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41 | all have opportunity to know Christ | Romans | lightedsteps | 221477 | ||
OOPS sorry Beja :-/ misposted. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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42 | all have opportunity to know Christ | Romans | lightedsteps | 221475 | ||
Hi bellschu These verses say "NO" to your question.:-( 2Co 4:3,4 3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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43 | Jewish law during the millenium | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 221369 | ||
Hi again guys Beja, keily I'm not an "Amillennialist" --- "PREmillennialist" --- or even a "POSTmillenialist" I am one that could be called a "PANmillenialist" I fully trust in Gods plan for mankind, and that He hasn't made any mistakes thus far. Therefore I believe everything will PAN-OUT alright.:-) When it is time, Our Father, will make sure, His Children will know what is taking place. Just on a side note, when we read the fulfillment of prophesy, it is a literal fulfillment, ie, Jesus fulfilled prophesy literally, therefor how can we read a prophesy, that has not been fulfilled yet in a spiritual, or allegorical sense? Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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44 | Jewish law during the millenium | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 221363 | ||
Hey Guys Beja, keily I Have been enjoying the discussion. Could there be any chance of the possibility that from Matt.25:34...to ...Matt.25:41 there could be the 1,000 yrs. being spoken of? What I mean, there is just an account of two separate events taking place, without any mention of time. The judgement depicted in Matt.25 is clearly one judgement for both the saved, and the unsaved in one event. But these two judgements, could be 1000 years apart, couldn't they? Just a thought. lightedsteps. |
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45 | What is interpretation of Hebrews 6:4-6 | Heb 6:9 | lightedsteps | 220836 | ||
Dear brother Beja I do not mean to belabor the question, seeing that greater minds than mine have grappled over this issue for centuries. Seeing we are of the same mind, as far as our understanding of the irrevocable nature of our Salvation. Let me if I may, ask one question, in the light of 2 other verses of scripture, that I base my understanding of the Heb. verses in question on. 1.) What was it that separated Adam from God, what has it been since Adam, that has separated mankind from God? When reading the following verses, keep in mind, "It is impossible", for us to fall away, as assuredly as "It would be impossible" for us to be renewed, if we could fall away. My true understanding of the Heb. verses are that both statements are categorically impossible, while true. 1Jn 3:6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. 1Jn 3:9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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46 | What is interpretation of Hebrews 6:4-6 | Heb 6:9 | lightedsteps | 220828 | ||
Hi Beja Going to my Greek Interlinear Bible I find it says. Heb.6:4-6 4.) For (it is) impossible. (For) impossible the (ones) once being enlightened and tasting of the (2)gift - (1)heavenly and sharers becoming Spirit of (the) Holy 5.) and (2)(the) good (1)tasting (4)of God (3)word and the powerful deeds of a coming age, 6.) and falling away, again to renew to repentance, crucifying again for themselves the Son - of God and putting (him) to open shame. The "IF" in all actuality was more than likely added, because in the translation from Greek into English, there needed to be a connector in order for the English to sound correct to the reader. Even with the "IF" removed, I come to the same conclusion, based on what was written in the 4th. verse. "For (it is) impossible. (For) impossible" Therefore the "IF" isn't needed to understand what Paul was writing, he makes the point in the 4th. verse. He is making a declaration, it does not need to be qualified. He is in essence saying, anyone having accepted this Grace (gift) of God, and everything it entails, cannot detract from, or in any way nullify the sacrificial work of Jesus. Once becoming a child of God, He never disinherits anyone. Because of the shame it would bring upon His name to/in the world. We also should have our confidence in God. Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Joh 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 1Co 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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47 | creation | Gen 2:2 | lightedsteps | 220731 | ||
Hi Brad These are just some other thoughts on the matter, yes it does say the evening, and the day, which we take to be 24 hrs. But God spoke things into being, except the Man, and the Woman. Are we then to believe it took our Sovereign God, 6 literal days to speak, when He could speak it all in one breath? Therefore if He chose to take the literal 6 days by the 24 hr. clock, couldn't he as easily have stretched that 24 hrs. to be thousands of yrs. to fulfill His purpose? I'm not in any way trying to defend or speak for this ("Theistic evolution") theory as you call it. I never heard of it before you mentioned it. But do we blindly discount all of the Geological findings? When we know from looking at a volcano, that it takes thousands of yrs. to make an Island like Hawaii, and the others. One thing more, just when does time as we know it, actually begin, upon the creation of the SUN, or upon the creation of the MAN, he is the one that is aware of the passage of time, to me time does not exist without the comprehension of time. In the same way, If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one there to hear it, is there a sound? NO, because there is the requirement for the person to be present, other wise there is just NOISE, with the person hearing it, it becomes sound, because it is comprehended as a tree falling. Man was created on the sixth day, not day one. Gen 2:4 (KJV) These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, If we are to take the creation story literally as you believe, a literal seven day period of time, how then do the (Heavens, and Earth) have (Generations)? Gen 2:4 (NASB) This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven. If we are to take the creation story literally as you believe, a literal seven day period of time, how then are we to understand ("in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.") according to the Theory of Literal thinking, then God created everything in (One Day). 2Pe 3:8 (KJV) But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. How do we take this verse literally, if one day is as one thousand years, could this then mean, the (Heavens, and Earth) were created in (Six Thousand Years)? 2 Pet. 3:8 (NASB) But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. Or are we to understand that the (One Thousand Years) referred to, would mean (No Definite Time) at all, in the same way that Jesus said to Peter. Mat 18:22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. When we take this to mean a literal (Seventy Times Seven) then after four hundred ninety times of turning our cheek we then are allowed to hit back. But we know that Jesus was saying always turn the other cheek no end of taking the hit. Or this which was spoken by Jesus, do we take it literally as well? Mat 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. Seems like we would have a lot of blind Christians walking around. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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48 | do u tithe on unemployment checks | 1 Tim 1:8 | lightedsteps | 220662 | ||
Hi Val Excuse me but scripture says the complete opposite from what you have said. Mt. 5:17 Do not think that I came to "ABOLISH" the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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49 | What Kind of Unity? | 2 Cor 2:16 | lightedsteps | 220535 | ||
Hi Doc If I may, what prompted your posting of "What Kind of Unity" by Mr. Whitcomb? Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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50 | Noah | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 220517 | ||
Hi Aileen you said "And for that matter, why are we today still paying for Adam and Eve's GREAT sin why make decendants pay for something their silly ancestors did?" It isn't something as simple as Adam sinning and us paying for that sin while He gets off Scott free. It cost him his intimate relationship with God and now he would start to age and eventually die. The sin was in the gaining of the knowledge of good and evil. It would be the same as saying you will sin to gain the knowledge of good and evil and the knowledge of good and evil will then cause you to sin. Having anything to do with this knowledge causes sin. This knowledge became part of his nature it was knowledge he didn't possess up until that time. Knowledge that God didn't want man to possess. God knew this knowledge could not be held within earthen vessels without further sinning therefore God forbid him this knowledge. God possessed this knowledge but God is not flesh and blood as we were created by Him. That acquired sin nature is what has been passed on to us. That perfect nature created by God was now corrupted by that knowledge. So you see it isn't as though we are just paying for that sin we have inherited the nature of Adam which was now a sin nature. That is the fall of Adam the fall from what he was created to/for to what he had become by sinning what he lost was he was created perfect and he chose to add to it corruption. But God be praised that through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior we have been forgiven our sins and gained newness of life which is created in true Holiness and Righteousness. We have put off the old man with it's sinful nature and put on Christ. Having been reconciled to God through the blood of Christ we have come into His rest having ceased from our labors which would be our coming back to the Garden. We have had our Eternal Life restored. We will still die physically because we are still flesh and that was part of the curse. Rom 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Becoming a new creature in Christ means. While we still retain all of the attributes of the flesh. At the same time we have regained the attributes of the spirit that were lost in the fall by Adam. Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. 1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. In Christ we are now dead to the Sin nature of man and alive to the Spirit which is of God. I am of the belief that when the time of our death comes regardless of the circumstances our death will be likened to the death of Stephen. Act 7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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51 | Noah | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 220500 | ||
Hi Brad It just seems as though Noah was very harsh for such a menial offence. Could there be, a connection of these two passages, for a better understanding of just why Noah cursed his son Ham, and his descendants? Gen. 9:21-24 21. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. Lev 18:6-8 6. None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. 7. The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8. The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. lightedsteps |
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52 | Biblical basis for Revival | 2 Chronicles | lightedsteps | 220459 | ||
Hi CDBJ First of all thank you for the response. But this verse you have submitted doesn't really give us an outline for having a revival within the church and it doesn't quite fit the context of our annual practice of revival does it? I am trying to determine if it was God ordained or is it just a good idea by man for the purpose of Evangelism. When did the yearly revival begin I am assuming in the 1800's. lightedsteps |
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53 | Five fingers relation with the Church | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 220378 | ||
Never having heard of the WOF the first two thing's that came to my mind when I read the question were. (1.) The Five Solas of the Reformation Sola Scriptura Soli Deo Gloria Solus Christus Sola Gratia Sola Fide (2.) The Five Points of Calvinism Total depravity (Original Sin) Unconditional election (God's Election) Limited atonement (Particular Redemption) Irresistible grace (Effectual Calling) Perseverance of the Saints lightedsteps |
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54 | Chgs - early Jeruselem Church structure? | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 220295 | ||
Hi Flying_V Gods day to you, and welcome. Let me see, if memory serves, these two should fill the bill. These would constitute the hierarchy of the church, and why there is such a structure set in place. 1Co 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. Eph 4:11 11) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12) For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14) That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15) But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16) From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. The structure is Ordained of God. How you might ask? 2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: The mere fact God inspired the writing of the Bible, means that He had the words written that you have just read, HE set His structure in it's place for His Church. Without a specific structure in the church, there would be chaos, anarchy, and that is something God would not condone within His church. Are you unaware, that God Himself set up a structure, which is to be found in the Universe, and Nature? God set up a structure for the Angels, then when He created the Earth He placed Man as the supreme being over all of His creation. Our God is a God of "ORDER," Satan is the author of "CONFUSION," without a specific structure set down by God Himself there would be no church. To fight against the structure to be found within the Church, is to fight against God Himself. Last of all, look at all of the countries of the world, they all have a government, the most crucial element in any government is authority, in this you see the structure, hierarchy. Be ever mindful, that "ALL" authority comes from God, He makes Kings to both rise, and fall, to fulfil His purposes in the Earth. He does the same with the government of the church. Heb 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Hope this clears things up for you lightedsteps |
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55 | Aren't there differences? | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 220147 | ||
Hi srbaegon I apologize for inadvertently offending you. I wrote my comment after I had read the thread on the evening of the 10th but just as I was going to post my computer crashed. Whereupon my return on the morning of the 11th I did not re-read the thread. If I had done so as you say I would have seen that Beja did make comment to the verses I posted. But even if I did not read the thread and just posted as you think has my posting disrupted the continuity of the thoughts made thus far? It could be taken as a reiteration of the post by Beja. Just wanted to clear up the misunderstanding you had. But now as we can see MAC702 asked a question instead of posting a note which he should have done. Therefore this thread should not have even happened so I guess this whole thread is now rendered moot. lightedsteps |
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56 | Is thea a difference btwn a church,temple n synagog | Bible general Archive 4 | lightedsteps | 220130 | ||
Hi jily Church 1) A building as we use the word today. - - Christian Religion 2) New Testament times to the present - - the people. 3) Jesus was not talking about a building. Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Temple 1) A building Old Testiment times and today. - - Jewish Religion 2) The building in Jerusalem built by Solomon as per the plans given to David by God for the dwelling place of His Glory. I personally believe that to be the Holy Spirit. 2Ch 6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3) New Testament times to the present - - the people. 1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? Synagogue 1) A building as we use the word today. - - Jewish Religion 2) The people - - the worshipers Psa 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. While it is true these three words are descriptive of specific buildings which are used by different religions for their worship of God they are also descriptive of the people of God themselves. lightedsteps |
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57 | Is Salvation lump sum? | Heb 7:25 | lightedsteps | 220122 | ||
Hi Doc I have felt most comfortable in the Non Denominational realm for some time. Although this too has become a denomination unto itself. The particular congregation would best be described as being gift oriented. As far as my questions they were nothing more than that my questions. I don't have an agenda or any ulterior motives. Being a born again Christian I'm trying my best to have the closest relationship with God possible. Whenever I have a question about something I ASK. As far as my writing style it's all my own I just want to make sure I am fully understood. Being a two finger typist I have a lot of time to think about the words I use to express myself. Proofreading is the final step where I attempt to refine and hone what I am trying to convey for the greatest understanding possible with the least chance for ambiguity using my limited means. This tool we call the computer is nothing more than a tool. The term use to be garbage in garbage out that term still rings true. This tool is inadequate in conveying to others what we are saying or what we mean without the other abilities we have like facial expressions or tone of voice. We have to rely on the language we all speak but we should not be limited in the expression of that language by a limited vocabulary. lightedsteps |
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58 | Is Salvation lump sum? | Heb 7:25 | lightedsteps | 220120 | ||
Hi Doc No affiliation with Church of Christ (Past Present or Future). It really intrigues me though as to why you would ask this question? lightedsteps |
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59 | Is Salvation lump sum? | Heb 7:25 | lightedsteps | 220115 | ||
Hi Beja I appreciate the time you have taken to respond to my questions. Thank You. lightedsteps |
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60 | Is Salvation lump sum? | Heb 7:25 | lightedsteps | 220114 | ||
Hi Doc Thank you for the time you have invested on my questions. They have been most enlightening. Does not orthodoxy along with it's doctrines compel the believer toward an exclusive understanding of the Holy Scripture which would conform to those doctrines? Would not then any exegesis of the Holy Scriptures conducted be biased by the very nature of the understanding acquired which would coincide with the dictated doctrines found in orthodoxy? My point being there are many denominations to be found within the term Christian orthodoxy. There are also many divisions found within those several denominations. Thus my use of the term Christendom. While these differing factions within a denomination may agree on the most basic of doctrines thereby keeping them all within the bounds of orthodoxy they hold other doctrines that are not mutual in fact may be exclusive only to themselves. Are they not then incapable of retrieving from scripture a like understanding? Except where orthodoxy itself is concerned. Thanks Again lightedsteps |
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