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21 | Why does Jesus come as a thief? | 2 Pet 3:10 | mark d seyler | 188159 | ||
HI CDBJ, To me, that they are called the servants of God, "douloi", means that these are believers. They are called that before they are sealed, so belief comes first, then sealing. IMHO Love in Christ, Mark |
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22 | What do we have for fighting? | 2 Tim 4:7 | mark d seyler | 188140 | ||
Aaahhhh! Now that you mention it, yes, I did know that. Just being egocentric again! Good morning!!! Mark |
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23 | Why does Jesus come as a thief? | 2 Pet 3:10 | mark d seyler | 188137 | ||
Hi Hoppy, I have to sometimes be quick too! :-) I think that the rapture and the Day of the LORD are different things, and that Paul and Peter are talking about the Day of the LORD, when God will judge the wicked, and establish His rule upon the earth. Love in Christ, Mark |
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24 | What do we have for fighting? | 2 Tim 4:7 | mark d seyler | 188132 | ||
Shalom! But do you have to be so convicting so early in the morning? Seriously, great post! Love in Christ, Mark |
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25 | Why does Jesus come as a thief? | 2 Pet 3:10 | mark d seyler | 188129 | ||
Hi Hoppy, How then do you relate this to those passages that go into greater detail on this, such as: 1Th 5:1 And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you, 1Th 5:2 for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come, 1Th 5:3 for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail doth her who is with child, and they shall not escape; 1Th 5:4 and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief; 1Th 5:5 all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness, ? I answered based on the totality of Scriptures that speak towards this. If you have a different opinion, that's fine. Love in Christ, Mark |
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26 | Michael ; Isarael's protector? | 2 Thess 2:7 | mark d seyler | 188109 | ||
Hi InGodITrust, I've never been able find a conclusive statement in the Bible of who this restrainer is. I think we've discussed the prevailing theories. Thanks for the interesting discussion! Love in Christ, Mark |
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27 | Michael ; Isarael's protector? | 2 Thess 2:7 | mark d seyler | 188098 | ||
I'm sorry, I thought you agreed with the website you were recommending. On the whole, I found their argument unconvincing. If I stay with the straightforward reading of Scripture it seems fairly simple to me. "those "in the know" " - is this an appeal to authority? There are a great many who have studied this passage in depth that do not agree with this. And the idea of Michael as the restrainer of 2 Thess 2 is not a majority view. Thank you for clarifying this for me. Love in Christ, Mark |
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28 | Withdrawn or taken out of the way? | 2 Thess 2:7 | mark d seyler | 188075 | ||
Hi Searcher, As I read the passage, its "becomes out the middle", so that would, to me, be more like the pawn being moved, out of the middle betwee the queen and the rest of the board. Love in Christ, Mark |
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29 | Please clarify............?? | 2 Thess 2:7 | mark d seyler | 188074 | ||
Thanks, Searcher, And I think perhaps InGodITrust may have simply omitted an apostrophe. God bless! Mark |
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30 | gap therory | Gen 1:1 | mark d seyler | 188064 | ||
Hi Cheri, I've been watching a lot of Kent Hovind, www.drdino.com. He's got some great stuff to say on this. In 1611, replenish meant to simply fill up. It didn't take on the meaning of re-fill until the last couple of hundred years. But that aside, the Bible teaches that death came through sin. Therefore, there was no death until Adam sinned. Jesus said that in the beginning God made man. The Gap theory, the day-age theory, all these theories are simply trying to explain the earth's geology without resorting to the flood. In the late 1700's and early 1800's people started promoting these ideas to explain the earth without having to admit that God made it all, that He judged it once, and will judge it again. 2 Peter 3 addresses this nicely. Love in Christ, Mark |
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31 | Please clarify............?? | 2 Thess 2:7 | mark d seyler | 188063 | ||
Hi Searcher, I can't seem to find my post that I said "restrainers" plural. Can you point me to it? I suspect I made a typo. I know the restrainer is singular. Thanks! Also, for what it's worth, the literal translation, to my understanding, is: he holding down now until out of the middle it becomes. Love in Christ, Mark |
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32 | Who is he who restrains?ebrain. | 2 Thess 2:7 | mark d seyler | 188024 | ||
Hi Cheri, and all! Just to be clear, I don't personally agree that the church necessarily plays a part in this particular restraining of the mystery of iniquity. I don't say that the church can't be partaking in that role, just that I don't see that supported by the Scriptures. This is the only place that I am aware of that speaks of this restraining, and the restrainer is spoken of using masculine and neuter genders, but not the feminine gender of the church. It could be that the restrainer ceases restraining before or after the church is removed, or the restrainer could cease restraining as the church is being removed. I just want to say that the Scriptures do not explicitly make the connection between the restraining of the mystery of iniquity and the presence of the church. At least as far as I can tell. Love in Christ, Mark |
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33 | Who is he who restrains?ebrain. | 2 Thess 2:7 | mark d seyler | 188019 | ||
Hi Lionheart, I'm not aware of anywhere that the Bible explicitly says who this restrainer is. I have heard that the restrainer is spoken of in both masculine and neuter genders, and for that reason can only be the Holy Spirit, but I don't know enough about the Greek to know if that's true. But all the verses I can find that make specific statements of someone holding back evil, it always seems to be God doing it. Can you think of any exceptions to that? Love in Christ, Mark |
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34 | Who is he who restrains?ebrain. | 2 Thess 2:7 | mark d seyler | 188013 | ||
'Daniel wrote of Michael, the restrainer, this way: "And at that time shall Michael stand up [literally, stand still or desist from helping Israel], the great prince which standeth [whose normal and continued ministry had been to help Israel]" (Dan. 12:1); and Paul wrote of the restrainer this way: "He who now letteth [restrains] will let [continue his normal restraining ministry], until he be taken out of the way [ceases his normal ministry of restraining]" (2 Th. 2:7). The parallel between the two is conspicuous. Posted simply to present the alternate view --- Michael is nowhere called the restrainer in Scripture. --- This interpretation subtly re-frames Michael's "job", if you will. While we are told specifically that he is the protector of Israel, this interpretation has him now as "the one who restrains the mystery of iniquity." But that is nowhere attested to in Scripture. That Michael is the one that is holding back the power of evil in the world is not found in the Bible. Micheal is the protector of Israel. 2 Thess. does not tell us that Michael stops protecting Israel. Daniel, and the other prophets, tell us that in the time of the end, there will come against Israel a great persecution, and that Michael, the one who stands for Israel, will stand. Does this mean that the protector of Israel is going leave his post? I read about how Israel will flee to the wilderness, to be cared for there. I wonder where Micheal will be, and what he will be doing? Love in Christ, Mark |
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35 | Do you have scriptures to affirm? | 2 Thess 2:3 | mark d seyler | 188012 | ||
This didn't exactly answer the question I asked you. Do you think the rapture, defined as the resurrection of the "dead in Christ", and the translation of the living "in Chirst", and the abrupt catching into the sky of all of these, do you think this occurs before the wrath of God is revealed from heaven upon the earth? Love in Christ, mark |
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36 | Do you have any scriptures? | 2 Thess 2:3 | mark d seyler | 188011 | ||
Hi M.Royal, I'd like to go back to this for a moment. If you wish to continue the discussion, we need to progress in an orderly manner. Where does the Bible teach that the events described at the sounding of the 7th trumpet include the second coming of Jesus? Or the rapture of the church? Would please be so kind as to point that out for me? Revelation 11:15-19 (15) And the seventh angel trumpeted. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world became our Lord's, even of His Christ; and He shall reign to the ages of the ages. (16) And the twenty four elders sitting before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, (17) saying, We thank You, Lord God Almighty, the One who is, and who was, and who is coming, because You took Your great power and reigned. (18) And the nations were full of wrath; and Your wrath came, and the time of the judging of the dead, and to give the reward to Your slaves, to the prophets, and to the saints, and to the ones fearing Your name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those destroying the earth. (19) And the temple of God in Heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple, and lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and a great hail occurred. Love in Christ, Mark |
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37 | Are Rapture and Apostasy the same thing? | 2 Thess 2:3 | mark d seyler | 188010 | ||
Hi M.Royal, I would suggest that you include all occurances of aphistemi, the verb, and it's derivative, apostasia, the noun, to see what the full scope of this word's usage. There are 15 times they are used in the New Testament. This is definitely departure, we simply need the context to tell us departure from what. Love in Christ, Mark |
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38 | Can you lose your salvation? | Eph 1:13 | mark d seyler | 187880 | ||
Hi WOS, Thank you for your kind reply! Have a great weekend! Love in Christ, Mark |
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39 | Do you have scriptures to affirm? | 2 Thess 2:3 | mark d seyler | 187877 | ||
So then is that a yes, Jesus rose as the firstfruits of the first resurrection? Love in Christ, Mark Oooops! I posted the frist tim to meself. |
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40 | Can you lose your salvation? | Eph 1:13 | mark d seyler | 187876 | ||
Hi WOS, I don’t think such a debate would serve to edify the body within this forum. When the sealing happens, in my opinion, does not dictate the nature of that sealing. We appear to disagree over the course this discussion has taken, but that need not occupy undue forum space. Concerning your notion of eternal, I would suggest we consider the ramifications. If expressing something that happens in an “eternal” way means that it “describes all ages”, are you suggesting that since we have received eternal life, that we will have lived from eternity past? I would think that only God does that. You asked, “According to 2 Timothy 1:9, who saved us and when?” 2Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, God has saved us. But this verse does not tell us when we are saved. “Before the world began” as a clause relates to God’s grace being given. But you and I, we have different presuppositions, I believe. You believe, unless I am mistaken, that God’s grace is only given to the redeemed. I believe that God’s grace is given to all, but refused by many. We won’t settle our differences with this passage, unfortunately. Rather than get into this debate at this time, I’ll just close with this: Romans 8:28-29 (28) And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; (29) because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren; 2Co 5:17 so that if any one is in Christ -- he is a new creature; Eph 1:3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Love in Christ, Mark |
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