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121 | who was Jesus | Matt 16:15 | Aixen7z4 | 117390 | ||
Jesus was, and is, and is to come. And he is the Almighty. I trust that we recognize this, or I’d be led to think we did not notice that someone changed the tense of the verb in answering the question. The fact is that Jesus is all that he ever was or will be, for he is God. What a big mistake we make when we think of Jesus as a man, claiming to be God. The fact is that God became flesh and dwelt among us, believe it or not. Those who do not believe are in danger. Let me say that the assertion in the first sentence, above, is based on Revelation 4:8. The context might suggest that the words applied exclusively to the one who was seen sitting on the throne, the Father. In the next chapter Jesus is seen as the Lamb who takes a book from the hand of the one sitting on the throne. The lamb is worshipped them, in verses 8 and 9. He is worshipped because he is God, and only God is to be worshipped (Exodus 34:14;Acts 10,25,26 ; Rev 22:9). He is equal with God (John 10:33;Philippians 2:6) and he is equally to be honored (John 5:23). John the Apostle said it so simply (John 1:1) but he was telling us who Jesus was, and is. |
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122 | what does this rock mean? | Matt 16:18 | Aixen7z4 | 138575 | ||
You are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone. In him all the parts of the building fit together and grow into a holy temple in the Lord. Through him you, also, are being built in the Spirit together with others into a place where God lives (Ephesians 2). Certainly you have tasted that the Lord is good! You are coming to Christ, the living stone who was rejected by humans but was chosen as precious by God. You come to him as living stones, a spiritual house that is being built into a holy priesthood. So offer spiritual sacrifices that God accepts through Jesus Christ. That is why Scripture says, "I am laying a chosen and precious cornerstone in Zion, and the person who believes in him will never be ashamed." (1 Peter 2). One passage of Scripture always seems to leave out some detail to be filled in by another passage. When Matthew wrote, he did not mention the gesticulation. But Paul and Peter seem to be revealing that when Jesus said, “This Rock”, he was pointing to himself. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. See 1 Corinthians 3:11. |
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123 | pagan or tax collector vs. love enemy | Matt 18:15 | Aixen7z4 | 104419 | ||
It may be that there is a bridge to the two position in this passage from Luke 17. :3ff Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. Your husband is correct, that we need to forgive. But there is no such thing as forgiveness without repentance. One of the reasons we withdraw from a brother or sister is that they might feel sorrow and repent (2 Corinthians 7:10). When they do repent, fellowship should be restored. |
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124 | repent or not repent...that is the quest | Matt 18:15 | Aixen7z4 | 104450 | ||
You are not only justified in doing that, you are asked, by God, to do that. It is for the good of the other person. be careful, however, that you understand exactly how that is to be done. You should familiarize yourself with the Scriptures concerning these things. 2 Thessalonians 3:14, 15 etc. “ And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother”. I believe the Scripture is clear that we should approach the person individually at the outset. Eventually, however, if our individual effort does not have the intended effect, the matter must be taken to the church. It is doubtful that the action of withdrawing from the person will have the intended effect unless it is an action of the church as a whole. The leaders will have to make the decision. Again, there is no such thing as forgiveness without repentance. It is required for a restoration of fellowship among individuals, with the church, and with God. |
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125 | Is emotional abuse ground for divorce? | Matt 19:6 | Aixen7z4 | 88313 | ||
You have not seen that adultery or desertion is a ground for divorce. Divorce was permitted by Moses if a husband discovered that his bride had lied in making him believe she was a virgin. Forgiveness was suggested but divorce was allowed. Abuse is reason for separation, but not grounds for divorce. Counseling and reconciliation are recommended. Divorce is not. | ||||||
126 | female angels | Matt 22:30 | Aixen7z4 | 122377 | ||
It is apparent that the angels are sexless beings. Though they are referred to always in masculine terms, it does not indicate gender. Jesus said that they are not the type of beings that marry (Mark 12:25). God created them for the purpose of being ministering spirits (Hebrews 1:14). They were created individually and they do not reproduce. Isn't it interesting though, that they do not understand the gospel? They are apparently interested, and desire to know about it (1 Peter 1:12) but they can never really know it, because they cannot experience salvation. Most of them have never sinned, and those who did are destined for hell together with the devil (Mat 25:41). They do not have the privilege of repentance. It is interesting also, that folklore usually refers to angels as females. As Jesus would say, they do err, not knowing the scriptures. It is good to know the scriptures, because they make us wise unto salvation (2 Timothy 3:15). This salvation is the main reason we search the scriptures (John 5:39). It is good to know many things, but better to know how to be saved, and best to know that we are saved. |
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127 | what do you do when you feel no love.... | Matt 22:37 | Aixen7z4 | 136353 | ||
Amanda, I feel I must hasten to tell you that you need a counselor (Proverbs 11:14;12:15; 27:9, etc.). Everyone has a right to feel the way he or she feels. It is God who has given us the ability to feel, and whether it is physical or emotional pain, we should pay attention to it. Pain tells us that something is wrong and we need to attend to it. What is the reason for your feelings? No one can tell until he or she has listened to your story. So I do not have the answer here, but I assure you there is an answer. I will not assume that this is your fault. As far as I know it may be you are a victim of someone or some circumstance. I would suggest that you talk to someone who is willing to listen before giving solutions. I assume, because you have brought your case here that you have exhausted your own resources. You may have talked to those you know as well, but I am only guessing. I will say, for what it's worth, that I am a psychologist and it is my sense that you need to consider getting professional help. It is only a matter of time till someone comes on here to say that this is a forum for Bible Study and not for counseling. So you may not find your answer here. But I assure you again that there is an answer. I will risk the displeasure of those who disapprove of this to even suggest that you contact our ministry. I will say to all that the word of God contains the answer to all our problems and it tells us how to meet all our needs. The word of God heals (Psalm 107:20). But one must know what word fits what situation (Proverbs 25:11). The word of God must be handled carefully, since it is a sword (Ephesians 6:17), and it cuts (Hebrews 4:12). So, if it comes out of our mouth to cut, we must be careful that it is a healing cut. Amanda is correct to seek help among God’s people, and I do hope that she gets it. |
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128 | what do you do when you feel no love.... | Matt 22:37 | Aixen7z4 | 136649 | ||
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise. Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it”. He that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. |
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129 | Who do you believe about Jesus? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 104932 | ||
Not sure how this question arose or whether it was related to another discussion but I'll answer it anyway. We have to go with the eyewitnesses. They were not following cunningly devised fables, when they made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. That which was from the beginning, which they heard, which they saw with their eyes, which they looked upon, and their hands had handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and they saw it, and bear witness, and have shown unto us that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto them;) That which they saw and heard they have declared unto us, that we also may have fellowship with them: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things they have written unto us, that our joy may be full. We believe them. We believe in him whom having not seen, we love; in whom, though now we see him not, yet believing, we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. |
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130 | Who do you believe about Jesus? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 104952 | ||
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; lest, if we be silent, we become like them that go down into the pit. Is it really true that Moses knew the Lord Jesus Christ as well as John did? Of that Savior the prophets enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the One that should come; searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. But they knew this, that after their departing grievous wolves would enter in among us, not sparing the flock. Also of our own selves should men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. They would have us to watch, and remember, that by the space of many years they warned us with tears. Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits. They had the right spirit, the Holy Spirit, by whose inspiration they gave us the apostolic epistles. And can it be that we can know our Lord Jesus Christ the way John did? Let it be. Hereby we do know that they knew him, because they kept his commandments. He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keeps his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that they were in him. He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. And they walked in love, even as he said, “By this shall all men know that you are My disciples”. He washed their feet with water, literal water, and they wash our feet with the water of the word Of God. Seeing we have purified our souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, let us see that we love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever. Brethren, they wrote no new commandment unto us, but an old commandment, which we had from the beginning. But in some sense, it is a new commandment, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines. He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loves his brother abides in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and knows not whither he goes, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. They had also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto we do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him. Thank God for the sure word that we have from them that heard him. That which was from the beginning, they heard, they saw with their eyes, they looked upon him, and their hands handled him, of the Word of life. That which they saw and heard they have declare unto us, that ye also might be able to share in the same thing, in fellowship with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another. |
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131 | What think ye of Christ? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 105015 | ||
Dear Lockman Foundation: Please give us permission to go a step beyond Bible Study. We have been studying the Bible for a long time. Now we know so much! We know about God and Christ and Calvary and how to be saved, and we know what we ought to be doing to please God. But it seems we are stuck in the idea of studying. We can talk about things but we find it strange and inappropriate to do them. Please tell us if it’s OK to actually use our knowledge to do something on this forum. Take this present topic. Someone asks us what we think about Christ, but we find it impossible to answer. We continue to quote verses and make points, and we are ready to discuss, even debate, the minutiae. But we cannot put our bible knowledge into practice. Some of us are afraid we will offend you or defeat the purpose of this forum. Please give us your permission. Someone will respond here to say that we are supposed to stick to the Bible and not give our personal opinions. But it is not extra-Biblical opinions that this writer is seeking. Is there not room for opinion of Christ based firmly on what we have learned in the Bible. When the disciples were asked what natural men were saying about Christ, they reported the public opinions. But then he asked them what they thought and they gave the God-inspired “opinion”. Peter just said what God had shown him. Aren’t we allowed to do that here? Can’t we just say that we think he is wonderful, without going into another Bible study? Sure, we will refer to the Scriptures. But we find the need to praise the Lord, to actually do it, instead of studying it again. Ironically, it is the Bible itself that informs us we should actually do things such as praising the Lord and not just do a study on the idea. In 1Chronicles 16:36, for example, David encouraged the people to praise the Lord. As early as verse 8 he is saying, “Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people”. And thus he continues in his psalm until in verse 36, all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. But we today can talk about it and we cannot bring ourselves to do it. In 2 Chronicles 7:3 the children worshipped, and praised the LORD. They did not do a Bible study at that time. They praised the Lord. We have the words they said. They said, “For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever”. Now one of my brothers will take me to task for not capitalizing the words here (I cut and pasted it from the KJV, not to offend him but to make a point. There are other things to do besides commenting on words). Someone will say, “What you need to understand …” and lead us into another study or debate. I do not think we need to understand anything more before we do this. We need to do it. With understanding, yes, but with the understanding we already have. Some of us want to praise the Lord but we think all we are allowed to do here is study . For just a thread or two we would like to go beyond study to say what we think of Christ. Please give us permission here to actually praise the Lord with our words. Dear Lord, you are worthy to be praised. Please make us free to do it. Amen. |
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132 | What think ye of Christ? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 105037 | ||
Dear Lockman representative: Hello. This may seem to be an answer to myself, but it is an appeal to the Lockman Foundation, and I am not expecting a response from anyone else. If there is a representative of the Foundation here, I would love to hear from them. I am asking that you tell us if it is OK on this forum to go a step beyond Bible Study. We have been studying the Bible for a long time. Now we know so much! We know about God and Christ and Calvary and how to be saved, and we know what we ought to be doing to please God. But it seems we are stuck in the idea of studying. We can talk about things but we find it strange and inappropriate to do them. Please tell us if it’s OK to actually use our knowledge to do something on this forum. Take this present topic. Someone asks us what we think about Christ, but we find it impossible to answer. We continue to quote verses and make points, and we are ready to discuss, even debate, the minutiae. But we cannot put our bible knowledge into practice. Some of us are afraid we will offend you or defeat the purpose of this forum. Please give us your permission. Someone will respond here to say that we are supposed to stick to the Bible and not give our personal opinions. But it is not extra-Biblical opinions that this writer is seeking. Is there not room for opinion of Christ based firmly on what we have learned in the Bible. When the disciples were asked what natural men were saying about Christ, they reported the public opinions. But then he asked them what they thought and they gave the God-inspired “opinion”. Peter just said what God had shown him. Aren’t we allowed to do that here? Can’t we just say that we think he is wonderful, without going into another Bible study? Sure, we will refer to the Scriptures. But we find the need to praise the Lord, to actually do it, instead of studying it again. Ironically, it is the Bible itself that informs us we should actually do things such as praising the Lord and not just do a study on the idea. In 1Chronicles 16:36, for example, David encouraged the people to praise the Lord. As early as verse 8 he is saying, “Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people”. And thus he continues in his psalm until in verse 36, all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. But we today can talk about it and we cannot bring ourselves to do it. In 2 Chronicles 7:3 the children worshipped, and praised the LORD. They did not do a Bible study at that time. They praised the Lord. We have the words they said. They said, “For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever”. Now one of my brothers will take me to task for not capitalizing the words here (I cut and pasted it from the KJV, not to offend him but to make a point. There are other things to do besides commenting on words). Someone will say, “What you need to understand …” and lead us into another study or debate. I do not think we need to understand anything more before we do this. We need to do it. With understanding, yes, but with the understanding we already have. Some of us want to praise the Lord but we think all we are allowed to do here is study . For just a thread or two we would like to go beyond study to say what we think of Christ. Please give us permission here to actually praise the Lord with our words. Dear Lord, you are worthy to be praised. Please make us free to do it. Amen. |
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133 | Matthew talked about JC as a Jew - why? | Matt 22:45 | Aixen7z4 | 108671 | ||
As I passed by and beheld your discussions, it hurt to hear our Lord Jesus Christ referred to as JC. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarchs, that they are all dead and buried. Some of them were prophets, and knew that God had sworn with an oath to them, that of the fruit of their loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne. In the Spirit, they saw him not as their progenitor but as their God. David, for example, called him Lord, saying, “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?” I do not know whether or not Matthew was focused on the Lord’s Jewish background. The main purpose of this post is to give expression to a cringe at the name JC. | ||||||
134 | Do we need the gospel to be saved? | Matt 24:14 | Aixen7z4 | 130433 | ||
Romans 10: 13 Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 (But) how … shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 … How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel... 18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. |
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135 | Pre Tribulation rapture? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75166 | ||
Perhaps we are confusing the rapture with the second coming of Christ to earth again. Before the tribulation, Christ comes in the clouds and catches the church away. See 1 Cor 15. See Rev 4. After the tribulation, he returns to the earth to put an end to evil and to reign. See Rev 20. Jesus comes to the air to take away those who are saved and not appointed to wrath. This taking away is the rapture, and it is pretrib. The second coming, to the earth, his feet standing on the mount of Olives and all, (Zech 14) is posttrib. It is difficult to get the complete picture from reading one passage. Make use of the other Scriptures describing the end times and try to develop a chronology of events. |
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136 | Aixen7z4, Is Revelation 4 the rapture? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75249 | ||
Revelation 4 shows that the church is in heaven. As the scene shifts back to earth and the tribulation unfolds, we know the church is not there. Nor is she mentioned again until chapter 19. How did she get there for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb? She had been caught up. We know that from 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4. Aixen. | ||||||
137 | Does 1 Cor 15:51-53 show the rapture? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75252 | ||
The secret is in being open to all of Scripture. Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 15 to dispel doubts about the resurrection. The verses you have quoted speak to that. Why were the dead raised and the living changed? It is so we can inhabit heaven. He says so. How do we get to heaven? That's another question. The answer is that Jesus comes for us. See John 14. How does he get us there? He draws us up and away. See 1 Thessalonians 4. So, you are correct. The rapture is not described in 1 Corinthians 15, but it is in Scripture. | ||||||
138 | Where is the church in Revelation 4? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75255 | ||
Truly I see that Scripture is given to us to reveal what God wants us to know, and it does not anticipate our questions. We must accept what we are told and patiently ponder its meaning. May I say that the God who made us gave to us the faculty of perception, and he knows how it works. We see in part and we know in part, but what we see is evidence of what we do not see. So, I see your question and I assume you are there and that you are at a computer. I see a head and I assume there is a body. That is the way it always works. When I see a few people emerging from a church, I assume there are more inside. When I see the elders, unless I am told that they have been separated from the church they represent, I assume the church is there. Does this make sense? I tell you, that is the way perception always works. We extrapolate from the evidence. Those who refuse the mark of the beast, who are they? It seems they are the ones who will be saved later, out of the great tribulation. I trust this does not give rise to yet another set of questions, but I take them to be Jews, the 144,000 who will be saved. These are the only ones, to my understanding, who will be saved after the rapture. We do need to search the Scriptures carefully. When we do, I think we will see that the Rapture precedes the Great Tribulation and that the Second Coming follows it. There is so much more that will happen in the end times. We may not understand it all, but we should personally prepare by trusting Christ for our salvation. We should turn from the idols, and work and watch and wait for him. Aixen. |
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139 | Are the 24 elders, the church,? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75263 | ||
I would guess that you also have trouble with Pauls's statement in 2 Corinthians 12: "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago ... was caught up to the third heaven". Paul was talking about himself. Does that make sense? | ||||||
140 | Looking for Scripture: generation pass | Matt 24:34 | Aixen7z4 | 120471 | ||
I put the words "generation pass away" into the box under "Search words" in the column Get Bible Text to the left of your question and clicked on Search and got the following: 1 Matt 24:34 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 2 Mark 13:30 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 3 Luke 21:32 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place. |
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