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    Functions of the Church

    Hismessenger, it may be that you've gone over a bit in your exuberance to serve the Lord. In Christ believers are all priests under the high priest Jesus Christ. We are a kingdom of priests. And husband and wife are to live as one, teaching and training their children together. The family...
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    Why Is Jesus Called 'The Word' in John 1:1?

    John also says that all things were made through Christ. In Genesis we see that all things were spoken into creation. Jesus Christ is in fact, the YHWH of the Old Testament. He is the great "I AM". In Revelations 1:8 the Lord says of Himself that he is the beginning and the ending; i.e. the...
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    Why Did Adam Eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

    Good point razeontherock about A & E knowing good. But that would not help them in knowing there was an 'other' that was so the opposite. Good point also about time frames, although if it were a particularly long time, I believe that would have been noted. As is, it paints a picture of...
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    Why Did Adam Eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

    To my knowledge there is no place anywhere in Scripture where it says and soandso SAID something and it meant in their brain and not out loud vocally. As well, there is nothing recorded that the woman ever said to the man, and she turned and gave it to Adam "who was with her". "Who was...
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    Why Did Adam Eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

    Thank you for the kind dialogue. I do not see this. What markers indicate it. And what then was the man listening to.
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    Why Did Adam Eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

    I did some more research on this and found some interesting things on the meaning of the words in Hebrew. The word for serpent in Gen. 3 is nachash, which is a primitive root word that as a verb means to practice divination, to observe signs or omens, practice fortunetelling, and similar. The...
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    Women In Authority – Teaching Mixed Assemblies in Church

    God says a very interesting thing. What it does NOT say is that he listened and obeyed what she SAID. There is an element missing. In Genesis 21:12 we see the phraseology of how that would be written. It says something to the effect that whatever Sarah is saying, to listen/heed her voice...
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    Why Did Adam Eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

    On the contrary, all that is saying is that because the man was created first and engaged in an activity that the woman did not engage in (not being created yet) the man knew something that the woman did not about the creature that was used to talk to her. I am not suggesting a knowledge of...
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    Women In Authority – Teaching Mixed Assemblies in Church

    It very clearly does not say that Eve talked her husband into anything. One must assume that. The fact that he listened does not mean that she said anything to him at all. There is so much missing from the story, one must be careful. But it does say that the serpent talked, not spoke in her...
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    Women In Authority – Teaching Mixed Assemblies in Church

    Tomana, Actually, there is no indication that Eve talked Adam into anything. Although we know that Adam blamed the woman, he also blamed God. We know God isn't to blame, and likely the woman also was not to blame. This was just blame shifting in it's early stages. Adam deliberately in...
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    Women In Authority – Teaching Mixed Assemblies in Church

    Coming in late here. I don't recall seeing such a Scripture. Can you please quote the Scripture that says that.
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    Why Did Adam Eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

    God did punish. He told them both that in the day they ate, they would die. This was not as much punishment as it was cause and effect. Eating of the knowledge of good and evil would somehow kill something special they had and enter them into a life where death reigned. It was also option...
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    A Few Words from Paul to Timothy That Apply Today

    good reminder. keep on reading.
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    Why so many denominations?

    because in general believers are not taught proper ways of inductive study of Scripture. The usual method is topical which encourages people to take Scriptures out of their context, recreating a context by the sentence alone.
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    Women in Pulpit- Any Denomination

    It is not about who "gets to be" or who "has the right to be". It is who is God using right now to shepherd His people. Who is demonstrating the love of God in ministering to the needs of the people. Then it is up to the people to be open to being ministered to by the one they see God already...
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    Women in Pulpit- Any Denomination

    Good questions. The greek word diakonos was used extensively throughout the NT of everyone who ministered the gospel, including Paul himself. If we want to understand its use, we need to understand its use then in that era. Ministers were those who served up the gospel teachings in Christian...
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    Women in Pulpit- Any Denomination

    < staff edit > But that does nothing to prove your eisigesis of Scripture on this subject.
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    Women in Pulpit- Any Denomination

    I've spent 42 years studying and researching Scripture. My desire also is to only do what God wants and only teach what the Scriptures teach. My research in Scripture has come to the conclusion that Christ came to set all free who will believe in Him, to become fully mature as Christ. You...
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    Women in Pulpit- Any Denomination

    Where exactly does the Law of the OT (Scripture reference and quote please) say that in mixed groups males are to do the speaking. Where in Scripture has God ever said that only men are approved by Him to speak.
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    Women in Pulpit- Any Denomination

    Here are some basic points in reading in context. 1. Paul was writing to Timothy, in response to some things that Timothy had written to Paul about. Those missing complaints do cause us some problems in properly understanding the issues. 2. Paul was giving his apostolic wisdom on certain...