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41 | Love for all, judge not anyone | OT general | skccab | 213203 | ||
Hi Brad, Certainly. I thought I had clarified it when I stated that there are laws that didn't apply to Him. First, maybe we're on different pages, I'm thinking of the 613 laws. You too? If that's the case, the statement remains. All means all, nothing else. Jesus could only "fulfill" what applied to Him. He was not at that time a High Priest, He was not a Levite, He was not a father, He was not a husband, He wasn't in the military, and He certainly wasn't a woman - yet there are laws for these groups of people. I certainly wasn't saying anything derogatory about my Lord!! During His lifetime, I have no doubt that as the opportunity arose He performed what was written just exactly the way God had always intended it to be done, in the spirit in which it was to be done. Sorry for the confusion. Cheri |
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42 | Love for all, judge not anyone | OT general | skccab | 213193 | ||
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43 | Bible software? | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 213176 | ||
Greetings akh, I use e-Sword, the software is free, much of the add-ons are free. It has numerous free bible versions, commentaries, etc. Some of the newer Bible versions are not free but they are very reasonable. The "search" feature will search what you're looking for according to the bible version you may have open in the program. Nave's Topical Bible is also available as a free add-on, and is ofter quite helpful in locating passages. :o) Cheri |
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44 | Abraham and Abimelech | James 4:2 | skccab | 213121 | ||
Thanks Val, I've read that story time and again, and always wondered that. I had pretty much agreed with what you wrote but wondered if maybe there was something I was missing... Cheri |
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45 | Abraham and Abimelech | Not Specified | skccab | 213106 | ||
Shalom y'all, I have a question, it's a "why" that pretty much calls for speculation but I would like to hear other's thoughts. In Gen. 20:7 God is telling Abimelech that Abraham will pray for him and his house to be healed. Why didn't God just go ahead and do this Himself at that time? Was he wanting somehow to exalt Abraham in the eyes of this king? Thanks to all Cheri |
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46 | Abraham and Abimelech | James 4:2 | skccab | 213116 | ||
Shalom y'all, I have a question, it's a "why" that pretty much calls for speculation but I would like to hear other's thoughts. In Gen. 20:7 God is telling Abimelech that Abraham will pray for him and his house to be healed. Why didn't God just go ahead and do this Himself at that time? Was he wanting somehow to exalt Abraham in the eyes of this king? Thanks to all Cheri |
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47 | Love for all, judge not anyone | OT general | skccab | 213103 | ||
Shalom Kamschoolgrad, Well, here I am, getting myself into trouble again here, but I have to agree for the most part with your dilemma. We love to quote the "Ten Commandments" and then weekly come up with excuses why we don't observe Shabbat. Just because the Jews didn't observe it properly is not a good reason that we shouldn't at least try. (I find it a joy.) Jesus observed Sabbath. Eating according to what is written in the Bible is not difficult (all the man-made dietary laws probably are - but the Bible only has about 2 pages of do's and don't's and those are not too hard). Jesus observed God's dietary dictates. Now, some of the death penalty situations - the only thing I can state there is that as individuals we MUST abide by our city, state, and country laws even when they seem to go against the written judgments of God. (We must believe that God put these lawmakers into office for His own good reasons.) We cannot become a society of vigilantes. That would be as bad as the civil laws being totally wrong. Even the Jews, way back before Jesus walked the earth had come to the conclusion that one man in 70 years put to death was too many - so we (Christians) are not the only ones who think we know better than God in some cases!! :o) So, for those areas that we cannot take into our own hands - just pray, and pray about the situations - we can do nothing else. As far as things that we, as individuals, can do to obey God's judgments, I believe that we should. We are to be disciples of Jesus and one of the main things a disciple is expected to do is to DO what and as the Master does/did. A disciple talks like his Master, thinks like his Master, acts like his Master, reads what his Master reads, loves what his Master loves and hates what his Master hates. (Most Christians do this.) The only real answer I can tell you to give these friends of yours is to never mind what others do or don't do, if they believe that they are being led of the Spirit to obey God's commands (that is, the ones they can legally do) they should. If the Spirit is not leading them, then they should not, because it would just become legalistic "works" that benefit nothing. For the most part, I believe Christians do obey the majority of God's statutes and judgments when they simply keep Jesus the focus of their lives - the Holy Spirit is NOT going to lead them astray!! So, Sunday, ham, man-made observances over God-ordained feasts is not really the issue - it's Who dwells within, Who guides you in your decisions. Sorry I couldn't help more in the death-sentence areas. Maybe someone else can...:o) Cheri |
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48 | "can you explain to me Acts 2:46-49 | Acts | skccab | 213081 | ||
Shalom Dcmartin, My bible only has to verse 47 in Acts 2...(some times they vary). I'm not sure what you don't understand, but I'll try to explain what I understand of the passage... This was the extreme infancy of the church and it was still mainly made up of Jews, just another sect of Judiasm. They continued daily in the temple with one accord - they still said the prayers 3 times a day in their local worship area (the Temple, for these spoken of), preached there the gospel that the promised Messiah had come, they took their meals with fellow believers in their different homes V. 47 they were continually praising God as He showed them favor and more and more people were added to their fellowship. If you're confused about the statement "those who were being saved" - salvation in a one time thing but a life time of attaining. Little by little, day by day, one's life changes as they follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Hope this helps Cheri |
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49 | what do Isaiah 58:9-12 mean? | Isaiah | skccab | 213069 | ||
Shalom New Kid Welcome to the Forum!! Isa 58:9 Then you will call, and Adonai(the Lord) will answer; you will cry, and he will say, "Here I am." If you will remove the yoke from among you, stop false accusation and slander, Isa 58:10 generously offer food to the hungry and meet the needs of the person in trouble; then your light will rise in the darkness, and your gloom become like noon. Isa 58:11 Adonai will always guide you; he will satisfy your needs in the desert, he will renew the strength in your limbs; so that you will be like a watered garden, like a spring whose water never fails. Isa 58:12 You will rebuild the ancient ruins, raise foundations from ages past, and be called "Repairer of broken walls, Restorer of streets to live in." Isa 58:13 "If you hold back your foot on Shabbat (the Sabbath) from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call Shabbat a delight, Adonai's holy day, worth honoring; then honor it by not doing your usual things or pursuing your interests or speaking about them. Isa 58:14 If you do, you will find delight in Adonai — I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Ya'akov (Jacob/Israel), for the mouth of Adonai has spoken." CJB, (parentheses added for clarification) These verses are God speaking to Israel, they had not been walking in God's commands. Those who would begin to do so would be the ones who would begin bringing about the restoration of Zion as in the former days. Hope this helps. Cheri |
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50 | Ananias and Sapphira paid for their sin | Acts 5:9 | skccab | 213057 | ||
Hiya Keliy, After I pressed the submit button I realized my response didn't answer your question - which by the way is a very good one. (If you get a viable answer elsewhere please share it with me via email in my profile.) I'm very happy that you are enjoying Mr. Tom :o) His teachings have a way of just opening up sayings and events that took place in the NT in a way I've never viewed them before...and certainly sayings and events of the OT era that I've never been taught before. Are you listening to Genesis? Have you gotten to chapters 48-49 yet? He does an awesome job on those!! Shalom Cheri |
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51 | Ananias and Sapphira paid for their sin | Acts 5:9 | skccab | 213051 | ||
Shalom Keliy, Let me say first that I'm at work and not on my own puter, so if you need scripture references, I can get to them way later tonight. But I consider the act of these two NT people goes back to the Torah where it says that once a thing is purposed in one's heart to give to God, it's His - it's not to be changed, not even for something better (and if one did change what was purposed then BOTH would belong to God). Annias and wife purposed to give ALL and then held some back - what they held back already belonged to God, it had become holy because it was His and they abused it. (I figure you probably know where this law is but if you need me to reference it, I can do so when I get home.) :o) Cheri |
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52 | The United Stated in the Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 213026 | ||
Greetings Doc, OK, I'm with you now, I think. (Like I said, sometimes it takes me awhile....) I think I understand what you're saying now. Hope you've had a great Sunday. :o) Cheri |
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53 | The United Stated in the Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 213021 | ||
Shalom Doc, I've already discussed this with John. I had trouble with the quote and the portrayal of any country in it. I got lost in it. As far as any assumptions, I go with Gen. 12:3 plus others that escape me at the moment. I believe that God views Israel and the nations. If we are born-again of Messiah then we, as individuals are viewed, individually, as part of Israel (and just as 10 righteous people could have saved Sodom, they can also save the nations in which they live today). But nationally, believing individuals may suffer along with those nations who rise up against Israel. I believe that Jer. 31:35-37 and 33:19-26 is still God's heart (concerning physical Israel and those who have spiritually joined themselves to Israel). He hasn't changed. I'm nowhere near as good at words as you are, Doc, so I hope I didn't mess this up too much.... :o) My main trouble, again, was the connection with the quote and the attempt to "see" any given country linked to it... Cheri |
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54 | The United Stated in the Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 213005 | ||
Hiya Bro, I did re-read it. I think my problem is I just don't see any particular nation as posed in the original question being portrayed. And the quote just didn't seem to fit. As Peter once said about Paul, Doc can sometimes be hard to understand (so I guess we're both in pretty good company, Doc with Paul and his words, and me scratching my head with Peter, going "huh???") :o) And then later, it's "duh!!! Helloooo!!" Cheri |
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55 | The United Stated in the Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 213003 | ||
Shalom John, You're jumping in is just fine. I was just totally lost in that quote from the fellow. I couldn't see any correlation either but it sounded like I was suppose to see something.... Sometimes I'm just thick. Cheri |
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56 | The United Stated in the Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 213001 | ||
Doc, I have to kinda admit, I got really lost in Goldworthy (?). Can you re-state what he was trying to say? Sometimes, I need 1st grade talk :o) Cheri |
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57 | Why weren't Levi and Simeon punished? | Genesis | skccab | 212972 | ||
Shalom Adriana, To answer your 2nd question first - yes, indeed, God did say that a man who spilled another's blood would pay with his own blood. First, you must be aware that it was not just the 2 men, Simeon and Levi, the scenario included all of the men of military age in both of their entire tribes (which according to the number of all of Jacob's family were not very large). Simeon (the man) payed dearly, he lost the blessing of the first born which would have gone to him because of what Rueben had done (Gen. 49:5-7). That scripture also includes Levi who also lost the first born blessing which would have gone to him due to Simeon losing it. That, alone, was bad enough for them, but look at your maps in the Bible and see that Simeon only got a very small portion of land WITHIN Judah's portion, and Levi got nothing of their own. They paid. Just as an aside: the firstborn blessing was split between Judah (given the right to rule entire nation after Jacob Gen. 49:8-12) and Joseph being given the double portion (which was split between Manasseh and Ephraim) of the material wealth of Jacob (Gen. 48:5-6 and 49:22-26). Hope this helps a little bit :o) Cheri |
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58 | Who is the generation? | Bible general Archive 4 | skccab | 212966 | ||
Good afternoon, Kcabm, It is not in good form to just tell someone that they are wrong, and certainly not very humble. It is much more honorable to offer the possibility of error with backing scripture - and then to humbly offer a different interpretation, also with backing references. A really wonderful teacher must always be aware that he/she is NOT the final authority, and that he'she is certainly not incapable of being in error. (We have only one such Teacher in that category!) Shalom Cheri |
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59 | Trouble with Pronouns | Is 63:11 | skccab | 212936 | ||
Keliy, Thank you so much for the research!! I really like the NKJV. I have the CJB that I use when checking out OT verses, but had misplaced it (have found it since) and it agrees with your understanding (it uses, I think, the JPS version of the Hebrew Scriptures). That verse just stopped me in my tracks. That happens sometimes :o) BTW, good work on the John the Baptist response! Cheri |
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60 | Trouble with Pronouns | Is 63:11 | skccab | 212931 | ||
Doc, Thanks, didn't think to do that. In the suggested versions it reads "His people remembered..." so it would be safe to conclude that it is in lowercase by error and is indeed referring to God - "Then He remembered..."? Cheri |
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