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Post by jimmie on Oct 16, 2015 14:28:39 GMT -8
"Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified." (Acts 19:8-17 KJV)
Professional exorcist were another group of Jews that were not Jews, like Simon in Samaria and Elymas in Cyprus (8:9; 13:6)." Other references to exorcism as practised by the Jews are found in Matt. 12:27; Mark 9:38; Luke 9:49, 50. It would seem that it was an opinion among these vagabond Jews that miracles might be wrought by invoking the divine name. Thus also these "vagabond Jews" pretended that they could expel daemons. The power of casting out devils was conferred by Christ on his apostles (Matt. 10:8), and on the seventy (Luke 10:17-19), and was exercised by believers after his ascension (Mark 16:17; Acts 16:18); but this power was never spoken of as exorcism.
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Post by jimmie on Oct 16, 2015 7:00:25 GMT -8
A sheep in wolf's clothing. I mean a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Nicolaitans: Nike the god of victory and laity or common people. The elite ruling over the common people. As in catholic priest over their Laymen.
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Post by jimmie on Oct 15, 2015 10:24:44 GMT -8
Acts 17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
There are many references to other groups or religions in the Bible. The purpose of this thread is to identify who they were and who are their modern counterparts.
Epicureans:
Epicurus, an ancient Greek philosopher founded the Epicureans around 307 BC. Epicurus was an atomic materialist, whose materialism led him to a general attack on superstition and divine intervention. Since Jesus was a divine intervention by God, the Epicureans would naturally think Paul was setting forth a strange god because their gods did not meddle in the affairs of man. The Epicureans modern counterpart would be Deism which allows for a god to exist but they reject all divine interventions such as miracles. Buddhism also adheres to this philosophy.
Stoicks:
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. A distinctive feature of Stoicism is its cosmopolitanism: All people are manifestations of the one universal spirit and should, according to the Stoics, live in brotherly love and readily help one another. In Acts 17: 26, Paul draws the Stoicks in with, “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth”. Thus Stoicks taught Pantheism derived from the Greek pan "all" and theos "God". The modern counter parts would be Hinduism, Taoism and nature worship.
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Post by jimmie on Oct 8, 2015 5:25:53 GMT -8
Shalom everyone! so from that point on I have refused to listen to anyone who tries to belittle scriptures and take away the validity in it.  I will support you in that endeaver. welcome back. Jimmie |
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Post by jimmie on Oct 6, 2015 10:11:36 GMT -8
since most caravans primarily used camels I don't see it as a common domicile for beasts. Dan C Gen 42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. It appears that animals were indeed kept in the inn. |
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Post by jimmie on Oct 6, 2015 9:04:21 GMT -8
[ Ruth was a Moabitess, and she was in the lineage of Yeshua. But that is one in how many? Even her two sisters-in-law, who had lived with the Hebrew faith turned back, and only she went on. Dan C I am pretty sure Ruth only had one sister in law. azaliah, I believe in the eternal security of the believer. I do not believe in the eternal security of the unbeliever. We are told many times to endure to the end. If one fails to endure to the end or falls away, he did not act as a believer. Jimmie |
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Post by jimmie on Oct 5, 2015 14:56:39 GMT -8
www.padfield.com/1999/manger.htmlLuke 13:15The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? Even the privileged lived in close quarters with animals. Sharing the same roof with animals was not uncommon in bible times. The inn or guest room would be a less desirable place to give birth than the main house where the owner and his animals slept, because the inn was like a lean-to built onto the side of the house.
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Post by jimmie on Oct 5, 2015 7:17:25 GMT -8
[ Actually, a Judaizer is one who insists on conversion to Judaism before he can be saved. You are using the term here as modern Christianity sees it; but as usual they got it wrong.Acts 15:1-2 (ESV) But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. Neither the Nots'rim of the 1st cen nor modern Meshiachim teach you must convert to Judaism nor to keep the entire  in order to be saved. We are saved by grace through trust in Yeshua HaMoshiach, and no other way. Ephesians 2:8 (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, We do teach observance as a way to please Hashem; our instructions for leading a life of sanctification and ridding ourselves of sin. It is one of the fruits we as believers bear is hat we serve and worship as God said, in stark contrast to the pagan world around us. This is where the Christian church is shown to be most lacking, in that they look just like the pagan cultures whose traditions they have substituted for the instructions of God. And this in fact was the conclusion of this debate, which resulted in the Jerusalem Council; the Gentile converts were given a starting place, then they were taught over time as they sat in synagogue every Shabbat and heard "Moses" () read:Acts 15:19-21 (ESV) "Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood. For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”Dan C [/font][/quote] Ever noticed that one of the first things Paul done after receiving this decree was to have Timothy circumcised? Acts 16 1-4. |
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Post by jimmie on Sept 24, 2015 10:26:22 GMT -8
cgpb
Thanks
jimmie
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Post by jimmie on Sept 23, 2015 11:17:42 GMT -8
Genesis 1:26 says: “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…….”
Who was God referring to by "us" and "our"? |
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Post by jimmie on Sept 23, 2015 8:39:22 GMT -8
Deut. 30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; 16In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 17But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 18I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. Most christians believe that the law/instruction/ /statute/command/ordinance/precept brings only death. While it actually brings life or death. Depending upon weither or not we choose to obey. If we choose not to obey we choose death. Once that choice is made we cannot redeem ourselves. We must be made right(redeemed) by God/Jesus. |
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Post by jimmie on Sept 11, 2015 9:05:03 GMT -8
Antiochus backed down in the face of Jewish opposition to his effort to introduce idols in their temples, but his son, Antiochus IV, who inherited the throne in 176 B.C. resumed his father's original policy without excepting the Jews. A brief Jewish rebellion only hardened his views and led him to outlaw central tenets of Judaism such as the Sabbath andcircumcision, and defile the holy Temple by erecting an altar to the god Zeus, allowing the sacrifice of pigs, and opening the shrine to non-Jews. I have read that the Books of Maccabees has Antiochus ding in three different locations and by three different methods. Have not verified this. If that is the case, it would seem that the books should not be viewed as scripture. |
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Post by jimmie on Sept 11, 2015 8:57:08 GMT -8
DRIVING ON ROSH HASHANAH TO AN ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE. May G-d Bless you - garrett 2 kings 4:22-23 seems to indicate that the man was used to his wife traveling on the Sabbath and new moons to see the man of God. |
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Post by jimmie on Sept 11, 2015 8:42:46 GMT -8
The problem isn't in the original text, or really even in the translation of trust as faith in modern texts. It is in our perception of that word and how we were taught. That said, I do think a more honest and accurate translation of the terms would be "trust" since the object is for the translator (transliterator) to get across to us the actual meaning of the author. Dan C I don’t think we would fare any better with “trust” than we do with “faith.” What you have said about our perception of the word “faith” and what we were taught about it, hold true for “trust” also. What most christians consider “trusting in the LORD”. I consider “tempting the LORD.” I once attended a breakfast fellowship at a Baptist Church. I brought turkey bacon and beef sausage to the event. This prompted a discussing with the preacher, who informed me that eating unclean meats was condemned in the Bible. However he could eat unclean meats because he “trusted in the LORD” to make his actions pure. Using that logic, maybe Jesus should have jumped off the temple. I once attended a Baptist Church which had a “give it all Sunday” twice a year. The pastor actually wanted everyone to give their entire paycheck to GOD, by way of the church offering plate. We were supposed to “trust” the LORD to take care of us that week by other means. Not our labor as that went to the church and not the church as it needed the money we gave for bills. The people who participated, including me, were tempting the LORD not trusting Him. Scripture says that every man should enjoy the fruits of his labor, instead we gave the fruits of our labor away and expected (trusted) God to take care of us. In other words, we were jumping off the temple. “Trust in the LORD” as used by most christians is nothing more than a cliché to kill thought. The differenced in faith and trust is: trust can be used as a verb while faith cannot. |
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Post by jimmie on Sept 10, 2015 13:34:39 GMT -8
What feast is in the eighth month? Back to the original questions. www.ou.org/yerushalayim/17betammuz/How many people observe the non-biblical holidays? I assume that a fairly large amount of people celebrate Chanukah, but what about the others? Dave The same basic question was asked in Zech. 3:3 … Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? God’s answer: Zech. 3:5 … When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even me. 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Compare with Romans 14:6,7 : "HE that regardeth the day, regardeth it UNTO THE LORD; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord HE doth not regard it. HE that EATETH, eateth to the Lord, for HE giveth The Almighty thanks; and HE that EATETH NOT, to the Lord HE eateth not, and giveth The Almighty thanks. For none of US liveth to HIMSELF, and no man dieth to HIMSELF." It appears to me that the keeping of the Jewish feasts and fasts is optional (done at one’s personal discretion). I personally keep only the feasts and fasts laid out in scripture (which are not optional). I don’t condemn those who do keep the man-made Jewish feasts and fasts as long as they keep them unto the LORD. Of course, proclaiming a pagan feast is unto the LORD is not included in this liberty. Just ask Aaron. |
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in order to be saved. We are saved by grace through trust in Yeshua HaMoshiach, and no other way. 
