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1 | Knowledge of the Second Coming | Not Specified | Jesusman | 27023 | ||
Hello all, Here's a question that I came up with a while back that I love asking because I love the variety of answers that I often get. Here we go. In Christian Doctrine, it is taught that Jesus is the Son member in the Tri-une Godhead. We are also taught that the all of the members of the Tri-une Godhead share the same knowledge, attributes, and etc. With that in mind, turn to Matthew 24:36. "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone." Ok, with that verse in mind as well as the doctrine of the tri-une God, answer this for me. How can God keep knowledge away from himself? Jesusman |
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2 | Some Christmas thoughts | Not Specified | Jesusman | 28317 | ||
Hello All, This past christmas has allowed me to reflect upon the day that Jesus was born. I have often wondered about what exactly took place on the night that Jesus was born. This is a reflection on that day. It was late at night. Mary and Joseph have been travelling to Betheleham because of a census that was ordered by Ceaser Augustus. Upon arriving in Bethleham, the Bible talks about Mary and Joseph searching all around town to find a place to sleep, but only finding a stable out behind an inn. Better than nothing at all, I suppose. Upon the birth of Jesus, Angels appear to shepherds, shepherds come to see the newborn messiah, and to praise him. My mind then begins to wonder about what took place after that. Maybe around four in the morning, after the shepherds have left. What took place then? Mary, being exhausted from not only travelling all day, but also giving birth, and having probably a horrid day of frayed nerves, was possibly fast asleep on the hay. Baby Jesus was either asleep on her chest or in the manger-cradle next to her. Joseph is possibly walking around outside, under the morning sky, awaiting the arrival of sunrise. I have often wondered what was going through his mind throughout all of this. Earlier, he was probably trying his best to be a good husband, trying to keep his cool, and not go nuts by letting things get to him. After all, Mary was relying on him for support nad strength. The last thing he needed was to let his mind wander off into oblivion. So, he kept his thoughts simple and on the moment at hand: Help Mary. Now, that time has past, and it is time to let his thought flow free once again. His conversation with the angel from God was still possibly fresh in his mind. Mary just gave birth to the promised messiah, and now he was given charge over this young messiah's up-bringing. The shock of the overwhelming responcibility just hit him. Under the full weight of what was to happen, he probalby collapsed on the ground. Looking up into the sky, he may have prayed a simple prayer to God saying something like, "Lord, What am I going to do now? How can I raise a king, and messiah, a God? I'm not cut out for this. Am I? What am I going to do?" Still looking up to the stars, as if they would reveal the answers to him, a part of a psalm comes to mind. "Be still and Know that I am God." With renewed peace of mind, Joseph pulls himself off of the dirt, brushes himself off, and begins to walk about the pasture near the stable. Deep in thought, he wanders about, reflecting upon the words of the angel, that the boy Mary just gave birth to was concieved by the Holy Spirit. "Concieved by the Holy Spirit"? How can that be? Why "Jesus" for a name? "Save his people from their sins"? That's a lot of responcibility to place on such a small baby. How am I going to raise this child? How am I, a simple carpenter, going to raise the future King of Israel, the Son of God? "How, Lord? How am I going to do this? Why Me?" Joseph shouts above, the questions that fill his mind. As he gazes across the land, he sees the first glimmer of the new sunrise coming out of the east. Then another revelation hits him, "In the Beginning, God ..." Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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3 | Did Jesus claim to be God? | Not Specified | Jesusman | 40030 | ||
Hello All, On another forum, we've been discussing the deity of Christ. Did Jesus claim to be God? I have already supplied support verses such as John chapter 1, John 8:58, Luke 5:21-26, and others which show that Jesus was God. Any insight into this topic? Thanks. Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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4 | What is wrong with proving it true? | Not Specified | Jesusman | 192334 | ||
Greetings, Recent conversations have me baffled over something that I would like clarification on. What is so upsetting about providing scientific and archeological support for the Bible? The reaction thus far I get from others would seem like I farted in church. I understand the idea that the Bible doesn't need to be proven true that it is true, however not everyone in the world shares that belief. There are even christians who don't believe the Bible is true historically. What is wrong with trying to prove it true?? |
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5 | sin | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 194343 | ||
It's influenced by the modern philosophy of today's society. In today's society, there is no such thing as absolutes. There is the majority, and there is relativism. Basically, it's not what's wrong decreed by God, but what is wrong by what the majority of society says. An example of this is Spanking. 30 years ago, spanking was a legitimate form of punishing your child. Even the Bible, in proverbs, speaks about spanking a child and even encourages it. However, If you spank a child now, you are brought up on charges of child abuse and sentanced by law. The majority of society felt it to be wrong. Another example is Homosexuality. Leviticus and Romans both describe the act of homosexuality and declares it to be wrong. Yet, in today's society, the Majority of society has said that it is not wrong. By talking about the reality and consequences of sin, you are talking about the absolute truth about what is wrong and what is not according to the standard set by God. It takes the power of deciding right and wrong out of the hands of Society and places it back into the hands of God where it belongs. It basically reminds people that the power they have is only imaginary. It is one thing to be innocent in the eyes of the laws of society. It is something entirely different to be innocent in the eyes of God. The thought of being innocent in the eyes of society, yet guilty in the eyes of God scares people ... alot. Jesus loves you, Jesusman |
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6 | what is the book of the covenant | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 194751 | ||
Depends on which covenant you are talking about. The Edenic, Adamic, and Abrahamic Covenants are in Genesis. The Mosaic Covenant is in Exodus. Palestinian Covenant is in 2 samuel, I think. The Messianic is in Isaiah, and the New Covenant is the New Testimant. Jesusman |
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7 | difference in Lord and LORD | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 194753 | ||
Most of them will tell you in the front, but one version is the use of YHVH, the Holy Name of God, and the other is using other terms for God. I think LORD is the use of YHVH. Jesusman |
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8 | difference in Lord and LORD | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 194831 | ||
By other terms for God, I mean ones like El, Elohim, Adonai, and the like. Jesusman |
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9 | Why is wisdom referred to as HER? | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 194919 | ||
Usually it has to do with the language. Both Hebrew and Greek, as with many languages, have gender. Hebrew has masculine and feminine gender, and greek has masculine, feminine and neutral gender. Although, I don't have my reference books at hand at the moment, I'm nearly certain that the word translated as "wisdom" has a feminine gender, which is why its called "her". Another word like this would be the word translated as "Church" in the New Testament. Its also feminine in the Greek, and described as a woman in the texts. Jesusman |
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10 | halloween | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 195329 | ||
Greetings, For a long time, I was much the same way. I refused to participate with Holloween with the belief that evil was being promoted and celebrated. In many ways, I still believe that. However, what changed my view was a church I once belonged to that had a fair on Holloween for the children, but also a church wide celebration the next night, on November 1st. It was then that the history behind Holloween was presented to me. Holloween, or all hollows eve, was a night to ward off evil spirits in preparation of All Saints Day, a day to celebrate the lives and sacrifices of the Saints. The pastor began by dressing up as a christian saint he admired, and told of the saint's life, then other teachers and deacons would do something similar. I learned more about the christian saints that day than I ever did any other time. The children had a fun time also with various games and such based around period games. Although something was done on Holloween, it was the next day where the real celebration took place. Jesusman |
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11 | What is dispensationalists? | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 195421 | ||
Greetings, Dispensationalists divide the Bible into 7 ages. It has a strong influence in the Baptist church. 1) Genesis 1:28 Innocence 2) Genesis 3:7 Conscience 3) Genesis 8:15 Human Government 4) Genesis 12:1 Promise 5) Exodus 19:1 Law 6) Acts 2:1 Church 7) Revelation 20:4 Kingdom Jesusman |
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12 | Jesus unheard of in the old testament!!! | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 195583 | ||
Greetings, I enjoy topics like these. Cause it shows the stupidity of skeptics. First off, There is more than one single passage in the Old Testament about the Massiah. One of my personal Favorites is in Micah. I love the book of Micah, because it lays out like a time line. Chapter one predicts the fall of Israel and Judah. Chapter two predicts the period of exhile in babylon. Chapter three speaks of a period of darkness from God. A time when he won't speak to the prophets. This fits perfectly with the 400 years between the testiments. Chapters 4 predicts the coming of peace in the land, which can be the Pax Romana, or peace of the Roman Empire. Chapter 5 talks about the Messiah himself. I could go on and lay out the rest of the book of Micah, but this is enough to prove my first point. Micah was living during the same time as the Prophets Isaiah and Hosea. They were the earliest of the Prophets. Micah predicts the events of the fall of Judah and Israel. He predicts the 400 years between the testiments. He predicts the peace under the roman empire. He predicts the coming Christ. He lays it out perfectly in a concise time line. Second, he claims that Jesus is a fabrication. If so, then he is one hell of a fabrication. There are roman manuscripts confirming the existance of Jesus, where he was born, that he died of crucifixion, and that there was no body after the Crucifixion. You also have confirmed accounts of the first church members willing to die over this so called fabrication. NO man is willing to die over a lie, let alone the untold number of martyrs during the first century. There are reputable modern day historians who will hail the Gospel writers as being Historically accurate. Dr. Luke specifically has been hailed the most accurate historian of the 1st century. It has been said that there is more historical and archeological support for the life and existance of Jesus Christ, than there is combined evidence to prove that Socrates, Plato, and Alexander the Great even lived. Jesus was a real person. Anyone who denies that is a moron. Third, he says that Paul never knew Jesus. Paul was a pharisee. And given the time that Paul had his encounter, he would have known who Jesus was and what Jesus taught just as well as the Diciples. Paul talks and names Jesus time and time again through out his epistles. He knew Jesus. Fourth, He claims that the Bible has inconsistancies about the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Not true. You have the same story told by 4 different people. One is speaking to Jews, one is speaking to Gentiles, one is speaking about a hero, and another is speaking about his best friend. All four are speaking about the same man. To expect the gospel writers to all say the exact same thing about an event, and include the same exact information is rediculous. The facts are all present and consistant. One will add a tidbit that the other 3 don't. Big deal!! Again, he's being a moron. He talks about some things being left out of local history. Well DUH!!! Matthew 28:11-15 tells you that the High Priests told the soldiers to lie. They covered it up. This guy reminds me of the type who knows his version of the truth, and doesn't want to be confused with facts. The facts are there staring him in the face. Jesusman |
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13 | How many Christians | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 195742 | ||
I would be just as easy to count the number of grains of sand on the beach. Jesusman |
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14 | death and spirits | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 196425 | ||
Greetings, The teaching of soul sleep, that the soul is asleep in the grave until the coming of the Christ cannot be fully supported by the Bible. It's only true support is Jesus's comments while resurrecting Lazarus. The counters to this is the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus, who are both to be dead at the time and both in their respective places of the afterlife. Also you have Jesus's comments to the thief on the cross. "Today, you will be with me in paradise." He didn't say that he'll be with Jesus in a few hundred centuries after sleeping in the grave. As for life after death appearences to loved ones, There is some biblical support, but not much. One that comes to mind is Samuel's spirit being summoned. Also the appearences of Jesus. However, it's a controversal point. My personal take is that I don't reject it, but I don't support it either. When I read and hear about such events, I don't try to argue over it. jesusman |
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15 | Why do people say this when in all actua | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 199118 | ||
How do you explain John chapter 3? The statement that Jesus was sent to preach the Word is self defeating. John chapter 1 tells us that the "Word" is Jesus himself. Are you saying that Jesus was sent to preach about himself? Also, what does the "Word" or the "Gospel" include? It includes the events leading up to and including the Death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as well as the motivation behind it, hence for Jesus to die for our Sins. Now, back to my initial question. John chapter 3, specifically verses 16 - 18, comes right out and tells us that the purpose behind Jesus coming was to save the world. Now, for your last comment/question about God not truly sending anyone to die for our sins. I refer you to the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 16, verses 21 - 23. Jesus foretells his death. Peter opens his mouth and says "God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to you!" Jesus replies back, and rebukes Peter by saying "Get behind me, Satan." Such talk about Jesus not coming from God, or coming to save our sins, but coming for other purposes are nothing more than Satan trying to decieve. In closing, I refer you to 1 John, chapter 4. To sum up this passage, Don't believe everything you come across, hear, or read, or are told by those claiming to be from God. Instead, John tells us to put those claims to the test. That test is to compare what they teach about Jesus to the written Word. If they confess Jesus as being sent from God, and sens to be the payment of our sins, then they are from God. Those sent by God will teach and live and work through Love, because God is the originator of Love. Jesus coming to us, in the flesh, was because of God's Love. Jesus Loves you. Jesusman |
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16 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | Jesusman | 190115 | ||
One reason why I see the NKJV doing good is that it keeps the poetic flow of the old KJV, but it remains accurate and readable. I was raised with the KJV and still use it on occasion, especially when the congregation I am speaking to is composed of elders who use the KJV. When with a more eclectic and mixed congregation, I use the NKJV. When I'm doing a more deeper study or leading any study beyond that of preaching from a pulpit, I use the NASB. To comment on some of the translations mentioned by Hank, I use the NIV only on occasion when speaking to youth, and sometimes the ESB. I dislike the NLT with a passion. It's abhorrably mistranslated in several places. At one time I knew all the places. One place was in Romans 1. I'm not a very high fan of the Holman Christian Standard either. I dislike paraphrases like the Message and the Living Bible. Being a student of the Bible and of translations, I see paraphrase translations about as useless as a one legged man in a butt kicking contest. Anyways, Most of my study bibles that I use on a regular basis are NASB, NKJV, or KJV. Also, with my Degree in Greek and Hebrew, I'm a bit prejudice and favor the NASB, NKJV, and KJV over the others. |
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17 | difference between grace ad mercy | Bible general Archive 3 | Jesusman | 190955 | ||
Grace and Mercy are related, yes, but not the same. Grace is giving you what you don't deserve. Mercy is not giving you what you do deserve. To explain it in a different way. We, being sinful creatures, do not deserve eternal life. However, it is provided through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We don't deserve eternal life, yet we are offered it anyways. That is Grace. We, as sinful creatures, do deserve to die as punishment for our sins. However, with salvation, we are pardoned. We won't die the eternal death, even though we deserve it. That is mercy. Jesus Loves you, Jesusman. |
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18 | Confused? | Bible general Archive 3 | Jesusman | 192297 | ||
Greetings, Paul in one of his epistles clarified the role of the Mosaic law to the christian. Prior to Christ, the Law dominates and binds us to obedience. We either follow it or disobey it. Problem is that the Law is impossible to follow completely. However, as Paul explains, After christ the law becomes as a tutor or a teacher. We aren't bound under following the Law and the consequences of disobedience. However, It remains for us to be a guide .. a pattern to know what God expects. Jesus Christ came to fullfill the law .. complete it and make it whole. Galatians 3:23-29 Matthew 5:17-19 Jesusman |
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19 | Did He complete the Old Testament? | Bible general Archive 3 | Jesusman | 192318 | ||
Short answer is yes. Long answer is that the sacrifice of Jesus Christ finalized the need for any further sacrifices. The author of Hebrews makes it abundantly clear in chapter 10 that the sacrificing of animals is drastically inferior to the one made by Christ on the cross. Jesusman |
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20 | Did He complete the Old Testament? | Bible general Archive 3 | Jesusman | 192325 | ||
Ok .. think of it in this way. The pentateuch is the Constitution. Jesus Christ came along and gave us the Amendmant. | ||||||
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