Bible Thread

[heavyiron]

The Eternal Word​

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.

John’s Witness: The True Light​

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That[b] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His [c]own, and His [d]own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the [e]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Becomes Flesh​

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me [f]is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”

16 [g]And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten [h]Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

 

[B-Roll81]

New King James version is probably going to be the most accurate and easiest to understand. NIV and some of the others are known for mutilating some passages (and flat out adding/subtracting other things). Here's a link to a place that will email you a daily reading plan that gets you through the bible in one year (just make sure to pick the NKJV):
Read the Bible in a Year through E-mail

Easiest/best search feature, imo:
BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 150 versions and 50 languages.

Thank you for posting this. Although you sent this in 2020 it found its way to me and I thought, what a good idea to help me read the Bible. Instead of a overwhelming task that it always feels like to me, its an email per day to complete in a year. I just subscribed. Pretty cool. Thanks

 

[Multislacking]

Thank you for posting this. Although you sent this in 2020 it found its way to me and I thought, what a good idea to help me read the Bible. Instead of a overwhelming task that it always feels like to me, its an email per day to complete in a year. I just subscribed. Pretty cool. Thanks

You're welcome. It's really a handy tool and it does make it go pretty quickly. The nice part is it breaks it up in to nice sections that you can read daily and then have time to digest it and contemplate about what it meant. Not only at the time, but also as an individual to yourself.

 

[B-Roll81]

You're welcome. It's really a handy tool and it does make it go pretty quickly. The nice part is it breaks it up in to nice sections that you can read daily and then have time to digest it and contemplate about what it meant. Not only at the time, but also as an individual to yourself.

The evil powers that be have been methodically removing God from everything. Now more than ever, I appreciate this. I'm gonna share with my daughter and family as well. Good stuff dude!

 

[Multislacking]

I Corinthians 1:18-25

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

 

[E.J.D]

Proverbs 24:10 NKJV​

If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small.

 

[Milford King]

Through Christ we achieve eternal life…. But the actual translation is life of the ages.

Do you you think we can time travel in death?

 

[Multislacking]

Through Christ we achieve eternal life…. But the actual translation is life of the ages.

Do you you think we can time travel in death?

Interesting thought. My gut says "no" but I also think our perception of time is probably much different than what God's is. If eternity was a book and you had it memorized front to back...just because you decide to open the book in the middle, have you "traveled" to the center of the book? Or did the center of the book always exist already and you're merely observing that point of the book at that moment? Meanwhile, you are observing the book center, but the rest of the book continues to exist whether you are observing it or not. Simultaneously, you also know what happens in the rest of the book, because you have it memorized. At any point in the process, have you "traveled"?

 

[Milford King]

Interesting thought. My gut says "no" but I also think our perception of time is probably much different than what God's is. If eternity was a book and you had it memorized front to back...just because you decide to open the book in the middle, have you "traveled" to the center of the book? Or did the center of the book always exist already and you're merely observing that point of the book at that moment? Meanwhile, you are observing the book center, but the rest of the book continues to exist whether you are observing it or not. Simultaneously, you also know what happens in the rest of the book, because you have it memorized. At any point in the process, have you "traveled"?

That definitely stirs up my imagination. God wrote the book of life. Are all the ages occurring simultaneously?

I, for one, don’t think time travel is possible because time is linear but…. What if it’s not?

Thought provoking philosophical journeys lie ahead of me now….

 

[Multislacking]

That definitely stirs up my imagination. God wrote the book of life. Are all the ages occurring simultaneously?

I, for one, don’t think time travel is possible because time is linear but…. What if it’s not?

Thought provoking philosophical journeys lie ahead of me now….

If God is everywhere, He is probably also "every time". Like I said, I'm sure God perceives time much differently than we do.

Revelation 22:13
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

Notice the use of "I am". Not "I was the Alpha and will be the Omega." And it isn't the only time He refers to Himself as "I am". Those two little words carry more weight than we realize.

 

[heavyiron]

Through Christ we achieve eternal life…. But the actual translation is life of the ages.

Do you you think we can time travel in death?

There was no direct word for "eternal" in Greek so they used a phrase that roughly translates "ages of the ages". If you look up every occurrence of the phrase you can demonstrate it means forever or eternal. It was one of our assignments when I took Theology. Give me the exact verse you are quoting, and I will look into the original if you want.

 

[Milford King]

There was no direct word for "eternal" in Greek so they used a phrase that roughly translates "ages of the ages". If you look up every occurrence of the phrase you can demonstrate it means forever or eternal. It was one of our assignments when I took Theology. Give me the exact verse you are quoting, and I will look into the original if you want.

It was a sermon from turning point I heard on the radio on my drive to work awhile back and The preacherman was talking about the word eternal and the translation “of the ages” and I couldn’t remember exactly what all was said….

Just thought it might stir up some convos and clear some things up for me if I threw it out there.

I can’t help it, I love a good mystery, cryptic messages and such things.

 

[heavyiron]

It was a sermon from turning point I heard on the radio on my drive to work awhile back and The preacherman was talking about the word eternal and the translation “of the ages” and I couldn’t remember exactly what all was said….

Just thought it might stir up some convos and clear some things up for me if I threw it out there.

I can’t help it, I love a good mystery, cryptic messages and such things.

Time is the distance between events.

A ton of philosophy infiltrated the Church thousands of years ago on the topic. Most of it unbiblical IMHO.

 

[heavyiron]

 

[j2048b]

Hahahaha yep isnt that the truth


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[Multislacking]

 

[Ogre]

I've had some interesting conversations with people and gotten some, um, interesting looks from others. The conversation goes something like this:

OP: Yes, we need to do everything in love
Me: Yes, sure
OP: We, as Christians, need to tell people about God, but with love
Me: Right, no worries
OP: God's love should be seen in all we do
Me: Sure. Just understand that I am capable of killing some people because I love and want to protect other people from them. But I'll kill them with love (for my people)
OP: ...

 

[heavyiron]

I've had some interesting conversations with people and gotten some, um, interesting looks from others. The conversation goes something like this:

OP: Yes, we need to do everything in love
Me: Yes, sure
OP: We, as Christians, need to tell people about God, but with love
Me: Right, no worries
OP: God's love should be seen in all we do
Me: Sure. Just understand that I am capable of killing some people because I love and want to protect other people from them. But I'll kill them with love (for my people)
OP: ...

The average secular person and the average Christian has no clue what Christ thinks or taught. They think He is about tolerance and forgiveness when there is no repentance. He's the opposite of those things. It's His way or hell.

Anyway, there are different gifts in The Body of Christ. In my experience someone with a particular gift mix almost always tries to project their gift mix onto others. For example, you may know a person that is truly gifted in mercy that wants to project that onto all believers.

 

[Milford King]

I mean.

God killed a lot of people.

Also, it’s the whole “evil permeates this world because we allow it to” for me.

I’ve always said I’m not opposed to the “killing in the name of” as long as we’re not doing it for self serving reasons.

 

[Ogre]

The average secular person and the average Christian has no clue what Christ thinks or taught. They think He is about tolerance and forgiveness when there is no repentance. He's the opposite of those things. It's His way or hell.

Anyway, there are different gifts in The Body of Christ. In my experience someone with a particular gift mix almost always tries to project their gift mix onto others. For example, you may know a person that is truly gifted in mercy that wants to project that onto all believers.

You hit the nail on the head, right there! I spend lots of time explaining to people that people have different abilities and gifts. What is right for one person might not actually be right for me.

I extend that, and it really bothers me when I hear, "Oh, but you need to get out of your comfort zone." Guess what? I'm over 50 damn years old. No, I don't need to do that. Maybe, just maybe, in 50+ years I've figured out where I can do the most good and that's where I'm comfortable!

 

[Milford King]

Eric Mctaxas

Any thoughts? Any suggestions as to who I should listen to on my way to and from work ?

 

[MrBrownBear]

Let’s go Jesus! Let’s go!!!!


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[Multislacking]

Eric Mctaxas

Any thoughts? Any suggestions as to who I should listen to on my way to and from work ?

You might see if Bill Hull has any audio books. His disciple making series is really good.

Also...Billy Graham. I know it's old school, but there's a reason he was on tv all the time back in the day. Truly inspiring. Some of his old black and white broadcasts are epic. I mean the really early days.

 

[Milford King]

If you need help understanding Leviticus research the following;

Moloch. Baal. Minotaur. King Philaris. The ancient western world and the way the caananites and Phoenicians and cretins and Minoans lived…. The imagery of the devil has horns and hooves because the ancients aborted children by cooking them alive in the hollow bellies of bronze statues in the shape of a bull. Then they had forced sexual rituals.

The caananites and Phoenicians were tattooed and practiced black magic. Hence the guiding strange rules of Leviticus.

Notice any similarity between the way the ancients lived and today?

Satan has gone viral.

 

[302]

That’s the million dollar question bro. Once the prophecies are fulfilled then the beginning of the end shall commence. Some, but not all, have been done.

i have an NIV Bible in my safe, right next to my gear. My gearZ are holy, and I heard it adds to the potency. Jesus used to pin and lift too. Least that’s what I tell myself.

id love to sit through a sermon with a jacked up preacher. Flexing for Jesus!

The lifting pastor is on asf.

 

[GiantSlayer3]

I did my family tree to God.

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[GiantSlayer3]

I've got a question and It's fuckin with me bros. I did my tree to Adam and eve. I notice that there's a guy In history named assaracus and he looks like JOB and I look like both of them minus jobs weird growths
Was job and assaracus related?

I am related to assaracus who's related to the former ( true ) royal family of briton i used only the fathers to go back. I didn't side quest onto cousins or shit straight the fuck back dad to grandpa to great grandpa you get the picture

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[j2048b]

The average secular person and the average Christian has no clue what Christ thinks or taught. They think He is about tolerance and forgiveness when there is no repentance. He's the opposite of those things. It's His way or hell.

Anyway, there are different gifts in The Body of Christ. In my experience someone with a particular gift mix almost always tries to project their gift mix onto others. For example, you may know a person that is truly gifted in mercy that wants to project that onto all believers.

Yeah its his way or hell, BUT hell was not created for us… people need to understand this… he doesnt want any flesh to experience hell…. So the choice seams aimple to me follow him, love him, and endure

For even the saints are given up in the end for his purpose…

Tuff pill to swallow sometimes but its truth


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[GiantSlayer3]

this thread is going to get more attention really quick

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[HFO4]

He did say what good does it do to gain the world and lose your soul.