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301 | Genesis endangerments of the matriarch? | Genesis | Rowdy | 112228 | ||
I noticed the questions from Kalos and Prayon and I noticed your response. I too am very curious and am looking forward to hearing more about this subject. Sometimes, this Forum reminds me of Paul's teaching and exchanging views in the marketplace, Acts 17 but I'm still very much interested. God bless. |
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302 | Is Jesus the Almighty? | John 3:16 | Rowdy | 112224 | ||
Can you give us a little more information as to why you DO NOT believe in God and the Holy Spirit in spite of the many verses in the Bible that show all three? I would refer you to a really good website for this topic and several others, apologeticspress.com. One really good series of lessons is entitled "Evidences for Christianity." I challenge you to check it out and let me know what you think. God bless. |
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303 | tortoise, How does Rom 8:1 relate to OT | Rom 8:1 | Rowdy | 112137 | ||
I am actually glad to see this kind of dialouge show up on the Forum as it's an excellent example of the point I've tried to make with previous posts. Let's start with your verse as stated above from Paul in Rom 8:1. Of course, there's no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus but that's the actual crux of the matter. Can a christian (as I assume you are) actually keep on willfully continue in sin without real, genuine repentance? I'm afraid the net sum of the Bible clearly teaches that this can't be so. Peter puts it rather bluntly in 2 Pet 2:22 and depicts a christian doing this like "a dog returning to its vomit or a pig to its mud." Yes, disgusting, I agreee but that's how our Lord and Father sees us if we continue in this kind of activity. John makes it a little clearer in 1 John 1:5-10. If a person continues in this kind of willful disobedience to our Father and doesn't really plan to sincerely stop; if he makes an attempt to "repent" merely for other men's sake, it's no good to our Father. That person is still in his sins. Surely you must agree, this is really quite clear in John's epistle. Please let me say this to the whole Forum. These basic principles apply to ALL sin in our lives. Again, let me be clear, these principles apply to all christians. Once you're in the body of Christ, you CAN most certainly choose to go back to a life of sin and maybe even fool your best friends and brethren in the church. But if your life is a lie; if you're not truly repenting every day of the sins in your life and trying to genuinely live a Christ-like life every moment of your life, you need to re-evaluate and take another look at your priorities. I do hope this is clear to all who read but I would love to see some responses from anyone else on this subject. God bless you all. |
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304 | why lead us to stumble? | Gen 3:3 | Rowdy | 112091 | ||
I too am very worried about our nation. I've written several letters to our Government officials, attaching a copy of Romans, Chap 1 in which God warned those folks about the consequences of their continued sinful way of life. He warned them through Apostle Paul that they were headed for eternal damnation if they didn't change their ways. Many modern historians have noticed and documented the dangerous fact that our nation has been following the pattern of the Roman Empire. The disentegration of the family unit, corruption of our political leaders and now the introduction of homosexuals into our military is almost an exact duplication of that pattern. In my letters, I encouraged these Government officials to study history along with their Bibles and try to help this country re-discover its Godly roots. I'm so afraid if this pattern of getting farther and farther away from God's way of life that we find in His Word IS NOT reversed pretty soon, our children or our grandchildren might grow up in some alternate form of America than the one you and I love. We really don't live in a country that can truly call itself a christian nation. I really don't like sounding like a doomsday preacher but I do think we can reverse course and repent just like Ninevah in Jonah's story. What do you think of our chances? God bless. |
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305 | Was Jehovah wrong? | John 3:16 | Rowdy | 112056 | ||
Our Father recognized there is always the option for mankind to have other gods when He directed His Israelite children "to have no other gods before Me." Yes God knows and created us with the power to choose between Him as the true God or anything else in this world, including the devil, self-indulgence, money, our jobs or anything else that could possibly stand between us and our God. He knows the most powerful god is the one that we worship in our minds. Like my daddy used to say to me as a young boy, we'll find time to do whatever we really and truly love. Our God is the thing that takes up most of our free time. God bless. |
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306 | If it's ONLY foreplay is it still wrong? | 1 Thess 4:3 | Rowdy | 112054 | ||
I think the Lord's teaching is very clear from Matt 5:27-29 as follows: You have heard that is was said, "Do not commit adultery." But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already comitted adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose your part of the body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. So you see, God expects us to have graduated from the era of the Old Testament and realize that we can sin in the mind and it's just as damaging to our soul in God's judgment. I'm afraid God will not pleased with your actively engaging in such sinful activity as you describe. Also, it should be mentioned that this activity would also be a serious matter of sin for the young lady with whom you're thinking about in this manner. She too could help by thinking these kind of thoughts and thus would be sinning along with you. I hope you will continue studying and praying on this matter. God bless in this effort. |
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307 | man ability to choose or reject God why | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 111941 | ||
So that when the few in the world do choose to become a part of His family, it truly is a glorious thing. Even, the angels in Heaven rejoice and praise God each and every time another is added to His family. One could compare this love affair on God's part to that of the Grandfather in our own families. When an older man knows he approaches the last day of his life, he grows to appreciate very keenly the love and devotion of each one of his family members, especially his own children and grand-children. When one of those is estranged for a time, it is such a good feeling to have that individual rejoin the family, especially after some period of difficulty in their personal relationship. Our Father in Heaven is the same way. Of course the big difference with Him is that He has an infinite amount of love to accommodate all of mankind throughout all of time, since creation to the the end of time. |
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308 | why put the tree in middle of garden | Gen 3:3 | Rowdy | 111933 | ||
Our God is not one to hide the fact that He gives us complete freedom to choose the way of life we would prefer. Since He provided the ultimate home without any defects, it satisfied every need Adam and Eve could ever have. God was welcome to decorate it any way He saw fit. God knew this was going to be a temptation so there was no need to hide His tree. After all, there were many other sources of food so as far as God was concerned, it boiled down to one single issue: was His creation going to choose Him and His way of life or some other choice. It also makes it very clear for us today. Our lives boil down to one simple choice: will we choose to obey our conscience and live by what God tells us or will we succomb to temptation and choose another way of life which results in eternal separation from God. Of course, this decision has to be made every hour of every day. And we're always able to reverse course and go the other direction. By setting this tree in the middle of the garden, our God makes this choice very, very clear for all of us thereafter. We can't possibly deny that God has made it very clear. He puts himself in the middle of our lives each and every day of our lives. What would be your thoughts on this matter? Any opinions? God bless. |
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309 | Revelation 20 and 21 | Phil 4:3 | Rowdy | 111803 | ||
Yes, there are numerous references in Revelation about this Book of Life but so also in: Psalm 69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous. Philippians 4:3 Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. I see no reason to think these are all different books as they all seem to apply to God's way of just communicating to us the fact that he knows who really is in His family or not. He knows each of us and our deepest thoughts, yes even the ones we hide from our very best friend here on earth. I don't think we're going to know for certain these kind of details until after our death or possibly until the end of time. God bless. |
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310 | Help me solve this apparent conflict | Luke 8:15 | Rowdy | 111772 | ||
Jer 17:5 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD . 6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. 7 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD , whose confidence is in him. 8 He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." 9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? 10 "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve." compared to 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. 12Many of the Jews believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men. I think we benefit greatly and see an answer in Paul's letter to the Romans, Chapter 7 as follows: 14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[3] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing. 20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. All the writers of God's word know from God that the heart of man is NOT naturally inclined toward God's perfect standard of goodness as we see in the One and only perfect Human, Christ Jesus. But our Father knows when we sit for a moment and commune with Him or with His family members as in a worship service, our hearts (the souls of men and women) can be lifted up to Him with a clean conscience. Then and only then, can we feel free to approach our God in prayer or worship Him. It is this inner conflict going on since Adam and Eve, this tug of war between God and the devil for our devotion to one or the other that is portrayed in these verses and throughout most of the Bible. We saw it in Abraham, in Moses in the Israelite's constant swing from extreme neglect to reconciliation to their God. We see it Peter and in Jesus' family members. We see it in Paul as mentioned before and we finally see it in the book of Revelation. So you see, it's nothing new. Good question. God bless. |
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311 | r u released from marriage if mistreated | 1 Cor 7:11 | Rowdy | 111624 | ||
My response would come from the Apostle Paul as follows: 1 Cor 7:10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. Naturally, this guidance can be followed by either spouse as long as the innocent party resolves to remain unmarried. This must be done to maintain a good relationship with God and be assured of going to Heaven. So, with that kind of life to look forward to, I would urge you to exhaust every means available to reconcile your differences. Maybe after a period of separation, your spouse will truly repent and would be willing to reunite. It's a big decision, probably the biggest decision of the rest of your life, so consider it carefully and with much, much prayer. We will all pray for you. God bless you. |
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312 | Mt 5:48 why, when we cannot to beLikeHim | Matt 5:48 | Rowdy | 111514 | ||
One can also reference Paul's encouragement to imitate him as he imitates Christ, I think it's in 1 Cor 4:14-17. Here Paul endorses the pattern of imitating Christ by identifying those who are mature in their spiritual growth toward God's standard in His Son. If we share our weakness and our strengths with our fellow christians, we build up the body of our Lord. Soul mates can build up tremendously valuable brotherhood in this way. Our Lord and Father wants to draw closer and closer to us but we have to do our part in this process. In order for us to get comfortable in spending eternity in Heaven in the presence of God, we need to get used to being more and more like God ourselves. That means we need to grow and discard our sinful nature more and more. It's a growth process. Our Father is a spirit and we will be all spirit and discard our physical bodies after dying. God bless. |
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313 | Bible to be taken literally? | Matthew | Rowdy | 111482 | ||
I would refer to John 19:29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. 30When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. and Col 2:13-15. In summary the Law of Moses couldn't pass away until the perfect sacrifice was made to fulfill God's perfect sense of justice. Now that the Law of Moses has been fulfilled and is no longer effective, Christ's rule in His Kingdom is in full power. Thus we will be judged by His Words as he predicted. Also we are to follow the doctrine and teachings of the Apostles, His only representatives sent to fulfill their commission. God bless. |
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314 | wife supposed to wait husband go church | Eph 5:23 | Rowdy | 111465 | ||
If you're unable to persuade your husband to go with you, I would urge you to commit yourself to your own personal relationship with God the Father, His Son and the church for which He died. Yes, it's ideal to be a christian with your spouse at your side but our Lord will judge us all by the words we say and the actions we take. So we must ultimately take responsibility for our own actions but keeping praying that our loved ones will take heed of our choices. Who knows, maybe your husband will think long and hard about the wonderful example you're setting for him and listen to his conscience. You're in good company. There's been millions of spouses before you who led their life-long partner to Christ after they gave their own life to Him. We'll all pray for you and wish God's blessings on you. Be strong for Him. |
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315 | Smile and say Jeez? | Ex 13:21 | Rowdy | 111459 | ||
When I saw this exchange, I could only respond with the words from our Lord as recorded in Matt 5: 33"Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' 34But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; 35or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. But then again I guess this could apply to myself and just about everyone on this Forum. I do think we could all use some restraint and let our responses reflect a little more love from God and less influence from "the evil one." What do you all think? God bless. |
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316 | Rowdy's Right Reason? | John 3:5 | Rowdy | 111393 | ||
My basic motivation stems from my philosopical approach to Bible study in general. Hopfully, I made my position clear in my previous posts on the subject "Better safe than sorry." Reference Post 111225: I'll try to answer as best I can. 1) A dissertation on the terms of a last will and testament isn't covered completely in the Bible but it's referenced briefly in Hebrews 9:16-28. This also covers the subject of those who lived before Christ. Jesus was the one and only, perfect sacrifice for all time, past, present and future to the end of time. His sacrice and His Father's covers all the sins of all those who did have, now have and all those in future who will have faith in God and whatever plans He's got for us. We don't know many of the details on this subject but we see the best of the best in the OT. We see plainly that Abraham had unshackable faith when he completely gave up his son so totally. There are other examples but I think you already know them as well as I do. 2) Now about the thief of cross, please let me say here publicly, his case is NOT and should NOT be given as an example to follow. So speculation about his baptism or anything else, including the terms of his making it to Paradise should be of great concern to this Forum or its participants. I don't really think it would be wise for me to continue this item of interest any further. As I've mentioned on other recent posts, there's many scriptures on both sides of this issue about baptism so apparently they and I aren't going to change your mind. But do let me urge you to keep studying and praying on this subject and do take another serious moment to study God's subject of "Better safe than sorry." Even our Lord recognizes there are matters in His Father's Word that outweigh others, Matt 23:23-24. God bless you in your study of His word. |
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317 | Where does it say "MUST be baptised" | John 3:5 | Rowdy | 111289 | ||
There are a multitude of scriptures on this subject posted on the Forum, easily brought up by plugging in the word baptism or its variations into the search engine. One must study diligently and pray over this subject quite a bit. As you've already sumised, there's a tremendous variety of opinions on the matter, spanning the full spectrum so I can only encourage you to be open minded to God's Word and use His Word in its whole. I would encourage you to stay on the Forum and keep studying but ultimately you must make up your own mind and face God with that decision. That's why I think it's best to go with the more safe option and be baptized for the right reason, rather than face Judgement Day without it. In answer to your specific question about "Must" I don't think you'll find that kind of specific command in God's Word. I believe that's God's way of maintaining his position of complete freedom of choice He gives us. I do infer we can take His Words on this matter and the examples of baptisms in the Bible as being imperative but it probably couldn't be proven in a court of law. I think that's the way God prefers it. So, God bless you and I would be interested in your response. |
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318 | owning a house is debt?? | Matt 10:34 | Rowdy | 111259 | ||
I'm sure this is a tough question for all Americans to face. We claim to be a christian nation but we really aren't, not any more. There's just too many distractions for the average American like our jobs, or our hobbies or even our families. Our Lord made it very clear: If ANYTHING takes top priority over and above Him and His Father, then we're not fit for His kingdom. Christ used the word hate in making this statement but that's just a realtive term and the translators had difficulty with it. The bottom line is we must mature as God's children and grow spiritually to see that God MUST take first place in our hearts. It should be obvious to anyone that really knows us that we would choose Him above all else. Otherwise, He's not really worth dying for and spend eternity with Him in heaven. In Matt 10:34-39, the Lord describes a person who loves Him above all else, even his own blood family if it comes to that. And remember, Jesus also strongly endorsed the OT guidance about honoring one's mother and father. But in the grand scheme of God's world, He and His Son must come first. I hope this helps, study this for yourself and pray about it. God bless. |
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319 | Where the Scriptual proof? | Mark 16:16 | Rowdy | 111210 | ||
I could only repeat the words previously cited in my post 110437 and 107920. God bless. | ||||||
320 | True fasting | Matt 6:16 | Rowdy | 111200 | ||
I think it would be best to quote from our Lord, as recorded by Matthew: 16"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 17But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. After studying this and all the other scriptures, I have to conclude that our Father would rather that we fast in a private manner as far as He is concerned. After all, what we're really after is to gain a much closer relationship with Him. If it's for any other reason, then we know what that reward is already. It seems pretty clear from God's Word as what our position should be but I'd love to see other opinions about this subject. God bless. |
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