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21 | How blessed and wonderful are His gifts | James 1:17 | srbaegon | 235044 | ||
How blessed and wonderful, beloved, are the gifts of God! Life in immortality, splendor in righteousness, truth in perfect confidence, faith in assurance, self-control in holiness! And all these fall under the cognizance of our understandings; what then shall those things be which are prepared for such as wait for Him? The Creator and Father of all worlds, the Most Holy, alone knows their amount and their beauty. (1 Clement 35) | ||||||
22 | Mar 5:15 | Bible general Archive 4 | srbaegon | 234162 | ||
I apologize for not replying sooner. I did not see the e-mail that you had replied. When I say that context is king, I am saying that the author's original use of the text should govern meaning. In this case, because Plutarch or any other extra-biblical writer uses a word in a particular way, we cannot assume the Biblical author uses it in exactly the same way. There are shades of meaning based on the context of the paragraph. A short perusal of any good lexicon will bear this out. Extra-biblical usage helps understanding biblical use but does not define it. Steve |
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23 | God's fair standards to judge evildoers | John 5:28 | srbaegon | 232675 | ||
Hi Dan, No, I am not saying those before Jesus were already condemned. If you had read the thread, I stated earlier that men were responsible for what God had already revealed. Those alive after the Law was given but before the incarnation were responsible for the Law. Steve |
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24 | God's fair standards to judge evildoers | John 5:28 | srbaegon | 232637 | ||
Hi, The answer to the question is no. Paul makes this plain: Rom 10:12-17 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent?... So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. John does as well: John 3:18 Whoever believes in him (i.e., Jesus) is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 1 John 5:11-12 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. Steve |
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25 | God's fair standards to judge evildoers | John 5:28 | srbaegon | 232613 | ||
Hi EdB, I just caught this thread. Maybe this will help. Though Rom 1:18-32 does not speak explicitly of Jesus, he is spoken of since he is God: the same can be said of the Holy Spirit. God judges men according to their works. Those in Rom 1 demonstrate that they know enough truth about the God of scripture and have rejected him, as evidenced by their works. Men are lost because they are sinners and "children of wrath" (Eph 2:3). They refuse to believe the revelation they have been given. It is impossible to worship the God of Scripture without coming to him as he has revealed. Trying to come a different way only results in destruction. If Jesus is the way, truth, and life, any other attempt will fall short. Steve |
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26 | "Flaming sword" or 'blazing drought'? | Gen 3:24 | srbaegon | 232306 | ||
Hi, I follow your reasoning. I have not attempted a word study on the subject to know if the Hebrew extrapolation fits. If it does, then the drying up of the abundant watering could fit. Steve |
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27 | 1 Timothy 2:8-11 for disruptors? | 1 Tim 2:8 | srbaegon | 232305 | ||
Hi, I can agree with you that order is the order of the day. (OK, maybe my humor is weak.) Paul probably used a synagogal pattern to establish churches, but I am reticent to say he brought in traditional Jewish practices as well, only because of his warning against relying on form and works rather than the function. I could be overly cautious here. I think more that Paul was aiming to see creation order properly implemented in the framework of the family and church. Steve |
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28 | What makes God purpose soo good? | Bible general Archive 4 | srbaegon | 232283 | ||
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29 | How can the Son at the end be subject be | 1 Cor 15:28 | srbaegon | 228579 | ||
You have moved from pretext to evasion and generalization. I gave you scripture (expanding on 1 John), and you did not address it. Apparently, your argument has no basis, so you turn to rhetorical devices. I will not bite. Steve |
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30 | How can the Son at the end be subject be | 1 Cor 15:28 | srbaegon | 228555 | ||
Hello SeekTruth, You do a good job of using a portion of the biblical text to make your point. Perhaps using the whole thing will shed light on the truth. The discussion into which you break concerns being children of God. This actually begins at 1 John 2:28 where the referent of the pronouns (abide in him, so that when he appears...) is the Son, whose real coming to earth as messiah and taking on a human nature is the thesis of the epistle. Pick all the cherries you like. The epistle is clear in reference to three co-equal, eternal persons. Steve |
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31 | description of lucifer | Isaiah | srbaegon | 227902 | ||
Hello, If I might offer a correction here, we do not know from Scripture who assigned the moniker "light-bearer." We only know that God communicated it through Isaiah. If you have some extra-biblical work that has some historical background that helps, tell on so that we might understand and evaluate it. Steve |
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32 | was the sabbath still observed | Acts 13:13 | srbaegon | 227299 | ||
Hello Holmes, As Beja pointed out, the passages you give through Acts 18 only point out that Paul went to where the Jews congregated in order to preach Christ and not for Christian worship. Your passages purporting that Christians celebrated the Passover do not have merit. The former is merely a familiar time indicator, while the latter only clarifies that Christ fulfills the type of the Passover lamb. Lastly, "breaking bread" is not a specific indicator for either meals or communion. Paul makes a direct connection between in 1 Cor 11. They regularly happened at the same time. This is partially why commentators see "breaking bread" as a euphemism for the Lord's Supper. Basically, your arguments have no basis beyond conjecture. Steve |
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33 | do u tithe on unemployment checks | 1 Tim 1:8 | srbaegon | 226620 | ||
Hello SOS, Two things here: 1) This is a Study Bible Forum, so answers are to be biblically-based. While your response is reasonable in that regard, you should back it up with the scriptural basis. 2) I listened to the podcast. While your intent to teach that we should give from how God has blessed is correct, but I must disagree with you teaching the Law to those who should be living under grace. The tithe was an income tax for Israel to maintain the tabernacle/temple and Levitical priesthood. Paul's teaching to set aside what you are able is quite clear. Steve |
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34 | why do you disagree | Acts 7:59 | srbaegon | 225176 | ||
Hi, I actually agree with everything you said. My comments were in relating the present, typical action (regardless of how wrong it is) to the past. Steve |
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35 | why do you disagree | Acts 7:59 | srbaegon | 225170 | ||
If I might add to this active thread--in the first century, water baptism was the outward confession of a person's faith. It was also how someone came to the Lord. That's why you see the link between salvation and baptism. Baptism was the early Christian's confession of faith. Today, for better or worse, we have the "sinner's prayer" as the initial confession of faith. So in essence, baptism was the first century sinner's prayer. Belief and baptism were simultaneous, but that does not mean the water is salvific in any way. Steve |
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36 | Will Jews make it to heaven? | Rom 9:1 | srbaegon | 225047 | ||
Inquisitor, God's insistence on obedience is well-documented in scripture. Besides what you have given of the Lord Jesus' words, I add the following: Deut 10:12-13 (ESV) And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good? The crux of the matter is in the purpose for obedience. What I mean by that is this: do we obey in order to gain or curry God's favor, or do we obey because of God's favor? As one follows the plan of redemption through holy writ, one thing stands clear--God is the initiator of grace toward his creation and desires, even expects, a response demonstrating our acknowledgment. So in the verses you and I cited, the obedience shown is a proper return of gratefulness to the Lord for his abundant favor. One obeys because he believes on God and his mighty acts. This continues on through the Lord Jesus' great act of redemption on the cross. For those who believe will demonstrate it by obedience--imperfectly in the beginning, of course, but better as he or she grows in grace. For those who refuse to acknowledge it by way of belief, there is judgment. Steve |
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37 | Arguing Among Apostles?? | Gal 2:11 | srbaegon | 224745 | ||
Inquisitor, The Lord's explanation in Matt 13 is clear. He spoke in parables to prevent understanding in those from whom he wished to judge by it. The parables were not spiritual mental exercises. If they had been, most everybody failed them miserably. The only reason the twelve figured some of them out was because of Jesus' plain teaching to them on prior occasions. Steve |
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38 | How did Sunday worship come to be..... | Acts 20:7 | srbaegon | 224045 | ||
Hi Tim, I agree completely and will be dogmatic about it. :-) But since the original question was about "Sunday" worship, I steered the answer to where they definitely met on the first day of the week. Steve |
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39 | ... | Gen 1:1 | srbaegon | 222975 | ||
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40 | believeth and is baptized | Mark 16:16 | srbaegon | 222921 | ||
Hi lightedsteps, If I had considered the Mk 16:16 baptism as mere ritual, then I would indeed be trivializing Scripture. My intent is to demonstrate that in the historical accounts, baptism and belief happened together. The decision to believe was immediately borne out with the witness of baptism. There was no anxious bench or 30-minute altar call or Sinner's prayer or inviting Jesus into your heart or other such things evangelicals say today. Steve |
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