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61 | can i recieve in depth study for Hosea | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 125175 | ||
mistelle, try www.ccel.org click on study bible then pick the book click on it and alot of study helps will come up. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
62 | Purity in concerns with being raped | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 124970 | ||
Patts, I am very sorry about what you have been through, however I am very happy to hear you have come to know Jesus as your Lord and Savior. As far as purity in connection to what has happened to you No God does not consider you unpure. Also remember this that when you came to Christ He made you a new creature a gave you a new life the past is gone and God remembers it no more. Try sapeaking with your pastor about his matter he can most likely help you in one of several ways, either direct counceling or recommending a good biblical councelor who can personally help you through this with the scriptures. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
63 | where is the story of jezebel located | 1 Kings | tgc | 124825 | ||
You will find the story if Jezebel in the books of 1st and 2nd Kings. tgc | ||||||
64 | jehovahs witnesses | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 124823 | ||
victora, you are welcome to have your say but the fact remains the JW's and the watchtower organization are a cult. As to your referenceto Colossians 1:15 The translation of 1:15-17 has posed a problem for many who study this important passage about Jesus' relation to creation. This text of Scripture avers the same teaching about Jesus as found in John1:1, namely that He preceded creation and is the cause of all creation. some advocate an unorthodox view from this passage in saying that Jesus was in reality the first creature that God the Father created and that Jesus then was used by God to creat all other creation. They do so by arguing that firstborn of all creation Translaeting v.15 over as of means He was first thing created and that the subsequent verses should be translated all other things have been created through Him and He is before all other things. The difficulty of this attempt to deny Jesus Christ His stature as Creator is that 1. of all creation in the greek is a genitive case @. the meaning of begotten and 3. the fact that the Greek word for other does not occur in the text at all. First in the statement speaks of Christ's priority to creation and sovereignty oover all creation.The words of all creation are the object of firstborn rather than firstborn being the object of of all creation. Second begotten is not the same as creation the words are clearly distinguished in the passage. God begets the Son but the Son creats the world. When a man begets he begets a man when God begets He begets God and this from eternity. Creation on the other hand is not the same as God. Third to put other in the passage if foreign to the discussion of the text and is merely an attempt to explain away the meaning of the text that Jesus the Creator created all things. From the Nelson Complete Study System product number 2885. That should handle ths Colossians question. To deal with the passage in John Christ is refering to his human nature to go a little futher with this lets look at John 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him because He not only broke the Sabbath but also said that God was His Father making Himself EQUAL with God. No matter how much some folks two thousand years later want to say that Jesus never claimed to be God Scripture proves this wrong.For more clarification on this issue let us look to Philippians 2:5-11 " Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God but made Himself of no reputation taking the form of a bondservent and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those in Heaven and of those on earth and of those under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. How much clearer could the diety of Jesus Christ be. He HImself makes Himself equal to God because He is God. For this reason the denial of Jesus Christ as God among many others there is no salvation in JW theology at all it is simply a fast track to Hell regardless if you belive in Hell or not. The Jesus of The JW's is not the Jesus revealed in the Bible that is why the Jw's had to go back and rewrite the KJV version of the Bible to make it fit there own ideals. They can not claim they translated this as it has already been proven in a court of law that the people on the translation committee could not read the original lanuages. Good deeds will not get one to Heaven, unbelisf in hell will not keep one out of hell. Only belief in Jesus Christ as revealed in the Bible repentance toward God and surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ will get one to Heaven anything elese will end one up in hell. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
65 | The Sovereignty of God | Ps 103:19 | tgc | 124803 | ||
justme, I did not intend to group all seminaries into one catagory what I was commenting on is that unforunately it seems many have gone down the path to liberialism. As I am back in school myself I see this first hand with some of the professors I speak with. Yes I agree ther are still some very good seminaries out there Some I can think of are Masters in California Northwest Baptist, just to name a couple. However let me note that there are other options than trditional seminary with places such as Stephen Olford's Center for Expository Preaching a great learning experience if you ever have the chance. again I am not speaking in total aginst seminaries but rather stateing what I am seeing the in the field and brother it is scary. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
66 | The Sovereignty of God | Ps 103:19 | tgc | 124785 | ||
Bro. Hank, I really tried to tone down my first reply to this question but with some of the new post I think it is time to go a bit deeper. Concerning the sovereignty of God it seems to me from talking to young pastor who are just coming out of school that even in our seminaries this ideal is put down. The students are taught not to do or say anything that could upset the applecart and to label as deviseive anyone who does teach such a doctrine. You see that today what passes for Christan teaching is little more than guilt relief. Do not talk about sin do not talk about hell do not talk about personal responsiblity just concentrate on what makes people go home and feel good. Yes the Word Faith Movement is a major problem eroding the church from within but a bigger problem is the fact the gospel for the most part has been changed or silenced in most of today's churches.. The gospel today is that God will make you have a wonderful life take awy all of your problems and all you have to do one time is just say I am a sinner and I am sorry nothing elese. Directly in opposition to what Christ Himself taught. He said count the cost there would be persecution there would be hard times the world would hate us even as it hated Him, look at our fellow brothers and sisters in other countries who are giving up their lives for the sake of the gospel see how much of this easy beliveism garbage you can feed them. God is sovereign He is in control He did say this day would come remember the church at Ladodicea, this does not take Him by suprise. And yes ther is still a faithfull remenant you have named a few of the men who stand in the gap and proclaim the Word of Truth To this list I would add Bro. Alan Barganier and the late J. Veron McGee whoes tapes are still heard daily on many radio stations. In closing let us remember this that Jesus Christ is the King Of Kings and The LordOf Lords He is the First and the Last He started this and He will finish it let us all look foward to that great day when God's sovereignty will be made manifest to all and every knee will bow and every tounge confess Jesus Christ as Lord. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
67 | "beheading" in modern times? | Rev 20:4 | tgc | 124779 | ||
justme, I am sorry to hear of your suffering my brother please be assured that my entire family will be holding you up in prayer not just tonight but until I read that you have recovered. If you do not mind I would like to share this prayer need with my Sunday School class tomorrow morning. May the God of all comfort hold you close. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
68 | The Sovereignty of God | Ps 103:19 | tgc | 124774 | ||
kalos, I reallt thought you where above cheap personal shots like the one you made in your last post however if that is your way so be it. First of all the fact that God is a perfect gentelman can be backed with scripture. Consider for a moment the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve had a choice and choose to disobey according to the logic in your arguement this was planned and carried out by God and they had nothing to do with it. I am sure you can see the flaw in this reason. When God came into the Garden He called out to Adam He did not go straight ot him He waited for Adam to come to Him again a choose Adam made. Concerning Paul did God interven in his life YES Did God force him to carry out the ministry that became Paul's life no. Paul chose to submit his will to that of God's. The same arguement can be made with the calling of each of the aposles, they all had a choice. As to Nebuchadnezzar yes God intervened in his life but He did not force salvation on him that would have been his choice. I relize you come from a calvenist standpoint which smacks of legalism check out Calvin's list of dos and don'ts sometime. Remember not everyone is a tulip picker some of us many of us except the clear teaching of scripture as to the freewill choice of men in connection to God. It should also be noted that freewill in no way takes away from God's sovereignty as a matter of fact I think it highlights it. But of course this comes from one you see as being unskilled and sloppy. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
69 | Marks gospel so different from Matthew | NT general Archive 1 | tgc | 124759 | ||
LSmith, The answer to your question can be found in looking at who the authors were writting to. Matthew was writting to a mainly jewish audience and Mark to a gentile audience primarily Romans. Matthew writes in away that his intended audience will grasp by quoting heavily from the OT to prove that Jesus is the Messiah while Mark writes in a way to capture the interest of the Roman audiance he is writting to focusing on action based events because this is what his audience would relate to. You can find indepth coverage of this subject in the introduction to each book in Nelson's Complete Study System Bible product number 2885 as well as severel books that have been writting on the harmony of the Gospels. Hope thi helps. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
70 | Jehovah's Witness Question | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 124757 | ||
JW's are a cult in every sense of the word. To name a few of the problems they deny the diety of Jesus Christ they deny the doctrin of the Trinity they deny the reality of a real place called Hell also the doctrin of eternal punishment for nonbelivers they claim only a select few are going to Heaven the rest are to stay here on Earth. they rank as an organizations as probly number one on the list of false prophets. My friend you are exactly the kind of person the JW's target a new christan not yet completely founded in your beliefs. Stay away from this kind of influence in your life right now and do not let them lead you in there doctrins of lies and half truths. May God Bless and Hold you. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
71 | The Sovereignty of God | Ps 103:19 | tgc | 124755 | ||
Bro. Hank, Excellent question it cuts right to the heart of many debates today. Let me offer this answer to your question. The reason God's sovereignity is not taught or preached about today is people do not want to hear it let alone be confronted with it. Therefore many of our pastors will not talk about it for fear of upsetting someone. You see now why I say this cuts to the heart of many of our problems in the church today Christans without convictions pastor worried about the backbone to stand up for the whole word of God. Many today want to hear about an all loving God who condiders all of us His children who never gets mad and has no place for wrath. I personally do not know this God nor does anyone elese who has seriouly looked at what scripture reveals to us about the nature of God. Yes He is a loving and forgiving God just look at the Crossbut He is also a perfect gentleman who will not force His will on any. So for those who choose to accept His offer of salvation recoginize the Lordship of Jesus Christ and come to Him in repentance there is the right to be called the children of God for those who reject this offer and the Lordship of Jesus are not children of God rather they are children of wrath. In short to preach and teach the sovereignty of God is to come face to face with the real nature of God and today that is considered in tolerant and definitely not politcally correct. In the Love Of Christ,tgc | ||||||
72 | The husband of only one wife? | Titus 1:6 | tgc | 124469 | ||
justme, The situation with Dr. Stanley at FBC Atlanta is a sad one he did offer his resignation and the church rejected it. But that aside hear me out please. I do not know if you have ever had the misfortune of being deivoriced I hope not and I also do not know if you have ever served in the ministry. I can answer yes on both counts. I never said that it was unscriptual for that man to stay in the pulpit. What I am saying is that he really should step down when one goes through a divorice it is signs of a deeper problem and all of this stays with you no matter what you do this includes the pulpit. When you bring these problems with you into ministry it effects everyone you are ministring to. As the pastor you are to promote unity within the church and divorice is all about disunity. To shows this point let me tell you a story, about 25 years ago the church I grew up in dealt with this issue and the pastor stayed in the pulpit now 25 years later the church is still tring to recover from the damage done back then. As much as I love that pastor it would have been far better if he had stepped down and left the church united rather than in schambles. I relize I am probly rambling and Iam sorry but this subject hits very close to home and is the reason I will never serve as a senior pastor. Although God has given me a great ministry working in evangelism outreach. Please try to understand where I am coming from. Sometimes we must take Paul's word when he says All things are lawful for me but not all things are good. yes I am parapharsing. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
73 | What are the essentials | NT general Archive 1 | tgc | 124261 | ||
Mommapbs, I certainly agree that the reciteing of the creeds is a beautiful ceramony and the information in the creeds is taught it is very revealing and helpful in bible study but I think that if we are going to repeat creeds as part of the wqorship service it should be only on occasion amd should never take the place of straight up Bible teaching. XRing please go back and read how this thread staeted Hank responded to a question I ask about Church Unity however I do agree with your statement that reciteing the creeds should not take the place of bible study in the church. Finally Hank thanks for your help again you have got me started when I was at a sticking point. God Bless You All In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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74 | What are the essentials | Not Specified | tgc | 124151 | ||
In doing my study on the unity of the church I have found that there are differing opions on the essentials of the Christan faith. I would greatly like to hear from as many of you as possible on this subject. What are the essentials of the Christan Faith? In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
75 | What are the essentials | NT general Archive 1 | tgc | 124152 | ||
In doing my study on the unity of the church I have found that there are differing opions on the essentials of the Christan faith. I would greatly like to hear from as many of you as possible on this subject. What are the essentials of the Christan Faith? In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
76 | who is the pharisees | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 124150 | ||
The Pharisees were the reglious rulers of the Jewish people in Jesus's time. tgc | ||||||
77 | The husband of only one wife? | Titus 1:6 | tgc | 124120 | ||
You have ask a multiple part question so let me break it down as I offer my answer. First husband of one wife. Ther are basically two different views of this one that it means only one wife for a lifetime and that if you have ever been divorced that you are disqualified from being a pastor. The other view is that if you look at the culture that Paul was writting into having many wives at the same time was very popular and the cultural norm and Paul was speaking out against this. I will not offer my personal view on this here but rather challenge you to seek out your answer in prayer and study. Again on the second part of your question there are two major views one is that it makes no difference at all if you are divorced you can not be a pastor, the other is that whatever you did before you where a Christan God wiped away aat the moment of your salvation and you became as scripture says a new creation. Here I will offer my view I adhere to the latter view that God wipes the slate clean. As far as remarriage after the death of a spouse I know of no place in the Bible that prohibits this. In certain cases Paul even encourages it. No there is no mandate that a pastor can not remarry if his wife dies. Now for your last question if a serving pastor is divorced while in the ministry yes he should step down from his position. For the family was created before the church and actually takes priority over the church and if your family is falling apart your ability to minister is effectually destroyed and you could bring great harm and divison to the church. I would encourage you to study the scripture for your final answer to thes questions they are very emotionally debated within the church today I hope I have been able to offer a little help to you. In The Love Of Christ,tgc |
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78 | Does one wife equal first and last wife? | 1 Tim 3:2 | tgc | 124117 | ||
bluemystic338, Where you a Christan when these events took place or did you come to faith after the fact? I fully belive the answer to your question is dependent on the answer to this question. If you where saved when you married and knew your wife was an unbeliver then you vilolated God Word by marring her however if you came to faith after the marriage and she refused the faith and left the marriage and you have done all that you can to reconcile the marriage and she refuses then you are free to go on with your life. As to can you be a preacher that is between you and God. I will give you the advice an old pastor gave me when I was wrestleing with my call to the ministry if you can do anything elese and have peace with God do not preach, but if you try and continues to convict your heart look for confirmation of your call once you have go foward. Hope this helps. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
79 | Acts of persecution why was recount this | Gal 1:13 | tgc | 124115 | ||
Tan Flipper, To find the answer to this you have to back up to the begining of the chapter and look at what Paul is addressing. In this letter Paul is adressing there are people who have come into the church of the Galatians preaching a return to the law rather than grace a well as questioning Paul's authority as an aposel. So what Paul is doing is reasserting the doctrin of grace and his apostleship.He is laying the foundation for the teachings to come in this letter. I would encourage an indepth study of this book for it really brings light to living the Christan Life in the grace of our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ. Hope this helps. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
80 | is civil wedding has blessing from God | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 124109 | ||
rvl, God bless the commitment to the marriage not the ceramony. The reason for the ceramony is to make public the total lifelong committment you have both entered into.. Your vows are seen by God in a civil ceramony just as clearly as He sees the vows made in a church. Just remember God sees the heart and knows the heart. His blessing comes from our following His word and walking in His will. Hope this helps. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
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