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21 | Virgin Bride of Christ | 1 Cor 14:34 | mbooker | 58892 | ||
Good Morning Can you tell me where the church is described as the bride of Christ? I did a search and this is what I found: Revelation 21:9-10 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, |
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22 | Hi JesusFreak | 1 Cor 14:34 | mbooker | 58555 | ||
Good Morning JesusFreak I wanted to let you know that I appreciate you posting this. I also appreciate you pointing out the "as also saith the law" in this verse. I have read this before and this is the first time I took notice of the reference to the law! :) Also wanted to let you know that I will be walking thru these scriptures myself and asking the Holy Spirit to led me that I may have a clearer understanding. I am wondering… In v 23, Paul talks about the whole church coming together and speaking with tongues. Then he says that if the unlearned or unbeliever come in, they would think the church mad. Then he talks about all prophesying and the unlearned or unbeliever being convinced of all (v24) and worshipping God (v25). Then down in v28, he says if there is no interpreter, let him that speak in a tongue keep silent in the church. Then he tells them they may prophesy one by one, that all may learn ad be exhorted (v31). Then he lets us know that the spirit of the prophet are subject to the prophet ("For the spirits of the prophets (the speakers in tongues) are under the speaker's control [and subject to being silenced as may be necessary]’ v 32 Amp) Then... :) he tells us that God is not the author of confusion. Then we have 'Let your women keep silence...' I am wondering if 1. The women were up speaking in tongues with no interpreter 2. The women were trying to prophesy while someone else was prophesying, thus causing confusion. 3. The women were asking questions (v35) 4. This chapter was addressed to only the men of the church (‘Let your women keep silence’) Goodness! The questions keep coming. :) Any insight others are led to share would be appreciated. And if my questions have already been answered somewhere else on this site, please forgive me :). Abba Father Bless… |
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23 | Dharma Cards | Gal 1:6 | mbooker | 58134 | ||
Does anyone know anything about Dharma cards? I have a co worker who has been under a great deal of stress. He is a CONSTANT worrier. He says he believes in Jesus and we have had conversations about Him and the Word (but they are one in the same aren't they? :) ) But anyway, I have tried to minister to him the words of Jesus. 'Let not your heart be troubled'. For awhile, I thought maybe it was working but then... He started telling me about these Buddhist philosophy books he bought. It seems as if he is saying 'yeah I know what Jesus said but I need something else'. And yesterday he told me about the Dharma cards he bought and he confirmed what I thought because he said something about Christians who practice some of the Buddhist philosophy dont find any contradictions with the Bible. During our conversation, as he told me about some of the philosophies, I tried to point back to what scripture said. While, on the surface, the philosophies he shared did not seem to contradict the Word, my concern for him is that he is seeking peace from everywhere but the Prince of Peace. I even told him what Isaiah said: 'Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.' Has anyone dealt with anything similiar and have scripture references I can study, then minister to him? Thanks in advance to those who may respond. Abba Father bless... Meredith |
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24 | Thanks | Mark 5:28 | mbooker | 57389 | ||
Hi SERENETIME and thanks for your response. I followed your post and understood but what I was wondering was HOW she knew touching Jesus' garments would make her whole. IE Did someone tell her... was she taught it as a child... had she read in the the Law of Moses... And Jesus called her daughter and I am wondering if she was a daughter of Abraham i.e. Jewish |
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25 | How did she know? | Mark 5:28 | mbooker | 57352 | ||
How did the woman wiht the issue of blood know that if she touched Jesus's garments, she would be made whole? Thanks in advance to those who may respond. Abba Father bless |
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26 | Cult by God's definition | Bible general Archive 1 | mbooker | 57351 | ||
Good Morning Brother Tim May I ask you if you know if we have a biblical standard by which to determine if a group is a cult or not. I ask because another sister and I looked up 'cult' in the Webster's dictionary and to be perfectly honest, we both felt that we(believers) could be define as a cult if you use Webster's dictionary. My goal is to allow the Word of God to be the final authority. So, have you come across any scriptures that you believe can help us identify a 'cult'? One scripture that I consider is I John 4:1-3. Thanks so much for your response. Abba Father Bless you... :) Sister Meredith |
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27 | scripture reference... | Bible general Archive 1 | mbooker | 57348 | ||
Good Morning EdB! Thanks for responding... When you said 'the scripture God’s owes no man', I thought of Proverbs 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. KJV He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward him for what he has done. NIV He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him. Amp One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his good deed. NTL Can you point me to 'the scripture God’s owes no man'. Thanks again for taking the time to response. Abba Father bless you... |
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28 | HI EdB | Bible general Archive 1 | mbooker | 57318 | ||
Hi EdB Thanks for responding. I must say that it would take awhile to find all the local pastors 'that speak most about money'! LOL That would mean I would have to visit each local church several times and compare one with another. Then I would have to observe each congregation to compare them with their pastor. WHEW! That could take a long time. I think my own pastor would wonder where in the world I am each Sunday. :) (this paragraph was typed in humor) But I will share this. My pastor has an SUV, a Mercedes and I believe he still has a pickup truck. His wife has a Toyota (not the Camry, but the other one (the name escapes me at present) ). He wears nice suits and his wife dresses nice also. I've never seen his house and never looked up his local property tax records. But I do have his address and phone number and can find his home if I choose to. Our congregation is a mixture. We have state workers, lawyers, doctors, professors, teachers, business owners, college students. And comparing the members of the congregation with the pastor, I see equity for the most part. Now... :) No, my church is not labeled WoF. In fact, we are labeled 'Baptist'. My pastor usually picks a passage of scripture and preaches on it and I don't recall the last time he preached specifically on the subject of money other than reading a scripture(usually Malachi 3:8-10) at offering time. My pastor is paid thru tithes given by the congregation, so I guess he too lives off what is given by his listeners. Given the following scripture, is it wrong for 'preachers (to) live off what is given by their listeners'? Gal 6:6 Let him who receives instruction in the Word [of God] share all good things with his teacher [contributing to his support]. Amp Those who are taught the word of God should help their teachers by paying them. NLT Oh and please... please... please I beseech anyone who may raise a brow at the number of autos my pastor has... please... please... please I humbly beseech you: I can not and will not defend why he should or should not have them, so please, if you have a problem with it, just leave a scripture reference and I'll pass it along :). Whew! How did this post get so long?!! Abba Father bless and keep you... :) |
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29 | oops! another question :) | Bible general Archive 1 | mbooker | 57272 | ||
What exactly is Word of faith? And if Acts is the pattern for the church, why do we even have demoninations? Again, thanks in advance to those who may response :) |
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30 | verify statement | Bible general Archive 1 | mbooker | 57271 | ||
I was in a bible study a few years ago and the author of the book we were studying made this statement: Ministries that preach about money take in the most money. (not an exact quote). here it was stated 'yet they themselves the teachers of WoF live strictly off those that listen to them'. Does anyone know if and where the above statements can be verified as being true? Thanks in advance to those who may respond... :) |
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31 | Rebuke or Appeal | Matt 28:19 | mbooker | 57096 | ||
Just a thought/question: After reading Titus 1:13-14, with emphasis on 'rebuke them sharply', I thought of Paul's letter to Philemon. chapter 1 vv 8-14: Therefore, though I have abundant boldness in Christ to charge you to do what is fitting and required and your duty to do, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you just for what I am--I, Paul, an ambassador [of Christ Jesus] and an old man and now a prisoner for His sake also-- I appeal to you for my [own spiritual] child, Onesimus [meaning profitable], whom I have begotten [in the faith] while a captive in these chains. Once he was unprofitable to you, but now he is indeed profitable to you as well as to me. I am sending him back to you in his own person, [and it is like sending] my very heart. I would have chosen to keep him with me, in order that he might minister to my needs in your stead during my imprisonment for the Gospel's sake. But it has been my wish to do nothing about it without first consulting you and getting your consent, in order that your benevolence might not seem to be the result of compulsion or of pressure but might be voluntary [on your part]. And here is my question: Could it be that there are times when a sharp rebuke is necessary but there are also times when an appeal and not a charge/rebuke is necessary in order for the hearer to receive the correction? For me, that is an important thing - receiving the word/correction with understanding. Just a thought... :) Abba Father bless... |
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32 | question | Col 2:12 | mbooker | 57067 | ||
the amplified version of v18: For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once [6] for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit, Is '(Jesus was quicked by the Spirit during baptism in water);' your addition? If it is, I have this question. At the time of Jesus's water baptism, wasn't he already 'alive in the spirit'? It is my understanding that Jesus was born spiritually alive and when he was made sin, he died spiritually, then physically. Colossians 1:18 refers to him as 'the firstborn from among the dead;'. He wasn't the first to be born from among the physically dead (the Shunammite's son (II Kings 4:8-37), Jairus's daughter(Mark 5:20-42 and Luke 8:41-56), Lazarus (John 11:1-44) ). So, was this verse referring to being born from among the spiritually dead? If my understanding is correct, how was he 'made alive in the spirit' at his water baptism if he was already alive in the spirit? Thanks in advance for your response :) |
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33 | Love Jesus before the Father loves me? | John 14:21 | mbooker | 56960 | ||
'whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father' Can anyone expound to this part of the verse? Whenever I read it, I think 'OK. I have to keep Jesus' commands, then the Father will love me'. I can't reconciled this passage with John 3:16. 'For God so loved the world...'. And I John 4:10. 'Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins' thanks in advance to those who respond... |
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34 | deeds of the law | Bible general Archive 1 | mbooker | 56928 | ||
'Now if a person sins and does any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, though he was unaware, still he is guilty, and shall bear his punishment.' Now that is pretty disheartening :(. My question is, was this under the law? If so, haven't we been redeemed from the curse of the law? (Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: Gal 3:13). Another question: How do we reconcile the following scriptures? For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. Romans 2:13 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Romans 3:20 Thanks in advance to those who will respond. Abba Father Bless... |
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35 | Reward? | Rom 6:4 | mbooker | 56703 | ||
May I ask a question... (I guess I may since I'm asking :) ) 'What commandments do we need to obey? Just those which seem right or all of them? Does not a person obtain his reward by obeying ALL His commandments; baptism included?' When you say 'obtain his reward', is that reward salvation? When I say salavation, I mean being born again (born from above). Thanks |
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36 | Corrected post! sorry for err! | John 1:1 | mbooker | 56474 | ||
Correction ALERT!!! 'Likewise, if Jesus's father is God (and he is), that makes him God. Not The Most High God, but still God.' the 'a God' is corrected to 'God'. |
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37 | thanks hank | John 1:1 | mbooker | 56473 | ||
Thanks Hank I acknowledged my err in my post to roviear (Estelle) about the 'a God' and see that I should have typed just 'God' instead. Thanks for the correction. Abba Father Bless you... :) |
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38 | question | Rom 3:4 | mbooker | 56436 | ||
'At one point, The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society taught that God ruled the universe from somewhere in the Pleiades star system. They have since modified this to say that the "Pleiades can no longer be considered the center of the universe and it would be unwise for us to try to fix God's throne as being at a particular spot in the universe." Such changes and even contradictions in teaching (contradictions.htm) are frequent in the Watchtower organization and when a doctrine changes, they tell their followers that the light of truth is getting brighter.' I have had a JW (btw, when they first came by, I told them I was Jehovah's witness too! Acts 1:8) come by my home and have said that any group that teaches anything that does not correctly line up with the Bible is a false religion. She was trying to convince me that the church I attend is a false religion. She even asked me to go and ask the leaders of my church what they believe. I told her that my pastor once said that the Scriptures were the by-laws for our church. She still was not convinced and sweetly insisted that I go and ask. After the lady told me this (incorrect teaching equals false religion), I thought about it then the Holy Spirit brought to me I John 4:1-2: 'Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God'. Well, I do know that my pastor teaches that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, so I said 'well, that spirit is of God'. I do understand that there are incorrect teachings due to lack of knowledge but to say a group/non JW is a false religion because of that incorrect teaching does not settle with my spirit. And then, I was watching a bible teaching on TV and the minister read where Jesus said you err because you do not know the scriptures (Matt 22:29). Given the JW's statement, I John 4:1-2 and Matt 22:29, it was settled in my spirit that if I try the spirit whether it be of GOD and find that it is of God, I must also remember that we can 'err, knowing not the scriptures', but that does not mean we are a false religion. Now... having said all that! IF, and I stress IF, JW's believe that incorrect teaching equal false religion, then by their own definition aren't they are a false religion if they have to change their teachings/doctrine? And I assume they are changing their teachings/doctrine when they find out what they were teaching is incorrect. And by the same token, why is it when JWs change their incorrect teachings/doctrine it's called 'the light of truth is getting brighter' but when a non JW happens to still be in a not so brigher light of truth (incorrect teaching) it's called 'false religion'? Hope my post isn't too confusing... I know I can ramble. I posted because these questions that came to my mind and this post is NOT intended to spark a heated debate. It's only intended to get a few of my questions answered. Abba Father bless You His Children His Grace and Mercy To Us All... :) |
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39 | Jesus not God in the flesh | Rom 3:4 | mbooker | 56429 | ||
I have a question concerning the following: 'Jesus was only a perfect man, not God in flesh, Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, pp. 306.' John 1:1-2 says: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. So, given that, The Word equals God. In verse 14, 'And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.' So if the Word equals God (the Word was God) and the Word (God) was made flesh. And if John 1 is speaking of Jesus, how is He NOT God (the Word) in the flesh (the Word was made flesh)? |
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40 | Phillip | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46565 | ||
He was talking to Phillip. And if in context, I am to conclude he was talking to the apostles, and thus only the apostles would do the works Jesus did, does that mean that verses 1-27 only apply to the apostles? | ||||||
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