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101 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 212303 | ||
Flyman, You have been given numerous answers and commentary on this verse. And every last one of them is correct. I feel absolutely no condemnation that I have a car, a computer, internet, clothing and food enough. I rarely have extra but when I do, I find a way to bless someone with that extra. That's how I read that command. Under the Law of Liberty that you have in your Master you are perfectly free to sell all that you have and God be with you. Once you have given all away and have no more to give, please let me know how you are doing. I lived that way when I was very young and survived, but I was NOT a blessing to anyone when I had nothing to offer but needs of my own. Yes, God provided during my ignorance, but at the expense of others who sure could have put what they gave to me to much better use. It could have gone to people who truly had nothing and had no way to get what they needed, when I was perfectly capable of working for my living. I am NOT proud of those days at all!! I praise my God that He saw fit to keep me alive long enough for me to realize my foolishness. For I wasn't following Him, I was too busy trying to find food, shelter, clothing, etc., just daily surviving. Maybe it was to admonish you that today in 2008 you cannot physically follow Him and sit and listen to Him teach - that is what He was saying to those in the gospels, who could do that. (I sometimes envy them!!!) And the part about hating family and such, stands true today in that when it comes to who is FIRST and FOREMOST it is to be Him, and not mother, father, wife, husband, child, or anything else. As an example, right now in my apartment building there is a big secular party with a live band going on, but I observe the Sabbath. There is nothing wrong in a secular party, I'd have gone last night, but I do nothing during this 24-hour period that has anything to do with anything other than study, prayer, worship, reading, writing about or talkiing about Jesus, my Master (though in the freedom that we have in Jesus, I could be downstairs right now if I wanted to go). I choose to put Him first over a fun party and I'm having a wonderful night, I've got my praise music on, Bible open, and talking to you about the God of heaven and earth. I'm not missing anything at all!! (I hope I don't sound like I'm boasting because I'm not, I'm simply trying to give you a very viable example of "hating" anything that might take your mind off putting Him first. I worship Him all the other days of the week as well, but I treat the Sabbath as a little dress rehearsal of the world to come where it will be HIM 24/7 and I love it and I can't wait for the real thing!) Maybe since you can't seem to find the answer you want, you should take the advice another responder gave you, and quit looking at the tree and view the forest for now. The tree will become self-explanatory soon enough. Meanwhile, be blessed. And as Kcabm14 told you, if God wants you to sell all you have, you would be doing it and not asking questions about it, you would just know that you know that you know that you are to do it. Shalom Cheri |
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102 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 212302 | ||
Flyman, You have been given numerous answers and commentary on this verse. And every last one of them is correct. I feel absolutely no condemnation that I have a car, a computer, internet, clothing and food enough. I rarely have extra but when I do, I find a way to bless someone with that extra. That's how I read that command. Under the Law of Liberty that you have in your Master you are perfectly free to sell all that you have and God be with you. Once you have given all away and have no more to give, please let me know how you are doing. I lived that way when I was very young and survived, but I was NOT a blessing to anyone when I had nothing to offer but needs of my own. Yes, God provided during my ignorance, but at the expense of others who sure could have put what they gave to me to much better use. It could have gone to people who truly had nothing and had no way to get what they needed, when I was perfectly capable of working for my living. I am NOT proud of those days at all!! I praise my God that He saw fit to keep me alive long enough for me to realize my foolishness. For I wasn't following Him, I was too busy trying to find food, shelter, clothing, etc., just daily surviving. Maybe it was to admonish you that today in 2008 you cannot physically follow Him and sit and listen to Him teach - that is what He was saying to those in the gospels, who could do that. (I sometimes envy them!!!) And the part about hating family and such, stands true today in that when it comes to who is FIRST and FOREMOST it is to be Him, and not mother, father, wife, husband, child, or anything else. As an example, right now in my apartment building there is a big secular party with a live band going on, but I observe the Sabbath. There is nothing wrong in a secular party, I'd have gone last night, but I do nothing during this 24-hour period that has anything to do with anything other than study, prayer, worship, reading, writing about or talkiing about Jesus, my Master (though in the freedom that we have in Jesus, I could be downstairs right now if I wanted to go). I choose to put Him first over a fun party and I'm having a wonderful night, I've got my praise music on, Bible open, and talking to you about the God of heaven and earth. I'm not missing anything at all!! (I hope I don't sound like I'm boasting because I'm not, I'm simply trying to give you a very viable example of "hating" anything that might take your mind off putting Him first. I worship Him all the other days of the week as well, but I treat the Sabbath as a little dress rehearsal of the world to come where it will be HIM 24/7 and I love it and I can't wait for the real thing!) Maybe since you can't seem to find the answer you want, you should take the advice another responder gave you, and quit looking at the tree and view the forest for now. The tree will become self-explanatory soon enough. Meanwhile, be blessed. And as Kcabm14 told you, if God wants you to sell all you have, you would be doing it and not asking questions about it, you would just know that you know that you know that you are to do it. Shalom Cheri |
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103 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 212272 | ||
Dear Kcabm14, God bless you dear, you're a sweet Child of God! Your joy and innocence in Jesus light up this Forum! I'm glad you are studying with us. Cheri P.S. My birth name initials are cab lol. |
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104 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 212270 | ||
Flyman, I don't know if anyone else has declared this or not (I haven't read ALL of the responses, so if someone has said this, please forgive me for repeating you) but to put what I've read so far in the venacular - you can be dirt poor without a penny to your name and still have money be your god and sustainer. You don't have to be rich or even comfortable to worship money and possessions. Shalom Cheri |
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105 | OT/NT | OT general | skccab | 212246 | ||
Shalom MJH, Thanks for the info. That's just my understanding, as I prefaced my answer. I actually thought that the word echad is the reason we as Christians can say, "God in Three Persons," a compound singularity. Tax your brain for me please, I would love to know what verse is on the tip of your mind for the Jews thinking. It's probably the perfect one, and I have no idea what it might be. I'm looking forward to learning about it. I'll also ask my pastor or some of our Jewish congregants this Saturday (maybe they'll know what it is). Still learning and loving it :o) Cheri |
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106 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 212233 | ||
Jeff, Little is much. Well said my friend. Cheri |
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107 | OT/NT | OT general | skccab | 212228 | ||
Hi again, We are very happy to see you here, and hope you stay around for a long long time to study God's word with us. But we (you and me) are beginning to break the guidelines by talking back and forth as a chat. This is not allowed on the Forum. I sure hope I'm not sounding rude, that's certainly not my intent - but we need to follow Lockman's guidelines. OK? Those guidelines are there to keep this Forum sola scriptura. OK? Shalom Cheri |
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108 | OT/NT | OT general | skccab | 212222 | ||
Shalom Clayton, No problem. The man is a gem. He, along with a lot of others who been on the Forum since it began, is a big part of the spiritual glue that keeps us all focused on Jesus and the Bible, not letting this forum go the route of many others in speculations and just a lot of unbiblical junk. Yes, I can see your interest. I, too, am very interested in our Hebrew Roots, and that journey is very rich and awesome. Since my email is in my profile and not private, it's skccab@yahoo.com in case you don't know how to view user profiles. :o). Cheri |
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109 | OT/NT | OT general | skccab | 212217 | ||
Greetings Clayton, The person here on SBF that I mentioned is a Christian of Christians, just born Jewish!! The man is extremely knowledgeable of the NT (as well as the OT) and Jesus and Church history, and everything Christian. I think he teaches Biblical Doctrine (if he doesn't, he should!!) To answer your question on Dt. 6:4, I think the answer is Yes. As far as I know EVERYONE on this Forum is Christian. Cheri P.S. you can email me if you wish to talk further about Messianic Judiasm, as this is a Christian Forum. OK? |
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110 | OT/NT | OT general | skccab | 212215 | ||
Greetings Flyman, Here I am getting into speculation which is virtually useless, but my 2 cents worth on this would be that He already knew what the Jews were expecting - a man, not God to be Messiah - and they had already or were on the brink of rejecting Him for that very reason. He was simply confirming their own belief - that "no one is good but God..." so He either IS their Messiah (and God) or He is not. Once again, there are others who might can give you a more scriptural basis, I cannot, I don't know of any scriptural reference for your question (which is a very good one, btw) - but "WHY" questions are hard to answer without book, chapter, and verse, which I just don't have. So, once again, this was purely speculation. Cheri |
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111 | Can our souls feel their worth? | Matt 16:26 | skccab | 212208 | ||
Greetings Allen, Thank you!! Very wonderful post. Cheri |
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112 | OT/NT | OT general | skccab | 212206 | ||
Hiya Fcs, I did neglect to answer that part didn't I? I'm sorry. Yes, they are still waiting for Messiah. There have been men over the centuries, even before Jesus, that they thought might be the Messiah but it turned out they were not. (The Jews have a list of sorts of what the Messiah will be like and what he will do.) We have a Jewish believer here at SBF and he can probably answer more fully, maybe even more correctly. But for now, my understanding is that the Jews rejected Jesus around the time He began equating Himself with God. The Jews do not believe that Messiah is God or that he will be God. Their whole belief system is based on the Sh'ma, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one God!" Deut. 6:4 As you read the gospels you will see that He has many Jewish followers that walk away when He begins saying things like "...If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him." (Jn. 14:7) and "...I and the Father are one..." (Jn. 10:30)and "...before Abraham was, I Am..." (Jn. 8:58) The Jews just could/can not accept that Jesus was/is God. Hope this helps till you can get a more complete answer :o) Cheri |
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113 | ?? | OT general | skccab | 212204 | ||
Shalom Fcs, The Torah (or the Law) is actually the first 5 books of Moses, but many Jews will use the term Torah to include the entire OT. (They do not call it the OT, they often speak of the entire Scriptures as the TaNaKH) It contains the same books as the Christian Bibles except the order and designation of the books are a bit different. The Torah or the Law: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. The Prophets come after Deuteronomy and include Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel thru 2 Kings and are called Early Prophets Then you have Isaiah thru Malachi called the Latter Prophets. Then you have what's called the Writings (that you read of Jesus speaking about): Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, and the Jewish Bible ends with 1 and 2 Chronicles. Once again, other than the order and the designation (like Daniel not being considered a prophet) the Jewish Holy Scriptures are the same as what we use. The wording would be very much like our Bibles, they too have more than one English "translation" but like our different translations it all boils down to the same word of God. Hope this helps Cheri |
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114 | Jesus Died for all, why speak in parable | John 17:9 | skccab | 212202 | ||
Shalom Flyman, Why don't you tell us a little something about yourself in your user profile. It is only optional but most of us have filled ours in - it's nice to know about our brothers and sisters in God's family. Just tell what you are comfortable revealing for now and you can always edit it later with more info. Thank you. Cheri |
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115 | Jesus Died for all, why speak in parable | John 17:9 | skccab | 212194 | ||
Flyman, I just noticed, stjohn gave you the correct verse, I gave you another one (but it's a good verse anyway lol). Just goes to show, sometimes memory is faulty - bad me bad me!!! Cheri |
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116 | Jesus Died for all, why speak in parable | John 17:9 | skccab | 212191 | ||
Shalom Flyman, The study to show yourself verse is found in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 but also read verse 15 which tells Timothy that he has had the Scriptures since childhood - that means the OT (the NT had not yet been compiled). All of 2 Timothy chapters 3 and 4 would be wonderful for you to read, pray over, and then re-read. If you would like I can give you a wonderful blessing to say before and after studying the Bible if you want to email me (in my profile). Those blessings have stood me in good stead. :o) Be assured, you are one of God's special chosen ones (or you wouldn't be here!!) Cheri |
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117 | Jesus Died for all, why speak in parable | John 17:9 | skccab | 212182 | ||
Shalom Flyman, Change the word "believe" or "have faith" to "trust" and maybe that will help. Do you TRUST Yeshua/Jesus to do what He says He will do? If you do "trust" then you are among the saved. A human child believes daddy can do what he says about providing food, housing and clothing, a human child has faith that daddy can do those things, but a human child ALSO trusts that his daddy will do those things. Three different words with 3 different meanings. The human child trusts and so does nothing else to help daddy do those things which he has promised to do, in fact, the little human child can do nothing to help his daddy fulfil those promises. A person who TRUSTS Jesus/God to do His promises knows he can do nothing to help, except trust and receive. I hope this helps you to understand that you are indeed saved if you trust in Jesus. Cheri |
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118 | ... | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 212161 | ||
Messenger, How much studying of Hebrew have you done? I haven't done too much, but what I have found out is that I have yet to find a word with 4 consonants that have only 2 sylables. The yod is a sylable in and of itself, then there are 3 more consonants - there should be at least 2 more sylables, Yahweh just doesn't seem to work. Yahoveh with the Yaho run together as a single sylable is much more likely. I haven't found a site that gives Biblical Hebrew a "w" sound yet, and I haven't found a site that give ancient Hebrew pictographs a "w" sound either. The Vav has always been a "v", an "o" or a "u" sound (maybe once upon a time a "w"? but I've not seen it yet). I'm sure there are Hebrew experts on this Forum, please show me if I'm wrong, cos I'm trying to learn Hebrew. And tell me if I'm wrong about the prounouciation too, but I can't think of one word with 4 consonants and only 2 sylables. :o) In fact, off the top of my head, I can't think of any English words with 4 consonants and only 2 sylables except where the 2 same consonants are next to each other, i.e. little, rabbit, etc. Hope I didn't put my foot in my mouth (if I did, at least I've had my bath tonight, lol) Cheri |
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119 | FOLLOW UP FOR MY QUESTIONS | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 212146 | ||
SHALOM YELLOWROSE, I WAS NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU PURCHASE SOFTWARE, THE PROGRAM THAT I REFERRED YOU TO IS FREE. I WAS JUST STATING THAT THIS FREE SOFTWARE IS SOOOOO GOOD AND SAFE AND EASY TO USE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PURCHASE OTHER THINGS TO ADD TO IT AT VERY REPUTEABLE STORES. AND I SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS YOUR FRIEND WHO OWNS THE COMPUTER WOULD DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM FOR YOU - IT DOESN'T USE MUCH HARD DRIVE SPACE AT ALL. WOULDN'T IT BE NICER IF YOU COULD FIND THE VERSES THAT YOU WANT RIGHT WHEN YOU WANT THEM? AND THEN USE THE FORUM FOR THE TIMES WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND THEM OR YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS. I'M VERY SORRY YOU FEEL WE ARE NOT HELPFUL TO YOU. WE SURE HAVE TRIED TO BE. CHERI |
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120 | REDEEMS YOUR LIFE FROM THE PIT | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 212110 | ||
SHALOM YELLOWROSE, AZURE HAS GIVEN YOU A VERY GOOD RESOURCE TO CHECK OUT. ONCE YOU DO THAT AND YOU FIND THE VERSE YOU WANT YOU CAN CLICK ON THE "I" FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ON THE "N" FOR NOTES ON THE VERSE. ALSO, IF YOUR FRIEND WHO OWNS THE COMPUTER IS A CHRISTIAN YOU MIGHT ASK THEM TO DOWNLOAD A SUPURB BIBLE TOOL CALLED E-SWORD AT WWW.ESWORD.COM, IT'S FREE, IT'S VERY VERY VERY SAFE TO DOWNLOAD, ALMOST EVERYONE HERE AT SBF HAS IT AND IT HAS SO MANY BIBLE HELPS I CAN NOT ENUMERATE THEM ALL, AND YOU CAN ALSO PICK UP PURCHASEABLE SOFTWARE FOR IT FROM STORES LIKE FAMILY CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORES SO YOU SEE, IT IS VERY VERY SAFE (NO VIRUSES FROM THAT SITE ;o). GIVE THAT SITE A LOOK-SEE AND SEE IF MAYBE YOUR FRIEND WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD IT? CHERI |
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