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The Wisdom of the Books of the Bible
By: AGelbert Date: June 3, 2017, 12:42 pm
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[center][font=times new roman]Book of Proverbs[/font][/center]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Proverbs" translates the Hebrew word mashal, but "mashal" has a
wider range of meaning than the short catchy sayings implied by
the English word. Thus, while roughly half the book is made up
of "sayings" of this type, the other half is made up of longer
poetic units of various types. These include "instructions"
formulated as advice from a teacher or parent addressed to a
student or child, dramatic personifications of both Wisdom and
Folly, and the "words of the wise" sayings, longer than the
Solomonic "sayings" but shorter and more diverse than the
"instructions".[7]
The Book of Proverbs (Hebrew:
מִשְלֵי, Míshlê
(Shlomoh), "Proverbs (of Solomon)") is the second book of the
third section (called Writings) of the Hebrew Bible and a book
of the Christian Old Testament.[1] When translated into Greek
and Latin, the title took on different forms: in the Greek
Septuagint (LXX) it became
Παροιμίαι Paroimiai
("Proverbs"); in the Latin Vulgate the title was Proverbia, from
which the English name is derived.
Proverbs is not merely an anthology but a "collection of
collections" relating to a pattern of life which lasted for more
than a millennium.[2] It is an example of the Biblical wisdom
tradition, and raises questions of values, moral behaviour, the
meaning of human life, and right conduct.[3] The repeated theme
is that "the fear of God (meaning submission to the will of God)
is the beginning of wisdom".[4] Wisdom is praised for her role
in creation; God acquired her before all else, and through her
he gave order to chaos; and since humans have life and
prosperity by conforming to the order of creation, seeking
wisdom is the essence and goal of the religious life.[5]
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Agelbert NOTE: Great scientists who pioneered the scientific
method, unlike many present scientists, who worship at the
atheist Darwinian altar, knew that Nature, that complex and
magnificently ordered life matrix we observe, admire and totally
depend on for our survival, also called the biosphere, must be
obeyed. Francis Bacon, a wise man who WAS NOT an atheist,
understood the message of Proverbs quite well. [img
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[center]FRANCIS BACON: GOD AND ATHEISM[/center]
Sir Francis Bacon was critical in the development of the
scientific method, and, thus, being a philosophical/scientific
giant, atheists have attempted to recruit him as a supporter of
unbelief. Again they do so in vain, as Bacon made his religious
views quite clear in some of his works, and they are clearly
reflective of Christian beliefs. Ironically, he also expressed
his disdain for atheism, as shown below.
[quote]"It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's
mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy brings about man's mind
to religion: for while the mind of man looketh upon second
causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no
further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and
linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and
Deity."(Bacon, 64)
“They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man
is of kin to the beasts in his body; and, if he be not of kin to
God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.” (Bacon,
67)
“It is better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an
opinion as is unworthy of him: for the one is unbelief the other
is contumely; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the
Deity.” (Bacon, 68)[/quote]
_________________
Bacon, F. The Essays of Lord Bacon. London: Longman and Green
Co., 1875.
HTML http://atheismexposed.tripod.com/francis_bacon.htm
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Re: The Wisdom of the Books of the Bible
By: AGelbert Date: August 12, 2017, 11:26 am
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Agelbert NOTE: The parables taught by Jesus Christ have been
frequently misinterpreted or even used to rationalize doing the
opposite of what Christ actually taught. I am posting the
following over several days in order to help clear up any
misunderstandings among people of good will, along with
eliminating self-serving rationalizitions often used by people
of bad will.
[center][font=times new roman]Matthew 13:1-58[/font][/center]
Eight parables are found here. In the first instance the parable
is of the sower. The sowing of the seed refers to the Word of
God.
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width=640]
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The seed, having grown in the good soil, becomes not only one
but many believing witnesses cast into the world. Jesus
explained that "the good seed are the children of the kingdom".
These parables are given so that we as the children of the
kingdom in the world may know that we must expect opposition
from the devil and his children.
In these parable, we are given the negative reaction to
Christian action.
We must not try to uproot the weeds, representative of the evil
ones in the world, because of our inability to judge rightly
without the possibility of making a mistake. The ultimate
disposition of the evil ones in the world will be accomplished
by angels who are going to be sent by the Lord (v. 41) at the
consummation of the age. Actually, the angels are designated as
the final reapers of the harvest of our labor (v. 39).
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[quote][font=times new roman]35 A good man brings good things
out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil
things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that
everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for
every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will
be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” -
Matthew 12:35-37[/font][/quote]
[move]Enjoy this Country Western style singing of a Psalm David
wrote:
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[/move]
[center]
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Continued tomorrow
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Re: The Wisdom of the Books of the Bible
By: AGelbert Date: August 13, 2017, 12:35 pm
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[quote author=AGelbert link=topic=233.msg7692#msg7692
date=1502555176]
Agelbert NOTE: The parables taught by Jesus Christ have been
frequently misinterpreted or even used to rationalize doing the
opposite of what Christ actually taught. I am posting the
following over several days in order to help clear up any
misunderstandings among people of good will, along with
eliminating self-serving rationalizitions often used by people
of bad will.
[center][font=times new roman]Matthew 13:1-58[/font][/center]
Eight parables are found here. In the first instance the parable
is of the sower. The sowing of the seed refers to the Word of
God.
[center][img
width=640]
HTML http://www.katapi.org.uk/images/Nature/Sower300w.jpg[/img][/center]
The seed, having grown in the good soil, becomes not only one
but many believing witnesses cast into the world. Jesus
explained that "the good seed are the children of the kingdom".
These parables are given so that we as the children of the
kingdom in the world may know that we must expect opposition
from the devil and his children.
In these parable, we are given the negative reaction to
Christian action.
We must not try to uproot the weeds, representative of the evil
ones in the world, because of our inability to judge rightly
without the possibility of making a mistake. The ultimate
disposition of the evil ones in the world will be accomplished
by angels who are going to be sent by the Lord (v. 41) at the
consummation of the age. Actually, the angels are designated as
the final reapers of the harvest of our labor (v. 39).
[center][img
width=640]
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[/center]
[move]Enjoy this Country Western style singing of a Psalm David
wrote:
HTML http://www.pic4ever.com/images/balloons.gif
[/move]
[center]
HTML https://youtu.be/XjEpB2ikkuE[/center]
Continued tomorrow
[/quote]
Parable no. 2 (vv. 24-30 the wheat and the tares) and parable
no. 7 (the net which catches both good and bad fish) are
illustrative of the fact that, as a result of the witnessing of
children of the kingdom in this dispensation, there will be both
genuine wheat and good fish, as well as tares and bad fish.
Not all who are caught in the net of evangelism are genuinely
saved. The unsaved will be made manifest in the Day of Judgment
at the consumation of the age.
Neither we nor angels, no matter how hard we try, wil be able to
put the devil out of commision until the appointed time. The
disciples wanted to pull out the tares planted by the devil, but
were told not to do so until harvest time when the tares were
going to be uprooted and utterly burned. See Jude v. 9.
Agelbert NOTE: It is one thing to not go out and kill the people
you believe are pseudo-Christians dedicated to evil, but that
doesn't mean we are not given sufficient discernment to know who
they are. I am firmly convinced that Pat Robertson, Vice
President Pence (and many other public figures that claim to be
"Christians") are in the category of tares and bad fish. You
know them by their empathy deficit, despicable, evil,
destructive, hateful, war loving, rotten fruit.
Trump gets along great with those hypocrites. Is Trump the same
as them?
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As for Trump, he doesn't have the remotest idea of what
Christianity is, and never has entertained one single thought of
accepting Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, except as a pose
to con voters.
To non-believers, the difference between the Trumps and Pences
of this world is irrelevant because they both obviously are
people dominated by evil desires.
But according to Holy Scripture, the Trumps of this world, who
never even looked at the seed of the Gospel or were never caught
in the Gospel net of sound doctrine, are less guilty than people
like Pence, Gorsuch, etc. et al, who drive potential converts to
Christianity away with their in-your-face greed, lack of
compassion, racism and bigotry while they simultaneously and
shamelessly parade their sanctimonious guise of "Christian"
beliefs.[img
width=80]
HTML http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9HT4xZyDmh4/TOHhxzA0wLI/AAAAAAAAEUk/oeHDS2cfxWQ/s200/Smiley_Angel_Wings_Halo.jpg[/img]<br
/>[img
width=100]
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Judgment begins in the House of the Lord.
[quote][font=times new roman]17 For the time is come that
judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin
at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of
God? - 1 Peter 4:17 KJV[/font][/quote]
Continued tomorrow
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Re: The Wisdom of the Books of the Bible
By: AGelbert Date: August 14, 2017, 12:17 pm
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[quote author=AGelbert link=topic=233.msg7692#msg7692
date=1502555176]
Agelbert NOTE: The parables taught by Jesus Christ have been
frequently misinterpreted or even used to rationalize doing the
opposite of what Christ actually taught. I am posting the
following over several days in order to help clear up any
misunderstandings among people of good will, along with
eliminating self-serving rationalizitions often used by people
of bad will.
[center][font=times new roman]Matthew 13:1-58[/font][/center]
Eight parables are found here. In the first instance the parable
is of the sower. The sowing of the seed refers to the Word of
God.
[center][img
width=640]
HTML http://www.katapi.org.uk/images/Nature/Sower300w.jpg[/img][/center]
The seed, having grown in the good soil, becomes not only one
but many believing witnesses cast into the world. Jesus
explained that "the good seed are the children of the kingdom".
These parables are given so that we as the children of the
kingdom in the world may know that we must expect opposition
from the devil and his children.
In these parable, we are given the negative reaction to
Christian action.
We must not try to uproot the weeds, representative of the evil
ones in the world, because of our inability to judge rightly
without the possibility of making a mistake. The ultimate
disposition of the evil ones in the world will be accomplished
by angels who are going to be sent by the Lord (v. 41) at the
consummation of the age. Actually, the angels are designated as
the final reapers of the harvest of our labor (v. 39).
[center][img
width=640]
HTML http://www.artbible.net/2NT/REVELATION%20-%20VALLOTTON%20S%20DRAWINGS%20....DESSINS%20D%20A%20VALLOTTON/20%20VALLOTTON%2014%2015%20ANGEL%20REAPING%20THE%20HARVEST.jpg[/img]
[/center]
[move]Enjoy this Country Western style singing of a Psalm David
wrote:
HTML http://www.pic4ever.com/images/balloons.gif
[/move]
[center]
HTML https://youtu.be/XjEpB2ikkuE[/center]
Continued tomorrow
[/quote]
[quote author=AGelbert link=topic=233.msg7700#msg7700
date=1502645714]
Parable no. 2 (vv. 24-30 the wheat and the tares) and parable
no. 7 (the net which catches both good and bad fish) are
illustrative of the fact that, as a result of the witnessing of
children of the kingdom in this dispensation, there will be both
genuine wheat and good fish, as well as tares and bad fish.
Not all who are caught in the net of evangelism are genuinely
saved. The unsaved will be made manifest in the Day of Judgment
at the consumation of the age.
Neither we nor angels, no matter how hard we try, wil be able to
put the devil out of commision until the appointed time. The
disciples wanted to pull out the tares planted by the devil, but
were told not to do so until harvest time when the tares were
going to be uprooted and utterly burned. See Jude v. 9.
Agelbert NOTE: It is one thing to not go out and kill the people
you believe are pseudo-Christians dedicated to evil, but that
doesn't mean we are not given sufficient discernment to know who
they are. I am firmly convinced that Pat Robertson, Vice
President Pence (and many other public figures that claim to be
"Christians") are in the category of tares and bad fish. You
know them by their empathy deficit, despicable, evil,
destructive, hateful, war loving, rotten fruit.
Trump gets along great with those hypocrites. Is Trump the same
as them?
[center][img
width=100]
HTML http://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/3-040817140651.png[/img][/center]
As for Trump, he doesn't have the remotest idea of what
Christianity is, and never has entertained one single thought of
accepting Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, except as a pose
to con voters.
To non-believers, the difference between the Trumps and Pences
of this world is irrelevant because they both obviously are
people dominated by evil desires.
But according to Holy Scripture, the Trumps of this world, who
never even looked at the seed of the Gospel or were never caught
in the Gospel net of sound doctrine, are less guilty than people
like Pence, Gorsuch, etc. et al, who drive potential converts to
Christianity away with their in-your-face greed, lack of
compassion, racism and bigotry while they simultaneously and
shamelessly parade their sanctimonious guise of "Christian"
beliefs.[img
width=150]
HTML http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9HT4xZyDmh4/TOHhxzA0wLI/AAAAAAAAEUk/oeHDS2cfxWQ/s200/Smiley_Angel_Wings_Halo.jpg[/img]<br
/>[img
width=100]
HTML http://www.opednews.com/populum/uploaded/wemeantwell-23439-20130307-234.jpg[/img]
Judgment begins in the House of the Lord.
Continued tomorrow
[/quote]
In parable no. 3 (vv, 31,32), we have a mustard seed which is
the smallest of the seeds taking itself an unnatural growth.
Many confuse this parable with the often quoted "Faith as a
mustard seed" teaching by Christ. Faith as a mustard seed is a
good thing worthy of being sought out. But the parable of the
kingdom, as related to a mustard seed's growth, is a prophecy of
the corruption of the Church when it becomes unnaturally large.
The tremendous growth of a tiny mustard seed to a plant nearly
12 feet tall is a metaphor for the secularization of the
Christian Church. Christ never meant His Church to wield
organizational power.
Bigness is unnatural in the kingdom of God but Christ told us
what to expect. In these parables we have the history of the
witness of the children of the kingdom foretold, just as in Rev.
2-3 the history of the church is foretold.
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The birds of the air are a metaphor for evil, just as they are
in the parable of the sower.
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See Rev. 18 where a false church is called Babylon. God's
genuine people are admonished to separate themselves from this
church (Rev. 18:4).
Continued Tomorrow
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Re: The Wisdom of the Books of the Bible
By: AGelbert Date: August 15, 2017, 12:23 pm
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Continued from the previous post on this thread:
Parable no. 4 ( Matthew 13:33) about the hidden yeast represents
the subtle influence of evil (the yeast) in the bread. In spite
of the onfluence of the yeast, the bread is still useful for
feeding and nourishment.
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The metaphor of bread containing yeast (notice that leavened
bread grows LARGE while unleavened bread does not) represents
the Church influenced by evil.
Some use this parable to justify pointing at the mainstream
nominally Christan Church as the tainted, but still most
important, source of the spiritual food and strength of Christ
in the world. That is an erroneous, and altogether too modern
mainstream church self serving, assumption. This parable clearly
points to a remnant within, but by no means excluding the
remnant without, the Church that together constitutes the
Spiritual Body of Christ (i.e. Christ's Church on earth). The
tremendous expansion of bread when it contains yeast is a
metaphor for the secularization of the Christian Church. Christ
never meant His Church to wield organizational power. Bigness is
unnatural in the kingdom of God but Christ told us what to
expect.
The Body of Christ is certainly not limited to the organized
Church.
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In fact, in these dark times, I believe a greater part of the
Body of Christ exists outside the organized Church "bread"
hampered by the evil "yeast" than within it. Christ did not
actually used the word "mix" in regard to the yeast; He used the
word (when translated to Greek) "krypto", which means, "to hide
or conceal".
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If you are in a Church where the yeast has taken over, I am
certain that Christ does not want you there. These churches
prosper economically, grow massively and gain respect and
approval from the secular government they serve.
If you can manage to not get thrown out, even when you call out
the behavior of the "yeast" in that Church, then stay. But if
you are coerced to applaud a corrupted, prospertiy preaching,
war loving, flag worshipping Orwellian version of Christ's
teachings (by remaining silent before organizational church
false doctrine), staying puts your Salvation in jeopardy.
The people in those yeast leavened organizational churches have
gained the world, only to lose their soul. Tell them why you are
leaving, pray for them and flee!
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Continued tomorrow
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Re: The Wisdom of the Books of the Bible
By: AGelbert Date: August 16, 2017, 1:23 pm
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[center]Continued from the previous post
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/>on Matthew 13:1-58[/center]
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Parable no. 5 (v. 44), the hidden treasure found in the field,
is a metaphor for the people in the world in whom Christ
establishes His kingdom. In order to possess them, He gave His
own life. He hides this treasure, God's redeemed saints, in the
world until He redeems or purchases the whole world when He will
come again to liberate not only the believer within the world
but the world itself (Rom. 8:19-26; Rev. 21).
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Parable no. 6 (vv, 45-46) is similar to the fifth parable, with
the pearl symbolizing the sinner. The pearl at its heart is a
grain of hard and lifeless sand, even as the sinner is dead in
his sins and trespasses.
But when the sand comes in touch with the living organism, the
oyster, the sand becomes transformed into a pearl. As a result
of this contact, it becomes a thing of exquisite beauty and
precious indeed.
Thus, the precious pearls in the world are the sinners who,
because of having become absorbed into the Spiritual Body of
Jesus Christ, have become His kingdom (Rev. 1:6). For this to be
accomplished, Jesus Christ had to sacrifice His own life, but He
arose from the dead to be forever the living organism in whom we
dwell.
The hair splitters out there might argue that the oyster is
simply responding to an irritant by covering that irritating
particle with the same type of exquisite Calcium Carbonate (i.e.
mother of pearl) that said oyster uses to build its own shell,
as these bivalves are DNA programmed to do.
[quote] A pearl is created in the mantle of a mollusk when an
irritant particle is surrounded by layers of nacre.
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bivalvia
Although most bivalves
can create pearls, oysters in the family Pteriidae and
freshwater mussels in the families Unionidae and
Margaritiferidae are the main source of commercially available
pearls because the calcareous concretions produced by most other
species have no lustre. [/quote]
As a result of the oyster's biological immunological response, a
pearl is formed. Also, the irritating particle is not
necessarily a grain of sand, as oysters often simply push most
grains of sand out of their shell.
True, the oyster is certainly not celebrating the presence of an
irritant, but the point is that something of exquisite value is
formed from something lacking value.
Furthermore, the fact is that an irritating particle (most
naturally-occuring pearls are formed around a tenacious
parasite) is an appropriate metaphor for a sinner. The
parasite's modus vivendi is an appropriate analogy for evil
caused spiritual death, even more so than the lifeless grain of
sand. As the parasite is encased, it dies and a beautiful pearl
replaces it.
In addition, the shell that protects the pearl as it is being
formed is an excellent analogy for Christ's protection while we
grow spiritually. Also, the fact that pearls are only produced
by oysters in unpolluted, pristine water is analogous to
spiritual protection beyond the shell itself.
Finally, the oyster, because it suffers to produce that pearl,
is an appropriate symbol of Christ's suffering to redeem us from
evil.
So, though all metaphors and analogies have their limits, the
parables of the buried treasure and the pearl evidence the
boundless love and compassion that Christ has for us in
suffering for us and in caring for us while we grow spiritually
(by hiding us to protect us from spiritual harm).
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Re: The Wisdom of the Books of the Bible
By: AGelbert Date: August 18, 2017, 8:59 pm
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[center]Continued from the previous post
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/>on Matthew 13:1-58[/center]
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Parable no. 7 (Matthew 13:47-50 KJV) about the net represents
the fishwermen or sons of the kingdom in the sea of humanity.
They catch fish which prove to be both good and bad, edible and
inedible. This is similar to parable no. 2 about the wheat and
the tares.
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[move][font=times new roman]Matthew 13:30 KJV Let both grow
together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will
say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind
them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
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The separation ultimately will be done by the angels and not the
believers down here. In this dispensation, the genuine and the
hypocrite, true believer and the fraud, will jointly inhabit the
world until God's appointed time.
[font=times new roman]Matthew 13:47-50 KJV
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was
cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down,
and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come
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[font=times new roman]50 And shall cast them into the furnace of
fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.[/font]
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Last parable in this teaching tomorrow:
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Re: The Wisdom of the Books of the Bible
By: AGelbert Date: August 20, 2017, 5:23 pm
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[center]Final post on Matthew 13:1-58 (continued from the
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In parable no. 8 (Matthew 13:52 KJV), we have the execution of
the responsibility of the sons of the kingdom to accomplish
their work through sacrifice.
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[move][font=courier]The believer's treasures have to be spent so
that the Gospel can be preached in this
generation.[/font][/move]
The disciples asked Christ why He taught using parables. His
answer (Matthew 13:10-17) reveals a hard truth that many nominal
Christians out there do not want to hear. Those are the
"Christians" who prefer to view Jesus Christ's work as a free
lunch providing sinners the "grace" (i.e. "It's under the blood
so let's party."
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to get
to heaven regardless of their refusal to make daily Holy Spirit
guided efforts to avoid being willingly enslaved to whatever sin
the natural man desires.
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The passages in Matthew 13:10-17, along with Mark 4:10-12, are
some of the most difficult sayings of the Lord Jesus. The clue
to understanding is found in the correct translation of a Greek
word, mēpote (Mt 13:15; Mk. 4:12), usually translated
"lest." However,it should be translated as a suppositional
particle, "if perhaps."
Christ's reasoning was this,[quote][font=times new roman] "If I
speak plainly to these people knowing they are going to continue
to reject what I say to them, their understanding of will
increase their guilt. They would be rejecting not what they do
not understand, but what they do understand. If I speak to them
in parables, and they do not understand what I am saying, then
their rejection is based on their lack of understanding and it
will diminish their guilt. Their guilt is not based upon whether
they understand or not, but on their rejection of God and Me,
not because of what I say, but because of what I am, which
should have been clear enought to them." [/font][/quote]
It is inherent in the entire teaching of the Bible that God will
not hold us responsible for what we do not know or understand,
but for what we do know and understand (Romans 2:12-20; 4:15).
The nonunderstanding of some of the words of Christ in reality
alleviates unbelievers of their guilt for the rejection of Jesus
Christ. Every human on earth has an inner consciousness of God's
requirement of him (Rom. 2:15; John 1:9).
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As one knows and understands more, his responsibility increases
[b]proportionately.[/b] This applies to everyone, many in the
degree of their punishment in hell (yes readers, there ARE
DEGREES of punishment in hell, just as there is a hierarchy of
reward in heaven), and the remnant in the degree of their
heavenly reward.
Hiding the meaning of the depths of God by Jesus Christ to
unbelievers is an act of mercifulness toward them in reducing
their comprehension of His words.
Yes, Christ is merciful, but He is not now, or ever was, wishy
washy about sin and the existence of Heaven and Hell, as well as
who would be sent to one of those two places. It wasn't some
"fire and brimstone Old Testament fundamentalist preacher
whacko" that said the following, it was the Lord of Creation,
the Lord Jesus Christ:
[font=times new roman]Matthew 13:41-43 KJV
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall
gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which
do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the
kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him
hear.[/font]
After Christ explained the paraples to His disciples, He said:
[font=times new roman]Matthew 13:51 KJV
51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things?
They say unto him, Yea, Lord.[/font]
After this tremendous teaching spree by Christ, you would think
that the remaining verses would document evidence of a
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[font=times new roman]Matthew 13:53-58 KJV
53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these
parables, he departed thence.
54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in
their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said,
Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called
Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath
this man all these things?
57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A
prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their
unbelief.[/font]
In closing, let me say that when I read these passages I
understand more clearly why Jesus was known as the Man of
Sorrows. It's not just that He knew His destiny; it's the
in-your-face unbelief of so much family around Him that must
have weighed heavily on Him.
See that your unbelief does not limit what Christ does in your
life. Repent of your sins, ask God to forgive you, and accept
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
If you believe you are a Christian but can sin all you wish, you
have never been anything but a fraud.
Any person who has never heard a word about the Gospel of Jesus
Christ has a greater opportunity to shine like the sun than
you.
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Christanity is not a get out of hell free card; it's a call from
our Creator to be the person He wants us to be in this valley of
tears. The Grace our Lord Jesus Christ obtained for us by His
Sacrifice on the Cross does not absolve us of our responsiblity
to respect others as we respect ourselves.
May God Bless you by granting you the wisdom to do the right
thing.
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[move][font=times new roman]"Then shall the righteous shine
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in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him
hear." -- Matthew 13:43 KJV[/font][/move]
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AUGUST 23, 2017 BY MEDIEVALISTS.NET
SNIPPET:
The earliest Latin Commentary on the Gospels, lost for over 1500
years, has been rediscovered and made available in English for
the first time, thanks to research from the University of
Birmingham.
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“This sheds new light on the way the Gospels were read and
understood in the early Church, in particular the symbolic
reading of the text known as ‘allegorical exegesis’. There are
also moments of insight into the lives of fourth-century Italian
Christians, as when the bishop uses a walnut as an image of the
four Gospels or holds up a Roman coin as a symbol of the
Trinity.’
The English translation, produced as part of the COMPAUL project
funded by the European Research Council, is available online as
a free, open-access download.
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Re: The Wisdom of the Books of the Bible
By: AGelbert Date: December 5, 2017, 12:50 pm
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Agelbert NOTE: Although now we think of the end of things and
massive destruction when this word is used, the word
"Apocalypse" actually means "[font=times new
roman]Revelation[/font]".
[quote]The ancient narrative describes the secret teachings of
Jesus to his brother James, in which Jesus reveals information
about the [b]heavenly realm
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[center][font=times new roman]Early medieval writings of the
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DECEMBER 4, 2017 BY MEDIEVALISTS.NET
The first-known original Greek copy of an early Christian
writing describing Jesus’ secret teachings to his brother James
has been discovered at Oxford University by scholars from The
University of Texas at Austin.
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Apocalypse of James from the Coptic Museum in Cairo, Egypt.
Digitized by Claremont College. Photo credit: Nag Hammadi
Library, Oxford University. (at article link)[/center]
To date, only a small number of texts from the Nag Hammadi
library — a collection of 13 Coptic Gnostic books discovered in
1945 in Upper Egypt — have been found in Greek, their original
language of composition. But earlier this year, UT Austin
religious studies scholars Geoffrey Smith and Brent Landau added
to the list with their discovery of several fifth- or
sixth-century Greek fragments of the First Apocalypse of James,
which was thought to have been preserved only in its Coptic
translations until now.
“To say that we were excited once we realized what we’d found is
an understatement,” said Smith, an assistant professor of
religious studies. “We never suspected that Greek fragments of
the First Apocalypse of James survived from antiquity. But there
they were, right in front of us.”
The ancient narrative describes the secret teachings of Jesus to
his brother James, in which Jesus reveals information about the
heavenly realm and future events, including James’ inevitable
death.
“The text supplements the biblical account of Jesus’ life and
ministry by allowing us access to conversations that purportedly
took place between Jesus and his brother, James — secret
teachings that allowed James to be a good teacher after Jesus’
death,” Smith said.
Such apocryphal writings, Smith said, would have fallen outside
the canonical boundaries set by Athanasius, Bishop of
Alexandria, in his “Easter letter of 367” that defined the
27-book New Testament: “No one may add to them, and nothing may
be taken away from them.”
With its neat, uniform handwriting and words separated into
syllables, the original manuscript was probably a teacher’s
model used to help students learn to read and write, Smith and
Landau said.
“The scribe has divided most of the text into syllables by using
mid-dots. Such divisions are very uncommon in ancient
manuscripts, but they do show up frequently in manuscripts that
were used in educational contexts,” said Landau, a lecturer in
the UT Austin Department of Religious Studies.
The teacher who produced this manuscript must have “had a
particular affinity for the text,” Landau said. It does not
appear to be a brief excerpt from the text, as was common in
school exercises, but rather a complete copy of this forbidden
ancient writing.
Smith and Landau announced the discovery last month during the
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and are
working to publish their preliminary findings in the Greco Roman
Memoirs series of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri.
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