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3101 | Who is going into the millenium? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 5983 | ||
If you want to see an ignorant and a closed mind in action take a look at this exchange of information. Who ever went through this string and red flagged Orthodoxy's updates is in just such a state. As a Pre-Millennial dispensationist I do not agree with Orthodoxy’s position. However his position is a valid and was a traditional view that was held by most Christians until less than 150 years ago and since Hal Lindsey and a few others made popular the Pre Millennium dispensational view. To Red flag comments because they disagree with your thinking, provided they are based on a valid Biblical interpretation, is absurd and displays great ignorance. I think whoever did this is direct opposition to the idea of this forum and the red flags. To me the red flags were put in place to warn others of a totally non-biblical point of view not one that merely disagrees with the rater. I’m not defending Orthodoxy in any way. I’m defending the exchange of information in this forum from someone that has no understanding of the Preterist’s point of view and has allowed that ignorance to close their mind to another possible view of something that open to interpretation. |
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3102 | Six fingered man today? | 2 Sam 21:20 | EdB | 5853 | ||
Reading 1 Sam 21:22 and 1 Chronicles 20 I think there is enough evidence to conclude these four were related to Goliath the giant that David first killed. I think this is the reason David picked up 5 smooth stones 1 Sam. 17:40. David evidently knew Goliath had four relatives and I think David was preparing to fight Goliath plus the four of them. Evidently the 6 fingers along with their great stature was a generic trait. |
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3103 | Urgent and swift help needed!! | Eph 6:12 | EdB | 5839 | ||
Theresa please let us know the outcome. Make sure you know God's will for you in this. God places each of us in a church for a reason, if you have accomplished that reason and God has given you release then go. Your reason for being there may be for such a time as this. It may be to stand arm and arm with your pastor, or to hold him before the Lord in prayer. It may be that your the light that shines forth in the darkness. I pray God will give you direction. |
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3104 | Urgent and swift help needed!! | Eph 6:12 | EdB | 5817 | ||
What you need to be doing is praying. Praying for your church, praying for your pastor, praying for this man, praying for the new believers, praying for the mature believers. You do not war against flesh and blood. Pray and pray some more, hold up your pastor, hold up your church, pray God will remove the blinders from this man's eyes, pray God will move mountains in this situation. I believe God allows situations like this to occure so people can react. God is looking for the mountain moving prayers. Remember the amount of mountain moving you see in your prayers will correspond to your faith in the prayers and the faith in your prayers will correspond to how much you pray about this situation. And know this many are praying with you |
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3105 | Did you really want to say that? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 5810 | ||
I want to apologize to Nolan for asking this question. It wasn’t my place, though I did it for what I feel was the right motive, to stick my nose in where it did not belong. My motive was to try to keep an open dialogue in this Bible study. However after Hank added what a I consider to be a rebuke and my perception of the temperature of this debate on infant baptism I wish to withdraw my question. Obviously the sides are being chosen and I prefer to stay out of it. Again I apologize to all for my butting in. | ||||||
3106 | Did God create evil? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 5559 | ||
Boy! Cephas, you have taken a lot of heat trying to get an answer to this question. I think I understand your problem with people trying to answer it with what you call doctrine. Orthodoxy in his/her answer is on the right path but stopped short. John 1:3 "All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being." For “free will” to be meaningful we had to given a choice, follow God (good) or not to follow God (evil). How do we reconcile all of this with our understanding that God is a good God? Isaiah 55:8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. We have to trust God. What seems unjust or unfair to us may be God’s way of leading us to a greater victory and greater rewards. |
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3107 | what is his image? | Gen 1:26 | EdB | 5280 | ||
I believe what is being said in the statement "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness" is, we are create in God's essence. By this I mean we were given similar attributes like emotions, values, and feelings. Of course God's attributes are much stronger and purer because He is God the creator of them. Likewise ours have become tainted by sin, however I think they make up who and what we are. | ||||||
3108 | How much should we give? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 5121 | ||
This issue has been discussed in every form ever since Paul said we are no longer under the law. Let’s face facts you don’t get something for nothing. If we want to sit in a nice building and have heating, cooling and lights take takes money. If we want good music, a good children’s education program, youth activities, and other church programs that takes money. If we want to have a Pastor that is able to drop everything to rush to our side at the hospital, accident site, or death bed that takes money. If we want someone to teach us, counsel us, baptize us, marry us and bury us that takes money. A wise man once told me always “pay” for your seat. We expect to pay and do pay for our seats when we attend ball games, operas, stage shows, movies, seminars, colleges and airline travels why are we so reluctant to pay for our churches, church programs and Pastors? Some say a tithe is like a tax and so it is. If we didn't pay taxes we wouldn't have schools, roads, fire and rescue. If we don't pay our tithe how can we expect to have our churches? In Malachi 3:8-11 God issues us a challenge He said test me in this, see if I don’t reward you in your giving. I never understood why so many seem to be afraid to try this. If you give and God doesn’t keep His word you can quit, but when God does fulfill this promise you may want to step up your giving. God does not care how much you give; God cares how much you keep for yourself. It shows where your heart is. John the Baptist gave us a clue of what God expects in the New Testament Saints when he said, if your brother has need of a coat and you have two give him one.” Luke 3:11 |
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3109 | Is being "slain in the spirit" biblical? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 5119 | ||
Hank Hanergraaff in his excellent book Counterfeit Revival investigated this phenomenon and discusses his findings. I think anyone truly seeking an answer to this question and to others concerning the move of the Spirit would do well to read this book. I will not say Hanergraaff is 100 percent correct in everything he says, but he opens doors that should not be shut without more investigation on the readers part. I agree with the analysis that Steve Butler provided, however I will add that I believe that God can do anything He wants. If God desires someone to be slain in the Spirit they will be slain in the Spirit. However I also believe if God is doing it, you will probably fall on your face, not backward, and be crying out for mercy. |
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3110 | EVE'S NAME | Gen 2:23 | EdB | 4132 | ||
I’m not sure I know what you mean when you say Eve had another name. Looking in scripture we see Eve called a “helper” from the Hebrew word “ezer” in Genesis 2:18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” Nelson’s Bible Dictionary definition of “women” gives us more insight ...The man was created before the woman. Because the man needed companionship and a helper, God caused the man to sleep. From him He created a woman, “a helper comparable to him” (Gen. 2:18, 20). Man is incomplete without woman. Because she is called a “helper” does not imply that she is inferior to man. The same Hebrew word translated as helper is used of God in His relationship to Israel... In Gen. 2:23 Eve is called “woman” from the Hebrew word “ishshah”? Genesis 2:23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” The King James Bible Commentary reads :; ,..She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man is a play on the words for man and woman, for they have a similar sound in Hebrew. Though they are probably from two different roots, the sounds aptly mark the affinity between the man and the woman. This is missed in a translation... In Genesis 3:20 we see Eve called “Eve”, “Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.” Which is translated from the Hebrew word “chavvah” which means “life” or “life giver.” In Genesis 3:21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. We see Eve also called “Wife” which is the Hebrew word “ishshah” which is also translated woman. I hope this answers your question |
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3111 | i need a bio on paul the apostle | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 4050 | ||
The Book of Acts is a starting place and for further info go to Paul by E.E. Bruce pub. by Zondervan or A Harmony of the Life of St. Paul by Frank J. Goodwin pub. by Baker | ||||||
3112 | chcking scripture context | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 4006 | ||
Let me add my two cents I have found that God provides two or more witnesses (other scriptures) to any doctrine or precept He would establish for us to follow. I believe this is based on the following scriptures. Deuteronomy 19:15“A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed. Matthew 18:16 “But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. John 8:17 “Even in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true. 2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. Every fact is to be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses. Jesus followed this principal in John 5:33-39 by pointing to four witnesses to confirmed He was who He said He was. John the Baptist John 5:33-35, witness of works John 5:36, witness of the Father John 5:37-38 and the witness of scripture John 5:39-47. I can not think of one doctrine, precept, statute, ordinance, or commandment that God gave to man that isn’t confirmed at least one other place in the Scriptures. Furthermore I get very cautious when I hear people say we must understand the traditions and the social customs of the time. I know we must have some understanding of them so we can correctly apply the teaching to our life. However, I also believe the Bible is just as applicable to us today as it was for those of the first century. I have heard many men explain that a particular doctrine or teaching doesn’t apply today because the writer was responding to “thus and such”. Or this isn’t for today because it is addressing a custom that is no longer in effect. Does anyone believe an all knowing, all seeing God that produced the Bible, the living Word, would be so short sighted He would allow the inclusion of doctrine, precepts, statutes, ordinances, or commandments that are no longer valid because of changing customs or social trends? Or that God would allow writer’s bias or prejudices to contaminate the writing? That's my two cents and I hope it helps you. I'll also be interested to see how people answer the two questions I asked. |
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3113 | Wise Debate? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 3157 | ||
Here is the problem as I see it. Let's use the case of Cain's wife. Let's further assume the person asking the question does not know the Bible at all. The question is then responded to by three people. The first one responds by saying, “no one knows for sure, but Cain’s wife had to be another offspring of Angels.” The second person says “Cain’s wife was Cain’s daughter and the incestuous relationship was the mark that Cain carried.” The last person that answers says, “she was Miriam the daughter of Ali Baba the Prince of Tarnish a country just north of the Garden of Eden. The people of Tarnish originally came from God's second effort to populate the earth.” Now let’s say there are no other responses, is it not possible for the person to walk away deceived? If people are coming to this forum to ask questions and are expecting to be given answers by someone that “knows" then something must be done to insure that is what happens. |
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3114 | Wise Debate? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 3084 | ||
I think this forum is excellent for general Bible type questions. Like what are the differences in the translations? How was the Bible translated? What Bible Software is available? Is there a passage that says...? Where did this book come from? I don't think this forum as structured does justice to questions on theology. My problem with debating theology in this type of medium is the correct answer many times gets lost by those that just want to say something. I have also noticed that the people I think have something to contribute are no longer contributing. We had one person give an answer saying, to reach a fair conclusion you have to do years of research and he made a 97 page document available for those that wanted to see how he had reached his conclusion. I obtained and read the document and while it disagrees with how I believe the scholarship and research was excellent. I don't see how anyone could just summarily reject the points he made. I personally will ponder on many of things he said. Basically this contributor seemed to drop off the forum when his position was attacked by those with such well reasoned answers as, "no sir 'taint true". I think for this forum to do what Lockman desires it will have to be moderated. Then people that try to win debates by out shouting or attacking people would be forced out. From past experience I will not enter into another theology debate on this forum. I have resolved to stay in the General Bible area and to respond to questions like I outlined above. |
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3115 | Suggest OT Heb and NT Greek study aids? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 3077 | ||
Consider Wordsearch they have "BART" which stands for "Bible Analysis and Research Tool" which to my understanding was developed with or by Wycliffe Bible Translators. Wordsearch's site is www.wordsearchbible.com. If you go to the site and click on products you will also see they have a package called WORDsearch 5 Greek Hebrew Library which includes BART and many other CURRENT reference materials. Read CURRENT to mean not so old it's out of "copyright protection" and therefore costing the supplier nothing. | ||||||
3116 | Bible study software suggestions, please | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 3071 | ||
This question was asked earlier in this forum, however I'll add my two cents again. I have tried just about everything on the market and I think I can give a fair evaluation. If your doing simple concordance type searches (one word or phrase) any of the packages are more than sufficient. If you’re using the program to construct sermons, lessons, or research type papers you need look at how they transfer from themselves to a “word processor”. Some simply use copy and paste which works for most. However for research or term papers you need to be able to include credits such as author, publisher and etc. I feel the LOGOS system is superior for this. For sermons and lessons you would probably want to include book, chapter and verse designations. Here Wordsearch, which is in STEP, does what I feel to be superior job. The next area you want to look at is what books each one has available. Beware it is easy to get caught up in buying more and more. I know many people who have spent thousands buying books for these programs and never use more than a few favorites while hundreds of dollars worth of material sit unused. Most of the online or relativity cheap stuff makes extensive use of free or out of copyright material. In others words old books many of which contain old expressions and often-obsolete words. The more expensive programs include new or current material. The question here is what are you going to use. To me the choice came down to the LOGOS family (Logos, Nelson) and the Wordsearch (navigator, Preachers Outline and Sermon Bible). I feel everything else is not as useful, did not offer a good value versus cost or fell short in ease of operation area. I view LOGOS as more for academia and Wordsearch more practical. By this statement I mean Logos is excellent to use to dissect a passage in one of the original languages, prepare a term paper with footnotes, or do an all inclusive in-depth study of the Bible. Wordsearch on the other hand is so easy to use; you can put together a sermon/lesson or study including all references with minimal effort. Books and Bibles are automatically synchronized and scroll together. It is not as flexible as LOGOS but far more user friendly. Both LOGOS and Wordsearch offer a wide selection of books with LOGOS winning hands down in shear numbers. Here ask yourself a question, does your normal mode of study reference every available book or do you rely on some old favorites? I tend to go with the tried, tested and familiar references so I had to shop which author was publishing in which format. I had some favorite authors that published only in Logos and others only in Wordsearch so I ended up with both. If I had to do over I would not have purchased LOGOS and would have used the money to expand my Wordsearch Library and if I really wanted them to purchase hard copies of authors not published in STEP. One passing thing, Wordsearch has two similar features I love. One is called “Easy For Your To Say” and the other “Strong’s Talking Concordance”. These features pronounce over your computer’s speakers any word that you point and click. “EASY For You To Say” pronounces all the proper names of people, places and objects in the Bible. “Strong’s Talking Concordance” pronounces all the Greek and Hebrew words. To me these two features are worth their weight in gold. I hope this helps. |
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3117 | Please help me find numbers with the mea | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 2745 | ||
Rosemary I think your asking where does it say the number of man is 6. I now there are people that have the numbers all worked out from 1 on. In their scheme 6 is the number of man and 7 is God's perfection. If I had to guess, since man was created on the sixth day they assigned the number 6 to man. God completed creation and rested on the seventh day so they assign God's perfection or completetion the number 7. I was never real impressed with the scheme so I never paid it to much attention. I hope this answers your question. | ||||||
3118 | Bible has 1188 chap's, cntr is Psalm 118 | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 2129 | ||
Your answer may be wrong if there is 1188 chapters an even number then the middle must fall between chapters not on one, and this only is works if your counting chapters. If on the other hand your talking books there are 66 and the middle is between Micah and Nahum. If your talking verses there are 31102 and then the middle falls to Psalm 103 verse 1 and verse 2. I'm not going to count the words so I have no idea where the middle would fall if you based it on words. Now consider chapters and verses are man made and the books are man arranged, and will paint a different picture of providence, but I still like Psalm 118. |
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3119 | what does the Bible say about divorce | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 2079 | ||
“For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.” Malachi 2:16 Now you take it from there! | ||||||
3120 | Define the word "cult". | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 2078 | ||
The definition as given by Walter Martin in his book Kingdom of the Cults - Bethany House Publishers is "any religious group which differs significantly in some one or more respects as to belief or practice from those religious groups which are regarded as the normative expressions of religion in our total culture." I believe this definition was taken from Bergen. Walter Martin added, "A cult might also be defined as a group of people gathered about a specific person or person's mis-interpretations of Scriptures." As Paul put it "As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!" Gal 1:9. A definition of a cult should also include any teaching or group of people that try to base salvation on works apart from grace. The biggest hinderance in dealing with cults is definitions, they use Christian terms but they mean entirely different things. Jesus to the Mormon is a spiritual brother of Lucifer. Jesus to the Jehovah Witness is a incarnation of the Angel Michael. Jesus to the Islam is a great prophet. Jesus to Bahai is another incarnation of God along with Buddha or Muhammed. Before we can fully understand a cult we must understand the definitions of the terms they are using. | ||||||
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