Message from @Kanobiobiwan
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Context is always important
Amen
I like the quote “I can do all things through a verse out of context”
I’ve never heard that. That’s so good
I can even do it with your screenshot, take one part and completely reverse the meaning
Oh I so believe u.
“Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?”
*’Here it directly states that being baptized for Christ is a death sentence and bad’*
See
That’s a problem I have with the ‘verse of the day’ thing. It leaves out the context, and a lot of people aren’t going to go look
Fair
U should also quote the reference (chapter and verse), so our sunday school and bible study skills will kick in.
Another quote I like is “All of the Bible for you, but not all of the Bible is directed to you”
Meaning we can take many lessons and more from the Bible, but not everything in it is specifically meant for us
Such as being in the lion’s den and the furnace.
Certain people were able to survive, but that doesn’t mean that if we have enough faith we’ll be fine in the same situation
That’s a pretty obvious one, but the same logic can be used for other things in the Bible
We just have to use discernment to see whether or not what we are currently reading applies to all of us or just a specific person/people/group
I agree...the Bible is a collection of inspired writings (a book of books), essentially a "library" with different genres (allegories, poetry, war stories, love stories), a chronicle of our encounter with God (inspired) passed down through the millenias.
Some bible though take out verse and many chapters like the good news bible only have 3 chapters of revelation
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
I Corinthians 10:31
Is abortions glorifying God? I think not! Abortions is an abomination to God for he gives life, My mother was told by doctors to abort my youngest brother because they said he won't make it pass the age of 3 but Glory to God that he's 11 and still living and proving God is in control! Though my brother can't,walk or talk and has many more problems, my youngest brother is a blessing to the family! I ask you to count your blessings for you have many though they be as small as pea it is very big!
Merry Christmas and God bless you all!
Thoughts?
agreed
christmas comes from a pagan holiday- the birth of a "sun god"
the catholic church changed the pagan festival into a more "acceptable" one for the masses
“December 25….a festival was celebrated among the
heathen, at that precise time of the year, in honour of
the birth of the son of the Babylonian queen of heaven
…the sun-god Nimrod…the same festival was adopted
by the Roman Church, giving it the name of Christ.”
–The Two Babylons
Alexander Hislop
I’ve heard that the church wanted to make the transition from pagan religion to Christianity easier for newer converts, so they created a holiday on the same day as the pagan one, but about Christ
yes
Tammuz is like Pan
It could also be that the pagan holidays moved to dec 25th to appease the Christians.
I feel like its worth pointing out that the 25th December has been suggested for the correct date of Jesus's birth from at least as early as AD 195, thus before the claims that it 'replaced' a pagan festival.
A few ancient historians claim to have verified this date using the documents from the census mentioned in Luke.
If you have the time I'd highly recommend listening to the podcast these graphics come from, as it looks in a lot more depth into the Christmas and Paganism debate
Hmm, interesting
I think, based on the grazing of sheep mentioned in the book of Matthew, it's more likely that it occurred in March. Interestingly, a conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn occurred in that month, in about 1 or 2 B.C.
If I read it correctly.
I question why the specific date really matters. I mean if it was so important, wouldn’t it have been included in the Bible? Thoughts?
Not sure. Perhaps there was a date discrepancy. Was the Julian calendar in use at the time? I think it was.
I haven't asked. What I've said is all I know.
The old Julian calendar was probably used but, we don't know since people used many different calendars in those times