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201 | Please explain Haggai 1:12 (Fear) | Hag 1:12 | Scribe | 86613 | ||
ary yare' yaw-ray' a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten:--affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing). The verse above this concludes a message calling the people to a new attitude toward God. Haggai 1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. Today we would hear many preachers say God did not call the drought, but those that fear the Lord cringe when such a message is preached, because they know the balance of the Holy Spirit, to both Love the Lord and Fear the Lord. We Fear the Lord in reverential fear, but that does not make it anyless awesome of a fear. We still fall on our face before His holiness and tremble. He has shown us His Love by sending us His son and we enter into fellowship with Him and are friends, but woe to the man that takes that lightly and thinks that he can play the harlot with God. He will find that God still calls forth the drought to lead people to repentance if they forget God in prosperity. Fearing God is not a contradiction to Love. It is often said "But I do not want to fear my father, I want to have a love relationship with him." That is true, but if your earthly father was a good father, he could make your stomach turn somersaults if you got caught doing something you knew you were not supposed to be doing. This is because you knew your father loved you enough to discipline you. Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? If more preachers preached the Fear of God as Paul did, there would be fewer backsliders and those that did backslide would be more miserable while they were doing so. The goodness of God leads men to repentance, but the fear of God is part of the goodness of God not something else. |
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202 | did adam and Eve ever get forgiveness? | Matthew | Scribe | 42009 | ||
Well actually they did confess their sins. Just read the account. God asks what have you done and Adam says he ate the fruit. Adam said I was afraid and hid myself. The woman said I was beguiled and I did eat. They were not passing blame in my opinion. I know that is commonly preached but I never saw it from the first time I heard it to date. They are being straight forward and honest in their confession. They are telling God exactly what they did. If they had not of done that or if they were unwilling to accept blame and deny that they had done anything wrong they would not have recieved a covering for their sin. | ||||||
203 | did adam and Eve ever get forgiveness? | Matthew | Scribe | 42010 | ||
You did notice that the animal skins they were clothed in came from the first slain animals. And these must have been the first sacrifice for sin. | ||||||
204 | handling relationships as a Christian | Matthew | Scribe | 85971 | ||
1 Corinthians 7:25-40 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. Hello Gab, take a look at these scritpures and think about what Paul is saying. Imagine the life of godliness Paul is suggesting. The best think you could do is to continue to devote yourself to the Lord. Pray, study the word and get involved in ministry in your church. If your church does not have an outreach ministry of somekind find an outreach ministry nearby that needs volunteers and help out. As you are busy doing the work of God, witnessing the Gospel, telling people what great things God has done for you in Jesus Christ you will learn many things. One of the things that you will soon be very clear on is that your main goal in life is to serve and please the Lord, everything else comes second including romance. If you love this girl in the Lord you will point her to the same life of adventure, serving God and enjoying eternal things. She will find such a thing attractive if there is any hope at all. If not then don't look back follow hard after Jesus Christ and forsake all from Him. After all that is the only way to be a true christian. Matthew 10:37-38 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. Luke 9:61-62 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. You must remain loving and kind and reach out to her in love as you would any other lost sinner or backslider, but you must follow the Lord. As you are involved in outreach and doing the work of the Lord, living life on the "cutting edge" of the kingdom and not getting bogged down in "false christian religion" then you will find that you are ministering alongside sisters in the Lord that share a like passion for the Lord Jesus Christ with you. First you will be friends treating them as sisters only with all purity, but as God wills it there will be one that he will put you with that will be that person that will serve the Lord with you in Life, where you will both have a passion for serving God and not be a drain on each other like the way Paul speaks about. It is very important to make sure you are very patient allowing God to give you the wife that will not backslide on you or loose her passion for the Lord a year after you are married. That is why meeting her in the work of outreach is so helpful. The kind of wife you want is one that has the same passion for Christ that you have and just going to church does not really tell you much. The one that is burning with the fire of the Holy Spirit is one who is serving the Lord in ministry. God bless you as you seek His Face Daily. |
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205 | What is the Lord teaching in this verse? | Matt 7:6 | Scribe | 41479 | ||
I see the dogs as demonic powers. You see the pharisees that would take the holy things of God that were spoken by Christ and the apostles and rend them with gainsaying and stubborn rejection of the truth were acting like wild dogs and hungry pigs in the way they ignored the precious truths that had the power to give them eternal life, ignored it like it was idiocy not worth their mental time, and they then try to kill the messenger. The same teaching is given when Jesus sends us out to win the lost, He tells us that if a house will not recieve you then you are to let your peace return to you and go on. The point is that if I am going to share precious truths of God and the Word of God with a person that is hostile to the things of God and takes on that murderous personality when you begin to discuss the scripture, it is best to just move on to a more worthy audience. There are those that have no interest in God at all and hate you for trying. You are supposed to be lead along by the Holy Spirit and He will lead you to those that are more open. Theses dogs and swine do not know they are demonized and the dog and the swine is the demon behind the person's hostil attitude. There is no attempt to call someone of another denomination or doctrinal belief a dog or swine that would really make you the dog and swine if you were doing that. That being said. Condsider the subject of the gifts of the Holy Spirit that operated in the church in the book of Acts. Paul spoke at length of these in 1 Cor 12-14 If I were to be studying what is there in these passages and I noticed that tongues is available to all believers that are filled with the Holy Spirit and I am sharing the scriptures about this with a christian believer and he becomes hostile and angry and resorts to quoting half verses about Love is the greatest gift and we don't need to speak in tongues today , and then descends into blasphemous statements of saying tongues is of the devil, etc. and if this person has no desire to see what scripture you have about tongues but plugs his ears and and begins to chant "I hate tongues, I hate tongues, I hate tongues" (just kidding but you get my point) this brother is not a dog or a swine, but the principle hear still applies. You should not even discuss it with him because you do not want the Holy things of God such as the Holy Spirit Gifts that are so wonderful and precious that He chose to impart to the church to be maligned and rent by the ignorant and prejudiced words even of a fellow christian brother. So you just move on and live a holy life of service to Christ being a witness empowered by the Holy Ghost and operating in the Gifts as the Spirit Wills. If in time your relationship grows with the brother they may see your good works and glorify God and ask more about what scriptures you were talking about and be more open to the subject as dealt with in the Bible. But until they get to that attitude you cannot and should not be discussing these Holy things with them for their own good becuase you Love them and do not want to provoke them to speak antagonistically about the Holy Spirit Gifts. |
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206 | freely YOU recieved... go do likewise | Matt 10:8 | Scribe | 63517 | ||
Check out David Wilkerson and Times Square Church in New York. They have prooven that you can be on the level of a book of Acts Church and have standing room only in the largest theater in Broadway and not beg for money. |
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207 | freely recieved.. do thou likewise | Matt 10:8 | Scribe | 63518 | ||
God will bless you for your faith. | ||||||
208 | kingdom of heaven suffers violence | Matt 11:12 | Scribe | 45171 | ||
I have been told by smarter men than I that this verse means to lay hold on the Kingdom of heaven by ardent zeal and I have heard it said that it means that saints will suffer persecution unto death by men of wickedness. What do you think it means? | ||||||
209 | Did Jesus suffer in hell when he died? | Matt 12:39 | Scribe | 48052 | ||
Psalms 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. Psalms 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. Matthew 12:39-40 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. It seems that there may be something to the idea of Christ being somehow a prisoner in hell for that brief time. The fact that he says his descension is compared to Jonah in the belly of the well, and we know that Jonah was in great distress. The fact that he says.. "thou wilt not leave my soul in hell" it seems that some sort of breaking through occured and He became triumphant. It seems that he descended with the sin of the world.. and yet was declared righteous when He was there, so death, hell and the grave lost their legal hold on him. but stating that they lost their legal hold on him means that for a brief time by the fact of He being the substitution for us death hell and the grave were claiming a legal hold, but once whatever it was that had to be done to satisfy the just judgement and legal claims of a holy God were met.. then they lost their hold. I see nothing unscriptural about saying he suffered as Jonah in the belly of whale. And yet I do not recall ever hearing about the suffering of Christ in hell but rather His suffering seems to be always mentioned as on the cross. Howbeit we do recall referencing His suffering for us before the cross such as the Garden. Good question and worthy of more study. May God bless you in your study of His Word. |
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210 | What kind of seed are we sewing? | Matt 13:37 | Scribe | 47371 | ||
Matthew 13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; I understand your question. It is true that God uses us to sow seed, as Paul stated one sows another waters. However the truth remains that dynamic of a seed being planted and bringing forth fruit, or taking root in good soil is entirely outside of our control. Mark 4:27-28 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. It is the Father in heaven that is able to reveal to a man the Christ and to make him to have understanding. It is the Father in Heaven that allows the judgement of a lack of understanding to come upon a man that he cannot hear. And what part do we have in all this? As much as lies within us we should endeavor to preach to those that recieve us and shake the dust off of those that reject us, letting our peace return to us and not entering into strife. There are those who are "in the way of life" and those that are "in the way of death" we do not judge these things but we know that they are and that we should not extend too much spiritual energy on the one that is "in the way of death" Consider Christ and how he ministered to some that "were not far from the kingdom of heaven" and you will see in that prospective convert an honest approach to spiritual questions. So it should be in these forums and christian chat rooms on the internet. It is a snare to waste time and spiritual energy striving about words with someone who does not have this hones heart. How do we know who does and who doesn't. The Holy Spirit will guide you if you will have faith for it and as He does you will find you are not judging anyone one way or the other, but leaving the judgement up to God and simply following the peace that God gives. So you "inquire within if anyone is worthy.. and if so there abide until the Spirit moves you on.. and if not.. then let your peace return unto you and move on." May God bless you in your Study of His Word. One last thought. The only good soil that had understanding of the kind that bore fruit was a tilled ground. The tilled ground according to the OT prophets when applying it to the heart was always speaking about a repentant heart. Repentant of past sins and an eager willingness to follow God. |
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211 | Binding and Loosing. What is it? | Matt 16:19 | Scribe | 46476 | ||
I am interested in your thoughts on binding and loosing. Is it as my charismatic friends understand it, to bind and loose spiritual powers as it were or is it about forgiveness. Or is it both. Does it have to do with asking the Lord to forgive a person that has wronged you adn thus giving that person a greater chance of salvation? So that when a saint prays and intercedes and asks the Lord to save and deliver people they are loosing, and if they hold someone accountable for their wrong doing they are binding? Or is it that of saying "I bind the spirit of alcohol" and such like that I often hear, but do not see an example of in the scripture. I am interested in scriptural dialog about this. Thanks | ||||||
212 | Binding and Loosing. What is it? | Matt 16:19 | Scribe | 46553 | ||
I have read the verses you posted and I am still wondering about the correct application. So far from reading the binding and loosing verses I would have to conclude that Jesus is giving the saints some sore of authority. | ||||||
213 | Binding and Loosing. What is it? | Matt 16:19 | Scribe | 46812 | ||
I do not understand your question. But I see something here about a person being given over to satan for the destruction of the flesh becuase he is not willing to repent. It is a spiritual subject. I see it as a spiritual matter. Not a mere outward governmental matter of certain ecclesiastical rules and regulations but the context in Matt 16 reveals that Jesus is talking about divine revelation, or "you did not get this from man but my Father in heaven revealed it to you" and so in Matt 18 it seems as though the same subject is being dealt with which is that if you send out the unrepentant man from the midst, there are certain spiritual forces that will be allowed to affect him. It is a mystery but I think that is what I am seeing. | ||||||
214 | Binding and Loosing. What is it? | Matt 16:19 | Scribe | 46941 | ||
OK that is the surface. But what about these statements.. Flesh and blood hath not revealed it to you but my Father in Heaven... That is spiritual... and then when Paul says to deliver such an one over to satan, well that statement alone opens up our minds to a whole panarama of spiritual truth about certain powers of darkness that are at work when the fallen unrepentant one goes outside of the fellowship of the church, hoping that by that means of the discipline of the havoc performed in his life as a result of having been made "exposed" to the devil that he will come to his senses and repent and be recieved back again. Of course it is spiritual and the whole reason we shun the Roman Catholic Approach to these passages is becuase we all saw how they removed the spiritual from them and applied them only to the idea of outward church government and used them as it were for all manner of abuse of civil/ecclisatical government over the private affairs of men. Now we have come along way since then and yet in some areas such as this one we still find little in the way of new understanding other than what the Catholics always said it meant. It is amazing how many commentaries still state that this passage means Jesus gave Peter the authority to rule the church in governmental decrees. | ||||||
215 | raising the dead- no possible today?? | Matt 16:24 | Scribe | 54834 | ||
I think the question you raise "are there no really true followers of Jesus Christ so faithful and so empowered to accomplish such a miracle" Is the Holy Spirit working in you.. You are asking "these stories in Acts are all very wonderful and help me but.. where are the Peter's today? Where are the Phillips, or Pauls or Stephens?.. Is God a respector of persons? We know that the scripture says He is not.. Where are the Elijahs.. where are the Enochs.. where is the man who will say "Phooey" to dispensational rhetoric and say.. God here am I use me... God I want to go beyond the norm.. I am willing to give up all this world has to offer to walk with you as Enoch did. I want to know you more than this western nominal "say your sinners prayer, sign the card" religion. I want to have the faith that says to the lame.. I serve the same God of Acts and He what He has promised, He is able to perform, He said in Mark 16 that these signs shall follow them that believe.. They will lay hands on the sick and they shall be healed.. he sent out his disciples and said go heal the sick, cast out demons, raise the dead.. Freely you have recieved (by faith alone) freely give.. (do not charge). I will take you at your Word Lord and reject all seminary teachings by the intellect of men to nullify the Word of God for today. And yes brother you will see the dead raised. Nothing is impossible with God. Why do we think it is a hard thing for God to raise the dead? I have seen it already. I have seen a man dead and raised again by a believeing brother in the name of Jesus and over 20 witnesses gave glory to God. | ||||||
216 | is this a second coming verse | Matt 16:28 | Scribe | 46346 | ||
it is in reference to the going to the mount of transfiguration and being glorifed in front of Peter james and John. We know that it is for sure beyond any question or dispute becuase Peter said that he saw the power of the coming of the son of God when on the mount and then said we would all partake of the same glory at his coming. So yes it is a promise of what all saints that are ready will experience at the coming of the Lord. Not a dissapearing from view but a glorification. |
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217 | where does peter say | Matt 16:28 | Scribe | 46473 | ||
Matthew 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 2 Peter 1:16-18 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. Notice what Peter says..."when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, " so it is beyond dispute from the mouth of Peter himself that Peter understood Jesus as meaning that the event of the transfiguration of Christ is what it will be like when Jesus comes again. |
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218 | Matthew 16:28 | Matt 16:28 | Scribe | 86579 | ||
as has been mentioned already by the other answers, it is speaking of the mount of transiguration. The some of you, were Peter, James and John. Peter said that he witnessed the Power of the COming and glory of Christ when he saw this on the mount in the epistle of Peter. So it does speak of the 2nd coming, and it is saying that those that are alive when Jesus comes again will be transfigured and shine with this same glory. The disappearing rapture theory is a mistake. The word says we are changed and rise, not dissapear and rise. We are glorified and rise. We will shine with the same Glory that Jesus had and the world will see it in my opinion. A holy vindication of all that have been persecuted by the wicked. |
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219 | Multiple Wives in the OT? | Matt 19:8 | Scribe | 41869 | ||
Now I know it may seem as though I posted a scripture that does not apply. I believe that this passage does apply to the question of more than one wife. Since Jesus sites...23 And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. ...as scripture for stating divorce was not in God's plan for man, it also can be said that based on this verse "the Two would become one" means One man plus One woman equals two; is God's plan but because of their inability to control their passions he let them have more than one in order to keep fornication and sexual sins curbed as they did not have the regeneration work inside that we now do as born again saints. So in the New Testament you see these verses,..1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; (which means if he is married he must have one wife, or it means he should be married and only to one) or it may mean he should not be divorced. Or all of the above. God Bless You in your study of His Word. |
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220 | MAny are called - not All are called??? | Matt 22:14 | Scribe | 85702 | ||
Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. The Context of the verse makes the meaning very clear. Jesus gives a parable of a wedding invitation. The call went out to the Jews and they rejected it and even beat and killed the prophets, The call now goes out to the gentiles and everyone else.. Matthew 22:8-9 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. The Call is to all which is not a contradiction of saying many. If the call is to all, then it is also true that the call is to many. And yet few are chosen. Now here is the sobering part. there are many that come to the wedding thinking they are ready for it. And they are rejected.. I personally believe that it has to do with faith in Christ which cleanses us from sin and makes us live holy. The Cheap Grace message that says holiness is not important, leaves some with a false sense of security that they can indulge in their sins and still be let into the wedding feast in that day because they "go to church" and they "believe in Jesus" which is not the same kind of faith that saves. |
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