Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 33

Dear Richard,

I remember when you have that bout with appendicitis, it was a bit touch an go for you. I will pray for your current situation and thanks for sharing as you have. Most people would not get into such details but I am glad you did.

Are you seeing a gastroenterologist for this?

Here are some things that have been helpful for me when I have such difficulties:

1. I pray, asking the Lord to help me evacuate things readily and easily.

2. I take psyllium fiber capsules to increase my fiber intake.

3. I drink lots of water

4. I eat salads.

5. I eat yogurt with live cultures.

6. Consume strawberries and pumpkin.

These may be things that your doctor will recommend to you, but you do not need to wait to begin adding these measures to your daily routine. If such things are contraindicate with your IBS, then you may wish to not begin any that would be so.

I also encourage you to reduce the amount of time you spend sitting down. Get up an be mobile which helps your whole digestion process.

It is amazing how such a situation can negatively affect your moment by moment life. I get it!

Sometimes people get into bowel habits that are counterproductive and our evacuation process is hindered. It is a physical problem that may involve retraining the muscles in our exit area to empty more often and relax to be able to pass things more easily.

I wish you well, my friend. I know how uncomfortable it feels to have this aspect not function well. I pray that God will bring your good relief in the weeks ahead of your appointment in November.

Dear Willow,

Just to encourage you, baptism is one of the important moments of my life. There is blessing in obeying the Lord's commands as He stated in Mk. 16:16, Acts 2:28, and others that God does work in us in baptism. I cannot say exactly what He does in and for us, but, as it is an ordinance instituted by our Lord, it is not given to us for nothing.

Whenever I witness another person being baptized, I am filled with such a sense of harmony with that person. I love what Paul says in Eph. 4:5-6 "one Lord, faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all."

What a wonderful way of expressing the bond of unity and fellowship we all have in our Lord, Father, and Spirit who does all that we need to come to faith and salvation!

Richard, you are in my prayers. I have suffered from digestive issues in the past, so you have my sympathies. I started taking probiotics and improved my diet. I have improved greatly but still have to be careful. I enjoy your posts. God bless and heal you!

Amen.

Psalms 119:63

"I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts."

Blessings

Amen.

Revelation 22:14

"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."

Blessings

Hi Giannis,

I've been following your posts, and it caught my attention how tirelessly I always emphasize the topic of baptism and how important it is to keep this event in mind.

I'll admit, whenever I talk about water baptism, it always seems to make people uneasy. I don't know if it's just me who notices this, but it's something I really want to look into more closely.

Luckily for me, and by God's grace, I have many people I can talk to about this. Thanks you. ;D

It's not America . She is a City , Tyr of Ezekiel 26 and Great Harlot of Babylon in Revelation 17 and 18 . She is your City, I can't pronounce its loud, because you must be in shock And God tell me when it will be utterly destroyed.

Tyrus is a City. Watch his fate there - Revelation 17:16-18. It's not an American City, it's your City.

Greeting's

Matthew 11:28 "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

1 Peter 5:7 "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."

John 14:13 "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son."

1 Thessalonians 5:17 "Pray without ceasing."

Blessings

Hi Ronald.

It seems the scriptures you gathered argues against your point.

To begin with Matthew 24:13 I don't know about you but I wont believe around during that period of time.

However if you are and you happen to endure it will be because of the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 12:10-11.

If you believe you can do it any other way you are already recieved!

You would be using the same filthy flesh that have you in bondage to cleanse yourself with.

Also; You brought up Hebrews 12:7.

Hebrews 12:7 argues against your point!

Hebrews 12:5-10 reads

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, THAT WE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF HIS HOLINESS.

We have a father that promises to never leave us and keeps us in line even unto death!

Paul says in Philippians 1:6

"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

James 1:12 reads "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

"When he is tried" in this verse is when he is MADE acceptable.

The verse says Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: "FOR OR BECAUSE" WHEN HE IS TRIED,

Example.

Zachariah 13:9.

Isaiah 48:9-11.

Blessings

Thanks Ronald

"Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee." 1 Timothy 4:16

GBU

Hey Giannis,

Amen, brother, thank you. Obedience is the evidence of our faith; we cannot ignore all of the Scripture on enduring and overcoming. Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Mark 13:13, 1 Corinthians 13:7, Hebrews 12:7, James 1:12, 1 John 2:13-14, Revelation 2:7,11,17,22, Revelation 21:7. I could list more, but just these cannot be ignored, and if we do, we are deceived.

God bless,

RLW

Hello brothers and sisters.

Because a lot of discussion has been done about God's grace, I wish to say that God's grace is not something we get no matter what we do or not do.

As a general statement it can be said that "grace comes in with obedience and goes out with disobedience". You can't have grace while disobeying God.

Salvation is the result of Christ's sacrifice and nothing can be added to it. BUT that sacrifice for being valid in a person, their acceptance and cooperation is essential and necessary. Without our cooperation Jesus' sacrifice will not have any effect to us. The latter can be said for the beginning when we first believe in Christ but also for our long jurney in life towards the kingdom of God. The narrow path we walk on in this life is along the footsteps of Christ. And Christ walked on God's commands. If we leave that path by disobeying God and follow the desire of our hearts or the thoughts of our mind we will end up somewhere else but the gate of heaven.

GBU

I had been following your story; will keep you in prayer as well for the other brother.

God works in mysterious ways; I am glad that in the case of Arthur the Lord had this institution as His will to care for him.

Prayer of course accompanies action; in this other case as I am aware attending an addict recovery group in support of the leader (set up for various issues) as well as previous experience that only God can ultimately give a permanent solution. This setting has helped me deal with past issues as well. Many times it is instantaneous; but whatever happens I pray that He will continue to give you wisdom and am happy others can support you at this site.

Agape; Rich P

I've got some problems here that could use some prayer

Dear KJV family: I seem to have returning issues of things which originally caused my appendicitis a couple years ago. Of course without my appendix I may not have immediate emergency issues. There seems to be the same sort of clouded appearance at times let's just say in using the facilities that is a sort of tell tale sign; that doesn't always appear but has affected me with some crampiness in the last day or two (which could be due to fighting something going around or in conjunction with it).

What is clear to me is that something deep within is causing this issue as much of the time things have been somewhat normal (although I have IBS).

It is more complicated than it would seem in terms of diagnosis; I have an appointment at a highly recommended place specializing in these issues in November; that was the soonest I could schedule it which was back when I last saw my General doctor in August. I finally (after the third attempt) received the stool test in the mail but may have botched it up due to the sample size; and haven't heard anything yet. I did have colonoscopy in about the year 2016 and everything was good-it was a couple years before that when I was sick for about a month that this problem first developed.

The other thing is that of course the heavy dose of antibiotics in the hospital did clear up things for a time; but of course you have diminshing returns with that sort of thing. I am attempting some natural remedies (oregano; a lot of tea and some other stuff that may help).

I am somewhat less uncomfortable today compared to last night and am still able to use the bathroom (it isn't blocked like it was when I had the appendicitus). I am praying that I am better for this coming week; next weekend I am planning to go up for a couple days to NY to get some insulation with a friend of mine helping in a primitive cabin I bought this past summer.

Agape; Rich P

Annotated Gen.3.6 "The tree"

that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat."

Here we are recalling the goodness of God in 2.9. "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food." Every tree including the tree of life and the knowledge of the good and evil. The Spirit gave us from the POV of God, the Father. What did change then? Here Eve is viewing the fruit from the POV of the serpent or darkness. The moment she did eat and gave some of it to Adam to do likewise she was doing the bidding of the serpent. Faith fled and knowledge kicked in.

Out went faith and came in the knowledge that she sinned. It is for this reason we have the Spirit remind us of the blessings enshrined in the Covenant . All things in heaven including the trees, "the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good." was assured under the day Three, "And the evening and the morning were the third day" Adam and Eve were blessed in the Son. Blessings with regards to trees wherever mentioned in the Scripture is within the frame of reference to 1.12 and in his Son. So this verse Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,"refers to the tree of righteousness.(Ps.1.1,3)

Eve here walked the length of the garden under the counsel of the serpent. But without faith her postion in the garden was untenable.

God walking 'in the cool of the day' (3.8) or evening must be seen in the proper context. God celebrated the beginning of things, so we have the Spirit repeating 'And evening and morning were....'God presided over the Holy communion of God and man in a figurative sense. This we evoke here on earth,"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."(Mt.18.20) What shall you call megachurches? Your guess is as good as mine.

Hello !DLHenri,

So good to hear from you. I was praying for Arthur just last night and hoping to hear from you. God is good, right!

I am also thankful that he is now in foster care and getting round the clock attention he needs. I thank God that his wounds have healed.

I am also glad that you now can visit him without having to work so hard to care for him. May you be blessed in your time with him and at home with yourself and the Lord.

How is you other son doing? What is his name?

The best thing is that Arthur is turning to the Lord. May your other son do so also.

Please keep in touch.

Annotated Gen.3.4-5

"and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." Now we come where the devil has set the trap. Knowing good and evil is not with your understanding which false brethren here has spilled each sect according to its pet shibboleths. Seven dispensensations are they entities by themselves? knowing good and evil without being connected to truth eternal is similar to the idea of church. Jesus was clear that church without holding on to the head was like dead branches. " If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned."( Jn 15.6) Mind you, the wording, 'If a man abides not in me'. As with Adam and Eve they were to hold where their full blown glory came from. They were naked by themselves but gods when their faith was in God whose breath of life was their lifeline. Serpent set the context for them to be enlightened on the subject. In following the line of reasoning what they did was to hitch themselves to another gospel.

Adam and Eve had two worlds to negotiate: the garden framed by the word of God and world of the spirit, the glory of their covering created 'after our likeness' He was the son of God ( Lk 3.38) and also as a double for the Son, " in the likeness of God made he him." Similarly the everlasting covenant sets a believer walk the world of the Spirit and world of the church of the firstborn which is in heaven. "But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,' (Heb.12.22)Faith means we are congregants while we walk by faith among the unbelievers. When we are called home our faith suffers no injury but worship with glorified spiritual body. Seven angels to the seven churches gives us the key: " He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; " faith of believers is all that matters. Names found in Asia Minor are mere labels.

Greeting's

Exodus 20:8

"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."

Blessings

Greeting's

Psalms 119:19 "I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me."

Psalms 119:20 "My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times."

Psalms 119:21 "Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments."

Blessings

Annotated Gen.ch.3

v.1 " Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"

Presenting the first begotten to the angels was as though war declared on darkness. Adam clothed in glory shall come across the devil who sins from the beginning. One flesh and one bone made Adam an extension of the Father Son relationship transposed into human terms. As Jesus in his humanity would say, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." (Mt.8.20) Jesus was not ashamed of his poverty who was rich in his access to his Father. Similarly "And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.(2.25). Jesus of whom John testifies,"And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man."( Jn 2.25) Equally vital was that he was aware that his glory as was in the bosom of his Father was in His safekeeping. From the colloquy that follows here warns us the danger of forgetting what we are really. Our conversation among Tom Dick and Harry cannot be avoided but we are not of them. "For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come."(Heb.13.14)

The drift of the serpent was ominous. "Ye shall not surely die:For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods" (3.4-5) Had Eve a clear understanding what the serpent said was a lie it would have been another story, Creating a context with darkness is a slippery slope to perdition. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. We do not see the same where darkness was upon the face of the deep. Hence the warning, "And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?" 2 Cor.6.15) Bh of imposter churches seem to have license to trivialise and they call it activism.

Dear Chris,

You have to bellieve the Word of God is for our spiritual instruction in righteousness, His holiness is eternal to which we may never fathom than what is revealed by the Holy Spirit. Your understanding is as my understanding which by itself is not sound as you may think. If you let your dogs out as you stroll in a park, the dog is not discovering any new unbeaten track but they are prisoners to their own physiology. They seek out smells of other dogs and it is how their world is made up of. Similarly one speaks of understanding which can trip some one as a vinyl record that has developed a scratch. It is thus sects cannot come out of their error. Our understanding has to be hitched in meekness and faith. to the Holy Spirit to profit withal.

I write in this forum to prove the Bible is inerrant and so far it has helped me that my faith founded on solid rock. If I use some principles it is because a clear cut pattern and modus operandi. Thus when the Spirit gives us the dep slep of Adam it is also referring to the death of the Son in a far country. Thus there are kangaroo events built in events. Such repeated narrative modes are meant to be accept that God invested in the His Fellowship with Man. So Adam is earthy and last Adam is spiritual. I find the mind of God is knowable as long as truth is what you work with. Some may cite gnosticism or hyper spiritualizing etc., I am not looking into the history of nations but simply the life eternal. The BH with which the false teachers put names on the beast and interpretations during the Cold War with regards to Gog and Magog, are too well known. This is how BH has encouraged quacks to trivialise the word of God.

H Lbooth

About water baptism.

Lets start with a very well known verse, Mark 16:16, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.". I think just this verse is a very clear answer.

In Matthew 28:19 Jesus asks His apostles to baptize new believers. Now suppose you were a new believer living at that age. And an apostle or your pastor asked you to be baptized. God asked him to baptize new believers so he asked you to be baptized. And suppose you answer him back that you don't want to do it because you feel it is not necessary. So God wants you to be baptized and you don't want to be baptized.

Lets go back to John the Baptist.

Was John's baptism from men or from God, Jesus asked the Pharisees. They pretended they didn't know. John in 1:33 records John the Baptist saying , "And I knew him not: but HE THAT SENT ME TO BAPTIZE WITH WATER, the same said unto me, ..."

What John's baptism stant for? Luke 3:3, "And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;"

So it was not a ritual that John thought of to establish or something he did because the Jews were doing it in the past, but it was a new thing, a God's direct command to him.

But you may say that that was another baptism than the christian baptism. Yes this is true. But what I want to make you think is how it seems to you when God asks you to do something and you saying back to Him "Oh well God, I will not do it, it is not necessary". Does this sound logical to your ears?

So I tried not to answer directlly to what you asked, but tried to show you how bad it is for one to deny what God wants them to do and go around trying to make His command sound unnecessary, so actually cancelling it.

Jesus said to the Pharisses, "But the Pharisees and lawyers REJECTED THE COUNSEL OF GOD AGAINST THEMSELVES, being not baptized of him.". Well lets not do the same with the christian baptism, rejecting God's Wiill for us.

GBU

And so Bennymkje, as you have stated, "I can only give my understanding you have to bring your own". Therefore, I will simply rest upon the Word of God as given for our understanding, without contorting it in different ways and in different directions to learn of some special or hidden meaning to it all. If only the writers of the books of the Bible, under Holy Spirit revelation and prompting wrote things as you do here, this might then give me some hope that what you present is valid and in harmony with their knowledge and understanding. Then again, who knows, these things might have been hidden from them as well, so I shall remain in ignorance by their side. Thank you again for your time and may God's Spirit guide us into His Truth.

Annoyated Gen.ch.2

v.21 "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;"

Deep sleep refers to the death of his Son. The term 'deep' is same as a far country.in the Parable. The certain householder "And went into a far country:"(Mt.21.33) The entire episode of Adam is set in heavenly places and the far country refers to the world, "And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness."( 1 Jn 5.19)

v.22 "And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man." The rib is the doctrine of God and when the Word became flesh it is the gospel unto salvation. Thus where does Eve stand? She is in a world framed by the word of God. Here faith is the only lingua franca. The world is a far country but we live in heavenly places by faith. We walk among the ungodly " For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come." (Heb.13.14)

" v.23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."Adam names the woman. Notice 'therefore' and his claim is similar to the blood of Christ with which he purchased us unto his own. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." (v.24)

One flesh refers to the work of the Spirit. " Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace./There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;/One Lord, one faith, one baptism,/One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."(Eph.4.3-6)

A correction in the last para,

"Miracles cease to be within His omnipotence." should be read as,"Miracles cease to be mitacles but dall within His omnipotence."

Dear Chris,

Since you asked some serious questions let me try to answer as best as I can:

It is disgust that one can miss the core value of the Scripture and with your own understanding build up another doctrine and another gospel. Even Paul was afraid that he may fall into error and present it in another form. This is God document and you have to receive it as given. Faith in believing unto righteousness, Holiness of God is not in presenting his Will for the sake of human reason but with the grace given, you work your way throgh Yes this eternal disgust is with regards to what is at the end of the road. As in thedays of Noah.(Mt.24.38)

"Does it matter whether God refers to seven days as a week, or whether the Sabbath or Sunday, the Lord's Day, or even Christmas? "

It matters indeed if one misses the everlasting Covenant presented in seven days Gen.ch.1, so the laws of nature and of Moses are all pendent to it. Miracles cease to be within His omnipotence. Entering into God's rest at the day Seven begins from the moment you receive. It is indeed well and good to have an enquiring mind but you say ' does not teach nor satisfy at all; it only speaks of what you believe.' Whether it adds the question with a proper examination of God's Word on those matters.."is for you to determine. I can only give my understanding you have to bring your own. Here in my posts I provide passages to explain. Whether your enquiring mind is,- it it stuck in some repeating groove in the good old LP records is your problem.I leave the rest for you to figure it out yourself. I do not write this in a vaccum so I work with the spirit of Caleb, Give me the mountain! I believe it is easy because it is Christ who is really carrying it, and I write. Disfust is all mine, and I am also a man of likewise passions.

Greeting's

Psalms 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

1 John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Blessings

You asked some interesting questions Bennymkje, which probably reflects in part what you share in your posts and your eternal disgust with anything BH or Dispensationalism.

Does it matter whether God refers to seven days as a week, or whether the Sabbath or Sunday, the Lord's Day, or even Christmas? It matters in every respect if one is to correctly read, understand and teach from the Scriptures. Yes indeed as you wrote, to the one in Christ every day is lived unto the Lord and in celebration & memory of His Birth and Death. But to give only that as a response to an enquiring mind, does not teach nor satisfy at all; it only speaks of what you believe and adds nothing to answer the question with a proper examination of God's Word on those matters.

But you say that such an interpretation is not done "by the lamp of the Spirit". By what criteria is that assertion made? Because a belief or exegesis is different to yours and your 'hermeneutics', therefore it must be quackerish? I guess the 'proof is in the pudding', when what one presents to another or to a group, is understood, accepted, and appreciated by them.

After all, if "the lamp of the Spirit" is aflame with Light & Truth, surely the hearer must be filled with that light, given knowledge and conviction, and not left bereft and in darkness. Or else that blessed Lamp only brightens and encourages one's own heart and soul & does little else. That's probably all I need to say in response to your comment and would leave this unless you want to continue. Blessings.

Thanks Lbooth1955 for adding that information. I admit, I completely missed the point of your first post, concerning 'water baptism - in which names?' Apologies. This question has come up before in these pages, and I still can't make any differentiation between the two (i.e. whether those two baptisms formulaes are the same or not).

Jesus spoke to His disciples to baptize in the Name of the Godhead, whereas Peter, in Jesus' Name only. This might trouble some as to which is correct and current for today, though I see no problem with it. Even if someone baptized in the Name of the Holy Spirit only, should that matter, since all Persons of the Godhead are One, thus represented? Yet, this could be a problem to some.

And I agree, that "Baptism today can only serve as a public declaration", but I could add that it is both an outward and inward expression of faith and commitment. Your quote reveals the outward testimony; and 1 Peter 3:21 speaks about our inward testimony, "the answer of a good conscience toward God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ". Unlike the Jewish baptism (external washings of grime; as also performed by Muslims), the believers' baptism answers to a sure testimony inwardly, of an act and a time of turning from self and the world to cleave only to the Savior. And this assurance will be important when the enemy of our souls seeks to question the worth of our salvation & throw some into confusion and doubt. Every blessing brother.