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81 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | Lev 20:13 | JCrichton | 150507 | ||
Hi, Fox! ...yeah, me again... here's what Paul tells us about how God sees sin with the special notation on homosexuality (which includes both homosexual, male, and lesbian, females): God's Wrath Against Mankind 18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. 26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. 28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. (Romans 1:18-32) Did you see it?, verses 26 and 27: homosexuality is shameful, unnatural, and indecent perversion! There are no two ways about it (couldn't help the pun), homosexuality is a transgression against God and all transgressions lead to death (spiritual, though sometimes physical and moral too)... (Romans 6:23) God Bless! Angel |
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82 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | Lev 20:13 | JCrichton | 150499 | ||
Hi, Fox! I understand that you like to share... True, in America (North America) we have the bill of rights, etc... in a Bible Study group we share Scripture and the values taught in Holy Scripture... however, sharing an opinion and making it a Biblical fact is not what we are about... So I like to share my response to Liberty Belle: I am not sure if you have come back to view the various replies that your post originated... some are clearly supportive of the people that erroneously detracted truth from the Holy Scripture and replaced it with their version of God's Word... Here is Genesis description of Sodom: 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD. (Genesis 13:12-13) There's no room for interpretations: Sodom, bad! Genesis 18:16-33 describes Abraham's intercesion on behalf of Sodom... it got to the point that Abraham asked God if He would desist from destroying Sodom if there were to be found in it at least 10 innocent/righteous people... the Lord said He would--Sodom was destroyed! "(sorry, I don't have the scripture)" There's no Biblical Scripture that anyone can use to promote or exonerate homosexuality... the least passage would be the one which I suspect was used, with their own twisted spin: 1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning." "No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square." 3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them." 6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof." 9 "Get out of our way," they replied. And they said, "This fellow came here as an alien, and now he wants to play the judge! We'll treat you worse than them." They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door. 10 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. (Genesis 19:1-10) When we read the Holy Scripture we can clearly state that: A) The angels were guests of Lot, no one else needed to extend their hospitability to them--so clearly there is no sin against inhospitability here! (Genesis 19:3) B) The men of Sodom were up to no good as they mobbed Lot's house (19:4) C) The men of Sodom were if not completely homosexuals they were at least bisexual--and they were out of control... it was not a proposition of or or two who found Lot's male guests desirable... it was the whole mob (19:5) D) Lot attempts to persuade them not to commit such wicked act (having sex with his male guests) (Genesis 19:7) E) Believing that he should protect his guests at all costs, Lot offers his virgin daughters so that they may do anything that they wanted (sexually) to them in exchange of leaving his male guests in peace (19:8) F) They would not have it! These men were not interested in having sex (forced or otherwise) with anyone other than Lot's male guests... they were so incensed that they rushed the door (to break it down) while threatening that they would do worst things to Lot (another male person) than what they had planned to do to his male guests (19:9) There's no way that homosexual intercourse was not what these men were lusting after... they even passed up the opportunity of having sex with two young ladies who had never had sex (virgins) before... they were ready to break down the door so that they could perform their homosexual acts on Lot's guests... An avocado may be a fruit, but no amount of twisting and coaching can make it so that we can bake an apple pie with it: homosexuality, BAD! God Bless! Angel |
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83 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | Lev 20:13 | JCrichton | 150498 | ||
Hi, Liberty Belle! I am not sure if you have come back to view the various replies that your post originated... some are clearly supportive of the people that erroneously detracted truth from the Holy Scripture and replaced it with their version of God's Word... Here is Genesis description of Sodom: 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD. (Genesis 13:12-13) There's no room for interpretations: Sodom, bad! Genesis 18:16-33 describes Abraham's intercesion on behalf of Sodom... it got to the point that Abraham asked God if He would desist from destroying Sodom if there were to be found in it at least 10 innocent/righteous people... the Lord said He would--Sodom was destroyed! "(sorry, I don't have the scripture)" There's no Biblical Scripture that anyone can use to promote or exonerate homosexuality... the least passage would be the one which I suspect was used, with their own twisted spin: 1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning." "No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square." 3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them." 6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof." 9 "Get out of our way," they replied. And they said, "This fellow came here as an alien, and now he wants to play the judge! We'll treat you worse than them." They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door. 10 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. (Genesis 19:1-10) When we read the Holy Scripture we can clearly state that: A) The angels were guests of Lot, no one else needed to extend their hospitability to them--so clearly there is no sin against inhospitability here! (Genesis 19:3) B) The men of Sodom were up to no good as they mobbed Lot's house (19:4) C) The men of Sodom were if not completely homosexuals they were at least bisexual--and they were out of control... it was not a proposition of or or two who found Lot's male guests desirable... it was the whole mob (19:5) D) Lot attempts to persuade them not to commit such wicked act (having sex with his male guests) (Genesis 19:7) E) Believing that he should protect his guests at all costs, Lot offers his virgin daughters so that they may do anything that they wanted (sexually) to them in exchange of leaving his male guests in peace (19:8) F) They would not have it! These men were not interested in having sex (forced or otherwise) with anyone other than Lot's male guests... they were so incensed that they rushed the door (to break it down) while threatening that they would do worst things to Lot (another male person) than what they had planned to do to his male guests (19:9) There's no way that homosexual intercourse was not what these men were lusting after... they even passed up the opportunity of having sex with two young ladies who had never had sex (virgins) before... they were ready to break down the door so that they could perform their homosexual acts on Lot's guests... An avocado may be a fruit, but no amount of twisting and coaching can make it so that we can bake an apple pie with it: homosexuality, BAD! God Bless! Angel |
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84 | who chose the books of the bible | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 150476 | ||
Excerpts from www.barley.com (the Columbia Encyclopedia): The original Old Testament canon was the Septuagint, long used in the Greek-speaking church and still retained by the Orthodox churches. This Hellenistic Jewish translation originated with the translation of the Pentateuch in the mid-3d cent. B.C. Later translations were made from it or patterned after it. The canon of the Septuagint included the books of the later Hebrew canon, with the addition of several others, most of which were those now reckoned deuterocanonical by Roman Catholics and apocryphal by Protestants. Dispute over the canonicity of these books has its source in the Latin Bible, which found its official form in the Vulgate, the work of St. Jerome; this largely agreed with the list of books of the Septuagint, and the list and order of the Vulgate was the canon accepted by the Western Church of the Middle Ages. The 27 books of the New Testament represent only a portion of early Christian literature (see patristic literature). There are other gospels, epistles, narratives, and apocalypses among the Pseudepigrapha and in the Nag Hammadi corpus. The selection of books considered canonical, i.e., authoritative, evolved over the first four centuries of the Christian era. The first canon was compiled by the heretic Marcion in the mid-2d cent. Marcion accepted only the letters of Paul (though not Titus or First and Second Timothy) and a truncated version of the Gospel of St. Luke. The earliest extant orthodox list is the Muratorian canon (c.190 or possibly later), which contains most of the books finally accepted as canonical. There was, however, dispute for some time over seven books (Hebrews, James, Second Peter, Second and Third John, Jude, and Revelation) eventually included in the canon, and over others (including the letters of Ignatius of Antioch, First Clement, the Shepherd of Hermas, the Epistle of Barnabas (see Barnabas, Saint, and the Didache). The present New Testament canon appears for the first time in the Festal Letter of St. Athanasius (367). The criterion was that works written by an apostle or by a colleague of one could be trusted to preserve the authentic apostolic witness to Jesus. The traditional view has been that a canonical work must also be divinely inspired. All major Christian traditions use the same New Testament. Apocrypha (Gr.,-hidden things), term signifying a collection of early Jewish writings excluded from the canon of the Hebrew scriptures. It is not clear why the term was chosen. The Apocrypha include the following books and parts of books: First and Second Esdras; Tobit; Judith; the Additions to Esther; Wisdom of Solomon; Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus); Baruch; the Letter of Jeremiah (in Baruch); parts of Daniel (the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men; see also Bel and the Dragon and Susanna 1); First and Second Maccabees; the Prayer of Manasses (see Manasseh). All are included in the Septuagint, with the exception of 2 Esdras-4 Ezra. However, they were not included in the Hebrew canon (ratified c.A.D. 100). In 1566 the collection was deemed “deutero-canonical” by the Roman Catholic Church, meaning that their canonicity was recognized only after a period of time. Protestants follow Jewish tradition in regarding all these books as non-canonical. Jewish and Christian works resembling biblical books, but not included among the Apocrypha, are collected in the Pseudepigrapha. The term Apocrypha is sometimes applied to early Christian writings that were once considered canonical by some but are not in the New Testament. Hope this helps! God Bless! Angel |
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85 | The Bible, Creators word or what? | 2 Tim 3:16 | JCrichton | 150463 | ||
Hi, Kate! Can you imagine people from the 14th century speaking about a super computer that has remote access, DVDR, with a Pentium or what ever chip and with 200 Gigabites of RAM? Now take that back a few thousand years... here's this messenger complaining that his boss refuses to give a cell phone with a built-in camera... get the picture? The Bible is not an unabridge farmer's almanac... it is Salvation History... it is the Word of God full of doctrinal teachings and prophecies... full of revelations and warnings... all dealing with our spiritual well-being! God has revealed enough for the human mind to ponder and asimilate... we are called to learn about God through His Word... but God is intertwined with the Holy Scripture so we must depend on His revelation, through the Holy Spirit, to gain understanding of the Truth! But no one can convict us of God's existence! No one can convict us of God's Word! We must humble ourselves to God and He will make Himself known (1 Peter 5:6-11): If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. (James 1:5) God has allowed you and I to know Him through His Word and through the world around us: 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. 26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. 28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. (Romans 1:19-32) Ultimately, though, it is up to us to believe or not believe: 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." (John 3:14-21) Christ is God and this is what He says about the Word: 47"As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it. 48There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. (John 12:47-48) I will pray that the Holy Spirit enlinghten and guide you to the Truth: Jesus! God Bless! Angel |
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86 | womans name | 2 Kings | JCrichton | 150459 | ||
Hi, dahawg! The reference is 2 Kings 4:8-37... other than the prophet's own name, the only named mentioned is that of the prophet's servant, Gehazi... and the city/town of Shunem... The woman is simply referred to as a rich woman or the woman from Shunem. God Bless! Angel |
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87 | the ten commandments | Ex 20:1 | JCrichton | 150456 | ||
Hi! The Ten Commandments are found in Exodus 20:1-17. God Bless! Angel |
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88 | What gave paul such confidence. | Rom 8:38 | JCrichton | 150454 | ||
Hi, Shael! Paul recognizes that Jesus is God... he does not see a subdivision of God and gods... Jesus is God and God is Omnipotent! (Galatians 1:11-21; Acts 9:1-18; 22:1-21; 1 Corinthians 15:1-58) God Bless! Angel |
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89 | why does paul pray for the inner | Eph 3:17 | JCrichton | 150451 | ||
Hi, Shael! It is our calling! Jesus is God... as God He had no reason to pray to the Father... but He came to teach us, not just to die on the cross... so it was necessary for Him as a Jewish Man to obey the Word of God, to be circumcised, to be baptized, to lead a life of obedience to Joseph and Mary, to be in constant prayer and study of the Word... We are composed of two natures: a spiritual nature and a physical nature... the inner man, our spiritual being needs as much if not more nourishment than our outer man... Paul wants us to seek to be in Jesus not just to say we are of Jesus! God Bless! Angel |
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90 | EX 32:14 THE LORD REPENTING? | Ex 32:14 | JCrichton | 150314 | ||
Hi, Danny P! I think I understand what you are saying... When we read the Holy Scripture we find that Jesus is God and that in God there is no sin (nothing wicked or impure)... The Holy Scripture as a fountain of knowledge and doctrine it is excellent... but it does not capable of containing God--that is, it does not create a margin for God to Be and Do... Looking at Genesis 3:15: And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." Notice how God speaks to the Ancient Serpent, Satan, and reveals to us that the children of the woman and the children of the Beast will be adversaries... we also find the underlined battle is truly between Christ, the offspring of the woman, and Satan, the Serpent... it is also revealed that Jesus will be victorious and that Satan will be defeated! Throughout the Holy Scripture we will find that battle described in various form... we even witness Satan leading a direct assault as he attempts to derail Jesus from being the humble Lamb of God... in Revelation 12 we find the battle discussed with both prequel and sequel segments... the assault on Christ is verified by the dragon's attempt against His brethren... We also understand this battle as both Satan an his minions already having been Judged and sentenced to that place created for him and his minions... yet, the final draft is still to happen... When we read that God had a change of heart/mind or repented from doing something or from allowing something to happen... it is not that God is thinking of sin or acting in sin... His Divine Plan has been placed in motion (as Jesus said, "it is finished")... everything is done according to His Will... remember Jonah... he did not want to preach/warn the sinners at Ninive; his main concern was that God would forgive their sins if they repented... destruction was looming over Ninive; it was inevitable that sinners would perish... but part of God's Plan allowed for his prophet, Jonah, to intercede on behalf of their Salvation... God repented (changed His mind) from the ominous fate that hanged over the Ninivites--their repentence of their sinful lives and their return to Him made this possible... it was part of His Salvific Plan, as Jesus tells us, "those who believe, even though they are dead will Live!" (John 11:25) Notice too... that God never changes His mind about Salvation: we go to Him and in Him we have Life! We find Moses pleading for the people of Israel, for Aaron, his brother, and his sister-in-law... God passess a sentence not to destroy us but to bring us into perfection (humble obedience) and He provides for us those who, as Christ-type, would intercede in our behalf... remember Peter's denial of Jesus... Jesus did not reject Peter's weakness, instead He commanded him that once he would repent and turn back to Him, that he strengthen the other disciples... (Luke 22:31-37) God wants our love and loyalty... He does not repent from offering us the Gift of Life... but within the Salvific Plan He has encorporated prophecies and puhishments to do away with sin and the effects of sin (death)... God pronounces that which is to come so that we may heed His Word and seek Him with all of our heart and might... so that we may choose Life! God Bless! Angel |
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91 | Rebuking using the pulpit. | Heb 13:17 | JCrichton | 150312 | ||
Hi, ROD! I do not know the intent of your pastor so I cannot judge him... this said... unless a member of any congregation (be he/she a tyro or a leader) is behaving in a disruptive manner or is fomenting dissension or other anti-Christian doctrines the pulpit is the last recouse to address any matter! When resolving problems in the Body of Christ we are called to speak directly to the individual/s in a one-to-one session; if this does not work, we are to bring another couple of ministers (brethren) to further discuss the situation and seek an amicable solution... if this still does not work, then we are commanded to bring it to the Church... finally, if nothing works, the person who refuses to maintain peace in the Body must be removed (ousted) from the congregation: 15"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' 17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. (Matthew 18:15-17) Of course, Jesus is not talking about a person with the intent to damage the Church... a minister of the Word (a Chrisitian) is obliged to behave accordingly... but those who minister to the ministers (deacons, priests, elders/bishops) are held at a higher level of responsibility and are commanded to be exemplary members of the Body: Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. (James 3:1) 19Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses. 20Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take warning. (1 Timothy 5:19-20) So, as Doc suggested, look inward, test your spirit... humble yourself to God if you are found wanting... and pray for both your spiritual and your brother/s spiritual well-being... if the error is not found in you, seek correction, in love and humility... offering your prayers to God so that the Holy Spirit may enlighten your congregation and that the problem may evaporate from within your midst! If you've not done so yet, begin an intense life of prayer and Bible Study... seeking the assistant of your brothers in Christ... remember that the battle is not against man, made of flesh and blood, but against spiritual beings bent on bringing chaos and schisms into the Body of Christ!: 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. (Ephesians 6:11-13) God Bless! Angel |
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92 | use of the forum-Babtism of the Holy Spi | Matt 3:11 | JCrichton | 150235 | ||
Hi, regguh! That is precisely the reason why forums like this one exist... to aide in the learning/exchange of the Word! Feel free to bring all of your Scriptural queries to this forum... remember to take time to study the replies and to do personal in-depth Bible study comparing the various replies to the Holy Scripture. God Bless! Angel |
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93 | accepting a non-beleiver | John 6:44 | JCrichton | 150232 | ||
Hi, Sent by God! You ask how you can do it... you chose "Sent by God" as your screen name... if placed together you have an excellent answer... A Christian does not only preach to others by citing the Holy Scripture... a Christian preaches, loudly, by being in fellowship with Christ... who you are in Christ will speak volumes to those around you... granted, at first, there's the clashing of the Holy Spirit and of the flesh... so the more that you emulate Christ the more that others around you will notice you as either their friend (if they are Christians) or their nemesis (if they are borderline believers or nonbelievers)... your housemate seems to be at the opposite end of beliefs... First, you must accept that you, personally, may not be able to bring him to the Lord... knowing this, it is your responsibility, as a Christian, to strive to bring others to Christ, which includes your present situation... Preach to him, actively, with your actions (stay the course, do not allow his ignorance of Christ anger you or disuade you from your faith, do not curb your expression of your Christianity with the pretense of not forcing your beliefs on others, be a witness to Christ every single time that He calls you to witness for Him...); preach to your friend, passively, through prayers... constant prayers (pray for his understanding, pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance and enlightenment, pray for patience and eloquence, pray for understanding and faith...); lastly, take on any challange that might arise to educate him, as yourself, with the use of the Holy Scripture... sometimes, even the most intelligent people fall short of knowing Christ because they are coasting on the old he said, she said... serious study of the Holy Scripture is not only is explosive and expounding, leading us, always, to the Truth... "a mind is a terrible thing to waste..." a mind without knowledge of God is the epitome of waste. God Bless! Angel |
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94 | Can anyone tell how he understand that? | John 6:54 | JCrichton | 150230 | ||
Hi, Jean! Many times we read Scriptural passages and attempt to understand then in their solitary existence... a dictionary is an excellent source of single value, single unit format... however, the Holy Scripture is meant as a whole unit interdependent of its entirety... When Jesus commands His disciples to eat His flesh and drink His blood, it is not the Pharisees and Sadducees that have a problem with His language, it is His general discipleship... When we divorce Scripture from Scripture anything is plausible and nothing is correct/incorrect... Jesus tells His disciples to eat His flesh and drink His blood and when the majority of them decide that He is preaching about canivalism and they remove themselves from the scene, Jesus does not call them back to correct His error in expressing such a shocking demand... Years later Paul does not make a distinction between Jesus command to eat His flesh and drink His blood as a symbolic gesture... He emphasizes that to eat His flesh and drink His blood is a matter of obedience and worship and that those who partake of such event unworthily are subject to judgment: 17In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval. 20When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat, 21for as you eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anybody else. One remains hungry, another gets drunk. 22Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not! 23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." 25In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. 32When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world. 33So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other. 34If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. (1 Corinthians 11:17-33) Participation in the eating and drinking of the Lord's body and blood is not mere symbolic gesture... and it did not die off at the Lord's supper... it is a perennial celebration till the Lord's return!: 14Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. 18Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 19Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. 22Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he? (1 Corinthians 10:14-21) Coming together and sharing the Lord's supper is not a symbolic "feel good" moment for Christians nor is it an "option to do or not to do..." as Paul said, it is a participation in the Body of Christ! God Bless! Angel |
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95 | Christains already Saints | NT general Archive 1 | JCrichton | 150224 | ||
Hi, regguh! Christians are already saints... in the sense that they strive to live in perfection (Christ's)... however, today's believers differ from the early Church's believers in that we mostly seek shortcuts and they mostly sought to live in Christ... so it was a simple thing to hear Peter, Paul or John call themselves saints or call the others saints... not because they thought that they were more spiritually advanced than others but because they lived the Word... and when an issue arose, they did not allow error to proliferate into subcultures and schisms... When we gather (2 or 3) Jesus should be among us... but today we find that Christian gather and split... gather and criticize... gather and complaint... gather and embrace secularism... gather and embrace polytheism... gather and distort Scripture... gather and celebrate the alteration of the Word of God... Clearly, we are called to be holy by the Holy One... clearly, we are falling short (as a body) of the Body of Christ! The Catholic Church's view of saints is that those who live the Word and worked for the Kingdom emulating and serving Christ are exemplary members of the Body of Christ and they are rendered as proof that man can obey God and live according to His Will! God Bless! Angel |
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96 | Take Him for His Word | Matt 24:2 | JCrichton | 150223 | ||
Hi, MJH! When reading Scriptural prophecies we discover that usually there are several layers of revelations... some deal with the immediate time frame of the prophets; some deal with a near future; still others with a distant or very distant future... So when Jesus says that the Temple will be destroyed and that not one stone (rock) will be left upon another... it is so! When the prophets prior to Jesus' incarnation speak of a Temple not yet built... it could very well be not the physical building but the form of worship that it was demanded by God from the Israelites (Hebrews) way back when... He prophesied that the Hebrews would stubbornly reject Him and that He would make a nation onto Himself of those that were not His people... God also said that He would keep a Remnant that stayed loyal to Him and from that Remnant the shoot of Jessie would bring forth the Eternal King! While introducing the Kingdom of Heaven Jesus told the Samaritan woman that there would come a time (and that the hour was at hand) that neither in the Temple nor in the mountains God would be worshipped... He revealed that God is Spirit and those that worship Him would worship in Spirit in Truth. (John 4:19-26) There is a distinct progression in the constitution of the Temple... In the Old Testament Temple worship was very individualized... a certain person would become entrusted with a direct revelation/interaction with God and he would build a temple/monument to God... when the Hebrews were liberated from Egypt they went into the desert to worship... there was no building... so the Tent of the Covenant where the Ark rested was the Temple... centuries passed before Salomon constructed the first fixed Temple... When Jesus, the Anointed One, came He declared that the Holy Spirit, the Father and He Himself would abide in the Believers... we are the Temple of the Living God! (1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19-20; Ephesians 2:19-22) Still, Revelation tells us that the Father and the Lamb are the Temple of the Great City, the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:9-22)... I would suggest that this is that Temple not yet built! God Bless! Angel |
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97 | is there a mention in the bible of jesus | Eph 4:8 | JCrichton | 149787 | ||
Hi, hawkeye389! Peter speaks on this in 1 Peter 3:18-20 and 4:6: 18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19through whom[a] also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, (1 Peter 3:18-20) 6For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit. (1 Peter 4:6) You can also cross-reference with Romans 10:6-7 and Ephesians 4:8-10... Sadly, not everyone agrees on these passages... some claiming that Jesus rescued angels or other beings, still others suggesting that it is a symbolic reference to Christinas... However, consider Peter's reference to those that died during the time of God's patience... and his reference to Noah and to those who at that time disobeyed (surely humans who were in fellowship with God did not die in disobedience, and Satan and his minions rejected God's Authority and were cast out never to regain their place--they refuse to humble themselves to God's Authority)... as Peter says only 8 survived the flood and since most did not understand anything about Jesus' incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension the greatest probability is that Jesus preached to those in the spirit so that they two would have an opportunity to be saved; Peter, of corse, does not claim that all received Jesus and were saved... he simply state that Jesus preached to them... Further, there is no mention in when exactly did Jesus preaching took place (right after His death, just before His resurrection, during the very first day, at the cross when He granted citizenship to one of the men crucified with Him...); the possibilities are wide and varied as God's Authority and Might! God Bless! Angel |
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98 | What was the thing that made them proud? | 1 Cor 5:1 | JCrichton | 149786 | ||
Hi! Paul is referring to their collective treatment of the sins committed by some in the congregation... instead of correcting the errors, everyone (or most everyone) is looking the other way--perhaps, as all "good ole" boy/girl networks, they were not only looking the other way but making excuses as they attempted to justify the unrighteous behavior (sexual immorality) or even celebrate their various conquests as something that would equal or best the pagans about them... Paul, as Christ Jesus, is demanding from them a greater commitment to God's Commandments; a determination to stay the course... to remove from within them the carcinogen and to return the Body to its healthy spiritual state... It is their arrogance to continue in the flesh while professing that they are Christians that Paul calls "pride" ("you are still proud")... Even today we can see that the Body of Christ suffers through such episodes as some who call themselves "Christians" do not only look the other way as more and more people impose their morality on the Church and the Holy Scriptures, but they actually help tear down the Body of Christ under the guise of "tolerance" or "God loves all men as they are..." or something similar to those fallacies! God Bless! Angel |
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99 | Was Jesus God? | NT general Archive 1 | JCrichton | 149784 | ||
Hi, cayra! Perhaps because I am truly bad at self-editing I could not see the forest for the tree... Had you not quoted me I would not have understood both your original post and this one... It is with great regret that I offer "mia culpa" or in today's poor excuse "my bad." I can only surmise that the error came in part due to fatigue (as it happens often, I end up working into the early morn hours and my brain is coasting almost at automatic... sometimes at sleep-walking... though in my mind I was thinking peace... the homonym typed was piece and when editing the post (as I am sure happens with many people) my mind was reading the words that I had thought were part of my composition instead of the actual words that I typed... ...I read through several Bible versions looking for what I thought was your query (why Prince of peace?)... I am glad you clarified the issue--left to my own means, it is quite probable that it would have escaped me for years! Thank you for your patience and your assistance! God Bless! Angel |
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100 | Can moderators block objectionable text? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 149782 | ||
Hi, Hank! I agree with you totally! There's a limit to what man can do (given authority and power) without getting caught up in that biased business... and, complete automation would require extensive and expensive equiptment/programs that do not always work as prescribed (there are some currently in use where a constant response (a or b) is given no matter how the query is composed... even googles and others have their crunching errors and supply everything but the correct response to the search!); that is why I said that it would be nice to have the capacity to remove/block offensive text... As it is this forum has a great variaty of people (age, experience, religious affiliations...) and it is more homogenous than many special interest forums that I've experienced... Like you my computer skills are minimum... had I the knowledge I would offer to create and install a program that would block out text or remove posts that the general members would deem offensive--this I would do free of charge, of course... But as you noted, as long as the general populace continues to curb and educate the few whose agenda is to violate the forum's guidelines or to expound their anti-Christian rhetoric we will continue to have an excellent Christian Forum! Finally, I must concurr with you, our prayers will do more than all the monitoring (automated or otherwise) in the world! If we continuously invit the Holy Spirit to guide and protect the forum and its members, the Hand of God will accomplish all things! God Bless! Angel |
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