Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 635

  • Suze - In Reply - 1 year ago
    If the Word of God isn't in us then we are dead in our sins , the Word is Christ , not the law , the law brings death , Christ is our life . Except we repent we shall perish , die forever , the wages of sin is death , sin comes by the law , Christ is life , without him we perish forever . Christ is the love of God in the form of a man , love and forgiveness and compassion , if these things aren't in us then Christ isn't in us and we are the walking dead .
  • Suze - In Reply - 1 year ago
    The Word of God is the life in us , much love in Christ .
  • Alex N - 1 year ago
    I think about this Gal. 6 : 15 many times when i hear folks talk about the law....In Christ Jesus Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing but only a New Creature...Meaning a new innerman which is the H.G. that CHILD of Promise...If we cd keep the law it wd not plz God simply b/c our adamic nature is in rank with satan....Man trying to plz God with the works of the law is like putting lipstick on a pig and expecting God to marry the pig...Thats y Jesus is saying you must be converted and become as a lil Child...A lil Child is Indicative of a new CREATURE...A heavenly Creature...As we have borne the image of the earthy we must also bear the image of the heavenly....Only by the blood of the lamb can we plz God.

    ......Jesus flat out tells us Search the scriptures ( all the law and prophets ) in them you think you have Eternal life but it is them that testify of me....Which is the H.G. that testifies of him ...living words...living beings the BLOOD OF THE LAMB.. the new Covenant, he tells us of the H.G. That Spirit of truth a living being that is gonna be born in us....Thats the only thing that plzs God...Not Circumcision nor uncircumcision, LAW OR NO LAW its only the blood of the lamb that plzs God.

    ......All our works are filthy rags in the sight of God...Its only the blood of the lamb that plzs God...Thats y Bro, Paul is saying if righteousness came by the law CHRIST DIED IN VAIN.... Gal. 2 : 21....Sin is the trangression of the law but if Christ lives is us via his good seed then we cannot sin and if we cannot sin then the law is fulfilled in a perfect sence.....Thats how he will fulfilled by making it impossible to sin..Do we make void the law by faith God forbid we establish the law....
  • Free - In Reply on Job 41 - 1 year ago
    Dear Ginia, Peace what you describe is on the devil, he doesn't look after himself, does he? Job 40 and 41 chapter.

    I think You will need to read this and the referrals several times. I myself have heard a useful sermon from Derek Prince, about the enemies we meet. On youtube, Useful information and learning.

    Be blessed in the name of Jesus and know that everything is easy on the path of light. Jesus Loves You, i love u in Christ.

    John 20:1-10
  • Suze - In Reply - 1 year ago
    God has blessed you Loyce , whom the Lord loves He chastens , you are growing in your faith and in your understanding , which is something that everyone who calls themselves a Christian should be doing . Much love and respect to you in Christ .
  • Free - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Dear "Chris", good spoken ty :) John 20:1-10 Love u all in Christ
  • Chris - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hello Abbey. Unfortunately, in English we have a limited use of the word 'love', unless we qualify it with other words. But in Greek, the language of the New Testament, John 3:16 tells us that "God so loved the world" (Gk. egapesen; from the root, 'agapao'). And this type of love (agapao) is the highest form of love one can have & demonstrate to someone else.

    It is more than feeling very sorry for someone, more than providing food & various forms of help, more than a loving embrace or comforting words even when the other person despises you. It is a sacrificing love: a willingness to unconditionally give of oneself. One could see it as a parent who would sacrifice everything for their children; one entering a building fully engulfed in flames to rescue a helpless injured person; the many servants of the Lord (recorded in history) who willingly submitted to the burning stake or cannibals, so that the Gospel would reach those who've never heard of Jesus. Just a few examples here of this type of love that also clearly shows how God loved this world of sinners & those really unworthy of any help, to give of Himself (in Jesus, of and from God, made flesh) to be killed for our sakes. God's agapao sent His Son to the Cross that "whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life".
  • Chris - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hi Gail. Just as a quick background first: Isaiah chapters 49 to 57 are chapters which speak of the coming salvation through God's Servant-Messiah. As much as we see that Israel is spoken of, the intent of the message therein, is to show that it would only be through Israel that their Messiah would be revealed. We know that Israel as a nation always failed God in many ways, but God had not forsaken her, for through her would the Salvation of Israel & the World come. Many Jews (though not all) have recognized that the Messiah is spoken of here in Isaiah, particularly when you get to Isaiah 52:13 to Isaiah 53:1-12, but when the Messiah did come to them, they failed to recognize Him & killed Him. But death could not hold Him: His apostles would be spiritually energized to take the Good News to the world, especially the latterly converted Saul, that the World may have a chance to hear & receive God's Plan for forgiveness & redemption.

    So when the Apostle Paul refers to Isaiah 49:8, he understood the general principle in Isaiah that the Messiah God would be willing to hear their cries for help - that His Mercy would come to Israel, as well to the Gentiles. And though Israel couldn't perceive who this Messiah would be, it was God Himself (the Redeemer of Israel: v7) through His Son, that would bring about a full salvation for all. So Paul could say, "that God was in Christ (the Messiah God), reconciling the world unto himself..."( 2 Corinthians 5:19) and begging the Corinthian believers that "ye receive not the grace of God in vain"; since Isaiah himself prophesied that God's day of salvation had now come & you Corinthians were blessed to receive it ( 2 Corinthians 6:1,2). Therefore, they should accept Paul's work on their behalf & to refuse sin, not allowing it into their lives & the Church, knowing, "the terror of the Lord" against all doers of evil ( 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18).
  • GiGi - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Dear Pentecost, Apostalic.

    You say that there is one God not three. The Chistian faith does not teach that there are three Gods, rather that God exists as, in essence, one Being in three distinct persons.

    May I ask you, Who spoke from heaven at Jesus' baptism and transfiguration? Who descended upon Jesus at His baptisms and on the disciples at Pentecost? Who was Jesus praying to at the Last Supper and in the Garden of Gethsemane? Who is the Spirit that Jesus promised He would ask the Father to send to His disciples at the Last Supper?

    Jesus wasn't praying to Himself. It was not Himself who spoke from heaven during His baptism and Transfiguration. He did not descend upon Himself at His baptism nor on the disciples at Pentecost. And he did not promise that He would send Himself to the disciples.
  • S Spencer - In Reply on Isaiah 58 - 1 year ago
    Amen Brother Chris!

    Very well stated!

    God bless you and all you do Brother.
  • Ronnette on Romans 10 - 1 year ago
    Colossians 2:2

    That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

    Colossians 2:3

    In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

    May we all grow in grace and charity.

    Romans 15:13

    Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

    All God's people said AMEN.
  • Giannis - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Dear Adam

    My native language is not English but Greek. And my English is not that good as you have surely noticed

    As I see it, the KJV translation is a very good translation. Obviously there are some mistranslations and mistakes since translating from one language to another sometimes, few times not always, can not give the right or the very precise interpretation or impression.

    But lets talk specifically about the word Godhead. Question. Godhead means Head of God? A somehow group of persons that are Divine?

    Anyway the actual greek word in Romans 1:20 is THEIOTIS. It means DIVINITY, and this is how it is written in modern Greek as well. In all versions of the Gospel in Greek, ancient and modern, it is the same, I have never read/heard anything different. Now there is another word in Greek, the word THEOTIS. It is almost the same, the only difference is the letter "I" between letters "E" and "O". But that changes the meaning of the word completely, from Divinity to Godhead. But they are different things, not the same.

    Now in my opinion, what Paul is trying to say in the specific verse? "V20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse"

    Change the word Godhead with the word Divinity. It makes more sence, doesn't it? It means that the power of God and His Divine nature are shown to people through His creation. This is how I have always read it, tought it, heard of it so far back here in Greece.

    Now for the rest you write in your post dear brother I am sorry I can not really answer I can only give you an answer for the specific word. But maybe I am wrong, maybe I dont understand the meaning of the word Godhead as it really is. Anyway one can search that on internet or in encyclopedias or christian books. It would be interesting to see how it is translated in other languages like French, Spanish, German etc

    God Bless You
  • S Spencer - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Amen and thanks Daniel.

    Well stated!

    God bless you.
  • S Spencer - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Amen Brother Jesse.

    Peter reminds us as well.

    1 Peter 5:2-4. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

    Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

    And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

    God bless you.
  • S Spencer - In Reply on Jude 1 - 1 year ago
    Amen and thank you Richard for that well placed discourse.

    God bless you and all you do brother.
  • Gail Smith - 1 year ago
    How is Paul using the words in Isaiah 49:8 in 2 corinthians 6:2
  • Giannis - In Reply on Isaiah 58 - 1 year ago
    Dear Bro Dan.

    Let's talk about the Ten Commandments.

    The ten com/ments in the OT were a sort of summary of the moral Law given by God to Moses, the most significant ones, we may say.

    Are they still valid in the era of the NT? This question can be answered according to what we want to come to.

    If we want to see what is the relevance between the Decalogue and Salvation, they are different things. Salvation is a gift from God through the acceptance of Jesus Christ's Sacrifice on the Cross. It is not aquired as a wage of obeying the 10 com/ments or any other com/ment.

    But still obeying God's Law or com/ments is essential for our salvation. Disobeying God's Law is a sin, and if one keeps doing that in his life and not repent, I am sorry to say he will not enter the Kingdom of God in Heaven. Many christians, not me, believe that salvation is secured once we believed and were born again and got baptized. But remember the parable of the ten virgins? All of them were virgins (children of God), had oil (Holly Spirit) inside them, had light (pure life) but only five of them were accepted by Jesus in. The rest heard that horrible thing " I don't know you". So obeying God's Law in our christian life is a necessity for believers.

    Now, are all ten com/ments still valid in the NT? Yes, unless otherwise stated in the Gospel. The one for Sabbath is not, it is what that verse in Colosians states. Also the one that says to not misuse the name of God is partly changed by Jesus, as far as swearying to God is concerned, Matthew 33-34. And many other commandments from the OT have been changed by Jesus ie about divorce, about loving and not hating our enemy and some more. The rest of them are still valid. But they are not the basis of the christian faith like it was for Jews Jesus Christ's Sacrifice is the basis on where we build our lives. And if one wants to somehow summarize God's Law in NT, I think the com/nts in Matthew chapt. 5, and 6 are the ones to read.

    God Bless you brother.
  • Adam - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hi Giannis,

    Do you think that verse is a bad or incorrect translation then? If so, do you believe there's other verses in the KJV that are incorrect translations?

    My belief is that its already translated and correct and the translators did mostly word for word translations but also took into consideration the intended meaning and in this case they apparently concluded that Godhead was the best English word for it. I believe it was all done far more carefully and prayerfully then us taking a few seconds to look it up and draw our own false conclusions.

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    The same trick can be done in English too, where you could translate my comment for example to another language and its not a perfect 1:1 ratio of words, so some words will be missing some added to make it correct. But when its translated and means the same as what I wrote, one can easily cherrypick one word, look it up, and say aha!, what it REALLY means is something else. Consider words like run, set, take, go, place, right. All have multiple meanings depending on context, so someone can easily discredit anything they want by choosing one word and retranslating it into another word, possibly missing the meaning in context, while 'proving' to themselves that it was incorrectly translated. Maybe you are already aware of this fallacy, but if not I hope it is helpful. God bless.
  • Giannis - In Reply - 1 year ago
    That's right Adam, well said, I agree with you. Now as far as the word "Godhead" is concerned, if we talk about the scripture in Romans 1:20 the word "Theiotis" in the Greek text is actually translated in English as "Divinity" not Godhead. But still words like Godhead (maybe Godhood or even Deity?) can be successfully used to describe God as well. My opinion...
  • John anonymous - In Reply on Leviticus 1 - 1 year ago
    I inadvertently neglected to mention, the Scripture Passage where God spoke to Noah has been gleaned from Genesis 9:2
  • Adam - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hello, this is a commonly used argument, but many consider it invalid because it relies on wordplay and misdirection. One can use the same argument to say: the Bible doesn't have the word "Bible" in it anywhere, therefore it must not be one? You can look through every letter of the scriptures and you will never find it say "Bible" ever. So, this is supposed to be a compelling a argument. People often assume an omission means more than it means. For instance, does the Bible say anywhere that Jesus coughed, sneezed, laughed, took a bath, or went to the restroom? Does that automatically mean he never did any of these things in his whole life?

    There's nothing magical about the word trinity and I don't know if the origins stated are true or not, but either way I will use the word because people know what it means. The word is used as a convenience to describe what the Bible already says. It already says the 3 are one, already uses the word "Godhead," and already uses the plural word "we" to describe God. There are numerous verses about this concept and those who don't like a particular word don't have to use it, but if they start denying scripture then that is something they will have to work out between them and God. Some deny the word "rapture" too, but the Bible says "caught up." If God's Word says people will be caught up then people will be caught up. Some of the wordplay fallacies can be distractions from the truth of God's Word.

    God bless.
  • Streetpreacher on Loading the Ark 2022 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Loyce, you've learned a very valuable lesson. I've been there too. It's entirely possible the Lord is calling you to pray and make intercession for the Body of Christ:

    Of which Jesus is the head.

    Intercessors stand in the gaps (in the broken down walls)

    They build up the hedges, so the enemy cannot see the soldiers lying in the ready to ambush.

    This is not a Call of Duty video game. Christians on the frontlines (pastoring, evangelizing, ministering) need the ones called to prayer.

    It's no small thing we do. Jesus is our rewarder. We will be led to pray by the Holy Spirit.

    It's done in secret or with the intercessors in the church. In a church I was a member of; all intercessors came to church on Friday nights. The associate Pastor would join and oversee the group. It was wonderful. Almost as good as evangelizing the lost.

    Nobody get the recognition or any glory. It's a meeting between the Holy Spirit and those willing to pray. The Church is blessed with financial freedom, new births, healing, deliverance and much more. Pastor never had to beg for people to show up. If we added fasting to prayer__the harvest was very great.

    The Book of Acts, the early Church was doing the same thing too. The Gospel of Christ has covered the earth. With internet and cell phones, I believe every corner and crevice has been reached.

    It's time to load the new Ark, which is Jesus Christ. Like Noah, were to build the Ark, and evangelize the lost. Numbers and good reports are Jesus's Department. :)
  • Pentecost, Apostolic - In Reply on Psalms 102 - 1 year ago
    Read the commentary on the scripture Psalms 102:9 it is explained there
  • Pentecost, Apostolic - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Amen Brother And we know it all started in Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. praise the Lord For his Salvation plan
  • Free - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Dear Abbey. This was a goid question. Try to think what love Embracing? In love and peace, we do anything for our Neighbour, and all ppl there where we are, brothers and sisters. In a service way, loving way, Humble and much much more. Jesus Loves us and We can love becouse He loved us first. Love u in Christ

    Revelation 12
  • Pentecost, Apostolic - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Yes. So you must save yourself from this untoward generation Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (this is the only way of salvation
  • Free - In Reply on Revelation 18 - 1 year ago
    Dear Darius, indeed, many young ppl begin to see where we are in the Prophecy, There will mean revival, and people who repent and believe in dead works. To tribute to the living Almighty God in the name of Jesus. Love u in Christ. Revelation 12
  • P - In Reply - 1 year ago
    First thing I can say that a true pastor should Not be Hired as it states in John 10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. A true Man of God is called of God and not hired John 10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I pray God sends you A true pastor
  • Free - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Dear Loyce Taylor, you are right, we can see and we must never stop Warn others. But if we don't see and are innocent, no one can accuse us. But as long as we see a mistake, we have to repent if it's every day. :) He's still with us every day until the end of the world.

    Thank you for your reminder, Jesus loves you, promise you in Christ

    Revelation 12
  • Loyce Taylor - 1 year ago
    I read a verse that said, watchman, if you see the enemy and don't warn others. You are responsible. So, I thought that meant to tell others about their faults. Wrong, I got to the point that I didn't trust anyone, in the church or out. I thought their are very few who obey Gods word. I learned, that it was me at fault. Who am I to say, what God does in each person. And just because He teaches me some things that He doesn't teach other's doesn't make me more wise. I was very judgemental. I couldn't find people that obeyed God's like I did. I became a Pharisee. God have mercy on me.


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