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481 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | JCrichton | 121314 | ||
Hi, mommapbs! (Some of the times your tag is spelled Mommapbs other times mommapbs--clarifying, lest I offend Hank!) I respect your conviction... Since my own beliefs are different than yours, I will simply offer my apologies if you felt personally attacked or if you felt defamed and drop this thread. God Bless! Angel |
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482 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | JCrichton | 121257 | ||
"Searcher - so what of those sins that we neglected to ask forgiveness for?" "Contrary to what you are proposing ( and I think I do understand), the biblical teaching is that Christ has paid the complete penalty for our sin. If we must do anything further, i.e. repent, then I do not see that His payment was sufficient! Note Hebrews 10:12, 18:" Hi, Hank! These are the posts from Mommapbs which I have responded to today. ""The sacrifice of Christ on the cross was wholly sufficient for my sins as well as those of the world. If I have to do anything to further merit His forgiveness, then Christ must go back to the cross of necessity- something that is impossible!" Hi, mommapbs! So, if I understand you correctly, you are saying that those in Christ could commit murder or any other transgression and not need to repent because Christ died so that they could be free to do as they please?" This is my final post to Mommapopbs... I do not see how Christ dying for my sins gives me a license to continue to sin with impunity. My comments were clear. My query sincere. How have I offended you and Mommapbs? Now if you are saying that I should not question any of the posts presented on this forum, then I am beginning to understand your post. "unwholesome innuendo" unwholesome--detrimental to physical, mental or moral well-being innuendo--an oblique allusion There was no assault made on Mommapbs--if that is what you are reading. Perhaps instead of murder I should have used a milder simile. Since I believe that my query was pertinent to the thread's discussion, I ask you the same thing (using a different allegory): Can a Christian sin with impunity? Say a person comes to your congregation and 20 years later after serving the Lord faithfully he/she has access to the petty cash account and, without seeking his/her superior's/elder's authorization, withdraws x amount of money for personal use. The money is never reported stolen(so there's no accountability to man)... this person never replaces the money that he/she stole, and he/she eventually dies. Would there be nothing for God to do but accept that that person sinned and relished on the fact that he/she had impunity? God Bless! Angel |
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483 | can you explain a little more? thanks | Rom 8:13 | JCrichton | 121244 | ||
"people who are religious in their own minds." Hi, leonore! There are many examples of these people... they read the Bible and joing congregations (some of the times it is the whole congregation) seeking to worship God in their own way (i.e.: homosexual--by their own declaration they engage in acts that are an abomination to God yet they put on their "Christ" and demand that the Church welcomes them into the Kingdom of God: "come as you are type of worshiper." God does not change! He has vowed condemnation to those who are obstinate and proud enough to change allegiance from the Creator to the creature: Because those people refuse to keep in mind the true knowledge about God, he has given them over to corrupted minds, so that they do the things that they should not do. They are filled with all kinds of wickedness, evil greed, and vice, they are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deceit, and malice. They gossip and speak evil of one another, they are hateful to God, insolent, proud,and boastful; they disobey their parents; they have no conscience; they do not keep their promises, and they show no kindness or pity for others. They know that God's law says that people who live in this way deserve death. Yet, not only do they continue to do these very things, but they even approve of others who do them. (Romans 1:28-32) Those of us who behave in such manner are truly pseudo-Christians, weapons of Satan to confound the true believers. They are but wolves in sheep clothing, seeking to enter the fold only to disembowel it from within (it is happening on a daily basis, world wide). Remember, as we come near to God, God comes near to us--when you search the Holy Scriptures, the Holy Spirit searches you and guides you to our Lord, Jesus Christ! God Bless! Angel |
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484 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 121241 | ||
"Jesus said that John the Baptist "shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias (Elijah). . . Luke 1:17 (KJV)"" (WalkingTalkingBible) "As it has been explained to me in Bible studies, there isn't any scripture to say whom the angel was." Hi, Bruce7! The post which I originally replied to was by WalkingTalkingBible (as per top quote); your consequent responses began with the second quote. Since your quote suggested some support for the idea that the angel in question was Jesus--the erronous idea on which some congregations base their dogma--I concluded that you were suggesting that Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, was an angel. My previous post attempted to clarify this and I apologized if you indeed were not attempting to teach that Christ is anything other than God. Again, I apologize for any misunderstanding we may have had--but we are to witness to Christ and challange any doctrine that preaches a Christ other than the Biblical Christ: the Emmanuel: the Alpha and the Omega! God Bless! Angel |
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485 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | JCrichton | 121236 | ||
"The sacrifice of Christ on the cross was wholly sufficient for my sins as well as those of the world. If I have to do anything to further merit His forgiveness, then Christ must go back to the cross of necessity- something that is impossible!" Hi, mommapbs! So, if I understand you correctly, you are saying that those in Christ could commit murder or any other transgression and not need to repent because Christ died so that they could be free to do as they please? God Bless! Angel |
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486 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | JCrichton | 121146 | ||
"so what of those sins that we neglected to ask forgiveness for?" Hi, mommapbs! So you are saying that we will inherit eternal life in a sinful state? If not, are you saying that we do not need to ask God's forgiveness because all sins (not the unforgivable sin) are automatically forgiven in Christ?--if so, then why was John and Jesus preaching for Israel's repentence? God Bless! Angel |
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487 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 120946 | ||
Hi, Bruce7! I do not normally get involved with the "who," "why," "what ifs," "how many times," "grammatical content," etc... But your original post suggested that Jesus was the speaker in Luke 1:11, this plays into the falicy that is being taught as Christian doctrine that Jesus is not God, that He is merely an angel--be it glorified or not an angel is not God, and Jesus, being God, cannot be demoted to a creature! If you were not issuing forth such an argument, please accept my apologies! God Bless! Angel |
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488 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 120853 | ||
An angel is not diety nor divine... An angel is a servant of God the Only Divine Being! Again, if you read further to Luke 1:19, the angel--a messenger of God--anounces to Zachary that he is Gabriel. There is no doubt that the angel of the Lord who is speaking to Zachary is only a messenger, not God! There is no other way that I can make this any clearer to you: Luke 1:19: The angel replied, 'I am Gabriel, who stand in God's presence, and I have been sent to speak to you and bring yo this good news. The angel answered, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. "I am Gabriel," the angel answered, "I stand in the presence of God, who sent me to speak to you and tell you this good news. I could offer other Biblical versions... they will express the same thing: the angel, a servant of God, is Gabriel. God Bless! Angel |
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489 | what is worship,what is praise | NT general Archive 1 | JCrichton | 120849 | ||
Hi, Searcher! You have clarified the situation... There are differences between worship and service--though service could be done to serve God, in itself it is not necessarily worship. But they do go together as they both testify to our submission to God! Thanks for the info! God Bless! Angel |
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490 | How should I study? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 120714 | ||
Hi, Pam! You are correct! I had a quirk happen (as you can see from duplicate post). Thank you for your patient understanding! God Bless! Angel |
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491 | How should I study? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 120708 | ||
Hi, Pam! From your post I understand that one of your concerns is that when you study the Bible you come to an understanding of a passage and once you communicate this understanding to others they tell you that you are wrong... That is an excellent way to study the Bible! Realize that the Bible is God's Word: Divine Teachings. Begin each study session with a prayer asking the Holy Spirit to guide you to the Truth; to clear your heart and mind of human bias; read as little or as much as you are able to assimilite--never read as a task or for the sake of claiming to have completely read the Bible. Use a concordance dictionary and study the cross-references (this you could do either as you read or as a secondary study as you re-read the original passage); this will not only supply you with additional view points but you will familiarize yourself better with the various books of the Bible. Once you have done your personal Bible study, discuss your findings with others (always carry your Bible into such encounters); do not do this hurriedly! If the person/s do not have the time and patience to go over their explanations with the Bible, either request a future meet or look for other individuals that have the time and patience to use the Bible as basis for their support or rejection of your findings. As other members suggested research all possible resources that you may have available. Trust the Holy Spirit to guide you each step of the way. Remember, discovering God is joyful labor not a task to be performed and put out of sight; as James says: "be doer of the Word!" God Bless! Angel |
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492 | How should I study? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 120709 | ||
Hi, Pam! From your post I understand that one of your concerns is that when you study the Bible you come to an understanding of a passage and once you communicate this understanding to others they tell you that you are wrong... That is an excellent way to study the Bible! Realize that the Bible is God's Word: Divine Teachings. Begin each study session with a prayer asking the Holy Spirit to guide you to the Truth; to clear your heart and mind of human bias; read as little or as much as you are able to assimilite--never read as a task or for the sake of claiming to have completely read the Bible. Use a concordance dictionary and study the cross-references (this you could do either as you read or as a secondary study as you re-read the original passage); this will not only supply you with additional view points but you will familiarize yourself better with the various books of the Bible. Once you have done your personal Bible study, discuss your findings with others (always carry your Bible into such encounters); do not do this hurriedly! If the person/s do not have the time and patience to go over their explanations with the Bible, either request a future meet or look for other individuals that have the time and patience to use the Bible as basis for their support or rejection of your findings. As other members suggested research all possible resources that you may have available. Trust the Holy Spirit to guide you each step of the way. Remember, discovering God is joyful labor not a task to be performed and put out of sight; as James says: "be doer of the Word!" God Bless! Angel |
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493 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 120679 | ||
Hi, Bruce7! In the Old Testament the angel or Angel of the Lord is revealed as Yahweh or Yahweh's working power, the Holy Spirit... it is also revealed as just a messenger: ergo, angel. In Luke 1:11 we find that same terminogy; a terminology which could be interpreted as we please (if that were the type of book that the Bible is)... but, if we follow the logical line of the revelation, we find that the angel identifies himself to Zachary as Gabriel (Luke 1:19); for us to interprete the Bible as saying that Jesus is the angel Gabriel would be usurping God's authority and defiling Christ's Divinity. Please reread the passage (Luke 1:5-22) and view it in light of Luke 1:26-38; John 1:1-18; Isaiah 9:6, 7:14, 43:10, 42:8; and Revelation 22:3, 12-16). God Bless! Angel |
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494 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 120637 | ||
Hi, WalkingTalkingBible! How do you come to the conclusion that Jesus is talking on Luke 1:17--are you saying that Luke 1:11 identifies the angel of the Lord as Christ Jesus or are you saying that Jesus is an angel? God Bless! Angel |
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495 | Explain Hebrew 4:12 | Eph 6:17 | JCrichton | 120567 | ||
Hi, Ray! In both situation the Bible makes clear notation that we are to humble ourselves to God--we can either be awed by His great power or fear Him since we know what He can do with His great power! God Bless! Angel |
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496 | Earth round or flat? Sun center of syste | Is 40:22 | JCrichton | 120563 | ||
Thanks for that acknowledgement, Hank! God Bless! Angel |
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497 | Holy Spirit leaving the earth? | 1 Cor 6:19 | JCrichton | 120562 | ||
Hi, Kecia! Glad to have helped... Part of the problem that I find is that some people think of a problem or situation then they go to the Bible and twist and turn the Scriptures until they read what they want to see in the passage: i.e.: those who keep playing with snakes because of a passage in the Bible (they even expose their children to venomous species--sometimes with fatal consequences)... or the ones who are looking for UFOs... When we listen to the Holy Spirit the veil is removed! Trust in God--He will never steer you wrong! God Bless! Angel |
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498 | Earth round or flat? Sun center of syste | Is 40:22 | JCrichton | 120542 | ||
"I think that we are in agreement that if you subtract God from science, you lose all meaning and purpose." Hi, Sir! Thank you for your understanding! And I do believe that science is one the Holy Spirit's beautiful gifts--for both our collective betterment and for exercising our minds! God Bless! Angel |
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499 | Earth round or flat? Sun center of syste | Is 40:22 | JCrichton | 120516 | ||
Hi, Sir! Just logged back in when I noticed your reply... I have read your profile... I understand your reference to Mt 10:16, but I hope that since we are coming to terms (agreement in serving God) you would allow me to use the first part of your screen name--or the second, which ever you prefer--when addressing you. ...science: when we seek to know God by mere human intellect we ponder words, symbolisms, and terminologies while ignoring the spiritual. Scientist don't know why prayer works--some are coming around to it--but a peasant in the romotest part of the world who allows the Holy Spirit to enlighten him/her clearly understands the beauty and generosity of God as he/she trusted God to provide a meager day's worth of food for the family!--devoid of faith, science (as the saying goes) "can't touch this!" God Bless! Angel |
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500 | Earth round or flat? Sun center of syste | Is 40:22 | JCrichton | 120501 | ||
Hi! If you note my original post, I stated that God did not fill the Bible with... I never claimed that God did not use science, philosophy, poetry, or other means of human intellectaul abilities--He even used astronomy to gather the three wise men about Jesus' manger! My response was to clarify that though the Bible is not encompassing of all the present terminologies and ideas, there are no short comings in God's revelations. Rather it is our limited and finite abilities that do not allow us to see the Truth: i.e.: though there is no mention of crack-cocane, spanish fly, angel dust, S and M, etc... the Bible teaches that Yahweh demands that we come to Him with pure heart, a pure mind, and a pure body. There's no teaching in the Bible about cigarettes... but we know they kill... and we know that we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit... we know that we have been bought at a price... we know that if we destroy God's Temple God will destroy us! ever since the creation of the world, the invisible existence of God and his everlasting power have been clearly seen by the mind's understanding of created things. And so these people have no excuse: they knew God and yet they did not honour him as God or give thanks to him, but their arguments became futile and their uncomprehending minds were darkened. While they claimed to be wise, in fact they were growing so sutpid that they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an imitation, for the image of a mortan human being, or of birds, or animals, or crawling things. (Romans 1:20-23) In this passage it is evident that Paul is referencing nature as a source of God's revelation of His Divinity! Just look at the substance we call snow: if we capture a single drop (or whatever the scientific term may be) we will find that it has an intricate geometrical design! A design that a mere accident in space could not have brought into perfect existence! I hope this finally clarifies my position about God, the Bible, Science and Nature. God Bless! Angel PS: Please forgive me for not using your tag--I do not know its origins but it's a phonic equivalent to the ancient name of the anti-Christ. |
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