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101 | Jehovah- who and what ? | Ex 3:14 | JCrichton | 149693 | ||
Hi, Hope and Dreams! ...just adding to Hank's post... His purpose is to protect us and save us from the consequences of sin (death): Matthew 23:37; John 3:16-17; Romans 8:3-17; Philippians 2:5-11; 1 Corinthians 1:17-31; John 1:1-5, 9-14; God Bless! Angel |
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102 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149690 | ||
Hi, Hank! My comment was in regards to the material already posted... though I did not check the site, it is my understanding that justme did and was shocked by its content... From several past exchanges, I understood that the Forum does sanctions/terminates habitual abusers... still, it would be nice to not only restrict abusive posts but to also remove/block out text that is offensive or that offers links to offensive sites... God Bless! Angel |
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103 | Was Jesus God? | NT general Archive 1 | JCrichton | 149689 | ||
Hi, Cayra! If I understand you correctly you are seeking an explanation for the title "Prince of Peace..." The best I can give you is that there are various translations (transliterations) of the original Scrolls... some would have it as "The Prince of Peace," others "Prince of Peace." If I did not understand your query, please expand... God Bless! Angel |
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104 | 12 apostles? why? | Ex 28:21 | JCrichton | 149687 | ||
Hi, Searcher! Part of reading the Holy Scripture is that we reason out God's Word... the only connection to the twelve disciples is the twelve tribes of Israel... Revelation 4:4 speak on the twenty-four thrones, that sorround the Throne of God, where twenty four ancients/elders sit... these twenty-four represent the twelve tribes of Israel and twelve Apostles... I understand your concern about having Biblical text explaining something... but sometimes it is just not there... remember how Jesus trained/taught the disciples about the Church? He told Simon that he was Peter and that on that rock He would build His Church and that not even the powers of Hell could destroy the Church (OK so I did not quote Jesus' ad vadum--I chose to paraphrase...); outside of that He simply said that the Holy Spirit would reveal the fullness of Truth... and it was not till Antioch that those of the Way or the Name would be known as Christians... this was never previosly revealed in Sacred Scripture (Old Testament, the Gospels and the earliest exchanges of the Apostles)... well unless we account for John's revelation where Jesus speaks of those that will receive a new name--still the name would preceed John's redactation and circulation of the vision he experienced... Now, you say that the twelve tribes of Israel are not the twelve sons of Jacob... have you read the Old Testament thoroughly? Jacob, Israel, was the recipient of the Promise made to Abraham his forefather... the twelve tribes of Isarael are named after the twelve sons of Israel... true, changes emerged and there were some substitutions made... yet, these substitutions were made by God and still revolved around Israel's twelve sons (Joseph and Levi were interchanged with Ephraim and Manasseh... on the final count (Revelation 7:1-8) Levi was reinstated, Dan dropped, and Ephraim replaced with Joseph--all in all: twelve tribes: twelve direct descendants of Israel--eleven sons and one grandson)... I know it takes a leap of Faith to allow God to reveal or change things according to His Plan without giving full account of the reasons why... Perhaps if the Holy Scripture would reveal everything in a systematic and crystal clear basis we would have gotten bored with the study of the Holy Scripture... also, there's that dependency on the Holy Spirit to reveal God's Truth to mankind! God Bless! Angel |
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105 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149683 | ||
Hi, Searcher! Thanks for the info! I was simply wondering, due to the recent exchange... justme trusted on another person's words; only to be shocked by the findings... since I noticed that the individual continued to post the website in question, I wondered if there could not be a way to either block the address or remove the post from both general list and the restricted list... And, since justme mentioned that the problem was reported, Hank clarified that it was a taxing task to perform (not all systems have access to the same tools), and Lockman has restricted the thread... there's not much else to do... God Bless! Angel |
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106 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149682 | ||
...guess I should have continued reading... :) | ||||||
107 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149681 | ||
Hi, Kalos! This was exactly my concern... I've been in other forums where administrators are able to edit/block/remove individual posts... Though I've been here for a while, I am not familiar with much of the forum's formats and functions.. Thanks for the clarification! God Bless! Angel |
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108 | Specific Prophetic Guarantees | Heb 6:18 | JCrichton | 149584 | ||
Hi, Loran James! I forgot my Scriptural quotes... Jesus was very adamant about His prophecies: Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. (Matthew 24:35) God's Word is fulfilled: so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11) God's Word is His Bond! God Bless! Angel |
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109 | Specific Prophetic Guarantees | Heb 6:18 | JCrichton | 149583 | ||
Hi, Loran James! There are God's prophecies and man's prophecies... Man's are just like the daily horoscope (just as an example--it is a sinful activity to engage in that religion) or the daily weather prognostication: anything could happen, might happen or nothing happens... some of the times, man's prophecies are educated guesses... most of the times not even that... God's prophecies are God's revelations of things that will happen at a scheduled time, according to God's Will... As an example: Jesus told the disciples, around AD 33, that the Temple (Israel's major place of worship) would be destroyed and that not one stone on top of a stone would be left... on AD 70 the Romans suppressed a Jewish rebellion and they saw it necessary to destroy their Temple (till then, they had tolerated Israel's religious practrices within the Roman empire)... it's been nearly two thousand years and Temple has remained as Jesus fortold! God Bless! Angel |
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110 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149582 | ||
Duplicate with grammatical error! | ||||||
111 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Not Specified | JCrichton | 149580 | ||
I understand that the content of our posts are not edited, which is a fantastic thing, but I wonder... is there a way to remove or block text that is found objectionable?--I am not speaking of free access by all... I am talking about the website's moderators! | ||||||
112 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149589 | ||
I understand that the content of our posts are not edited, which is a fantastic thing, but I wonder... is there a way to remove or block text that is found objectionable?--I am not speaking of free access by all... I am talking about the website's moderators! | ||||||
113 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Not Specified | JCrichton | 149579 | ||
I understand that the content of our posts are not edited, which is a fantastic thing, but I wonder... is there a way to remove or block text that is found objectionable?--I not speaking of free access by all... I am talking about the website's moderators! | ||||||
114 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149581 | ||
I understand that the content of our posts are not edited, which is a fantastic thing, but I wonder... is there a way to remove or block text that is found objectionable?--I not speaking of free access by all... I am talking about the website's moderators! | ||||||
115 | Forgive but don't forget | NT general Archive 1 | JCrichton | 149578 | ||
Hi, 3cooks! There's no such Scripture! Just like God helps those who help themselves or money being the root of all evil... much of the sentiment is Biblical but the words have been diluted or altered... When a repentant sinner comes to God asking for forgiveness, God does not make a list of the sins/acts committed, He simply looks into the person's mind and spirit and discerns that person's veracity... once forgiven God will not recall the sin nor hold it over the repentant's head... That's how God is: 18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; 20 but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. (Isaiah 1:18-20) 21 "But if a wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. 22 None of the offenses he has committed will be remembered against him. Because of the righteous things he has done, he will live. 23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live? 24 "But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked man does, will he live? None of the righteous things he has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness he is guilty of and because of the sins he has committed, he will die. (Ezekiel 18:21-24) God desires our fellowship, and though He is a vengeful God, He is not a petty God: He is able to forgive and forget! Jesus called us to emulate Him and He gave us a little window on how we are to proceed in God: "...forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us..." Can we forgive and forget? The spirit is willing but the body may not allow it!... yet, if we allow Jesus Christ to rule us, the Holy Spirit would make it a blank slate every time that we forgive others... it is how we should behave! We must forgive as we want God to forgive us... the same mercy that we employ will be measured onto us by God... the same love... the same judgment... the same apathy... the same empathy... Jesus, when asked by Peter how many times we should forgive told him not 7 times but 70 times 7 (...by the time we calculate past the x amount we would have forgotten how many times and just go on emulating our Heavenly Father!); remember the old adage... "practice..." God Bless! Angel |
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116 | . | Job 31:1 | JCrichton | 149576 | ||
Hi, justme! I did not know that he was seeking to profane the Bible site... still, I felt the need to respond to his recent post... sometimes Satan is just about to swallow a person whole and the Holy Spirit, through our efforts can ignite in him/her and convict him/her of the Truth! God Bless! Angel |
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117 | Well, is it is good that this is restric | Job 31:1 | JCrichton | 149574 | ||
Hi, Curtis Neeley! Part of the problem you are having is that you are separating God from life... When a person believes in God, God exists in every part of that person's life! Sadly, some people create a conglomerate of doctrines and attempt to identify their mixture as a Christian doctrine... so it is easy to get confused about God, His Ways, Christ, Redemption, Salvation, and Christian worship... Nudity is not a debatable issue! God forbids it, and that is final! Does God distinguish between art nudity and sensual nudity? Yes! But the problem is not what God thinks about nudity... the problem is man's capacity for misusing his liberty... Adam and Eve you know about... but did you understand it? God did not react to their nudity (as we know they were nude before they became aware of it) God objects to how we process the knowledge that we possess: Adam and Eve hid from God because they became aware of their nakedness and understood their sexuality! Our nakedness in Scripture is not seen as a sign of artistic beauty but as a sing of sexuality or disgrace: Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one." (Isaiah 47:3) Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day," declares the LORD. (Amos 2:16) These (above) examples deal with the everyday life of Israel (the people of God)... following is a list of passages that deal with doctrinal (worship) statues: Genisis 9:22-23; Exodus 20:26; 28:42; 32:25-28; Leviticus 16:4; 18:6-19; 20:11, 17-19, 21; As for Jesus incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension... we cannot dictate morals to God... it is the other way around! If God chose to come to us in a body similar to ours, if He chose to die in our stead, if He chose to become the Sacrificial Gift... who are we to judge Him... Now... to renounce God because other people do not agree with our personal expressions or to reject God because others reject us or to return to past sins because we feel hurt by the judgment of others... it is a grave error from which we may never recover... you see?... it is not God that condemns us to Hell... it is we who choose our selves and our own ways instead of God and His Way! If you truly reject God (are in disbelief)... I suggest that you read the Bible... slowly; start with John, then 1st and 2nd John, then Matthew, then Galatians and Ephesians; from there go to Hebrews, James, 1st and 2nd Peter, then Jude... once done with these start with the Old Testament books--combine a reading from Genesis, Psalms, and the corresponding Scripture in the New Testament books (you must have a Bible with a built-in concordance or use both a Bible and a concordance)... every single time that you start your Bible study begin by asking God to allow the Holy Spirit to guide you and enlighten you... Remember that we are called to humble ourselves to Christ, and He will exalt us! God Bless! Angel |
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118 | 12 apostles? why? | Ex 28:21 | JCrichton | 149571 | ||
Hi, rickylee! The reason why twelve are chosen as disciples (later to be Apostles) is due to the twelve tribes of Israel (the twelve sons of Jacob)... During the Old Testatament (Old Covenant) Yahweh God established the twelve tribes as the people of Israel, His people... the Word incarnate, Jesus, came to His own and they did not receive Him (John 1:1-14); He came so that all may obtain God's mercy and thus He chose twelve disciples to represent the New Testament (New Covenant) and to maintain the line of the Promise (then to the children by blood/flesh of Abraham; in Jesus, children of Abraham by Faith). Read: Exodus 21:17-21; 24:4; 39:14 and Genesis 35:10-12. God Bless! Angel |
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119 | how's this relate to communication? | Mark 11:2 | JCrichton | 149502 | ||
Hi, ckj! Ray gave you an excellent adaptation on the selected Scripture... I would simply add that you should also look into other Scriptural passages that speak on how Christians are commanded to behave towards each other (and the world): Galatians 5:14-16; Ephisians 4:2-4; 32; Colossenses 3:16; Hebrews 3:13; James 1:19-20; 4:11-17; 5:12; These passages speak on our mode of conduct--the old adage "stick and stones..." was well-meaning but fell quite short of the truth... we can kill with a word (no not taking it out of Dune)... we can lie, cheat, corrupt, salvage or edify... it is all up to the words we choose to communicate to others and the veracity of our word (after all word is bond)... If you are slow to anger, quick to listen, and quick still to acknowledge others, as you share the truth, you will be communicating in an excellent plane... a Christian plane of existence! God Bless! Angel |
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120 | . | Job 31:1 | JCrichton | 149501 | ||
Hi, Curtis Neeley! I think that what you are asking is quite a tall order... there are many subjects that seem to be ignored by Scripture... however, taking into consideration that the Bible is a conglomeration of books on theological teachings, we can quickly dispense of any seeming gaps on doctrinal teachings... Jesus, while speaking to Israel explained that He did not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it... He proceeded to correct the erroneous teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees and in one particular occasion He taught on adultery... He told His listeners that man committed adultery not only by the actual engagement of a physical sexual intercourse, but that man committed adultery in his mind if he looked at a woman and desired her (Matthew 5:27-30) True, the female figure is appealing... and you may have excelled in your profession as a photographer... but consider this: * Will everyone looking at your artistic photographs view them in the same manner as you? * How many of the females you photographed were under-weight, over-weight, ethnic, short, old, not as aesthetically pleasing (ugly, deformed, missing appendages, bold, uneducated, destitute, etc.)... Sadly, society has determined only those female bodies that exude sexuality (perfect everything, even if cosmetically enhanced) are beautiful women... if your work reflects those values... you know that your were not in the field of acknowledging and respecting the female body as a work of art but as a work of sensuality or a commodity (something to be sold/exchange for power/wealth)... Now, if you examine the Holy Scripture in the terms I proposed you will find that you were not in a field that could please God!: 13You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. 14The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 15If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. 16So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. 19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. (Galatians 5:13-26) God Bless! Angel |
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