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    Seth Doty got a reaction from sandimat in new years resolution   
    I always found it rather humorous in a not so funny sort of way that the rainbow has been adopted as a symbol of a evil lifestyle considering what God created it for according to the scriptures. Given that the worldwide flood was sent to destroy man for the utter corruption man as a whole had given himself up to, and given that God, according to the scriptures, created the rainbow as a visible covenant that he would not again destroy the earth by flood it always seemed funny to me that they would chose it as their symbol and wave their rainbow banners in their parades. Sort of like they are unconsciously "reminding" God that he promised not to destroy the whole earth again with a flood for their utter corruption. They failed to read the fine print though, no more worldwide floods, judgement will eventually come as worldwide fire instead...
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    Seth Doty reacted to 1Timothy115 in Noise And Heat; How Will God Destroy The Earth?   
    I can't agree with your theory; I'm talking about something on a universal scale not on man's scale. All the nuclear stuff will melt along with the earth and universe. We haven't developed a nuke that can burn the universe so I'll go with God doing it.

    Besides that, I think you have some of the above out of context, I'll get back to later about that.
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    Seth Doty reacted to John81 in Men and Women appart   
    God chose to have the word servant used in Romans 16:1 of the KJB for a reason. That reason being, as the rest of Scripture clearly teaches, only men are to be pastors, deacons or leaders in a church. Neither a husband or father can rightly give a wife or daughter permission to do that which God has decreed against.

    If one declares the KJB is wrong on this point then the KJB cannot be God's perfect Word in English and the entire KJB is open and subject to correction based upon others interpretation of Greek.

    I stand by what God has said to us in the KJB.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from Wilchbla in Did God Say to Blow Your Tithe Money on Beer in Deuteronomy?   
    Same reason God gave the children of Israel quail when they complained about the manna. Same reason divorce was permitted, multiple, marriages were permitted, concubines were permitted, etc. None of that was wise or Gods perfect will, but it was allowed because of the hardness of the heart of men. God tolerating and permitting something is not the same as God endorsing it.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from Calvary in Did God Say to Blow Your Tithe Money on Beer in Deuteronomy?   
    Same reason God gave the children of Israel quail when they complained about the manna. Same reason divorce was permitted, multiple, marriages were permitted, concubines were permitted, etc. None of that was wise or Gods perfect will, but it was allowed because of the hardness of the heart of men. God tolerating and permitting something is not the same as God endorsing it.
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    Seth Doty reacted to RSS Robot in Separating from Compromising Preachers   
    1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

    Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

    When I find a preacher who is playing games with Biblical separation and who is showing signs of rejecting it, I refuse to have anything to do with him as far as ministry goes. I am not going to join his church. I’m not going to preach in his church. I am not going to preach with him on the same platform in meetings. And I am not going to preach in churches that would have him!

    Yea, that is narrow and strict and I sincerely and earnestly wish it weren’t necessary, but I believe it is necessary to cut off the effect of compromise.

    Compromise is a communicable disease!

    The old backslidden prophet in 1 Kings 13 taught the young prophet to disobey God by taking His commandments lightly. God told the young prophet to preach against the idolatrous altar at Bethel and then to leave and not even to eat there. The prophet obeyed for awhile. He ran a good race for a distance. He proclaimed God’s message against the altar boldly, refusing the king’s offer of a reward, and headed away from Bethel. But instead of getting away from there as fast as his donkey could carry him, he decided to take a rest under an oak tree.


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    Seth Doty got a reaction from Brother Rick in Theophanies   
    Likely it is the difference between the fully glorified Christ and Christ with his glory hidden.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from Covenanter in Theophanies   
    Likely it is the difference between the fully glorified Christ and Christ with his glory hidden.
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    Seth Doty reacted to swathdiver in Are there any biblical grounds for divorce?   
    Thinking about the failed marriages of my relatives, none of them were better off after having gotten a divorce. Neither were their children. They all suffered and continue to suffer because of that sin.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from 1Timothy115 in History over Story   
    It is all how you define "story" I suppose. A story is not necessarily fiction. See 2 Chronicles 24:27.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from Annie in History over Story   
    It is all how you define "story" I suppose. A story is not necessarily fiction. See 2 Chronicles 24:27.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from Brother Rick in Video: What's the Big Deal about the King James Version of the Bible? By Sam Gipp   
    So, you say if something that is the truth comes from a less than ideal source that somehow makes it no longer the truth? Your wrong. Balaam was a false teacher that is most likely in hell, yet he spoke the word of God on several occasions. Caiaphas the high priest spoke the word of God in John 11:49-52 though he was a major player in the crucifiction of Christ. The truth remains the truth unless something is added to it or taken away from it that changes it. At what point do you draw the line? If someone was to secretly write "Jesus was a liar" in the back of your copy of the KJV without you knowing would that false statement now written in your bible mean someone couldn't get saved from reading your copy of the KJV? Silly I know, but not much more silly than you claiming the source one hears the gospel from determines whether or not a person is saved rather than simply repentance and faith toward God in the heart through the truth of the gospel itself regardless of the source.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from Brother Rick in Video: What's the Big Deal about the King James Version of the Bible? By Sam Gipp   
    In actual point of fact a person could be saved without the scriptures at all as long as the gospel was presented to them accurately and they repented and believed on Christ. As far as your criticism of the MV's, those criticisms are valid, but since one does not require a complete and accurate understanding of bible doctrine in order to be biblically saved, those flaws are not generally of consequence when it comes to salvation. Salvation is not meant to be extremely complicated or difficult to understand. It is basic, it is simple, and the MV's do not corrupt the truth to such an extent that gospel is completely lost and changed into a lie. What they do is mess up enough truth so that a contradictory mess is created where scripture no longer interprets scripture much of the time. The deeper into bible doctrine you go the worse it gets. What ends up happening is that the Holy Spirit only has a cumbrous, dull, chipped sword of questionable metallurgy to use instead of a sharp, quick and powerful two edged sword to use in the life of the believer or the lost person. Now that said, the Holy Spirit, being a talented swordsman, can do a lot even with a lousy sword given the chance, but why handicap him?
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from MatthewDiscipleOfGod in Video: What's the Big Deal about the King James Version of the Bible? By Sam Gipp   
    So, you say if something that is the truth comes from a less than ideal source that somehow makes it no longer the truth? Your wrong. Balaam was a false teacher that is most likely in hell, yet he spoke the word of God on several occasions. Caiaphas the high priest spoke the word of God in John 11:49-52 though he was a major player in the crucifiction of Christ. The truth remains the truth unless something is added to it or taken away from it that changes it. At what point do you draw the line? If someone was to secretly write "Jesus was a liar" in the back of your copy of the KJV without you knowing would that false statement now written in your bible mean someone couldn't get saved from reading your copy of the KJV? Silly I know, but not much more silly than you claiming the source one hears the gospel from determines whether or not a person is saved rather than simply repentance and faith toward God in the heart through the truth of the gospel itself regardless of the source.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from byhisstrength in Video: What's the Big Deal about the King James Version of the Bible? By Sam Gipp   
    So, you say if something that is the truth comes from a less than ideal source that somehow makes it no longer the truth? Your wrong. Balaam was a false teacher that is most likely in hell, yet he spoke the word of God on several occasions. Caiaphas the high priest spoke the word of God in John 11:49-52 though he was a major player in the crucifiction of Christ. The truth remains the truth unless something is added to it or taken away from it that changes it. At what point do you draw the line? If someone was to secretly write "Jesus was a liar" in the back of your copy of the KJV without you knowing would that false statement now written in your bible mean someone couldn't get saved from reading your copy of the KJV? Silly I know, but not much more silly than you claiming the source one hears the gospel from determines whether or not a person is saved rather than simply repentance and faith toward God in the heart through the truth of the gospel itself regardless of the source.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from John81 in Video: What's the Big Deal about the King James Version of the Bible? By Sam Gipp   
    The scripture is the "word of God" but though the "word of God" will never contradict the bible it does not always have to be scripture.

    Examples:

    "Luke 3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness."

    "Acts 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith."

    "Acts 12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied."

    "Acts 19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed."

    "1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe."

    "Revelation 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."

    There is the living Word of God, Jesus Christ, there is the written word of God, and there is the spoken word of God which can either come from God directly, or from a messenger. When someone is accurately presenting the gospel even without scripture to the extent they are presenting the gospel accurately they are speaking the word of God. Much like the way the KJV, because it is a faithful translation, is still the written word of God, despite the fact that the scriptures were not initially given in English.

    As Christ said:

    "John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."

    And as the apostle John said:

    "1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."

    In a very real sense all genuine truth is the word of God and vice versa, thus "the heavens declare the glory of God" etc.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from John81 in Video: What's the Big Deal about the King James Version of the Bible? By Sam Gipp   
    In actual point of fact a person could be saved without the scriptures at all as long as the gospel was presented to them accurately and they repented and believed on Christ. As far as your criticism of the MV's, those criticisms are valid, but since one does not require a complete and accurate understanding of bible doctrine in order to be biblically saved, those flaws are not generally of consequence when it comes to salvation. Salvation is not meant to be extremely complicated or difficult to understand. It is basic, it is simple, and the MV's do not corrupt the truth to such an extent that gospel is completely lost and changed into a lie. What they do is mess up enough truth so that a contradictory mess is created where scripture no longer interprets scripture much of the time. The deeper into bible doctrine you go the worse it gets. What ends up happening is that the Holy Spirit only has a cumbrous, dull, chipped sword of questionable metallurgy to use instead of a sharp, quick and powerful two edged sword to use in the life of the believer or the lost person. Now that said, the Holy Spirit, being a talented swordsman, can do a lot even with a lousy sword given the chance, but why handicap him?
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from heartstrings in Who were the Nicolaitans?   
    Even if you pin down the exact literal meaning of the word that still doesn't really prove much. It could also easily just mean a follower of a doctrine which some guy named Nicolas was a early and prominent supporter. Names don't necessarily mean that much, after all "Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch" was one of the first deacons and there is no indication that he was a bad guy. However his name would mean almost exactly the same thing as "Nicolaitanes" .



    Logically the two most likely causes for making such a claim are a strong desire for power, respect, or both. Self or satanic deception is another possibility but that would probably require one or both of the former things as a catalyst before it would be likely to go anywhere.



    "Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."

    "Deuteronomy 18:21-22 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."

    "Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."

    "2 Corinthians 12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds."

    From those scriptures we can conclude that if someone claimed to be an apostle their teaching could not contradict the scriptures, and they must have a patient and Godly lifestyle. Also the Lord himself had to show special and undeniably miraculous works through them from time to time to confirm that their special authority & commands came from God & were not just their own claims.



    Not if it was done in the biblical fashion. However if it was recklessly and and unbiblically done as Diotrephes was apparently doing in 3rd John verses 9 & 10 then I I imagine there would indeed be some danger in that. There may be some foreshadowing of that danger in third John verse ten when the apostle states that "if" he comes he is going to remember what that guy had been doing and the implication seems to be that it wasn't going to work out so well for Diotrephes. Another indication of the danger in pushing things way past the proper limits with genuine apostles of Christ may be found in 2nd Corinthians 10:10-11.



    Of course, with the the same standard, the scriptures.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from John81 in Who were the Nicolaitans?   
    Even if you pin down the exact literal meaning of the word that still doesn't really prove much. It could also easily just mean a follower of a doctrine which some guy named Nicolas was a early and prominent supporter. Names don't necessarily mean that much, after all "Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch" was one of the first deacons and there is no indication that he was a bad guy. However his name would mean almost exactly the same thing as "Nicolaitanes" .



    Logically the two most likely causes for making such a claim are a strong desire for power, respect, or both. Self or satanic deception is another possibility but that would probably require one or both of the former things as a catalyst before it would be likely to go anywhere.



    "Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."

    "Deuteronomy 18:21-22 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."

    "Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."

    "2 Corinthians 12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds."

    From those scriptures we can conclude that if someone claimed to be an apostle their teaching could not contradict the scriptures, and they must have a patient and Godly lifestyle. Also the Lord himself had to show special and undeniably miraculous works through them from time to time to confirm that their special authority & commands came from God & were not just their own claims.



    Not if it was done in the biblical fashion. However if it was recklessly and and unbiblically done as Diotrephes was apparently doing in 3rd John verses 9 & 10 then I I imagine there would indeed be some danger in that. There may be some foreshadowing of that danger in third John verse ten when the apostle states that "if" he comes he is going to remember what that guy had been doing and the implication seems to be that it wasn't going to work out so well for Diotrephes. Another indication of the danger in pushing things way past the proper limits with genuine apostles of Christ may be found in 2nd Corinthians 10:10-11.



    Of course, with the the same standard, the scriptures.
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    Seth Doty reacted to SarahStrawberry in Happy Birthday, Suzy!   
    AKA Kitagrl!!!

    I hope that your day was wonderful and spent surrounded by loved ones!!!! :bd1:
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from Brother Rick in Can You Disprove This?   
    That tends to happen to spammers....

    I don't know why you have been allowed to ramble on this long. :shootme:
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from John81 in Can You Disprove This?   
    That tends to happen to spammers....

    I don't know why you have been allowed to ramble on this long. :shootme:
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from LindaR in Rapture   
    Scripturally there is nothing that must happen prior to the rapture. It could happen at any time, which is why we are told to watch and be ready always for his return. Now we can see things like the restoration of the nation of Israel in scripture, but nothing says that it must happen prior to the rapture. One of the major problems those who do not believe in the rapture have to deal with is why there are so many scriptural exhortations to watch and be ready for the return of Christ. If Christians were to go through the great tribulation and Christ was to appear at the end of it it would be a no brainer. If the anti-christ, the false prophet, the mark of the beast in the hand or head etc. hasn't happened yet then there would be no point watching for Christs return if one believed he was returning at the end of the seven year tribulation.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from HappyChristian in Carnality Test   
    I would think a little better "carnality test" would be to have a couple people who have a tendency to be blunt and that you know well rate you on a scale of 1-10 on each of the characteristics in 2nd Peter 1:5-7. Hopefully most of us don't require a test and a checklist in order to figure out when we are being carnal though. I dare say Micah 7:4 could apply far to often even in IFB circles.
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    Seth Doty got a reaction from Pastor Matt in Carnality Test   
    I would think a little better "carnality test" would be to have a couple people who have a tendency to be blunt and that you know well rate you on a scale of 1-10 on each of the characteristics in 2nd Peter 1:5-7. Hopefully most of us don't require a test and a checklist in order to figure out when we are being carnal though. I dare say Micah 7:4 could apply far to often even in IFB circles.
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