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41 | want to no the right way to understand t | John | greentwiga | 141624 | ||
Start with the books aimed at the young Christian. The Gospel of Jophn was written so you might believe. The letter of first John was written so you misht know you are saved. Other Gospels are also great places to start. The books of Romans, Hebrews, Revelation, and Some of the Old Testament books are much more difficult. Save them for later. When you are ready, God will give you a joy in those books. Psalms and Proverbs would be good Old Testament books after you read the Gospels. greentwiga |
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42 | tramping on the blood of Christ | Hebrews | greentwiga | 141607 | ||
Try Heb 6:4-6 and Heb 10:26-31. Be careful, though. The language could mean either Christians or people who are examining God but haven't accepted Jesus. There are many who pretend to accept Jesus, and it might mean these. Thus one would not want to develop a doctrine of losing salvation from these verses. Greentwiga |
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43 | Why is NAS better than KJV | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141598 | ||
Some people believe in the reinspired King James version. Others believe it is the best because they grew up with it, or they have been taught that. The accepted doctrine is that only the original language (greek, hebrew, etc.) are inspired. When looking at translations, Most scholars agree that Young's literal translation is the most accurate. It is extremely difficult to read because it maintains the greek and hebrew sentence structure. The next most literal or accurate is the American Standard 1901. It is easier to read. The New American Standard (NASB) used more American sentence patterns. The King James was written in great English and a reasonably accurate translation, for the 1600's. Translations like the New International version use much better English than the NASB, but at a cost to exactness. I am eager to see an English (as opposed to American) version just released. It is supposed to maintain a great balance between readability and accuracy. Focus your discussion on the balance between readability and accuracy. a great resource is http://www.biblegateway.com It gives a huge variety of translations and lets you compare them, verse by verse. Greentwiga |
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44 | greentwiga, did you check the refs? | Ezek 20:5 | greentwiga | 141593 | ||
Deut 32:40 For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live -- to the age! Lam 5:6[To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread. Ezek 17:18 And he despised the oath -- to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not. I was aware that Lam and Ezek used gave his hand instead of lift his hand. But Deut does use "lift my hand" in Young's literal translation, the most literal and awkward to read translation. Because Youngs is so literal, I believe it is in the Hebrew. I quoted the other two because they used the related idea of giving the hand, and the final two because the concept of swearing an oath was part of the conversation. Sorry if I was not completely clear. I was rushing out the door and tried give a less than thorough explanation. Sorry brother. Greentwiga |
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45 | Who goes to heaven? | Rev 20:12 | greentwiga | 141577 | ||
Hello Tan we were discussing this in Sunday school today. Rev 20 shows the system. All are given the chance to go to heaven based on their deeds. God opens the books, and shows that all have failed. None has lived up to the light they knew. All deserve their judgements. First though, God looks at the book of life. If your name is not their, He then looks in these books. If your name is in the book of life, God says the debt has been paid. Satan, the accuser says but, but he ... God says the books are sealed, the record has been thrown into the deepest sea. It is similar to when our courts seal the juvenile records. No one is allowed to mention them in any trial. Therefore, the free gift of heaven is really our second chance. Since we all had the first chance by living according to the law we knew (Rom 2:12, Rom 3:23) Therefore, none can complain that God was arbitrary about only letting those who received Jesus into heaven. Everyone had a chance and chose to not walk God's way. It is God's great mercy that He opened a second way and lets any people into heaven at all. Greentwiga |
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46 | I chose Israel and lifted up My hand? | Ezek 20:5 | greentwiga | 141575 | ||
Young's literal 5 and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of My fixing on Israel, I lift up My hand, To the seed of the house of Jacob, And am known to them in the land of Egypt, And I lift up My hand to them, Saying, I [am] Jehovah your God. American standard 1901 5 and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God; I looked at the two most literal translations I know. As you can see, the literal is to lift up the hand. This is equated with swearing an oath. I guess we might shake hands on an agreement or sign a contract. God is an Oath keeping God. I studied the word evil. it literally means useless because it is broken. It seems to most commonly be used of oath breaking or covenant breaking. Therefore, it is not important to me whether he physically lifts his hand or not. The oaths he swears (Noah, Abraham, Moses, and the new covenant come to mind and are important. See esp Heb 6:13-20, Gen 22:17. Deut 32:40, Ezra 10:19, Lam 5:6, Ezek 17:18 use hands in a covenant or contract context. greentwiga |
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47 | Where does it say that? | Mark | greentwiga | 141542 | ||
Even if you found the exact quote, one must be careful to see if it meant that idea in the original greek of Hebrew. An example is the commandment thou shall not kill. The connotation in Hebrew is thou shall not murder. This might allow for capital punishment for example. On your subject, I found related ideas that might mean the same, though they use different words. Another version I heard is "God cannot abide with sin." again, not in the Bible. Isa 59:2 Your iniquities have separated you from your God. Ps 15:1 Who may dwell in your sanctuary? He whose walk is blameless. You might be able to find other related verses especially if you use synonyms for sin (iniquity, evil, wickedness, etc.) Greentwiga |
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48 | 1 Timothy 4:3 is it taking about food or | 1 Tim 4:3 | greentwiga | 141527 | ||
It is simply talking about meat from cows, etc. Remember, back then was a huge problem with legalism. Various people would advocate living by various laws with some sort of logical justification. It was not only the Jewish law, but other systems. Some would say you can't eat meat because it was sacrificed to demons, or it would give the appearance of that. Instead of focusing on being free to go anywhere, and eat with anyone, to preach the Gospel. people had legalism lock themselves away from preaching the simple gospel. Can you imagine how much time one would have to spend preaching against getting married? This would be a message driving unsaved away. The bodily discipline of no marraige and not eating meat would be held in highest honor, but Paul says it is of little value, spiritual discipline is the real value. this verse helps show that it is meat being talked about. Greentwiga |
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49 | can you please explain this verse? 20? | Rom 9:19 | greentwiga | 141458 | ||
Thi is getting to the heart of the debate free will vs predestination. Books have been written on this subject. This is not asking God a simple question, but questioning God's ability to make judgements. Was it really our free choice to get saved, or was it God who opened our hearts? After Rom 8, Paul is leading to Rom 12. Esp vs 1 and 2. I urge you, in view of God's mercy. Ie, in view of God's mercy to choose us (Rom 9:16) The questions are in this context. Greentwiga |
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50 | Scripture on fulfilment of each blessing | 2 Kings | greentwiga | 141440 | ||
I would suggest looking at the Descendants. Look at Edom serving Judah during the time of Kings. Look to see if Edom rebels. Notice that there are other nations or tribes that come out of Esau besides Edom. Amalek is one. The dewlling away from earth's riches.... Gen 36 Edom fits. Greentwiga |
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51 | chaoter in Revelation | Rev 4:1 | greentwiga | 141381 | ||
Revelations chapter 4 is completely set in Heaven Greentwiga |
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52 | Is Bethel holy or sinful? | Amos | greentwiga | 141335 | ||
Man is great at corrupting holy things. Bethel had been a place of God, but people worshipped the place, and erected idols there. Even now, people think the church building is holy, rather than the body of people. They think paper and ink are holy rather than the words themselves. Greentwiga |
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53 | Which book in the Bible do I commence | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141280 | ||
John is written that you might be saved. 1 John is written that you might know you are saved. They are great places to start. I concentrated on gospels/acts at first and later was blessed by Pauls letters. Many like Psalms/Proverbs as a place to start in the Old Testament. I love Genesis now, but it has been many years. Don't force yourself to read a book. You will enjoy the books that you are ready for. Greentwiga |
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54 | What if willfully return to a sinning li | Eph 1:11 | greentwiga | 141275 | ||
Being saved is not going through the Romans road and praying the prayer of repentance. Many people do it for ungodly reasons. People have prayed it to please parents, get a spouse, of for business reasons. God looks and knows. Only those whom He chooses, who receive the Holy Spirit are saved. All 25 signs in 1 John will show up. Paul says that if people leave, it was a sign that they were never saved. A prodigal son will return to the Father. A prodigal pig will return to the mire. It is very difficult to discern between the two. Even Pastors have done the whole thing under their own strength and were never saved. Don't be fooled, God is not mocked. Salvetion is not a free ticket that allows you to sin as much as you want. When God's love fills your heart, how can you sin? Greentwiga |
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55 | What involvment | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141273 | ||
I couldn't find any reference to lockman. It was done by New York International Bible Society. | ||||||
56 | finding my calling | Rom 12:1 | greentwiga | 141246 | ||
I went to a missionary training program. One dear man had felt called to missions for years. In the Afternoon, we went out to preach on the streets. Everyone hated to be paired with him. We all knew he was wrong for missions. The hired help - the one who bought the food and other deacon type activities saw his Jewel. As a result he worked for years in the home office with the computer enabling others to go out. 1) Try a variety of Christian activities. 2) keep asking others what they see. 3) Expect that later in your Christian life God will reveal a greater gift. 4) Look at what you do when left alone. Read Rom 12:1-2 Being transformed by the renewing of your mind lets you test and approve the will of God. 5) tell God what you want to do and ask him to straighten you out. (Try changing the direction of a parked car.) He changes the direction of people who are moving and listening. Prov 3:5-6 | ||||||
57 | Please clarify? | Genesis | greentwiga | 141190 | ||
Jacob put spotted and striped sticks in front of the mating sheep, thinking that caused the babies to be spotted. God revealed later in a dream that it was because the spotted and striped males were mating. Isaac thought he had control of the blessing. We see in Balaam that Balaam did not have control of the blessing. God was in control and chose Jacob, probably despite his attempts to manipulate Isaac. Jacob carved spotted sticks. Jacob made stew and wore hairy smelly clothes. Both times he thought what he did affected the outcome. Both times, God was doing something different. Greentwiga |
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58 | Please explain James 1:2 | James | greentwiga | 141167 | ||
One of the greatest verses. Jesus faced the crown of thorns mocking whipping till his back was bloody, having nails driven through his hands and feet and the long agony burning fiery pain of struggling to breatheby pulling himsef up by the nails. He then bore our sins and was separated from God. For the joy set before him, that of being ressurected, having paid for our sins and now able to offer us forgiveness, cleansing and abundant eternal life. We are also called to suffer trials. We suffer for preaching the Gospel. This is great joy to be given this priveledge. The joy is seeing the result, others saved. Suffering for our own sins, even a heart attack for not controlling outr own appetite is not this. Suffering the effects of the world in bondage, whether a tsunami, or cancer can build character, but is not a trial by persecution. Though much of James discusses various sinful was of behaving, he returns to the subject in James 5:10. Here he discusses suffering for preaching the word. Though we should count all innocent suffering as useful, count it Joy to suffer for leading others to God. I did not succeed to well at times, but God does bless and I rejoiced over the results. Salvation of others is pure joy. greentwiga |
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59 | Baby or baby (continued)? | Luke 2:16 | greentwiga | 141163 | ||
what is the issue is the diety of christ, which is true. he is god with us. these are scriptural issues. the sweet savor of the crucified and ressurected christ and him living in us is what draws people to christ. that is my focus. greentwiga |
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60 | The things concerning this Child. | Luke 2:16 | greentwiga | 141148 | ||
I see in your profile that you are interested in capitalization. Remember the ancient greew was written differently. itwaswrittenwithnospacesitwaswrittenwithnocapitals punctuationwasalsomissinglikethesesentences Capitals for pronouns for God and Jesus is thus an invention of the English translators. To me, if it was not in the original greek, it is not an issue. Greentwiga |
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