who the heck is Melkizedec? who cares?

[badger58]

Wow, Badger that response took me off gaurd, I was fearing you'd come back and put me on the rack LOL! I wasnt sure which side of the bed you might be waking up on, Im just real glad it was the good side! LOL

God bless you and peace to you in Christ

And P.S Thanks

This is only my third thread. I have learned a lot from everyone. My first thread felt like a tar and feathering party, and I was the guest of honor. Haha very funny. I still believe what I believe on that topic, but I just didn't feel this kind of discourse. I'm hoping that some my detractors can see that there may be hope for me too, that I'm not so totally starved from the Holy Spirit, that I'm not a total heretic. I know I can think outside the box and come across as absolutely mad, but its just my passion.
Peace

 

[badger58]

God seems to consider him important since he is recorded in our bible. Abraham gave him honor and respect.

The subject is beyond milk and in the strong meat portion of scripture.

For the cause of Christ
Roger

Well said Roger, Amen!

 

[miknik5]

God seems to consider him important since he is recorded in our bible. Abraham gave him honor and respect.

The subject is beyond milk and in the strong meat portion of scripture.

For the cause of Christ
Roger

Yes, because Abraham recognized "him" which is why he gave him a tenth...

Remember he also said to that "other king"/(King of Sodom) that he (Abraham) had made an oath to GOD that he would not give any of the men to that "other king" (King of Sodom)?

And yet, here Abraham recognizes King of Salem, and Priest of GOD most HIGH and gives Him a portion...

 

[miknik5]

Not everyone recognizes THE KING from that "other King"...

Which is the problem that remains even to this very day....

abraham did a work in leaving all men's fate to GOD when he said, let each man receive his portion...
And still, Abraham would not give over any men to that 'other king" which he recognized as NOT....THE KING and PRIEST of GOD most high!

 

[PilgrimPassingThru]

This is what I mean...
Too many want to just keep talking and lose sight of the ONE THING That is needed and needful...
THE TRUTH of CHRIST and the GOSPEL which, if all were like little children, would have and should have been sufficient.

It's just that we keep talking and talking and talking...
I don't know why...I just wish that CHRIST alone would be preached so that all men might hear THE GOSPEL clearly instead of just the "additional noise"...

I am not meaning to offend anyone...
I talk a lot.
I know it...

But I also know this...that we had all that was needed and needful and were made RICH the MOMENT we heard the GOSPEL of OUR SALVATION (heard it as it should be heard as THE WORD of GOD from GOD) and believed and were washed and gathered up and marked as belonging to GOD in CHRIST JESUS...

I thought you reminded me of someone, you actually write like another woman poster who had just left not too long ago, you both CAP at desired points and use the same spacers... between sentences...like this...

Except you capitalize your first words in a sentence

But I am going to remove myself from this conversation and let you guys discuss, have at it.

 

[badger58]

Badger?

Babies can't stomach "meat".

Do you agree?

(that is what KenAllen is saying to you).

It is great to talk about Melchizadek...but if you are NOT clear in mentioning that Melchizadek was simply a shadow and prefigure of CHRIST, you actually put babies in a worse position...

You see, it implies that somehow we are waiting for "another"?

And that is NOT TRUTH.

I am a father of four, and have experience with them. I also remember how hungry I was for spiritual thing, when I was a baby in Christ. I would only encourage them to read their bibles. They are saved only because they were drawn by the Father to His Son, as shown in John 3:16. We need to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. They can't stay babies forever. I believe a storm is coming very soon, and the time for talking will come to an end. We will have to put up or shut up. We are all in this together, and our God has not abandoned us as orphans. Remember: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, sayerh the Lord. The babies will be just fine. God is watching over them.

 

[miknik5]

I am a father of four, and have experience with them. I also remember how hungry I was for spiritual thing, when I was a baby in Christ. I would only encourage them to read their bibles. They are saved only because they were drawn by the Father to His Son, as shown in John 3:16. We need to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. They can't stay babies forever. I believe a storm is coming very soon, and the time for talking will come to an end. We will have to put up or shut up. We are all in this together, and our God has not abandoned us as orphans. Remember: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, sayerh the Lord. The babies will be just fine. God is watching over them.

GREAT POST, Badger...
But there are baby ears listening in here...
Who will point them to the MILK first?

 

[prodigal]

if-memory-serves-me-right

lining-up-the-generations-and-ages-lived.
.Shem-would-have-been-alive-during-Abrahams-lifetime

 

[badger58]

How does knowing who Melchizedek was help us in our walk with Jesus?

Moving on, Its fine to debate issues like these with other Christians. But we need to realize many on here are probably not Born again Christians and have no clue what we are talking about.

I feel we need to focus our topics on bringing the Truth to those who do not know Jesus and those who are caught up in a false Church that teaches lies and not the Truth.

Maybe what we need is a new chat room just only for the discussion of very deep and complex Doctrines for those who have walked with Jesus for a long period of time. Or a new chat room just for those new in Christ or are looking for Christ.

What do you think badger58?

I remember being a baby in Christ. I was not offended by talk of spiritual things, on the contrary, it caused me to want to study my bible. Babes will need to grow up, sooner rather than later. Peace!

 

[miknik5]

I remember being a baby in Christ. I was not offended by talk of spiritual things, on the contrary, it caused me to want to study my bible. Babes will need to grow up, sooner rather than later. Peace!

These baby ears are they in or outside of THE DOOR?

 

[miknik5]

I think that is the difference, Badger...

The TRUTH that there are those outside THE BODY and there are those inside THE BODY...

Babies who are IN CHRIST will be safe.
Babies outside of CHRIST, to whom we were called to preach THE GOSPEL are the ones who can't stomach "meat" before FIRST tasting THE MILK of THE WORD of TRUTH...

 

[badger58]

I think that is the difference, Badger...

The TRUTH that there are those outside THE BODY and there are those inside THE BODY...

Babies who are IN CHRIST will be safe.
Babies outside of CHRIST, to whom we were called to preach THE GOSPEL are the ones who can't stomach "meat" before FIRST tasting THE MILK of THE WORD of TRUTH...

Before I became a Christian, any talk of Jesus and of my sin and the absolute need in my life for a savior, it was offensive to me.
Why was it offensive? Because I did not have the mind of Christ. I was at war with the God of heaven. That wasn't the problem with Christians, that was my problem. It would still be my problem, if God had not drawn me to His Son.
We do the unbelievers no service by guarding their ears from hearing these things.

 

[Depleted]

Are you saying that: You don't find this article interesting???

I didn't read it because copy/pasting someone else's work seems redundant, at best. (Plagiarism actually, but at least you attributed when you plagiarized. I am assuming you thought it was okay to take, just as long as you attributed. It's not usually.) Including all the shortcuts (Top, [...], and arbitrary phrase that mean nothing to me without the original site's hyperlinks still attach) became somewhere between annoying and useless.

 

[miknik5]

Before I became a Christian, any talk of Jesus and of my sin and the absolute need in my life for a savior, it was offensive to me.
Why was it offensive? Because I did not have the mind of Christ. I was at war with the God of heaven. That wasn't the problem with Christians, that was my problem. It would still be my problem, if God had not drawn me to His Son.
We do the unbelievers no service by guarding their ears from hearing these things.

From hearing what things?

I haven't yet heard THE GOSPEL preached...
How is "meat" the BETTER PART?

It really isn't...
If one doesn't have the BETTER PART, no amount of "Meat" will do for him what only "THE BETTER PART" can do...

and that is wash the man...

 

[badger58]

From hearing what things?

I haven't yet heard THE GOSPEL preached...
How is "meat" the BETTER PART?

It really isn't...
If one doesn't have the BETTER PART, no amount of "Meat" will do for him what only "THE BETTER PART" can do...

and that is wash the man...

Dear miknik5
Why do you think the ones that opened this chat room, did so?
If every thread could be 100% milk gospel only would you please start that thread, I would love to see what it looks like. No, really! I'm not being sarcastic. Just growing tired of offending you. That is not my purpose, or my desire. I don't see how discussion on deeper topics, is some how mean or bad or sin. This is a Christian chat room. I would be surprised to find that non believers find anything of interest in here. I have never had someone say I'm not a Christian, but can we just talk, at least not in here. Please explain how you would word things if you could be the only source of control over this chat room.
Isn't it enough to be the salt of the earth? This chat room is here for a number of reasons, just as we are, just as the bible is. We can love God with all our heart, all of our strength, all of our mind and all of our soul and still have other pursuits. We have freedom in Christ, not bondage to any man or any woman. I don't know if I can write the words that convey what is in my heart, but I have tried to do it respectfully. Peace in Christ.

 

[Magenta]

I would be surprised to find that non believers find anything of interest in here. I have never had someone say I'm not a Christian, but can we just talk, at least not in here.

http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/134359-lets-talk-about-god.html

^^ There is a thread started by an atheist... ^^

 

[miknik5]

why not be clear and say that we all know that all the lower signs and representations laid out throughout GODS HOLY WORD spoke of and pointed to CHRIST.

That GOD from the beginning from the anundance of HIS GRACE. Knew our limited humanity. That ever and always we need signs and lower visible images and representations to understand All HIS HIGHER and Hidden and invisible TRUTHS and HE graciously provided us sign upon sign. Rearing us up to know HIM so that at the fullness of time when the body HE
had prepared from the beginning before the world ever was might come forth to do HIS WILL we would look back and understand that all along HE spoke of and pointed us to JESUS

Every priest every prophet every judge ever King. Every word of scripture spoken in s hidden and veiled way spoke of HIS SON. And the testimony of JESUS is the SPIRIT of Prophecy and all these shadows are simply all the realities found in CHRIST JESUS


if you do not mention that beforehand it implies that Jesus is simply just another manifestation of GOD and that there are other manifestations of God in this particular thread melchizadek being another manifestation but that isn't true

melchizadek was simply just another one of those temporary signs pointing us to CHRIST

 

[badger58]

why not be clear and say that we all know that all the lower signs and representations laid out throughout GODS HOLY WORD spoke of and pointed to CHRIST.

That GOD from the beginning from the anundance of HIS GRACE. Knew our limited humanity. That ever and always we need signs and lower visible images and representations to understand All HIS HIGHER and Hidden and invisible TRUTHS and HE graciously provided us sign upon sign. Rearing us up to know HIM so that at the fullness of time when the body HE
had prepared from the beginning before the world ever was might come forth to do HIS WILL we would look back and understand that all along HE spoke of and pointed us to JESUS

Every priest every prophet every judge ever King. Every word of scripture spoken in s hidden and veiled way spoke of HIS SON. And the testimony of JESUS is the SPIRIT of Prophecy and all these shadows are simply all the realities found in CHRIST JESUS


if you do not mention that beforehand it implies that Jesus is simply just another manifestation of GOD and that there are other manifestations of God in this particular thread melchizadek being another manifestation but that isn't true

melchizadek was simply just another one of those temporary signs pointing us to CHRIST

All I can promise is that I will walk in love before all men to the best of my ability and to trust the Holy Spirit to lead all that would
come across my threads. I don't know what else to say.
May the love of Christ compel all of us!

 

[miknik5]

All I can promise is that I will walk in love before all men to the best of my ability and to trust the Holy Spirit to lead all that would
come across my threads. I don't know what else to say.
May the love of Christ compel all of us!

Oh, you mean 2Corinthians 5?

Can't you finish off that verse?
The Love of CHRIST compels us?

What does it say directly after that?
And for what purpose was the LOVE of CHRIST poured out into our hearts but to preach CHRIST and the MESSAGE of THE CROSS to ALL men...it is this current ministry of reconciliation which GOD has entrusted to those whom HE has called as WITNESSES to "go" and preach the TRUTH of THE GOSPEL of THE SON...

Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 12For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. 13For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

 

[mpaper345]

Melchizedek was king of Salem,which is king of peace,and the priest of the most high God,who blessed Abraham,who Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils of a war he was involved in,tithes,before the Leviticus priesthood.

The Bible says He was without father,without mother,without descent,having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

Jesus is not Melchizedek incarnate,and Jesus is not Melchizedek at all,but a priest after the order of Melchizedek,or His priestly office,that exceeds the Leviticus priestly office.

Melchizedek is a bodily manifestation of God,for He is without father,or mother,having neither beginning of days,or end of life,but Melchizedek is not a permanent bodily manifestation of God.

Jesus is the only permanent manifestation of God,and the only bodily manifestation of God,born of a woman,and the only begotten Son of God.

Melchizedek was a temporary manifestation of God,a bodily manifestation made from the dust of the earth,which God appeared the same way to Abraham,with two of His angels,on another occasion.