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61 | Please I'm looking for your opinion! | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102200 | ||
Figgy: Where God is concerned, are there 'degrees of sovereignty'? I do not necessarily mean to imply anything one way or the other. Just thought I'd ask. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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62 | Please I'm looking for your opinion! | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102202 | ||
John: Where God is concerned, are there 'degrees of sovereignty'? I do not necessarily mean to imply anything one way or the other. Just thought I'd ask. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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63 | Can we disappoint the omniscient God? | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102207 | ||
At times God is saddened. Saddened maybe, but not disappointed. How can we disappoint the One who knew everything about us from beginning to end, before we were ever born? Disappoint -- "to fail to meet the expectation or hope of" (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary). How could the omniscient God expect or hope something of me that He knew from eternity was not going to happen? Not trying to be argumentative, Ed. Just offering something for us to consider. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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64 | Can we disappoint the omniscient God? | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102208 | ||
At times God is saddened. Saddened maybe, but not disappointed. How can we disappoint the One who knew everything about us from beginning to end, before we were ever born? Disappoint -- "to fail to meet the expectation or hope of" (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary). How could the omniscient God expect or hope something of me that He knew from eternity was not going to happen? Not trying to be argumentative, Ed. Just offering something for us to consider. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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65 | Can we disappoint the omniscient God? | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102209 | ||
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66 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102271 | ||
"Some things God never conceived, because of the gross immorality involved. It “never entered (His) mind”. What does that mean? That God did not foresee everything? Or that God does not know everything? |
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67 | Please I'm looking for your opinion! | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102277 | ||
"But to answer your question...No, I believe that God is always ruling over all things and at all times." John: Thank you for providing an answer that is both Scriptural and reasonable. It seems to me that one would need to re-define (make up his own definition of) the word "sovereignty" before one could think that God had limited sovereignty. But, have you noticed, almost no one on this forum ever mentions the fact that man has LIMITED free will? No, the FREE WILL of man is always spoken of as though it were absolute and unlimited. Also, thanks for the fine quote from A.W. Pink. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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68 | Please I'm looking for your opinion! | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102279 | ||
Figgy: My thoughts are that I am in agreement with you. The concept of God having a greater or lesser degree of sovereignty is totally foreign to me. That would be similar to asserting that there are degrees of omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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69 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102284 | ||
Don't infer anything. Just answer the questions as they were asked, please. --Radioman2 |
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70 | Please I'm looking for your opinion! | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102288 | ||
"Your surprisingly bright for a marine!" Yes, I am. :-) "Did you hang out a lot down by the ships?" No, I didn't, but: - My dad was a sailor. So the Navy is in my blood. - I've watched virtually every episode of JAG, my favorite TV show. --Corporal Radioman2, USMC |
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71 | PROVE ME: God's challenge to tithers | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102465 | ||
Tithing is not God's challenge. Tithing is a command given to Israel in the Law. It is not tithing but GIVING that is "a matter of attitude and the love for God..." Throughout Scripture giving to God is always voluntary. "Tithes were not primarily gifts to God, but taxes for funding the national budget in Israel." "New Testament believers are never commanded to tithe. " "All giving apart from that required to run the government was purely voluntary (cf. Exodus 25:2; 1 Chronicles 29:9). Each person gave whatever was in his heart to give; no percentage or amount was specified. "New Testament believers are never commanded to tithe. Matthew 22:15-22 and Romans 13:1-7 tell us about the only required giving in the church age, which is the paying of taxes to the government." "The guideline for our GIVING to God and His work is found in 2 Corinthians 9:6-7: "Now this I say, he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver." ____________________ (www.gty.org) (Emphasis added.) For much more in-depth information on Tithing, including many Scripture references, look up "Tithing" in Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Baker's Dictionary is available online at (bible.crosswalk.com) --Radioman2 |
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72 | final round of "contradictions" | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102889 | ||
I have found the following websites to be very useful in explaining apparent Bible contradictions. http://worthynews.com/apologetics/apol101part1.htm http://www.carm.org/bible_difficulties.htm |
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73 | Contradictions in the Bible? | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102892 | ||
I have found the following websites to be very useful in explaining apparent Bible contradictions. http://worthynews.com/apologetics/apol101part1.htm http://www.carm.org/bible_difficulties.htm |
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74 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102937 | ||
Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? Do you really want to know or are you here to argue the issue, having already taken a position, pro or con? I don't mean to be rude. But many, many times questions such as this are asked by people who have already made up their minds. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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75 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102944 | ||
"Are the Sabbath laws binding on Christians today? " ____________________ "Nowhere in the Old Testament are the Gentile nations commanded to observe the Sabbath or condemned for failing to do so. That is certainly strange if Sabbath observance were meant to be an eternal moral principle." ____________________ "We believe the Old Testament regulations governing Sabbath observances are ceremonial, not moral, aspects of the law. As such, they are no longer in force, but have passed away along with the sacrificial system, the Levitical priesthood, and all other aspects of Moses' law that prefigured Christ. . . . Here are the reasons we hold this view. "In Colossians 2:16-17, Paul explicitly refers to the Sabbath as a shadow of Christ, which is no longer binding since the substance (Christ) has come. It is quite clear in those verses that the weekly Sabbath is in view. The phrase "a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day" refers to the annual, monthly, and weekly holy days of the Jewish calendar (cf. 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3; Ezekiel 45:17; Hosea 2:11). If Paul were referring to special ceremonial dates of rest in that passage, why would he have used the word "Sabbath?" He had already mentioned the ceremonial dates when he spoke of festivals and new moons. "The Sabbath was the sign to Israel of the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 31:16-17; Ezekiel 20:12; Nehemiah 9:14). Since we are now under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8), we are no longer required to observe the sign of the Mosaic Covenant. "The New Testament never commands Christians to observe the Sabbath. "In our only glimpse of an early church worship service in the New Testament, the church met on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7). "Nowhere in the Old Testament are the Gentile nations commanded to observe the Sabbath or condemned for failing to do so. That is certainly strange if Sabbath observance were meant to be an eternal moral principle. "There is no evidence in the Bible of anyone keeping the Sabbath before the time of Moses, nor are there any commands in the Bible to keep the Sabbath before the giving of the law at Mt. Sinai. "When the Apostles met at the Jerusalem council (Acts 15), they did not impose Sabbath keeping on the Gentile believers. "The apostle Paul warned the Gentiles about many different sins in his epistles, but breaking the Sabbath was never one of them. "In Galatians 4:10-11, Paul rebukes the Galatians for thinking God expected them to observe special days (including the Sabbath). "In Romans 14:5, Paul forbids those who observe the Sabbath (these were no doubt Jewish believers) to condemn those who do not (Gentile believers). "The early church fathers, from Ignatius to Augustine, taught that the Old Testament Sabbath had been abolished and that the first day of the week (Sunday) was the day when Christians should meet for worship (contrary to the claim of many seventh-day sabbatarians who claim that Sunday worship was not instituted until the fourth century). "Sunday has not replaced Saturday as the Sabbath. Rather the Lord's Day is a time when believers gather to commemorate His resurrection, which occurred on the first day of the week. Every day to the believer is one of Sabbath rest, since we have ceased from our spiritual labor and are resting in the salvation of the Lord (Hebrews 4:9-11). "So while we still follow the pattern of designating one day of the week a day for the Lord's people to gather in worship, we do not refer to this as "the Sabbath." ____________________ (www.gty.org) Click on Issues and Answers. Click on Previous Topics Lazola: Thanks for being patient with me. :-) Grace and peace to you, Radioman2 |
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76 | PROVE ME: God's challenge to tithers | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 102947 | ||
capemimi: You write: "From these tithes you must give the LORD's portion to Aaron the priest." It is not clear to me how we are to do this, since there is a new priesthood, one that is not according to the order of Aaron. Hebrews 7:11-14 (ESV) Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? [12] For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. [13] For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. [14] For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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77 | is drinkin wine a sin | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 103169 | ||
Drunkenness is always a sin... "Careful biblical interpretation, however, requires that the choice to ABSTAIN [from alcohol] be made for reasons other than the demand of the biblical pattern." __________________________ 'The term "abstinence" is often identified with the question of the use or nonuse of alcoholic beverages. The Bible consistently condemns drunkenness, but it cannot be viewed as teaching total abstinence from fermented wine. The linguistic, historical-cultural, and contextual aspects of Scripture are often abused by those who claim that the Bible requires total abstinence. The primary Hebrew terms are yayin [Iy:y], tiros [v/ryiT], and asim. All three may refer to fermented wine in a negative connotation (cf. in order Prov 23:31; Hosea 4:11; Isa 49:26) and all three refer to the expected positive use of fermented wine (yayin [Iy:y] - Lev 23:13; Num 6:20; 28:14; Deut 14:26; Psalm 104:15; Isa 55:1; Itiros [v/ryiT] - Deut 14:23; asim - Joel 3:18). All three are used interchangeably and no hard-line distinctions for a linguistic reference to unfermented as opposed to fermented wine can be sustained for any term. The Greek word oinos [oi\no"] commonly translates all three terms in the Septuagint and is the common term for wine in the Greek period and in the New Testament. Paul cites oinos [oi\no"] as a nonissue equivalent to the meat offered to idols in Romans 14:21. The less-used Greek term gleukos [gleu'ko"], "new wine, " may also mean fermented (cf. Acts 2:13). The ancient world often diluted wine with water for a more or less fermented effect, although this could be viewed as an insult (cf. Isa 1:22). 'The historical setting of Israel as one of the leading and most respected wine-producing nations in their part of the ancient world is well documented. The blessings of this product are recorded in the Bible along with the evils that come from its abuse. Wine is a major image of joy and blessing (cf. Gen 27:28; Psalm 104:14-15). The messianic era is depicted as a time of great blessing via this imagery (Joel 3:18; Amos 9:13; Zech 9:17). The destruction of wine is noted as a calamity in the life of Israel (Deut 28:30-39; Isa 62:8; 65:21; Micah 6:15; Zeph 1:13). 'Believers in any given time period or geographical location may choose total abstinence from alcoholic beverages for numerous reasons. One may use certain passages of Scripture to warn against abuse just like ancient Israel did. The abuse of strong drink has plagued all cultures and reasons to abstain abound. Careful biblical interpretation, however, requires that the choice to abstain be made for reasons other than the demand of the biblical pattern.' Gary T. Meadors Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by Walter A. Elwell Published by Baker Books. (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/) (Emphasis added.) --Radioman2 |
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78 | Do you seek God before you post? | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 103764 | ||
Kathy: Kipling wrote: "If you can keep your head while all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you," And that's exactly what you are doing -- keeping your head while some around you are losing theirs and blaming it on you. And for that I commend and admire you. After you have repeatedly explained your posts, I don't know why others have to go on and on and on about it. Talk about much ado about nothing. Kathy, as I said before, I appreciate you and am glad to have you participating in the forum. Keep hanging in there. You have been a blessing to me. I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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79 | Holy Spirit question on mysterious ways | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 103861 | ||
'the Holy Spirit moves in mysterious ways.' If it is in the Bible, you will find it by using a concordance. If it is not in any concordance, then it is not in the Bible. For an online concordance, go to http://bible.crosswalk.com/ or http://www.biblegateway.com/ Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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80 | Holy Spirit question on mysterious ways | Bible general Archive 2 | Radioman2 | 103909 | ||
EdB: Thank you for getting to the heart of the matter (regarding the original question) and providing us with this factual information. As I said earlier regarding the exact wording that the questioner asked about, it's either in the Bible or it isn't. If it can't be found in any concordance, it's because it simply is not in the Bible. Moreover the original question was not: Where is this concept found in the Bible? It was: Where does it SAY in the Bible: 'the Holy Spirit moves in mysterious ways?' We know what the Bible means by what it SAYS. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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