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181 | A Paster with GUTS! | Is 5:20 | Tamara Brewington | 205006 | ||
Ah John, What an example you are to me, you never cease to be edifying! I am working on this part of my walk, no matter what I say or do to be humble, be full of love and to edify in all that I do and say... As you can see of late, I have been stumbling around a bit or so. Scripture; I Timothy 5:11 Therefore encourage on another and build up one another, just as you are also doing. By His Grace, Tamara |
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182 | Isa 6:9-10 translated differently in NT? | Is 6:9 | Tamara Brewington | 205918 | ||
Dear Live, Welcome to the forum! Interesting stuff indeed... You write; Looking for some assistance on the answer, especially the first part about why the translation differs in the NT... The Hebrew form of the text in NIV says: " 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." I take it this is from Isaiah 6, you said in the Hebrew from the NIV? I found this in the NASB for the same passage perhaps it will help; Go, and tell this people: Keep on listening, but do not perceive; keep on looking but do not understand, render the hearts of this people insensitive, their ears dull, and their eyes dim, otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and return and be healed. Do you see how the NIV says "make the heart of this people calloused", but that the NASB says " render the hearts of this people insensitive"? In this case the KJV comes closer than either translation here; Make the heart of this people fat, and make their eyes heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Notice the word fat, that translation of the word is closer to the Hebrew in the Strong's, and it is talking about being anointed with good things to the point of being fat. It does not really mean calloused, but insensitive does not quite capture it either, it is talking about being opulent, anointed with the things of life and becoming full of life in the heart, unable to hear and see. Let's deal with the problem of God making or rendering them dull of seeing and hearing; Romans 9:18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. He hardned Pharoah only after Pharoah chose to harden his own heart first in the OT right? I believe the same thing is the case with these verses you are studying; it is not that God makes them unable to see or hear, they are already unwilling and so God decides to render them unable to see or hear because of what they chose for themselves. more to come, Tamara |
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183 | Isa 6:9-10 translated differently in NT? | Is 6:9 | Tamara Brewington | 205919 | ||
continuation, Tamara You noted; But then the translation done from the Septuagint to English says: "You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' This people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed eyes" The focus is not on whether or not God makes them dull, it is on that they have choosen this. You noted; In the Hebrew, it looks like God is commanding His people not to understand. I mean, they've been denying Him so long, it makes sense that, like Pharaoh in Exodus, they're out of opportunities. The second version looks more like a prophesy..."you will...never [understand]." Here's the issue: when this passage is quoted in the NT, different versions are used. John 12:40 makes it seem like God deafens people, and Luke 8:10 shows that He accomplishes this through parables. They quote the first form; however, Matthew 13:14-15 and Acts 28:27 quote the Septuagint version and make God seem more passive and less like He forced them into a lack of understanding. When we come across these verses that seem like commands and then prophetic and then passive we should look for the pervasive guiding principles that drive what the authors were saying and what Jesus also was saying about it. The issue accroding to Isaiah was that someone had to be sent to tell the people their spiritual state - that they were not listening and because they were not listening they would keep on not preceiving, and that because of this God would make sure that they would not be saved. That was Isaiah's intent to his audience. Jesus did not change that intent, He upheld it in Mathew and used to parables according to what He said in both Mathew and Luke, to seal their fate according to what they had already choosen to do, not to listen and not to see. Isaiah by the way was prophesying about this according to John's account. Why wouldn't the NT authors quote the same version? I realize that they didn't speak to one another to coordinate, but since the Bible can't be wrong, I don't know how to explain the differences. The NT authors all had the same intent in mind, that in choosing not to listen or see, then God rendered them unable to understand and be saved. The differences are minor in detail, and not contradictory, but the substance remains intact. However, how does this fit with 2 Peter 3:9? Before we come to Mathew 13 Jesus has already preached many times to the crowds about the kingdom and shown them by miraculous wonders and forgiveness of sins that He is God and He knows also who will come and who will not to salvation at this point in time. So how this fits in the picture of II Peter 3:9 is that you have used II Peter 3:9 out of context. II Peter 3:9 is about that the whole earth and the whole heavens are going to pass away and be burned up, and that the Day of the Lord to judge the wicked is coming in the future, so then Peter says two things about this - with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like one day - and that this is refering to that the Lord is not slow about coming back to judge the wicked, but that He is patient toward those who still need to be repent and be saved before He comes back. So this is not talking about what happened to the wicked whom Jesus was addressing in the gospels while He was walking around alive, it is talking about why the Lord is taking so very long to come back before judgment day. What's the purpose in living anymore if God is done with you and you have no chance at hearing or understanding? Jesus gave them a chance to hear Him and come to an understanding but He knew they were rejecting Him and closed them off from the chance they threw away. We now have to hear and make our descision and not turn our backs on Him, Jesus says whoever will deny Me, I will deny him to the Father. Hope this clears it up, God Bless You, Tamara |
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184 | Age of accountability? | Is 7:16 | Tamara Brewington | 204084 | ||
This seems to be answered but I wanted to put my two cents in. I believe that whenever a child becomes aware they are a sinner is qualifying as their own age of accountability. My son reached his at age 7 and the pastor was careful to test his statement that at 7 he was saying he knew for sure that he was a sinner who needed salvation and that he was asking Jesus for forgiveness of sins. This testing process took three whole months and included my son walking up to me and saying, Mom, I need to know Romes 10, God is telling me I need Romes 10. So we got down on the couch and I read Romans 10 to him and when I got to the part that say, if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart He died and was raised on the third day, you will be saved, he jumped up off the couch and said, that's it, that's it, that's what I need! The a month later he comes to me and says, Mom, God says I need John 3. So we got on the couch again and read John 3, and when we got to the part that says, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life, my son jumped off the couch again and said, that's what I am looking for Mom, I want to get saved! I told the pastor all this, he had been praying how to discern if my son was really taking Jesus for his savior with a true knowledge of what it all means. So he kept taking my son up to the pastor's office and talking with him over the space of those three months. At the end he decided my son knew what he was saying and my son got down on his knees at home without me leading him and asked for forgivness and was baptized at 7 years old and was given full rights as a believer in Christ. It all started one day when the altar call came and he tried to move past me in the pew to get out and go forward and I told him he had to wait to go to the bathroom and he said, "Mom, let me by I need to go to the front becuase I need to get saved". There are no scriptures in the Bible telling you what the age of accountability is. Denominations differ and many say 12 is the age, some say it is 16. But I warn you, God will do whatever He wants to do and if He wants to call someone earlier He will. You have to be willing to be open to whatever God is doing and test that child, you and your pastor, test that child, find out if they know what they are talking about. Be careful, the Bible says in Mathew 19:14, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these". God Bless, Tamara |
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185 | understanding idolatory | Jer 17:5 | Tamara Brewington | 204793 | ||
Dear Susanna, Welcome to the forum! When you want to talk to Doc in reply, make sure to choose note my dear... I was thinking about what you are saying in your original post and see a coulpe of things I would like to share. There is Exodus 20:4 which says not to make an idol, but what I was seeing was the things God was saying not to worship by way of making an idol; what is in heaven, what is in the water, what is on the earth. what is in the heaven would inlude the universe as well as the angels, in the water would be all the creatures there, on earth though got me to thinking. How about all things that you could find on the earth, not just creatures and people, but social and intellectual things and the arts. While I am sure God meant created things it got to thinking, then I went to Romans. Romans 1:21,22 ; it says that they knew God but did not honor Him as God or give thanks- translation they exalated something anything above above God, that could be intellecuality, art, music, philosophy anything, career, car, house, whatever objects of affection people may have. Then there is that as a result they became futile in their speculations - they began to become fools and their heart became dark without the light of God in it. In their quest to worship whatever is not God they think they are being very wise and they become fools. I tried googleing idolatry but didn't get much. God Bless Tamara |
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186 | understanding idolatory | Jer 17:5 | Tamara Brewington | 204803 | ||
Dear Susanna, Here is some more info for you about the site. Go to any question that you have asked and scroll all the way down to the bottom of your screen, you will see something called threads. Check the date of your original post, look in there from time to time as members very often go down there to see what is up. Then they often click on a note that was an answer to your question and start talking to one another about your subject without contacting you. You can jump back in the conversation of just observe the converstation. Every day when you come in here click on the already answered questions and look down at the threads, you can jump in at any point in the thread and respond to who ever posted a note in reply to the original question. Also go to where you see on any page a users name and click on it to read who they are and what they are about. If you have not filled in your profile yet please do. Also from time to time you will not be aware of a running conversation, go to the original front page, and on the left top is a window with every latest post whether question or note and you can click on and jump into what people were just talking about latest. Again, welcome to the forum Tamara |
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187 | Destiny of Hinnom? | Jer 31:40 | Tamara Brewington | 204557 | ||
Dear Thomas, This appears to be saying that the Valley of Hinnom after being likened to hell will end up being changed. See Jeremiah 30:18 where it talks about the resotoration of Jacob. In that passage Jeremihah talks about restoring the place where Jacob dwells as rebuidling on the ruins. Your passage in Jeremiah 31:40 is directly saying that this place the Valley of Hinnom will be restored to a holy state. This relates I believe very well to what you have been studying, Revelation, because in chapter 20 you have Jesus coming back and setting up rule for the 1,000 years and this is when Jerusalem will get fully restored as a holy city functioning in a holy state and not before. God bless Tamara |
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188 | May we claim rewards for tithing? | Mal 3:10 | Tamara Brewington | 205579 | ||
Dear rgarden1, We don't claim things we read in the Bible we receive things we read in the Bible, Malachi was speaking of receiving a promise of God by obedience to His word, not claiming rewards. The Holy Spirit is not waiting around for people to act before He will though, He is already working through people. The question is what is He trying to do? Evangelize always, guide us always. I think the issue of giving to the needs we see around us is important though, but what is the primary role of the church? I will not answer that I will leave room for you to do that... The New Testament teaches grace giving you are on track... II Corinthians 9:7 Each must do as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. However, no one according to this text should be compelled to give for any reason, it has to be from their heart. The Holy Spirit has to do a work in people's hearts before they will open up and give though, just letting people know others need something more than they do won't get people to open up their hearts to give to these needs. Not every church and not every members is called to be a missionary or a missionary church either. Not all pastors except money either, and not all pastors let their boards run them into the ground, or the "stockholders" either. Not all pastors have a second job in a big church and you should not muzzle the ox while he works... It is interesting what you say about reaching out to address needs though, that is a first century church model for sure, see Acts 2 and 4 at the ends. Most folks would not be willing to part with things in order to follow that model, but it is the model... That has always bothered me... That we no longer operate like that, everyone is out for his own interests to make a living and don't think much or often about using what God gave us to do what Jesus said; hungry you fed Me, naked you clothed Me, homeless you housed Me. Ain't nobody gonna take a homeless person off the street are they? They might give em a few bucks, but not a track of land to sell to go get an apartment... Even Christians are not running around doing this for Christians these days. God's Day To You, Tamara |
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189 | What does "Jesus" mean? | Matthew | Tamara Brewington | 203723 | ||
Jesus is Greek for Iesous a common Hebrew name, nothing more... | ||||||
190 | Carpenter or rabbi? | Matthew | Tamara Brewington | 204354 | ||
Go to www.bible.com and use the search engine by typing in the word carpenter and then the word Rabbi. It will take you to every place that those words appears in the Bible. At the bottom of the search page will be blocks of verses that the word also occurs in. God Bless, Tamara |
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191 | Carpenter or rabbi? | Matthew | Tamara Brewington | 204356 | ||
Go to www.blueletterbible.com and use the search engine by typing in the word carpenter and then the word Rabbi. It will take you to every place that those words appears in the Bible. At the bottom of the search page will be blocks of verses that the word also occurs in. God Bless, Tamara |
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192 | can the SOTM be taken literally? | Matthew | Tamara Brewington | 204596 | ||
Dear SAKII, A couple of things would happen, lets see; 1)Verses 5:1-12 - humbleness and perseverance through persecution would be the result. 2)Verses 5:13-20 - remaining unstained by the world and being a light to the world would be the result. 3)Verses 5:21-48 - godly behavior would be the result. 4)Verses 6:1-15 - caring for Jesus in the form of others would be the result. 5)Verses 6:16-24 - being concerned with the internal as opposed to the external would be the result. 6)Verses 6:25-34 - focusing on seeking the kingdom instead of worrying about worldly needs would be the result. 7)Verses 7:1-28 - good moral conduct and focusing on being able to enter life would be the result. Does that answer the question? What here do you think you should not be taking literaly as a Christian I am definetely wondering? The part about suffering perhaps? I Peter 2:21-23 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any sin found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept on entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously. Are you serious about whether or not one should be taking it literaly? Or was this a fishing expedition? Not judging. God Bless Tamara |
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193 | Carpenter or rabbi? | Matthew | Tamara Brewington | 204637 | ||
Dear Mike, No need to repent to anyone, a question is always legitimate as long as we are truly seeking an answer, doesn't matter if you already have one answer, there is wisdom in wise counsel and it is good to always get a second opinion on what you already know. I do that in here all the time... And remember the only one you ever have to repent to is JC, see I John 1:2... It may seem like the right thing to do when your conscience is bothering you, but it is not a requirement to repent to others about something you have done. Your character must be pretty good Mike if you are concerned about how you are doing on the minors! Keep on asking what ever questions you have for what ever reaon you have, we will all endeavor to answer you with sincerity of heart and remember seeking confirmation is not a sin, or wanting to be right, it may be wanting to make sure you don't teach the wrong thing! Watch out Mike for those who condemn you by commending themselves... Check out that verse sometime. The Bible doesn't say many things about one passage, there is always only one correct interpretation and you are not wrong to be correcting erroneous beliefs about what the Bible says, but those who are perishing will refuse to listen and will begin to argue becasue the message is foolishness to them! God Bless, Tamara |
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194 | Reconcile tomb accounts? | Matt 1:1 | Tamara Brewington | 203854 | ||
The gospels have conflicting acounts of events at the tomb of Jesus on the resurrection day. For instance, one angel and then two angels, Mary sees Jesus at the tomb and then goes and tells the disciples immediately, Mary sees Jesus at the tomb is afraid and waits three days before telling the disciples, Mary goes alone, Mary goes with three women, Mary goes with a group of women more than three, Mary and the other Mary see Jesus after leaving the tomb, Mary, or Mary and some women or other see Jesus at the tomb, Mary sees the empty tomb and then does not see Jesus until she goes back later, the one angel is sitting on the stone, the one angel is by the door, two angels are inside the tomb, then the disciples were told Peter got up and ran to see, the disciples were told and they did not believe until they saw Jesus, All four gospel endings. Reconcile accounts if you can please. | ||||||
195 | Reconcile tomb accounts? | Matt 1:1 | Tamara Brewington | 203874 | ||
That was interesting but does not adequately explain the various differences in days and places, or whether or not Peter and John came right away or in three days, or whether Mary saw Jesus before or after telling Peter and John the toms is empty. I was going to say that was a cute answer becuase I keep getting replies that don't realy answer the questions, but offer platitudes instead, but don't want to trivialize your answer because it applies to some of the variations, but not others... Care to give it another go? God Bless... | ||||||
196 | Reconcile tomb accounts? | Matt 1:1 | Tamara Brewington | 203882 | ||
Dear Azure, I agree that the writers were writing with emphasis on differing aspects of the story, you are absolutely right about that part. By looking at it from that light we can deduce that there were two angels and that some writers only spoke about the one who did the speaking. And we can deduce that there was defintely a group of women, not just two or three. What can't be explained by the phenomena of writers writing form different views is the difference of Mary telling the disciples in three days or on the same day and whether or not Peter and John came the third day or the same day and whether or not Mary saw Jesus before she told the disciples the tomb was empty before or after she saw Jesus. Thanks for the link, checked it out, but it is talking about the saints who rose from the dead when Jesus died. God Bless, Tamara | ||||||
197 | Purpose of Sermon on the Mount? | Matt 5:1 | Tamara Brewington | 204517 | ||
What is the purpose of the Sermon on the Mount? God Bless the hat lady |
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198 | OT via Jesus? | Matt 5:28 | Tamara Brewington | 205609 | ||
Dear Thomas8, I think that what we have here is that Jesus clarifies the scope of the law to include the alliliations of the heart. When we look at the Ten Commandments we see ten things we are not supposed to be doing in obedience to God as if they are bad actions to take. Jesus goes a step beyond and tells us that sin is a matter of the intentions of the heart, and by attrition, God will not just judge our actions, but our hearts and minds. We tend to think of sin in terms of actions taken, as I say again, but we don't understand where sin begins, in an inside rebellion against God by placing something else inside where God shoud be. I like Romans 1:18-32 a lot because it shows where all depravity begins, in setting up something to revere above God, anything we place above God and following God cause us to be given over to a depraved mind to sin, any kind of sin, not just gross sexual sin, but any sin is the action of depravity, and it starts in the heart and in the head doesn't it? I like your transition of covenants, I think this is a correct view of the situation. Jesus is about to go to Jerusalem in a few years and switch up covenants on us, He will replace and old one with a new one and also enhance and old one, the covenant of faith. No longer will any have to keep struggling with law to become righteous the righteous will have the law writen in their inward parts, in their hearts to do it. God's Day To You, Tamara |
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199 | to get closer to god | Matt 6:6 | Tamara Brewington | 203738 | ||
Worship Him in your heart first and foremost, love the Lord your God with all your heart all your soul and all your mind. Believe Jesus is God with all your heart and that He brings you to the Father God, follow the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles and your soul will get purified, listen to Biblical teaching and preaching and study in order to get fed the pure milk of the word, praise God with songs He lives in your praises, fellowship with the body of Christ and love them as Christ loves you, pray for the relationship between you and God to grow. If you know Jesus as Lord, God bless you, if you don't, Jesus is Lord and He died and was risen on the third day, read Romans 10:9,10 to see what to do to get saved today. | ||||||
200 | how can i learn to pray out lound | Matt 6:9 | Tamara Brewington | 203774 | ||
Try the end of the Psalms and try the 23 Psalm and try the Lord's prayer from the New Testament, but most of all you have to pray in your heart to be led by the Holy Spirit how to pray! Romans 8:26! Try this technique; have in mind a definite thing to be praying about, start off by praising God for all the good things you can think of He has done, then name the thing you are praying about and present it to God, literaly say, I am presenting this to you God and I lay it on your altar of grace, then start talking about all the things that you know need to happen on earth concernin the thing you are praying about, then ask God to use His power to make the thing come true, end with thanks giving to God! The model I have given you comes from studying the parts of the Lord's prayer, remember the disciples were asking Jesus to teach them how to pray, the instructions are in the formula of that prayer! God bless! | ||||||
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