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161 | what does in the beginning mean? | Gen 1:1 | Jensen | 20515 | ||
Dear Joyful...I agree with Hank and the way to read the verse to better understand may be "In the beginning (of time) God created...." God also created time :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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162 | Salmon | Bible general Archive 1 | Jensen | 20513 | ||
Dear Norrie..On 10/21/01 at 9:11 pm You wrote... "Salmon was the husband of Rahab and the father of Boaz. Soloman was the one w/the 2 babies." Please provide the Scripture proof for your statement or say that there is none that you know of. Let us clear this up for Steve in Denmark. God Bless...Jensen |
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163 | age of accountablity | Rom 10:1 | Jensen | 20511 | ||
Dear ABeliever2...Welcome to the Forum...:)... While there is no "age of accountability" discussion in the NT, Rom 10:1 is a prayer of intercession for the unsaved that may apply. Also, other prayers of intercession are 1Tim 2:1-6 "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-- 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men--the testimony given in its proper time." I realize that prayers of intercession have little to do with the age of accountability. I had the thought that your main concern was for the very young, or unborn, child. Will they go to heaven if they die before they are old enough to be "born again."? Perhaps we should look to God's Mercy. Here is a comforting verse from Nehemiah (9:31)that may apply,"But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God." Also Titus 3:5 " he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,." I confess that, if not for the Mercy of our Lord, I do not see how any child who has not reached the age of accountability, who has not confessed with his mouth that Jesus is Lord, will ever enter heaven. God Bless....Jensen |
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164 | Going to stars | Ps 8:3 | Jensen | 20507 | ||
I am so sorry... I am going to answer your questions in the order that you wrote them and hope that I can be more clear. You wrote... "Do you think, it is better to go stars, to study God's creation?" Answer--It is always best to look as close as you can at anything worth the effort to study. We do that with Bible study daily. It was better for men to go to the moon, collect rocks, and return to study the rocks than it would be for them to sit in their backyards and guess what the moon was made of. But that assumes that the moon is worth the effort to study. The study of "outer space" has led to tremendous advances in science that have been very beneficial to mankind. Your computer is one of the benefits :-) You wrote... "could u please give any passages to study God's creation we should go in to it so we can study it better?" Answer.. I am sorry. I do not understand this question. Will you please try again. Sometimes I am just thickheaded :) You wrote... "You include stars as God creation, and you said it is better to study stars if we go there? " Answer...Yes. It is better to study the stars up close rather than from far away. Just like everything else. Otherwise we might believe that the moon is made of Green Cheese :-) You wrote... "How about the Sun? it is also a God creation, if u mentioned that it is better to study the stars if we go there, then it is better to go to Sun also to study it better,and we know going to the sun is crazy things. Sun included in God creations." Answer...We are already very close to the Sun and know quite a lot about it. The only reason we know about the Sun is because we are close enough to study it. Someday, we may even send a probe into the Sun itself and learn even more. There are many different kinds of stars as you may know. Our Sun is only one star among many. Stars are not all alike. Stars must be studied if we want to know more about them. It would be better to be as close as we can get. Maybe even as close to them as we are to our own Sun. You wrote... "and we know going to the sun is crazy things" Answer, Comment...No, we do not know that. Scientists do not consider the possibility of going to the Sun, or any other star, to be "crazy things." "Crazy things" at one time in our history included sailing far out into the ocean where we would fall off the Earth since the Earth was considered to be flat. You wrote... "I think it is wrong that you can study better the God's creation by going to it, otherwise we have to go Sun also to study it better. What do you think?" Answer...We study the Grand Canyon up close and have more proof of Noah's Flood. We study the cells of our own bodies up close and see more proof of God's intelligent Design. We do not have to land on a star with a spaceship. We can land on one of the planets that are near the star to gain more knowledge. But you must believe that the effort of going is worth the knowledge that may be gained. We spray our squeeky hinges with a product called WD-40. WD-40 is a bi-product of our effort to go into space. Many other things also. You wrote... "For me it is not important to study the stars and other God's creation by going to them. Just believed that they are God's creation." Answer...Christians like us already believe that God created everything. We are saved. But remember what Peter said: "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." (1 Peter 3:15) The study, and the knowledge of God's creation will help us be prepared to give answers to the unbelievers when they say things like " We all evolved from monkeys." We must be prepared to prove that we are created in His image. We can do that better by studying creation up close. Including the Stars :-) God Bless You Johnny...Jensen |
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165 | New Covenantals and Covenantals | Gal 3:15 | Jensen | 20444 | ||
Dear Ronnie...Welcome to the Forum:).... Here may be a start. These few verses kind of sum up the different beliefs I think you mean. Of couse there is a lot more said in the Bible, but I hope this helps. GAL 3:15 "Brothers, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.(Paul here is talking about a contract between two people. If you do this I will do that) 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise." The older covenant depends on the Law. The newer covenant depends on Grace. One is the Law while the other is a promise. Paul is addressing his opponents who were not ready to admit that Abraham was justified by faith in God's promise. Paul has just said earlier.... Gal 3:2 "I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?" We are free from the Law and it serves only to show us we are hopeless sinners in need of a Savior. Our new covenant promise of salvation is because of our faith in Jesus. God Bless....Jensen |
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166 | dose it say we can fly other planets | Ps 8:3 | Jensen | 20437 | ||
Dear Jessie*46...Welcome to the Forum....:-).... According to the verses below, we are to have rule over the works of God's hands. His works include the stars. He has given us the curiosty also:-) He invites us to study His creation of the stars, and we can best do that by going there. PS 8:3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, PS 8:4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? PS 8:5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. PS 8:6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: God Bless....Jensen |
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167 | The GAP theory could be true. | Gen 1:2 | Jensen | 20413 | ||
Dear CDBJ...WE Agree....:-) You wrote... "This discussion on thy doctrine of ((creation)) has gone far enough!! It is getting out of hand and I refuse to go any further because of the issues that were brought up, that have nothing to do with my original comment. In love, CDBJ" Lucifer (Satan) was good at one time. You wrote... ": Jenson, I would like to point out that I think everything that God does is good, even Lucifer was good at one point." WE agree, on a different thread, but we agree afterall. So why do you want to stop the debate on creation. I have no "technique", really, and my hearts desire since coming to the Lord a short time ago is that I have fallen in love with Creation, as a study. I have no formal education of any note in the "hard sciences" so I am pretty much sell taught. ( I mean led :)) When you and I can agree on such a basic understanding that God did not create evil, certainly we should be able to discuss creation. I am open to your points, in fact. I am willing to listen. I just took the Book literally when I first read it. If what I learned in John 3:16 was true, why would this creation story not be believed also? But please don't hang up the phone. God BLess....Jensen |
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168 | What is the "third heaven"? | Gen 1:1 | Jensen | 20409 | ||
Dear LoveIsKind3...You are correct of course.. Study is the single most important thing I, and all of us, can do. Permit me to say, that my concern is not my relationship with my Lord, but with some in His church. You have wisdom beyond my understanding, but I will grow :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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169 | Enter the Dragon! | Gen 3:1 | Jensen | 20408 | ||
Dear Lionstrong...We agree, ...again:-) You wrote... "To answer to your question, did God in fact create Satan as such; I can give the politically discrete answer of saying that the Scripture does not make that point explicit,....... Peace, Lionstrong" And peace indeed! (now to the second part of your thought...) God Bless....Jensen |
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170 | What is the "third heaven"? | Gen 1:1 | Jensen | 20284 | ||
Dear LoveIsKind3...What do you mean by "the preAdamic age"? And, what do you mean by "the third heaven"? I know that it may take some effort for you to answer but I am really at a loss especially with the idea of "the third heaven." This is new to me. Will you please find time to discuss this idea? I hope so. We can begin a different thread if you wish. Thank you for getting my interest. I am still pretty new to Christianity and welcome the opportunity to discuss areas that are new to me. God Bless....Jensen |
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171 | When did God create angels? | Gen 1:1 | Jensen | 20281 | ||
Dear Lionstrong...Perhaps, just perhaps.... God did create angels prior to Gen 1:1. That, for me, is thinking way outside the box. I have always agreed with the position that you hold. But, for purposes of discussion, Steve asks a good question. Ex 20:11 "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day." What makes us think that the angels were part of the heaven creation? Angels came to the earth part of creation, could they not have come to the heaven part of creation also? Does this sound stupid? Since I have always thought of the angels as being from heaven I never considered that angels may have existed earlier than the period we call creation. The text does not specify when angels were created unless they were part of the heaven creation. Just some thoughts :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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172 | who created satan? | Gen 3:1 | Jensen | 20272 | ||
Dear LoveJoyPeace...Welcome to the Forum :)... I am having difficulty finding the Scripture that you referenced in your answer. I like your answer that "he was not created evil" and I would be missing a very strong support for my position if what you wrote is accurate. I do not have all the various Bible translations at my disposal so please tell me the Translation used as well as the Book, Chapter and verse(s) that you reference. Waitin anxiously :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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173 | Did God create evil? | Gen 3:1 | Jensen | 20269 | ||
Dear Dalprad...Thank you for your reply and I am happy to see that you are following this discussion. Your input is not to be "pardoned" but welcomed. You are correct. I was/am looking for a straight forward answer, yes or no, to my question to Lionstrong. He does argue for a "yes" but, so far has not said so. He may realize that God can not be the creator of evil. God is, by His nature, the standard of all that is good. God can not sin. Jesus was/is the sinless sacrifice. Unblemished. To create evil would be a sin by definition. Any other thoughts? God Bless....Jensen |
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174 | Enter the Dragon! | Gen 3:1 | Jensen | 20268 | ||
Dear Lionstrong...You are correct and I apologize for not doing better. You do not ask one question. You ask five. I only see one that is important for a study ( maybe two) but I understand that sometimes the best debates must begin with non-essentials to make a point. If we only ask rhetorical questions we will never address substance. Here are the five questions you asked. 1. How would it be contrary to the goodness of God for God to have created Satan evil? ...Good Question...I will try to answer later. 2. Is it not the right of the Potter to make a vessel as he sees fit, to "prepare some for destruction? .....It is not the right of the potter to make a vessel that will result in harm to others. He may make something that looks like a vessel and save it for destruction but it is not a good vessel and is, therefore, no vessel at all since we expect vessels to be a certain way. He does not have the right to put a defect in the vessel that would defeat the purpose of the vessel. Making a vessel with a defect, and offering for use, is dishonest. That does not mean that the potter does not have the power to do so, only that it would be dishonest. "God don't make no junk." In everyday life we expect to get what we are paying for. If we were to buy a vessel from this potter and it had a hole in the bottom so that the vessel carried no water, we would return to the potter and expect that he make good on it. The potter could not argue that he had a right to make this vessel the way he did, eventhough it harmed others or did not perform the way we were led to believe. That would be an argument away from the standard of good. (Which is written on our hearts) 3. Was Agatha Christy evil for writing murder mysteries? ....No.... 4. And weren't they "good" stories? ....Some were, some were not....it is a matter of taste. I do not like mystery stories. I like science fiction and biographies. 5. If he (Satan) were created good how did he fall so quickly? .... I addressed this question in an earlier post that tried to explain how "time" is relative. I still offer that post as a scientific proof/theory that Satan is "timeless" for the purpose of our discussion. He had a start and he will have a stop. But his time is not like our time. Now to the first question. Evil by definition is sin. All sin is evil. Anything evil is already sin, or a result of sin. Anyone who brings about evil is said to have sinned, or "missing the mark", so that for God to have brought about evil in the form of Satan, or anything else, would be missing the mark. Further, we agreed that Lucifer was created in the first six days of Earths existence. GE 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day. At one point...., at some point within the first six days Lucifer was also "very good" if we are to believe what God said. I want to thank you, Lionstrong, for putting me on this study. You really know how to ask a pointed question that cuts to the heart of issues. Since I have read some of your other posts I know that you are familiar with the Scriptures that support my position in general. I try to avoid "dualing scriptures" if I can :-) Now if I have answered as you instructed will you please answer my question. Do you, or do you not, believe that God created evil? God Bless....Jensen |
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175 | Enter the Dragon! | Gen 3:1 | Jensen | 20242 | ||
COMMENT...........It is not the science that we need to discuss. Please answer the question from my earlier posts. Luv ya'. God Bless....Jensen |
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176 | Did God create evil? | Gen 3:1 | Jensen | 20241 | ||
Dear Lionstrong....You know, and I know, and all who read this thread will know, that you are avoiding a very simple question. You do not want to do that and be taken seriously in the future do you? Be bold, be strong, the Lord your God is with you :-) For the third time I ask this question. Do you, or do you not, believe that God created evil (in the form of Satan)? A simple yes or no will do :-) Then we may have some things to discuss if you still want to. God Bless....Jensen |
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177 | The GAP theory could be true. | Gen 1:2 | Jensen | 20237 | ||
Dear CDBJ...Thanks for your reply... You said that the pitch and coal were still organic "no matter how you slice it" but you miss the point of creation. Creation Ex Nihilo, "out of nothing', is what occured. We know that when the heavens and earth were created God said it was "very good" meaning that His work was just what he wanted. Did His work include diamonds, and gold, and pitch. Was the Earth "ready to go" or not? Was His work complete or not? Were all the elements present or not? Was pitch created or not? What makes you think that oil and tar were not part of the original creation? When God planted the Garden, was it from seed? Perhaps, but where did the seed come from? You would say that the seeds could only have come from earlier trees? Either you believe that God created all, or not. If you will permit I want to try to illustrate the danger, yes danger, of the "gap theory" as we look at the Gospel of John. John 19:41 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. INSERT GAP THEORY HERE---Some of the men who followed Jesus came to the tomb that night and removed his body (small h since he is no longer God) They decided to bury the body in a secret location. They carried the body to the secret location leaving behind the grave clothes. Once they buried the body they retuned to the tomb to close the entrance with the stone they had rolled away earlier that night. But when they arrived back at the tomb they saw someone coming eventhough they were still under the cover of darkness. They ran away to their homes. JN 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!" INSERT MORE GAP THEORY HERE-- Even Mary knew that there was something done to the tomb by men. Please study the science that supports your Lord's work before going on with this evolutionary thought process. I know that once you are familiar with the science you will be comfortable with the Biblical account of human origins. God Bless....Jensen |
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178 | The GAP theory could be true. | Gen 1:2 | Jensen | 20171 | ||
Dear CDBJ...I used to be where you are right now on this subject. I just want to point out that when God created the earth it was all very good, complete with gold, and silver, and coal, and pitch. The gap theory has too many gaps in it when one looks at the science. By your own admission you do not know the science. Save yourself some time. Start with the premis that the Bible is correct just as it is written. Now go to the sites you mentioned and equip yourself. Hurry Please :-) The more young earth creationists in the world the more souls can be won to Christ. God Bless....Jensen |
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179 | how do you become saved | Romans | Jensen | 20169 | ||
Hi Rochelle...Welcome to the Forum:).. " Let's Go Soul Winning" was written back in 1962 by Dr. Jack Hyles. I will sumerize the book in a way that may help. Let's assume that the person believes in God. If not let me know and there are other question sets we could look at. But your question seems to indicate that the person recognizes God in some way or other. Q1. Do you know that if you died today you would go to heaven? Q2. Would you like to know? Q3. If I could show you how you could know, would you do it? You know what the person needs to do to be saved. Now here is a Bible map that will take you where you want to go with the person. First go to Romans 3:10 and underline the verse. Right beside it write the next verse 3:23. Go to 3:23 and underline it. Write the next verse beside it. Write 5:12 and then 5:8, and then 10:9-13 in the same manner. 1) Show her that she is a sinner. Use Romans 3:10 and 3:23. 2) Show her the price of sin. Use Romans 5:12 and 6:23. 3) Show her that Jesus paid the price. Use Romans 5:8. 4) Review the main points to be sure she understands. There are only four things you must know to be saved. First you must know that you are a sinner(3:10). Second, you must know the price of sin (5:12) and (6:23). Third, you must know the Jesus paid the price. Fourth, if we will receive that price as our hope for heaven and recieve Him as our Savior from sin, He will make us His children and take us to Heaven when we die. That's the review. Ask if you may pray. Ask her to pray. Always pray a simple prayer. "Miss Judy would you just say these words and mean them in your heart...'Lord, be merciful to me a sinner...forgive my sins and save my soul...I now receive Jesus as my Savior'?'." Now read 10:9-13. Now ask " If you were to die today do you know that you would go to Heaven." I hope this helps:-) God Bless....Jensen |
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180 | Enter the Dragon! | Gen 3:1 | Jensen | 20137 | ||
Dear Lionstrong...Peace indeed.. I agree again. "The heavens and everything in them were created sometime between the first and sixth day." There is no "other time" as you have said. Time is our possession as I said. You said, " ...and then you said a time different than ours." But I never wrote that. Take the time now to re-read the post and you will find that I never wrote what you said I did. So I agree, we are having a difficult time communicating. You seem to want to do battle, I want to simply offer an explanation, supported by the science, that time is relative. You said that I sound like I may believe that "spirits might show signs of aging while we wait for the resurrection of our bodies!." But I never wrote that. So again I agree with you. What I have failed to make clear is what time is itself. The science is difficult but it is on our side. It is just a matter of the math. As you may remember, math is an exact science. It is the only exact science. It does not err. Science has shown that, for example, the further you are away from a gravitational pull the faster time will appear to the observer. If you will indulge me I want to offer an illustration. We begin with an astronomer and an astronaut. The astronaut is wearing a wrist watch. The astronomer is in his observatory with his powerful telescope and also has a clock on the wall. Both time pieces read 2:00. The astronaut has blasted off from Earth and is flying thru space towards regions unknown while the astronomer is watching him through his telescope. The astronaut moves further and further away from Earth. The astronomer sees the wristwatch that the astronaut is wearing. It says 2:15. And when he turns to see the clock on his wall he notes that it reads 2:14. As the astronaut moves even further away the scientist gets bored and takes a nap. When he awakes he notes from the clock on his wall that his nap took about 3 hours. It is now 7:00. He decides to check on the astronaut. When he zooms in on the wristwatch it says 7:08. But how could this be? He decides to take a few weeks vacation. After his vacation he once again zooms in on the astronaut to see how he is doing. What he sees is the wristwatch now is spinning. The minute hand is a blur and the hour hand is going very fast indeed. 1, 2, 3, 4 hours on the wristwatch has taken just a few seconds for the scientist to observe. This is the effect of gravity on time first observed by scientists who noticed that two identical atomic clocks were reporting different times. It was just nano-seconds but there was a difference. They did further experiments and repeated them several times. Time is affected by gravity. Meanwhile, back in space, the astronaught takes out his special telescope and looks back at the scientist in his lab. He observes that the scientist is standing still and does not move. He sees that the clock on the wall seems to have stopped or greatly slowed. The astronaught takes a nap. When he awakes 4 hours later, according to his watch, he looks back at the scientist and observes that the scientist has still not moved. Both are in their own time. They both age according to how long they have lived. The astronaut will die of "old age" long before the scientist moves away from his telescope. The scientist will stand on the exact same spot while the astronaut lives a long and healthy life. This is the effect that gravity has on time. Time then is relative. It is not something static that can be measured universally. The time we are in is not the same as the time that our astronaut friend is in. We have performed and observed the experiment. Our understanding of the Laws of Nature (God) has changed because of these observations. It is not something which is in question. I hope that I have not muddled the issue further. I know that what the Bible says is true. All true. But as mere humans with diminished capacity due to the Fall, we leap to embrace the science that shows that the Bible was correct all along. Not for us, but for those who do not believe the Bible but do believe the science...it is a way to equip yourself to be prepared to give an answer for why we have hope. I use science as a witness to the power and glory of our Lord. And then my hearer is more receptive to the Gospel promise. I do not want to battle. My whole problem is my lack of ability to express my ideas clearly. I sometimes will take too much for granted. And now to the nut if you will allow me. Do you, or do you not, believe that God created evil. It is a simple question that you neglected to answer in my earlier reply. The rest of this debate about time can wait. But the meat is in the question. Please reply. God Bless....Jensen |
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