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21 | Reflections on Is 61:3 | Is 61:3 | peacebestill | 208771 | ||
Yeshim There is an artist my sister likes called Crystal Lewis a gospel singer. She has a song based on this one verse and the first two verses called Beauty for Ashes on an album of the same name. Quote, Crystal Lewis, Beauty for Ashes; He gives beauty for ashes, strength for fear, gladness for mourning, peace for despair. When sorrow seams to surround you, when suffering hangs heavy on your head, know that tomorrow bring wholeness and healing, God knows your need, just believe what He said. The beauty of ashes is that out of them arises the will of God. The oil of gladness comes after mourning. In the middle of fainting if you praise the Lord He will lift you up and you will be called righteous that He may be glorified. peacebestilll |
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22 | Dan 12 1290 and 1335 | Dan 12:11 | peacebestill | 208399 | ||
John Gmuer Here is some more from John MacArthur on the subject. John MacAruthur, The MacArthur Bible Study Commentary, page 968 to 969, par. 3. The daily sacrifice. This reference is to the end of the daily temple sacrifice, previously allowed under a covenant which the Antichrist formed with Israel, which he later caused to cease in the middle of the final seven years (9:27). Then favorable relations give way to persecution. Even his abomination that desecrates the temple (as 9:27; Mat. 24:1; Mark 13:14; 2 Thess. 12:3, 4) is accompanied with persecution. one thousand two hundred and ninety days. From the instrusion of the abomination, there follow 1,290 days, including 1,260 which make up the last three and one-half years of the final seven years (see note on v.7), then thirty days more, possibly to allow for the judgment of the living subsequent to Christ's return (cf. Matt. 24:29-31), before millenial kingdom blessings begin. I personally am wondering where this covenant with Isreal comes from that he is speaking about? I present this, not as what I think, but as a possibility... peacebestill |
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23 | "Mystery of God" Rev 10 | Amos 3:6 | peacebestill | 208390 | ||
John Gmuer As this man has studied for far longer than I could ever hope to see if you like this; John MacArthur, The MacArthur Study Bible, page 2012, par. 3 The Mystery. A Greek term meaning "to shut" or "to close". In the NT, a "mystery" is a truth that God concealed, but has revealed through Christ and His apostles (see notes on Eph. 3:4, 5; cf. Rom. 16;25). Here the mystery is the final consumation of all things as God destroys sinners and establishes He righteous kingdom o nearth. as He declared. This mystery, though not fully revealed, was declared to God's prophets (cf. Amos 3:7). I heard it taught once not to divorce the word mystery from the words is finished in the same verse. This makes it mean that the mystery is the finising of the things of God, as in the end times completion of His plans to end the world as it is and set up His eternal kingdom. In this sense the mystery means that in the seventh angel sounding it is signifying that the completion of God's plans is at hand, and as God's will is decided beforehand, the beginnnig of whatever He has decided will happened all ready contains its end. So the angel sounding the trumpet is signifying God's plan as finished, finito. peacebestill |
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24 | "Mystery of God" Rev 10 | Amos 3:6 | peacebestill | 208401 | ||
John Gmuer I have only one question for you; how is the Christ being finished in this verse, Revelation 10:7? Christ all ready finished and sat down at the right hand of the Father, Christ rising to the status of Christ has been completed... So in what sense do you mean that Christ is being finished here, not finishing, but being finished as the scripture says something, being the mystery is being finished, and not the mystery in is finishing something else not mentioned? peacebestill |
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25 | What does mattew chap 11 verse12 mean? | Matt 11:12 | peacebestill | 209235 | ||
Agertc Quote from the MacArthur Study Bible, page 1144, paragraph1; The kingdom of heaven suffers violence. From the time he begins his preaching ministry, John the Baptist evokes a strong reaction. Having been imprisoned already, John ultimately falls victim to Herod's savagery. But the kingdom can never be subdued or opposed by human violence. Notice that where Mathew says, "the violent take if by force", Luke has "everyone is pressing into it" (Luke 16:16). So the sense of this verse may be rendered this way; "The kingdom presses ahead relentlessly, and only the relentless press their way into it". Thus again Christ is magnifying the difficulty of entering the kingdom. The word for suffers violence is one single word in Greek and actually does mean to press into, to crowd, and to force one's way into something. So then the kingdom of heaven is being pressed into by unbelievers who are trying to get in there by sheer force. And those who are in the way, like Jesus, like John the Baptist of those who are trying to barrel through the teachings of these two about how to get in, are being done real harm to physically speaking. Which is why the translators are saying that violence is being done, because it is, it was. The ones doing the violence were trying to prevent the true teachers from giving the message how to get in by means of persecution unto death and in the mean time were trying to have a legalistic monopoly on what the way was to get in. When you try to get into the kingdom of heaven by works and the law you are merely pushing at being convicted by the law, as if by doing that you could "earn the right to get in by force of works". peacebestill |
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26 | What do you think regarding these develo | Luke 2:40 | peacebestill | 208588 | ||
jesusservant It means that as He grew up He grew up in all aspects, the wisdom of God, He grew taller in like any man grows, He gained the respect and honor with men and God. These are all aspects of Jesus being fully man. He was fully God too, but these things in this verse only describe that He was fully man. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. peacebestill |
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27 | Why Did god call jesus his begotten sun? | John 3:16 | peacebestill | 209230 | ||
Agertc The word begotten in Greek really means one of a kind. The Strong's says only begotten, only born, but the real sense of this is missing... Jesus is the only one brought forth by God as the incarnation of God. Jesus is fully man and fully God - the only one of His kind. John 3:16, 18 Acts 13:33 Philemon 1:!0 Hebrews 1:15, 5, 11, 11:17 1 John 4:9 In every single instance in the New Testament the word means the same exact thing. It is never referring to Jesus birth, but to His one of a kindness as brought forth by God. peacebestill |
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28 | What is the meaqning of 'sealing?' | John 6:27 | peacebestill | 208317 | ||
Thomas I think the nature of seals is that God puts the Holy Spirit into the equation, like when Jesus received the Holy Spirit in the Jordan River, and then we see Jesus having been given the power to do His whole ministry. But I also think that when it comes to us the way the seal of the Holy Spirit works is very different because we aren't give the power as a human to save people as God. We are given the promise of salvation, and the power to witness; Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation - having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise. Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the uttermost parts of the earth. In Revelation 9:4 it talks about not harming those who have the seal of God in their foreheads - so they must be the saved. But I think unlike the seal of salvation as the Holy Spirit, and unlike the Seal on the Son to give eternal life, here the seal is a visible mark put by God on the foreheads signifying that they are His, that they are saved by the same method and process we are with the seal of the Holy Spirit inside, but this is different, signifying by an outward visible seal mark that they are not of those who have the other visible mark of damnation. peacebestill |
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29 | What is the meaqning of 'sealing?' | John 6:27 | peacebestill | 208377 | ||
Azure The concept of the train of thought is this; Colossians 1:19 For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him. - first part; Jesus disguised His deity and was still God and not really a man: This would make Jesus as deciever so this understanding of Colossians 1:9 is false. - Jesus is completely Man and completely God. Second part; Jesus became fully human as a real Man, He was still God but gave up independant use of His attributes - examples; Mark 9:21 And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" etc. - Jesus as God is omnipotent but chose not to know as Man and had to ask the question to find out the answer. Mark 13:32 But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. - Jesus as an omnipotent God subordinated Himself as a member of the sovereign Godhead to choose not to know a thing while in the state of being Man. Third part; Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and etc. - it was not until He became full of the Holy Spirit that He was ready to go be tempted by Satan - Luke 4:14 And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread etc., verse 15 And He began to teach etc. Fourth part; question, is it possible to do the works of the Father without the power of the Holy Spirit operating through one? No. When did Jesus receive the Holy Spirit and when did He begin working? He received the Holy Spirit in the Jordan and not before, then He went to work the works of His Father after He returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit and He began teaching in that same power. To give you a more direct answer to your last two paragraphs - Jesus had that He as God in eterinty past made full use of His powers. When He came down to live as Man He did not lose any power, but He set the use of it aside until a time came to put it back on to do the work. He never stopped being a Sovereign member of the Godhead with the FULL ABILITY to use His powers, but He chose for a time to put them down. When He got baptized in the Jordan in Luke 3:21 we see exactly what you said, that there was an expression of God the Father Himself bearing witness of Christ as the Son of God, the Messiah. But according to Luke chapter 4:1, 14 there is more to recieving the Holy Spirit than just a recgonition by the Father because the word power does not mean simply power but miraculous power in both verses. In fact in verse 37 of the same passage it says that He was doing miracles by this same miraculous power, the same power He recieved in the Jordan, the miraculous power of the Holy Spirit revealed in Luke 4:14. However I would be careful in clarifying that and say that He could have chosen to use His omnipotent powers any time before the Jordan, but He did not as a choice on His part to subordinate Himself to the Father, and that in doing so He also chose to receive the Holy Spirit in order to put back on the fully divine nature that He momentarily for 30 some odd years put off. I think the Jordan is more than just two things though, I think it is also an example to us, just as Jesus subordinated Himself spiritually and physically to the Father in order to recieve the power of the Holy Spirit, so also we too submit by His example to the same things He did before working for God. I look forward to your response on this as I am interested in the studied opinions of others. peacebestill |
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30 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | peacebestill | 208483 | ||
Odaat John 3:16-19 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. What we need to know about God to avoid the penalty is; First Jesus is God. Second whoever believes in Jesus will be granted eternal life. Third whoever does not believe in Jesus has been judged already. But there is more. Peter the apostle was preaching to the Jews about who Jesus was; that He was God and that God ordained for Him to be crucufied by the Jews, and that Jesus, unlike King David arose from the dead to be seated next to God in heaven. Then the Jews repented and asked what must we do to be saved? Acts 2:38Peter siad to them, Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgivness of your sins; and you will recieve the gift of the Holy Spirit. Four repent of your sins. Five be baptized into the body of Christ. There is more. Romans 10:9, 10 That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Six make the fact that you believe Jesus is God a confession out loud that you do because confession results in salvation. This is not meant to be a list, a chronological list, of how to get saved, because the belief and confession of Jesus as God, Lord can be all at once, and because confession should come before baptism. peacebestill |
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31 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | peacebestill | 208510 | ||
jamison Question; is it true that we have to keep all the commandments to at first get saved, which was the original question? Here are some scriptures that say you have to accept Jesus as your savior. John 3:16-19 John 5:24 John 6:53-58 John 10:27, 28 Romans 5:10 Romans 8:1 1 Corinthians 1:18 Colossians 1:13 peacebestill |
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32 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | peacebestill | 208511 | ||
jamison Could you please just answer Hank's question and tell us all what, exactly this "outside the box" type theology this is you believe in? And further, could you please define which theology Jesus had that was "outside the box"? And next please define what theology the Pharisees had that was "inside the box"? And would you be willing to do all that with scriptures please?:-) peacebestill |
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33 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | peacebestill | 208512 | ||
jamison Please prove what you purport. You purport that "our" whoever that is, that "our" theology does not come from scripture. I would like you to prove that, that statement is without merit without proof. I would like to see you take an expample of a well known theologian and take his theology point by point and scripturally disprove that his theology did not come from the Bible, but that he inserted his theology into the Bible... peacebestill |
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34 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | peacebestill | 208551 | ||
jamison What makes you think that someone who believes in theology today has not tested it out to see if it lined up with what Jesus taught and what the apostles taught? Is it because they don't believe what you believe, whatever that is, that you still have not disclosed what that is? Jesus clarified the law, He set forth new teachings about old things. You are stuck on phraseologies like "mainstream theology" which doesn't mean anything specific. You speak in great generalizations. I think that you would like to think that theologians today can be likened to Pharisees who built their teachings on their misunderstanding of the purpose of the law. Theologians have for centuries built their teachings on what Christ directly taught about everything he addresses, as well as what the apostles taught about what they addressed. There is a real difference between the Pharisees teaching and Christian orothodox theology. You seem very willing to poke at what others believe in challenging them to think outside the box as if they haven't, but very unwilling to say what you really believe about the subject at hand in detail. You still are unwilling to answer Hank's questions. Tell us what your real objections are step by step about "mainstream" theology so that we can properly address your concerns please. It is not very fair of you to tell everybody that your theology is not imortant here while you attempt to get others to explain theirs. John 3:18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. I think that Jesus was clear that you have to accept Jesus as savior or perish - you said you could not find where in the Bible that concept. And when I posted you a bunch of scriptures prooving that it is true that the Bible teaches you had nothing to say about that it is true, that the theology is sound, and you moved on to the next part of your point. You can address, or not address anything you please, but are you really willing to put forth what you believe theogically for everyone to see or just "knock" everyone else for having "main stream" theology. peacebestill |
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35 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | peacebestill | 208552 | ||
jamison Can you repeat the question please? It is not clear what the question is from reading you in the thread? :-) Was the question why do we not do what Jesus said about how to get eternal life in the case of the that man? If that is the question, it was answered by someone who explained that Jesus was pointing to the man's inability to keep the law as a way to get there, rather than really giving him a way to eternal life. Mark 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. peacebestill |
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36 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | peacebestill | 208564 | ||
jamison John 3:16-19 This scritpture clearly states that if you do not believe in Jesus you have been judged already and that you will perish. John 5:24 This scripture shows that only those who believe in Jesus will pass into eternal life, implying that those who do not, won't. John 6:53-58 This scripture shows that unless you take Jesus into yourself you will not inherit eternal life. John 10:27, 28 This scripture shows that those who believe in Jesus inherit eteral life, implying that if you don't you won't. Romans 5:10 This scripture shows that those who take Jesus as savior you are reconciled to God, now if you don't you won't. Romans 8:1 This scripture shows that for those who are in Christ Jesus there is no condemenation, showing that if you don't take Christ there is condemnation. 1 Corinthians 1:18 This scripture shows that the cross is of no matter to those who are perishing, that means there will be those who perish because they refuse to believe. Colossians 1:13 This scripture shows that Jesus transfers those who believe in Him from the domain of darkness, implying that if you don't take Him you will remain in the domain of darkness. Now, all that being said, it is clear that if you do not take Jesus as your savior you will perish - this goes to the point of the original questioner, which point you have long since left off. Now, it is also equally clear that you have no intention of strictly abiding by the Forums rules because you admit to John that you like to argue, you are arguing with everybody here, which qualifies as debating, which thing is not allowed here. STOP. Next, you also admit that your theological mind set and beliefs go against the Forum's rules; so which is it? You don't believe the Sola Scripturas? You don't believe the Deity of Christ? You don't believe in the basic tenets of Christianity regarding the means of salvation as by faith alone, by grace alone? Or how about this one, You don't believe in being here on honest grounds to do Bible study with everyone according the Forum rules, period, becuase you want to use this forum to grind your theological axe into the ground, which breaks another Forum rule. YOU ARE PUSHING YOUR VIEWS ON EVERYONE. STOP. Colossians 3:1 Therefore if you have been raised up in Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. peacebestill |
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37 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | peacebestill | 208579 | ||
jamison I put baptism in there in response to the question; What do we need to do to know God and avoid the penalty for sin. I put it there becuase we also have to obey Jesus, but not as a requirement of salvation, but as part of the requirement to get to know Him. The rules you are seemingly breaking are arguing, which is debating, and pushing your view that other should "think outside the box". That is not accusing you, that is fact. And merely asking you which one of the Forums requirments you yourself say you would not be welcomed here any more because of is a fair question and is also not accusing you. I do believe in grace alone, by faith alone, but I also believe in being obedient to Christ to get baptized in "getting to know Him", which was part of the oringal question to which I gave baptism as part of an answer. It seems that you have the right to challenge others on what they believe, but if someone challenges you to prove what you purport you get defensive. You also do not seem to be willing to listen when told by more than two persons that you are arguing or unwilling to listen to sound counsel. I will leave off now, you keep right on going the direction you have chosen, with the blessings of Jesus, God Bless you jamison. Proverbs 15:2 peacebestill |
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38 | Nazorite vows - who all took | Acts 18:18 | peacebestill | 208484 | ||
Searcher I am confused, I thought only men could take a vow of being a Nazarite? In the case of Samson's mother an angel told her to do certain things saying Samson would have to be a Nazarite, not her. But she did the deeds of a Nazarite so is that why you mention her? In the case of Hannah she made her vow to the Lord at the doorpost to make sure of if God gave her a son, her son would be a Nazarite. So is that really Hannah taking a Nazarite vow, or is it Hannah taking a vow that her son will be one if she can get one? I agree with you about the hair. According to the instructions in Numbers 6 one cannot have a rozor pass the head to cut the hair. In Acts 18:8, and in Acts 21:24 Paul is about to get his head shaved, or get the head of his followers shaved to fulfill a vow, but it can't be Nazarite because the heads get shaved. peacebestill |
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39 | Nazorite vows - who all took | Acts 18:18 | peacebestill | 208508 | ||
Steve Thank you muchly. Next time I will not be in shch a hurry and read ALL the texts being cited.:-) peacebestill |
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40 | What main scripture book of romans? | Romans | peacebestill | 209117 | ||
gapeach Your first question was asking about the theme, which as someone said to you is Romans 1:16, 17 that is the "main scripture" for Romans in a sense... But perhaps you are thinking of if there is a main portion of scriptures that kind of defines Romans? In most books of the Bible the book will be divided up into several major sections, so there is really no such thing as one major portion of scripture per say that would be the defining one in any Bible book. Although some books are so small, you could say that about those books, but Romans is not short and Romans is a theological treatise of sorts being set forth by Paul to the church at Rome in anticipation of him coming to them to preach the gospel. Here is the break down for you of Romans, but like people keep saying to you, you really, that is if you are, should not be trying to do homework in here. That may be an assumption on my part that you are, but if you are not I apologize, but if you are 2 Timothy 2:15 please. The greeting Romans 1:1-7 The introduction Romans 1:8-15 The theme of the whole book Romans 1:16, 17 The need for the Gospel Romans 1:18-3:20 The doctrine of Justification Romans 3:21-5:21 The related and co-doctrine to Justification of Sanctification Romans 6-8 The nation of Israel Romans 9-11 The application for the church and the individual believer Romans 12-16 Do you see how there cannot really be a "main" scripture for the book of Romans outside the theme? The entire book of Romans breaks down that one theme by treating it theologically as interrelated parts of one whole from the perspective of 1:16, 17. If I was really pressed hard to try to pick one portion of Romans as a portion that best describes Romans I would go with 3:21 through all of 5. But do you see how very large a portion that ends up being? A single verse outside of the theme just does not hit on it. Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Come to think of it that would not be bad either, but it leaves out a whole lot of stuff about why that is so. peacebestill |
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