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161 | Could Jesus sin? | Col 2:9 | ebrain | 181383 | ||
Could Jesus sin? I am concluding that this question is in respect of His human nature, rather than His Divine nature. God cannot sin, but humans can.. Jesus did not sin, but I am of the opinion that He could have. I am well aware that this is a controversial subject. but I believe that Scripture indicates that Jesus was able to sin, for example He more than once said "Not My will but Thine be done".. If it were not possible for Jesus the man, to exercise His will independently of what His Father wanted, then what He said was a lie, and one thing that you can be assured of is that Jesus is not a liar. He was tempted in all points as we are, Hbr 4:15 "For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin". The only difference between the real humanity of Jesus and our humanity, is that we were conceived in sin, and He was not, see Psa 51:5 "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me". (NKJ) We come into this world having a very powerful predisposition to sin, whereas Jesus who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was therefore sinlessly perfect, did not have this desire to do that which is evil, as we do, but was like Adam before the fall. I would like to draw your attention to the Scripture verses bellow, and wish to comment as follows. Mat 26:53 "Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? Mat 26:54 "How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?" What is the point of Jesus saying this, if it was impossible for Him to frustrate His Fathers will. The fact that He didn't do so is not the point, He is saying in these verses that He had the ability to disobey His Father, and that would have been sin. For what it is worth my understanding that Jesus could as a man have sinned, but did not do so , causes me to hold Him in much higher regard than if it were impossible for Him to have done so. In other words it is not a problem for me, but in fact causes me to rejoice, and be exceeding glad that my Saviour is such a wonderful, brave , and courageous person. |
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162 | Friday crucifixion | John 19:31 | ebrain | 181293 | ||
Subject: A problem with time. Our Lord Jesus said that he would be in the grave for 3 days and 3 nights i.e. 72 hours, however, the Gospel accounts indicate a period of only 37 hours at most. Can any one help me resolve this. Thank you Edwin. Please give the scripture verse where Jesus said three days and three nights, and also state how you arrived at 37 hours. Thank you for your questions. For 3 days and 3 nights, please read Matt Ch 12 v 40. The 37 hours or thereabouts is arrived at as follows. Read the 4 Resurrection accounts and you will find that our Lord rose from the dead at around dawn on the first day of the week i.e. 12 hours from the end of the Sabbath, then there are 24 hours during the Sabbath, and may be up to an hour on Friday. In that part of the world, and at that time of the year sunset, and sunrise were close to 6 PM and 6 AM. Jesus was on the cross from 9 am to 3 PM. Now read John Ch 19 v 31. There was about 3 hours to take down his body, prepare it for burial, transport same to the tomb, replace the stone, and seal it. I hope this helps you to understand my reasoning. May the Lord bless, and keep you safe. Edwin Brain. I am disappointed that I have not so far had any help with this question. Allow me to suggest a possible solution. First of all look at Exodus Ch 12 vs 1-20. and also Leviticus Ch 23 vs 4-8. Now what are the salient points. The Lamb is to be selected on the 10 th day, but not killed until the 14 th day, why 4 days?, answer later on. The Passover continues on into the Feast of unleavened bread which is a feast of 7 days duration, with a Sabbath at each end. Now what does this teach me about the week in which our Lord allowed himself to be killed. That there are 2 Sabbaths in this week, the Sabbaths are at the start, and finish i.e. the first, and last, the alpha, and omega. speaking of the Lord God himself. what is leaven but a picture of sin, therefore no leaven indicates sinlessness, what is the duration of this feast, 7 days, what does 7 indicate, Divine perfection i.e. sinless perfection.. So the lamb points forward to the time when the Lord God himself, who is sinlessly perfect will lay down his life during a week which has 2 Sabbaths in it. Now let us see if the Gospel accounts indicate a 2nd Sabbath that week. Look first at John Ch 19 v 31. "for that Sabbath was a special Sabbath" why? special, could this suggest an additional Sabbath that week, well now look at Matt Ch 28 v 1. Here is a problem as most English translations read Sabbath, but have a look at the Greek text, and you will find that it is a plural noun i.e. Sabbaths. Now if we assume that Friday was the other Sabbath, and move the crucifixion back to Thursday, then we have 3 nights, but only some 61 hours, and still not 72 hours, however if you use Divine time measurement, and not human time measurement, i.e. "There was evening,and there was morning one day" and I can find 3 evenings, and 3 mornings then I will have 3 days. There is Thursday evening, Friday evening, and Saturday evening, Friday morning, Saturday morning, and Sunday morning 3 days. Now what about that 4 days I mentioned earlier, if our Lord was killed on Thursday, then what day is 4 days earlier, Palm Sunday of course. The Triumphal Entry and what else was also happening on that same day, every family in the land was choosing the lamb to be killed, and now that Jesus had presented himself to the Leaders of the Nation they had four days in which to examine him to see if there was any blemish, or spot, and when they could find none kill him. QED, I rest my case. Isn't it great being a Christian. May the Lord bless you all ,and keep you safe. Edwin Brain. |
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163 | Whats your understanding of the Godhead | Col 2:9 | ebrain | 180818 | ||
My understanding of the Godhead is that it is the same as the Trinity, this word apears at Col 2:9, which reads Col 2:9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; This means that in the body of our Lord Christ Jesus their dwells all there is of God the Father, all there is of God the Son, and all there is of God the Holy Spirit. Don't try to understand it, just believe it. The Lord bless you. Edwin. (ebrain) |
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164 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180624 | ||
Hi Jeff. Thank you for your post, and kind words of encouragement. Your apology is accepted, and as you can see fellowship is restored. I do not feel ,however, that there is any point in continuing our exchanges on the subject of "Soul Sleep", for the very reason that you have given, as bellow. "The conclusions that I have read by most teachers (who I respect and trust) is that the bible simply does not clearly defend either position". You have your view, I have my view, let's leave it at that. Every blessing. Edwin. |
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165 | how can faith be defined. | Heb 11:6 | ebrain | 180623 | ||
I can think of no better verse to describe "Faith", as seen from God's point of view, than Heb 11:6, Hbr 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Note that the verse is in two parts, the first part is easy, even the devils believe, and tremble, see James 2:19. It is the second part that is the difficult bit. Exercising faith, is not "I hope it will happen", but "I know it will hapen". |
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166 | How are the three days calculated? | Matt 28:1 | ebrain | 180621 | ||
----- Original Message ----- From: Edwin Brain To: pabrain@indent.co.uk Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:56 PM Subject: A problem with time. Our Lord Jesus said that he would be in the grave for 3 days and 3 nights ie 72 hours, however, the Gospel accounts indicate a period of only 37 hours at most. Can any one help me resolve this. Thank you Edwin. Please give the scripture verse where Jesus said three days and three nights, and also state how you arrived at 37 hours. Thank you for your questions. For 3 days and 3 nights, please read Matt Ch 12 v 40. The 37 hours or thereabouts is arrived at as follows. Read the 4 Resurrection accounts and you will find that our Lord rose from the dead at around dawn on the first day of the week i.e. 12 hours from the end of the Sabbath, then there are 24 hours during the Sabbath, and may be up to an hour on Friday. In that part of the world, and at that time of the year sunset, and sunrise were close to 6 pm and 6 am. Jesus was on the cross from 9 am to 3 pm. Now read John Ch 19 v 31. There was about 3 hours to take down his body, prepare it for burial, transport same to the tomb, replace the stone, and seal it. I hope this helps you to understand my reasoning. May the Lord bless, and keep you safe. Edwin Brain. I am disappointed that I have not so far had any help with this question. Allow me to suggest a possible solution. First of all look at Exodus Ch 12 vs 1-20. and also Leviticus Ch 23 vs 4-8. Now what are the salient points. The Lamb is to be selected on the 10 th day, but not killed until the 14 th day, why 4 days?, answer later on. The Passover continues on into the Feast of unleavened bread which is a feast of 7 days duration, with a Sabbath at each end. Now what does this teach me about the week in which our Lord allowed himself to be killed. That there are 2 Sabbaths in this week, the Sabbaths are at the start, and finish ie the first, and last, the alpha, and omega. speaking of the Lord God himself. what is leaven but a picture of sin, therefore no leaven indicates sinlessness, what is the duration of this feast, 7 days, what does 7 indicate, Divine perfection ie sinless perfection.. So the lamb points forward to the time when the Lord God himself, who is sinlessly perfect will lay down his life during a week which has 2 Sabbaths in it. Now let us see if the Gospel accounts indicate a 2nd Sabbath that week. Look first at John Ch 19 v 31. "for that Sabbath was a special Sabbath" why? special, could this suggest an additional Sabbath that week, well now look at Matt Ch 28 v 1. Here is a problem as most English translations read Sabbath, but have a look at the Greek text, and you will find that it is a plural noun ie Sabbaths. Now if we assume that Friday was the other Sabbath, and move the crucifixion back to Thursday, then we have 3 nights, but only some 61 hours, and still not 72 hours, however if you use Divine time measurement, and not human time measurement, ie "There was evening,and there was morning one day" and I can find 3 evenings, and 3 mornings then I will have 3 days. There is Thursday evening, Friday evening, and Saturday evening, Friday morning, Saturday morning, and Sunday morning 3 days. Now what about that 4 days I mentioned earlier, if our Lord was killed on Thursday, then what day is 4 days earlier, Palm Sunday of course. The Triumphal Entry and what else was also happening on that same day, every family in the land was choosing the lamb to be killed, and now that Jesus had presented himself to the Leaders of the Nation they had four days in which to examine him to see if there was any blemish, or spot, and when they could find none kill him. QED, I rest my case. Isn't it great being a Christian. May the Lord bless you all ,and keep you safe. Edwin Brain. |
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167 | 1st John 3:9 | 1 John 3:9 | ebrain | 180588 | ||
Hi Dima. The problem in understanding this verse is that in a number of popular modern Bibles, additional words have been inserted which alter the meaning of the original Greek. For example I give below the , "New International Version". 1Jo 3:9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. A far better translation is found in the "New King James Version", which reads 1Jo 3:9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. The reason why modern translators like those of the NIV, do this is in an attempt to reconcile the apparent contradiction between this verse, and the other verses in the same letter at Ch 1:8 through Ch2:2. Te facts of the matter are that John is here dealing with two different parts of the same person. The Christians "old nature", (which can do nothing but sin) in one part of his letter, and the Christians "new nature", (which cannot sin) in the other part of his letter. This is perhaps better explained by Paul in Romans 7:14-25. Rom 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. Rom 7:15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. Rom 7:16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. Rom 7:17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. Rom 7:19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Rom 7:20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. Rom 7:21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. Rom 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Rom 7:25 I thank God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. Part of this last veres 25, might be amplified as, "So then,with the mind (my new nature) I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh (my old nature) the law of sin. I do hope that this will be of help to you. May the Lord bless you, and keep you safe. Edwin. (ebrain) |
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168 | who is jesus christ! | Col 1:15 | ebrain | 180561 | ||
He is the one in whom the Trinity resides, that is to say all there is of the Father, all there is of the Son, and all there is of the Holy Spirit, dwelling within the body of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is who Jesus Christ is, see bellow. Col 2:9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. |
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169 | Mary's virginity remained intact | Bible general Archive 3 | ebrain | 180559 | ||
All you should concern yourself with is the fact that it is impossible for God to sin. | ||||||
170 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180554 | ||
You have said. "I am confident that you are aware of the biblical evidence that weakens, if not totally defeats, your teaching here." For you to claim that I have posted material to this Forum, which I know to be false, is both insulting, and offensive. For this reason, I see no point in further replying to your post. |
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171 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180552 | ||
Hi Tim. Thank you for your post. which I found helpfull, although I doubt if Saul ended up in paradise, at the risk of being judgmental, I think it more than likely that his destination would have been hades. May the Lord bless you.. Edwin. (ebrain) |
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172 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180551 | ||
Hi BradK. Thank you for your post, which I found both helpfull, and informative. I have a question in respect of Luke 16:19-31, on which I would value your advice. How is the rich man's soul able to "see" Lazarus, when it is no longer in his body? Thank you. Edwin. (ebrain) |
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173 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180508 | ||
Continuation Part 3. Jhn 4:24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." In order for God who is Spirit, to pay the penalty for your sin, and mine, He must have a body. Hbr 10:5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me. As the events described at 1 Thes 4:13-18, have not as yet taken place, then thoes believers who have gong to be with Jesus, cannot possibly have bodies, and therfore will not be able to see, hear, touch, taste, talk, and so on,,, be able to make contact with others, and especially to be able to interact with his Maker. They will as Scripture says "be asleep in Christ". As the Judgement seat of Christ is also still future, then if those "who sleep in Jesus" are not really asleep at all, then some of them will have waited almost 2000 years to be Judged. ebrain. |
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174 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180507 | ||
Continuation Part 2, Question: I don’t understand the White Throne Judgment, the Judgment Seat of Christ and the Final Judgment. In what order will they occur and briefly explain each one? Answer: Here is the chronological order. The Judgment Seat of Christ: This is the judgment of Church saints that will happen after the Rapture to Heaven and before the actual wedding ceremony in Heaven. The purpose of this judgment is not to put our sins on display since our sins are covered forever by the blood of Messiah, but rather an evaluation judgment as to how we lived once we were saved. If we were serving the Lord, we would be building with gold, silver and precious stone, but those times when we were not serving the Lord we would be building with wood, hay, and stubble. At this judgment the wood, hay, and stubble would simply be burned away and the gold, silver and precious stone will be purified. What is left will determine our reward and our position in the Messianic Kingdom. Thus by the time of the wedding ceremony, all that is showing on the bride will be the “righteous acts of the saints”. The Scriptures for this include, Romans 14:10-12; II Corinthians 5:10; I Corinthians 3:10-15; Revelation 19:6-8. The Final Judgment:This is a special judgment of all Gentiles who survive the Tribulation and will be held at the Valley of Jehoshaphat, the valley that separates Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. The basis of the judgment is anti-Semitism or pro- Semitism (how these people treated the Jews during this period). The believers of the Tribulation evidenced by their pro-Semitism will be the ones to enter the Messianic Kingdom and populate the Gentile nations of the kingdom. The goat Gentiles are the unbelievers of the Tribulation who showed their lack of faith by their anti-Semitic works and therefore they will be killed and not enter the Messianic Kingdom. It is over the sheep Gentiles that the Church saints will co-rule. The Scriptures include Joel 3:1-3; Matthew 25:31-46. The Great White Throne Judgment: This is what is meant when people talk about “The Final Judgment” but it is a judgment of all unbelievers of all time, not to determine whether they were saved or not, but to determine the degree of their punishment in the Lake of Fire. Their names have been blotted out of the Book of Life, showing that they never believed and therefore were worthy to stand the judgment. The “other books” and their biographies that will in turn determine their degree of punishment. The Scriptures here include Revelation 20:11-15. For more details see our book entitled The Footsteps of the Messiah: The Study of the Sequence of Prophetic Events. As you can see from Rev 9:6 above, man must retain his body, in order to experience the pain of punishment for those who are not saved, and conversely the indescrible joys of Heaven in the presance of Our Lord Jesus, for those who are saved. |
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175 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180506 | ||
would like to say somthing more on the subject of "Soul Sleep", and the necessity for a "Body". At the start God said at Gen 1:26 "Let Us make man in Our image, acording to Our likness". Man was made a Triunity, See 1Th 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now I am well aware that some will say that the soul and the spirit are one and the same, I have no problem with this as it in no way affects what I intend to say. Man as an entity has a psychical part, his body, and a non psychical part which I will refer to as his soul. Now why one might ask has God chosen to give man a body? answer, in order that the soul of a man might be able to, see, hear, touch, taste, talk, and so on,,, be able to make contact with others, and especially to be able to interact with his Maker. At this point. I would like you to read the following extracts before I say anything further. Question: In Revelation 9 concerning the 5th trumpet judgment, what is your view on men committing suicide and not being able to die? Someone asked if a person threw himself into a furnace and became a pile of ash, how would he be tormented? Also is there a clear Scripture that states the devil enters the Antichrist? Answer: Revelation 9:6 states that all attempts of suicide will simply fail. It does not give us the specifics but the fact that God is in control of human affairs shows that he can accomplish these things accordingly. For example, if a man tries to shoot himself in the head, God can easily cause the gun to fail to fire. So no matter what man tries to do to die in order to avoid suffering, he will simply fail. All attempts of suicide simply will not succeed. The correlation to Satan and the Antichrist is found in passages such as II Thessalonians 2:9; Daniel 8:23- 25; 11:36-39. What these passages show is that the Antichrist would be Satan controlled and a Satan energized being trying to set up a world conquest. These passages clearly show that Satan is controlling this person. There is no passage that says Satan actually enters him, but these other passages will indicate the possibility. Even if he does not enter him, it still shows that he is under total satanic control. Furthermore, the Bible does state that Satan entered Judas and also calls him the “son of perdition”. The same title is given to the Antichrist which can also imply that he will be Satan indwelled. To be continued. |
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176 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180371 | ||
I must confess that I did hesitate somewhat before sending my second post of yesterday, as I anticipated that it might provoke adverse comments, which of course it has, and in view of this I am quite happy for that post to be removed from this website, if the Moderators feel that it would be best to do so. I recently received the e-mail below, on a topic related to this one, and I would greatly value your advice on how to respond to same. Thank you. ebrain. Hello Edwin, I trust you are well. My daughter asked me a question the other night and I am unsure of the answer,thought you may be able to help us out. Samuel the Prophet when the witch called him up for Saul,told Saul that he and his sons would be with him the next day.Why did Saul and Samuel go to the same place?When Saul turned from the Lord. Surely Samuel would have gone to heaven as the thief on the cross was told by our Lord,"Today you will be with me in paradise" Ilook forward to your reply God Bless Tina 1Sa 28:19 "Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines |
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177 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180338 | ||
Further to my previous post, this additional information may be of interest to you. When christians die, they go to the place of departed spirits some times refered to as "Abraham's bossom", or "Paradise", neither of which is Heaven. They enter a state of being "Asleep in Jesus", alive, but unaware of anything, including the passage of time, see 1 Thes 4:14, only when they get their resurrection bodies do they wake up, and return with Jesus who takes them for the first time into Heaven. As they are not aware of the passage of time, all of them (including the thief) think that they have only just died, which is why Jesus was able to say to the thief, "This day", because, as far as he is concerned, it is still this day. I hope that this is of help to you. God Bless. Edwin. |
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178 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | ebrain | 180336 | ||
Firstly lets deal with the unconverted, they do not have a spirit, only a body, and a soul. The body decomposes, is buried, or is creamated, whilst the soul goes to the place of departed spirits to await judgement. For the Christian it is the same for the body, but the spirit/soul goes to be with Jesus, see 1st Thes Ch 4 vs 13-18. 1st Cor Ch 15 vs 50-58. But read this in the context of the whole of Ch 15. I hope that this is of some help to you, if it raises more questions, then just ask. May the Lord bless you. Edwin Brain. |
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179 | What is the application of wages of sin? | John 4:36 | ebrain | 180314 | ||
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180 | What is the application of wages of sin? | John 4:36 | ebrain | 180266 | ||
Doc you've been robbed, here in the UK,the top rate is around 9 Dollars (£5.00), £1.00, is equal to 1.945 Dollars at the moment. | ||||||
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