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161 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122821 | ||
If I may interject here. I read both your's and ljw9292's note above and I think I have to agree with both of you. Let me explain. When it comes to our own valuation of our life and our actions, we all tend to feel like the woman in Matt 15:22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed." 23But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us." 24But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" 26But He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." 27And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." 28Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour. But when we realize that we have Christ as our advocate with our Father, we read in Eph 3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles-- 2if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, 7of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. So it all boils down to a matter of attitude and complete submission of our will to His Will. We see this further contrasted in Romans 7:13-25. On one hand we feel like worthless "filthy rags" but thanks be to God, we don't have to keep on thinking that way. We can look up to Heaven, place our hand in our Father's and KNOW for a concrete fact He's got a Home waiting for us forever. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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162 | Candy making in the bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122839 | ||
This is all I could find when I search for something with "sweet taste." Prov 24:13 My son, eat honey because it is good, And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste; 14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul; If you have found it, there is a prospect, And your hope will not be cut off. I'm sure you already know the word candy is not in the Bible. So I would invite you to think up similar words like I did and do your own search. I don't think you going to find very much. God bless. --Rowdy |
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163 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122845 | ||
That's an interesting tidbit of your background. I love to find out about the backgrounds of all participants on the Forum. Maybe, I could entice you into sharing this and the rest of your background (that portion you want to share) by clicking on the link, Update User Info on the lower left corner of your screen. God bless. --Rowdy |
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164 | Determining when an answer is received | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122853 | ||
I'm sorry, I didn't understand this connection. Were you trying to ask me something or make a statement? Please explain. Thanks and God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
165 | Who says the Sabbath is on Sunday | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122903 | ||
If you'll insert these two days into the Quick Search, you'll get a multitude of statements and opinions and some scriptures referenced. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
166 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122906 | ||
I just read your profile. What a tremendous story and a wonderful struggle for Godliness in your life and those precious little ones you love obviously so very much. I pray God's richest blessings on you and your's and an hearty welcome to the Forum. --Rowdy PS: Just in case you need to know, you can read our profiles by clicking on our Forum nicknames in red underlined print. |
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167 | will Jesus take away from you? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122910 | ||
I would say we need a little more detail to answer your question thoroughly. Can you describe the details of the situation to which you refer? Can you give us some Bible reference or scripture that is motivating you to ask such an unusal question? Awaiting your reply and God bless. --Rowdy |
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168 | will Jesus take away from you? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122976 | ||
Ultimately, I would have to say that this parable reflected Jesus' basic attitude toward all possessions we might come to own. Count it all as trash as Paul did and look forward to storing up treasures in Heaven. Luke 12:16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man was very productive. 17 "And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?' 18 "Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."' 20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?' 21 "So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." This basic attitude should prevail regardless of the origin of our gain in this life, whether from our hard work or someone else's. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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169 | About Premillenialism... | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122978 | ||
And yet in stark contrast, we see from the Hebrews writer, most likely Apostle Paul Heb 9:26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, 28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him. Since we have this clear language in verse 27 in contrast to the figurative language of the Bible, I have to put my vote in with the clear guidance. Sorry about not noticing your note earlier and responding; this one completely went over me. God bless. --Rowdy |
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170 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 123126 | ||
As I mentioned previously, I've gotten myself a new book, entitled "Bible Commentary" of the King James version of the Bible. It was written and compiled by 21 of the best minds in the Bible community. But I'm convinced it is a good commentary, as it does a good job of representing all sides on the controversial verses as shown below. The particular verse I'm referring to is from 1 Cor 13:9 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. As you all know, I've been suggesting that the miraculous phase of Christianity ended with the death of the Apostles and those on whom they laid their hands for that special empowerment. Now I'd like to quote from the commentary on verses 8-11. Unlike the leaf or the flower, love never fades and falls off. The significance of the Greek word (pauo) indicates that tongues would soon be "cut off" as their necessity in the process of New Testament revelation ceased. It is important to note that tongues are never mentioned again in the New Testament after this warning. Vanish equals be abolished (in Greek). This is the same word used in reference to prophecy above. This is not knowledge in general but the "gift" of knowledge by direct revelation. For suggests reason. Knowledge and prophecy as we now know it are suited only to an imperfect state of existence. This is best understood in the light of 1 Cor 2:6, in the sense of "mature" or "complete." Conservative Biblical scholars have proposed two main interpretations of "perfect." It may be a reference to the completion of the canon of Scripture, with which partial revelation (by knowledge, prophecy, or tongues) came to an end, culminating in a complete revelation of God's Scripture or it may refer to the maturation of the body of Christ in the sense of Eph 4:11-16. Paul employs the neuter because he does not comtemplate an individual. Thus, the "perfect" cannot refer to the coming of Christ Himself. Once the perfect has been achieved, there will be no need for that which is immature. It will not be needed or accepted and should not be desired. The apostle illustrates his point by likening it to the maturation of a person from infancy to manhood. A child speaks, reasons, and assimilates knowledge at the level of his maturity. End of quote. As you can see, the commentary presents both sides of this controversy so it seems pretty clear why I've taken the former position as it seems too be supported by the rest of the NT with the scriptures I've cited in the past. But I would be interested in what you think of the opinions of these learned men of God. God bless. --Rowdy |
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171 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 123131 | ||
I guess you can see from this and the previous posts of mine on this subject, I didn't include examples of tongues as you describe because I don't see the second description in the NT. It seems pretty clear that each time these miraculous powers were used, it was an obvious demonstration of supernatural power, something that was so extraordinary that the news "rang around the world." I would be the last person in the world to put an absolute "no way" on this kind of activity which would be sorta like putting God in a box. But I do want to be a "doubting Thomas" just as the Bible depicts and question these kind of claims of miracles. I'd have to see the evidence myself as so many people honestly and sincerely believe in them with a great amount of niavete. There again, I'm also thankful that this issue, miracles in this modern age or not, is NOT linked to our salvation. I'm thankful our Father only expects us to obey Him and become a christian. I would urge you to keep an open mind and be cautious in this area. God bless you, dear friend and thanks for your response. --Rowdy |
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172 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 123138 | ||
Generally, I would like to agree with you in my usual devotion to maintaining an open mind but when I check my Bible again and again, I can only come up with these two same methods of gaining such miraculous power: from the Holy Ghost and from the laying on of the Apostles' hands. Those were the ONLY ways of getting this power as clearly shown throughout the NT. So I must be as you've already noticed very much prejuidiced against this kind of activity. But thanks again for your post. God bless. --Rowdy |
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173 | Hindered Prayer / wall of sin | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 123248 | ||
It sounds to me as if both of you are fairly mature and you probably know the scriptures fairly well. I would suggest both of you going to a large christian bookstore and both of you pick out books on your favorite subject. In this case, I would assume both of you would pick out books on prayer but the key here is for both of you to spend some time together and read the books, one chapter at a time. I would suggest your taking turns reading aloud, one to the other and then discuss what you like best about that chapter. Eventually, you will discover the scripture you're looking for but more importantly you'll re-discover how important prayer is to a Godly couple such as yourselves. I say this because when my wife and I went through Marriage Encounter, it was one of the best things we ever did for our marriage and this technique was taught there. I sincerely hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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174 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 125844 | ||
I must admit, I don't know how to answer your questions. They do seem to apply to the discussion, but I'm not sure how anyone could answer. Maybe you could help me out by attempting an answer yourself. Please give them a shot. I'd also be interested in seeing your direct answer to my post or question. I'll keep watching. Thanks and God bless. Rowdy |
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175 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 125879 | ||
By the way, Welcome to the Forum, it's always good to see newcomers. I have to agree with you, this is one of the toughest verses in the Bible and one of the most controversial. I guess like it's been stated by many in past, it all comes to a point as to the meaning of just is "that which is Perfect." In my opinion, that discussion is pretty well cited on the Forum and you've seen my opinion. My question to you here would be, What do we use as a "yardstick" to measure these modern day miracles, speaking in tongues, faith healing and all other miraculous powers? Naturally, most everyone responds with "Well of course, silly, we should use the Bible" but I'd like to nail it down to specifics. How would you descibe a modern day miracle so we could be assured that it truly does come from God and not as a figment of someone's imagination? God does expect us to test the spirits to see if they really are the real McCoy. Take for example, speaking in tongues, how do we determine if it is truly is a God given gift, a miraculous power? God bless. Rowdy |
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176 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 125880 | ||
Can you please describe the most spectaculor of these miracles that you've performed. Give us details and the number of witnesses. I'd truly like to see a miracle in my lifetime. Please do respond with those details. Thanks and God bless. Rowdy | ||||||
177 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 126084 | ||
I've stated it a couple of times on the Forum but it bears repeating. I do believe very strongly in the age of miracles. We're living in that age at this very moment and probably will continue to do so until the Day of Judgment. What am I saying, you ask? I'm saying I believe very strongly that only God or the Godhead practice miracles and impart them directly to the receipient here on earth, usually at the behest of someone praying. I'm only trying to inspire folks to comply with the Bible and "test the spirits in everything," most especially when people claim to have some miraculous power. The only possible standard God's people would use in testing the spirits would be the Word of God. So with speaking in tongues, are all the listeners able to understand like as done on the day at Pentacost? Did these folks speaking EVER have an ocassion to learn the language or was it truly bestowed on them in a supernatural manner? Miraculous healing must be more than healing of backpains and headaches. Are severed body parts restored? Are there lepers healed with new-born skin? Are those born crippled able to leap for joy immediately after being healed? Are those born blind able to see perfectly and immediately after being healed? Is life restored to a person after several hours/days after true, complete, clinical death? And of course, all of these miracles of healing must be done without any assistance from modern medicine or equipment of any kind. So, you see, I'm just advocating evaluating the miralces in today's world by the same standard that we see portrayed in the Bible. Now I know one classic response is that the quality or level of healing or hearing/understanding miraculous speech is dependent on the spiritual maturity of the recipient BUT that is simply NOT the Biblical way to look at the subject. Never, not even once in all the Bible, did the spiritual condition of the recipient ever impede the execution or the quality of the miracle in the Bible. True enough, the maturity of the disciples before Christ's death prevented their being effective as they readily admitted but not after His resurrection. At any rate, I must insist as we all should, we must look at this matter carefully and make certain the miracles of today truly do come from God because if they come from any other source, they should be ignored as non-existent. Why am I so insistent on this point? I'm glad you ask. Again, throughout the NT, there was only two instances where christians manifested miraculous powers WITHOUT the gift of "the laying on of the Apostles hands," in Acts 2 and Acts 10. We all know Acts 2 was when the church was established and Acts 10 was the endowment of power to Cornelius and his household for the single express purpose of impressing on Apostle Peter and the rest of the Apostles that the Gospel was for the whole world and not just for the Jews. So, the conclusion is that only the Apostles and those on whom they "laid their hands" manifested these miraculous powers. Further, we can conclude that since none of these folks are here living any longer, there can be no one with such God given powers. Any such miraculous powers must be from another source. However in an effort to maintain an open mind, I would like to witness an actual miracle at some point in my lifetime. So if you know of anyone who can actually perform miracles like those described above, I'd certainly like to hear about it. Hope this helps. God bless. Rowdy |
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178 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 126090 | ||
I have to apologize. I re-read my post and I guess I wasn't perfectly clear. What I meant to say is that I do believe in miracles from God in today's world but he dispenses them at His discretion, probably with some subtlety but directly to the recipients. You have probably heard of the person who goes to the doctor and gets the proverbial and horrible final briefing from that doctor about his having terminal cancer and he's got a short time to live, maybe a few months. Six months later, he shows back in the doctor's office and low and behold the cancer is in complete remission and now it looks like the person will live for several years. That's a pretty clear miracle. Or the person that walks away from a car accident when the car looks like a crumpled up paper wad. Yes, my friend, we do live in an age of miracles but directly from God to the recipient, no human 3rd party intervening or channeling God's power like in the first century with Apostles. I'm saying that God wants us to graduate from this love affair with this physcial world and learn to prefer His Spiritual World BUT to wait for His calling us Home to get away from this world. We must re-read 1 Cor 13 and learn to prefer love, God like love, unconditional love for our fellow man and for our God and Father and we should do so in preference to the other Spiritual Gifts that God bestows on us. I'm convinced that he never meant for man to be able to dispense these kinds of miracles after the Apostles died along with those on whom they laid their hands. Otherwise, in this world of extreme spiritual immaturity, people would end up worshipping such beings like they tried in the first century. No, our God wants us to come to Him, based on our faith and not on what we see and experience. If we were to actually experience a miracle at the hands of a mere man like the first century then it lessons our faith and our dependence on Him. I hope this clears up this misunderstanding. God bless. Rowdy |
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179 | Scriptural Support? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 126110 | ||
The whole book of Hebrews goes into this subject quite a bit. Its main purpose is to contrast the superiority of the christianity over that of the Law of Moses and Judiasm. One of the Book's main tenents is that you and I are NOW able to approach God directly through Jesus, His Son whereas before in Judiasm, the Jews had to go through their High Priest and he didn't know very much and couldn't answer most of their questions. Now God deals directly with His children like I stated and we can pray directly to Him in the name of Jesus Christ. Now, you and I know we're not going to find the specific words as you mention above. God expects us to study His Word and figure SOME things on our own. But clearly through His Word, we can also see that in today's world there is no one performing miracles anywhere even close to the kind of miracles in the Bible. Hope this helps to clarify and God bless. Rowdy |
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180 | Scriptural Support? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 126433 | ||
As I've stated many, many times the OT is an incredibly valuable document for all the reasons I've stated previously and a whole lot more. The main reasons why the OT is obsolete and the NT takes its place is the difference mainly between its form of worship, method of salvation through Jesus the Perfect Sacrifice and the fact we as christians can now approach God the Father directly through Jesus instead of going through another man (Levite Priest). I would never discard my treasured OT for its incredible insight into the mind of God and His amazing amount of patience and love He showed to His beloved Jewish children. But again as I've stated before, there are many (millions in fact, throughout the world) of faithful christians who see this contrast the same way as I do. Yes, Jesus fulfilled the OT by living the perfect, sinless life and then died the perfect sinless Sacrifice for you and me so that we could go Home to our Father after the ending of this world. My main scriptural support would come from the Book of Hebrews which clearly demonstrates and explains the superiority of Christianity over the whole of Judiasm and again in the Book of Romans, Chapter 8:1-4 God bless. Rowdy |
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