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21 | How is Holy Spirit imbued? | Rom 8:9 | canawedding | 193879 | ||
I don't think i made the original comment about the laying on of hands that you are referring to. I did say that Paul told Timothy not to be hasty in the laying on of hands. Why? Only God knows our hearts and minds. However, let's see what the Scriptures say about Saul/Paul's conversion: Ac 9:7. And Ananias departed and entered into the house and laying his hands on him said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." [Remember that Jesus Christ sends true Christians as His Father sent Him, Jn 20.] Ac 22:14. And he (Ananias) said (to Saul/Paul), "The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear a Voice from His Mouth. 15. For thou shalt be a witness for Him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. 16. And now why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins, calling on His Name!" [Does this reference to the Righteous One have anything to do with Mt 6:33? Yes, it does. Read Jn 10 and Rev 1 about His Voice. How does "calling on His Name" wash sins away? Is this the baptism Saul/Paul experienced? Yes, it is. He called on the Name of the Lord as the 3000 of Ac 2 did. Ac 26:15. And I said, "Who art thou, Lord?" And the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. [Now, why would Jesus Christ say that Saul/Paul was persecuting Him?!] 16. But arise and stand upon thy feet, for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee, 17. delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee, 18. to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to Light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. [Sanctified by faith in the real Jesus Christ who is the Lord of Heaven and Earth, not by being washed with some dirty physical water! And, as Paul followed the example of Jesus Christ, so he told us to follow his example. Turning people to God's Light has nothing to do with physical water either.] As for Lk 11-13, not only must we ask, we must seek and knock. Is the seek the "seek first" in Mt 6:33? Yes, it is. Is the knock about that Scripture for the loaves of bread? What kind of bread must we work for according to Jesus Christ's Teaching in Jn 6? I'm not asking these questions because i do not know the answers, anne |
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22 | Does baptism show we're a follower? | Matt 28:19 | canawedding | 193877 | ||
Hello Cheri, They had The Word of God who is written on the hearts and in the minds of all true Christians, true Christians who have "the Mind of Christ", the anointing from the Holy One of God, who know what the critical Teaching of Jesus Christ was when He began His Ministry, 1Co 2; 1Jn 2. They remembered what He said in Mk 1:14-15, something He continues to tell everyone who wants to be truly saved. Rev 19:13. And He is arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood and His Name is called "The Word of God". Ro 10:8. But what saith it (Dt 30:14)? "The Word is nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart," that is, the Word of faith, which we preach 9. because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10. For with the heart man believeth unto Righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. [Is this the Righteousness we must find first according to Mt 6:33? Yes, it is. What, exactly, must we find first? And, if Peter, Paul and the others had to have Jesus Christ revealed to them, why do people think that He does not need to be revealed to them today? He does need to be. And, it seems to me that no one was ever to keep quiet regarding the Word of God in Spirit and in Truth, not in the OT or the NT.] As far as causing "the uproar"; it was much more than that. Jesus Christ exposed their evil deeds and He said His true disciples would continue to do the same and be persecuted for it. They didn't like hearing that they were hypocrites, snakes, vipers, who washed the outside while leaving the inside full of greed and wickedness and they didn't like being called white-washed tombs full of dead mens' bones; etc. They made money off of dead traditions of the flesh without changing hearts and minds. Mt 28:18-20 is a summary of Jn 13-17; Jn 20. Use a concordance and see how the Name is used in the NT, especially in the Gospel of John. The Peshitta translation has an interesting addition to Mt 28:18 that we usually only find in Jn 20 and that is: "... as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you." Where did the Father send His Son to baptize with physical water? I am not asking because i do not know, anne |
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23 | Does baptism show we're a follower? | Matt 28:19 | canawedding | 193874 | ||
Mk 1:14. Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of God, 15. and saying, "The time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent ye and believe in the Gospel." [After John was delivered up!] Mt 4: 12. Now when He heard that John was delivered up, He withdrew into Galilee ... 17. From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, "Repent ye! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" [Listen to Him!] Jn 3: 23. And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim because there was much water there and they came and were baptized. 24. For John was not yet cast into prison. [FOR JOHN WAS NOT YET CAST INTO PRISON. I truly hope you will begin to read these critical Scriptures much more carefully.] Ac 10:37: ... that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached ... [AFTER THE BAPTISM THAT JOHN PREACHED!] Ac 11:16. And I remembered the Word of the Lord, how He said, 'John indeed baptized with water but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit." 17. If then God gave unto them the like Gift as He did also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God? ["Withstand" means OPPOSE!] Ac 13:25: 25. And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, "What suppose ye that I am? I am not He. But behold, there cometh One after me the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose." Ac 19:4. And Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on Him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus." 5. And when they heard this, they were baptized into the Name of the Lord Jesus. 6. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spake with tongues and prophesied. [The 3000 in Ac 2 and Saul/Paul in Ac 9; Ac 22; Ac 26, all were saved when they called on the Name of the Lord and some also had hands laid on them. Can you explain in a sentence or two how calling on the Name of the Lord saves us and what actually takes place when we call on the Name of the Lord to be saved? I am not asking because i do not know.] When Jesus Christ healed people during His earthly Ministry, people who could not even walk, they were not baptized with physical water at all. When Jesus Christ sent out His disciples, two by two, there was no possibility for any physical water baptisms to take place in His very detailed instructions because there is only the one baptism now of Eph 4:4-7, the one baptism of the One Spirit that we must spiritually drink, Jn 7:37-39; 1Co 12:13-14. I will repeat: There were no physical water baptisms by Jesus Christ's disciples during His earthly Ministry and Ac 8; Ac 10-11 can also be easily explained again for those who want to know, anne |
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24 | Does baptism show we're a follower? | Matt 28:19 | canawedding | 193812 | ||
After John the Baptist went to prison, Jesus Christ began His earthly Ministry, Mk 1:14-15. During His earthly Ministry, there were no physical water baptisms by His disciples. What was written in Jn 3:22-4:3 took place before John the Baptist went to prison and, therefore, before Jesus Christ's earthly Ministry began. Then, in Ac 8 and Ac 10, we read how the believing Jews had a temporary problem with non-Jews. What did Peter learn in Ac 11? Not to call unclean or common what God has made clean. How does God make us clean? Read Jn 15:1-17; 1Pe 1 for a couple of excellent examples. And, in Ac 11, instead of repeating his command to baptize Cornelius and household with physical water, what did Peter say instead? The following statement that Peter quoted is in the NT six times, 6 times: John the Baptist baptized with water but Jesus Christ will baptize with God's Holy Spirit, Mt 3; Mk 1; Lk 3; Jn 1; Ac 1; Ac 11. That is the baptism Paul always described, the spiritual one baptism we must spiritually drink according to 1Co 12:12-13 and Eph 4:4-7 also described in Mt 20; Mt 28:18-20; Mk 10; Mk 16; Lk 11-13; Lk 24; Jn 1-17; etc. In Ac 11, what did the believing Jews learn about salvation for non-Jews? Did they remember Mk 1:14-15? Also, read Ac 15 and Ac 18:24-19:10, very carefully. In Mt 28:19 we read about the Name. Read Rev 19. His Name is The Word of God. Jesus Christ said we must seek first God's Kingdom and God's Righteousness and this is what Paul and all of the other NT writers taught, Mt 6:33; Lk 11-12; Ro 1:16-21; etc. What we find can rescue us from the Law of Sin and Death, Ro 1-8. |
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25 | How is Holy Spirit imbued? | Rom 8:9 | canawedding | 193773 | ||
Have you ever studied the word "Power" in the full context of the NT Scriptures? The Samaritans of Ac 8 had believed in a false power that Simon Magus claimed to have. They did believe Philip and they were baptized with physical water before the believing Jews understood that non-Jews are saved in the same Way as believing Jews -- through repentance and faith that leads to obedience, Mk 1:14-15; Ac 11; Ac 15; etc. But, were they saved? NO! It seems that they had not repented of the false power they had believed in. There is only one baptism now, the baptism we must spiritually drink according to 1Co 12:12-13 and Eph 4:4-7. They were not saved until Peter and John came and prayed over them, laying hands on them, except for Simon Magus even though he had believed and had been baptized with physical water. Paul told Timothy not to be hasty in the laying on of hands, 1Ti 5:22. Why? Only God knows our hearts and minds. Only the LORD baptizes with His Holy Spirit, Ac 1:1-11; Ac 2:47. Without the one and only Holy Spirit baptism, we are not saved, Jn 3:1-21; Ro 8:1-17. And, that is not physical water in Jn 3; it is the very same Water of Jn 4; Jn 7; etc. Ro 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 2Co 13:5: Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith. Prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobate? |
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26 | Johns baptism? | Acts 13:24 | canawedding | 193771 | ||
Mt 3:3: For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, "Make ye ready the Way of the Lord, make His paths straight. How? He told people to bring forth fruit worthy of repentance and that has not changed. Also, Jn 1:6. There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7. The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the Light, that all might believe through him. 8. He was not the Light but came that he might bear witness of the Light. 9. There was the true Light, even the Light which lighteth every man, coming into the world. After Jesus Christ symbolically cleansed the physical temple the unbelieving Jews questioned His authority. Why did He ask them about John's baptism? Were the unbelieving Jews the only ones who hadn't believed what John the Baptist declared about Jesus Christ? |
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27 | disciples only baptized not Jesus | John 3:26 | canawedding | 193768 | ||
Here is something to think about: Jn 20:21. Jesus, therefore, said to them again, "Peace be unto you. As the Father hath sent me, even so send I you." Did the Father ever send His Son to baptize with physical water? | ||||||
28 | disciples only baptized not Jesus | John 3:26 | canawedding | 193767 | ||
Jesus Christ's earthly Ministry did not begin until John the Baptist was put in prison, Mk 1:14-15. In Jn 3:22-4:3, John the Baptist was not in prison yet and, therefore, Jesus Christ's earthly Ministry had not begun yet in Jn 3:22-4:3. After Jesus Christ began His Ministry, He told us all to "repent and believe" but there is nothing said about physical water baptisms because there weren't any during His entire earthly Ministry. Not until Ac 8; Ac 10 were there physical water baptisms for non-Jews before the believing Jews realized that non-Jews are also saved through repentance and faith that leads to obedience, Mk 1:14-15; Ac 11; Ac 15; etc. What did Peter remember in Ac 11? John baptized with water but Jesus Christ baptizes with God's Holy Spirit and this is the one baptism of 1Co 12:12-13; Eph 4:4-7; etc. And, Peter also remembered that we are not to call unclean or common what God has made clean. How? Read Jn 13-17. | ||||||
29 | IS BAPTISM IS REQUIRED | Rom 6:3 | canawedding | 193723 | ||
Hello lionheart, this is also in answer to your reply: After John the Baptist went to prison, then Jesus Christ began His earthly Ministry. Don't stumble on Jn 3:22-4:3 because that was before John was put in prison. After John was put in prison, then Jesus Christ told us all to "repent and believe", Mk 1:14-15. Believe what, exactly? What we must seek first and find first according to Mt 6:33; Ro 1:16-21? Then, during Jesus Christ's entire earthly Ministry, there were no physical water baptisms at all, none, zero, and no opportunity to do them for any of the disciples who were sent out two by two. Only in Ac 8 and Ac 10, we read of the believing Jews having a temporary problem with non-Jews that was not continued after they realized that non-Jews are saved just like believing Jews -- through repentance and faith that leads to obedience, Mk 1:14-15; Ac 11; Ac 15; etc. Paul always taught about the one baptism we must have, the one baptism that we must spiritually drink, 1Co 12:12-13; Eph 4:4-7. In Ro 1-8 and Col 1-4 he also described that one baptism as a spiritual circumcision. This is what it means to take up our cross and follow Jesus Christ. However: 1Co 1:17. For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the Gospel, not in wisdom of words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made void. 18. For the Word of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness but unto us who are saved it is the Power of God. 19. For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.' 20. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21. For seeing that in the Wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God; it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe. 22. Seeing that Jews ask for signs and Greeks seek after wisdom 23. but we preach Christ crucified -- unto Jews a stumblingblock and unto Gentiles foolishness 24. but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the Power of God and the Wisdom of God. 2Co 12:9. And He hath said unto me, "My Grace is sufficient for thee, for my Power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, will I rather Glory in my weaknesses, that the Power of Christ may rest upon me. anne |
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30 | IS BAPTISM IS REQUIRED | Rom 6:3 | canawedding | 193722 | ||
Hello lionheart, Here is the first half of my reply: You commend me for the time, effort and research but true Christians, with the anointing from the Holy One described in 1Jn 2, do not need anyone to teach us the basics of salvation. Also, when we are truly saved, God has given us His Power that is Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption through Jesus Christ, 1Co 1. As Jesus Christ breathed on His disciples almost 2000 years ago, so must He breathe on His disciples today. Remember, Jesus Christ does not change, Heb 13. Why do you quote Ac 2:38 by itself? Read Ac 2:38 in the full context of Lk 24; Ac 1-2, minimum. What did Jesus Christ say about His Power and His baptism? Why did Peter quote Joel and the other OT Scriptures? What is the Gift? What is the Promise? What does it mean to call on the Name of the Lord? Was Peter also quoting from Isa 59? Yes, he was. Jesus Christ told us all to repent and believe after John went to prison, Mk 1:14-15. Believe what, exactly? Have Faith in what, exactly? Is this what we must seek first and find first as we read in Mt 6:33; Ro 1:16-21? Yes. Is this the entrance to the narrow Gate and the narrow Road that few will find, Mt 7; Lk 11-12? Yes. Isa 59:19. "So shall they fear the Name of THE LORD from the west and His Glory from the rising of the sun. For He will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of THE LORD driveth! 20. And a Redeemer will come to Zion and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob," saith THE LORD. 21. "And as for me, this is my Covenant with them," saith THE LORD. "My Spirit that is upon thee and my Words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed," saith THE LORD, "from henceforth and forever." HE WILL COME AS A RUSHING STREAM! HIS WORDS SHALL NOT DEPART! Read Ps 72! Read Jn 7:37-39! Read Ac 13 and 1Pe 1! Ac 2: 39. "For to you is the Promise and to your children and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto Him." However, many are called but few are chosen, Mt 22. Ac 2:40. And with many other Words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!" Read 1Pe 1 more than once. How are true Christians purified? How are true Christians born again? Is there a contradiction between 1Pe 1 and Jn 3:1-21? No, there is not because Jn 3:1-21 is also about the Living Water of Jn 4:1-26; Jn 7:37-39; etc. Ac 2:41. They then that received his Word were baptized and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls ... 47b. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved! THE LORD ADDED TO THEM DAY BY DAY THOSE THAT WERE SAVED! Lk 24:49. 49. "And behold! I send forth the Promise of my Father upon you but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with Power from on High!" Ac 1:5. "For John indeed baptized with water but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence ... 8. But ye shall receive Power when the Holy Spirit is come upon you and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the Earth. Ro 1:16. For I am not ashamed of the Gospel; for it is the Power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. |
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31 | IS BAPTISM IS REQUIRED | Rom 6:3 | canawedding | 193654 | ||
Read Ac 18:24-19:10 and especially notice Ac 19:2. There was only "one baptism" that Paul was ever concerned with and wrote about, Eph 4:4-7. In 1Co 12:12-13, he described that "one baptism" most clearly. Six times we read that John the Baptist baptized with water but Jesus Christ will baptize with God's Holy Spirit, Mt 3; Mk 1; Lk 3; Jn 1; Ac 1; Ac 11. The one New Covenant baptism is described in Mt 20; Mk 10; Lk 11-12; Jn 1-7 as well as many other Scriptures. Ro 5:1-5: Being, therefore, justified by Faith, we have Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom also we have had our access by Faith into this Grace wherein we stand and we rejoice in Hope of the Glory of God. And not only so but we also rejoice in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness and stedfastness, approvedness, and approvedness, hope. And hope putteth not to shame because the Love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us. This is the baptism of Ro 1-8; etc. This is the baptism of God's Gospel -- His "Power from on High" that is "from Faith unto Faith", Lk 24; Ac 1:1-11; Ro 1:16-21; 2Co 12:9-10. It all begins when we seek first and find first as we were told to do in Mt 6:33. |
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32 | stay humble by power God has given you ? | Colossians | canawedding | 193649 | ||
True Christians will always boast in the Lord as Paul wrote in 1Co 1. Not only will true Christians be able to say that Jesus Christ is the Lord but they will know why He is the Lord. | ||||||
33 | Verses 11-15 of Isaiah | Bible general Archive 3 | canawedding | 193581 | ||
Jesus Christ told us all to "sin no more", Jn 5. This is most important. Jesus Christ told us all to seek first God's Kingdom and God's Righteousness, Mt 6:33. When we find what we were told to find, when what we find becomes more important to us than our reputations and even our physical life, then we will know who the wolves are and who the bad trees are and why, anne | ||||||
34 | New Perspective of Sha'ul | NT general Archive 1 | canawedding | 193580 | ||
Hello Talmid, Thank you for your reply. You wrote: "it is by faith that we are saved" and that is true but that statement can mean many different things to many different people and it does but there is only "one Faith" that will save us, Eph 4:4-7. In Mt 6:33, Jesus Christ told us to seek first God's Kingdom and God's Righteousness. In Ro 1:16-21, we read what Paul wrote about that same saving Faith and that same saving Righteousness. What we must find also has everything to do with the narrow Gate and the narrow Road, Mt 7. What, exactly, must we find according to Mt 6:33? I think you have misunderstood me. Please, read my previous comments again. I can't list them here due to a space requirement by the site. The "split" you mentioned took place in Ac 11 where the believing Jews learned that Gentiles are saved just like them -- through repentance and faith. Are you a child of Abraham? All true Christians must be the Children of Abraham. Did Abraham have the Torah or any other Scriptures? When was Abraham credited with Righteousness from God and why? The Scriptures remain the "letter that kills" for everyone who does not have the exact "one Faith", 2Co 3-4. Do you think those who did not have access to the Scriptures or those who never heard a true Christian preach had no opportunity to be saved? Well, they all have and only the exact original Gospel Truth can explain it. However, more will be required from those of us with the Scriptures and Jesus Christ's request in Mt 6:33 is very specific. What, exactly, must we find first of all? Those who have found, will certainly know exactly what they found and how. As far as the Reformation and whom to "cite", i would highly recommend that you read Robert Barclay's "Apology for the True Christian Divinity" written over 300 years ago. Let me ask you this: How is it possible that i learned what is written in that book 3 and 1/2 years before i knew about it or about the people who believed in its teaching? Except for an occasional very minor non-salvation issue, i had also believed what was written by those true Christians, 3 and 1/2 years before i knew what they had believed in and what they had written. Over 150 years after it was written, Barclay's book alone remained on a controversial shelf at Oxford where all other writings had been successfully disputed and removed. Only Barclay's Apology remained 150 years later and that is no surprise since what is written in it totally agrees with the Teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ and all of His true servants. As far as Paul and the Law: Paul knew that the New Covenant must be spiritual. God is Spirit and He must be worshipped in Spirit and in Truth, Jn 4:1-26. All true Christians will have God's Law of Faith written on their heart and in their minds, Heb 8-10. Do you understand what Paul meant when he wrote about the letter that kills? Do you understand how true Christians must exceed the old Law and how that becomes possible? Of course, not all Jews had a problem with Gentiles not being circumcised but there were other issues, like eating together and the kinds of foods and the washing rituals. It took time for some to adjust and others never did but those problems and the people who caused them were symbolic of others who would come and cause similar problems. Although in Galatians, Paul primarily focused on the specific problem of physical circumcisions, what Paul wrote there also applies to all other physical rituals from the OT Law. You said, AMEN, to the repentance and faith that leads to obedience. What, exactly, must we believe as we read in Mk 1:14-15 and many other Scriptures? You also agreed with Mt 5:17-20 but you didn't answer my simple question about Eph 2. It does appear that Paul was contradicting what Jesus Christ said about not abolishing the Law but he didn't. What was Paul teaching us there? You are right that not one of us has deserved to be saved through Jesus Christ. We cannot be saved without receiving Righteousness from God, that is true but how, exactly, do we receive it? We must seek first and that command must be taken in a very large context of the Gospels, Mt 1-7, minimum, but all of Mt 1-13 and Lk 10-13 are even better. God's entire Holy Bible is about His Righteousness, His Righteous Requirements, His Gift of Righteousness and His Righteous Judgment. More will be required from those who have more and those of us with the Scriptures were told to seek first and we must find first but it is in plain sight. I'd also like to remind everyone that it is always a very good idea to take Mt 23:8-12 and Jn 6:45 very seriously, anne |
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35 | New Perspective of Sha'ul | NT general Archive 1 | canawedding | 193501 | ||
A person cannot live under both the Law of Sin and Death and the Law of the Spirit of Life at the same time; it must be one or the other. God mercifully allowed a transition from Judaism to Christianity as we can see from the first 15 chapters of Acts. Paul temporarily continued with a few select Jewish rituals, not because they had anything to do with salvation anymore but to cater to the weak Jews in order to win them over to Jesus Christ, probably while the physical temple was still standing. I seriously doubt that any of the true Christians continued in any of the "ordinances" after the physical temple ceased to exist. It took some Jews time to adjust, especially to the fact that God was saving Gentiles exactly as He had saved the first believing Jews -- through repentance and faith that leads to obedience, Ac 11:1-18. Also, read Mt 5-7. Jesus Christ came to fulfill the Law and Prophets, not to abolish. Did Paul contradict Him in Eph 2? No, not at all but why not? Jesus Christ also said we must exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees or we will not enter into His Kingdom. How is that accomplished? Do you know? And, there in Mt 5-7, we read how true Christians must exceed the OT Law and that is only possible for someone who belongs to the Law of the Spirit of Life. To belong to that Law we must seek first as Jesus Christ told us to do in Mt 6:33. What is it, exactly, that we must find? In the service of the Righteous One, anne |
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36 | how you have so much faith | 2 Tim 2:15 | canawedding | 193500 | ||
Hello Doc, In Mk 1:14-15, Jesus Christ told us to repent and believe after John the Baptist went to prison. It is very important to sincerely repent. 1Jn 3: 6. Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not. Whosoever sinneth, hath not seen Him, neither knoweth Him. We were also told to believe and that is the same Gospel Truth as having the faith Paul described in Ro 1:16-21. There, Paul told us that the Gospel reveals a Righteousness of God from faith unto faith. Does this have to do with Mt 6:33? Yes, it does. We cannot continue to belong to the Law of Sin and Death, we must belong to the Law of the Spirit of Life. That cannot take place until we seek first and find first according to Mt 6:33. We must go through the narrow Gate and travel on the narrow Road to belong to the Law of the Spirit of Life. Paul also wrote that the Gospel is the Power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes. That Power from on High was promised by Jesus Christ in Scriptures such as Lk 24 and Ac 1:1-11. In 1Co 1, we read that Power of God becomes our Wisdom from God, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption through Jesus Christ. This is the anointing from the Holy One that John wrote about in 1Jn 2, the anointing that teaches us. This is what it means to put on the Armor of Light that is Jesus Christ, Jn 1:1-18; Ro 13:12-14. There truly is something very specific that those of us with the Scriptures must seek first according to Mt 6:33 before we can put on the Armor of Light and let our Light shine. Read Ac 13 for a perfect example of Paul's preaching. Especially notice: Ac 13:47: For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee for a Light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth. 48. And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the Word of God and as many as were ordained to eternal Life believed. 49. And the Word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region. In the service of the Righteous One, anne |
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37 | Wearing the clothes of the Priests? | Lev 19:19 | canawedding | 193427 | ||
Ro 13: 12. The night is far spent and the day is at hand. Let us, therefore, cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the Armor of Light. 13. Let us walk becomingly, as in the day, not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. 14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. |
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38 | how you have so much faith | 2 Tim 2:15 | canawedding | 193426 | ||
A lot of people claim to "have faith", even people who do not consider themselves Christians. Read Ro 1:16-21 where Paul is writing about Mt 6:33. After John the Baptist went to prison, then Jesus Christ began His earthly Ministry. In Mk 1:14-15 He said, "The time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent ye and believe in the Gospel!" Believe what, exactly? Have faith in what, exactly? | ||||||
39 | Martha and Mary | John 6:45 | canawedding | 193425 | ||
Lk 10: 38. Now as they went on their way, He entered into a certain village and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house. [Be sure and read Jn 11 as well, paying close attention to Jn 11:25-27.] 39. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet and heard His Word. 40. But Martha was cumbered about much serving and she came up to Him and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? Bid her, therefore, that she help me. 41. But the Lord answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things 42. but one thing is needful. For Mary hath chosen the good part which shall not be taken away from her. [Should this lesson remind us of Mt 6:33? Yes, it should. Are we also supposed to be like Mary and believe in Scripture such as Mt 23:8-12 and Jn 6:45? Read all of Lk 10-13 for other related critical Gospel Truths.] |
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40 | Rebuking satan out loud of in my mind. | Jude 1:9 | canawedding | 193364 | ||
Mt 12:43. But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. 44. Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation. The "house" is the person who refused to believe in "the sign of Jonah", Mt 12; Mt 16; Lk 11-12. |
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