Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 439

If you add or removed anything from his word which is the bible, you will not enter into eternal life and you will be taken out of the book of life which has the names of all those who have been given salvation at the cross by the grace of God.

Amen

Thank you Dr. Adams. I think we're referring to two things here: the Sabbath that you wish to observe, if as a nurse, you worked a 'non-standard' week, and secondly, the Sabbath that was specified by God for His people, Israel, to observe.

a. in the example you gave, it would be quite appropriate for you to rest on your seventh day, even if that day should fall on any other day other than Saturday. Personally, I would just call it my rest day & not my Sabbath as to some folk that might infer that I'm recognizing & observing the Jewish Sabbath & changing it to 'my Sabbath day'; but maybe that's another discussion.

b. in relation to God's Command to Israel to "keep the Sabbath (the seventh day) holy" & as to "what day to start or stop"(your comment), I would suggest the following. Israel, from the time of the giving of the Law, knew exactly when their working week (or rather, days of toil & wandering in the desert) started and stopped. You may recall the Scripture in Exodus 16:25-30, where God provided manna for six days & the people had to collect extra on the sixth day to tide them over for the seventh day (Sabbath). This continued throughout their wanderings so they had a calendar of sorts to mark out their days of toil & their day of rest; the arrival/cessation of manna never failed. This 'calendar' never changed since then & even when Jesus went through the corn fields on the Sabbath ( Matthew 12:1), or went to read in the synagogue on the Sabbath Day ( Luke 4:16), He never upbraided the Jews for observing a day that was not the very same one specified by God in Exodus.

And for today also, I believe that the Sabbath Day falls on the Saturday (as per the Gregorian calendar that we use), as Jews also recognize it & observe it. Chabad dot org, confirms that Chanukah begins this year on Sunday, December 18 and ends on Sunday, December 25 (with December 24 being their Sabbath - Kislev 30). I hope this helps a little.

Hi DrTAdams.

I don't believe the days of the week was named back then. When they were named they named the 7th day Saturday.

And we know God rested on the 7th day from all his work.

However the Sabbath day was given to Israel.

S Spencer

God bless.

Thanks, I will think about it.

Again, Anonymous,

I recommend reading the book of Romans. The first chapter speaks directly to what I have posted to you.

Dear Dr. T. Adams.

You are correct. As a N.T. saint we are not bound to the Mosaic Law, but the spirit of the law is what we should be mindful of and order our life accordingly.

Check your calendar, what is the last day in the calendar? On what day does the seventh day fall? The week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. God bless you all.

Hello. Some say that sin has been with us since we were born. That is why we can never be a good man. But there is no way to convince those atheists that Adam and Eve truly existed and betrayed the lord. And regarding "everyone is made aware of God's existence", to be frank, even I didn't realize it.

I always hold that one will only become religious when he is told to or when he lacks something psychologically and seeks it. What can Christianity provide us with its inherently guilty remarks

No man knows the day or hour of the Lord's return. In the book of Revelation, we are reading about the prophecy of events pertaining to the seven-year tribulation which will happen after the church (Body of Christ) is raptured to be taken out of the way of God's judgment to come upon the earth. Things we are seeing today are happening on a global scale and are the beginning of the end as I see it. The focus would be on Israel for the Bible tells us about the times of the Gentiles coming to a close and God turning back to Israel to fulfill His promise to Abraham as a people of earthly inheritance. Israel did become a nation in 1948 and has flourished as a people returning back to their homeland and the land has blossomed as prophesied in the bible. All these signs are before us today and we can say we are in the generation to see the Lord as mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 24:34. My heart rest in the fact of what Jesus said to not let your heart be troubled for where He is there you will be ( John 14:1-3). Promise is; where I go, He goes, and I can rest in the fact that He will never leave me nor forsake me. So, as a Child of God greater is He that is within me than he that is in the world. We are not on the losing team so why worry about tomorrow when we have now and can look forward to our eternity with Christ. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh (Luke21:28).

Hi. I sent a reply to your other post.

Hello Bplumley. We read about this in 1 Corinthians 9:24,25: "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible."

As you've read the chapter, the Apostle Paul wrote about how specific his ministry was to both Jew & Gentile - that he was doing everything possible to evangelize them & win them to Christ (v22: "...that I might by all means save some).

Then he encourages the Corinthian believers to also do likewise: 'to run the race (the race of living the Life of Christ in them & in service to Him), so that they might win the prize.' Here, Paul alludes to the Corinthian/Isthmian games which his readers would have been familiar with. The athletes had only one thing on their minds: to gain the coveted prize (the crown of special leaves placed on the head or neck, garlanding the winner). But how long did the wreath last for? In a few days, the leaves dried & withered, and in a few months or years, the winner's name might also be forgotten. This Paul called the 'corruptible crown'. Even though the athletes maintained a heavy regimen of training throughout the year in preparation, they did it all for a momentary period of glory & recognition.

For Paul though, and for the believer, our crown (the incorruptible crown), is that which is given by the Lord Himself to His children who have struggled & won the battle against the onslaughts of our enemy, Satan. Paul said "But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection...", which means that he exercised great discipline in his Christian walk & singular focus on his calling to evangelize. This he willingly did, knowing that his reward lay with Jesus, a crown incorruptible, and not like what man might gain on Earth.

For the crowns (or, recognition) mentioned, see: 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 2 Timothy 4:8; 1 Peter 5:4; James 1:12.

Bplumley,

We as believers receive an incorruptible crown. It says in 1 Corinthians 9:25 "And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible."



So, every man that strives for the mastery, (or discipline), is temperate (disciplined and controlled) in all things.



I'm not sure if you've ever been in sports, but if you have, you know that unless you have a natural ability, you have to be disciplined in what you eat, how much sleep you get, and how much you exercise.



Now they do it, (and he's talking about the colosseum games), they do it to obtain a corruptible crown;



They get this little wreath that weaves around your head and dies out in a couple of days. That's a corruptible crown. They go through all of that just for that?



But we, (believers) an incorruptible crown. This is eternity with Christ and the crown He has to give. He gives us an incorruptible crown. He gives us eternal life.

Thanks brother for that useful short Greek lesson. When you wrote "Ancient greek - Dee-oh-treh-feh(long)s", it seems that what Strong's has shown is very similar - so maybe this ancient Greek is what's being used.

And then you mentioned, "Modern greek - Thee-oh-treh-fee(short)s, stressed in the last syllable." This was interesting, because in Hindi/Urdu, we have the 'heavy D' (the tongue dropping from the roof of the mouth) and the 'soft D' (tongue between the teeth). And then we get the 'aspirated D' (heavy D with air expelled). So I can appreciate that in Greek also, there are similar variations to alphabetical sounds.

As for German, I did a year's study while at school. Was able to read it fairly well, but got only a little further than, 'ich bin, du bist, er ist, etc. etc.' Languages are wonderful - wish I had the gift to acquire them more easily & fully. Thanks again for taking the time to help us appreciate your wonderful language, that of the NT.

Anything that doesn't have eternal value is corrupted. Anything that has been touched by sin has been corrupted. All mankind can achieve a crown as a reward of his doings but with no eternal value. Corruption carries a death sentence with a rot that will corrupt what it comes in contact with. Just as in Adam all have sinned and have been corrupted through the deceit of self-righteousness (pride) as their crown of glory. Only "in Christ" is incorruption found and honored as pleasing as voice by God himself ( Matthew 3:17). Christ alone is God's only means of righteous standing before Him as Holy and acceptable, therefore without the "crown" of Christ righteousness you have no righteousness of your own to be in the presence of the only Holy Righteous God. You must understand simple terminology laid out in the KJV bible which many times is lost or left out in other versions such as "in", "of". Example: we are saved and live by faith "in" Christ, but we are to walk by the faith "of" Christ (Rom.3:22, Gal.2:16, Phil.3:9). Remember small words can carry a lot of meaning. Rightly dividing the Word of Truth must be an essential in understanding (2Tim.2:15 and this verse you find changed in other versions) the Bible. In short, the crown is your reward of life, and all will receive a crown; the unrighteous (in Adam as the lost) to everlasting destruction (resulting in hell and separation from God b/c of rejecting Christ for salvation) and the righteous (as the saved and sanctified in Christ) unto Eternal life (with God).

Inami,

I encourage you to begin reading the Bible starting with the book of Romans, then the gospel of John.

Dear Anonymous,

The truth is that all people know that they are sinners, even if they are very scientific minded. Science studies natural phenomena. But sin is a spiritual matter, and all of us have a soul that knows we have done wrong to others. This does not mean that they actually know God in the Christian sense, but everyone is made aware of God's existence in some way. Read Romans chapter 1. God sees to it that everyone is made aware. But many will refuse to submit to God and forsake their ways, so they try to find ways to convince themselves that God does not exist. But deep down they know He does, they just don't want him to exist because then they must face His knowledge of and conviction of their own sin.

What do you have to say about Ch. 22 verse 19 of revelations about being removed from the lamb's book of life to explain this verse

Hi Spencer.

The grk word "hupostasis" or as it is in modern grk "hypostasis" (similarly to "hypothesis" instead of "hupothesis") means nature, existence and similar things. Now if with the word "substance" (grk "ousia") is meant what that nature consists of, the matter, well one could probably consider it like this. But the most common meaning is nature or existence.

I have looked it up in numerous grk Bibles, none of them interpretes it like that, most of them say existence, reality or something similar. I have looked it up in many Eng. versions and the interpretations I found out are substance, confidence, assurance, reality,...and for "evidence" assurance, conviction, sign, proof, evidence...so it seems there are various interpretations that actually lead to the same conclusion although different between them.

Pron. in mod. grk. Hee-poh-stah-sees, and in anc. grk Hoo-poh-sta-seh(long)s.

I do not want to make any comment about Strong's dictionary or any work from people who have studied those things extensively. I am not a scholar and my job is not to check other people's works especially those of scientists, I am not the proper person for that. What I say is what I know and what I have read.

KJB is a very good translation. It is written in Old English so sometimes English readers need clarifications, as I read in posts. Even in cases that the actual translation is not that accurate, the actual meaning is not altered. Sometimes it is very difficult to find respective words in Eng. There are grk words that have not got a completely respective in Eng. I don't think it is possible to translate from any language to any other other language perfectly, there will be always mismatches but the most important thing is not to alter the initial meaning, and I think KJB has done well in that. Besides it is considered one of the best Engl. translations wordwide, so who am I to speak about it.

Also nowadays one can look words up on the net, a lot of information there.

GBU

Well done Sir !

The Bible never mentions what day to start or stop, it just says for 6 days, you shall labor, and on the 7th day, I rest. So, if I am a nurse and my work day starts on Wednesday, and I work 6 days, my 6th day would actually be Monday, so couldn't I have my sabbath on Tuesday, since it does not specify a day of the week in remembrance of God the Father? Would I not still be honoring God if I labor for 6 days and rest on the 7th?

Hello Richmond,

It begins by saying, "And he gave some."

You see, he's still talking about giving. He didn't give people to become apostles, He gave the apostles. He gave the prophets. He gave some evangelists; and fourthly, some pastors and teachers;

That last one is all one person, pastors and teachers.

A pastor must be a teacher. A teacher doesn't always have to be a pastor, but if you're going to be a pastor, you better be able to teach, or they'll "put you out to pasture!"

So the apostles, those are those originals who saw Christ. They walked with Christ and were commissioned with the gospel.

Some prophets, who travelled and preached the word. Some evangelists, who are centered on preaching the gospel to the lost.

And of course the pastors and teachers, they are the ones to feed the flock of God.

So we have these categories. We have a distribution of grace. We have categories of ministers that are given to the body of Christ as gifts. And it's for the edification of the saints.

Hi.

Amen and You're welcome

Stay in the word of God and pray always. I know it's hard to do but surround yourself with people like yourself. Hungry for the word of God.

Feel free to ask further questions.

May the Lord bless you on your journey.

Hi Chris.

Sory for my delayed reply but I was not able to respond so far.

Firstly you don't have to pronounce those names like greeks do, I am sure the English way is enough.

But just for the sake of the conversation. Well some tips tips about greek pronunciation, we are going to need them.

Vowels: "a" is pronounced as "ah", "i" as "ee"(short), "o" as "oh" , "e", this letter is used in Engl. to represant two different grk. letters 1. a letter called "epsilon" which is pronounced as "eh" and 2. a letter called "eta" which is pronounced as a long "eh" (ancient grk) or as "ee"(modern grk), "u" as "oo"(anc grk) or "ee"(mod. grk), "ou" as "oh-oo"(anc. grk) or "oo" (mod.grk).

Syllables: Syllabes in greek are of the form consonant(or double/triple cons.)-vowel, a single vowel, very few times as cons-vowel-cons(usually at the end of the word) and rarely vowel-cons.(most often at the end).

Consonants. With the letter "d" the grk letter "Delta" is represented. Delta is pron. as "d"(anc.grk) or "th"(mod. grk) like in the word "the"

So lets try it: (I am writting the vowels as pronounced).

Ancient greek- Dee-oh-treh-feh(long)s

Modern greek- Thee-oh-treh-fee(short)s, stressed in the last syllable.

Lets try another one"

"Pantokrator Theos", greek for ""Almighty God"

Tip: the combinaion "nt" is pronounced as "d" in mod. grk.

So, it is "Pah-doh-krah-tohr Theh-ohs", stressed the first in "krah" and the second in "ohs", also the "r" is always pronounced at the end.

Some more: Europe in ancient greek is "Eh-oo-roh-peh(long), stressed in "roh". Australia is "Ah-oo-strah-lee-a"

Headache? Well, not surprised at all. The phonetics are so different. The same happened to me when I tried to learn German a few years ago, I was spraining my tongue all the time so I gave up at the end.

GBU

Ouestion. Please explain the corruptible crown or is it called the incorruptible?

The crowns we are to receive I need to know is it the corruptible crown or incorruptible. I see both. Which is it and explain what it is for

When paul said, "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ( Eph. 4: 11-12). Was he stating that pastors and teachers are one (Pastor-teacher; Shepherd-teacher)? If so how could it be the fivefold ministry? I believe they have different functions but isn't teaching the responsibility of an apostle and evangelist? Or is it solely the responsibility of the Pastor? Please clarify or explain this. I am confused.

Good to meet You, Greg. May you be blessed by God's Word as you read it. May the Holy Spirit enlighten your mind to understanding.

god bless you to and if your beginning to read the bible and prasing god and just thanking him everything just like me I recommend you to spread the word and the truth because me now being a Christian and starting the a new chapter of my life I feel a lot different and trust me this for me is not a easy process specially with me being born in a generation were kids and teens my age are so blinded by today's society that they don't see there blessing and not a lot of them praise jesus and praise god for all he has done for his children because we are all the children of god we are his creation but the world to me is so messed up that a lot of god children are so blinded and does not know the true word of god.

thank you for sending me this I really thank you and I was thinking about becoming a mother when I get older I'm only 16 now but I was watching a guy named young don where he talked a lot about Christianity and his journey of being a Christian man and he was the person who really inspired me to start reading the bible and praying the lord daily and also not only that but growing a powerful connection with god and a very strong bond with Jesus. And just thank the lord daily and ask him to forgive me for my sins not only that but I really think about all the evil things that I did in the past and how messed up I was as a human being and as a child of god now I realized how blinded I was to the world and how I always ran from god himself but I now I realized that I will no longer do such a thing and instead I will praise him and thank Jesus every single minute of the day for keeping me alive and well and also healthy and also protecting my family and me as well.

Amen Brother Chris!

Very well put together!

God bless you.