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241 | What God requires of us. Micah 6:8 | Micah | Country Girl | 124440 | ||
Mic 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God? I would say this is a good start, but don't you think there's a lot more to the question and answer but just these few lines? Seems like you've left out the whole NT. Would you care to elaborate a little more? Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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242 | Alleged changes in the NKJV | Ps 4:1 | Country Girl | 124439 | ||
Just another example of the inferiority of the KJV (Yes, I know this is horrors to some of you but it's the truth.) You see, the translators in 1611 didn't want to lose their heads and King James didn't want to be immersed completely but he did want to be a "christian." The translators all knew the original Greek word "baptizo" had one single meaning and that is immersion. Their clever innovation is how we got the word "baptize." It's not a transliteration as it should have been. It was anglicized for King James sake. So you see, translators over the past two thousand years were also human. They too had to deal with the cold, harsh world of their own contemporaries. Remember, kings back then were "divinely apppointed" according to custom. So I would have to side with those folks who cling to the idea that THE original manuscripts actually written by the original authors have either been destroyed or there's no way to know for certain they actually wrote them, i.e. unknown authors. I think you'd have to agree, IF we had any of the original books/scrolls intact, they would have turned into objects of worship and our Lord certainly didn't want that. If you doubt this, just look at the tens of thousands of icons all over the world, especially throughout Mediteranean Europe. That leaves us with the conclusion that ALL the complete manuscripts, books and scrolls from the 2nd century on are merely copies of God's Word and are therefore subject to the ravages of time and the inherent errors of the copying process. Especially difficult in this process is the translating from one language to another, just talk to one of them; it truly is a very difficult job. I also conclude we can confidently say we really do have ALL of God's Word intact and completely saying what God wants to say to His creation. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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243 | Cessation of the gift of tongues | 1 Cor 13:8 | Country Girl | 124437 | ||
Very, very good post. Well thought out and solidly supported with scripture. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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244 | Through Cultural Eyes - or not??? | 1 Pet 3:1 | Country Girl | 124435 | ||
I must side with EdB here as his words ring true. For example, the demonstration of our Lord's washing the feet of His disciples was NOT done so that we would consider that an act of worship. Jesus did that to demonstrate the proper attitude we should have toward our brethren our sisters in the Lord's church. In the first century, particularly in the Mediterrean countries, washing of feet was a very good thing to do for one's guest but the lowliest slave was the one who did it. Thus the wonderful example of our Lord. Some of the other cultural practices are the exchange of the Holy Kiss between christians in that day and time; or the anointing of oil of sick family members. Now there's nothing wrong with doing these things, it's just not treated as acts of worship. They were aspects of that culture, time and place. Some folks treat them as acts of worship and I'd be the last person in the world to condemn them for doing that but I would caution that they can't REQUIRE someone to believe in since the Bible doesn't show it. So once again words like "speak where the Bible speaks and be silent where the Bible is silent" should prevail here. The most important item of culture we MUST learn is that of God's Culture. We should learn to "speak as the oracles of God" and practice love and forgiveness like He does. For we have received these precious treasures as gifts from our Father and should do likewise as much as we possibly can with everyone we meet. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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245 | Who says the Sabbath is on Sunday | Bible general Archive 2 | Country Girl | 124432 | ||
In my opinion, the most important aspect of the Bible and God's Will for us is to submit our will to His, tweak our attitude so that we're completely willing to follow our God's Guidance as cited in the NT. Of course, we need to remember that in this dispensation, God has given all authority to His Son so we must comply with the NT, especially when there's a conflict with the OT. I think Jesus was all in favor of following the Law of Moses as much as physcially possible as He showed when He healed the leper and referred him to the priest for proper handling in accordance with that Law. But as I stated, it's very important that we remember Jesus is a Perfect Reflection of His Father and as such they both put much, much more emphasis of the condition of the heart. This is evident with all the verses from Jesus about the heart of a man and his attitude to God. He even said that the scribes missed the "weightier matters" of God's Law. That is, they would strive to pick out the splinter from their brother's eye but overlook the much bigger object in their own eye. This is what has plagued mankind from the beginning. We humans tends to get complacent with our relationship with God like Cain did and we think we can hide from Him and get away with our small and minor infractions. It just isn't that way with God. ALL of our sins will be fully accounted for on Judgment Day. If any of those sins go with us to that Day without our repentance and the blood of Jesus covering them, our God just might hold us completely accountable and we'll be terribly undone. I know this is a tough subject but hopefully I'm clear. Good question. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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246 | Who says the Sabbath is on Sunday | Bible general Archive 2 | Country Girl | 124389 | ||
I like most of what I see in your post but the one big point about the story of the "widow's mite" was our Lord's emphasis on all of us doing what we can to comply with God's guidance. When it's clearly within our capibilities to do so, we MUST obey God and do everything we can in accordance with His Word, especially as it's cited in the NT. In the scene of the widow's giving her all, He was praising her attitude of complete devotion and submission to God's Will. So we should do likewise, do all that we can to avoid sin, avoid the influence of the world in our spiritual journey with God and instead strive to imitate Jesus with acts of kindness and love. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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247 | KJV Only and "New Age Bible Versions" | 1 Thess 5:21 | Country Girl | 124291 | ||
I do enjoy reading your posts, especially your book review excerpts. Where do you find the time to do all this research and still have time to study God's Word? God bless you in your ministry. Country Girl |
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248 | Are "careless words" sin? | Matt 12:36 | Country Girl | 124189 | ||
You'll have to forgive me. This is the very first time I've ever heard someone actually propose the idea of two standards of judgment on Judgment Day. Can you possibly explain and square this position in light of the sciptures copied below? Rom 14:7 For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; Rom 14:8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. Rom 14:9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. Rom 14:10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. Rom 14:11 For it is written, "AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD." Rom 14:12 So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God. Rom 14:13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this--not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way. In contrast, I've always been taught there will only be the one standard of judgment for the whole world and that is the Words of Jesus as cited in Luke 4:4 But Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God." and John 12:47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. I can only anticipate you're going to ask me "How do I reconcile these two pictures of the Judgment Bar of God and the Judgment Seat of Christ?" My response would be there's no problem as I see them as one. They'll both be there in perfect harmony with each other and make Perfect Judgments of everyone who has ever lived by the Words as cited in our Bibles. Those who lived and knew about God's Word will be judged by His Word. Those who lived without ever hearing about or knowing His Word will judged without It. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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249 | Who says the Sabbath is on Sunday | Bible general Archive 2 | Country Girl | 124187 | ||
I must admit as you have mentioned, there is no such verse that states "Thou shalt worship on the first day of the week and not on the Sabbath." But then we do have several verses that do cite the first day of the week as I have stated and we do have thousands of years of history showing christians worshiping on Sunday as being that first day of the week. So what are to do? What guidance do we follow? As it's been mentioned many times on the Forum, according to my search just now, this topic has been discussed quite a bit. But suffice it to say that the NT is the current guide for christians in this age or dispensation as compared to the OT. God has given all authority to His Son as cited in Matt 28. When a person does that search for that phrase "first day of week," you can't help but notice that the first instance is at the resurrection of our Lord and Savior. It seems pretty clear to me that christians early on were motivated in this new age of Godliness, to give a special amount of glory and recognition to their Lord and Master which was endorsed by all the Apostles and by God Himself. Remember Jesus did delagate some of His authority to the Apostles to make basic and routine decisions to this degree. After taking another objective look at all the evidence, including the words of your posts and the statements you've made, I have to say that the bottom line is very clear. God is giving as much glory and honor as possible to His Son, thus it seems perfectly logical to give prominence to the day of worship being set on the same day as Jesus' resurrection in contrast to the Sabbath as established in the previous dispensation. Sometimes on issues of this magnitude with the few scriptures we're given, one has to make some decisions/determinations based on faith and respond to "What would God think?" I think he's pleased that the vast majority of christians throughout the world worship God the Father and His Son on Sunday. Maybe we should rename it Sonday. What do you think? Would you like to draft up such a proposal and submit a petition? I for one am willing to sign it. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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250 | Who says the Sabbath is on Sunday | Bible general Archive 2 | Country Girl | 124098 | ||
As I say: we all must read God's Word and draw the proper conclusion and then answer to God for that conclusion. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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251 | Who says the Sabbath is on Sunday | Bible general Archive 2 | Country Girl | 124095 | ||
Just to let you know: this controversy has been raging for literally two thousand years, just like it's reflected here on the forum. Some adhere to the Sabbath and quote from the Bible. Others worship on the first day of week as is cited throughout the NT. All people everywhere must study thoroughly God's Word for themselves and should make up their own mind. I worship with many thousands of other christians, throughout this country and the world on Sunday to the exclusion of Saturday. But the most important thing to remember is we'll ALL answer to God as to how we obeyed His commandments. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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252 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Country Girl | 124057 | ||
Based on this position from you and Mommaphs, can you kindly explain James 2 to me, along 1 Jn 1:5-10 and Mt 25:31-46? It seems pretty clear from these scriptures the Lord is expecting to see something in our lives to show evidence of the Christianity that we claim about ourselves. There are many, many other scriptures I could reference like the parable of the debtor in prison and the vine and the branches, but I'm trying to be brief. In summary, there's just SO much in the Bible that clearly teaches we must go to Heaven with some kind of proof or evidence to truly show our devotion and love to our God. I appreciate this dialouge and blessings to you. Country Girl |
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253 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Country Girl | 124017 | ||
I guess I would have to compare this relationship to one of a credit account with a store, or some other source of credit. In this scenario, the company issues a line of credit to the user and they maintain that line of credit and allow the user to continue using the account and make purchases, maybe even raising the ceiling of the account. BUT this is all based on the continuing maintenance of payments from the user on a regular basis. It's absolutely paramount as you know in today's world of business for the user to maintain his end of the bargain by making these payments or he/she jepordizes the closure of the account and maybe even forfiture of some of his posessions. In the same way, you and I without Christ are totally lost in a world of sin as we all "owe our souls to the Devil." But then Christ came into the world and literally bought us from the Devil with His own blood. He purchased all of us so that we could come live with Him and His Father in Heaven. Now of course, He left this world with His Last Will and Testament offering a free gift of salvation. All we have to do is fulfill his terms and conditions and accept His gift of redeeming blood. But that also means we have an account with Him, a line of credit if you will. He'll help us avoid falling deeper into debt with the Devil if we'll avail ourselves of His power and avoid those temptations. We must pray constantly as Paul states "without ceasing." We must study our Bibles, God's Word and find out all the rest of the terms and conditions, all the other commands in the NT to which we must obey. You see, we must maintain "our end of the bargain" and stay in the light of God's fellowship as described in 1 John. We must do everything in our power to imitate Christ and keep that relationship with Him and His Father alive and active. We can't allow it to grow stale or suffer from neglect for that's when we get ourselves into trouble and backslide into a life of sin and debt with the Devil. He loves to win back his old patrons. Yes, indeed Jesus' blood will indeed cover our sins on that all important Judgment Day IF we've done our part and maintained that close, personal relationship with our Lord. Remember just because a person says "Lord, Lord" that alone IS NOT going to get him to Heaven but "he that doeth the will of My Father"...that's the key. Obedience to God has always been one of the main themes throughout the Bible. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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254 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Country Girl | 123983 | ||
I can only repeat what the Bible clearly teaches as follows 1 John 1:4 These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete. 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 1 John 1:7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. Here, we see we're all guilty of sin and like you mentioned, every day we're guilty at the very least of NOT doing all the good we can possibly think of. So what are we to do? I would refer to those verses that speak to the "practice" of sin. If we're living our lives on a continuing basis, repeating our sins over and over again with no real intent of repenting and giving up those sins of commission or omission, that's where we run into trouble. We MUST make it a part of our routine, at least on a daily basis of repenting of our sins that day and asking for forgiveness so as to stay in good fellowship with our God and our His family here on earth. Hope this helps. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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255 | What constitutes a "righteous act?" | Rev 19:8 | Country Girl | 123970 | ||
Matt 22:11 "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, Matt 22:12 and he *said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. Matt 22:13 "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' I see your obvious point in comparing these two verses from Revelation and Matthew but the more pressing issue is your question "What constitutes a righteous act?" I would have to submit the following verses from the same speaker Matt 25:31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy[3] angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34Then the King will say to those on His right hand, "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.' 37"Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, "Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' 40And the King will answer and say to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.' 41"Then He will also say to those on the left hand, "Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' 44"Then they also will answer Him, saying, "Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?' 45Then He will answer them, saying, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' 46And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." Jesus words seem very clear to me. We are to follow His example and be kind and thoughtful to all with whom we come in contact. If we see a need, we should do our very best to fulfill that need. It'll be like "storing up treasures in Heaven." Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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256 | Study on blasphemy!! | Matthew | Country Girl | 123964 | ||
If you'll insert the word "unpardonable sin" or "blaspheme Holy Spirit" into the Quick Search on your screen, you'll receive a tremendous wealth of information. I know because I just did; some of the statements go back years. I mentioned those two different phrases because you can't squeeze all those words into one search. Blessings to you in your study. Country Girl |
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257 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Country Girl | 123963 | ||
1. Yes, very definitely. I became a christian at the young age of 13. I've had ups and downs in my life and have been unfaithful but I've been restored and am now quite faithful. I'm now a member of a very good, dedicated bunch of christians who encourage me and work with me to be the best christian I can be. 2. I have full confidence in my salvation because I have obeyed the commands of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I have complied with ALL of His terms and conditions so I can receive His gift of salvation. I'm growing in my spiritual relationship with Him and His Father every day. I study His Word and am getting to know It better and better. I think my attitude is closer and closer to the heros in the Bible about whom we read. I love to share the best parts of my life with others so as to encourage them. I don't hesitate to mention the mistakes I've made IF they come up, especially if it's beneficial to help someone through their own crisis. How about you? What is your response to these same two questions? Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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258 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Country Girl | 123931 | ||
I would submit that the only way of being confident of our salvation is after a lifetime of studying God's Word, obeying what we read and maturing in a close spiritual relationship with our Lord. I've lived quite a few years and I've only known a small handful with that kind of confidence as cited in 1 John. But I do think it's attainable by anyone who devotes himself as mentioned above. But if it were easy, then that would go counter to our Lord's Words about the straight and narrow gate to Heaven vs. broad and wide road to Hell, wouldn't it? Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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259 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Country Girl | 123928 | ||
The most powerful question, in my opinion, posted in this thread is from your post "Why do Paul, John, James, Jude and Peter write so much about the need to fight the fine fight and hold a good conscience if no risk of losing salvation?" I do hope a multitude of folks read this thread and your post in particular. I do believe you've head the crux of the matter with a dead on bombshell. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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260 | Am I my brother's keeper? | Gen 28:15 | Country Girl | 123917 | ||
Gen 4:9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" Of course, you are correct but remember Cain asked this question because of God's question so in effect God still expects a good, positive answer from all us, His creation. But thanks for pointing our my error. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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