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1021 | Is "Paradise" the same as heaven? | Luke 23:43 | CDBJ | 176435 | ||
Greetings BT and welcome to the forum, It seems to me that the end of your informative post, with reference to the following, smacks of purgatory or its equal? You stated, “That being so, Jesus’ promise would reasonably point to a restoration of such earthly “paradisiacal” condition. His promise to the wrongdoer would therefore give assured hope of a resurrection of such an unrighteous one to an opportunity to life in that restored Paradise” Am I reading you right? CDBJ |
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1022 | Is "Paradise" the same as heaven? | Luke 23:43 | CDBJ | 176463 | ||
I realize that the word purgatory isn’t in the Bible but the actual word Trinity isn’t in the Bible either; so would you say that the Trinity doesn’t exist just because the specific word isn’t in there? God is one in essence but is revealed in three distinct personalities; The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit: you don’t disagree with that do you? CDBJ |
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1023 | If I were to die tommorrow | Luke 23:43 | CDBJ | 180719 | ||
Hi Quinbenn and welcome to the forum. Well there use to be a place like that but when Jesus died he took those that were held captive, due to the fact that their sins were just covered and not removed yet. But when Jesus died he psid the price for them and removed them and they went to heaven with Christ. Ephes. 4:8-11 (NASB) Therefore it says, "When He ascended on high, He LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, And He gave gifts to men." [9] (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? [10] He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) [11] And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, Who in your opinion are the faithful? what caused them to reside in this class? I hope you enjoy the forum, CDBJ |
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1024 | If I were to die tommorrow | Luke 23:43 | CDBJ | 180844 | ||
Hello jhamp41, The judgment that you are referring to and I quote you, “the Bible says that after death the judgement. So if you die tonight you go directly to judgement and find your place where you will spend in eternity.” Have I go this right; the way you understand it is that there must be this judgment before one can know for sure where they are going to spend eternity? “Do you think it’s possible” to know the outcome actually before this personal judgment takes place and that there might be some that already know their future arrangements even before it happens? Or do you consider that as being a might on the preposterous side? Stranger things have happened, CDBJ |
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1025 | Paul our pattern to follow, not Jesus? | Luke 24:46 | CDBJ | 169681 | ||
Greetings WOS There were many things that Jesus did that ruffled the feathers of the "self righteous religious" bunch. I wonder where all this is going? CDBJ |
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1026 | Paul our pattern to follow, not Jesus? | Luke 24:46 | CDBJ | 169685 | ||
Greetings Bereaniam and welcome to the forum. It looks like you are doing pretty well on you postings. Being a newcomer to this topic I must say you have my curiosity up. You made the following statement, “I am insisting that we don't have keep some of the Laws He kept when He walked this earth as Jesus of Nazareth.” Which of the laws are you saying we “must keep”, and why must we keep them? Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. CDBJ |
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1027 | Paul our pattern to follow, not Jesus? | Luke 24:46 | CDBJ | 169686 | ||
Hi WOS, me again. You give a might convincing line of evidence but I’ll stick my neck out and say that the Lord has a plan for each and everyone of his children’s lives, and like snow flakes, no two will be the same. I could sight a bunch of Scripture but you probably know them better then I do anyway. I just hope people can see the love of Christ in my life and that God will use me to accomplish the task for which He has called me and that I can finish MY race with out being disqualified. Someone once quipped the following and it kind of rang a bell in my head; “What you do, speaks so loud, that I can’t hear what you are saying.” Another one that I like is, “If you were ever arrested for being a believer in Jesus Christ, could they find enough evidence to convict you?” Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Have fun, CDBJ |
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1028 | How could God send anyone to hell ? | John | CDBJ | 141691 | ||
It looks to me like "mil", the original poster of this thread, doesn't know how to open his mail or get back on the forum! | ||||||
1029 | Is the wedding feast symbloic or literal | John | CDBJ | 167017 | ||
Hi Ashbury, and welcome to the forum. You just sent me an answer to something that I posted close to four years ago. I really can't contain a thought quite that long, sorry! Look at the ends of the postings on the far right and check the posting dates. I guess my next question to you would be do you “personally” know why Jesus suffered so much? CDBJ |
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1030 | John 13 - Five ways to reproduce | John | CDBJ | 233359 | ||
Greetings, Here is another way that might help. James 1:21 (KJV) 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. The word engrafted is translated from the Koine Greek word EMPHYTOS which means impregnated but keep the following in mind. John 1:13 (KJV) 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Those who are born again or saved have only God to thank. Those who are lost or unsaved have only themselves to blame. The relationship with God must be by consent! The consent is given when one trust in the finished work Of the Lord Jesus Christ. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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1031 | John 13 - Five ways to reproduce | John | CDBJ | 233362 | ||
I suppose you are looking for that which is born of the Spirit? John 3:6 (KJV) 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. CDBJ |
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1032 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238086 | ||
When you read the book of John did you believe what it was telling you? CDBJ |
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1033 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238090 | ||
When anyone reads God’s Word there are promises that are given within the pages of Scripture. Did you notice any of those when you read through the pages. EXAMPLE: Why was the Gospel of John written? ANSWER: John 20:30-31 (NKJV) 30 And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. Let me put it another way; If you were to drop dead in the next minute or so and found yourself standing before the throne of God and He were to say to you why should I let you come into my Kingdom what would you say to Him? That’s an awesome thought and only hypothetical but for sake of understanding what do you think you might say? CDBJ |
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1034 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238137 | ||
What it sound like to me is that you are emphasizing a works based salvation which is in complete opposition to the GRACE plan of God. All one needs to do to obtain salvation is found in numerous passages of God’s Word; case and point, Acts 16:31 (NASB) 31 They said, " Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." That isn’t asking Jesus to come into your heart either, He doesn’t go into sewers, which is what mans heart is like in God’s sight. God the Father isn’t impressed with what we do, He is only impressed with what His Son Jesus Christ did for us on the cross!! Many get discipleship mixed up with salvation; notice that Paul is talking to (believer brethren) when he makes the following statement. Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, “BRETHERN”, (they are already saved) by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. The renewing of ones mind or transformation only takes place when one is in fellowship with the Holy Spirit through the exercise of 1 John 1:9 (NKJV) 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Couple this with the constant inculcation of Bible doctrine and God will do the transforming. Anything that a person tries to do to merit God’s precious grace only nullifies faith. Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. The word faith is a transitive verb and it demands an object, it’s the object that gets all of the credit in faith not the one having the faith. Faith is no greater then it’s object, which in salvation is Jesus Christ. Salvation is the result of faith as a gift, that can’t be worked for. When anyone tries to do something to help God with their salvation its like saying that what Jesus did wasn’t enough, I must help. Let me explain it this way: Let’s say you are given a gift and the gift is a life in paradise. The ticket has been totally paid for, with a ride on a jet plane. Now, instead of sitting quietly in your first class seat, and praising and thanking the Giver for the gift, you get the brilliant idea that you’re going to help. You jump out of your seat, open the door, and leap out so you can help by pushing the jet, which at this point is traveling at 600 miles an hour! That makes about as much sense as man trying to help God with what He has accomplished for man’s salvation. God has provided a perfect plan and all man has to do receive it. Anything man does only messes up God’s perfect plan. It is true there is no such thing as a free lunch! Our salvation cost God the Father the dearest position He has, His matchless perfect Son, who had been with Him since before eternity past. Jesus paid the price for the gift of eternal life and all man is asked to do is trust in God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and receive the gift by GR ACE through FAITH. Do you think God would lie to you? Religion might but not God! Have a great day and trust the Lord, CDBJ |
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1035 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238143 | ||
Greetings, Just as being on the jet plane is a function, being in Christ is the same type of function and it’s accomplished by the Holy Spirit AFTER one trusts in the work that Jesus accomplished on the cross. Abraham believer God; Galatians 3:6 (NKJV) 6 just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." Abraham’s works only demonstrated the trust that he already had in God when he was about to sacrifice his son Isaac. It wasn’t a means of obtaining righteousness and he proved this when he said that God will provide the sacrifice before the two even went up the mountain. The way of our salvation taught to us by the Holy Spirit was the same salvation shown to Abraham; God will provide His Son to take our just due, i.e. God’s anointed one, the Christ. Galatians 3:8 (NKJV) 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." We, in essence were place on that plane the same way we are placed in Christ for positional truth and then the transformation takes place not visa versa! I’ve used this illustration before but here it is again for those that haven’t heard it. Faith is a lot like poison ivy, when one gets poison ivy they can’t keep from scratching, I’m speaking from experience! If another person sees this and they start scratching they could scratch until they are blue in the face and they still don’t get poison ivy because they haven’t come into personal contact with the ivy vine. Jesus said I am the vine. Illustrations just like parables can only go so far and then they brake down and there are those that can find fault with everything: I’m glad that my Saviour is faultless! The religious crowed in Jesus time went out of their way trying to find fault with Christ and Jesus Said: Matthew 15:14 (NKJV) 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." CDBJ |
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1036 | is jesus god? | John 1:1 | CDBJ | 56493 | ||
Hi Hank, I wonder how the NWT deals with Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. The only way this is possible is for one to admit that Jesus Christ is God. CDBJ |
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1037 | is jesus god? | John 1:1 | CDBJ | 56498 | ||
It seems as though the NWT is just about as valuable as confederate money was back in 1865 just after the war and worth about as much too. | ||||||
1038 | is jesus god? | John 1:1 | CDBJ | 56502 | ||
Greetings Kalos, the Greek word HUIOS, translated Son, isn’t even found in the verse, but then again they don’t follow the original language anyway. It looks like the adversary has created another tool for blinding people so they don’t see the glorious truth about Christ. 2 Cor. 4:3-4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: [4] In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. CDBJ |
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1039 | Mumbo jumbo? | John 1:1 | CDBJ | 56744 | ||
Hi Kalos, I must admit that a lot from Strong is Greek to me, but in looking up the meaning of mumbo jumbo in my dictionary, this is what I came up with. Afr. orig.: meaning, form, and dialect uncert. 1. among certain West African tribes, an idol or god believed to protect the people from evil and terrorize the women into subjection. I don't think that the term mombo jumbo comes from any verses that I have read in any of the Bibles that I use. That seems like a strangs term to use, coming from a person who only wants Scripture. CDBJ |
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1040 | John 1:1 and the word was a god | John 1:1 | CDBJ | 70570 | ||
Hi Tim, is it true that in the Koine Greek that the absence of the definite article puts more emphasis on the subject where as in the English the opposite is true? As a result when translating from the Greek to the English when the definite article is left out in the Greek it must be added in the English so that the emphasis remains constant. Example John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Isn’t the definite article left out in the original language in this verse? I assume that this rule doesn’t follow through with the indefinite article; is that right or not? Any help that you can give will be appreciated, CDBJ |
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