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1601 | what's your preference | Heb 12:6 | CDBJ | 202744 | ||
Greetings, If what you are assuming is true and God is the father of all, then how can this verse be factual? John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Something doesn’t fit because what you are suggesting is in opposition to what the Bible is teaching. If you were to die in the next few minutes and God were to ask you, why should I let you come into my kingdom, what do you think you would tell Him? CDBJ |
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1602 | what's your preference | Heb 12:6 | CDBJ | 202762 | ||
Greetings, God is only the father of those that have put their total faith in the finished work of Christ. John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Only those that are secure in Christ can say that God is their father. God only created Adam and Eve the rest of us are procreated. Those that have total faith and trust in Gods Messiah have become a new creation as per, II Cor. 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Those that haven't trusted in Jesus are actually under God's wrath at this very moment. John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. Have you came to the place yet in your spiritual walk where you know “for sure” that eternal life is reserved in heaven for you, or is that something you are still working on? If you would be so kind and take a few minutes and fill out something about yourself in the Personal Profile section of the forum it sure would help those who are trying to post with you. It’s called USER INFO and is located on the left side of the home page. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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1603 | married | Heb 13:4 | CDBJ | 206645 | ||
Greetings Cody, You have me confused for sure! What do those verses have to do with heaven being empty even if it were true about living together as you stated. You made the comment: “If married people arent suppose to live together then everyone since Adam and Eve has broken what God has said and Heaven must be empty.” Everyone since Adam and Eve have actually gone against God but that doesn’t mean that heaven is empty. “We are all eternally separated” from God because of Adam’s sin. But God has resolved this problem “for all those” that are willing to exhibit an “undivided trust and belief” in “Jesus, God’s Son”, and what “He” did for us on the cross. 1 Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. Being in Christ isn’t an automatic thing like being in Adam; have you made that decision yet or is that something you're still working on? Have a great day, CDBJ |
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1604 | married | Heb 13:4 | CDBJ | 206648 | ||
Hi Cody, I understand that as a fact, what I don’t understand is what difference that would make either way with anyone being in heaven or not. CDBJ |
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1605 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | James 2:10 | CDBJ | 211030 | ||
Hi Pete and welcome to the forum. One of the worst things that I did years ago was to try and understand the Bible by starting in Genesis. One cannot understand God's word apart from being lead by His Spirit and in order to do that one needs a relationship with God's Son Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. The best advice that I could give you would be to start in the New Testament with Matthew and up through John then read John again before reading anything else. Be sure and ask God to reveal the truth to you before you study. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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1606 | Does James 2 contradict Romans 4? | James 2:24 | CDBJ | 112356 | ||
Hi EdB, That falls in line with, Hebrews 4:12 (A) For the word of God is living and active. I find it interesting that the less a person knows about something the longer it takes them to try and explain how it works. When the subject it totally known they can describe is very quickly and it’s either take it or leave it. Example. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God speaks and it happens and it’s just the way he wants it. The oldest thing on this planet is gravity yet man still doesn’t understand all there is to know about it. CDBJ |
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1607 | Meaning "dead faith" doesn't save? | James 2:24 | CDBJ | 112363 | ||
Hi Rowdy, Help yourself, it's for the Lord's glory not mine! I feel that He is the one that showed it to me. CDBJ |
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1608 | Secular Humanism: Man Centered | James 5:5 | CDBJ | 200012 | ||
Hi Doc, Your post is very pertinent for today! The way I see it, Secular Humanism, by what ever color people try to paint it as a disguise these days still always seems to bleed through to the top and show up in “opposition” to the work of God that was accomplished in Christ. Where the problem comes in is that the average believer, now days, doesn’t have enough knowledge of Bible doctrine to differentiate between truth and error coming from pulpits. Ephes. 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; Good post and the proper perspective for many of the "mega churches" that are taking hold of the masses in the USA today. They might even be clearer defined as “Religious Secular Humanistic Social Clutches”. CDBJ |
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1609 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | CDBJ | 80416 | ||
Hi EdB, nice post on the faith issue! Some people tout out glibly, keep the faith brother, and don’t even know what they are talking about. The object of our faith is the issue, just as you said; we can have the strongest faith in the world and if the object of our faith is other then Jesus we are in big trouble. God justifies our faith in Christ by bringing Him back to life from the dead. Again nice post and people better get their eyes on Jesus and not faith for faiths sake. CDBJ |
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1610 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | CDBJ | 80508 | ||
Did Jesus go to hell, as so many misinformed would suggest ? This has been covered many times before but for the sake of those that haven’t dug into it I will reiterate. In Acts 2:31 the word translated Hell in the KJV comes from the Greek word HAIDES which was the place of the departed souls, both “good,” the saved, and “evil,” the lost. Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. The best illustration of HAIDES is explained by Jesus Himself in the book of Luke. Luke 16:22-31 KJV And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. HAIDES was the “temporary” location where the souls of those went after separation from their body, what we call physical death. HAIDES had, as Jesus pointed out, three sections to it. |
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1611 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | CDBJ | 80509 | ||
The FIRST section, which in Luke, is called Abraham’s bosom. This section was also referred to as paradise by Christ. Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Before Jesus paid the price for sin, man could not go into the presence of a Holy God with sin only “covered up”, as it were. Hebrews 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. Those sacrifices were only a covering until the Lamb of God could be offered for a perfect sacrifice that would take sin away. The dead that trusted God for their salvation were held captive in a place called paradise until their sin could be taken away completely. John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. After Christ’s death he went to HAIDES and rendered the captives free to go with Him to Heaven. Ephes. 4:8-10 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) The SECOND compartment in HAIDES, mentioned by Jesus, was a place referred to as torments. It is a place of suffering for all those who reject God’s plan of salvation through the perfect sacrifice, Christ. There is fire and suffering connected with this section as was told by the rich man. Luke 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. Though the rich man’s body was someplace else he still had some sort of an interim body with many of the same senses still functioning. It should be pointed out that the rich man could see over to the section of bliss where Abraham was along with all the true believers, yet there was no way for the rich man to get there. While on the topic notice that the rich man wasn’t enjoying the comfort of his friends while in this place of torment as some so smugly say that they will do when they depart this life and go to hell. The THIRD and final compartment or section in HAIDES is what’s called, a great gulf fixed. Luke 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. This is a chasm or an abyss that can’t be crossed and it is the great separation between the extremes that God established, there was no second chance or purgatory; once there your time to trust in God’s salvation plan in Jesus, is over, eternity has been fully activated. I hope this helps when one reads that Christ went to HAIDES, which should be translated to the place of the departed souls. Actually even the section called torments, that is in HAIDES, isn’t the final abode of the wicked, it to will be emptied out one day for a worse condition, just as paradise was emptied for a better condition. Rev. 20:13-15 (NKJV) The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. It is interesting to note that they were judged according to their works. i.e. They (weren’t) trusting in the work that Jesus Christ did for them on the cross, they (weren’t) believers, they are depending on their own good deeds or works, not Christ’s, they have rejected Jesus and were found lacking according to God’s standard which is perfect righteousness. 2 Cor. 5:21 For he (God) hath made him (Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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1612 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | CDBJ | 80524 | ||
I am not in any position to debate diacritical marks that translators put where. Diacritical marks are the expression of a fault in a language and there weren’t any in the language of the New Testament of the Koine Greek. The dependence on syntax to bring out the fuller meaning of thought was the more excepted method when Alexander put the language together. I am afraid I can’t help you there, CDBJ |
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1613 | Rejoice in Suffering! | 1 Pet 1:6 | CDBJ | 22009 | ||
This is a great post Tim! I would like to add to it if I may. Some times we suffer without the understanding of why. It seems so out of place when we see such disasters taking place with in our lives. The loss of loved ones as well as other tragic events. We have to stop and realize that God's object with us is conformation. Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son,. Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. One of our big problems is that we can't see the big picture as God does. His ways are above our ways. Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Now knowing that He has only the best for us, and that is to make us like His son Jesus, all that we suffer is within the scope of God's plan. There are no surprises to God. When something bad happens to us God doesn't say WOW, I didn't know that was going to happen! We just have to trust Him and all that He does for us, even though not all things are good. They are still within the scope of God's design and He culminates even the bad thing, to work together for the overall good. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. The word good is from the Greek (AGATHOS) and it means good of an intrinsic value. It is the same as gold. All the shapes that gold can be formed into are not good but it still worth X amount of dollars per ounce when melted down. The suffering that we go through in life is not good from our viewpoint, but being able to understand it is the key. This is found in the first part of Rom. 8:28 and (we Know) (OIDAMEN) this is in the indicative mood, perfect tense, active voice, 1st person plu. Which says in effect, the indicative mood, is the mood of reality or certainty. The perfect tense, is completed action with finished results in the present time. Active voice, means that the subjects produces the action. I.e. We have to know with out a shadow of doubt that God is still controlling things in our lives and have complete trust in the results even though it doesn't look good to us. It must be settled in our minds! This trust must be the same as the trust that we place in the Lord for our salvation. For we walk by faith not by sight and the path isn't always smooth; there are rocks and ditches that cause problems. Paul tells us that we are to be thankful for all things. 1 Thes. 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. I hope that I haven't confused anyone with this. CDBJ |
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1614 | How was Jesus slain 'before' ? | 1 Pet 1:20 | CDBJ | 40946 | ||
I have a Bible study to teach on Thursday and have been prepping for that so I haven't spent much time on the forum, keep digging into the Word that is good exercise. 2 Tim. 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. |
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1615 | Are there stillborn Christians? | 1 Pet 2:2 | CDBJ | 16693 | ||
Charis, I know that there is no such thing as a stillbore Christian. Anything that the Lord does is perfect. I put this in the form of a question because it looks this way many times with people who go forward in some service to jump through someone’s psychological hoop. A lot of people think that they are saved because they walked an aisle or raised there hand or they did this that, or the other thing. All of these things are works if they didn’t truly trust in Christ at the time they did them. I ask a person one day how he knew that he was saved, his answer was that he went forward in a Billy Graham service, so therefore he must be. As far as the Bible goes, he didn’t even know John 3:16, and he was supposedly saved 15 years ago. It, pardon the expression, looked to me like he was stillborn! PS (I liked your comment, it sounds like we are on the same page.) CDBJ | ||||||
1616 | Are there stillborn Christians? | 1 Pet 2:2 | CDBJ | 16711 | ||
Tim,I thank you for the answer you gave and that was pretty much the same way I found the verse. I just thought that maybe by breaking it down all the way into case, voice, tense, and mood, that something else might show up that I didn’t see on the surface. Reason being there are so many lax Christians when it comes to studying God’s word, as He commanded us to do, that it bothers me. Yours in the musterion of Christ, CDBJ | ||||||
1617 | Stone or stone for 1 Peter 2:4? | 1 Pet 2:6 | CDBJ | 139536 | ||
Hi Ray, With out trying to second guess what the Lord wanted in this situation, he might be leaving the use of the case up to the work of the Holy Spirit; that’s why the Koine Greek didn’t show either case and neither did they use diacritical marks, which is the sign of a weak language as well. Believers, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, automatically know what and who the word lithos, in the original Greek, was in reference to. As a result the use of either case doesn’t matter, as it also didn’t in the Greek, and I am not going to get all bent out of shape over it. That’s what I think and if you don’t agree that fine too, it’s OK. I’m more concerned about the poor lost souls that don’t have anything of the written Word of God in their possession, be it a good or bad translation, many have nothing!!!!! Have a great day, CDBJ |
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1618 | Stone or stone for 1 Peter 2:4? | 1 Pet 2:6 | CDBJ | 139609 | ||
Well Ray, since I’m not writing a new translation of the Bible and I don’t throw any weight around in Washington anymore, you are beating a dead horse. You are casting in a pond that doesn’t have any fish in it if you catch my drift. You would be better off talking to King James if he will answer your calls! CDBJ |
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1619 | Stone or stone for 1 Peter 2:4? | 1 Pet 2:6 | CDBJ | 139652 | ||
Hi Ray, There isn’t a capital letter large enough to cover the respect and glory that is needed with regards to God The Father and His Son, my Lord Jesus Christ!!! These post are falling in along the lines of those the say that some have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior but they haven’t made Him the Lord of their lives yet. We can’t make Jesus Lord of anything, He is what He is and there is nothing that I, or anyone else, can do that is going to change it. Those poor people are living with delusions of grandeur, if they think God the Son isn’t the Lord of their puny miserable life! It’s a good thing that God has a great sense of humor or we would all go home the minute after we trust in Jesus for our salvation! John 10:10 (B) I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Who is making Jesus the Lord of their life in this next verse? Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. I appreciate your gallant effort, but I personally believe that there are much bigger fish to fry, CDBJ John 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. |
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1620 | Why so many destined for Hell? | 1 Pet 2:8 | CDBJ | 70378 | ||
Hi Shelly, your post is good but I have a question and a statement that I would like to mention. A portion of your post reads, God created us hoping that we would spend eternity with Him in Heaven, but He gave us that choice to make. If we believe and confess in Him, then we will be saved. If we don't, we go to hell. For starters we are not created, but procreated, then you said if we believe and confess in Him, with reference to God. This is not what they do in the Islam religion? They believe and confess that they believe in God does that mean that they are saved? |
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