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41 | what is meant by "balm in Gilead? | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 92963 | ||
The Gospel hymn There Is a Balm in Gilead refers to Christ our healer. Jer 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored? 7 Jer 46:11 Go up to Gilead and obtain balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain have you multiplied remedies; There is no healing for you. 8 Jer 51:8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed. 9 Ezek 27:17 "Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil and balm they paid for your merchandise. |
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42 | WHY DON'T WE TEACH THE CROSS? | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 92975 | ||
Welcome Godman, Just a word about net etiquette. Using all capital letters is considered the equivalent of shouting. Emmaus |
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43 | works law? | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 92982 | ||
Huron, Well, there is no accounting for what some people believe and no argument that will covince them. I would pose the question let him mull it over for a decade or two and refuse to accept any irrational response he may give as irrational. For extra credit you may want to look into the philospohical concept of Nominalism as it has been applied to theology for about 600 years. That is at the root of the problem here. I would guess your brother is a Monergistic Calvinist, with influences from Karl Barth also. Emmaus |
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44 | Background info? | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93160 | ||
confused: Some helpful links are at the bottom of this post. Backgound for Moses is in Exodus, for Solomon in 1 Samuel,2 Samuel Kings and Chronicles. David wrote some of the Pslams and others were written by Temple musicians. Matthew is usually associated with matthew or Levi, the Apostle. Mark was a companion of Peter, Luke, a Gentile physician and companion of Paul and John the Apostle. The New Testament writers were often writing for specific audiences and so tooka specific slant: Matthew for Jews or Jewish converts to Christianity, Mark to Roman Gentile pagans and converts from that group, Luke to Hellenic or culturally Greek Gentiles or Christian converts and John for all, filling in the gas in the other Gospels and presenting a systematic theology in his Gospel. http://www.abu.nb.ca/courses/NTIntro/indexNTIntr.htm http://www.salvationhistory.com/online/Beginner/WalkGen.cfm Emmaus |
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45 | are you required to be baptisted again | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93165 | ||
How many Christ's are there? One. How many baptisms atre there? One. How many times are you baptised into Christ? Once. Did Paul in his instructions to the Corinthians about their worst sinner, whom he instructed to be excommunicated until they repented ever mention re-baptism? No. Why not? Because there is: Eph 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, Rom 6:3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Rom 6:4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life." Emmaus |
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46 | are you required to be baptisted again | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93194 | ||
Diaryleader, I did not know there was a difference. According to Romans 6 the one baptism is how we become a member of the one body of Christ. That is why Paul is consistent in placing them together in Ephesians 4 also. I am always amazed at talk of "water baptism" as if it is somehow different from "spirit baptism"? The are one and the same. We are "born of water and the spirit" according to Jesus in John 3:5. Parse His words if you like, but I think I will pass on that. You may as well says we are saved by the Spirit of Christ but not by His body on the cross and His bodily resurrection. As for Rev 2:4-6 you will have to be more direct. I do not get the point you are trying to make there. Emmaus |
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47 | are you required to be baptisted again | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93200 | ||
Diaryleader, I would like your opinion on another passage. In 2 Kings 5, Elisha told Naaman the leper to plunge himself into the Jordan to be healed. Naaman balked but was persuade to obey and was healed. Now was it the "water baptism" that healed him or just God's Spirit? Do you think maybe God's Spirit was working in and through the water? Maybe? Do you think this might be a foreshadowing of baptism? Maybe? Do you think God would have saved Naaman from his leprosy if Naaman had just asked God into his heart but refused to obey the command to go into the Jordan or if Naaman had said, I will obey this ordinance after I am saved from leprosy and then only as a public sign of my commitment as a believer in the God of Israel because I know that the river Jordan is just a dirtly little trickle compared to my rivers at home, that little bit of water can't do anything for me? (2 Kings 5:10-12)Does Naaman's argument sound familiar? I like to take the broad view of Scripture. I notice that God often works through physical matter and His "signs" have more power than mere symbols. Emmaus |
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48 | Must we observe the law of God? | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93203 | ||
Got it!!! I think you've got it. Emmaus |
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49 | One body of water--many different names | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93233 | ||
Kind of like Washington D.C. which locals and others variously refer to as Washington, The District or just D.C., its proper name being The City of Washing in the District of Columbia. So you have the Sea of Gallilee, Lake Genesereth and the Sea of Tiberius. Gallilee is the larger area or Province, Tiberias is a Roman City on the shores of the lake and Genesereth is a fertile plain at the NW corner of the lake shore. I do not think there is any theological reason, just the normal function of language where people us a variety of name depending on their point of reference and local custom. |
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50 | One body of water--many different names | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93235 | ||
Kind of like Washington D.C. which locals and others variously refer to as Washington, The District or just D.C., its proper name being The City of Washington in the District of Columbia. So you have the Sea of Gallilee, Lake Genesereth and the Sea of Tiberius. Gallilee is the larger area or Province, Tiberias is a Roman City on the shores of the lake and Genesereth is a fertile plain at the NW corner of the lake shore. I do not think there is any theological reason, just the normal function of language where people us a variety of name depending on their point of reference and local custom. |
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51 | are you required to be baptisted again | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93265 | ||
Diaryleader, So the Old Testament saints were saved not by grace through faith but by the Law? Then what did we need Jesus for? We could have just been saved under the Law by being baptised into Moses (1 Cor 10:1-4). Baptism is not a work of the person being baptised but rather a work of Christ in and through His body, the Church. God can work outside His normative means (baptism)but baptism is the norm according to scripture. He tells the Church to preach, teach and baptize in the great commission. So it is Christ through the body of Christ that works in baptism not the person being baptized. There were other foreshadowings of baptism in the Old Testament as the New Testament makes clear in 1 Cor 10:1-4, 1 Peter 3:20. Just as the water used by God in the time of Noah and Moses washed away sin and God's enemies and saved His chosen poeple so God through the waters of baptism destroys / washes away sin and saves His people when we are baptised into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is not an either or option: either water or the Spirit, but rather a both and situation of water and the Spirit. A few OT examples of water and the Spirit together: Genesis 1:2 Genesis 7 and 8 Exodus 14 Joshua 3 and 4 2 Kings 5 Water and fire are often associated in scripture with the holy Spirit because they both have the power to purify or destroy. They cane destroy as if by flood or uncontrolled fire or save as if by drinks of cleaning or warming and buring away of dross or contagion. My primary point (with which you may not agree)is that the separation of water and the Spirit when looking at baptism is artificaial and not in line with Scripture. I agree with you on John's baptism. Emmaus |
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52 | any reference to the dogwood in thebible | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93382 | ||
It is a pious legend based on the shape of a cross found inside the blossom of the dogwood tree. It has nothing to do with scripture. | ||||||
53 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93544 | ||
Jibbs, Who needs faith or hope if one has "absolute assurance." Are the two not mutually exclusive. If one is wrong in their assertion of eternal security, their security will not be eternal and if one is insecure about their election but is among the elect they will not be eternally insecure but only temporarily so. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for" Hebrews 11:1. "But hope seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees" Romans 8:24 What position better displays the Christian of humility; absolute assurance or prayeful trust in God. A beautiful illustration of an attitude of humility is found in the reply of a saint to a question posed as a trap by her ecclesiastical judges: Asked if she knew that she was in God's grace, she replied: "If I am not, may it please God to put me in it; if I am, may it please God to keep me there." God gets the glory either way. She was burned at the stake for heresy, but not for failing to assert her absolute eternal security; Her questioners would have found that to be heresy. Instead she was convicted on other trumped up charges, just like the Savior she followed and was burned at the stake anyway. She was Joan of Arc, later canonized as a saint by the same Church whose corrupt English clerical court had condemned her, though they professed the same faith. They were a lot more sure of themselves than she was, but nobody even remembers their names and their eternal fate is even less certain. Emmaus |
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54 | Spiritual Maturity and Marriage | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93547 | ||
Could you define "spiritually immature" in a little more detail and repost your question? Are we taking, unbeliever, atheist,lukewarm believer, pagan secularist and what level of "spiritual maturity" in the other person is this being compared to? Most people hopefully grow in spiritual maturity through marriage, but only a masochist would really marry into a complete "unevenly yoked" mismatch which scripture warns against. Pre marital testing and conselling before you make the commitment is very valuable in this situation to assess the likelihood of success or failure in marriage. There are worse things in life than being single, sometimes that is being married. |
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55 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93583 | ||
Jibbs, It's not your assurance that disturbs me but its absolute infallibility in your own mind. The only Person that has absolute as opposed to moral assurance about who is saved and who is not is God. The latter requires humility, the former tends toward arrogance. You seem to say you can see with absolute assurance the thing you hope for? Sounds to me like something other than hope or faith. Faith and hope are unnecessary for one so assured. That may be why they seem to others so lacking in charity also. It sounds like your faith is in your own faith rather than in God. The kind of faith Eve had after talking to the serpent. At least that is the way I see it. Emmaus |
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56 | Nationality of bible characters | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93589 | ||
All Jews. | ||||||
57 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93682 | ||
Jibbs, Please accept my apology for insinuating arrogance on your part. Emmaus |
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58 | verify cross on donkeys back | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93686 | ||
This is another pious legend, not to be found in scripture. | ||||||
59 | E-Mail Notification Problem | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93687 | ||
Hank, There are several rather nasty and vurulent computer viruses and worms going around rightnow that are swamping and slowing down e-mail servers and service providers all over the country as they try to filter and eal with the onslaught. Emmaus |
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60 | E-Mail Notification Problem | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 93688 | ||
Hank, There are several rather nasty and virulent computer viruses and worms going around right now. That are overwhelming and slowing down e-mail servers and service providers all over the country as they try to filter out the viruses and deal with the onslaught. Emmaus |
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