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61 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120477 | ||
You're right of course. I should have said Sunday is the only day that's commanded by the Lord through his Apostles. There are numerous scriptures throughout the NT. One only has to insert "first day week" into the Search field and come up with several. As for other days of worship, of course it's perfectly OK to worship God 7 days a week, 365 days a year but Sunday is the only day commanded. Thank you for the reminder. God bless. --Rowdy |
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62 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120535 | ||
Generally throughout the Restoration, it is well recognized by many history books of that Restoration that there are 3 dinstinct categories of commands. I'll reproduce them here as best I can remember as I've studied this subject many times. 1) Imperatives directly from God's Word. I infer from your comment this is only category that you would accept but I'm afraid most christians would insist on a few more if they're forced to think about it logically. Examples here would be anything from the steps of salvation to the elements of modern worship, but there is so much more. 2) Commands by Examples. Here I'm talking about actions performed mostly by Apostles or at least by christians that were clearly endorsed by the Holy Spirit. Items that should be avoided in possible misinterpretation would be those like foot washing, anoiting of oil or exchange of holy kiss. These acts appear obviously as customs of their time and place, like our shaking hands. Examples of commands would be the day of worship and the appointment of elders and deacons. 3) Commands of inference. These are commands necessitated by common sense to carry out the other two above. I would stress these should be held to the minimum and must be considered necessary or the command being supported cannot be executed. An example here would be an accounting report in regular intervals to the elders so they can make wise decisions with the Lord's resources. Apparently, you would encourage me to expand on the 2nd command of example. It is perfectly logical for this kind of command to be inferred from God's Word. As I've been emphasizing in other previous posts, God expects us to grow in our spiritual development as well as our knowledge and handling of His Word. Toward this end, God set up the custom throughout the OT, of setting a pattern (example if you will). He had Noah build His ark to very exacting specifications as He did with Solomon and his building the Temple. Both of these were a foreshadow of things to come in the future. The ark as a perfect model of the church saving its occupants from a world of sin and the Temple as a perfect model of our own bodies as a modern dwelling place for the Holy Spirit. Another endorsement of the practicality of taking commands from the Apostles as examples is our own parenting of our kids. Maybe you're not a parent quite yet but believe me, when and if you become one, you'll appreciate the value of "commands by example." You may even now experience that appreciation from your own relationship with your parents. Neither God or any parent wants to dictate every little detail in the upbringing and training of their child(ren). In the same way, the Lord and His Apostles expect us to use our intellect, our common sense and infer certain commands from their activities, especially when those acts are done repeatedly and with some obvious purpose. In this case with the first day of the week being the day of worship in the abscence of their doing so on the Sabbath in the NT, the command is rather simple and easily inferred. This pattern of worshiping of Sunday is in stark contrast with the thousands of years of worship in the Temple with the OT. So you may begin to see why I issued this initial statement so matter-of-factly with no scripture in support. I thought this was a well recognized and very basic principle of Christianity. You know how we humans err with assumptions. I do hope this helps to clarify the issue and God bless. --Rowdy |
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63 | Holy Bible makes reference to America | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120587 | ||
Yeah, I heard of that place. That's where Bildad, the shortest man in the Bible lived. Surely, you've heard of him. A great friend of Job...he was Shuhite. God bless. --Rowdy |
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64 | biblical authority | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120594 | ||
I have to agree with Searcher56. Although the Bible isn't ideally specific with this guidance as it seems to allow some leeway for our better judgment, it is better to serve and assemble with one congregation. I know...I've been a member of one congregation while visiting another one just a few miles away for the express purpose of finding a congregation more suitable to the needs and personality of both my wife and myself. I like to use the ole phrase of "Growing where God plants you." However, there's nothing wrong with transplanting oneself to another group but I do think expects us to make up our mind and become a solid asset to one group and become truly productive. You can't really do that if you're splitting up your time, effort and loyalties to more than one. Again, I must admit there's not a whole of scripture to guide us here, just some wisdom from those of us, "long in the tooth." Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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65 | Holy Bible makes reference to America | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120606 | ||
You get the prize. I've never heard of those. How about you, Hank? Does EdB get the spruce goose award? God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
66 | People from teh bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121081 | ||
You could use the Search function to the middle right of your screen. It'll bring up every verse in the Bible if you'll insert the names one at a time. Like EdB mentioned that will be quite a bit of work but you'll gain great benefit from it. God bless. --Rowdy |
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67 | 40 Days | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121538 | ||
Surely, you didn't mean to say that Christ lived on the earth for 40 years as everyone knows he only lived for 33 years. I do hope you're going to say it was a typo of some sort. God bless. --Rowdy |
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68 | 40 Days | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121543 | ||
You're right of course. I guess the 33 year conclusion was probably based on historical evidence and the "approximating process" upon figuring the calender in the first couple of centuries. But surely 33 has got to be much closer than 40. I noticed now that BradK has questioned it so I'm going to let it go and let you and he deal with this controversy. I'll watch but thanks for the note. I'm a little embarrassed to admit I thought the 33 year age was based on some verses (combination of a couple) and upon trying to find it just now, I couldn't. Isn't it amazing how a thing like that almost dominates a person's composite knowledge of the Bible so much? I'm thankful I can learn something new every day. God bless you for correcting me. --Rowdy |
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69 | Purpose of Prayer? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121627 | ||
Miss JW, Apparently you and the others of your faith are getting a lot of heat because of your background. I thought I'd try to help you and some others get to the actual root cause of all the controversy. You see, here at the Study Bible Forum, ALL of us believe in ALL of the Bible and the Bible's most emphatic point to us modern earth dwellers in this century is that Jesus Christ is the Living God in charge of this world. He came to this planet of sinful man for the express purpose of saving the souls of ALL mankind, past, present and future with His Perfect sacrifice of His own sinless body and life. IF a person come to the SBF to discuss and exchange views and ideas about all the above, it MUST be done WITH the acknowledgement of that previous statement being ABSOLUTE TRUTH. If we can't get that acknowledgement up front in advance from such a person, everything else is valueless and not really worthy of discussion by anyone, at least to those on the Forum. Now, I myself had absolutely nothing to do with drafting up the rules to the Forum but I try to abide by them. I know Hank and some of the others don't like it when I fail to cite book, chapter and verse when I make a statement but that's because I've cited it before in a previous post. Anyway, we ALL from an early age in life learn that we must play by the rules when we join an organization. Now your decision is really quite simple: either acknowledge the ABSOLUTE TRUTH of the statements above or refrain from posting statements of your own to the Forum. That of course DOES NOT mean that you can't read and enjoy the posts you see on the Forum. Also some of the folks on the Forum cite their own E-Mail address so you could attempt to communicate directly with them in that manner. Now the basic reason for this rigid requirement is simply to keep the Forum in some semblance of order and you know we're commanded to do that, 1 Cor 14:40. Without giving Christ His due according to His Last Will and Testament, we ALL do Him a serious dishonor and we would have to pay dearly for such an infraction at Judgment Day. There's one more subject of interest: Cults. There's been several questions back and forth about this and of course the word means different things to different people. But the one basic thing that it means to Forum participants is that a person who refuses to acknowledge the truth of Jesus as cited above would be considered to be a member of a cult. Now I realize that probably doesn't please you but I'm afriad that's a fact that's well reconized throughout the vast majority of Christendom. I do sincerely hope this clarifies the whole matter for you and the other participants of your faith. I really wish no ill toward you or anyone else. I'm afraid that's just the way things are done here at the Forum. I also pray God will bless you as you study Him AND His Son in His Word. Maintain an open mind AND an open heart to His Will. Pray often about this subject. --Rowdy |
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70 | God is one | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121723 | ||
Good, solid answer. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
71 | The rest of us? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122767 | ||
I always start with the easy. In your list of questions, the easiest is that of Noah as a Jew?!? I take it you're kinda new at studying your Bible. The Jewish nation didn't really get started until after the "rescue" from bondage of Egypt by Moses. Then this large (est million or more) group of Israelites proceeded after the wondering in the desert to Canaan, the promised land and conquered it. But this was about 450 years after it was promised to them through the life and promises of God to Abraham. Abraham was born several generations after Noah. Noah lived in what the scholars call the Patriarchial age, that is before God gave any specific law, at least in writing. He did this with the issuance of the Ten Commandments to Moses and then Moses came up with all the other commands from God in the organization of the rest of the Law of Moses. And like you've mentioned the OT is filled to overflowing with a tremendous amount of disobedience and some small occasions of obedience, just like mankind since that time. We took the perfect church of our Lord with the divinely guided Apostles and the simple but firm leadership and we as a planet went through the apostacy and were led astray by Satan. The church even went so far off track as to make a mere human being the Pope of the Catholic faith, and allowed him to declare himself equal to God. To make a very long story short, we went through the Reformation wherein Luther and others were hoping to have the Catholic leadership correct itself and reform. But alas it never has happened. Then we went through the Restoration period in which a great number of men pleaded with their fellow men on both sides of the Atlantic for a true return to the basic guiding principles found in God's Word, most especially the NT. So you see it's basically NOT in man's nature as a whole planet to stick for very long to God's Word or to His Will as we're told in Prov 14:1 The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands. 2He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him. 3In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them. 4Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strength of an ox. 5A faithful witness does not lie, But a false witness will utter lies. 6A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, But knowledge is easy to him who understands. 7Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge. 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, But the folly of fools is deceit. 9Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is favor. 10The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. 11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, But the tent of the upright will flourish. 12There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. I've discussed this subject before. As I've mentioned, I'm very concerned about the continued divergence from God's Will we see prevelent in America. Just insert America and Roman Empire into the Search function at the right of your screen and you'll get many such posts on this subject. Can we turn this situation around? You bet we can but ONLY with God's help. So will we repent like Ninevah to Jonah's message or will we ignore the message as given to the Romans in that book from Paul, Chapter 1? Who could know but God Himself? As to your other questions: Read the story of Ruth as she was a gentile and not only became a Jew, she became a part of the very linage of Christ, the Son of God. "People from Nod?" You'll have to ask someone else. "All of us Jewish?" I can only quote from Gal 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. I hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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72 | Determining when an answer is received | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122780 | ||
I have to agree with EdB here. In further support of that conclusion, I would offer this scripture 2 Pet 3:7But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. God bless. --Rowdy |
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73 | The rest of us? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122790 | ||
I would refer you to Halley's Bible Handbook. There he gives a much more thorough but brief summary of Church History. There he also goes into quite a bit of detail about the abuses of the Catholic organization during this timeframe, several centuries ago. If you're even half the Bible student you seem to be, I'm sure you already knew about this. But I hope this clarifies the issue for everyone and God bless. --Rowdy |
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74 | The rest of us? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122793 | ||
I meant no malice or prejudice of any kind toward any one individual, including the Pope. He can repent and follow the commands of Christ just like anyone else and become a christian. I was merely reflecting what's commonly known in all the history books but just in case... from: http://www.zpub.com/un/pope/infal.html The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility What is the doctrine of "Papal Infallibility" The First Vatican Council has defined as "a divinely revealed dogma" that "the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra -- that is, when in the exercise of his office as pastor and teacher of all Christians he defines, by virtue of his supreme Apostolic authority, a doctrine of faith or morals to be held by the whole Church -- is, by reason of the Divine assistance promised to him in blessed Peter, possessed of that infallibility with which the Divine Redeemer wished His Church to be endowed in defining doctrines of faith and morals; and consequently that such definitions of the Roman Pontiff are irreformable of their own nature (ex sese) and not by reason of the Church's consent" --Infallibility at the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) Infallibility belongs in a special way to the pope as head of the bishops (Matt. 16:17-19; John 21:15-17). As Vatican II remarked, it is a charism the pope "enjoys in virtue of his office, when, as the supreme shepherd and teacher of all the faithful, who confirms his brethren in their faith (Luke 22:32), he proclaims by a definitive act some doctrine of faith or morals. Therefore his definitions, of themselves, and not from the consent of the Church, are justly held irreformable, for they are pronounced with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, an assistance promised to him in blessed Peter." --Papal Infallibility - at Catholic Answers Papal infallibility is one of the great differences between Catholicism and Protestantism. Very few seem to be aware of the awesome implications of this Catholic dogma. Hopefully, this brief summary will illuminate them. Regarding papal infallibility the present-day Roman Catholic Church says... --Papal Infallibility - by Dan Corner Papal Infallibility at the First Vatican Council in 1870 To the mind of the general reader, mention of the Vatican Council will usually recall two facts: that it was the occasion of the definition of the doctrine popularly called Papal Infallibility, and that many of the bishops present were opposed to the definition. The more erudite will add that their opposition was not to the doctrine itself, but to the policy of choosing this present moment to proclaim it--the definition, they would say, was held not "opportune." ... The leading critics of the "definition policy" were French, German, and Hungarian --CHAPTER 20 Following the first Vatican Council, 1870, a dissent, mostly among German, Austrian and Swiss Catholics, arose over the definition of Papal Infallibility. The dissenters, holding the General Councils of the Church infallible, were unwilling to accept the dogma of Papal Infallibility. Many of these Catholics formed independent communities which became known as the Old Catholic Church. At the First Vatican Council he was one of the most notable opponents of papal infallibility, and distinguished himself as a speaker. The pope praised Strossmayer's "remarkably good Latin." A speech in which he defended Protestantism made a great sensation. Afterwards another speech, delivered apparently on 2 June, 1870, was imputed to him. It is full of heresies and denies not only infallibility but also the primacy of the pope. The forger is said to have been a former Augustinian, a Mexican named Dr. José Agustín de Escudero. --Joseph Georg Strossmayer, the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 See also, the entry for Papal Infallibility at the Wikipedia encyclopedia project. Links ... What is Papal Infallibility - by George Sim Johnston The Papacy and Infallibility - Papacy and Infallibility Apologetics Index Page Papal Infallibility ? - by Anthony S. Wohl, Professor of History, Vassar College A History of the General Councils - AD 325 through AD 1870 - Mgr. Philip Hughes Books Infallible? : An Unresolved Enquiry by Hans Kung - expand edition (November 1994) (ISBN: 0826406785) Power and the Papacy : The People and Politics Behind the Doctrine of Infallibility by Robert McClory (a reporter for US Catholic and a professor of Journalism at Northwestern University) ISBN 0-7648-0141-4 (October 1997) Published by Triumph, An Imprint of Liguori Publications (amazon.com) Add/View comments to this page The "unofficial" Pope John Paul II - Catholic Resources on the Net But I too don't want to dwell on this subject so I will let history speak for itself. Unless there is some serious need to pursue this thread, I would just prefer to close it on this particular subject. But God bless ALL those love the truth for it DOES make one free. --Rowdy |
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75 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122799 | ||
Of these two statements, your's and EdB's, I would have to say I think EdB is a closer to my position. The only idea I would want to add is a reminder from Paul Phil 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. 14Do all things without complaining and disputing, 15that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain. So we see, we can never afford to let up or retire from our lives as christians. We can never put the cross we are to bear for our Lord in a corner, thinking we've made it. We should thank our God for every breath we draw for to us, as christians "to live is Christ, to die is gain." I hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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76 | The rest of us? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122820 | ||
My first impulse is to respond to your questions as you do pose some interesting points but I'll restrain myself, hoping to see what some others think and say on this topic. For the moment, I'll reiterate what ALL of us know that with ALL things religious and pertaining to eternal life, we must turn to Christ ONLY and form a close relationship with him so that He can be our advocate to cover our sins on Judgment Day? On that we can agree, correct? God bless. --Rowdy |
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77 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122821 | ||
If I may interject here. I read both your's and ljw9292's note above and I think I have to agree with both of you. Let me explain. When it comes to our own valuation of our life and our actions, we all tend to feel like the woman in Matt 15:22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed." 23But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us." 24But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" 26But He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." 27And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." 28Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour. But when we realize that we have Christ as our advocate with our Father, we read in Eph 3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles-- 2if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, 7of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. So it all boils down to a matter of attitude and complete submission of our will to His Will. We see this further contrasted in Romans 7:13-25. On one hand we feel like worthless "filthy rags" but thanks be to God, we don't have to keep on thinking that way. We can look up to Heaven, place our hand in our Father's and KNOW for a concrete fact He's got a Home waiting for us forever. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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78 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122845 | ||
That's an interesting tidbit of your background. I love to find out about the backgrounds of all participants on the Forum. Maybe, I could entice you into sharing this and the rest of your background (that portion you want to share) by clicking on the link, Update User Info on the lower left corner of your screen. God bless. --Rowdy |
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79 | Determining when an answer is received | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122853 | ||
I'm sorry, I didn't understand this connection. Were you trying to ask me something or make a statement? Please explain. Thanks and God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
80 | Every nation from Noah's son? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122906 | ||
I just read your profile. What a tremendous story and a wonderful struggle for Godliness in your life and those precious little ones you love obviously so very much. I pray God's richest blessings on you and your's and an hearty welcome to the Forum. --Rowdy PS: Just in case you need to know, you can read our profiles by clicking on our Forum nicknames in red underlined print. |
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