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161 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | flinkywood | 119630 | ||
Rowdy, To not recognize the absolute moral requirement that we all adhere to the 10 Commandments is a failing immensely less "productive" than any other topic you could possibly find more worthy (read "less difficult"). This is a core problem with your understanding of the New Covenenant, one that is consistently demonstrated by your scattershot approach to bible study. I see no agreement between you and Kalos on this matter as you stubbornly resist reason and post confusion on this for all to see, both new Christians and old. What or who on earth are you listening to? Colin |
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162 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | flinkywood | 119659 | ||
Rowdy, Forgive me the tone of my last post, please. I was unfair to you. I also feel that this ground has been covered capably enough by others in this thread for me respectfully sign off on it. Thanks for your reply. Colin |
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163 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | flinkywood | 120126 | ||
Rowdy, Tanks for the last word! It will be my last herein for a while, though I may log on for the odd gander. You're a good addition to this forum, bro', I like your 'tude. "But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;" (Jimmie 1:19b). Colin |
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164 | Leading difficult people w/out Giving up | Ex 34:9 | flinkywood | 137974 | ||
CKatayama, Good observation. I would stress less God's equipping Moses with a natural tendency to lead than the immensity of Moses' self-sacrificial faith, a quality which makes him a "type" of Jesus: "But now, if You will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!" (Exo 32:32) The context of the above is that Moses' has just been told God is willing to destroy all Israel and start over with Moses' offspring, an offer unique in all history. Moses' free response is a universal model of loving, self-sacrificial faith. God's response to Moses' self-offering is an example His merciful lovingkindness. God elicited from Moses' what He knew pre-existed within him; God disposed him, Moses chose Him. Colin |
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165 | Leading difficult people w/out Giving up | Ex 34:9 | flinkywood | 138006 | ||
CKatayama, thanks for your post. No correction intended; I hoped only to add my two cents to your dollar. Colin |
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166 | Unclean food for the Christian? | Lev 1:1 | flinkywood | 106020 | ||
EdB, How'd they ever choke 'em down on the farm after they'd seen Par-ee? Colin |
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167 | Eating in the Sancturary? | Lev 10:18 | flinkywood | 218758 | ||
I found this verse: (Lev 10:18 ESV) "Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary. You certainly ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded." |
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168 | Eating in the Sancturary? | Lev 10:18 | flinkywood | 218760 | ||
I've never eaten in a sanctuary. | ||||||
169 | Eating in the Sancturary? | Lev 10:18 | flinkywood | 218761 | ||
David, however, did eat in the sanctuary: And Jesus answered them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?" And he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." (Luk 6:3-5 ESV) |
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170 | Eating in the Sancturary? | Lev 10:18 | flinkywood | 218771 | ||
StJohn, Yessir. | ||||||
171 | Eating in the Sancturary? | Lev 10:18 | flinkywood | 218772 | ||
Good point, Andrew, though I think we do also worship with our bodies. | ||||||
172 | Acts 2:1 | Lev 23:15 | flinkywood | 219123 | ||
John, are you saying that the commandment "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."(Exo 20:8) is no longer valid? | ||||||
173 | What did the cherubim look like...? | Num 17:8 | flinkywood | 140655 | ||
Danoman, here's a handy weblink: http://www.domini.org/tabern/ Colin |
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174 | What did the cherubim look like...? | Num 17:8 | flinkywood | 140685 | ||
Danoman, Best I can do. A web search, "depictions of the cherubim", produces many distinct renderings. Colin |
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175 | where does the donkey speak? | Num 22:21 | flinkywood | 113583 | ||
Check this out: "And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:" (Num 22:21-32) Pin the tail on the Balaam. Colin |
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176 | Meditation | Josh 1:8 | flinkywood | 116657 | ||
8788, "But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." (Psa 1:2) "Meditate" Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions: 1) to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to roar, growl, groan 1a2) to utter, speak 1a3) to meditate, devise, muse, imagine 1b) (Poal) to utter 1c) (Hiphil) to mutter "of a deep (cf. Arab. hjj, depressum esse), dull sound, as if vibrating between within and without, here signifies the quiet soliloquy (cf. Arab. hjs, mussitando secum loqui) of one who is searching and thinking." (Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the OT.) Meditation can get noisy. Colin |
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177 | army | Josh 5:14 | flinkywood | 107008 | ||
Buddhist, Good question. I'll attempt an answer. God doesn't need anyone or anything, that's why the scripture says: "Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine." (Job 41:11) The bible tells the story of God's relationship to His creation and His desire for all of us to become righteous in His sight and to live with Him eternally: "The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance." (2Pe 3:9) To this end He gave His son: "...so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3.16) Why should God care so deeply for a creation that seems hell-bent on misery and self-destruction? Because even though God has no need of anyone or anything, He nevertheless loves, indeed He is love, and it's from Him only that we have the capacity for love: "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love." (1Jo 4:7-8) And "We love, because He first loved us." (1Jo 4:19) It is from love that He created us, and it's only through His merciful love that we have any hope of salvation in this life. The amazing thing about God is that as disgusting as we are (any honest appraisal of the world must conclude this), He still laid down His own life for us (if you have children you might understand this better): "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Rom 5:8) He needs no army, yet armies arise either from love of Him or from hate of Him. I am part of this Army by writing this to you, because God is an intensely personal God who has said: "'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.'" (Jer 29:11) This future and hope is "...'NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART' (and Old Testament refernce)--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." (Rom 10:8-10) It's great that you've come here for answers. Welcome. A lot of good comes out of this forum. If you own a bible or can get your hands on one, open to the Gospel of John and start to read. Pray before, if you wish, and ask whether any of it is true. Colin. |
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178 | God's "Mind" or "Soul" in 1 Sam 2:25? | 1 Sam 2:35 | flinkywood | 105937 | ||
Makarios, In your post to Mommapbs (ID# 105932), you cite ESV 1 Sam 2.25: "And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever." Both the ESV and KJV have it "mind" in 1 Sam 2.25. The NASB renders it "Soul": "But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always." (NASB) 1) How interchangeable are mind and soul as attributes of God? In the OT, soul is what has been breathed into being by God, e.g. our personality, will, intellect, emotion. Mind could almost be an aspect of soul, not vice-versa, at least as I understand it. 2) Why this peculiar choice in the NASB? 3) What do you think is the better choice? Colin |
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179 | God's "Mind" or "Soul" in 1 Sam 2:25? | 1 Sam 2:35 | flinkywood | 106019 | ||
Makarios, you always kick it into high gear. I like your analysis tremendously. I agree that God's "soul" is a conundrum: insofar as we are in His image and thus have been given aspects of His being, our "soul" may be akin to that aspect of Himself which He has breathed into us, though I don't know any scripture to help conclude the matter. Perhaps the problem lies with us, with our narrow comprehension of "soul" as understood by the OT Hebrews. I heard it said somewhere that ancient man (Pre-Greek,let's say), did not think of himself as composed of parts -- body, mind, spirit, soul, emotion -- but as a unity, and that not until the Greeks do we see man thinking of himself as a composition of tangible and intangible elements -- body, will, mind, emotion, something of the divine -- and all of it expressed in the family catastrophe of the Pantheon (and Sigmund Freud). This ancient unified man view is totally belied by the Psalms, where we have David crying out from more parts of his being than you can shake a stick at ("Thou hast possessed my reins"); so the difficulty seems to lie more in our contemporary understanding of "soul" as something in us which continues to live though we die. Therein is the rub: why would God have a soul when He's eternal? In this regard I think your answer that "His 'soul' can only be defined in terms of the Holy Spirit" is spot on, especially in context of our contemporary understanding of soul. But perhaps we need to struggle backwards and conceive what "soul" could possibly have meant to the sons of Abraham. Was it something we can never fully grasp (like the Greek "Logos" in John 1.1)? Notice how the word "Heart" precedes "Soul" in 1 Sam 2.35, indicating that we might begin by subtracting what we understand as heart (the seat of emotion, desire, love), from the meaning of "soul" since they are clearly distinguished in context. We are left, perhaps, with "mind", "will" "Spirit", or an inscrutible amalgam of all three. Great! I'm stumped. How 'bout you? I'd sure like to know what the writer of 2 Sam felt when God breathed that word into his brainpan. I agree with you, by the way, the NASB definitely scores on this one. I also really enjoy this kind of brain-cracking study. Thanks, Makarios. Steve P. sent me the Scott Hahn Romans 9-11 study, by the way. Absolutely out-of-sight, don't you think? Colin |
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180 | God's "Mind" or "Soul" in 1 Sam 2:25? | 1 Sam 2:35 | flinkywood | 106077 | ||
Makarios, a follow-up. This morning I thought that, in accord with your analysis, 1 Sam 2.35 might also read: "But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My 'spirit'; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always." (NASB) Jarring, yes, but 'spirit' might be as close to OT understanding as we can get. Colin |
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