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161 | Offspring?Long Life? | Is 53:10 | JCrichton | 148902 | ||
Hi, Star! Are you quoting some one else ("Not only did Jesus die young, but how could the days be prolonged of someone who is alleged to be God?") or are these your own words? If they are, does that mean that you do not believe that Jesus Christ is God? And if you do not believe that He is God, are you basing this on your findings on this thread? If this is the case I want to share with you a Scriptural passage that demonstrates that Jesus' contemporaries did understand that He revealed that He is God: For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. (John 5:18) ...and through the prophects Yahweh made it known that His Son, the Emmanuel, would come to rescue His people (Israel), Isaiah 7:14; 9:16; 52:13 thru 53:12; 42:1-8; Joel 2:23-32; Malachi 3:1-9... Could go on forever... awaiting your reply! God Bless! Angel |
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162 | Genisis 9:3 marajuna included? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148900 | ||
Hi! Since God created all that exists, both the visitble and invisible, it is safe to say that Marijuana, hemp or Cannabis was created by Him... however, since all that He created was good, any corruption introduced by man cannot be blamed or credited to God... God did not create the plant Cannabis so that man could intoxicate himself with it... just as with other plants, seeds, fruits, etc... there is a proper function for Cannabis (in the past it was seen as a source for medicine and paper); still, just as gunpowder, created by combining several raw materials, any substance that man alters (including tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs) in order to destroy or distort cannot be atributed to God nor can it be claimed that God created them for our use/consumption. God Bless! Angel |
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163 | The gift of God | Mark 1:10 | JCrichton | 148894 | ||
Hi, terrib! Now, I know you stold that last sentence... because "the sleeper has awaken!" -_- God Bless! Angel |
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164 | Filled with the holy spirit? | Mark 1:10 | JCrichton | 148893 | ||
Hi, Ray! It was a pure oversight... I am not as good a proof reader as I would like to be... it was only after my reply was posted that I caught the error... the Holy Spirit is God so He is the Giver! As far as the translation... my language skills are limited to English and Spanish (I can derive some understanding from certain root words from the related languages such as Italian, Portuguese, and French and some Latin), so I cannot add much to the translation of Greek... I can relate this argument to Scripture... and state with certainty that both translations would be correct as we know that Jesus told us that He would send the Holy Spirit from the Father (John 15:26), and He also said that He, the Holy Spirit, would be with us and in us (John 14:17)... Peter, in Acts 2:14-18, reminds us that the prophet Joel prophesied that the Holy Spirit would come in the last days (Jesus' incarnation, death, resurrection and ascension)... finally, we know that the Apostles gave the Holy Spirit to the Believers through the imposition of the hands (Acts 8:18)... Since the Holy Spirit is God, He can be both the Gift and the Giver--He is Omnipresent being both able to indwell in the Believers as well as be among the Believers! ...for the purpose of illustration: We find in Acts the description of a direct intercesion by the Holy Spirit as He commands a Believer to seek out a specific uniniciated man... this man who is thirsting for the Truth is brought into the fold and it is the Holy Spirit (the Giver) who Wills this anointment (the gift) of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 8:26-39) Ray, now I need clarification... the Holy Spirit is seen by some as some type of energy or something like it... so when you say, "I simply am suggesting the holy spirit as a gift," are you saying that you believe that the Holy Spirit is restricted to an energy or the embodiment of charismas/dynamics? God Bless! Angel |
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165 | St. Malachy predictions | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148886 | ||
Hi, Doc! I stand... errr, sit corrected! You do have sufficient background to have ascertained, through cross referencing, that the author of these posts is male--I mean, Data would have had it in less than a nanosecond! -_- On the PS... I know what you mean on both count... though on Samantha Carter, we must understand that this is precisely the goal of man (non-believer): to purge any semblance of God from the face of the earth! ...scientist of past (as well as the "educated" people) boasted of how ignorant we are to think that we are the only creatures in the vastness of the universe... they have insinuated that we are, as a species, far inferior to the many (theorized) species that outrank us in everything including their superior secular existence... Is that not supremely irrational... to think that man's highest goal is to be less than some hypothesized insectoid or lizard? God Bless! Angel |
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166 | Mass before Jesus,how they get salvation | Heb 11:2 | JCrichton | 148831 | ||
Hi, William! You have come across one of the many mysteries of God: if we are saved by believing in Jesus what happens to those who died prior to His revelation (the incarnation of the Word)? Let me start by showing you a simple passage of the Holy Scripture: 1For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3They all ate the same spiritual food 4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:1-4) While the Hebrews were oblivious to His existence, Christ was among them, as the water of life! Salvation is of the Jews (Promised to them) by the incarnation, death, and resurrection of the Word (John 1:1-18)... it is not that we deserved to be saved but that God's Mercy was revealed through His Love... it pleased God that in Jesus all sin would be eradicated... the book of Hebrews explains that we have one High Priest, Jesus, who officiates in front of the Father in our behalf... that He died once and only once to rescue us from the wages of sin (Hebrews 9:27 thru 10:14)... though Christ died once to save all of mankind from sin, this in no way guarantees that we can choose to do as we please and still be saved... (John 3:14-21) Being the Perfect Sacrifice, not only did Jesus die for the sin of His contemporaries and His future disciples, but also for the sin of those who existed prior to His Incarnation, death and Resurrection: 18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, (1 Peter 3:18-20) (Read also 1 Peter 4:6; Romans 10:7; Ephesians 4:8-10) Again, Jesus preached in the Spirit to those that died in disobedience when God waited patiently... still, this does not guarantees that those who died prior to Jesus' Incarnation would listen and believe--only God knows who did or did not accept Salvation! God Bless! Angel |
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167 | angel | Jer 33:3 | JCrichton | 148829 | ||
Hi, regguh! You posted your query on a separate thread... to continue the thread simply follow the last post made by the person you are attempting to contact... ...by chance I happened accross your query: "The popes of the 20th centry?" Are you seeking to know their names? ...I have a list of all of the Popes of the Roman Catholic Chuch--if you like I can email it to you; I do not want to post what could be seen as a dogmatic exchange on this forum... (if you do not have one, you can get a free email address at Yahoo.com; mine is jcrichtonfs1@yahoo.com) if you are asking for some other information on the 20th century Popes, please clarify! God Bless! Angel |
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168 | Jesus Wept - (Jn.11:35) | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148828 | ||
Hi, Bobby Conner! Jesus wept for humanity... He knew how small-minded we are and how little faith we possess! Though it is true that social culture, in one way or another, inculcates the philosophy that equates tears to weakness... it is also true that Christians are quick to embrace "strength" rather than weakness... We cannot be taught to become receptive to the Holy Spirit... crying on cue would be much as jumping, shouting, dropping, speaking in tounges, prophesying on cue... What must be taught is to break down the walls we build... those walls that keep us from listening to the Holy Spirit... those walls that keep us from recognizing our transgressions... those walls that keep us from asking God's forgiveness... those walls that keep us on "this" side of other Christians... those walls that we erect to gratify our egos... We need to learn to humble ourselves to God... as you have noted no one cries tears of remorse and pain... we are too caught up with being "saved!" ...as you said, "be cleanse... not ashamed" for if we are ashamed of Christ, He will no doubtfully be ashamed of us when we finally meet with the Father! God Bless! Angel |
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169 | Filled with the holy spirit? | Mark 1:10 | JCrichton | 148827 | ||
Hi, Ray! It is a wondrous and complex God that we serve... Jesus tells us that the Father is greater than He while still revealing that He and the Father are indeed one and the same... from the very prophecies about Him, Jesus is given all titles previously reserved only to Yahweh... Jesus revealed that the Father is Spirit... that He and the Father and the Holy Spirit will abide in the Believers... and when He introduces the Holy Spirit, He tells us that He is another Paraclete whom He will send to us (Believers) from the Father… in regards to the Holy Spirit, Jesus reveals that He, the Holy Spirit, will bring us the fullness of Truth... and Jesus transfers the Old Testament's admonition (Blaspheming against the Name of God) to the Holy Spirit and assures us that only the sin of Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven! There are three more salient seeming anomalies: 1) Speaking about His physical death, Jesus tells us that it is He who willingly gives up His life for the salvation of the world and that it is He who takes it back again (John 10:17-18)… while we later learn from Paul that it is the Holy Spirit who God uses to resurrect Jesus, He who is the Resurrection and Life (Romans 8:11)... 2) We are taught that it is Jesus who gives all of His disciples the various gifts... making some prophets, teachers... yet, somewhat bewilderingly, we are also taught that it is the Holy Spirit who give to some the ability to be apostles, teachers... (Ephesians 4:7-12 and 1 Corinthians 12:1-11) 3) We are taught that the Holy Spirit is God’s sanctifying grace (Romans 1:4; 15:16); yet, it is also taught to us that Jesus sanctifies Himself and the Believers… (Hebrews 2:11; 10:10; 13:12) Jesus reveals the existence of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit as that of the fullness of God (John 16:13-15)… it is this unification of God that makes it difficult for many to accept the Holy Trinity since, as finite beings, we seek to find a beginning and an end as we struggle with God's design: where does the Father end and the Son begins?... where does the Son end and the Holy Spirit begins?... where does the Holy Spirit ends and the Father begins?... it behooves us to heed Christ’s words: the Father and I are one. (John 10:30) Since there is no beginning and no end to any of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity we can accept the Holy Spirit as both God’s Gift and the gift giver: And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (Romans 5:5) God Bless! Angel |
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170 | St. Malachy predictions | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148815 | ||
Hi, Doc! ...actually it is a cultural culpa... in North America the name Angel is almost exclusively identified as a female name... it was not till I got to high school that I found out that there were other guys named Angel in the US... and even in the television culture I can only recall one male character (series with same name) named Angel! ...so, it is understandable that you did not conclude anything other than the norm--even the screen name is cryptic as only those familiar with the Farscape series would readily pick up the John on JCrichton! ...Samantha Carter is the champ since she embodies intelligence, beauty, deftness and feminism without hollow wood's patronizing, sexualizing or masculinizing of the female gender!... she is as God inted her to be: an intelligent and capable woman! God Bless! Angel |
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171 | St. Malachy predictions | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148810 | ||
Hi, Mommapbs! No, problem... the Lord knew where your heart was and that is all that truly matters... for we are no longer Jews or Gentiles, lords or slaves, male or female; we are but one in the Lord. (Galatians 3:28--paraphrased!) God Bless! Angel |
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172 | St. Malachy predictions | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148781 | ||
Hi, Doc! One correction: it's Angel as in Angelo! God Bless! Angel |
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173 | were infants baptized? | Acts 16:15 | JCrichton | 148780 | ||
Hi, EdB! Excellent post! It amazes me how much time and divisiveness goes into the arguments Christians conjure up in order to separate ourselves from other Christians! I may be a simple man... but, how old was John the Baptist when the Holy Spirit touched him and his mother and allowed them both to recognize their God?... so why do we attempt to limit the Holy Spirit by generating the various formulas that simply serve to create schism in the Body of Christ?... Christ did not called us to love those in "our" group; He called us to be His disciples and to demonstrate to the world that we are His by loving one another and by being one with one another as we are one with Him! God Bless! Angel |
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174 | what is ment by the body is the temple? | 1 Cor 3:16 | JCrichton | 148778 | ||
Hi, 980! Jesus tells us that He, the Father, and the Holy Spirit will dwell in the Believers (John 14:23 and 14:16-17), so it is not surprising that the Apostles clarify that we are the living Temple of God (as noted in Michael's post)... God Bless! Angel |
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175 | St. Malachy predictions | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148776 | ||
Hi, Emmaus! I think that the problem lies in that many have equated Scriptural Doctrine to social morality... the latter changes according to what is currently held as "progressive thought" ...even when indulging in principles as old as Sodom's and Gomorrah's! God Bless! Angel |
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176 | St. Malachy predictions | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148774 | ||
Hi, Doc! I need the numbers for the big game lottery... since you are so keen in your prognosis I am sure you will give me the winning numbers... don't give me six numbers or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6--I've tried those already! God Bless! Angel |
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177 | Popes predicted since 1143AD | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148773 | ||
Hi, Kalos! Thanks for the info... I was replying to a query made by regguh--not sure if I'll be researching, though... God Bless! Angel |
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178 | Can you go to heaven without Christ. | John 3:18 | JCrichton | 148700 | ||
Hi, whiplash! There are many doctrines which subscribe to anything and everything... but, as pointed out by meusing, Jesus clarified this issue... and the Apostle Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, resounded Jesus' edict: Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) Still, it is God who saves not any of us... so we cannot determine who is saved or not... yet, since we have the Gosples and the rest of the Bible to guide us, we should not rely on one day finding ourselves unprepared because we relied on a man's word that we do not need to believe in Jesus in order to be saved! God Bless! Angel |
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179 | was luke a christian? | Philem 1:24 | JCrichton | 148699 | ||
Hi, Doc! Excellent point! God Bless! Angel |
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180 | Jesus birth to receiving the Holy Spirit | Mark 1:10 | JCrichton | 148698 | ||
Hi, regguh! Michael offered an excellent post, I just want to add: Jesus is God, there was never a time that He did not have the Holy Spirit... It is He who sends the Holy Spirit, from the Father, to the world... yet, as the Lamb of God, the Word incarnate, had to be anointed in John's baptism and the Holy Spirit had to come to Him in order to fulfill Scripture (John speaks about Jesus and reveals that God gave him a sign by which he would know that Jesus is the Anointed One)... Notice, in Luke 1:43-44, that Elizabeth and John the Baptist both recognize Jesus Christ in Mary's womb as their Lord and Savior... it is them, and us, who must be filled/anointed by the Holy Spirit in order to know the mysteries of God! Jesus has no need to be anointed/filled with the Holy Spirit; but, because we are limited in our understanding, He came to fulfill all of the prophecies of the Law (Scripture), and part of His titles is the Anointed One or Jeshua or Christos... remember that in the Old Testament God would have His prophets and kings anointed before they could exercise their authority in Israel... Jesus as the King and High Priest of Israel (and subsequently the Gentiles) was prophecised as the root of Jesse, and as both King and High Priest He had to be ordained or anointed! God Bless! Angel |
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