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81 | Bible version can become an idol? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117554 | ||
Your analogy is cute but it's not quite right. You see in football, the QB and the WR are integral parts throughout the game. A more appropriate contrast is the playoffs vs. the superbowl. God laid the groundwork during the OT era or dispensation whereas he transferred the whole ballgame to His Son and let Him take over the ruling, terms and conditions of the superbowl, this timeframe and dispensation. Thus instead of a levitical priesthood with imperfect sacrifices, we have the Perfect High Priest with whom we can approach His Father directly. (We couldn't do that before Christ's coming.) Now during this dispensation, we have elders and deacons taking over the actual government of the church here and now on earth. All people, including us Gentiles as well as Jews can now be christians. I appreciate your reference to Hebrews for indeed this is all made very plain in Heb 8:1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. 3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain." 6But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. Again, let me say the OT is an absolutely VITAL part of the Bible and God's Word but whereas God put mankind through school and taught him what it is to sin, now he expects us to grow up and graduate and tackle the tougher topics without the specific dos and don'ts of the OT. He's expecting us to figure out the parts left unsaid in His Son's Last Will and Testament (NT). Do you have specific scriptures in the NT to counter those specific scriptures I've used in these two posts? God bless you in your study. |
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82 | Gods view of David vs. Saul | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117575 | ||
Hank, I must admit you really do give a whole new depth to the expression "trying the patience of Job." I've issued some really fine challenges, well supported with scriptures and you ignore them. I've explained in great detail why I respond to these kind of questions asking "why" and yet you insist on scriptures when it should be obvious to any really serious Bible student there ISN'T any. So, once again I issue yet another challenge. The human side is peaking out in me but I must ask do you have the courage and love for people's souls to give up your pride? My challenge: 1) How about if you come up with specific scriptures in direct opposition with the points I've made on this thread? 2) How about if you come up with an opposing position showing "God's view of David vs. Saul" with scriptures to support your statement? Finally 3) Take another look at the previous challenges mentioned earlier, the ones I issued with supportive scriptures and respond with your opposing position(s) with scriptures to support them. I do want to try to do right by you and my fellow Forum members and issue these challenges in a spirit of love and devotion to God. And the best thing is that God gets the glory. So what do you say? Regardless of you response, I still pray for God to bless you. |
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83 | Bible version can become an idol? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117578 | ||
You bring up a very good point which makes my point a little clearer. One of the 10 commandments was to make the Sabbath holy which goes in direct opposition to the NT command by example of worship assembly on the "first day of the week." This is just one of the contrasts as was mentioned earlier in my previous post. In contrast to the command Not to Murder, we are to adhere to a higher standard and forgive our enemies, even when the enemy doesn't ask for forgiveness. Like I mentioned before, God wants us as His children to graduate from the 600 plus ordinances of the OT and move on to the Law of Liberty with Christ as the High Priest. Again, I must ask: Do you have specific scriputures directly opposing the scriptures I used to support my previous posts. Please be sure they specifically counter the main point of each scripture. God bless. |
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84 | Bible version can become an idol? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117588 | ||
This response is submitted to both you and Kalos. For some reason you and he seem to think that I'm advocating literally deleting the OT from the Bible. I could no more do that than I could cut off my right arm. I appreciate so very much the tremendous value of the OT. It gives us the background to better understand the NT. Without the OT, the NT would be almost useless except for merely meeting the terms and condition of salvation. Without the OT, we wouldn't know and appreciate the tremendous amount of pain, suffering and planning our Father put into his mystery, His Plan of Salvation, the main theme throughout the OT. Without the OT, we wouldn't know and appreciate all of what God's family of Jews went through in their long journey, from the wonderful followership of Joshua's and Kavid's lead to plumb the very depths of disobedience with a multitude of badly chosen kings. You see, the most wonderful thing we humans are to learn from the OT is that God will love us forever, even when we're at our worst...yes even when we follow the lead of our Jewish ancestors. Our God in the form of His Son went to Hell itself to save you and me. So, please believe me as I've said before the OT is incredibly valuable to us as christians BUT it has no authority in our lives. It's a dead body of laws which is a wonderful item for our study and reference. We must keeep the OT in perspective. We'll be judged by the words of the NT as comissioned by the Lord and His official representatives. Again, the OT is a wonderful source for confirmation of the NT BUT when the OT shows an inferior standard in contrast, the NT MUST be adhered to. This is NOT a contradiction. This IS what God intended to happen. He was educating all of mankind with the OT and its 600 plus ordinances. Now He wants us all to graduate and learn to prefer His spiritual world instead of this physical one. He wants us to figure most of the details of this modern dispensation by using our minds and infer when we need to from His Word. Just like we prefer our kids to grow up and learn to mature and figure out their world without specifying each little step to reach their own goals. I do hope this is clear. God bless. |
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85 | Bible version can become an idol? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117590 | ||
I thought I made that clear but I'd rather see what some of the other Forum participants think of this debate. How about it folks? What do you think and God bless. | ||||||
86 | Bible version can become an idol? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117614 | ||
I can only quote back to you the scriptures I've referring to all along and those are Heb 8 and Col 2:13-15. I realize the verses you're referring to above speak to the whole Bible but you haven't responded to these verses I've just cited so how do YOU reconcile these positions especially since they came from the same author, writer of these epistles? I would also cite John 12:47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. and Matt 28:18. Like I've mentioned before, the best parts of the OT is repeated in the NT, but notice there are significant and large portions of the OT left out because they don't apply, i.e. Sabbath day and the generous handling of divorce to men from the OT. I'm also hoping to see your response to the rest of my post no 117575. I'd like to see what other Forum participants think about these subjects. God bless. --Rowdy |
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87 | Bible version can become an idol? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117615 | ||
My only response would be to refer to the same ole analogy about the way we handle a person's Last Will and Testament. As you know, when a person dies and leaves such a document for the execuator to execute, he MUST do so in accordance with those terms and conditions in the will. When the recipient complies and meets those requirements he FULFILLS those terms and conditions. Now of course this has always been discussed from our perspective in our compliance and receiving the gift of salvation to mankind. But another in scenario 2,000 years ago, Christ FULFILLED His Father's Will. And just like in this world of ours, after a person fulfills the will in question, the will is done, thus Christ's Words "It is finished." God's first dispensation was done, it was fulfilled. His Son had met His Father's requirement of one human being living the perfect and sinless life AND became the perfect sacrifice for all mankind AND became the perfect example for mankind to model after and imitate. But my main point here is: The OT was fulfilled and thus has no authority in governing our lives. IF it did we would all still be required to offer up sacrifices of animals at least every week. We would all be required to have all christians circumcised and we all know what Paul says about that subject. No, my friend the burdensome rules, regulations and ordinances of the OT have no place in our spiritual relationship with God because it been FULFILLED by His Son as the perfect sacrifice. Remember fulfillment of a will puts a wrap on it and it's tucked away in some dusty bin in some court appointed drawer somewhere. Its authority is no more. BUT it can be extracted now and again for study or analysis. The best thing about all this is the better covenant we have with better promises and a much better High Priest, Christ Himself. Another wonderful side benefit, Christ sees Himself as our senior Brother. He's willing to cover our sins and vouch for us when we get to Heaven IF we've been faithful. I hope this clears up the full meaning of this controversy for you and God bless. --Rowdy |
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88 | Which version/interpretation? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117647 | ||
Bless you, dear friend. It'll take me quite some time to prepare a thorough response as your question are quite deep and important in the their implications. I'll get back to you. Meanwhile, I invite other to respond to my challenge or to Ray's questions, either one. I'm interested in seeing both. God bless. --Rowdy |
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89 | Bible version can become an idol? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117649 | ||
Most of the time, I use the NIV from the Gateway website. I really prefer the NASB or the NKJV but I seem to have trouble getting those versions to come up on my screen while in that website. Do you use the Gateway Bible website? If so, maybe you're better at it than I am and would like to share?? Let me know and God bless. --Rowdy |
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90 | Bible version can become an idol? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117685 | ||
Thanks. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
91 | When was Adam saved? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117708 | ||
Personally, I don't think any of us are going to know for certain when the vast majority of the OT characters will be saved until we get to Heaven to ask. BUT I do think we can take comfort in knowing their names are in the Bible and at least for most of them, nothing bad is mentioned. For example, in spite of God's punishment of Moses and not allowing him to enter the promised land, He still buried Moses Himself. David may have murdered, was found guilty of adultery and did a lousy job of parenting Absolom but I think he repented through to the end of his life so we should see him in Heaven. The others..., you know their stories as well as I do. Hope to see you in Heaven. God bless. --Rowdy |
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92 | Which version/interpretation? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117709 | ||
I just took another look at your post and noticed your citation of Rom 7:6 is a pretty good answer to your question BUT in a spirit of teamwork and cooperativeness, I will respond. As you and several others have already noticed, I tend to be a little lazy but I do look at what the whole Bible has to say about each particular subject. But in this case, I'd like to reverse the logic as I did with an earlier post to Kalos. Let's pretend the OT is fully empowered and we're somehow expected to comply with both the OT and the NT. ALL of us gentile christians would have to inspect each other literally and make certain we're all circumcised. Yeah, can't you see the lines waiting for that inspection? We'd all be going down to the local supply store for our ration of dead animals to sacrifice and we'd all have to learn how to make these sacrifices properly on the alter and of course we'd have to ressurect the temple in each city with its showbread, candlesticks, and a big thick curtain. I think you begin to get where I'm going with all this. This has been my point with the last couple of days' worth of posts on this subject. I don't see any way around it. Either our Lord took the whole thing (OT) with Him to the cross or He didn't take any of it. IF He only took a portion as your question suggests, who decides which portion? Where's the scripture to support that decision? No, my friend I'm afraid I must stick with my original statement. God has "passed the majesty's staff of power" to His Son in this dispensation as evidenced in Matt 28. Jesus delegated this responsibility to his only official representatives, the ones he sent, including Paul. Jesus' words and all the NT are the guiding principles, also their acts, the commands they enacted by example are the ones we are to follow. This point is even shown in the language of the Kingdom. Before Acts 2, the kingdom's establishment was talked about in the future. After Acts 2, the kingdom's establishment is discussed as in the past. And AGAIN, let me say quite often we see many endorsements from the OT on a particular subject but when we see a contrast between we MUST know which document to heed. For its these words in the NT by which all of us will be judged. In response to Kalos comment about this "command by example." This is a very common concept. We as parents use it all the time. We all want our kids to grow up as solid citizens to the community and we DON'T want to have to verbalize orally or in writing every little thing this entails. So we all cop out by living a good life and expect our children to follow our footsteps. For the few that don't follow this philosophy, their world generally ends up behind bars. In response to Hank's comment: I'm sorry, dear friend, there is no scriptures I can offer in direct support of these statements other than the ones I've already cited. I'm afraid our Lord left a few things for us as His children to figure out on our own. I do hope this is all a little clearer. God bless. --Rowdy |
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93 | Searching for the truth | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117738 | ||
I don't see how you can separate these two tasks. It's literally impossible if you ask me. Reading my Bible, God commands me to be like His Son every day, all day. If we're searching and doing the Will of God, we're reading His Word which leads us to a better job of doing His Will. Yes, circular logic, I agree. That's the way I see you; what do you think? God bless. --Rowdy |
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94 | The age of accountability | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117860 | ||
My wife and I dealt with this question with our two sons as they became teen-agers. I would say every christian parent over the past 2,000 years has dealt with this issue. Our answer which was endorsed by the leadership throughout the brotherhood with whom we worship is this: the Parent should study with the child, ask all the right questions and verify in their mind that he/she understands what they're getting into. The should understand the basic rudimentary elements of what it is to be a christian and the cost/sacrifice, how they should act. Does he at least know why Jesus died and other basic concepts? BUT if there remains some question, and the parent decides to wait on allowing the child, I would suggest an appropriate amount of time and then re-visit the topic and confirm his desire. Does the desire still burn within? Is it a real priority or was it just another phase? And finally, a person could argue to go ahead and allow the child to proceed with the basic philosophy of "better safe than sorry." After all, if the child thinks at a later date, that it wasn't really genuine or he's uncomfortable with his conversion, he can go through the process again and make it real at that later date. I'd like to think God would endorse a loving parent following their conscience in this matter if they truly studied and prayed on it. What do you think? Now, as to your question about a child that has already passed on, that we have to leave in God's hand and pray for mercy on his behalf. I do think that generally, children are safe and assured of going to Heaven but again the moment a child becomes an adult in God's eyes...that's a tough call. I'm thankful to Him that His judgments are perfect and absolutely just. God bless. --Rowdy |
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95 | soul of unsaved people | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117891 | ||
This subject has been discussed quite a bit. If you'll insert paradise and hades into the Quick Search at the right of your screen, you'll get far more information than you can imagine. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
96 | Looking for verifiable prophesies. | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 117943 | ||
The Thompson Chain Reference Bible has many such study aids in the back. I know...I've got one. One lists the prophesies of Christ and his ministry in the OT and their fulfillment in the NT. Also some helpful websites: www.ibchurchofchrist.com/prophesies_concerning_christ.htm I would have listed several others but their address contains symbols not allowed on Forum posts. But you can find them by inserting "Christ prophesies and fulfillment" in the Search Engine. God bless. --Rowdy |
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97 | If you rape a virgin then she must mary | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 118041 | ||
Cited for reference: Deut 22:28 "If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days. I can only say in my opinion this kind of guidance falls into the same category as that which allowed a man to marry more than one woman as did Jacob AND the men their option to divorce their wife with only a certificate and no cause of any real significance. Apparently since God changed this guidance to a much more fair and just system as we have now, we can only conclude God didn't think the Israelites capable of proper judgment in this area and issued these directives in the interest of the nation as a whole. Of course, I should emphasize this is conjecture as would anyone attempting to answer such a "why" question when the Bible doesn't gave a direct answer. We all should consider ourselves blessed to live in this dispensation with a better covenant with better promises and a perfect High Priest. The only possible scripture I can think of that gives some insight into God's thinking in this Matt 19:7 They *said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?" 8 He *said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." Once again, I'm thankful we don't have anyone less than the perfect God, Creator of the universe to judge us on these matters. God bless. --Rowdy |
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98 | Cup Passed? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 118083 | ||
It's difficult to come up with all the reasons but I think one of them was the fact going to the cross for Jesus was going to be the first time in His existence of His being separated from His Father. Remember although this plan had been in God's mind before the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, Christ had never had the sins of the world heaped onto Him which forced God to turn His back to His own Son. Remember Christ was also 100 percent human and was maybe just a little apprehensive about going to Hell and follow His Father's perfect system of justice. If Christ was guilty of just one single impure thought for just a fleeting moment, it would be enough for the Devil to keep Him there forever. Don't you think under those kind of conditions, even the most courageous person in the world would melt and be as scared as a wild bird? I know I would be scared to death. It would be an easy thing to think that God could of thought of some other way without sacrificing His own Son. But then, we know the answer to that, don't we? God bless. --Rowdy |
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99 | Cup Passed? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 118090 | ||
Matt 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" So how else would you explain Jesus' statement from the cross as cited above? I acknowledge your statement but what I DON'T see is your response to the original question about "Why did Jesus pray to have the cup pass from Him?" Let's see how you handle it. God bless. --Rowdy |
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100 | Cup Passed? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 118091 | ||
Then how do you explain how and why the Devil tempted Christ as recorded in Matt 4? I acknowledge your statement above but what I DON'T see is your response to the original question about "Why Jesus prayed for the cup to be passed from him?" God bless. --Rowdy |
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