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341 | Why can't I speak in tongues yet ? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 204267 | ||
Dear Joann: Just a word about pryer. God doesn't care so much about long flowery speeches, "When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you."Matt 6:5-6 What he desires is a contrite and penitent heart, and He knows your heart well my dear; so pray to Him, Just as you do, and don't worry about having so many words. He loves to hear from you, by the way. God bless John |
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342 | Why can't I speak in tongues yet ? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 204265 | ||
Dear Joann: Doc has given you very good advice. If I may I'd just like to add that Scripture does not teach that everyone gets the same gifts. " Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. 1Cor 12:4-11 You see, we don't get to chose who gets what, God does. And Scripture makes it clear that not everyone gets them all. Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues. All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they? All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? 1 Cor 12:27-30 These question's are not expressly answered but (No) can certainly be implied as the answer to them all. I hope this helps you. Shalom and God bless John |
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343 | How do these accounts reconcile? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 204180 | ||
Dear Tamara: Here is something from gotquestians.org Answer: The events surrounding Jesus’ resurrection can be difficult to piece together. We must remember two things: first, the news of Jesus’ resurrection produced much excitement in Jerusalem, and in the ensuing chaos many people were going many different directions. Groups were separated, and several different groups paid visits to the tomb, possibly more than once. Second, the writers of the Gospels did not attempt an exhaustive narrative; in other words, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John had no intention of telling us every detail of the resurrection or every event in the order that it happened. In the battle with skeptics regarding Jesus' resurrection, Christians are in a "no-win" situation. If the resurrection accounts harmonize perfectly, skeptics will claim that the writers of the Gospels conspired together. If the resurrection accounts have some differences, skeptics will claim that the Gospels contradict each other and therefore cannot be trusted. It is our contention that the resurrection accounts can be harmonized and do not contradict each other. However, even if the resurrection accounts cannot be perfectly harmonized, that does not make them untrustworthy. By any reasonable evaluation, the resurrection accounts from the four Gospels are superbly consistent eyewitness testimonies. The central truths - that Jesus was resurrected from the dead and that the resurrected Jesus appeared to many people - are clearly taught in each of the four Gospels. The apparent inconsistencies are in "side issues." How many angels did they see in the tomb, one or two? (Perhaps one person only saw one angel, while the other person saw two angels.) To how many women did Jesus appear, and to whom did He appear first? (While each Gospel has a slightly different sequence to the appearances, none of them claims to be giving the precise chronological order.) So, while the resurrection accounts may seem to be inconsistent, it cannot be proven that the accounts are contradictory. See more at. http://www.gotquestions.org/resurrection-accounts.html Shalom and God bless John |
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344 | good things come to those who wait, | Is 40:31 | stjohn | 204177 | ||
Hi jaylens: Yes, there are many! Hear are some. Ps 69:6, Ps 147:11, Is 40:31, Is 49:23, Lam 3:25 Shalom and God bless John |
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345 | Holy Spirit first applied to disciples? | Rom 3:11 | stjohn | 204165 | ||
Hi Tamara: Rom 3:11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; Without the application of the Holy Spirit no-one would respond to God at all. So there must be an "implied" application of the Holy Spirit, even when jesus first called them out. "And Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed Him." Mark 1:17-18 Surely, it was not just His charisma, (or good looks,) :-) that compelled them to follow! Shalom and God bless John |
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346 | Was Nicodemus saved? | John 3:1 | stjohn | 204163 | ||
Dear Tamara: We, by his compassionate, careful treatment, of our Lord's body, can see quite plainly, that he was most probably saved indeed. Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. John 19:39 Also see: John 7:50 and all of chapter 7 Shalom and God bless John |
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347 | Full of the Holy Spirit full time? | Acts 1:1 | stjohn | 204162 | ||
Hi Tamara: Scripture doesn't say explicitly that any were filled "all the time" but if any were, other then our Lord, I would say John the Baptizer. Luke 1:15 "For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb. Shalom and God bless John |
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348 | Was Judas forordained to betray Jesus? | Acts 1:16 | stjohn | 204161 | ||
Hi Tamara: It would seem so. Acts 1:16, Psalms 41:9, 69:25, 109:8 God bless John |
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349 | what does this show | John 5:30 | stjohn | 204110 | ||
Hi jun: Sorry this is kinda long but it's the best comentary I've found on this verse. John 5:30 "Ver. 30. I can of mine own self do nothing,.... This is the conclusion of the matter, the winding up of the several arguments concerning the Son's equality to the Father, and the application of the whole to Christ. He had before been chiefly speaking of the Son, in relation to the Father, as if he was a third person; but now he applies what he had said of the Son to himself: and it is as if he had said, I am the Son that can do nothing separate from the Father, and contrary to his will, but do all things in conjunction with him; who sees all that he does, by being in him, and co-operating with him, and do the selfsame. I am the Son to whom the Father shows, and by whom he does, all he does; and to whom he will show, and by whom he will do, as a co-efficient with him, greater works than what, as yet, he has done: I am the Son that quickens whom he pleases, and to whom all judgment is committed, and have the same honour the Father has: I am he that quickens dead sinners now, and will raise all the dead at the last day; and have authority to execute judgment on all mankind: and, as I hear, I judge; not as he hears men, or, according to the evidence men will give one of another; for it is denied of him, that he will proceed in judgment in this manner, Isa 11:3, but as he hears his Father; for being in his bosom, and one with him, as he sees, and knows all he does, his whole plan of operations, and acts according to them; so he hears, knows, and is perfectly acquainted with all his counsels, purposes, and rules of judgment, and never deviates from them. Hearing here signifies perfect knowledge, and understanding of a cause; and so it is used in the Jewish writings, in matters of difficulty, that come before a court of judicature: "there were three courts of judicature; one that sat at the gate of the mountain of the house; and one that sat at the gate of the court; and another that sat in the paved chamber: they go (first) to that which is at the gate of the mountain of the house, and say, so have I expounded, and so have the companions expounded; so have I taught, and so have the companions (or colleagues) taught: wemv Ma, "if they hear", they say; (i.e. as one of their commentators explains it (i), if they know the law, and hear, or understand the sense of the law; in such a case they declare what they know;) if not, they go to them that are at the gate of the court, and say (as before).--And, "if they hear", they tell them; but if not, they go to the great sanhedrim in the paved chamber, from whence goes forth the law to all Israel.'' Christ was now before the great sanhedrim, and speaks to them in their own language, and as a superior judge to them: and my judgment is just; in the administration of the affairs of his church, which are done in the strictest justice; just and true are all his ways, as King of saints; and in the execution of the last judgment, which will be in righteousness and truth; the judgment he passes must be right, since it is according to that perfect knowledge he has of his Father's will, which is an infallible rule of judgment: because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me; that is, he did not seek to gratify his own will, as distinct from his Father's, or in opposition to it; for he had no private end to answer, or separate interest, or advantage to pursue; and seeing therefore he acted according to his Father's will, and not his own, as contrary to that; his judgment must be just, and the sentence he passes right; since the will of God is indisputably such. The Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, the Alexandrian copy, and two of Beza's copies, leave out the word "father", without altering or hurting the sense at all." --John Gill God bless John |
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350 | you can be as great as I am or greater | John 14:12 | stjohn | 204100 | ||
Hi Robert: Perhaps this is it? John 14:12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. God bless John |
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351 | Faith is will, emotion, truth? | Heb 11:1 | stjohn | 204017 | ||
More on faith from Nelson's Bible Dictionary. FAITH - a belief in or confident attitude toward God, involving commitment to His will for one's life. However, intellectual agreement to truth is found in James 2;19' where demons believe in one God but are not saved by this kind of (faith/belief). Saving faith; is a reliance in, and commitment to, Christ. Obedience is also part of it, if we believe; we are to obey, "I know whom I have believed and I am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day"(2Tim.1:12) |
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352 | Gift of Wisdom and gift of Knowledge? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 203932 | ||
Hi Tamara: Knowledge: is the accumulation of facts or truths acquired by sight, hearing, or experience. Wisdom: is the common sense, or insightful use of such knowledge. No, they are not the same thing. Are they gifts? The Bible lists them as gifts. When something is given, then, by definition, it is a gift. Keep it simple my dear, Sister, it's not that complicated. :-) God bless John |
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353 | RESTRICTIVE KINGDOM | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 202896 | ||
Hi openmyheart: Welcome to the forum! "Universal Kingdom" is a term used outside of scripture that simply means all of God's creation. --"The kingdom of God embraces all created intelligence, both in heaven and earth that are willingly subject to the Lord and are in fellowship with him. The kingdom of God is therefore, [universal] in that it includes created angels and men. It is eternal, as God is eternal, and it is spiritual—found within all born-again believers. We enter the kingdom of God when we are born again, and we are then part of that kingdom for eternity."--excerpt from; www.gotquestions.org/kingdom-of-God.html I too, have not to date heard of the term 'Restrictive Kingdom' I suppose that it could be argued that sense everything is part of God's creation, no-one or no-thing is outside of God's creation, that all things are in the Kingdom of God, or [Universal] Kingdom of God; although that would be stretching it quite a bit. Here is some more commentary that I hope proves helpful. God bless John --"Kingdom of God (In Matthew, generally, Kingdom of Heaven). In this expression the innermost teaching of the Old Testament is summed up, but it should be noted that the word kingdom means ruling as well; thus it signifies not so much the actual kingdom as the sway of the king . We find the theocracy sketched in Exodus 19:6; in the establishment of the kingdom, 1 Samuel 8:7: "They have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them." Still more clearly is it indicated in the promise of the theocratic kingdom, 2 Samuel 7:14-16. It is God Who rules in the theocratic king and Who will avenge any neglect on his part. The Prophets dwell on the thought that God is the Supreme King and that by Him alone all kings rule; And when the temporal monarchy has failed, this same thought of God's ultimate rule over His people is brought into clearer relief till it culminates in the grand prophecy of Daniel 7:13 to which the thoughts of Christ's hearers must have turned when they heard Him speak of His kingdom. In the New Testament the speedy advent of this kingdom is the one theme: "Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand", said the Baptist, and Christ's opening words to the people do but repeat that message. At every stage in His teaching the advent of this kingdom, its various aspects, its precise meaning, the way in which it is to be attained, form the staple of His discourses, so much so that His discourse is called "the gospel of the kingdom". And the various shades of meaning which the expression bears have to be studied. In the mouth of Christ the "kingdom" means not so much a goal to be attained or a place -- though those meanings are by no means excluded; it is rather a tone of mind (Luke 17:20-21), it stands for an influence which must permeate men's minds if they would be one with Him and attain to His ideals; It is only by realizing these shades of meaning that we can do justice to the parables of the kingdom with their endless variety. At one time the "kingdom" means the sway of grace in men's hearts, e.g. in the parable of the seed growing secretly (Mark 4:26. Matthew 21:43); and thus, too, it is opposed to and explained by the opposite kingdom of the devil (Matthew 4:8; 12:25-26). At another time it is the goal at which we have to aim. Again it is a place where God is pictured as reigning (Mark 14:25). In the second petition of the "Our Father" -- "Thy kingdom come" -- we are taught to pray as well for grace as for glory. As men grew to understand the Divinity of Christ they grew to see that the kingdom of God was also that of Christ -- it was here that the faith of the good thief excelled: "Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy kingdom." So, too, as men realized that this kingdom stood for a certain tone of mind, and saw that this peculiar spirit was enshrined in the Church, they began to speak of the Church as "the kingdom of God"; cf. Col., I, 13; I Thess., ii, 12; Apoc., I, 6, 9; v, 10, etc. The kingdom was regarded as Christ's and He presents it to the Father; cf. I Cor., xv, 23-28; II Tim., iv, 1. The kingdom of god means, then, the ruling of God in our hearts; it means those principles which separate us off from the kingdom of the world and the devil; it means the benign sway of grace; it means the Church as that Divine institution whereby we may make sure of attaining the spirit of Christ and so win that ultimate kingdom of God Where He reigns without end in "the holy city, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God" (Revelation 21:2)."-- excerpt(s) from: www.newadvent.org/cathen/08646a.htm |
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355 | what's your preference | Heb 12:6 | stjohn | 202743 | ||
Hello Dear Sister; I agree with brother Steve, too. Having God's presence in our life is better then anything! When I was first born again in my spirit, I thought I should have to put lead weight in my pockets to keep from floating away! :-) Heb 12:8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. I don't think God spanks the devil's children. I would rather be a son and suffer afflictions, then not suffer for God and be on the outside, in darkness, were there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. That would be much worse, much more severe! (I know you didn't mean not being saved, because you are referring to believers, I'm just using that analogy to make a point.) God bless John |
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356 | What does the name Clement mean? Phil 4: | Phil 4:3 | stjohn | 202641 | ||
Hello Mariel: Here is some info from, http://www.babynamesocean.com "Name Meaning: Derived from the Latin clemens (mild, gentle, merciful). The name was borne by a Christian of Philippi and a friend of Paul's. (Phil. 4)" God bless John |
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357 | gift of knowledge and wisdom | Luke 12:48 | stjohn | 202617 | ||
Hi Houston: Welcome to the forum! The short answer is yes. Certainly these gifts are useful in all aspects of life and especially as a believer in Christ. But, these should not taken lightly! If you truly want to be of service, do then pray and ask, but these gifts will come with a price! The verse above may seem severe, and not in context, but perspective may be gained, also look at (Eccl 1:16-18) and; Solomon with all his wisdom and knowledge sums up chapter three with a good peace of advice! Eccl 3:22a "I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot." I am not advising against it, but I would strongly advise to read all of Ecclesiastes, before I would pray and seek for wisdom and knowledge. God bless John |
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358 | Myanmar Cyclone | Acts 17:31 | stjohn | 202613 | ||
Hi call2faith: Welcome to the forum! The Asia we think of today, is not the same geographical area that is mentioned in Revelations; that's an area that's now part of the country of Turkey. So, no, Myanmar is literally not part of the seven churches. God bless John |
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359 | why jesus had not allowed mary to touch | John 20:17 | stjohn | 202546 | ||
Hi jayaraj: Welcome to the forum! Scripture doesn't really say why, other then Jesus instructed her not to cling to Him as He had not yet ascended to the Father. I believe we can assume however that He did ascended to the Father in the interim between verse 17 and verse 19. Also we are aware that soon after, He instructs Thomas to touch Him. So we assume according to His very words, that He somehow, needed to. That He did indeed, ascended to the Father, sometime between vs17 and 19. One of those places that God doesn't explain himself. But then, He can do just as He pleases, cant He? :-) God bless John |
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360 | What was the vengeance? | Gen 4:15 | stjohn | 202540 | ||
Hi Thomas: You can be sure that God will exact his vengeance on any and all that chose not to believe in His Son, (Rev 20:15) the seed of the woman, Eve, (Gen 3:15), the promised redeemer. (John 3:16) God bless John |
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