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81 | Answer the Question | OT general | retxar | 14256 | ||
Forgive me for being a jokester. I did not mean to offend. You know what is really sad? We would rather know how man defines salvation rather than God. For by grace are ye saved thru faith, not of yourself, it is the gift of God, not of works, least any man should boast. As far as leading someone down the wrong path if they are looking for Jesus; I think the 1st step down that wrong path would be presenting Him according to what our denomination tells us to say, instead of the WORD. In Christ Jesus. retxar |
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82 | Answer the Question | OT general | retxar | 14271 | ||
First, let me say, Jesus has only one church (Eph 3:21), but man has many denominations. I have already answered the definition of salvation with Eph 2:8-9 from the Word. To satisfy your request, below is a quote from my fellowship’s statement of faith. I belong to a Calvary Chapel fellowship that is not a denominational church, as such, but rather a fellowship of believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ (Chuck Smith). “We believe that all people are by nature separated from God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered to all by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. When a person repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person is immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit, all his/her sins are forgiven, and that person becomes a child of God, destined to spend eternity with the Lord.” God bless you in your study. |
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83 | Answer the Question | OT general | retxar | 14297 | ||
Thanks my friend. I praise God for young men as yourself who have such a hunger and knowledge for God's Word! Jesus Lives! |
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84 | Angel of the Lord - where in NT? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 7486 | ||
Ezekiel, Maybe if you look at "angel" from another "angle" you would see something much different! Just having a little fun Bro! God bless! |
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85 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 17605 | ||
Romans 8:26 tells us the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness, praying for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in our own words. This includes praying in the spiritual gift of tongues, but is not limited to praying in tongues only. With the help of the Holy Spirit, our petitions are perfect before God, whether we are praying with the spirit or praying with understanding (1Cor14:15). The purpose of the gift of tongues is to enable us to pray in a way that is not limited by our own knowledge or ability (1Cor14:2). By the same token when I was saved at age 11, I only found out about the so called “sinner’s prayer” after my salvation. I simply prayed “Jesus save me” over and over, as I could think of nothing else to pray. It did not matter, because God saw my heart. He wasn’t looking for a prayer that “touched all the bases”, He was looking at my heart. My prayer was simple and lacking, but the Holy Spirit prayed the perfect prayer for me before the Father! Praise the Lord! Jesus Saves! retxar |
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86 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 17619 | ||
Have you ever prayed, struggling to know, let alone put into words, what you wanted to say, and had no idea what you needed to pray? Well I think that is the meaning of the word "groaning" here. So, I can't see it as the Holy Spirit being the one doing the groaning. I see it as the person praying who is groaning, and the Holy Spirit interceeding. Look up at Rom 8:22; "the whole creation groans ". Look up at Rom 8:23 "we ourselves groan". So I think in context, in verse 26 we are still groaning, not the Holy Spirit. Just the way I see it, bro. In Christ Jesus, retxar |
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87 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 17658 | ||
Thanks Hank, I love you, brother. List'n for the trumpet, retxar |
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88 | Is is right to call money a seed? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 23992 | ||
Thanks for the support Casiv. I had never thought about Jesus dividing the sheep from the goats in the light you shed on it. Good word,bro! Jesus saves! retxar |
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89 | His star in the East | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 27728 | ||
Maybe I did dream it! Well anyway, Merry Christmas my friend! retxar |
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90 | His star in the East | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 27741 | ||
I found it! Thanks for prodding me Ashestobeauty! “And so the Magi went looking for this infant king to the capital city of the Jews, Jerusalem, and the Jews sent them into Bethlehem, a place from which the Jewish scriptures prophesy a king would come. Dr. Martin says that in the late December sky of 2 BC, these astrologers going from Jerusalem to Bethlehem would have noticed the constellation Virgo, the virgin girl, with the king planet Jupiter in the middle of her belly. Martin thinks the constellation represented the Virgin Mary and Jupiter the baby Jesus when he was in his mother's womb some months prior to the Magi's arrival. And Jupiter could have been perceived as, overhead, the home of Mary and Joseph, enabling these astrologers to find Jesus and Mary, who would surely have explained to them all about her son's kingship.” www.christianity.com/CC/article/1,1183,PTID2546(shift-backslash)CHID(shift-backslash)CIID143926,00.html (we need to run all these illegal characters off of Lockman’s web site!) retxar PS. This is a very intriguing story. I’m just posting what Ashestobeauty encouraged me to research. I would have to know a whole lot more than I do to verify as truth. So just keep things in that perspective. Thanks, retxar. |
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91 | His star in the East | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 27742 | ||
I decided to post the complete aritcle as I realized the cripled link I had to give was too confusing. Star of Wonder: In Search of the Christmas Star CBN.com - Writers across the century have been fascinated by the Star of Bethlehem. Was it a star, a comet or simply a miracle? Some astronomers and historians are teaming up to give a logical yet miraculous explanation. CBN News reporter Gailon Totheroh has the story. Gailon Totheroh, Reporter " The Star of Bethlehem that we read about in the Bible is actually the planet Jupiter," says historian Ernest Martin. Jupiter? That's a planet, not a star. "The term was used for both in the first century," says Dr. Martin. The Bible records that Magi, or wisemen, came searching for Jesus about 2,000 years ago, guided by a star. But who were these original star-crossed individuals seeking Jesus? What about them could have led them on a star trek? Author of The Christmas Star, astronomer John Mosley, says they were not exactly the reputed kings of the East. "They seemed to be astrologers, Magi, or magicians of the sky," says Mosley. "And we know this both from the account of them where they're called Chaldeans, which is Magi or astrologers, but also, the interest they had in the sky would suggest they were astrologers, too." Astronomers like Mosley can recreate what the sky looked like to the Magi. But astronomers need dates from history to tell them when to look for the birth of Jesus. For the last 100 years, most experts had said that Jesus was born about 7 BC, contradicting what the early Christian writers had said, about 3 BC. Enter historian Dr. Ernest Martin, author of The Star That Astonished The World. He says a 3 BC date for the birth of Christ makes more sense, historically, biblically and astronomically. From August of 3 BC to June of 2 BC, there were five conjunctions. "A conjunction is when one planet passes another and, as seen from Earth, they line up," says Martin. "The planets aren't actually close together. One lies in front of the other, but briefly, for one night, the two planets are together in the sky, they're in conjunction, and to an astrologer their--their magic is magnified." These five conjunctions occurred around the constellation Leo the lion and involved the planet Venus, the planet Jupiter and the star Regulus. To the Babylonians, the lion represented Israel, Venus was motherhood, Jupiter stood for fatherhood or kingship and Regulus symbolized royalty. Put mother, father, royalty and the Jewish nation together in the Babylonian mind-set and what do you get? The message for the Magi may have been like a billboard in the sky, "A Mighty King Has Been Born In Israel!" And so the Magi went looking for this infant king to the capital city of the Jews, Jerusalem, and the Jews sent them into Bethlehem, a place from which the Jewish scriptures prophesy a king would come. Dr. Martin says that in the late December sky of 2 BC, these astrologers going from Jerusalem to Bethlehem would have noticed the constellation Virgo, the virgin girl, with the king planet Jupiter in the middle of her belly. Martin thinks the constellation represented the Virgin Mary and Jupiter the baby Jesus when he was in his mother's womb some months prior to the Magi's arrival. And Jupiter could have been perceived as, overhead, the home of Mary and Joseph, enabling these astrologers to find Jesus and Mary, who would surely have explained to them all about her son's kingship. New Testament scholar Peter Jones of the Westminster Theological Seminary says the Magi must have been so transformed by the star and Mary's explanation that they may have been among the first converts to Jesus Christ. "We Christians have become so engaged in organizing our Christmases to turn around ourselves that we forget that the first Christmas there was, in fact, the celebration of evangelism," says Jones. "And it was the bringing to faith of three whacko gurus from the East." Merry Christmas all!! retxar |
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92 | His star in the East | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 27768 | ||
Thank you, Ashes to Beauty, for you kind words. Talk about things hidden, I just now realized what you screen name meant and it was there all along! God bless you, and have a merry Christmas. retxar |
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93 | Judas went to hell? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 28608 | ||
Is not all this a repost of what kalos has already posted, or am I just confused? Are you also kalos, or are you just reposting as support for what he has already said? retxar |
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94 | Does God speak through our dreams? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 54994 | ||
An answer that I would say was wrong! Joel 2:28, Act 2:17 | ||||||
95 | Events in Gospels in Chronological order | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 58089 | ||
Kalos, I guess I should let Steve answer for himself, but from reading his previous post, I think what he means by "more correct" is in reference to chronological order, not inspiration. retxar |
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96 | EXPLAIN REPLENISH | Genesis | retxar | 8402 | ||
15 "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. Matt 18:15 (NKJV) |
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97 | Why didn't God make people to love him? | Genesis | retxar | 64046 | ||
You're not wrong here my friend. Thank you for reminding me how much my sin hurts God. Your brief words here have really spoken to me bro. Thanks! retxar P.S. Don't worry about having to wait to get to heaven to get corrected for being wrong. We have plenty of correctors around here to insure that ain't go'na happen! |
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98 | who did cain marry? | Gen 1:1 | retxar | 14218 | ||
It has come time to put this matter to rest. The WORD is clear, let's read it for together folks. Gen 4:17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son; Enoch. Gen 4:18 To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech. Gen 4:19 Then Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah. Gen 4:20 And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. Gen 4:21 His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute. Therefore, Cain married the flute and harp player's cousin's father's mother's husband's father's mother. Why have we never seen this before? God bless bro, retxar |
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99 | When was "In the Beginning" | Gen 1:1 | retxar | 17638 | ||
The world says "seeing is believing", God says "believing is seeing". Your friends "say" they need "proof" to believe and see God's glory in creation. That is not really true (Joh 12:37). If people needed "proof" for every thing they believed in, they would not even get out of bed! Jesus did not say that His glory would be revealed to the unbelieving in order for them to believe. Jesus said only those who believe, would see the glory of God (Joh 11:40). Jesus Lives! retxar |
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100 | how can I eat flesh | Gen 9:4 | retxar | 25376 | ||
You are correct. The dietary laws the Gentiles were to keep were a safeguard to not offend their close Jewish brethren, not to protect the Gentiles from defilement. We as Christians should never exercise our "rights" if it will cause a brother to stumble. I guess I was a little off base before, as the Gen9:4 ref was before the law of Moses that I eluded to, but it was reiterated with the law (Lev17:10-14). This was a command to Noah in the new world after the flood. I think the idea here is don’t be cruel to the animal being eaten and, since life is in the blood, don’t treat it as a common thing. retxar |
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