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161 | NT tithing completely unbiblical? | Matt 23:23 | Reighnskye | 133385 | ||
Mark D Seyler, Here is an answer to your questions about biblical giving. Don't stop at ten percent. - Acts 2 44 And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; 45 and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. (NAS95) Acts 4 34 For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales 35 and lay them at the apostles' feet, and they would be distributed to each as any had need. (NAS95) - Rather, give 100 percent of your property and possessions to your local church, instead of merely ten percent. Why hold back? (Unless, of course, your local assembly will spend the entire sum on new stereo equipment or landscaping development.) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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162 | NT tithing completely unbiblical? | Matt 23:23 | Reighnskye | 133383 | ||
Kalos, You are right on target. :) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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163 | NT tithing completely unbiblical? | Matt 23:23 | Reighnskye | 133382 | ||
Dalcent, You reference the following verse to support tithing: Matthew 23 23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. (NAS95) Insofar as the tithe referenced here is a commandment to pay taxes to the Jewish government, are you therefore suggesting that I should also pay taxes to the Jewish government? Or simply to the US government? What's this got to do with my local church assembly? Were the Pharisees born again church members? - You afterward reference this next scripture unit in regards to tithing: Genesis 14 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. 19 He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." He gave him a tenth of all. (NAS95) Here we clearly see the origination of the tithe in the establishment and reinforcement of the Old Testament Law. But this does not make a case to the New Testament believer to support paying a tithe to the local church. In fact, there is no reference to the church here, nor does the New Testament interpret this verse as giving ten percent to one's local church assembly. - As far as arguing that the Old Covenant is still in force, except when contraindicated by the New Covenant, on what do you base this? Are you suggesting that a portion of the Law is passed away for us, while we should just live under certain parts of the Law? In other words, I should live under half of the Law, and not the other half? Further, if it would be rare for Christians today to say that we are not under the Old Testament Ten Commandments, it would only be on the basis of ignorance. If I were under the Ten Commandments today, I should therefore only live in fear that I would be executed if I pick up sticks on the Sabbath. I suggest that the organized religion today has reduced the Ten Commandments into a nice self-help philosophy text, that we should each attempt to diligently adhere to. However, the biblical Ten Commandments were a set of legal restrictions that were placed on the Jewish nation, carrying severe penalties, up to and including execution, if they were disobeyed. If I attempt to adhere to the Ten Commandments today, should I not be executed if I break any of them? Certainly so, lest I do not truly respect them, as so they were first intentioned. - I will add a verse here regarding the Ten Commandments and how they were intentioned only for wicked and perverse reprobates: 1 Timothy 1 8 But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 9 realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers 10 and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, (NAS95) - Lastly, I suggest that it would be incorrect to view the New Testament revelation of the Gospel as the second half of an incomplete Old Testament. This would then infer that the New Testament gospel was only a "half-message", apart from the knowledge of the OT Law. Rather, I would suggest that the New Testament gospel is complete in and of itself, without any reference to the old. In fact, the new completely eclipses the old. Although Jewish believers had the Law as a tutor to instruct them of their sins, nonetheless the Gentiles were completely without the Law of Moses under the ministry of Paul, and yet they still could become saved, without being instructed in the Ten Commandments. Romans 2 12 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law; 13 for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. 14 For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, 15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, (NAS95) That is, even if a person has absolutely no knowledge of the Law (as per the common gentile), the New Testament Gospel of grace can still save them. Peter's Jewish converts had the luxury of possessing a knowledge of the Law of Moses, but Paul's Gentile converts did not. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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164 | Anarchy or pacifism? What's biblical? | Ex 3:9 | Reighnskye | 133380 | ||
Batunde, Thanks much :) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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165 | Discerning supernatural effects? | Heb 5:14 | Reighnskye | 133062 | ||
Thanks, PBTG, I would have to fully agree. Such things are spiritually appraised. Any attempts to discern supernatural affects with our fleshly minds can only lead to error. - Reignskye |
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166 | Discerning supernatural effects? | Heb 5:14 | Reighnskye | 133057 | ||
Praise Be To God, Some examples of supernatural effects may include pulling fire from the sky, walking on water, ascending into the air or interacting with spirit entities. How do we discern what's from God and what's not? Is there a baseline measure? - Reighnskye |
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167 | Is God male as opposed to female? | Matt 28:19 | Reighnskye | 133054 | ||
J Chrichton, Thanks for your response. I am in no way suggesting that God is female nor do I hold that God is inherently male. The classic definition of male would be someone who possesses male reproductive organs. I do not believe that God is male or female. Rather, the 1000 plus references of God's fatherliness or masculinity seem to me as being allegories moreso than anything else, so that we may better comprehend God with our finite minds. In other words, we understand God by utilizing references that we already know, such as "father" or "man". Therefore, God chooses to communicate in this way. I don't believe that a mortal mind can truly comprehend God's full nature, so these allegorical concepts are used by God. - Reighnskye |
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168 | Does God possess a spirit body? | John 4:24 | Reighnskye | 132844 | ||
Thanks, Hank. :) You are definitely right about the contradiction in terms. Yet Paul himself uses an equivalent (or at least similar) term in 1Cor 15:44, although many may argue that the "spirit (or spiritual) body" here is simultaneously material as was Christ's resurrected body, as per common eschatological interpretations. Thus a material spirit. - 1 Corinthians 15 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. (NAS95) - You may further reference my response to Kalos for clarification. I apologize for the breakdown in terminology. If you might have an alternate terminology available, I would be glad to use it, but I've thus far failed, on my part, to find it. - Reighnskye |
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169 | Does God possess a spirit body? | John 4:24 | Reighnskye | 132842 | ||
Kalos, A spirit body would be a body composed of spirit matter and/or energy, although the terminology begins to break down here quite a bit. Perhaps a finer term would be "ethereal" (or non-material) body, though even this further redefinition breaks down, insofar as the english language is largely lacking in adequate terms. A further rather atrocious term would be "ghost body". Here are a couple of more concise verse references for you. - Job 4 15 "Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up. 16 "It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: (NAS95) Daniel 10 5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of Uphaz. 6 His body also was like beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult. 10 Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. (NAS95) - The concept is that when we die physically, we will nonetheless continue to possess a non-material body (or ghost body) as similarly exemplified within the hundred plus angelic appearances within the scriptures. Paul the Apostle later goes on to use the term "spiritual body", although he tends to describe something quite a bit more physically material after the resurrection of the saints occurs, wherein the "ghost body" takes on material form, according to many common eschatological interpretations. - 1 Corinthians 15 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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170 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | Reighnskye | 132840 | ||
EdB, Fully agreed. Miracles were commonly rejected even during Christ's walk on earth, as He had even alluded to in a parable of His. - Luke 16 30 "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' 31 "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'" (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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171 | Does God possess a spirit body? | John 4:24 | Reighnskye | 132839 | ||
Thanks, Doc. Your references here clearly and articulately answer my question. May I further ask what written book (or computer program) that you got this fine collection of quotes from? I'd very much like to add it to my personal library. It almost seems like a topical list of quotations from a rather fine book somewhere. I especially enjoy these latter quotes that you reference. The ancients seem to possess a much greater understanding of supernatural things than many of our scholars today. - "God is simple and of an incomposite and spiritual nature, having neither ears nor organs of speech. A solitary essence and illimitable, he is composed of no numbers and parts" --Didymus (362 AD) Didymus here conveys that God possesses no organ parts such as ears or mouth, as indeed the angels do in there appearances to many of the bible authors. This would further reinforce to me that God spoke through angels and men when relaying the scriptures to us in the Old Testament. Further, Jesus was an even greater vehicle of the Father's message of salvation. "God is of a simple nature, not conjoined nor composite. Nothing can be added to him. He has in his nature only what is divine, filling up everything, never himself confused with anything, penetrating everything, never himself being penetrated, everywhere complete, and present at the same time in heaven, on earth, and in the farthest reaches of the sea, incomprehensible to the sight" --Ambrose (379 AD) Ambrose here, at least in part, seems to convey that God is omnipresent, and therefore not limited to either an ethereal or material body which is finite in it's location and proximity. Whereas, the angels themselves are in no way omnipresent and can only sense the environment around them from the vantage point of an ethereal body. - Reighnskye |
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172 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | Reighnskye | 132813 | ||
Thanks, EdB. That's very insightful. And yes, indeed. Our salvation is vastly miraculous. Plus, many other things which I may further refer to as "natural" miracles. Such as the birth of a baby and the medical miracles of successful surgeries and such. What I was specifically referring to was the present day existence of "supernatural" miracles such as bodily resurrections, walking on water, pulling fire from the sky or ascending into the clouds. Are "supernatural" miracles for today? - John 14 12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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173 | Does God possess a spirit body? | John 4:24 | Reighnskye | 132810 | ||
Kalos, It would also be reasonable to say that the Holy Spirit is also spirit (hence, the word "Spirit" after the word "Holy"). Yet, the Holy Spirit is not said to have a spirit body with arms and legs, the way an angel or demon may have. Perhaps I must simplify the original question a bit and ask if God naturally has a "body" or not? Hence, with arms and legs, eyes, nose, ears and mouth, etc. I am not asking whether God is spirit or not, for indeed He is. Rather, what I had asked is whether or not God naturally has a spirit "body"? - John 4 24 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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174 | three philosophies of religion. | Bible general Archive 2 | Reighnskye | 132792 | ||
Thanks, Kalos. I had heard a similar thing going back about twenty years. If one could be saved through pure knowledge (gnosis), then we would not necessarily need Christ or the Holy Spirit. - Reighnskye |
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175 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | Reighnskye | 132783 | ||
LibertyBelle, Here is your exact verse reference in 2nd Peter that ties the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah directly to homosexuality. Please particularly notice verse 7 and the term "sensual conduct". This of course does not preclude other sins of these two cities, but it does nonetheless include homosexuality as a direct reason for the fiery desctruction which ensued. - 2 Peter 2 6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men 8 (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds), (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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176 | Was the OT God of Moses merely an angel? | Ex 3:2 | Reighnskye | 132781 | ||
Srbaegon, My question here would be as to why Gideon would identify a mere angel as God. God does not possess a body, as far as I'm aware. Further, I apologize if I have offended you by stating my personal impression or belief. It would be my hope that if I say something that you feel is not in accord with scripture, that I would still have the freedom to bring it up, so that others could provide a more biblical input. If I reference something as being my personal impression, I hope that people would take it as such, and perhaps even offer an alternate view if they disagree. I have not at this point canonized my personal impressions of the scriptures that I have indeed provided. Nonetheless I have indeed presented some scriptures at the beginning of this thread as to why I believe that the God of the Old Testament is actually an intermediary angel. You are welcome to reference the original verses that I provided, if you wish. - Reighnskye |
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177 | Was the OT God of Moses merely an angel? | Ex 3:2 | Reighnskye | 132768 | ||
I guess that I don't see the basis for this assumption, insofar as the Father and the Son are two separate entities, as per the time when Jesus was baptized with the Holy Spirit and water. Here we see two different entities represented. The entity speaking from the sky was not Christ himself in the New Testament and therefore was not likely Christ in the Old Testament. - Matthew 3 16 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, 17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." (NAS95) - Here also in the book of Daniel, the Son is differentiated from the Father. Please particularly note verse 13. Daniel 7 9 "I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire. 10 "A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened. 13 "I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. 14 "And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. (NAS95) - It is my personal impression that the Father was worshipped through Michael the archangel (or angels) just as we worship the Father through Jesus Christ. We have a new mediator in Christ. - Reighnskye |
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178 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | Reighnskye | 132740 | ||
AlienResident, I'm pleasantly aware that you're not saying that Satan won't do some supernatural things to mislead people. I'm not saying that either. I suppose I am now asking you two things in particular: 1. If you believe that miracles are not for today, then why? 2. What is your interpretation of the scriptures that you presented as your basis that miracles are not for today? It seems a bit vague to me on the matter, to be completely honest. - 1 Corinthians 13 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. (NAS95) 2 Corinthians 4 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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179 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | Reighnskye | 132733 | ||
AlienResident, Maybe what? - Reighnskye |
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180 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | Reighnskye | 132728 | ||
AlienResident, Why not? As per your verse reference, you are perhaps suggesting that prophecy, tongues and knowledge have passed away. But this verse reference seems to mention nothing about the passing away of the physical manifestation of miracles. I'm not sure how you're interpreting this scripture unit. Would you possibly care to elaborate? - 1 Corinthians 13 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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