Hey everyone, I couldn't come with a better topic title lol. I have several questions that are all over the map. I hope that these questions are clear to understand.
1. Did speaking in tongues occur at all before Pentecost?
2. How can someone act as a Interpreter for someone else that is speaking in tongues (1 cor 14:27-28)?
3. What are the marks of a false church?
4. I have heard from some church members and others over the years that Jesus will have the mark of the nails in his hands and side for all eternal. Is this true or mere speculation? Is it Biblical as far as scripture-based?
5. What does the apostle paul mean in 1 Tim. 2:12 "I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead she is to be silent"? Does this mean a woman can't be a pastor? In referring to this question, I have heard both arguments (Complementarianism and egalitarianism). Personally, I am in limbo about this question. I don't have a personal opinion.
6. Does God have one specific person for you to marry (idea of a soulmate)?
7. In regards to Matthew 24:36... Did Jesus not know the time of his coming while on earth but does he now know since he is glorified, exalted at the right hand of the father?
8. Will we see the trinity depicted in heaven?
9. Where was Jesus for the three days between his death and resurrection?
Thats not true Ryan...why are you saying I'm doing or asking something other than how does a person "Reconcile" Jeremiah 29:13 ~ �And ye shall [[[ seek me ]]], and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart��and I don�t believe you are being harsh�
I find no reference to Romans 3:11�so my point is�these two verses can not be �reconciled� together for they are contrary to each other�How can that be ?�Oh no�what do we do now ?�So�we search and read scriptures�
In my Bible as well as other Bibles are listed referances for this verse�mine starts with a chapter and verse before Jere 29:13 which I find quite interesting ~
Jere 24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
*** I don�t read this scripture saying in order for us to [[[[ seek ]]] Him we need a new heart�This scripture says God will give them a heart to [[[ know ]]] Him and they shall return to Him with their whole heart�
Lev 26:39-And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
*** Some people that are left didn�t get a new heart to know Him or return unto Him�that�s really sad� :o(
40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
*** ifin they confess their trespasses and admit their contraryness�there is some Hope ???�
Deut 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee,
*** I�m gona have to study more on this verse Deut 30:1 and on�just not understanding how it goes with Jere 29:13�Oh well�back to reading & studying Scripture�xo
"Thats not true Ryan...why are you saying I'm doing or asking something other than how does a person "Reconcile" Jeremiah 29:13"
You are asking this. I admit that. However I have shown how I reconcile it. You said we should not add to the word. If we are not going to add to the word then we must admit that Jeremiah 29:13 is only a statement that if you seek, you will find. The reason I went to Romans 3 is because it qualifies Jeremiah 29:13 for us...but telling us that no unbeliever actually does what Jeremiah 29:13 tells us to do. In other words...It's like saying, "Repent and believe the gospel and you shall be saved". These are true words, but that doesn't mean man will repent. It just means that man is commanded to repent.
"*** I don�t read this scripture saying in order for us to [[[[ seek ]]] Him we need a new heart�This scripture says God will give them a heart to [[[ know ]]] Him and they shall return to Him with their whole heart�"
That is saying the same thing. You admit that God gives them a new heart.
"*** ifin they confess their trespasses and admit their contraryness�there is some Hope ???�"
Yes for all who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
*** I don�t read this scripture saying in order for us to [[[[ seek ]]] Him we need a new heart�This scripture says God will give them a heart to [[[ know ]]] Him and they shall return to Him with their whole heart�"
Ryan shared ~ That is saying the same thing. You admit that God gives them a new heart.
*** No...I disagree...its not saying the same thing...it doesnt say in order for us to "seek" him we need a new heart...thats adding to the word Ryan...it says...
Jere 24:7 And [[[ I will give them an heart to (know me), ]]]that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
and then in verse ~
Jere 29:13 ~ �And ye shall [[[ seek me ]]], and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart�
This verse is saying ye shall "seek"....So these verses "reconcile" each other... a new heart to know God in Jer 24:7 and to seek Him Jer 29:13...and both have no referance to Rom 3:11 which is no heart for God...xo
I'm not sure what you are saying. Those verses still don't teach that man can seek God by himself. Saying it does would be adding to the text. Again Romans 3:11 is relevant because it tells us that no man seeks God
"Tongues" were also not a sign to believers, but unbelievers (see 14:22), specifically those unbelieving Jews.
Tongues also ceased because there was no need to verify the true messengers from God once the Scripture was given. It became the standard by which all are to be deemed true.
"Tongues" was a means of edification in a way far inferior to preaching and teaching (see 14:5, 12, 27, 28). In fact, chapter 14 was designed to show the Corinthians, so preoccupied with tongues, that it was an inferior means of communication (vv. 1-12),
an inferior means of praise (vv. 13-19), and an inferior means of evangelism (vv.20-25).
Tongues have ceased should be clear from their absence from any other books in the NT, except Acts. Tongues ceased to be an issue of record or practice in the early church, as the Scripture was being written. That tongues has ceased should be clear from it's absence through church history since the first century, appearing only sporadially and, then, only in questionable groups. And a "so-called" tongue has only appeared in recent times, and itself is not bibical tongues as discribed in the Holy Scriptures.
