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1141 | God allowing things in our lives | 2 Tim 3:16 | skccab | 193865 | ||
Hey Doc, CORRECTION was trying to multi-task, the scripture is Mat. 7:9-11, my left-handedness was at work!! Cheri |
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1142 | God allowing things in our lives | 2 Tim 3:16 | skccab | 193923 | ||
Doc, I'm not arguing a bit about discipline, chastisement and the such. (As I stated before, I see God as Father holding a much higher standard for His own than God as Judge over those that do not know Him.) Once again, as long as we are in this world we are subject to the world's woes, some of those woes being sickness, disease, murder, rape. Where my problem is arising is in the thought that my Father would put something on me (or anyone else) to "teach a lesson,' that could ultimately (and probably would) kill me. What good would the "lesson" then be if I were dead? It's a bit of a stretch but I can grudgingly agree that He might "bless" me (as you would say :-) ) with a bad cold, or flu, so that I might slow down for a few days and maybe pay attention to what He's trying to tell me, but I just cannot see Him slapping something on one of His children that is gonna kill them. (Given, of course, that that's not His ultimate motive in the first place!) I guess we're just gonna have to agree to disagree on this point. But one thing I promise, when I get to heaven and Abba tells me you were right all along, I will find you and apologize :-). Shalom Cheri |
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1143 | God allowing things in our lives | 2 Tim 3:16 | skccab | 193949 | ||
Doc, Quote / the implications of a God either unwilling or unable to exercise life and death is frightening... no, horrifying. I never said such a thing!! And if you think that I did then you misunderstood me or I wasn't clear. What I said is that I don't believe that God would put something deadly on a person to teach a lesson or get their attention. But I will state that the other poster that made the statements about doctors and medicine would have to be closer to being correct if we see every sickness and disease that comes upon us as being from God to teach us a lesson. What do we say about all the people in the Gospels whom Yeahua "unblessed" by healing them? (It's not that He cannot, I just don't think that He does.) Both of my mothers died of cancer (I'm adopted and know my natural family). The one - I don't know if she was a believer, but the one that raised me was a godly, born-again lady. The surgery that gave her another 5years of life according to you, would have been going against the will of God? The 5 years of remission then was of the adversary and not of God because He gave her the cancer? I don't see where we can have it both ways. Either God gave us brilliant men and women of medicine to fight the curse that came into the world at Adam's fall - or He puts it all on us and the knowledge we've gained in medicine is of the devil and we should just "sit back and get our lesson and hope we get better?" That just doesn't fit into the "abundant life" and "joy more fully" that is a promise to us. I'm very sorry to hear about your father, Doc, I will be praying for you and for him. Let's leave this conversation for now. I love you dearly, and am blessed to have such a wise brother looking out for me sometimes, but here I think we've hit a brick wall, or my feet are stuck in drying cement. much love and prayers for you and yours Cheri |
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1144 | God allowing things in our lives | 2 Tim 3:16 | skccab | 193958 | ||
Greetings John, Note taken, and thank you. I'm not in disagreement that it NEVER happens. I just don't buy that EVERY time - it's due to God trying to teach a lesson. I think that there has been a case of semantics getting in the way. I'm fully aware and in agreement that our God is Sovereign at all times. There's no argument there at all. I think possibly I was misunderstanding Doc as saying "ALL" and he (and you) misunderstood me as saying "NEVER." I do not believe that He NEVER will use deadly means to teach a lesson - I just don't believe that ALL sickness, disease, etc. come from Him to "teach a lesson." I do believe that these things do happen with His knowledge and (I dislike this term, but) approval, but often they happen just because we are in this cursed world. So, in short, I don't believe that the Father is the author of EVERY bad and deadly thing that happens to us, but neither do I believe that He is NEVER the author of them either. Please note the operative word "author." (After all, if He had absolutely nothing to do with any of the bad [or good] things then that would have to mean He was not aware or didn't care - and we know He is and does.) I'm having a great deal of difficulty with the right words, but I hope I have cleared up any misunderstandings. If not, I can try again. :-) Shalom Cheri |
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1145 | eye for eye,turn other cheek-opposite? | 2 Tim 3:16 | skccab | 201798 | ||
Shalom Debbie, Brad is absolutely correct; an unbeliever loves to try to use the contradictory way out of believing the Bible. (I did it for years!) But if he is just searching and not understanding then let him know that the eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life isn't meant to be taken literally. It's God's instructions for humans to mete out civil justice. If someone injured another's eye in a brawl, it simply meant that the retribution should match the offense - more than a 15 minute time-out but less than a capital punishment - and since there were no jails at that time for one to serve time, most punishments were actually retributions, and the guilty one would very likely have extra people to support while the injured party healed or learned a new trade to support his family. As far as the "turn the other cheek" goes, our Master was not invalidating the original command, He was telling us that there is a "better way." Turn the other cheek and avoid the brawl altogether. So those two commands are NOT contradictory at all, they are actually complimentary. Cheri |
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1146 | eye for eye,turn other cheek-opposite? | 2 Tim 3:16 | skccab | 201837 | ||
You're welcome Debbie, And welcome to the Forum. As Doc said, I'm sure all of us will be praying for you and with you. Any one of us here on the forum will be happy to help you in any way we can to answer your questions. Cheri |
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1147 | what three books did Luke right | 2 Tim 3:16 | skccab | 202114 | ||
Shalom oldtestament, I've heard some people say that maybe Luke is the one who actually wrote Hebrews because of the wonderful, pristine Greek that was used (they say far above what was used in the known Pauline letters). Personally, I tend to lean toward Paul as author of Hebrews, but thought I'd share this possibility :-). Cheri |
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1148 | Chinese - descendants of Shem | Titus 3:9 | skccab | 193281 | ||
Morning Azure, I'm gonna stick my nose in here and hope it doesn' get "cut off" hahaha. I think canawedding was intending his/her note to go to the post just above yours as a PS to something he/she had already written about names in the Book of Life :-) Shalom Cheri |
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1149 | Chinese - descendants of Shem | Titus 3:9 | skccab | 193282 | ||
My face hangs red!!! Guess it was meant for you. Sooo sorry to have stepped in. Oh well, such is life!! Shalom again my dear sister Cheri Oh by the way, did you get word that I read the article that you sent? I thank you very much for it, it helped. |
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1150 | Are tithes n offerings required nowadays | Hebrews | skccab | 187168 | ||
Greetings Eyes4Zion I'm not sure about the empowerment to get wealth and prosperity (I tithe and give, and wealth just seems to run in the opposite direction). But I do believe that if you allow the Spirit to direct you in where you plant you financial seed, ie a church that preaches the Word, a church that is growing then the "return" if you will cannot be measured in today's measuring scales. I believe that each person that comes to the Lord because of that church, each hungry person who is helped with food or clothing, each scared, lonely person visited in nursing home/hospital by someone from that church, etc, is all laid to your "account" as if you personally had done it to "the least of these." We don't tithe/give to get wealth, we give because God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor 2:9). blessings cheri |
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1151 | Are tithes n offerings required nowadays | Hebrews | skccab | 187171 | ||
Just a recap: my post sounded like you can give your money and just sit back and let others do the "field work." That is in no way what I had intended to imply. There's always "field work" to be done by ALL believers. blessins cheri |
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1152 | Where is warning about not believing | Hebrews | skccab | 196926 | ||
Shalom 11mhphi, Would you be thinking of Heb. 6:4-6? Cheri |
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1153 | Jesus Praying for us and Gods will | Hebrews | skccab | 208249 | ||
Shalom lovemyLord7 One such scripture that comes to mind is Heb. 7:24. Cheri |
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1154 | Jesus Praying for us and Gods will | Hebrews | skccab | 208250 | ||
ooops make that Heb. 7:25. :-) | ||||||
1155 | What is the meaning of "the order of..." | Heb 1:1 | skccab | 209827 | ||
Shalom y'all, Meta brought this up in one of his posts, but I didn't want him to think I was "picking" on him over it - it just got me to wondering. I've spent the last 10 days trying to figure out the "order of Melchezidek" and the "Levitical order." That is what "the order" is and what does the word "order" pertain to? What I've come up with is this: Levitical order - animal, concurrant, continuous (almost like a 1 Jn. 1:9 prayer but a sacrifice instead) Melchezidek - himself, once (only he never did offer himself so why is it called the Order of Melchedizek?) Still have some work to do....:-) Anyone have something else? I'd be interested to know. Cheri |
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1156 | What is the meaning of "the order of..." | Heb 1:1 | skccab | 209829 | ||
Val, Thank you, I'll give that a try. Cheri |
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1157 | What is the meaning of "the order of..." | Heb 1:1 | skccab | 209838 | ||
Doc, Thanks for answering, but there still remains the one question - what was/is the "order of Meschezidek"? Why was our Master compared to him? I can see the similarities and contrasts with the Levitical order, but Melchezidek I don't really see. This is probably one of those questions that I'm just looking at too closely to see the answer for myself... :-) Cheri |
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1158 | What is the meaning of "the order of..." | Heb 1:1 | skccab | 209840 | ||
Shalom John, Just that time of year, thinking a lot on the priestly things :-) You're probably right about the Dt. 29:29 - guess I'll just put it on the back burner for now. Maybe it will become clearer some time later... Thanks for the help though... Along with the possiblity of Melchezidek (Hebrew Malki - king Tz'edek - righteouness)being the incarnate Son, how about Shem? They were contemporaries...??? Just something to chew on.... Cheri |
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1159 | What is the meaning of "the order of..." | Heb 1:1 | skccab | 209845 | ||
Hiya again, Like I said just something to chew on. And I would be thinking in the "spiritual" sense of his parentage being without beginning or ending because of the flood. Not to worry, wasn't wanting a debate or anything, just threw it out as something I heard as a possibility. Nothing more. I don't think it holds any more or less than him being the pre-incarnate Son. There's so little about him, that I think he's someone we'll just have to wait to meet and find out all about him then. That will be fun. Cheri |
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1160 | What is the meaning of "the order of..." | Heb 1:1 | skccab | 209846 | ||
Newwine, Thanks, I'll try that again. I tried once and got next to nothing. That's happened before and then later I got lots, wonder why? Cheri |
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