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101 | What about this 144,000? | John 14:6 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208751 | ||
DW, Try looking around the CARM web site. They have a good section on the JW Cult. Here is a link to their main JW page http://www.carm.org/witnesses.htm Here is a link to info on the CARM site about the 144,000 that might help you understand what they believe and the difference in their teaching and what the bible actually says. http://www.carm.org/jw/supper.htm Steve |
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102 | long hair | 1 Cor 11:7 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208663 | ||
Roots, Note, what Paul spoke of being like him was not a commandment. 1 Corinthians 7:6-9 (NASB) 7:6 But this I say by way of concession, not of command. 7:7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that. 7:8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 7:9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. But it could be that statements such as this "OH! but wait a minute, maybe God should check with people like you first to get permission for me to be blessed in that manner." would be considered contentious and would seem to me 1 Corinthians 11:17 would be applicable! 1 Corinthians 11:17 (NASB) But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. Steve |
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103 | Men having long hair a disgrace? | 1 Cor 11:7 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208626 | ||
Imm, You say "The question then arises, why then was it not a shame for Samson, and Samuel to never, in there lives be allowed to cut their hair? Although Samson's was cut once. Seems like long hair to a man is either a shame or it isn't, vow or no vow." Have you read the passage of scripture that teaches us about the Nazirite vow? See Numbers 6:1-21. Specifically verses 1-5 should answer your question. Pay very close attention to verse 1 and you will see why there is no shame. Considering who set the requirements of the vow it should prove no need for the question to arise at all. Steve |
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104 | What do we have as a conseqence of goda | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208570 | ||
Amen brother Jeff! Amazed would be an understatement at best but what word do we have to describe if? :-) Steve |
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105 | Nazorite vows - who all took | Acts 18:18 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208488 | ||
Greetings peacebestill! According to the law of the Nazirite, when the days of separation are fulfilled (Numbers 6:13) the Nazirite shall then among other things (Numbers 6:13-17) shave his head of hair (Numbers 6:18). So Paul getting his head shaved does not exclude the vow from being the Nazirite vow. If indeed the vow was a Nazirite vow, it would be part of the requirements of the Nazirite law to do so. Steve |
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106 | Policy Question | 2 Cor 3:17 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208463 | ||
Jim, I think the lesson here is if a post is deleted there is a reason and it should be left alone. Perhaps continuing it would only invite more of the same. Steve |
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107 | Women in power? | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208458 | ||
Greetings willownanny! Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! We try not to discuss denominational issues here. The Terms of Use on this web site has some rules of engagement on the issue so I would encourage you to read it and understand it for the benefit of the forum and yourself :-) The forum is a Study Bible forum so we try and stick with that and not denominational issues which have a tendency some times to create conflict. You can however do a search on this forum and find scripture regarding women in the church which have been discussed in the past. You might want to try that and see what can be learned from those past discussions. Hope this helps! Steve |
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108 | Debating on the word with atheist | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208408 | ||
Greetings Sapian, Considering your recent experience, I thought you might like this quote from the Bible Knowledge Commentary in reference to 1 Corinthians 2:14 "Like a deaf critic of Bach or a blind critic of Raphael is the unregenerate critic of God’s Word."—Bible Knowledge Commentary Steve |
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109 | Dewey Lockman | Rom 10:15 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208336 | ||
"It was a miraculous conversion and I cried for three days," - F. Dewey Lockman If you have not read the History page on this web site you might enjoy doing so. It’s an interesting story of how God used Dewey Lockman and the Lockman Foundation. Click the History menu under the About Us menu at the top of the web page. Or, put this in your browser http://www.lockman.org/tlf/tlfhistory.php Enjoy, Steve |
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110 | Debating on the word with atheist | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208321 | ||
Greetings sapian59, Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! One good site with lots of info on Apologetics is the CARM web site http://www.carm.org/ There is a section on this site called Bible Difficulties that might help you in the area you are asking about. Something to keep in mind! Your enemy is very clever! Your foe is blind! Both fear and hate the truth! But you, You have the truth of God's word. Stand firm in it and do not be deceived! Many if not most of the time one will try and present you with questions and/or statements cleverly devised to trip you up. Consider the questions/statements, evaluate it with the clear teaching of scripture, then stay with what the scripture says. Many times a Christian will feel like they have to respond and answer every silly question someone has. But they need only speak what God's word actually says! Let the non believer wrestle with it. In other words, when you present them with God's word, they will try and lead the conversation as far from the truth as possible. Refuse to move from it! Also, keep in mind 1 Corinthians 2:14 (NASB) "But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised." Keep this in mind and don't find yourself at a place where you are trying to convince them. By that I mean trust in God's word and the power of the Holy Spirit not your own abilities to convince. If the natural man is to ever accept the things of God, God Himself will have to intercede (1 Corinthians 2:11-13). One last thought! Isaiah 55:11 (NASB) "So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." God bless, Steve |
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111 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208218 | ||
Imm, Romans 6:16 (NASB) "Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? " Romans 6:23 (NASB) "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Genesis 2:16-17 (NASB) 2:16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 2:17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." Genesis 3:11 (NASB) "And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" Genesis 3:16-19 (NASB) 3:16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you." 3:17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. 3:18 "Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; 3:19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return." Steve |
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112 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208199 | ||
Hi Sister, Perhaps! It's an interesting question. Just thinking out loud, the first thing that crosses my mind is that if one was obedient out of love then I'm not sure one would be so focused on the consequence. But if one was obedient out of fear, then it would seem the consequence was certainly in view. As a Christian myself, I for one find both to be true :-) Now, that's just a quick thought on the question. Not sure how you would address that from scripture :-) This passage does come to mind. James 1:14-15 (NASB) 1:14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 1:15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. It would seem to me that the lust that entices us clouds the view of the consequence and there is a point it no longer is a concern to us so we sin despite the consequence. Steve |
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113 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208197 | ||
Brother John, The way I view that is this is the only picture in scripture we have of mankind truly having a free will! One not dead in sin! Scary to think of all the sin tainted hearts out there that think they would have made a different choice! But it seems to me a great error for us to say God created them with a fallen nature. After all, He removed them from the garden because he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever after man was corrupted by his sin. Steve |
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114 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208195 | ||
Azure, Yes you have been clear sister! And I'm working this out myself, not trying to correct :-) What I am trying to do is view this without any speculation and making no assumptions. That's why I'm hung up on the words in 3:3 God has said. One of the problems I have had in the past in trying to understand some of Genesis 1, 2 and 3 is that as you say, there is a lot of blanks so to speak. I can't help but wonder how many of those so called blanks are our own doing though because we end up making assumptions :-) Anyway, it seems to me given what we have before us that it is possible that either God told Eve or Adam told Eve. Problem is, we have no text to back up either in the way of a direct statement from them. Yet we do have text that clearly reveals Eve was told and the text says, God has said. So if we eliminate all assumptions and keep with the text, this is what we have :-) Now, what does that mean???????? Does that mean God told her directly or Adam told her directly? I don't think we can answer that from the text. And it seems to me, anything else is speculation on what she said. I really don't think, at least in my understanding, that we can attribute anything here to Eve's knowledge being inferior. I can however confirm my knowledge is inferior :-) By the way, I'm probably the one muddying the water :-) Steve |
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115 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208184 | ||
Hi Cheri, Yes, I have enjoyed it also. I've always been intrigued by the first three chapters of the bible and find myself still trying to figure it all out! You ask the question and I'm getting the workout :-) Steve |
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116 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208181 | ||
Greetings Imm, Ah, it looks as if you have worked your way through this also :-) These are the type discussions I love to see! Lot's of good thoughts and questions by all who have attempted to work through this. I love it! First, let me address the beginning assumption. I'm not clear on what you are trying to say here. I will say this, I personally don't see any reason to assume anything. After all, that is what usually leads us astray from the text in the first place. What we do know is that God commanded Adam, and according to the written word, Eve said that God said etc... So, I'm afraid I don't see the need to assume what they might have thought on the matter. What is clear is that they were disobedient to what God had said. Perhaps I misunderstand your first comments??? Your comment... "It sounds to me as though she was in transgression before eating, she picked it, at that point she didn't die, she had just told the serpent, God said don't touch it! Jas 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." If in fact God told her as she stated in 3:3, then it would seem to me she would be in transgression before eating. Your comment... "This scripture might be stretching the point, but she was now looking at the tree with desire, and curiosity can it be applied in different situations? Mat 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." This would seem to attribute a fallen nature to Eve before she had disobeyed so it doesn't seem applicable to me. Your comment... "I believe Satan went to Eve, as the weaker vessel, knowing he stood a better chance, than with Adam. Jas 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed." Can we actually apply this passage to this? Would it be true if we are dealing with lust in the heart of Eve then she was fallen even before satan appeared? Same as above, it seems to attribute a fallen nature to Eve before the transgression. Your thoughts? And thinks for the post! It's interesting working through this and the differing views and thoughts are good to work through. I've always found the first three chapters of the word interesting and I love trying to understand it all! Steve |
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117 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208162 | ||
Seeker, Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! On your point about the command being an arbitrary command. Well, let's not forget who's command it was. The fact they disobeyed this command you call arbitrary is clearly taught as the fall of mankind. (Genesis 3:6-7) You say "Another potential problem with this idea that they could not do evil because they hadn't eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is that if this was the case, how could they be held accountable for eating of the tree?" Your assumption is they have to know what is good and evil before they know to obey. God had told them not to, there is no scripture to point to that would give us any reason at all to think they did not understand that they were not to. Mankind is not held accountable because he knows the difference between good and evil. He is held accountable when he does not obey! The simple fact we now know the difference between good and evil is a direct result of man not obeying the absolute command of God (again, Genesis 3:6-7) God's commands are never arbitrary. They are clear and He expects full compliance! Steve |
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118 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208161 | ||
Brother John, You say "Good question; but we see that the serpent didn't refute her repeating of what she considered to be the gist of God's command" and you speak of her pride etc.. Given the text, is this not attributing to her a fallen nature prior to the fall? It seems that way to me and this is why I struggle with what seems to me to be much assumption attributed to this passage. However, I can understand because everyone looks back to the written account we have where God commands Adam. And perhaps that is actually the correct way to view this but I'm struggling lining that view up with the actual text. Steve |
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119 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208151 | ||
Greetings Brother! See my response to Azure in post 208149. I would be interested in your thoughts! I've done front flips and back flips through these passages many times and have reasoned much the same way you have in the past but it seems to me there is much assumption in our reasoning this way. Given the actual text we have available to us and without adding assumptions to the text, and let me add with my limited mind and ability to understand, it seems to me our reasoning on this is done outside of what the text actually says. So I would be interested in my thoughts on this as I have laid out in the post to Azure (208149). Thanks Brother, Steve |
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120 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208149 | ||
Azure, Given the text, it would seem to me that looking back to the written command of God to Adam in Genesis 2:16-17 and comparing it to what Eve said in Genesis 3:3 we assume that Eve has lied, misquoted, twisted the word etc, etc... I've even reasoned this myself in the past :-) But the text of Genesis 3:3 as I understand seems to prevent such reasoning based on the fact Eve said "God has said". I'm not seeing a harmony issue. I think perhaps it may appear that way because we compare the written account of God to Adam and the written account of Eve to the serpent. I don't deny the difference in what Eve has said. But considering all the text, are we not making assumptions of what Eve said by comparing the two passages? For me, I can't get past the words "God has said" and that she said this before the transgression. She did not say Adam had told her, she said "God has said". So, although I agree there is no written account of God speaking this, the written account is that "God has said" and it comes before the transgression as I understand the transgression is found in v3:6. If indeed she lied, then how do we account for the fallen nature before the transgression (v3:6)? :-) In regards to 1 Timothy 2:11-14 I'm not sure of your point or thoughts on this passage. However, in regards to what we are discussing, I think verse 14 is key. She "fell into transgression". If she was in error regarding what she said in Genesis 3:3 would that not then be the point in which she fell into transgression? Or is the proper understanding that she fell into transgression when "she took from its fruit and ate" (Genesis 3:6)? I've probably repeated myself in trying to explain my understand of this but hopefully you can see how I'm understanding it! Your thoughts? Steve |
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