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21 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28692 | ||
I see your point. If I had read closer I would have seen that. Isn't it amazing how our eyes sometimes see what we think is there. Thank you, I will study it further. later...wdc |
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22 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28677 | ||
Kalos, What is the point of this? later...wdc |
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23 | Why would God fight against His people? | Jer 21:5 | wdc | 28674 | ||
Hello again, God did this to these people just like He caused those He delivered out Egypt to wonder in the wilderness and die. He did it because they rejected Him and did evil in His sight. He had prepared great things for them, but their rebellion caused them to miss out on the blessings of God. God had already warned them that if they rebelled, that they would not receive the things He had promised them, but would receive judgment. See Deut. 28:2 and 15. (Deu 28:2) And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. (Deu 28:15) But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: later...wdc |
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24 | Why does Jeremiah think he was deceived? | Jer 20:7 | wdc | 28673 | ||
Hey Nolan and Searcher, I preached on this passage a few years ago, here is my understanding on it. Jeremiah was upset obviously, everyone is against him, people want to kill him, etc, because he is doing what God told him to do. Basically he is feeling sorry for himself. He keeps remembering what God told him when God called him to prophesy. (Jer 1:8) Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. See also Jer. 1:10, (Jer 1:18) For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. (Jer 1:19) And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. He remembers all these things, and he is wandering what went wrong, why hasn't God done these things? In the midst of his dispair and depression, he accuses God of deceiving him. He was not really deceived, he didn't understand what God had planned. He was questioning God, just like we do sometime. Does this make sense? later...wdc |
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25 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28670 | ||
Hello, What about this verse in Rev. 22:18-19 (Rev 22:18) For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: (Rev 22:19) And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. How does God take away his part out of the book of life? The only way I know of is to erase or strike his name out of the book. I think about it like this. God loved the world so much that He gave His Son (John 3:16), and He is not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9), so before the foundation of the world, God wrote everybody that was to be born into the book of life. The only way our name can be taken out of the book of life is to die in your sin, that is, die without accepting Christ as your Lord and Savior. I have never heard anyone else say this, but I have thought about it for a long time. We tell people that when they accept Jesus, their names are written in the book of life, but I can't find that in the Bible, only that our names are written in the book before the foundation of the world, and then that they can be taken out of the book, see Rev. 22 again. What do you think, later...wdc |
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26 | Correcting the translation | Col 2:16 | wdc | 28428 | ||
Thought you might be interested in this. (Prov 16:18) Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. The Bible does not say pride goes before the fall. later...wdc |
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27 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28275 | ||
Dear fellow believers, I have just finished reading all the post on this subject in this thread. The one thing that stuck out to me above all, and there were good arguements both ways, is that those that argue for tongues had no scripture in context to back them up, only experience, and when asked for specfic answers and verses, avoided the question. Those that posted oppositions to the practice of speaking in tongues as we see it today used scripture and scripture only for their defense. When they were asked a question, they gave scripture. THAT SAYS A LOT TO ME. My thoughts on this? I'm glad you asked. Paul specifically says that everyone does not have and will not receive the gift of tongues. And if Jesus had intended that speaking in tongues be the evidence of the baptism/filling of the Holy Spirit, He would have said so. And He didn't. I understand the evidence of the baptism/filling of the Holy Spirit to be Acts 1:8 "and you shall be witnesses to Me..." Further scripture, John 16:13-14 (John 16:13) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. (John 16:14) He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. The Holy Spirit only glorifies Jesus, the Holy Spirit, as best as I can understand, will never lead someone to seek Him or what He can do, but will lead us to Jesus, help us to seek and know Jesus. I am setting here trembling inside as I type this, because I feel so unequal to many of you. After reading your postings, I am in awe of your wisdom and knowledge of scripture. But I felt I needed to share my observations and maybe help someone like me. In Christ. later...wdc |
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28 | Define "praying in the Holy Spirit" | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28264 | ||
I don't see tongues mentioned in Joel's prophecy. I see prophesy, dreams, and visions, but no tongues. Anybody care to explain this? later...wdc |
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29 | Renewal AGAIN to repentance? | NT general Archive 1 | wdc | 25180 | ||
I'm kinda jumping in in the middle here, but I wanted to say something about crossing the line. I have heard this all my life, people saying what sin or how many sins will cause me to lose my salvation. To me the answer is obvious. If you can lose your salvation, it can not be lost by a sin or any number of sins. Your were not saved by stopping sin in your life or by not committing a certian sin, YOU WERE SAVED BY FAITH in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If you can lose your salvation, the only way it could be lost would be to lose your faith, or stop believing that the death and resurrection of Christ is sufficent. I hope this makes sense, it does to me. Eph. 2:8 "For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God." We are not saved by works, we are not saved by stopping sin, we are saved because we took at His word that He would accept us because of what Jesus did on the cross. later...wdc |
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30 | Resurrection of 2 witnesses and Rapture? | Revelation | wdc | 14537 | ||
Tim, This passage may be helpful. 1 Thes. 5:1-9 (1) But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.(2) For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. (3) For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.(4) But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.(5) Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.(6) Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. (7)For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. (8) But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.(9)For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, The Bible never says that the day of the Lord will come upon the prepared, watching, faithful servant of God like a thief in the night. Most of the passages that use the phrase "thief in the night" refer to the servant that is not watching and ready, and says that the master is delaying his coming or will not come. In all the examples in the Bible that are types of the rapture or the return of the Lord, He always told them before the event happened. Noah and the flood, Lot being delivered for Sodom's destruction. (He also told Abraham). Notice that Paul tells them he does not need to write them about the seasons and times for they know perfectly well. We do to if we study scripture and pay attention. I know many people say we should not set dates, and this in no way tries to set dates. But I believe from reading the scripture, we can if, nothing else, know the season of His coming, it will not take us as a theif in the night. later...wdc |
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31 | What if? | Rom 7:17 | wdc | 13218 | ||
Thanks Tim, That is a good answer. I will try to keep my imagination in check. later...wdc |
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32 | Old T. and New T. | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 13022 | ||
Thank you Bill, It is answers like this that keep me coming back to the forum. I may print this out and preach it next Sunday, with your permission of course. Your statement "Man has ALWAYS been saved by faith in what God says" is so simple, yet so profound, at least to me. Rom. 10:17 "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." This how I live my life. I don't understand everything about God, His ways, or the Bible, (and that doesn't stop me from trying to understand), but I do my best by the Holy Spirit to follow what He says. Even the parts I don't understand, I try to do. (For example, love your enemy.) Basically all I have is that He tells me He loves me and will save me if I call upon His name. I understand the principle of progressive revelation, that God reveals more to us we go along, and I know that is what He has done in the Bible. And I know that one day I will know all that I need to know, "For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known." In truth, I know all I need to know right now, I just need to trust it and do it. Anyway, thanks for your help. I will be looking for more of your posting. In Christ, wdc |
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33 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12748 | ||
Thanks for your input. I think we are on the same page, I just understand it as well as you do yet. Pray for me in my search. later...wdc |
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34 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12737 | ||
Ed, Sounds like you have a MaCarthur study Bible, I use one too. Your aswer is good, but it still doesn't explain why the promises in the N.T. only pertain to spiritual blessings and in the O.T. they include physical. Does it make us less "spiritual" then them to be concerned with physical things? If God promised those things in the O.T., why not in the N.T.? If the new covenant is better than the old, why were most of the people that walked with God in the O.T. rich and in the N.T. the were basically poor? This is just a question. My purpose in life is not to be comfortable, comfort leads to complacency. My purpose is to serve Him and spread the gospel message to a lost, dying, God rejecting world. My purpose leads me to much Bible study and meditation, and that leads to many questions. My daughter, a Bible college graduate, (I'm not, I am uneducated except for some correspondance work I did) tells me I take things to literal. I don't know any other way to take the Bible except at face value. I have to principles that guide my study, praying for wisdom from the Holy Spirit and that the Bible will interpret itself if we let it. Hearing from other people, like those of you that use the forum helps too, because it allows me to hear thoughts and ideas I would not have heard and been opened to otherwise. So I thank you for talking to me. Looking forward to hearing to hearing from you. later...wdc |
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35 | what's the difference in these two | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12718 | ||
Thank you Joe. later...wdc |
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36 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12717 | ||
I didn't turn it around, I asked a question. Here is another question. Where does it say that this only applies to messianic promises? It looks like to me that Paul is talking about physical promises of deliverance from his enemies in verses 9 and 10, and promises that God would see him through on his journey in verse 16. I'm not argueing either, I'm trying to understand. later...wdc |
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37 | Heb. 8 and Jer. 31 | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12716 | ||
Bill, Thank you for your answers. It is clear that you have studied and understand what you are talking about. That is what I am trying to do, understand what I am talking about. I agree with your belief on this subject of the New Covenant, that it applies to us as well as to Isreal, I am just trying to understand why I believe it rather than just saying that's what I believe. There are so many times in the Bible, especially with Paul, that something is taken from the O.T. and applied to us, that seems to me is specfic for application to the Jews, yet Paul applies to Christians and I get confused. I understand that Paul was inspired in what he wrote and that much of what he wrote he received by revelation from Jesus, and so I accept it and believe, but I still want to understand it. There are statements in the Bible like 2 Cor. 1:20 and some others that seem to me to complicate matters sometime (I think I said what I meant to say there). Another example: in the O.T. God promised Israel that if they obeyed Him in the promised land, that He would provide for them peace, prosperity, and health. Obviously they did not obey and missed out on the promises. I think the reason for doing this was that the rest of the world would see Israel's God and want to worship Him also and then Israel would missionaries like they were supposed to be in the first place. But in the N.T. we only get these things "if it is God's will". If the new covenant is under grace, and we recieve all things in Christ, all the promises are yes in Him, why is that only applied to salvation, peace and joy, and not prosperity and health also. God's promise to the righteous man is long life full of blessing. I am righteous in Christ, 2 Cor. 5:21, should not these things freely come upon me by grace? I am not of the health and wealth camp, I am just trying to understand, so please don't label me. Apparently I am having trouble rightly dividing the word of truth. later...wdc |
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38 | what's the difference in these two | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12646 | ||
Thanks Bill, This is very helpful. I have thought for a long time that the four gospels were more Old Testament than New, I don't where the line would be drawn between, maybe more in Acts chapter 2. But anyway, your answer helps explain some things. Thanks again. later...wdc |
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39 | tattoos and piercings of the body | Bible general Archive 1 | wdc | 12613 | ||
I'm not trying to incite arguement or anything. My daughter wanted a tatoo, and we discussed this verse and passage at great length. Also I prefer my longer than most chuch people are comfortable with, and they often quote 1 Cor. 11:14 to me, and I point out 1 Cor. 11:16 to them. My point is that people should be very careful taking a verse to defend something like or dislike without studying the context carefully. P.S. I don't have a beard, but it is not for lack of trying, I really want one, but don't have enough whiskers. later...wdc |
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40 | tattoos and piercings of the body | Bible general Archive 1 | wdc | 12604 | ||
In verse 27 of the same chapter God also says that we "shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard". Do you have long hair on the side of your head and a beard? curious... |
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