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141 | pleasestate your undestandingof verse | Prov 16:33 | keliy | 211574 | ||
O-Kay, then Doc, What is Your take? |
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142 | Author's role in acts | Acts 28:28 | keliy | 211525 | ||
May Our Lord Bless you, Brother -for your heart, your attitude, as well as your post, There is not nearly enough of this type of Christian attitude going on in our world today. I am not asking for agreement at this point,only praying that our gracious Lord will bless you thru your trials as you serve Him. keliy |
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143 | what is it to be an overcomer? | Revelation | keliy | 211523 | ||
Linda, As an addition, We All Love You! I personally am here for you and will do --of course whatever, because I understand .... All I am able to say at this point is, I love you like a sister -as we all do, (!) and, really, if there is anything that you have a question about, please do not hesitate to call me, or any one of us. In His Service and yours, gratefully and always' keliy |
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144 | what is it to be an overcomer? | Revelation | keliy | 211522 | ||
Thank you Linda, For your reply, Sorry about your harddrive, we all have thorns embedded into our sides. -Please use this as a learning experience and do not become upset about your circumstances. Learn to lay it all at the foot of the cross and our Lord will deliver Amen? Amen! We all love you, in His grace keliy |
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145 | Living together | John 3:16 | keliy | 211521 | ||
God Bless, You, Doc. Happy thanksgiving to you and yours. keliy |
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146 | Author's role in acts | Acts 28:28 | keliy | 211483 | ||
Brother Tim, Well it looks like it is time for me to offer another gracious apology. (o: Forgive me, everyone, please. But there is no way that I am able to cite the source, (sources in this case) because what my post actually consisted of was a mosaic of information from many different sites, arranged, redacted and edited by me. I worked hard on the post, pasting, cross-checking and deleting information, trying to answer the query at hand as succinctly as possible. I regret my actions but if you can sense my heart, I am quite contrite for my shortcoming and will promise to be diligent when I glean info from various sources to include footnotes in the future. in absense of pretention, keliy |
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147 | The Author's Role | Acts 16:11 | keliy | 211448 | ||
Hi Cheri, Sorry to hear of your trial, :o( It is always a pleasure to hear from you. I will pray for a promising prognosis (o: blessings, keliy |
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148 | The Author's Role | Acts 16:11 | keliy | 211446 | ||
Thank You, John Your gratitude is gratefully appreciated I am on a "forced vacation" right now, nothing bad -just seasonal, so I have a lot of extra time on my hands. This Forum gives me a productive outlet for the time given me, and simultaneously decreases the vast expanse between my Lord and I. Blessings to all, keliy He must increase, but I must decrease. (John Baptist) |
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149 | The Author's Role | Acts 16:11 | keliy | 211440 | ||
Hello Nevvvvine, Please forgive my intrusion, but as a manner of clarification, Paul was a disciple during the time Luke was with him. Paul may not have begun as a disciple, but certainly became one, and was called to be an Apostle. Luke, who was a disciple, was never called of God to be an Apostle Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary gives the following, in part, for the definition of disciple. 1: one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another: as a: one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ's followers according to the Gospel accounts b: a convinced adherent of a school or individual (fn1) The word "disciple" refers to a "follower." The word "apostle" refers to "one who is sent out." While Jesus was on earth, the twelve were called disciples. These disciples followed Jesus Christ, and were taught by Him. Following Jesus' resurrection, He sent His disciples out (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8) to be His witnesses. Blessings, keliy |
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150 | Author's role in acts | Acts 28:28 | keliy | 211439 | ||
You are very welcome. I learn a lot of information during research for my posts, so it goes both ways -thank you for your question. An instuctor at the Bible Institute that I attend says that there is a few dangers involved with the study of Scripture. One of them is: "Knowledge puffeth up" (1Cor 8:1) -But Love builds up (edifies), so we must always remember to keep our perspective, especially in the presence of non-believers. God's Blessings to you and yours, keliy |
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151 | Author's role in acts | Acts 28:28 | keliy | 211426 | ||
Thank you, John for pointing out my omission, I shall be more humble in the future with my posts. I apologize to Lockman for any disrespect toward them, I assure you none was intended. in humble service, keliy |
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152 | Was Job written before the flood? | Job 19:25 | keliy | 211389 | ||
Hi Cheri, Wow indeed, LOL, that is truly amazing. May His mighty wonders never cease. Praise God keliy |
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153 | Got Patient, Need Rest TGIF/S? | Titus 3:9 | keliy | 211377 | ||
Just as an added thought, we all may be put under pressure at times, this happened even before Christ. But, if the heart is attentive to the revelation of the Holy Spirit within our human spirit, then our defenses are more able to remain secure against whatever the enemy places into our path. As Isaiah says, “Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee,” (Isa 26:3 RSV). Continued blessings, keliy |
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154 | Got Patient, Need Rest TGIF/S? | Titus 3:9 | keliy | 211372 | ||
Thank you, Steve for the biblical correction and admonishment. (o: I need all the blessing that I can get. In Him, keliy |
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155 | Got Patient, Need Rest TGIF/S? | Titus 3:9 | keliy | 211367 | ||
Lord Bless you, ovadyah. Remember that followers of Christ will necessarily endure hardships due to perecution from others. This should be considered a blessing, for if you are never being persecuted, you may not be following Him close enough. You are fine, ovadyah. I know some Christ-centered Jews, I have some relatives native to Alabama, and also many dear relatives that are disciples of the pope. As Jesus taught, "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also." Jhn 15:20 Continued blessings to you, keliy |
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156 | three dots that are underlined? | Bible general Archive 4 | keliy | 211366 | ||
Thank you both, Ovadyah and Doc, and, thanks to the webmaster for those efforts, I suppose. (o: keliy |
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157 | Got Patient, Need Rest TGIF/S? | Titus 3:9 | keliy | 211354 | ||
Hi All, There is some good wisdom in Philippians 2:3, "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself." In order to emanate the aroma of Christ, we all need to govern ourselves, not each other. Actually we all are hoping to have a mature and thought provoking time at studybibleforum.com God Bless, and bless God (o: keliy |
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158 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | keliy | 211339 | ||
Pete, I really feel like I am getting to know you, but there is no personal profile on record for you. Can you write a small paragraph to tell us on the Forum what church you attend, if you do, and where are you in your walk? When you wrote, "There are many people in the world today who do not sin." I would like to ask you to name one of them. We never have to be taught how to sin, just think if you ever saw a two-year-old scream "NO!" to its parents. I heard a sermon once where the speaker, an instructor at a Bible College, said that everyone of us breaks every one of the Ten Commandments every single day. Hearing this, a student in the front row piped up, "Professor, how could we break the commandment of keeping the Sabbath Day holy, when today is Tuesday?" The Prof responded with, "Young man, the 4th command states, 'Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God' Now, when you are sitting in your chair, goofing off when you are supposed to be learning, you are breaking the 4th Commandment!" So, do you see? The standard of God is perfect holiness. We are completely unable to ever attain that standard. We are completely insufficient to even be in God's presence without the righteousness of Christ. It would be like fire and water trying to occupy the same space. There is only one person on earth who never sinned. And that is Jesus. Amen and Lord Bless. keliy |
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159 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | keliy | 211337 | ||
Pete, you are getting a little free with your quotes of mine, but that is OK, it helps to state your case, and helps me to know your thoughts. I will not be strict with you, but in trying to straighten it out, I will say that when you said, "Your argument of time and culture as a reason God allowed rogue family members to be killed goes against God's nature" that: No, I did not say anything was a reason that 'God allowed rogue family members to be killed' The thought I tried to convey was God ordered that he must not only be strongly resisted, but also punished by the law of the land. Stoning to death was a cruel way to die, but it was the law. The adulterous woman brought to Jesus was about to be stoned to death, but she received a reprieve through the grace of our Lord. That is where the differences of time and culture come in. No, it does not go against God's nature. God often killed people in the OT for what we might call 'minor infractions'. For example, look at 2 Sam 6:3; 6:6 and 6:7. So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. ...And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God. God killed Uzzah, who thought he was doing a favor when the ark teetered, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady it and God took his life on the spot. Can you now See it? Another example is Lot's wife, in Gen 19:26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. God killed her for looking back. What did you say about God's nature? Again, we are living in a completely different culture than in OT times. In a different country, over 2400 years ago, things were way different. We are living now in a new Covenant with God, the Covenant of Grace. Just because God does not wipe people out for minor infractions in our lifetime does not mean it never happened, it did. It continued in the NT, in acts 5:3, 5:5, 5:6, But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things. And the young men arose and wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him. And in 5:10, his wife who was his accomplice in the lie, walked in and suffered the same fate. Then immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. And the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband. Now, really Pete, Ananias and Sapphira sold a possession, and lied about the price they received and were killed without trial. Are you still standing on the grounds that no one would ever be killed for trying to sway a family member into idolatrous practices, because it is against God's nature? How about a single angel wiping out 185,000 assyrians in one night? (2 Kin 19:35) That should change some people's perception of nice, gentle golden-haired angels, should it not? In the Old Testament God appears overly harsh but His reason could likely be to demonstrate the exacting requirements of the Law. This also demonstrates the need for grace that would eventually be manifested on the cross. In the relative comfort of our modern society much of this violence seems reprehensible yet we can conclude that this harsh requirement was a necessary legality to instill obedience. I really hope your comprehension of God's character and propensities is growing, and you are not just becoming more thoroughly confused. (o: In His service and yours, keliy |
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160 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | keliy | 211317 | ||
Pete, Sorry for the interruption, I exceeded the maximum characters. Here is the rest of my letter: You also asked, "why didn't God kill Lucifer way back in time before all of this mess began?" This goes back to the beginning of God's plan, and why did God, who knows the end from the beginning, ever create Lucifer in the first place? (?!) A parallel question would be, Why did God even put that tree in the midst of the garden if Adam and Eve were not to eat of it? Again, God knew beforehand exactly what would happen. These questions lead up to this: "Why did God even give us the Freedom of Choice? Without the alternatives I just mentioned, would there be a Choice? Could we possibly choose not to sin if sin did not exist, and therefore there was no temptation? Could we ever make a valid decision for ourselves? The answer is quite simple to understand, If there was no choice, there would be no true Love. We would be as robots. God could have made us into holograms that walk around saying, "I love You" all day long, (but I think you get my point.) You also stated, "The Mosaic law of not killing applies to everyone, so to use the argument that we are no longer under the law is baffling." Yes, baffling is a good word here. But Sometimes the laws are broken for the greater good, such as putting a murderer to death. I always try to remember that God is sovereign, He created life, and it is up to Him to decide if a certain life should continue or not. What we look at as a horrible tragedy might be a good thing in the big picture of God bringing His will to us. This is hard, I know, but His ways are higher than our ways. (Isa 55:9) On the other hand, being no longer under the law, I was referring to Jesus' 2 greatest commands. As Jesus said, If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15) There is no way we can keep the commands of Jesus and break one of the ten commandments at the same time. You mentioned your quote about Mark 10:21, "sell all that you have, give to the poor, follow him" and then you comment, "He died for all of humanity but only the Jews need to sell everything they own" This, again, needs to be looked at in context, what is God's purpose for that line being in the Bible. If we each interpret this passage on our own, well then we end up with as many interpretations as we have readers. God's Word is much more truthful than that. The context of this verse is a person coming to Jesus with a question: And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (Luke 18:18) Jesus responded as He did, because the man was asking what he could DO to inherit eternal life. Do you get this? There is nothing that we can DO to inherit eternal life, so Jesus gave this ruler something to do that Jesus knew was beyond his capabilities. That salvation by works is something that is beyond human capabilities is the message that Jesus is teaching to us all in these words. And also, any time we take Jesus words at face value, we are likely to interpret Him falsely, this is intentional, our Lord explains in Matt 13:15: For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.' I hope that many of your questions are sufficiently addressed, the ones that are not, are solved by using many of the same principles. Notice how I keep referring back to the Gospel of Matthew? May God continue to Bless you in your studies, keliy I have written this letter longer than I should, because I didn’t have the time to make it shorter. -Pascal |
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