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261 | Dake's Annotated Bible | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 52952 | ||
I just purchased a Dake's Annotated Bible. What do you people think of the Dakes Annotated Bible? | ||||||
262 | Was Eve the first female | Genesis | Scribe | 51758 | ||
Gen 2 reviews what has already been stated in Gen 1. God is giving us more details. For instance in Gen 2 he mentions bringing forth animals from the ground, not as if he brought them from the ground then after he made Adam, but he is saying by this mention of bringing them from the ground that "the animals he brought forth from the ground before he made man, he did it for the purpose of man, and he brought these animals before adam to let him name them. Some get confused thinking that God brought the animals from the ground after he made man, and yet Gen 1 tells us what order he did it. Gen 2 is not telling us the order, the order was already given with exact day number. The purpose of Gen 2 is not order but the "why" So he is saying.. the animals God brought from the ground in Gen 1 he made to pass before adam to see what he would name them. Same for the verse about Eve. He is saying The woman that God made in Gen 1 this is how it happened... First, God brought all the animals he had made out of the ground before he made man and made them to pass before him, but that did not work, so then he put man to sleep , and made the woman, that was the ticket. Gen 2 is more detail about Gen 1. The bible is full of these by the way. Personally I do not think Eve added to the words of God when she said, "neither shall ye touch it." I think God really did say that, it was not recorded in the first mention when God said don't eat it. But the woman is giving us more detail about what God said. This is also seen in Pauls mention of his Damscus Rd experience, where when it is mentioned in Acts the first time certain words of Christ are given, and later when Paul is testifying Pauls says more words that Christ said that are not in the first mention. This is not becuase Paul was adding to what Jesus said, it is just another mention of the event giving us more details. And if it be the case with Paul what right do we have to say Eve was adding to God's word when she said "neither shall you touch it." I think God did say that and it fits with many other scriptures, touch not the uncleand thing. |
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263 | Should women be allowed to preach? | Galatians | Scribe | 50536 | ||
Amen Shalom, very well said. I think the Holy Spirit is still saying the same thing he said through Moses, when he said.. I would that all God's people were prophets and that he would Put His Holy Spirit on all of them. God bless you. | ||||||
264 | Should women be allowed to preach? | Galatians | Scribe | 50520 | ||
Dear Grace and Truth, in what seems to be a passionate response, you seem to be saying that 1 Timothy 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. Says something other than what it says. I am suggesting that we do indeed declare that the Word is true and mans opinions and interpretations that go beyond the text are suspect. This verse means what it says. To go beyond what it says and say that women should not Preach or Teach the Gospel is wrong. To agree with the text and say that "women should not teach, nor to usurp authority over the man" is correct. Now whether a woman should be a Pastor is not mentioned here, though it is elsewhere. I will not take that up at this time. That women did not teach in the New Testament or Acts is a lie and not the Word of God. The Word of God tells a different story. Here are a few examples. Acts 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. The text says THEY expounded unto Apollos the way of God more perfectly. Priscilla is included so I will agree with God's Word that a woman was used to teach a man along with her husband as a team. Let God be true but every prejudice of men all lies. Titus 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, Here the women are teaching, and we are convinced they are teaching the Word. Philippians 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. They did labour in the Gospel and you might say it was not in preaching or teaching but that would be an opinion not the Word. It is interesting how some will apply the term "labor in the Gospel" in all other passages to mostly that of preaching, but then in this one they feel like they should change it so that their prejudice and rebellious spirit toward listening to a woman teacher can find justification. Acts 21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. Now we know that prophesy has to do with words that come out of the mouth. The women here are in a gathering that includes Paul and Luke, and other saints. A church gathering. They are speaking words out of their mouths, according to Paul in 1 Cor 14 they are doing this to edify the church. So ok if you insist on saying a woman cannot teach in the church, even though as I posted that is not the exact wording of 1 Tim 2:12 but an interpretation, then at least you will agree that women can prophesy. I love to hear women prophesy don't you? May God bless you in your study of His Word. |
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265 | How did the people in Nod come to be | Gen 4:16 | Scribe | 50180 | ||
I will not attempt to post them all now. But there are many passages like this. Moses is not saying that it was called Nod when Cain dwelt there. Cain called his city Enoch not Nod. Genesis 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. But so that the readers of Moses which were much much later than the days of Enoch could get a handle on the geography Moses was speaking about he mentions that this City Cain built was in the area that then in Moses time was called Nod. Cain took a wife, maybe even by force, we don't know, from the camp of Adam, after many centuries Cain populated a large settlement of people through close relationships at first of course. Then as time went on the gene pool gets diversivied. |
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266 | Should women be allowed to preach? | Galatians | Scribe | 50171 | ||
Women can preach. But this is not correct that Paul had a different opinion than Jesus. To say so is cult territory. Read my respons below on how Paul did not say a woman could not preach. | ||||||
267 | Should women be allowed to preach? | Galatians | Scribe | 50169 | ||
Continued from my previous post... Now if I have not proven yet that the passage in I cor 14 is not a ban on women preaching, then please use common reading comprehension skills and notice how often Paul says "keep silent" and "remain silent" in this chapter, before he gets to the women. He says it first about men. So if it means they cannot preach then the men cant either and there will be very little edification in the church at all will there. But we know that when he says, "Let the first keep silent" or "let him be silent in the church and speak to himself and to God" that he is speaking of order, or "giving place" or "yielding the floor". This is the same meaning when he says for the women to keep silent. Not that they are not allowed or called to preach. For we are ALL called to preach. Now as a final word of admonition I ask you to consider the Holy Spirit. The Word of God is our final authority, but in some things men have claimed to have the authority of the Word of God while they committed men to prison and torture for heresy. We all know that they had no such Word of God to stand on, and today men will be dogmatic about a passage that they have been taught but not studied themselves. And though the proudly puff out the chest and say Solas Scriptura, they do not have any authority from the Word at all. If what I have proposed is correct then they might be in error that ban the woman from preaching instead of sticking closer to the Word of God and banning them from usurping authority over the man and teaching him in a unsubmitted manner. Does not the Holy Spirit within you tell you that God is no respector of persons, that God will use a woman to preach as much as a man, if she is humble and under submission. And as for that manner, would you listen to a man that teaches who is not under authority himself? May God Bless you in your study of His Word. |
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268 | Should women be allowed to preach? | Galatians | Scribe | 50168 | ||
1 Timothy 2:12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. Bye now you have recieved many answers. Most of these answers will follow the same rutted path of centuries of repetitive teaching with little dilligent study having gone into their answers on this subject. Though my answers here are not new they are less common among your died in the wool and legalistic denominational views. First of all the most prominent of the verses used by those that say a woman is banned from teaching the Word, is this one 1 Timothy 2:12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. If you read the context and the verse itself, you will notice that there is no such ban here in this portion of the Word. The passage could be said in this way " that a woman should not try and be a bossy nag over her husband. " now this is a truth that all would agree with, it was a problem for women then and it is also still today. This problem has it's roots in fear. The woman who is afraid of adversity will find that she will try to take control by trying to control her husband and her family. This is ban against usurping the authority of the husband, not a ban on teaching the Gospel to all that have hears to hear. All saints are called to teach the Word as the Spirit leads. Now the next passage that is used comes from 1 1 Corinthians 14:34 let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. Now I studied this and I did not find this ban in the Law, that they were not allowed to speak in the synagogue. I do know that there were many regulations given in the Talmud, but I cannot imagine Paul calling the Talmud the law. Thus I conclude that he was speaking of the subjection part when he referred to the Law, as Sarah was sumbissive to Abraham. Not that the Law said a woman could not speak in church. I have found almost all main denominations say that I Cor 14 does not mean a woman cannot speak at all in church, but that they think it means a woman cannot preach. However these women were not preaching in 1 cor 14, they were asking questions. Now a common view is that the women were asking in a challenging and disrespectful way. You know, that kind of questioning where when you try and answer they are too busy thinking about how to challenge your answer to care about the answer itself. This is an attitude problem. A shameful and disruptive behaviour that Paul was rebuking them for. However this also has nothing to do with a woman who is humble, submitted to authority and called to minister the Word of God. Some in their ignorant attempts to say that women were not supposed to speak in the church in a ministry capacity howbeit they could speak about other things such as in casual conversation have a hard time reconciling the passage of Acts 15 where the daughters of Phillip prophesied. These Daughters did this prophesying in a church gathering, Paul mentions it as it were a blessing. This prooves beyond a doubt that Paul was not saying in 1 Cor 14 that women could not prophesy. I bring this up to say that many that say there is no New Testament prophets as it relates to forth telling of events, today, that todays gift of prophesy is pulpit preaching must then conclude that women can preach from the pulpit. Or they must retract the statement the the Prophesy Paul tells us all to seek is not pulpit preaching. And they would do well to say so , becuase it is not. However the gift of Prophecy in the church was given to both men and women, as we see in Acts 15, and we also see that according to Acts 1 and 2 that women were among the 120 that spoke in tongues. Some ignorant teachers who are even Doctors in Theology have said that no women spoke in tongues becuase of this passage in I cor 14 that women should not speak. |
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269 | Trace enmity between satan and the woman | 1 Chr 21:1 | Scribe | 48210 | ||
1 Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Zechariah 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. |
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270 | what does the sons of God (6:1) mean? | Genesis | Scribe | 48208 | ||
This question is dealt with in a very thorough way in many commentaries that are available on the web for free. I think it has also been addressed here on this study forum. If you do a search on Gen 6:4 you will find excellent answers dealing with the scriptures. Read posts by Ron and Makarios and many others. I will not attempt at this time to re post all the great answers already given. But I will add a couple of thoughts as to why this error of the idea of angels mating with women still has not been put to rest. The truth of this passage is a foundational truth and if satan can muddy it up it goes a long way in helping him with his stratedgies against the godly. From the beginning of time one of the main wiles of the devil against the saints has been to get them to compromise with the world. You see this lesson here with the sons of God which are Adams camp and the children of men which are in Cains camp. The lesson was first taught in Gen 1 when God put a difference between the light and the darkness. If we take Genesis as a stand alone book for a moment, and use all fairness of logic in understanding the text, you would assume based on the way the text says the sons of god saw the daughters of men.. that some mention had been given of these sons of god sense no further explanation is given. And indeed we find at the end of Gen 4 that at the time of Seth.. then men began to call themselves by the name of the Lord. And no doubt call upon the Name of the Lord.. as they sought a better country. and a city not made by hands. However over here in Cains camp we see men making all sorts of tents and instruments of liesure and earthly industry. Now we know that putting it in todays activity we see no harm in inventing muscial instruments and making things of brass, and crafting tents after all Paul was a tent maker, but see this is an ancient text and seeing that Cains camp is making these things and not Adams means the sons of God were looking for a change, a redemption, a restoration to what Adam knew in the garden as promised to him in Gen 3, the time keeps going on and Enoch who lived some 360 years contemporary with Adam is prophesying the coming of the redeemer, and Enoch is having to contend with mockers from Cains camp that are teaching false doctrine. Yes even the same doctrine of Balaam. (read Jude) now what did balaam teach? that if the moabite women would mix with the Israelites they would be cursed by their own disobedience to God. You have this same lesson repeated throughout the bible all the way to Revelation. And then in Rev the words of Christ to the Church.. that they too are going to have this same attack from the powers of darkness to tempt them to listen to the doctrine of the Nicolatains, the Doctrine of Balaam, and the doctrine of Jezebel which are nothing more than a repeat of the same heart sin.. compromise with the world. Come out from among them and be ye seperate. That is still the message to the sons of God today. And so see why thinking this has to do with angels and women has no redeeming value or lesson, and yet my application is applicable throughout the bible. Follow the Holy Spirit and do not resist His Leading.Even if Jobs passage is about angels and that has not been proven.. It does not mean that these sons of god in Gen are angels. Nor does it mean that angels in Rev 2-3 when addressing the church meant angels, but instead it was a symbolic word given to mean pastors, and the reward that waits them if they are faithful, which is that they will be "as" the angels. In Lukes genealogy in tracing back Christ to Adam when he gets to Adam he says "which was the son of god". God bless you in your study of His Word. |
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271 | Who were the son's of God in Job? | Gen 6:4 | Scribe | 48203 | ||
Good thought. I was contemplating the passage and trying to figure out why so many are so all fired sure that these are angels. | ||||||
272 | Did Jesus suffer in hell when he died? | Matt 12:39 | Scribe | 48052 | ||
Psalms 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. Psalms 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. Matthew 12:39-40 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. It seems that there may be something to the idea of Christ being somehow a prisoner in hell for that brief time. The fact that he says his descension is compared to Jonah in the belly of the well, and we know that Jonah was in great distress. The fact that he says.. "thou wilt not leave my soul in hell" it seems that some sort of breaking through occured and He became triumphant. It seems that he descended with the sin of the world.. and yet was declared righteous when He was there, so death, hell and the grave lost their legal hold on him. but stating that they lost their legal hold on him means that for a brief time by the fact of He being the substitution for us death hell and the grave were claiming a legal hold, but once whatever it was that had to be done to satisfy the just judgement and legal claims of a holy God were met.. then they lost their hold. I see nothing unscriptural about saying he suffered as Jonah in the belly of whale. And yet I do not recall ever hearing about the suffering of Christ in hell but rather His suffering seems to be always mentioned as on the cross. Howbeit we do recall referencing His suffering for us before the cross such as the Garden. Good question and worthy of more study. May God bless you in your study of His Word. |
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273 | Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. At last, TRUTH | 1 Kin 22:22 | Scribe | 48047 | ||
1 Kings 22:20-23 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. Here once again, we have a window opened into that mysterious realm called the heavenlies, not the holy of holies where God dwells, for in that place no demons of devils draw nigh, but we have here an open vision into certain administrations that take place in the lower levels of the heavenlies or spirit realms, that if God did not give us such a glance we would have no idea that such things occur. When we read this passage we are reminded of the window opened in Job when we see satan coming in a similar gathering of heavenly creatures. And so here a lying spirit, but not satan and not a good angel, but probably one of the fallen angels volunteers for the job. This shows us many things. One that God will allow these evil powers to work in the earth for his purposes. God was going to persuade the king to go out to battle so that he might be killed. God was doing so because the king was exceeding wicked and would not repent. God had every right to judge him. God could have used any means of judgement that he chose. God will use the powers of darkness and let them come upon men to persuade a man to destruction. This is not the same as tempting man. It is the man being drawn away by his own lust. The good news is that for the saint who seeks the Lord in faith God can keep these evil powers from being allowed to try and persuade you. Even this wicked king.. God had to give permission before this evil lying spirit was allowed to go persuade him to go down to battle. Looking at this passage and comparing it with Saul you see the truth about how it is the mans fault, but God lets the judgement of the evil spirits come upon them. Yes this evil spirit was from the Lord, but only in the same way that you would say God let down the hedge.. and fear God because if we rebel in hard hearted unbelief and willful going of our own ways for sinful lusts, then we too are made vulnerable to the powers of darkness. |
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274 | What does 1 Samuel 16:14-16 mean? | 1 Kin 22:22 | Scribe | 48045 | ||
1 Kings 22:20-23 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. Here once again, we have a window opened into that mysterious realm called the heavenlies, not the holy of holies where God dwells, for in that place no demons of devils draw nigh, but we have here an open vision into certain administrations that take place in the lower levels of the heavenlies or spirit realms, that if God did not give us such a glance we would have no idea that such things occur. When we read this passage we are reminded of the window opened in Job when we see satan coming in a similar gathering of heavenly creatures. And so here a lying spirit, but not satan and not a good angel, but probably one of the fallen angels volunteers for the job. This shows us many things. One that God will allow these evil powers to work in the earth for his purposes. God was going to persuade the king to go out to battle so that he might be killed. God was doing so because the king was exceeding wicked and would not repent. God had every right to judge him. God could have used any means of judgement that he chose. God will use the powers of darkness and let them come upon men to persuade a man to destruction. This is not the same as tempting man. It is the man being drawn away by his own lust. The good news is that for the saint who seeks the Lord in faith God can keep these evil powers from being allowed to try and persuade you. Even this wicked king.. God had to give permission before this evil lying spirit was allowed to go persuade him to go down to battle. Looking at this passage and comparing it with Saul you see the truth about how it is the mans fault, but God lets the judgement of the evil spirits come upon them. Yes this evil spirit was from the Lord, but only in the same way that you would say God let down the hedge.. and fear God because if we rebel in hard hearted unbelief and willful going of our own ways for sinful lusts, then we too are made vulnerable to the powers of darkness. |
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275 | What do you think? | John 3:16 | Scribe | 47394 | ||
I think you will find that the best application of only begotten is that of the virgin birth. That My God , My God was a quote from Psalms 22 which details the crucifixtion. If those that were there would have looked at the Psalm he was quoting they would have seen all the proofs of the prophecy of the crucifixtion. |
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276 | Difference between tithes and offerings | Acts 11:29 | Scribe | 47375 | ||
Well since there is no new testament law that prescribes these things I think you answered your own question. It is about a willing heart, faith and as you see the needs. The person that gives to a need he sees such as for the purpose of sending a missionary or relieving a poor saint, is giving offerings. Whereas tithes seem to be for the dedication of supporting the ministers who are called to full time preaching such as pastors and the care of the church affairs. This is from God and acceptable in his sight if done in faith with a willing heart. Acts 11:28-30 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. To me the above passage is a good example of an offering. |
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277 | What kind of seed are we sewing? | Matt 13:37 | Scribe | 47371 | ||
Matthew 13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; I understand your question. It is true that God uses us to sow seed, as Paul stated one sows another waters. However the truth remains that dynamic of a seed being planted and bringing forth fruit, or taking root in good soil is entirely outside of our control. Mark 4:27-28 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. It is the Father in heaven that is able to reveal to a man the Christ and to make him to have understanding. It is the Father in Heaven that allows the judgement of a lack of understanding to come upon a man that he cannot hear. And what part do we have in all this? As much as lies within us we should endeavor to preach to those that recieve us and shake the dust off of those that reject us, letting our peace return to us and not entering into strife. There are those who are "in the way of life" and those that are "in the way of death" we do not judge these things but we know that they are and that we should not extend too much spiritual energy on the one that is "in the way of death" Consider Christ and how he ministered to some that "were not far from the kingdom of heaven" and you will see in that prospective convert an honest approach to spiritual questions. So it should be in these forums and christian chat rooms on the internet. It is a snare to waste time and spiritual energy striving about words with someone who does not have this hones heart. How do we know who does and who doesn't. The Holy Spirit will guide you if you will have faith for it and as He does you will find you are not judging anyone one way or the other, but leaving the judgement up to God and simply following the peace that God gives. So you "inquire within if anyone is worthy.. and if so there abide until the Spirit moves you on.. and if not.. then let your peace return unto you and move on." May God bless you in your Study of His Word. One last thought. The only good soil that had understanding of the kind that bore fruit was a tilled ground. The tilled ground according to the OT prophets when applying it to the heart was always speaking about a repentant heart. Repentant of past sins and an eager willingness to follow God. |
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278 | NICOLAITANES? | Rev 2:6 | Scribe | 47369 | ||
If we look only at the Bible for an answer we are faced with several obvious things. We could look through New Testament scriptures and see if they are mentioned. We could look at the name Nicolaitan for some sort of meaning associated with the name. We could look at the context and see if the reason for Christ's condemnation of the Nicolaitans is given. Lastly you can look at tradition and other writings but I never put much stock in the other writings, since doing so brings in all sorts of various opinions of men. I will let you decide if there is any connection with another Nicolas in the New Testament. Looking at the name it seems to mean corrupter of the people, some say conqueror of the people. Whatever it was that they taught the effect might have been to corrupt the people. The fact is that whatever they taught it was hated by Christ. That is strong. We are not talking about mere differences of opinion on which day to keep sabbath. The doctrine was of nature that Caused Christ to say he Hates it. If you consider the other named doctrinal teachings in the over all passage you are faced with the doctrine of Balaam and the Doctrine of Jezebel, both have similar emphasis. Eating things sacrificed to idols and committing fornication. Now for shortness sake I will focus only on fornication. Consider a doctrine that somehow teaches that saint can commit fornication and still be a saint, or a christian, or a church. According to this context and sense there are no other details given, we must conclude that the Nicolataines taught something similar to the doctrine of Jezebel and Balaam. That a saint could compromise with the world and still be a saint. Sound like any doctrines you know of? Yes these doctrines are still with us today. They have never left. They come wrapped in new names from time to time, but it is the same demons behind them that have been strategiezing against the sons of God sense the days of Cain and Enoch. May God Bless you in your study of His Word |
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279 | who were the Nicolaitans | Rev 2:6 | Scribe | 47367 | ||
If we look only at the Bible for an answer we are faced with several obvious things. We could look through New Testament scriptures and see if they are mentioned. We could look at the name Nicolaitan for some sort of meaning associated with the name. We could look at the context and see if the reason for Christ's condemnation of the Nicolaitans is given. Lastly you can look at tradition and other writings but I never put much stock in the other writings, since doing so brings in all sorts of various opinions of men. I will let you decide if there is any connection with another Nicolas in the New Testament. Looking at the name it seems to mean corrupter of the people, some say conqueror of the people. Whatever it was that they taught the effect might have been to corrupt the people. The fact is that whatever they taught it was hated by Christ. That is strong. We are not talking about mere differences of opinion on which day to keep sabbath. The doctrine was of nature that Caused Christ to say he Hates it. If you consider the other named doctrinal teachings in the over all passage you are faced with the doctrine of Balaam and the Doctrine of Jezebel, both have similar emphasis. Eating things sacrificed to idols and committing fornication. Now for shortness sake I will focus only on fornication. Consider a doctrine that somehow teaches that saint can commit fornication and still be a saint, or a christian, or a church. According to this context and sense there are no other details given, we must conclude that the Nicolataines taught something similar to the doctrine of Jezebel and Balaam. That a saint could compromise with the world and still be a saint. Sound like any doctrines you know of? Yes these doctrines are still with us today. They have never left. They come wrapped in new names from time to time, but it is the same demons behind them that have been strategiezing against the sons of God sense the days of Cain and Enoch. May God Bless you in your study of His Word. |
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280 | Need an answer please! | 2 Pet 1:1 | Scribe | 47365 | ||
Is this a question? Are you asking if people who practice iniquity are really saved? The answer is no. | ||||||
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