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1781 | "let them alone" | Matt 15:14 | stjohn | 184000 | ||
Matt 15:14 "Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit." The stress of life is watered down by friends where love exists, and by that grace is shared. And Father blesses every knee that bends to honer Him and have the temple aired. It is today to recognize the that God expressed in sending His own Son, to point the way to Abba's home above, where seekers hope to wed The Holly One. Tis not an easy thing to find the way when sin has dimmed so many human eyes, and men need carry torches knight and day , least pits be taken for an eastern rise. piece to all stj |
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1782 | Preterism refuted using Scripture alone? | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183995 | ||
Puffed up humility |
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1783 | Church or nation Israel? | Matt 24:3 | stjohn | 183977 | ||
Dear Doc; Thank you, for taking the time to get the scripture references to me, they are greatly appreciated. I would have to agree with you on all topics. Also, I would like to add, if I may, that I think that the discourse we refer to may indeed refer to ether or (both) Millennial/ New Heaven new Earth. Thanks again stj |
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1784 | Need help understanding Genesis | Genesis | stjohn | 183975 | ||
Hi; This may help: Enmity is deep profound hatred. God bless stj |
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1785 | Preterism refuted using Scripture alone? | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183974 | ||
Thanks Jeff; Matt 11 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children, 17, and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.' 18, "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!' peas stj |
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1786 | Church or nation Israel? | Matt 24:3 | stjohn | 183972 | ||
Hi doc; Thanks, I agree with you. could we not say though, that our Lord is answering three questions; "Tell us, when will these things happen,/ (and) what will be the sign of Your coming,/ (and) of the end of the age?"; and, although he is talking to His disciples; that these events all take place post Pentecost, therefor, His disciples, now born again, and no longer part of the nation Israel, and, that the destruction in 70 AD not being confined to Jerusalem, that he would be talking about Israel, even though some of them would be there to see it? Also; what are your thoughts please on 70AD being 1/3 of this prophase? What is your take on end of the age meaning, end of the church age stj |
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1787 | Why 70 A.D. and why predictions | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183968 | ||
Hi Tom; Well, first of all saying that 8:21 and the promise in chapter 9 are some how linked is an assumption on your part, God does not make any one a promise in 8:21 as we both now have pointed out, and saying that there were no punctuation's in the original is correct, but just saying that is no argument for the point that I made that God, I think, would have ended His statement and not added "as I have done". I was afraid you would try that, but hoped that we could be a little more mature and not gotten into tail chasing, no commas or periods indeed has nothing to do with what we are talking about here, and pray tell, what difference does it make that in the Septuagint the only real difference is "said" and not "said in His heart" It makes you sound very clever and smart that you can quote from the Septuagint, but, you failed to make any point at all. I am very sorry to say that I will have to bow out of this discussion if we are going to engage in nit picking. And now after taking a closer look at this whole line of discussion it becomes very plain to me that you and cooper are obviously not asking for someone to "pleas get me back on track" as cooper so humbly asked. It is clear to me at least that you are looking for disciples. Having said that I would like to refer you to post ID# 183942 Good day to you sir and God bless stj |
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1788 | Church or nation Israel? | Matt 24:3 | stjohn | 183956 | ||
Thanks Doc; sorry I gues I didn't word my ? verry well. Waht, was our Lord refering to, church or Isreal? stj |
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1789 | Where I can find documentation | 2 Tim 3:16 | stjohn | 183938 | ||
Hello stjames7; No need to say you are sorry; I for one have found you to be most interesting and a faithful man, although I must disagree with some of what you believe. May God bless and keep you; Ask.. Knock.. Seek.. stj |
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1790 | Why 70 A.D. and why predictions | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183934 | ||
Hello again Tom: the last note cut me off as I went over the limit, so I will finish here, sorry. Ok: Now; having said all that; (see #183933) lets look at matt.5:17 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill." The NASB uses "abolish" instead of fulfill. I don't Know if this is a better translation. I am not an expert in greek by any means, but i think it might help us to understand what our Lord is saying. "Fulfill", "The law and the prophets", I hope we can agree that no one; other then our lord Jesus, ever could fulfill the law, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" and, I hope we can agree that our Lord jesus, certainly fulfilled all of the prophesies that were written about Him in the OT. And, as under the new covenant, we, now no longer under the law, we are now filled with God's Spirit, born again, we now have the law (also a fulfillment of prophesy) written on the tablets of our hearts. Well thats all for now, I pray we can continue the discussion. peas stj |
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1791 | Why 70 A.D. and why predictions | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183933 | ||
Hi Tom: Thank you, so much, for your comments about the forum. I too am knew to this, and feel very much the same way. also I am sure that the long time users of this site appreciate your compliment as well, I think that it should be reflected to them. And there was no need to apologize, I, if any be guilty. it was I that was flippant. All respect to you sir. To start with, your observation of v,21 looks pretty good. But will you show me please, were it says that God, speaking in His heart, is making a promise? I am sure we can agree that God is good to His word. And I think that I would have to insist that the promise was made starting in chapter 9:9 . Also; may I add that back in v, 21 chapter 8. Where does it say destroy the earth? God says in His word many times that things are or will be cursed, but I don't know how that necessarily translates into destroy. Personally I have trouble seeing it that way. My point is, I cant say necessarily that God is talking here about destroy. at least not here any way. And also; if I may say, at the end of v 21, I would think that God, if He were making a blunt statement, "neither will I again smite any more every thing living," well I don't think He would have put a comma after "living ,". I think maybe He would have ended the sentence rite then and put a period. I don't know. what do you think? And, of corse God ends the sentence with, " as I have done". Well, what did He done? He done the earth with a FLOOD thats what He done. Any way, I hope you see my point. I am using the King James by the way. But just about any one would work here, I think there are many very good ones out there. Oh, I think I would rude indeed, and sorely remiss if i did not mention the NASB. Ok, now lets look at what Noah is seeing, lets picture what the earth might look like after a world flood, where, "every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground"...Baren wasted and dead every thing has ben destroyed as far as you can see, washed off nothing left but the..., (foundation).... Just a thought. I liked your definition for foundation too "the Divinely created forces of the universe that hold the earth and everything else in place.", very much by the way. I don't think (definition) is the right word. But any way, I like it very much. I also like what you said at the end of the paragraph, "In all fairness I must admit there are places where "for ever" is used symbolically for a long period of time instead of perpetual existence. Indeed, Strong's definition allows for this.".... For obvious reasons. Lets move on, your next point is that you failed to make your point in your previous post. actually your point was well taken. I think the fault lies with me. I did not do a very good job on that one. so; if I may I'd like to take another stab at it. My hunt and peck stile of typing and truly pathetic spelling skills (much of the time my spell check program cant even give me a clue!), some times I give up and restructure the sentence and it makes this a little tiring so I was trying to end quickly and turn in. But I digress... sorry. Ok, the point I should have made was this, that the prophecies you spoke of, although they spoke of things that would happen to specific places and in specific times in the OT, they were, if you please, two fold, in that they came to pass in the OT but they are also a picture for us of what is to come in Gods final judgment. And I can say very honestly, that used to really scare me especially the book of revelation, man my knees would really knock over that one. But as God's word became more and more real to me, and as the Spirt made God's love more and more real to my heart, I began to realize that the judgment was not for God's children, but for the world, and for sinful man. When I in the spirit read the story of the prodigal son; the father running to meet the son kissings him on the neck through tears of joy. And when I realized that was a picture of God and how much he loves us, and when in the word it says in 1Thessalonians 4:16-17, v,16, For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: v,17, Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the lord." WE can be sure that we have nothing to fear at all. Amen stj |
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1792 | When does one receive the Holy Spirit? | 2 Cor 1:22 | stjohn | 183903 | ||
Greetings Doc; I really appreciate your message. I agree, it is so very important for the mature believer to take and keep that in there heart. If I may though, I would like to add. For the broken, lost world, drowning in sin, our words should be a life line of mercy and grace. To them that think God is angry, to them that think that they are to filthy for God to look at them, to them we say... You cant out sin God! thanks Doc; with all respect stj |
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1793 | Why 70 A.D. and why predictions | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183893 | ||
HI Tom; Well; you make a very good argument. First of all I'd like to compliment you, it all looks and sounds very good. But; if I may, lets take a closer look. You pointed out in Gen 8:21 that god made a promise, in which it looks like God; is saying that He will never again destroy the earth. Well; you are right, it does look that way. But; lets read on just a little and look at Gen 9: starting with v) 11; "I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth." 12, God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; 13, I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. 14, "It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, 15, and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. Now, let me lift a couple of quotes out, and I don't like lifting verses out of context, but I don't think we are doing that here. what I am trying to do here is put things in context. "never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh." and, "neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth." Now it seems to me, God, cleared that up in case we had a question. And; in case we didn't get it the first time; He said it twice. Now, here is your next point. v, 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." Some have suggested that before the flood there were no seasons. And the flood set the earth of kilter, and, being that, (off kilter that is) as you know, is the reason we have seasons. well, I don't know, wasn't there, didn't see it, but, if you believe in a literal flood, like my self and many other believers do. Who knows? I don't think we should argue over that one. Your next point is. "In 2 Pet.3:13 we find; "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelt righteousness." It would appear that Peter is contradicting God's promise. Well; may I say not if you didn't misunderstand scripture in the first place! Ok, here is the next quote from your note; "in Matt. 24:35 Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." Here it appears God contradicts Himself. How can this apparent contradiction be reconciled?" Again; we need to look back at Gods promise/covenant, and read the whole thing. Brother I hope you can see how easy it is to get fouled up when we don't read the whole of scripture to see what God is trying to say to us. Next; you ask. did God use doublespeak? No. I say again, No. God does not use doublespeak. Next; this was presented. Psalm 104:5; "Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever." Now, my self I don't know what the foundation of the earth would look like. and the earth is round and floats in space, it does not need a foundation, as we know what a foundation is. Do you suppose this could be figurative? It looks that way to me! And may I point out speaking of figurative language that your esteemed expert doesn't seem know that Isaiah, and in fact, I would say all the prophetic writers used a great deal more figurative or metaphoric language than any of the other writhers of Scripture. The word Babylon for instance is figurative for the world, and sinful man it is used in many places in the bible that way, for instance the book of revelation uses it many times. Our Lord and Peter were speaking very plainly by the way, you can see that if you read toughs passages through in context. Now; as far as your last statement and I'm quoting you now, I say that in case some one reading this might think that I said this. "heaven and earth" have passed, no matter what you feel under your feet or see when you look up. I really don't know what to say without sounding to flippant. God bless stj |
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1794 | Why is the Catholic bible different? | 2 Tim 3:16 | stjohn | 183867 | ||
Hi CDBJ; Just whanted to say I only agree with 100 percent of what you said! peas stj |
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1795 | Why 70 A.D. and why predictions | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183855 | ||
Did I read you rite? "No the Mt. of Olive has not split, nor has the sun went dark, etc. But if it were ever to happen, it would be the end of life on earth then eventually our solar system at the least." Does the bible say that there will be a new heavn and a new earth or did I miss read that? Maby God is to weak to pull that one off! stj P.S. you really dont have to answer. |
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1796 | Heaven what it will be like! | Bible general Archive 3 | stjohn | 183838 | ||
thanks; See you there Grace! what a day that will be! peas stj |
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1797 | evolving or devolving? | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183832 | ||
Hi steve, I humbly agree. Thank you! peas stj |
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1798 | evolving or devolving? | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183831 | ||
Hi jonp, well, thank you for you're answer, but personally I think Adam could have split the atom, if he had wanted to, God gave Him dominion over every thing (except the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil) under the sun, dominion is a pretty strong word, But thats just my opinion. I do greatly appreciate your knowledge of scripture and your willingness to take time to share. I hope we can remain friends and not part friends. this has been interesting discussion. with respect, peas stj. |
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1799 | Of the Spirit's Filling | Eph 3:19 | stjohn | 183811 | ||
Doc; thanks for respondign, and also for your gentle reminder of the masage in ephesians.. I gues I needed that! stj | ||||||
1800 | Of the Spirit's Filling | Eph 3:19 | stjohn | 183806 | ||
God bless the tung and pen and heart of Charles Spurgeon. All I can say is awesome. thanks doc; that was truly beautiful stj |
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