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101 | Are Pharaohs of the bible different one? | OT general | Bill Richardson | 231088 | ||
You need to go back and re-read the first chapter of Exodus and you'll have your answer. Now is there really something significant about which we can carry on a conversation? Did you have some special reason for starting this thread? Hoping for real dialouge; Go with God in all things, Bill |
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102 | why was queen of Sheba allowed in the Pa | OT general | Bill Richardson | 231091 | ||
I assume you're referring to the palace of Solomon, the wisest human of all time, except for Jesus. Solomon was enlighten, if you remember with a special Godly installed dose of His wisdom, as he asked for at a very young age. 1 Kings 3:7 Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted. 9 Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” 10 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 Then God said to him: “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, 12 behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you. BUT also the Israelite nation had a great heritage because their Laws came from God. His Laws were far more humane and fair to women than almost all the surrounding nations. So it's really not all that unusual for a Queen from a neighboring country to come for a visit. Also don't forget, Solomon had a weakness for foreign women which was his undoing but that's another story. Welcome to the Forum amd Go with God in all things, my friend. Bill |
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103 | Exodus 12:14-20 | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230615 | ||
There would be nothing wrong in your participating and observing the Passover as a Jew as long as you're not putting your faith in that observance. There's two distinctions you must make: Your Jewish heritage from your human ancestry and your Christian heritage from your Spritual Father. All peoples are allowed to celebrate their human heritage as long as it doesn't come into conflict with that of God's. This is made very by Peter and John in... Acts 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!” 29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. 31 Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.” Go with God in all things, Bill |
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104 | Church and addiction | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230617 | ||
That's a tough question to answer. In my humble opinion, I would have to say, it really depends on your attitude, your intent deep in your heart. IF you're willing to commit your whole being to the Lord, then you should be willing to give up your addiction as soon as humanly possible. This could be compared to other people with a smoking addiction or drinking of using profanity. There are many such addictions like pornorgraphy and many others. All of us come to the Lord at various stages of our lives. Some at a young age before starting these kinds of addictions and other come afterwards. The apostles found people addicted to being Jewish and welding much power. Some of those Judaziers couldn't give up that power as they insisted on promoting an unGodly doctine of circumcizing christians with no such authority from God. BUT the apostles made it very clear that repentance and forgiveness AFTER becoming a christian is most certainly available. The most inportant feature in all this is our intent in our heart. We may be able to fool our fellow man or even our fellow christians but on Judgment Day, we'll all be facing God Almighty and He will know every little word, every action and every intent in our hearts. So the final question is: Who will be controlling your life? God Almighty or your drug(s). Will you slip and fall in your future? Quite possibly but you'll have your family of christians around you along with the Most Powerful Being in the whole universe helping you. Go with God my friend, Bill |
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105 | Acts 17:6 Who is Jason? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230640 | ||
We need to remember that people of this period didn't have additional names as we do in this century. So Jason was just another character in God's story about the spread of His Son's Gospel to the world. Sometimes God's Word mentions a person just one time like Melchizedek which is really surprising since our Lord is compared to him, Ps 110. Then there's others like Lydia and Philemon, mentioned briefly for a specific purpose and the narrative moves on. God's Word is basically a Love Letter from God to all mankind, reminding us He wants us to come back home to Him. The details like our names and those others in the Bible is not really all that important from an eternal perspective. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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106 | Can women be bishops? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230683 | ||
I'm afraid the answer is No, at least for those ladies who wish to obey and please the Lord. Also, it needs to be said that bishops, elders, shepards, overseers and pastors are all in reference to the same function or person in the first century when the church was established. And of course the qualifications are quite clear throughout the NT... 1 Tim 3:1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, THE HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); 6 not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. (My emphasis with all caps above.) BUT don't let this dishearten you. This is just God's Order of things like the earth circling the sun and our putting the horse in front of the cart. We all have our assigned roles from God in this world. Elders are to be stewards of God's Word enforcing His Provisions and Patterns like that done in 1 Cor 5 with the incestuous relationship, corrected with repentance in II Cor 2. When we follow God's Perfect Pattern that it reduces our chances for making mistakes as we humans are inclined to do. Tit 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, AS A STEWARD OF GOD, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, 1 Cor 4:1 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. Also women do serve a great and important function in the Lord's church in training the young women as provided in... Tit 2:3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— 4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. So we all have our assigned duties and should rejoice in that we don't have nearly the burden like the Jews in the OT, with at least 633 rules and regulations from the Law of Moses. I hope this helps. Go with God IN all things. Bill |
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107 | Mt. of Transfiguration? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230705 | ||
Quoted from Matt 17... Matt 17:2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. From Clarke's Commentary... Verse 2. Was transfigured That fulness of the Godhead, which dwelt bodily in Christ, now shone forth through the human nature, and manifested to his disciples not only that Divinity which Peter had before confessed, Matthew 16:16, but also the glorious resurrection body, in which they should exist in the presence of God to eternity. Clarke gives us a comment on Jesus' being or appearance but he doesn't proffer one on that of Moses or Elijah. It seems curious that the passage in Jude doesn't include that of Elijah. The most curious item is the fact that this passage in Jude is the single instance of mention (with no further details) and there is no other ocassion of Satan's fighting over anyone else's body. Therefore it would be, in my humble opinion, dangerous to speculate about the passage in Jude. The only other comment about Moses' appearance is from... Lk 9:30 And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. What does "appeared in glory" mean? Who could know; Clarke doesn't comment on it. Is it safe to speculate any further? I would choose not to do so. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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108 | Affecting the Vatican | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230728 | ||
In my humble opinion, I don't think so. King Herod and his reign pre-dated the Kingdom of God through His Son. The transfer of power from the Roman Empire to the Vatican is the biggest source of influence. The desintigration of the Roman Empire left a big gaping hole in the political arena of the world. If you'll check your history books, you'll discover the development of Papal power was a very gradual thing. We don't know all the details but we do know there were eventually 5 major cities with their own "chief bishops/elders," at that time called Patriarchs. These cities were Jerusalem, Constantinople, Rome, Alexandra and Antioch. It all probably started innocently enough as most things started by God and messed up by mankind. God's Word always provides for plural "elders" whenever cited in the scriptures, with NO chief elder. And this pattern was followed as much as possible with the assistance from the Holy Spirit and Paul's sons of the faith: Timothy and Titus. But then Paul also predicted the coming apostacy (falling away) and the coming of deceivers within the Lord's church. 2 Thes 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. The gradual build up of "chief elders" was probably done to improve things, i.e. efficiency and speed of making decisions on a wide scale, city-wide. Eventually these five cities began to literally compete for the position of being the "main man" of the whole church with the final two combatant cities being Rome and Constantinople. They even sent out armies against each other and killed many thousands of people all "in the name of Christ." Yes what a tremendous tragedy. All this strife eventually resulted in two major branches of the Lord's church: the Catholics in Rome and the Greek Orthodox in Constantinople, now known as Istanbul. All this is described in more detail in a book entitled "Church History" by John D. Cox. He takes us on through the Dark Ages, Reformation and the Restoration, very inlightening. Sorry for all the extra detail. Go with God in all things. Bill |
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109 | Affecting the Vatican | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230739 | ||
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm just your humble servant. I'm anticipating you may have difficulty in locating a copy of that book; I purchased mine many years ago. I used it in coming up with my outline and teaching a class on the subject. If you're interested as well as anyone else reading, I'd be glad to send you a copy of my outline; just let me know. I followed Bro. Cox's book as closely as I could. Go with God in all things and He will bless you. Bill |
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110 | What about seeing Moses and Elijas after | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230806 | ||
I'm not certain exactly which of my posts to which you're disagreeing. I guessing it's the one I submitted to Atterbury on Jan 7th. If so, please confirm and tell me the specifics to which you're referring. I'll do my best to maintain an open mind in response. Thanks for your patience and Go with God in all things. Bill |
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111 | What about seeing Moses and Elijas after | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230823 | ||
Mike: All I'm trying to do is make this conversation productive for both of us. When a person comes to a Bible Forum such as this, we all have to assume we're conversing with adults. No one likes to be taken for granted but I will try to be open minded to you one more time. Your previous post was far from being clear. I tried to give you some hint(s) as to which of my posts to which you referring. Even with the assumption as I mentioned before, I would need to know exactly what it is about my post which you question. Please specify exactly if you would. Also it's helpful if you can offer a verse in support of your position on your particular point. Please advise on all the above. Thanks in advance and go with God in all things. Bill PS: One more item...you have a couple of different options for access to a Bible online. You can choose the Bible Window in the right hand column on the right side of your screen. Or you can go with my preference with BibleGateway.com with over a 100 different versions and a very quick and efficient Search Engine. With a little practice, you will gain some proficiency in using the Search Engine. I sincerely hope this helps. |
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112 | What is the meaning? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230825 | ||
How about taking another look at the whole conversation in context and then take a shot at what you think it means. Then we can get into a dialouge on the subject. Thanks in advance for being perseverant as a true Bible student and humor me. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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113 | What is the meaning? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230827 | ||
Quoted for reference: Matt 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. 6 “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. First of all, it must be said this passage is one of the most controversial and misunderstood sections in the Bible. I've been taught this way. In the first 5 verses, Jesus is referring to the constant tendacy of mankind to make up our minds about one another based on what we see in our first impression of another fellow human being. It takes patience and much time and effort to ask the right questions with an open mind, gathering all the facts and then make a seasoned judgment, usually after a little more time to interview other pertinent parties about their side of the story. And of course sometimes, it's just not possible to make an absolute, faultless judgment so it's always a good option to just admit it and say "I just don't know." Now that's NOT to say Jesus does expect us to make a good and righteous judgment concerning someone whose sin is obvious just as we do with inspecting a spoiled carton of milk and instantly make up our minds not to drink of it. BUT we should approach such a person in love, God's Love and attempt to teach them, remind them of what's right and wrong and persuade them to repent. IF they insist on NOT following God's Word, then they should be marked as Jude provides in... Jude 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. Like I mentioned this kind of action MUST be preceded by much work and effort to avoid making a mistake. And when in doubt, we should err on the side of caution until we have more facts or see conclusive action(s) making clear their need of such conseling. Now of the latter verse 6 from Matthew, this verse is in my mind pretty straight forward and easy to understand. Again in the case of a person who is absolutely unGodly in every way and shows early on in such a conversation, he's just not going to listen to a child of God or to God in His Word, then we should NOT waste any more of our precious time and let him be. In this instance, our continued attempts to share God's Will for all mankind would literally be like "throwing pearls to swine" and a waste of our time. I'm thinking Paul was our best example of this kind of thinking as shown in... Matt 13:48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region. 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. 51 But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. And as indorsed by Jesus' Words in Mark 6:11. Go with God in all things. Bill |
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114 | middle east termoil bible time to now | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230829 | ||
Quoted from your post: "the bible makes reference of the middle east being at war or in termoil forever" I don't know of any such statement in the Bible. You may be quoting someone who changed it a little bit from the following... Matt 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. This is another very controversial passage as many interpret Jesus as talking about the ending of the Jewish nation which ended in 70 AD. Others interpret these verses as referring to the end of our universe and the start of Judgment Day. I'm thinking you could insert key words as mentioned above into the Search Engine on the right of your screen and find a multitude of posts discussing these two topics ad nauseum. Go with God in all things, Bill PS: One hint is the understanding of verse 34 and its ultimate purpose. |
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115 | What is the meaning? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230832 | ||
Just a correction on the post above: Matt 13:48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region. 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. 51 But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. This quote is from the Book of Acts, not Matthew; the chapter and verse are correct however. Sometimes my keyboard just needs retraining. Ha-Ha. Thanks for your patience. Proofreading is sometimes a challenge. Go with God always. Bill |
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116 | why id paul oppose circusission | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230833 | ||
This is in supplement to Steve's and MJH's good responses. I think it's interesting to note that yes indeed Paul did encourage and succeeded in having Timothy circumcised so that he could be a more useful vessel in God's Hands to the Jewish nation after Paul's passing. You see, although Paul did leave the Jewish nation "with the dust off his feet," he really did care a great deal for his former heritage. Now the most interesting tidbit not here mentioned, at least on this thread of discussion is his other "son of the faith," Titus. With him, Paul defended rather aggressively his option NOT to be circumcised because his ministry was to the Gentiles as shown in... Gal 2:1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain. 3 Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 4 And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage), 5 to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. So we see even after Paul's passing from this world, he provided for two different ministers, his sons of the faith to carry on his mission to 2 different groups of people, of "being all things to all people to win some" to Christ. Yeah, what a guy! Go with God in all things, Bill |
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117 | When do we go to heaven? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230836 | ||
This too is a very controversial subject. Some believe in the rapture and some don't. Two scriptures that say a lot to me: Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. 2 Pet 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Beyond the obvious Guidance reflected above, I can't elaborate much more. I do like to repeat an axiom learned in my childhood: "The Bible is own best Commentary." Go with God in all things and study ALL of His Word. Bill |
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118 | Church and addiction | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230841 | ||
I'm thinking the perfect analogy to all this is the one from our Lord... Matt 9:10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “THOSE WHO ARE WELL HAVE NO NEED OF A PHYSICIAN, BUT THOSE WHO ARE SICK. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” When we as patients go to our doctor, we rely on him/her to figure out our ailment, prescribe the correct medicine and/or treatment, i.e. therapy, etc. IF we don't follow the doctor's instructions, we can't blame him if we don't get well. We only have ourselves to blame. In the same line of reasoning, our Lord knows our problem and has issued the prescription for all mankind. It's up to us to accept His Wisdom and follow His Commands to rid our souls of the dark blight of sin. IF we don't follow His Commands, then we only have ourselves to blame on Judgment Day. Good discussion. Go with God and all His Commands and He'll Bless us with His Home in Heaven. Bill |
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119 | Church and addiction | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230843 | ||
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120 | Church and addiction | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230855 | ||
I must admit; I don't know exactly to respond to all this. I posted my response to you just this morning, 9:18 AM with over a dozen scriptures to support my position. I go to Bible Class and Worship with fellow christians and come back to the Forum, discover my latest post has been deleted. Whew! All that work, copying and pasting wasted. And now you ask me about this other fellow, Inquisitor. Am I to infer some hidden message here? Am I being punished without a proper hearing or trial? Can you please explain all this to me? Did you delete my previous post? If so, please tell me why. And you call this "Speaking the Truth in Love"? Please elaborate how your words and actions qualifies in this regard. A little disappointed in my fellow children of God. Bill |
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