Comments for Ray Noah | Soli Deo Gloria | "For the Glory of God alone" http://raynoah.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Robe Envy by Mary D http://raynoah.com/2012/02/08/robe-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-1276 Mary D Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:18:32 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=14467#comment-1276 I really liked the kmart image, brought this so home to me and I never thought about how everyday that robe was in their face thank you for this I really liked the kmart image, brought this so home to me and I never thought about how everyday that robe was in their face
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]]> Comment on Divine Tests & Deeper Revelations by mlpershing http://raynoah.com/2012/01/27/divine-tests-deeper-revelations/comment-page-1/#comment-1273 mlpershing Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:58:51 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=14345#comment-1273 There are two reasons this is one of my favorite passages in the Bible: Abraham’s faith and its prophetic nature. What it teaches us about God could be a third. Never did Abraham question what was spoken to him. You may suggest he accepted it so readily because he knew God and his angel so well. So in recognizing the voice he would know it was God. I cannot see a modern Christian doing this. Christians are often told that Satan is a deceiver and a counterfeit. When something would seem to violate God’s character, he would assume it to be the deceiver speaking. “Get thee behind me, Satan,” would be the first words out of his mouth. Job was quick to answer his three friends as they criticized and rebuked him for his wickedness. Why should he not? They were offering only their opinions. Elihu he did not answer. He said not a word to him. Why? As soon as this young man began speaking he professed to speak for God. As Elihu spoke of the creation and things too great for him to know, all as ammunition to use against him, Job remained silent. Even if he knew the young man to be lying, he dared not open his mouth to a man claiming to be a prophet. Among what he said was that Job had brought all these terrible things upon himself because of his wickedness, but if he repented, God would refresh his days and restore his riches. Neither did any of the elders who were there interrupt the young man. God appeared in the whirlwind to set the record straight. If Elihu was speaking for him, he never would have appeared. But appear, he did. Elihu was the first to be rebuked. He was multiplying words in God’s name to counsel Job. Job was later rebuked for contending with the Lord. While there is no record of Elihu again speaking, Job did and he was justified before his three friends and before all the people of that region. How about Joshua? In Joshua 5:13-15 a man, a stranger who had infiltrated their ranks with a sword faced him. When Joshua questioned him, that man claimed to be captain of the host of the Lord. The leader of Israel fell on his face before him and he did all that was commanded of him. Jericho fell because of his obedience. What would you do if someone stepped into your church making such claims? Would you do as he commanded? I trust not. Would you ever suffer to hear what he had to say? Abraham was commanded to sacrifice Isaac. Can you not see Satan standing before God in heaven? God would say: “Have you considered my servant Abraham? There is none like him on the face of the earth. He has done all I have spoken to him. He has left his entire family and heritage behind for the sake of a promise I made to him. There is not a man of such great faith upon the face of the whole earth. Yet there is nothing he would withhold from me.” Satan might answer: “If you take away from him that is most precious to him, he will deny you. And if you command him to offer up his son for a burnt offering, then he will curse you to your face.” So God commanded the angel to go and tell Abraham to offer up his son Isaac on a mountain in the land of Moriah. When Abraham heard it he never doubted the promise. He knew if he did this terrible thing yet would God raise his son again from the dead. For all things God says must come to pass. He knew not how, but Isaac must live no matter what happened that fateful day. Three days Abraham’s resolve was tested as he journeyed northward. What he was told about this site he recognized from a distance. It was probably a hill outside a town called Jebus, which we call Jerusalem. It was probably called “The Skull.” We now call it Calvary. “In this mount it shall be seen.” God would never ask anyone to do something he himself would not do/will not do. He stopped Abraham from fulfilling his task, but God himself fulfilled it upon Christ on that same site. The ram Abraham offered wore a thorny crown, for it was caught in the thicket by its horns, just as Absolom, the son of David, was lifted up from the earth by his thorny crown, only to be killed by three darts, representing the three nails which hung our Lord on the cross. As we see, God had a very much broader view of what would need to transpire to bring in his everlasting salvation. None of these soldiers of faith faltered when they were tried. They knew God’s will would be done, and nothing comes to pass apart from his will. They all put themselves in jeopardy because of their faith, and God saw them through their trials. They remain examples faith because of what others called foolishness. michael There are two reasons this is one of my favorite passages in the Bible: Abraham’s faith and its prophetic nature. What it teaches us about God could be a third.
Never did Abraham question what was spoken to him. You may suggest he accepted it so readily because he knew God and his angel so well. So in recognizing the voice he would know it was God. I cannot see a modern Christian doing this. Christians are often told that Satan is a deceiver and a counterfeit. When something would seem to violate God’s character, he would assume it to be the deceiver speaking. “Get thee behind me, Satan,” would be the first words out of his mouth.
Job was quick to answer his three friends as they criticized and rebuked him for his wickedness. Why should he not? They were offering only their opinions. Elihu he did not answer. He said not a word to him. Why? As soon as this young man began speaking he professed to speak for God. As Elihu spoke of the creation and things too great for him to know, all as ammunition to use against him, Job remained silent. Even if he knew the young man to be lying, he dared not open his mouth to a man claiming to be a prophet. Among what he said was that Job had brought all these terrible things upon himself because of his wickedness, but if he repented, God would refresh his days and restore his riches. Neither did any of the elders who were there interrupt the young man. God appeared in the whirlwind to set the record straight. If Elihu was speaking for him, he never would have appeared. But appear, he did. Elihu was the first to be rebuked. He was multiplying words in God’s name to counsel Job. Job was later rebuked for contending with the Lord. While there is no record of Elihu again speaking, Job did and he was justified before his three friends and before all the people of that region.
How about Joshua? In Joshua 5:13-15 a man, a stranger who had infiltrated their ranks with a sword faced him. When Joshua questioned him, that man claimed to be captain of the host of the Lord. The leader of Israel fell on his face before him and he did all that was commanded of him. Jericho fell because of his obedience.
What would you do if someone stepped into your church making such claims? Would you do as he commanded? I trust not. Would you ever suffer to hear what he had to say?
Abraham was commanded to sacrifice Isaac. Can you not see Satan standing before God in heaven? God would say: “Have you considered my servant Abraham? There is none like him on the face of the earth. He has done all I have spoken to him. He has left his entire family and heritage behind for the sake of a promise I made to him. There is not a man of such great faith upon the face of the whole earth. Yet there is nothing he would withhold from me.” Satan might answer: “If you take away from him that is most precious to him, he will deny you. And if you command him to offer up his son for a burnt offering, then he will curse you to your face.”
So God commanded the angel to go and tell Abraham to offer up his son Isaac on a mountain in the land of Moriah. When Abraham heard it he never doubted the promise. He knew if he did this terrible thing yet would God raise his son again from the dead. For all things God says must come to pass. He knew not how, but Isaac must live no matter what happened that fateful day.
Three days Abraham’s resolve was tested as he journeyed northward. What he was told about this site he recognized from a distance. It was probably a hill outside a town called Jebus, which we call Jerusalem. It was probably called “The Skull.” We now call it Calvary. “In this mount it shall be seen.”
God would never ask anyone to do something he himself would not do/will not do.
He stopped Abraham from fulfilling his task, but God himself fulfilled it upon Christ on that same site.
The ram Abraham offered wore a thorny crown, for it was caught in the thicket by its horns, just as Absolom, the son of David, was lifted up from the earth by his thorny crown, only to be killed by three darts, representing the three nails which hung our Lord on the cross.
As we see, God had a very much broader view of what would need to transpire to bring in his everlasting salvation. None of these soldiers of faith faltered when they were tried. They knew God’s will would be done, and nothing comes to pass apart from his will. They all put themselves in jeopardy because of their faith, and God saw them through their trials. They remain examples faith because of what others called foolishness.

michael

]]> Comment on The Dream-Giver by mlpershing http://raynoah.com/2012/01/20/the-dream-giver/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 mlpershing Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:15:03 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=14331#comment-1272 Well said! Well said!

]]> Comment on The Dream-Giver by Ray Noah http://raynoah.com/2012/01/20/the-dream-giver/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 Ray Noah Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:48:05 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=14331#comment-1271 I believe this falls into the category of "seeing through a glass darkly". As a mentor of mine was fond of saying, "There's a lot more about God that we don't know than what we do know." That is the beauty of the living, active Word, along with the present ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives! I believe this falls into the category of “seeing through a glass darkly”. As a mentor of mine was fond of saying, "There's a lot more about God that we don't know than what we do know." That is the beauty of the living, active Word, along with the present ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives!

]]> Comment on What God Wants—And Deserves by Doug http://raynoah.com/2012/01/30/what-god-wants-and-deserves/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 Doug Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:16:43 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=14373#comment-1270 Thanks Ray, I had just read Romans 12 today as it was on my heart. Thanks for the reinforcement of God's Word. Thanks Ray, I had just read Romans 12 today as it was on my heart. Thanks for the reinforcement of God's Word.

]]> Comment on The Dream-Giver by mlpershing http://raynoah.com/2012/01/20/the-dream-giver/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 mlpershing Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:32:02 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=14331#comment-1269 Oh, and the conversation between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I have heard that. I used to believe that too. It was convincing enough at the time. It is funny, all the things I used to believe. Study and meditation on God's word changes everything. Looking back on all I used to think I knew, I now realize I knew nothing. So I can hardly fault those who still believe what I once did. The question is how many of those things I presently believe will I still believe to be true in another twenty years.I trust this is your experience as well.michaelSent from my iPhone Oh, and the conversation between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I have heard that. I used to believe that too. It was convincing enough at the time. It is funny, all the things I used to believe. Study and meditation on God's word changes everything. Looking back on all I used to think I knew, I now realize I knew nothing. So I can hardly fault those who still believe what I once did. The question is how many of those things I presently believe will I still believe to be true in another twenty years.I trust this is your experience as well.michaelSent from my iPhone

]]> Comment on The Dream-Giver by mlpershing http://raynoah.com/2012/01/20/the-dream-giver/comment-page-1/#comment-1268 mlpershing Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:32:02 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=14331#comment-1268 Where does the name Lucifer even come from? All the names in the Old & NewTestaments arephonetically derived. Lucifer stands alone in this regard, as is not. Because it appears to come from Latin, I can only presume we have the Vulgate to thank for its invention.michaelHere is a little trivial take between a certain Hebrew and Greek name using phonetics. Jehovah orYahweh, however we choose to pronounce it comes from thevowel-less:???? (JHVH or YHVH or YHWH. The adding of vowels gives us the names: Jehovah, Yehovah, orYahweh. Hebrew has no J sounds. Translating this into Greek would be interesting because Greek has no H sounds, except to begin a word. After that the H sound issubstituted for an S in the Greek. If we are then to take the same JHVH, we would derive JSVS, YSVS, YSWS, or even JSUS. Adding vowels would be: JeSVS, YeSVS, YeSWS, YeSUS, or even JeSUS. In early formation of characters we use today V/W/U areinterchangeable.That is whyYahweh is a viable translation. (Personally, I tend to pronounce it Yehovah, slipping o between the h and v, thus keeping our traditional Jehovah minus the unpronounceable Hebrew j.)I just think it interesting that we can find Jesus, which is the Greek form of the name meaning 'to save' in the name God first chose to identify himself as. I know this means nothing. It is just a visual trick, right? Where does the name Lucifer even come from? All the names in the Old & NewTestaments arephonetically derived. Lucifer stands alone in this regard, as is not. Because it appears to come from Latin, I can only presume we have the Vulgate to thank for its invention.michaelHere is a little trivial take between a certain Hebrew and Greek name using phonetics. Jehovah orYahweh, however we choose to pronounce it comes from thevowel-less:???? (JHVH or YHVH or YHWH. The adding of vowels gives us the names: Jehovah, Yehovah, orYahweh. Hebrew has no J sounds. Translating this into Greek would be interesting because Greek has no H sounds, except to begin a word. After that the H sound issubstituted for an S in the Greek. If we are then to take the same JHVH, we would derive JSVS, YSVS, YSWS, or even JSUS. Adding vowels would be: JeSVS, YeSVS, YeSWS, YeSUS, or even JeSUS. In early formation of characters we use today V/W/U areinterchangeable.That is whyYahweh is a viable translation. (Personally, I tend to pronounce it Yehovah, slipping o between the h and v, thus keeping our traditional Jehovah minus the unpronounceable Hebrew j.)I just think it interesting that we can find Jesus, which is the Greek form of the name meaning 'to save' in the name God first chose to identify himself as. I know this means nothing. It is just a visual trick, right?

]]> Comment on The Dream-Giver by mlpershing http://raynoah.com/2012/01/20/the-dream-giver/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 mlpershing Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:24:03 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=14331#comment-1267 You know, I used to call Satan Lucifer all the time. I do not do that anymore. It is like some innate belief we all share. That should have been a red flag to me. Because the spirit of err is in the world, if too many people believe something which is yet unproven, it shall be proven wrong. History should teach us that. If Lucifer was, in fact, his name, Jesus would have called him that. He did not. So I will not.The mention of Lucifer, which means light bearing, comes from, well, we both know where.Babylon was the unlikely subject here. Do you realize Jesus mentions Capernaum in the same vane as Isaiah does toward it in Chapter 14?I find that kingdom to be a very interesting subject. It had kings well before Nebuchadnezzar arose, yet it was only through him that their greatness came. He even authored a chapter in the book of Daniel. How did a vain, self-willed, pagan king come to be a believer in the God? He had dreams of world domination and went forth conquering. He did more toward this goal than anyone had hitherto done. Yet he was that head of gold in Daniel's vision. Greater empires rose up after him, empires having greater dominion, greater armies, and influences, yet God esteemed them inferior. Why? Was is because of God's work in his life? One thing we do know. His kingdom fell after his successor, who should have known better, rejected and mocked the God Nebuchadnezzar had come to believe in. There were political reasons for doing this, as well as the disdain he naturally felt toward the Jews and their beliefs. He wished to distance himself from the beliefs of his grandfather before all the people of his rule. He may have been advised to do so in order to appease the enemies of his realm, and the nations around them. These enemies had to bide their time. They dared not rise up against Nebuchadnezzar himself. He was too strong. They waited for weakness to appear before striking.Even Egypt under Joseph had not attained as much promise as did Babylon. Joseph ruled second only to Pharaoh, but Pharaoh never converted. Through the influence of a few prominent Jews, chief of which was Daniel, the king of Babylon did convert. His testimony, Daniel Chapter 4, was a decree throughout the land. He wanted the peoples he ruled over to know the one true God. He did so because he wished, like so many kings, to preserve and establish his kingdom.To this end he failed. Was he a true worshipper? I cannot say, but he knew that this God ruled over the earth and its kings. Through Daniel and others the light of Babylon did shine for some time after the king's decease but only to falter, and the kingdom to cease altogether very suddenly. Yet these Jews remained in places of authority under the Persians and Medes, as well. Subsequent rulers even attempted to eradicate the memory of Nebuchadnezzar because of what they viewed as apostasy. They did a fairly good job. Thank God his testimony is still preserved in our Bibles. I doubt a written record will be found anywhere in that land. They did not find evidence of Nebuchadnezzar until the 1940's. Scholars thought him to be part of the Bible's fictions, as they might call anything they disbelieve. What did I say about the spirit of err?Remember, you called this IntenseDebate. michael You know, I used to call Satan Lucifer all the time. I do not do that anymore. It is like some innate belief we all share. That should have been a red flag to me. Because the spirit of err is in the world, if too many people believe something which is yet unproven, it shall be proven wrong. History should teach us that. If Lucifer was, in fact, his name, Jesus would have called him that. He did not. So I will not.The mention of Lucifer, which means light bearing, comes from, well, we both know where.Babylon was the unlikely subject here. Do you realize Jesus mentions Capernaum in the same vane as Isaiah does toward it in Chapter 14?I find that kingdom to be a very interesting subject. It had kings well before Nebuchadnezzar arose, yet it was only through him that their greatness came. He even authored a chapter in the book of Daniel. How did a vain, self-willed, pagan king come to be a believer in the God? He had dreams of world domination and went forth conquering. He did more toward this goal than anyone had hitherto done. Yet he was that head of gold in Daniel's vision. Greater empires rose up after him, empires having greater dominion, greater armies, and influences, yet God esteemed them inferior. Why? Was is because of God's work in his life? One thing we do know. His kingdom fell after his successor, who should have known better, rejected and mocked the God Nebuchadnezzar had come to believe in. There were political reasons for doing this, as well as the disdain he naturally felt toward the Jews and their beliefs. He wished to distance himself from the beliefs of his grandfather before all the people of his rule. He may have been advised to do so in order to appease the enemies of his realm, and the nations around them. These enemies had to bide their time. They dared not rise up against Nebuchadnezzar himself. He was too strong. They waited for weakness to appear before striking.Even Egypt under Joseph had not attained as much promise as did Babylon. Joseph ruled second only to Pharaoh, but Pharaoh never converted. Through the influence of a few prominent Jews, chief of which was Daniel, the king of Babylon did convert. His testimony, Daniel Chapter 4, was a decree throughout the land. He wanted the peoples he ruled over to know the one true God. He did so because he wished, like so many kings, to preserve and establish his kingdom.To this end he failed. Was he a true worshipper? I cannot say, but he knew that this God ruled over the earth and its kings. Through Daniel and others the light of Babylon did shine for some time after the king's decease but only to falter, and the kingdom to cease altogether very suddenly. Yet these Jews remained in places of authority under the Persians and Medes, as well. Subsequent rulers even attempted to eradicate the memory of Nebuchadnezzar because of what they viewed as apostasy. They did a fairly good job. Thank God his testimony is still preserved in our Bibles. I doubt a written record will be found anywhere in that land. They did not find evidence of Nebuchadnezzar until the 1940's. Scholars thought him to be part of the Bible's fictions, as they might call anything they disbelieve. What did I say about the spirit of err?Remember, you called this IntenseDebate. michael

]]> Comment on Prepare To Die! by Ray Noah http://raynoah.com/2011/07/11/prepare-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1266 Ray Noah Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:10:58 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=11331#comment-1266 Toshi~ Our "righteousness" is really Christ's righteousness--imputed to us at salvation. If it were only our righteousness and not his, we would be in a heap of trouble, since as Paul says, "our righteousness is as filthy rags." But Jesus took on my filthy rags righteousness at Calvary so that I could become the righteousness of God in Christ. Toshi~ Our "righteousness" is really Christ's righteousness–imputed to us at salvation. If it were only our righteousness and not his, we would be in a heap of trouble, since as Paul says, "our righteousness is as filthy rags." But Jesus took on my filthy rags righteousness at Calvary so that I could become the righteousness of God in Christ.

]]> Comment on Prepare To Die! by Toshi AYM Adanakian http://raynoah.com/2011/07/11/prepare-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 Toshi AYM Adanakian Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:13:00 +0000 http://raynoah.com/?p=11331#comment-1265 Hi Pastor Ray... Seems you were born to be a pastor. Great blog! Why are there no comments here? Anyways, I have just one question I would appreciate very much if you could answer, and that is "to what denomination do you belong to?", or if there is no name you could provide, "what denomination is your teaching closest to?" I also feel that "righteousness delivers from death," but the important point is "what truly is righteousness?" Many thanks! ...Toshi A.Y.M. Adanakian '12/01/27 Hi Pastor Ray… Seems you were born to be a pastor. Great blog! Why are there no comments here? Anyways, I have just one question I would appreciate very much if you could answer, and that is "to what denomination do you belong to?", or if there is no name you could provide, "what denomination is your teaching closest to?" I also feel that "righteousness delivers from death," but the important point is "what truly is righteousness?" Many thanks! …Toshi A.Y.M. Adanakian '12/01/27

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