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301 | Why do I want to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 13:1 | Val | 212318 | ||
Merry Christmas, I once went to a church like that. I had to leave and go somewhere else where this was not emphasized. Different churches have different personalities. You have to find one that fits yours and you feel comfortable. I believe they believe it is a second gift after salvation. Love God and keep His commandments. Read the gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They are especially meaningful this time of year. From now until Easter the Christ's story is emphasized. Visit several bible believing churches in your local area. May the Lord lead you to a place to worship Him. Merry Christmas - Val | ||||||
302 | Hebrews10:26-31 | Heb 10:26 | Val | 212291 | ||
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303 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | Val | 212260 | ||
Luke 12:15 Then He said to them, "Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions." The subject is money. The amount is more than is needed. The warning is not to let money become our god. We cannot serve God and money. How do we avoid this natural tendency toward greed? Giving to those in need. There are also verses that say we are to owe no man anything so we would not sell all we have because that would make us indebted to others. We are to be responsible with our resources. Not greedy and hording an abundance. |
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304 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212144 | ||
Greetings Steve, thank you for your amens. That is a wonderful idea. I will share the post as you suggested. Thank you for your kind words and your love of our precious Saviour Christ Jesus. A Merry Christmas to you and yours - Val | ||||||
305 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212143 | ||
Dear Lionheart, thank you for sharing your story and testimony. It is an honor to fellowship with you and thank you for your kind words. Thank you for always pointing me to Christ. I grow much from your love of the Lord and His word. Have a Merry Christmas, Val |
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306 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212127 | ||
Greetings, Sister Azure, I have been thinking about you and wondering where you were. Glad to see you here. Thank you for the encouragement. Sending my love this Christmas Season. Merry Christmas - Val | ||||||
307 | Has the world always existed? Or did it | Gen 1:1 | Val | 212125 | ||
Dear Beula, welcome to the forum. God has always existed. The earth was created. Genesis 1. Merry Christmas - Val |
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308 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212123 | ||
Greetings Newwine, I am sorry if I have offended you. I simply don't like to argue. What I believe is that each of us has to have a teachable spirit. Sometimes we get so intend on proving our opinions right that the intend becomes proving our opinions right rather than actually coming to the word of God with a teachable spirit and being willing to see things from a different perspective but finally to observe the verses in the context of the surrounding verses, chapters, book and then the rest of the bible. There are 66 books of the bible. I have not studied all 66. I have studied some of them. The bible fits together and does not contradict itself. Cross references explain a passage of scripture. Bible dictionaries explain the meaning of words. There are in house debates in christendom on some difficult controversial passages. There is a history of the christian church. There is a consensus among conservative christian scholars as to the meaning of the passages in the bible. The topic you want to discuss is not a new one. In fact Martin Luther began what is called the Reformation to refute the Roman Catholic Church on its deviation from scripture. I take all this into account when discussing a topic. I am what is called a protestant. I can show you from the bible why I believe the specific gift of Apostle in the likes of the original twelve Apostles and Paul closed with them. Any one who is a christian is an ambassador for Christ, this is a general term. We are not all Apostles. I do not judge your motive for wanting to discuss this term. I am put off by your seemingly inability to consider others viewpoints so I don't want to get into a discussion with you because I feel personally we would be speaking past one another not really listening just trying to prove our points. That usually leads to personal attacks which I believe is sin. If you would go back and look at how each of the Apostles were called directly by Christ you will see their specific calling. An Apostle in this meaning of the word is someone who was a first hand observer of Christ's ministry and was called directly by Him. Paul met Christ on the Damascus road. He saw Him and was called by Him to be an Apostle to the Gentiles. I know we put men on pedestals even in our protestant churches. I have high respect for them but they are just men. My God says I can come directly to Him and this is what He prefers. Merry Christmas - Val |
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309 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212118 | ||
Hello Steve, I was making the point that from scripture the last Apostle was Paul. Paul entrusted the gospel to Timothy when He died. In studying Timothy we are told that he was a pastor of a church. He was not called an Apostle of the like of Paul and the original twelve Apostles. I was agreeing with you on this point. The results of the teaching of Christ through the Apostles are still in effect today -I agree. I believe a prophet in todays world is someone who explains the written word in a way others can understand it. I don't think they say things that are not in the bible. I do think God raises up people to do this. I have not done a word study on prophet so thats the extend of my knowledge from what I have studied so far. I am studying the book of Hebrews now. Christ is the fulfillment of the old testament prophecies as He is the Messiah. He is better than the old testament sacrifices. He is the substance. He is better than the priests as He is a priest from Heaven. He tells us to come boldly and directly to Him through His blood and make our requests to Him. Notice in Israel they had to go through the priests and prophet. What changed? Anyone who wanted to believe in Jehovah God became a proselyte under that system. Under the New Covenant, the better covenant Christ cleanses our conscience and takes away our sins. This could never be done under the old covenant. Otherwise there would have been no need for another, better covenant. Now believers everywhere can go directly to the Father through the Son to the throne of grace. We do not have to go through priests and prophets. This is what I have learned from the book of Hebrews, a book which explains the change from the old covenant to the new covenant, the previous priests and our better priest Christ, and the animal sacrifices which could never take away sin to the one perfect sacrifice Christ who cleanses our conscience and takes away our sin through belief in His name. I agree with you and was adding to the conversation,i.e., bible study. Merry Christmas - Val | ||||||
310 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212102 | ||
Greetings Newwine: I was responding to humbled by His grace. I'll let him pick up from here. Blessings - Val |
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311 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212101 | ||
Greetings Brother Tim: As to your response “1) The boy was born blind, and healed instantly after the laying on of hands. He was legally blind, but not totally blind before he was healed.” My response is where is the proof. Did a doctor examine him and confirm this instantaneous healing. As to your response “2) The bones were healed instantly after the laying on of hands. He did not have to have any treatment.” My response is where is the proof. Again what proof do you have that bones were broken and healed instantly since there are no X-rays. As to your response “The word of knowledge was very detailed and specific information given to me that I had no possible way of knowing. In one instance, I suddenly 'knew' that a family's daughter, who had been gone without contact for about a year, was going to call that day. When we arrived at their house, the phone was ringing. :)” My response: These kinds of things happen all the time but people don’t claim to have a gift. You see the burden on you is to prove what you are saying with logical proof. You don’t have it. Anyone could say things like this and without the xrays and doctors confirming the miracles its not believeable. That is my opinion. No offense. Lets move on since the thread has been closed. |
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312 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212100 | ||
Greetings Jeff, you know what strikes me is that some of the comments made is as if one student is an authority over another. You say I am correct instead of just saying I agree with your view or I disagree with your view. To say yes you are correct somehow puts you in a postion of authority. Well to me that is a misrepresentation of the truth in Scripture. Because in the end its scripture that is truth not your or my saying this or that is correct. So since you didn't like my post lets just drop it. I thought at first you were wanting to delve into the topic but I see by your response that is not the case. You said there is nothing in scripture to hold such an opinion, I beg to differ. I gave you the scripture and the conclusions and the reasons why. Thats all any of us can do. The forum says that none of the postings are the opinions of the producers of the forum so if you are worried about what is being posted why are you here? Don't answer that. Its level ground at the foot of the cross. Let's move on. | ||||||
313 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212079 | ||
Greetings Jeff, its not a teaching. The teacher says this is their opinion and anyone may disagree with them. The passage studied is James. The chapter is Chapter Five. The verse is 14. What we know from experience is that not every person who follows these steps is healed. We know that because we have all or some of us followed these instructions and the person did go on and die a physical death. (And as a side we know some believe, me as well, that is a healing, going on to heaven) But some believe this is a physical healing here and now. So the question is why are some healed and some not. Then the teacher's personal explanation was given. (I don't take it to a wider meaning as to people's faith because I think that is just cruel to tell people they weren't healed because they didn't have enough faith.) The explanation made sense to me that the healing was initiated by God and the person who was sick followed the call to the elders and so on. Anyone may disagree. Just wanted to add that to the discussion. I thought it made good sense. Val |
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314 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212077 | ||
Greetings Steve, As to my last post I would like to clarify that the twelve apostles were called specifically by Christ. They lost one, Judas. Then Paul is specifically called by Christ. The word apostle is used in a wider general sense not a specific sense to all the others who ambassors for Christ. There is no continuity of the office of an apostle since in no place were the churches instructed to ordain apostles. This explanation is from The Complete Word Study Dictionary New Testament written by Spiro Zodiates, Th.D. Futher it reads concerning Timothy in the 1 Thess. 2:6 passage: " However, the denomination seems from the beginning to have been applied, in a much wider sense, to all who ministered as colleagues of the Twelve and bore witness of Christ (Acts 14:4, 14 of Paul and Barnabas; 15:2; Rom. 16:7 of Andronicus and Junias; 2 Cor 8:23) and even by Paul (2 Cor. 11:13; 1 Thess. 2:6) This general meaning of the word held its place alongside its special and distinctive application. There is no continuity of the office of an apostle since in no place were the churches instructed to ordain apostles. Blessings -your colleague, Val |
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315 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212076 | ||
Grace and Peace my brother: Oh Ok, got it. On the subject of Apostles in the church, Paul was the last of the Apostles. His predecessor was Timothy. Nowhere is Timothy called an Apostle. Merry Christmas - Val | ||||||
316 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212075 | ||
Greetings Cheri, Could you elaborate using verses and your conclusions. If not thats find. Blessings Val | ||||||
317 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212062 | ||
Merry Christmas Cheri, Hope you are feeling better these days. I know this topic hits a nerve with you so we'll not go there. I have studied and am still studying the book of Hebrews so if you see anything in there you would like to discuss we can do it respectfully and with dignity when and if you like. I know as I study the bible sometimes I will leave a topic and come back to it later as the Spirit leads. May you continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Your sister in Christ - Val | ||||||
318 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212061 | ||
Greetings Steve, what does RC stand for? Your sister in Christ - Val | ||||||
319 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212060 | ||
Greetings Jeff, Since you mentioned Pentecost and I have studied Acts a few times I believe the gift of tongues was actually different languages the people who came from different cities, or regions spoke. There was a purpose behind it and that was so they could hear the message in their language. The speakers didn't know their language but were granted this gift so those who heard could hear the gospel and take it back to their regions. I have known of one missionary of modern times who said the same thing happened to her. She began speaking in the language of the people who were there and she didn't know the language. What was interesting was that it never happened to her again. So we thought that in this instance there was a need (for the people to hear the gospel) and God supplied the gift but it was temporary just for that particular event. As to the gift of healing, I have heard a respected bible teacher say that they believe that the person who is sick is given an impression from God that they will be healed. They in turn follow the scripture that says to call for the elders of the church to I believe it says lay hands on and pray for them to be healed. So God initiates this healing not man. Your sister in Christ - Val | ||||||
320 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | Val | 212059 | ||
Greetings Tim, I can see where God could and would heal a blind man, broken bones. I don't know what words of knowledge are. Was it a complete blind man like Stevie Wonder who had no help from the medical society. Was the healing a result of laying on of hands? Was it instantaneous? And what about the broken bones, did the person go through the usual channels of a doctor setting the bones, a cast, six weeks with crutches? Or was it instantaneous? I must admit your comments are fascinating but I just wonder where the miracle lies in your explanation. Is it the laying on of hands by a person with this gift? Does the injured person have to go to the gifted person for the miracle? Was this a church service? I know the Holy Spirit impresses things on us as He guides us so what is the difference in your words of knowledge as you call it. Could you give us an example? I am really serious here. This really is an area I have never seen or known anyone who has seen it. Thanking you in advance for any details you might give. Your sister in Christ - Val |
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