tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post3332555516232147688..comments2024-03-28T23:20:44.724-07:00Comments on Assembly Quest: The place of deathclumsy oxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-61989940032243868612018-03-10T04:14:41.914-08:002018-03-10T04:14:41.914-08:00I was water baptized when I was 12 years old, but ...I was water baptized when I was 12 years old, but this truth was not realized until I was 29.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-71271002702936559382018-03-09T14:14:37.816-08:002018-03-09T14:14:37.816-08:00Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I was...Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I was baptized at 11 years old, and didn't really "get it" until I was 21 or so.<br /><br />I was on the university campus, and saw an acquaintance reading something by Watchman Nee. I knew nothing about Watchman Nee, except I'd heard people say he was unsound. I made a comment to my acquaintance, and he responded by giving me a copy clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-2094172927727070792018-03-09T12:16:17.486-08:002018-03-09T12:16:17.486-08:00Paul asked the Romans, ‘know ye not, that so many ...Paul asked the Romans, ‘know ye not, that so many of us were baptised unto Jesus Christ were baptised into his death?’ It would be interesting to learn how long it took the readers of Assembly Quest to learn that this is the meaning of baptism.<br /><br />My own experience was that at the age of 14 I asked to be baptised and was told, 1. I was obeying the Lord and 2. it was an important step. Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-45954320862838978872018-03-06T18:00:05.273-08:002018-03-06T18:00:05.273-08:00Robert,
Several weeks ago, a brother was minister...Robert,<br /><br />Several weeks ago, a brother was ministering on Genesis 6 in the assembly. He was talking about how the ark was pitched both inside and out, and drew our attention to what that must have looked like: the ark was literally "black as pitch". It was three stories high, and only had window(s) at the very top. The description in Genesis sounds much more like a coffin than clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-7584747421508426282018-02-26T07:48:26.489-08:002018-02-26T07:48:26.489-08:00"Oh taste and see that the Lord is good"..."Oh taste and see that the Lord is good" Psalm 34:8<br /><br />Faith is the soul's taste.......Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-11914510539596063122018-02-26T07:18:55.351-08:002018-02-26T07:18:55.351-08:00If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things...If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,<br />where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.<br />Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.<br />For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.<br />When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,<br />then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.<br /> (HandWrittenWordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297262231718600348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-4904126738064057582018-02-26T03:16:32.913-08:002018-02-26T03:16:32.913-08:00Mark
Thank you for this post which I find incredi...Mark<br /><br />Thank you for this post which I find incredibly helpful and I will look into these passages through the week to gain the benefit of them. <br /><br />I have been recently looking at the theme of living in the place of death as it is presented in 1 Peter 3:18-22. Noah was taken through the waters from the place of death into a new world that was filled with the fragrance of the Robertnoreply@blogger.com