Bible Discussion Replies PAGE 519

Dear Terry,

I am so glad that you have been chosen by the Father to be a child of God! Welcome to the family!

We are given opportunities daily to be Jesus' hands and feet and to speak to others of the goodness of God in Jesus Christ. May we continue to present Him to others who do not yet know Him. I will pray for you today.

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Terry and the salvation You brought to him/her. I ask in the name of Your Son Jesus, that You will continue to grow Terry up in the faith of Jesus Christ and establish Terry firmly in Your Word. I ask that You will give Terry a most sensitive heart to be willing to obey You in the circumstances of his/her life as he/she comes in contact with people who need to come to salvation in Your Son, Jesus. I ask that You will ground Terry in Truth that is in You and not allow him/her to be carried away by any false teaching. I ask that You will keep Terry's zeal hot and at the same time to give Terry patience and a calm spirit. Amen.

Revelation 6:6 - As a general rule, when most people I know read "and see that thou hurt not the oil and the wine" - most people think of bubbling crude for automobiles and champagne for parties. But, it occurred to me that, in John's time period - most people would not be thinking of crude oil and probably, for most - not about champagne for wild parties. It seems to me that the oil and wine which John would have known about would have had more of a medical benefit - oil for healing and wine for its germ-killing properties. For example, in the story of the good Samaritan, in Luke 10, Jesus tells about the Good Samaritan binding up the wounds of the fallen traveler, pouring in oil and wine. So the oil which John would have known about would have been perhaps olive oil or fish oil (the disciples were, after all, fishermen!) Even today, the primary ingredient in Desitin, the popular diaper rash prevention product, is fish oil. We were wondering if there are any commentaries in which the author discusses the fact that the oil and wine would be referring to the medical uses of those products.

Blackfoot,

Welcome to you, too. Glad you are among us here sharing what we know of Scripture and our experiences with the Lord.

Dear Don,

Welcome to our little forum here. We are glad to have you join us. With 60+ years of walking with the Lord, I am sure You have plenty to bring to us that will edify us.

Ralph,

That is actually a funny connection. I remember those disco balls. Glad that was short lived!

Hi BSP

Makes me think of how the curse came. Adam ate from the tree that God told him not to eat. So, to remove the curse that came with disobedience, Jesus, died on a cross of wood (from a tree).

Dear Anna, I will pray for Claire today.

Dear LORD GOD, we are asking that You will cause Claire to recover from her ill health and be able to resume going out of her home to take care of all of her business and personal needs. We ask that You strengthen her body to be able to get back to normalcy. Send people to her who will help her with whatever she needs. We ask this of You, Father, in the name of Jesus, Your Son, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Dear Tatianna, I will pray for you today.

heavenly Father, we come to You today in the name of Your Son, Jesus, to ask that You quickly place Tatianna and her children in a safe home. We ask that You get them off of the "streets" and into a place to live that will suit their needs for some time. We ask that You help Tatianna recover from whatever has happened that has caused her to become homeless. We ask that You protect Tatianna and her children from harm and the dangers of being homeless. Father, help Tatianna today and give her peace and trust in You. Amen.

No not really, but it does mention false teachers, false Prophesying, false Pastors, and Minsiters.

The Bible tells how these will be Judged First i.e in 1 Peter 4:17 For it is the season of judgment beginning from the

house of God: and if it first begin from us, what shall the end be of them that are disobedient to the gospel of God?

There's a lot in this passage which gets lost in translation by most

And sadly enough misinterpretation IS false teaching when preached or taught to others, it IS false teaching, and they will be held accountable, for misleading others just like the Ministers of The House of God.

The Bible wasn't written in English, it was transliterated from the Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic language, we are to Translate, e.g the word Passover is "pesach" a made up word from two English words,,, Pass and Over

Most readers take the English definition far too literal, when we must take it back to the original and translate,,, And so it is.

My dear brother and sister in Christ (GiGi/Henry),

I just wanted to thank you both for your kindness and support. Last night, I told myself that I was going to move far away from this thread, but then received notification of your messages and felt the need to thank you both. There is so much more that I would like to say but I think it would be best to just move on.



God Bless both of you, and please, please, keep me in check if you feel I am being out of line with anyone in this forum. I do take those things to heart, and I trust and respect the both of you, along with many others here that I have come to know over these past few years. One thing that I can say with certainty, this person will never get another disagreement from me. I can promise that!

I want to know everything about being baptized I'm 56 years old and I've not done this . I would like to know everything about this so I don't mess it up

Hi BSP.

You have a lot to offer and we thank you for that, but have you thought about fitting much of that on one post or one thread so some of the other post can stay on the 1st page a little longer? It makes browsing a lot easier.

Not a demand. Thanks and God bless.

Hi Paul.

I suppose you are referring to this reply of mine.

"The Holyspirit does not have unwritten revelation to reveal he will make what Jesus said "AND LATER WRITTEN" comprehensive to us."

The key here is UNWRITTEN REVELATION.

Prophesy is WRITTEN Revelation. The verses you given is WRITTEN Revelation.

My point is there is no NEW Revelation apart from what has already been written.

For example there is not another prophet coming to give us a word that hasn't been written in the Bible.

The verses you have given is written but nothing saying to look for something NEW or someone NEW.

Are far as Jacob goes he wrestled with the pre Incarnation of Christ!!

And all those other scriptures you give that says seek Gods face doesn't mean SEE Gods face.

The Hebrew word for "face" in the Old Testament is often translated "presence." When we seek the face of God, we are seeking His presence. The call to seek God's face was issued to His people because they had abandoned Him and needed to return to Him.

Again this is not a contradiction but a misunderstanding.

We will have to agree to disagree.

Would you like to discuss the discrepancy between the book of Mormons and the Bible? If so let's do a separate thread.

God bless.

Amen Gigi.

Well spoken.

God bless.

Can God tempt?



Scripturally I'd say no in James ,1:12-17 Context God can't be tempted

Neither tempt He any man, then he further states verse17 every good and perfect

Gift comes from God which makes sense because God is the giver of

Iife and author of order and perfection.

His opposite our adversary also known as the tempter is the one who puts

Tribulation which is mental pressure to trip up God's people and manipulate

Man. Now there are places where the word tempt is used but the correct word

Is prove or test which is not tempting. We prove God's Word by believing and

Doing whats written and obeying believing He will supply the need. The children

Of Israel kept going against God in the wilderness of sin which is why it took 40

Years to clean out an unbelieving generation. Good conversation piece.

Verse 13-The people had to be obedient and walk according to God's standards in order for Him to be with them. The same is true of us today.

In the KJV Bible it mentions that we will answer for every idle word. Any in depth meaning of this?

Verse 30-As great as the wisdom of Solomon was, Jesus had the greatest wisdom of a man that ever walked this earth. We have some of Jesus' wise saying recorded in the Bible and we should look for and follow that wisdom if we want to be wise ourselves.

Verse 9-We see the humble and modest prayer that Solomon offered and how this was very pleasing to God. We must approach God in a humble and modest way as well when we are praying.

Amen !

God bless us all !

Sending love

Verse 37-Jehovah God had made David's kingship great and the same prayer was said for Solomon's kingship.

I am always trying to tie scripture to our earthly life. The sea of glass mingled with fire reminds me of the dance floors of early disco. and there was music of harps...

Verse 13-The way that Christ died by being hung on a tree is important because he lifted the curse that was to be placed upon us by dying this way. We should be truly grateful for this amazing gift that was given in our behalf.

Reference example James 1:1

Many of the books in the New Testament distinctly separate God and the Lord Jesus in their greetings. I have often wondered why.

Additionally, I have wondered why, if these 2 are separated, is the Holy Spirit left out of these greetings?

Verse 16-We never want to think that our standards are more righteous than God's standards. We must conform our way of life to His standards of right and wrong.

Amen Amen Amen. God thank you for your word and tools of this sight through the Holy Spirit

In Jesus Christ name Amen

Verse 3-We see that David's conscience was beating him because of his sin. The conscience can move us to make things right with Jehovah God and when we do make things right with God, we can experience peace.

Verse 17-Peace is a result of righteousness. True peace can not exist apart from God since He sets the standard for true righteousness.

Verse 14-If we see that a fight is about to begin where things may become violent, it is wise to take our leave and try to cool down before actions take place that we may regret.

Verse 165-When we love God's Word and live by it we can have abundant God-given peace in our lives.