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Idehn: Idehn. Dont get the wrong end of the stick, you are misunderstanding what was happening in all those referenced verses Who or what do you deem is better than God? So God's morale fiber is under scrutiny now? Is it? What is blessing? What is curse? Anyway "The hosts of other verses of the bible show that the God character in the Bible is very cruel and very vindictive" is a trumped up charge. When we eventually work out, how God hardened Pharaoh's heart, you'll find that your premise that God is cruel and vindictive will fall flat on it's face [center]And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper Romans 1:28[/center] |
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InesQor: petres_007. The esteemed InesQor has taken a first cut InesQor gave a good account that God hardened Pharaoh's heart by allowing Pharaoh's pride to drown Pharaoh It would had been a bonus if InesQor, with simple and believable examples, had described how God actually hardened Pharaoh's heart InesQor said "But God hardened the guy's heart by sending mere pawns to face him" That is how God hardened Pharaoh's heart? Is that it? petres_007, its a good dig but honestly thought InesQor will be more convincing, more credible, more elementary, more plausible than that InesQor's facts are 100%. InesQor estimation or assessment of Pharaoh's psyche or physio mentally is spot on It is the sequence of events on how exactly God hardened Pharaoh's heart that seems to be indescribable in what InesQor submitted How God hardened Pharaoh's heart is beggaring description. Pharaoh's increasingly inflating ego obviously was a factor, this in line with InesQor's flow but how and inconjunction with what if that maybe asked How did God allow the heart to harden? How did He do it? How did God achieve this? How did God allow? How? [center]Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life - Pro 4:23[/center] |
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mazee: petres_007: petres_007. It was obvious you were referring to Ex 4:21 and Ex 7:3 There is no ulterior motive or hidden agenda, just seizing the opportunity of you bringing up "God lent a hand in hardening Pharaoh's heart" What I am after and strongly hoping, is that you step up to the plate and do an exegesis on Ex 4:21 and Ex 7:3 and about how God hardened Pharaoh's heart. I mean give an exposition, provide us with critical explanations on or descriptions of how God hardened Pharaoh's heart The Ex 4:21 and Ex 7:3 texts are quoting God saying He will harden Pharaoh's heart To the uninitiated or an uninformed reader of the texts, the sheer thought of God hardening people's hearts sounds like God is vindictive or cruel. Of course God is not vindictive or cruel, He is not even remotely close. God doesnt do vindictive or cruel, that's more up the devil's alley. So maybe, if, how God hardened Pharaoh's heart, is described, possibly with examples, then captivity will be led captive with its captives set free Consider if you were God during that period, how possibly, would you have hardened Pharaoh's heart? How would or could the hardening have been done? How could the hardening process be described? [center]a text used without a context is a pretext || a verse quoted without a converse is adverse[/center] |
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petres_007: petres_007. Without mincing words, please explain and enlighten us how God lent a hand in hardening Pharaoh's heart. With examples or an illustration for clarity, tell or show us, how God did or could have done it. Harden Pharaoh's heart. [center] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLTFoUkNpuE Paramount Marauder on BBC's Top Gear[/center] |
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PAGAN 9JA:NO! [center]That is because you're crazy - Ingenious IKEA commercial 2002[/center] |
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Azibalua: The term "Pentecostal" actually is an American hijacked export. Whilst we're on the subject, furthermore "Pentecostal" to some degree has similar connotation with "Charismatic" In fact, it was the Christian groups founded in American in the late 19th and early 20th centuries which laid emphasis on "speaking in tongues", "healings" plus "spiritual fervor" or"spontaneous worship" that were called or given the tag "Pentecostal" It was in around 1901 from the Bethel Bible College, Topeka, Kansas and 1906 from Azusa Street in Los Angeles, California where tongues were spoken, that the "Pentecostal" signs and wonders etc movement started. In spite of this info, in truth and its real sense "Pentecostal" is actually about "Pentecost" Pentecost been the 50th day after Jesus' resurrection and the day when the Holy Spirit descended on the Church. It is no secret that because so call "Pentecostals" lately have been up to mischiefs of all sorts or the other, they have now come to be called "Penterascals" [center]The Free Will Paradox[/center] |
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No case of Snake Oil Salesmanship here: 1 Kings 17:1-16 1Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbea in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.” 2Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3“Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there.” 5So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8Lord came to him: 9“Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food.” 10So he went to Zarephath Note this implies both heard from God. The prophet and the woman, she particularly had received an advanced command When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.” 12“As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” Prophet comforts and reassures woman: Note in sharing of what woman and child have, the prophet's modesty of asking for small and the absence of any psychological tactics or mind manipulations here and 13Elijah said to her, to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son." Prophet then sets woman's mind at rest with this guarantee: 14For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord gives rain on the land.’” With a restored confidence woman went away and did as the prophet told her. Win-win ending for both prophet and woman: 15She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah. Just have to love 1 Kings 17:1-16. There were commands, bidirectional. Both parties had commands. The most of times and 100% one way, it is flesh that is commanding most pastors and those not churchwise easily fall for their type Did not even know until now that 1 Kings 17:8-16 was even mentioned in the attached [center]All lies, all evil deeds stink. Can cover them up for a while but not forever[/center] |
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Every day people are straying and staying away from the church and going back to God |
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okeyxyz: #include<iostream.h> should be #include<iostream> #include<iostream.h> is used in C without the .h #include<iostream> is used in C++ |
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Enigma:Joagbaje alert. Joagbaje, the most of times is 404. Clueless I am not sure of the ". . . talking through his backside . . ." feat. Wow! bet that would be a crowd puller if Joagbaje can talk through his backside but anyway I've realised that he rabbits on with severe case of verbal diarrhoea [center]"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" - George Orwell[/center] |
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nuclearboy:nuclearboy was a joke playing along with you only saying an eraser might come in handy with the 2b and paper to wipe out truths you jotted down that later turned out to be otherwise |
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Reprobate mind [center]Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done[/center] |
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dare2think: Joagbaje: Has nothing to do with the office but rather purpose and person Anointing is for purpose, it is purpose driven The purpose is constant and not a variable It is the person that is the determining factor whether anointing stays or leaves King Saul continued reigning even after the anointing has departed him King Saul functioned in an "office" so was he still God's anointed by the virtue of that "office"? King Saul continued functioning in leadership by virtue of the crown but without an anointing, is not it? God must have gone soft. Samson was not that lucky David was anointed, a king in waiting. Inspite of the anointing he did not become king until King Saul's death Yes, Jesus was The Chosen One, The Anointed One and just like David too waited to do things properly God is not a law breaker if it can be helped Jesus was going through the motions. The empowerment was just a performance to follow the rules John the Baptist knew this which is why he baulking from baptising Jesus Jesus was purpose driven. He knew what He was on Earth for Dont joke with the mob. The Mafia of the day. The pharisees and The Great Sanhedrin It's not like nowadays that any Tom, D:ck, or Sally can set up church and start preaching just like that There was the legal age, 30 part, which is what Jesus waited to be before going PLC The pharisees and Sanhedrin would have caught Him out on it if otherwise Sadly not all that function in an office, pastors for example, are God anointed. The God anointing is not by virtue of an office or position occupeid. Adam was spiritually dead but although the power had gone he still was able to hear God in the garden. Some yesterday's pastors, have been known to live off a departed anointing's lingering or residual power and the congregation are none the wiser [center]they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'[/center] |
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nuclearboy: with an eraser or rubber too? Or the 2B pencil is one of those with an eraser at the end Clever! or what? |
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Dulcet7: Dulcet7 aye Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. Found one and hoping to share using an eureka-led style [center]Sir you are a giant shoulder high among men[/center] |
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Dulcet7: Dulcet7: Dulcet7 My bad, Of course you are right. I have re-read the submission. Facepalm! I misread the above quote, I thought you wrote God does not leave things latent, dormant or embryonic That is why I referenced death in Eden which before was dormant but came alive and active when sin was committed Of course God is omniscient but does not mean things are not latent, dormant etc at some point or time Pullman's book is fiction, he is not claiming otherwise. Each to his own but a lot are spiritually immature and easily fooled to believe every other worthless or alternate pathetic "gospel" You sure did give it a go [center]May you live in interesting times[/center] |
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Dulcet7: Dulcet7 that was not clarification Spotted a "Moses moment" so did an Aaron-and-Hur step in, to stay your hands up |
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Dulcet7: Of course I believe, God sent God. God sent Himself! but you were on your own beyond the above statement. I lagged behind when you made that flagrant assumption that ". . . with God nothing is ever latent, dormant or embryonic . . ." Was death not latent in Eden? Was death not dormant in Eden? The "title"? Surely it must be more than just a mere title Of course, the title, it always was ascribed but not recognised when He came to His own nor recognised by those that met Him It is mutually agreed that Jesus and Christ are the same and one person just like Simon and Peter et al are the same person and one person Hmm. Jesus? Christ? Those were the questions. Who. What. Philip Pullman and others like Dan Brown are amusing. God must be laughing His rockers off at their nastiness and small-mindedness If christians are unable to explain convincely what is & who is Jesus and Christ, then suppose its OK for the likes of Philip, Dan etc having a field day |
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http://www.freebooks4u.net/fantasticfiction/GoodMan-Jesus-and-the-Scoundrel-Christ.html ![]() http://www.freebooks4u.net/fantasticfiction/GoodMan-Jesus-and-the-Scoundrel-Christ.html [center]"What is truth?" - Pontius Pilate[/center] |
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[img]http://bks0.books.google.com/books?id=7FUtpV81w_gC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1[/img] [center]We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything - Thomas A. Edison [/center] |
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Dulcet7: The Kingdom is getting repopulated and the gates of hell are increasingly buckling "Jesus officially became Christ at the beginning of His ministry when The Father anointed Him to work" OK. So are you saying Christ was latent or embryonic in Jesus? Are you also saying Christ was dormant, was inactive in Jesus until the baptism? Or are you saying Christ was absent or nonexistent in Jesus before baptism? What is Jesus? Greek:Christ and Hebrew:Messiah Who is Christ? Christ is "the anointed one" - the fulfilment of the promise, proof to the promised Jews that God does not forget his promises OK. Then what is the anointing? What is the "the anointed one" then? What is Christ? 1 Samuel 16:1;13-14 1And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. Luke 2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. [center]". . . proof to the promised Jews that God does not forget his promises . . ." Promised the Jews? Note: Matthew 15:24 I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel not house of Judah[/center] |
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"JESUS" and "CHRIST" ? Who is Jesus? Who is Christ? The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is a novel by Philip Pullman. atheistic author Philip Pullman puts forward his own version of fiction The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is a novel by Philip Pullman. Published at Easter 2010 by Canongate Books, it tells the story of Jesus as if he were two people, "Jesus" and "Christ," with contrasting personalities; Jesus being a moral and godly man, and his brother Christ a calculating figure who wishes to use Jesus' legacy to found a powerful Church. The book has attracted controversy, as well as hate mail sent to Pullman by Christian fundamentalists threatening him with damnation. In Pullman's own words, "The story I tell comes out of the tension within the dual nature of Jesus Christ, but what I do with it is my responsibility alone. Parts of it read like a novel, parts like history, and parts like a fairy tale; I wanted it to be like that because it is, among other things, a story about how stories become stories. [center]Nonsense on stilts![/center] |
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KunleOshob: Joagbaje:It is explanations that is AWOL here [center]Virtues don’t happen in a vacuum[/center] |
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femmy2010: There was a time and place for that Was done back then to preserve the family line way This before Dulcet7's reference Onan was the first casualty of the authoritative order He was not done for "wringing the turkey's neck" but for wilfully flouting the authoritative order, having and doing it his way Moses made this official or formal by virtue the Levirate marriage law [center]God's last name is not "Dammit"[/center] |
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Dulcet7:It is like walking on egg shells here, likely hear a pin if it drops here So they are not twins then How did Jesus => become => Christ? [center]God is not the name of God, but an opinion about Him.[/center] |
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"JESUS" and "CHRIST" ? What and who are they? What is Jesus? What is Christ? Who is Jesus? Who is Christ? Twins? Are they twins? [center]A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure - Hugh Kingsmill[/center] |
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Who is Abram? Who is Abraham? Who is Sarai? Who is Sarah? Who is Jacob? Who is Israel? Who is Simon? Who is Peter? Who is Saul? Who is Paul? "Jesus" and "Christ" ? Mark 5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. Who and what are they? Who is Jesus? Who is Christ? What is Jesus? What is Christ? Huh Huh Huh [center]When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.[/center] |
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mabell: [img width=350 height=400]http://thepqnation.com/livingwicked/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/803205-holy_facepalm_super.jpg[/img] [center]JESUS, Saviour | CHRIST, The Anointed One[/center] |
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Anything is possible if you don't know what you're talking about [center]And this too, shall pass[/center] |
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If a person calls himself or herself a Christian, but does not follow (nor even understand) basic principles of Christianity, what's the point? [center]in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?[/center] |
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Mark 5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. Who and what are they? Who is Jesus? Who is Christ? What is Jesus? What is Christ? ![]() ![]() ![]() [center]Got truth decay? Brush up on your Bible![/center] |
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"Jesus" and "Christ" ? [center]To learn about Christianity, the best place to go is the Bible itself[/center] |
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