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981 | can it really all be another trick? | Is 14:12 | azurelaw | 184910 | ||
Dear stj, No offensive feeling at all. It's been clarified already. You can see her post and mine as well. Yes, I was a bit confused (since I am not a native English speaker) when I read that statement. That was why I did ask her for clarification so that I would not misunderstand her. Thanks again for your thougtfulness. Shalom Azure |
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982 | can it really all be another trick? | Is 14:12 | azurelaw | 184908 | ||
Dear Otherearthmother, Thank you. That's clear now. May God be glorified with your work and His blessings be always with you. May I use the below scriptures as a reminder to both you and me. 1 Corinthians 10:23-24 All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify. Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor. 1 Timothy 2:9-10 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. Proverbs 31:30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. Shalom Azure |
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983 | Once saved, always saved? | Matt 25:14 | azurelaw | 184480 | ||
Dear Jonp, Thanks for your answer. For point 2, yes, those are not true believers will not care about the Lord's concerns. However, I am still not quite clear about Jesus statement. Is Jesus saying that even that servant does not work as hard or aggressive as the other two (such as preaching the gospels, caring the poor, etc.), he should at least serve in the church ministry where he can have indirect contribution to or support on the Lord's concern via the church? Look forward to receiving your further enlightenment. Shalom Azure |
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984 | Same supper as John 12? | Luke 10:38 | azurelaw | 184382 | ||
My hearty thanks to you. :) Shalom Azure |
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985 | Same supper as John 12? | Luke 10:38 | azurelaw | 184369 | ||
Dear Mommaphs, Your quote from Mr. Lewis attracted me (for he his my favourite writer) to click on your user profile. And from which I have read the poem you wrote. I would like to say that your poem has deeply touched my heart. As I read on, I really see your love, your hope and your faith toward God. I can tell you that you are a blessing from God for those who are of the same state of suffering. I have friends and fellow members who have been diagnosed with cancer. I found your poem comforting and encouraging. Therefore, I am considering to translate it into Chinese for my friends (for some of them cannot read English). However, I have to ask for your permission to do so. Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Keep you and your family in my prayers Shalom Azure |
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986 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | azurelaw | 184368 | ||
Dear Jonp, Thanks for the greetings and your encouragement. First let me welcome you to the forum. I am glad that you have been to Hong Kong before. Hope you enjoyed your stay in this dynamic city. However, this is a place full of temptations as well. In this so-call affluent and modern city, people seldom consider their need of God. We, HK christians, have to work extremely hard on the mission. May God bless you and keep you always. Shalom Azure |
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987 | The slow fires of misery | 1 Corinthians | azurelaw | 184367 | ||
"Abraham Lincoln's marriage was a mess, and accepting the pain brought deep strength in the long run......It was a pain-filled marriage. The familiar lines in his face adn the somber counteance reveal more than the stress of civil war. But the two stayed married. They kept at least that part of their vows. They embraced the pain, even if the could not (or would not) remove it. What was the gain? God will give the final answer, but here are tow historical assessments. (1) How was it that Lincoln, when president, could work so effectively with the rampant egos who filled his administration? 'The long years of dealing with his tempestuous wife helped prepare Lincoln for handling the difficult people he encountered as president.' In other words, a whole nation beneifted from his embracing the pain. "2) 'Over the slow fires of misery that he learned to keep banked and under heavy pressure deep witin him, his innate qualities of patience, tolerance, forbearance, and FORGIVENESS were tempered and refined.' ..... there were resources for healing he did not know, and short of healing, EMBRACING THE FIRE IS BETTER THAN ESCAPE. Increasingly, contemporary culture assumes the opposite. Painfree relationships are assumed as a right. But God promises his people something better. 'Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love hiim' (James 1:12, RSV)" John Piper in his "A Godword Life" |
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988 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | azurelaw | 184322 | ||
Dear brother Jeff and Steve (Humblebygrace), I happened to see my name's been mentioned with your kind words and compliment which I don't deserve when I am reading this interesting subject "origin of the devil" along the thread. I miss all you guys on the SFB even when I am quite busy for these few weeks with certain personal things (e.g. we have just had our celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year, my new ministry at church, reading books which takes me time to digest and ponder). Most of the time, I think I prefer reading your posts and posting my own questions instead of giving any commentary as I lack the ability (I am still learning) and speed (you guys are posting fast and doing a wonderful job, ha..ha..) even when I spot some doubtful posts. Though I was a grown-up at church, I had wasted many years without seriously studying God's Word. I always warn myself with this verse : Matt 19:30 But many who are first will be last; and the last, first. Though this is not your tradition, I would like to greet you all a very prosperous (in terms of treasure of God's kingdom) year of Pig. Shalom Azure |
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989 | Abiding in Christ | Bible general Archive 3 | azurelaw | 183492 | ||
Dear Brother Jeff, A man's abiding is "a consistently improving situation that is ever drawing closer to the state" 2 weeks ago, our elder (in his sermon) used an interesting example to demonstrate a Christian must not stay still but to continue to grow - he said you cannot be an egg forever, either you hatch to become a chick and grow, or you turn out to be a bad egg. Do you know the smell of a bad egg? Horrible. Shalom Azure |
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990 | Baptized before serving in choir | 1 Cor 12:13 | azurelaw | 183435 | ||
Dear Doc, Thank you for your reminder concerning "Wrong ideas about God". Recently I have been re-reading the book of Job. From God's rebuke on Job's friends, I learnt that our misunderstanding of God is a sinful behaviour. (It is really a very tough work to understand God :( ) So, does your reminder alert me to my hasty conclusion on the children choir issue when I cited the 2 biblical instances? Your enlightenment is appreciated. Shalom Azure |
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991 | Baptized before serving in choir | 1 Cor 12:13 | azurelaw | 183359 | ||
Dear Justme: I think we are in agreement that a true believer will be baptized. You can see my post 183296 to Doc. Thank you very much for your input. You have said in your earlier post that: Why would one who has not followed the Lords instructions want to be a part of believers that have followed the Lords instructions? There are in fact cases of people receiving baptism for certain motives. To quote a real case I experienced, many years ago, a good friend of mine had herself and her daughter baptized into Catholic. She admitted that her purpose was to get a better chance (or an advantage) for her daughter to enter into a famous Catholic school. She went to church purposely with her daughter during the period of such arrangement, but never before or after the baptism was done. I felt so sad and worried about her for such cheating. I also know that it is only a corner of the iceberg in our society. Concerning my suggestion for you to start a new thread for discussion, it is because I read Jeff's question to you concerning your statement : ...to follow your churches requirements with confidence it is Biblical. I understand his point or worry that we should not deem every church's regulation or requirement biblical. So I see that you have diverted the focus of discussion which is not directly related to my initial one. Therefore, I rather hope that you might start a new thread if you wish. Blessings to you with love in Christ. Shalom Azure |
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992 | Baptized before serving in choir | 1 Cor 12:13 | azurelaw | 183318 | ||
Dear brothers (Jeff and Justme): Since you have now entered into a new discussion, may I suggest that you open a new thread or topic if you are still interested in or continue the discussion. Shalom to you both. Azure |
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993 | Baptized before serving in choir | 1 Cor 12:13 | azurelaw | 183296 | ||
Dear Brother Doc, Thanks for your godly advice which I always value. You might have read my follow up note to brother CDBJ. You say: In some churches it is not uncommon to actually hire professional musicians for worship services, without concern for their personal relationship with God. Our church is very traditional and will not consider such kind of arrangement except for skill training. However, we have observed a few choir members (these young men/ladies are grown up in our church and are pretty gifted in music) diverted the service focus a bit with the tendency of self-centre (in other words - pride). Our elders and I are considering how to give proper guidance for adjustment. May I conclude that a choir member should be a baptized christian under the notion that a true believer will follow the Lord's instruction to be baptized. Concerning children choir member, I really don't know if there is any specific scripture for reference. However, I think I might get some clues from the below instances: Our Lord's concern on children: Matt 19:13 Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. 26 Matt 19:14 But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." The little boy was willing to serve and contribute: John 6:9 There is a little boy here, who has [with him] five barley loaves, and two small fish; but what are they among so many people? Again, thank you all (Bradk, CDBJ, Doc, Justme, Jeff) who have helped me on the issue. God bless you all. Shalom Azure |
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994 | Baptized before serving in choir | 1 Cor 12:13 | azurelaw | 183288 | ||
Thanks CDBJ. I agree with you that there is no point for a true believer not to be baptised whenever it is possible. I trust that no one in our church would be baptized solely or partly for the reason of being a choir member. What about children choir? We have a children choir. Some did not receive infant baptising. (Though there is no scriptural support for infant baptising). Is it that their parents hold accountable for them so as to decide the children be involved in the music ministry? Thanks. Shalom Azure |
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995 | Baptized before serving in choir | 1 Cor 12:13 | azurelaw | 183195 | ||
My hearty thanks to both of you Bradk and CDBJ. I have just newly taken up the deacon post in handling the Sunday ministry section at my church. I have to be incharge of (this might not be the proper wordings) all things concerning Sunday service operation or administration which include choir arrangements (we have 3 choirs). I am reviewing the choir member entry system. I remember more than 20 years ago our church had the requirement of baptized choir members. I did not know if it was biblical or not at that time for I was still young by then. Since now, it is my responsibilities to review the system, I want to clarify this. Meanwhile, in David's time when he set up the choir, was there any specific thing in association with the idea of baptizing in the NT time? Thanks and Shalom Azure N.B.: Please also pray for me concerning my new ministry. |
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996 | First rain and first rainbow | Gen 9:13 | azurelaw | 183124 | ||
Thanks, Mark for your answer. It helps. I also bear the same view as yours. By the way, it also mentioned that a river flow out of Eden; could it be possible that the water source of the river came from rain? (of course this is only my guessing) Shalom Azure |
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997 | the book of Job | Job 42:7 | azurelaw | 182427 | ||
Dear Barach, Thanks for your response. 1/ Sorry that I forgot to put down the verse concerning my question about the spirit. It appears in Ch 4:15. However, I would start with verse 12 to 21. I suspect that it was an evil spirit to make use of Job's friend to shake Job's faith. 2/ Thanks. So, base on their (Job's friends) background, they might have considered that they were telling the truth. 3/ Shall I view that they were not Job's GOOD friends or they misunderstood Job? But if they were not Job's good friend, I can't understand how they could act so dearly to Job as described 2:11 to 13. I agree with you that "Sincerity is not a test of accuracy" I think, if my point 1 above biblically sound, we have to be very careful on the source of comfort and the driving force of action when we show our care and offer our help to our friends who might be in troubles. Thanks in advance for further input. Shalom Azure |
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998 | If we have any knowledge | 1 Cor 12:7 | azurelaw | 181927 | ||
Dear Steve, First of all, greetings to you and wish you a wonderfully blessed New Year. I love your note. I will save it in my file. It reminds me of how I stumbled and failed in the past due to my own arrogant and ignorant. However, my loving God did not forsake me but dealt me. It was really painful but totally out of His grace and love. 11 Heb 12:5-6 "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; for those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom he receives." Shalom Azure |
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999 | Church for believers only? | Acts 2:39 | azurelaw | 181361 | ||
Thanks Hank for the detailed answer. I think I should have known it but just the concept is not clear enough though. We have 2 different words in Chinese for church. One renders the meaning of the organization or building, the other refers to the body of Christ. So, when I read the English "church", sometimes I have been confused. Now, I will not be confused anymore. Shalom Azure |
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1000 | Church for believers only? | Acts 2:39 | azurelaw | 181339 | ||
Dear kalos, Thanks for the clarification. Shalom Azure |
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