, more on God's power instead of our own to obtain the answers we are searching for from our Father in Heaven. Mike |
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14 | Jesus is the same | Heb 13:8 | xmikx | 137111 | ||
Tim, That is a great answer. Very good work. Mike |
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15 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 137109 | ||
Kalos, I hear you my friend and I agree with you. Thank you for clarifying your point. Mike |
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16 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 137038 | ||
Mark, There have been times I have done this trying to go back and forth between three or four different posts to make sure my facts are straight. This time I didn't. Oh well, thanks for the info. Mike |
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17 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 137020 | ||
I had a very well thought out response to your post Hank, but when I hit the preview follow-up button, it said I had a bad character or something. When I hit the back button, everything I had typed was gone. I am not going to even attempt to 'do it again' as it would not be the same. Let me just say that I have nothing personally against Tim or any other user on this forum. I have no problem identifying or acknowledging my imperfections as they are many. I did not say Tim is imperfect (even though all have fallen short of the glory of God Rom 3:23) I was only stating how I felt he was towards my posts. Mike |
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18 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 137007 | ||
Tim, 1, 2, and 3 I am cool with. No problem with anything. 4) By my asking if you are smarter or more intelligent or have a 'better' understanding of the ancient text I meant since you interpret 2 Cor 4:4 to mean Jehovah God is doing the blinding and NOT one of the 19 translations listed on biblegateway.com you must have some way of interpreting this that none of the translation teams used on the 19 translations were able to figure out. I commented on how I was not able to find 'ho theos' in the Strong's Concordance, as you claimed, and you made no comment. I asked if you had ever read Romans 12:2. Then listed the three references provided in the NASB translation for 'the world' which are Matt 13:22; Gal 1:4; 1 John 2:15. Then I asked you to read these three verses, if you go to www.biblegateway.com and look up Romans 12:2 using the NASB, you will then be able to follow the link to these three and be able to view/read them all on one page, and then asked you to please post how after reading these verses, you could still have the same view of who was doing the blinding in 2 Cor 4:4. No, I do not think you should go with what someone else says. You have every right to do any and all research that you are capable of doing. We all just need to be careful with the information obtained during the research, as it might not always be correct. Mike |
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19 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 136995 | ||
Tim, Thank you for the information about Strong's concordance. I had never used one before. I went to google and searched and the first one that came up led me to blueletterbible.org I searched using Strong's number 2316 and it indeed is God. I then searched Strong's number 3588 which is the defintie article 'ho' you have mentioned before. 2 Cor 4:4 is not listed on the results page for Strong's number 3588, but is listed on the results page for Strong's number 2316. You might want to check this out. This is from one of your previous posts about this verse: In the process of my interpretation, I have relied on several pieces of evidence. 1) There is no verse in Scripture where Satan is explicitly called a god. 2) The definite article is used in 2 Cor. 4:4. It is a reference to 'ho theos', not just a 'theos'. 3) Scripture is quite clear that while some things are called gods, there are in fact no other gods. 4) God is the only one spoken of as 'blinding' people in Scripture. Using this data, I interpret 2 Cor. 4:4 to be a reference to the only true God You state that the definite article is used in 2 Cor 4:4. But when I used the verse retrieval tool on blueletterbible.org, it uses Strong's number 2316 for god and not the definite article of 'ho theos' Strong's number 3588. Also, have you read Romans 12:2? It is as follows from (NASB): Romans 12 2 And do not (1) be conformed to (2) this world, but be transformed by the (3) renewing of your mind, so that you may (4) prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. This verse lists the following as the numerical reference for #2 which is 'this world': Matt 13:22; Gal 1:4; 1 John 2:15 Please read these three verses, then please post how YOU can still think Jehovah God is doing the blinding mentioned in 2 Cor 4:4. All three of these verses are very good, but please pay special attention to 1 John 2:15 of NASB. Mike |
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20 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | xmikx | 136986 | ||
Tim, 1) I respect the fact that you are stating your opinion/position as have I. I never mentioned you insulting me at any time. I have not felt insulted by you, only that since my opinion/position on 2 Cor 4:4 is different than yours that you try to make your point more "important" by using your knowledge of Greek to validate or carry more weight than those of us who do not or have not learned Greek. 2) You could have simply stated what you stated in this post instead of stating that you use paragrahs, tabs and what not. 3) I have never seen anywhere in the Bible where it says that I have to know Greek or Hebrew to be able to understand what God's word means. I use www.biblegateway.com as my resource here at work and this website has 19 different translations available. I usually start off with NIV, if I am uncertain, I will try others that might list references for my particular verse and see if these help. Eventually I am able to comprehend the meaning without knowing anything about the Greek text. The translation team interpreted the Greek and Hebrew text. That is why I use different translations of the Bible to see how these teams interpret the ancient text into the English language. I might be "at their mercy" as you stated, but I am not limited to one particular translation. This is the information age and the internet contains many, many different translations of the Bible. 4) I have read your posts to pcdarcan. But in this, your most recent post about 2 Cor 4:4, you typed, 4) 'God of this world'! ... You chose to capitalize god in god of this world. The text does not support your use of BIG G God here. Paul wrote, 'the god of this world'. I have looked at all 19 translations on biblegateway.com and none, not even one of them uses BIG G God for the 'god of this world' BUT EVERYONE OF THEM USESE BIG G GOD for 'who is the image of God.' So, based on your knowledge of Greek and limited retained knowledge of Hebrew, you must be smarter or more intelligent or have a 'better' understanding of the ancient text than ANY of the translation teams of the 19 translations listed on www.biblegateway.com Mike |
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