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Marc

Paul is not talking about "works of the Law" in regards to Abraham in Romans 4 for he mentions circumcision and circumcion took place "before" the Law. Thus Paul is referring then to all works. Despite the extremely high value of circumcision to the Jews Abraham was justified before he was circumcis...

Marc

In the Old Law or the new one does one have to sell "all" that they have? Works in Romans 4 does include all works for Abraham was not even under the works of the Law. Paul is saying that no works he did "at that time" (which was before the Law) could justify him. Romans 4:10-12 shows that his circu...

Marc

You are stunned that I take the words of the Lord Jesus and discard the simple meaning? So did the Lord Jesus really mean that in order to inherit eternal life one must keep the commandments He listed in Luke 18 or did He have something else in mind? Concerning works in Romans 4 Paul is talking abou...

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The Lord Jesus did not literally mean that belief is a work for that would contradict Romans 4:5. The people were asking Him what "works" (plural) they must do that God requires. Rather than directly correcting them with the fact that works are not required for salvation the Lord Jesus incorporated ...

Marc

Hi all, I grew up and spent most of my life in New England (Connecticut). I really became interested in spirtual things when my high school chemistry teacher would talk about the Bible in class and would entertain the students questions. Looking back this was pretty amazing since this was a chemistr...

Marc

The more I study the Bible the more I realize that water baptism is not necessary for salvation. I'd like to touch on my previous posting concerning 1 John 4:13. It says that one can know they abide in God because He has "given" them of His Spirit. Notice the word "given" for it is the same Greek wo...

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At first believing OSAS as true then denying it I now once again hold to my original belief that it is indeed what the Bible teaches. Below are a few passages to support this belief. 1. Psalms 37:28 - God "does not" forsake those who are saved. They are "preserved" forever. 2. John 13:10 - "He who h...

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I concur with the previous post. In relation to that I would also like to point out how in many movies and television shows that God's name is taken in vain. I don't know how others feel about it but when ever I hear someone say the name of Jesus Christ in an exclamatory way or speak as if God's las...

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Yeh hi. I'd like to summarize the case that water baptism is not necessary for salvation based on the previous posts concerning Cornelius and the Holy Spirit - plus I'll add one more. A. Cornelius "received the Holy Spirit" (Acts 10:47) before he was water baptized. 1. Does 1 John 4:13 say that if o...

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Yeh hi. I'd like to summarize the case that water baptism is not necessary for salvation based on the previous posts concerning Cornelius and the Holy Spirit - plus I'll add one more. A. Cornelius "received the Holy Spirit" (Acts 10:47) before he was water baptized. 1. Does 1 John 4:13 say that if o...

Marc

Basically there are three people running for office. Candidate A is pro-death (also known as pro-choice). Candidate B is pro-life except in cases where it involves rape, incest or the mothers life is at stake. Candidate C is pro-life in all situations. Here's the dilemma. Candidate A and B are at ab...

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I may plan on moderation but I will not end up there? What of the people who are not drunkards but do drink and then eventually die and not because of it. They never ended up there. Yeh if something else new is not presented this discussion will end. Thanks alot for it.

Marc

For much of my life I was troubled and confused about the aggressive demeanor of American women and this would include those who said they were Christians. But after spending a few years in South Korea and Japan it really gave me a renewed appreciation of women. So many of them, including non-Christ...

Marc

You cite Leviticus 10:9; Proverbs 20:1; 31:4, 6 as negative uses of sheker. Again I say how very convenient. All of a sudden it does refer to intoxicating drink here but when it is used in Deuteronomy 14:26 then it does not refer to intoxicating drink. One or the other. You are picking and choosing ...

Marc

Hey man,
I gave good evidence that drinking alcohol is fine. The Bible simply warns against its abuse just like practically everything else. Plus the fact I just want my beer!

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The Jehovah's Witnesses say no but I have a few passages that I believe say yes. If I am misinterpreting them or there are any others that exist please do tell. a. Matthew 28:9 says the women who were at the tomb "took hold of His feet". His feet must have been physical in order for them to hold the...

Marc

Yeh sorry about that but I meant to write Adam Clarke's commentary at 1 Timothy 5:23.

Marc

1 Peter 4:1-4 does not forbid drinking wine but it's overindulgence as it's use of drunkeness and what occurs because of it. You write that Timothy was approximately 30 years old by the writing of Timothy. What do you base this on? Paul calls him a youth and that is what the Greek word means - a you...

Marc

Molesting children is doing physical harm to them and would thus be wrong. Again you can not prove that drinking alcoholic beverages is evil. The Scripture warns against its overindulgence not its consumption. Furthermore in terms of Timothy it has been answered. He was still a youth. Yes a young ma...

Marc

Since sheker may have various meanings we cannot tell for sure if it means that it is alcoholic. But the original post asked "Is drinking wine wrong biblically"? Since you can not be sure of it's meaning you can not be sure that it is wrong and therefore it falls under Christian liberty. You wrote "...

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Yeh hi. I was just considering the use of Kurios (Lord) in the New World's Translation used primarily by the Jehovah's Witnesses. Basically, I was wondering on what grounds do they decide to tranlsate Kurios as Jehovah or as Lord. When they think it refers to the Father is it Jehovah and when it ref...

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OK found another Scriptural proof that Cornelius was saved before he was water baptized. In Romans 8:15 the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of adoption. Thus by receiving the Holy Spirit before he was water baptized into what was Cornelius now adopted into before he was water baptized?

Marc

The evidence continues to mount that Cornelius was saved before he was water baptized. In John 7:38 and 39 the Lord Jesus equates the Holy Spirit with "living water". This living water (the Holy Spirit) according to the Lord Jesus in John 4:14 "shall" spring up to "eternal life". Cornelius had the l...

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I have believed that women are not allowed to preach based on 1 Timothy 2:12. How can a women preach in light of this passage?

Marc

Is it true that the Nicene creed declares that Christ is one Being with the Father?
They are the same Being but not the same Person.

Marc

In terms of Cornelius speaking in tongues obviously those with Peter knew that it meant he was "in" the body of Christ for that was the sign he had received the Holy Spirit. How else would they have known that the Holy Spirit "fell" upon" him? They didn't "see" the Holy Spirit but they ceratinly saw...

Marc

Teachers of the gospel are teachers that are "in" the body of Christ. 1 Timothy 2:5 says there is one God and one mediator between God and men the man Christ Jesus. According to that line of reasoning since it doesn't say "only one God" and "only one mediator" we could have more that one God and mor...

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Something else that I recently just thought of concerning Cornelius. God is the truth (Isaiah 65:16). Christ is the truth (John 14:6). The Holy Spirit is the truth (1 John 5:7 NASB 1977) If you have one Person of the Trinity then you have all three Persons of the Trinity. So not only was Cornelius b...

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Acts 2:38 and 10:44-48 are clear. In the first case the Israelites received the Holy Spriit after they were water baptized and in the second case the Gentiles received Him before they were water baptized. That is what the texts declare. In terms of those in Acts 8 and 19 we could go back and forth a...

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A previous post stated that those in Acts 19 to whom Paul baptized were not Israelites for they did not know of the Holy Spirit. However, as my NASB 1977 states in their footnote in relation to "there is a Holy Spirit" (Acts 19:2) it says, "Or, the Holy Spirit has been given." They simply didn't kno...

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Jerusalem, Judaea and Samaria represent the Israelites while the uttermost parts of the earth represent the Gentile nations. I'm not sure why He mentions it three times. It is God and not necessarily man that classifies people. The Bible is clear that the Israelites were to be water baptized first t...

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The Samaritans were catergorized among the Israelites as seen in Acts 1:8 - Jersusalem, Judaea, Samaria "then" the rest of the (Gentile) world. In terms of those in Acts 19 Adam Calrke is right when he wrote that these were probably Asiatic Jews. These were subject to John's baptism and John baptize...

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Yeh hi, just doing some thinking about capital punishment. I'm not sure where I stand on it but would appreciate any input. It seems the biblical basis for it are found in such passages as Leviticus 20:10 and Romans 13:4 among others. But what I am having a difficult time understanding is that David...

Marc

Hey! I just noticed something. In my Tuesday October 18, 2005 6:44pm I wrote in the first paragraph "baptized into Jesus Christ". I should have written that Romans 6:4 and Colossians 2:12 employ the similar phrase "buried with Him through (in) baptism". Two other things are worth pointing out. First...

Marc

I have looked up the words in Blue Letter Bible and they mean to be or become drunk and drunkenness. I didn't see any alternative meaning. I have given good evidence as to what they mean. I haven't seen anything that contradicts this. If you are going to state that an activity is sinful and wrong th...

Marc

Yes a word can have more than one meaning. But the meaning of these Hebrew words as used in the Bible are to be or become drunk and drunkenness. In 1 Timothy 3:3, 8 and Titus 1:7; 2:3 Paul writes that certain people should not be "addicted" or "enslaved" to wine. Why would this be a concern if it wa...

Marc

The Hebrew words as posted above are very clear as to what they mean. The definitions are to be or become drunk and drunkeness. Why is it that we readily accept the meaning of wine in Ephesians 5:18 but then turn around and insist that it can't be the same thing in John 2:9? I don't know. There woul...

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Sheker was definately intoxicating. Etymologically it is derived from "shakhar" - "to be or become drunk" (Genesis 9:21; Isaiah 29:9; Jeremiah 25:27). Compare this with "drunkard" (shikker) and "drunkeness" (shikkaron). Isaiah warns of its excess because of its stupefying effects in Isaiah 28:7-8. M...

Marc

According to Deuteronomy 14:26 the Israelites were allowed to drink "wine" and I might add "strong drink".
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The Lord Jesus is prayed to in the following six passages: a. Acts 1:24, 25 b. 2 Corinthians 12:8 c. 2 Timothy 4:18 d. 2 Peter 3:18 e. Revelation 5:11-14 d. Revelation 22:3, 4 a. Acts 1:24, 25 - And they prayed and said, Thou Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two Thou ...

Marc

Hi Sid,
I did not misread the passage in Acts 9. It tells us outright that Paul did indeed receive his sight as the result of the laying on of Ananias's hands. It does not explicitly say that he was filled with the Holy Spirit because of it.

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In terms of the Lord Jesus, He too was an Israelite and as such He would receive the Holy Spirit after He was water baptized. Cornelius (the Gentile) is our example that the Lord has given to us in terms of when a person today receives the Holy Spirit - and that before they are water baptized. Marc ...

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Hi Sid, In terms of Saul receiving the Holy Spirit before he was water baptized, the text, specifically Acts 9:17, 18, does not explicitly say. It does tell us that he received his sight. His reception of the Holy Spirit like all other Israelites most probably took place after he was water baptized....

Marc

You have not really addressed my questions. You keep repeating yourself thinking that if you keep stating the same (false) statement it will make it true. You are saying that one can have the Holy Spirit such as Cornelius and still be lost but that totally contradicts Romans 8:9; Galatians 4:6 and 1...

Marc

Romans 6:3 is a spiritual baptism just like Colossians 2:11, 12 is. Both employ the same phrase "baptized into Jesus Christ" and as already shown the Colossian passage refers to a spiritual baptism. Of course Romans 8:9 (and Galatians 4:6) is being referred to those who are already Christians. Paul ...

Marc

No, you haven't really addressed Cornelius. You are saying that he was still unsaved even though he had the Holy Spirit. This contradicts Romans 8:9; Galatians 4:6 and 1 John 4:13. Could Cornelius refer to God as "Father" when he received/was baptized with/was filled with the Holy Spirit before he w...

Marc

Your first sentence doesn't make any sense. At first you say I didn't address the things you brought up but then you say I disagreed with them. Isn't disagreeing with them with biblical support addressing them? I'll get to your questions when you deal with the last two statetments I have left in my ...

Marc

You keep bringing up things I have already addressed. For the third time Paul was not saved until he was baptized. This was true for all Israelites. You also keep saying that baptism is commanded for us to be saved but several times I have shown that Cornelius already "received the Holy Spirit" (Act...

Marc

The conversion of Cornelius does not show that the Gentiles "would be accepted" but that they "were accepted". For he had already received the Holy Spirit and to have the Holy Spirit shows that one is saved (Romans 8:9; Galatians 4:6 and 1 John 4:13). Baptism is necessary "after" one is saved. It is...

Marc

Acts 2:38 applies only to the Israelites of the transitional time of Acts (see also Acts 22:16). According to Ephesians 4:5 there is "one baptism". But this one baptism comes in two forms - an inner testimony (spiritual) and an outer seal (physical). Just like the use of "one Lord" can and does refe...

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