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101 | Who is Jesus? | Matt 24:28 | There | 23843 | ||
The Knights Templar was a front organization for the "Priory of Sion". In 1979 Mr. Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair, who was (and may still be) the present Secretary General of the Priory of Sion, was interviewed in Paris, France by reporters from BBC. When asked the question, "Does the Priory of Sion possess the treasures of the ancient Jewish Temple?", he said, "Yes". He added, "They will be returned to Jerusalem when the time is right." (Holy Blood, p. 225) Hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving! |
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102 | WHY WAS JESUS | John 11:15 | There | 17808 | ||
Hi Ray, This is what I said in the first post: "So He could show them He truly did come from the Father by raising Lazarus from the dead. ("that you may believe" - same verse)" I'm not sure how you interpreted the above as me saying that it was for Mary and Martha's sake, but I still believe Jesus was glad that He was not there to heal Lazarus because He knew He would use the "raising of Lazarus from the dead"... so that they (people) would believe that He truly did come from the Father. And "that you would believe - same verse" was my reference as to Jesus' reason for doing it the way He did it. And could you rephrase your question because I don't understand exactly what you were asking me when you said "A comparison... if you believe in the Man, Jesus. Do you believe this?" |
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103 | WHY WAS JESUS | John 11:15 | There | 18306 | ||
Ray, just for the record I DON'T have a cold and I still had to read your post several times. Tonight I "finally" understood what you meant. :):) I DO have those days... And I agree. I think it is that revelation, that Jesus was not just man (small "m"), but also GOD Himself, that initially shocked me to the core of my being!! It still amazes me that HE could love ME enough to die on that cross. Since I see many lovable qualities in others, I could understand the cross for them. But for myself... well... I know exactly what the Lord saved me from. And I know I don't deserve it one bit. Tonight I read a verse that touched my heart in kind of a special way. It was 1John 5:13. The part that struck me was the last part "and that you may continue to believe in the NAME of the Son of God." The name. The name isn't just a word. When you say the name you are speaking a word that totally encompasses WHO God is. And the word "Jesus" means "JHWH-saves". "Emmanuel" means "JHWH with us". Not just God, but totally and completely GOD. He was with us in the form of the Christ, and He is the one who saves. His righteousness and His mercy are showing in every bit of His NAME. I suppose I'm off subject here, but for the past year He has been impressing on me that He will teach me something about His NAME... and I've been a rather slow learner. All this while it has seemed like what He wanted me to learn was just out of my reach. Like a child reaching for a cookie just out of their reach, the tip of the finger brushing the edge. Tonight I finally was able to lay the palm of my hand on the "cookie". How magnificent is the name of the Lord!! |
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104 | How much submitting must a woman do? | 1 Corinthians | There | 11632 | ||
Norrie, If the man says he's a Christian, then he certainly doesn't understand the meaning of the word. God intended for a husband to love his wife in much the same way that Christ loves His church. He either has no understanding of Christ's love or is simply in rebellion against the truth. If her (or her children's?) lives are in danger she should leave. But depending on the severity of the abuse, perhaps this is something she could speak to her church elders about and they could counsel the husband. Many times that type of husband doesn't want the wife involved in a church or in any long-term (close) friendships because he fears she will eventually confide in someone about the abuse. Having the courage to tell someone is difficult. Taking responsiblity for her life (and her children's?) will not be easy if the abuse is extreme. She will fear the repercussions if he finds out, and of course he will if it is to be stopped. There is very little difference between physical and emotional abuse in the extreme, except that phyical abuse heals faster. Severe emotional abuse alone can many times demean a woman into believing she must stay, and then two things happen. 1)She begins to believe herself that she deserves this type of treatment and when physical abuse begins seems acceptable to her; and 2)Eventually through example she and the husband teach their children that women deserve to be treated badly. And if children are involved, the lessons can carry on through a child's life into adulthood, where it is usually repeated again and again. Most women, even Christian women, seem to carry on even in severe abusive relationships until the physical abuse peaks and they see death as imminent, or until they see the emotional abuse causing immense pain or extremely harmful behavioral changes in their children. Personally I've found that when children are raised under these conditions, it seems very hard for them to accept God's love, but rather expect Him to be a God of punishment. Someone waiting in the wings for them to mess up so He can hurt them for being bad. Hopefully the wife will seek godly counseling and bring it to light. Kept hidden, nothing will change except for the worse. |
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105 | Can women be preachers? 1Cor.11:4,5 | 1 Cor 14:34 | There | 25852 | ||
Hi Nolan, 1Corinthians is telling women not to: 2980 "laleo", preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. 2980("laleo") means an extended or random harangue. It really doesn't seem to be telling them not to preach so much as not to give "tongue lashings", especially towards their husbands or men in general I think. Please note that what Paul considers shameful is that women were using the church as a place to "rebuke others", when they preached. So it seems women were preaching, they were just not doing it properly. And since there were many "house" churches in Corinth quite probably, Paul is saying that the women who are behaving shamefully in those churches, should "be silent"... and learn something from their own husbands. I think he's probably telling them to learn something about submission from their husbands. But that's my guess. God bless. |
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106 | Would you kindly explain this text. | 1 Cor 14:34 | There | 26084 | ||
At this point Tim, I disagree with you. I don't think Paul would have admonished them as harshly as he did if they were just talking. Especially since he goes on to ask them basically if they think they know more than anyone else about the Lord (v.36). It seems to me they must have been doing more than just "talking". God bless. |
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107 | Would you kindly explain this text. | 1 Cor 14:34 | There | 26085 | ||
As I told Tim, I disagree. I think it's fine if we agree to disagree. God bless. |
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108 | Can women be preachers? 1Cor.11:4,5 | 1 Cor 14:34 | There | 26086 | ||
Thanks Nolan, I don't think you appear rigid or legalistic for your view. Perhaps the reason is that I don't think women were to be elders of the church either. And the church was to be "led" if you will, by the elders. Not one man, but a group of men that had become wise in the faith. But I do think, while being under the authority of the elders, many women spoke in the churches -- whether the Lord gave them "words of wisdom", or "prophecies", or "interpretation of prophecy", or "teachings". I would suggest that it was probably those elders that brought the issue to Paul in the first place. Possibly because the women would not listen to them either... which could also take the issue back to "submission". But anyway, I think it was the misuse of the women's words that Paul was admonishing them for. Not for speaking, but for not doing it properly. And since they couldn't do it properly, then they should just be quiet. My opinion. God bless. |
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109 | Can women be preachers? 1Cor.11:4,5 | 1 Cor 14:34 | There | 26191 | ||
I wonder why a woman judging spiritual things would upset the male leadership in a church, since everyone is told to do that (1Cor. 2:15), if they truly are spiritual (1Cor. 3:1; 14:37)? So perhaps those women were not truly spiritual, but yet carnal in their opinions and that is why Paul told them to be silent. Something that comes to mind too is 1Cor. 14:39 where Paul sums up what he has been talking about earlier I think. "Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophecy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues." Perhaps the women were objecting to those things... and Paul rebuked them for it? God bless. |
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110 | Can women be preachers? 1Cor.11:4,5 | 1 Cor 14:34 | There | 26298 | ||
There is a difference, but I don't understand the difference to mean one is singular while the other is for a group. In 1Cor. 14:29 the word translated "judge" is "diakrino" meaning to separate thoroughly, i.e. to withdraw from, or oppose, fig. to discriminate (by impl. decide), or hesitate: -- contend, make (to) differ (-ence), discern, doubt, judge, be partial, stagger, waver. So... how do you understand the difference in words to imply that it only speaks of the men? Or the elders? Or who? In your opinion, what is being judged in verse 29? The prophet or the prophecy? Just curious. I still apparently do not understand where you're coming from, huh? :) God bless. |
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111 | Can women be preachers? 1Cor.11:4,5 | 1 Cor 14:34 | There | 26299 | ||
Hi LisaMarie, They may be fantastic, but I'm not sure I'm correct. :) Discussion in this forum is both a sharing experience and a learning experience for me... for which I'm grateful. The only thing I'm pretty sure about is that the women Paul was rebuking were doing something wrong. lol And we may have to wait till heaven before we find out exactly what... and by then it won't matter anyway. God bless. |
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112 | Can women be preachers? 1Cor.11:4,5 | 1 Cor 14:34 | There | 26332 | ||
Hi again, There are definitely places in scripture that are left "iffy" for us, but there are also many teachings that land right on the dime. And when they do, we have to stand fast on each of those issues. Pride in our own opinion is definitely wrong, but standing on God's word is not pride. It's necessary. He is the only Person that does not lie. An example of what I mean... I was in a discussion today with someone who thinks homosexuality is not sin because he believes it is an innate trait in some people. My response was pretty simple. God says homosexuality is an abomination [sin] (Lev. 18:22), and that we can choose to sin or not to sin (Gen. 4:7)... so therefore homosexuality is a choice. I suggested he simply believe God's word instead of taking the word of any man about it. There are many other issues like that too... where God's word is clear. And praise God, any and all sins can be forgiven us if we repent... (all but blasphemy of God's Spirit that is). God bless you, LisaMarie. |
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113 | Leadership within the church | Eph 4:11 | There | 26296 | ||
Thank you Searcher... I will come back to this with a few more questions probably, when I have more time. God bless. | ||||||
114 | Leadership within the church | Eph 4:11 | There | 26320 | ||
Thanks again Searcher. I also found some more too. So, it seems there are really only two "titled positions", that of 1) overseer/bishop/elder, and that of 2) deacon... yet there are to be several elders in each church body, none of which have more authority than any other. And those elder men are to teach an entirely active "body" who make use of the gifts of the spirit to edify the church... Sounds quite awesome really... the whole body being led and used by the Spirit of God at the meetings for the edification of God's church. It doesn't sound like the common infrastructure within most churches today. God bless. |
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115 | what is the true worship day sun. or sat | Col 2:16 | There | 25099 | ||
It seems like every time I hear someone discussing this verse, invariably they leave off the rest of that statement of Paul's (Col.2:16 and 17). Verse 17 explains WHY he said people shouldn't judge others concerning how and when they worship the Lord. "... which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ." NKJ Paul knew that true believers no longer needed to look to the shadow... because they looked to the real thing. And according to my concordance the Greek word for "or" is "e", and here is what it says: A prim. particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjuntive, 'or'; comparative, 'than': -- and, but (either), (n) either, except it be, (n) or (else), rather, save, than, what, yea. Often used in connection with other participles. So I don't think we should be saying that word can ONLY be translated "and"... because "or" is just as accurate. It really depends on HOW you want to interpret that verse, which truly should really be left up to the Holy Spirit to give us the correct interpretation instead of being 'led' by the teachings of men. Don't you think? |
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116 | what is the true worship day sun. or sat | Col 2:16 | There | 25103 | ||
It may have even been earlier than 135 A.D. Justin Martyr (100-167 A.D.) told of his experience with Christian worship. He begins with "On Sunday a meeting is held..." He converted to Christianity as a youth, so if he switched from a Saturday worship day as a kid living in Neapolis (ancient Shechem) which was soon after the apostle John died... he never bothered to mention it. He seemed to have found Sunday to be an appropriate day to worship the Lord. |
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117 | what is the true worship day sun. or sat | Col 2:16 | There | 25113 | ||
In Leviticus 23:4 it tells us a little more about the Sabbath. "Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation (gathering together). You shall do no work on it, it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings." Seems to me he didn't tell them to go to the "tent" or the synagogue did He? The holy convocation of rest was to be held in "their dwellings". The Hebrew word for "dwellings" is "mowshab" meaning either an assembly or a dwelling (place). God expected the family and servants to have a day of rest one day a week. Isn't that why the rabbis made "rules" about just what could and couldn't be done on the day of rest? Did they make a rule that said everyone had to go to synogogue if it meant walking more than a mile?? Seems like they could only walk a mile on the day of rest. Is that right? Reminds me the Letter to the Hebrews (Jewish believers) 10:24-25 "And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, NOT FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES TOGETHER, AS IS THE MANNER (custom) OF SOME, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching." Even then, apparently everybody wasn't gathering together in a "service" of sorts! And the writer of Hebrews didn't say it was wrong to NOT assemble, but simply told those who were gathering together to keep gathering together. And it seems that the "gathering" that was spoken of had a purpose such as stirring up love and good works, and exhorting one another at/during the gathering. It doesn't sound a whole lot like most services today I don't think. |
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118 | what is the true worship day sun. or sat | Col 2:16 | There | 25144 | ||
You enjoy semantics, don't you? :) Where did you get your "en", used in that verse -- from which translation or manuscript? Are you a Hebrew scholar? I am not. I have studied it a very little, but I still use a concordance when checking out specific words. Which Bible translation or interpretation do you use? If you have mentioned it, I don't remember. How do you know that YOURS is the perfect model? I use the KJV generally. And the KJV translates the Hebrew "e" as "or" in that verse. You said: If he believed that then why did he say that these shadows "are" (present tense)? My best opinion would be because all of the "shadows" represented by the Feast Days etc. had/have not been fulfilled yet. Example. If we read Daniel's prophecies, and then say "These 'are' prophecies of things to come", does that mean the prophecies automatically refer to something 'today' simply because we use the word "are"? I think verse 16 needs to be read in context, rather than picked apart... which was my point in bringing up the last part of Paul's statement. If you believe (and I'm not sure, so please tell me) that we are to keep a Saturday Sabbath, then using that same verse do you keep the Sabbath, along with the Feast Days of the Lord and the monthly Sabbaths? And by whose lead do you keep them? I mean, does the Lord tell you how to celebrate them now, or do you follow the Old Testament teachings in regard to those celebrations, or has a "teacher" somewhere taught you how to celebrate them? Need to leave... hopefully will talk later. God bless. |
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119 | what is the true worship day sun. or sat | Col 2:16 | There | 25210 | ||
I'm not sure. He spent most of his adult life in Ephesus and Rome from what I've read. I'm going to post several quotes by Justin Martyr that pertain to the "keeping of the law" and the "keeping of the Sabbath". It will take more than just this post, so I will follow one with the other. One of the things I find very interesting is that his words were written during the second century... before the RCC or Constantine had any real authority in the matter. The Bishops of Rome up through and including this time period were only that... Bishops. They held no authority over any churches in other cities. Exerpts from Justin Martyr's "First Apology". Chapter LXVII.-Weekly Worship of the Christians. And we afterwards continually remind each other of these things. And the wealthy among us help the needy; and we always keep together; and for all things wherewith we are supplied, we bless the Maker of all through His Son Jesus Christ, and through the Holy Ghost. And on the day called Sunday,146 all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things. Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the president in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings, according to his ability,147 and the people assent, saying Amen; and there is a distribution to each, and a participation of that over which thanks have been given,148 and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons. And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need. But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead. For He was crucified on the day before that of Saturn (Saturday); and on the day after that of Saturn, which is the day of the Sun, having appeared to His apostles and disciples, He taught them these things, which we have submitted to you also for your consideration. The remainder is from Justin Martyr's "Dialogue". He was speaking with Trypho a Jew (Rabbi Tarphon often mentioned in the Talmud). Chapter XVIII.-Christians Would Observe the Law, If They Did Not Know Why It Was Instituted. "For since you have read, O Trypho, as you yourself admitted, the doctrines taught by our Saviour, I do not think that I have done foolishly in adding some short utterances of His to the prophetic statements. Wash therefore, and be now clean, and put away iniquity from your souls, as God bids you be washed in this laver, and be circumcised with the true circumcision. For we too would observe the fleshly circumcision, and the Sabbaths, and in short all the feasts, if we did not know for what reason they were enjoined you,-namely, on account of your transgressions and the hardness of your hearts. For if we patiently endure all things contrived against us by wicked men and demons, so that even amid cruelties unutterable, death and torments, we pray for mercy to those who inflict such things upon us, and do not wish to give the least retort to any one, even as the new Lawgiver commanded us: how is it, Trypho, that we would not observe those rites which do not harm us,-I speak of fleshly circumcision, and Sabbaths, and feasts? More to follow. |
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120 | what is the true worship day sun. or sat | Col 2:16 | There | 25211 | ||
Continued from prior post. Chapter XXI.-Sabbaths Were Instituted on Account of the People's Sins, and Not for a Work of Righteousness. "Moreover, that God enjoined you to keep the Sabbath, and impose on you other precepts for a sign, as I have already said, on account of your unrighteousness, and that of your fathers,-as He declares that for the sake of the nations, lest His name be profaned among them, therefore He permitted some of you to remain alive,-these words of His can prove to you: they are narrated by Ezekiel thus: 'I am the Lord your God; walk in My statutes, and keep My judgments, and take no part in the customs of Egypt; and hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. Notwithstanding ye rebelled against Me, and your children walked not in My statutes, neither kept My judgments to do them: which if a man do, he shall live in them. But they polluted My Sabbaths. And I said that I would pour out My fury upon them in the wilderness, to accomplish My anger upon them; yet I did it not; that My name might not be altogether profaned in the sight of the heathen. I led them out before their eyes, and I lifted up Mine hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, and polluted My Sabbaths, and their eyes were after the devices of their fathers. Wherefore I gave them also statutes which were not good, and judgments whereby they shall not live. And I shall pollute them in their own gifts, that I may destroy all that openeth the womb, when I pass through them.'53 More to follow. |
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