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21 | What is the leaven? | Matt 16:6 | bronx hulk | 92635 | ||
Can I ask what you meant by no one can meet the requirements of God? When I further read into your words, I think you meant that we cannot do it on our own and need God. I just want to make sure that's what you meant. I do believe that through His Spirit, we can meet His requirements. Christ said be therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. Matt 5:48, 2 Tim 3:16,17. Without Christ, we are nothing, But through Him, we are made righteous in God's eyes. Is that how you see it? Yours in Christ, Sal |
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22 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | bronx hulk | 92632 | ||
Yes, I am hung up on one verse for this reason: I believe that God's Word does not contradict itself in any way. That verse, in the KJV, is cut and dry. It doesn't leave room for any other understanding, in my mind anyway. I do believe that you need to get the 360 understanding and I have been studying the Word for almost 10 years and have not found anything that could override that particular verse. All of you have made good points and I can understand where you're coming from. I do feel that sin is a result of our choice rather than God's doing. But I still do not believe that sin and evil are the same. My main idea is that God created Lucifer. Lucifer became evil and is the father of evil. Wheather God intended it to happen or not, is beyond my small mind to comprehend. I would lean toward that He did intend for it to happen since God knows everything and never makes mistakes. But I would never teach that as a doctrine. But wheather He intended it to happen or not, He is the creator of everything and took responsibility for it. Can you see where my understanding stems from? I understand in Rom 7 how the law brought about sin, but the law is not sinful. Evil used the law against us. My view is that Evil is the temptor, the deceiver, the pressure. (Evil is Satan). Evil tries to get us to sin. I am not evil if I sin, but I am evil if I try to make someone else sin. That is my understanding. I think that the important thing here is that no matter who is right, we all understand that God is GOOD! I do not by any means say that God is wrong even if I feel that He created evil. It's important to me that everyone understands that. Let me know what you think. What part of Brooklyn? I have an uncle that lives by Oceanside pkwy. Your brother, Sal |
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23 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | bronx hulk | 92630 | ||
Thank God for you! I'm glad that you took the time to answer the questions. You make alot of sense. Curtman gave a good answer to the different bible translations that I never thought about. I have one other question that was pointed out to me that I didn't even think of. When God placed the tree of the knowledge of Good and evil in the garden, that was before any transgression was made. When they ate the fruit, that's when they knew what evil was. Wasn't it God's tree that He made and put in the garden of Eden? Do you see where I'm going with this? Let me know what you think about that. I hope you don't think I'm beating a dead horse. I'm the type of person that is not satisfied until I get every last bit out of the Word. This has been an awesome study. Alot has come out of it. It branched out into different things and I think has really enriched my understandings in many areas. Thank you so much for your dilligence! I need good interaction with strong saints!! Be blessed my brother!! Yours in Christ, Sal |
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24 | Has the enemy caused confusion? | Col 1:16 | bronx hulk | 92629 | ||
I'm not sure how the ID# works. I think it's 92214. Date 8/6/03 |
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25 | Has the enemy caused confusion? | Col 1:16 | bronx hulk | 92628 | ||
Good point Your brother, Sal |
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26 | Denominations is shameful? | 1 Cor 3:4 | bronx hulk | 92403 | ||
Joyce, I am deeply saddened by your situation in reading all of the correspondance. However, I am joyful that you are still standing for God. Do not let go of your faith for any reason or anyone. Eternal life is more important than this one. May I humbly question that there might be a deeper issue separating you and your husband than religion? Were there problems before your conversion? If someone truly loves someone, they should be willing to go through anything with them. It sounds like your husband is looking for an excuse to be angry with you. I could be 100 percent wrong here, but that's what it sounds like to me. Please tell me if I am out of line and getting too much into your personal business. I truly care and wish to help in any way I can. Your attempt to rectify the situation shows me of your maturity and wisdom. It sounds like you are doing everything right. But like it says in 1Corin7:15 "But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace." Your brother in Christ, Sal |
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27 | How is unity possible in diversity? | John 17:11 | bronx hulk | 92401 | ||
Wow, Sounds like you have a real situation on your hand. The best advice I can give you is this: Get to know God as best as you can. Through Him, you will gain wisdom to handle your situation. If you can become the best Christian you can, your husband might see the change in you and follow suit. There is no guarantees to this. Read 1 corin 7. Pay particular attention to verses 13-15. I suggest you get counseling from your pastor on the correct way to handle this. It will take much time and patience. In the meantime, do not try to convince your husband with words. Let your life do the talking. If you need someone to talk to, I will be available. You can email me @ salvatore.capaccio@aviano.af.mil I will pray for you. Your brother, Sal |
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28 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | bronx hulk | 92329 | ||
RM2, I hear what you're saying. But I haven't found anything else that disputes that verse. I looked at the ones you listed and I couldn't see how they dealt with this topic. I did look in humbleness, not trying to automatically dismiss them because of what I've received for myself. Honestly, how could you argue against Is 45:7? Are we to assume that it doesn't mean what it says? You are right in saying that if I stick to one translation, it will be hard to be convinced otherwise. How many bibles are we supposed to use to get the translation that we feel is right? Everything in the KJV makes perfect sense to me and I've never found a contradiction. Are you not also doing the same thing by using your translation? So with that being said, let's put that aside. Can you comment on the other things I said in the last post? I'm really interested in what you have to say regarding the understandings I gave. I don't take things personally. I only want to find out the truth. I'm not in this for myself, but for God. So I'm not offended. I hope you are not either. All that matters to me is that our hearts are in it for God. That seems like the case to me. This topic does not "hinge on salvation" so it doesn't matter who is right here. I think this is a way to really search the scriptures deeper. You have already made me do that greatly. So your comments have helped me for sure. That's why I would like to see what you have regarding the other comments I made. If you don't want to go any further, that's fine. I'm having a great time studying this with you. God bless always, Sal |
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29 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | bronx hulk | 92309 | ||
I think the problem I'm having understanding this is I'm not defining evil the same way as you and RM2. When God said He created evil, I think that means that He created Lucifer knowing full well that Lucifer would rise up against Him. Now I could be wrong about this, but doesn't it say somewhere in the word that God created the Angels to serve Him? That they don't have a choice in the matter? Heb 1:6 maybe? If He did that, then how could have Lucifer risen up against Him? The only explanation I could give is that He created Lucifer to do exactly what he did. Hence, created evil. Do you see where I'm hung up on this whole thing? Just like God created Pharoah just so He could use Pharoah to display his power Rom 9:17. Wasn't Pharaoh evil? Did not God create him for His good purpose? Now I'm not saying by any means that God is evil or immoral for doing that. God is God and can do what He wants. Our small minds cannot question His motives or reasons. We cannot or must not. We must accept what He does and that is that. That's why I'm fully comfortable in saying that God could have created evil while still being holy and perfect. God murdered, God destroyed, God tortured (plagues on Egypt). God has done many things that would seem wrong if you look at it from a carnal mind. Like I said in the beginning. It might just be the way we are defining evil that is separating our understandings. What do you think? And thank you for taking the time to study this issue with me. With the love of Christ, Sal |
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30 | Was Paul single or married? | 1 Cor 7:8 | bronx hulk | 92215 | ||
I agree. The website is where I could order stuff from. So I can get books mailed to me through them. Thanks again, Sal P.S. I'll be back in the states as of Sep 2004. Thats when my tour here ends. :o( |
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31 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | bronx hulk | 92214 | ||
Radioman, You have some very interesting points here. I'd like to interject something not in a debating sense, but to see what your views are. In order for me to get your full answer, I'll need to give you how I view this. So it might sound like I'm attacking your understandings, but please brother, do not take it that way. I need to come to you with my full understanding so I can get yours. I hope you understand that. Here's what I've received from God on this matter: As you said the KJV in Is 45:7 states that "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create EVIL: I the LORD do all these things." To me that very clearly says that God created evil. As for your understanding given about sin. I agree whole heartedly on what you said. However, I don't think that sin and evil are the same thing. Sin is a transgression of the law. Evil (to me) is a state of being. i.e. Satan is evil. Further example: I sin and get drunk. Was I being evil? Did I have an evil heart? Not from how I view evil. Would I be evil if I delibrately tempted my brother into getting drunk, just so he would transgress? Yes, that would be evil. You quoted James 1:13 and 1 John 1:5. I don't feel that these scriptures override Is 45:7. They are simply giving a description of God. "Cannot be tempted by evil and does not tempt anyone" only means that evil has no power over Him and that He Himself will not try to get someone to transgress by tempting them. However, Evil, His creation, would tempt someone. "In Him there is no darkness" Still does not prove that He couldn't create evil. This just tells me that He Himself is not evil, but still could create it to serve His purpose. 1 Corin 14:33 says God is not the author of confusion. Again, I would have to say that Evil and Confusion are not the same. Evil is perfectly understandable if you gain enough wisdom. I'm not confused by evil or evil motives at all. They make perfect sense to me when I look at them from a spiritual mind. Not being the author of confusion means that God would not try to do anything that would be contradictary by any means. For example, put something in the Word that contradicts something else in the Word. Like saying that Jesus was a jew in one scripture and a muslim in another. Calamity is a form of confusion as far as I'm concerned. So how could you say the NAS bible's translation of IS 45:7 is any clearer? To me, that's a contradiction in scripture. How could He create calamity, but yet not be the author of confusion? I'm not going to get into different bible translations now, maybe at another time. Evil serves God, that is for sure. If Evil tempts people and God does not, the God would need something to do His "dirty work" so to speak. Consider this: God could have created us to be like robots to serve Him. But He didn't because He wanted our choice to serve Him be proof that we love Him. If there was no tempter (evil) then we wouldn't be faced with choices to serve Him or serve sin. Or sin wouldn't have a driver or method of pressure, if that makes sense to you. So God needed evil for His eternal plan. And as far as Genesis goes and "God saw that it was good"... That was the earth. The heaven mentioned is the atmosphere here all the way to outer space. Not the heaven where God is. That is a different heaven. God's Heaven was already created by this time. So was evil. So yes, the earth that He created WAS good. I still don't think that overrides IS 45:7. He created alot of good things. But He also created evil, just not in Gen 1. |
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32 | How was Joshua born? | Josh 24:15 | bronx hulk | 92205 | ||
This is great! I'm dying over here. Ken, I think Hank was joking like you were. Son of NONE meaning not even a mother or a father. I hope no one is offended by all this. Please saints. This is really funny, no one get angry with each other. The problem with written jokes is that you can't see the persons face or hear their tone of voice. No one meant any harm in their speech from what I'm reading. I needed a good laugh. Sal |
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33 | Was Paul single or married? | 1 Cor 7:8 | bronx hulk | 92198 | ||
Hey Hank, How would that work? I'm up for it. Dollars are good only in a few places. Now that the lire is gone, it's all Euro. I'm not sure if we should correspond like this on here. You can email me at salvatore.capaccio@aviano.af.mil Il tuo fratello in Gesu' Salvatore |
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34 | To the Lords servants | Matt 25:35 | bronx hulk | 92194 | ||
This is for Curtman and Burning bush... Thanks again for your help and servants hearts. May the Lord bless you for your willingness to serve! It's hearts like yours that will keep the Church strong. Be ye blessed my brothers, Sal |
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35 | Was Paul single or married? | 1 Cor 7:8 | bronx hulk | 92193 | ||
Curtman, Thank you so much for your willingness to serve!! It really is a blessing to know that a complete stranger is willing to do stuff for me. Burning bush gave me a website to go to. I think I'll check it out. It should have all the materials I would need. I'll keep you in mind if I can't find anything I'm looking for. By the way, if you want anything from Italy let me know. I can get my hands on some pretty good chocolate and coffee. Your brother, Sal |
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36 | Was Paul single or married? | 1 Cor 7:8 | bronx hulk | 92192 | ||
I'll check it out, Thanks Sal |
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37 | Wo hardend Pharoh's Heart | Rom 9:1 | bronx hulk | 92072 | ||
Oh yeah, By the way, did the other stuff I said make sense? Sal |
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38 | Was Paul single or married? | 1 Cor 7:8 | bronx hulk | 92071 | ||
I wish I had a Christian book store. I live in Italy. No such animal here. I don't even have a Christian radio station :o( |
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39 | Wo hardend Pharoh's Heart | Rom 9:1 | bronx hulk | 92070 | ||
Amen, Sorry I left that out. I don't usually do stuff like that. We have the mind of Christ now so that we can understand things with a spiritual mind. Notice I didn't say we couldn't understand God, but I said we shouldn't question what He does. We can get understandings on most things, but some things we will not. Like it says in 1 corin 13:12, for now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. Before, under the law, they were just following the law without understanding. Now we can understand. The point I was trying to make is that we still cannot Instruct the Lord. Or question His motives. Did I clear that up a little? Thanks for pointing that out to me. The last thing I would ever want to do is mislead someone, even if it is by accident. If you still don't understand where I'm coming from, let me know and I will try to explain it better. God Bless, Sal |
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40 | i'm still not getting this | Matt 12:31 | bronx hulk | 91989 | ||
AO, True, but isn't sin and blasphemy two different things (Still keeping in mind that blasphemy is a sin.)? Blasphemy would be a specific type of sin, not sin in general. Brooklynne has an excellent question here. I wonder if it is even fully explainable. I never considered this, just figured I'll never blaspheme the Holy Ghost, so I never worried about it. Now I'm curious. I'm going to search the scriptures and see if I can come up with anything. Do you think you could expound on your answer some more? Because the way I read the scripture is that a repentant heart or not, blasphemy against the HG will not be forgiven. Christ never gave any implication to repentance from this sin. What are your thoughts on that? Yours in Christ, Sal |
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