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101 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | BMyers | 202822 | ||
You asked me to analyze your post. As you may or may not have noticed by my profile, I’m just a common man. I have no formal training in Biblical matters outside of what I have received in my church and on my own. If you are expecting a deep theological response, I’m sorry, I can’t give one, but I will give you my simple answers. I don’t know if you have ever read the book ‘How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth’ by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, but it has two quotes that I like: “A text cannot mean what it never could have meant to its author or his or her readers.” “Whenever we share comparable particulars (i.e., similar specific life situations) with the first-century hearers, God’s Word to us is the same as His Word to them.” The first issue I will raise is your interpretation of 1 Corinthians 6:9,10 1CO 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 1CO 6:10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Your statement: “So do not think that your son is automatically excluded from "heaven" because he is currently choosing another way to express his sexuality. That is not what Scripture means when it says that homosexuals cannot inherit the kingdom of God” There are two things to look at, your definition of ‘kingdom of God’ and your definition of ‘sin’ (hamartia). The word for ‘kingdom’ in the New Testament is ‘basileia’. According to Expository Dictionary of Bible Words “Two particularly significant phrases containing the term basileia are “kingdom of heaven” and “kingdom of God”. These phrases are functionally synonymous and both refer to the dominion of God on earth and incorporate the heavenly realm as well.” According to Expository Dictionary of Bible Words ‘sin’ is “failing to meet God’s revealed moral, ethical, and ritual standards. The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance, ‘sin’ is failure. The definition you give is hamartano which is to miss the mark, do wrong (NASB Concordance). Expository Dictionary of Bible Words defines hamartano as “senses of missing the mark that God has established as a standard for His people.” Based on the definitions that I read, ‘kingdom of God’ does very much involve heaven. This being true, homosexuals will not be in heaven because they are not measuring up to God’s standard. Do we just give up then on homosexuals? No. Yet we have to understand God is Sovereign and we can’t change the ‘rules’ just because we don’t agree. God being sovereign is a difficult concept and one that is not easy for me to explain. I know that all my Pentecostal friends (yes I’m Pentecostal, born and raised Assembly of God) we push the ‘free will’ issue. Yet, from my limited scripture study, truly we don’t have a ‘free will’. (I can see the rocks being picked up now.) How to explain this without writing a book…..the best short answer I can give you, is we are born sinners. We want to follow the sinful nature. We have no desire to come to light, but to stay in the darkness. The desire to come to the light comes from the Holy Spirit working in our life. Without the Holy Spirit working in our life, we would never seek out the light. (This is the best short answer I can think of right now.) Your statement: “Therefore, we must stop labeling people as "sinners." And we must stop condemning people because they fall short in some particular area where we happen to be strong. I don't struggle with homosexual tendencies... but there are plenty of other things I do struggle with. And until I have mastered all my struggles and can hit every target without fail, then I have no place to criticize or condemn anyone.” You are both right and wrong in the above statement. Let’s deal with the right first. We should not be condemning people. You are correct we should be loving people. Yet we have to be careful not to love their sin. There is nothing wrong with calling sin, sin. Does it offend people when you point out their sin? YES! Just walking up to a person on the street and saying you are sinner, might just get you punched in the nose. Dealing with an individual has to be Spirit led. As stated earlier, the ‘sinner’ isn’t going to want to just walk right into the light. We have to make sure that we let the Holy Spirit do its job and we do ours. Yes that involves loving the sinner just as Christ did, but it also involves making sure we don’t compromise because (how to phrase this)……we are so caught up in the ‘love thing’. (Hope this is making sense.) (read second post, ran out of room) |
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102 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | BMyers | 202782 | ||
gospelcompilation take a chill pill. First, you are accusing people of twisting and not researching the Word of God. I have read your post and their post. So, far as I can see, I have to side with them. You are the one who has failed to search the scriptures and apply them in context. Based on the doctrine of Sola Scripture, a person compares the doctrine that is being stated to the scripture. If the doctrine doesn't align with the Scriptures, the doctrine is false. Your statements don't align with the scripture. Are you being asked to prove yourself? Yes! Yet this is not new and should not be looked as an attack. Anyone making a claim in the name of Christ should be able to prove him or herself with the unchanging Word of God. I'm glad you think so highly of yourself as comparing yourself with Christ for not giving any proof, but I don't know who you are or anything about you. I have to go by the Word of God and your words are not matching this. I'm sorry you haven't found this forum helpful, but I'm proud in the fact that forum has stood firm and not compromised the Word of God. Today's society is all too quick to compromise the Word of God to be politically correct. Unfortunately, the forum is sometimes a hard medium to communicate in. Most of us (me being the biggest one) do not have the mastery of the English language as we should and at times can make it difficult to communicate points in a written format. Hopefully through your prayer time the Holy Spirit will open your eyes and you will see that hate and deceitfulness was not the purpose of the forum members here, but standing for the uncompromising Word of God was the goal. Brad |
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103 | Who was Moses' father? | Exodus | BMyers | 202721 | ||
mrsnicolelane, Thanks for correcting my mistake. I will have to be more careful with my posting. EX 6:14 These are the heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. EX 6:15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. EX 6:16 These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. EX 6:17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. EX 6:18 The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years. EX 6:19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. EX 6:20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. EX 6:21 The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. EX 6:22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri. EX 6:23 Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. EX 6:24 The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. EX 6:25 Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families. EX 6:26 It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “ Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.” EX 6:27 They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron. Brad |
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104 | Quote help about asking questions | Bible general Archive 4 | BMyers | 202572 | ||
You can do a google search for t-shirt quotes and you will get several sites with lists of quotes. Brad |
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105 | Spiritual Progression of a Species | Rom 1:23 | BMyers | 202396 | ||
It shows from the prefect creation to the fallen creation to the restored creation. Starts out prefect, goes bad, gets better, end's GREAT (for those that believe)! Brad |
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106 | Mass Conciousness/networking mind's | Bible general Archive 4 | BMyers | 202376 | ||
My wife says I'm large mass of conciousness, but I don't think that is what we are talking about. :) Brad |
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107 | Has The NASB changed since 1990? | 2 Cor 5:16 | BMyers | 202051 | ||
THe Hebrew-Greel Word Study Bible is based on the Original NASB. The verse quoted above is based on the 1995 NASB Updated. | ||||||
108 | Ezekiel 36:17 (unclean women) | Ezek 36:17 | BMyers | 201930 | ||
Glad to help. | ||||||
109 | Will we know each other in Heaven? | 1 Cor 15:52 | BMyers | 201727 | ||
Thanks for the reply Doc. Brad |
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110 | Others have no right to judge only GOD!! | Bible general Archive 4 | BMyers | 201717 | ||
Your post seems to deal with a few different topics, without giving any scriptures for proof. The first is public prayer. The passage you are referring to is from Matthew 6:5. The research I have done on the passage has to do with the spirit the men were praying in. Their prayer was not for God, but to gain the public approval of men. Basically they were wanted to show everyone how ‘religious’ they were. As the scripture says, they got their full reward. If you read Luke 18:10-14 you will see this explained. The purpose of prayer is not to gain public approval for us, but pray should be for God. Does this mean we shouldn’t pray in public places? No, Matthew 18:19, 20 actually encourages us to pray with one another. The second topic I see is faith. You make the statement that “it's nobody's business if or how you believe in God”. It is every Christian’s concern if a person believes in God and His saving grace. Matthew 28:16-20 tells us that we are to go into the entire world and preach the Gospel. The third topic was judging. You are correct that there is scripture that warns us about judging one another. Yet I have seen this taken to the other extreme where in the name of ‘not judging’ Christians are unwilling to call sin, sin. The Bible gives us some very clear standards of what sin is, such as adultery, homosexuality, thieves, drunkard, (1 Co 6:9,10) and Christians should never fear challenging sin. You are also correct, in the end, it is the final judgment that will determine the eternal resting place of your soul. I encourage you take some serious time to research and pray about what the Bible says on your beliefs, I think you will find that they are not matching up with what is Biblically correct. Brad |
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111 | What was the first animal out of the ark | Genesis | BMyers | 201714 | ||
Helps if I read the question, I thought it said into the ark. Maybe I need to just go to bed. Brad |
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112 | Will we know each other in Heaven? | 1 Cor 15:52 | BMyers | 201707 | ||
Hi Doc, I'm trying to grasp your post, if I'm reading it correctly, you are saying we will not get new bodies? My limited understanding was that we would be raised (rapture) in our old (current) body and when the rapture occurs we would be trading off our old bodies (the perishable) for new bodies (imperishable). I don't know if that means I will get a whole new body or if God will just change this one I have. I know your current time is short so you may not have time to reply in depth that this topic could involve and if so that is find, I understand having your time taken by other responsibilities. Thanks Brad |
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113 | Why does Jesus need to be tempted? | Mark 1:13 | BMyers | 201680 | ||
Also would like to add Hebrews 2:18 HEB 2:18 For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. Goes along with the same thing that BradK has stated. Brad |
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114 | How to accept a gay relative | 1 Cor 6:9 | BMyers | 201668 | ||
Amen Brad |
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115 | How to accept a gay relative | 1 Cor 6:9 | BMyers | 201665 | ||
Doc, I agree we can never compromise the truth of God's Word. Yet, there was a generation that was raised that believed in preaching the 'fire and brimstone' and very little of the love of Christ. Looking at the teaching of Christ, He dealt most severely with those who claim to be and should have had knowledge of the Word (in their time frame). Yet when dealing with sinners, Christ dealt with love for the person, never compromising on the guilt of sin. Maybe you look at the term 'witness' differently than I. Witness as defined by Webster: 1: attestation of a fact or event : testimony 2: one that gives evidence; specifically : one who testifies in a cause or before a judicial tribunal 3: one asked to be present at a transaction so as to be able to testify to its having taken place 4: one who has personal knowledge of something 5 a: something serving as evidence or proof : Yes, I want my life to be a witness for Christ. AC 22:15 ‘For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard. Converting people to Christ is not the same as a witness for Christ. I prayer that I have planted many more seeds than I have sown. I wish I had reaped more, but that is the human side of me. I know there was time in my walk with Christ that I would spend more time trying to do the work of the Holy Spirit and convict people of their sin than showing the love of Christ. I’m not sure why you would think that I feel God is anything less than Holy and perfect? I don’t believe that I’m over emphasizing the love. 1CO 13:13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. MK 12:29 Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; MK 12:30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’ MK 12:31 “The second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” LK 10:27 And he answered, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” LK 10:28 And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE.” Please understand I don’t believe that we should walk around throwing flowers everywhere and stick our head in the sand concerning sin. Unfortunately, I feel that many of churches today have compromised the Gospel to make it more appealing to the masses. I agree that there is no need to compromise the Gospel in any way, shape, or form. Just knowing Jesus loves you is the first step, understanding the importance, the cost, and the ramafication of Jesus love brings you into the full light of the Gospel. When you read how Jesus dealt with the sinners, He dealt with them in love and He did not compromise His message. Speaking from my own experience, I was real good at getting the message out there, but without the love, it was hollow words. Are there times you have to ‘overturn the tables’? Yes! I also feel there are times that we have to eat with the ‘tax collectors and sinners’. Both lead to the Gospel being preached, but just in different manners. If my terminology offended you, I apologize. I feel that we are most likely trying to say the same thing, yet like I have said many times, I’m just a common man. I wish I had the time and the money to seek a theological training, but that isn’t the path that the good Lord has sent me down (yet at least). Brad |
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116 | How to accept a gay relative | 1 Cor 6:9 | BMyers | 201663 | ||
It is a difficult situation when you see a love one caught in the grasp of sin. You can take comfort knowing that you have Christ on your side and the Holy Spirit interceding upon your half. The Bible tells us that we can have the wisdom we need. JAS 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. JAS 1:6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. Continue to pray and trust God. Brad RO 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. |
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117 | How to accept a gay relative | 1 Cor 6:9 | BMyers | 201662 | ||
It is a difficult situation when you see a love one caught in the grasp of sin. You can take comfort knowing that you have Christ on your side and the Holy Spirit interceding upon your half. The Bible tells us that we can have the wisdom we need. JAS 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. JAS 1:6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. Continue to pray and trust God. Brad RO 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. |
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118 | Where - "cities without walls" prophecy? | Zech 2:4 | BMyers | 201650 | ||
I just find it kind of funny how we all have to get our forum 'fix' for the day before we run out the door for work. Yet what great way to start the day with reading some thought provoking question that gets your mind contemplating God's Word. Brad |
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119 | Jesus descend into hell | 1 Peter | BMyers | 201590 | ||
Maybe we should start a new topic, but I agree Hank. Many Christians (myself included) don't have the understanding of the Bible or their beliefs (which should be based on the Bible) to know when or if they are being led astray. As my daughter has grown, I realized that I need a better understanding of what I believed and why. If I couldn't explain it to my daughter, I had a real problem. I claimed my Christianity to be the most important thing in my life, but I couldn't explain some of the simplest concepts or field some of the 'beginner' questions. I was raised in church, so it never crossed my mind to 'dig' in and look at things; I just took them at face value. Don't get me wrong, there are many things in the Bible that are that simple and can be taken at face value. Yet as I read and studied more I realized how truly awesome God is! The more you understand about Biblical times and the message in the Bible, the more you can see the love that God has shown to us. I know our Pastor has challenged the congregation not to take him at his word, but research, read, and study to make sure what he is preaching from the pulpit lines up with the Word of God. I could go on, but like I said this could be a topic all its own. If we as Christians had the passion for Christ that he has for us, what a different world this would be. |
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120 | Jesus descend into hell | 1 Peter | BMyers | 201587 | ||
Interesting, I hadn't realized that there were so much debate over this topic. I will agree that the price was paid at the Cross. Hopefully all this discussion has helped the one who posted the original question, but if not it sure has educated me on the topic. Thanks everyone! Brad |
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