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81 | WHAT DOES HOLY HILL MEANS? | Ps 2:6 | Scribe | 64735 | ||
It is an interesting question and I think the answer lies in doing a comparison of all the passages that speak of the Holy Hill, Holy Mount, Mount of God, Mountain of God. Using a concordance or bible software search on these words. You will find a pattern that goes all the way back to the garden of Eden. It is stated that the Mountain of God was in Eden. This is why Jews in Israel believe that the place where Adam was created was somewhere on the temple mount. These things are speculative but very interesting to consider. I think the most important truth that God is trying to convey to us from Psalms 15:1...LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? Is that of the Heavenly Mount Zion, the Heavenly Temple, the invisible one not the visible one. This is the one that seems too hard for David to comprehend obtaining. This is the one that Paul said he had not yet apprehended, but knew that he would. The question is answered... Psalms 15:2-5 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. |
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82 | prediction of death of jesus | Ps 16:10 | Scribe | 46756 | ||
Psalms 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Also read all of Psalm 22 |
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83 | What is Joy? | Ps 16:11 | Scribe | 42599 | ||
Fellowship with God | ||||||
84 | What is Joy? | Ps 16:11 | Scribe | 42600 | ||
Forgiveness of sins | ||||||
85 | Take Your Holy Spirit from me? | Ps 51:11 | Scribe | 43051 | ||
? This admonishment from your friend sounds like the result of having to defend an unscriptural doctrine. He/she did not like that way the psalm was written and felt compelled to change it. This should have been a warning to him that they might have a wrong doctrine. The TRUTH does not need defending. I will sing and pray Psalms 51 as written and admonish anyone that would tell me not to that THEY should be carful that they are defending a man made doctrine. And if you don't think the Holy Spirit can be taken from a man then you do not have a healthy fear of God. If David had not of repented he would have ended up like Solomon sacrificing to false gods. New Testament christians can end up going back to what they were if they do not repent of sins that they are convicted of. Get rid of this strange idea that OT truth is false. Truth is eternal Truth never changed The Law and the Prophets did not become an untruth after the Cross The Law and the Prophets are understood in a fuller measure as a result of the Cross. The Jew is not bound to the ordinances of temple worship after the fulfillment of these things in Christ (the gentile never was) but the Truths that the temple worship were pointing to are eternal. The truth that the wages of sin is death is both a new testament and OT doctrine. No the Holy Spirit did not leave David, and it does not leave us if we have the heart of David and repent when convicted. But if David did not repent the Holy Spirit would have left. If a new testament saint hardens their heart and whispers peace and safety to themselves (with the help of the enemy) and refuses to repent of such things as fornication then they will eventually become apostate. But, you say this cannot happen, they will always eventually repent becuase they are born again and cannot stay in that miserable state. And to that I say amen, that is why you know them by their fruits. The saved repent. If one refuses to repent and dies in that state they are not saved. |
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86 | His Spirit or Moses'? | Ps 106:33 | Scribe | 41381 | ||
Interesting. KJV says. so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. But the fact is they provoked God's Spirit and Moses' | ||||||
87 | Which verse is the middle of the Bible? | Ps 118:8 | Scribe | 86320 | ||
Psalm 118:8 |
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88 | PLEASE TELL ME | Ps 143:6 | Scribe | 86576 | ||
Psalms 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. I think you might be quoting a song sung in some churches, and is probably based on this scripture. |
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89 | Is dance praise and worship 2 sam 6? | Ps 149:3 | Scribe | 41911 | ||
Ps 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. I would say there is scripture to say that God is pleased with the heart of FAITH that dances in joy, I do not think this is the same as learned dancing such as needing to take lessons or anything. When we dance with joy before the Lord out of exhuberant praise it is the same as when someone starts jumping up and down with glee. Or when we do a musical dance that we sort of make up as we go, this too is acceptable and belongs to that realm of the being spiritually affectionate toward God. |
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90 | Don't understand Jesus's view on alcohol | Prov 20:1 | Scribe | 84581 | ||
There are some excellent books written that use many historians, and agricultural writters who wrote about wine making, preserving wine, etc during the time of Christ. One is Wine in the The Bible: A biblical study in the use of alchoholic beverages. By Samuele Bacchiocchi. There are others and even an ancient encyclopedia from an expert of the time. When all the facts of the culture and customs are examined there is a huge amount of evidence that the common folks were known to dilute wine and to take great precautions to try and keep their wine from fermenting as long as possible. So there is more evidence that the water turned to wine at the wedding was non alcoholic than not. And there is more evidence that the accusations of being a winebibber did not mean He drank alcoholic wine but only that false accusations were being launched. I personally believe after studying many of the historians of the time and agricultural books written on wine at the time that it would be more honest to assume that the pattern fit the norm of society at the time and so it was either non fermented or diluted to a degree that it would take considerable effort to get intoxicated. I do not say that about ever reference to wine in the whole bible. There are references that are talking about non diluted wine, but I do not believe Jesus partook of that type. There is no way to prove it. I have to walk in the light that I have been given. With my knowledge of both the scriptures condemning wine, and my knowledge on many extra biblical texts written at the time describing the common culture of diluting the wine and taking great pains and methods to try to keep it from fermenting as long as possible, that the wine that was like our “ice tea” used by many families and common people, was more often diluted or not fermented, so that for me I feel I am on more solid truth to think that this was the kind that Jesus and the apostles drank at the Lords Supper, and therefore I would not have confidence and be lieing against my conscience of truth if I were to use the store bought wine for the Lord’s Supper, I would feel more confident in using either grape juice (which is wine) or diluted wine (such as non alcoholic wine). But what is the will of the Lord for you? Ephesians 5:17-18 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; |
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91 | What about those who never hear gospel? | Prov 24:12 | Scribe | 85857 | ||
Romans 2:14-15 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) First of all the Lord knows whether a man really "knew it" or not because he knows the deepest parts, that part of the conscience and will of man and how that person did indeed sin against that knowledge. The scripture in Romans is a scripture that applies to all gentiles including the poor native in the jungle. He knows by instinct what is right and wrong. And when he has violated that conscience he has sinned. The fact that he has not heard about Jesus simply means he has not heard about the details of how God provided a remedy for sin. All natives in all jungles have violated their conscience at least once and have chosen to do what they knew was wrong.. therefore as it relates to their rightstanding with God on the basis of whether they have kept the inner moral instinct that they knew, their conscience will convict them as law breakers. Let me repeat ... their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another..In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. In that day what will their conscience do Excuse them or Accuse them? Without fail it will Accuse them. For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. Now lets answer the question, "What if said jungle native realizes he is guilty of not being true to the inward knowledge of what is right and decides to spend the rest of his days seeking to do well." Now he has not heard of Jesus, but it is certainly the Spirit of Christ that has motivated him to do right. The man seeks to make restitution, for wrongs done. He is not necessarily trying to make himself acceptible before God, he is simply feeling bad about that which he did to his neighbor that he wants to try and make right somehow. So he goes to the neighbor and pays him 3 monkeys trying to ask forgiveness. He will find as a result of this sincere desire to do right that his conscience is quickened a little, and light or illumination will be granted him. The more he seeks to do right and with the knowledge he has, seek justice, such as take up for the abused around him, he will recieve more light. Soon God will direct the man to a village or something where as if by "accident" he will come upon a missionary who will point him in the way of Christ. Or such a man might even recieve a dream by God telling him what to do whereby he must be saved. Acts 10:2-6 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. There are many many scriptures that teach us that those that seek to do well will certainly be given the understanding of Faith and will be saved. They will not be saved because they do well, but their desire to do well will bring them into the light and will allow them to hear. Those that choose to do evil will be driven to darkness and their rebelion against their conscience will cause their conscience to eventually be seared so that they cannot hear. The fact that many jungle native, refuse to seek to do what their conscience tells them they ought to do, does not make them innocent but rather guilty. |
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92 | Where there is no vision, people perish? | Prov 29:18 | Scribe | 42479 | ||
The KJV (my favorite) says. Where there is no vision, the people perish If you look up this word in the KJV you will see that it is overwhelmingly used for the prophet who spoke the Word of God to the people calling them to repentance. There were many pillow prophets and false prophets speakning "blessings" and "peace and saftey" at times in Israel's history when there was "no open vision" and the "word of God was precious" If today you have many men preaching but preaching from their own heart and not giving a challenging word from God as revealed to them in prayer and seeking after God's heart, you end up with a people that perish for no prophetic vision. They continue on in their sins with no alarm of the impending judgement to come. And if a minister comes along and decides to obey the heart of God and call the people to repentance he is quickly voted out of the pulpit for a more "tolerable" minister that will "understand" the people. It is only when the preaching of the Word is being done by the power of the Holy Spirit that people will be convicted of sin. Without this dynamic of the anointing the people cast off restraint and say "we are saved to do all these abominations." May God Bless you in the Study of His Word. |
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93 | isaiah 65:20 ? | Isaiah | Scribe | 55706 | ||
The reason strongfellow gives for saying heaven is seen here... Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. The new earth will have a "new Jerusalem" We know that prophecy in the old testament will skip whole ages in one verse. In Joel 2:28 you have an example often used to demonstrate this idea. Peter quoting Joel on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2 says "this is that..." but then we know that the rest of the verse was not yet,.. the part about the moon turning to blood and the day of vengeance of God. So it could be that though Verse 17 mentions the coming new heaven and new earth, the prophecy then shifts to a promise of something in Jerusalems future. A 100 years fits into the present time. Maybe the promise is that God will restore Jerusalem and they will prosper to a degree that they will have good health and hospitals and medical care etc. If it is referring to the millenial I think that 100 is a bit short don't you? I mean why not 1000? Now shifting from this passage to Revelation I believe that the New Jerusalem is a spiritual revelation of something bigger than we can comprehend. I don't think it is about a literal city with streets of gold, but a revelation of something better than streets of gold but we cannot understand it becuase eye has not seen nor has the mind of man ever comprehended the invisible things of heaven. May God bless you in your study of His word. |
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94 | What is the meaning of "line upon line" | Is 28:10 | Scribe | 55629 | ||
It seems to me that the context of Is 28 leads one to think that this idea of line upon line and precept upon precept here, as spoken of in this context in this passage is something that the Lord did not want them to have to rely on to know Him. It seems that the message is that He would that they come closer and have a more Spirit Filled relationship with Him, but they would not. Instead thier answer is "no, we don't need all that intimate stuff. We would just like a list of rules and we will keep them, thank you very much." So God says "fine then I will give you line upon line and precept upon precept that you may go and walk in them and fall and be broken because you will all miserably fail." However he who would know doctrine (true Holy Spirit doctrine) are those that are as they that are weaned at the breast of God almighty, they will intimately walk with Him in relationship and the truths of the word will be made alive by virtue of the Holy Spirit living in them and by their walk of faith and utter dependance on the Lord. If they will... this is the rest that God will give them. Not the sabbath day but the rest of the Holy Spirit in them and leading them. Not a list of rules like sabbath rules and such, but the Holy Spirit in them saying .. this is the way walk ye in it. Not line upon line (rules to keep) but even this Filling of the Holy Spirit and recieving gifts of the Holy Spirit for service such as the gift of tongues which is prophesied in this passage by Paul as having to do with tongues (1 Corinthians 14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.) Yet for all that they will not hear. If this prophesy is about tongues among other things it speaks of and Paul said it was, then we can logically conclude that the subject also includes this experience that always accompanied tongues which was the baptism of the Holy Ghost, so when he says "who will know doctrine?" and answers with "He that is weaned from the breast" and then contrasts it with... Isa 28:11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Isa 28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. And again contrasts this with... Isa 28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. He makes it very clear that there is a difference between a walk of line upon line and a walk of the refreshing rest of the Holy Spirit. I understand that we must live our faith by the Word of God and we must take all scriptures into account when understanding doctrine, but that is not what line upon line means in this passage. This line upon line here means more like a list of rules to keep so you can appease your conscience yet not really love the Lord with your whole heart. It is a snare. As I heard a brother of old once write.." A snare of a step in the right direction.." it is good to keep the "rules" but it is not enough to really know the Lord. If you would Know the Lord you must allow His Spirit to completely own you. My God bless you in your study of His Word. |
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95 | Please explain Isaiah 40:5-6 | Is 40:5 | Scribe | 85099 | ||
Isaiah 40:4-8 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. This passage is a doctrinal foundational passage. There are many doctrines established in the passage. We are most familiar with the Gospels applying verse 4 to the ministry of John the Baptist. There is more to verse 4 than that but in order for me to squeeze an answer into the character limitation of the post I will simply mention that vs 4 tells us that that verse 5 is at least about the coming of Jesus Christ, when John states in John 1 that they beheld his Glory, he was referring to this very promise here in Is being fulfilled in Jesus. Now not only did they behold his glory in the spiritual sense of His message and deeds, but they actually beheld a manifestation of the Glory of God that will again appear when Jesus comes again the 2nd time in His Glory, they saw it when they were with Him on the mount. Jesus told them some of them would not see death until they saw the Son of God come with Power and Glory, and 6 days later some of them (peter, james and John) were with Him on the mount and He was transfigured before them and shone like the sun. Later Peter mentions this in his epistles and says he witnessed the Power and Coming of the Son of God when he was with Him in the mount, (that is how we know that is what Jesus meant when he said some of you will see the power and coming of the Son of God) Peter goes on to say that we all will partake of that very same Glory when Christ comes again. Therefore Peter understood that these OT prophecies were about the Glory that will follow when Jesus comes again a second time and we who have Christ in us will be transfigured and shine as well. All over the earth the believers that are waiting His appearing will shine like like the stars as they are changed in a twinkling, and they will rise and meet the Lord in the Air. This is what I believe about the rapture. It will not be a disappearing in a twinkling, that is not what the scripture says.. but a changing, and a rising, we only disappear after we have risen from view. All flesh will see the Glory of the Lord manifested in us. They will also see the Glory of the Lord when Christ Comes at the end of the tribulation. |
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96 | Stars do cease to exist...Isa 40:26? | Is 40:26 | Scribe | 44093 | ||
Well isn't this interesting. Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. First of all does not the idea of black holes proove that they still exist only in another form, and this was said before men discovered such things. Or what about the fact that star light we view is supposed to continue on for ever. SO you see the light of a star that has ceased to shine. Is not the existance of the light another indicator of the reality of the statement, that they do not fail. Is it literal. Maybe more literal than one even knows. I think there are many instances of this in the Bible. There are some metaphorical statements of course. Calling a womans nose the tower of lebanon. not very flattering by today's standards but in SOS it was and the literal tower of lebanon was never meant. We know when it is metaphor and when it is literal by the context. When Comparing God's greatness I would take it literal. |
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97 | Thorn in the flesh | Is 57:1 | Scribe | 45348 | ||
I agree. The messenger of satan was probably a person. And if it was something else it seems to be a spiritual warfare not a physical sickness. If it was an illness it never made Paul pray differently. I mean he did not say "we do not know whether God wants to heal you" instead we see Paul always full of faith and laying hands on the sick and speaking words of Faith. It says he left a brother sick but it does not say if maybe he was healed later. And maybe he was talking about common colds which we all get and get over. The kind of Healing we see Paul and all believers full of faith and the Holy Spirit doing in the Bible is that of opening blind eyes and the lame man walking. I don't thing they were coming with common colds. I think they came with the impossible cases. So we should follow the example of Paul. Whether he had an illness or whether he leaves a brother in a town sick Paul just kept preaching faith in God and laying hands on the sick and sending our handkerchiefs from the sweat of his brow and many were healed of the impossible cases by faith in the Name of Jesus. Next time someone tries to tell you about sister or brother "so and so" that prayed for healing but they died, just tell them "Please don't give me your sad storys" Does your "sad story" make null the word of God? I think not. Here is what the Word says. Matthew 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. Matthew 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: Matthew 12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; And next time someone who is full of doubt and unbelief trys to tell you that you should not tell people they do not have faith, give them this verse. Mark 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. Mark 16:17-18 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. You know all these verses, but what we must do is speak only the Word. When Sad storys start to be presented, Just tell the "well-intended" brother the Word. When he speaks another sad story then speak the Word soon the doubtful brother will begin to be revived and faith will arise in his heart. And he will say. Praise God I see that I indeed am falling into unbelief, I will only speak God's Word on the subject. Then he may actually see a healing take place and be able to comprehend the ihheritance that is in every believer throught faith in that Person Jesus Christ and His Power that is in Us. I have been in a room full of unbelievers that were praying sad prayers about "if it be thy will to heal our sister we ask for it .. but if not give her peace." The sister had breast cancer. I had to "put out" the doubters by telling them to only pray the scriptures. Well no one could pray any healing scriptures that were not positive verses of faith for healing in the right now. So afte we Claimed healing in the name of Jesus for the right now. and agreed as touching it and Thanked the Lord as though the Dr had just given the report that she was cancer free. Then and only then did the sister get healed. Was it becuase we had no faith that she was not healed before that hour or was it just God's Timing? It was obvious to all that were there including the catholics that were there that faith in the Word instead of human philosophy of trying to reason out why so and so did not get healed was the problem. As soon as the saints decided to believe for healing right now, regardless of sad storys they had heard then the sister was healed. |
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98 | Thorn in the flesh | Is 57:1 | Scribe | 45349 | ||
I agree. The messenger of satan was probably a person. And if it was something else it seems to be a spiritual warfare not a physical sickness. If it was an illness it never made Paul pray differently. I mean he did not say "we do not know whether God wants to heal you" instead we see Paul always full of faith and laying hands on the sick and speaking words of Faith. It says he left a brother sick but it does not say if maybe he was healed later. And maybe he was talking about common colds which we all get and get over. The kind of Healing we see Paul and all believers full of faith and the Holy Spirit doing in the Bible is that of opening blind eyes and the lame man walking. I don't thing they were coming with common colds. I think they came with the impossible cases. So we should follow the example of Paul. Whether he had an illness or whether he leaves a brother in a town sick Paul just kept preaching faith in God and laying hands on the sick and sending our handkerchiefs from the sweat of his brow and many were healed of the impossible cases by faith in the Name of Jesus. Next time someone tries to tell you about sister or brother "so and so" that prayed for healing but they died, just tell them "Please don't give me your sad storys" Does your "sad story" make null the word of God? I think not. Here is what the Word says. Matthew 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. Matthew 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: Matthew 12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; And next time someone who is full of doubt and unbelief trys to tell you that you should not tell people they do not have faith, give them this verse. Mark 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. Mark 16:17-18 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. You know all these verses, but what we must do is speak only the Word. When Sad storys start to be presented, Just tell the "well-intended" brother the Word. When he speaks another sad story then speak the Word soon the doubtful brother will begin to be revived and faith will arise in his heart. And he will say. Praise God I see that I indeed am falling into unbelief, I will only speak God's Word on the subject. Then he may actually see a healing take place and be able to comprehend the ihheritance that is in every believer throught faith in that Person Jesus Christ and His Power that is in Us. I have been in a room full of unbelievers that were praying sad prayers about "if it be thy will to heal our sister we ask for it .. but if not give her peace." The sister had breast cancer. I had to "put out" the doubters by telling them to only pray the scriptures. Well no one could pray any healing scriptures that were not positive verses of faith for healing in the right now. So afte we Claimed healing in the name of Jesus for the right now. and agreed as touching it and Thanked the Lord as though the Dr had just given the report that she was cancer free. Then and only then did the sister get healed. Was it becuase we had no faith that she was not healed before that hour or was it just God's Timing? It was obvious to all that were there including the catholics that were there that faith in the Word instead of human philosophy of trying to reason out why so and so did not get healed was the problem. As soon as the saints decided to believe for healing right now, regardless of sad storys they had heard then the sister was healed. |
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99 | help | Is 61:1 | Scribe | 43621 | ||
Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. You will notice that Jesus read this passage in a synagogue and said that he was fulfilling it. But Jesus closed the book just before the mention of the day of vengeance. So we are still in that that part of the passage prior to the day of vengeance. When the day of vengeance begins then the rest of the passage will be fulfilled. This also is a great example of how prophecies do have more than one application and will skip generations from one sentence to the next. So when someone trys to establish a prophetic time table on a verse it is not always correct. The prophecy might have skipped 2000 years between two sentences and the reader is not aware of it. Luke 4:16-19 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:21-22 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. |
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100 | she brought forth her children? | Is 66:12 | Scribe | 85615 | ||
Isaiah 66:12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. You ask good questions. This whole chapter is one to meditate on often. It is an example of the type of passages in the prophets that are the foundation for the scriptures in the New Testament. This prophecy is all about the conversion of the Gentiles through the Man Child that would be born in Israel, the relationship of Jerusalem to the church, both in it’s origins and it’s heritage, and the coming of judgment upon those that rejected the Lord, with the glorification of the church before their eyes. This chapter covers big picture thinking concerning the plan of God from the birth of Christ, the beginning of the church which came about as it were in a day with Pentecost and the future creation of a new heaven and earth. The beginning of the chapter is all about how that God is not pleased with the legal works of the Jew but is seeking the humble repentant heart of faith instead, and will accept such a heart whether found in Jew or Gentile. This is one of my favorite chapters in the whole Bible if I could bring myself to find a favorite. Every time I hear a preacher go on and on about his new satellite dish that is going to save the world or some new building program that will save the city, I think about this verse, and I want to tell the man about it. Isaiah 66:1-2 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? (where is the church building that you would build big enough to house my glory?) and where is the place of my rest? (Where is the satellite advanced enough to take the place of the Holy Spirit in the heart of men?) For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, (We have had TV, and Radio, and Buildings and other ideas for many decades, but that is not God’s method and never has been) saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. (God’s method is a man, broken and repentant, emptied of self, and filled with the Holy Spirit.) This is how we will turn our world upside down like they did in Acts, without technology or expensive buildings. |
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