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61 | Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form | Numbers | Aixen7z4 | 103539 | ||
It is good to have such a request from someone who has recently gotten saved. People like that are usually sincere in their questions, really wanting to know and not to make a mystery of everything. This person will probably keep it simple and accept what God has revealed about himself. I recently had the privilege of leading a gentleman to the Lord and he asked the same question. He accepted the answer quite readily and seemed to be satisfied. Let me offer you the same explanation and see if you and this new convert will also find satisfaction in it. There are three beings who work together to rule the universe. Each one is called God, but that is only their title. One is called the Father. One is called the Son. The other is called the Holy Spirit. They are united in the way they work together, always agreeing, never opposing each other. They all have the same qualities such as holiness, power, and knowledge. They are supreme and perfect in all these areas. They do different things. The Father rules over all. The Son created the heavens and the earth and keeps them in working order. He once took the form of a man and allowed himself to be crucified, but he then rose from the dead and went back to heaven. The Holy Spirit goes about restraining sin, convicting people and leading them to Christ for salvation. He lives in some people, the ones who are saved, helping them to understand the Bible, guiding their lives, comforting them, and so on. People refer to this group of three as the Trinity, although they never call themselves that. The Father refers to himself by many names, such as the Almighty and El-Shaddai and so on. He also refers to the Son as "my beloved Son" and to the Holy Spirit as "my Spirit". The Son speaks of himself as the Son of Man and so on. He refers often to his Father in heaven and to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who inspired people to write the Scriptures and they never used the word Trinity. However, they did speak of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Although these writers admit that they do not know everything about God, they freely wrote about what was revealed to them. They did not seem to have any difficulty with the fact that the God of the universe consisted of three persons acting together as one. |
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62 | must be theologians? | Numbers | Aixen7z4 | 103609 | ||
No!!! Theologians have always tried to justify their craft by telling us that they are the only ones who know. But God is no respecter of persons. Open your heart, and he will reveal himself to you. Open your eyes. Look at Jesus. Nicodemus says, "How can these things be?" but the man who had been touched by Jesus says, "One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see". Thus saith the LORD, “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me”. |
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63 | Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form | Numbers | Aixen7z4 | 103683 | ||
God is great, and in many ways beyond our understanding. But the fact that the three persons exist and work as one is not difficult to accept or understand, unless you make it so. But the folks on this forum are tough! Ouch! Be careful with them. If you are a new Christian and don’t know what happens here, you night get hurt! Tell the new believer: they do not sound too much like Jesus, but I do believe they are Christian. They are forgiven. They are my brethren. These are the kind you’ll find in church. So be prepared. Love them anyway. And do not leave. But please do not believe them when they say “the Bible describes God as one single being”. It does not. If they had seen it in the Bible they might quote the verse. They cannot. They say that the concept of three being one is beyond our human understanding. The Bible does not present it as incomprehensibel but simply presents our God three in one. We are not spooked when one of them says, “Let us make man in our image” (Genesis 1:26). The Spirit is moving (Genesis 1:2). The Son is creating (John 1:3). God the Father put all things under the Son (1 Corinthians 15:27) and the earthly scene unfolded. When Jesus is on earth and a voice speaks from heaven saying, ”This is my beloved son”, this is not ventriloquism. It is one person speaking to another. When the Spirit descends on Jesus, it is not an apparition. He is another person entering the scene. These are not one person, my friends, but three. The Bible does not say that the three are one person. We Christians have a hard time tolerating our oneness (1 Corinthians 1:12). We bite and devour one another (Gal 5:15). We divide into denominations and we have racial hatred, and we have cliques and church splits, and even religious wars. We have to try hard to keep the unity that God has set up, and peace (Ephesians 4:3). No wonder some of us have a hard time understanding how the Father and the Son and the Spirit can be one. We quarrel and fight and throw insults. But there is no such thing within the godhead. They are united. And Jesus prayed that we would be one, just as they are one (John 17:22). But it is difficult for some of us to understand and practice. That is the way it is with us concerning many things that God says. We find it hard to do, so we prefer to study. But the behavior on this forum, on this thread, proves the point that Bible study is not helpful. It is not helpful, I say, because it does not translate into behavior. We pursue knowledge and not godliness. The fact is, we do not practice what we know. We can give a good exegesis of love but we do not practice love. In fact we often do the opposite of what the Bible says. Many of us have yet to learn that God is not interested in what we know, but in what we do (1 Corinthians 8:1). Some people who have had no Bible behave better than we do. Abraham had no Bible, but he obeyed God (Hebrews 11:8). The Gentiles did not have the law, but they did the things contained in the law (Romans 2:14). And we have Bible schools. We pass man’s exams, but fail to do the will of God. You might as well say this to the new believer. This is what we do, and this is what they can expect. And let my brethren prove me true by lashing me again. No, I’m no masochist, my friend, but I am a realist. I know what to expect and I can take it. A doctor learns medicine in order to practice healing. A psychologist leans about human behavior to help humans to make good decisions. An architect learns the building trade to erect and fix buildings. Believers study the Bible in order to … I’d like to see us win a soul here, or heal a marriage, or restore a backslider, or do something else that God says. We like to display what we know, and so we study. And yet, a brother has been studying comes on here to say that “study to show thyself approved” means to study the Bible. And so, with ideas like that, we enter Bible study rooms and express our opinions. We are none the better for it. Some of us have seen so much of it, we are tired of it. But we do not give up. We practice patience and take their jabs and prod them still to love and to good works. We will not be weary in well doing. God’s goal for us is that we be one. And we will be. Just as the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are one. Separate persons but one God. Grace to you from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Don't study these things, my friends. Do them. And the God of peace will be with you. |
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64 | Given the chance to repent | Num 4:15 | Aixen7z4 | 93578 | ||
True. There is no repentance after death. But the same question might be asked of King Saul, and of Ananias, with Sapphira his wife. Time does not seem to be the critical element. The Lord said of one Jezebel "I gave her space to repent ... and she repented not" and of Esau it is said that "he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears". It may not be fair to say that you are questioning God's actions, but it is not wise to do so. There are some things we do not know and may not fully understand. This one thing we can say, that God is the judge of all the earth and he will do right. All his works are righteous altogether. We may also say that there is such a thing as a presumptuous sin. Let us pray, as David did (Ps 19:13) that we will be kept back from it. |
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65 | Did Uzzah has given chance to repent | Num 4:15 | Aixen7z4 | 94485 | ||
I would guess that English is not the easiest language for you. From the way you ask the question, it is not clear what you are wondering. Are you asking if Uzzah had a chance to repent, before he touched the ark? If so, the answer is Yes. Please read Acts 17:30. It says God allows ever person to repent. In fact, he requires it. "All men every where" includes Uzzah. If Uzzah had repented before he was killed then his spirit was saved. Please read 1 Corinthians 5:5. It says he body may be destroyed, but the spirit can still be saved. Are you asking if Uzzah had a chance to repent after he touched the ark? If so, the answer is No. In fact "Repent" is not the right word for that situation. When God speaks about repenting he never applies the word "repent" to single acts of sin. It always refers to a general attitude of rebellion. Please read Luke 13:1-5 and note verses 3 and 5. Concerning confession and getting forgiveness for single acts of sin, please read 1 John 1:8,9. Even the apostles sinned and needed to ask for forgiveness. But some people do not confess. Please read Acts 5:1-11 and note verses 5 and 10. Ananias and Sapphira also died without a chance to confess their sin and receive forgiveness. Many other examples could be given. God does not always give another chance. He is very patient, but he has to do justice at some point. He says, "My spirit shall not always strive with man" (Genesis 6:3). I wonder, my friend, whether you have repented. Are you hoping to gain salvation or to remain saved by confessing every sin? God says you can do one repentance today, that will last forever. Jesus will forgive all your sin and change your heart if you believe in him and trust him. |
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66 | Voice of the Lord Your God | Num 28:11 | Aixen7z4 | 94823 | ||
God ... spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets (but) hath in these last days (he) spoken unto us by his Son. Therefore we ought to give ... heed to the things which we have heard ... which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him ... these are (now) written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ ... and that ... ye might have life through his name ... and that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself ... (Hebrews, John, 1 Timothy). Long ago God spoke and the message was carried to the people by the apostles and prophets. Now the final word has been given by Jesus and it is all written. That which originated as a voice is now in writing. Individuals read it and preachers and teachers pass it on. Still there is the small voice of the Holy Spirit who told them what to write, telling us the meaning and urging us to obey it. But we to read it and listen to it carefully, and prayerfully, and wait for him to reveal the meaning of the words and the direction he wants you to take. "Voice" means "instructions". What used to be transmitted audibly is now in writing. |
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67 | OLD TESTAMENT GOD LAW | Deut 6:5 | Aixen7z4 | 148236 | ||
The best passage for that is probably Deuteronomy 6, verses 5 and 6, but there are other passages where the Law is summarized as well. (It is interesting that you say it was Jesus who summarized the Law in the Old Testament -- I am sure we know why, and this writer does not wish to go into that -- but the summaries below were given by Moses and by Micah, respectively). These be the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel … in the wilderness. … Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them (Deuteronomy 1): Moses declared the law, saying, ‘The LORD … wrote on the tables, … , the Ten Commandments, … and the LORD gave them unto me … , and there they be, as the LORD commanded me. … And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul … ”’(Deuteronomy 10). “Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them … all the days of your life … Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it … Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And you shall love the LORD thy God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6). The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite … Listen: (Micah 1): ... He hath showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6). |
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68 | Please who is "that prophet" in john1:25 | Deut 18:15 | Aixen7z4 | 129992 | ||
It is evident that the The Jews had been expecting a special prophet. Moses had told them there would be another one like him (Deuteronomy 18:15) and the Lord himself had promised that (Deuteronomy 18:18). | ||||||
69 | How is he compared to Moses? | Deut 18:15 | Aixen7z4 | 130019 | ||
Jesus was like Moses in that he was a prophet (Luke 24:19; John 4:19). He was meek (Numbers 12:3; Matthew 11:29; 2 Corinthians 10:1) Beyond that, he was faithful (Hebrews 3:2). As Moses transmitted what God gave him to say to the people (Exodus 19:19) so Jesus gave us what God had given to him to say (John 7:17;8:26,28;12:49,50;14:10). But Christ (Hebrews 3:6) was greater than Moses. While they were similar in some ways, Jesus was more than a prophet. Truth be known, Jesus was, and is, God (Hebrews 3:4;John 1:1-3). In some ways Moses is only a shadow of Christ. Moses delivered his people from bondage in Egypt (Exodus 16:32) but Jesus delivers us from the bondage of sin and Satan (Hebrews 2:14-15). Moses was not allowed to take them into Canaan (Numbers 20:12;Deuteronomy 32:52), but Jesus will take us into heaven (John 14:3). They were both prophets, but while Moses spoke the word of God (Deuteronomy 32:44), Jesus was the Word (John 1;Revelation 19:13) |
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70 | Is the Holy spirit a heart of God? | Deut 29:29 | Aixen7z4 | 91031 | ||
A very interesting question, but you need to be careful not to be found probing too much. De 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Moses wanted to see God's body (a visible manifestation) and he could not. Nevertheless, God revealed himself. Ex 34:6,7 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. It would be very nice if you could find an answer to your question; it would feel good. But ... There's Jer 9:24 Let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. What I mean is this: There are some things about God you will never understand. Be satisfied with what he has revealed to us. He is a good God and we should worship him, as Moses did. And obey him, as Jeremiah did. |
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71 | Was this promise fulfilled? | Josh 1:4 | Aixen7z4 | 148567 | ||
God always, always, always keeps his word. From the verse cited, it is apparent that he promised Israel more land than they ever actually accepted. To unserstand why they never actually owned all that was offered to them, one need only read the previous verse. They had to take it. The fact that they never took it all is amply illustrated in Judges chapter 1. |
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72 | Will we know our loved ones in heaven? | 2 Sam 12:23 | Aixen7z4 | 99717 | ||
Faith comes by hearing the word of God. Before we can "believe" something, it must be told to us. And God has not told us that we will know the people we know now, or recognize them as such when we are in heaven. It is evident that we will think differently in heaven than we think now. Here on this earth we separate "loved ones". From whom? "Hated ones"? “Ones we don't care too much about”? “Ones we don't know and don't care to know”? In heaven we will be like Jesus. That's what we are told (1 John 3:2). And Jesus had a way of asking, "Who is my mother? And who are my brethren?" If we are thinking like that in heaven, we will be saying, "All of these are my loved ones”. "For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother". I have wondered what it would be like when I am looking for my mother and she is looking for her mother, and she is looking for her mother, ad infinitum. What would the ultimate siciogram be like? Who would want to be with whom? The people had already asked Jesus the question, "Whose wife will she be?" What if one thought of her as their loved one" while she was thinking of another man as her "loved one"? Jesus said there would be none of that. Now, is there any comfort in these words? I think it is comfort that people are seeking when they ask the question. We seem to want the comforts we know now: to be with people who are like us; same genomes, same color, same language, same tribe, same nation, same denomination. But the things that make us similar to some people make us different from others. They divide us and make it difficult for us to relate. If it were that way in heaven, would we be divided again? Would we be having the scourge of racism all over again? I am guessing that since we shall all be like him, then we shall all be like each other. We will all be loved ones and we will all get along. I have often wondered why these discussions on the topic of knowing our loved ones in heaven do not include the possibility that we will be able to introduce ourselves to one another in heaven. If we can, then we may find that part of the joy of heaven will be in meeting new friends and renewing acquaintances with old friends, including those who were “loved ones” here below. It seems to me that both of those kinds of meetings can be equally joyful. But the greatest joy of all will be seeing him! We will meet the Lord … and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore, comfort one another with these words. Now this kind of answer may not help me to become one of your "loved ones", but I think that in heaven you will love even me. We shall all be changed. We shall all be loved ones over there. |
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73 | Psalms 22 -awsome and confusing..... | 2 Sam 23:2 | Aixen7z4 | 151127 | ||
David was a prophet (Acts 2:32) and he was prophesying there. You note, correctly, that those words were written before Christ was born. That is the way it is with prophecy. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost (2 Peter 1). So the Spirit of the Lord spoke by David. How do we know when a prophet has been prophesying? Sometimes he tells us in advance. At other times, as in Psalm 22, he does not come out and say so. But someone with authority, such as the Lord Jesus Christ or one of the Apostles may let us know. Thus Jesus often said, “It is written”. Sometimes he would engage in an action so that a prophecy might be fulfilled. See, for example, Matthew 1:22; 2:15; 2:17; 4:14. Sometimes, as in the case of Psalm 22:1, it seems hardly necessary to say; Jesus utters the exact same words in Matthew 27:46. Sometimes, it is left unambiguous: “Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, ‘I thirst‘“ ( John 19:28). We need to be careful not to spiritualize without authority. But sometimes it is clear that a passage such as Psalm 22 is a prophecy. It was a song that came to David, but it was the Holy Spirit who was inspiring him. And the song was about Jesus. |
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74 | Are Job's friends words true? | Job | Aixen7z4 | 149828 | ||
It is clear that many of the words spoken by Job’s friends were truth. One way to determine that is to compare their words to other words on the same subject recorded in other places in the Scriptures. Please note that Job sometimes agreed with them. For example, see his “yes, who does not know such things as these?” in chapter 12. What they had been saying was obviously true. But he had additional, deeper questions, for which they had no answer. What was the problem with their words, then? As in so many cases, some of what they were saying was the truth, but they were not speaking the whole truth. Notice how God responds in Job 42. He does not say that those men had not spoken truth. What he said was, “You have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job (has) ”. They had said the right thing about other things, but they had not said the right thing about God. The sum of their words to Job was that he was suffering because he had sinned. The pronouncement from God, however, was that Job was a righteous man: “a perfect and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil” (Chapter 1). They were saying that God would never treat him that way if indeed Job had been “perfect and righteous”. Of course, neither they nor Job were privy to the words that God had said to Satan. Also, they did not know Job’s heart or life as God did. But they were wrong to say that God would not treat a righteous person they way he was treating Job. That was a wrong thing to say, and a hurtful thing, was it not? Had God not corrected them we might still be befuddled today when we see the righteous suffer. The fact that Job recognized, and they did not, is that God is Sovereign and just, and will do what he wills, and what he does is right, though we sometimes fail to understand it. Note lastly that it was not the friends but Job himself to whom God said he had been darkening counsel by words without knowledge (Job 38). Job himself had not known the whole truth. As he would say, “I have spoken what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me; yea, I did not know” (Job 42). And we also do not know it all. But we have learned from Job’s experience, that God is Sovereign. Also, he is just, and good. Still, there are some things we do not know; secret things. The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. We can learn a lot from Job’s friends, I think, but they learned that they did not know everything. Now we know more than they did, but we still do not know everything. So though we speak what we do know, we can only encourage ourselves and each other to continue to meditate on the word of God. You will be able to say (as in Psalm 119) “ I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my meditation”. Consider what I say, and the Lord will give you understanding in all things. |
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75 | Personal Integrity | Job 2:3 | Aixen7z4 | 152988 | ||
And I had thought this was so simple. If personal integrity is hard, or deep, or difficult to attain, then we are surely in deep trouble. It seems to me it is the very first rung of the ladder of the Christian life, for if I have no integrity, then how am I a believer at all? I wondered if I was understanding what the word “Integrity” means. In hopes that we were thinking of the same thing, I looked it up in the dictionary and found: “Integrity: condition of being whole or undivided”. It's like being one person, not two-faced or double-tongued. In terms of spiritual life, or even for one who is not spiritual, this would mean that a person is for real, not a fake, not a hypocrite, not a pretender, not self-deceived. Surely, anyone would want to be a person of integrity. Even an unbeliever says with Shakespeare, “This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man”. He says with Kipling, “Don't deal in lies” and with Baldwin, “Cheat your trusting neighbors never; Speak the truth, and speak it ever“. Surely, any true believer in our Lord Jesus Christ would be a person of integrity. In order to become a Christian, a person must first come to face himself as he really is (Luke 15). He admits that he is a sinner (Luke 18). He does not try to excuse his sin. With eyes opened by the Holy Spirit, he sees himself as God sees him. He sees his peril. He sees his need. He comes to God in that light and accepts God’s salvation through Jesus Christ. Then God pronounces him forgiven, justified, right in the sight of God (Romans 3:24). He accepts that. He understands that he has no strength in himself, that he is dependent on God (1 Peter 1). He understands that God hates sin, the sin that can creep back into his life (Hebrews 12). He understands that he must confess his sin and forsake them, so he can remain clean (Proverbs 28:13). He does not pretend. He depends. On God. To show him the way. To follow it (Psalm 139). And him (Philippians 3). Why would a true believer not choose a life if integrity? A double-minded man is unstable in all of his ways (James 1). He wobbles and stumbles, tossed about by every wind (Ephesians 4; Hebrews 13). But surely, as Christians, we have been taught to stand (1 Corinthians 15; Hebrews 6). And to walk uprightly (Psalm 1; Psalm 15). We stand for truth (Ephesians 6). We are sanctified and characterized by truth (John 17:17). And surely we would not want to deceive ourselves (1 John 1). Or others (1 Corinthians 2; Colossians 2). Perhaps the simplest lesson on integrity was taught by our Lord directly, in Matthew 5. Jesus said, “Let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.'“ (v. 37). It was repeated by James in other words, “If you mean yes, then say yes. If you mean no, then say no“ (James 5). But life experience teaches us that professing Christians lie, and cheat, and break their promises. Integrity, being real, may be a simple, lower lever Christian skill. But it must be taught, and modeled still. |
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76 | Do we know Him? Know His Son? | Job 28:28 | Aixen7z4 | 105506 | ||
I am delighted to see this question, and I will try to answer it. I am not a wise man; I have no wisdom to boast of. I am not a great man; I have no greatness to feel good about. I am not a rich man; I have no riches to take comfort in. But I rejoice in this, that I understand and know God. He is the LORD, and He exercises loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth. He takes delight in doing those types of things. I know his Son as well, though there was a time I did not know him. But John bare record, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon Him”. And John had not known Him either, who he was, but it had been revealed to him that he would see the Holy Spirit descend upon Someone, and remaining on Him, that same Person would baptize with the Holy Ghost. And he saw it happen, and testifies that that Person is the Son of God. That Person is called the Lord Jesus Christ, and He has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Him before the world began, but it has been revealed to us by His coming to earth as our Savior. He has abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. And I have been appointed as a preacher of that Gospel. I tell people that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again from the dead. I tell people everywhere that they need to repent of their sins and put their trust in Him. Because of this calling, and this preaching, I suffer in many ways. Nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know Him Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. |
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77 | What must we "understand"? | Job 28:28 | Aixen7z4 | 105507 | ||
It seems that in Job 28:28 there are two issues. One is Wisdom; the other is Understanding. One can have wisdom, and one can have understanding. The two are often found together. But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof. And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. A person who is really wise, or who really wants to be wise, will fear the Lord. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Prov 9:10). A person who wants to be “characterized by or to have comprehension, good sense, or discernment” (That is one of the dictionary definitions of the word “Understanding”) will depart from evil. The two are related. A wise man will have understanding. He understands that fearing God is incompatible with practicing evil. He will fear God and depart from evil. If a man really fears God he will depart from evil, for God hates evil and will punish it. Our God is a consuming fire. We are to have a reverential fear of him. We are to recognize his attitude toward evil, and depart from evil. If we are wise we will. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we fear God and yet we do not depart from evil, then there is something we still do not understand. |
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78 | . | Job 31:1 | Aixen7z4 | 149679 | ||
Hello Curtis: Are you saved? What I mean is this: I suppose you have heard that Christ died for our sins. Have you repented, and placed your trust in him? If you are trusting him, then you should listen to him. He says (Romans 14) that you should not do anything that would cause your brother or sister to fall into sin. It is clear from the responses you have received here that some of us have a problem with some of your work. It is clear that some are offended by it and it can lead others into sin. If you are a Christian, then I think that is reason enough to stop. Don’t you agree? The point is that we should not do what pleases us, or what we think God allows, but what brings a blessing to others. I understand that you have stopped displaying those particular pictures, and I commend you for that. Please keep them off your site. I suppose that you are seeking the Lord’s will and that is why you have come to a site such as this, to ask advice. If you have not yet exercised repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, I would encourage you to give priority to those things. If you have done them, then please continue to do what he asks. Those of us who have exercised faith in Christ are encouraged to live our entire lives trusting and obeying him (Colossians 2:6). You will find joy in obeying the Lord and doing things that benefit your brothers and sisters. The question at this point is not whether you are allowed to do certain things, but whether what you do can lead others (albeit weak ones) to sin. I trust you will do the right thing. |
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79 | What is God saying these days? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 127004 | ||
I was sitting alone and reading from the word of God, and it seemed I could hear God speaking. It reminded me of a time, in Numbers 7:89, when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, “then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him”. This is a day when many are proclaiming that the Lord has said this, and that he desires that. But what we are hearing is at best their understanding, and what they are offering is their interpretation and in some cases mere assumptions. Sometimes they seem to be presumptions. It seemed to me that there should be a place, perhaps this forum, perhaps this thread, where people could come to hear what the Lord says. This first post is an introduction. The rest would be direct quotations from the word of God. Who today can say, “Thus saith the LORD” or “This is what the LORD says”? We can, because we have his word. And this is one of the things the Lord says: He says, “I am the LORD: I will speak” (Ezekiel 12:25). |
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80 | What is God saying these days? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 127005 | ||
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, "Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. "Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith". Habakkuk 2:1-4 |
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