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1301 | Temple desecrated from 360BC to 70AD? | OT general | Emmaus | 38205 | ||
Stephanie, You are correct as indicated in 1 Maccabees 1:47 . 44 The king (Antiochus) sent messengers with letters to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, ordering them to follow customs foreign to their land; 45 to prohibit holocausts, sacrifices, and libations in the sanctuary, to profane the sabbaths and feast days, 46 to desecrate the sanctuary and the sacred ministers, 47 to build pagan altars and temples and shrines, to sacrifice swine and unclean animals, 48 to leave their sons uncircumcised, and to let themselves be defiled with every kind of impurity and abomination, 49 so that they might forget the law and change all their observances. 50 Whoever refused to act according to the command of the king should be put to death. This is also confirmed in The Jewish War by Josephus, written in the first century after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 A.D. In chapter 1 he writes: "Antiochus was far from satisfied with his unexpected capture of the City, the loot, and the long death-roll. Unable to control his passions and remebering what the siege had cost him, he tried to force the Jews to break their ancient Law by leaving their babies uncircumsized and sacrificing swine on the altar." Emmaus |
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1302 | Bad Arguments Against Calvinism | John 15:16 | Emmaus | 37880 | ||
Hank, I am not involved in this thread, but I just started reading a book about the paradoxes of the faith. Surely we have some that make the sound of one hand clapping seem like a symphony. Jesus, God and man; the Church, divine and human; joy and sorrow; faith and reason; authority and liberty; not to mention the Trinity, three in one. Sometimes we just have fall prostrate before the awsome majesty and mystery of God like the saints of old. Emmaus |
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1303 | so, you're saying that they go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 37878 | ||
Magnum, I would be interested in any primary sources you can cite about Constantine creating holidays. Emmaus |
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1304 | Faith working through love | Gal 5:6 | Emmaus | 37688 | ||
Jh2, Apparently you are responding to a double post. My original post was in response to a question by Handy that was was not related to justification. That being said: "faith without works is dead" James 2:20,26 is crystal clear and intentionally blunt. Faith in Christ cannot be separated from works in Christ or you don't really have any Faith to show, only a lifeless corpse of a mental concept without any spiritual substance and of no earthly good either. They are two side of the same coin. We know James is speaking about the same Faith as Paul because they both use Abraham's faith as the illustrating example. Paul never says we are saved by faith alone and James never says we are saved by works alone but he does says: "we are not saved by faith alone" James 2:24. If you look at James and Paul in full context it is clear that faith in Christ and works in Christ are inseparable if we are talking about a living saving faith. It is no accident that Paul opens and closes Romans with the phrase "the obedience of faith" Romans 1:5 and 16:26, which fits perfectly with Galatians 5:5 and James. It is not a matter of works adding to faith. Works in Christ are the physical embodiment and manifestation of faith in Christ, without which faith is dead. For human beings as created and as God intended us to be, the body and the spirit are an integrated unit. That is why our redemption is not complete until our bodies are resurrected at the Second Coming. It goes without saying that works in Christ are not the same thing as "works of the law" such as circumcision, which Paul is often speaking about in Romans. The "obedience of faith" is as different from the "works of the law" as are the commandments written on stone from the commandments written on our hearts. Emmaus |
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1305 | Who else besides Cain, Adam, and Eve? | Genesis | Emmaus | 37680 | ||
popdzl, Your position as you present it about the blueprint to be used over and over again as applied logically in the case of the Fall and Redemption would mean multiple Adams and Eves and also multiple Redeemers. As Joe indicated these are incompatible with the whole of scripture. Emmaus |
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1306 | Am I lost for eternity because of sin | 1 John 1:9 | Emmaus | 37455 | ||
Godschild, God will always forgive someone who is repentenant and had a firm purpose of amendment of their life turning away from the sin they confess. No knowing the nature of your sin and whether discussing it with your husband would make things better or worse I would not even think of advising you on that question. I would however suggest that you find someone like a member of the clergy to whom you can unburden yourself in absolute trust. I can say that it is times such as you are experiencing that a Catholic most appreciates the sacrament of confession in which we can unburden ourselves in confessing our sins to God and receive the assurance of his forgiveness from a flesh and blood person working for God in the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Cor 5:17-20. John 20:22. Emmaus I wish you peace and reconciliation with God and your husband. |
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1307 | Who else besides Cain, Adam, and Eve? | Genesis | Emmaus | 37335 | ||
popdzl, I must not let this oppourtunity to find commom ground with Reformer Joe pass. His comment was right on the mark not only scriptually but scientifically even if he did not include that. Theologically the concept of all falling through Adam (Romans 5:12) falls apart if we have more than one set of progentitors, that is Adam and Eve. And genetic science has even come to the conclusion that we are all decended from one woman, which confirms Genesis 3:20 Emmaus |
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1308 | Biblical contradiction? | 2 Chr 35:21 | Emmaus | 37283 | ||
Seedsower, I guess I have nothing more to offer on this passage. But wouldn't your same theory apply to the Jonah and Nineveh story where God said he was going to destroy Nineveh, but then releneted when the Ninevites did penance much to Jonah's dismay. Did that make Jonah a false prophet? Emmaus |
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1309 | Faith working through love | Gal 5:6 | Emmaus | 37156 | ||
Handy, To say that doing good works means nothing contradicts the scripture. If you do good works in Christ you are doing His work. Take a look at theses passages and put your mind at rest. Matt 7:21 Matt 19:16-17 Matt 25:34-46 John 14:21 Romans 2:28 Galatians 5:4-6 Ephesians 2:8-10 Philemon 2:12-13 James 2:14-24 Emmaus |
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1310 | How did Hannah decide to give up Samuel? | 1 Sam 1:11 | Emmaus | 37144 | ||
Searcher, Sounds like diferent points of reference in the two posts and both ponts of view are correct depending on the reference verese. Emmaus |
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1311 | How did Hannah decide to give up Samuel? | 1 Sam 1:11 | Emmaus | 37108 | ||
Searcher, I am sure the reference was to 1 Samuel 2:20. 18: Samuel was ministering before the LORD, a boy girded with a linen ephod. 19: And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20: Then Eli would bless Elka'nah and his wife, and say, "The LORD give you children by this woman for the loan which she lent to the LORD"; so then they would return to their home. 21: And the LORD visited Hannah and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD. Emmaus |
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1312 | Raven and John Reformed, Baptism? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 37014 | ||
Raven, You have done an admirable job on this thread. You certainly have more endurance than me. I fear the issue will never resolve with any convincing the other. I will end only by referring to that great Epistle of faith, Romans: "through him we have received the apsoltleship, to bring about the obedience of faith, for the sake of his name among the Gentiles." Romans 1:5 and "but now manifested through the prophetic writings and. accodring to the command of the eternal God, made known to all tha nations, to bring about the obedience of faith, to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ be glory forevere and ever. Amen." Romans 16:26-27 And a few other verse to consider in this matter. Matt. 28:18-20 18: And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20: teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age." Col 2:11-12 11: In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ; 12: and you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. Ex 4:24-26 24: At a lodging place on the way the LORD met him and sought to kill him. 25: Then Zippo'rah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it, and said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!" 26: So he let him alone. Then it was that she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision. Romans 6:3-4 3: Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4: We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. Emmaus |
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1313 | Elijah went to heaven alive | 2 Kin 2:11 | Emmaus | 36773 | ||
Angel, I turn into a gentleman at midnight. You have the last word. Good night! Emmaus |
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1314 | Raven and John Reformed, Baptism? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 36771 | ||
Hank, Sometimes our exchanges get me thinking a little goofy. How's this: "conceived again by faith, born again through baptism by water and the spirit to live again by good works in Christ." Maybe I can start a new denomination. Nah, this will never fly. ;-) Emmaus |
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1315 | Elijah went to heaven alive | 2 Kin 2:11 | Emmaus | 36769 | ||
Angel, The resurrection and assumption into the presence of God is a translation. It is all of one piece. After Jesus rose he also ascended to the right hand of the Father. Kind of difficult to enter heaven without the glorified body don't you think? Emmaus |
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1316 | Elijah went to heaven alive | 2 Kin 2:11 | Emmaus | 36759 | ||
Angel, I am aware of the Church of the Dormition, claimed by one tradition as the place of Mary's death and assumption in Jerusalem. Another tradition hold that her life ended and the assumption took place in Ephesus. Both agree on the Assumption. The Church takes no position on the location. It merely asserts that "at the end of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into the glory of heaven." Another interesting fact is the absence of any claim for the posession of her relics. This is indeed very interesting since there are many ancient claims to the relics of the apostles and other early saints and martyrs. And we know that would be quite an honored relic. But the point of the doctrine is this. It affirms the promise of the resurrection of the body found in the scriptures which applies to all of us. No different from the promise of the rapture or what you find with Enoch and Elijah and the Jewish tradition of the asumption of Moses alluded to in Jude but not found in the Hebrew scriptures. And there is also the matter of Rev. 12:1-8, which for Catholics is a sign or hint of the assumption among other things. But the main point is that all the saved will experience the same being caught up and renewed in the body. So it is not such a leap of faith if you believe in the rapture and the resurrection of all believers. It is an affirmation of the scriptural promise. A promise fulfilled even earlier for some immediatley after the death of Jesus in Matt 27:52-53. So we are concerned with what is written and all it implies for all of us. Peace, Emmaus |
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1317 | how do i pray and leave it with the lord | Prov 15:22 | Emmaus | 36720 | ||
MRkornman, I have been there. What worked for me was this. For about two week prior to quiting I constanly reminded myself of all the downside effects of smoking: cost, lung cancer, hazard to other family members, going out in the cold to smoke, the smell on clothes and in the house and on and on. The day I quit I dealt with one urge at a time and concentrated each time on all the benefits of quiting: better health for me and family, sleeping better, food tastes better and so on. I also allowed myself to eat and did gain weight but after three months went on a diet and lost it all. I also found it helpful to replace the old bad habit with a new one even something as simple as chewing gum which is not addictive and easy to quit. I had to take asprin for a few days for the withdrawal headaches. After that it is all psychological. After two weeks the urges become less and less frequent. That is how I quit. My father who had smoked for 30 years went to a clinical psychologist who specialised in this area with hypno therapy and he quit without any withdrwal symptoms at all and never started again. The psychologist spent several hours in the initial interview getting great detail about when and in what circumstances my father smoked and how he felt at those times and how he felt when he tried to stop previously. In the second session which lasted several hours he placed my father under hypnosis in a conscious state and dealt by suggestions with in great detail with all the details he had previously gathered in the first session. Don't give up, you can do it and you will feel better and enjoy life more when you do. Emmaus |
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1318 | Did anyone else hear Jack Hayfert today? | Ex 15:22 | Emmaus | 36717 | ||
Makarios, Try this link. I dis mispell his name in my original post. http://broadcasts.wava.com/ministries/living_way/ Emmaus |
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1319 | Elijah went to heaven alive | 2 Kin 2:11 | Emmaus | 36706 | ||
angel1 True, but it obviously is not a un scriptural concept based on these other events. Not everything that happens is recorded in scripture. Emmaus |
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1320 | Raven and John Reformed, Baptism? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 36613 | ||
Hank, Yes, we do view the sacraments as salvific in that they are encounters with Christ. Baptism is is called a sacrament of the dead because it conveys the grace of God which bring us from spiritual death to new life in Christ. In the old Baltimore cathecism a sacrament is defined as "a sign instituted by God to give grace." It is not just a symbol but a symbol that effects what it symbolizes by the action of God's grace. Another example that makes this explicitly clear is the Annointing of the Sick and Confession is in James 5:14-16 14: Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15: and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16: Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. It is important to note that it is the work of God and his grace through the sacraments that saves us not our work in the sacrament. We are to be disposed by prayer and repentence to receive God's grace. And even that disposition is a work of grace. Emmaus |
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