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141 | Can we learn anything from Naaman? | 1 Sam 15:22 | Country Girl | 127301 | ||
Good response. I hope to see other folks respond. Blessings to you. Country Girl | ||||||
142 | Can we learn anything from Naaman? | 1 Sam 15:22 | Country Girl | 127506 | ||
I almost forgot about putting a wrap on this thread. It looks like it's about panned out. Like I mentioned, it seems significant to me at least that this story stands out head and shoulders above most stories in the OT with several distinctive features. A Gentile, a very powerful and successful Gentile in spite of his leporsy hears about God's healing power but goes to the King of Israel and eventually gets referred to God's current prophet, Elisha. Naturally, in his pagan state of understanding gods, Naaman wants Elisha to come out and perform some grand stand ceremony, probably to include some kind of pazaaz or fireworks, etc. But instead Elisha just simply tells his servant to relay a message and have Naaman dip himself in some dirty, muddy river, not once, not just six times but to dip himself a full seven times. "What kind of silly, stupid non-sense is this?" (Paraphrased from the Bible) "I wanted to see the magnificent power of this God of yours but no you tell me this business of dipping myself 7 times in your dirty river when I've got cleaner rivers back home." Naaman's own servant at home (the one who told him about the potential healing available in her home country in the first place) asks him the all powerful question and makes him re-evaluate his pride. That's what it is you know, the only thing standing between him in his miserable condition as a lepor and complete restoration is his stupid pride. So he goes back and can't you just imagine. He dunks his whole body under that dirty water in the River Jordan, once, twice...on to six times and he's still getting any satisfaction. He's not even seeing a beginning of healing, no remission at all. But he might as well go for the seventh time, he's got nothing to lose. Lo and behold, he comes out of that water with skin as whole, fresh and clean as a newborn baby. Now you can imagine his rejoicing and giving God all the glory and worship all the way home and most likely the rest of his life. Now I've said all that and asked the question to make us think: What could we possibly get out of this lesson, this story from God our Father. Our Bibles in the NT says very clearly and very plainly for us to be "baptized for the remission of our sins" in Acts 2:38. Baptism is compared to death, burial and resurrection in Rom 6 and yet so many want to argue about the sequencing or the timing of salvation. So many folks misuse this passage, saying it's against baptism but if you'll look closely, its main point is something else. 1 Cor 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." Paul realized he had a very short time here on earth and he also realized the tremendously important and expansive job before him. Therefore, he realized his talent was in preaching the Gospel and he let others in the faith do the baptizing. When one looks at ALL the scriptures from the Bible on this subject of baptism, includinig this story of Naaman, I for one can only come away with one conclusion. Like Paul says in Eph 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. The one single baptism we can all be absolutely sure of is that of the baptism of salvation. Blessings to you all. Country Girl |
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143 | explane the book of esther to me | Esth 1:1 | Country Girl | 133359 | ||
It seems that you left out the most dramatic climax of Ester's story. Haman (the bad guy) in the end get his just reward just like a modern movie. Esth 9:20 Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, Esth 9:21 obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually, Esth 9:22 because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor. Esth 9:23 Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. Esth 9:24 For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and destroy them. Esth 9:25 But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. I'll let you elaborate if you'd like. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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144 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | Country Girl | 129516 | ||
I acknowledge what you're saying about the world's obsession with being practical and of course we're all in agreement our first priority is make God, King of our lives. But with that as a given, it does seem that Jesus did use some basic principles of pragmatism with so much talk about parables and "applying Heavenly concepts to earthly stories." Matt 7:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Matt 7:8 "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Matt 7:9 "Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Matt 7:10 "Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? Matt 7:11 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! Here we see Jesus contrasting His Father to our earthly fathers. So of course, we shouldn't let someone take this tendency toward the practical too far but it too does have some value to our understanding of christianity in this modern world. Lastly, I'll agree wholeheartedly we can't possibly improve on His Word and the Guidance therein for every facet of life. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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145 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | Country Girl | 129629 | ||
I'm thinking I can feel free to jump in and respond so here goes. I think your statement shows a lot of wisom. In the final analysis, about as final as you can get on Judgment Day, God is going to be looking to see how we lived our lives. So from a practical standpoint, although DocT's point may be right on target and God IS in fact King of the whole universe, whether or not we make it into Heaven depends on how we lived our lives. Our two choices as freely given by God is to act like He is in fact King of our lives and submit to His commands, guidance and examples in His Holy Word OR we can choose to act in any other way we choose, unruly or unGodly which gets us a one-way ticket to Hell. It seems God's Word is very clear on this matter, is it not? Awaiting your response or possibly DocT's, Hank's?? Blessings to you all. Country Girl PS: By the way, I'm thinking Pragmatism is basically an interesting way to talk about being practical. That is the actual action being accomplished and associated steps to get there in contrast to the theory or merely discussing such an action. In other words: "where the rubber meets the road." |
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146 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | Country Girl | 129738 | ||
Don't you see, I'm just trying to help people be as certain as they can be so we can KNOW we're going to Heaven as described in 1 John 5. There are at least as many scriptures in the Bible in support of my position as there are in favor of yours, i.e. John 12:48 and Rev 2:10. And again, when the scriptures offer two different positions on a particular topic, it's always safer to err on the side of caution. If we do everything in our power to obey God, then we can approach Judgment Day with confidence. Once we know God's commands, we can't tell Him on that Fateful Day tell Him we didn't know of those commands. And since we're all Bible students here on the Forum, we all do want to do ALL of what God wants us to do, right? Blessings to all of God's children and our attempts to obey Him. Country Girl |
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147 | Explain Psalm 23 | Psalm | Country Girl | 124294 | ||
This has got to be at least one of the best, well-known chapters of the whole Bible, and most beloved. It seems very straight-forward and easy to understand, especially if you read the life of King David from the OT. How about making it easy for us? What specific verse or phrase are you having trouble with? The way you've worded your question, it sounds like a "homework assignment" from your Bible class. Surely, you wouldn't be doing that to us, now would you? Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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148 | This is a genuine Miracle!!! | Psalm | Country Girl | 127302 | ||
I'm thankful to God that He performed this miracle of healing on you. Praise God that he takes care of His own. Blessings to you and ALL of His children. Country Girl | ||||||
149 | Anger-Psalm 4:4 | Ps 4:1 | Country Girl | 124299 | ||
I just noticed with all this controversy about the versions of the Bible, no one has done a very thorough job of answering your question. Since we're all Bible students and dealing with anger is a tough topic, I'd suggest we should stick with God's Word in handling it. I would suggest we look to the one single instance where our Lord showed some anger. John 2:14 And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. John 2:15 And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; John 2:16 and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a place of business." John 2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME." And he showed this one single display of anger and NOT a single word or even a look of anger when He was beaten unmercilessly for no good reason before His crucifixtion. He was spat upon and tortured with a crown of thorns and many other abuses totally undeserved. The vast majority of the time like 99.9 percent of the time we humans get angry, it's for a reason far, far less worthy than our Lord's example, "His zeal for His Father's temple." I have to conclude that we all should strive to reduce the number of times we get angry and limit them to true instances of totally Godless injustice in the world. But then we must take care and make certain that we DON'T keep this kind of anger pent up inside us for a long extended period of time as it will just destroy our effectiveness as christians. Paul's words are very instructive in this regard Eph 4:26 "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27nor give place to the devil. Hope this answers your question, at least a little bit. Blessings to you. Country Girl PS: Didn't want to dodge the Bible version controversy. I believe very strongly that the sum total of all the good, well-written, and thoroughly researched versions represent a very good complete Book of Guidance from God. We can take comfort that we do have ALL of what God wants us to know about Himself, His Son and all other matters eteranlly important to Him. As for myself, I prefer the NKJV and NASB, but as I mentioned there are several other good versions. I believe in 1611 and about 350 years thereafter, the KJV was a perfectly good version but now, it's been improved upon with the discovery of those manuscripts. I'm also confident there's very little changes of any significant consequence between the KJV and these more accurate, modern versions. |
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150 | Alleged changes in the NKJV | Ps 4:1 | Country Girl | 124439 | ||
Just another example of the inferiority of the KJV (Yes, I know this is horrors to some of you but it's the truth.) You see, the translators in 1611 didn't want to lose their heads and King James didn't want to be immersed completely but he did want to be a "christian." The translators all knew the original Greek word "baptizo" had one single meaning and that is immersion. Their clever innovation is how we got the word "baptize." It's not a transliteration as it should have been. It was anglicized for King James sake. So you see, translators over the past two thousand years were also human. They too had to deal with the cold, harsh world of their own contemporaries. Remember, kings back then were "divinely apppointed" according to custom. So I would have to side with those folks who cling to the idea that THE original manuscripts actually written by the original authors have either been destroyed or there's no way to know for certain they actually wrote them, i.e. unknown authors. I think you'd have to agree, IF we had any of the original books/scrolls intact, they would have turned into objects of worship and our Lord certainly didn't want that. If you doubt this, just look at the tens of thousands of icons all over the world, especially throughout Mediteranean Europe. That leaves us with the conclusion that ALL the complete manuscripts, books and scrolls from the 2nd century on are merely copies of God's Word and are therefore subject to the ravages of time and the inherent errors of the copying process. Especially difficult in this process is the translating from one language to another, just talk to one of them; it truly is a very difficult job. I also conclude we can confidently say we really do have ALL of God's Word intact and completely saying what God wants to say to His creation. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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151 | Alleged changes in the NKJV | Ps 4:1 | Country Girl | 124447 | ||
I thought I indicated as much in my statement but you stated it much more succinctly than I did. Yes, very definitely I'm convinced as I stated in a previous post, we can believe whole-heartedly that we have ALL of what God wants us to know for eternity. Thanks for clearing that up and blessings to you. Country Girl |
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152 | What is the "horn of my salvation"? | Ps 18:2 | Country Girl | 133556 | ||
I seem to recall it had something to do with the horn of the alter on which the sacrifice was made in the temple. Also the Jewish ritual including sprinkling blood on certain parts of the alter, including the horn. In today's vernacular, those in contract law talk about and discuss the pros and cons of a particular court case and finally it's all summed up by asking/saying "What point of case law is the lawyer going to hang his hat?" That is to say when all is boiled down to the "crux" of the matter, what's the final point? We humans, especially men like to say a "whole lot about a lot of nothing" but I like what King Solomon had to say about it all. Eccl 12:9 In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs. Eccl 12:10 The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly. Eccl 12:11 The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd. Eccl 12:12 But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body. Eccl 12:13 The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. Eccl 12:14 For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil. Hope this helps and Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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153 | Darby Quote on Unity | Ps 133:1 | Country Girl | 128132 | ||
I don't know about John Darby but I do know about one of Jesus' last prayers on this earth was made for us. Jn 17:20 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. 24"Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. 26And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them." It's such a shame that the religious world is so divided when Jesus wanted us to be united so badly. Of course, we all need to imitate what we see and read in our Bibles to come close to that state of unity. But therein lies the big controversy...interpretation. So many ways to look at and understand a certain statement. I guess that's the price we pay for diversity. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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154 | Darby Quote on Unity | Ps 133:1 | Country Girl | 128222 | ||
I do realize there's a wide spectrum of opinions and interpretations on just about every single major issue coming out of our Bibles, but I do think this Forum is a big step in the right direction. I guess each of us has to resolve to do our part, study our Bibles and constantly re-think ourselves, transforming ourselves with much prayer and humility to our God so that He can mold us into what He has in mind for us. Blessings to you for your great knowledge of God's Word and other writings about His Truths. Country Girl |
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155 | Wisdom vs. knowledge | Prov 1:7 | Country Girl | 131898 | ||
Your words do have a very solid ring of truth to them but as DocT implies in his post on this thread, the ultimate wisdom comes from God. In addition to Proverbs, I would really recommend Ecclesiastes for the more mature christian who really wants to get into some deep stuff. We just finished this book, written by the wisest man who ever live or will live, Solomon. It's a sad commentary to his life that in spite of all his wisdom and the wonderful legacy of a wonderful relationship, his father, King David had with God...it's a shame that Solomon didn't follow his own words in Chapter 12 of Ecclesiastes and obey God's Words and keep himself pure from the world. Nevertheless, he was the world's wisest man and we can still benefit from his suggestions. Eccl 12:13 The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. Blessings to all those who obey God's Word. Country Girl |
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156 | Springs? Source of life? | Prov 4:23 | Country Girl | 131221 | ||
I would have to say that the following scripture is a good start. Rom 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Rom 12:3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. We also gain some insight from the words of Jesus Matt 15:11 "It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man." Matt 15:12 Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?" Matt 15:13 But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. Matt 15:14 "Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit." Matt 15:15 Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us." Matt 15:16 Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also? Matt 15:17 "Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? Matt 15:18 "But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. Matt 15:19 "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. Matt 15:20 "These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man." Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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157 | Humility is Foundational | Prov 22:4 | Country Girl | 132982 | ||
Whenever I think of this subject, my mind goes back to the night before Christ's betrayal and trial. He instituted the Lord's Supper and then did something truly amazing. He took a bowl of water and washed the feet of all His disciples, even those of Judas, His betrayer. This Perfect God of ours, about to go through the most gruesome and horrible way to die this planet has ever thought about and die for the sins of the whole world. He knew this would separate Him from His beloved Father, something He was definitely NOT looking forward to. And yet he performed one of the most lowly tasks performed by the lowliest servant in the household. That my friend was truly an incredible example of humility. If we could only imitate it and make it real and genuine in our lives. If we could only learn to serve our fellow man and not hope or expect something in return. Good job in digging up this quote. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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158 | is it ok to kill? | Eccl 3:3 | Country Girl | 125156 | ||
I think these scriptures and general thinking from God as well as those in Romans in support of a sovreign government is sufficient grounds to believe and practice captial punishment for capital crimes. This is further endorsed by recent history of our country. When a large group of people such as a nation go for a long extended period of time without the option of executing murderers, it breeds disrepect and continued lawlessness in others. So it appears to be a perfectly solid conclusion for a nation to endorse a policy of having criminals that choose to "live by sword, then they can die by the sword" and be executed for capital offenses. Blessings to all those studying AND obeying God's Word. Country Girl |
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159 | Do animals have souls? | Eccl 3:21 | Country Girl | 128000 | ||
Upon looking I noticed there's a tremendouw wealth of discussion on this topic. It seems to me that the Bible clearly shows a strong negative response to this question. Whereas those in favor have a rather weak set of sciptures in support. I'll offer a couple rather brief verses from God's Word and then draw a conclusion. First of all, we all know from Genesis 1, that the one and only being in all of God's Creation in whom He made in His Image was the man and woman, Adam and Eve. We also know from Genesis that He gave the rest of the world to mankind to be used as we see fit. Next, we see from the Book of Leviticus a very elaborate system of animal sacrifices directed and commanded by God. In direct contrast, God NEVER does actually condone or command the actual killing of a human being at the discretion of one person. The single instance where God did command Abraham to offer his son, Isaac as a sacrifice, God stopped Abraham from carrying through with the ritual. So, we see from all this that God did create in man His Image which did include our souls. In animals, he created those to be used by mankind like the rest of our world. It seems very clear that God did not create animals with a soul. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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160 | Do animals have souls? | Eccl 3:21 | Country Girl | 129924 | ||
I'm not really sure after reading your post but I'd like to think you're NOT saying that animals have the very same kind of soul and thus the same image of God that was installed in man. Please confirm. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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