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81 | How many times is love in the bible. | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 150204 | ||
I like your point, if I understand it. I like it a lot. I am amazed, and sometimes amused, at our love for words, as distinct from ideas, and at our focus on words, for words have no meaning except in context. “How many times is love in the Bible?”, the person asks, and I wonder. Is that person interested in a word count, or do they want to know to what extent the Bible deals with love; love for God, love for one another, how to recognize love or give love, for example. I wonder how many times the word “love” is preceded directly, or followed, by the word “not”. But the idea that we can love the uppermost seats with an agape love is stunning. Let us how it shocks us into looking at words, not myopically, or under a microscope, but in context. |
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82 | Does God have wings? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 150207 | ||
No. God has no wings, and neither do angels. They are spirits, and a spirit hath not flesh or feathers. But we should thank Hank for his excellent note on anthropomorphic speech, in this thread. Please read it. And thank God for finding a way to speak to us about spiritual things. No man has seen God at any time (John 1:18) and that in spite of what he said to Moses (Exodus 33), or what the prophet said he saw (Isaiah 6). In spite of what he saw, there are no wings on spirit beings. God is a spirit (John 4) and a spirit has no wings. But work. Work your faith. And may the LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to trust. |
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83 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 151123 | ||
Some of us accepted that challenge, and we were humbled and sobered by it. But it seems to me that the greater challenge still remains. The challenge is to help a brother. I hope that one is allowed to ask that when one’s heart goes out to a brother. The brother may not accept that he needs help, but it is my considered opinion that a person does need help when he seems to have become fixated. I hope this is not judged to be ad hominem, or an attack, because it comes out of a desire to help, to help all of us. Quite often a person becomes stuck, or overtaken with a fault, as in Galatians 6:1. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. It is my observation that our brother is stuck in a box and apparently unable to think outside of it. Well meaning attempts to get him out may result in his become more firmly stuck; like pulling someone down through a funnel, if you understand what I mean. So the question is: How do you help such a brother? It is probably difficult for any of us to change our minds. There is something called perseverance that we may confuse with obstinacy. It would not be bothersome if someone had some idiosyncrasy, such as saying “Amen” to everything or “Praise the Lord” before everything. We get into habits. And I suppose that the need to capitalize all pronouns that refer to deity is a harmless habit. But when a fascination with capitalization leads one of us to propose that there is a holy spirit to go along with the Holy Spirit, then we may think that the brother needs help. If he does not admit it, he may think that he has a valid point that he needs to hold on to, or even teach. Then we may conclude that he needs help. So the question, and the challenge, must be faced, I think. And this writer has this habit of saying, “I think”, “It seems to me”, and suchlike. It is a habit developed in training; “It is my impression” is better than “I am sure”, etc. But I suppose it should not matter if one’s supposition is based on scripture. And I suppose we should seek to help because of passages such as Galatians 6:1. Then there is Galatians 2 where Paul helped Peter, and Romans 15 where the weak are to help the strong, and Hebrews 12 where we are to make straight paths for our feet lest the lame be turned away, and James 5 where one of us, hypothetically, errs from the truth, and one converts him. and learns that he who converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. We are told that we are to restore such an one. The challenge is to find the way to do it. |
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84 | Mom, grandma, sister all in Satans hands | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 151306 | ||
Hi: We understand, and we're with you. You have already had some good advice. I trust you will also find the following comments helpful. It is one of the heaviest burdens that we bear, I think, and the saddest, to see our loved ones on the road to hell. Sometimes a person will ask, “Why do you care so much for your family, and not so much for other folks?” But God has put them in our lives, and we know them well; so we have a special love for them. That gives us a special responsibility. It is expected that we should be concerned about them, and do what we can to witness to them with our lives and with our words, both reflecting the word of God. Paul set the example for us when he said (Romans 9): “I'm telling you the truth. I'm not lying. My conscience bothers me about this as it is stirred by the Holy Spirit, that I have deep sorrow and continuous heartache when I think about my relatives. I cold almost wish that I could be condemned and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh”. Those are strong words. And it is likely that most believers with unsaved relatives have strong feelings like that. I hope it is comforting to you to know that God wants them to be saved even more than you do, and he will do all that is necessary to draw them to him and to let them know the truth (1 Timothy 2:4). So we can pray for that. They will have a chance to be saved, that‘s for sure. But it is the message of the Gospel that God uses, and we have the privilege of working along with God in bringing them the Good News. You can rest in the fact that the Gospel has its own power (Romans 1:16) and it will get through to them without our having to force it. If you have already given them the Gospel, then it is in them and doing its work. If not, then you can do it, or the Lord will use someone else to talk to them. It will help a lot if you, as a believer, will live a consistent life of faith and obedience to God. A bad testimony or an inconsistent life on our part can be a hindrance to the gospel (2 Peter 2). It will make it harder for them to hear and it will take longer for them to see the truth. Settle that in your own mind, and commit yourself to God for this (1 Peter 3:15). All in all I hope you realize that many of us are in the same situation as you, and we understand how you feel. So you can believe it when we say we are praying with that your relatives will be saved. |
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85 | trouble and problems | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 153916 | ||
Problems with your spouse are a hard thing to bear; that‘s what the Bible says. For example, “It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house (Proverbs 21:9). Again, “It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house (Proverbs 25:24). You wonder why the writer said it twice, and so do I. Twice also one translation renders it: “Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse” (MSG). “Better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman (Proverbs 21:19). In that situation, a person may find himself saying, as in Psalm 55:7, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest“. But the God who said, “What God has joined together, let not man put asunder” is not suggesting that we dwell elsewhere. He has a better answer. For one thing, the Scriptures tell us that others have had those problems. We can learn from their stories what the bad and good choices are. Jacob once got frustrated and angry at Rachel; read it in Genesis 30. David had a problem with Michal; read it in 2 Samuel 6. Peter tells us what a wife might do (1 Peter 3:1) and what a husband should do (verse 7). Other passages such as Ephesians 5:28 and Colossians 3:19 tell us that the answer is love and 1 Corinthians 13 tells us what love does. According to that last passage, love never fails, and another passage says that love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). Let us hope the second question is not directly related. The Bible says a lot about oppressed people, the sum of it being that their quest for justice will be satisfied. Jesus said, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6). God’s own people had been oppressed as slaves in Egypt. God told them that they should remember that and never oppress anyone (Exodus 22:21, etc.). Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. turned to the Bible for answers. Malcolm X used passages such as Galatians 6:7 to indicate that God would bring vengeance on oppressors. He was not willing to leave vengeance in the hands of God as in Romans 12:19. He used passages in the Koran to bolster the idea that the oppressed people should protect themselves. Martin Luther King relied on the Bible, and looked to God to right things. He would quote Isaiah: “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” (Isaiah 40:4). He looked for a day when, according to Micah 4:4, “They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid“. King was a preacher and a scholar and he likely knew that those verses did not refer to Negroes in particular. But he said that justice was indivisible and he felt that the same principles and the same promises applied to all peoples. Applying Romans 12:21 King believed he could use “the weapon of love” to overcome the evil of injustice. |
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86 | any biblical references describing eros? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 153918 | ||
Hi. The Song of Solomon is about erotic love. As a book in the Bible, it is there to be read by anyone and everyone. But as a Christian, you would not emulate it until after you are married. The actors in that musical were Solomon and his wife. |
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87 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 42138 | ||
The best version of the Bible is ... all of them (1 Cor 3:21). Bible translators try to balance accuracy with readability and this balance is difficult to achieve. Young's Literal Translation tries to live up to it's name but is so awkward it has not been updated. The NASB has a reputation for accuracy. The New Living Translation is the choice for readability and is fairly accurate. The Amplified Bible tries to leave no stone unturned, and gives shades of meaning. Thank God for Web sites which make many versions available. This writer says, use them all. It is perhaps by combining them that you will arrive at the best sense of the word. You may arrive at a favorite, but you should keep the others around for reference. | ||||||
88 | AM I MARRIED IN GODS EYES ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 89335 | ||
It is quite true, what has been stated. Ask for people's opinion and you will get a variety. The result is that you conclude there are differences of opinion on this matter. You feel free to pick one of them or to come up with your own. The other alternative is to go directly to the word of God and trust the Holy Spirit to interpret it for you. If you are saved, then you do have the Holy Spirit. By all appearances you also know some of the word of God. Read it some more. Ro 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? Ro 7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. Ro 7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. |
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89 | Importance of doctrine of virgin birth | Bible general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 89795 | ||
Where have you heard that it is very important? The people who say such things also probably say that there are some things in the Bible that are not important. But Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him (Proverbs 30:5). Someone may tell you that the Virgin Birth was necessary to ensure Christ's sinlessness, etc. I suggest that you accept it, along with the story of Jonah and the story of the flood, simply because God's word says it. It really does not do to subject the word of God to the judgment of your puny mind. Trust in the Lord and believe his word. If he tells you to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and if he promises you salvation for it, then believe him too. Believe everything he says. | ||||||
90 | A different translation...HELP | Bible general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 89828 | ||
It is strange that the above article does not even mention the New Living Translation of the Bible which has been available to us since 1996. It is the best translation I have found, combining the accuracy, elegance and readability that the author of that article suggests should be there. He suggests that every Christian should own several Bibles. For those who cannot affort it, I suggest the New Living Translation. | ||||||
91 | When did the catholic church go wrong? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 115069 | ||
Those who love the Lord must love his church, for it is his body. We must care about every part of it, identify with it, rejoice with it and suffer with it, and help to heal it if we can. One feels uncomfortable criticizing the church at all, for she is the bride of Christ. The bride eyes not her garment, but her dear bridegroom’s face. We look into his eyes, they eyes that are like a flame of fire, but yet are eyes of love. His eyes tell us that he knows everything, sees everything. He knows our works. He knew where we went astray from the beginning, and he has been calling us to himself, to the first works and to our first love. It does not seem warranted for us to think that one segment of the church is better than the other. The sad fact is that there are faults everywhere. The sadder fact is that God’s people refuse to repent, and things go from bad to worse. That is the way it will be. Iniquity will abound and the love of many will grow cold. What’s to be done. It is difficult to even give encouragement, for some are just too self-satisfied and proud to even listen. Nevertheless, the word of the lord still stands. Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain. There is still much that is good in every part of the church, and we may build on it. God help us so we know we are saved and actually a part of the church. And may God help us to preach the gospel so others can be saved. The Church’s one foundation / Is Jesus Christ her Lord,/She is His new creation / By water and the Word./ From heaven He came and sought her / To be His holy bride; / With His own blood He bought her / And for her life He died./ She is from every nation, / Yet one o’er all the earth; / Her charter of salvation, / One Lord, one faith, one birth… / The Church shall never perish! / Her dear Lord to defend, / To guide, sustain, and cherish, / Is with her to the end: … / Though with a scornful wonder / Men see her sore oppressed, / By schisms rent asunder, / By heresies distressed: / Yet saints their watch are keeping, / Their cry goes up, “How long?” / And soon the night of weeping / Shall be the morn of song! And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. |
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92 | When did the catholic church go wrong? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 115077 | ||
My Dear Brother: I do not have a question, or I would have asked it. Nor am I able to answer the three you asked. I will let my post stand as is. |
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93 | release and faith | NT general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 91313 | ||
The key is this: Faith starts with God speaking. Faith comes by hearing; hearing the word of God. Abraham had faith because he believed God, and it is the same for you and me. Has God told you to say unto a certain mountian, "Remove hence to yonder place"? If God has not said that, then there is no such thing as believing God for that. O, My Friend, if God said, "It shall remove" then it shall remove. But we must first hear God speak. As for "releasing your faith", I think you know that that phrase was invented recently, and is not found in scripture. Not the words only, the concept is also absent. The word of god does not encourage us to put our faith into action, but Jesus did say, "Have faith in God". Listen to what God says. Repent. Believe. Love. Serve. Wait. Endure hardness. Have faith, my friend, in God. |
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94 | BAPTISIM OF THE DEAD | NT general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 98724 | ||
Dear charis: I admire you. I see that you gave this good answer and resisted getting involved in the long discussion that flows below. It helps me to understand the meaning of the little word "grace". I notice also that the original questioner has asked more than one provocative question and then declined to participate further. They might have returned to thank you for your answer, and I will leave space here for them to do that. As it is, we do not even know the person's name because they left no profile, and we certainly do not know the need or motive. May the Lord protect us from ourselves and from our love of discussion on things that do not edify. I myself am not sure what the word "edify" really means, but I do not think it means to be satisfied when a good point has been made. One can only hope that PYLE read your reply and then went on live well and to serve others and the Lord. |
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95 | Which is more important:Knowledge/action | NT general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 98920 | ||
Knowing and doing are equally important, at first blush. Action without knowledge is misguided (as in Romans 10:2). It can at best be a waste of time (Gal 6:3). At its worst it can result in a person remaining lost (Romans 10:1) and leading others into the ditch (Luke 6:39). Knowledge without action only puffs up the person having it (1 Cor 8:1), and is of no profit to anyone (1Co 13:2). But in fact it may be action that is more important. Jesus said, “If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine (John 7:17). This seems to say that the one who is willing to do will learn. He may learn by experience (Gen 30:27). He may learn from his mistakes (1Ti 1:20). He may simply learn on the job (Phil 4:11). This willingness to do may imply a willingness to learn (Acts 16:31;Acts 9:6). If one is willing to learn in order to do, and willing to learn while doing, that may be the best combination of all (Matthew 7:24; John 13:17;Phil 4:9). |
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96 | Why are NT epistles in that Bible order? | NT general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 99716 | ||
It seems to me that the order in which the epistles are arranged is of no importance at all except, perhaps, when two or more letters have been addressed to the same recipient. The books of the Bible cannot possibly be placed in perfect chronological order and attempts to do it are not necessary except, perhaps in tracing the history of the Jews. (I will welcome a correction on that point). Some books are undated, some are contemporaneous, and some are, in a manner of speaking, just timeless. It is clear that the revelation given to us in the Bible is gradual. We need to understand that the information given in Genesis precedes what we have in, say, Malachi, and that Exodus comes before Deuteronomy. However, I see no reason to read Romans before Ephesians or Timothy before Titus. Far more important, it seems to me, is the need to understand the context of each individual book. The Bible is the book of books, a library, if you will. The writings are by individual authors and, in the case of the epistles especially, they were meant to be read as individual messages. I have been recommending that people read an entire epistle through, ignoring chapter and verse divisions, in order to really get the message. There is virtue in reading one book at a time. Obviously, there are common themes in the books of the Bible, and the epistles are no exception. Cross-referencing is a very useful idea. But neither the chapter and verse divisions nor the ordinal placement of the books are inspired things. Again, except when two or more letters are addressed to the same recipient, the order in which they are arranged in the Bible does not seem to matter. |
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97 | What is my role in my sanctification? | NT general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 99738 | ||
Dear pam: I am EdB's assistant. Therefore may I add a few words to his good advice, that there is a requirement placed upon us to walk in holiness. I trust you will not mind hearing it twice. In one sens we have been sanctified. That is something God has done for us as we trusted in Christ. That is why Paul says (2 Thess 2:13) that God has from the beginning chosen us to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Peter says (1 Peter 1:2) that we are the elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit. But there is a practical side to sanctification, and we have to be actively involved in it. Paul says (Romans 13:12) The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. That is practical sanctification. He gives an example to the Thessalonians (1 Thess 4:3). This is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: Practical sanctification is a process of putting off things that are unlike Christ and putting on things that are like him. Colossians 3:8ff Put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. Ephesians 4:22ff Put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; Put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Holiness is another word for sanctification. Wherefore (Ephesians 4:25ff) putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. We are saved. Sanctified. Set apart for Christ. Paul says (2 Cor 6:11) we are washed, we are sanctified, we are justified. Positionally. In Christ. And (Rom 5:1) being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. But Peter says (2 Peter 1:5) we must give all diligence to add to our faith virtue. That is practical sanctification. May the Lord give us grace to put off the things that are unlike him, and put on the things that are like him. We are to be like him. And he is holy. 1 Peter 1:14ff: As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he who has called you is holy, so be holy in every area of life; because it is written, “Be holy; for I am holy”. |
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98 | What is my role in my sanctification? | NT general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 99815 | ||
Emmaus: Thank you for that. With that, may I suggest it that it is better to leave sanctification alone and not entangle it with justification. They are both important in our lives, but when we are perusing our role in sanctification, it is not useful to have them thus entwined. I take it we want to make our role clear so we can play that role to the full. Justification is a legal term and refers to our responsibility before God for our sins. Sanctification is a ceremonial term, if you will, denoting our being set apart for God’s glory and service. As we have noted previously, positional sanctification is accomplished by God on our behalf when we have repented and put our faith in Christ. Practical sanctification is a continuing process in which we are actively involved in taking on the character of Christ. With that, I would like to suggest the following revision of that document: Having, therefore, been justified [1 Cor 6:11] and made the friends of God, [Col 1:21] and having become a part of his family [Eph 2:19] we advance in virtue, [2Pe 1:5] , we present our bodies, as the Apostle says, day by day, [Romans 12:1] that is, “mortifying the members” of our flesh [Col3:5], and presenting them as instruments of righteousness unto sanctification, [Rom 6:13,19] we, through the observance of the commandments of God, faith cooperating with action, operationalize that sanctification received through the grace of Christ and are thereby immersed in the process of practical sanctification, as it is written: “He that is holy, let him be holy still” [Rev 22:1]. The church, by it’s name and very nature, is a called-out people, a holy people. As individuals and as a body we seek to manifest our sanctification by encouraging ourselves and one another to be reconciled to God [2 Cor 5:20] in his will for our lives. We understand that his will for us is practical sanctification [1 Thess 4:3]. Aixen’s suggestions to The Council of Trent |
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99 | When will you pay up? | NT general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 102807 | ||
No, EdB, you have not been paying. But I have been your assistat since the day I came into this family, in February of 1963. So you owe me a lot. I was about to invite you over to my hows so you could pay up, but I see that you hope not. I will just remind you that you are supposed to owe no man anything, except love. While I am here, let me invite you and the others to come over to my hows anyway. I am at http://hishows.org . One room you might like to visit is the one where I am creating an index to this forum. You will find it at http://www.hishows.bizland.com/JEWELS/jewellist.html. At this time it has many of the topics that I have been involved in. When you come you can bring with you the link to any other topic that you would like to see added. Drop it off in the (e-mail) mail box. |
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100 | When will you pay up? | NT general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 102840 | ||
Excuse me, EdB: Who is your friend with the authority to interrupt our conversation with "This is inappropriate"? Is he the owner of this forum or something? I feel certain he must be some person in authority to interpose himself and talk like that. Or maybe he is just an ordinary member with the chutzpa. Maybe we were violating a Biblical principle or breaking a rule of the forum or something. Maybe this is a person designated to monitor jokes or pleasant conversation. Maybe he is looking for clues that money is being exchanged or ideas to keep up with the forum are being shared. Please tell him I am not really your assistant and I am not asking that you pay me. And ask him if it is prohibited by someone on the Internet to link my site to this one. I looked up the profile for this person but it did not give me a clue. I am thinking now of reviewing all the rules governing our participation here. But that person did not even suggest that. He seems to be the law. Someone here has a post on methods of dealing with insults. I think I will read that instead. |
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