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161 | Violent Correction | Neh 13:25 | Rowdy | 119468 | ||
I'm pondering on my next response but meanwhile I've noticed you and I have dominated this thread and I'd be interested in what our other Forum folks think on this subject. What do yall (that's you all in southern USA talk) think? I'll tune in later on. God bless. --Rowdy |
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162 | Can sickness ever be part of Gods will? | Job | Rowdy | 116208 | ||
I gather from the book of Job that God is NOT the source of the pain and suffering or disease in this world but He does allow it to exist as in Job's story. The main reason for all this misery in the world is so we WON'T get hooked on this world but instead look forward to the Home we have waiting for us in Heaven. I'm convinced since God is spiritual and our inner essence is spiritual, he wants us to reach the point of maturity that we actually look forward to going to this Home in Heaven, ALTHOUGH He wants us to wait for His timing. I also don't think there's anyone left on earth from the 1st century having miraculous powers of healing, speaking in tongues, etc. because all those powers died with the Apostles and the ones on whom they laid their hands. Those gifts were ushered into this world for one express purpose as follows: Acts 14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. 3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders. 4The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. This statement of mine SHOULD NOT be taken to mean that I DON'T believe in miracles directly from God through prayer as you've mentioned, for I do believe. HOWEVER, we must accept God's Will when we don't get the answer for which we're looking. Above all, we MUST pray that our will comes to closer and closer alignment with God's Will. Then, we truly will find peace. Good questions and God bless. |
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163 | God pleased with Job | Job | Rowdy | 119981 | ||
I can only quote from the first chapter Job 1:7 The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." 8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." To me it looks pretty clear that God thought very highly of Job since He initiated the conversation. What do you think? God bless. --Rowdy |
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164 | why does God let pets and kids suffer? | Job | Rowdy | 122360 | ||
I can only refer you to this wonderful book about a man who truly didn't deserve all the pain and sufferinig that came his way. He lost everything including his family and everything he owned so he had much more reason to ask God and did ask God these questions. AND he got a response but it wasn't the response he was hoping for. The bottom line for you and me is that God is the one and only; He created this world and everything in it. So He doesn't owe us an explanation but I have an idea we'll understand His position much better when we reach Heaven. Since you didn't give us any information on your profile, I'm inferring from your post that you must be pretty young. When you gain a few more years, you'll also appreciate a little more perspective about God's position, particularly after becoming a parent and seeing your kids suffer and grow up. By the way, welcome to the Forum. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy PS: You can update your profile by clicking on Update User Info on the lower left corner of your screen. |
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165 | Was Job right and his friends wrong? | Job | Rowdy | 141884 | ||
The main point of the Book of Job is God's message to all of mankind about how He wants us to look at the tragedies and all the pain and suffering of this world. In a nutshell, God gave us an Absolute Perfect world and all of us messed it up and we've done it now at least twice with the advent of the worldwide flood. God wants us to grow up and see that we're just sojourners in this physical world and to learn to prefer His World of the Spiritual in His Home in Heaven. BUT we MUST wait until He calls us to that Home. Until that time, we must live here on earth, dying to sin, living for Christ and realize the gain when we die. That's part of the refining process Peter refers to in his epistle. Naturally, that also means we are here to shine God's Love, His Word and His Will through our lives to others in this world. Hope this helps. God bless. Rowdy |
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166 | Job 1:21 why does he refer to God here w | Job 1:21 | Rowdy | 117556 | ||
You might say that Job knew instinctively what was going on just as we do when we sit and think about all the evil, pain and suffering in the world. All that bad stuff is in the world as a result of our sinful nature but it's true like Job says. The Lord does give and He does take away just like it is with a small child in our homes as parents. In that home a small 2 or 3 year old child explores his/her world and is facinated with all the many fun things to do like touch a hot stove and stick one's finger in an electrical socket. The child experiences pain and as far as they are concerned, we the parent are responsible for indeed we are. After being a parent and rearing our two sons, I can share my experiences. One time when my son was 4 years old, I was mowing the lawn in the back where our metal swing set was and he was playing. I continued my circle around the yard while he continued to run at the swing and push it in front of him to have it fall behind him. Yes, I knew what would happen but my wife and I agreed to "allow him to experience the lesson if he could endure the little bit of pain." Yes, the swing eventually hit him in the back of the head. He came to me crying at which I held him until he stopped crying. Being a carbon copy of his old man, he went back to doing the same thing with the same swing. Yeah, we're both pretty stubborn but that day he taught me something. Our God created us to be tough enough to withstand the pain and suffering of this world, hoping that we'll realize that He's got something far better for us at His House. But we've got to give up our addiction for this finite, physical world and learn to prefer His World of the infinite and spiritual. God wants us to read ALL of His Words, including Job and graduate to His World of the spiritual, heavenly things. One more small point: we MUST let God choose when we get to move on from this world to the next. Good question and God bless. |
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167 | But do we have to sin? | Job 1:21 | Rowdy | 117624 | ||
Paul deals with this kind of thinking as follows Rom 3:5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) 6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? 7Someone might argue, "If my falsehood enhances God's truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?" 8Why not say--as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say--"Let us do evil that good may result"? Their condemnation is deserved. Let no one be deceived. God is not mocked. We will most definitely pay for our sins in this world and reap the full consequences UNLESS we've got the blood of Jesus to cover our sins AND we're sincerely trying our best to live a christian life every day. God bless. --Rowdy |
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168 | 2sam 12 vs 16 to18 | Job 19:21 | Rowdy | 117953 | ||
This child was taken away from David for his sin with Bathsheba and the subsequent killing of her husband. His sin was committed in private but God's consequences were displayed in public as cited earlier in the same chapter. We must remember we all pay for our sins in one way or another, including "reaping what we've sown." We can ask God why He does certain things as He does but we probably won't get much more of an answer than He gave to Job. We have to accept that or make ourselves very miserable. God bless. --Rowdy |
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169 | Shout to the (r)Rock of our salvation? | Ps 95:3 | Rowdy | 122911 | ||
Is there a specific question you're asking us? The only questions I see at the moment, you seem to have answered. If on the other hand, you're making a statement, I can only agree. God bless. --Rowdy |
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170 | Does the Devil know our thoughts? | Ps 139:23 | Rowdy | 112329 | ||
I'm not certain there are scriptures to actually support the conclusion as you've stated it but I do think we can infer a few things. The best I can think of is the example from Adam and Eve. Apparently, he knew Eve was the "weaker vessel" and would be an easier target for his temptations. I think he knew that if he could deceive Eve then she might help him deceive Adam which is exactly what happen with no fault being pointed to the women of the world. That's the way the Lord made us both. The second example I thought of is that of Christ Himself in the desert. There, Satan knew he had to come up with the very best temptations he could possibly muster. We see that in the three items he offered him. The only other item I could offer is from Matthew 10:15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 16I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. As you can imagine, I'm comparing this scripture to picture of the Devil as a serpent. Can the Devil read our minds? Good question...who knows? Probably only God. But I do hope to see some other responses, maybe even more scriptures. God bless. |
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171 | Doesn't it say that? | Prov 3:5 | Rowdy | 107893 | ||
I enjoyed reading your statement. Your analysis is quite right. There's far too much anger and impatience in the world and it seems to be creeping into this forum. We all should emulate the Christ-like behavior characteristics as we were commanded. I guess the job of being a peacemaker comes at too high a price for some folks. Also enjoyed reading your profile. | ||||||
172 | What is human nature? | Prov 14:12 | Rowdy | 116279 | ||
In contrast to the scripture above, our Lord has far higher and better thoughts for us as follows: John 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Our world is physical and finite; His world is spiritual and infinite. We (God and humans) have as much in common as we do with the ants at our feet. Our priorities are different or at the very least our priorities are inclined to be far less worthy of praise and glory whereas every thought, every fiber of His being is glorious and praiseworthy. We're inclined to take the easy way out and to be impatient when it doesn't work out. In contrast our Lord created the world perfectly in 7 days only to watch mankind destroy it over the next several thousand years. Human nature suggests what we are naturally inclined to say and do and it rarely coincides with what God would say and do. Good questions and God bless. |
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173 | Can God Bless America? | Prov 14:34 | Rowdy | 119657 | ||
I can only offer the following quote from Jer 44:7 "Now this is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women, the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant? 8 Why provoke me to anger with what your hands have made, burning incense to other gods in Egypt, where you have come to live? You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations on earth. 9 Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your fathers and by the kings and queens of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem? With just a couple minor substitutions of proper nouns in place of Judah and Jerusalem, one would think this prophecy was being directed to our beloved country. Will we heed the wisdom from our own world history? Or will we continue following the footsteps of the Roman Empire? Will we learn from the guidance as cited in the Book of Jonah and repent like Ninevah? Who could possibly answer these questions, yours or mine but God Himself? I hope and pray that we do so for my kids' sake and my grandchildren. Really good questions. I look forward to seeing other responses. God bless. --Rowdy |
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174 | Can unbelievers pray to God? | Prov 28:9 | Rowdy | 133195 | ||
In addition, I found the following: Prov 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer of the upright is His delight. Prov 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous. God's Word seems to be clear on this point. I realize it's not what most people want to hear but we dare not think He'll contradict His own Words. God bless. Rowdy |
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175 | Money - the answer for everything? | Ecclesiastes | Rowdy | 115655 | ||
Certain portions of this book should be read as being sarcastic. Solomon was a great man and had great wisdom but I'm afraid he let his lifestyle get in his way, between himself and his God. Sometimes he wrote verses from the standpoint of the common man and the way they would like to run the world...wouldn't we all? But alas we come back to reality as does Solomon in the final chapter. | ||||||
176 | does god know everything in the future? | Is 53:1 | Rowdy | 116215 | ||
He not only knew it; He promised it as shown below: Gen 3:14 The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." The main purpose in keeping the Jewish bloodline pure was to keep the people ready for the birth of His Son. The books of the prophets, especially Isaiah is full of prophecies on the life, ministry, death, burial and resurrection of His Son; check Is 53. Yes, our God knows all and is everywhere all the time yet He allows our freedom of choice as shown in the Garden of Eden. God bless. |
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177 | Please explain Isaiah 60 verse 1 | Is 60:1 | Rowdy | 115907 | ||
You have to remember Isaiah was written much in the same way as Daniel and Revelation with a great deal of figurative language. Thus, it is difficult to interpret which portions are to be taken literally and which is figurative. In this case, it looks mostly figurative and I think he's talking about the coming of the Lord's Kingdom in this dispensation after Christianity is established in Jerusalem. But that's my perspective and I'm sure you'll get others. What do you think of this chapter? God bless. |
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178 | Matthew's apparent quote of Jeremiah | Jeremiah | Rowdy | 118959 | ||
Jer 19:1 This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests 2 and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, 3 and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD , O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle. 4 For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned sacrifices in it to gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. 5 They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as offerings to Baal-something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind. 6 So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD , when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. 7 " 'In this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. 8 I will devastate this city and make it an object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds. 9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh during the stress of the siege imposed on them by the enemies who seek their lives.' 10 "Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching, 11 and say to them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter's jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 12 This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the LORD . I will make this city like Topheth. 13 The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Topheth-all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.' " Matthew is referring to both the passage above from Jeremiah AND to the prophecy from Zechariah. It's not presented that way in Matthew but then Matthew's peers knew their scrolls much better than you and I know our OT. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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179 | How is the Word like fire and a hammer? | Jeremiah | Rowdy | 119692 | ||
Cited for context Jer 23:28 "The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?" declares the LORD. 29 "Is not My word like fire?" declares the LORD, "and like a hammer which shatters a rock? 30 "Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who steal My words from each other. 31 "Behold, I am against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who use their tongues and declare, 'The Lord declares.' 32 "Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams," declares the LORD, "and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit," declares the LORD. It seems rather clear that God's Word as cited throughout the Bible should be considered a weapon, especially against false teachers. His Word should ALWAYS be used to "test everything" or to "inspect a brother's works (his fruits)" as cited in 1 Thes 5:21 and Col 1:10. So you see, the Word of God is a wonderful and versitle tool. It's a comfort and full of solutions to those full of Godliness, hungering and thirsting for righteousness but for those that have their own agenda, they must answer to God. We do well to remind them which is done most powerfully when we show them God's Word through our lives as His children in our obedience. For some never read or study seriously His Word and must rely on you and me to show them, hoping and praying they will be inspired to study God's Word on their own. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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180 | "Ah, Sovereign LORD ," I said, "I do not | Jeremiah | Rowdy | 122212 | ||
It's difficult to interpret correctly what all these symbols mean but it is helpful to remember that Jeremiah was the weeping prophet. He saw the coming doom of his nation and knew that his people were doing this to themselves. God was trying to motivate the Israelites to repent and come back to Him. I'm afraid I don't really know what the symbol of the almond tree meant to the Jewish people but hopefully you'll get another response from the Forum with that answer. God bless. --Rowdy |
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