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1 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 102243 | ||
Greetings, AO; I don't read Hebrew, so I'm trusting the translators. The immediate antecedent to "nor did it ever enter my mind" is "I never commanded or spoke of". I suggest that God was not surprised that the unfaithful did these things; he was upset that they did things which were so far from his will that he never once thought of commanding or even speaking of them. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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2 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 102291 | ||
AO; Perhaps God can choose not to know some things; perhaps he cannot so choose because it would be a contradiction of his fundamental omniscient nature. I don't think, given its structure, that the passage presents enough evidence to decide the question. - Indy |
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3 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 102306 | ||
Greetings, hooptrain; Welcome to the forum. I think God intends the Bible to be accessible to all believers and that he desires all believers to read and study it. There's no other way to tell if a modern-day prophet is real. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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4 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 103590 | ||
Hi, Search; [DISCLAIMER: If I misrepresent anyone's training in ancient languages, correct me and I'll gladly apologize.] PMJI, but I'm trying to understand this thread. If I get it correctly, a disagreement between two people over the eternal significance of the use of passive voice in a language neither one reads "proves" that one of them is against Jesus and preaching a different gospel. Is that about it? In contrast, Tim actually does read ancient languages and can understand an entire passage in context, something I don't think either you or Kathy can do. He says (paraphrasing here) the use of passive voice neither proves nor disproves that God did the initiating. I share your distrust of experts, but I gotta go with my fellow Hoosier on this one. Neither one of you has "proven" anything. Not about the passage, anyway.... How 'bout we debate how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? I'm sure we're all equally expert on that topic, and it's nearly as significant as this one. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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5 | Do you seek God before you post? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 103705 | ||
Hi, Search; Possibly Kathy was implying that as Christians we may have obligations beyond merely conforming to the Lockman Foundation's rules. It is certainly possible to post a message that meets the requirements of the rules and yet is contrary to God's will. My answer is that sometimes I do indeed lean on my own understanding when I post. Other times, I seek God's will and have often re-written or simply skipped a message I had composed. The more curmudgeonly posts are mostly of my own devising. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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6 | Do you seek God before you post? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 103760 | ||
Hi, Kathy; The following was posted in response to one of Searcher's messages. I'm copying it because it does contain my (honest) answer to your original question: [reply to Searcher snipped] My answer is that sometimes I do indeed lean on my own understanding when I post. Other times, I seek God's will and have often re-written or simply skipped a message I had composed. The more curmudgeonly posts are mostly of my own devising. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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7 | and the winner is ... Markarios . | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 105182 | ||
Heh, heh. You rotten egg you. | ||||||
8 | Cool Website | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 107638 | ||
Greetings, punkiedo; I hope you won't think I'm piling on here. You recommended a website that denies an important doctrine in traditional Christian orthodoxy, so you should expect to be challenged. Surely you have found these views questioned in places other than this forum. Anyway, you didn't respond to the scripture Ed cited: "As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, 'This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.'" Did Jesus descend upon himself like a dove? Did he speak from heaven to himself on earth? It's very easy to claim that every passage that mentions God the Father, Jesus the Son, or the Holy Spirit is speaking of the same person, calling him by different names. But it's a lot harder when all three appear in one scene - one person standing on earth, one speaking from heaven, and a third traveling between the two. How do you account for this passage? Thanks. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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9 | Cool Website | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 107640 | ||
Hi, punkiedo; I was curious to know if your Greek painter's views were consistent with the doctrine of the Greek Orthodox Church, so I turned to Google. My search for "greek orthodox trinity" turned up so many websites with the name "Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church/Cathedral" that I didn't bother to continue my investigation. I suspect that your Greek Orthodox believer was somewhat unorthodox in his beliefs. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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10 | Cool Website | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 107649 | ||
Hi, punkiedo; Yes, God is omnipresent and can probably do more than one thing at a time. I just haven't seen any other examples of God dividing himself into three simultaneous manifestations in order to do them. You seem to be saying that upon coming out of the water, Jesus descended upon himself and then from heaven proclaimed that he was his own son and he was pleased with himself. I assume he proclaimed his love for himself in a similar fashion at the Transfiguration as well. I'm sorry; you still haven't accounted for this passage. Given your doctrine, I don't see how you can. Thanks just the same. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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11 | Trinity Doctrine? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 107650 | ||
Hi, Norm; I'm confused. You cited Matthew 28:19; what does this passage mean to you? If "the Father", "the Son", and "the Holy Ghost" are not the three persons who make up the Trinity, who are they? Thanks. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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12 | Living Prophets? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 108968 | ||
Paraclete; This is a Bible study forum. Joseph Smith's novel is irrelevant. Indeed, any book that begins with this monumental lie has no place here: "I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." (Joseph Smith, Introduction to the Book of Mormon) Pardon me if I sound unpleasant, but nowhere does the Bible tell us to tolerate false teachers: "But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute." (2 Peter 2:1-2) Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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13 | Living Prophets? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 108978 | ||
Hi, mommapbs; I was afraid that I'd been a little too direct in my response. Glad to see you feel pretty much the same way. I suppose we should treat such foolish posts as trolls and just ignore them. -Indy |
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14 | Living Prophets? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 108984 | ||
Indeed; you are correct. Thanks. -Indy |
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15 | Was Adam and Eve's fall a good thing? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 109045 | ||
Paraclete; This is really preposterous. There is falsehood here, but it's not in Eve's words to the serpent. You claim to know God's exact words to Eve. You don't. The Bible only records Eve's account of God's words. So if Eve did indeed "embellish the true words of God", you couldn't possibly know it. You also put the words "in that day" into Eve's mouth. Not even the Bible published on the LDS web site has Eve saying those words. Readers of the Bible will readily understand that Eve's initial sin was her disobedience to God, not some imagined "lie" that you have constructed for her. But perhaps I'm being too harsh. Maybe it was Joseph Smith who embellished the true words of God and you're simply repeating what you've been taught. I join with mommaphs in her prayer that your eyes may be opened to God's truth. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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16 | Was Adam and Eve's fall a good thing? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 109046 | ||
Hi, dat; Paraclete has probably given you the Mormon spin. I don't know if his explanation accurately reflects Mormon teaching or not. Perhaps it will help you to understand your husband's error. It appears that your husband (like Paraclete) has been misled by Joseph Smith, who said of the Book of Mormon: "I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." If your husband has fallen for this monstrous lie, I don't know if an explanation based on God's word will do much good. Your time might be better spent in prayer that God will release him from his bondage and open his eyes to the truth of the Bible. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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17 | Living Prophets? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 109137 | ||
"Paraclete"; It doesn't matter whether you call yourself a Mormon or not. This is still a Bible study forum, not a forum for promoting self-styled mystics who claim that their books are superior to the Bible. Nothing Joseph Smith ever said or wrote has any relevance to the discussions on this forum - except possibly to demonstrate how irrelevant his words are. If you know anything about what the Bible says, explain from Scripture why you believe it says what you think it says. If you don't know what the Bible teaches, feel free to ask. If you have no Biblical knowledge to impart and no desire to gain any, you have no part in this forum. -Indy |
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18 | Living Prophets? | Bible general Archive 2 | stjones | 109151 | ||
Hi, Hank; I agree (although I think I missed "Context"). I'd thought to just ignore him/them, but mommapbs pointed out the danger of a seeker or naive Christian seeing that nonsense go unchallenged. I'll give the Devil his due though; I know more about the Book of Mormon than I did before. Could be useful knowledge in the future. OTOH, such posts appeal to my grumpy side which doesn't always produce the most sanctified behavior. :-) There are lots of people out there who hate the Bible and hate the real Jesus. I suppose an open forum like this is bound to attract a few such idiots now and then. Give the Devil his due again.... -Indy |
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19 | What is a good bible version for study? | Bible general Archive 1 | stjones | 20246 | ||
Hi,Myra; Good for you. A translation that gets in the way of your understanding won't do much to enhance your study. Take some time to find a version that is readable and understandable - keeping in mind that some parts of the Bible are just plain hard to understand. For pure readability, I like the New Living Translation; for serious study, I always reach for my NIV Study Bible (lots of notes, maps, historical information and such). I keep a Good News (Today's English) handy and find myself checking the NKJV online. Maybe your best bet would be a parallel Bible. Personally, I would look for one with the NIV, NKJV, either Good News or New Living, and one other older version - RSV, ASV, something like that. I also find a "complete" concordance very helpful for tracking down verses when I remember some of the words but not the source. An "exhaustive" concordance indexes every single word in the Bible while a complete concordance leaves out articles, (a, an, the), pronouns and such. A "brief" concordance leaves out lots of other words too. Concordances are version-specific, so wait until you settle on the version you refer to most often. Then, of course, there are computer Bibles.... One other thought - you might try a "read through the Bible in a year" booklet. You can find one to guide you straight through from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21. The one I used listed the passages in chronological order. It took a lot more than a year (lack of commitment on my part), but I'm very glad I did it. Happy "re-entry"! Peace and grace, Steve |
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20 | Is it okay for women to wear pants? | Bible general Archive 1 | stjones | 20922 | ||
Because God doesn't care one way or the other? Peace and grace, Steve |
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