Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 916

I believe that not only did Jesus pay for our sins in His Atonement, but that He was also beaten for our healing - by His Stripes. Matthew 8:16-17 He healed all that were sick and cast out all the devils with His Word as also stated in Acts 10:38

In Mark 9 the spirit could not be cast out because of their unbelief.

All things are possible with God. It is us that are limited by what we believe God would or would not do. If we are not ready to help in season or out of season then we would not be able to help when needed or if we have to go and fast for awhile.

Think about it - When was the Word of God not sufficient or faith in His Name not sufficient to accomplish the purpose to which it was sent. Jesus says speak the Word only and Believe!

Jesus was complete in everything! SOZO! Let's bring up our faith and our trust in Him to accomplish His word as we believe in Him!

Humbly, Let us also say with tears, Lord. I believe, help thou my unbelief!

Mark 9:24

May God bless us richly and may He bless you and your family Indeed!!!

Verse 13 says he that endures to the end shall be saved .

I understand that to be , after the great falling away that is evident today many years now , and people start looking for answers due to troubles in the world , and the false prophets and their teachings will not endure the difficulties to come , because they are not truthfully or correctly taught . So the deceived fall away . But the church of Jesus Christ will remain and endure to the 2nd coming .

Remember the story Jesus told about building your house on a rock and building it on sand . One endured the storms and the other fell .

Dear YES we do. There will be joy of reunion and praise there that day. And every day after. That is why we always look ahead, even if we remember ours.

1 Thessalonians 4:13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Brother Spencer, thanks. I really had no clue how to answer that one. I have seen other places in scripture where there are caps in peculiar places.

Proverbs 18:24, Luke 12:7,

Great Guess Brother Jesse! That was better than my research!!

God bless.

Yes,.. an more !!!

Great passage for a guy with cancer.

Thank you kindly for this and many other passages . Never know whom it helps when a guy is alone.

God Bless !

Mary,

I'm not sure if there is an answer to that. If I had to guess, and this is just a guess on my part, I would say that the reason the word speak is capitalized is because they were quoting what was said to Moses and the first word in that quote was the word speak. So maybe it could have been written this way: And they said unto Moses, "Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."

Again, this is just a guess!

Hello Charles, It is true that the Christians in the early church lived differently than we do today in some respects, but there were some respects that we are today similar. We do know that in the early church, the believers gathered together for worship (we do that now).They prayed for each other (we do that now).They gave funds to help those in need (we do that now).They taught one another the doctrines of the faith (some churches do that now as a matter of course).They held everything in common (we do not do this today).They desired unity and oneness of belief (we desire that today).They were unable to keep the unity of faith and fellowship, as there were many false teachings creeping into the churches and many schisms within fellowships (we have this today).They had apostles establishing the churches, re-visiting them, and writing letters to them (we do not have that today).They were persecuted and martyred (there is some of this happening today in parts of the world).They had pastors, elders, and deacons (we have that today).The OT Scriptures and letters from the apostles were read during worship times (we do this today). The Holy Spirit manifested in believers in various ways (we have that today).

There is a lot that we do not know of what the early church did or was like. And the church was in constant change as the decades passed and centuries rolled by. Jesus said that He would build His church, and He has over the last 2000 years. Jesus always fulfills His word and what He purposes to do. As believers, we should believe that our Lord is still building His church today and has been over the centuries. To not believe this is to deny that Jesus keeps His word.

But we know He is faithful and His words are true. We know that as God the Son, He has the power to preserve the church against the gates of hell. Yeah!

We in our time do not need to be just like the church in the 1st century anymore than the 1st century church needed to function like the Israelites.

Hannah,

We also see this in 1 Peter 2:24. It says, "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree." And then there's a purpose clause: in order that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

This comes from Isaiah 53:5. Now my approach to interpreting scripture is that scripture interprets itself. So if someone comes to me and says, "You see, it says here in Isaiah 53:5 that He died on the cross not only for the forgiveness of our sins, but so that we can be healed of all of our sicknesses and all of our diseases."

My response would be "Really! That's what it means? Are you sure he wasn't talking about sin?" Because look what the next verse says ( 1 Peter 2:25) because it explains it. Verse 24 says says "By whose stripes you were healed," and then it says in Verse 25, "For you were as sheep going astray; (still in Isaiah 53), but now are returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

That's what we've been healed from. We were healed from going astray. And we've been returned. And it is interesting that the word returned is the word for conversion. When Jesus died on the cross, not only did He die for my sins, but so that my relationship with him would be healed. I would be brought back to the shepherd and bishop of my soul. And that's what it means. Peter interprets Isaiah 53 for us.

Hope this helps!

Question: Does "by His stripes ye are healed mean physically also"

Will we see our saved loved ones in heaven?

thanks gigi godbless

Thanks GiGi.

I have to sign off for a moment, I'm out of town working using the cell phone again.

God bless.

We now have two peoples those who believe and those who don't except for the Jewish people of Israel God's chosen people.

God swore His wrath on the disobedient, so you have to obey as well, it's more than that there are rewards that can be earned crowns and jewels and your judge on what you do after you are saved Grace covers the sin you committed before you were saved the one's afterwards you have repent of and ask for forgiveness. You can't say Jesus and do whatever you want because of grace.

Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, be gotten in death we are not So Son referring to Jesus always, means begotten Son

LaTonya, that is so good to hear! How good God is!

Jeff,

Welcome to our fellowship here. We are glad you are with us and hope to hear more from you. Be blessed today.

Do you constantly read and continuously read the 66 that are? God preserved the Bible the 66 books and adding to that well Rev 22:18&19 The Apocrypha Books are on this site and it's in there, plus the 1611 King James Bible Introduction and the Standard King James Bible Introduction. These will explain why the translators choose the books they choose and why.

Hello S. Spencer,

Thanks for such a good post. I completely agree with you. We were referring to different situations. We are called to be loving in every situation. I also concur that voicing differing viewpoints or correcting errors on this site is what we should be doing and I for one never do so as if I am yelling at anyone, and I have not felt that others were yelling either. It is just so hard in writing to get your tone of voice, attitude of heart, and loving feelings (all of these being affects) into words written even though we make the best effort. Not knowing those who read posts on this forum, we just cannot assume negative things about people who post things we may not agree with or like. And the poster cannot assume that other readers will understand the affects behind the words of the poster. That is why we are to look to the best interest of others and to think the best of others on here and in other interactions. These are part of loving one another. It is always easier to accept encouraging words than words we do not agree with or counter our view. But these do cause us to re-examine our thinking according to the Word of God and prayer for God to correct or affirm our viewpoint. And in discussing Christian topics, there are "majors" and "minors" , some being more essential to Christian belief than others. We pray for the wisdom to tell the difference.

S. spencer, I so appreciate you and your contribution on this forum. being rather new here I do not know a lot of the "history" of this forum. So. those who have been here longer are a big help to me. We speak the truth in love on here as best we can. I have read on a few other supposedly Christian forums and this was not the case. So, I appreciate what happens here. It is edifying.

Have a wonderful day. Here in the Northwest it is trying to be sunny, but at least it is dry and will be for the rest of the week. I do pray that everyone that went through that huge storm weathered it well.

O I don't and there are none but plenty that say phrases lie if you terry until the end or hold fast until the end, plus reve 22:18&19 Now once your saved you can no longer suffer God's wrath and that is what you saved from. The doesn't teach this and combine them eternal salvation to every lasting life and being saved, or Rev 22:18&19 are a lie. The big worry is if you use a changed Bible, you welcome it and are partakers of their evil. There is a blessed assurance, and you are sealed by the Holy Ghost, but it also states that if you resist the Holy Ghost it will flee from you. There is also a verse that states if you renew one to the body that has fallen you have saved a soul The bible is a whole you can't cherry pick verses to sat what you think or feel or were even taught. Of no private interpretation. And once you've tasted

Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

in Ex 20:19 in the middle of the sentence, Speak has a capital letter. Why? it's mid sentence

Mishael,

Thanks for clarifying this about the two Enochs. We do also need to remember that only Noah and his family (from the line of Seth) survived the flood. So, Cain's descendants were wiped out (unless any of Noah's sons or his wife were Cainites. We just do not know)

There are people who still believe that there are descendants of Cain throughout history. I do not believe this. God knew what He was doing in the flood. And after the flood, the line of Seth through Noah became corrupted by idolatry not many generations from Noah. Some mistake the Canaanites with descendants of Cain (Cainites) but this is also erroneous. It is sometimes difficult to differentiate between names and persons in the OT because of so many similarities and also persons with the same name in different generations. Carefully reading, taking notes, referring to family trees, etc. on line can help.

Thynda,

2nd Corinthians 5:8 says "... to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord", pretty much sums it up. Jesus was showing that He was God, forgiving sins & showing mercy, from the agony of the cross.

Rather is there any Churches that do? Dose anyone not work on Saturday? Sunday is the set for the gathering of the saints so weekend our no work.

John 14:26

"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

1 John 2:27

"But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him."

King James Version (KJV)

No, from the time Jesus ascended this generation started we are the last generation he is talking to everyone, The last Days.

Amen GiGi.

Well spoken IF the question was How do you respond in love if you feel you are mistreated.

But when asked "How do you give gods love too people?" Gods love can only be given by the Spirit, and how a person receives it may depend on whether that person is a believer or not. We are to be ambassadors for Christ and the world didn't receive him well. Not even his own.

After praying the spirit may move you to rebuke a heresy which we ALL do.

But if the recipient is a believer he/she will respond differently than nonbelievers.

Paul rebuked Peter, But I'm sure it was with scripture and in love. It's hard to express this love on a site and not compromise truth. When one is rebuked using scriptures we must examine the scriptures and not imagine being yelled at.

Gods love, holiness, and truth. isn't always pleasant to the recipient. Jesus never ceased from loving. Jesus never ceased from truth. And the truth got him on the Cross. John 8:40. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

That same Spirit of truth should be in a believer expressed in Love.

God bless.