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261 | The last reference of Joseph | Luke 2:51 | Rowdy | 114508 | ||
I've transposed the following for context: Luke 2:48 When they saw Him, they were astonished; and His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You." 49 And He said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?" 50 But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them. 51 And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart. It looks like you overlooked this verse for in same chapter, Joseph is referred by pronoun them. It does look like this is the last time the Bible refers to Jesus' earthly father. Kinda humbling to us guys, huh? Savior of the world and His earthly father barely gets a half dozen verses said of him. God bless. |
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262 | wondering about this in my life | 2 Tim 3:16 | Rowdy | 114503 | ||
I take great comfort from the following: Deut 4:25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time-if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and provoking him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath. Please notice even the most vile creature among us can change his ways and turn his heart toward God. Yes, I'm convinced that if we turn to God in prayer, He'll turn to us and answer our prayer, whatever condition or relationship we're in. We just need to resolve to study God's Word and obey the instructions we read there. God bless. |
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263 | who is the thief in John 10:10? | John 10:10 | Rowdy | 114500 | ||
See my post no 114499 to Mammopbs. | ||||||
264 | Loud Mouthed Christian: Help! | 1 Cor 13:1 | Rowdy | 114498 | ||
I can only suggest that you refer your friend to Paul's letter as referenced above, but it would be good to refer her specifically to Chapters 12, 13 and 14. The most important feature that we are to learn is that in the manifestation of God's Gospel to us is that He should get the glory. If there's any other motivation involved, it's NOT from God. The most attractive characteristic of a true christian is NOT how much they're spouting His Word but how much love they're showing in their actions. Everyone knows "actions speaks volumes over our words." You might also remind your friend that God's Word is already been completed thousands of years ago and there are no supplements allowed as per Paul. 2 Cor 11:3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. 5But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those "super-apostles." Further, we know from Paul's letter 2 Tim 3:10-17, God's Word was completed long ago AND there would be those who would try add to or pervert God's Word. So urge your friend to compare her words and make certain they match those in the Bible, else she'll be labeled a false teacher. I hope God blesses you with patience and tolerance as both of you grow and mature in your journey toward Him. |
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265 | explain Mark 15:34 | Mark | Rowdy | 114496 | ||
Like most of the posts are reflecting, Jesus took on all the sins of the whole world, all those from the past, present and future. It was probably the first and only time of His existance that he was without His Father. No wonder He prayed so earnestly in the garden "that this cup pass from me." It was NOT something He was looking forward to. I also think maybe it's difficult for a human being to comprehend exactly what Jesus was feeling at this moment because it's quite certain no human being could have ever endured what He endured at that moment. We have no way to understand the true depth of His angony, of His being away from His Father. So this passage might be reflecting that difficulty in this attempt to communicate Jesus' feelings but the language of human beings is totally inadequate for this full meaning. We truly do have much for which we should be thankful, far more than we could ever realize, at least on this side of Heaven. Good question and God bless. |
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266 | What about "The Passion of the Christ"? | Luke 24:14 | Rowdy | 114088 | ||
I can only tell you what our congregation is doing. Our elders have repeatedly asked us to first of all, go and see the movie, experience it for ourselves. Our preacher is seeing it this week and plans to preach about it this coming Sunday. Our elders are also strongly encouraging us to use this ideal opportunity to talk to our friends and loved ones, our co-workers, virtually everyone we know and open a dialouge so as to share Christ and the Gospel with them. I must admit it's very easy to do, I like to go to movies with my wife anyway and talk about the movie industry in a general sort of way. But this movie with its controversial background and the media hype does make this an ideal opportunity to show your faith, build up someone else's faith and share your faith with an unbeliever. Personaly, if a person doesn't take advantage of this golden opportunity, one would wonder about their committment and dedication. Don't you think we owe it to our God and to our fellow man to do this and do it with zeal and enthusiasm? What would be your thoughts on the matter? Anyone else? Let us all know. God bless. |
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267 | Life of Philip the evangelist? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 114062 | ||
Can you be a little more specific? Which particular aspect of Philip's life are you referring to? At the very least, why don't you specify a particular scripture? Thanks in advance and God bless. | ||||||
268 | Why not hide the tree before the fall? | Gen 3:3 | Rowdy | 114049 | ||
I'm not sure I get the connection between this latest question and the first one concerning the tree in the middle of the garden. At any rate, I'm not sure that I could really give you a good, useful answer to this question. I must admit your questions probably refers to one of the most guarded secrets of this whole planet. I'm sure all of mankind has been looking for this mysterious garden since this book of Gensis was written and made available to read. I don't have too much more to say about this subject but I would be much more interested in what you think about all these posts, mine and the others to your original question. I see you haven't updated your profile. Any chance of finding out more about you and your background. God bless. |
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269 | Why will no one answer my question? | Matt 5:19 | Rowdy | 114012 | ||
I'm afraid I too am dwarfed by all the scriptures and the overall size of your post. I'd like to boil it down to the main thrust of your subject heading. Is the OT valid or invalid? I'm not exactly certain what you mean by this word. The OT is certainly valid for study and understanding where we get the NT but it's most CERTAINLY NOT valid for authoritative guidance over and above the NT for the reasons I have already cited along with the scriptures as provided in my previous posts. I hope this clarifys my position. But just in case you need more proof: Col 2:13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. 16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. Notice especially verses 16-17. It seems pretty clear to me Paul is making an application of the point he just made in verse 14. Is there some other way to interpret this? I'd be interested in your response. God bless. |
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270 | No more priests? | Heb 7:11 | Rowdy | 114009 | ||
I think the verse you're looking for is cited above. The main theme throughout the book of Hebrews is the superiority of the new High Priest in Christ Jesus, compared to that of the previous Levite priesthood. | ||||||
271 | How do we know when we are hearing God? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Rowdy | 113970 | ||
In addition to Aniset's good, well-thought-out message, there are other scriptures most useful, like: Acts 17:10 As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. and 1 Jn 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. 4You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 6We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit[1] of truth and the spirit of falsehood. but the best is 1 Tim 4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 3They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. 4For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. 6If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. 7Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 9This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance 10(and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe. So what's the bottom line: there's no short-cuts, no substitute for studying God's Word and being in a constant state of prayer. I'm sure you'll get various opinions on this subject but I and a lot of other people don't believe you're going to get a great revelation. God is done with giving special one-on-one revelations to single people and let them be prophets to the modern. God sent the very best of the best (His Son) so why should He send anyone else. But I do think the Holy Spirit will reinforce what you read and study if you're truly open minded to His Word. I think the correct answers will come to you if you'll seek them out diligently. I hope this helps and God bless you in your diligent perseverance. |
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272 | Strict Observance of Bible Versions? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Rowdy | 113945 | ||
You probably know the scripture above as well as anyone on the Forum, at least I'm sure you know of it. Anyway, I have full confidence after a lifetime of 50 years, under the influence of 3 generations of christians, and Bible study, that it is truly God's Word. Yes, it's been through dozens of translations, paraphrasing and other abuses. I've done a little studying of the evidence and the whole subject of manuscripts supporting the Bible. In my opinion, all of us have sufficient reason to believe strongly that God's Word, the sum total of all the translations is almost 99 percent just like God intended it for us. The few differences you see between the different versions are almost miniscule and most of those differences reflect the subtleties of grammar between the different languages. I suppose you've already heard about the dead sea scrolls in middle eastern caves just a few decades ago. In one of the scrolls, they discovered a very old 1st century version of Isaiah. Bible scholars compared this scroll to the modern version of the same book and an incredibly small number of discrepancies was discovered. Like I mentioned, most of those minor discrepancies are small items of grammar. When one considers the tremendous span of time and the thousands of men as translators doing their thing, you begin to appreciate the tremendous amount of protection from the hand of God. I don't know exactly the word changes to which you're referring, but there are some versions of the Bible better than others. The two best versions in my opinion are the New King James and the New American Standard. As a last ditch effort to help you, I'll refer you to apologeticspress.com. There Dr. Bert Thompson does a fantastic job providing evidences proving many different aspects of Christianity, including the Bible as God's Word. I hope this helps and I'll pray for you and your husband. God bless. |
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273 | Did God know they would sin? | Genesis | Rowdy | 113898 | ||
You might be interested in looking at my post no. 111933. Naturally, this kind of question is going to get you quite a bit of opinion so let me know what you think. God bless. | ||||||
274 | What are dispensations? | Col 2:14 | Rowdy | 113887 | ||
I don't think the actual word dispensation is in the more traditional versions of the Bible. It might be in the Amplified, didn't check there. However, Webster's defines it as follows: 1) a general state or ordering of thing, i.e. a system of revealed commands and promises regulating human affairs and 2) a particular arrangement or provision especially of providence or nature. There are other definitions but they're not germane to this discussion. The word may not be in the Bible but the concept clearly is. There are several scriptures depicting this but one of the best is from Paul as follows: Colossians 2 13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. So you see, Jesus fulfilled the OT and the NT is executed in this dispensation, this era of time with a whole new set of rules and regulations. The most important difference is this Testament is a Law of Liberty in Christ Jesus. We're free from our sins IF we choose to be. Good question and God bless. |
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275 | StudyBibleForum or MyOpinionForum? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Rowdy | 113877 | ||
Greetings Hank, I must conclude I must be one of the offenders you mentioned above. I must admit I'm not really good about quoting book, chapter and verse but I do think most of the scriptures AND the subjects seem to have been posted in the past. It also seems most people are not paying much attention to the whole Bible, when considering a particular subject. You know, it's the whole of God's Word that will be used to judge us on Judgment Day. And did you know that the division of the books of the Bible into chapter and verses is a modern innovation. They were originally written without that convenience. We really need to realize that God wants us to learn the spirit of His Law, His sacred Word. We supposed to commit It into our hearts and I know that's difficult to do, most of all me. But I like to think my posts are in accordance with God's Word. Have you read one of my recent posts, No 113863? There I describe how our God wants us as mature, spiritual beings to graduate from this physical world and look forward to the next. We also need to be open minded AND open hearted to ALL of God's Word on each topic of the Bible. I, too have noticed something on this Forum that's quite disturbing, something far more remiss than my "infraction." It's just not right for a person to pick and choose one or two obscure scriptures, possibly due to past interpretations, to support an unusual doctrine that CANNOT be supported by the whole Bible. Now of course, we must give special emphasis to the NT over the OT since the latter was fulfilled and no longer has any authority over us. BUT it's still a very valuable document for study for it shows us how we got the NT. It shows us the creation of the world and so much more. The most important point is the OT CANNOT match or out-rank the NT. Christ has been given all authority and then He passed some of that authority down to his representatives, His Apostles. Finally, I really don't think I've violated the parameters of this Forum any more so than some other participants. But I will beg for your forgiveness and look forward to your continued exchanges with me. God bless. |
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276 | Two groups of Christians at judgment? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Rowdy | 113843 | ||
I'm not really sure why you withdrew your question but I'll try to answer regardless. I didn't really say in my post there would be two different groups of christians. I said there are two different groups of commands from our God. The second group don't really come into consideration until AFTER one becomes a christian. But now that you bring it up for discussion, I guess there will be two groups of christians on Judgment Day: 1) those who are actually faithful til death and are able to enter the Master's mansion prepared for them and 2) those christians who have turned their backs to the Lord or gone to sleep as the Apostle Paul puts it. They enjoyed the gift of salvation briefly and then chose to go back to a life of sin, depicted as a dog returning its vomit or a pig to its mud. The key word is return. The came out of the world of sin, took on Christ as their Savior and chose to go back to that world dominated by the Devil. So as you can guess, this latter group of christians are treated like the goats in your scenario above, quoted from Matthew. I hope this is clear and helps your understanding. God bless. |
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277 | What do you do with Acts 8:16? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Rowdy | 113841 | ||
I'm inserting a quote from Acts 8 as follows: Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, Acts 8:15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. Acts 8:16 For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. I must admit, I don't see how this scripture helps your case against the essentiality of baptism. In this scenario, people were being converted to Christianity so the Apostles thought it would be a good idea to go down and lay hands on a select few. Throughout the NT, the Apostles would impart a miraculous portion of the Holy Spirit by laying their hands on certain individuals so they could strengthen and encourage their congregation's development. This was done extensively throughout this period because they didn't have God's Word like we have today in its present form. Again, as mentioned in previous posts, we have to see two different kinds of relationships here during this period of initial (embryo type) growth of the church. The plan of salvation was always the same although it was never listed in a 1, 2, 3 step by step fashion as we modern pragmatists would like. The Comforter as promised by our Lord was sent to be the principal active being from the Godhead during this dispensation. During this initial period, the Holy Spirit empowered the Apostles with all manner of miraculous powers to confirm their words as coming from God. But once their thoughts, their directives, their whole story was documented for our sake like Theophilus, along with the epistles written with the help of the Holy Spirit, there was no need for miracles performed by human beings. God's Word is now confirmed by "credible testimony," secular historical documents and archelogical artifacts. This period of the demise of miracles by humans was forecasted by Paul in 1 Cor 13:10. I don't think there are any scriptures that support the idea of the Holy Spirit's imparting salvation without obeying God's plan of salvation, including baptism. If you know of such scriptures, I'd love to see them and discuss them with you. At any rate, I'd be interested in your response. God bless. |
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278 | God punish sin? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 113809 | ||
I must admit, this question is quite a challenge. The only answer I can possibly come up with is that same ole analogy between a parent and his child. I've drawn a lot from this analogy in the past. Speaking as a parent myself, it is my humble opinion, bringing a child into this world is about the nearest thing we can do to feel something like our Father in Heaven. Hopefully, you'll feel somewhat similarly when you experience that wonderful event. After bringing a child into this world, you suddenly conclude you have a tremendous responsibility of bringing up that child in such a way that he/she will grow up and become a solid addition to our world, our community, etc. If the parent is a christian, naturally he/she would be inclined to take the child with him to worship assembly and show him what being a christian is all about. Now, when that child disobeys the upbringing the parental couple is trying to live up to, then naturally most parents feel the need to punish the child or at the very least, try to motivate the child to regret that behavior and go back to an attitude of obedience. In the same way, our Father in Heaven created you and me and the whole world. So he has brought us up to obey His Word and we stubbornly disobey, especially time and time again in spite of His continued patience, He gets upset. He allows sin in the world and the wages thereof to have their toll on our lives here on earth. Remember, we reap what we sow. I know; I've done my fair share of sowing and reaping, good and bad. Now, magnify this feeling of intense remorse on God's part by imagining your sending your one and only Son to die for a cruel, sinful and dying world, one without hope of anything good after life. Yes, Jesus came to die for you and me and when we reject His gift of salvation after the tremendous sacrifice, as somewhat depicted in the recent film, "The Passion of Christ," I can imagine our Father is VERY UPSET with us. Last of all, imagine God has an absolutely PERFECT sense of justice and REQUIRES anybody without His Son's blood covering their sins will be separated from Heaven for all eternity. Good thought provoking question and God bless you in asking it. |
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279 | Deborah's authority vs. Paul's teaching? | Judg 4:6 | Rowdy | 113790 | ||
We have to remember the context and who's authorizing whom. In this case, God appointed Deborah as one of the Judges over Israel and as such she had authority over all people in her judgeship, including Barak. Remember God has all authority and can do anything He chooses. Why else do you think He consistently confounds the thinking of mankind. He preferred the worship of the younger Able over Cain, the younger Jacob over his twin brother Esau and Joseph over his older brothers. In contrast, he allowed and encouraged the Jewish people to maintain the tradition of the larger birthright to the eldest son. He also allowed a gentile, named Ruth to become part of the lineage to His very own Son. He assigns one of His prophets to marry a prostitute just to show how much he hated Israel's infidelity. He almost destroyed the newly formed Israelite family just out of Eygptian slavery and apparently would have done so if it hadn't been for Moses' talking Him out of it. So our God did many things in seeming contradiction of His Words. But isn't that the nature of an all-powerful being, one who is jealous of our love toward Him, as His creation. Now, concerning men and women relationships in this dispensation, He has made it very clear through the Apostle Paul that the elders and deacons are to form the government of the Lord's church and of course our christian ladies should respect that. Also, these men, especially the elders should shepard the Lord's church in such a way that it garners respect from all christians following God's Will. If God chooses to change His guidance, I'm sure He will let us know with an authoritative confirmation just as He did in the OT. The big difference as contrasted here: God gets to make these kind of exceptions; we as His creation DON'T. We MUST follow God's Word. I hope this helps in your understanding and God bless. |
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280 | Acts 10:47? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Rowdy | 113758 | ||
I can only respond with the facts as they are presented in God's Word. Numerous examples in the scriptures point out the urgent need of baptism as in the Ethiopian eunuch and the Phillipian jailer. It seems in almost all the examples I know about that baptism was an essential step in this process, thus the urgency. Also, it doesn't say in Acts 10:47 the Apostles or Cornelius was saved without baptism. If he were, it seems he would have waited on being baptized until there were more witnesses. This was a major event if you remember, the first time a christian jew converted a gentile to christianity. Remember Peter had to be convinced with a dream to do this and he told the story again to his fellow christian jews in Jerusalem because of this radical departure from the previous regime of Godliness for everyone. With all of that importance to this change and the lack of importance of baptism in the scenario you describe, why wouldn't Peter have wanted many more witnesses? No, my friend, I'm afraid I'll stick to my conclusion that baptism is essential for our salvation. I'd also be interested in your response to all the other points in both of my posts to you. Do continue studying and praying on this subject with an open mind. God bless you. |
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