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161 | Scientific Cosmology vs. bible teaching. | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 59817 | ||
I agree, ahfs1, and Welcome to the Forum! At least this has to be the case with Adam and Eve. They were created full grown. So, while they appeared to be in the prime of adulthood (say thirty years old) they were only hours old! And when God made the dry land appear (Gen 1:9), the hills and mountains (Gen 7: 19, 20) were formed in a day. At the rate of today's geologic processes, it would take eons to form mountains. So again we have "full grown" mountians, but only a day old! Peace, |
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162 | Scientific Cosmology vs. bible teaching. | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 59812 | ||
Greetings Hank: You mention, "what the scientific community really knows about creation." Is there a creation for some (namely atheists) in the scientific community? (Heb. 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.) Since the scientific community is made up of believers and unbelievers (which means that some don't believe there is a creation), is it united on what it knows about creation? Therefore, shouldn't the question of supposed disparities be a qustion for believing scientists only (i.e. icr.org, as you noted) without reference to the scientific community as a whole? Peace, |
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163 | The 4th Commandment an Essential Link | Mark 2:27 | Lionstrong | 59444 | ||
The Fourth Commandment stands as a link between those commandments having to do with our love toward God and those of our love directed to man. For while the Fourth Commandment properly belongs not to our duty to man but to God, it was, nonetheless, made for the benefit of man. Thus it ties the two greatest commandments together, to love God and to love our neighbor. Because the Fourth Commandment serves as a link between the "two tablets of the Law" is another evidence in corroboration of its validity for the New Testament Israel. To say that only the other nine are operative destroys the link that ties the love of God and the love of man together. The Ten commandments are an unbreakable unity. Peace, |
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164 | Extra! Extra! | Gen 2:1 | Lionstrong | 58498 | ||
Hello Dasev, It (the Gap theory) is not generally accepted. It is a pretty recent turn of the century (last century) error. Look up the history of this doctrine on the Institure for Creation Research website (www.icr.org), and in their book, The Genesis Flood. For Biblical proof against the Gap error, check out Exodus 20:11 and underscore the words "heavens" (plural) and "all." Do a search and find my posts on the Gap theory, and please make your rejoinders there. I think a discussion of the Gap error is more appropriate under those threads, not here. Nonetheless, thanks for your interest. Peace, |
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165 | Imperatives not true or false | Ps 119:142 | Lionstrong | 58178 | ||
Hello Steve, Correct, Gordon Clark. Had the privilege of meeting him before he died. His meaning of imperative is the ordinary dictionary definition, that is, a command or request. Within the set of imperatives (the Decalogue) of Exodus 20 there are indicative statements. So, while the "Thou-shalt-nots" of the Decalogue are neither true nor false, we do have within it indicative statements that can indeed be true or false. God's imperatives are not given in a vacuum. Although the sufficient reason for all God commands is that He is God, he does many times give us other reasons for his commands. Some commands are also given in their historical or situational context to make the reason they are given understood. So, I think that the truth that the psalmist and Paul are talking about is not the imperatives themselves, but the whole system in which the imperatives are imbedded. The commands are given in an historical or situational context, and/or God gives additional reasons for the command. So it is in the context and reasons that we find truth, and these truths are inseparable from the commands. They form a system called the Law of Lord (Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.). Peace, |
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166 | What does the Lord's prayer mean when it | Matt 6:13 | Lionstrong | 56615 | ||
Sorry Joe, The note should read "Am I being picky..." |
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167 | What does the Lord's prayer mean when it | Matt 6:13 | Lionstrong | 56591 | ||
Hi Joe, I'm I being picky if I note that leading us into temptation is not the same as tempting us? After all the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted. Peace, |
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168 | Is it not FAITH that pleases GOD? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 52783 | ||
Dear Vume, Thanks for your answer. It clarifies something for me. I thought you were using action in the sense Paul used works of the law. And of course you know that we are not justified by the works (actions) of the law. Yes, believing is an action, but it is not the outward action of keeping God's good and holy law. It is an inward, internal or mental action. Faith is not something we do outwardly (although it RESULTS in outward obedience to the commands of Christ). It is an action solely of the mind. John 6:27 "Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal." John 6:28 Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?" John 6:29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent." Peace, |
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169 | Did I stick my neck out? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 52612 | ||
Dear Justme, Just... a note of correction. You wrote that faith is action, not a thing. Faith is not action. Faith RESULTS in action as Father Abraham is a good example. Saving faith is believing God's word. Rom. 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? " And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." Rom. 4:18 In hope against hope he believed, in order that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, " So shall your descendants be." Rom. 4:19 And without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb; Rom. 4:20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, Rom. 4:21 and being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to perform. Peace, |
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170 | omangamobisa@yahoo.com | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 52406 | ||
Dear Momma, As I review God’s Word I come to two conclusions: (1) Hearing God speak is not the universal experience of God’s people. To this you’ve already given your assent. Further, (2) to seek to hear God speak is not something that is taught or encouraged in the Word. We are to believe and obey what God has already revealed through His prophets and apostles in His Word, the sixty-six books of the Holy Bible. At one point in the History of God dealing with His people, he did permit them all to hear His voice. God was pleased that after hearing his voice His people begged that He would not speak to them directly, but through His prophet. (Compare Ex 20 and Deut 5.) God does speak to man (Deut 5:24), but for our sakes and because God is high and holy speaking to man is not something He does commonly nor casually. All that we need to know of God and for daily living in this broken world God has already revealed to us in His Word. It is by this Word that we are to know, believe God and be directed by His Spirit. Matt. 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, ' Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" 2 Tim 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Tim 3:17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for EVERY good work. (my caps) 2 Pet 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 2 Pet 1:3 seeing that His divine power has GRANTED to us EVERYTHING pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. (my caps, "granted" past tense, already been done. "granted... everything": everything "through the true knowledge of Him" (revelation) has already been granted. Peace, |
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171 | omangamobisa@yahoo.com | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 52218 | ||
Dear Momma, A question: Before you learned to recognize His voice, did you mistake someone else's voice for His? Peace, |
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172 | omangamobisa@yahoo.com | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 52192 | ||
Dear Momma, Does one limit God when he says that God cannot lie, or is he simply saying what God has revealed about Himself? Matt. 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, ' Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" So the word that proceeds out of the mouth of God is heard on a daily basis by some believers? I thought the word was only that which God has already spoken through Christ and His prophets and apostles, that word which is already written down in Holy Scripture. Heb. 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, Heb. 1:2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. I thought that God speaking to people was very selective, not something he did routinely and casually with many of His people. Num. 12:5 Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward, Num. 12:6 He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream. Num. 12:7 "Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household; Num. 12:8 With him I speak mouth to mouth, Even openly, and not in dark sayings, And he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant, against Moses? " This is not a matter of limiting God, but of what God says about His speaking to people. The Bible does NOT teach that one of the blessing of being reconciled to God through Christ is daily conversations with God. If it does, pleas show me. For guidance in daily living we take our concerns to Him in prayer (Phil. 4:6,7). Then we have the leadership of the indwelling Holy Spirit through His written word and the counsel of those He has gifted to be our pastors and teachers and counselors. Peace, |
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173 | omangamobisa@yahoo.com | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 52021 | ||
Dear Momma, Heb 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, Heb 1:2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. I've never heard the voice of God. I believe He has said in His Word all that he wanted to say and all that we needed to hear. In my experience, people who hear voices tend to ignor the Word. They may be listening to a certain angel of light for all they know. 2 Tim 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Tim 3:17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for EVERY good work. (my caps) 2 Pet 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 2 Pet 1:3 seeing that His divine power has GRANTED to us EVERYTHING pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. (my caps, "granted" past tense, already been done. "granted... everything": everything "through the true knowledge of Him" (revelation) has already been granted. The listening we need to do is not with our ears for some immediate audible revelation from God, but with our understand of the Word of God, not some subjective voice in our heads. We are lead by His Spirit as we become doers of His Word. Peace, |
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174 | What day did Jesus really die and get up | Matt 26:17 | Lionstrong | 52010 | ||
Dear Magnum, Although the 6th day to the 1st day is not three nights, it is three calendar days. Jesus died at the end of the 6th day: first day. The Sabbath began that evening and continued to the next evening: first night and second calendar day. The first day of the week started that evening, and He rose early in the morning: second night, third calendar day. So it was the sixth day, seventh day, and first day, three days and two nights. Whereas I don't understand the three nights of Jonah that Jesus spoke about, Jesus death covered a period of three calendar days, as the Sripture said (1 Cor 15:4). Reading the Gospels, I see only two nights. In order for Jesus to have been dead for three solar nights in three calendar days, He would have had to have died at the beginning of the sixth day (in the evening), and not at the end of the sixth day (during the last hours before sunset). The Gospels say he died in the afternoon before the Sabbath and rose on the first day of the week. Now if He rose in the evening of the first day, then it's three calendar days, but only two solar days and nights. If He rose on the morning of the first day, then it's three calendar days, three solar days and two solar nights. If this special sabbath you speak of was not the weekly Sabbath, where do you find in the Scripture a special sabbath falling on the sixth day of the week just after the Passover? I know there are other sabbaths beside the Sabbath, but I don't remember one falling just after the Passover. Interesting study. Peace, |
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175 | Searcher 56: Over 3,000 - Wow! | Ps 45:1 | Lionstrong | 51855 | ||
Dear Hank, Insults are personal, and don't like using the Forum for personal notes. For personal correspondence, please use my e-mail address found in my personal profile. Besides, how can this verse be construed as an insult? Peace in the Lamb, |
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176 | Searcher 56: Over 3,000 - Wow! | Ps 45:1 | Lionstrong | 51780 | ||
Luke 16:15 ...for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. Just a thought. Peace, |
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177 | Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? | Ex 20:8 | Lionstrong | 51259 | ||
Agreed ABC! And welcome to the Forum. One must always pray, but whatever decision one comes to, he must endeavor to ensure that such a position conforms to the Word. He must not come to his decision based upon some supposed new revelation received in answer to prayer. Is 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. Peace, |
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178 | What exactly is predestination? | 1 Thess 5:17 | Lionstrong | 49803 | ||
Dear Aspiring, As you said, God knows what choices we will make. He is omniscient, and is therefore ignorant of nothing. He knows that many will take the broad path to destruction while few will find the narrow to life. Even though that "few" will be more than is humanly possible to count, it will still be few, relative to the number of those who will be lost. And if God is not ignorant of all the choices men will make, then is it possible that someone will choose contrary to his knowledge? So if God knows that a man will choose to remain in his rebellion, then how can that man choose otherwise? If he makes a choice other than the one God knew he would make, then God was ignorant of that choice and is no longer omniscient. But God is omniscient. Therefore all choices have been eternally known and cannot be changed. Therefore the number of the "few" who will be saved has been fixed from eternity, and will not increase nor diminish. Peace, |
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179 | Man Could Have Been Made Solitary | Gen 2:18 | Lionstrong | 49070 | ||
Dear Ray, Thanks for your thoughts. You write, “Could it be that God is both male and female but male in His image?” Let me respond: I learned a distinction between sex and gender from reading C. S. Lewis. Something can be masculine or feminine without being sexually a male or female. God wanted the earthly creatures with bodies to reproduce themselves and fill the earth. He made the means of procreation for these bodily creatures sexual. Now, God is not a sexual being because he does not have a body. He is spirit. He may be masculine, but he is not male. And if He is masculine, then his masculinity may be such because all of creation is feminine with respect to him. I think of Christ and the church. We (his people) are feminine with respect to Christ. He is the bridegroom; we are the bride. Now the church is made up of male and female persons, but this fact is irrelevant when we are considered as one body of believers. As a unit we are feminine with respect to Christ. God is neither male nor female, but he is in all respects personal. We are personal because we are the image of God. Our primary relationship is upward not downward; therefore as the image of our creator we are persons, which is something animals and machines are not. On the other hand, as we are made to live in the same environment as other earthly creatures, we therefore, are sexual, which is something God is not. However the point of my meditation, as Momma rightly mentioned, was to highlight the importance that God created man not to be alone. We were made to live in community, not in isolation. We were made not only to love God first, best and always, but also to love our neighbor as ourselves. Peace, |
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180 | An Argument from Silence and A Thought | NT general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 49021 | ||
Thanks for your response, 4me2liveisChrist: However, whereas the Jewish believer MAY have believed in a plurality in God from the writings of the OT Scriptures, the OT does not clearly reveal that the plurality is triune. For example, we have the passages where God says, "Let Us...." Here we see a plurality, but we're not told here how many Persons there are. We find that the plurality of God as being triune clearly revealed in the NT only. Of course, now we can look back and see the Trinity in the OT, but the OT believers did not have our advantage. Peace, |
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