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3341 | His appearing | 2 Tim 4:8 | Makarios | 12841 | ||
"The Spiritually Self-Seeking Church “till we all come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). Reconciliation means the restoring of the relationship between the entire human race and God, putting it back to what God designed it to be. This is what Jesus Christ did in redemption. The church ceases to be spiritual when it becomes self-seeking, only interested in the development of its own organization. The reconciliation of the human race according to His plan means realizing Him not only in our lives individually, but also in our lives collectively. Jesus Christ sent apostles and teachers for this very purpose—that the corporate Person of Christ and His church, made up of many members, might be brought into being and made known. We are not here to develop a spiritual life of our own, or to enjoy a quiet spiritual retreat. We are here to have the full realization of Jesus Christ, for the purpose of building His body. Am I building up the body of Christ, or am I only concerned about my own personal development? The essential thing is my personal relationship with Jesus Christ—“ that I may know Him ” (Philippians 3:10). To fulfill God’s perfect design for me requires my total surrender—complete abandonment of myself to Him. Whenever I only want things for myself, the relationship is distorted. And I will suffer great humiliation once I come to acknowledge and understand that I have not really been concerned about realizing Jesus Christ Himself, but only concerned with knowing what He has done for me. My goal is God Himself, not joy nor peace, Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God." Taken from "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers - his Daily Devotional (07/12). --Nolan |
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3342 | I need to know if this is a cult? | Titus | Makarios | 8545 | ||
MARK SUTTON, LET ME WARN YOU THAT USING ANY TYPE OF ABUSIVE OR FOUL LANGUAGE ON THIS STUDY BIBLE FORUM IS TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE. IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO THIS, THEN WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE THEN TO GO STRAIGHT TO LOCKMAN AND HAVE THEM REVOKE YOUR MEMBERSHIP STATUS. I WILL NOT PUT UP WITH THIS AND I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY ABUSIVE LANGUAGE WHATSOEVER ON THE FORUM. YOU WILL BE WATCHED FROM NOW ON, MARK SUTTON. IF THERE ARE ANY FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE FORUM THAT BELIEVE IN KEEPING THE FORUM CLEAN, THAN I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MY STANCE AGAINST MARK SUTTON'S FOUL MOUTH. AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE ALL GENTLEMEN HERE! I WAS WRONG. MARK, CONSIDER YOURSELF "WARNED." THANK YOU. NOLAN KECK |
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3343 | Eternal life promised by God? | Titus 1:2 | Makarios | 217658 | ||
Greetings David, You ask "Are you saying that Christ (in glory, prior to His Incarnation) is Himself the promise of eternal life?" My Answer: Yes! Makarios |
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3344 | Kids unsaved means no pastorate? | Titus 1:6 | Makarios | 157126 | ||
Greetings Searcher, Actually, I agree that she made the right decision when presented with the choice, but I also agree with the eventual outcome for the reasons that I have given in my first post. Makarios |
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3345 | Will there be a second and third coming? | Titus 2:13 | Makarios | 23131 | ||
Greetings kalos! Amen! According to the Bible, there is only one Second Coming of Jesus Christ! I totally agree, and on that basis I have endeavored to write my recent posts that have to do with the chronology of events of the Second Coming. I was curious to see if Signministries or the books by Robert Van Campen would address this *secret* Second Coming (and if he held that view, then I would not subscribe to it), and I am happy to learn that their stance is with the 'one' Second Coming as well! I'm looking forward to the books now more than before.. Thank you, my friend! Grace to you, Nolan |
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3346 | Christologically Pregnant Passages | Titus 2:13 | Makarios | 216635 | ||
Greetings Pastor Tim, Excellent work here! I recently came up with an Outline study of the book of Jude for a Sunday school (we call 'Discipleship Hour') class that we used this morning, and was able to dwell (some say 'camp on') Jude 4 and 25, referencing the Deity of Christ. When I was putting everything together, I noticed that Jude 25 says "only God, our Savior." If you follow the 'logical' argument here: If God is our only Savior (1 Tim. 4:10), and Jesus is our Savior (1 John 4:14), then Jesus must be God also (Titus 2:13)! :) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3347 | Christologically Pregnant Passages | Titus 2:13 | Makarios | 216646 | ||
Greetings Flinkywood! It's been a long time since we conversed at this Forum.. I like that - note to deploy to the JWs - hopefully they aren't after you too much! :) But my follow up is nothing compared to the great information in Tim's original note. I noted his post in my profile as one of the great 'Deity of Christ' posts to come back to if we ever need to (say, we encounter another one of those JWs). :) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3348 | Extreme Views Are Nothing New | Titus 3:10 | Makarios | 10053 | ||
Hank, Yes, the Bible is explicitly clear on how we should confront our brothers and sisters, coming to them in humility (and if rejected), taking a witness, and then bringing the situation before the entire assembly. And the early church took Paul's statements "expel the immoral brother" and "hand him over to Satan" quite literally by excommunicating people from the church. This would, in turn, act on the person's feelings of being included within the (supposedly) loving group, which would eventually cause them to abandon their wayward ways and to seek fellowship again, choosing to be in a right standing with the fellowship rather than facing the dreadful 'exclusion' of the fellowship. However, if we try this today, people are more likely to go to their local tavern and find "fellowship" there instead.. As for 'extreme views', is this where Gnosticism comes into play? As always, Hank, your posts are thought provoking! :) Nolan |
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3349 | What did Onesimus do? | Philemon | Makarios | 8584 | ||
Greetings prayon! Thank you for your response! However, I am still curious. Did Onesimus just run away, or did he commit an offense against Philemon that caused him to run away? Blessings, Nolan |
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3350 | What did Onesimus do? | Philemon | Makarios | 8628 | ||
Thank you again, prayon! I had always wondered exactly why Onesimus fleed from Philemon.. Was Philemon, being a convert to Christianity through Paul (v.19), simply a hard master? Or was it something else? You have answered this question of mine: he wronged his master by stealing something.. And his visit to Paul proved beneficial to everyone involved, since Onesimus would now be a fellow brother in Christ to Philemon, instead of just being his runaway slave! And in many ways, Onesimus' conversion saved his own life as well, since the penalty for a fleeing slave was death. In this short little book, we have a beautiful picture of forgiveness! Paul here is perfectly 'mirroring' what Christ has done for us with God the Father, he says, "if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.. but if he has wronged you in any way, then charge that to my account... since you owe to me even your own self" (since Christ is God's own Son!) Blessings, prayon! |
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3351 | Prepare me on the study of Philemon 8-11 | Philemon | Makarios | 31235 | ||
Greetings YaYa, Here's a little commentary from Ryrie's Expanded Edition Study Bible.. "8-10 Paul could use his authority as an apostle to order Philemon. Instead Paul used the persuasions of love, age, and his imprisoned state, and simply appealed to Philemon (v.10). The name Onesimus means "useful, beneficial." "11 By running away, Onesimus belied the meaning of his name. Now, because he had been saved, he could live up to it." - Nolan |
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3352 | Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews? | Hebrews | Makarios | 8369 | ||
Blessings roverjbh99! I find it doubtful for Hebrews to be penned by Timothy after reading Hebrews 13:23.. If Timothy himself had written this letter, then he would not have referred to himself in the way that is presented in this verse. But like you said, "God only knows exactly who is the author", or human that God inspired to write this book. In any case, the Holy Spirit should be attributed the authorship, regardless of which human being actually penned the words. Blessings! Nolan |
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3353 | Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews? | Hebrews | Makarios | 8370 | ||
Greetings Tim! The authorship of Hebrews is very interesting.. Apollos is a candidate that I had not heard a strong persuasion for until I read the commentary of authorship in Zondervan's NASB Study Bible, which reads concerning Apollos, "The other leading candidate for authorship is Apollos, whose name was first suggested by Martin Luther and who is favored by many scholars today. Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, was also a Jewish Christian with notable intellectual and oratorical abilities. Luke tells us that Apollos was "an eloquent man ... and he was mighty in the Scriptures" (Acts 18:24). We also know that Apollos was associated with Paul in the early years of the church in Corinth (1 Cor. 1:12; 3:4-6,22)." Another leading candidate could be Barnabas, which is my favorite. :) Concerning Barnabas, Zondervan's NIV Study Bible (same notes as the NASB, I just wanted to have some variety in this post.. :) ) states, "The earliest suggestion of authorship is found in Terullian's De Pudicitia, 20 (c. 200), in which he quotes from 'an epistle to the Hebrews under the name of Barnabas.' From the letter itself it is clear that the writer must have had authority in the apostolic church and was an intellectual Hebrew Christian well versed in the OT. Barnabas meets these requirements. He was a Jew of the priestly tribe of Levi (Acts 4:36) who became a close friend of Paul after the latter's conversion. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the church at Antioch commissioned Barnabas and Paul for the work of evangelism and sent them off on the first missionary journey (Acts 13:1-4)." So either way, both Apollos and Barnabas have strong 'support' for the authorship of Hebrews. As you have said before "only God knows in this case", but one thing that we can be sure of: the Holy Spirit has His fingerprints all over it! :) Blessings, Nolan! |
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3354 | Can I trust this Pastor? | Hebrews | Makarios | 17281 | ||
Excellent point schwartzkm! NOBODY knows who wrote the Book of Hebrews except God (of course). :) My theory is that Barnabas wrote it. Other views support both Paul and Apollos. For more information on just who exactly wrote the Book of Hebrews, "Search" for the "Who wrote Hebrews?" thread. Thank you! Blessings to you, Nolan |
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3355 | Correction: Heb 11:37 Who was sawed in t | Hebrews | Makarios | 24870 | ||
Excellent insight into this verse, rocwalker1! - Nolan |
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3356 | Parts of Burnt Offering and Mark 12v30? | Hebrews | Makarios | 217530 | ||
Greetings David! You have chosen an interesting way to study Leviticus 1:4-9 in conjunction with Mark 12:30; the imagery of the parts of the burnt offering could be expanded into a NT study: The head - (Lev. 1:4) - "the laying on of the offerer's hand signified acceptance and identification of himself with his offering. In figure it answers to the Christian's faith accepting and identifying himself with Christ (Rom. 4:5; 6:3-11). The believer is justified by faith, and his faith is reckoned for righteousness because his faith identifies him with Christ, who died as his sin offering (2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24)." (1) The fat - (Lev. 1:8) - "That is, that which burns most quickly - devotedness, zeal. Lev. 3:3-4; 7:23-24." (1) "The burning of the fat and the kidneys on the altar would have produced an acrid odor. Yet because sin was consumed, these sacrifices are described at times as "a sweet aroma" to the Lord (see [Exodus] 29:18). .." (3) The inwards and legs - (Lev. 1:9) - see Exodus 12:9; 29:13,17,22 "The whole sacrifice was to be burned up (v. 9), including the head, legs, fat and inner organs. It is therefore sometimes called a holocaust offering (holo means "whole," and caust means "burnt"). When a bull was offered, however, the officiating priest could keep its hide (7:8)." (2) The hide, or skin, was given to the priest. The NAB actually puts the word "holocaust" into the scriptural text. The fire - (Lev. 1:8) - "Essentially this is a symbol of God's holiness (Heb. 12:29)" ... "wholly consumes the sin offering." (1) John the Baptist said "He who is coming after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire" and "burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire" (Matt. 3:11-12; Mark 9:49) - demonstrated in a dramatic way at Pentecost (Acts 1:5,8; 2:1-13; 11:16). As for Mark 12:30 (see Matthew 22:37-38 and Deut. 6:4-5), the love of God must engage (or consume) the total person (heart, soul, mind). It is of interesting comparison that the sin offering in Lev. 1:4-9 would be wholly consumed by fire: what was represented symbolically through the sin offerings is what happens in reality when we present ourselves as living offerings (Rom. 12:1-2) after being convicted (John 16:8-11) and regenerated (Titus 3:5; John 3:3-7), which results in a new nature (2 Cor. 5:17) and new life (1 John 2:29). Blessings to you, Makarios (1) pg. 150, The Scofield Study Bible, New King James Version, copyright 2002 by Oxford University Press, Inc. (2) pg. 136, The Zondervan NASB Study Bible, cppyright 1999 by the Zondervan Corporation. (3) pg. 138, NKJV Study Bible, copyright 2007 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. |
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3357 | The dream was from God? | Heb 1:1 | Makarios | 8527 | ||
Amen, Hank, Amen.. :) Nolan |
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3358 | Fulfill or Abolish? | Heb 1:1 | Makarios | 217483 | ||
Greetings Lionheart, Great advice, brother! Let us all take the time to read Hebrews 7-10. I was reading Romans 7:6 today during downtime at church: "But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit." (ESV) This verse, along with Galatians 3:23-26 and Hebrews 7-10, help provide a basis to the following Scriptural foundation: Once we have come to a relationship of faith in Christ, we no longer have to live under our tutor, the law, though we remember the behavior the law has taught us. So we respect our tutor, the law; but we don’t live under it. We live under Jesus by faith! Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3359 | When do you know God is speaking to you | Heb 1:2 | Makarios | 96508 | ||
Greetings CTK, Perhaps you are concentrating too hard and too much on receiving an answer from the Lord. If you believe that the Lord will answer you, then you will receive an answer, one way or another, based on what He tells you through prayer and through His Word. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3360 | The fear of death is the root of all fea | Heb 2:15 | Makarios | 24977 | ||
Greetings penewit.org! Can you back up your statement "The fear of death is the root of all fear" with Scripture? And I thought that the root of all fear was public speaking! :-) Blessings to you, Nolan |
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