*Luke 7:50 / *Lk. 7:50 -
(Re: Means that baptism is not necessary?)
See Luke 23:43 below.
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*Luke 8:2 / *Lk. 8:2 -
(*Deliverance)
(Re: Someone at a Baptist church who says that she hears voices: "I have been to see many doctors, and none of them seem to help very much")
That brings to mind Mark 5:26.
(Re: I thought that the voices might have something to do with my past practice of extreme sexual sins)
The voices could be demonic, brought into your life due to your past sins. But if you as a Christian have repented from these sins and confessed them to God, He has completely forgiven you for them (1 John 1:9). What you may need now is what is called "deliverance", in Pentecostal and charismatic congregations, where they have people who can cast demons out of your life, like how, for example, Jesus Christ cast seven demons out of Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:2).
"Deliverance" from demons is not something which Baptist congregations practice (you have indicated that you are currently at one). But they are right to practice immersion baptism. So stick with the Baptist congregation to get immersion baptized, and to learn the Bible in Sunday school, etc. But during the week (that is, on Wednesday nights) also seek out a Pentecostal congregation, or a charismatic congregation (which can be of almost any denomination), which has someone who can cast out demons, and see if they can help you to get rid of the voices. You could find complete deliverance by the power of God's Holy Spirit.
(See also paragraphs 2-3 of Mark 16:16 above)
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*Luke 8:4-15 / *Lk. 8:4 -
(Re: The *sower parable)
The last three types of people all received God's Word and came into Christian faith. The one who came into faith on stony ground believed for awhile, but subsequently committed apostasy (Luke 8:13; cf. 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:3), which ultimately results in the loss of salvation (Hebrews 6:4-8, John 15:6; 2 Timothy 2:12b). The one who came into faith on weed-choked ground subsequently neglected to patiently continue in good works, neglected to bear fruit to perfection (Luke 8:14, Colossians 1:10, Revelation 3:1b-2). And the one who came into faith on good ground subsequently brought forth fruit with patience (Luke 8:15), which is required for Christians to obtain ultimate salvation (Romans 2:6-8, Matthew 7:21, James 2:24), and not to ultimately lose their salvation (John 15:2a,6, Matthew 25:26,30).
Matthew 13:23 and Mark 4:8 mean that the thirty, sixty, and hundredfold fruit applies only to that fruit brought forth by the Christians on good ground.
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*Luke 9:23-26 / *Lk. 9:23 -
Luke 9:23 and Luke 14:26-27,33 give no assurance that every Christian will subsequently rightly employ his free will to fulfill them, just as Luke 9:24a,25-26 and Luke 14:34-35 give no assurance that every Christian will not subsequently wrongly employ his free will to fulfill them.
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*Luke 9:27 / *Lk. 9:27 -
See Matthew 16:28 above.
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*Luke 10:7 / *Lk. 10:7 -
(The labourer is worthy of his hire)
See Matthew 10:8b above.
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*Luke 10:13-15 / *Lk. 10:13 -
(Re: Means that everyone can repent?)
No, see Matthew 11:20 above.
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*Luke 10:18 / *Lk. 10:18 -
This could refer to Satan's local defeat where and when the seventy people sent forth by Jesus Christ had ministered (Luke 10:1, Luke 10:17-18).
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*Luke 10:19 / *Lk. 10:19 -
(Re: *Protection)
(See the "Protection" section of Revelation 7:4 below. Also, see Luke 21:18 below)
If Luke 10:19 refers to physical protection, then the verse could have applied only to the seventy people sent forth by Jesus Christ (Luke 10:1, Luke 10:17-20). If Luke 10:19 applies to the entire Church, then it means that the power of Satan cannot hurt obedient Christians spiritually. For Satan, when allowed by God, can hurt and even kill obedient Christians physically (Revelation 2:10, Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 20:4-6, Matthew 24:9-13). But obedient Christians overcome Satan spiritually even when they are physically killed by him (Revelation 12:11). For they are more than conquerors spiritually even when they are physically led like sheep to the slaughter (Romans 8:36-37). For death is a gain for obedient Christians, as it brings their still-conscious souls into heaven to be with Jesus (Philippians 1:21,23; 2 Corinthians 5:8). So obedient Christians need have no fear of death (Hebrews 2:15).
And at Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming, He will bring with Him from heaven all of the souls of all of the obedient Christians who have ever died (1 Thessalonians 4:14-15). And they will all be resurrected into immortal physical bodies at that time (1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 15:21-23; 1 Corinthians 15:52-53). They will then reign on the earth with Jesus for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29). And sometime after that, they will live forever on a future, New Earth (Revelation 21:1 to 22:5), as in a new surface for the earth. So no matter what evil forces have done to obedient Christians physically in the past, or are doing to them physically now, or in the future, such as during the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6, Matthew 24:9-13), all obedient Christians of all times will ultimately have the victory (1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 5:4, Revelation 12:11, Revelation 15:2).
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(Power to tread on serpents)
Compare what Psalms 91:13 says. There, the lion, the adder, and the dragon can all include reference to Satan himself (1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 12:9), like in Romans 16:20.
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*Luke 10:22 / *Lk. 10:22 -
This means that no one can believe that Jesus is the Son of God apart from miraculous revelation from God the Father (John 6:44). For Christians do know who the Son of God is (Matthew 16:16-17, John 4:42, John 10:14).
(See also Romans 9:11 below)
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*Luke 10:24 / *Lk. 10:24 -
Compare what Hebrews 11:39-40 says.
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*Luke 10:30-37 / *Lk. 10:30 -
This, like Matthew 5:44, is part of Jesus Christ's better, New Covenant law (Matthew 26:28, Hebrews 7:22, Hebrews 8:6-8), which abrogated the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Ephesians 2:15-16, Colossians 2:14-17, Romans 7:6, Hebrews 7:18-19, Hebrews 10:9b), which had told the Israelites to hate their enemies (Matthew 5:43b, Deuteronomy 23:6).
(See also Matthew 5:43b and Matthew 5:44 above)
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*Luke 10:33 / *Lk. 10:33 -
(Samaritan)
We now see a "Samaritan" as someone who is good. But at the time of Jesus Christ's first coming in the first century AD, the Samaritan people were despised by the Jews.
(See also section 2 of Matthew 13:33 above)
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*Luke 10:35 / *Lk. 10:35 -
The original Greek word (denarion: G1220) translated as "pence" refers to coins which were each worth a day's wages (Matthew 20:2).
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*Luke 10:42 / *Lk. 10:42 -
(One thing is needful)
That is, hearing His Word (Luke 10:39b, cf. Matthew 4:4; 2 Timothy 3:16 to 4:4, Acts 6:2).
(See Matthew 4:4 above)
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*Luke 11:1-4 / *Lk. 11:1 -
(Re: *Prayer)
When one of Jesus Christ's disciples asked Him how to pray, He told all of His disciples to pray what Christians call: "The Lord's Prayer" (Luke 11:1-4, Matthew 6:9-13). So Christians should pray The Lord's Prayer, every day, and learn to concentrate on everything that it says. It is the perfect model prayer, from which any further, more specific prayers can follow. And there is no need to get long-winded or repetitive (Matthew 6:7-13, Ecclesiastes 5:2). It is better to pray a short prayer with faith than a long prayer with doubting (James 1:6-8).
In order for Christians' prayers to be heard, and answered, they must not "ask amiss, that they may consume it upon their lusts" (James 4:3). Before Christians pray, they must make sure that they have repented from all of their sins (Hebrews 10:26-29), and that they have done all that they can to make reparations to and peace with everyone whom they have ever wronged (Matthew 5:23-26, Romans 12:18, Acts 24:16, Hebrews 12:14). And they must make sure that they have completely forgiven everyone who has ever wronged them (Matthew 6:15). And when they pray for something, they must pray for it with an unwavering faith (James 1:6-8), and with an unwavering perseverance (Luke 18:1-8). And they must actually be obeying God in their lives (1 John 3:22). And what they ask for must be according to God's will (1 John 5:14). They must be willing to put aside their own will, and seek God's will in all things (Luke 22:42, Matthew 6:10; 2 Corinthians 12:8-10, Deuteronomy 3:25-26). For only He knows what is truly best in the long run (Isaiah 46:10, James 4:14).
Also, Christians should give thanks (Philippians 4:6-7). And they should pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalms 122:6). And they should pray for all those in authority (1 Timothy 2:2). And they should pray that the Lord of the harvest will send forth laborers into His harvest (Matthew 9:38). Christians should also pray that they might be accounted worthy to escape the future Tribulation (Luke 21:36), and that their flight (from the future Antichrist) will not be in winter (Mark 13:18). And Christians who have received the gift of tongues should pray for the separate gift of the interpretation of tongues (1 Corinthians 14:13).
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(Re: Why bother praying prayers of petition?)
Because of what is said in James 4:2b, Matthew 7:7-11, and Luke 18:1-8.
But prayer per se is more than just asking God for things.
(See paragraph 3 of section 4 of 1 Corinthians 15:1 below)
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(Re: Are Christians too passive, always waiting for God's will to be revealed to them, and never taking action?)
Christians can be very active, once they have prayed and received knowledge from God regarding what He wants them to do. But just acting for acting's sake, apart from knowing God's will, can ultimately prove futile (Psalms 127:1, John 15:5b). So why not ask God for His wisdom before acting (James 1:5, James 3:13)? When people do not pray before taking action, they might just assume, or they might even be completely convinced, that their actions are right, when in fact they might not be right at all (Proverbs 14:12, Proverbs 16:25).
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(Re: What prayers should we pray in church, and what prayers should we pray on Sunday, and Saturday, and on Christmas, Easter, etc.?)
The Bible does not require that Christians pray any particular, man-written prayers, in any particular man-built place, or on any particular day of the week or year.
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(Re: Afraid to pray out loud in a group?)
To overcome the fear of man, think upon verses like 2 Timothy 1:7, Proverbs 29:25, and Proverbs 28:1. To increase your faith that God's Holy Spirit can give you the right words to say when you need them, think upon Luke 12:12. Also, it is a good thing to feel that you are weak at doing something, for that is right when Jesus Christ can fill you with His own strength (2 Corinthians 12:9-10). When it is your time to pray out loud in a group, simply relax and let God bring to your mind at that time (Luke 12:12) what He wants you to pray. And remember that He is not into long-winded prayers (Ecclesiastes 5:2). So He will most likely give you just a few sentences (Matthew 6:7-13). Also, remember that when Christians pray, they must have an unwavering faith (James 1:6-8, Mark 11:24).
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{Re: *School prayer, even a silent minute at the start of school is outlawed because it "implies and pressures the student to pray")
But it doesn't.
For even if a school started each day with a spoken prayer, non-religious students today would feel no pressure to have any part of it.
Instead, while the other students bowed their heads in prayer to Almighty God, non-religious students would simply bow their heads into their smartphones, and play with them during the prayer.
It is wrong that the government has prohibited the free exercise of religion in the schools, for this goes against the "free exercise" requirement of the First Amendment.
Engel v. Vitale must be overturned as soon as possible.
Also, the sweet and utterly-innocuous prayer outlawed by Engel v. Vitale was no more "indoctrinating" than the repeated references to God in the Declaration of Independence.
It is wrong to claim that the U.S. must have no Christian foundation. For the U.S. in no way forces any citizen to follow Christianity.
The serious missteps of the Supreme Court in the past must be rectified by having them overturned.
A movement needs to begin in the U.S. to restore prayer to the schools, which have become hotbeds of "political correctness", which is ultimately Satanic in that it loves to focus on issues which are anti-Christian.
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(Re: No, any school prayer would be coercion, and you have the right to not have anyone else's religious views or practices pushed on you)
Note that it would not be pushed on you. It would simply be expressed.
For example, if someone is willing to listen to a valedictorian's speech, which could include some ideas that the listener disagrees with, then why not simply listen to a short prayer by the valedictorian preceding her speech?
Where is the harm?
Only bigots against religion would be offended.
Imagine that a school had its first Muslim valedictorian, and she wanted to say a short prayer of thanks to Allah before her speech.
Everyone who holds to "political correctness" would be overjoyed at this. For it would show "diversity" and "acceptance"; "tolerance" and "love".
But these are only for Islam.
For Biblical Christianity is vile and coercive under "political correctness". There can be no Biblical Christian prayers.
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(Re: What about the prohibition against public prayers in Matthew 6:5?)
That depends on the motive.
For Jesus Christ and His apostles sometimes prayed in public (e.g. John 11:41, Acts 21:5).
Also, any public prayer by someone does not mean that there cannot be many more private prayers by that person.
Matthew 6:5 would refer to those who only pray in public, and only with the motive of being seen by others. Compare the "all" in Matthew 23:5.
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(Re: Someone having *bad dreams: What about praying and asking God to protect you during the night?) / (*Dreams)
Following the model of The Lord's Prayer, in which we pray that God's will be done (Matthew 6:10), and that He deliver us from evil (Matthew 6:13), right before we go to sleep we can pray something like: "Oh God, your will be done in this sleep, and deliver me from evil in it. And your will be done in my dreams, and deliver me from evil in them. And your will be done in this dwelling and property, and deliver us from evil here. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen".
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(Re: Someone had bad dreams about murdering someone)
That could be symbolic of hating that person, in the sense of: "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer" (1 John 3:15a).
Such a dream could help you to repent and ask God's forgiveness (1 John 1:9) for hating that person, and ask God to help you to forgive and love that person (Matthew 6:15, Romans 13:10).
(See also James 1:14 below)
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(Re: A woman asked: Are you supposed to have God's dreams instead of your own?)
You can have both, if by God's dreams you mean prophetic dreams sent by Him. If you are a prophetess (Acts 21:9, Acts 2:17-18, Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11; 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:20), you will have many more prophetic dreams (Numbers 12:6) than most other Christians.
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(Re: I am just into following all sorts of dreams that I have, but then I began to wonder about this, and I am not sure anymore)
Do not follow any dream, in the sense of acting on it, without first praying and asking God if it was from Him, and what He wants you to do (James 1:5). For almost all dreams are simply our own minds processing (by analogies), and storing into long-term memory, the prior day's events, emotions, and learned facts. Dreams can sometimes even be very sinful, and deceptive, based only on what we want instead of what God wants. And false prophets can have false prophetic dreams (Jeremiah 23:25-32, Jeremiah 29:8-9; 1 John 4:1, Revelation 2:20-29).
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(Re: Is it okay for Christians to use *dreamcatchers to ward off bad dreams?)
There are some reasons for Christians to get rid of any dreamcatchers which they may have:
1. Dreamcatchers could bring demonic activity into the lives of Christians owning them:
a) Demons associated with pagan American Indian occult practices could be attracted to dreamcatchers.
b) Christians owning occult objects such as dreamcatchers could give demons a legal right to affect their lives, if only their sleep.
c) Some dreamcatchers could have had demons purposely attached to them by American Indian shamans through occult ceremonies.
2. For some people, dreamcatchers appear to be evil, and Christians are to abstain from all appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22).
3. There could be some weak Christians who, before they got saved, used to employ dreamcatchers in an occult fashion, but then got rid of them once they got saved. If they subsequently hear about a Christian holding onto dreamcatchers, they could get emboldened to reacquire them, and use them again in an occult fashion (cf. 1 Corinthians 8:9-13).
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*Luke 11:13b / *Lk. 11:13b -
This refers to Christians asking for the baptism of God's Holy Spirit.
(See paragraphs 2-3 of Mark 16:16 above)
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*Luke 11:21-22 / *Lk. 11:21 -
See Matthew 12:25 above.
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*Luke 11:27-28 / *Lk. 11:27 -
Mary the mother of Jesus Christ must never be denigrated or dishonored in any way. But Jesus Himself nonetheless diverted people's attention away from any focusing upon her, and directed them to focus instead on God's Word, and doing God's will (Luke 11:27-28, Matthew 12:47-50).
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*Luke 11:31 / *Lk. 11:31 -
(Re: Revelation 17:18)
See 1 Kings 10:24 above.
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*Luke 11:34 / *Lk. 11:34 -
(When thine eye is evil)
See Matthew 20:15 above.
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*Luke 11:39 / *Lk. 11:39 -
The original Greek word (harpage: G0724) translated as "ravening" can mean "pillage".
(Compare 1 Corinthians 5:10 below)
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*Luke 11:42 / *Lk. 11:42 -
(Re: Means that tithing is still necessary today?)
No, for Luke 11:42 was spoken while the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law was still in effect.
(See the "Law" and "Tithing" sections of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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The original Greek word (peganon: G4076) translated as "rue", like the English word, can refer to a particular herb with a strong scent, and thick, bitter leaves used in medicine.
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*Luke 11:46 / *Lk. 11:46 -
This refers to grievous, man-made burdens placed upon people, not to the non-grievous burden which God Himself has placed upon Christians in the New Testament (1 John 5:3, Matthew 11:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 14:37).
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*Luke 11:49-51 / *Lk. 11:49 -
(Re: Jerusalem)
See Matthew 23:35 above.
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(This generation)
If Luke 11:50b,51b refers to 70 AD, then it cannot refer to the same, temporal generation as Matthew 24:34.
(See Matthew 24:34 above)
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*Luke 12:4-5 / *Lk. 12:4 -
(Re: What about the distinction between God-caused and man-caused death?)
All human death is man-caused insofar as it is because of Adam's sin that current mankind became mortal (Romans 5:17). At the same time, all human death is God-caused insofar as it is because of God's holy justice that man became mortal because of his sin (Romans 6:23). But there is also a death which no man can cause, and which only God will cause: "the second death" of eternal suffering in the lake of fire and brimstone (Revelation 21:8, Revelation 20:10,15, Revelation 14:10-11, Matthew 25:41,46), also called the Gehenna hell (Mark 9:45-46: Greek: G1067). This is why Christians are not to fear men for the only-temporary, first death which they can cause, but are to fear God for His ability to not only cause the first death, but then also to ultimately cast people into the Gehenna hell (Luke 12:4-5: Greek: G1067).
Satan would love to deceive Christians into not having this fear of God. For Satan knows that it is the lack of a fear of God which keeps people in unrepentant sin (Psalms 36:1, Psalms 10:13), and it is by the fear of God that people depart from sin (Proverbs 16:6b, Proverbs 14:27, Proverbs 3:7). And Satan can make his deceptions appear as if they are on the side of good (2 Corinthians 11:14), when in fact his deceptions reject the sound doctrine of God's Word the Bible (1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:3-4), when the whole Bible is taken into consideration, instead of just taking a verse by itself and trying to misapply it (e.g. Matthew 4:6-7).
(See also Matthew 25:41 above)
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*Luke 12:6 / *Lk. 12:6 -
The original Greek word (assarion: G0787) translated as "farthing" referred to a Roman coin worth one-tenth of a day's wages. Even though sparrows were sold so cheaply by men, God does not forget a single sparrow. Compare also the similar Matthew 10:29-31, which, while it says, like Luke 12:7, that a human is worth more to God than "many" sparrows, it does not say an "infinite" amount of sparrows. So we should not fall into the error of thinking that any human (except Jesus Christ) has an infinite value to God, or that any animal, no matter how small, is worthless to God.
(See also Isaiah 40:17 above. And see the "Consciousness" section of 1 Thessalonians 5:23 below)
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*Luke 12:20 / *Lk. 12:20 -
(Re: Does eschatology matter, when we can die at any time?)
Christians do need to know that any of them could die at anytime (Luke 12:20, James 4:14). But if they do not die before the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24, then it also matters that they know that there will be no pre-tribulation rapture.
(See Matthew 24:31 above)
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*Luke 12:32 / *Lk. 12:32 -
This could refer to the little flock of spiritual Israel, which is different than genetic Israel (Romans 9:3-8), and which consists of all elect individuals (Romans 9:11-13), whether Jews or Gentiles (Romans 9:24). The "other sheep" of Gentile Christians have been brought into "this fold" of spiritual Israel, which is the same as the "one fold" of the Church (John 10:16; 1 Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 4:4-6). Even all elect individuals together could be referred to as a little flock (Luke 12:32). For even all of the elect (all of the chosen) together are only a relatively few people (Matthew 22:14), compared with all of humanity.
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*Luke 12:36 / *Lk. 12:36 -
This is only a parable (note its use of "like"). And this parable is addressed to the same people, the Church, that Luke 12:40 is addressed to. The actual wedding will not occur until Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming (Revelation 19:7 to 20:6), which will not occur until immediately after the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (Matthew 24:29 to 25:13).
(See also Matthew 25:1-13 above)
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*Luke 12:40 / *Lk. 12:40 -
(An hour when ye think not)
See Matthew 24:36 above.
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(Ready)
See Matthew 24:44 above.
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*Luke 12:45-46 / *Lk. 12:45 -
See Matthew 24:48 above.
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*Luke 12:48 / *Lk. 12:48 -
See Mark 13:34 above.
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Dec 5, 2018
(Re: Means that baptism is not necessary?)
See Luke 23:43 below.
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*Luke 8:2 / *Lk. 8:2 -
(*Deliverance)
(Re: Someone at a Baptist church who says that she hears voices: "I have been to see many doctors, and none of them seem to help very much")
That brings to mind Mark 5:26.
(Re: I thought that the voices might have something to do with my past practice of extreme sexual sins)
The voices could be demonic, brought into your life due to your past sins. But if you as a Christian have repented from these sins and confessed them to God, He has completely forgiven you for them (1 John 1:9). What you may need now is what is called "deliverance", in Pentecostal and charismatic congregations, where they have people who can cast demons out of your life, like how, for example, Jesus Christ cast seven demons out of Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:2).
"Deliverance" from demons is not something which Baptist congregations practice (you have indicated that you are currently at one). But they are right to practice immersion baptism. So stick with the Baptist congregation to get immersion baptized, and to learn the Bible in Sunday school, etc. But during the week (that is, on Wednesday nights) also seek out a Pentecostal congregation, or a charismatic congregation (which can be of almost any denomination), which has someone who can cast out demons, and see if they can help you to get rid of the voices. You could find complete deliverance by the power of God's Holy Spirit.
(See also paragraphs 2-3 of Mark 16:16 above)
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*Luke 8:4-15 / *Lk. 8:4 -
(Re: The *sower parable)
The last three types of people all received God's Word and came into Christian faith. The one who came into faith on stony ground believed for awhile, but subsequently committed apostasy (Luke 8:13; cf. 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:3), which ultimately results in the loss of salvation (Hebrews 6:4-8, John 15:6; 2 Timothy 2:12b). The one who came into faith on weed-choked ground subsequently neglected to patiently continue in good works, neglected to bear fruit to perfection (Luke 8:14, Colossians 1:10, Revelation 3:1b-2). And the one who came into faith on good ground subsequently brought forth fruit with patience (Luke 8:15), which is required for Christians to obtain ultimate salvation (Romans 2:6-8, Matthew 7:21, James 2:24), and not to ultimately lose their salvation (John 15:2a,6, Matthew 25:26,30).
Matthew 13:23 and Mark 4:8 mean that the thirty, sixty, and hundredfold fruit applies only to that fruit brought forth by the Christians on good ground.
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*Luke 9:23-26 / *Lk. 9:23 -
Luke 9:23 and Luke 14:26-27,33 give no assurance that every Christian will subsequently rightly employ his free will to fulfill them, just as Luke 9:24a,25-26 and Luke 14:34-35 give no assurance that every Christian will not subsequently wrongly employ his free will to fulfill them.
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*Luke 9:27 / *Lk. 9:27 -
See Matthew 16:28 above.
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*Luke 10:7 / *Lk. 10:7 -
(The labourer is worthy of his hire)
See Matthew 10:8b above.
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*Luke 10:13-15 / *Lk. 10:13 -
(Re: Means that everyone can repent?)
No, see Matthew 11:20 above.
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*Luke 10:18 / *Lk. 10:18 -
This could refer to Satan's local defeat where and when the seventy people sent forth by Jesus Christ had ministered (Luke 10:1, Luke 10:17-18).
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*Luke 10:19 / *Lk. 10:19 -
(Re: *Protection)
(See the "Protection" section of Revelation 7:4 below. Also, see Luke 21:18 below)
If Luke 10:19 refers to physical protection, then the verse could have applied only to the seventy people sent forth by Jesus Christ (Luke 10:1, Luke 10:17-20). If Luke 10:19 applies to the entire Church, then it means that the power of Satan cannot hurt obedient Christians spiritually. For Satan, when allowed by God, can hurt and even kill obedient Christians physically (Revelation 2:10, Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 20:4-6, Matthew 24:9-13). But obedient Christians overcome Satan spiritually even when they are physically killed by him (Revelation 12:11). For they are more than conquerors spiritually even when they are physically led like sheep to the slaughter (Romans 8:36-37). For death is a gain for obedient Christians, as it brings their still-conscious souls into heaven to be with Jesus (Philippians 1:21,23; 2 Corinthians 5:8). So obedient Christians need have no fear of death (Hebrews 2:15).
And at Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming, He will bring with Him from heaven all of the souls of all of the obedient Christians who have ever died (1 Thessalonians 4:14-15). And they will all be resurrected into immortal physical bodies at that time (1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 15:21-23; 1 Corinthians 15:52-53). They will then reign on the earth with Jesus for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29). And sometime after that, they will live forever on a future, New Earth (Revelation 21:1 to 22:5), as in a new surface for the earth. So no matter what evil forces have done to obedient Christians physically in the past, or are doing to them physically now, or in the future, such as during the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6, Matthew 24:9-13), all obedient Christians of all times will ultimately have the victory (1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 5:4, Revelation 12:11, Revelation 15:2).
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(Power to tread on serpents)
Compare what Psalms 91:13 says. There, the lion, the adder, and the dragon can all include reference to Satan himself (1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 12:9), like in Romans 16:20.
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*Luke 10:22 / *Lk. 10:22 -
This means that no one can believe that Jesus is the Son of God apart from miraculous revelation from God the Father (John 6:44). For Christians do know who the Son of God is (Matthew 16:16-17, John 4:42, John 10:14).
(See also Romans 9:11 below)
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*Luke 10:24 / *Lk. 10:24 -
Compare what Hebrews 11:39-40 says.
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*Luke 10:30-37 / *Lk. 10:30 -
This, like Matthew 5:44, is part of Jesus Christ's better, New Covenant law (Matthew 26:28, Hebrews 7:22, Hebrews 8:6-8), which abrogated the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Ephesians 2:15-16, Colossians 2:14-17, Romans 7:6, Hebrews 7:18-19, Hebrews 10:9b), which had told the Israelites to hate their enemies (Matthew 5:43b, Deuteronomy 23:6).
(See also Matthew 5:43b and Matthew 5:44 above)
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*Luke 10:33 / *Lk. 10:33 -
(Samaritan)
We now see a "Samaritan" as someone who is good. But at the time of Jesus Christ's first coming in the first century AD, the Samaritan people were despised by the Jews.
(See also section 2 of Matthew 13:33 above)
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*Luke 10:35 / *Lk. 10:35 -
The original Greek word (denarion: G1220) translated as "pence" refers to coins which were each worth a day's wages (Matthew 20:2).
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*Luke 10:42 / *Lk. 10:42 -
(One thing is needful)
That is, hearing His Word (Luke 10:39b, cf. Matthew 4:4; 2 Timothy 3:16 to 4:4, Acts 6:2).
(See Matthew 4:4 above)
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*Luke 11:1-4 / *Lk. 11:1 -
(Re: *Prayer)
When one of Jesus Christ's disciples asked Him how to pray, He told all of His disciples to pray what Christians call: "The Lord's Prayer" (Luke 11:1-4, Matthew 6:9-13). So Christians should pray The Lord's Prayer, every day, and learn to concentrate on everything that it says. It is the perfect model prayer, from which any further, more specific prayers can follow. And there is no need to get long-winded or repetitive (Matthew 6:7-13, Ecclesiastes 5:2). It is better to pray a short prayer with faith than a long prayer with doubting (James 1:6-8).
In order for Christians' prayers to be heard, and answered, they must not "ask amiss, that they may consume it upon their lusts" (James 4:3). Before Christians pray, they must make sure that they have repented from all of their sins (Hebrews 10:26-29), and that they have done all that they can to make reparations to and peace with everyone whom they have ever wronged (Matthew 5:23-26, Romans 12:18, Acts 24:16, Hebrews 12:14). And they must make sure that they have completely forgiven everyone who has ever wronged them (Matthew 6:15). And when they pray for something, they must pray for it with an unwavering faith (James 1:6-8), and with an unwavering perseverance (Luke 18:1-8). And they must actually be obeying God in their lives (1 John 3:22). And what they ask for must be according to God's will (1 John 5:14). They must be willing to put aside their own will, and seek God's will in all things (Luke 22:42, Matthew 6:10; 2 Corinthians 12:8-10, Deuteronomy 3:25-26). For only He knows what is truly best in the long run (Isaiah 46:10, James 4:14).
Also, Christians should give thanks (Philippians 4:6-7). And they should pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalms 122:6). And they should pray for all those in authority (1 Timothy 2:2). And they should pray that the Lord of the harvest will send forth laborers into His harvest (Matthew 9:38). Christians should also pray that they might be accounted worthy to escape the future Tribulation (Luke 21:36), and that their flight (from the future Antichrist) will not be in winter (Mark 13:18). And Christians who have received the gift of tongues should pray for the separate gift of the interpretation of tongues (1 Corinthians 14:13).
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(Re: Why bother praying prayers of petition?)
Because of what is said in James 4:2b, Matthew 7:7-11, and Luke 18:1-8.
But prayer per se is more than just asking God for things.
(See paragraph 3 of section 4 of 1 Corinthians 15:1 below)
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(Re: Are Christians too passive, always waiting for God's will to be revealed to them, and never taking action?)
Christians can be very active, once they have prayed and received knowledge from God regarding what He wants them to do. But just acting for acting's sake, apart from knowing God's will, can ultimately prove futile (Psalms 127:1, John 15:5b). So why not ask God for His wisdom before acting (James 1:5, James 3:13)? When people do not pray before taking action, they might just assume, or they might even be completely convinced, that their actions are right, when in fact they might not be right at all (Proverbs 14:12, Proverbs 16:25).
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(Re: What prayers should we pray in church, and what prayers should we pray on Sunday, and Saturday, and on Christmas, Easter, etc.?)
The Bible does not require that Christians pray any particular, man-written prayers, in any particular man-built place, or on any particular day of the week or year.
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(Re: Afraid to pray out loud in a group?)
To overcome the fear of man, think upon verses like 2 Timothy 1:7, Proverbs 29:25, and Proverbs 28:1. To increase your faith that God's Holy Spirit can give you the right words to say when you need them, think upon Luke 12:12. Also, it is a good thing to feel that you are weak at doing something, for that is right when Jesus Christ can fill you with His own strength (2 Corinthians 12:9-10). When it is your time to pray out loud in a group, simply relax and let God bring to your mind at that time (Luke 12:12) what He wants you to pray. And remember that He is not into long-winded prayers (Ecclesiastes 5:2). So He will most likely give you just a few sentences (Matthew 6:7-13). Also, remember that when Christians pray, they must have an unwavering faith (James 1:6-8, Mark 11:24).
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{Re: *School prayer, even a silent minute at the start of school is outlawed because it "implies and pressures the student to pray")
But it doesn't.
For even if a school started each day with a spoken prayer, non-religious students today would feel no pressure to have any part of it.
Instead, while the other students bowed their heads in prayer to Almighty God, non-religious students would simply bow their heads into their smartphones, and play with them during the prayer.
It is wrong that the government has prohibited the free exercise of religion in the schools, for this goes against the "free exercise" requirement of the First Amendment.
Engel v. Vitale must be overturned as soon as possible.
Also, the sweet and utterly-innocuous prayer outlawed by Engel v. Vitale was no more "indoctrinating" than the repeated references to God in the Declaration of Independence.
It is wrong to claim that the U.S. must have no Christian foundation. For the U.S. in no way forces any citizen to follow Christianity.
The serious missteps of the Supreme Court in the past must be rectified by having them overturned.
A movement needs to begin in the U.S. to restore prayer to the schools, which have become hotbeds of "political correctness", which is ultimately Satanic in that it loves to focus on issues which are anti-Christian.
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(Re: No, any school prayer would be coercion, and you have the right to not have anyone else's religious views or practices pushed on you)
Note that it would not be pushed on you. It would simply be expressed.
For example, if someone is willing to listen to a valedictorian's speech, which could include some ideas that the listener disagrees with, then why not simply listen to a short prayer by the valedictorian preceding her speech?
Where is the harm?
Only bigots against religion would be offended.
Imagine that a school had its first Muslim valedictorian, and she wanted to say a short prayer of thanks to Allah before her speech.
Everyone who holds to "political correctness" would be overjoyed at this. For it would show "diversity" and "acceptance"; "tolerance" and "love".
But these are only for Islam.
For Biblical Christianity is vile and coercive under "political correctness". There can be no Biblical Christian prayers.
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(Re: What about the prohibition against public prayers in Matthew 6:5?)
That depends on the motive.
For Jesus Christ and His apostles sometimes prayed in public (e.g. John 11:41, Acts 21:5).
Also, any public prayer by someone does not mean that there cannot be many more private prayers by that person.
Matthew 6:5 would refer to those who only pray in public, and only with the motive of being seen by others. Compare the "all" in Matthew 23:5.
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(Re: Someone having *bad dreams: What about praying and asking God to protect you during the night?) / (*Dreams)
Following the model of The Lord's Prayer, in which we pray that God's will be done (Matthew 6:10), and that He deliver us from evil (Matthew 6:13), right before we go to sleep we can pray something like: "Oh God, your will be done in this sleep, and deliver me from evil in it. And your will be done in my dreams, and deliver me from evil in them. And your will be done in this dwelling and property, and deliver us from evil here. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen".
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(Re: Someone had bad dreams about murdering someone)
That could be symbolic of hating that person, in the sense of: "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer" (1 John 3:15a).
Such a dream could help you to repent and ask God's forgiveness (1 John 1:9) for hating that person, and ask God to help you to forgive and love that person (Matthew 6:15, Romans 13:10).
(See also James 1:14 below)
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(Re: A woman asked: Are you supposed to have God's dreams instead of your own?)
You can have both, if by God's dreams you mean prophetic dreams sent by Him. If you are a prophetess (Acts 21:9, Acts 2:17-18, Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11; 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:20), you will have many more prophetic dreams (Numbers 12:6) than most other Christians.
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(Re: I am just into following all sorts of dreams that I have, but then I began to wonder about this, and I am not sure anymore)
Do not follow any dream, in the sense of acting on it, without first praying and asking God if it was from Him, and what He wants you to do (James 1:5). For almost all dreams are simply our own minds processing (by analogies), and storing into long-term memory, the prior day's events, emotions, and learned facts. Dreams can sometimes even be very sinful, and deceptive, based only on what we want instead of what God wants. And false prophets can have false prophetic dreams (Jeremiah 23:25-32, Jeremiah 29:8-9; 1 John 4:1, Revelation 2:20-29).
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(Re: Is it okay for Christians to use *dreamcatchers to ward off bad dreams?)
There are some reasons for Christians to get rid of any dreamcatchers which they may have:
1. Dreamcatchers could bring demonic activity into the lives of Christians owning them:
a) Demons associated with pagan American Indian occult practices could be attracted to dreamcatchers.
b) Christians owning occult objects such as dreamcatchers could give demons a legal right to affect their lives, if only their sleep.
c) Some dreamcatchers could have had demons purposely attached to them by American Indian shamans through occult ceremonies.
2. For some people, dreamcatchers appear to be evil, and Christians are to abstain from all appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22).
3. There could be some weak Christians who, before they got saved, used to employ dreamcatchers in an occult fashion, but then got rid of them once they got saved. If they subsequently hear about a Christian holding onto dreamcatchers, they could get emboldened to reacquire them, and use them again in an occult fashion (cf. 1 Corinthians 8:9-13).
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*Luke 11:13b / *Lk. 11:13b -
This refers to Christians asking for the baptism of God's Holy Spirit.
(See paragraphs 2-3 of Mark 16:16 above)
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*Luke 11:21-22 / *Lk. 11:21 -
See Matthew 12:25 above.
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*Luke 11:27-28 / *Lk. 11:27 -
Mary the mother of Jesus Christ must never be denigrated or dishonored in any way. But Jesus Himself nonetheless diverted people's attention away from any focusing upon her, and directed them to focus instead on God's Word, and doing God's will (Luke 11:27-28, Matthew 12:47-50).
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*Luke 11:31 / *Lk. 11:31 -
(Re: Revelation 17:18)
See 1 Kings 10:24 above.
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*Luke 11:34 / *Lk. 11:34 -
(When thine eye is evil)
See Matthew 20:15 above.
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*Luke 11:39 / *Lk. 11:39 -
The original Greek word (harpage: G0724) translated as "ravening" can mean "pillage".
(Compare 1 Corinthians 5:10 below)
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*Luke 11:42 / *Lk. 11:42 -
(Re: Means that tithing is still necessary today?)
No, for Luke 11:42 was spoken while the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law was still in effect.
(See the "Law" and "Tithing" sections of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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The original Greek word (peganon: G4076) translated as "rue", like the English word, can refer to a particular herb with a strong scent, and thick, bitter leaves used in medicine.
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*Luke 11:46 / *Lk. 11:46 -
This refers to grievous, man-made burdens placed upon people, not to the non-grievous burden which God Himself has placed upon Christians in the New Testament (1 John 5:3, Matthew 11:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 14:37).
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*Luke 11:49-51 / *Lk. 11:49 -
(Re: Jerusalem)
See Matthew 23:35 above.
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(This generation)
If Luke 11:50b,51b refers to 70 AD, then it cannot refer to the same, temporal generation as Matthew 24:34.
(See Matthew 24:34 above)
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*Luke 12:4-5 / *Lk. 12:4 -
(Re: What about the distinction between God-caused and man-caused death?)
All human death is man-caused insofar as it is because of Adam's sin that current mankind became mortal (Romans 5:17). At the same time, all human death is God-caused insofar as it is because of God's holy justice that man became mortal because of his sin (Romans 6:23). But there is also a death which no man can cause, and which only God will cause: "the second death" of eternal suffering in the lake of fire and brimstone (Revelation 21:8, Revelation 20:10,15, Revelation 14:10-11, Matthew 25:41,46), also called the Gehenna hell (Mark 9:45-46: Greek: G1067). This is why Christians are not to fear men for the only-temporary, first death which they can cause, but are to fear God for His ability to not only cause the first death, but then also to ultimately cast people into the Gehenna hell (Luke 12:4-5: Greek: G1067).
Satan would love to deceive Christians into not having this fear of God. For Satan knows that it is the lack of a fear of God which keeps people in unrepentant sin (Psalms 36:1, Psalms 10:13), and it is by the fear of God that people depart from sin (Proverbs 16:6b, Proverbs 14:27, Proverbs 3:7). And Satan can make his deceptions appear as if they are on the side of good (2 Corinthians 11:14), when in fact his deceptions reject the sound doctrine of God's Word the Bible (1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:3-4), when the whole Bible is taken into consideration, instead of just taking a verse by itself and trying to misapply it (e.g. Matthew 4:6-7).
(See also Matthew 25:41 above)
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*Luke 12:6 / *Lk. 12:6 -
The original Greek word (assarion: G0787) translated as "farthing" referred to a Roman coin worth one-tenth of a day's wages. Even though sparrows were sold so cheaply by men, God does not forget a single sparrow. Compare also the similar Matthew 10:29-31, which, while it says, like Luke 12:7, that a human is worth more to God than "many" sparrows, it does not say an "infinite" amount of sparrows. So we should not fall into the error of thinking that any human (except Jesus Christ) has an infinite value to God, or that any animal, no matter how small, is worthless to God.
(See also Isaiah 40:17 above. And see the "Consciousness" section of 1 Thessalonians 5:23 below)
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*Luke 12:20 / *Lk. 12:20 -
(Re: Does eschatology matter, when we can die at any time?)
Christians do need to know that any of them could die at anytime (Luke 12:20, James 4:14). But if they do not die before the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24, then it also matters that they know that there will be no pre-tribulation rapture.
(See Matthew 24:31 above)
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*Luke 12:32 / *Lk. 12:32 -
This could refer to the little flock of spiritual Israel, which is different than genetic Israel (Romans 9:3-8), and which consists of all elect individuals (Romans 9:11-13), whether Jews or Gentiles (Romans 9:24). The "other sheep" of Gentile Christians have been brought into "this fold" of spiritual Israel, which is the same as the "one fold" of the Church (John 10:16; 1 Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 4:4-6). Even all elect individuals together could be referred to as a little flock (Luke 12:32). For even all of the elect (all of the chosen) together are only a relatively few people (Matthew 22:14), compared with all of humanity.
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*Luke 12:36 / *Lk. 12:36 -
This is only a parable (note its use of "like"). And this parable is addressed to the same people, the Church, that Luke 12:40 is addressed to. The actual wedding will not occur until Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming (Revelation 19:7 to 20:6), which will not occur until immediately after the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (Matthew 24:29 to 25:13).
(See also Matthew 25:1-13 above)
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*Luke 12:40 / *Lk. 12:40 -
(An hour when ye think not)
See Matthew 24:36 above.
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(Ready)
See Matthew 24:44 above.
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*Luke 12:45-46 / *Lk. 12:45 -
See Matthew 24:48 above.
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*Luke 12:48 / *Lk. 12:48 -
See Mark 13:34 above.
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