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481 | modern terms for biblical practice? | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 10900 | ||
When one "pleads" their case in a court of law it means to present an answer to a charge. Rev 12:10 says satan accuses the brethren before our God day and night. I think when people use the term "I plead the blood" they are simply answering those charges. I don't see how that would make the term unscriptural. Hope this helps. God bless! |
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482 | biblical reason for todays mondern toung | 1 Cor 1:7 | retxar | 10838 | ||
1Co 1:7 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, The church at Corinth was lacking no Spiritual gifts, including tongues. How long would these gifts last before they would run out? Till Jesus returned. Jesus has not returned, therefore no spiritual gifts have ceased. 1Co 12:7 says spiritual gifts are given to each one for the profit of all. If these were only temporary promises, the burden of proof would be on those trying to dis-prove not those who accept. Jesus is Lord! |
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483 | Is Jesus really God? | John 14:7 | retxar | 10279 | ||
Here are a few places. Psalms 45:6, Psalms 45:11, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 40:10, Jeremiah 23:6, Malachi 3:1, John 8:24, John 8:28, John 8:58, John 20:28, Acts 7:59, Acts 7:60, 1Tim 3:16, Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 1:9, Hebrews 1:10, Rev 5:9, Rev 5:10. Jesus is Lord! |
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484 | hoyy spirit bap. evidence tounges? | Acts | retxar | 9895 | ||
I understand and respect how you feel about this. I had already looked over the thread, and was not asking for anything to be repeated. I did not see the Acts 1:5 and Acts 2:4 issue I brought up addressed. I may have missed something tho, so I will look back over. Thanks bro, Jesus Lives! |
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485 | hoyy spirit bap. evidence tounges? | Acts | retxar | 9889 | ||
Jesus said in Acts 1:5 "for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." Was Jesus's words here not fulfilled in Acts 2:4 which says "And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance?" Notice Jesus said "baptized with the Holy Spirit" but the actual occurrence was called "filled with the Holy Spirit." How can someone really be that far off base by saying exactly what Jesus said? How can one be that wrong if they call “baptized with the Holy Spirit” and “filled the Holy Spirit” the same thing? Are they not only repeating what Jesus said? I have posted this before and no one can seem to answer that. I am in agreement that all who are born again receive the Holy Spirit as the disciples did in John 20:22. At salvation we are “baptized” into the body of Christ as in 1Cor 12:13, but to me that is not the same as what happened to the disciples in Acts 2:4, the Samaritans in Acts 8:17, Paul in Acts 9:17, or the disciples at Ephesus in Acts 19:6. As I have said before, I can say “filled” with the Holy Spirit instead of “baptized” with the Holy Spirit till Jesus returns, but when someone says “baptized with the Holy Spirit”, I can’t help but think of it as Jesus spoke of it in Acts 1:5 and was fulfilled in Acts 2:4. Please consider, in Christ Jesus, retxar |
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486 | Retxar, additional thoughts please! | Mark 9:23 | retxar | 9015 | ||
I guess an additional thought I have is the importance Paul put on love in 1Cor 13. We must always have an attitude of love in our dealings with all, in all situations. Jesus said in John 13:35 "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." 1Cor 13:2 tells me I should seek all truth, but more importantly I must be careful to always have the right attitude (an attitude of love). It is easy for me to forget this if I am trying to get someone to see my point of view, even tho I am sure I am right and the other person is wrong. If I have the wrong attitude, it does not matter if I am right or not, I am only trying to make myself look good, and Jesus cannot be glorified. Lack of love comes from walking after the flesh not the Spirit. Can we have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have faith to remove mountains, and have not love? This would be impossible! The gifts of the Spirit can only be exercised in love, otherwise they become a work of the flesh. What begins as a work of the Spirit must continue in the Spirit and cannot be perfected in the flesh (Chuck Smith, Calvary Chapel). I believe the actual movement of a physical mountain is not to be taken literally. I believe it is an exaggeration to make a point (as in Luke 14:26 for example). As far a prophecy revealing the proper understanding of all mysteries and knowledge, I think this is correct in the fact that all mysteries and knowledge revealed are correct, not that they reveal all. This again must be by the leading of the Spirit and not the flesh. When a prophecy fails is when it is something we work up in our own head, not when the Holy Spirit reveals it to us. We must be very careful when we say "thus saith the Lord" when what we really meant was "thus saith my head". God Bless! retxar |
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487 | Are the gifts of the spirit for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | retxar | 8764 | ||
Yes, Joel 2:28, Joel 2:29, Acts 2:17, Acts 2:18, 1Cor 1:7, 1Cor 1:8, 1Cor 12:7, 1Cor 12:28, 1Cor 13:10, 1Cor 13:12, Eph 4:13, 1John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Until this is fulfilled, the gifts of the Spirit are vital and required and no scripture suggest they will cease before this time. God bless! retxar |
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488 | Mat 17:20 vs I Cor 13:2? | Mark 9:23 | retxar | 8760 | ||
Maybe the mountain moving faith Jesus and Paul were talking about were not that much different from each other. Consider Mat 13:31-32, Mark 4:31-31, and Luke 13:19. In all illustrations, Jesus speaks of the mustard seed as something that starts out small and grows large and strong. Maybe Jesus was talking about the characteristic of a mustard seed in Mat 17:20, not the size? I tend to see it that way. In order to “move mountains”, we must have faith like a mustard seed that takes root and grows! Jesus is Lord! |
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489 | Please explain | Matt 7:13 | retxar | 8595 | ||
Please don't think Jesus was saying water baptism is a salvation requirement. Jesus explains exactly what he meant in John 3:5 when He said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Just read the very next verse and it will be very clear what Jesus meant. John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Jesus Lives! |
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490 | EXPLAIN REPLENISH | Genesis | retxar | 8402 | ||
15 "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. Matt 18:15 (NKJV) |
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491 | What is YIC | Rom 5:6 | retxar | 8040 | ||
Hey Zeek! Slow down, man! I don't think I ever said I believed in total predestanation did I? Suppose you were talking to someone else? Was the question not what is YIC? For the record I agree with all you said. Except that da should not be capitalized and Jesus should, as Ray would say. It's a joke son. You will understand in time, as Mel would say. It's late, lets all get some rest. God bless, retxar |
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492 | What is YIC | Rom 5:6 | retxar | 8025 | ||
YIC means either, Yours In Christ, or You Is Christian, or Yes I'm Crazy, or Y'all Is Crazy! | ||||||
493 | How was Samuel called from the grave? | 1 Sam 28:7 | retxar | 8024 | ||
I don't think this was Samuel from the dead at all, but a demon acting as Samuel. Saul had already inquired of the LORD, and the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets (1Sam 28:6). If God refused to answer thru the Holy Spirit, I don’t think He would answer thru demonic means, do you? Why would God talk to Saul thru means that would violate scripture? (Luke 16:26) Look at 1Sam 28:19. The demon (or Samuel) says “tomorrow you and your sons will be with me.” Did Saul join Samuel, or demons? I really don’t know for sure, but from the indication of scripture I do not think Saul joined Samuel. Can someone bring out a soul from the dead today? No! I believe today, when it happens, it is the same demon impersonation, as I think happened here. When people consult the devil, it seems to me it would be the devil who would accommodate them, not God. Could a witch bring out a soul from the dead at any time past? Jesus said it was NOT possible. Luke 16:26 says "And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us." I think I will go with what Jesus said. Jesus Lives!!!!!!!!!! |
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494 | Tithes and offerings designation | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 7516 | ||
Does the Bible address the issue of how our tithes and offerings are to be used once they are given? Do we have the right to designate how a particular offering should be used or do we release all rights to the spritual authorities in our church to designate as they see fit? | ||||||
495 | What DO you mean, then? | 1 Tim 6:20 | retxar | 7488 | ||
Or have you ever wondered if Adam and Eve had belly buttons? Hummmmmmm? retxar |
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496 | Angel of the Lord - where in NT? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 7486 | ||
Ezekiel, Maybe if you look at "angel" from another "angle" you would see something much different! Just having a little fun Bro! God bless! |
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497 | Angel of the Lord - where in NT? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 7483 | ||
I find 12. Mathew 1:20, 1:24, 2:13, 2:19, and 28:2 Luke 1:11 and 2:9, Acts 5:19, 7:30, 8:26, 12:7, and 12:23 In most cases these angels of the Lord are ministering spirits as described in Hebrews 1:14, not an incarnation of Jesus as usually the Angel of the Lord refers to in the Old Testament. The exception is Acts 7:30 which is Steven's reference to Moses encounter with the Angel of the Lord (God) in the burning bush in Exodus 3. |
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498 | One Source or Several? | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6968 | ||
Hi Tim! Technically that is correct for the MT and the CT. I am not sure about the TR, as Erasmus used what he had, which I think was only late Byzantine manuscripts. I am sure the CT relies on more Byzantine manuscripts that the MT relies on the Alexandrian manuscripts because of the limited number of Alexandrian manuscripts available. Both the CT and the MT look at all available manuscripts, as you say, so my “source” statement was a little misleading. Here’s what I meant. The CT is always going to go with the oldest and the MT is always going to go with the majority. However the CT would always go with the Alexandrian if it disagreed with a Byzantine for the simple reason that the Alexandrian text would almost always be older. By the same token the MT would always go with the majority, which will almost always be the Byzantine text. I am far from an expert here, folks, so if someone has more, please share. God Bless! |
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499 | Critical Text vs. Received Text | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6961 | ||
Thank you JVH0212 for the kind words. And thank all you guys (and gals) for allowing me to express a view that is probably not too popular here (being a NASB/CT forum). I really appreciate that! The amazing thing to me, is not the differences in all the Bible evidences, but the supernatural exactness and preservation. Everyone has played the game where several people get together with one person telling another a phrase and that person telling another and when the last person gets the story, it is nowhere near what started out. Not so with the Word! There have been literally thousands and thousands of men's dirty little hands on God's Word over the years, with each one having the chance to introduce corruption, either intentionally or unintentionally. God's Word has been under attack, more than any other book that ever existed. What other book does anyone know of that people were (and are) willing to die for? The way God preserved and documented His Word thru mere men goes beyond what anyone should expect, even for a person who might think the Bible is only man's words! There is more documented evidence that Jesus was God the Son than that George Washington was our first President! I like what Gamaliel the Pharisee said in Acts 5:38-39 "for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest you even be found to fight against God." We all know, almost 2000 years later that, how men are still trying to overthrow God and His Word, but God's plan and work are still going strong and that is made possible only thru and by THE WORD! God Bless! |
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500 | Critical Text vs. Received Text | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6949 | ||
Good info Chris! The DTL web site you mentioned is the best place I know of to educate one’s self on this issue. The Received Text and the Majority Text are from the same Byzantine (Antioch) source. The Critical Text is from the Alexandrian (Egypt) source. The RT, in effect, is the same as the MT except for Revelation, as you pointed out. The 1 John 5:7 difference you mentioned is about the only difference you will find between the RT and the MT (except for Rev). The 1 John 5:7 variant is not really a manuscript difference, but came about as pressure from the Roman Clergy toward Erasmus (Texus Receptus originator) to make it agree with the longer Latin Vulgate ending. The small handful of manuscripts Erasmus had to work with speaks well of the MT consistencies. Almost any other small number of MT manuscripts could have been selected, at random, and the results would have been the same. The reason for the Revelation variants in the RT, is because Erasmus only had 1 or 2 manuscripts that contained Revelation at all. The Vulgate to Greek translating was very limited, however. It happened as a result of Erasmus rushing to get the TR published before he could get hold of reliable, complete Revelation manuscripts. The Revelation differences, that I saw, in my NKJV Bible, that demand a decision, are as follows: 1:5 (RT/MT-washed CT-freed), 5:10 (RT-us CT/MT-them), 8:13 (RT-angel CT/MT-eagle), 9:21 (RT-sorceries CT/MT-drugs), 10:11 (RT-he CT/MT-them), 11:8 (RT-our CT/MT-their), 11:12 (RT/CT-they MT-I), 12:8 (RT/CT-them MT-him), 13:1 (RT/MT-I CT-he), 15:3 (RT-saints CT/MT-nations), 16:16 (RT/CT-Armageddon MT-Megiddo), and 22:14 (RT/MT-do His commandments CT-wash their robes). Notice sometimes the RT agrees with the MT and sometimes the RT agrees with the CT, but most of the time the MT/CT agree with other, as you have pointed out. I will look further at the RT/MT differences to see if I want to scratch in the MT translation in my NKJV. I know there are many more Revelation variants than these, but these are the only ones I saw as effecting the meaning. Most are just word order. Thanks for motivating me to investigate! A good MT translation you might want to check into is the WEB (ebible.org). It is only available in the New Testament as hard copy at this time. It is available complete as a free download for the e-Sword bible program. E-sword is excellent and available free at e-sword.net. Check it out. In Christ Jesus! |
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