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41 | What is Gods mercy? | Ex 33:19 | meusing | 62737 | ||
(1) Mercy is (a) an essential quality of God (Exo 34:6, Exo 34:7; Deu 4:31; Psa 62:12, etc.); it is His delight (Mic 7:18, Mic 7:20; Psa 52:8); He is "the Father of mercies" (2Co_1:3), "rich in mercy" (Eph 2:4), “full of pity, and merciful” (Jam 5:11); (b) it is associated with forgiveness (Exo 34:7; Num 14:18; 1Ti 1:13, 1Ti 1:16); (c) with His forbearance (Psa 145:8, “Yahweh is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great lovingkindness”; compare Roman 2:4; 11:32); (d) with His covenant (1Ki 8:23; Neh 1:5), with His justice (Psa 101:1), with His faithfulness (Psa 89:24), with His truth (Psa 108:4); mercy and truth are united in Pro 3:3; Pro 14:22, etc. (in Psa 85:10 we have “Mercy and truth are met together”); (e) it goes forth to all (Psa 145:9, “Yahweh is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works”; compare Psa 145:16, “Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing,” the Revised Version margin “satisfiest every living thing with favor”); (f) it shows itself in pitying help (Exo 3:7; Ezr 9:9 f), supremely in Christ and His salvation (Luk 1:50, Luk 1:54, Luk 1:58; Eph 2:4); (g) it is abundant, practically infinite (Psa 86:5, Psa 86:15; Psa 119:64); (h) it is everlasting (1Ch 16:34, 1Ch 16:41; Ezr 3:11; Psa 100:5; 136 repeatedly). |
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42 | When did Sheol/Hades 1st get mistranslat | Acts 2:31 | meusing | 62731 | ||
They were not mistranslated hell is the English translation of the Greek word 'hades', the place of departed souls, which is a translation of the Hebrew word 'Sheol' into Greek. They mean the same thing : the world of the dead. The NASV did NOT translate the word, they transliterated it without translating it. The English word 'hell' is a correct translation of both words. Easton's dictionary says : Hell Derived from the Saxon helan, to cover; hence the covered or the invisible place. In Scripture there are three words so rendered:- (1.) Sheol, occurring in the Old Testament sixty-five times. This word sheol is derived from a root-word meaning “to ask,” “demand;” hence insatiableness (Pro 30:15, Pro 30:16). It is rendered “grave” thirty-one times (Gen 37:35; Gen 42:38; Gen 44:29, Gen 44:31; 1Sa 2:6, etc.). The Revisers have retained this rendering in the historical books with the original word in the margin, while in the poetical books they have reversed this rule. In thirty-one cases in the Authorized Version this word is rendered “hell,” the place of disembodied spirits. The inhabitants of sheol are “the congregation of the dead” (Pro 21:16). It is (a) the abode of the wicked (Num 16:33; Job 24:19; Psa 9:17; Psa 31:17, etc.); (b) of the good (Psa 16:10; Psa 30:3; Psa 49:15; Psa 86:13, etc.). Sheol is described as deep (Job 11:8), dark (Job 10:21, Job 10:22), with bars (Job 17:16). The dead “go down” to it (Num 16:30, Num 16:33; Eze 31:15, Eze 31:16, Eze 31:17). (2.) The Greek word Hades of the New Testament has the same scope of signification as sheol of the Old Testament. It is a prison (1Pe 3:19), with gates and bars and locks (Mat 16:18; Rev 1:18), and it is downward (Mat 11:23; Luk 10:15). The righteous and the wicked are separated. The blessed dead are in that part of Hades called paradise (Luk 23:43). They are also said to be in Abraham's bosom (Luk 16:22). (3.) Gehenna, in most of its occurrences in the Greek New Testament, designates the place of the lost (Mat 23:33). The fearful nature of their condition there is described in various figurative expressions (Mat 8:12; Mat 13:42; Mat 22:13; Mat 25:30; Luk 16:24, etc.). (See HINNOM.) |
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43 | Fellowship of the Holy Spirit | 2 Cor 13:14 | meusing | 62604 | ||
Webster said : 1. Fellowship; intercourse between two persons or more; interchange of transactions, or offices; a state of giving and receiving; agreement; concord. and John Gill : communion and fellowship which the Spirit of God leads the saints into with the Father, by shedding abroad his love in their hearts, and with the Son, by taking of the things of Christ, and showing them to them; and also that nearness which the spirits of believers have with the Spirit of God, when he witnesses to their spirits that they are the children of God, becomes the earnest of the inheritance in their hearts, and seals them up unto the day of redemption |
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44 | On First Principles | Bible general Archive 1 | meusing | 62603 | ||
Try http://ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-04/TOC.htm | ||||||
45 | re: return to Bibical Christianity | Bible general Archive 1 | meusing | 62379 | ||
as others have said, it depends on what you meadn by 'biblical Christianity.' | ||||||
46 | Ninevah's Repentance Relevant to Today? | Jon 3:5 | meusing | 62362 | ||
The whole point is that God did not want to destroy Nineveh. he sent Jonah to tell them to repent so that he would not have to destroy them. The church today is the body of Christ holding out the sign "Repent" We need to be in touch with our head (Christ) so that we can so live as to draw those who are sinners to repentance. They need to see Jesus in us, and hear the Word of the Lord so that the Holy Spirit can work in their hearts. We can not just sit by the side of the road making daisy chains while the rest of the world goes over the cliff of destruction. |
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47 | Christ died on a stake and not a cross? | NT general Archive 1 | meusing | 62325 | ||
Christ was crucified, accoding to all four gospels. In Acts Peter said that Christ was crucified. Paul proclaimed Christ crucified. | ||||||
48 | Is Hell the common grave? | Mark 9:43 | meusing | 62322 | ||
According to Jesus, hell is a place of unqunchable fire where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matth 13:34). | ||||||
49 | Christianity.....idolatry? | John 20:28 | meusing | 62290 | ||
Since Jesus Christ is both LORD and God, I do not see how worshiping God is idolatry. | ||||||
50 | Love a consuming fire? | Heb 12:29 | meusing | 60079 | ||
Love is just one of the attributes that make up the nature of God. He is Holy and Just, the creator. When one loves someone, he of she is jealous when the one loved turns to another. That is the reference here. Barnes' notes This is a further reason why we should serve God with profound reverence and unwavering fidelity. The quotation is made from Deu_4:24. “For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.” The object of the apostle here seems to be, to show that there was the same reason for fearing the displeasure of God under the new dispensation which there was under the old. It was the same God who was served. There had been no change in his attributes, or in the principles of his government. He was no more the friend of sin now than he was then; and the same perfections of his nature which would then lead him to punish transgression would also lead him to do it now. His anger was really as terrible, and as much to be dreaded as it was at Mount Sinai; and the destruction which he would inflict on his foes would be as terrible now as it was then. The fearfulness with which he would come forth to destroy the wicked might be compared to a “fire” that consumed all before it; see the notes, Mar_9:44-46. The image here is a most fearful one, and is in accordance with all the representations of God in the Bible and with all that we see in the divine dealings with wicked people, that punishment; as inflicted by him is awful and overwhelming. So it was on the old world; on the cities of the plain; on the hosts of Sennacherib; and on Jerusalem - and so it has been in the calamities of pestilence, war, flood, and famine with which God has visited guilty people. By all these tender and solemn considerations, therefore, the apostle urges the friends of God to perseverance and fidelity in his service. His goodness and mercy; the gift of a Saviour to redeem us; the revelation of a glorious world; the assurance that all may soon be united in fellowship with the angels and the redeemed; the certainty that the kingdom of the Saviour is established on a permanent basis, and the apprehension of the dreadful wrath of God against the guilty, all should lead us to persevere in the duties of our Christian calling, and to avoid those things which would jeopard the eternal interests of our souls. |
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51 | Is this heresy? | Ps 8:3 | meusing | 59858 | ||
I am not sure what you mean by what you are saying being heresy. It is very true that when we look at the stars we are humbled at the immensity of creation. And yet in all that we do not see His immense love for us. That is revealed to us in the unfolding drama of redemption in His revelation of Himself in the Holy Scripures cuminating in the incarnation. That is why the next verse is "What is man that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that Thou visitest him?. The stars show us what an atom we are in comapison to that vast immensity. The scriptures show us the mind of God in regard to us. just my meusings |
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52 | Christ and the Church (Song of Solomon) | Song 2:15 | meusing | 59045 | ||
I like Jessie Penn-Lewis' devotional book 'Thy Hidden Ones' on the Song of Solomon. about 2:15 she says: The Soul's pre-occupied reply ... She hears the Well-beloved's voice, sees His attitude, and hearkens to His call to arise, His command to forget the things that are behind. She listens to His message about the cross, to His call to turn her face toward Him, but -- SHE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND! She is pre-occupied. She evidently has her eyes on the vine, and its promise of fruit, and is getting concerned in the keeping of her vinyard. Thus easily the gaze is turned away from the Person of the LORD. In the King's chambers the soul discovered that she had been too much engrosses in active service, and had neglected he own vinyard. Now she goes to the other extreme and is so OCCUPIED WITH HER VINYARD as not to be able to understand the Beloved's call. She is fearing lest she should lose the blesed experience of His indwelling and begins to dread lest the vines should be spoiled. She is frightened at some "little foxes" that are appearing -- "little" manifestations of the old life which she had thought had gone, and gone forever. Ah! if she had remained occupied with her lord,so as to quickly obey when He said "rise up", HE would see to the young fruit, and to the little foxes, for the Beloved can only manifest His delivering power whilst we are walking in His will. "Little foxes" always tell the tale that somewhere we have failed to keep step with the Lord. We have missed His will or filed to understand His voice. We must quickly deal with God over these "little thinngs", for they open the door to great ones if not dealt with at once. |
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53 | Simple example that we shoud keep sabbat | Ps 111:7 | meusing | 58012 | ||
yes, Jesus should be our example. Where was Jesus on the Sabbath? In the grave. What were the Jews doing while Jesus the Lord of the Sabbath was in the grave? They were keeping the Sabbath. Where was Jesus on the first day of the week? He was risen!!!! since then it has been the pleasure of those whose lives have been bought by the Blood of the Lord of the Sabbath to meet together on the day of resurrection to rejoice and praise their redeemer. Please show me where worshiping Jesus is a sin. |
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54 | The idea of Ps 111:7,8; Ps 119:89,160 | Ps 111:7 | meusing | 57255 | ||
You must remember that the songs are just that songs, poetry. They use poetic language to express their concepts. And, as you will note psalm 111 is a song of Praise to God for His works. The focus is to stir up praise to God. As each verse or half vers begins with the next letter (and in Ps 119 - the begining of each section) we can see that praise to God fills up the entire alphabet. As He is the Great King, the Alpha and Omega, all His woors and ords are consistant. |
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55 | while protecting myself from injustice | Matt 10:16 | meusing | 56427 | ||
If we were truely wise we would NOT hurt others' feelings. 1. Properly, having knowledge; hence, having the power of discerning and judging correctly, or of discriminating between what is true and what is false; between what is fit and proper, and what is improper; as a wise prince; a wise magistrate. Solomon was deemed the wisest man. But a man may be speculatively and not practically wise. Hence, 2. Discrete and judicious in the use or applications of knowledge; choosing laudable ends, and the best means to accomplish them. This is to be practically wise. Gen 41. |
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56 | Who were Cain's enemies? | Gen 4:14 | meusing | 56423 | ||
John Gill pointed out: that is, some one, the first that should meet him, for he could be slain but by one; so odious he knew he should be to everyone, being under such marks of the divine displeasure, that his life would be in danger by whomsoever he should be found: and this being near an hundred and thirty years after the creation of man, see #Ge 4:25 Ge 5:3 there might in this time be a large number of men on earth; Adam and Eve procreating children immediately after the fall, and very probably many more besides Cain and Abel, and those very fruitful, bringing many at a birth and often, and few or none dying, the increase must be very great; and we read quickly after this of a city being built, #Gen 4:17. Cain seems to be more afraid of a corporeal death than to have any concern about his soul, and the eternal welfare of it, or to be in dread and fear of an eternal death, or wrath to come; though some think the words should be rendered in a prayer (x), "let it be that anyone that findeth me may kill me"; being weary of life under the horrors of a guilty conscience. (x) Lightfoot, vol. 1. p. 3, |
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57 | I'm not sure this is applicable | Bible general Archive 1 | meusing | 55984 | ||
If Jesus is our Lord and Master, it is our duty and joy to obey Him not give Him orders. As we focus on Him, all things else fall away. We do things in order to please Him. He died because of our vices. Do we really want to cause Him pain? He is there for us to help us overcome them. It is our obligation to abide in Him. |
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58 | john 15:26 Who is the comforter | John 15:26 | meusing | 55287 | ||
Jesus tells us that the Comforter is the Holy Spirit : John 15:26 But when the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who comes (proceeds) from the Father, He [Himself] will testify regarding Me. [Amilified] John Gill said : Joh 15:26 - But when the Comforter is come,.... Or advocate, the Spirit of God; who was to be, and has been an advocate for Christ, against the world, and for his people, against all their enemies; and who as he was to reprove, and did reprove the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, in favour of Christ, so he was to assist his people, and plead their cause, and help them, in vindication of themselves, before the princes of the earth, as he did: and who also was to act, and has acted the part of a "comforter" to them, under all the hatred and violence they have met with from the world; by taking and applying the things of Christ to them; by shedding the love of God in them; by applying the promises of the Gospel to them; by witnessing their adoption, and sealing them up to the day of redemption: whom I will send unto you from the Father; visibly, as on the day of Pentecost, in cloven tongues as of fire; and invisibly into their hearts, by the secret influence of his light and grace; which mission, as it suggests no inferiority in the spirit, either to the Father or the Son; since the same spirit with the Father, was the sender of Christ; so it is expressive of the equal deity of Christ, and his joint power and authority with the Father: even the Spirit of truth; who is the true Spirit, truth itself; yea, the true God, with the Father and Son; the Spirit of him who is truth; the dictator of the Scriptures of truth; who leads his people into all truth; and is the Spirit of truth, as he is a witness or testifier of Christ, hereafter promised: which proceedeth from the Father; Christ is not content to describe him by his work and office, as, an, advocate and comforter, and as the Spirit of truth: and from his mission by him from the Father; all which shows his usefulness and authority; but also from his nature and essence, which is the same with the Father's; and from his peculiar personal and distinctive character, expressed by his proceeding from the Father; and which is mentioned, as what is distinct from his mission by Christ, from the Father before spoken of; and designs no other, than the eternal, ineffable, and continued act of his procession, from the Father and the Son; in which he partakes of the same nature with them, and which personally distinguishes him from them. The ancient Jews (x) spoke of him just in the same language; "the Spirit of God", in Gen_1:2; they say is the Holy Spirit, îàìäéí ãðôé÷, "which proceedeth from God": very pertinently does Christ take notice of this his character here, when he was about to speak of him as his testifier: he shall testify of me: of his deity and sonship, of his incarnation, of his being the Messiah, of his sufferings and death, of his resurrection and ascension, of his exaltation at the right hand of God, and of his ordination to be the Judge of quick and dead; all which he bore testimony to, by the gifts bestowed upon the apostles, and the great grace that was upon them all; by the signs, wonders, and divers miracles, by which the Gospel of Christ was confirmed; and by the power, influence, and success, which attended the preaching of it every where. Thus he testified of Christ, against the blaspheming Jews, and persecuting Gentiles, to the reproof and confusion of them; and he testified of him to the apostles, and all true believers, to their great joy and comfort, and to the support of them, under all the malice and hatred of the world. (x) Zohar in Gen. fol. 1. 4. |
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59 | How do you pronounce Mamre? | Gen 18:1 | meusing | 50061 | ||
It is hard to write the pronounciation when we cannot write the accents of the vowels, bexides, different fonts have different letters assigned to the upper characers. However, I will try. Mamre -- m ah m ray I hope that helps. |
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60 | Was Cain's worry A reasonable worry ? | Gen 4:14 | meusing | 48578 | ||
He did not say his offspring would kill him, but his younger brothers. as John Gill pointed out: that is, some one, the first that should meet him, for he could be slain but by one; so odious he knew he should be to everyone, being under such marks of the divine displeasure, that his life would be in danger by whomsoever he should be found: and this being near an hundred and thirty years after the creation of man, see #Ge 4:25 Ge 5:3 there might in this time be a large number of men on earth; Adam and Eve procreating children immediately after the fall, and very probably many more besides Cain and Abel, and those very fruitful, bringing many at a birth and often, and few or none dying, the increase must be very great; and we read quickly after this of a city being built, #Gen 4:17. Cain seems to be more afraid of a corporeal death than to have any concern about his soul, and the eternal welfare of it, or to be in dread and fear of an eternal death, or wrath to come; though some think the words should be rendered in a prayer (x), "let it be that anyone that findeth me may kill me"; being weary of life under the horrors of a guilty conscience. (x) Lightfoot, vol. 1. p. 3, |
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