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41 | Hermeneutical question | 2 Cor 8:9 | bowler | 206967 | ||
tachminite I pray this will help you. Always pray asking for the Holy Spirit to illuminate the text. First get the interpretation of the passage according to what the author's intent was to his audience. Ask questions of the text based on the text. Answer the questions working to resolve any problem areas and to get more information about the interpretation of the text. Exegetics has some steps that answers a series of questions. I won't outline what the step are, but there are three basic questions that have to be answered. What does this mean? - the interpretation comes only from what the author meant to his audience or it is not a literal interpretation. Is this true and do I believe it? - how is this valid - depending on how you did the first question will determine if what you came up with is valid - does it line up with what the rest of the Bible teaches and would someone else understand what you mean, if it doesn't line up, and if they wouldn't understand it, then don't necessarily believe you have the right interpretation. What difference does this make? - how do I apply this - based on a valid interpretation of what the author meant to his audience what should be the application, and are there more than one. Hermeneutics basically answers the question - Why does this matter? 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. For every single passage in the Bible there is a valid application based on the interpretation. The Bible is always speaks to the church today. blessings abound, bowler |
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42 | list of content questions | 2 Cor 9:1 | bowler | 206964 | ||
tachminite Searcher is making a realy important point there. Searcher also provided you with the questions to be asking that would also give you the answers for this post. In the question here you are again asking something different about the same subject. You first asked what the "problem" was, then you asked how to break down the paragraphs and apply them to the "argument". Now you are asking for a list of content questions for two whole passages that someone was unable to solve by the use of exegesis. That is a lot of exegesis and it is a lot of questions left over after doing the work to answer as many questions as arise from the text. That is as much work, although not as much, as your last question about these two passages. The intent of the author to his audience and the circumstances will answer most of the questions. But that work has to be done first before even getting one question to be asked of the text. After that you are left with the unanswered questions that appeared after answering everything that could have an answer. In the spirit of grace, I encourage you as you endeavor to study to be a minister, and will pray for you to suceed at what God has called you to do. In the love of Christ Jesus - Romans 15:20 And thus I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build on another man's foundation. 1 Corinthians 3:10-12 According to the grace of God which was given me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. 2 Timothy 2:5 Also if anyone competes as an athelete, he does not win the prize unelss he competes according to the rules. Be careful how you build. blessings about, bowler |
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43 | paragraph by paragraph analysis | 2 Cor 9:6 | bowler | 206960 | ||
tachminite In your first post on this same subject you asked about the overall problem in chapters 8 and 9. Now you have asked for something different about the same passages, a break down paragraph by paragraph and to provide how each paragraph relates to the "argument". I all fairness to others that would take up far too much space to do here. We sometimes inadvertantly tax the patience of others with long posts as questions or replies. I am not trying to represent others here, I am more so, trying to be thinking of others rather than jumping to answer a very good question. In all fairness to you, I would like to say that Bible study is not an easy thing to do, and having looked at your profile you are studying to be a minister, which is not ever easy. It might help if you took the"problem", as Paul is not making any theological "argument", nor is he having an "argument", and use that instead and try to apply each paragraph to the "problem". I outlined what the "problem" could be considered to be in the other question you had about this question. 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved of God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. blessings abound, bowler |
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44 | Question On Analysis of the problem | 2 Cor 9:15 | bowler | 206959 | ||
tachminite The word problem to some only means that there was a definite probelm that the audience had, or that the writer had with the audience. That is not all that the word "problem" means, however, when doing form criticism, or an advanced level Bible study. The word problem can refer to a problem that a church had internaly or with the writer. The word problem can mean differences between texts on the same subject. The word problem in form criticism can mean something else though, it can mean as little as a verse that needs clarification, or as much as reasons why the writer says something should be done in relation to the church not having done it yet, and there are many more things it means. In this last sense our regular understanding of the word problem does not apply. The word problem is being used to say that something needs to be understood more by the reader and not to say that the people involved necessarily had a "problem" with each other. This seems to be how you have used the word problem. I do not make great claims to know more than others, or you, or have "the" answers as opposed to others, including Searcher. Searcher made valid points there, very valid. In the sense that I have outlined it, there is a "problem" in chapters 8 and 9 of 2 Corinthians. The "problem" is that Corinth had made a commitment a year ago from when Paul was writing them to make their contribution to Jerusalem along with the other churches and had not finished doing it yet. - 2 Corinthians 10-12 The churches of Macedonia were poor churches and had finished getting together their contributions out of the "liberality" of their hearts. At this point in time the wealth of their contribution has exceeded their poverty and they wasted no time in readying the matter. The church at Corinth was doing better economicaly, and had promised a large gift. But, had not gotten their contribution ready and now it had been a year and it was time for the contribution to be already completed. Paul is writing to them to let them know that he is sending brethren to collect the money which they had already promised. 1 Corinthians 16:1-5 - Paul speaks of the collection for Jerusalem and tells Corinth to save some money at the first of each week for this same collection. We should be careful not to marry saving each week on the first day of the week, although it is a valid application to say that it means saving for every week's service, with Paul's original intent that Corinth save each week and put it away to have the collection for Jerusalem ready. Paul speaks in verse 5 of coming to Corinth after going to Macedonia. He was going to Macedonia to pick up the collection and was planning to proceed to Corinth to complete picking up collections. By the time we come to Romans 15:23-29 two years later Paul is still on his way to Jerusalem to bring the same collection he has been working on all along. The collection took a long time between the churches in Macedonia and Achaia, two Roman provinces in the north and south of Greece to be gotten ready, possibly because of waiting on Corinth. Paul makes a subtle plea in Romans 15:24 to be helped by them, he is most likely speaking of collecting money from the church at Rome to take to Spain. He makes an even subtler reference to this in Romans 1:13 as "obtaining fruit among you even as amongst the rest of the Gentiles" (perhaps the churches in Macedonia and Achaia). So this is talking about a different collection. But then he mentions the collection to Jerusalem and talks about being delayed because of it in coming to Rome. blessings abound, bowler |
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45 | Question on topic of Masturbation | 1 Cor 3:16 | bowler | 206845 | ||
tachminite Type that word in the top right "search" feature. You will find plenty. blessings abound, bowler |
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46 | what is a response to the interpretation | Matt 5:17 | bowler | 206838 | ||
tachminite 1) Communal living based on Acts 4:32-36 - Acts 4:34, 35 - the owners of land and house came to the apostles and laid down the money gotten from selling these things at the feet of the apostles for those that had need and it was distributed to those who had need. These sales do not necessarily mean they gave up their own houses, these people may have had extra houses and extra land. 2 John 1:10 - a lady had her own house and was told to refuse false teachers to stay in her home. She lived there with her children and entertained traveling Christians strangers. Acts 2:44-46 - they shared all their the sales of their property and possessions and were together going from house to house eating and worshipping. I found another alternate transliteration of the Greek - 44, 45 Everyone believed having faith beside together present had needs the occasion of destitution requiring that all commonly share the distribution from employment as the occasion arose. Every man whose possession was sold goods was required to part with them to every man through occaision of destitution. This renders it not that they shared all things in common, but that they all shared in the distribution as the occassion arose. 2) Adherence to OT rules versus NT freedom from the law - Romans 4:1-8, 13-16 - God has always justified by faith and not by the law. Romans 3) Ignoring NT commandments based on Galatians 5:1 - 1 Crointhians 6:9-11, Ephesians 2:1-4, 5:1-18, 1 John 1:5-2:2, James 2:18-23. 4) Pagans mistakenly think Christ instituted Cannibalism based on John 6:53 - This is as close as I could come to cannabalism and Rome - Direct quote - http: double front slash ajwrb.org single front slash history front single front slash index.shtml Early Christians abstained from eating any sort of blood. In this regard Tertullian (c. 155-a. 220 C.E.) pointed out in his work Apology (IX, 13, 14): "Let your error blush before the Christians, for we do not include even animals’ blood in our natural diet. We abstain on that account from things strangled or that die of themselves, that we may not in any way be polluted by blood, even if it is buried in the meat. Finally, when you are testing Christians, you offer them sausages full of blood; you are thoroughly well aware, of course, that among them it is forbidden; but you want to make them transgress." Minucius Felix, a Roman lawyer who lived until about 250 C.E., made the same point, writing: "For us it is not permissible either to see or to hear of human slaughter; we have such a shrinking from human blood that at our meals we avoid the blood of animals used for food."Octavius, XXX, 6." (Insight on the Scriptures, 1988, vol. 1, p. 346) Argument that Christians might have given Roman pagans? John 6:35-40 - the Bread of Life - this is the key that Jesus describes Himself as the way to salvation using figurative language - just like when Jesus says "I am the door", when Jesus says, "I am the Bread, eat My flesh, drink My blood" this is figurative language. Jesus is not a door, or bread, or drink - He is saying He is salvation and eating His flesh represents His body dying on the cross for our sins, and drinking His blood represents Jesus shedding His blood for our sins. Jesus is saying take My body, take My blood - believe in My and take salvation. That would be the argument for any age it seems to me. blessings abound, bowler |
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47 | Divorced, Am I going to hell? | Matt 5:32 | bowler | 206737 | ||
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48 | What is the "Lord's Day" | Rev 1:10 | bowler | 206730 | ||
Jim Estes The actual term "the Lord's Day" is only found in Revelation 1:10, and it was used by the church fathers below and refers to Sunday. The following site contained the following excerpts as quotes, I would be careful about going to this site, I did not believe all that I read there - http: double front slash www.specialtyinterests.net single front slash lords down dash day down dash history.html number sign ioa 4. Didache cir. 125 BC - 50 to 90 AD "But every Lord's day, do ye gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure. But let no one that is at variance with his fellow come together with you, until they be reconciled, that your sacrifice may not be profaned. For this is that which was spoken by the Lord... Matt. 5:23-24." 2b, or this translation, "On the Lord's day of the Lord come together, break bread and hold Eucharist." Loeb Classical Library - Apostolic Fathers, Vol. 1 pp. 330, 331. Note: The word "day" is a later interpolation by the translator, in the original the word may have been "supper." 5. Bishop Dionysius of Corinth cir. 170 AD wrote to Bishop Sater of Rome: "Today we have passed the Lord's holy day, in which we have read your epistle." Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd series, Vol. I, p. 204. 6. Bishop Melito of Sardis cir. 170 to 185 AD wrote a treatise "On the Lord's Day" but the word day' is not in the Greek original which is, "o peri tes kuriakes logos ...", where the word "hmara" day is missing and like in Ignatius treaties on the Life of Christ' was more likely "kuriaken zoen", lord's life.' Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd series, Vol. 1, p. 204. 2c 7. The apogryphical gospel according to Peter cir. 190: "Here we have the clear application of "the Lord's Day" to the first day of the week." Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I, IX, pp. 27, 29. 8. Pliny's letter to Trajan cir. 107 to 112 In this letter he states that the Christians worship on a certain "fixed day". Loeb Classical Library, Pliny, Vol. II, pp. 402-405. 9. The epistle of Barnabas cir. 135 AD "Your present Sabbaths are not acceptable to me, but that is which I have made namely this when, giving rest to all things, I shall make a beginning of the eighth day, that is, a beginning of another world. Wherefore, also, we keep the eighth day with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead. And when He had manifested Himself, He assembled unto heaven." Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I, pp. 146, 147. 10. Justin Martyr 100? to 165 He states that the "day of the sun" is observed by Christians, because of the resurrection. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I, pp. 185, 186. The correct quote of Justin Martyr reads as follows: "And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together in one place, and the memoirs of the apostles, or the writings of the prophets, are read, as long as time permits," etc. Justin Martyr's First Apology, ch. 67. 11. Clement of Alexandria ca. 174 Clement, a teacher of Tatian and Origen the compiler of the 6 column Hexapla Bible, is the first man who unequivocally used the expression "Lord's day" for the first day of the week. 12. Origen 185-255 He, classes the Sabbath with the Preparation day, Passover and Pentecost, as Jewish festivals. Statements include: "It is one of the marks of a perfect Christian to keep the Lord's day." Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. IV, pp. 285, 366, 601; Vol. IX, pp. 388, 389, 469, 470. Comment: At his time apostasy had taken firm roots but biblically we know the Lord's day is Sabbath. "Others, with greater regard to good manners, it must be confessed, suppose that the sun is the God of the Christians, because it is a well-known fact that we pray toward the east, or because we make Sunday a day of festivity. What then? Do you do less than this? Do not many among you, with an affection of sometimes worshipping the heavenly bodies likewise, move your lips in the direction of the sunrise? It is you, at all events, who have even admitted the sun into the calendar of the week; and you have selected its day Sunday in preference to the preceding day, as the most suitable in the week for either an entire abstinence from the bath, or for its postponement until the evening, or for taking rest, and for banqueting. By resorting to these customs, you deliberately deviate from your own religious rites to those of strangers." Tertulian, Ad Nations, Book 1, chap. 13; Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III. blessings abound, bowler |
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49 | married | Heb 13:4 | bowler | 206717 | ||
Liefie I have been following this branch for a while and been trying to see exactly what you originaly meant by your question here. The thread got interesting. But it seems like what you are talking about is a verse that describes that you must be married and not live together? As in you must "remain married while you are not living together"? I think that perhaps that is what you were trying to ask about? 1 Corinthians 7:10, 11 But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife. This is the only verse I know of that fits how you phrased your question, "where in the Bible does it state that you must be married and not live together". I think some confussion came in there because of the last half of your question as, "and not live together" in light of being married. As everyone in the thread keeps discussing everyone who is married is supposed to live together, they are not suppossed to be apart. What these verses in 1 Corinthians 7:10, 11 is talking about is if the marriage goes south the wife should not leave, and the husband should not divorce his wife. But if for some undisclosed reason that Paul doesn't give us, the wife leaves then, "she must be married and not live together", or to put it another way, "she must remain "un"married (that is separate from the husband and not married to another man)". Then the verses say that she must remain in that "single but married, unmarried but married" state or go back to her husband. This is instructions for believers. There are some a reasons why she, or he, has to stay married but "single". 1) They are believers. 2) In verse 39 it says the wife is bound to her husband as long as her husband is alive, but she is free once he is dead. There are a lot of reasons why people split up, but that is because God's plans, marriage God style, gets messed up by sin. If there is anything the devil would like to be doing it is to mess up all of God's plans and marriage is one of God's plans. In Mathew 19 and Mark 10 Jesus talks about God's plans for marriage and how people mess it up. Jesus also talks about true grounds for divorce. And in 1 Corinthians 7 it talks about no longer being bound if the unbeliever leaves you. But I am not going to touch the ins and outs of that with a ten foot poll because people get very upset by it and not many can agree about whether or not a person who had grounds for divorce have the Biblical right to get remarried. blessings abound, bowler |
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50 | To jehovah the earth belong | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206713 | ||
chisenga Your question is a bit unclear there. Perhaps you are asking about the Sabbath Day? Or maybe you mean Sunday the "Lord's Day"? Or maybe you are aksing about the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord when the Lord will take back the earth? Please be more specific so someone may understand you and help you. 1 Corinthians 12:25 So that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. blessings abound, bowler |
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51 | Is jesus god incarnate? | John 1:14 | bowler | 206710 | ||
talien4444 Jesus is very God - Colossians 1:15-19 - Jesus was there before the creation of all things and then He created all things, whether things on earth or in the universe, or kingdoms, or principalities of powers - everything was created through Him and for Him. Verse 19 says all the fullness dwelt in Jesus - the fullness of being very God and the fullness of being very human. Incarnate - John 1:14 And the Word - the Divine Exression of God - became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus was both the Son of God and to be worshipped - Hebrews 1:5 To which of the angels did He ever say "You are My Son, today I have begotten You?, 1:6 "And let all the angels of God worship Him". Only God can be worshipped, but God calls Jesus His only begotten Son and says let the angels worship Jesus. Verse 1:8 God says of the Son, Your throne oh God is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter of your kingdom. Jesus was fully God. Jesus was fully human - John 11:35 Jesus wept, John 19:28 Jesus was thirsty, Mathew 4:2 Jesus hungered, John 4:6 Jesus got tired, Mathew 4:3 Jesus was tempted, Mark 4:38 Jesus slept, Luke 23:46 Jesus died. Jesus is fully God and fully human and is He God incarnate. blessings abound, bowler |
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52 | What must I do to be saved? | Acts 2:37 | bowler | 206709 | ||
Ashwood Acts 16:31 Believe in the Lord Jesus and be saved. Acts 2:38 Repent and be baptized. Romans 10:9, 10 Confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, believe that He was raised from the dead, you will be saved, with the heart you believe, with the mouth you confess, resulting in righteousness. Acts 8:22 Repent of your wickedness and pray that the Lord will forgive you according to the intention of your heart. Believe in the Lord Jesus, that He is God and that He died and rose again, repent of your sins outloud, ask Jesus for forgiveness outloud, and you will be saved. That is all there is to it. It is not a feeling Jesus coming into your heart is not a feeling, it is the recognition that you are a sinner who needs to be saved. It is not going to church, although you should. It is not loving God, although you should. It is not doing good works, although you should. There is only one God and only one way to get saved. If you can't ask yet for salvation then there is a problem between you and God. Many people can't believe Jesus died and rose again and that He is God. Others can't believe that it is fair for God to punish sinners and send them to hell if they do not accept Jesus. Still others can't get around that they know their sins were wrong because they felt they had to do those things to have a better life and not a ruined one. And even though the believe Jesus is God and that they are sinners who need salvation, they can't stop fighting with God about that what they did was most definitely wrong and repent. You have to admit you are a sinner who needs to get saved and then take the offer of salvation and repent to Jesus and to Jesus alone to be saved. There is no other way. Take the life boat, it will be much, much better than burning in hell for an eternity. blessings abound, bowler |
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53 | What is considered work on the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206707 | ||
doclinda2 stJohn is absolutely right. Colossians 2:16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day - things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; the the substance belongs to Christ. Romans 14:5, 6a One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord. We are no longer under the covenant of the Law, we are under the new covenant of grace in the blood of Christ Jesus. There is liberty in Christ. A good book to read on this aspect of being free from the Law is all of Galatians especially chapters 3-5. According to Paul you are not dishonoring God by gardening or whatever else on Saturday. Another way of looking at this thing about the law is to try to understand that there were the Ten Commandments and then about 600 more laws in the OT to be keeping. No one could keep them all, and if you fell in one, you fell in them all and were automatically guilty of all. But now, righteousness has been put to our account with God by the blood of Jesus, fulfilling the whole requirement of keeping the whole Law. So keep on worshipping, praising, meditating, and honoring Him to His glory and don't worry about keeping laws. blessings abound, bowler |
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54 | should you be baptist again, if you fall | 1 Pet 3:21 | bowler | 206706 | ||
SATNJ 1 Peter 3:21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you - not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience. This verse means that baptism is "an appeal to God for a good conscience" - that is it is a symbol of having a good conscience. This is what you did the first time around when you got baptized, I hope, - you made a public confession to the church of the fact that you were already saved, that you had repented and taken Christ. It was only a symbol of salvation. If you backslid all you need to do is repent and go back to living in Christ. You don't ever need to be baptized again. That is assuming that you got baptized as an adult who knew that they had repented and taken Christ as their savior. If you were baptized as a child before you even realized you were a sinner who needed to repent you might want to consider being baptized again now that you know Christ as your savior as an adult capable of repenting and taking Christ. blessings abound, bowler |
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55 | Where is Hell | Revelation | bowler | 206688 | ||
CharlieH I think it would be good to understand that heaven and hell are in realms outside our known unniverse. The language in the Bible about "hell being in bowels of the earth" and so on is figurative language to describe some place that we cannot comprehend where it really is. The important thing about it is not where it is, but that it does exist and is waiting for the unbelievers. blessings abound, bowler |
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56 | distance Temple to Mount of Olives | Acts 1:1 | bowler | 206687 | ||
rustman No one today can know that for sure because there is a discrepancy as to where the actual temple was then and where the ruins appear to be know. Here is a link explaining that. http://becomingone.org/templemount.htm Then there is information about the distance between the Mount of Olivet and the city - Acts 1:12. This is talking about a "sabbath's day journey" which is about one thousand yards, maybe a twenty minute walk or less. One other clue we have is that in John Jesus says, let us get up from here at the end of chapter 14. Then they all go on a long walk to Olivet and Jesus seems to talk and pray along the way there. blessings abound, bowler |
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57 | can someone give me their input | Matt 9:16 | bowler | 206684 | ||
Rufus III This passage is talking about why the disciples did not fast. The Pharisees were accusing Jesus that His disciples did not fast and Jesus tells a little story about why they don't do this. The verse are talking about Jesus being present in earth and that while His is still among the disciples they do not fast because they are happy His is there. Then Jesus talks about that no one puts new wine, which is Jesus, into old wine skins, which is the practice of fasting, and He means the same thing about the cloth. This is an anology of Jesus being a new covenant and the disciples leaving off an old covenant to take the new one. The phrase "unequally yoked" comes from something else in 2 Corinthians 6:14. This is talking about being bound with unbelievers because Christians are not in agreement with unbelievers about how to live, who to worship, how to act, what to do. For instance a believer should not marry an unbeliever once they believe. Or non-believers should not serve in positions in the church. Or believers and non-believers cannot go evangelize together (this has actualy happened on college campuses). Or single beleivers should not be room mates with unbelievers. Believers are called to be part of a lost society and witness Jesus to the lost, you can't come all the way out of the world and be doing the work of Jesus. But you can separate yourself from as much as possible from the unbelievers in practice while still reaching out to them in purpose while walking among them. blessings abound, bowler |
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58 | safety precaution for house building | Lev 14:34 | bowler | 206681 | ||
martha hendricks Leviticus 14:34-57 tells us of the placing of a mark of leprousy on a house to see if it will spread. Then what follows are a long set of instructions for how to deal with leprousy infecting a house and what to do about it. That is the only one I found. blessings abound, bowler |
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59 | who is truly saved? How can we be sure | Acts 16:31 | bowler | 206678 | ||
doclinda2 Acts 16:29 - 31 And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved"? They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your whole household." Acts 2:37, 38 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do"? Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you will recieve the gift of the Holy Spirit." Romans 10:9, 10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. 1 John 4:1, 2 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. A person is saved if they repented of sins, asked for forgivness of sin, believes that Jesus died and rose again, confesses Him as Lord, period. Those are the only the requirements. Your question was "who is truly saved", those who confess Jesus is Lord in the flesh, that is that He is God and died and rose agains, are the ones who are truly saved. And you can't be sure who is saved. Question - do you know for sure that people who act right and do right have actualy sincerely in their hearts done the requirements because they say so? No, you don't. Question - do you know that people who don't act right and do right have not done the requirements? No, you don't. We are not fruit inspecters who go around determining who is and is not saved, that is not our job it is God's job. James says I will show you my faith by my works. John says there are moral indicators of the saved. Paul says the flesh and the spirit are constanly at war and sin, which dwells in the believer, does the sin, not the believer. Jesus says many will say to Him, "Lord, Lord" trying to get into heaven who have done works in His name, but they will not get it and He will say, "I never knew you". Sanctification cleans up the believer over time and good fruit as evidence of salvation will result. No believer will stop sinning until Jesus glorifies them at the rapture, or until they go to heaven. Doing your best is all you can do - keep going to church, praying, studying, woshipping, and praising God. Romans 8 teaches that you can't lose your salvation at the end 31-39. Paul talks about every single thing that could make a charge against a believer to unhinge their salvation, but none of them can beat the love of Christ Jesus to the believer. No one who is saved stays in sin and never comes out. The Holy Spirit will convict them and they will repent to Jesus. blessins abound, bowler |
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60 | Jesus weeping over Lazarus | John 11:35 | bowler | 206659 | ||
Minister Bethune quvmoh is right we can't know for sure that why Jesus wept. I have heard this preached different ways. The big question is why would God cry? He is knowing what He is going to be doing, that He will raise Lazarus from the dead. So why cry, what is the point of cryng over something you know you are going to be fixing? And over showing them you are God 11:14. But as man Jesus has the ability to have sorrow over the death of a man He loved dearly 11:36. So maybe what is going on is that we have Jesus as fully God and fully man. As God He had to need to cry, as man He did, He loved Lazarus and death, altough fixable, sorrowed him. Death comes from sin and the dying of Lazarus may have sorroed Jesus. I have heard that Jesus wept because the people did not believe. But why would that be? He did not weep all the other times no one believed He was God or that He would do miracles. It is true as quvmoh said though, that Jesus showed compassion by weeping and this points more and more to His full humanity. blessings abound, bowler |
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