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361 | Did Cain marry one of his sisters? | Eph 5:25 | Wild Olive Shoot | 174743 | ||
Sorry Magellan, If your theory is correct, then God lied to us in His Word. Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. I'll take God's Word over yours my friend. No need to debate it any further. That another "people" existed before Adam is not supported biblically. The fact that there were none IS. You take the logical explanation and fantasize it into something that isn't real. You compromise the Word of God and rationalize the Scripture to form an understanding that you can comprehend, neither of which I support. In the end, I agree with you that it is really of no importance from where Cain’s wife originated since it has never been revealed to us by the only authoritative source that we should rely on. If God thinks it insignificant, maybe we should too. WOS |
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362 | Did Cain marry one of his sisters? | Eph 5:25 | Wild Olive Shoot | 174647 | ||
Dear Magellan, You noted the following: "It is adding to the written word of the Bible to presume that Adam and Eve had other children not mentioned here, especially in light of Gen 5:4, which will also be addressed in a moment." And then make the claim: "It is my belief, based on my own careful reading and studying of Genesis, that God did in fact create other people, likely before he created Adam and Eve, and that these others are the ones Cain feared and married." So you imply that adding to the Word is wrong but still do it? Where does God tell us there were others before Adam and Eve? Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Does it say "created man" or "re-created man" Are you adding, changing or simply misusing the Word? WOS |
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363 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Hebrews | Wild Olive Shoot | 174580 | ||
Dear FytRobert, You state: “but his suffering was effected before he realised his wrong doings and asked for forgiveness.” Do you believe that David thought adultery and murder were acceptable? I’m quite sure he knew it was wrong as he tried to hide and cover what he had done from the eyes of men. Look at Psalm 51, written after or during the events that took place in 2Samuel 12. The chronology (lacking of a more identifying term) of these events as put forth by God in His Word is that David sinned (2Sa 11:4, 2Sa 11:15), was convicted and acknowledged and confessed his sin (2Sa 12:7, 2Sa 12:13), was forgiven (2Sa 12:13) but still suffered the consequences immediately and for years to come (2Sa 12:10, 2Sa 12:11, 2Sa 12:14). That’s how it is recorded as I read. Note that 2Sa 12:10 and 2Sa 12:11 were announced prior to David’s confession and 2Sa 12:14 was after. Nathan announced the death of the child after David’s confession. Concerning your two “systems” as stated, the need to ask for forgiveness is not appropriate. Forgiveness is granted through Christ. If I would insert confession in place of forgiveness, I see both “systems” as being applicable. My friend, just look around you and it won’t be but a minute before you see the consequences of sin in both the saved an unsaved. For the saved however, these consequences are temporal. For the lost, I would surmise that they could be both temporal and spiritual. Not to go too far off track, we still suffer the consequences of Adam’s sin do we not? Just my thoughts. WOS |
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364 | how do we overcome the lust of the world | James 4:10 | Wild Olive Shoot | 174554 | ||
Dear Steveec, Welcome to the forum. The following comes to mind in answer to your question. In overcoming the lusts of this world, we must acknowledge that it is something that cannot be done of ourselves alone. James 4:7-10: 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. “Jam 4:10 - Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,.... Which is done, when men, before the Lord, and from their hearts, and in the sincerity of their souls, acknowledge their meanness and unworthiness, their vileness, sinfulness, and wretchedness, and implore the grace and mercy of God in Christ, as did Abraham, Jacob, Job, Isaiah, Paul, and the publican; and when they walk humbly with God, acknowledging they can do nothing without him; owning their dependence on his grace, and ascribing all they have, and are, unto it:” – John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible 1John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. “God, who dwells in your hearts, and by whose strength and grace alone you have been enabled to achieve this victory, is more mighty than Satan, who rules in the hearts of the people of this world, and whose seductive arts are seen in the efforts of these false teachers. The apostle meant to say that it was by no power of their own that they achieved this victory, but it was to be traced solely to the fact that God dwelt among them, and had preserved them by his grace. What was true then is true now. He who dwells in the hearts of Christians by his Spirit, is infinitely more mighty than Satan, “the ruler of the darkness of this world;” and victory, therefore, over all his arts and temptations may be sure. In his conflicts with sin, temptation, and error, the Christian should never despair, for his God will insure him the victory.” – Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Romans 8:35-39: 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. …” strength to perform duty and to bear sufferings is in Christ, and which he communicates to his people; he strengthens them with strength in their souls, internally, as the word here used signifies; by virtue of which they can do whatever he enjoins them or calls them to, though without him they can do nothing.” John Gill WOS John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. |
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365 | Why effects of forgiven sins? | Hebrews | Wild Olive Shoot | 174532 | ||
Dear FytRobert, You can look to 2 Samuel Chapter 12 for an example of what lionheart is referring to, specifically 2 Samuel 12:7 - 25. Although David was still punished for what he had done and had to suffer the consequences of his evil acts, we know that ultimately, he was forgiven of these acts. 2Samuel 12:13, 14: 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. WOS |
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366 | Why is Jesus Not called the Messiah? | 1 John 5:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 174233 | ||
The following is taken from Easton's Bible Dictionary: "Christ Anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered “Messiah” (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament. It denotes that he was anointed or consecrated to his great redemptive work as Prophet, Priest, and King of his people. He is Jesus the Christ (Act_17:3; Act_18:5; Mat_22:42), the Anointed One. He is thus spoken of by Isaiah (Isa_61:1), and by Daniel (Dan_9:24-26), who styles him “Messiah the Prince.” The Messiah is the same person as “the seed of the woman” (Gen_3:15), “the seed of Abraham” (Gen_22:18), the “Prophet like unto Moses” (Deu_18:15), “the priest after the order of Melchizedek” (Psa_110:4), “the rod out of the stem of Jesse” (Isa_11:1, Isa_11:10), the “Immanuel,” the virgin's son (Isa_7:14), “the branch of Jehovah” (Isa_4:2), and “the messenger of the covenant” (Mal_3:1). This is he “of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write.” The Old Testament Scripture is full of prophetic declarations regarding the Great Deliverer and the work he was to accomplish. Jesus the Christ is Jesus the Great Deliverer, the Anointed One, the Saviour of men. This name denotes that Jesus was divinely appointed, commissioned, and accredited as the Saviour of men (Heb_5:4; Isa_11:2-4; Isa_49:6; Joh_5:37; Act_2:22). To believe that “Jesus is the Christ” is to believe that he is the Anointed, the Messiah of the prophets, the Saviour sent of God, that he was, in a word, what he claimed to be. This is to believe the gospel, by the faith of which alone men can be brought unto God. That Jesus is the Christ is the testimony of God, and the faith of this constitutes a Christian (1Co_12:3; 1Jo_5:1)." Welcome to the forum. WOS |
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367 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173834 | ||
So wrong my friend. James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. Romans 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Romans 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. WOS |
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368 | Remaking of the Will | Rom 8:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173668 | ||
Brother Mark, I think what we learn is that the criterion simply is God’s sovereign choice. He calls as He pleases. Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, I’ll offer the following to support that claim. 2Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, Ephesians 1:3-6: 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 2Thessalonians 2:13, 14: 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Peter 1:2: Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Actually, my post wasn’t intended to support either side of the discussion. I was simply posting in reference to the question you raised concerning Jeremiah 18:6 and the applicability to individuals. You and I have discussed somewhat in depth, I think, our thoughts pertaining to the will of man and God specifically at regeneration, so I have a pretty good impression of where you currently stand regarding the “remaking of the will”. Again, my post was only in reference to the verse from Jeremiah that was quoted. I haven’t been following closely enough or sadly, put forth much effort for any further discernment on the topic. You’ll excuse my brevity on that account? Just one quick thought however pertaining to God’s instructions of choosing Him, don’t you think that rather than putting the ultimate choice out of His sovereign hands that He is simply commanding obedience and then enables us to carry it out? Just a thought. WOS |
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369 | Remaking of the Will | Rom 8:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173660 | ||
Dear Brother Mark, Referencing Jeremiah 18:6 you asked: “These are God's words to a nation. Does God make the same statement in a form and context applicible individually to each person?” Have you considered God’s word through Paul? Romans 9:20-24: 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? WOS |
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370 | bronze serpent | Num 21:9 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173251 | ||
Medical symbol: A staff or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios), the ancient mythical god of medicine. His Greek name was Asklepios and his Roman name was Aesculapius. In reality, Asklepios may have once lived and been renowned for his gentle, humane remedies and his humane treatment of the mentally ill. His followers established temples called asclepions, temples of Asklepios, temples of healing. The greatest asklepion was in a grove of trees south of Corinth, Greece where the sick had to spend a night while the proper remedies were revealed during a dream to the priests of the temple and the cured had to make a suitable sacrifice (usually a rooster) to the god. According to mythology, Asculapius had a number of children including Hygieia, the goddess of health (from whose name comes the word "hygiene") and Panaceia, the goddess of healing (from whose name comes por word "panacea" for a universal remedy). Today, the staff of Aesculapius is a commonly used symbol of medicine. It is the symbol of the American Medical Association (AMA) and many other medical societies. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey(equals)7863 I fail to see how homage to false gods has anything to do with Christ. The serpent as intended in the logo of the medicinal fields is not a reference to Christ, just the opposite. Because it is similar to something spoke of in our Bible, does not impy that was the intended use. WOS |
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371 | The Law of Moses has been abrogated | Matt 5:17 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173192 | ||
Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. Romans 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 1Timothy 1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; “but of the moral law, which must needs be good, since the author of it is God, who is only good; and nothing but good can come from him: the law, strictly moral, is a copy of his nature, transcribed out of himself, as well as with his own hands; and is a declaration of his will, and is stamped with his authority, and therefore must be good: the matter of it is good, it contains good, yea, great and excellent things; the matter of it is honestly and morally good, as to love mercy, do justice, and walk humbly with God: and it is pleasantly good to a regenerate man, who loves it, and delights in it after the inner man, and serves it with his spirit; though the carnal mind cannot be subject to it, but rejects it, and rebels against it: and it is also profitably good; for though obedience to it is not profitable to God, yet it is to men; and though eternal life is not obtained hereby, nor any reward given for keeping it, yet in keeping it there is a reward; and that peace is enjoyed, which the transgressors of it are strangers to: it is good in the uses of it, both to sinners and to saints. To sinners it is useful for the knowledge of sin, to convince of it, and bring them to a sense of it, and concern for it, which is effectually done, when the Spirit of God sets in with it, or brings this commandment home to the heart; and if it has not this use, it is sometimes a means of restraining men from sin, which is the use of civil laws among men; and if it has not this, it is of use however to accuse men rightly of sin, and to pronounce justly guilty before God for it, to curse them as they deserve it, and to sentence to condemnation and death: and to believers it is of use, though they are not under it as in the hands of Moses, and as a covenant of works, and are freed from its curse and condemnation, and under no obligation to seek for life and righteousness by it; to them it is of use, to point out to them what is the will of God, and what should be done, and not done; and it is a rule of walk and conversation to them, as in the hands of Christ; and is as a glass to them to behold their own deformity, the impurity of their nature, the plague of their own hearts, and the imperfection of their obedience; by which they see the insufficiency of their own righteousness, how far they are from perfection, and what carnal creatures they are, when compared with this law: and as this serves to put them out of conceit with themselves, so it tends to make Christ and his righteousness more lovely and valuable in their esteem; who has wrought out a righteousness as broad and as long as the law is, and by which it is magnified and made honourable, and has delivered them from its curse and condemnation. And this law is good as it is holy, in its author, nature, and use; and as it is just, requiring just things, and doing that which is just, by acquitting those who are interested in Christ's righteousness, and in condemning those that have no righteousness; and as it is a spiritual and perfect law, which reaches the spirit and soul of man, and is concerned with inward thoughts and motions, as well as outward actions; and especially the end of it, the fulfilling end of it is good, which is Jesus Christ, who was made under it, came to fulfil it, and has answered all the demands of it: so that it must be good, and which cannot be denied, if a man use it lawfully; for if it is used in order to obtain life, righteousness, and salvation by the works of it, or by obedience to it, it is used unlawfully: for the law does not give life, nor can righteousness come by it; nor are, or can men be saved by the works of it; to use the law for such purposes, is to abuse it, as the false teachers did, and make that which is good in itself, and in its proper use, to do what is evil; namely, to obscure and frustrate the grace of God, and make null and void the sufferings and death of Christ. A lawful use of the law is to obey it, as in the hands of Christ, the King of saints, and lawgiver in his church, from a principle of love to him, in the exercise of faith on him, without any mercenary selfish views, without trusting to, or depending on, what is done in obedience to it, but with a view to the glory of God, to testify our subjection to Christ, and our gratitude to him for favours received from him.” – John Gill |
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372 | Can you break the OT Law? | Matt 5:17 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173191 | ||
“The moral law, in its purity and perfection, was written on the heart of Adam in his first creation; was sadly obliterated by his sin and fall; upon several accounts, and to answer various purposes, a system of laws was written on tables of stone for the use of the Israelites; and in regeneration the law is reinscribed on the hearts of God's people; and even among the Gentiles, and in their hearts, there are some remains of the old law and light of nature, which as by their outward conduct appears, so by the inward motions of their minds,” – John Gill Romans 2:11-16: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. So then to the Gentiles who had not the Law of the Jews, what Law was written upon their hearts? What laws are written upon the hearts of the regenerated? Christ fulfilled the Law. We are no longer enslaved by it, to be condemned by it because we can’t live to the letter of it. His own words tell us He did not come to abolish it, so why is it so many now feel the Law, the moral Law of God, is void? WOS |
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373 | Can you break the OT Law? | Matt 5:17 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173171 | ||
Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. “Turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness - Abusing the doctrines of grace so as to give indulgence to corrupt and carnal propensities. That is, probably, they gave this form to their teaching, as Antinomians have often done, that by the gospel they were released from the obligations of the law, and might give indulgence to their sinful passions in order that grace might abound. Antinomianism began early in the world, and has always had a wide prevalence. The liability of the doctrines of grace to be thus abused was foreseen by Paul, and against such abuse he earnestly sought to guard the Christians of his time, Rom_6:1, following.” – Albert Barnes Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 1John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. “if we keep his commandments; not the commandments of men, for the keeping of them arises from ignorance of God, and is a proof of it; nor the commandments of the ceremonial law, which are abolished, particularly circumcision, which is opposed to the keeping of the commandments of God, 1Co_7:19; but either those of the moral law, and which are more particularly the commandments of God the Father; the observance of which, though it cannot be with perfection, yet being in faith, and from love to God, and with a view to his glory, is an evidence of the true knowledge of him and of his will: or else those commandments, which are more especially the commandments of Christ Jesus; such as the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's supper, which are peculiar to the Gospel dispensation; and which being kept as they were delivered by Christ, and in his name and strength, and to his glory, without depending on them for life and salvation, is an argument and proof of the right knowledge of him; and particularly his new commandment of loving one another may be chiefly designed, that being what the apostle has greatly in view throughout this epistle…” – John Gill If nine of the Ten Commandments are repeated in the New Testament, then please explain how “technically” they are not applicable to Christians? WOS |
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374 | The Law of Moses has been abrogated | Matt 5:17 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173169 | ||
Along with what Doc posted in ID# 173168: “The notion that no law is binding on the Christian is a classic form of antinomianism. This type of thinking sets grace against law, as if the two were antithetical. It has some dire theological consequences. It is crucial to understand that in terms of moral standards, grace does not permit what the law prohibits. "Grace" never signifies the lowering of God's moral demands. The word grace in scripture signifies a lot of things, but licentiousness is not one of them. In fact, those who turn the grace of God into promiscuity are expressly condemned as false teachers (Jude 4).– John MacArthur: WOS |
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375 | The Law of Moses has been abrogated | Matt 5:17 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173163 | ||
So then tell me what these "new laws" are. You state that there is a change of the law, that now there is the law of Christ... Tell me what you believe these to be. And also let me know which "OT" laws you find acceptable to disregard and not adhere to. Do you worship idols? Is it okay to murder? Is aldultery now acceptable? And so on. WOS |
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376 | seeking God | Is 43:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173053 | ||
Before accepting this free publication as has been suggested in this thread, please see the following: Check out the following: http://www.blueletterbible.org/knowgod.html And then the following: http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/cults/rajwd/index.html http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/cults/exposejw/index.html http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/cults/acts/acts_jw.html WOS |
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377 | What say you? | Bible general Archive 3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173026 | ||
Romans 3:9,10: 9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. Isaiah 53:3-6: 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:11, 12: 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. “John 19:16 says, "Then delivered he Him, therefore, unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away."… …“One important word in verse 16 is the word "delivered." Pilate "delivered" Jesus to be crucified. Romans 8:32 says, "He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all...." Who delivered Jesus? Not only the governor of Judea, but the Governor of the universe. You say, "Does that mean Pilate and God were working together?" Exactly. In no way does the vileness, unbelief, cowardice, or sin of Pilate alter the plan of God. God's plans are on schedule, whether they operate through sinful men or holy men. God is the author of history. So, God delivered over Jesus, as well as Pilate. The Bible says that He "was delivered for our offenses" (Rom. 4:25a). What men mean for evil, God means for good; and He makes the wrath of men to praise Him (Ps. 76:10a). So many people have the mistaken idea that if you are a sinful man, you will foul up God's plans. Not in any way. God works through men, holy or sinful.” – John MacArthur (Crucifixion and Resurrection / The Crucifixion--Part 1) http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/sg1574.htm “We often think that Jesus bore our sins only when He died, but He also bore our sins in His pain and suffering. He was bearing sin even when He was still alive on the cross. And I also believe that when He was scourged, He was bearing the punishment of sin. Isaiah 53:5 says, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities...." Even when they hit Him in the face, He was suffering for sin. Isaiah 53:5 concludes: "...the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed." His suffering did not just begin on the cross, it began with all of the punches, the spit, and all of the punishment He suffered prior to the cross.” – John MacArthur (Crucifixion and Resurrection / Shall I Crucify Your King?) http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/sg1573.htm In OUR depravity, we must share the responsibility that under divine direction, Christ was crucified for OUR sins, to set US free, to save US. WOS John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. |
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378 | What day is the Sabbath? | Heb 4:9 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173006 | ||
Ray Stedman discussed some very good points concerning the Saturday Sabbath, the Old Testament Sabbath in “The Seventh Day” by Ray C. Stedman. You can see in its entirety at the following link: http://www.pbc.org/library/files/html/0310.html He speaks of the Sabbath as being a “shadow” of the rest we have in Christ. This as well as the other Old Testament shadows looked forward to Christ as He fulfilled and ended them. “When the work of Jesus Christ was finished the shadows were no longer needed.” – Ray C. Stedman Colossians 2:16,17: 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Hebrews 4:8-10: 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. WOS |
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379 | why do the people put down the jews | Bible general Archive 3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 172969 | ||
Are you proclaiming your innocence? Can you elaborate on the “awful crimes” that have been committed? WOS |
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380 | What is the history behind the Holy Trin | Gen 1:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 172633 | ||
Seems like you don’t quite live up to your user name. http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id(equals)215 Replace (equals) with its proper symbol. Please pay this site a visit. WOS |
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