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61 | Does Is:53:3,4 mean He sufferd deformity | Is 53:3 | Robert Nicholson | 66081 | ||
Cwade: I realize that I answered this question already. However, I have been thinking on it. In Isaiah 52:14 Isaiah in his prophecy of the suffering of Christ tells us "his visage was so marred more than any man and his form more than the sons of me" I understand in plain English that this means that upon the cross he was almost unrecognizable as a human being due to the abuse he suffered. As I mentioned in an earlier post the scriptures seem to indicate that our risen Lord bears the marks of calvary in his body. His suffering and love is beyond compare Robert |
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62 | Ho, every one who thrist come | Is 55:1 | Robert Nicholson | 29590 | ||
Dear fellow believer: I believe it is God speaking through his prophet Isaiah this wonderful message of hope which is the message of everlasting salvation. Primarily it is given to Israel and yet it goes beyond in V 5 to include those who were outside the nation of Israel. I have personally applied this chapter to our day. It is a message to those who are in need, who have nothing to offer to help themselves, and yet God in his mercy is offering them a free salvation through the covenant which is provided by Christ on the Cross. Robert |
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63 | Me again | Is 57:1 | Robert Nicholson | 45288 | ||
Greetings Mbooker: We can rejoice that we have a great high Priest who knows our needs and feels our sorrows. We are exhorted in Hebrews 4:16: "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." In other words we can have confidence that God does hear us and does answer our cries. At times however, as a Christain we sometimes have difficulty when God answers "no or wait". You have been discussing the will of God as it relates to healing. Does God always will a person to be healed? Not always. In the case of Paul who was used mightly of the Lord and yet he was given a condition which he refers to as a "thorn in the flesh" He asked the Lord three times that he would take it away. We find the the reason for this problem was to keep Paul humble in view of the revelations he had been given by God. (2 Cor.12:7) However, the Lord instead of healing Paul told him "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." In other words Paul was kept closer to the Lord and experience the Lord's grace and the Lord's strength to enable him to live with the infirmity. I believe that scripture would support that we should always pray "if the Lord will". I think it is wrong to try and pressure God into doing certain things which we may think are his will. I have listened to people pray and ask for healing and thank the Lord for already healing the person, when in fact the person was not healed. Another example that I have witnessed during a prayer meeting in which we were praying for a certain person that they might be saved. One brother thanked the Lord for saving the person, when in fact God's time was many months later. We must learn to wait upon God. Some will cite the strength of their faith as somehow hindering God's hand in deliverance. However, we must remember the Lord Jesus mentions faith as small as a grain of mustard seed. In other words it is our small faith in a great God that gives us strength to trust him unconditionally in the things he allows in our lives. Why does God allow bad things to happen to those who love him? My personal experience early in life was the death of my mother who knew the Lord Jesus and was a bright testimony for him. At 47 years of age she was suddenly taken from us? Why would God take a mother leaving behind small children who desperately needed her? I don't have the answer, but I trust in God who knows the big picture of our lives. I do know that my sister who was hardened to the gospel came to Christ after my mother's death. This is an example of blessing coming out of sorrow. These are just a few thoughts I have on the subject. May God continue to bless you and may you have the joy of placing your total confidence in him. Robert |
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64 | Me again | Is 57:1 | Robert Nicholson | 45289 | ||
Greetings Mbooker: We can rejoice that we have a great high Priest who knows our needs and feels our sorrows. We are exhorted in Hebrews 4:16: "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." In other words we can have confidence that God does hear us and does answer our cries. At times however, as a Christain we sometimes have difficulty when God answers "no or wait". You have been discussing the will of God as it relates to healing. Does God always will a person to be healed? Not always. In the case of Paul who was used mightly of the Lord and yet he was given a condition which he refers to as a "thorn in the flesh" He asked the Lord three times that he would take it away. We find the the reason for this problem was to keep Paul humble in view of the revelations he had been given by God. (2 Cor.12:7) However, the Lord instead of healing Paul told him "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." In other words Paul was kept closer to the Lord and experience the Lord's grace and the Lord's strength to enable him to live with the infirmity. I believe that scripture would support that we should always pray "if the Lord will". I think it is wrong to try and pressure God into doing certain things which we may think are his will. I have listened to people pray and ask for healing and thank the Lord for already healing the person, when in fact the person was not healed. Another example that I have witnessed during a prayer meeting in which we were praying for a certain person that they might be saved. One brother thanked the Lord for saving the person, when in fact God's time was many months later. We must learn to wait upon God. Some will cite the strength of their faith as somehow hindering God's hand in deliverance. However, we must remember the Lord Jesus mentions faith as small as a grain of mustard seed. In other words it is our small faith in a great God that gives us strength to trust him unconditionally in the things he allows in our lives. Why does God allow bad things to happen to those who love him? My personal experience early in life was the death of my mother who knew the Lord Jesus and was a bright testimony for him. At 47 years of age she was suddenly taken from us? Why would God take a mother leaving behind small children who desperately needed her? I don't have the answer, but I trust in God who knows the big picture of our lives. I do know that my sister who was hardened to the gospel came to Christ after my mother's death. This is an example of blessing coming out of sorrow. These are just a few thoughts I have on the subject. May God continue to bless you and may you have the joy of placing your total confidence in him. Robert |
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65 | Thorn in the flesh | Is 57:1 | Robert Nicholson | 45352 | ||
Hi Mbooker: Re: thorn in the flesh In my Schofield study Bible a note is given "It has been conjectured that Paul's thorn in the flesh was chronic Ophthalmia, inducing bodily weakness and a repulsive appearance" The references given to back up this idea are Gal. 4:15, 1 Cor. 2:3-4 and 2 Cor. 10:10 We know that this is not positively known. However, whatever it was, it was an infirmity which Paul had to endure with God's help. It is possible the Spirit of God does not tell us the actual condition so that we might apply the consolations given to Paul to ourselves when we are passing through trials. I believe that we should pray as outlined in 1 John 5: 14-15 "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us" I guess the point I was trying to make is that we cannot pressure God into our will if it is not his will. Think of the Lord Jesus in the garden and how that being in agony he prayed "If it be possible let this cup pass from me, nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt". We know that it was God's eternal purpose that the Lord Jesus would drink of the awful cup of suffering and agony on the cross for our sins. We know that Jesus was in total communion with his father and that God heard him, but Jesus was obedient to his father's will, even the death of the cross. Once a friend of my was telling me that if he had enough faith and asked God, God would give him money, a wonderful house and a new car. My response was "Maybe and maybe not. It may be God's will that you have little money, that your house might be a missionary shack in a far off country and that you will have to walk rather than drive. It is nice chatting about these things. Your brother by his grace alone Robert |
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66 | Size of Jerusalem when The Promised Land | Is 60:1 | Robert Nicholson | 72235 | ||
Greetings Bonnie 518 The promised land refers to the promised by God to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. However, it was not until the Exodus from Eygpt that the people of Israel travelled through the wilderness for 40 years under the leadership of Moses. Moses was not allowed to enter the land due to his disobedience to God. God by his grace however, took Moses up into Mount Nebo from which he could see the land which the Lord had promised them. In Deuteronomy 34:1to3 we are given a clear explanation of its boundaries. If you look up the following site at http://biblia.com/jesusm/maps.htm Click on "Old and New testament maps. The map is called Mount Nebo which will give you an idea of the size of the original promised land which stretches out in every direction from what we see today. The time of the Exodus from Eygpt based on Biblical chronology is 1446 B.C. and Moses death which followed his view of the land from Nebo was 1406 B.C. Other dates - the beginning of Isaiah's ministry (the year that King Uzziah died Isa.6:1) was 739B.C. If you look at the map even at this time you will find that the land was smaller due losses. By the time of our Lord Jesus Christ Roman rule prevailed. It was not until about 1948 that Israel became an independent nation again. I hope this helps. |
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67 | Where does it say that GOD GAVE? | Ezek 28:24 | Robert Nicholson | 53567 | ||
Greetings from Ontario Canada The passage you are looking for is found in 2 Corinthians 12:7 KJV I think that we would be more correct in saying God allowed Paul to receive a thorn in the flesh. "And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me,lest I should be exalted above measure" 2 Cor. 12:7 Robert |
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68 | Is it erroneous to Say God said NO? | Ezek 28:24 | Robert Nicholson | 53611 | ||
There is a difference between God exalting and spreading the Gospel by Paul who was a chosen vessel to do so, than for Paul to be exalted within himself. Paul could write "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Galatians 6:14) In fact at the time of Pauls conversion Acts 9 the Lord spoke about his mission and the suffering which would be his. "For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake" Acts 9:16. In 1 Cor. 12 Paul speaks of his experience at Lystra where he was stoned by the Jews. Acts 14:19. His humility is seen in that in 1 Cor. 12: 1-3 he speaks in the third person as he describes the things which he heard when caught up into paradise "unspeakable words which it is not lawful for man to utter" Paul continues on to speak about a thorn in the flesh which was given to him in v. 7. In v. 8 "he besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me" However, it was here that he learned an even greater truth that "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me" V9 I do not believe that God is saying no, but is saying in your time of weakness my grace will deliver you and give you the strength to bear the trial. In Paul's letter to Cornith we read "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." ( 1 Cor. 10:13) Robert |
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69 | I Love Jesus | Dan 8:14 | Robert Nicholson | 68763 | ||
Heather: we read "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world." Hebrews 1:1-2) In other words before Christ came and before the canon of scripture was complete God revealled himself in many ways and by many means. He spoke in visions, dreams, through poetry of the psalms, through miracles, tablets of stone, by angels. Finally, he speaks to us in these last days in his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. God speaks today by his Holy Spirit through his precious word. This means that these other ways of speaking have passed away. I love Jesus also with all my heart. By faith and by his Spirit through his word we can see him and hear him not physically, but by faith spiritually and as those who love him we look forward to that coming day when we will see him face to face. This is when faith will give way to sight forever. I am not saying that God does not speak to us in dreams or in circumstances of life, but for the most part he speaks to us in his Son, through his Spirit by his word. Is this what you had in mind Peace in his precious name. |
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70 | What man was compared to a silly dove? | Hos 7:11 | Robert Nicholson | 66246 | ||
Angelface: "Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria." (Hosea 7:11) |
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71 | Three days or three years? | Amos 4:4 | Robert Nicholson | 35071 | ||
Dear brother. The Darby, NKJV, NASB, AMPLIFIED, ASV AND NLT say "three days" The RSV, YLT, KJV, NIV say "three years" Isn't it wonderful to have so many choices. We know at the time it was given to the people through Amos that it would be clearly understood by the people. As Sere???? has pointed out the Strongs #03117 transliterated "Yowm" is defined in #1 as day, time and year. As you are aware, in Deuteronmy 14:28 the Lord said "at the end of 3 years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe ..." This tithe was for those who where in need or had no way of making a living and for the sabbath rest on the 7th year. Lev. 25: 1-6 According to Jamison, Fausset,Brown commentary that he term "after three years"- after three years is literally "after three (years of) days" It would seem that these tithes of their increase where brought to the storehouse after each third year. With a sabbath after 2 groups of 3. I believe that it is three years which is in view here. I think that if we are referring to crops etc. that we would not have a tithe every 3 days since we would have to wait for the increase. What do you think? In Christ Robert |
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72 | I am looking for evidence of dark skies | Amos 8:9 | Robert Nicholson | 63190 | ||
Michelle: In Amos 8:9 we read "And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day" Although I believe this is referring to the LOrd's judgment on idoltarous Israel, it also reminds that that darkness was when God judged his son on account of our sin. I do not believe that any natural reason can be found. This darkness is a miracle when God clothed the suffering Saviour in darkness. As the soldier at the cross marvelled "Truly this is the Son of God"; well might our hearts echo the same now and through eternity. In addition to the accounts given by inspiration in scripture early historians have referred to it. Celsus a famous opponent of Christiany writes about it. Father Tertullian, at the close of the second century said boldy to his adversaries. "At the moment of Christ's death, the light departed from the sun, and the land was darkened at noonday, which wonder is related in your own annals and is perserved in your archives to this day" I love these words: Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in When the incarnate maker died For man his creatures sin. What a Saviour! Robert |
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73 | Gold , Frankincense and myrrh? | Matt 2:11 | Robert Nicholson | 52219 | ||
Prayon: I believe that their is a reason that the Spirit of God is carefull to point out the gifts of the Maji. "They "presented or (offered) unto him gold, franckincese and myrrh" It is significant that they were offering unto him. Gold is a most precious, pure and eternal metal which would remind of of our Saviours royalty, his diety, his purity as he took that lowly stoop into this world. "He knew no sin" Frankincense was used as a perfume in the sanctuary and is connect with sacrificial offerings. When it burnt, it gave off a fragrant odor. The frankincense is symbolic of his divine nature and his holy life. (Malachi 1:11) At his baptism the heavens were opened and God the father declared "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased" or "in whom I have found my delight" (Darby version) Matt. 3:17 Every step the Lord Jesus took was pleasing to his father and was as a sweet smelling savor to God. Myrrh is first mentioned in Exodus 30:23 and is one of the main ingredients in the holy anoiting oil. It was also used in embalming and in Mark 15:23 it was mixed with wine to provide a stupifying drink for those suffering death by cruicification. We find that the Lord Jesus refused this drink, he did not want to dull the suffering which he was enduring on account of sins not his own. Myrrh would remind us that he is the "annoited one", the promised redeemer who came to earth and went to calvary in obedience to his father's will. We read Psalm 22, Isaiah 53 and the gospel accounts of his death to understand in part the depth of suffering which was his. It is amazing that at this birth he was offered this gift which is symbolic of his suffering. Just a few thoughts which I have enjoyed Robert |
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74 | I COME WITH A SWORD | Matt 10:34 | Robert Nicholson | 79096 | ||
Greetings Coltonjunior: Matthew 10:34 Jesus said, "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." Robert |
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75 | Spirit or spirit? | Matt 12:28 | Robert Nicholson | 74661 | ||
Dear brother Ray: As always an interesting question. In Luke 11:20 would you not think that "finger" is a metaphor for God's directed power by his Spirit? Just a thought brother. Robert |
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76 | Simon wanting to buy Holy Spirit Acts 8 | Matt 13:20 | Robert Nicholson | 73172 | ||
Del: I would label your question "Motives for professing to be saved" I believe that some profess to know Christ for selfish reasons. Paul reminds in Phil. 1:15-16 "Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ of (selfish ambition)not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds" Although we cannot judge a person's motives and the Lord knows those that are his, I known people who have professed to be saved for the following reasons: - to make them acceptable in a romatic relationship. - children at times to please their parents - political gains - false teachers who want to creep in unawares - some have signed a card etc. because they feel a need to belong and yet have not spiritual life. Simon of Acts 8 has caused some debate in the past. It is interesting that the Spirit of God is careful to highlight his past life and his past motives "giving out that himself was some great one"v.9 In fact the people "gave heed from the least to the greatest saying, this man is a great power of God"v.10 God by his grace reached many of these people and they were saved. We then read "Simon himself believed also; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip..."V13 At this point one would wonder what type of repentance did Simon have? On the surface it would appear that he was saved. However, Jesus said "Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" ( Matt. 7:16) It would apprear from v. 17-18 in Acts 8 that Simon regarded the laying on of hands and the gift of the Holy Ghost as something to be desired. We could speculate that this would be a great extension to his old work and give him prominance and power with the people. As we know he offered money for "this power" v. 19 Peter's answer to him would make us think that Simon had made only an outward profession of faith. "Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money"v.20 "Thou has neither part nor lot in this matter: FOR THY HEART IS NOT RIGHT WITH GOD.V.22 "Thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity"v.23 These characteristics do not reflect the fruit of the Spirit nor the condition of one who has been truly born again. We do not read about Simon repenting. Del, it is so important that we be very sure that we are anchored on the solid rock which is Christ. Many believe about him, others like the women who followed him to the cross weep for him and the devils believe about him and tremble. Thus, believing in him is much more than simply accepting the historical facts or accepting intellectually the purpose of his death. What is the correct motive for wanting to know Christ? First of all we must know within our hearts that we need him, that he is the only one who can save us as we are lost sinners without strength. This is a truth which is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit through God's word. Rom. 3:23 We must desire to know him as Savior and Lord. Again as we ponder on our hopeless condition, the Lord will open our understanding with the light of the glorious gospel. We simply rest "our all" our very being upon Christ and his finished work on the cross. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, (or Jesus as Lord) and shalt believe in thine heart, that God raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" (Romans 10:9-10) We say with the song writer: O glorious hour when God to me A vision gave of Calvary My bonds were snapt, my chains unbound I'm standing on redemption ground. Robert Nicholson |
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77 | could Christians have been tares | Matt 13:25 | Robert Nicholson | 79040 | ||
RCSROLL: I agree. Tares are sown by the enemy Matt 13:25 Interestingly they looked like wheat, but had no final fruit. Would this not remind us that we live in a time of profession. Some are like the tares who do not have divine life. Robert |
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78 | question about confrontation | Matt 18:15 | Robert Nicholson | 66816 | ||
Greetings Timhonse Matt 18: 15-20 deals with the steps we should take if a brother tresspasses against us. How often we fail to take step one resulting in a minor problem becoming major. (my opinion) Peace in his name Robert |
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79 | few chosen | Matt 20:16 | Robert Nicholson | 64893 | ||
Graceful In the parable the king sends a message out to those who were bidden that all things are ready. I believe that hose binden represent Israel, we read in John 1 "he came unto to his own (his own people" and they received him not, but to as many as received him gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. Those who were bidden made light of the message and even killed the servants who brought them the message. However, the King is persistent that there will be guests at his son's wedding "go into the highways and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage" Matt. 22:9 This would remind us that the Lord Jesus first came to his own people and for the most part they rejected him. However, God sent the message to those without, who did not previously have an invitation, the gentiles and invited them to come in. Hence he says "many are called and few are chosen" The many refers to the provision which God has provided, the few refers to those who accept the invitation. I believe this is supported by the words of Jesus regarding the broad road "and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat" Matt. 7:13 Those who were bidden shall be last and those who were bidden afterward shall be first. "Many are called, but few are chosen" I believe Jesus is referring to the many that have been given the invitation in contrast to the few that have accepted it. Robert |
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80 | when we go to war with iraq will we end? | Matt 24:44 | Robert Nicholson | 66933 | ||
Greetings blondechick198: I think it would be helpful if you were to study the map of the Middle East at http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/Maps/MEast.htm You will notice that Israel is not in Iraq. Modern Iraq has a population of 24 million people. Seventy-five percent are Arabs, 15-20 percent are Kurdish and the remainder are Turkoman, Assyrian or another ethnic group. Israel represents the children of Abraham, once called Hebrews, then Israelites and Jews. The Bible does not say anything about World War 3. In fact many people made predictions on the future at the time of World War Two and such predictions were in error. I believe that the end of the age (world) will be brought about by the coming of Christ to the earth in power and in glory. His disciples were promised this in Acts 1:11. Even at that time the disciples were wanting to know about end times. Jesus told them "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power" Acts 1:7 In Matt. 24 Jesus discussed the signs of the times. He told the people "But of the day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my father only" v.36 Jesus continues to explain how things will be before his coming. "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. And knew not until the flood came, and took they all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be" Matt. 24:37-39 I believe that we must be careful in making predictions on current events. However, it is very important that we are aware that the time is drawing near. The Lord Jesus Christ gave us this exhortation "Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not, the Son of man cometh" Matt. 24:44 The Bible teaches that just before the Lord comes that the armies of earth will surround Israel and at that point Christ will come and judge all those who are against him. However, we do not know for sure when this event will take place. Hope this helps Robert |
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