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241 | the supernatural realm. | Matt 17:21 | Reighnskye | 133051 | ||
LSmith, It depends what commands that you are being obedient to. The method of fasting was often in used in scripture to remove the encumbrance of the flesh, wherein physiological changes occured. Basically, the spiritual essence of the Christian already possesses the full gamut of miracle capacity. So nothing changes there. Namely, every true Christian already has the capacity to resurrect the dead, walk on water, etc. in a spiritual context. The obstacle to the physical manisfestation, however, is our physical, fleshly body. Fasting removes this encumbrance, so that our flesh no longer restricts our spirit. Fasting basically deadens our physical sensitivities, and thereby allows increased supernatural sensitivity. However, the method of fasting is seldom practiced regularly today by anyone at the vast degrees that it was used in bible times. Also, fasting does not grant a person salvation, insofar as it is a work. Our modern day organized religion is no longer fluent in this practice. - Matthew 17 18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not drive it out?" 20 And He *said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. 21 "But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting." (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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242 | Is God male as opposed to female? | Not Specified | Reighnskye | 133028 | ||
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243 | Is God male as opposed to female? | Matt 28:19 | Reighnskye | 133038 | ||
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244 | Discerning supernatural effects? | Not Specified | Reighnskye | 133027 | ||
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245 | Discerning supernatural effects? | Heb 5:14 | Reighnskye | 133055 | ||
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246 | Does God possess a spirit body? | John 4:24 | Reighnskye | 132844 | ||
Thanks, Hank. :) You are definitely right about the contradiction in terms. Yet Paul himself uses an equivalent (or at least similar) term in 1Cor 15:44, although many may argue that the "spirit (or spiritual) body" here is simultaneously material as was Christ's resurrected body, as per common eschatological interpretations. Thus a material spirit. - 1 Corinthians 15 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. (NAS95) - You may further reference my response to Kalos for clarification. I apologize for the breakdown in terminology. If you might have an alternate terminology available, I would be glad to use it, but I've thus far failed, on my part, to find it. - Reighnskye |
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247 | Does God possess a spirit body? | John 4:24 | Reighnskye | 132842 | ||
Kalos, A spirit body would be a body composed of spirit matter and/or energy, although the terminology begins to break down here quite a bit. Perhaps a finer term would be "ethereal" (or non-material) body, though even this further redefinition breaks down, insofar as the english language is largely lacking in adequate terms. A further rather atrocious term would be "ghost body". Here are a couple of more concise verse references for you. - Job 4 15 "Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up. 16 "It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: (NAS95) Daniel 10 5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of Uphaz. 6 His body also was like beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult. 10 Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. (NAS95) - The concept is that when we die physically, we will nonetheless continue to possess a non-material body (or ghost body) as similarly exemplified within the hundred plus angelic appearances within the scriptures. Paul the Apostle later goes on to use the term "spiritual body", although he tends to describe something quite a bit more physically material after the resurrection of the saints occurs, wherein the "ghost body" takes on material form, according to many common eschatological interpretations. - 1 Corinthians 15 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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248 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | Reighnskye | 132840 | ||
EdB, Fully agreed. Miracles were commonly rejected even during Christ's walk on earth, as He had even alluded to in a parable of His. - Luke 16 30 "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' 31 "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'" (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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249 | Does God possess a spirit body? | John 4:24 | Reighnskye | 132839 | ||
Thanks, Doc. Your references here clearly and articulately answer my question. May I further ask what written book (or computer program) that you got this fine collection of quotes from? I'd very much like to add it to my personal library. It almost seems like a topical list of quotations from a rather fine book somewhere. I especially enjoy these latter quotes that you reference. The ancients seem to possess a much greater understanding of supernatural things than many of our scholars today. - "God is simple and of an incomposite and spiritual nature, having neither ears nor organs of speech. A solitary essence and illimitable, he is composed of no numbers and parts" --Didymus (362 AD) Didymus here conveys that God possesses no organ parts such as ears or mouth, as indeed the angels do in there appearances to many of the bible authors. This would further reinforce to me that God spoke through angels and men when relaying the scriptures to us in the Old Testament. Further, Jesus was an even greater vehicle of the Father's message of salvation. "God is of a simple nature, not conjoined nor composite. Nothing can be added to him. He has in his nature only what is divine, filling up everything, never himself confused with anything, penetrating everything, never himself being penetrated, everywhere complete, and present at the same time in heaven, on earth, and in the farthest reaches of the sea, incomprehensible to the sight" --Ambrose (379 AD) Ambrose here, at least in part, seems to convey that God is omnipresent, and therefore not limited to either an ethereal or material body which is finite in it's location and proximity. Whereas, the angels themselves are in no way omnipresent and can only sense the environment around them from the vantage point of an ethereal body. - Reighnskye |
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250 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | Reighnskye | 132813 | ||
Thanks, EdB. That's very insightful. And yes, indeed. Our salvation is vastly miraculous. Plus, many other things which I may further refer to as "natural" miracles. Such as the birth of a baby and the medical miracles of successful surgeries and such. What I was specifically referring to was the present day existence of "supernatural" miracles such as bodily resurrections, walking on water, pulling fire from the sky or ascending into the clouds. Are "supernatural" miracles for today? - John 14 12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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251 | Does God possess a spirit body? | John 4:24 | Reighnskye | 132810 | ||
Kalos, It would also be reasonable to say that the Holy Spirit is also spirit (hence, the word "Spirit" after the word "Holy"). Yet, the Holy Spirit is not said to have a spirit body with arms and legs, the way an angel or demon may have. Perhaps I must simplify the original question a bit and ask if God naturally has a "body" or not? Hence, with arms and legs, eyes, nose, ears and mouth, etc. I am not asking whether God is spirit or not, for indeed He is. Rather, what I had asked is whether or not God naturally has a spirit "body"? - John 4 24 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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252 | three philosophies of religion. | Bible general Archive 2 | Reighnskye | 132792 | ||
Thanks, Kalos. I had heard a similar thing going back about twenty years. If one could be saved through pure knowledge (gnosis), then we would not necessarily need Christ or the Holy Spirit. - Reighnskye |
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253 | Does God possess a spirit body? | Not Specified | Reighnskye | 132790 | ||
Does God possess a spirit body with arms and legs, with which He interacts with prophets in the Old Testament visions? Or is He communicating through angels instead? The idea here is that no spirit (angel, human or demon) with a body possesses absolute omnipresence, by reason that such a manifestation is finite in nature. Hence, no God with a physical or spiritual body is omnipresent. - Hebrews 1 1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. 3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they. (NAS95) Hebrews 2 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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254 | Does God possess a spirit body? | John 4:24 | Reighnskye | 132795 | ||
Does God possess a spirit body with arms and legs, with which He interacts with prophets in the Old Testament visions? Or is He communicating through angels instead? The idea here is that no spirit (angel, human or demon) with a body possesses absolute omnipresence, by reason that such a manifestation is finite in nature. Hence, no God with a physical or spiritual body is omnipresent. - Hebrews 1 1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. 3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they. (NAS95) Hebrews 2 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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255 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | Reighnskye | 132783 | ||
LibertyBelle, Here is your exact verse reference in 2nd Peter that ties the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah directly to homosexuality. Please particularly notice verse 7 and the term "sensual conduct". This of course does not preclude other sins of these two cities, but it does nonetheless include homosexuality as a direct reason for the fiery desctruction which ensued. - 2 Peter 2 6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men 8 (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds), (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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256 | Was the OT God of Moses merely an angel? | Ex 3:2 | Reighnskye | 132781 | ||
Srbaegon, My question here would be as to why Gideon would identify a mere angel as God. God does not possess a body, as far as I'm aware. Further, I apologize if I have offended you by stating my personal impression or belief. It would be my hope that if I say something that you feel is not in accord with scripture, that I would still have the freedom to bring it up, so that others could provide a more biblical input. If I reference something as being my personal impression, I hope that people would take it as such, and perhaps even offer an alternate view if they disagree. I have not at this point canonized my personal impressions of the scriptures that I have indeed provided. Nonetheless I have indeed presented some scriptures at the beginning of this thread as to why I believe that the God of the Old Testament is actually an intermediary angel. You are welcome to reference the original verses that I provided, if you wish. - Reighnskye |
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257 | Was the OT God of Moses merely an angel? | Ex 3:2 | Reighnskye | 132768 | ||
I guess that I don't see the basis for this assumption, insofar as the Father and the Son are two separate entities, as per the time when Jesus was baptized with the Holy Spirit and water. Here we see two different entities represented. The entity speaking from the sky was not Christ himself in the New Testament and therefore was not likely Christ in the Old Testament. - Matthew 3 16 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, 17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." (NAS95) - Here also in the book of Daniel, the Son is differentiated from the Father. Please particularly note verse 13. Daniel 7 9 "I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire. 10 "A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened. 13 "I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. 14 "And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. (NAS95) - It is my personal impression that the Father was worshipped through Michael the archangel (or angels) just as we worship the Father through Jesus Christ. We have a new mediator in Christ. - Reighnskye |
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258 | who wrote acts? | Acts 1:1 | Reighnskye | 132764 | ||
The book of Acts is written by Luke as a continuation of the book of Luke. I like to think of the book of Acts as the book of 2nd Luke. Please note the references to Theophilus as the direct recipient of the two books. - Luke 1 1 In as much as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, 3 it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus; 4 so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught. (NAS95) Acts 1 1 The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. 3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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259 | trumpet-God's voice or instrument | Ex 19:16 | Reighnskye | 132755 | ||
I was taught by my pastor when I was younger that the trumpet of God was a war device used to send troops into a war. Here are a few verses on trumpets. - Exodus 19 16 So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. 19 When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with thunder. (NAS95) Joshua 6 15 Then on the seventh day they rose early at the dawning of the day and marched around the city in the same manner seven times; only on that day they marched around the city seven times. 16 At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city. 17 "The city shall be under the ban, it and all that is in it belongs to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. 18 "But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things under the ban, so that you do not covet them and take some of the things under the ban, and make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it. 19 "But all the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD." 20 So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city. 21 They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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260 | Was the OT God of Moses merely an angel? | Not Specified | Reighnskye | 132744 | ||
Was it merely an angel that appeared to Moses? Stephen here seems to describe an angelic messenger that spoke in the name of the Lord, even as the Old Testament prophets themselves would proclaim "Thus sayeth the Lord". Was Moses merely interacting with a prophetic angel who said "I AM"? Was the Old Testament Law of Moses strictly administered through angels who spoke "I AM" and "Thus sayeth the Lord"? God has never been seen at any time, but has only appeared through angels and eventually through Christ, no? Am I correct? - Exodus 3 2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed. (NAS95) Acts 7 30 "After forty years had passed, AN ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM IN THE WILDERNESS OF MOUNT Sinai, IN THE FLAME OF A BURNING THORN BUSH. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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