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41 | What gave paul such confidence. | Rom 8:38 | JCrichton | 150454 | ||
Hi, Shael! Paul recognizes that Jesus is God... he does not see a subdivision of God and gods... Jesus is God and God is Omnipotent! (Galatians 1:11-21; Acts 9:1-18; 22:1-21; 1 Corinthians 15:1-58) God Bless! Angel |
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42 | why does paul pray for the inner | Eph 3:17 | JCrichton | 150451 | ||
Hi, Shael! It is our calling! Jesus is God... as God He had no reason to pray to the Father... but He came to teach us, not just to die on the cross... so it was necessary for Him as a Jewish Man to obey the Word of God, to be circumcised, to be baptized, to lead a life of obedience to Joseph and Mary, to be in constant prayer and study of the Word... We are composed of two natures: a spiritual nature and a physical nature... the inner man, our spiritual being needs as much if not more nourishment than our outer man... Paul wants us to seek to be in Jesus not just to say we are of Jesus! God Bless! Angel |
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43 | Rebuking using the pulpit. | Heb 13:17 | JCrichton | 150312 | ||
Hi, ROD! I do not know the intent of your pastor so I cannot judge him... this said... unless a member of any congregation (be he/she a tyro or a leader) is behaving in a disruptive manner or is fomenting dissension or other anti-Christian doctrines the pulpit is the last recouse to address any matter! When resolving problems in the Body of Christ we are called to speak directly to the individual/s in a one-to-one session; if this does not work, we are to bring another couple of ministers (brethren) to further discuss the situation and seek an amicable solution... if this still does not work, then we are commanded to bring it to the Church... finally, if nothing works, the person who refuses to maintain peace in the Body must be removed (ousted) from the congregation: 15"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' 17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. (Matthew 18:15-17) Of course, Jesus is not talking about a person with the intent to damage the Church... a minister of the Word (a Chrisitian) is obliged to behave accordingly... but those who minister to the ministers (deacons, priests, elders/bishops) are held at a higher level of responsibility and are commanded to be exemplary members of the Body: Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. (James 3:1) 19Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses. 20Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take warning. (1 Timothy 5:19-20) So, as Doc suggested, look inward, test your spirit... humble yourself to God if you are found wanting... and pray for both your spiritual and your brother/s spiritual well-being... if the error is not found in you, seek correction, in love and humility... offering your prayers to God so that the Holy Spirit may enlighten your congregation and that the problem may evaporate from within your midst! If you've not done so yet, begin an intense life of prayer and Bible Study... seeking the assistant of your brothers in Christ... remember that the battle is not against man, made of flesh and blood, but against spiritual beings bent on bringing chaos and schisms into the Body of Christ!: 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. (Ephesians 6:11-13) God Bless! Angel |
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44 | use of the forum-Babtism of the Holy Spi | Matt 3:11 | JCrichton | 150235 | ||
Hi, regguh! That is precisely the reason why forums like this one exist... to aide in the learning/exchange of the Word! Feel free to bring all of your Scriptural queries to this forum... remember to take time to study the replies and to do personal in-depth Bible study comparing the various replies to the Holy Scripture. God Bless! Angel |
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45 | accepting a non-beleiver | John 6:44 | JCrichton | 150232 | ||
Hi, Sent by God! You ask how you can do it... you chose "Sent by God" as your screen name... if placed together you have an excellent answer... A Christian does not only preach to others by citing the Holy Scripture... a Christian preaches, loudly, by being in fellowship with Christ... who you are in Christ will speak volumes to those around you... granted, at first, there's the clashing of the Holy Spirit and of the flesh... so the more that you emulate Christ the more that others around you will notice you as either their friend (if they are Christians) or their nemesis (if they are borderline believers or nonbelievers)... your housemate seems to be at the opposite end of beliefs... First, you must accept that you, personally, may not be able to bring him to the Lord... knowing this, it is your responsibility, as a Christian, to strive to bring others to Christ, which includes your present situation... Preach to him, actively, with your actions (stay the course, do not allow his ignorance of Christ anger you or disuade you from your faith, do not curb your expression of your Christianity with the pretense of not forcing your beliefs on others, be a witness to Christ every single time that He calls you to witness for Him...); preach to your friend, passively, through prayers... constant prayers (pray for his understanding, pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance and enlightenment, pray for patience and eloquence, pray for understanding and faith...); lastly, take on any challange that might arise to educate him, as yourself, with the use of the Holy Scripture... sometimes, even the most intelligent people fall short of knowing Christ because they are coasting on the old he said, she said... serious study of the Holy Scripture is not only is explosive and expounding, leading us, always, to the Truth... "a mind is a terrible thing to waste..." a mind without knowledge of God is the epitome of waste. God Bless! Angel |
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46 | Can anyone tell how he understand that? | John 6:54 | JCrichton | 150230 | ||
Hi, Jean! Many times we read Scriptural passages and attempt to understand then in their solitary existence... a dictionary is an excellent source of single value, single unit format... however, the Holy Scripture is meant as a whole unit interdependent of its entirety... When Jesus commands His disciples to eat His flesh and drink His blood, it is not the Pharisees and Sadducees that have a problem with His language, it is His general discipleship... When we divorce Scripture from Scripture anything is plausible and nothing is correct/incorrect... Jesus tells His disciples to eat His flesh and drink His blood and when the majority of them decide that He is preaching about canivalism and they remove themselves from the scene, Jesus does not call them back to correct His error in expressing such a shocking demand... Years later Paul does not make a distinction between Jesus command to eat His flesh and drink His blood as a symbolic gesture... He emphasizes that to eat His flesh and drink His blood is a matter of obedience and worship and that those who partake of such event unworthily are subject to judgment: 17In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval. 20When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat, 21for as you eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anybody else. One remains hungry, another gets drunk. 22Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not! 23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." 25In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. 32When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world. 33So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other. 34If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. (1 Corinthians 11:17-33) Participation in the eating and drinking of the Lord's body and blood is not mere symbolic gesture... and it did not die off at the Lord's supper... it is a perennial celebration till the Lord's return!: 14Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. 18Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 19Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. 22Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he? (1 Corinthians 10:14-21) Coming together and sharing the Lord's supper is not a symbolic "feel good" moment for Christians nor is it an "option to do or not to do..." as Paul said, it is a participation in the Body of Christ! God Bless! Angel |
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47 | Christains already Saints | NT general Archive 1 | JCrichton | 150224 | ||
Hi, regguh! Christians are already saints... in the sense that they strive to live in perfection (Christ's)... however, today's believers differ from the early Church's believers in that we mostly seek shortcuts and they mostly sought to live in Christ... so it was a simple thing to hear Peter, Paul or John call themselves saints or call the others saints... not because they thought that they were more spiritually advanced than others but because they lived the Word... and when an issue arose, they did not allow error to proliferate into subcultures and schisms... When we gather (2 or 3) Jesus should be among us... but today we find that Christian gather and split... gather and criticize... gather and complaint... gather and embrace secularism... gather and embrace polytheism... gather and distort Scripture... gather and celebrate the alteration of the Word of God... Clearly, we are called to be holy by the Holy One... clearly, we are falling short (as a body) of the Body of Christ! The Catholic Church's view of saints is that those who live the Word and worked for the Kingdom emulating and serving Christ are exemplary members of the Body of Christ and they are rendered as proof that man can obey God and live according to His Will! God Bless! Angel |
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48 | Take Him for His Word | Matt 24:2 | JCrichton | 150223 | ||
Hi, MJH! When reading Scriptural prophecies we discover that usually there are several layers of revelations... some deal with the immediate time frame of the prophets; some deal with a near future; still others with a distant or very distant future... So when Jesus says that the Temple will be destroyed and that not one stone (rock) will be left upon another... it is so! When the prophets prior to Jesus' incarnation speak of a Temple not yet built... it could very well be not the physical building but the form of worship that it was demanded by God from the Israelites (Hebrews) way back when... He prophesied that the Hebrews would stubbornly reject Him and that He would make a nation onto Himself of those that were not His people... God also said that He would keep a Remnant that stayed loyal to Him and from that Remnant the shoot of Jessie would bring forth the Eternal King! While introducing the Kingdom of Heaven Jesus told the Samaritan woman that there would come a time (and that the hour was at hand) that neither in the Temple nor in the mountains God would be worshipped... He revealed that God is Spirit and those that worship Him would worship in Spirit in Truth. (John 4:19-26) There is a distinct progression in the constitution of the Temple... In the Old Testament Temple worship was very individualized... a certain person would become entrusted with a direct revelation/interaction with God and he would build a temple/monument to God... when the Hebrews were liberated from Egypt they went into the desert to worship... there was no building... so the Tent of the Covenant where the Ark rested was the Temple... centuries passed before Salomon constructed the first fixed Temple... When Jesus, the Anointed One, came He declared that the Holy Spirit, the Father and He Himself would abide in the Believers... we are the Temple of the Living God! (1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19-20; Ephesians 2:19-22) Still, Revelation tells us that the Father and the Lamb are the Temple of the Great City, the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:9-22)... I would suggest that this is that Temple not yet built! God Bless! Angel |
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49 | is there a mention in the bible of jesus | Eph 4:8 | JCrichton | 149787 | ||
Hi, hawkeye389! Peter speaks on this in 1 Peter 3:18-20 and 4:6: 18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19through whom[a] also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, (1 Peter 3:18-20) 6For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit. (1 Peter 4:6) You can also cross-reference with Romans 10:6-7 and Ephesians 4:8-10... Sadly, not everyone agrees on these passages... some claiming that Jesus rescued angels or other beings, still others suggesting that it is a symbolic reference to Christinas... However, consider Peter's reference to those that died during the time of God's patience... and his reference to Noah and to those who at that time disobeyed (surely humans who were in fellowship with God did not die in disobedience, and Satan and his minions rejected God's Authority and were cast out never to regain their place--they refuse to humble themselves to God's Authority)... as Peter says only 8 survived the flood and since most did not understand anything about Jesus' incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension the greatest probability is that Jesus preached to those in the spirit so that they two would have an opportunity to be saved; Peter, of corse, does not claim that all received Jesus and were saved... he simply state that Jesus preached to them... Further, there is no mention in when exactly did Jesus preaching took place (right after His death, just before His resurrection, during the very first day, at the cross when He granted citizenship to one of the men crucified with Him...); the possibilities are wide and varied as God's Authority and Might! God Bless! Angel |
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50 | What was the thing that made them proud? | 1 Cor 5:1 | JCrichton | 149786 | ||
Hi! Paul is referring to their collective treatment of the sins committed by some in the congregation... instead of correcting the errors, everyone (or most everyone) is looking the other way--perhaps, as all "good ole" boy/girl networks, they were not only looking the other way but making excuses as they attempted to justify the unrighteous behavior (sexual immorality) or even celebrate their various conquests as something that would equal or best the pagans about them... Paul, as Christ Jesus, is demanding from them a greater commitment to God's Commandments; a determination to stay the course... to remove from within them the carcinogen and to return the Body to its healthy spiritual state... It is their arrogance to continue in the flesh while professing that they are Christians that Paul calls "pride" ("you are still proud")... Even today we can see that the Body of Christ suffers through such episodes as some who call themselves "Christians" do not only look the other way as more and more people impose their morality on the Church and the Holy Scriptures, but they actually help tear down the Body of Christ under the guise of "tolerance" or "God loves all men as they are..." or something similar to those fallacies! God Bless! Angel |
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51 | Jehovah- who and what ? | Ex 3:14 | JCrichton | 149693 | ||
Hi, Hope and Dreams! ...just adding to Hank's post... His purpose is to protect us and save us from the consequences of sin (death): Matthew 23:37; John 3:16-17; Romans 8:3-17; Philippians 2:5-11; 1 Corinthians 1:17-31; John 1:1-5, 9-14; God Bless! Angel |
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52 | Specific Prophetic Guarantees | Heb 6:18 | JCrichton | 149584 | ||
Hi, Loran James! I forgot my Scriptural quotes... Jesus was very adamant about His prophecies: Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. (Matthew 24:35) God's Word is fulfilled: so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11) God's Word is His Bond! God Bless! Angel |
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53 | Specific Prophetic Guarantees | Heb 6:18 | JCrichton | 149583 | ||
Hi, Loran James! There are God's prophecies and man's prophecies... Man's are just like the daily horoscope (just as an example--it is a sinful activity to engage in that religion) or the daily weather prognostication: anything could happen, might happen or nothing happens... some of the times, man's prophecies are educated guesses... most of the times not even that... God's prophecies are God's revelations of things that will happen at a scheduled time, according to God's Will... As an example: Jesus told the disciples, around AD 33, that the Temple (Israel's major place of worship) would be destroyed and that not one stone on top of a stone would be left... on AD 70 the Romans suppressed a Jewish rebellion and they saw it necessary to destroy their Temple (till then, they had tolerated Israel's religious practrices within the Roman empire)... it's been nearly two thousand years and Temple has remained as Jesus fortold! God Bless! Angel |
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54 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149582 | ||
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55 | Forgive but don't forget | NT general Archive 1 | JCrichton | 149578 | ||
Hi, 3cooks! There's no such Scripture! Just like God helps those who help themselves or money being the root of all evil... much of the sentiment is Biblical but the words have been diluted or altered... When a repentant sinner comes to God asking for forgiveness, God does not make a list of the sins/acts committed, He simply looks into the person's mind and spirit and discerns that person's veracity... once forgiven God will not recall the sin nor hold it over the repentant's head... That's how God is: 18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; 20 but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. (Isaiah 1:18-20) 21 "But if a wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. 22 None of the offenses he has committed will be remembered against him. Because of the righteous things he has done, he will live. 23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live? 24 "But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked man does, will he live? None of the righteous things he has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness he is guilty of and because of the sins he has committed, he will die. (Ezekiel 18:21-24) God desires our fellowship, and though He is a vengeful God, He is not a petty God: He is able to forgive and forget! Jesus called us to emulate Him and He gave us a little window on how we are to proceed in God: "...forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us..." Can we forgive and forget? The spirit is willing but the body may not allow it!... yet, if we allow Jesus Christ to rule us, the Holy Spirit would make it a blank slate every time that we forgive others... it is how we should behave! We must forgive as we want God to forgive us... the same mercy that we employ will be measured onto us by God... the same love... the same judgment... the same apathy... the same empathy... Jesus, when asked by Peter how many times we should forgive told him not 7 times but 70 times 7 (...by the time we calculate past the x amount we would have forgotten how many times and just go on emulating our Heavenly Father!); remember the old adage... "practice..." God Bless! Angel |
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56 | Well, is it is good that this is restric | Job 31:1 | JCrichton | 149574 | ||
Hi, Curtis Neeley! Part of the problem you are having is that you are separating God from life... When a person believes in God, God exists in every part of that person's life! Sadly, some people create a conglomerate of doctrines and attempt to identify their mixture as a Christian doctrine... so it is easy to get confused about God, His Ways, Christ, Redemption, Salvation, and Christian worship... Nudity is not a debatable issue! God forbids it, and that is final! Does God distinguish between art nudity and sensual nudity? Yes! But the problem is not what God thinks about nudity... the problem is man's capacity for misusing his liberty... Adam and Eve you know about... but did you understand it? God did not react to their nudity (as we know they were nude before they became aware of it) God objects to how we process the knowledge that we possess: Adam and Eve hid from God because they became aware of their nakedness and understood their sexuality! Our nakedness in Scripture is not seen as a sign of artistic beauty but as a sing of sexuality or disgrace: Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one." (Isaiah 47:3) Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day," declares the LORD. (Amos 2:16) These (above) examples deal with the everyday life of Israel (the people of God)... following is a list of passages that deal with doctrinal (worship) statues: Genisis 9:22-23; Exodus 20:26; 28:42; 32:25-28; Leviticus 16:4; 18:6-19; 20:11, 17-19, 21; As for Jesus incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension... we cannot dictate morals to God... it is the other way around! If God chose to come to us in a body similar to ours, if He chose to die in our stead, if He chose to become the Sacrificial Gift... who are we to judge Him... Now... to renounce God because other people do not agree with our personal expressions or to reject God because others reject us or to return to past sins because we feel hurt by the judgment of others... it is a grave error from which we may never recover... you see?... it is not God that condemns us to Hell... it is we who choose our selves and our own ways instead of God and His Way! If you truly reject God (are in disbelief)... I suggest that you read the Bible... slowly; start with John, then 1st and 2nd John, then Matthew, then Galatians and Ephesians; from there go to Hebrews, James, 1st and 2nd Peter, then Jude... once done with these start with the Old Testament books--combine a reading from Genesis, Psalms, and the corresponding Scripture in the New Testament books (you must have a Bible with a built-in concordance or use both a Bible and a concordance)... every single time that you start your Bible study begin by asking God to allow the Holy Spirit to guide you and enlighten you... Remember that we are called to humble ourselves to Christ, and He will exalt us! God Bless! Angel |
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57 | 12 apostles? why? | Ex 28:21 | JCrichton | 149571 | ||
Hi, rickylee! The reason why twelve are chosen as disciples (later to be Apostles) is due to the twelve tribes of Israel (the twelve sons of Jacob)... During the Old Testatament (Old Covenant) Yahweh God established the twelve tribes as the people of Israel, His people... the Word incarnate, Jesus, came to His own and they did not receive Him (John 1:1-14); He came so that all may obtain God's mercy and thus He chose twelve disciples to represent the New Testament (New Covenant) and to maintain the line of the Promise (then to the children by blood/flesh of Abraham; in Jesus, children of Abraham by Faith). Read: Exodus 21:17-21; 24:4; 39:14 and Genesis 35:10-12. God Bless! Angel |
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58 | how's this relate to communication? | Mark 11:2 | JCrichton | 149502 | ||
Hi, ckj! Ray gave you an excellent adaptation on the selected Scripture... I would simply add that you should also look into other Scriptural passages that speak on how Christians are commanded to behave towards each other (and the world): Galatians 5:14-16; Ephisians 4:2-4; 32; Colossenses 3:16; Hebrews 3:13; James 1:19-20; 4:11-17; 5:12; These passages speak on our mode of conduct--the old adage "stick and stones..." was well-meaning but fell quite short of the truth... we can kill with a word (no not taking it out of Dune)... we can lie, cheat, corrupt, salvage or edify... it is all up to the words we choose to communicate to others and the veracity of our word (after all word is bond)... If you are slow to anger, quick to listen, and quick still to acknowledge others, as you share the truth, you will be communicating in an excellent plane... a Christian plane of existence! God Bless! Angel |
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59 | . | Job 31:1 | JCrichton | 149501 | ||
Hi, Curtis Neeley! I think that what you are asking is quite a tall order... there are many subjects that seem to be ignored by Scripture... however, taking into consideration that the Bible is a conglomeration of books on theological teachings, we can quickly dispense of any seeming gaps on doctrinal teachings... Jesus, while speaking to Israel explained that He did not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it... He proceeded to correct the erroneous teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees and in one particular occasion He taught on adultery... He told His listeners that man committed adultery not only by the actual engagement of a physical sexual intercourse, but that man committed adultery in his mind if he looked at a woman and desired her (Matthew 5:27-30) True, the female figure is appealing... and you may have excelled in your profession as a photographer... but consider this: * Will everyone looking at your artistic photographs view them in the same manner as you? * How many of the females you photographed were under-weight, over-weight, ethnic, short, old, not as aesthetically pleasing (ugly, deformed, missing appendages, bold, uneducated, destitute, etc.)... Sadly, society has determined only those female bodies that exude sexuality (perfect everything, even if cosmetically enhanced) are beautiful women... if your work reflects those values... you know that your were not in the field of acknowledging and respecting the female body as a work of art but as a work of sensuality or a commodity (something to be sold/exchange for power/wealth)... Now, if you examine the Holy Scripture in the terms I proposed you will find that you were not in a field that could please God!: 13You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. 14The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 15If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. 16So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. 19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. (Galatians 5:13-26) God Bless! Angel |
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60 | God being lonely? | Gen 1:1 | JCrichton | 149375 | ||
Hi, Greekbabe132! The problem here is that the poem was written by a creature who's lonelyness inspired him to seek spiritual oneness with His Creator... God is Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnipresent... He experiences us before we are conceived in our mothers' wombs, He searches us to the most infinite speck of our being, He dwells in each Believer, He is both Eternal (unchanging) and transcendant (able to leap...echo system, time constraints, planes of existence...), He created all that exists (both invisible and visible) and He keeps everything in its place... Some people boast about wearing several hats and being so busy that they need several cell phones in order to keep on top of things... His little job is to maintain the universe, keep track of humanity, listen to all the prayers, petitions, and complaints of both His servants and the hypocritical who deny His Authority when times are good and scream for His aide when things are bad... and then there's the Remnant (that group of Hebrews that still believe and obey)... Lonely? Only in the sence that deep inside we, humanity, long for His companionship! God Bless! Angel |
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