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61 | Luke 23:43 | Luke 23:43 | JCrichton | 149278 | ||
Hi, crfaas! I understand your confusion... Scripture tells us that Jesus will die and be buried... Jesus tells the Jews that the only sign He would offer is the sign of Jonah (in the belly of the fish for three days)... I suggest to you that it is more complicated than that... the Holy Scripture is not a compilation of rules and regulations by which God has to function and exists... God has no bounds! He is Eternal, Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent... In one part of Scripture we learn that God's Glory is manifested to the people of Israel as He comes into the Tent and enters the Ark... another passage of Scripture tells us that God cannot be contained in a simple building made by man's hands... yet, another Scripture tells us that the Father and the Son will make their abode in the Believer... the same is said about the Holy Spirit, the third Person of God... how could all these statements be true? ...well... the Ark, though made by man's hands was a Divine order/inspiration--the physical construction was made by human hands but it was God's Will that brought it into existence; the Temple was made by human hands and though accepted by God, both the father, David, and the Son, Salomon, were tainted architects which limited the purity of the edifice; the human body as a living Temple of God was created by God for the purpose of worship--God is the one that Sanctifies (exalts/purifies) one thing and rejects the other! Jesus is God... how long is eternity for Him?... how fast can He travel? what can limit Him?... A short time before His detention and crucifixion Jesus speaks to the Father, He thanks Him and prayes to Him... He uses a pecular mode of expressing Himself... in this too He is revealing that He is God, Omnipresent and Omnipotent!: "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. (John 17:11) He is no longer in the world... and He is coming to the Father... so, is He or is He not in the world? I know some would argue that it is a grammatical expression of the times... I suggest that it is not; just as Paul reveals that Jesus followed the Hebrews as the Rock that gave them the Living water (1 Corinthians 10:4) and just as Revelations 12:1-6 reveal a time line that does not seem to exist (the child being taken to Heaven and the woman brough to the desert) we find that Scripture reveal that God has His own method of operating which is far beyond our finite abilities to understand! So, could Jesus have taken the repentant sinner to Paradise while still descending into the realm of the dead? Yeah! Could Jesus be both dead (physical body) alive in the Spirit? Yeah! We know this is true because He is Omnipotent and Omnipresent, and because the Holy Spirit reveals it to us through Peter (1 Peter 3:18-20; Romans 10:6-11; Ephesians 4:8-10)... Remember the passage on Jacobs wrestling with God... an infinite being takes on a corporial existence in order to wrestle with one of His servants... how could that be since nothing can contain God?... as Gabriel's reply to Mary: nothing is impossible to God! God Bless! Angel |
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62 | Was Jesus God? | NT general Archive 1 | JCrichton | 149276 | ||
Hi! I found it somewhat bemusing that a person with a screen name that suggest that knowledge of Scripture would ask such question... "Was Jesus God?" No! Jesus IS God! John tells us that the Word was with God and that the Word is God... that all that exist was created by Him and that He is the Light of the world, the Life incarnate which came to His own, upon their rejection He gave all who believe in Him the power to become children of God. (John 1;1-14) Yahweh testifies, through His prophets, that Joshua, Christos, the Anointed, is coming to the world and that He is the Emmanuel (God-with-us--which is an ancient prophecy made by God that He will come and walk/live among His people)... among His other titles are: "Mighty God," "Eternal Father," and "Prince of Piece!" Jesus was called Master (Rabbi or Rabbuni) and even those who rejected Him would still recognize that He spoke the truth and that His teaching had full authority... so it is not difficult to understand that His disciples and those who would hear Him were able to understand that there was someone greater than themselves among them... yet even those who did not know Him that intimately undestood that He was God: Elizabeth (and her son), Mary's relative (Luke 1:39-44), the magi (Matthew 2:1-11), Satan (Matthew 4:1-11), Satan's minions (Mark 5:1-13), His disciples (Matthew 16:16; 28:9; 14:33; John 16:25-30; 20:20), the Father (Matthew 3:17; 17:5; Luke 3:22; Hebrews 1:8-12), the Father's Heavenly servants (Revelatin 5:7-14), and finally the Father and the Son (Revelation 21:3-6; 22:12 and 1:7-18)... It was no simple revelation that Christ made when He told His disciples that when they have seen Him they've seen the Father... the Father and the Son are inseparable, how can we expect to serve the One sitting on the Throne and not the One next to Him? The four living creatures, the elders and the angels make no exception because they know that God is God and that there's no subdivision in the Eternal One! (Revelation 21:22 thru 22:5) God Bless! Angel |
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63 | Did God mention his/her gender in bible? | John 8:54 | JCrichton | 149164 | ||
Hi, Figoyuen! Regardless of what is being claimed, there is only one gender by which we know God: The Father (male), the Son (male) the Holy Spirit (undetermined but mostly male as it was by Him that Mary conceived and gave birth to Jesus)... ...and it does matter to God how we see HIM... throughout the whole Bible it is understood that He is the Father or the Husband of Israel! God Bless! Angel |
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64 | I need an explanation of 1 John 5:10 | 1 John 5:10 | JCrichton | 149152 | ||
Hi, Ruth101! Jesus is God's Son... He came onto the world so that we may live... if we believe in Jesus, He grants us the Holy Spirit--who in turn brings us to the full understanding of God since the Holy Spirit searches everything, even the deepest places of God... to deny the Son, Jesus, is to call God a liar because God has stated that Jesus is His Son and that in Him He is pleased! The Sadducees and Pharisees were right on the money when they wanted to kill Him and replied to His statement that He made Himself equal to God! Yet, Yahweh's testimony, through the prophets, is that Joshua, Christos (the Anointed) would come to His people as the Emmanuel (the God-with-us) would be with them! When we deny Christ as the Son of God we deny God's Word: we are calling God a liar! So we believe that Jesus and the Father are One or we deny both the Father and the Son! God Bless! Angel |
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65 | Gentiles into Gods kingdom | Gen 48:19 | JCrichton | 149082 | ||
Hi, regguh! There are several passages in the Holy Scripture that speak either directly or indirectly about the Gentiles coming into the Kingdom of God: Romans 3:29; 9:24-32 (Hosea 2:23; 1:10); Romans 11:11-13; 11:25-32; Romans 15:10-12 (Isaiah 11:10). Jesus spoke of the Gentiles also, He told His disciples that there were others (Gentiles) not of their (Jewish) fold and that in Him they will become one (John 10:16)... it was from this vein that Paul speaks about the two becoming one in Jesus (Ephesians 2:11 thru 3:12). God Bless! Angel |
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66 | Please Help | Revelation | JCrichton | 149081 | ||
Hi, Live4God! There are several themes going all at once in the book of Revelation... first of all it is prophetical, filled with symbolism and various time lines... Do not try to read all of it at once... and do not buy into the myriads of interpretations that exist out there... Revelation is a window into what will happen during the final stages of a spiritual war that began (as a prophecy) in Genesis 3:15... Read Genesis 3:15 and Revelation 12, then read through the rest of Revelation... if you do not have a Bible with a built-in concordance, please avail yourself of one or of a concordance dictionary... it is important not to read too much into anything as a single unit... if you take one chapter/passage at a time and related to other Scriptural passages you would be able to understand it better! Don't forget to always start your Bible Study by praying to our Lord asking for the Holy Spirit's guidance! Please feel free to post specific questions on the book of Revelation and/or other Biblical books. God Bless! Angel |
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67 | please help | Acts 9:20 | JCrichton | 149080 | ||
Hi, Live4God! Read the first letter of John chapters 4 and 5--specifically read 1 John 4:15 and 1 John 5:5. Read also the first chapter of Luke--specifically Luke 1:26-38 and Mark 1:1! Satan and his minions also knew Jesus as the Son of God (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 5:1-7). And if you like to hear from the mouth of Jesus religious contemporaries, read (John 1:49; John 19:7). God Bless! Angel |
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68 | So would this be correct? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149014 | ||
"So am I also to asume that if something has benifical and detramentel uses it's ok to use it as long as the way it's used is not out of the will of god it's ok?" Hi! You have surmised correctly! (I do not know how familiar you are with the Holy Scripture... so if I make quick general references without quoting book, chapter and verse and you need them please reply under the same thread so I can provide them...) There was a time when a centurion came to Jesus asking to cure his servant... as Jesus gestured to accompany him the centurion told Him that he understood His position and that as he related it to himself he knew that Jesus did not have to be in the presence of his servant to cure him... Jesus commented that He had not found such faith in Israel! This man happened to be a guard representing the occupying force in Israel... yet, Jesus looks into his heart and not his physical appearance or his social identity... Jesus knew that this man happened to be a Roman officer but that his heart and mind was humble to God as witnessed by his actions and conviction! It is the same for all Christians--Jesus expects and demands that we separate ourselves from the wickedness of the world... He does not demand that we remove ourselves from the world... just the conduct of the world... I remember hearing/reading about an old lady (or was it two) who was selling prescription drugs in her neighborhood... clearly there's nothing wrong with prescription drugs--moraly... many people with chronic ailments take them on a regular basis... but it is one thing for my Mom to take her prescriptions and another for me to abuse them! It is one thing for an elderly person (or any other person on prescription drugs) to take his/her prescriptions and another to distribute or make them accessible to others who will abuse them! One action is clearly righteous while the other is clearly unrighteous... as Christians, we must distinguish one action from the other and act upon the one that pleases God! I am not knowledgeable about the paper industry (some have claimed that the manufacturing hemp paper would be totally beneficial--something to do with the plant's rate of growth and yield) but if hemp would be the only natural resource from which paper could be manufactured for the printing of Bibles and once processed the paper would not have the property of Marijuana, then, yes, there would be no problem with such production... Conversely, if the paper would retain the properties of Marijuana, then it would be improper and anti-Christian for us to produce Bibles under such conditions... Another example... there was a time in the US when currency coins and electrical wires were made with silver... people began to hoard th coins, melt them down and resell them at a higher than face value... houses and buildings were stripped of their electrical wires, which were sold/melted and sold... clearly there was nothing unrighteous about the coins or the wires; but it became apparent that the opportunity for hoarding the metal would cost the governement and society great distress as more and more people would exploit the opportunity for easy, though destructive, silver (money)... It is the same with God! Anything that would bring about our spiritual damnation--no matter how well intended--we, as Christians, must abstain from participating in or facilitating othes with access to such items... Though Scripture does not speak on many things by name, we know, by doctrine, that God expects and demands that we obey Him and abstain from doing or causing unrighteousness to be present/produced... Keep reading the Holy Scripture... don't look for clauses (ways to avoid doing or ways to be able to do) that seemingly circumvent God... look for deeper understand on what God has revealed! God Command us to avoid becoming inebriated--it could be any product or thing that clouds our free will... that which controls us becomes our master (drugs, sex, power, intelligence, money, physical appearance, skills, possessions, even our own body or our friends or families)... there is one mayor Commandment that covers all of the above: Love the Lord, God, above all things! God Bless! Angel |
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69 | Personal interpretation? | Eph 4:3 | JCrichton | 148951 | ||
Hi, Lionheart! I'm jumping in on this one... I could not help it because there are way too many "personal" interpretations of Scripture... for these to be "personal applications" they would be confined to personal belief and practice... sadly, it is not so... there are waaaaay tooooo many "Christians" who do not practice Scripture but create their own "personal interpretations" and attempt to indoctrinate others with their never-before-understood-as-I-am-able-to-discern teachings of doctrine (our loving God is OK with sinners--go and do as you please; love your bretheren--those who are your blood/congregational relations; Scripture changes according to man's progress--so practice any form of worship, it's all God wants since Jesus preforgave all sins... so practice homosexuality; divination, and spiritism (inclusive of all other isms), you may even choose not to believe in God--God so loves and understands us that He is willing to accept us as we are!...) Personal interpretation of Scripture lead some to create their own religious bodies... some who, obertly or subtly, are actively engaged in the pursuit of removing Christ from His Divine Throne. They chose and pick Scripture, ignoring Truth and augmenting insignificant findings... these are spoken of by Peter and the other Apostles as they are called empty fountains who have already been judged! (2 Peter 2:1-22) God Bless! Angel |
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70 | How do we know for sure Jesus is God? | 1 John 5:6 | JCrichton | 148940 | ||
Hi, pgs! Read John 1:1-18 (John the Evangelist, Jesus' disciple) was granted an understanding of Logos, the Word, that no other had before him... John spoke about Jesus Christ existing along side of God and being God... Comapare this to Paul's revelation in Hebrews 1:1-14... here, it is Yahweh Himself who tells us that the Son, Jesus Christ, is God! Now combine these with all of the Old Testament statments made by Yahweh, through His prophets, and we find that there is only One God (Isaiah 43:10-13)... God is Eternal, He never changes, so He existed as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit for ever unto eternity! (We know that the Holy Spirit is the third Person of God because Scripture tells us so: Acts 5:3-4; 4:25-26--Ref: Psalm 2:1-2; Acts 3:7-11--Ref: Psalm 95:6-11; Hebrew 10:15-16) John in his 1st Epistle reveals to us the relationship between Christ, God, and the Believers: 1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 6This is the one who came by water and blood–Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7For there are three that testify: 8the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. (1 John 5:1-13) See how intertwined the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are? (Check also 1 Corinthians 12:3; Hebrews 9:14 and 2 Peter 1:21) There are some who reject the Holy Scripture or attempt to twist God's Word, by insinuating everything from vocabulary definition; translations; to outright distortion of God's Word... there is no escaping it: Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and He is God! God Bless! Angel |
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71 | Offspring?Long Life? | Is 53:10 | JCrichton | 148902 | ||
Hi, Star! Are you quoting some one else ("Not only did Jesus die young, but how could the days be prolonged of someone who is alleged to be God?") or are these your own words? If they are, does that mean that you do not believe that Jesus Christ is God? And if you do not believe that He is God, are you basing this on your findings on this thread? If this is the case I want to share with you a Scriptural passage that demonstrates that Jesus' contemporaries did understand that He revealed that He is God: For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. (John 5:18) ...and through the prophects Yahweh made it known that His Son, the Emmanuel, would come to rescue His people (Israel), Isaiah 7:14; 9:16; 52:13 thru 53:12; 42:1-8; Joel 2:23-32; Malachi 3:1-9... Could go on forever... awaiting your reply! God Bless! Angel |
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72 | Genisis 9:3 marajuna included? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148900 | ||
Hi! Since God created all that exists, both the visitble and invisible, it is safe to say that Marijuana, hemp or Cannabis was created by Him... however, since all that He created was good, any corruption introduced by man cannot be blamed or credited to God... God did not create the plant Cannabis so that man could intoxicate himself with it... just as with other plants, seeds, fruits, etc... there is a proper function for Cannabis (in the past it was seen as a source for medicine and paper); still, just as gunpowder, created by combining several raw materials, any substance that man alters (including tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs) in order to destroy or distort cannot be atributed to God nor can it be claimed that God created them for our use/consumption. God Bless! Angel |
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73 | Mass before Jesus,how they get salvation | Heb 11:2 | JCrichton | 148831 | ||
Hi, William! You have come across one of the many mysteries of God: if we are saved by believing in Jesus what happens to those who died prior to His revelation (the incarnation of the Word)? Let me start by showing you a simple passage of the Holy Scripture: 1For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3They all ate the same spiritual food 4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:1-4) While the Hebrews were oblivious to His existence, Christ was among them, as the water of life! Salvation is of the Jews (Promised to them) by the incarnation, death, and resurrection of the Word (John 1:1-18)... it is not that we deserved to be saved but that God's Mercy was revealed through His Love... it pleased God that in Jesus all sin would be eradicated... the book of Hebrews explains that we have one High Priest, Jesus, who officiates in front of the Father in our behalf... that He died once and only once to rescue us from the wages of sin (Hebrews 9:27 thru 10:14)... though Christ died once to save all of mankind from sin, this in no way guarantees that we can choose to do as we please and still be saved... (John 3:14-21) Being the Perfect Sacrifice, not only did Jesus die for the sin of His contemporaries and His future disciples, but also for the sin of those who existed prior to His Incarnation, death and Resurrection: 18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, (1 Peter 3:18-20) (Read also 1 Peter 4:6; Romans 10:7; Ephesians 4:8-10) Again, Jesus preached in the Spirit to those that died in disobedience when God waited patiently... still, this does not guarantees that those who died prior to Jesus' Incarnation would listen and believe--only God knows who did or did not accept Salvation! God Bless! Angel |
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74 | angel | Jer 33:3 | JCrichton | 148829 | ||
Hi, regguh! You posted your query on a separate thread... to continue the thread simply follow the last post made by the person you are attempting to contact... ...by chance I happened accross your query: "The popes of the 20th centry?" Are you seeking to know their names? ...I have a list of all of the Popes of the Roman Catholic Chuch--if you like I can email it to you; I do not want to post what could be seen as a dogmatic exchange on this forum... (if you do not have one, you can get a free email address at Yahoo.com; mine is jcrichtonfs1@yahoo.com) if you are asking for some other information on the 20th century Popes, please clarify! God Bless! Angel |
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75 | Jesus Wept - (Jn.11:35) | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 148828 | ||
Hi, Bobby Conner! Jesus wept for humanity... He knew how small-minded we are and how little faith we possess! Though it is true that social culture, in one way or another, inculcates the philosophy that equates tears to weakness... it is also true that Christians are quick to embrace "strength" rather than weakness... We cannot be taught to become receptive to the Holy Spirit... crying on cue would be much as jumping, shouting, dropping, speaking in tounges, prophesying on cue... What must be taught is to break down the walls we build... those walls that keep us from listening to the Holy Spirit... those walls that keep us from recognizing our transgressions... those walls that keep us from asking God's forgiveness... those walls that keep us on "this" side of other Christians... those walls that we erect to gratify our egos... We need to learn to humble ourselves to God... as you have noted no one cries tears of remorse and pain... we are too caught up with being "saved!" ...as you said, "be cleanse... not ashamed" for if we are ashamed of Christ, He will no doubtfully be ashamed of us when we finally meet with the Father! God Bless! Angel |
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76 | Filled with the holy spirit? | Mark 1:10 | JCrichton | 148827 | ||
Hi, Ray! It is a wondrous and complex God that we serve... Jesus tells us that the Father is greater than He while still revealing that He and the Father are indeed one and the same... from the very prophecies about Him, Jesus is given all titles previously reserved only to Yahweh... Jesus revealed that the Father is Spirit... that He and the Father and the Holy Spirit will abide in the Believers... and when He introduces the Holy Spirit, He tells us that He is another Paraclete whom He will send to us (Believers) from the Father… in regards to the Holy Spirit, Jesus reveals that He, the Holy Spirit, will bring us the fullness of Truth... and Jesus transfers the Old Testament's admonition (Blaspheming against the Name of God) to the Holy Spirit and assures us that only the sin of Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven! There are three more salient seeming anomalies: 1) Speaking about His physical death, Jesus tells us that it is He who willingly gives up His life for the salvation of the world and that it is He who takes it back again (John 10:17-18)… while we later learn from Paul that it is the Holy Spirit who God uses to resurrect Jesus, He who is the Resurrection and Life (Romans 8:11)... 2) We are taught that it is Jesus who gives all of His disciples the various gifts... making some prophets, teachers... yet, somewhat bewilderingly, we are also taught that it is the Holy Spirit who give to some the ability to be apostles, teachers... (Ephesians 4:7-12 and 1 Corinthians 12:1-11) 3) We are taught that the Holy Spirit is God’s sanctifying grace (Romans 1:4; 15:16); yet, it is also taught to us that Jesus sanctifies Himself and the Believers… (Hebrews 2:11; 10:10; 13:12) Jesus reveals the existence of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit as that of the fullness of God (John 16:13-15)… it is this unification of God that makes it difficult for many to accept the Holy Trinity since, as finite beings, we seek to find a beginning and an end as we struggle with God's design: where does the Father end and the Son begins?... where does the Son end and the Holy Spirit begins?... where does the Holy Spirit ends and the Father begins?... it behooves us to heed Christ’s words: the Father and I are one. (John 10:30) Since there is no beginning and no end to any of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity we can accept the Holy Spirit as both God’s Gift and the gift giver: And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (Romans 5:5) God Bless! Angel |
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77 | what is ment by the body is the temple? | 1 Cor 3:16 | JCrichton | 148778 | ||
Hi, 980! Jesus tells us that He, the Father, and the Holy Spirit will dwell in the Believers (John 14:23 and 14:16-17), so it is not surprising that the Apostles clarify that we are the living Temple of God (as noted in Michael's post)... God Bless! Angel |
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78 | Can you go to heaven without Christ. | John 3:18 | JCrichton | 148700 | ||
Hi, whiplash! There are many doctrines which subscribe to anything and everything... but, as pointed out by meusing, Jesus clarified this issue... and the Apostle Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, resounded Jesus' edict: Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) Still, it is God who saves not any of us... so we cannot determine who is saved or not... yet, since we have the Gosples and the rest of the Bible to guide us, we should not rely on one day finding ourselves unprepared because we relied on a man's word that we do not need to believe in Jesus in order to be saved! God Bless! Angel |
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79 | Jesus birth to receiving the Holy Spirit | Mark 1:10 | JCrichton | 148698 | ||
Hi, regguh! Michael offered an excellent post, I just want to add: Jesus is God, there was never a time that He did not have the Holy Spirit... It is He who sends the Holy Spirit, from the Father, to the world... yet, as the Lamb of God, the Word incarnate, had to be anointed in John's baptism and the Holy Spirit had to come to Him in order to fulfill Scripture (John speaks about Jesus and reveals that God gave him a sign by which he would know that Jesus is the Anointed One)... Notice, in Luke 1:43-44, that Elizabeth and John the Baptist both recognize Jesus Christ in Mary's womb as their Lord and Savior... it is them, and us, who must be filled/anointed by the Holy Spirit in order to know the mysteries of God! Jesus has no need to be anointed/filled with the Holy Spirit; but, because we are limited in our understanding, He came to fulfill all of the prophecies of the Law (Scripture), and part of His titles is the Anointed One or Jeshua or Christos... remember that in the Old Testament God would have His prophets and kings anointed before they could exercise their authority in Israel... Jesus as the King and High Priest of Israel (and subsequently the Gentiles) was prophecised as the root of Jesse, and as both King and High Priest He had to be ordained or anointed! God Bless! Angel |
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80 | romans chapter 14 verse 5 | Rom 12:2 | JCrichton | 148696 | ||
Hi, Monica! Then as now people fall into the practice of legalism... sadly, man being man, there would be great debate over everything with the inclusion of the various circumventions of the Law... More than once, Jesus admonished the Pharisees and Sadducees for upholding not the Law as given to them by Moses, but their own adaptation of the Law (ie: only the adulterous woman was brought to Jesus--the man conveniently slipped away!); Jesus even explained to them that the Sabbath (the seventh day) was made to serve man not man to serve the Sabbath--another Law they broke when it was convenient or lucrative for them to violate it!--it is about such days (Sabbath and God's Holy days) that Paul was speaking on... Paul wants us to know that we are called not to occupy ourselves with simplistic formulas but to live our lives in Jesus and for Jesus... so if you serve the Lord thinking that every day is a special day, a gift from God, you do well... if, on the other hand, I serve Jesus as fervently as you yet I choose one day of the week to offer Him greater homage, I too would be serving God... I would read Romans 14:5-9 in light of Hebrews 6:1-3... let us go forward, in Christ, not seeking divisions and condescension, serving Christ and our fellow Christians, seeking to edify the Church and not our egos. God Bless! Angel |
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