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61 | Jesus | Mark 12:35 | eklektos | 174423 | ||
Greetings Corin, Jesus was teaching in the Temple. He wasn't listening to a sermon. (Mar 12:35) "And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple...". eklektos |
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62 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | eklektos | 173907 | ||
Hello Mark, Unless I take a gift, I cannot receive a gift. By taking it, do I boast that I took it? Of course not, I thank the One that gave it. Do I say to the Giver, "Look at me, I am so great, I am taking your gift"? Of course not, I thank the Giver. Am I proclaiming that because I am a man that I am great in my free will in accepting the Giver's gift? Of course not. It is only by the mercy of God that He has given me that free will to accept the gift. Is that boasting? Yes, boasting of God's mercy. Am I belittling God's Sovereignty? Of course not. It is by the Sovereignty of God that He offered this Gift. Do I slap Him in the face by taking this Gift? Of course not. Does this reduce the Sovereignty of God? Far from it, for even the angels in Heaven rejoice when the Gift is taken. Who will change the Word that comes from the mouth of Jehovah? Which of you will presume to have authority for this? Isa 1:19 "If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: Isa 1:20 but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it." "If ye be willing ..." ; "but if ye refuse and rebel..." There also, is that Grace, "If ye". Better would He love one that comes freely than one that comes because of programming. Does this take away from God's Sovereignty? No, it honors Him, because I honor Him, freely. His Grace He set before me and by setting His Grace before me, He has called me, I heard His Word, I had to choose that day, so for me and my house we will follow the Lord. Is that boasting or degrading the Sovereignty of God? No, it is proclaiming. eklektos |
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63 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | eklektos | 173974 | ||
Hi Hank, Ow! That ruler across the knuckles hurt! I was about to respond to an endless round. But as the screen came up and I read your post I also will stand with Mark and withdraw. History is replete with debates. "Whom He loves, He chastises." Thanks, eklektos |
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64 | What is spiritual growth? | John 3:30 | eklektos | 173349 | ||
Dying to self. John the Baptist said it: Joh 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. Paul said it: 1Pe 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 1Pe 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Dying to self. eklektos |
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65 | what is a bible mansion | John 14:2 | eklektos | 173843 | ||
Greetings Tin, Down through the time of ages God has shown us His corporate design. In the Tabernacle of the Wilderness, there were the priest of the Tabernacle and the tribe of Levi as attendants to the Tabernacle. The children of God were encamped about the Tabernacle by tribe and by their tribal standards or banners, each tribe having a chief (Num 1:4-16). Certain placements in the camp designated for certain tribes (Num 2:2-31). Each nation that God has structured here on earth has this same corporate design, i.e., President or King and all the offices or placements subordinate thereof. We see the building of the church and the gifts given to men by Christ Jesus (Eph 4:8-16), for church structure, Christ being the Head (Eph 5:23), also as the man is the head of the household. God is not a God of confusion in anything He performs. We see in Revelation even the structure of the New Jerusalem, the bride of Christ, the structure of order seen by John and the various glories of it (Rev 21). All of this that God has done has been with order, structure, and placement. Now we come to (John 14:2) KJV "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." Christ is telling the disciples that He is going away to prepare a position for them in the Father's Kingdom, corporately as we see it here, a structure by design. We are given a view of this structure in Heaven with God on His throne with the elders around the throne and all the Heavenly Host according to their placement in the Kingdom of God, the Father's House, each being having their own glory. There will be structure in Heaven; Jesus tells us the first will be the last (Mark 9:35). There has been structure before the foundations of the earth and so there will be structure in the Kingdom of Heaven, Our Father's House. Paraphrased John 14:2 - In My Father's House there will be a place for you and I am going to go and prepare for you your position within the structure of My Father's Kingdom. (Mat 16:27) For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. by Grace eklektos |
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66 | Heaven | John 14:2 | eklektos | 174309 | ||
Greetings Corin, We will each have our own place in the Kingdom. Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. There will be One Glory, for there will be no need for the sun, for God Himself and the Lamb shall be the Light.(Rev 21:23) Rev 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. by Grace, eklektos |
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67 | Radical Boycott??? | John 17:15 | eklektos | 154771 | ||
Hello Brazos, Just how far do you want to go with this? The electric companies supply all of those things you listed. You could stop paying your bill! Our Government supports some of these activates. You could stop paying your taxes! You pay rent or buy your house from agents or landlords that support such activates. You could stop making payments! You can't drive your car because the oil companies also supply gasoline to the drug lord's vehicles! Personally I have selected not to do business with Target stores, for two reasons: 1.) they do not support Toys 4 Tots. 2.) they do not support Salvation Army bell ringers in front of their stores. Jesus prayed, Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Joh 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. God sends the rain on the just and the unjust. We are planted in the same field, earth, and along with us grow the tares. We grow together until Jesus commands His angels to reap the harvest. We are told not to hob-knob with the ungodly. The disciples bought the Passover lamb sacrifice, most likely in the marketplace and the marketplace sold strong drink (Mk 14:12). God knows our needs in this culture. But, if you must, there are many Amish communities around, for they also feel that calling. And, yet, their buggies use the asphalt roads laid down by the ungodly governments. There are specialty shops that directly use ungodly practices, porn stores, tattoo parlors, cat houses, saloons, etc., that would destroy your witness if someone you were trying to reach for Jesus saw you coming out of them, but general stores are not usually associated with the lusts of the world. You will have to decide this, for what is not of faith is sin. Preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and use what God has given you to do it. by Grace, eklektos |
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68 | what does the word pentecostal mean | Acts 2:4 | eklektos | 154477 | ||
Hello Shema, Noting or pertaining to any of various Christian groups, usually fundamentalist, that emphasize the Biblical activity of the Holy Spirit, stressing holiness of living, expressing their religious feelings uninhibitedly or unashamedly, by speaking in tongues and allowing the Holy Spirit to use His gifts through the church. by Grace, eklektos |
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69 | what does the word pentecostal mean | Acts 2:4 | eklektos | 154489 | ||
Hello Ray, (all Scripture is from the KJV) 1Co 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 1Co 12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 1Co 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. All things come from "God which worketh all in all." 1Co 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. The gifts are the manifestation of the Spirit. The gifts are given to the body which is the church. 1Co 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. The gifts are for this age of the church until all things are reconciled unto Christ, i.e. until the perfect comes. 1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. Therefore the gifts are of a certainty different than the Giver, for the Giver is Eternal but the gifts are temporal. We will no longer need these gifts that help us through this life of limited understanding. 1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. Pressing on to that mark, face to face with our Creator, that is our reward. by Grace, eklektos |
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70 | what does the word pentecostal mean | Acts 2:4 | eklektos | 154703 | ||
Hello Shema, Denominationalism is nothing more than carnal vanity. Paul, being called personally and intimately by Jesus Himself, was disgusted with this carnality (labeling). We read: 1Co 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 1Co 3:4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 1Co 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 1Co 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 1Co 3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. There is a label referred to twice in the Scriptures - "Christian" - according to the King James Version: Act 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 1Pe 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. Jesus said: Mat 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. What are these fruits that Jesus is talking about? Man's vanity of their denomination? - No! but to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ! Is one to teach you why this is right and that is wrong, why you should follow Calvinism or Pentecostalism or any other ism that is out in the world? Is this the will of the Father? What is the will of the Father? 2Pe 3:9 "... not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. " And how are they going to come to repentance unless they hear the Word of God? Now, no doubt there any many that are chomping on the bit to rebut about how we need labels to define what they believe. Well, that's fine, but how many have they brought into the Kingdom with their preaching of labels? How many have edified the Church with their ism's? "Go ye into the world and preach the Gospel!" You are right, Shema, denominations are not of God, they are of man and his vanities. When I found my wife that I loved I told everybody I met how she was the light of my life. Have I done this with Christ? When I found a great friend I told everybody how great of a friend he is. Have I done this with Christ? Will I stand on the rooftops and proclaim the name of Jesus? No?, why, because I would look foolish and people would think I was crazy. That is the mind set today, what others might think of us - vanity. "By their fruit ye will know them"! They can be nicer than nice and full of pleasantries and even very articulate in choosing just the right words, and all full of knowledge, but if they don't produce fruit, fruit for the Kingdom, it is all vanity! Even in the beginning, as in the natural so is it in the spiritual, "Be fruitful and multiply". The first and last command. Denominations do separate the Church. And they are not the will of God! Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Blessed are you Shema for seeing the Mind of God. by Grace, eklektos |
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71 | Which sacrifices have ended? | Acts 2:46 | eklektos | 174689 | ||
Dear Luke, I do not come to you with a sharp tongue but with a spirit of gentleness that you may have a better understanding to some of your statements. It was the purpose for God to let His Son go to the cross and to have the Jews do what they did. Jesus Himself says, "Father forgive them for they know not what the do." And they didn't, for we read in Romans 11:25 that God blinded the Jews to the truth. The cross was and is for all persons, Jew and Gentile. The root of the tree is Christ and the branches are His people, the Jews, and a wild branch, the Gentiles, has been grafted in so that we may partake of that root, that is Christ. We are admonished not to think of ourselves to highly lest we be severed from the tree as the natural branches were. The Scripture has to do with nations of people but it is also applicable to an individual for we are all accountable for our deeds also. (Rom 11:17-25 CEV) "You Gentiles are like branches of a wild olive tree that were made to be part of a cultivated olive tree. You have taken the place of some branches that were cut away from it. And because of this, you enjoy the blessings that come from being part of that cultivated tree. (18) But don't think you are better than the branches that were cut away. Just remember that you are not supporting the roots of that tree. Its roots are supporting you. (19) Maybe you think those branches were cut away, so that you could be put in their place. (20) That's true enough. But they were cut away because they did not have faith, and you are where you are because you do have faith. So don't be proud, but be afraid. (21) If God cut away those natural branches, couldn't he do the same to you? (22) Now you see both how kind and how hard God can be. He was hard on those who fell, but he was kind to you. And he will keep on being kind to you, if you keep on trusting in his kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut away too. (23) If those other branches will start having faith, they will be made a part of that tree again. God has the power to put them back. (24) After all, it wasn't natural for branches to be cut from a wild olive tree and to be made part of a cultivated olive tree. So it is much more likely that God will join the natural branches back to the cultivated olive tree. (25) My friends, I don't want you Gentiles to be too proud of yourselves. So I will explain the mystery of what has happened to the people of Israel. Some of them have become stubborn, and they will stay like that until the complete number of you Gentiles has come in." So brother, I have said that to say this, "If you speak against those that, 'rejected and demanded the crucificion (sp) of there own King', you are speaking against the plan of salvation itself. For Christ said, "I lay down my life". Brother, it would be best not to speak against the Divine plan of Grace that God Himself ordained. It is for this reason that He came into this world. We are to be at peace with our Jewish brethren that we may be held blameless. Salvation is a Gift for All that will accept it. With this Gift comes freedom from being in bondage under the Old Laws. We are to be a ”living sacrifice” unto our Lord. eklektos |
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72 | Is it sin to eat lobster? | Rom 14:14 | eklektos | 175545 | ||
Greetings I'homme humble, (Rom 14:14) I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. eklektos |
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73 | Is it sin to eat lobster? | Rom 14:14 | eklektos | 175549 | ||
Greetings Searcher, Yes, that is precisely what Rom 14:14 says. Choice. "but he didn't do it in front of those who could not." This might better be stated as: but he didn't do it in front of those who would not. eklektos |
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74 | Blood of unsaved on us if we don't share | 1 Cor 9:16 | eklektos | 154408 | ||
Hello StarHigh, Actually it is about the prophet's (Ezekiel) duty to the House of Israel. (Eze 33:1 NASB) And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, (Eze 33:2 NASB) "Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, 'If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman, (Eze 33:3 NASB) and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people, (Eze 33:4 NASB) then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. (Eze 33:5 NASB) 'He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have delivered his life. (Eze 33:6 NASB) 'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman's hand.' (Eze 33:7 NASB) "Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a message from My mouth and give them warning from Me. (Eze 33:8 NASB) "When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand. (Eze 33:9 NASB) "But if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life. by Grace, eklektos |
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75 | dear friend | 1 Cor 14:29 | eklektos | 173625 | ||
Greetings Hank, You reference Heb 1:1,2 as tied to the dialog about prophets. The context of what Paul is saying in these verses is the explaining of a Higher authority, compared to the prophets of old, that has now come from God and has spoken to us. And the answer to the context of Hebrews 1 is explained in Hebrews 2:1, "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard...". For now, it is not man, moved by the Spirit, speaking the things of God but Jesus Himself, God's only begotten, that has spoken the things of God. Hebrews 1 is talking about authority not prophets per say. Also my brother, you state: "Can you, in fact, produce incontrovertible scriptural evidence that prophets exist in the this age?". I would ask, since Scripture says that they do where is the Scriptural evidence when they stopped. I know this has been around the barn a few times but mainly I was concerned with the Hebrews reference. by Grace eklektos |
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76 | dear friend | 1 Cor 14:29 | eklektos | 173627 | ||
Hi Hank, The gist of your dialog with Mark has been whether or not prophets are a function of the church today and what Scriptural evidence is there if any. You stated to Mark, "I happen to be a sola scriptura guy, and as such view the likelihood of meeting a prophet this side of heaven with an enormous amount of skepticism based on my study and understanding of Scripture; as, for example, Hebrews 1:1,2." I took your reference to Hebrews to mean that there are no prophets in present day. Although, I also would be skeptical and would have to hear what the prophet was saying. I am also aware that just because the lightening does not strike in my back yard does not mean there are no storms in the rest of the world. For I find nowhere in the Scriptures that the Holy Spirit has stopped using any of the gifts given to man. by Grace eklektos |
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77 | is it wrong fr younger man to marry oldr | 2 Cor 6:14 | eklektos | 154322 | ||
Hello smurfrenee, Answering as to the Biblical viewpoint: If both parties are Christian. 2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? Then there is nothing wrong. If either have been divorced you might get more insight from this website: http://www.carm.org/questions/divorce.htm by Grace, eklectos |
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78 | The letter of the law. | Gal 3:21 | eklektos | 174100 | ||
The letter of the law kills. What kills the Spirit of God? |
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79 | The letter of the law. | Gal 3:21 | eklektos | 174113 | ||
Hi Searcher, In John Chapter 5, we find an impotent man by the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem (v2 and 5). Jesus heals the man and tells him to walk (v8,9). The Jews see the healed man carrying his bed and they finally find out that it was Jesus that told the man to rise, walk, and carry his bed. In addition, all this is happening on the Sabbath. The Jews confront Jesus but Jesus tells them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working." (v17). Jesus tells the Jews of the Greatness of God and how He, the Son of God must do the work of the Father and that in Him was life; "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life."(v24). Now we get to the significant part: (verses 36-40) Joh 5:36 "But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish--the very works that I do--testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me. Joh 5:37 "And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. Joh 5:38 "You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. [[Joh 5:39 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;]] Joh 5:40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. The Jews were very passionate in reading and searching the Scriptures (v39 bracketed above) but with all their knowledge and with all their writings they still didn't know who Jesus was even though the Scriptures declare Him thoroughly and through the Scriptures God has testified of Him.(v37). The point here is that without discernment by the Holy Spirit a person can read and study until they are 'blue in the face' and never really come to know Christ. The letter of the law kills - the written words on a paper or in a book have no life to them unless the Spirit opens ones understanding. Jesus also demands this same principal from Nicodemus, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?" John 3:10. And in another place we read: 1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: [neither can he know them,] because they are spiritually discerned. (brackets are mine) 1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 1Co 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. Again the letter is dead without the Spirit. eklektos |
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80 | The letter of the law. | Gal 3:21 | eklektos | 174123 | ||
Hi Searcher, Sorry it took so long to get back to you. The dog was barking for her breakfast and she would wake the neighbors so food keeps her quiet. I can't think of anything else to say, so I will close. BTW: I like your salutation to the participants, "God's day to you". eklektos |
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