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101 | Finding Mentoring Relationships? | Acts 18:26 | Jensen | 21208 | ||
Dear ONERICHWOMAN....Other mentoring relationships may be found between older and younger women, and also between women and children. Titus 2:3-5 "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God." Prov 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." I can not offer advice on your concordance search but you may want to invest in a Topical Analysis of the Bible. Mine is by Elwell and is published by Baker. God Bless....Jensen |
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102 | Finding Mentoring Relationships? | Acts 18:26 | Jensen | 21210 | ||
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103 | Lets life eachother up not judge! | 1 Cor 11:31 | Jensen | 31930 | ||
Dear just....Welcome to the Forum :-) You wrote.... "In the bible, we as christians should not judge others." My goodness!!!....how shall we ever know?....where lies the mission field? You have eliminated the need for any evangelicals. Show me your deeds and I will see your faith. Deeds follow faith of course but these deeds must first be the result of some judgement…..on someone or something. Matt 10: 14 “If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.” But how to do that without some kind of judgement is beyond me. Christians are called upon all the time to judge others. Not their salvation, of course, but their actions, words, deeds, lifestyles and so on. God Bless….Jensen |
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104 | Lets life eachother up not judge! | 1 Cor 11:31 | Jensen | 31951 | ||
Dear Just....You wrote..."God said we should walk in love not judgement." Please provide the Scriptural support for the statement. I want to study it before I reply. Additionally you wrote "Lets not only listen to the word of God lets be doers and walk by faith. Bless you my sister!"....Doers of the Word would include Acts 17:11 "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." God Bless...Your Brother...Jensen |
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105 | Are Christmas and Easter pagan? | Gal 4:10 | Jensen | 27063 | ||
Dear Glende...Welcome to the Forum :)....Christians celebrate Christmas to remember and give special significance to our Redeemers birth. Non-Christians, that is non-believers, celebrate the holiday as a time joy and peace on Earth. They do not acknowledge the reason for the season. Christians took over and defeated a pagan holiday by instituting a Christian holiday. It may be becoming more and more pagan, but not to Christians. The same holds true for Easter. You wrote..."Seems like the devils crowed has more guts in this area than christians." but concern yourself with yourself and your attitude at this time of year. Be happy for the correct reason, not sad for the wrong reason. We know how the story ends. What you correctly observe is the storyline leading to His coming. Praise be to God. God Bless....Jensen |
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106 | Predestination | Eph 1:4 | Jensen | 41787 | ||
Dear John...I am sorry that you missed the point. I agree with everything you wrote. The analogy works. Predestination, as understood by contemporary sinners, does not work. God knows what we will choose. He knows when He will offer His Gift to us. He knows our hearts, He knows when we will come to the final challenge of death, and if we will be with Him or not. He knows all this prior to our natural birth. Prior to our life being played out by us. I hope I have been a little more clear on this point. We have no disagreement on theology that I am aware of. You implied that I was irreverent. But God is the Author of life, and not, as you say, "a mere reader" and I never implied that. That is why I began with stating that to understand predestination, an analogy might help. I mean no disrespect. Chill :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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107 | Predestination | Eph 1:4 | Jensen | 41796 | ||
Dear John....Thanks for your quick reply. Just like the fat man said when he crawled under the barb wire fence "Just one more point and I will be through" God does not react to what He discovers in the book (analogy.) He is a Player also. And He knows what each little part will be played out. OR you may not believe, as I do, that God knows what the final outcome will be. I can not argue predestination because I deny it's existance....as understood by our contemporaries. And here is why. Predestination eliminates any chance at all that we come to Christ freely since Predestination would be a plan for our lives. Just like the machines we invent. A lawnmower will always be a lawnmower. The lawnmower is predestined. It will never make the choice to be a hedgetrimmer. Predestination does not exist, can't, never will. OR freewill does not exist, can't, never will. I go with the former :-) It just makes sense to me. God Bless....Jensen |
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108 | Predestination | Eph 1:4 | Jensen | 42344 | ||
Dear Joe...Thanks...I am finding this one a bit sticky and I know I came to the discussion late. So.....Which is it?...1)God foreordains a man to come to Christ and he does. Or 2)A man chooses to come to Christ and God knew that he would. Do you see my confusion? I am trying to reconcile predestination and freewill. I can't seem to do it (understand the scripture?) God Bless....Jensen |
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109 | Predestination | Eph 1:4 | Jensen | 42347 | ||
Dear John...Thanks...I think I may be confusing predestination with election. Please tell me which statement would best describe your belief. 1)God knows before we are born the free choices that each man will make during his lifetime. Or 2)God, through His Holy Spirit, directs (not prompts)a man to choose Christ making him an elected. You may see my confusion :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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110 | what does the scripture 1 Thes 4:16 mean | Phil 1:23 | Jensen | 44380 | ||
Dear Muffy….Perhaps an analogy would help to understand this passage. You and your friends all decide to go to a ball game. As you enter the arena an usher gives each of you a ticket for a drawing that will be held at the end of the game for a great prize. None of you have been taught that all the tickets are winning tickets. But as the game goes on and on, some of your friends get tired and leave the arena. But, you worry, what of their drawing tickets? Can they still win even though they are not present? That is the question that is put to Paul by these Christians. Paul writes to the Thessalonians to assure them about their friends and family who die before the parousia, or rapture. These Christians, like Paul, looked forward to the rapture within their lifetimes and were worried that they would miss the victory and glory of the Lord’s return if they died first. However if we die first what matter is it really? Our “tickets” are not only still good, but we will rise first to meet the Lord. Note that Paul never set a date for this cosmic event yet he certainly wanted it sooner rather than later. The Thessalonians, like all Christians today, do not need to worry. One way or another, we will be there with our bodies to see the victory. Praise God. God Bless….Jensen |
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111 | Correcting the translation | Col 2:16 | Jensen | 26078 | ||
Dear djconklin....I have been following this thread with some amusement and I believe that 100 of 121 posts (as of 12/8/01) that deal with a single verse is a lost cause. You may know the technicalities of this verse so well that you have unlearned the clear teaching of most of the other verses. I do not mean this as an attack at all. But you are so hung up on this verse, I believe because you are realizing that all of your work on it has come to naught, that you keep beating the drum as well as around the bush. Good people at this site have asked simple questions of clarification yet you answer as if you did not read their questions at all. Like a politician :-) The fact that you have a (vanity) web page does not give you the last word. Anyone can have a web page and say anything, truth or fiction. It was a lot of work to do. But what is the point? God Bless....Jensen |
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112 | Correcting the translation | Col 2:16 | Jensen | 27925 | ||
Thank you for your kind response to my note. You still have not said anything although you have used many words. Just what is your point? Never mind. I already know that you do not have one :-D Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night Jensen |
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113 | Correcting the translation | Col 2:16 | Jensen | 28420 | ||
Wasting of time is unbecoming of a Christian. Vanity is unbecoming of a Christian. Pride comes just before the fall my friend. All this and still no point! Bring on the Teaching Magisterium to end the confusion :-) Happy New Year....and God Bless...Jensen |
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114 | In Jesus' name...except baptism? | Col 3:17 | Jensen | 31868 | ||
Dear Savannah....Just a point I want to make.. You Wrote:...... "Where does it say be baptised in the trinity? I know, I know Mat 28.etc... You wrote... A truely saved person in Christ will want to obey Jesus' commands. And if they don't?" An excellent straw man. But a straw man none the less. I'm not sure of your point but the key words in the reply you quoted were "a truely saved person" and I am curious to know if you believe a truely saved person would choose not to follow the commands (teaching) of Jesus. Whom better to freely choose to learn from and, therefore, obey willingly? God Bless....Jensen |
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115 | Satan's will or God's will | 2 Tim 2:26 | Jensen | 31871 | ||
Dear Searcher56....Would you reconsider? I agree that 1 Tim 3:1-7 applies to church leaders. 2 Tim 2:22-26, however, is a horse of a different color. These latter verses are not dealing with the church leader. They are instructing the church leader on how he should deal with others. As you say "context" is important. And translation/interpretation is crucial. I lay aside the Amplified, and the NLT, Message and some others when I am engaged in a study. I like the NASB and the NIV for their fewer mis-translations or mis-interpretations. Oh my.....if I (or we) could only read and understand the original languages :-) But even the translations I mentioned do not get the doctrine wrong and it really may not be significant except in cases when you use them as "scriptural proof" so much in demand on this Forum. God Bless....Jensen |
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116 | Satan's will or God's will | 2 Tim 2:26 | Jensen | 31904 | ||
Dear Curt....Welcome to the Forum......You Wrote:..... "The clear meaning of the text is that we are to hold each other accountable to God's Word, and by lovingly teaching and correcting each other, we will avoid Satan's snare."...... But of course we are accountable to "God's Word" but the scripture referenced applies to a "will" not the Word. The question is whose will is the Scripture refering to. So "escape from the snare of the devil" indicates that the "snare" is the will of Satan. Metaphors. Satan wants us to sin. It is the will of Satan that we sin. We choose to do the will of God or the will of Satan. Satan, his will or not, has no power over us. So please explain what "snare" means to the verse if not a metaphor. And the "clear meaning" of the verse would be what? :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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117 | Satan's will or God's will | 2 Tim 2:26 | Jensen | 32013 | ||
Dear Curt.... You wrote......"I think it is a miscalculation to say Satan has no power over us. If that were true, we would not sin." I speak of Christians...."The Devil made me do it" is no excuse for sin. If we sin due to a power not our own then we are no longer responsible for our sin. Indeed we can not be sinners by definition of missing the mark. There is no mark. If we are not responsible for our sin then we need not confess our sins; and we need no savior, no one to pay the price of our sin. Since we are not really sinners, but rather believers who are being forced to sin by a power, the problem is that of the power over us (Satan), not ours. We are left only with the hope that we have no free will to sin. You know that is icky. We would then have no will to accept Jesus since that would not be the will of this overarching other power. We become hopeless. But we are responsible for our sin. We recognize sin. Sin is our choice each and every time, no exceptions, no excuses. We feel the guilt of sin. Though we live in a sin filled world, we are not of this world since coming to Christ. To accept that Satan has a power over you to sin is to deny free will. But we can only come to Christ by our free will. Therefore, it is not a miscalculation to say Satan has no power over us. He is permitted to tempt……but it will remain our choice. God Bless….Jensen |
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118 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | Jensen | 32139 | ||
Dear Curt...Cheers indeed :-).....My unasked for two cents......Genesis is also a "when" story. The Bible is full of "when" stories that support extra-biblical accounts of history. If the Creation account is not a "when" story then.....off we go to rewrite history. Washington may have been a "who" that is important, but the "when" still explains much about American history. The "when" of Creation explains much about human history in the same way. Do not fall for the evolution theory, which is what you must do if you reject the "when" account of human origins. Think about it :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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119 | Can I trust this Pastor? | Hebrews | Jensen | 16916 | ||
I have been misled many times in my life. You are right to suspect that I do not trust anyone. I was molested as a child by a "God fearing" minister and that still lingers (I'm 54)but I know that I should not reject God because of one incident in my childhood. I will never again reject God. If the Pastor in question is not comfortable for me, I doubt I will ever find one who is. I think I'll just stay home and read the Bible:) Thanks all for your comments. Love ya | ||||||
120 | Can I trust this Pastor? | Hebrews | Jensen | 17102 | ||
I thought your first answer to my concern was right on target. You saw through all of my excuses and laid it at my door; Can I trust anyone? Well, the answer is no. But now you want me to try to find a church (anyway?)that I can trust. But how? There was one other thing about this church that I thought was curious (not following what Jesus said to do)but I now know that, apparently, other churches have the same practice. I can only believe what is in the Bible. I am not a scholar as so many on this Forum are. I can not quote verses to make my points because there seems to be an offsetting verse for everything and anything I might say. I may just sound stupid. It really is a matter of trust. That is why I believe your first answer was so important to me. There is no way that I could question a pastor on anything in the Bible and there is no way to place trust in any pastor who claims to know all the answers when in fact many pastors disagree on simple points. Or so it seems from reading "debates" on this Forum. There is one on this Forum who seems very knowledgeable and even responded to my question on this issue. When I wanted to consider him/her more seriously I pulled up other very recent debates that he/she was in and found that he/she was so inconsistant that I thought "these people just want to use many words to say,essentially, nothing." Again, your answer was perfect for the problem I have. I must first learn to trust (trust again)people before I will consider any lesson they may wish to teach that is based on a verse. They change like the wind. They just want to impress others, like the original pastor that was my concern. Please, keep me in prayer but know that it was you who nailed the problem. Additionally, I know that many, many Christians had no church to attend when this country was expanding west. Just home Bible studies. And that is where I am at and where I am going to stay. I do not need people making things up. Or I must first equip myself to protect my family from know it alls who may know nothing at all. I thank you again, and all those who offered their views. God Bless, Jensen. |
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