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3561 | How to sharpen service skills? | Mark 9:35 | Emmaus | 29784 | ||
Dear Charis, You have certainly chosen a thorny subject and a problem that is universal, varying in degree and particular circumstances with every congregation I suspect. I think you also place it in the proper context which is the congregation as family. Some are more functional or dysfunctional than others. Some may may happy and holy and others downright ugly and hateful to one another. i think the answers even if culled from the scripture vary with the particular congregation and circumstances. But it would seem to me that the main thing needed and often lacking is a truly prayerful, humble and charitable community spirit, focused on Christ that puts needs of the whole congregation ahead of the needs of any faction or individual in a community. On that base eveything else is built or crumbles for lack of a solid base. I don't know that I could be more specific in a general conversation. Is you experience of these issues the same in Japanese congregations as in the States or is there a different cultural component or slant? It sounds like based on your question there is not much difference. Am I wrong or correct? Emmaus |
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3562 | Explanation on 1 John 5:7-8 please? | 1 John | Emmaus | 29631 | ||
1 John 5:6-12 The water and the blood are the baptism of Christ and his shedding of his blood at his crucifixion. The Holy Spirit was present at the baptism ( Matt 3:16) and testifies to Jesus as the Son of God. Divine witness is greater than any two human witnesses required by the Law.(Dt 17:6) Emmaus |
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3563 | Can a "saved" man be cast into hell? | Matt 22:11 | Emmaus | 29627 | ||
Hi Jules, I think you missed the context of my post which was a response to Eagle One's earlier post. I did miss the point where he said the outer darkness was not hell, so my question may be moot. But I believe the outer darkness is hell as I stated in my other subsequent post this evening. No wedding feast, no heaven. No heaven, in the end hell is the only other final destination. God is light, outer darkness is hell. You may also want to look at my subsequent post in this thread this evening. Emmaus |
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3564 | The excluded man at the feast was saved | Matt 22:11 | Emmaus | 29621 | ||
Eagle One, What you are describing here sounds very close to the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory. But even Catholics don't interpret this passage from Matthew 22:1-14 in that manner. They interpret it as the man suffering the same fate as those who were first ivited and refused the invitation and were excluded from the wedding feast of the Lamb. No wedding feast of the Lamb, no heaven. God is light, the outer darkness is hell. This is the first time I have ever heard it interpreted the way you do. Emmaus |
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3565 | How to sharpen service skills? | Mark 9:35 | Emmaus | 29614 | ||
Charis, I am perplexed. Your rule out the "spiritual" and worship and family and community life and service to the church "institution" as not quite what you are looking for in terms "practical service." The only other "practical" not "spiritual" service would be what some of us call the corporal works of mercy: feed the hungry,give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, visit the sick and imprisoned, bury the dead or the spiritual works of mercy: instructing, advising, consoling, comforting, bearing wrongs patiently, forgiving. You ask: "But what about sheep/shepherd and sheep/sheep relationships in the local church? So far, I dont see much being said about service in this realm." You must have something specific in mind by I haven't a clue where you are headed. What is your understanding of "practical service?" Emmaus |
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3566 | How to sharpen service skills? | Mark 9:35 | Emmaus | 29602 | ||
Charis, There is not enough space here to cover almost all of Pauls' epistles dealing with this subject. :-). Isn't that what most of both Corinthians was all about just for starters? Not to mention the Timothys and Galations 5 and 6. Emmaus |
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3567 | Can a "saved" man be cast into hell? | Matt 22:11 | Emmaus | 29600 | ||
Eagle One Can a "saved" man be cast into hell? Perhaps you could define what you mean by "saved." If he was "saved" and cast into hell, what was he "saved" from? Emmaus |
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3568 | what does begotten mean?? | John 3:16 | Emmaus | 29599 | ||
We "beget" our offspring from what is already within us. We "create" externaly from things external to us, or in God's case from nothing. Thus God created the universe from nothing and us from the matter he created. But Jesus Christ was "begotten, not made, of one substance with the Father." ( Nicean Creed) That is he, the Son, was always present in the Father and the Father in him, eternally pre-existent before his incarnation. Emmaus |
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3569 | Are all servants? | Mark 9:35 | Emmaus | 29597 | ||
Charis, It would seem that we should serve in all that we do. As husbands and wives we serve each other and our children. As we serve our communities and our employers. We are called to do all things as to the Lord and so "to re-establish all things in Christ." Eph 1:10 and present ourselves "as a living sacrifice holy and pleasing to the God." Rom 12:1. I suspect that most of us are rather poor and grumbling servants, but we are all certainly called to serve nontheless. Emmaus |
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3570 | Ho, every one who thrist come | Is 55:1 | Emmaus | 29594 | ||
It is God speaking through Isaiah. Look at Is 55:1-3 in context of Matthew 14:13-21 and John 6:22-59 and John 7:37-38 and Luke 22:19-20. Emmaus |
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3571 | Who is the man in this verse? | Matt 22:11 | Emmaus | 29589 | ||
prayon, True, but in this parable story God is made to appear as a man or king and so he "sees" with physical eyes as we do. The point in the end is the same. The man who was cast out has not put on a wedding garment. In other wods he has not put on Christ and his justification despite having the opportunity to do so. Emmaus |
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3572 | WHERE DID MAGI'S COME FROM? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 29483 | ||
I was always under the impression that the Magi represented the ingathering of the Gentiles and fulfilled to some degree the prophecy of Isaiah 60:1-6 and Psalm 72:10-11,15,17. Emmaus |
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3573 | WHERE DID MAGI'S COME FROM? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 29479 | ||
Thank you Kalos. You saved me the trouble of looking it up. My translations give "magi" or "astrologers." "From the East" would indicate Persia, where the Magi were Court advisers, wise men and astrologers. Some associate them with the priesly caste of the Zorastrian religion of Persia. Emmaus |
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3574 | Pray with Eyes Closed? | John 11:41 | Emmaus | 29475 | ||
Hank My posture and whether I have my eyes open or closed vary with the type of prayer and the evironment in which I am praying. If what I see helps me focus more completely on my prayer I keep them open. If I am distracted I close my eyes. I tend to bow by head when confessing my sins and also when asking a blessing from God. Then there is the posture of kneeling to worship or petition and standing for prayers of thanksgiving. In Church we sit to hear all scripture readings, except the Gospel for which we stand. Of course catholics are famous for also ways shifting position just when a non catholic guest thinks he is finally safely postured at Mass. On the other hand we tend to squirm more when visiting other churches that require long sitting on unpadded pews. :-) Emmaus |
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3575 | What is the meaning of the word Gospel? | 1 Cor 15:1 | Emmaus | 29471 | ||
Penny, The God Spiel, the Good Spell, the Good News, the Good Story, God's Story. It is the source of all hope in my life. It is the central point of reference in my life in a world of ever shifting values and conflicting claims for my attention. It is something to hold onto when the storms our turbulent world blow. It is a lighthouse in the stormy and rocky waters of modern life. Emmaus |
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3576 | Lord's Supper discussion. | Acts 2:42 | Emmaus | 29453 | ||
Dalprad, If I was to recommend one book on this subject it would be The Lamb's Supper by Scott Hahn. Even one of my strict Calvinist Presbyterian friends described it as "very interesting and thought provoking." Emmaus |
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3577 | Lord's Supper discussion. | Acts 2:42 | Emmaus | 29450 | ||
Delprad, I can not adress why other churches do not have communion more regularly. I can address why the Catholic Church offfers daily and weekly Holy Communion. "The Eucharist is 'the source and summit of the Christian life.' "The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch." "The Eucharist is the efficacious sign and sublime cause of that communion in the divine life and that unity of the People of God by which the Church is kept in being. It is the culmination both of God's action sanctifying the world in Christ and of the worship men offer to Christ and through him to the Father in the Holy Spirit." Finally, by the Eucharistic celebration we already unite ourselves with the heavenly liturgy and anticipate eternal life, when God will be all in all. In brief, the Eucharist is the sum and summary of our faith: "Our way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in turn confirms our way of thinking." It is called 'Holy Communion,' because by this sacrament we unite ourselves to Christ, who makes us sharers in his Body and Blood to form a single body. We also call it: the holy things (ta hagia; sancta) - the first meaning of the phrase 'communion of saints" in the Apostles' Creed - the bread of angels, bread from heaven, medicine of immortality, viaticum.... ' " The Catechism Emmaus |
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3578 | Why was the man speechless? | Matt 22:11 | Emmaus | 29419 | ||
rbt56, Our good works after the grace of justification are not really our alone. They are the work of grace in us and us in Christ. What you are going through sounds very much like what the Christian mystics call "the dark night of the soul" or a time of of "dryness" of the Spirit. If you persevere in prayer and wait upon the Lord you will come out even more graced on the other side. It is known from the writings of the saints that the devil especially likes to tempt us to dispair as we approach the end of life so as the snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. I pray that you will persevere in faith and hope and in prayer and that God will pour out his grace upon you. His mercy is boudless to those who call upon him with a sincere and repentant heart. If we have absolute certainty of our salvation what need have we of faith or hope? We are called to faith, hope and charity. I do not recall absolute certitude as a requirement or one of the three things that last. The peace of Christ be with you. Emmaus |
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3579 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Emmaus | 29417 | ||
Joe, As you know from my previous posts and profile, I am Catholic and so have different understanding of the Church and it's role in relation to Scripture. I believe the Holy Spirit will according to the promise of Jesus lead the Church into all truth and protect it from doctrinal error. In this way through the Holy Spirit, the Church preserves the unity of the faithful when doctrinal disputes arise. Dogma is nothing more than authoritative exegesis on disputed points of scriptural interpretation among members or factions within the Church. And there are only a handful of passages where the Church has done this. Most of the bible is open to a variety of interpretations that do not touch on any particular doctrine issues. I know we will disagree on this point but that is where I am coming from and I recognize it is a minority opinion on this forum. Emmaus |
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3580 | Homosexuality and Christianity? | Leviticus | Emmaus | 29293 | ||
Hank, This whole thread and the concept of homosexuality not being condemened in scripture or being being misinterpreted scripture is what I call a Tar Baby The conversation will go nowhere. The whole concept in in complete contradiction to the entire history of exegesis in Christian and Jewish history. We may as well talk about how adultery has been misinterpreted as sin and so on along the same line. It is absurd. The possibilities of this type of thinking are endless but they do lead to a bad end. Emmaus |
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