Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 267

1 CORINTHIANS 6:19 Don't you know that your body is the temple of Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God ? You do not belong to yourself but to God; he bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God's glory.

You get BAPTIZE with WATER where you repent from your sins and you RECEIVE the HOLY SPIRIT and then there is BAPTISM of the HOLY SPIRIT in which you receive the gift of the Holy spirit who will LIVE IN YOU and so IT IS WRITTEN that our BODY is a TEMPLE which means we CANNOT do any IMMORAL ACT(like self-pleasure) with our OWN BODY, it will be a SIN against GOD.



I hope you understand and would like to request you to read 1 CORINTHIANS it will help you to know more about the HOLY SPIRIT, GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, IMMORAL ACTS, MARRIAGE.

GOD BLESS YOU SISTER!

David0921 lemme just say this to you and your doctrine of the bible being God himself....Israel was Sola Scriptura Written words only....They knew the bible by heart....But Jesus tells them you are of your father the Devil....Not that the bible was of the devil but their hearts were of the Devil.....And the written word cd not fix their hearts....It wd require a New Covenant to give mankind a new heart and a new spirit by the blood of Jesus at Calvary.... Rev 5:1...Now there is a new BOOK in the right hand of the Father, this is the book of life....That N.C.....And whosoever was not found written in this new book of life that Jesus wrote with his own blood was cast into the lake of fire....Which is baptism of the H.G. and fire....That fire that Jesus wants to bring on all the world....As our God is a consuming fire....That is gonna consume mans evil adamic heart...Thats y Jesus says he came to bring fire on the earth....Which is a cleansing Fire...As Malachi 3:2 explains.

Thus Faith can only come by the living word the seed of the sower that book in the Fathers right hand....Initiating a spiritual pregnancy by the seed of the bridegroom as his seed is spirit and life ... Hebrews 11:1...Thats y Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen....Even in the natural when a woman is pregnant she has the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen...The Child....B/C i have spoken these words sorrows has filled your hearts....A spiritual pregnancy....He wants to impregnate this whole world with his precious seed.... Jeremiah 30:6 Why do i see the whole world in travail and birthpains....David thats y the new birth is so important....And it can only happen by the living word the contents of that book in the fathers right hand....Not by reading a bible...HE HAS TO KNOW US....WE NEED LIVING SEED ( THE BRIDEGROOMS SEED)...Not written words...But the seed of the Bridegroom are Living words of life the Children of Promise..THE H.G...

Who are the saints?

In ( 1 Cor. 1:2) Tells us "Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are (sanctified) in Christ Jesus, (called) (to be saints), with all that in every place ((call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord))". The word (sanctified) is #37; it means to make holy, purify or consecrate (mentally) to venerate, hallow, be holy.

Th word (called) is #2822; it means invited, i.e. appointed, or (specifically) a saint, invitation, calling.

The word (saints) is #40; it means sacred, physically pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonial consecrated (most) holy, clean, innocent.

( Acts. 9:11-15) v13 Tells us "Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done ((to thy saints)) at Jerusalem". Who had Saul been doing much evil, persecuting and even having them to be put to death at Jerusalem? TRUE BELIEVERS in Jesus Christ.

v14 Tells us "And here he had authority from the chief priests to bind ((all that call on thy name))". (All who called on the name of Jesus Christ were the saints). That was All True Believers.

( Acts. 26:10) Tells us "Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of ((the saints)) did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them". The ones who Saul was having put to death were the True Believers in Jesus Christ, THE SAINTS.

The word (saints) is in the New Testament 60 times, 13 of those are in the book of Revelation. All 60 have the same meaning in the Greek Language.

No difference in any of them, ALL 60 have THE SAME MEANING in the Greek Language.

Being a True Believer in Jesus Christ is what made one a saint during the time period that Saul was executing them.

(The first Christians)

Being a True Believer in Jesus Christ is what makes one a saint today, also those saints in the book of Revelation are True Believers in Jesus Christ.

Blessing to all.

Free thank you for your comment, never stop speaking the Truth. Truth matters.

God Bless you.

Dear Preston,

Sin does send us to hell in the sense that those who do not believe the gospel and put their faith in God in Jesus Christ is the very sin that keeps us separated from God and at enmity with Him. God's wrath remains on these unbelievers and the justification that comes through faith does not apply to them because of rejection of it in refusing to receive it through Jesus.

Those who do believe in the Jesus and attest to the salvation He bought for us in His sacrificial death and perfectly lived life have their sins forgiven and are considered righteous before the Father because we receive the righteousness of Jesus' perfect life when He took upon Himself our sins and paid the ransom for our deliverance in His death.

Those who do not believe in Jesus are not covered by the blood of Jesus and their sins remain upon them even though Jesus' death paid the price for ALL, only those who believe receive this salvation. Those who do not turn to God in Christ cannot do anything in themselves to erase any of their sins.

If Jesus had not agreed with the Father to fulfill the everlasting covenant of salvation sealed before the creation of the world and if He had not come to do what was deemed necessary by this covenant to redeem mankind, every person would go to hell because of their sins. Thankfully, the Godhead in His mercy and grace made every provision come to pass to save us who believe. Praise be to Him forever.

can anyone help me with some insight on the sound of a going in the book of 1 chron chapter 14?

sin separates us from God luckily for us we have an advocate with the father in Christ Jesus to repent and turn from it from then on resist the devil and he will flee.

does sin send you to hell

Pierre1939,

This will be the last comment I will make to you on this subject.

You keep saying that God is not "paper and ink". And of course that is true in the physical sense. But God ONLY communicates with mankind as the we "read" the scriptures or "hear" them read to us. "Faith cometh by HEARING and HEARING by the Word of God" Romans 10:17. God is not communicating to mankind using dreams or voices or visions or tongues coming directly from God once the Bible was completed with the book of Revelations.

Anyone that believes otherwise would be in violation of Revelation 22:18,19.

However, God the Holy Spirit must be active in opening our understanding and applying the Word to our heart, as we "HEAR" the Word with our spiritual ears. That is what Romans 10:17 is saying.

I hope you will come to understand that because it is very serious business if we do not.

Hello friends

We haven't heard from Adakm for a while. Wondering, Adam, how you are doing. Hope to hear from you soon.

Tanks for the kind words Texsis and you're welcome.

God bless you.

Thanks Alex.

However not in context of my reply.

God bless

I like your words I get up every morning and thank the Lord Jesus Christ for dying on the cross for my sins and ask him to forgive me for all the sins I've done and ask for forgiveness I've known him for 27 years I've not done a good job and serving him he does let me know when he's there the other day I was sitting at Walmart waiting on the bus I forgot the conversation but she's a nurse at a nursing home my ex-wife's in a nursing home she doesn't want me to go there anymore it's been 10 months so this nurse lady she told me that she was fine she works night and she told me the guy nurse he does a good job that's my Lord Jesus Christ just let me know he's here I just want to share that

Hiya S. Spencer love ya my man....Remember what Jesus said there is gonna be only 1 shepherd and 1 sheepfold....Not 2 So there is no more Jew of Gentile... Gal. 3:28 we are all 1 in Christ Jesus....1 st COR 12 :13....By 1 spirit are we all baptised into the body of Christ, Jew or Gentile....bond or free ....There is only 1 bridegroom thus the church has to be one....God so loved the world etc

He took of the twain and made 1 new man....Which is our new innerman the H.G. that new Creature...our new hearts etc

David0921 God spoke to Peter and Paul without a bible....Jesus told Peter flesh and blood Has not revealed it unto you but my Father in heaven which is the living word....And God spoke to Paul without a bible on the road to Damascus....Today if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts....Its only Jesus that has the words of life....Peter said to whom shall we go lord thou has the words of Eternal life....Thats y Jesus had to die to bring in a new covenant that wd put Christ in the hearts of all men....If i be lifted up i will draw all men unto me....I will know them all from the least to the greatest and they shall no more teach know the lord for they shall all know me from the least to the greatest Jeremiah 31:31...And they shall all be taught of God....Not by a bible but by God himself....David God wants to speak to mans hearts by his Spirit...I will give them a new heart and a new spirit....Not a new bible with the Words of man....As Peter is saying being bornagain of an incorruptible seed even by the words of God THAT LIVETH AND ABIDETH FOR EVER....LIVING WORDS NOT WRITTEN WORD....Which is that book of life in the fathers right hand

By my spirit saith the lord....Which is that New Covenant....The letter is a killer but its the spirit that is a life giving force....Our husband is a living being which is the gift of God the H.G.....Not the bible which is paper and ink...The letter.....We do not wanna be married to paper and ink but to spirit and life....We cannot bring forth fruit unto God by reading a bible....Its gona come via the seed of our husband which is a living seed...Thats y he has to know us.

Yes, thank you. I just learn, after being faithful to kjv for yrs, the word murder & kill have 2 totally different meanings so for Dueteromomy 5 to say "thou shall not kill" is wrong. Should say murder. This is the main reason I stopped my daily prayer time & reading on this site. I want to learn His truth before saying/praying incorrectly. So thank you for clearing this up as well as So many other discussions I've read from you. God has truly blessed you w/wisdom & knowledge.

Hiya Gi-Gi Gbu sweety..Lemme try to talk to you a min.... Romans 7:4 You are dead to the law by the body of Christ that you should be married to another even Christ Jesus the living word...That you should bring forth FRUIT unto God...GiGi we don't wanna be married to paper and ink Our bridegroom is Christ Jesus which is God Spirit and life...We cannot bring forth fruit unto God by reading the bible the written word a killer....As 2 Cor. 3:6 is telling us He has made able ministers of the New Covenant...Not of the letter but of the spirit...The letter is a killer but the spirit gives life..Jesus is not the author of a killer but of the spirit...Which is that book in the right hand of the father..That book of life is the N.C....GiGi we need to birth a baby Christ that Child of Promise but the bible does not have that good seed.... Mat. 13:37....Jesus says its only the son of man that soweth the good seed which is his VOICE the living Word...The bible cannot sow that good seed...simply b/c its spirit and life....the bible is just paper and ink a nite light...We cannot bring forth fruit unto God by reading the bible....Even in the natural a woman cannot get pregnant by reading a book...And we need to birth the Child which is the H.G. the Child of Promise the good FRUIT...Thats y he is saying b/c i have spoken these words ( his seed living words) sorrows have filled your hearts... John 16:13...A woman when she is in travail has sorrows but after the Child comes her sorrows are turned into Joy...The Child is the H.G. that Child of Promise...But the woman cannot get pregnant by reading a book ( the bible)...the written words....My words are spirit and life...We need to know our husband who has living seed...Our fruit the Child is very important....Unless ya receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child you will in no wise enter there in....The woman in Rev.12 does not receive the Kingdom till she births the Child...Whosoever receiveth one such child in my name receives ME...GBU.

The following are the fundamental principles of Bible study that the God Himself lays down in the Bible:

Christ is the author of the whole Bible. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we behold his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." John 1:1,14

"Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit" 2 Peter 1:21

Christ spoke in parables, earthly stories with a heavenly meaning. "But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples." Mark 4:34

We compare spiritual with spiritual. "Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual." 1 Corinthians 2:13

The historical-grammatical method of interpretation employed by the churches seeks to discover the writer's intended meaning, and thus fails to recognize that God is the author and that we are to compare spiritual things with spiritual to discover the underlying gospel message.

Moreover, the churches fail to recognize that as we approach the end of the world, where we are today, God is unsealing truths that have been kept sealed until the time of the end ( Daniel 12:9-10). This is spoken of in the Bible as a vision that will speak at the end and not lie.

"And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand."

"And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Habakkuk 2:2-3

Dear "Jimbob" and all others. One day someone corrected me about faith. That's the most important word for me. Smiley face. Because I have full confidence in the God Jesus Christ that He who has all power can lead believers to Him. Just as He wants. Then it will be as God wills, according to His will. Hallelujah amen.

So when someone comes to God in faith and He Himself will complete the fermentation.

In Romans 1 chapter there is much good. First, Paul thanks the Lord. So he says in romans 1:16-17. The gospel has the power of God unto salvation FOR EVERY ONE WHO BELIEVES.

After it comes a lot of things we christians can do. Here we got a Pattern of What These Christians Are and what we not going to do!

Wicked Christians Do This Things.

Stand strong in the word of God, He will do the work. And He needs ppl like u and me who dare to speak the truth.

Romans 1 chapter. Love u in Christ.

Hey Jackleviduran17,

I agree with GiGi it does not mean Dispensationalism. This is my understanding and may others give theirs. Studying the Bible is not always easy, sometimes the meaning of a passage seems clear and others we can spend hours and it still is not clear. First, I will say pray that the Holy Spirit to lead and guide you and then clear your mind of all preconceived ideas you have.

You may notice some parts of the New Testament are capital letters, these are quotes from the Old Testament. Go back and read those from the Old Testament and the whole chapter maybe the one before and the one after to get the full context. Like what Jesus said on the cross, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me", Matt. 27:46, this is a quote from Psalms 22:1.

At first, it may seem Jesus doubts God feeling He has forsaken Him but if we go back and read this Psalm, we can get a better understanding of what Jesus was saying, we see the connection between His crucifixion and this Psalm that was written long before. Same with the other quotes from the OT we should go back and study those quotes they are there for a reason.

In Luke 14:26, the word hate is the Greek word miseo it does not mean hate as we use it today as an emotional feeling it has a meaning of action, to do we love more we choose which centers on moral choice, elevating one over another.

Just a couple of examples of my understanding of the meaning of 2 Timothy 2:15 I hope this helps, If we do not clear our minds of all we hear and what we think we cannot hear the truth from the Spirit of truth.

God bless,

RLW

Hi Jackleviduran 17.

1) STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD. That's studying scripture as your primary.

Not man's doctrinal biblical history.

2) RIGHTLY ( DIVIDING ) THE WORD OF TRUTH. Take all 66 books and let them synchronize and divide them self.

Note: All scripture is to you for your learning and some as example but all scripture is NOT for you.

Scripture should not be taken out of context nor twisted to say what we would like it to say,

God's message to us is unified as a whole which unveils the nature and character of God and the devastating effects of sin.

This is seen throughout the Word.

The message spans from creation to the eternal ages to come.

It declares God's wider plan of salvation and Identifies the enemy of the faith. "Satan".

But it also distinguishes between many important concepts and periods of time.

For instance, being saved must be differentiated from growing in the Christian life.

AND!!

Passages that were specifically written to Israel should not be confused with those that were written to the Church. Example; Was the Church exiled? Will the Church be re-gathered? No that's Israel!

Literal passages must not be twisted into spiritual passages, and vice versa.

Scripture is its own interpreter, and the Holy Spirit should be the teacher of the believer.

I hope this helps.

God bless.

Good Afternoon, Jimbob,

Good topic for discussion. We all need to be aware and wise-testing what people say against Scripture; asking the Holy Spirit to guide us , and turning away from preachers and teachers who promote error.

There are many great pastors, teachers and evangelists in our day. We can be thankful that we have the opportunity to be present to hear them preach and teach or read their teaching the internet. We can learn a lot from them. But we still cannot put blind faith in anyone as a teacher. We need to be as the Bereans, testing all that was spoken by Paul and other disciples against wheat the Scriptures (OT) says. WE have both the NT and OT to use to test what is being taught or promulgated. So we are to beware of false teachers.

We also are to have compassion and concern for someone who teaches or holds to ideas that are false doctrine. We are to re-teach them with gentleness from the Scriptures in language styles they can understand. We are to attempt to reach them with truth and pray for them to receive the loving correction we offer them. If they refuse to consider what we say, then we have to let them go their way, while we tuck their need firmly in our "prayer box" in our minds and hearts to not give up on praying for them. God gave us an opportunity to bring correction to someone else (no matter the doctrine) not only for us to correct them, but to care about them and not easily discard them by the wayside when they do not heed what we say. Who knows-maybe they will come back around to us again asking for the same information again at a time when they are ready to reconsider their belief.

I am thankful for all the people who helped me with theological questions or corrected me when my doctrine on a topic was not quite pure in the sense that there were still nuances that needed to be straightened out.

Dear Jackie,

You have posed several different questions here in your post. I will speak to your first question regarding 2 Tim. 2:15. This verse is NOT speaking of Dispensationalism. It is not talking about the way Dispensationalists divide up the Scriptures. This was NOT the understanding of this verse before John Nelson Darby and the early Dispensationalists in the 1800's began to interpret it in a Dispensational way so that it would fit with their newly developed theological approach to Scripture called Dispensational Premillennialism.

For the most part, this verse is speaking of studying the Scriptures:

* carefully and prayerfully,

*being teachable and learning from those the holy Spirit has placed in our lives to guide us in our spiritual growth,

*being "tight" as to how we interpret the Scripture by not bringing in wild and sensational interpretations of a verse by inserting things that are not really spoken of in the context of the verse. (This is adding to Scripture)

*and as a "workman" (preacher, teacher as Timothy was) be careful to (rightly divide), that is -preach and teach from the Scriptures with fidelity and faithfulness to the context, genre, wording, and authority of the Scriptures because others are depending on you doing so as a leader.

This verse has NOTHING to do with Dispensational theology. It has nothing to do with dividing the Scriptures up into dispensations and/or designating some Scriptures being to/for the Jews and other Scripture being strictly to/for the Church. To think that this verse DOES teach these ideas of Dispensationalism is to overlay a set viewpoint onto Scriptures to make it mean what it was never intended to mean. Dispensationalism DOES NOT rightly divide this particular Scripture and should not be taught to mean so by them. It is false teaching.

Alex,

I do agree that it is only through the blood and sacrifice and perfect life of Jesus that we are saved. But the Bible also says that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. ( Romans 10:13-17) Paul said that he is not ashamed of the Gospel for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth. ( Romans 1:26) So we are to know what the Gospel is and we are to share the Gospel with others. We are to study the Scriptures to show ourselves approved of God ( 2 Tim. 2:15) It is important to trust fully in the work of God in Christ for our salvation, be are to grow in grace and knowledge of Jesus. We find knowledge of Him in the written word-the Bible.

Dear Alex, your postings seem to denigrate the value and holiness of the Scriptures and in a way defames them. I know that you offend refer to multiple Scripture texts in most of your posts. So when you speak against the Scriptures you are sending a confusing message-on the one hand you seem to think that citing Scripture is important for the promotion of your point of view -and on the other hand you denounce the Scriptures.

So, I think that you can make your point in a way that does not slander the Scriptures. Please consider finding out how to do that in your posts. David is right. The Scriptures are our authority, not people's feelings, dreams, visions, "prophecies", or rational reasoning. I know that you value the Word, Alex, but in recent posts your wording sounds like you don't.

Dear John P.

The crucifix (which you described with an icon of Jesus on it) is a symbol that commemorates His great and holy sacrifice for us. So, for some, this is a graphic reminder. For others of us, a simple cross without the icon of Jesus reminds us of the same thing.

If we allow ourselves one of these similar icons, we cannot condemn the other, because both are icons.

For me, I prefer to not wear any icons like these, not because I am opposed to either one, but because I know that Jesus died AND ROSE for us. The cross was not the end of His saving work for us. It was followed by a triumphant resurrection that defied all natural laws and the thinking of the evil ones. It reminds us that we, too, have a resurrection ahead for us.

But each person can decide in their own hearts what things to use to commemorate the work and life of our Lord.

It is a matter of Christian liberty for the most part and yet we should not let our liberty lead anyone else against their conscience. So for me, being well aware of the commandment to not make any graven images, then I refrain from having them around my neck or in my home so as not to cause offense to a weaker brother. But I am not offended by these things because they are not an object of worship on my part. Even so, I prefer to leave them out of my life.

False Teachers.

Matthew 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

If one is not barring fruit and you are not sure by his doctrine he's probably a worker of the flesh.

You will notice the absence of "love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance in him.

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AND WORKS OF THE FLESH.

See; Galatians 5:19-21.

Here's a few of the Characteristics I picked out of the list that has similar properties of one lacking the Spirit.

* Variance = contention debate strife variance.

* Strife = Contentious.

* Sedition = division sedition, "Perhaps one who brings an uproar with the intent to divide against.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST HERESIES.

( Probably is the cause of the previous three mentioned.)

*Heresies = properly a choice that is (specifically) a party or (abstractly) disunion . (heresy is the Greek word itself.) the formal denial or doubt of a core doctrine of the Christian faith as defined by one or more of the Christian churches.

If we bring such accusation as this on someone do we thrive with such a person?

Here's a few principle scriptures.

Titus 3:9-11.

2 Peter 1:10.

Galatians 1:8-9.

God bless.

You can wear anything you want as long as you do not 'worship' it, {the cross.) i do not like the see Yoshus hanging on the cross. He has been off that ole cross a long time. The Christian cross of course is a symbol of "Christianity"..

"Rightly divide the word of truth", does it mean Dispensationalism? I've heard it from Dr. Gene Kim and Pastor Jae Joo ( 2 Timothy 2:15 King James Version 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.)

In your opinion, should we learn Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic to understand the Bible? Does God intend to have a one Final Bible? I mean God created the KJV as the one true bible since not all people can understand Hebrews, Greek and Aramaic. There are people who can't even fathom KJV without internet, since the internet is very important in researching about the Bible. Also, what about those that reads KJV Bible translation from their mother tongue? For example, my mother is reading a bible that's a local translation.

David0921 love ya my man.....But all the bibles in the world cd have redemed humanity back to God....Only the blood of the lamb...Only by Calvary are we redemed back to God.... Gal. 2:21 If righteousness cd have come by the law the written word then Christ died in vain....God so loved the world that he gave us his only begotten son....Thus that New Covenant...As Paul is saying when that which is perfect ( that New Covenant the book in the righthand of the father ) is come then that which is done in part will be done away with.....ok gbu

Trudy Jordan

Here are a few verses that pre-tribulation rapture believers use to prove a pre-tribulation rapture.

( 1 Thessalonians. 4:15-17) There are 3 things to look at in these verses.

(1) v16 says "with the ((trump)) of God. (a trumpet sounds)

(2) v17 says "we shall be caught up to meet the Lord ((in the clouds)) (The Lord comes in the clouds)

(3) v17 also says "we shall be caught up ((together)) with them" (There is a gathering together)

Now a look at ( Mt. 24:29-31)

(1) v31 Tells us "a great sound of ((a trumpet))"

(2) v30 Tells us "and they shall see the Son of man ((coming in the clouds))"

(3) v31 Tells us "they shall ((gather together)) his elect".

(4) v29 Tells us when this happens "Immediately ((after)) the tribulation"

There is no pre-tribulation rapture mentioned anywhere in the Bible.

The Lord comes (in the clouds) with a great (sound of a trumpet) to (gather together) His elect

"Immediately after the tribulation".

Not before!