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41 | God dwells in the praise of his people? | Ps 48:10 | wdc | 28252 | ||
Hello Margie, Ps. 22:3 is the verse you are looking for. The KJV says God "inhabitest the praises of Israel." In the Hebrew, the word inhabitest (Strong H3427) means; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatuvely to settle, to marry. So I think it is safe to say that God dwells in our praises. later...wdc |
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42 | What does "after glory" mean? | Zech 2:8 | wdc | 28250 | ||
What does this mean, "After glory He has sent me against the nations..." The NKJV reads "He sent Me after glory," | ||||||
43 | Renewal AGAIN to repentance? | NT general Archive 1 | wdc | 25180 | ||
I'm kinda jumping in in the middle here, but I wanted to say something about crossing the line. I have heard this all my life, people saying what sin or how many sins will cause me to lose my salvation. To me the answer is obvious. If you can lose your salvation, it can not be lost by a sin or any number of sins. Your were not saved by stopping sin in your life or by not committing a certian sin, YOU WERE SAVED BY FAITH in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If you can lose your salvation, the only way it could be lost would be to lose your faith, or stop believing that the death and resurrection of Christ is sufficent. I hope this makes sense, it does to me. Eph. 2:8 "For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God." We are not saved by works, we are not saved by stopping sin, we are saved because we took at His word that He would accept us because of what Jesus did on the cross. later...wdc |
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44 | Resurrection of 2 witnesses and Rapture? | Revelation | wdc | 14539 | ||
Retxar, There will be people that get saved during the tribulation period. I don't that the two witnesses get saved during the tribulation, they may already be saved and serving God in some capacity before the tribulation starts. Rev. 7:9-14, espicially verse 14, (13) And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?(14) And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. I believe there will be others that will come out of the tribulation as saints of God due to the witness of the 2 and also the witness of the 144,000. See also Rev. 6:9-11, I believe these people come out of the tribulation as saints of God. So there will be Christians in the tribulation. Some this is the Church, I guess that depends on your view of when the rapture takes place, pre, mid, or post. Hope this adds to the discussion. later...wdc |
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45 | Resurrection of 2 witnesses and Rapture? | Revelation | wdc | 14537 | ||
Tim, This passage may be helpful. 1 Thes. 5:1-9 (1) But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.(2) For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. (3) For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.(4) But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.(5) Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.(6) Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. (7)For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. (8) But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.(9)For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, The Bible never says that the day of the Lord will come upon the prepared, watching, faithful servant of God like a thief in the night. Most of the passages that use the phrase "thief in the night" refer to the servant that is not watching and ready, and says that the master is delaying his coming or will not come. In all the examples in the Bible that are types of the rapture or the return of the Lord, He always told them before the event happened. Noah and the flood, Lot being delivered for Sodom's destruction. (He also told Abraham). Notice that Paul tells them he does not need to write them about the seasons and times for they know perfectly well. We do to if we study scripture and pay attention. I know many people say we should not set dates, and this in no way tries to set dates. But I believe from reading the scripture, we can if, nothing else, know the season of His coming, it will not take us as a theif in the night. later...wdc |
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46 | What if? | Rom 7:17 | wdc | 13218 | ||
Thanks Tim, That is a good answer. I will try to keep my imagination in check. later...wdc |
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47 | What if? | Rom 7:17 | wdc | 13193 | ||
Gentlemen, Don't think this is stupid, or that I am an idoit. I was thinking about this last night and this thought popped into my head. When Adam sinned, he died, not physically, but spiritually. The Bible says in Rom. 8:3-4. "For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, (4) that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." I understand this to mean that the law could not be kept in the O.T. (or the N.T. for that matter) because there was no spirit, nor Holy Spirit given to empower man to do so. The requirements of the law are fulfilled in us now because of what Christ did and the work of the Holy Spirit in us in regeneration. Now here is the wierd part. What if man, since the fall of Adam, has no spirit. (Gen. 5:3 "Adam...Begot a son in his own likeness, after his own image," It is not said that Seth was born in the image of God.) The spirit that Adam had received was directly from God, when God breathed into him the breath of life, and I believe that is the part that died, or departed when he sinned. When we are born again, we receive the Spirit of God within our beings, that's what makes us born again. Again, I'm just thinking out loud, I have a very vivid imagination, and sometimes it roams to far away places. What does anyone think about this? later...wdc |
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48 | How is Christ the end of the law? | Rom 10:4 | wdc | 13027 | ||
Bill, Christ is the end of the law because He fulfilled the law. (Mat 5:17) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. In His life, He kept all the requirements of the law the way God commanded them to be kept. In doing so, He is the end of law for righteousness, and for us. (2 Cor 5:21) For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. When we come to Him in faith, the righteousness of the law is imparted to us because of what He has done in His life and on the cross. Romans 8:3-4 (3) For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:(4) That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. This is why we can be accepted by God, not by what have done or can do, but by what Jesus did, and enter that by faith. Hope this helps. later...wdc |
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49 | Old T. and New T. | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 13022 | ||
Thank you Bill, It is answers like this that keep me coming back to the forum. I may print this out and preach it next Sunday, with your permission of course. Your statement "Man has ALWAYS been saved by faith in what God says" is so simple, yet so profound, at least to me. Rom. 10:17 "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." This how I live my life. I don't understand everything about God, His ways, or the Bible, (and that doesn't stop me from trying to understand), but I do my best by the Holy Spirit to follow what He says. Even the parts I don't understand, I try to do. (For example, love your enemy.) Basically all I have is that He tells me He loves me and will save me if I call upon His name. I understand the principle of progressive revelation, that God reveals more to us we go along, and I know that is what He has done in the Bible. And I know that one day I will know all that I need to know, "For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known." In truth, I know all I need to know right now, I just need to trust it and do it. Anyway, thanks for your help. I will be looking for more of your posting. In Christ, wdc |
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50 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12748 | ||
Thanks for your input. I think we are on the same page, I just understand it as well as you do yet. Pray for me in my search. later...wdc |
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51 | What are the 'signs of the times'? | Matt 16:3 | wdc | 12743 | ||
Nolan, After reading many of your postings, I'm sure you know this, but here goes anyway. One answer to what are the signs of the times is found in Matthew 24:1-8. Jesus said these things would precede His coming and the end of the age. Matthew 24:1-8 (1) And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple.(2) And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.(3) And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?(4) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.(6) And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.(7) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. (8) All these are the beginning of sorrows. There are other signs, but is a good general list. I also believe we are living in the time period Jesus foretold. later...wdc |
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52 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12737 | ||
Ed, Sounds like you have a MaCarthur study Bible, I use one too. Your aswer is good, but it still doesn't explain why the promises in the N.T. only pertain to spiritual blessings and in the O.T. they include physical. Does it make us less "spiritual" then them to be concerned with physical things? If God promised those things in the O.T., why not in the N.T.? If the new covenant is better than the old, why were most of the people that walked with God in the O.T. rich and in the N.T. the were basically poor? This is just a question. My purpose in life is not to be comfortable, comfort leads to complacency. My purpose is to serve Him and spread the gospel message to a lost, dying, God rejecting world. My purpose leads me to much Bible study and meditation, and that leads to many questions. My daughter, a Bible college graduate, (I'm not, I am uneducated except for some correspondance work I did) tells me I take things to literal. I don't know any other way to take the Bible except at face value. I have to principles that guide my study, praying for wisdom from the Holy Spirit and that the Bible will interpret itself if we let it. Hearing from other people, like those of you that use the forum helps too, because it allows me to hear thoughts and ideas I would not have heard and been opened to otherwise. So I thank you for talking to me. Looking forward to hearing to hearing from you. later...wdc |
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53 | what's the difference in these two | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12718 | ||
Thank you Joe. later...wdc |
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54 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12717 | ||
I didn't turn it around, I asked a question. Here is another question. Where does it say that this only applies to messianic promises? It looks like to me that Paul is talking about physical promises of deliverance from his enemies in verses 9 and 10, and promises that God would see him through on his journey in verse 16. I'm not argueing either, I'm trying to understand. later...wdc |
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55 | Heb. 8 and Jer. 31 | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12716 | ||
Bill, Thank you for your answers. It is clear that you have studied and understand what you are talking about. That is what I am trying to do, understand what I am talking about. I agree with your belief on this subject of the New Covenant, that it applies to us as well as to Isreal, I am just trying to understand why I believe it rather than just saying that's what I believe. There are so many times in the Bible, especially with Paul, that something is taken from the O.T. and applied to us, that seems to me is specfic for application to the Jews, yet Paul applies to Christians and I get confused. I understand that Paul was inspired in what he wrote and that much of what he wrote he received by revelation from Jesus, and so I accept it and believe, but I still want to understand it. There are statements in the Bible like 2 Cor. 1:20 and some others that seem to me to complicate matters sometime (I think I said what I meant to say there). Another example: in the O.T. God promised Israel that if they obeyed Him in the promised land, that He would provide for them peace, prosperity, and health. Obviously they did not obey and missed out on the promises. I think the reason for doing this was that the rest of the world would see Israel's God and want to worship Him also and then Israel would missionaries like they were supposed to be in the first place. But in the N.T. we only get these things "if it is God's will". If the new covenant is under grace, and we recieve all things in Christ, all the promises are yes in Him, why is that only applied to salvation, peace and joy, and not prosperity and health also. God's promise to the righteous man is long life full of blessing. I am righteous in Christ, 2 Cor. 5:21, should not these things freely come upon me by grace? I am not of the health and wealth camp, I am just trying to understand, so please don't label me. Apparently I am having trouble rightly dividing the word of truth. later...wdc |
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56 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12713 | ||
Gentlemen, What about 2 Cor. 1:20, "For all the promises of God in Him (Jesus) are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God,..." How does this apply to the promises made in the O.T. and the N.T.? later...wdc |
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57 | Heb. 8 and Jer. 31 | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12700 | ||
Bill, Here is another one. Hebrews 8:7-13.In verse 9, this is specifically given to Israel and Judah, (the Jews). In Jeremiah 31:31-34, where the writer of Hebrews is quoting from, the promise is specifically for the Jews also, and even more specific, if I understand it right, it will be enforced after their restoration to their own land, Jer. 31:23-30. But we use this as a picture of salvation in the New Testament, making it applicable to all people. Do you have any thoughts here. later...wdc |
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58 | Old T. and New T. | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12699 | ||
Thanks again Bill. I would like to hear your opinion on how to reconcile the God of the O.T. with the God of the N.T. To many people, there appears to be two God's, one in the O.T. and one in the N.T. How would you explain this to someone. The main question I get is the one how God commanded all the killing in the O.T. and was so hard on the people and in the N.T. it is all about life and grace. Hope this makes sense. later...wdc |
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59 | what's the difference in these two | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12646 | ||
Thanks Bill, This is very helpful. I have thought for a long time that the four gospels were more Old Testament than New, I don't where the line would be drawn between, maybe more in Acts chapter 2. But anyway, your answer helps explain some things. Thanks again. later...wdc |
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60 | tattoos and piercings of the body | Bible general Archive 1 | wdc | 12613 | ||
I'm not trying to incite arguement or anything. My daughter wanted a tatoo, and we discussed this verse and passage at great length. Also I prefer my longer than most chuch people are comfortable with, and they often quote 1 Cor. 11:14 to me, and I point out 1 Cor. 11:16 to them. My point is that people should be very careful taking a verse to defend something like or dislike without studying the context carefully. P.S. I don't have a beard, but it is not for lack of trying, I really want one, but don't have enough whiskers. later...wdc |
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