Posted by: thaishin | May 4, 2023

What does it mean that He made Him to be sin who knew no sin?

Open line on April 22, 2023 hour 2

Tom:

I am asking this question for grand daughter Hazel in Charlotte. 2 Corinthians 5:21, what does it mean that He made Him to be sin who knew no sin.

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

He made Him who knew no sin to become sin. Now, some people mistakenly, I think, believe that the Lord Jesus, you’ve heard this, right that all the sins of the world came on Him, that’s why my Lord Jesus say “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Cos the Father could not look upon sin, Habbakuk 1:13, your eyes are too pure to look upon sin. I just want to be really clear. One, The Lord Jesus never became sinful. He never committed sin, he didn’t even somehow become sinful vicariously. He did not become sinful. Secondly, the eternal fellowship of the Father and the Son was never broken. That was a rhetorical question, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” It’s a rhetorical question, you keep reading, he’s quoting from Psalm 22, you can see that He knows why. So, I think we have tremendous theological issues if the fellowship between the Father and the Son could even be broken for a moment. So, I am going to say you’ve seen ellipsis dot dot dot, 2 Corinthians 5:21 has an ellipsis in there. It is He made Him who knew no sin to become a sin offering on our behalf. So there was a sort of symbolic transference of our sins but not an actual transference of our sin to the Lord Jesus. He didn’t become sinful intrinsically but rather He became a substitutional payment for our sin. So, 2 Corinthians 5:21 is, if we fill in the ellipsis, He became a sin offering and then He throws us right back to the old Testament and the book of Leviticus. Now, I want Joe, would you comment about how significant that sin offering is?

Joe Stowell:

I would be delighted to do that. You know, Isaiah 53, it says He bore our sins, He didn’t become our sin, he bore our sins,

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

He bore the punishments …

Joe Stowell:

Exactly, and I think the significance of that is in all of our sinfulness, there’s shame and there’s guilt, and there’s regret and all of that was on Him at the cross and He died naked publicly. The shame, just think of all of us who feel shame for our sin, he bore that for us. He became shame for us. He bore our guilt and all of that, to cleanse us. So that we have shame no more, and we have guilt no more and that in our Love, we cease sinning because we are so grateful, that’s what drives us, our gratitude to not want to continue to sin. So, the picture of what Christ’s done on the cross is certainly one of the most significant realities we face in our lives as fallen sinners who have no hope to help ourselves to think that the creator God said I will take care of this for you.

2 Corinthians 5

21 God made him who had no sin to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. -nkjv

21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. -kjv

21 He made Him who knew no sin to be[j]sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. -nasb

21 God made him who had no sin to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. -niv

Habakkuk 1


13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he? -nkjv

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? -kjv


13 Your eyes are too pure to look at evil,
And You cannot look at harm favorably.
Why do You look favorably
At those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they? -nasb


13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves? -niv

Psalm 22

1My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning? -nkjv

1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? -kjv

1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my [b]help are the words of my [c]groaning. -nasb

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    Why are you so far from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish? -niv

Isaiah 53

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to [q]bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
11 [r]He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the [s]spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors. -nkjv

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. -kjv

10 But the Lord desired
To crush Him, [g]causing Him grief;
If He renders [h]Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His [i]offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the [j]good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the [k]anguish of His soul,
He will [l]see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
For He will bear their wrongdoings.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the plunder with the strong,
Because He poured out His [m]life unto death,
And was counted with wrongdoers;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the wrongdoers. -nasb

10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
    and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
    he will see the light of life[d] and be satisfied[e];
by his knowledge[f] my righteous servant will justify many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g]
    and he will divide the spoils with the strong,[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,
    and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
    and made intercession for the transgressors. -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | April 28, 2023

Why was Timothy circumcised?

Open line on April 22, 2023 hour 2

Listener:

In Acts 15, the Jerusalem Council no longer required circumcision for conversion, why did Paul in Acts 16 had Timothy circumcised?

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

Paul hadn’t heard what the decision was at the Jerusalem Council…

Audience:

Ha, ha, ha …

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

No, that’s not the answer. Now, there’s two views about that. One is that Timothy was circumcised just as a means of testimony so that he could go into synagogues with Paul where his testimony doesn’t have much significance, just a cultural thing. The problem with that is Paul makes it really clear he wouldn’t circumcise a person who wasn’t Jewish, like Titus. And they just can’t come in to the temple or the synagogue or whatever. I think the better answer is that what Acts 15 prohibited was the circumcision of Gentiles who convert to Judaism. It did not prohibit the circumcision of Jewish people as an outward sign of the Abrahamic covenant, which continues to this day. And so therefore, when Paul meets Timothy, he finds out he has a Jewish mom but he was never circumcised because he had a pagan dad. By the way, if your mother is Jewish or your father is Jewish, you know what makes you, Jewish, exactly and when he heard that, he said, Timothy, you can join me on this trip, I really need you but there is a little surgery you need first, and it was because it was being the outward sign of the Abrahamic covenant which continues to this day, and so that’s what it was, it was not because it was a cultural thing to get them into the room but rather because the Abrahamic covenant continues. I think it’s a crucial element that we even Gentiles today by faith we get the spiritual benefits, Jewish believers get both the physical promises as well as the spiritual benefits.

Joe Stowell:

It kinds of speak to the controversy in the New Testament church, how much the old testament law has got to be kept like a true christian cos the Jewish believer tend to push that agenda, but Paul was very clear, wasn’t he, circumcision was not required to follow Christ, to be a true believer in Jesus Christ because in the book of Hebrews, Christ has completed all of that and now we are in a whole new season of liberty, and

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

&That what I know is interesting is circumcision of Gentiles is part of the law of Moses, however, circumcision of Jewish people, is not part of the law, it’s part of Genesis, with Abraham, it’s pre-law, and that I think is of significant difference, it never got you any access to God, it’s just an outward sign of the promise of God.& And so, that’s why it’s still permitted. I don’t think circumcision got you any access to God under the law of Moses but it would be a sign that you are embracing the law of Moses if you are a Gentile. So, not for gentiles, absolutely not, in terms of ritual circumcision. However, the circumcision of a Jewish person, believer or not, believing family or not, the Abrahamic covenant continues. God’s faithful to his promises and that’s what I think Timothy was circumcised.

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Posted by: thaishin | April 26, 2023

Should the World like us or hate us?

http://www.desiringgod.org, Ask Pastor John Episode 1929, April 21, 2023

https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/should-the-world-like-us-or-hate-us

Audio Transcript

Good Friday to you. I know many of you listen to the podcast on your way to school or work, commuting by car or bus or bike or train or on foot. Blessings to you on your day ahead. Or maybe you listen on your way home from work and school. Either way, today’s question hits on that intersection where the people of God live out their faith in a faithless world.

The question is a good one, and it’s from a listener named Andrew. “Dear Pastor John, hello to you! I am writing to ask you about a paradox I see in Scripture. Paul, in 1 Timothy 3:7, says that an overseer, a church leader, ‘must be well thought of by outsiders.’ But Jesus told his own disciples four times that they would be ‘hated by all’ (Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:9; Mark 13:13; Luke 21:17). Because ‘if they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household’ (Matthew 10:25). Assuming it’s valid to extend Jesus’s words to his disciples to pastors today, how is it that an overseer must be at the same time expected to be well regarded by outsiders and yet also hated by everyone?”

There are many apparent contradictions in the Bible. My experience over sixty years of loving the Bible, looking at the Bible, studying the Bible, praying the Bible is that apparent contradictions resolve themselves if we are right in our heart, and our mind is awake, and we are patiently studying the context and availing ourselves of the best thinking about the Bible in the last two thousand years.

But the best thing about lingering over an apparent contradiction and penetrating to the root of the unity is that these seemingly conflicting texts almost always reveal something wonderful, something deeper — a better insight for having struggled with the apparent contradiction rather than having given up and called the Bible contradicting. Which is why I think that faithful, evangelical believers in inerrancy over the last centuries have had deeper insight into the reality behind the Bible than liberal scholars who just give up and say, “Oh, but it’s all a bunch of contradictions,” and they don’t even work on it.

What Will Outsiders Think?

So here’s the issue that concerns Andrew in his question. Jesus says to his disciples in Matthew 10:22, “You will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” He says virtually the same thing in Matthew 24:9: “You will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.” Again, John 15:18: “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” First John 3:13: “Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.” Those are sweeping statements. “All will hate you.” “All nations will hate you.” “The world will hate you.”

Then Andrew notices in 1 Timothy 3:7, like a good Bible reader would, that one of the qualifications for elders in the church is that “he must be well thought of by outsiders,” the world. So, he asks, how can elders be hated by all and be well thought of by at least some?

Now that’s a good question. That’s the kind of thing I spend my life doing, trying to get to the bottom of such apparent contradictions, texts that are in tension. The way to proceed in answering that question, as with many others, is to make sure we understand what Jesus and Paul actually intended to communicate by those words. We don’t just assume we know and then call it a contradiction. We ask, “Now, in view of other things that Jesus and Paul said, or that writers they approve of (the Gospel writers) said, what did they intend for us to understand?”

Persecuted and Respected

For example, we know Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:12, “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” So I infer from that that Paul does not mean in 1 Timothy 3:7 that an elder candidate must be well thought of by everyone. He’s going to be persecuted; his godliness is going to make some people angry at him, slander him, persecute him.

So what kind of approval did Paul have in mind that the elder candidate must get from unbelievers outside the church, even if not all of them? Now here’s an example of the way I think Paul was thinking. In 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12, he says to Christians, “Aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.” Now, that’s one example of the kind of reputation I think Paul wanted Christians to have with outsiders — namely, Christians are good workers. They do not become a burden for other people. In his mind, most non-Christians would find that a praiseworthy trait. In Titus 2:10, he speaks of Christians adorning the doctrine of God by their good deeds and faithful service in social settings, social roles.

So Paul did not mean to communicate by being well spoken of by outsiders that outsiders would approve of the Christian faith per se, or even that they would necessarily like Christians, or even that they would treat them kindly, but rather that there would be enough overlap between what Christians consider good behavior and what outsiders consider good behavior that, in general, at least some outsiders would concede and testify that Christians are acting responsibly in society and contributing to the common good. That’s generally what I think Paul was getting at when he said that the elder must not come into disrepute. He must be well thought of.

Hated and Heard

Now, what about Jesus? What did he mean to communicate by saying, “You will be hated by all”? Well, in Matthew 5, right after saying that his disciples will be persecuted for Jesus’s sake, (Matthew 5:10–12), he said that his followers are the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Matthew 5:13–14). And then he added that we should “let [our] light shine before others, so that they may see [our] good deeds and give glory to [our] Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).

“Jesus taught that some people are not going to hate us; they’re going to be converted and join us.”

So even though persecution happens, there is also the expectation that by our salty, bright — and in the context, joyful (Matthew 5:12) and loving (Matthew 5:16) — response through it all, people would be converted. In other words, not everyone is going on hating us. So Jesus taught that. He taught that some people are not going to hate us; they’re going to be converted and join us.

And not only that, but Jesus said, “Go . . . make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). So when he said in Matthew 24:9 that we would be “hated by all nations,” the natural way to understand him is that we are going to meet with hate wherever we go among the nations. But that will not be the only response we get, because he said, “Go . . . make disciples.” Hate from all nations, but also disciples made from all nations.

Meaning of ‘All’

Now, way back at his birth, remember, old Simeon prophesied in Luke 2:34, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and the rising of many in Israel.” So not just the fall of many — many will stumble over him and fall — but the rise of many. Not everyone will hate him. He had disciples, and there was a following. There were 120 in the upper room when he was done (Acts 1:15). So how then shall we understand “You will be hated by all”?

Well, consider the use of all in these other phrases from the Gospels. Mark 1:5: “All Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by [John] in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.” Mark 1:37: “They found [Jesus] and said to him, ‘Everyone is looking for you.’” In Mark 5:20, the demoniac told how much Jesus had done for him, and “everyone marveled.” Mark 11:32, “All held that John really was a prophet.” Well, we know that’s not the case in the sense of literal all because there were people who hated John’s ministry. John 3:26: “[John] is baptizing, and all are going to him.”

“Being hated for Christ’s sake is a normal, widespread, general experience among all peoples, but it’s not so constant.”

Okay, in all these uses and more, the word all does not mean every single individual in the group. It means that this is the general, widespread response. And in the case of “hated by all” in Matthew 10:22, we have the parallel text in Matthew 24:9, “hated by all nations.” So we can conclude that hatred will be a widespread, general response to Christian evangelism, and that it will hold true wherever you go among the nations.

So, putting it all together, I would say there is no contradiction between what Paul said about elders being well thought of by outsiders and Jesus saying that we would be hated by all. Being hated for Christ’s sake is a normal, widespread, general experience among all peoples, but it’s not so constant. It’s not so uniform as to rule out that many unbelievers seeing the good lives of Christians and admitting that they are reputable contributors to society is, in fact, the case, which is what Paul had in mind.

Summary of the audio post by TS:

There is no contradiction between the supposed paradox of the Christian being well thought of by the World and the Christian being hated by the World. In the first book by Timothy in 1Ti 3:7, Paul said that the Christian leader must be well thought of by outsiders and yet in the second book in 2Ti 3:12, Paul also said Christians who lead a godly life will be persecuted. Thus, even though the unbelieving world has a good opinion of the Christian leader, he will still be persecuted by them (This statement is true in the general sense)

1Timothy 3

7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. -nkjv

7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. -kjv

7 And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into [f]disgrace and the snare of the devil. -nasb

7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap. -niv

2 Timothy 3

12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. -nkjv

12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. -kjv

12 Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. -nasb

12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | April 20, 2023

Can a non-Jewish christian place a mezuzah on their doorpost?

Open line on April 15, 2023 hour 2

Tricia McMillan:

Rhonda in Tennessee listens in from WMBW, can a non-Jewish christian place a mezuzah on their doorpost? Just returned from Israel and purchase these for my friends?

Tricia McMillan:

Do explain what a mezuzah is.

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

It’s in Deuteronomy 6, bind these words, the Lord our God, the Lord is one, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. All those words are to be bound on the doorpost of your house, that’s what it says.

Tricia McMillan:

So it is a little wooden, rectangular piece of wood,

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

Sometimes metal … or sometimes gold, you just never know ..

Tricia McMillan:

So is it an empty box, verses are inside?

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

First of all, let me say, that I don’t believe Moses intended for that to be taken literally, it meant, take these words with you when you go in and out of your house, bind them on your arm and on your hand and on your head, and on your heart …

Tricia McMillan:

But ..not tattooing them necessarily …

Dr Michael Rydenlnik:

Metaphorically, keep them in your head and in your heart and your actions and your arm and your hand. But, what happen is the Rabbi took all these commandments literally and so they started the tradition of praying every morning where you put a box on you head and you bind one on your arm, and your hand and it’s got the words of Deuteronomy 6 inside the boxes and you bind them on yourself. Also, they took the word Mezuzah, in Hebrew, it’s doorpost, they made little boxes, they put these scriptures inside the boxes, they bind them on the doorpost of their houses. I have on every door of my house,

Tricia McMillan:

Outside doors?

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

Outside and inside …

Tricia McMillan:

So just door jams in between rooms …

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

I don’t do it because I am commanded to do it. It’s a great reminder, everywhere I go, to take God’s word with me and seek to obey it and I think I am the only faculty member in Moody Bible Institute with Mezuzah on his office door post and I put scripture in it, very, very small, in Hebrew, from Deuteronomy 6 right in there. It’s in the box and then put on the doorpost. I think it’s perfectly fine, as long as you are not thinking I must do this to get, you know, to please God.

Tricia McMillan:

So she can give these to her friends and not worry about doing anything wrong.

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Posted by: thaishin | April 17, 2023

A note about salvation by grace through faith

A note from Pastor Colin Smith from the introduction of his book Momentum: Pursuing God’s blessings through the Beatitudes:

Standing in grace is really good news. Grace is not a stepping-stone on which we rest for a moment in order to move on to something else. It is where we stand at the beginning of the Christian life and where we remain until its end. Anything less would leave us as lost as we would have been if Jesus Christ had never come into the world.

For those who want to know more about salvation by grace through faith:

https://www.gotquestions.org/by-grace-through-faith.html

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Posted by: thaishin | April 14, 2023

Five Solas of the Reformation

Reformed Theology holds to the Five Solas of the Reformation, which are Latin slogans that encapsulated the Reformers’s basic theological principles. They are:

1)Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone)

2)Sola Gratia (Grace alone)

3)Solus Christus (Christ alone)

4)Sola Fide (Faith alone)

5)Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God alone)

These Reformation slogans are a powerful summation of the truths of the Gospel as described in the bible.

Source: From the article “Reformation & Movement” by Prabhudas Koshy, Bible Witness magazine, September-October 2017

The five solas state that Christians are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, as revealed by the scripture alone, to the glory of God alone.

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Posted by: thaishin | April 11, 2023

What is wrong with David taking the census?

Open line radio program on April 1, 2023 hour 2.

Teherra:

We also have a question from Amy, Indiana, who listens through WGNR, in 2 Samuel 24, why was taking a census so wrong?

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

That’s where David takes the census, he counts the people, right? You know, counting in Judaism, because of that, has become sort of disapproved of, counting people. I have been in Israel with ultra orthodox Jewish people taking kids on trips and they have to count the kids to make sure they have all the kids when they are getting back on the bus. Some of the ultra orthodox Jewish people are saying when the kids come back on the bus, “Not one, not two, not three…” ha, ha because they are not suppose to count, but the reason that David actually got into trouble wasn’t just counting but I think it has to do with Deuteronomy 17. In Deuteronomy 17, it says that a king, when Israel finally has a king and there’s a lesson there for him, it says he’s not suppose to acquire wives and he’s not suppose to acquire large amounts of money and also it says he’s not suppose to acquire horses, meaning large army, he must not acquire many horses, verse 16 says, for himself or send people back to Egypt to acquire many horses and the idea is don’t trust and count on a very very large army to defend you, yes it’s ok to have an army and God will use it but some put their trust in horses and others in chariots, psalms 20 says we will trust in the name of the Lord our God. Israel was called upon God, not in their military might and that’s why David get in trouble because he was counting the army to show how mighty he was.

Scriptures

2 Samuel 24

1 Again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, [a]number Israel and Judah.”

2 So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.”

10 And David’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Lord, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.” -nkjv

1And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

10 And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. -kjv

1Now the anger of the Lord burned against Israel again, and He incited David against them to say, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”

2 So the king said to Joab the commander of the army, who was with him, “Roam about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and conduct a census of the people, so that I may know the number of the people.”

10 Now David’s heart [b]troubled him after he had counted the people. So David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, Lord, please [c]overlook the guilt of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” -nasb

1Again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

2 So the king said to Joab and the army commanders[a] with him, “Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and enroll the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are.”

10 David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.” -niv

Deuteronomy 17

16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’ 17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself. -nkjv

16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. -kjv

16 In any case, he is not to acquire many horses for himself, nor shall he make the people return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’ 17 And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself. -nasb

16 The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the Lord has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.” 17 He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. -niv

Psalm 20

7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses;
But we will remember the name of the Lord our God. -nkjv

7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. -kjv


7 Some praise their chariots and some their horses,
But we will praise the name of the Lord, our God. -nasb


7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. -niv


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Posted by: thaishin | April 9, 2023

Celebrating Easter today 9 April 2023

We worship our risen Lord and Saviour, fully God, fully man!

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Posted by: thaishin | April 7, 2023

Commemoration of Jesus’s crucifixion this day of 7th April 2023

That fateful day was Jesus crucified on the cross as our Lord and our Saviour did His Father’s will.

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Posted by: thaishin | April 5, 2023

What does the bible say about homosexuality?

From Gotquestions.org podcast episode 150:

Genesis 19:1-13

Leviticus 18:22

Leviticus 20:13

Romans 1:26-27

1Corinthians 6:9

Scriptures:

Genesis 19

Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 2 And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.”

And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”

3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5 And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.”

6 So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, 7 and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! 8 See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

9 And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in to [a]stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door. 10 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.

Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—take them out of this place! 13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” -nkjv

Leviticus 18

22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. -nkjv

22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. -kjv

22 You shall not sleep with a male as [a]one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination. -nasb

22 “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable. -niv

Leviticus 20

13 If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. -nkjv

13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -kjv

13 If there is a man who sleeps with a male as those who sleep with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they must be put to death. They have brought their own deaths upon themselves. -nasb

13 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. -niv

Romans 1

26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their [a]women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the [b]men, leaving the natural use of the [c]woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. -nkjv

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. -kjv

26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, 27 and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations [a]with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing [b]shameful acts and receiving in [c]their own persons the due penalty of their error. -nasb

26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. -niv

1Corinthians 6

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, nor [b]sodomites, -nkjv

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, -kjv

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, -nasb

9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a] -niv

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