Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 467

Does the Holy Spirit have a name?

Because there are no J's in the Hebrew alphabet. check Lord Iehouah. its spelled the same way

What is it to be born of water?

Hello Jesse

"Psueke" or as it is correctly written "Psyche" is greek for soul. But sometimes in the scriptures it is used for mind, life, self, feelings etc. I would like to know what it means in Hebrew since this word is more common in the Old Testament. GBU

Can you explain Job 3-14

In detail

Just exactly what that verse is talking about?

Why do we think in KJV 1611 Christ is called Iesus?

Why was it changed?

Be Free

Us implies multiple. There were multiple people present. Let us make man in our image. Man is made in the image of God. Our image meaning the image of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost. Take up your petition with the author of the bible.

See no matter what seasons I go through in life my natural emotions in the flesh must be reminded of my inherited Power in GOD. He is our my stabilizer. He is our my constant. GOD never changes and he provides hope and direction. Therefore, whatever I might face in life (the ups and the downs) I can endure all things because GOD is with me. And whenever you are with GOD the end of a thing is Victorious. So remember, we can go through life's challenging moments while passing through what GOD allows because it is safe passage to victory.

Are we to be judge mental?

The King James Bible on line, is absolutely terrific. My first time to find it on Goggle.

I have two very old Cambridge KJV, all tattered and torn and marked up, Yikes, I'm 89 and didn't realize all those marking over the years. I love and enjoy you King James Bible on Line.

Keith P. Besch and Erin too [wife]

Thanks So much, yes just think we need the warmth we can get from the cheer and Know that we are not alone in the world. With thoughts that may come.

Thanks again for the encouragement, well written GiGi. Love u in Christ

What does this Verse mean, Joel 3:8

Hello Free,

Glad to hear from you. Though physical miles separate us, we can come together here on this site. Without this site we would most likely never have met one another. So, what a blessing it is to have people from all over the world here in one accord in Christ.

Here in the Pacific Northwest we have had wonderful weather. It is October and it is still getting to 70-80 degrees with very little rain. We know that this will change soon enough, and we will have rain and gray days, storms, and colder weather. The Canadian geese are heading south and the maple trees are beginning to turn yellow and orange. Each season has its blessings and challenges. But God is the overseer of all the earth.

I sure have enjoyed being outside most of spring and summer. Lots of vitamin D! I have enjoyed gardening with a friend in her yard and have filled many pots with flowers she gave to me and I have bought over the spring and summer. I am looking forward to next spring to see the succession of flowers blooming from spring to fall. Have enjoyed the blessing of vegetables from gardening and canning most of them. I am enjoying being retired very much!

I hope others will share some of their interests, hobbies, and happenings in their parts of the world. This helps us to know one another better. Free, thank you for sharing today. I always enjoy reading your posts. Many blessings to you in Nordic Land. Stay warm and well fed, in Jesus' name.

Greetings Michael. Glad you are here.

siant michael, reporting in from, the first deciples of christ ,indianas pa 15701

Jag very good question....Its the H.G. that is least in the Kingdom simply b/c the H.G. has to be BORN in us...Thus he is just an infant...Spiritually...Thats y he cannot speak of himself...But he is greater then any human... Gal 4 :1 The heir as long as he is a Child a new Born An infant but he is Lord of all ...He is under tutors and governors till the time apppointed of the of FATHER

Dear "Ray", the best thing you can do for you and yours is to read and understand this yourself. If you do not have any references that strengthen their/your statements, there are no firm rules that can come and they mislead and seduce. It doesn't matter who they are. That will only cause confusion. Scripture came first to the Jews. Romans 11:16-24 Moses received the 10 commandments. Deuteronomy Chapter 5. You can read all this here on the web or if you have a Bible at home. If you want to understand more, Genesis is a good place to start. It is basic. Personally, I do not dispute any of the books, or any of the stories in the Holy Script. Psalms 91:11

The best thing for everyone is to read the King James Version. It is absolutely the best understanding translation. An example is: You have probably been to the library and taken a book out of one of the shelves. It seems interesting, but when you open it and read a sentence, you don't understand a single word. The mind is unable to understand what the author wants to say. And other times your eyes run over the sheets and they register everything and you understand everything. Look and you will find, knock and it will open up for you. Pray to the Lord Jesus if you can get revelations and understanding, You can ask for anything, for example that you pray to get a new spirit so that you understand lies. It's good to have with you today. All people who confess Jesus as Lord are from God. Romans 10:9 Fillipians 2:11 Amen. In Jesus name, love u in Christ.

Hello everyone, we need to get together and hear from each other. Now I hope that everyone has charged the batteries, those who live in the colder areas. Because summer is over. All the migratory birds we have here in the Nordics left the site yesterday Saturday. We praise the Lord and thank Him for everything we have, every day is like a symphony to Him. Think, all the voices, shouts and cries we share with Him. And not enough of that! When we sleep He hears same symphony, praise, cry and lament only in that hemisphere which then has day.

And of course there are some who are always awake and alert for what is to come. They pray for everyone, they hunger for people to come to faith, they rejoice with those who are happy. They weep with those who are sorrowful. They pray for those who are sick. Paul writes it so nicely in 1 Corinthians 4:8-13 Now ye are full!

Praise be to the Lord He who can calm the sea, so can He also create the storm! We know the autumn storms, how the houses shake and crash. Where things fly through the air. Or a piece of paper flies towards the window where the rain is lashing the pane. If we see these storms and wait them out. This is also how the daily lives of Christians are. Therefore, I pray for this autumn that we must strengthen each other with song and play, and lots of laughter. So that we endure the coming storm with power and strength. Always remember that Jesus loves you and so does God the Father, so as Jesus loves us, so do we. I love all my brothers and sisters in Christ. Because that is my proper duty. Christ Jesus is the resurrected Jesus, whom we too shall rise like Him, Amen. Hallelujah Praise be to the Lord for all eternity! Stay safe and strong in the word of God (King James Version). It is the oldest and best readable, understandable scripture that exists. And it's here! Thank you web Masters for this wonderful website that stretches from East to West. From North to South. Yes! All over the globe, Amen.

Yes, Giannis,

Jesus' mind always in complete agreement with the Father, and also He always said "yes" to the Father, not just from His lips, but with His mind, will, heart, and body.

Yes, both Jude and James were Jesus' half brothers.

William,

1 Corinthians 2:16 says, " For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."



The word mind is the word NOUS. Again, this is the perceptive abilities. We don't have His brain. I think that there are some people that misunderstand this text.



There have been people in the past that said "Now that I'm saved, everything that passed through my brain is God's thoughts, and therefore I speak whatever my thoughts are, and they're all of God because I have the mind of Christ."



Well, there are several Greek words. PSEUKE, mostly for the brain, but there are several other words that describe the function of the brain. And the word NOUS describes the perceptive abilities of the mind.



So when it says we have the mind of Christ, we've got the Spirit of Christ that is revealing to us and giving us the ability to perceive spiritual truth.



It's not just a head knowledge, it's a perception, and we're able to perceive because we've received Christ. Then we have His Spirit giving us the perception of Christ.



And the more we grow in Christ, the more we perceive the workings of His Spirit and the truths of God functioning in the Spirit realm.

Leviticus 6:7-13

So, this continual burnt offering on the altar speaks so many things to those of us in Christ. In Revelation 5:6 speaks of the slain Lamb before God's throne. This speaks back to this burnt offering in Leviticus being continually offered. Scripture tells us that Jesus was slain for sinful mankind before creation and is depicted as the slain sacrificial lamb in Revelation, speaks to the eternality of the work of God for salvation.

God is always true to Himself. He will never change His mind about sin, nor about His will to redeem mankind, nor about the way He brings about the salvation of humankind. He never had a "Plan B" when Adam sinned. What He ordained was already done when He willed it in eternity because all of what God wills has been accomplished in Him. We on the other hand, see His will be done in time and space. We are bound by that, but God is not.

The other aspect of this continual sacrifice, and notably, that new wood is put on the fire every morning, is that we are to offer ourselves to God continually as living sacrifices. We are to daily lay our life down for His will, not ours. Each new day we can renew our dedication to Him. All day long we can be in communion with Him because of the perpetual efficacy of Jesus' sacrifice. Even when we are asleep or not consciously aware, the blood of Jesus avails for us. It is not depended on our effort to recall or meditate on it. All of our redemption depends on God alone. He alone can redeem us perfectly forever.

So much to praise Him for!

Leviticus 6:7-13

..continued

This does not mean that Jesus is forever being crucified. It means that, though His crucifixion was an event that happened in time and space (which would require Him to be human), His sacrifice was accomplished outside of time from eternity to eternity *which requires Him to be God). The Scriptures clearly say that He was slain before the foundation of the world (before creation). Outside of time and space where only God exists, everything is eternally "now" and also "complete". So, all that God has done or ever will do in time and space is absolutely finished. God's will is completely consumated. There is nothing more for God to do within Himself outside of time and space. To be perfect, there can be no progression of actions or process to an end. This would indicate, again, a change within Himself. This is somewhat baffling, but I think it is important to this discussion on Leviitcus 6.

In verses 7-13, God ordained that the burnt offering would be continually on the altar being consumed by fire. The fire was never to go out. This permanence of sacrifice speaks to several things:

-God's hatred for sin never goes away

-the price for sin is a forever payment

-the need for a perfect sacrifice is always in force

-the perpetuity of Jesus' sacrifice forever satisfies God's wrath

-the eternality of Jesus' sacrifice requires no repeat of His sacrifice

-the redemption of any person is always dependent upon Jesus' completely efficacious sacrifice in our place for our sins

-God will never change how sins are atoned for

-the Father always look to Jesus' perfectly lived life and perfect sacrifice when He looks upon us in relation to our sin

-the Father has permanently given us the righteousness of Jesus as the means of our justification before Him

-the Father always expresses HIs love, mercy, and grace to those who believe in His Son

-Jesus' blood never ceases to give us life instead of death

Leviticus Ch.6: 7-13

To tag on to last night's posts on this section:

It is said that God is total actuality. This refers to the fact that since He:

never changes

is complete within Himself

is infinitely perfect in His Being

cannot add anything to His essential Being

cannot remove anything from His essential Being

cannot improve Himself in any way

can never be limited in His perfections

has not potential for becoming more perfect

eternally exercises all of Who He is

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So, in regards to "actuality", it can be said that God has no latency within His essence. This means that He does not put aside any aspect of His Being to be enacted upon only when He chooses to do so. All of Who He is, is always enacted. This is termed actualization-actively being what One can be.

Also, God is not a compartmentalized Being. He does not have components His Being. He does not have a part of Himself that is love, another that is omnipotence, another that is holy, etc. His essence always all of these "attributes" because His essence is One substance that is totally unified. Therefore, His attributes are expressions of His One unified essence. He is pure Being.

With these ideas in mind, God expresses all that He is through this One essence. He can never be more or less loving or wrathful. He cannot set His wrath aside in order to be loving. These would involve a change in Himself, which is impossible. God never changes. He never ceases to express Himself totally. This is because He is infinitely and completely perfect.

In relating this idea of being a totally actualized Being to the Leviticus text here, Jesus has always been the Son of God and God always the Father. Jesus has eternally been the sacrifice that both expiates (pays the debt) and satisfies the wrath of God for our sins. ....continued

A quote from Mathew Henry - commentary on this website: "The church, under the emblem of a woman, the mother of believers, was seen by the apostle in vision, in heaven." ..... "A dragon is a known emblem of Satan, and his chief agents, or those who govern for him on earth.."

Hello William.

The Mind of Christ means the way Jesus thinks, talks, feels, behaves and so on. There isn't a single verse in the Bible to summarize that, but the gospels are full of Jesus' way of 'living and behaving and teaching, we can take examples from those.

Maybe the verses in Philippians 2:5-10 can give you a general idea. Jesus' mind was to obey Father God's commandments.

GBU

Hello Elonza

After Jesus' resurrection when the apostles asked Him if it was the proper time to restore Kingdom to Israel, Jesus answered:

Acts 1:7 "And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power."

Many times we christians try to guess what is not revealed to us by God, what is not for us to know (for God's good reasons). If God wanted us to know He would have said their names to us, but He didn't. So my personal opinion is to stop doing that sort of guessing, many times they end up in wrong conclusions. We don't know...is the right answer in my opinion.

About Elijah, that brother Baker wrote about, I think the Bible means John the Baptist coming before Jesus.

GBU

We are reminded here in the first few verses of several verses; first the one in Hebrews 7:25-26 of the Spirit "ever interceding" for us. I am also thinking of James 1:5 of seeking wisdom; and verses such as Isaiah 26:9 and many others on seeking God at all times.

Verse 4 and 5 are also similar to Psalm 119:105 on God being a "lamp unto our feet."

Verses 6 through 14 could once again involve Christ prophetically or David himself as to enemies being justly recompensed. Verse 13 has a brief impreccatory word for "casting down" the wicked. We can look at Psalm 103:16 and no doubt many others on wealth being left to others of the wicked. (see also Jeremiah 5:28; Psalm 22:21).

The last verse about awaking and beholding His face in righteousness as well as having His likeness no doubt has allusions to the Resurrection and our eternal glorified state.

It may be well here with these repeated themes to consider how we should have as David did a "perfect hatred" for the wicked. ( Psalm 139:22). Such can only be with one filled with the Holy Spirit (as our own wickedness would make us judge others in the flesh with an unrighteous standard and also would condemn ourselves with such hypocricy). It is for jealousy of the God of Israel alone and His exalted state as the only Creator and Sovereign Lord that should lead us to a disdain of the world; the flesh and the Devil. It should also compel us to be preachers of righteousness for His Name's sake; knowing that God is a God of wrath as well as mercy; but that it is in this lifetime that we must be Born Again.

Please explain this comment concerning me.

I think we are too, waiting on Gods Wrath