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21 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118816 | ||
Thanks for the definition of scripture Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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22 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118814 | ||
God had Jesus speak for HImwhile He was here. When He left the Spirit was sent to teach us. This Spirit has to be accessible to All. I cannot conceive of ALL having heard the scriptures, can you? That is really the point. The gospel is the gospel whether in writing or in word. There are literally millions who have never read or heard it. How can they be saved? Are you saying that one who has not heard the gospel cannot be saved? Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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23 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118811 | ||
Hi Seve: He still communicates in different ways. eg. Christ, Holy Spirit, Dreams, speaking in tongues. I know that some of the Patiarchs were visited directly by Christ. Abraham and Moses would be examples I can think of right off the bat. I do not believe that All Patriarchs were contacted by God through the Holy Spirit. Not quite sure where you got that from when readin g my posting. SIncerely Henry and Emmy. |
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24 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118808 | ||
Hi Steve: I covered your main question already. Romans 10:14 is a quote from Psalms, and that the voice was heard from the beginning, and word went out into the entire world long before the gospel was in place, and so this passage does not mean what you think it means. Your point "someone to share the gospel is a requirement for hearing. The voice and word is not "someone" speaking Read the Psalm again and see if it is not the evidence of God's creation that gives voice that God is, and gives word that God is. Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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25 | The dead know nothing ??? | Eccl 9:5 | Emmy | 118804 | ||
Hi Emmaus: This is a good way to pose a question. If you do not agree with a statement, consider other passages that seem to be related. To say that the verse about the dead knowing nothing must not be read in isolation from the passages you quote here is to imply that the verses you quote must not be read in isolation from the passage about the dead knowing nothing. Both statements have to be true. Until one sees an interpretations that allow both statement to stand, one should keep looking, and not say the one they do not like is wrong. Statement: the dead know nothing. Statement: Samuel came out of the ground from the dead to speak to King Saul. Both went back to the place of the dead, in the earth. Conclusion: The dead know nothing, BUT there is the possibility for calling someome from the dead to be in a body for a short time and then return to the place of the dead in the state of knowing nothing. Jesus did this for Lazarus and numerous others. Therefore while in the place of the dead, the dead are not aware of anything. But there are examples of people being recalled from the dead, at which time they are aware, as Samuel was, and also Lazarus. Elijah-John the Baptist-One Witness in Revelation. These are the same people. Elijah did not die but was translated the first time he was here. He came the second time as John the Baptist. He will come again as one of the witnesses in the end times before all things are restored. Elijah is surely a very special case. There seems to be a possiblilty of one other person who goes thesame route. Elijah translated, comes back as John the Baptist, is killed, is seen in the transfiguration, is to come again in the end times, is killed, comes back to life and is transslated again. Surely he is a hard man to keep down. Makes one wonder if he ever really among the dead for long. The first resurrection has not yet occured. This is to happen after Christ returns in the end times. Resurrection means bring back to life if I have that right. Just after the first resurrection it says the rest of the dead were not brought back to life till the 1000 years are over. Rev 20:5 This means those in the first resurrection were dead just moments before it. Matt 22:32 God is God of the living not the God of the dead. This does not mean we do not die, but we are not dead to God. We are only asleep for a moment between dying and the first resurrection. John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; This clearly says believers do die, but will be resurrected. God is that God of those who are spiritually alive. He is not the God of those spiritually dead. They have other gods, in that they worship gods of stone, metal, money or anything else that has no life in it. There is a passage refering to a person who is physically alive but already dead. Can't find it at present. Thus dead has more than one meaning in scripture. Therefore context dictates which to apply. Phsically dead Spiritually dead. God is God of the spiritually alive God is not the God of the spiritually dead. Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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26 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118776 | ||
Hi Steve: A reread will show that I said God communicates in many ways. I did not say Holy Spirit to any specific person listed that I recall. Define scripture. SIncerely Henry and Emmy |
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27 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118773 | ||
Hi Hank: This is a quick one. I tried to lay out a clear explanation to you. Hope they were not too long May I state that I have no intention of making the scriptures less than they are. They are a miracle and wonder to us. It is perhaps the only book that is so simple in its messages yet impossible to believe without God actually helping through the Spirit. We believe it from cover to cover. For believers to have differing opinions about a passage is not surprising. SOme know more than others. We do believe the scriptures are trustworthy of course. A non believer thinks it untrustworthy. Someone at some time must prove to the unbeliever that the scripture is truth. The Holy Spirit does this. From a believer's view point, it is not testing what the scriptures say is true or false, but how others interpret what they think it means. The scriptures are often twisted to suit the situation, and those doing it can try to convince others of the incorrect intertretation. That is what we all have to test. We have to test every interpretation of others, not the scriptures themselves once we believe that they are God's word. Sincerely Henry and Emmy. |
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28 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118767 | ||
Hi Hank: Hi again Hank How Christ can reach people who have not heard the gospel. COMMENTS IN CAPITALS Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." EVERYONE MEANS NO EXCEPTION, WHETHER ONE HAS ACCESS TO A BIBLE OR NOT.(MOST THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO A BIBLE) IT IS POSSIBLE TO CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WITHOUT HAVING ACCESS TO THE GOSPEL. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN THERE WAS NOT YET THE WRITTEN GOSPEL. 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" GOOD NEWS IN THIS CONTEXT DOES NOT MAN "GOSPEL" ONLY, SINCE ISAIAH WAS ONE WHO WAS SENT TO SPREAD IT. 16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?" 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. WORD OF CHRIST DOES NOT START AND END WITH THE GOSPEL. THE GOSPEL IS HOWEVER A HELPFUL PART. _______________ This passage to many means that believers need to spread the WORD (interpreted gospel), in order that people may be saved,but read on and we see that this "news" has always been here, and is being sent today to all. Romans 10:18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world." ______ Whose voice has gone into all the earth? Whose words went to the ends of the world? Many say the apostles with the gospel. This passage does not mean the gospel at all, because it did not exist at the time the voice went out to all the world and the word to the ends of the earth.This passage is a quote taken from Psalms, and the word and voice had gone out long before him. The words and voice it speaks of here is explained in Psalms 19:19:1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. 3 There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. 4 Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. This speaks of the message God displays on His creation, that man should know there is a God and seek to know Him. Anyone who calls on HIm through hearing his "voice" or hearing His word will be saved. This passage and the one in Romams 10 above cannot be refering to the Gospel alone, because the gospel was unknown in much of the world at the time the passages were written. Jesus created everything, and nothing was created without him it says. Therefore one hearing of seeing His majesty through what he made, and calls on the one who created it, then he is calling on Christ, and through calling on Him will be saved. There is no one outside this promise, regardless of where he is born, or the culture he is born in. Everyone has to overcome the obstacles a culture sets up as stumbling blocks, and call on Christ who created all things and worship Him. No matter how isolated, all have access to the voice and word so as to attain to salvation by giving it the attention it is due. Christ would send the Holy Spirit in these days to one living in a primative and isolated spot with no bible just as soon as he would send it to me with 5 translations of the gospel on the computer. How can God reach people if they do not have a copy of the Gospel. IN the very gospel we have and believe it says he has MANY ways. In these last days, through the sacrifice of Christ he has made the Holy Spirit available to all whom he chooses, and all have equal opportunity in a fair and just system. Simply stated: Christ was crucified, and through that event, ALL have opportunity to be saved, and receive Holy Spirit, if they call on Him. For ALL to have opportunity, means knowing the scriptures is not a prerequisite to salvation. But calling of God is. We can have knowledge far in excess as what is written in the bible, and be worth nothing (if we have not love). 1 Corr 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. All the law is satisfied IF we love God, and our neighbour. This is not complicated, and can be understood by plain and simple folk without even having an education. If we stive hard to practise those two things, God will provide us with all else we need for life. Sincerely Henry and Emmy. |
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29 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118749 | ||
Hi Hank: I don't mind in the least your responsse to this thread. Let me ask you this in reference to your first point. IS KJV better than New World Translation ? If as many on this forum claim that NWT is not right, then you have not taken that stranger's or translator's word on trust, but you have tested what they wrote to see if it is true. That is all I am saying. We need the Holy Spirit as an outside source to test all things we hear and read. Once we know the scriptures are authentic through this same source, we have a wealth of good advice to draw on, provided the Spirit open it to us. Knowing God. If you were to read carefully again what I wrote you will find that I do not equate knowing the scriptures to knowing God. I clearly understand that knowing God is possible without knowing any scriptures at all. Adam knew God. Did he have scriptures? Eve knew God. Abel knew God. Enoch knew God. Noah knew God. Abraham knew God. Moses knew God. Did any of these have scriptres to go by? Did God not reach them without the aid of scriptures? He did so through Holy Spirit speaking directly to ones whom HE chose. Moses and all of the above knew God before any of the OT scriptures were written, or heard of. Therefore one can know God without having access to scriptures, at least in the past. But what about from the time of Christ to today? Does one have to hear the gospel to be saved ? All the people living in the Americas since the time of Christ to the time of Columbus better hope so. It is probably a safe bet to assume the gospel was not preached in the Americas before that time. Yet is says in trustworthy scriptures that "Christ died ONCE and for ALL." This "ALL" would have to include a lot of people who never heard the gospel, else they are not included and Chist did not die for them. A native living in North America would have had the same chance of being saved as anyone in Jerusalem shortly after the death of Christ. If this were not so, God would be a respecter of persons which it clealy states He is not. John 14:6 " I am the way" It does not actually say one has to read the gospel to reach Him. It does not say the gospel is the way,but that Christ is. If you can find a passage that says one has to read or hear the gospel to be saved let me know. Act 4:12 Also simply states that one is saved by Christ and no one else. No mention of reading scriptures here either. That is a notion erroneously assumed to be the case. John 20:31 Having the scriptures available for reading surely can be helpful, but not having them or not being able to read cannot be an obstacle to salvation, since most people throughout history have not been able to read, or have a bible. This passage states that the scriptures are good for learning abut Christ, but does not state not having them means one is excluded from salvation. Hebrews 1:1 says that God can communicate in many ways. In the last days, He communicated through His Son. This SON , before He left, said He would send the Holy Spirit to teach us, so we can believe that the Spirit is here, and dwells in us to teach us as Christ said it would happen. Is it hard to believe that Natives in North America before Columbus could also have received the Holy Spirit to teach them the things of God, if they showed an interest in knowing Him? Is it easier to believe that they were left out of the offer of salvation when it is written Christ died ONCE for ALL? Romans 1:16 Of course Paul was no ashamed of the good news he taught to people. Neither am I. The gospel is a treasure to be sure, and if believed, and followed, it leads to salvation. This passage also does not address the case where one never hears it, and that having not heard it cannnot be saved. That is read into this passage erroneously again if it is. 2 Tim 2:15 It is good to handle the words of the gospel well as it is stated, but again mention of those that have not heard the gospel, so draw no conclusion that those who do not hear it are excluded. They have another avenue (NOT another Saviour). Hebrews 4:12 Sure the word of God is all it claims here, but the scriptures being wholly the word of God, are not the entire word of God. There's more that we have not yet heard. The Holy Spirit is able to teach anything to any one God wishes. The Spirit can not only teach what is written of the word of God in scriptures, It can teach the word of God that is not written to one who read scriptures or one who has never seen or heard of them. I think I have answered to all your passages listed, and do not believe any one of them excludes God reaching people directly throughHoly Spirit as He should be doing with you. HOW CAN PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY HAVE NOT HEARD? HOW CAN THEY HEAR UNLESS A TEACHER IS SENT? Explanation to follow: |
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30 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118730 | ||
Hi Kalos You are right in observing that I am not claiming that one has to trust ones own subjective feelings. I am saying that there is only ONE we can trust, and thought I had said that. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to be our teacher, and we have no need of anyone else teaching us. We cannot understand scripture or God without the Spirit, because the scriptures are spiritual, and spiritually discerned. Once the Spirit reveals that scriptures are trustworthy, and teaches us the meanings, then we learn truth. The scriptues also being the word of God, are not open to different interprations. They are unified and logical. These scriptures say to test everything, therefore nothing is excluded. This means if one picks up a translation of the scriptures of which there are many, one has to discern which translation is right. Many on this forum Object quite strenuously about someone quoting from the New World Translation for instance. To an unbeliever, the scriptures sound like foolishness. Therefore there has to be a source outside the scripture to tell that unbeliever that they in fact are truthful and good. That source is the Holy Spirit. True that there is a role for a teacher, but anything they say should be tested, lest they are understanding something incorrectly themselves. How does one test what one hears as being right or wrong? The Holy Spirit will reveal it. Not sure about the point you made that I did not address. I usually try to do so, but probably missed it. Sorry. SIncerely Henry and Emmy. |
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31 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118680 | ||
Typo I meant original manuscript. Have you seen one and do you understand what you read? Original translation might be the first ranslation. I would not know which translation that is. Not a bone of contention really. SIncerely Henry and Emmy |
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32 | The dead know nothing ??? | Eccl 9:5 | Emmy | 118678 | ||
Thank you for the response. I read it the same way by the way. Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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33 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118676 | ||
Hi Kalos again. Studying all ones life is not necessarily of any use to one, if the bible can be believed, or if one observes that those that study lots also often disagree. The bible itself is to be tested. One cannot just pick a book and say this is the word of God. There are many works that claim to be the word of God, and many that claim they have it. We have to try to drawclose to God, so that He will draw close to us, and have Him reveal through His Spirit which Book is His word, which translation in that faith is correct, and who claiming to know the word of God actually does. Everything we hear or see we are to test, to see if it is true or not. If it is not we are to leave it. If it is true we can accept it. The ability to test rest within us, namely the Spirit of God. If we do not have it we cannot accept the truth, but think it is foolishness. We can trust only ONE , namely Christ Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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34 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118668 | ||
Hi Kalos: I am just saying that all translatins listed have exactly the same end result, namely no eternal life, original manuscripts or no. Do you think the original translation you are refering to contradicts all the others?? Sincerely Henry and Emmy. |
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35 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118667 | ||
Hi: I am not sure what point you are making with your response. I do not understand Greek, as do most non-Greeks. To take the words of strangers that Greek words mean certain things is not really helpful to me. Anyone should be able to attain to the truth of God without knowing Greek. This is not to belittle you in any way, I just see things that way. People without everhaving seen or heard of a bible can come to know God. This has to be so, because so may in the world throughout history have not heard of Jesus or the bible or anything written in it. Jesus died once for ALL. It is not so much that the bible has to reach people, but that Christ has to reach people. This he can do for anyone. To anyone searching for God, God will reveal Himself. Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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36 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118665 | ||
Hi: Could it be that being taken out of the book of life has the effect of not being able to take part in the tree of life, both of which are required in order to have everlasting life. This line of thinking means all translations basically say the same thing. Are you suggesting that the translations you listed are not saying the same thing, and that some are in fact wrong to use book of life instead of tree of life? SIncerely Henry and Emmy. |
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37 | The dead know nothing ??? | Eccl 9:5 | Emmy | 118663 | ||
Hi Rex: You mean the dead know noting means they are aware of nothing??? Just checking. Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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38 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | Emmy | 118660 | ||
Hi: If a person cannot be taken out of the book of life, what does this mean?? 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. It says to me anyone adding to or taking away from the prophesy as given to John will have hisname taken out of the book of life. Why is the obvious so easily overlooked. Believe as a child what is written usually works , unless otherwise stated, will reveal the bible the unified non contradictory word of God that it is. Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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39 | The dead know nothing ??? | Eccl 9:5 | Emmy | 118659 | ||
Hi: There seem to be no unanswered question on the forum at present. This is a question I asked earlier, but I never found an answer to it. Is there anyone out there willing to try. This passage says that the dead know nothing. It cannot be taken out of context of the rest of the scriptures. Some have said that other passages contradict this statement "The dead know nothing". Any statement contradicting the above, would mean "the dead know something". Can anyone showe me how the statement "the dead know nothing can be interpreted that the dead know something? Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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40 | desperate for help | 1 Tim 5:8 | Emmy | 118650 | ||
Hi justme: You need to read a little more carefully before posting these things on the forum. Emmy and I feel that we have one of the greatest blessing there is. We have been happily married for more than 35 years. We enjoy each other's company, and both live in the Lord. This means we not only love the Lord, but also each other. The Lord hates divorse, and it has no part in our thoughts. We still both marvel after all this time how good a gift God provided each of us with. There will never be too much time for us to spend together, even if that is foever. You are thinking of someone else or some other Emmy perhaps that faces a big tradjedy of not being able to remarry. My Emmy remains the sweetest person I know. She is a delight to me and a wonder from one day to the next. Sincerely Henry and Emmy |
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