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61 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | following him | 129573 | ||
Hello DocTrinsograce; Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. From this verse I would say the God requires us to believe that He will reward us for seeking Him. Please dont take me wrong in what I am going to say. I'm not saying that you don't believe this because from what you write it seems you include all this in the term salvation. But I usually divide salvation like this; God did not give us salvation just so that we could be saved. He saved us for something; a relationship with Him. In my view salvation is just the first step. It refers to delivering us from the bondage of sin and the jugdement that comes with it. Being freed from all that we now have access to have and grow in a living, dynamic, powerful relationship with the living God and Creator of the universe and to be who He created us to be. I am thankful for salvation (getting to heaven you might say) but I want more I want to know my God personally. This is what I would consider those rewards are refering to. Blessing to you Aaron |
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62 | What is God's major attribute? | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 129568 | ||
Hello tgbishop: I would say that God’s major attribute is His sovereignty. It is upon this that I believe everything else rests. He will judge the nations by the standard of His holiness but it is His sovereignty that gives Him the right to judge in the first place. It is by His sovereignty that He has the right and ability to set up His holiness as the standard. Read the book of Job; it is a perfect example of the sovereignty of God and the fact that He extends mercy to who He wishes i.e Job and judges whom He wishes i.e. Job’s friends. It is by His sovereignty that He is able to say that salvation is through no other name but Jesus. It is by His sovereignty that He set all of creation in motion. We appeal to God for justice or help or strength based upon His ability to give it. We can have confidence to come to Him knowing that He can deliver us and that He desires to do so. Blessing to you Aaron |
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63 | guiding principles to Revelation | Revelation | following him | 129338 | ||
I believe the most foundational principle for understanding the book of Revelation is found in the first verse. It is the revelation of Jesus Christ. Revelation means unveiling. So to understand the book, look to see how Jesus is revealed. We often focus our attention on the side issues of the coming beasts, the judgements etc. but it all comes down to Jesus Christ being revealed. | ||||||
64 | Apocrypha or Dead Sea Scrolls Helpful? | Rom 9:13 | following him | 128449 | ||
Greetings Ted546: I hope I dont add more confusion to the subject and I dont know if you have considered this or not, but in searching into this matter myself years ago I realised that the key (for my limited understanding of the matter) that helped me was the realisation that God's predestination come after His foreknowledge. Rom 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; Rom 8:30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. Hope this helps and not hinders Grace and mercy to you |
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65 | Explain the mark in Rev 13 | Rev 13:15 | following him | 128442 | ||
Greetings oldeek: I would agree mostly with what EdB says. Receiving mark on our bodies is becoming so common that we wouldn't think twice about putting another one on. And it will not be something that sneeks up on us. The mark has to be some physical thing. It may not be a tatoo though. It may be a micro-chip implanted under the skin there are many who believe this; Although I see it only as a possiblity. The main thing is that it is something physical (I have heard one theory that it is realy only a spiritual thing) because without it you will not be able to buy or sell anything. So it needs to be something that can be verified that you have. It will be something that the beast initiates as possibly a special decree that the government impliments. Many numbers represent things scripturally 3 represent the triune God 7 represent completeness 12 probable represents something although I dont know what it is but there are 12 tribes of Israel, 12 desciples, etc 6 represents man. 666 is the number of the beast and like EdB said there are many theories as to who this number represents. It almost seems you can make any name come out to be 666 depending on how you do the math. In order to really get a better idea of who this will be (Although all ideas will probably be guesses until he actually shows up) you must look at all the other descriptions of him in the Bible and take it all together. Oh by the way there is a partial physical description of him in the Old Testament. Grace and mercy to you |
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66 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128429 | ||
Good morning New creature: You asked if: “Do you believe the Holy Spirit dwells even in unbelievers, and remains inactive in them, until some at point in their lives they become aware of His indwelling presence, and at this point they begin actively responding to Him?” No. I believe the Holy Spirit only indwells believers. The influence of the Holy Spirit is an external one (What I mean by that is He works from the outside as He influences the inside) to unbelievers. This scriptures shows what spirit is influencing unbelievers: of which we were all part of. Eph 2:1-3 1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. This scripture show that there is a big difference between the two groups and that God dwells in one and not the other. 2 Cor 6:14-18 14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." 17"Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you." 18"I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." Here we see that we are sealed after we believe. Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, Here it says that those who believed in Him received the Holy Spirit John 7:38-39 38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'" But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. Grace and peace to you P.S. You say that this is a survey? Will you share with us your findings? I would love to see the results. |
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67 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128400 | ||
Good evening New Creature: In response to your question I would say we are active but only as one responding to the direction of the Lord: For example see the scriptures below the works we do are originated in God. He prepared them that we should walk in them. Our response is to walk in them. Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Here our deliverence from temptation is one God creates for us it is our response to something He has provided for us that we use to escape. 1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Rom 8:13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Rom 8:14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Rom 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; - The Spirit gives life to our mortal Bodies - By the Spirit we put to death the deeds of the flesh. - You are a son of God if you are being led by the Spirit - The spirit interceeds for us. Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Rom 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; Rom 8:30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. - God causes all thing to work for our good - In Rom 8:29-30 you can see our progress from glory to glory is realy God's work being performed in us. We only respond to Him. If we will not respond to Him then I would say that would be living according to the flesh (see Rom 8:13 above) and regeneration does not take place. |
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68 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128386 | ||
Hello New Creature: This is where I believe regeneration starts: 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. But I don't believe it is a finished work we still need purification Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. But the great thing is the One who started it will also finish it. Phil 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. His grace and peace to you |
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69 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128376 | ||
Good afternoon New Creature: The order I would place them would be 1. Holy Spirit conviction 2. Faith 3. Repentance 4. Salvation 5. Regeneration Blessing to you |
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70 | OT 12 Tribes different 2 12 Tribes in NT | Rev 7:4 | following him | 128253 | ||
Hello G sus: If you look throughout the OT (Old Testament) that there were several instances of tribe shuffling to come up with 12 tribes. If you didn't want to include Levi in the accounting then you include the two sons of Josephs but not Joseph. If you wanted to include Levi then instead of counting the two sons of Joseph you count Joseph himself. In this case I don't know why Dan is not included but the idea is that the twelve tribes Israel are involved and that the entire nation of Israel is represented by the twelve tribes. |
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71 | First Century Second Coming? | John 5:19 | following him | 128246 | ||
Hi Xerxes: I must say, I appreciate you stance of neutrality in this issue. It is a difficult thing to remain neutral when playing the “devil’s advocate” toward both sides. However, I’m not convinced that you do not hold to either side. I believe you’re just not telling us which side you hold to and that’s fine. There are only two choices of six that are viable. Non-viable options: 1. Jesus never came in the first place 2. Jesus came and died but didn’t rise from the grave (and variations to this idea) 3. Jesus is/has come right now, right now, right now, right now to infinity 4. Jesus wont be coming back Only viable options: 1. Jesus has come back (at any time between His ascension and right now, right now, etc) 2. Jesus will be coming back. (at some time between right now, right now, etc and eternity future) The question is which side the scriptures support the most (including the allegorizing). You must include possible allegories because Jesus himself allegorized many things 1. You are the salt of the earth 2. You are the light of the world 3. You must eat my flesh and drink my blood 4. He said to Peter “Feed my sheep” Jesus was a carpenter, but I suppose He could have had a flock of sheep somewhere. 5. Much of the book of Revelation which Jesus gave is allegorical. I can’t image a real beast with seven heads coming out of the sea and people bowing down and worshipping it. But people will do strange things. Do we have to understand all the scriptures pertaining to this issue (Which by the way is pretty much most of the Bible? There are two basic themes in the scriptures 1. That God created the world and no one else did and 2. The redemption of that world He created and which man had lost.) I dont think so. Nor does mean that we won’t change views if we find more evidence later that supports the opposite view. I at the current time of writing this hold to the premil position. Part of my reasoning behind holding to this view is the fact that God has set a pattern of dealing with man on and in the physical realm. 1. He revealed Himself in it Rom 1:20 2. His judgments upon the nations including Israel (OT) 3. His mercies and favor upon those who call upon Him 4. Christ’ death and resurrection. 5. The expectation of a physical reigning of the messiah on the throne of David by all the prophets. 6. The expectation of the creation itself of redemption (Rom 8:19-23) I have to conclude that Jesus will follow the precedent that God set and His return will result in many physical / creation changes including but not limited to: 1. The lion and the lamb side by side 2. The child able to put its hand on a vipers nest 3. All tears be wiped away 4. Sickness done away with 5. Creation restored 6. Etc. But since the time of Adam to today the world is still obviously still under the curse (crime, sickness, death etc) I must conclude that Jesus has not come back yet. And in my view the scriptures and history better supports the premil view. Now concerning this portion of Josephus, you inserted into one of your posts “Besides these, a few days after that feast, on the one and twentieth day of the month Artemisius [Jyar], a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared: I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and were not the events that followed it of so considerable a nature as to deserve such signals; for, before sun-setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armor were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding the cities. Moreover, at that feast which we call Pentecost, as the priests were going by night into the inner [court of the temple,] as their custom was, to perform their sacred ministrations, they said that, in the first place, they felt a quaking, and heard a great noise, and after that they heard a sound as of a great multitude, saying, “Let us remove hence.” I am assuming this is referring to around 70AD when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and that you are suggesting that this could represent Christ’ return upon the clouds. There is another explanation for this vision. In the OT we see several instances where angelic hosts were to provide protection to individuals and cities. I believe it was Elisha who prayed that his servant’s eyes would be opened to see the angelic host protecting them from an enemy. One angel destroyed 185,000 Assyrians during Hezekiah’s time. In Dan 12:1 we see that Michael stands guard over Israel. It is possible that this vision was one of seeing the angelic host which was stationed around the cities of Israel for protection being withdrawn so that the Roman army could come and fulfill what Jesus spoke about the destruction of Jerusalem. And those that saw this vision were the same ones that rejected Christ and were seeing the result of that rejection. It may not have anything to do with the Lord’s return. Just another possibility. Blessings to you |
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72 | Should Women Pastor Churches or Preach | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128076 | ||
This question has been discussed at length in other streams. Do a search on women pastors and I'm sure you'll find views from all sides of this issue. Regarding them preaching in the pulpit of any church. No one male or female whether they be a pastor or not would be allowed to preach or teach in the church I belong to unless they were well known and docternally(?) sound and of good reputation in morals and ethics. Position in the church: I would say that would be up to the particular church which ever side of the issue they fall on. New Testament: When does the NT become non applicable to today? 200AD, 600AD, 900AD, 1200AD, 1800AD, 2000AD? If one part of it is not applicable for today who is to say any of it is? |
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73 | Doing it the right way. | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128068 | ||
Are you teaching in front of the congregation, or sunday school class, or Bible study? Is the class or study going through a particular book of the Bible or is it topical? Is it for children, youth, young adults or mature adults? | ||||||
74 | Staying together before marriage. | 1 Cor 8:9 | following him | 127977 | ||
Here are three scriptures for you to think about. This one deals with our reputation to those who will examine our lives to see if we realy follow Christ or not. 1 Tim 3:7 And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. This one is along the same lines as to what kind of witness we have but not just to unbelievers but to our brothers and sisters in Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil. (NKJV) This one shows what could happen if what we do is seen by those brothers and sisters who may not have the strength we do to resist temptation. But what we do may give them an excuss to do it to. And then they fall. It may not cause the two of you to stumble but while it cause someone else to? Rom 14:21 It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles. 1 Cor 8:9 But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. This is what Jesus says about stumbling someone. Luke 17:1 He said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! Your question leads me to believe that the Holy Spirit is already convicting you about it. I would have to say yes you are wrong in thinking this for the above reasons and for the reason that you are putting yourself and your girl friend in a place where it would be very easy to slip. It would be better if you would show her that you will do what it takes to protect her even from the possiblity of falling to the temptation and hurting her in that way. Show her that you will respect and honor her by avoiding these situations. It will go along way in building trust between the two of you. |
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75 | Matt 16:28 "some" and "see" | Matt 16:28 | following him | 127874 | ||
hello Tim Moran; Thank you for the insight. As you mentioned that the Kingdom was a present reality, I was reminded that many times as Jesus walked along He said that the kingdom of God was at hand and even demonstrated that same kingdom through the miracles He performed. The desciples although given authority to do many things while Jesus was with them; really received power when the Holy Spirit came upon them in Acts. This could not have happened unless Jesus had gone to be with the father. So many of those standing there not only saw the kingdom coming in power but also became the avenue through which God exercised that power to the people around them. I greatly appriciate your help brother Blessing to you. |
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76 | "All things belong to you" means what? | 1 Cor 3:21 | following him | 127780 | ||
Sir Pent; This is how I view this scripture: In the beginning of the chapter Paul is dealing with a division in the church as to who was whose disciple "I am of Apollos", and "I am of Paul" the division was to such an extent that those of Paul would not receive Apollos and those of Apollos would not receive Paul. But Paul says that he and Apollos are fellow servants of the Lord. Paul planted, Apollos watered but God was the one who caused the growth. He then explains that Christ was the foundation and He and Apollos were both trying to build on that foundation and that they had to be careful how and with what they built. But the crux of the matter was that those "of Paul" were not allowing Apollos to contribute to their growth and those "of Apollos" were not allowing Paul to contribute. This is where he begins to tell them that He and Apollos and Cephas belong to them and should be allowed to contribute to their growth. If they restrict one or the other from contributing they lose out. The all things in this case would be refering to that which the Lord provides for their growth and establishment as the temple of God. The thing to be careful of is whether those who are contributing are contributing gold, silver precious stone or wood, hay or stuble. In the next chapter we see his admission that those that build or contribute need to be found as faithful stewards ie trustworthy. He also goes on to say in the next chapter that it is a small thing for him to be judged by them refering to those "of Apollos" who would not allow him to contribute to their growth. God would in the end would judge his work. Grace to you |
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77 | Matt 16:28 "some" and "see" | Not Specified | following him | 127760 | ||
Tim; I have a question regarding the greek in Matt 16:28. The word "some"...I looked it up myself and found that it could mean "one". Is this an acurate accessement? Would this be a viable interpretaion? Is it possible that this verse Jesus is refering to John only (and the revelation given to him) and not refering to several people. Also the word "see" does it imply experiencing the kingdom not just watching it. If it is just a visual observation then this scripture could very well be refering to the vision John was to receive on Patmos. He indeed saw Christ coming into His kingdom in that vision. Grace to you |
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78 | Matt 16:28 "some" and "see" | Matt 16:28 | following him | 127827 | ||
Tim; I have a question regarding the greek in Matt 16:28. The word "some"...I looked it up myself and found that it could mean "one". Is this an acurate accessement? Would this be a viable interpretaion? Is it possible that this verse Jesus is refering to John only (and the revelation given to him) and not refering to several people. Also the word "see" does it imply experiencing the kingdom not just watching it. If it is just a visual observation then this scripture could very well be refering to the vision John was to receive on Patmos. He indeed saw Christ coming into His kingdom in that vision. Grace to you |
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79 | Matt 16:28 some and see | Matt 16:28 | following him | 127670 | ||
Tim Moran; I have a question regarding the greek in this particular scripture if you don't mind answering it? The word "some"...I looked it up myself and found that it could mean "one". Is this an acurate accessement? I see that there might be a connection to John 21:21-23 regarding John only and not refering to several people. Also the word "see" does it imply experiencing the kingdom not just watching it. If it is just a visual observation then this scripture could very well be refering to the vision John was to receive on Patmos. He indeed saw Christ coming into His kingdom in that vision. Grace to you brother |
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80 | Study of the minor prophets? | OT general | following him | 127650 | ||
Anyone may join the study. The only thing I would ask is that all discussions stick to the subject of the book of Joel. Any tangents that come up should be moved to the main forum and not discussed within the study streams. This study may also latter be used by some as a sort of commentary while reviewing all the postings in it. A commentary which they can add to if they wish. | ||||||
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