What is old, faulty, and "ready to vanish" in Hebrews 8:13 and "shall vanish" in 1Corinthians 13:8?
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our currant way of thinking
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the Bible, it tells us that in ancient times God was "the Holy One of Israel," and as such he demanded that Israel be clean, unsullied. (Psalm 89:18) He told his chosen people: "You must prove yourselves holy, because I am holy." (Leviticus 11:45) Anyone who wanted to "ascend into the mountain of God" had to be "innocent in his hands and clean in heart." (Psalm 24:3, 4) That meant more than merely avoiding sinful acts. It meant "the hating of bad."—Proverbs 8:13.\n\nWhen the congregation of Christians became "the Israel of God," similar moral standards were laid down for them. (Galatians 6:16) Christians too were to "abhor what is wicked." (Romans 12:9) God's words to Israel also applied to them: "You must be holy, because I am holy." (1 Peter 1:15, 16) Such unholy practices as fornication and adultery, etc. were not to corrupt the Christian congregation. Those refusing to stop engaging in such things would be excluded from God's Kingdom. (Romans 1:26, 27; 2:22; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10; Hebrews 13:4) In these "last days," the same standards apply to all who call themselves Christians. (2 Timothy 3:1; John 10:16) \n\nIf Church leaders know their bible, then they would know they have a responsibility to keep the church and/or congregation clean from those who practice sin willfully.
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I don't understand why Topher used quotation marks over the word  "tolerates."  It almost implies sarcasm.  I feel that they say they tolerate, then quietly go back into their "houses of the Lord" and laugh all the way to heaven, thinking they know the "true" path.
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Exodus 13:9-- \nAnd it shall be for a SIGN unto thee upon thine hand, and for a MEMORIAL between thine eyes, that Yahweh's Law may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.\nEzekiel 20:12-13,16,20-- \n12 Moreover also I gave them MY SABBATHS; to be a SIGN between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh that sanctify them. \n13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and MY SABBATHS they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. \n16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my SABBATHS: for their heart went after their idols. \n20 And HALLOW MY SABBATHS; and they shall be a SIGN between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Yahweh your Father\n. \nThe Hebrew word translated sign is owth, and means mark. When one obeys Yahweh’s Laws, and observes His Ordinances which govern His Feasts--Doing Every Word That Proceeds From Yahweh’s Mouth, this person is marked by Yahweh as belonging to Him. \nYahweh’s mark is in this person’s forehead because this person’s mind is upon Yahweh and His Every Word. Yahweh’s Mark is also in that person’s hands because that person’s hands cease from doing any work on Yahweh’s Sabbaths. Yahweh’s Mark is the sign upon one’s hands and a remembrance between one’s eyes. \n\nIn the same context, when a person obeys Satan--by rebelling against Yahweh in any way--that person is also marked as belonging to Satan! We are told plainly that we are servants to whom we obey, in: \n\nRomans 6:16--\nDo you not know that to WHOM YOU YIELD YOURSELVES AS SERVANTS TO OBEY, HIS SERVANTS YOU ARE WHOM YOU OBEY--whether of sin, which leads to death, or of Obedience, which leads to righteousness?
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Dear child, I feel I must answer you...you keep on asking ?about the Sabbath. In the new testament Jesus said old things are put away...the teachings of the sabbath is one of them, this was before the death of Christ.\nAlong with keeping the sabbath there were many other  requirements, like sacrificing, which we no longer have to do because Jesus did it for us. He was the ultimate sacrifice. I hope this helps you and GOD BLESS
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Interesting question.  But where in the Bible is it commanded\nfor something to end in "Amen".\nI Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
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Hebrew 12:1-3\nTherefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
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Proverbs 19:29\nJudgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.\n\nPsalm 1:1-2\n 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.\n 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
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Although those words were addressed to the past, they are also quite appropriate for our day.\n\nNotice also his words to Timothy, concerning events that would definitely occur in our day:\n\n"But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up [with pride], lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away."
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The cities of the plain were destroyed as a warning for all that this same event will happen again one day to the wicked.  One would think God is capable of preserving this ancient lesson for us to see and learn from.\n\n"Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens"  Genesis 19:24.  "Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly"  II Peter 2:6.  (The word for "example" means an exhibit for warning.)
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FOR WESMEISTER:  Answer not a fool according to his folly lest thou also be like unto him.\n                                                 Proverbs 26:4
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It is written, "Lean not on thine own understanding" Trust in the Lord... Christ - the Word. Obviously, don't give anything to trolls... don't throw your pearls before swine. Contribute to those in need, as the Lord directs.
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The passage of inspired text to which you refer finds place with in the context of the Lord's conversation with the Jews who were tempting him in an effort to "catch him in his words" as they often did.  The Jews knowing of the continued controversary about marriage law which found much addressing between the Jews who insisted that Moses allowed divorce for any reason, and the Jews who contended that that which Moses' law was restricted to divorce based upon adultrey only, well realized that the marriage, divorce, re-marriage topic was hotly contested. They concluded that such was indeed the best of subjects with which to put the Lord in the proverbial hot water before the then present audience.\nThe Lord, however, being wise to the foolishness of such simply asked the question; "have ye not read" the Scripture? The Lord plainly refered the Jews to the Garden of Eden when God established his law regarding marriage. It is of good importance to notice that in the context of Matt.19:1-12 the Lord twice referd to the "begining," going back to God's law regarding marriage established in the Garden.  The Lord explained that God's law was never intended to be set aside concerning marriage, and that God intends that marriage is to be for life, and that divorce was never even so much as mentioned in the Genesis record. Thus the importance of that which the Lord stated in Matt.19:6 "That which God hath joined together, let not man put assunder."\nThe Jews then followed up with the question; "why did Moses then command " that a bill of divorcement be given?  Jesus informed the Jews that Moses did so because of the "hardness of the hearts" (Matt. 19:8) of the Jews.   Notice again the Lord's comment when he stated; "but from the begining it was not so" (Matt.19:8). \nThe Lord plainly revealed the fact that God's law pertaining to marriage was to be forever sealed, that is marriage is for life and only in the case of adultery may one (an innocent party)  put away a mate. Only the innocent mate in a marriage has the right to divorce a spouce who has committed adultery.  The innocent party then has the right to re-marry with God's approval, and only the innocent party (Matt.19:6). \nThe Lord plainly declared that one who was put away for adultery has lost the right to re-marry and must remain single. One guilty of adultery must come to the knowlege of the truth and comply with God's marriage law and remain single. For one to re-marry, who has committed adultery, places one in a continoius state of adultery. Thus the reason the Lord prohibited the mate guilty of adultry to re-marry.  It must also be realized that the only reason the Lord authorized divorce is in fact adultery.  If a divorce occurs in which neither spouce has committed adultery then neither spouce meets the requirements of the only exception authorized by the Lord to indeed acquire a divorce. Thus neither spouce has the right to re-marry, for neither one has indeed met the law establishing the exception the Lord allowed.\nAfter the Lord had well explained this matter to the Jews then present, (the 12 apostles also being present) the apostles concluded that if that which the Lord had just set forth in verses 4-9 were true it would be better to never marry if one could not divorce his spouce (Matt.19:10). The Lord of course gave this a ready reply. The reply is indeed recorded in verses 11 and 12\nNotice: \nVerse 11; "But he (Jesus) said unto them, all men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given."     The passage is this by way of explaination. \nFirst; note that the words "But he said" are used. This of course settles the matter of the authority. It was Christ who said what he said.  Therefore, all men ought to heed well that which has been declared in the passage.\n\nSecond; The Lord stated, "All men cannot receive this saying."
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First off, Hebrews is talking about the Hebrews that were taken out of Egypt and yet with all the evidences of God's working, they rejected Him.  They wandered 40 years in the wilderness for that transgression and was destroyed, not by any doing of the Holy Spirit but by their own hard headedness.  Those that accepted the teachings that were taught, were taken in to the promised land and saved.\n\nThere are many graphs, predictions and surmisings on many things including the Second Coming of Jesus but as Jesus Himself said, nobody knows the day or the hour of the Coming of the Son of Man.\n\nAs for being saved by grace with no law, another of the fallacies that are being taught.  How can you know what is sin if you have no law to compare anything with?  Does grace make the law void?  If you are caught speeding and the cop tells you he will let you off this time but watch your step, that is grace.  So do you peel out of there throwing rocks and dirt at the cops car and him and say there is no law as you got off by grace?  Not on your life!!  You would very carefully pull away, using your signal and all the good things you know to do as you were just saved by grace, not from the law but because of it.  If we are void of any law, we have nothing more but tyranny.  Jesus came not to desroy the law or the prophets but to fulfill all that was revealed by them.  WE are just as hard headed as the Hebrews were back in Moses time so it is really our decisions that push the Holy Ghose away, not any desire of His, and there is no time limit stated anywhere in the bible on how long He will strive with you.
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The Book of Hebrews\nChapter 11\n \n1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.\n \n2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.\n \n3\n Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.\n \n4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.\n \n5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.\n \n6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.\n \n7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.\n \n8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.\n \n9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:\n \n10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.\n \n11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.\n \n12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.\n \n13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.\n \n14\n For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.\n \n15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.\n \n16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.\n \n17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,\n \n18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: \nGen 21:12 Rom 9:7 Gal 3:16 \n \n19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.\n \n20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.\n \n21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.\n \n22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.\n \n23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.\n \n24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;\n \n25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;\n \n26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.\n \n27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.\n \n28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.\n \n29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians
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The past is already past.\nDon’t try to regain it.\nThe present does not stay.\nDon’t try to touch it.\n\nFrom moment to moment.\nThe future has not come;\nDon’t think about it\nBeforehand.\n\nWhatever comes to the eye,\nLeave it be.\nThere are no commandments\nTo be kept;\nThere’s no filth to be cleansed.\n\nWith empty mind really\nPenetrated, the dharmas\nHave no life.\n\nWhen you can be like this,\nYou’ve completed\nThe ultimate attainment.\nLayman P’ang (740-808)