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201 | How do our sufferingss "fill up"... | Col 1:24 | meusing | 45090 | ||
I like what Calvin mentioned that we (Christians) are parts (members) of Christ's body and "as Christ has suffered once in His own person, so He suffers daily in His members" (us) and that "that afflictions must be cheerfully endured, inasmuch as they are profitable to all the pious, and promote the welfare of the whole Church, by adorning the doctrine of the gospel." Adam Clarke adds "I have still some afflictions to pass through before my race of glory be finished; afflictions which fall on me on account of the Gospel; such as Christ bore from the same persecuting people. It is worthy of remark that the apostle does not say paqhmata, the passion of Christ, but simply qliyeiv, the afflictions; such as are common to all good men who bear a testimony against the ways and fashions of a wicked world. In these the apostle had his share, in the passion of Christ he could have none. He trod the wine press alone, of the people there were none with him." |
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202 | Michaels war with Satan. | Col 3:1 | meusing | 42212 | ||
it is all speculation, with no basis in Scriture. Our focus is to be on Christ. | ||||||
203 | The Hell questions. | 2 Tim 2:15 | meusing | 162932 | ||
Hi, you might check out "Human Destiny" by Sir Robert Anderson. Charles H.Spurgeon said of it that it was "the most valuable contribution on the subject" he had ever seen. It is on the 'web at: http://www.newble.co.uk/anderson/destiny/destinypref1.html |
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204 | Flesh of Jesus admit and separate? | Heb 10:20 | meusing | 155584 | ||
As I see it, Hebrews deals in types. In 10:20 the veil seems to be a type of Christ's flesh. John Gill explained: "'done through the vail,' that is to say, his flesh; the human nature of Christ, through which the way to heaven is opened, renewed, and consecrated, is compared to the vail of the tabernacle, Exo 26:31 the matter of which that was made, was fine twined linen, which the Jews (y) say was of thread six times doubled; which may denote the holiness of Christ's human nature; the strength, courage, and steadfastness of it, under all its sorrows and sufferings; and the purity and duration of his righteousness; the colours of it were blue, purple, and scarlet, which may signify the sufferings of the human nature; the preciousness of Christ's blood, and the dignity of his person, and his royalty; purple and scarlet being wore by kings: the vail was of cunning work, which may intend the curious workmanship of Christ's human nature, and the graces of the Spirit, with which it is adorned; and it was made with "cherubim", pointing to the ministration of angels, both to Christ, and to his people. The pillars of it may signify the deity of Christ, the support of his human nature, in which it has its personal subsistence; and being of Shittim wood, may denote his eternity: and being covered with gold, his glory: its hooks and sockets may be symbolical of the union of the two natures in him." Calvin said "20. Through the veil, etc. As the veil covered the recesses of the sanctuary and yet afforded entrance there, so the divinity, though hid in the flesh of Christ, yet leads us even into heaven; nor can any one find God except he to whom the man Christ becomes the door and the way. Thus we are reminded, that Christ’s glory is not to be estimated according to the external appearance of his flesh; nor is his flesh to be despised, because it conceals as a veil the majesty of God, while it is also that which conducts us to the enjoyment of all the good things of God." |
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205 | Love a consuming fire? | Heb 12:29 | meusing | 60079 | ||
Love is just one of the attributes that make up the nature of God. He is Holy and Just, the creator. When one loves someone, he of she is jealous when the one loved turns to another. That is the reference here. Barnes' notes This is a further reason why we should serve God with profound reverence and unwavering fidelity. The quotation is made from Deu_4:24. “For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.” The object of the apostle here seems to be, to show that there was the same reason for fearing the displeasure of God under the new dispensation which there was under the old. It was the same God who was served. There had been no change in his attributes, or in the principles of his government. He was no more the friend of sin now than he was then; and the same perfections of his nature which would then lead him to punish transgression would also lead him to do it now. His anger was really as terrible, and as much to be dreaded as it was at Mount Sinai; and the destruction which he would inflict on his foes would be as terrible now as it was then. The fearfulness with which he would come forth to destroy the wicked might be compared to a “fire” that consumed all before it; see the notes, Mar_9:44-46. The image here is a most fearful one, and is in accordance with all the representations of God in the Bible and with all that we see in the divine dealings with wicked people, that punishment; as inflicted by him is awful and overwhelming. So it was on the old world; on the cities of the plain; on the hosts of Sennacherib; and on Jerusalem - and so it has been in the calamities of pestilence, war, flood, and famine with which God has visited guilty people. By all these tender and solemn considerations, therefore, the apostle urges the friends of God to perseverance and fidelity in his service. His goodness and mercy; the gift of a Saviour to redeem us; the revelation of a glorious world; the assurance that all may soon be united in fellowship with the angels and the redeemed; the certainty that the kingdom of the Saviour is established on a permanent basis, and the apprehension of the dreadful wrath of God against the guilty, all should lead us to persevere in the duties of our Christian calling, and to avoid those things which would jeopard the eternal interests of our souls. |
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206 | jewish dispersion in east and west | James | meusing | 40066 | ||
A good book that answers all these questions is "The Life and Times of Jesus Christ, the Messiah" by Albert Edersheim. that and his other books can be found on www.godrules.net about the dispersion : " When we turn from the Jewish 'dispersion' in the East to that in the West, we seem to breathe quite a different atmosphere. Despite their intense nationalism, all unconsciously to themselves, their mental characteristics and tendencies were in the opposite direction from those of their brethren. With those of the East rested the future of Judaism; with them of the West, in a sense, that of the world. The one represented old Israel, stretching forth its hands to where the dawn of a new day was about to break. These Jews of the West are known by the term Hellenists, from , to conform to the language and manners of the Greeks.[1 Indeed, the word Alnisti (or Alunistin), 'Greek', actually occurs, as in Jer. Sot. 21 b, line 14 from bottom. Bohl (Forsch. n. ein. Volksb. p. 7) quotes Philo (Leg. ad Caj. p. 1023) in proof that he regarded the Eastern dispersion as a branch separate from the Palestinians. But the passage does not convey to me the inference which he draws from it. Dr. Guillemard (Hebraisms in the Greek Test.) on Acts vi. 1, agreeing with Dr. Roberts, argues that the term 'Hellenist' indicated only principles, and not birthplace, and that there were Hebrews and Hellenists in and out of Palestine. But this view is untenable.] " ect from the same chapter ... " From this it would, of course, follow that the Canon of the Old Testament was then practically fixed in Palestine. [1 Comp. here, besides the passages quoted in the previous note, Baba B. 13 b and 14 b; for the cessation of revelation in the Maccabean period, 1 Macc. iv. 46; ix. 27; xiv. 41; and, in general, for the Jewish view on the subject at the time of Christ, Jos. Ag. Ap. i. 8.] That Canon was accepted by the Alexandrian translators, although the more loose views of the Hellenists on 'inspiration,' and the absence of that close watchfulness exercised over the text in Palestine, led to additions and alterations, and ultimately even to the admission of the Apocrypha into the Greek Bible. Unlike the Hebrew arrangement of the tex into the Law, the Prophets, [2 Anterior: Josh., Judg., 1 and 2 Sam. 1 and 2 Kings. Posterior: Major: Is., Jer., and Ezek.; and the Minor Prophets.] and the (sacred) Writings, or Hagiographa, the LXX. arrange them into historical, prophetical, and poetic books, and count twenty-two, after the Hebrew alphabet, instead of twenty-four, as the Hebrews. But perhaps both these may have been later arrangements, since Philo evidently knew the Jewish order of the books. [a De Vita Contempl. section 3.] What text the translators may have used we can only conjecture. It differs in almost innumerable instances from our own, though the more important deviations are comparatively few. [3 They occur chiefly in 1 Kings, the books of Esther, Job, Proverbs, Jeremiah, and Daniel. In the Pentateuch we find them only in four passages in the Book of Exodus.] In the great majority of the lesser variations our Hebrew must be regarded as the correct text. [4 There is also a curious correspondence between the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch and that of the LXX., which in no less than about 2,000 passages agree as against our Hebrew. " |
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207 | People want answers! | James 1:5 | meusing | 46548 | ||
If you submit yourself and questions to God, He is faithful to answer. He speaks through His Spirit, through His Word, and through His people. All of us become Christians because we need healing. Christians are not perfect and we are all growing at various rates, so our understandings are varied as much as we are yielded to God. Concerning restoring marriage, a good article to read is : http://www.christianitytoday.com/mp/2002/001/6.46.html Again, read james 1:5 and believe it. |
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208 | How was Jesus slain 'before' ? | 1 Pet 1:20 | meusing | 40473 | ||
See also Rev. 13:8 Jesus death was foreordained, or foreknown (planned) in eternity. Past, present, and future are one in eternity; just as as we, in 3 dimentions can see the beginning and end of a 2 dimentional line. and know that at a certain spot on that line there is a mark. God is multidimentional and sees the end from the begining. |
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209 | 1 Cor 13, the love of God. | 2 Pet 3:1 | meusing | 42214 | ||
1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him]. 1 John 4:8 He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. 1 John 4:9 In this the love of God was made manifest (displayed) where we are concerned: in that God sent His Son, the only begotten or unique [Son], into the world so that we might live through Him. 1 John 4:10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins. 1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God loved us so [very much], we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:12 No man has at any time [yet] seen God. But if we love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us and His love (that love which is essentially His) is brought to completion (to its full maturity, runs its full course, is perfected) in us! 1 John 4:13 By this we come to know (perceive, recognize, and understand) that we abide (live and remain) in Him and He in us: because He has given (imparted) to us of His [Holy] Spirit. 1 John 4:14 And [besides] we ourselves have seen (have deliberately and steadfastly contemplated) and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son [as the] Savior of the world. 1 John 4:15 Anyone who confesses (acknowledges, owns) that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides (lives, makes His home) in him and he [abides, lives, makes his home] in God. 1 John 4:16 And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him. 1 John 4:17 In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love's complete perfection]. 1 John 4:19 We love Him, because He first loved us. |
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210 | God IS love, what IS love? | 2 Pet 3:1 | meusing | 42219 | ||
All of what God is. | ||||||
211 | He does not wish for any to perish... | 2 Pet 3:9 | meusing | 76794 | ||
Watchman Nee gives a good illustration about God's will and man's actions. "Let us use some Old Testament examples to illustrate how earth governs heaven. When Moses on the top of the hill held up his hand, Israel prevailed; but when he let down his hand, Amelek prevailed (see Ex. 17.9-11). Who decided the victory or defeat at the the foot of the hill? Was it God who willed it of was it Moses? Here we see the principle of God's working, the secret of His action: whatever He wills to do, if man does not will it, He WILL not do it. We cannot make God do what He does not want to do, but we can hinder Him from doing what He does wish to do. In heaven God wants the Children of Israel to win; yet on earth, if Moses does not hold up his hand Israel will be defeated, but if indeed he holds up his hand Israel will win. The earth governs heaven." The Prayer Ministry of the Church p10. We see this as well with the story of Balaam in Numbers. Three times he unwillingly prophesied God's blessing of the children of Israel which was fixed in heaven. "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good? Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst. God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo. For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! (Numbers 23:19-23 Darby) and yet he was able to cause Israel to sin and rouse God to anger. "And Israel joined himself to Baal-Peor; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel. " (Numbers 25:3 Darby) It was Eleazar's actions that stayed God's anger. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. (Numbers 25:11 Darby) |
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212 | Am I lost for eternity because of sin | 1 John 1:9 | meusing | 38149 | ||
Read the verse over, and over and tell yourself that it is true. Remember John 3:16 then read John 20:31. Paul told us of his struggle with this in Rom 7. He then wrote Rom. 8.1 Our salvation is based on what Jesus has done, not how we feel about it. |
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213 | What does "on the earth" mean? | 1 John 5:8 | meusing | 43535 | ||
The amplified amlifies the KJV when it includes 1 John 5:7 So there are three witnesses in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One; 1 John 5:8 and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides]. but notice in the Amplified that from 'in heaven to in earth' inclusive it is all in italics. these words were missing from every MS of this epistle before the invention of printing. It is only included in the margin of the Latin Vulgate. |
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214 | Why does the Amplified include this? | 1 John 5:8 | meusing | 43582 | ||
The Amplified just quoted the KJV in italics. | ||||||
215 | Revelation 6:12 and Acts 2:20 | Rev 6:12 | meusing | 46554 | ||
Peter was quoting Joel 2. Joel 2:28 And afterward I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. Joel 2:29 Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I pour out My Spirit. Joel 2:30 And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens, and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. [Isa. 13:6, 9-11; 24:21-23; Ezek. 32:7-10; Matt. 24:29, 30; Rev. 6:12-17.] Joel 2:32 And whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered and saved, for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the remnant [of survivors] shall be those whom the Lord calls. [Acts 2:17-21; Rom. 10:13.] As with all old testement prophesies he pophesieses of the coming of Christ, without distinguishing between the first and second comming. Living in the costal mountains I see one mountain close to me and another mountain behind that which in certain light looks like one mountain. I cannot see the valley between. Just so, the OT prophets did not see the valley of time between the first and second coming of Jesus. Peter indicated that the first part of the prophesy had been fulfilled so that "whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered and saved". The second is still to come. As sure as the first had. |
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