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141 | What is Joy? | Ps 16:11 | Scribe | 42600 | ||
Forgiveness of sins | ||||||
142 | Take Your Holy Spirit from me? | Ps 51:11 | Scribe | 43051 | ||
? This admonishment from your friend sounds like the result of having to defend an unscriptural doctrine. He/she did not like that way the psalm was written and felt compelled to change it. This should have been a warning to him that they might have a wrong doctrine. The TRUTH does not need defending. I will sing and pray Psalms 51 as written and admonish anyone that would tell me not to that THEY should be carful that they are defending a man made doctrine. And if you don't think the Holy Spirit can be taken from a man then you do not have a healthy fear of God. If David had not of repented he would have ended up like Solomon sacrificing to false gods. New Testament christians can end up going back to what they were if they do not repent of sins that they are convicted of. Get rid of this strange idea that OT truth is false. Truth is eternal Truth never changed The Law and the Prophets did not become an untruth after the Cross The Law and the Prophets are understood in a fuller measure as a result of the Cross. The Jew is not bound to the ordinances of temple worship after the fulfillment of these things in Christ (the gentile never was) but the Truths that the temple worship were pointing to are eternal. The truth that the wages of sin is death is both a new testament and OT doctrine. No the Holy Spirit did not leave David, and it does not leave us if we have the heart of David and repent when convicted. But if David did not repent the Holy Spirit would have left. If a new testament saint hardens their heart and whispers peace and safety to themselves (with the help of the enemy) and refuses to repent of such things as fornication then they will eventually become apostate. But, you say this cannot happen, they will always eventually repent becuase they are born again and cannot stay in that miserable state. And to that I say amen, that is why you know them by their fruits. The saved repent. If one refuses to repent and dies in that state they are not saved. |
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143 | Take Your Holy Spirit from me? | Ps 51:11 | Scribe | 43055 | ||
The Holy Spirit will not abide in an unrepentant murderer, in the OT or the NT. But if a man is repentant then he has promise of the Holy Spirit adiding with him forever. Why is this point important? Because there are those that are fornicating behind the backs of their mates today while going to church on Sunday and saying they believe in a doctrine that they are still going to heaven but they will just loose some rewards when they get there. They obviously do not have the Holy Spirit even now if they really believe this. |
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144 | Take Your Holy Spirit from me? | Ps 51:11 | Scribe | 43109 | ||
Now don't get huffy :) | ||||||
145 | Is "Revival" A Biblical Concept? | Ps 85:6 | Scribe | 56062 | ||
It is probably a post book of Acts concept since the book of Acts is the ideal (inspite of the imperfections) we would not read of a need for a revival until we get to Revelation chapters 2-3 then we see Jesus calling the church to return to their first love (even if that applied only to the church of Ephesus, we still see that there was a call to return on a local assembly level) So if we are speaking of a local church being called to repent and return to what they once learned and knew then yes it is biblical. |
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146 | His Spirit or Moses'? | Ps 106:33 | Scribe | 41381 | ||
Interesting. KJV says. so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. But the fact is they provoked God's Spirit and Moses' | ||||||
147 | Which verse is the middle of the Bible? | Ps 118:8 | Scribe | 86320 | ||
Psalm 118:8 |
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148 | PLEASE TELL ME | Ps 143:6 | Scribe | 86576 | ||
Psalms 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. I think you might be quoting a song sung in some churches, and is probably based on this scripture. |
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149 | Is dance praise and worship 2 sam 6? | Ps 149:3 | Scribe | 41911 | ||
Ps 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. I would say there is scripture to say that God is pleased with the heart of FAITH that dances in joy, I do not think this is the same as learned dancing such as needing to take lessons or anything. When we dance with joy before the Lord out of exhuberant praise it is the same as when someone starts jumping up and down with glee. Or when we do a musical dance that we sort of make up as we go, this too is acceptable and belongs to that realm of the being spiritually affectionate toward God. |
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150 | Don't understand Jesus's view on alcohol | Prov 20:1 | Scribe | 84581 | ||
There are some excellent books written that use many historians, and agricultural writters who wrote about wine making, preserving wine, etc during the time of Christ. One is Wine in the The Bible: A biblical study in the use of alchoholic beverages. By Samuele Bacchiocchi. There are others and even an ancient encyclopedia from an expert of the time. When all the facts of the culture and customs are examined there is a huge amount of evidence that the common folks were known to dilute wine and to take great precautions to try and keep their wine from fermenting as long as possible. So there is more evidence that the water turned to wine at the wedding was non alcoholic than not. And there is more evidence that the accusations of being a winebibber did not mean He drank alcoholic wine but only that false accusations were being launched. I personally believe after studying many of the historians of the time and agricultural books written on wine at the time that it would be more honest to assume that the pattern fit the norm of society at the time and so it was either non fermented or diluted to a degree that it would take considerable effort to get intoxicated. I do not say that about ever reference to wine in the whole bible. There are references that are talking about non diluted wine, but I do not believe Jesus partook of that type. There is no way to prove it. I have to walk in the light that I have been given. With my knowledge of both the scriptures condemning wine, and my knowledge on many extra biblical texts written at the time describing the common culture of diluting the wine and taking great pains and methods to try to keep it from fermenting as long as possible, that the wine that was like our “ice tea” used by many families and common people, was more often diluted or not fermented, so that for me I feel I am on more solid truth to think that this was the kind that Jesus and the apostles drank at the Lords Supper, and therefore I would not have confidence and be lieing against my conscience of truth if I were to use the store bought wine for the Lord’s Supper, I would feel more confident in using either grape juice (which is wine) or diluted wine (such as non alcoholic wine). But what is the will of the Lord for you? Ephesians 5:17-18 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; |
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151 | Don't understand Jesus's view on alcohol | Prov 20:1 | Scribe | 85381 | ||
Acts22 You state "There is little doubt that our Lord Jesus drank wine at His Passover supper" Luke 22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. Mark 14:23-25 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. Matthew 26:27-29 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. You know I have not researched this before now, I always thought it was clear that Jesus did not drink wine at the Lord's Supper. |
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152 | What about those who never hear gospel? | Prov 24:12 | Scribe | 85857 | ||
Romans 2:14-15 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) First of all the Lord knows whether a man really "knew it" or not because he knows the deepest parts, that part of the conscience and will of man and how that person did indeed sin against that knowledge. The scripture in Romans is a scripture that applies to all gentiles including the poor native in the jungle. He knows by instinct what is right and wrong. And when he has violated that conscience he has sinned. The fact that he has not heard about Jesus simply means he has not heard about the details of how God provided a remedy for sin. All natives in all jungles have violated their conscience at least once and have chosen to do what they knew was wrong.. therefore as it relates to their rightstanding with God on the basis of whether they have kept the inner moral instinct that they knew, their conscience will convict them as law breakers. Let me repeat ... their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another..In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. In that day what will their conscience do Excuse them or Accuse them? Without fail it will Accuse them. For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. Now lets answer the question, "What if said jungle native realizes he is guilty of not being true to the inward knowledge of what is right and decides to spend the rest of his days seeking to do well." Now he has not heard of Jesus, but it is certainly the Spirit of Christ that has motivated him to do right. The man seeks to make restitution, for wrongs done. He is not necessarily trying to make himself acceptible before God, he is simply feeling bad about that which he did to his neighbor that he wants to try and make right somehow. So he goes to the neighbor and pays him 3 monkeys trying to ask forgiveness. He will find as a result of this sincere desire to do right that his conscience is quickened a little, and light or illumination will be granted him. The more he seeks to do right and with the knowledge he has, seek justice, such as take up for the abused around him, he will recieve more light. Soon God will direct the man to a village or something where as if by "accident" he will come upon a missionary who will point him in the way of Christ. Or such a man might even recieve a dream by God telling him what to do whereby he must be saved. Acts 10:2-6 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. There are many many scriptures that teach us that those that seek to do well will certainly be given the understanding of Faith and will be saved. They will not be saved because they do well, but their desire to do well will bring them into the light and will allow them to hear. Those that choose to do evil will be driven to darkness and their rebelion against their conscience will cause their conscience to eventually be seared so that they cannot hear. The fact that many jungle native, refuse to seek to do what their conscience tells them they ought to do, does not make them innocent but rather guilty. |
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153 | What about those who never hear gospel? | Prov 24:12 | Scribe | 85974 | ||
Good word. I like it. It is so true. Of course I would add that I am of the persuasion that the native is born with the ability to seek after God, God does not make him unable from birth to seek after God, he only would become unable by his own "I dont care attitudes" which would in time give him over to a reprobate mind. Acts 17:26-28 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. |
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154 | What about those who never hear gospel? | Prov 24:12 | Scribe | 86084 | ||
I see no contradiction. I have never once seen a contradiction in the sinfulness of man and the fact that he can attempt to be moral and choose to do well. That fact does not make him innocent or make up for the wrongs he has done or will do. I never even heard of another idea (man can't choose) until I had been a committed christian for over 5 years. Not until I met a Calvanist did I know anyone thought that way. And he was a drinker, so I never gave it much thought. My point is you have to be trained by other men to think in terms of men not being able to choose to do well. They have still all failed. | ||||||
155 | Where there is no vision, people perish? | Prov 29:18 | Scribe | 42479 | ||
The KJV (my favorite) says. Where there is no vision, the people perish If you look up this word in the KJV you will see that it is overwhelmingly used for the prophet who spoke the Word of God to the people calling them to repentance. There were many pillow prophets and false prophets speakning "blessings" and "peace and saftey" at times in Israel's history when there was "no open vision" and the "word of God was precious" If today you have many men preaching but preaching from their own heart and not giving a challenging word from God as revealed to them in prayer and seeking after God's heart, you end up with a people that perish for no prophetic vision. They continue on in their sins with no alarm of the impending judgement to come. And if a minister comes along and decides to obey the heart of God and call the people to repentance he is quickly voted out of the pulpit for a more "tolerable" minister that will "understand" the people. It is only when the preaching of the Word is being done by the power of the Holy Spirit that people will be convicted of sin. Without this dynamic of the anointing the people cast off restraint and say "we are saved to do all these abominations." May God Bless you in the Study of His Word. |
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156 | isaiah 65:20 ? | Isaiah | Scribe | 55706 | ||
The reason strongfellow gives for saying heaven is seen here... Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. The new earth will have a "new Jerusalem" We know that prophecy in the old testament will skip whole ages in one verse. In Joel 2:28 you have an example often used to demonstrate this idea. Peter quoting Joel on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2 says "this is that..." but then we know that the rest of the verse was not yet,.. the part about the moon turning to blood and the day of vengeance of God. So it could be that though Verse 17 mentions the coming new heaven and new earth, the prophecy then shifts to a promise of something in Jerusalems future. A 100 years fits into the present time. Maybe the promise is that God will restore Jerusalem and they will prosper to a degree that they will have good health and hospitals and medical care etc. If it is referring to the millenial I think that 100 is a bit short don't you? I mean why not 1000? Now shifting from this passage to Revelation I believe that the New Jerusalem is a spiritual revelation of something bigger than we can comprehend. I don't think it is about a literal city with streets of gold, but a revelation of something better than streets of gold but we cannot understand it becuase eye has not seen nor has the mind of man ever comprehended the invisible things of heaven. May God bless you in your study of His word. |
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157 | Israel becoming a nation? | Is 18:1 | Scribe | 57383 | ||
Is 18:1-7 Isaiah 18:1-7 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. What do you think this means? |
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158 | and the earth shall cast out the dead. | Is 26:19 | Scribe | 42601 | ||
Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Can you tell me more about this verse? |
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159 | and the earth shall cast out the dead. | Is 26:19 | Scribe | 42679 | ||
Thank you. Then if this verse applies to the promise spoken about the glorification of the saints, wouldn't it be good exegesis to apply the rest of the passage event surrounding this rising of the saints. Isaiah 26:19-21 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. According to this passage, immediatlly after the rising of the saints, what happens? Does the world immediatly enter into the 1000 year reign? NO Look at what happens after the saints rise... Isaiah 26:20-21 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. So we see a time of outpouring of judgment on the world while the saints are hidden by God. Sounds as though this foundational prophecy that Paul got his revelation from is pre-trib in scope. Again I am not dogmatic about that which might be beyond human grasp. May God bless you in your study of His Word. |
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160 | What is the meaning of "line upon line" | Is 28:10 | Scribe | 55557 | ||
I have been studying this in context and I am understanding it differently than the way it is most commonly preached. Can you give me your insights on this verse. What do you think it means by "Line upon Line, precept upon precept?" there is no reason to quote Matthew Henry or other well known commentaries, I would be interested in your thought based on the logical reading of the context. Thanks. | ||||||
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