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401 | Rapture | 1 Thess 4:17 | stjohn | 216835 | ||
Dear CDBJ, Can you show scripturally that 1 Thes. 5:2 is in reference to those outside of Christ? I was under the impression that Thessalonians was written to believers. I was also taught that it is in reference to the fact that we should be ready at all times as though He could come at any time. So we are to prepare and be ready always, so when He does come, we will be looking for Him, and not be surprised as though He came as a thief in the night, and not be looking for something else like so many who are more interested in looking for the antichrist and not Christ. John |
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402 | Rapture | 1 Thess 4:17 | stjohn | 216818 | ||
Vintage, I don't really see why we wouldn't be here if nothing needs to be accomplished. He certainly could be just waiting as He has done in His great mercy and loving patience so many times before, for the iniquity of sinners to be complete (Genesis 15:16). And I didn't say I believed that there is not a single event, though I may lean that way I'm really not sure about it, but I merely implied that there is that possibility. It sure would put a lot of debate to rest though! By the way, Vintage, though I don't mind too much, I still don't really like to get into a discussion about Eschatology because, as you also have pointed out, (and especially here on the forum) it just calls for too much speculation. :-) I do for the most part like your reasoning on this though, it make sense to me too. And not too complicated too. I don't think our Father intended it to be that hard. I like what old Dr. H. A. Ironside said, at least I think it was him who said: "Our loving Father don't put the cookies on the top shelf where his kids cant reach them." Or something like that. :-) Thanks! John |
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403 | Rapture | 1 Thess 4:17 | stjohn | 216816 | ||
Dear Vintage, I agree with your post, and I think you did a good job in making your point with Scripture and keeping it simple. Many of the views of when these thing will happen are long, drawn out and, confusing, as far as I'm concerned. One this you said that I have to question though is your question: Aren't there a lot of events that need to be accomplished before the rapture?" Implying that somethings need to be accomplished before the Rapture can happen. I cant say for sure of course and I don't believe for a moment that anyone else can either, but I don't believe there are. :-) I also don't see anywhere in Scripture where it says that the Rapture is a single event. Just food for thought. :-) Thanks for a good old common sense post. John |
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404 | Rapture | 1 Thess 4:17 | stjohn | 216787 | ||
Good morning, grafted in, shalom. I apologize, I hope you don't think I'm being nosy, but, I couldn't help notice that you used the hebrew word for adversary (meaning Satan). Do you speak Hebrew? Perhaps you'd be so kind, grafted in, to fill out something in the user personal profile, so we can get to know you a little better? Where do you go to Church? :-) John |
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405 | I can't find the post with my link. | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 216715 | ||
Hi again insight, I just have one more friendly suggestion if you don't mind, sir. You don't need to post a response to a note as a 'question', you can just click on 'note' and the user you are responding to will be promptly and duly notified via email. This is not a rule, however, this convention does work very well, and makes it much easer to follow the thread. :-) Thanks! John |
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406 | I can't find the post with my link. | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 216714 | ||
Dear Insight, Sorry about the confusion, perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I was not referring to any of your posts, I was referring to the link in your personal profile. Sorry if I was not able to convey that thought. Please reread the TOU so that you are very familiar with it before you post. It does not say, by the way that there are no links allowed to websites at all, but, there are some restrictions. The fact that you ask for donations at your website, may make a bit of a conflict for Lockman, and that is also probably why your post was deleted and now just shows the tree dots (...) . Sorry. John |
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407 | How do you know when GOD is talking to y | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 216708 | ||
Amen, Azure! That's an excellent and very true point! We must be very careful indeed! Most, if not all charlatans and promulgators of heresy use the Word of God out of context, and twist it to fit their false doctrines. :-( John |
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408 | How do you know when GOD is talking to y | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 216706 | ||
Dear lionheart, I know you're right, of course. God speaks to us through His Word, "The Bible" but the thrust of this particular question, was: "lots of people will say listen to that quiet voice. But how can you detect that quiet voice, or are you just listening to your own thoughts?" So thats why I answered as I did and not just direct them to God's Word. But, I should probably have made that point as well, because His Word really is the only way we can be, 'one hundred percent sure' that it's God speaking to us. :-) John |
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409 | were all apostles writers | NT general | stjohn | 216701 | ||
Hi Mimmie, No, not all of the twelve (if thats what you mean) were writers of the Gospel. John Mark, and Dr. Luke, were not, and many of the twelve Apostles did not write anything that was recorded in the Holy Writ. Matthew, John, Peter, and Paul, (many include Paul, myself included) were the only Aposels that wrote in the Bible. John |
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410 | How do you know when GOD is talking to y | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 216696 | ||
Dear insight, Welcome to the forum! I noticed that your profile has an add for your website. Reviewing the Terms of Use, this practice is not allowed, especially, and particularly, since you ask for donations at this site. This forum is not a billboard to advertise our personal endeavors. Though our profiles are not on the pages of the forum proper, they are still part of the restricted area, which falls under the same rules, so it may be wise to remove your add. I'm sure Lockmam will appreciate it. :-) John |
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411 | more on the sin god hates? | Prov 9:10 | stjohn | 216695 | ||
Perhaps, and because that we do not know someone's heart, as only God does, we should focus more on the fact we are all sinners, in desperate need of a saviour, and not so much on His love for everyone, because this can lead some to a false hope, and, thus, resulting in a halfhearted conversion ("The 'fear' of the Lord in the beginning of wisdom" Proverbs 9:10, Psalm 111:10 ) Very dangerous to not understand reverence by the way, and the Churches today are full of those who don't understand the nature of their sin and indeed the nature of all men, in that we are not righteous at all, but only that righteousness in imparted only to those who believe in the Sacrifice of Jesus for our sins. He will fearsomely and eternally judge those who refuse His gift of salvation. Personally, I was told all my life how much God loved me, but it wasn't until I truly feared and revered Him that my heart turned to Him for forgiveness, and then received the free gift of salvation and a new birth. By the way, please click on note, it's not necessary to click on question to continue the tread, that way it's much easier for everyone to follow along. :-) John |
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412 | Does god hate one that doesn't believe | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 216692 | ||
LovemyLord, This is indeed a difficult dichotomy for our finite human minds to grasp, but Scripture does say that God hates some people, though John 3:16 says He so loved the world. John Gill puts it this way: "Ver. 16. For God so loved the world,.... The Persic version reads "men": but not every man in the world is here meant, or all the individuals of human nature; for all are not the objects of God's special love, which is here designed, as appears from the instance and evidence of it, the gift of his Son: nor is Christ God's gift to every one; for to whomsoever he gives his Son, he gives all things freely with him; which is not the case of every man. Nor is human nature here intended, in opposition to, and distinction from, the angelic nature; for though God has showed a regard to fallen men, and not to fallen angels, and has provided a Saviour for the one, and not for the other; and Christ has assumed the nature of men, and not angels; yet not for the sake of all men, but the spiritual seed of Abraham;" -Gill http://www.freegrace.net/gill/ I cant tell you that I fully understand it, because I don't, but I (we) just have to take some things on faith. (Deut 29:29) Here is something more that may help too: http://www.gotquestions.org/does-God-love-everyone.html John |
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413 | Christologically Pregnant Passages | Titus 2:13 | stjohn | 216688 | ||
Hi CDBJ, Amen, any way you look at it, it's GOD'S blood. Pretty simple if you ask me. :-) John |
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414 | god hates sin but loves the person | Ps 5:5 | stjohn | 216687 | ||
Hi Love... There is no such Scripture to attest to that, in fact, we see in Psalm 5:5, Mal 1:3, and Rom 9:13, that God indeed does not love sinners. He loves the believer that sins and is repentant (2 Cor 5:21) but does not love the reprobate, or unrepentant sinner, and will judge them righteously. I've read that that expression came form anywhere from Gandi the Hindu to, Ellen G. White the bazaro, unintelligible nut-case, (interestingly they were both heretics) so who knows where it came from, but it didn't come from the Bible. John |
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415 | Obey your leaders ? | Acts 5:29 | stjohn | 216670 | ||
Dear grafted, I don't mean to be picky here, and you are correct in saying that the people living in the greater part of the world at the time of Jesus and beyond to the early Church times had no recourse as to who their leaders would be, but they didn't have kings, they had Emperors, or, Caesars. Pretty much the same thing as a king, and it most often was also by birthright. Good post too though, 'well said', and I agree with you that we have a responsibility to keep our leaders honest. I'll leave it at that though, because you are right in saying you may have oversteped, (No problem though, it isn't the first time someone has done that. I don't think anyone will hang you :-)) this forum is not a platform for political debate or discussion, but as to our gracious hosts wishes and indeed their behest, SBF is intentionally and by design, exclusively incepted for the purpose of Bible study. John |
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416 | paul | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 216663 | ||
bpayne01, I think if Paul were writing to your Church today, he would probably be dealing with the issue of cheating on homework. :-( John |
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417 | Christologically Pregnant Passages | Titus 2:13 | stjohn | 216610 | ||
That was a great post, Tim! Thank you very much! Scripture really is, so remarkably clear and succinct on the issue of Jesus' deity, there can be no dispute. And yet, sadly, there are those whose eyes are blinded. :-( John 1:1 John |
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418 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216607 | ||
Thanks once again brother, for intervening with sound advice. Sheer weariness and exasperation has rendered me ill equipped to respond to such convoluted exegesis. Never ever heard anything even close to that one before. It's amazing what the mind of man can come up with! John |
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419 | So are you saying that your good thought | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 216587 | ||
There is no simple answer to that question. Why don't you ask Him? :-) You know, I was told by a wise old Pastor that, I didn't hear God's small voice talking to me, because I didn't shut up and listen. :-) | ||||||
420 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216579 | ||
Dear Vintage, You wrote: "You might say Eve was created in the image of God, but she wasn't she was created in the image of "MAN" Pardon me, Vintage, but not only might 'we' say she was created in the image of God, but God says she was created in the image of God. Not, the image of man! Now thats not only speculation but it goes against and says something that is not written in God's word. 'Sola Scripture', remember, it's in the Terms of Use you agreed to? Gen 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Notice it says, male and 'female' He created 'them' ? John |
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