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21 | infant death | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127720 | ||
Your point No. 2 covers my point. Thank You for your reply DBR |
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22 | infant death | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127752 | ||
Lets have a look how a loving and merciful God views young or little Children:- KJV Deuteronomy 1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. It would seem there is a time during a young ones life when God views them as not having knowledge (understanding) of “good and evil” so then we must ask the question if that is how almighty God thinks how can he justly condemn an innocent whom he view as not knowing the difference between the two that is “good and evil?” So if we follow what the Paul said at Rom 12:1 I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent – Here the Greek word is logiken (Logic)) service and spiritual worship. Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Reasonable logikos pertaining to "the reasoning faculty, reasonable, rational," is used in Rom_12:1, of the service (latreia) to be rendered by believers in presenting their bodies "a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God." The sacrifice is to be intelligent, in contrast to those offered by ritual and compulsion; the presentation is to be in accordance with the spiritual intelligence of those who are new creatures in Christ and are mindful of "the mercies of God." So if I follow Paul’s example and apply reason/logic it tells me that as God is Just he would not condemn those he would consider that do not know good from bad, so the only just thing he could do is to give them another chance? This is what I feel the scriptures say to me and that it is a logical conclusion to draw, you don’t not have to follow it if that is what you feel. That’s ok by me. Thank you for your thoughts I do think about them, I fact most of today. Christian Love DBR |
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23 | Scriptural Support? | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127753 | ||
see my prevous posts. Thank you for you time Christian Love DBR |
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24 | infant death | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127765 | ||
I think Hank (12-5-01) has made a very sound comment on this point:- I can't agree that a child under the age of three knows that he has done wrong. He may know that a certain action of his brings a frown or a no-no from his mother without really understanding why. But I doubt he has any real sense of wrongdoing, much less any conviction of sin. I further withhold judgment that any child of "3 or so" could be held strictly accountable for his deeds. My wife and I had 3 children and they were, by any measure, the very brightest on our block, of course! But I could not see in any of them at the tender age of 3 or 4 any sign that they had reached the level of cognizance at which they had any genuine concept or conviction of sin or of their need for a Savior. --Hank Hope ypu do not mind me cutting and pasteing you comment Hank as I think it has much to say of Import here? Thank You both Love DBR |
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25 | infant death | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127783 | ||
Rom 10:9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Rom 5:9 Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood, how much more [certain is it that] we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God. So how can a e.g. 1-4 yr old do the above? A prerequisite for salvation and gaining a place in heaven, God cannot brake his own rules so to speak otherwise what he said would be untrue, and that Cannot be. I will answer, they would not have the mental ability to do so, how would they understand sin and to repent from it? What would they understand about the Shed Blood of Jesus, they probably would not be able to spell Blood. How can a baby or young child do the following? Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. How can they understand faith when they have not what finished using the bottle? Acts 17:30 Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins) If God is willing to let pass by him pagans who worship false gods in "ignorance" of him, are you saying that God will not let pass by him the death of a young one who died in "ignorance"? Some one said to me will God give them a 2nd chance, as I see it they have not even had a 1st chance as yet. As God 4 cardinal qualities are 1, Love. 2, Wisdom, 3, Justice, 4, Power, Not to give the innocent a fair trial would be wrong, it even is in the eyes of sinful men (and some of them atheists), so how much more so in the eyes of God, remember we are in God's Image and can reflect his thinking to some degree even though we are sinners, we have a sense of fair play, how much more so for a God how IS Love, not that he has Love but IS Love.? We could think of it this way, God seems to have 1 of 3 actions to take: 1 Send the to heaven, this has been ruled out by the above texts, God has to stay by his word. 2. Send the dead child to Hell, unthinkable as he was prepared to forget the past actions of ignorant demon worshiping pagans if the repented, the child has not got to the point of knowing about repentance etc. much less demon worship?! 3. Resurrect and let the child get to the point that he can understand about God, Christ and his ransom etc., which he or she was not able to do because of circumstance total beyond and out of their control. The latter I believe would be the action of a Loving, Wise, Just and Powerful and we can add Forgiving God, as Jesus died for all sinful humans so that they might be able to have a Good relationship with him God, children they died young did not get that chance to show Love of and For God Love says they need it. These are my scriptural reasons. DBR |
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26 | infant death | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127829 | ||
Thank you for your comment. I just would like to note one thing I did not say "God has no option" I said it seems to me etc., as I cannot not know God's mind commpletly as he may have somthing other to do:- Matt 19:26 But Jesus looked at them and said, With men this is impossible, but ALL things are possible with God. Christian Love Dave |
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27 | infant death | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127853 | ||
Thanks for your reply, I see yous thought. Thanks for seeing my thinking. Christian love DBR |
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28 | What type of "magic" do magi do? | Matt 2:1 | DBR | 127243 | ||
If there is no Magic why did God condemn it? Examples Leviticus 19:26 “‘YOU must not look for omens, and YOU must not practice magic. Exodus 7:11 However, Phar´aoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers; and the magic-practicing priests of Egypt themselves also proceeded to do the same thing with their magic arts. Deuteronomy 18:10-11 There should not be found in you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, anyone who employs divination, a practicer of magic or anyone who looks for omens or a sorcerer, 11 or one who binds others with a spell or anyone who consults a spirit medium or a professional foreteller of events or anyone who inquires of the dead. Micah 5:12 And I will cut off sorceries out of your hand, and no practicers of magic will you continue to have. DBR |
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29 | What type of "magic" do magi do? | Matt 2:1 | DBR | 127328 | ||
I agree totaly DBR |
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30 | What type of "magic" do magi do? | Matt 2:1 | DBR | 127329 | ||
I agree totaly DBR |
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31 | Jesus called himself the son of man why? | Matt 16:13 | DBR | 128073 | ||
My comment was spacific and dealing with the "son of Man" side of Jesus physically -"human"- nature not the spiritual -"divine"- one. As you say "He had a true body (Heb. 2:14; Luke 24:39) and a rational soul. He was a perfect man" because he was born of woMAN. To simplify my comment, Jesus was called the "son of Man" because he was born of woMAN, Mary, referring to his physical or "human" nature while on earth. DBR |
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32 | Jesus called himself the son of man why? | Matt 16:13 | DBR | 128079 | ||
"Jesus is the only begotten Son of God. Born of the virgin Mary, He sustains a special relationship with God and a special relationship with man. He is both Son of God and Son of Man. Having this unique nature, He is able to serve as mediator between God and mankind. He is a "daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both" (Job 9:33). Jesus is without sin. In His purity and perfection, He is able to do what no other individual can do. He alone is qualified to be the bridge between God and man." A thought found on the following WWW site - http://www.hutchinsoncog.com/SysTheology/Les14_a.html |
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33 | From what are we ransomed? | Mark 10:45 | DBR | 127875 | ||
Consider the following texts. 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:13, Titus 2:14. DBR |
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34 | From what are we ransomed? | Mark 10:45 | DBR | 127888 | ||
Very true. Jesus’ perfect human life offered in sacrifice is the antitypical sin offering. It is the valuable thing that accomplishes the purchase of mankind, redeeming them from inherited sin and death. (Tit 2:13, 14; Heb 2:9) Christ himself declared: “The Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister and to give his soul a ransom, Gr. lytron, in exchange for many.” (Mr 10:45) His sacrifice atoned exactly for what was forfeited by the sinner Adam, since Jesus was perfect and hence Adam’s equal prior to the first man’s sin.—1Ti 2:5, 6; Eph 1:7. DBR |
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35 | Fatherof4, What is the Greek word? | John 5:19 | DBR | 128013 | ||
Would you like to be very specific then please? This may then help? World “Kosmos” and Its Various Senses. The basic meaning of the Greek kosmos is “order” or “arrangement.” And to the extent that the concept of beauty is bound up with order and symmetry, kosmos also conveys that thought and therefore was often used by the Greeks to mean “adornment,” especially as regards women. It is used in that way at 1 Peter 3:3. Hence also the English word “cosmetic.” The related verb kosmeo has the sense of ‘putting in order’ at Matthew 25:7 and that of ‘adorning’ elsewhere. (Mt 12:44; 23:29; Lu 11:25; 21:5; 1Ti 2:9; Tit 2:10; 1Pe 3:5; Re 21:2, 19) The adjective ko´smi·os, at 1 Timothy 2:9 and 3:2, describes that which is “well-arranged” or “orderly.” Evidently because the universe manifests order, Greek philosophers at times applied kosmos to the entire visible creation. However, there was no real unanimity of thought among them, some restricting it to the celestial bodies only, others using it for the whole universe. The use of kosmos to describe the material creation as a whole appears in some Apocryphal writings (compare Wisdom 9:9; 11:17), these being written during the period when Greek philosophy was making inroads in many Jewish areas. But in the inspired writings of the Christian Greek Scriptures this sense is virtually, perhaps entirely, absent. Some texts may appear to use the term in that sense, such as the account of the apostle’s address to the Athenians at the Areopagus. Paul there said: “The God that made the world [form of kosmos] and all the things in it, being, as this One is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples.” (Ac 17:22-24) Since the use of kosmos as meaning the universe was current among the Greeks, Paul might have employed the term in that sense. Even here, however, it is entirely possible that he used it in one of the ways discussed in the rest of this article. Linked With Mankind. Richard C. Trench’s Synonyms of the New Testament (London, 1961, pp. 201, 202), after presenting the philosophic use of kosmos for the universe, says: “From this signification of kosmos as the material universe, . . . followed that of kosmos as that external framework of things in which man lives and moves, which exists for him and of which he constitutes the moral centre (John xvi. 21; I Cor. xiv. 10; I John iii. 17); . . . and then the men themselves, the sum total of persons living in the world (John i. 29; iv. 42; II Cor. v. 19); and then upon this, and ethically, all not of the ekklesia; the church or congregation], alienated from the life of God and by wicked works enemies to Him (I Cor. i. 20, 21; II Cor. vii. 10; Jam. iv. 4).” Similarly, the book Studies in the Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament, by K. S. Wuest (1946, p. 57), quotes Greek scholar Cremer as saying: “As kosmos is regarded as that order of things whose center is man, attention is directed chiefly to him, and kosmos denotes mankind within that order of things, humanity as it manifests itself in and through such an order (Mt. 18:7).” DBR |
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36 | Fatherof4, What is the Greek word? | John 5:19 | DBR | 128032 | ||
All thanks goes to God we are just his tools. Glad to help I hope? DBR |
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37 | What does this verse mean? | John 10:34 | DBR | 127518 | ||
If you are referring to the "he" in vs. 1 this is The Father, Almighty God, rendering his judgment against the faithless human Judges and corrupt of Israel:- N.I.V. Study Bible. Comment on Ps 82:6. "I said. Those who rule (or judge) do so by God's appointment (see 2:7 ; Isa 44:28) and thus they are his representatives- whether they acknowledge him or not (see Ex 9:16; Jer 27:6; Da 2:21; 4:17.32; 5:18; Jn 17:11; Ro 13:1). gods. See note on v. 1*. sons of. See note on v, 1, Most High. See note on Ge 14:19." *"An early rabbinic interpretation (see Jn 10:35-35) understanding the "gods" (vv. 1,6) to be unjust rulers and judges in Israel, of whom there were many . . . ." K.J.V. Companion Bible, Ps 82:1 **"gods Elohim: used of earthly judges as representing Him. Cp. Ex. 21.6; 22.8, 9, 28 (quoted in Acts 23.5.). Hence Moses is so spoken of (Ex. 7. 1). (it is used also of idols as representing even a false god.) See John 10. 34, 35." "Verse 6. Ye are gods — Or, with the prefix of k ke, the particle of similitude, µyhlak keelohim, “like God.” Ye are my representatives, and are clothed with my power and authority to dispense judgment and justice, therefore all of them are said to be children of the Most High."-Clarke's Commentary OT, Vol. 3 Job - Song of Solomon by Adam Clarke p.1084 Sorry the Hebrew letters did not survive posting. DBR |
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38 | Are we gods? | John 10:34 | DBR | 127533 | ||
You have answer your own comment "Like God," a goddess, independant for her creator. "goddess n. 1 female deity. 2 adored woman."-Oxford Dic. "deity n. (pl. -ies) 1 god or goddess. 2 divine status or nature. 3 (the Deity) God. [French from Church Latin]."-Oxford Dic. DBR |
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39 | Are we gods? | John 10:34 | DBR | 127558 | ||
Well Adam and Eve should have remained obeying their Creator, God, to whom they should have looked to in making any decisions as to what was good or bad, He should have remained their only guide in there life, which he was for a time. Then Satan set himself up as a (false) God, he wanted their obedience:- 2 Cor 4:4 "In whom the god (Satan The Devil) of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." And Eve listened to his evil ideas instead of her Creators, so Satan then became her God because of her obedience to him etc.. Now to Adam, he should have listened to His God and Father so as to obey his God, or we can say obey His rule as God and Creator. Adam decided to OBEY someone else:- Gen 3:17 "And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;" So Adam now also shifted his allegiance to Satan via His wife so as he listened to his wife’s voice and not that of his maker, she then became a substitute for God The Father as Adam obeyed Her now. So we now have a matriarchal system of rule by Adams consent thus she became his ruler in place God his maker to whom he owed ALL allegiance, he followed her decisions of what was Good or Bad, as she made the decision to obey the serpent thus making herself a substitute for God the creator, She became Adam’s God as he obeyed her instead of God the Father e.g. the false religious leaders in Jesus made Satan the "Father" and God as they obeyed him by doing things his way, as Jesus pointed out, John 8:44 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” Much the Same in the Garden in Eden as this is where false religion first started by changing of obedance from the true God to a self made gods, 1st Satan then Eve as she now made the deisions of what was to be right and wrong instead of The Father in essence she supplanted the Father for Adam, but as we now know under the influence of the Devil who had by their own choice become their father, thus the start of false religion and false gods. DBR |
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40 | What does "gods" mean here? | John 10:34 | DBR | 127560 | ||
As I read the Psalm it is the God of the JEWS talking to them and about them warning then to stay away from the gods of the surounding nations and the good and the bad they have or could do, and a lot more there also. DBR |
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