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21 | What is God's name? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 104384 | ||
God the Father has so many names. He used the name Yahweh when he appeared to Moses (Exodus 6:3). But he appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty. Some other names he uses in Scripture were garnered from http://www.shema.com. The principal name for God is Elohim (Genesis 1:1). Elohim is unusual since it is plural. That is worth pondering. But God reveals himself by other names as well. When Elohim is combined with other words, different attributes of God are emphasized. So we have: God Of The Beginning (Deuteronomy 33:27).God Of Hosts, or God Of Armies (2 Samuel 5:10).God Of Justice (Isaiah 30:18).God Of Heights (Micah 6:6).God Who Is Near (Jeremiah 23:23).God Of My Kindness (Psalm 59:11). God Of My Strength (Psalm 43:2).God Of My Praise (Psalm 109:1.God Of My Salvation (Psalm 18:47, 25:5.God Of Gods (Deuteronomy 10:17.God Of The Rock Of My Salvation (2 Samuel 22:47). God Of All Flesh (Jeremiah 32:27). God Of The Spirits Of All Flesh (Numbers 16:22.Holy God (Leviticus 19:2).Living God (Jeremiah 10:10).God Of Forgiveness (Nehemiah 9:17).The Faithful God (Deuteronomy 7:9).The Great God (Deuteronomy 10:17).The Holy God (Isaiah 5:16).The God Of Israel (Psalm 68:36). The God Of The Heavens (Psalm 136:26).God Of My Rock (Psalm 42:10).God The Joy Of My Exaltation (Psalm 43:4).The God Who Sees (Genesis 16:13). The God Of Glory (Psalm 29:3). The God Of Knowledge (1 Samuel 2:3).The God Of Eternity or The God Of The Universe (Genesis 21:33.The God Of Truth (Psalm 31:6).The Faithful God (Deuteronomy 32:4).The God Of My Salvation (Isaiah 12:2).The One God (Malachi 2:10).The God Of Compassion (Deuteronomy 4:31). The Gracious God (Jonah 4:2).The Jealous God (Deuteronomy 4:24).The Righteous God (Isaiah 45:21). God The All-Sufficient (Genesis 17:1).The Most High God (Genesis 14:18). God Of Heaven And Earth (Ezra 5:11): recalled for all generations" (Exodus 3:14-15). Although some pronounce YHVH as Jehovah or Yaweh, those are only guesses, since we no longer know for sure the proper pronunciation. The Jewish people stopped saying this name by the third century AD out of fear of violating the commandment, "You shall not take the name of YHVH your God in vain" (Exodus 20:7), and we lost the knowledge of its proper pronunciation. According to the rabbis, the Tetragrammaton may not be pronounced under any circumstances. Another name, "Adonai," is usually substituted in place of YHVH. When YHVH is combined with other words God’s different attributes are emphasized. Thus we have Adonai Elohim - Lord God (Genesis 2:4). Adonai Tz'vaot - The Lord Of Armies (1 Samuel 1:11). Adonai M'kadesh - The Lord Who Makes Holy (Ezekiel 37:28). Adonai Yireh - The Lord Who Sees: (Genesis 22:14). Adonai Neesee - The Lord My Miracle, or The Lord My Banner (Exodus 17:15). Adonai Shalom - The Lord Of Peace (Judges 6:24). Adonai Rofehcha - The Lord Who Heals You (Exodus 15:26). Adonai O'saynu - The Lord Our Maker (Psalm 95:6). Thanks to the Bible scholars who made all this available. But there is more. God the Son is called Jesus, but he has many other names. The Holy Spirit is God, and he has many names. All in all, the names of God are as many as God’s attributes. They are too many to list in one post on this forum. My impression is that God would have us to use any of these names depending on the situation. That is what the writers of Scripture did. One would hope that the mere number of these names would remind us how great God is, and that we would worship him. |
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22 | common questions by children | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 107385 | ||
Q. If man was created in Gods image, then does God have sexual organs? A. God is a spirit and we are spirits. But God does not have a body at all. Jesus took on a body so he could die for us. Q. Where in the Bible does it say that angels have wings and a halo? A. Seraphims have wings (Isaiah 6:2, etc.) and so do Cherubims (Ezekiel 10:5, etc.). It does not say that they have halos. Q. If there is life on other planets, did Jesus die for them too? B. The Bible does not speak of life on other planets. Jesus died for the sins of the world. He died for your sins. Q. Where in the Bible does it mention Purgatory? A. There is no Purgatory in the Bible. It does talk of Heaven, and we are trusting Jesus that we will be with him there. |
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23 | Cool Website | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 107387 | ||
That web site promotes the idea that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are all the same person. I do not think we are allowed to use this forum to try to spread ideas like that. I think we are allowed to say that a person needs to be born again; that is what Jesus said. We do not get there by trying. We do not get saved by human effort. It happens when we yield to God in repentance and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. After we are saved we have to live for the Lord. We have to love one another. It may seem hard, but we've got to do it. |
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24 | I need Help!! | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 122197 | ||
Please add that he is the Savior. He says(Isaiah 43:11)"I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. Also, in Hosea 13:4 he says, "I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me". Mary said (Luke 1:47) And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. I hope your group will do that as well. |
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25 | homosexuality | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 130464 | ||
1 Corinthians 6: 9,10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such are some of you (I wonder if we can alter the tense like this to fit the situation. The letter was written to Christians and this was in the past tense.) Such are some of you: but (when ye repent and turn to Christ) ye are washed, ... ye are sanctified, ... ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. The person will probably not know the truth of verse 11 before he is saved. He should look at his homosexuality as one indication of a sinful nature and turn to the Lord for salvation. That is what we all have to do, regardless of the particular sins that enslaved us. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). He came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance (Luke 5:32). |
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26 | homosexuality | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 130533 | ||
Be not deceived, my friend. God is love (1 John 4:8,16). But God hates wickedness (Psalm 45:7; Luke 13:27). Scripture says he hates those who persist in doing evil (See below). For God is not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with him. The foolish shall not stand in his sight: he hates all workers of iniquity. He will destroy them that speak lies: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man (Psalm 5:4,5,6). The arrogant cannot stand in his presence; he hates all who do wrong (Psalm 11:5). And thinkest thou this, O man, … that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? (Romans 2:3). But, “As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways” (Ezekiel 33:3). Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon (Isaiah 55:7 ). |
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27 | A New Perspective!??! | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 133268 | ||
Vrey itestnreign. And one is empted to say something about that in terms the psychology of it, in terms of attention and perception and cognition and maturation and levels of processing, and it is very hard to resist the first and the last of these especially, because they seem to be the important issues here. This writer did a study once on the effects on recall of facts from randomizing the order of sentences in a paragraph, and the results were interesting. Many explanations have been offered for the effects of these things and it is interesting to read them. The nature of this forum being what it is, though, I suppose we must seek a scriptural correlate and a spiritual lesson. With all the explanations that are given for spiritual things, what can we say? Persfsoor Jnoathan Ewdadrs says, “Beileve on the Lord Juses Csriht and tohu sahlt be svead”. Prfossoer Steevn Schacs says, “Tehre is olny one God and Maammohd is his porhpet”. Waht is the dcifferene? All reliogins wshorip the smae God. It deos not mettar what you beleive as lnog as you are sencire. Some say that words are converted into pictures in the mind. But what picture do you see when you read “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ”? What does believe look like? And we have no idea what the Lord Jesus Christ looks like. We may have a picture of the place in the Bible where we read it or the physical location we happened to be in when we heard it “and knew the grace of God in truth” (Colossians 1:6). Some preachers believe they need to help you to create those pictures by giving stories or other illustrations. For example, they would say that believing is like sitting in a chair and trusting it to keep you up. I have done that. But one wonders sometimes whether the effect God wants to create is not a voice rather than a picture, his voice. After all, it does say, “Faith cometh by hearing”. What if you are reading the Scriptures? Does he not want to convert that into his vioce (sic) in your heart and mind? Why is it people have such little difficulty with the passage in spite of incorrect spelling? One reason is that we are influenced by words such as “research“ and “university” and “professor” and we are more open and less critical towards what is to follow. Thank God for a heart that is similarly influenced, but more so, by the words, “God said” and “Jesus said”? It causes us to think of passages such as Exodus 14:15 and Luke 5:5. One other reason is that we sense we are expected to make sense out of it regardless of the errors. We read these strange words with an optimistic expectation that we will be able to understand it. Initial success breeds subsequent success, and eventual success. It reminds us of the process we go through in our spiritual understanding, adding spiritual truth to spiritual truth (1 Corinthians 2:13) and going from faith to faith (Romans 1:17). One can go on and on with this but again, the most important issues seem to be those of attention and levels of processing. As we read the Scriptures, are we focused and expecting to hear the vioce of God? Are we into it with a “Speak, Lord, for your servant heareth”? Or are we focused on the physical words on the page? What if the translator did make a mistake? Can we hear the voice of God anyway? How deep do we go, and do we allow the Spirit of God to take us there? We can ask ourselves even now what it is we see when we read, “Beileve on the Lord Juses Csriht and tohu sahlt be svead”. |
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28 | Who is the Son of God? John 3:8 | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 134642 | ||
Is it 1 John 3:8? Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell? God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, “you are my Son, this day have I begotten you”? And again, “I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son”? And again, when he brings the first-begotten into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him”. Of the angels he says, “Who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire”. But unto the Son he says, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom”. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up. But … In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And … Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. |
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29 | references to suicide | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 136535 | ||
We would like to offer some help, but we have so little information to go on. Also, we do not know how much time we have. It may be that you need to get that person to a mental health professional, but in the meantime we can offer the following. Suicide often occurs when a person sees no meaning in life and no hope. You can offer the person the book of Ecclesiastes. They may identify with a person who said that life is empty but ended his ruminations with the conclusion that we should live, and fear God, and keep his commandments. Offer them Ecclesiastes. For hope, offer them Psalm 42 and 43. There the psalmist says there is hope in God. If the person is not saved, then they have no hope (See Ephesians 2:12). They will find hope when they find God, through Jesus Christ. They may think that they gain something from dying; freedom from something, maybe. Offer them Philippians 1:21. There is an alternative. They can live for Christ. Offer them Hebrews 9:27. In case they think that death leads to nothingness. Let them see that there is judgment to follow. Offer them Psalm 100. It shows the source of life and some meaningful things we can do with our lives. Offer them Colossians 1:16. It says Jesus made us for himself. They may see that suicide means robbing him and trying to defeat his purpose. Offer them 2 Corinthians 5:14-15. It says Christ died for them so they can live for him. Offer them Philippians 1:29, and hop they see that suffering is not an obstacle but an opportunity. We hope that person will decide to live life with what it brings, for Christ. It is good that the person has confided in you. Offer to do something with them, starting now, starting with prayer. Offer to go with them to God. It will show that the Scriptures you gave them are practical, which they are. Encourage them to commit their lives to God as Jesus did in Luke 23:45 and 1 Peter 1:23. These may show them that they can commit themselves to God, who has the power of life and death (Matthew 1:28). Encourage them to leave it up to God as Elijah did (1 Kings 19). He can take them home, or he can leave them here to serve him. Assure them with 2 Corinthians 12 that God will give them the grace to bear what they are going through and with Galatians 6 that you are here to help them. |
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30 | Handling a saved sinner | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 136988 | ||
I would note at first that we who are saved are all saved sinners and hope that you accept that. We were sinners, and that is why we needed to be saved. After we are saved we continue to be sinners. It is evident that the old nature is still with us and we often given to it. We do have a new nature which by the Spirit chafes against the old, but saved people sin. I do not mean to offer this point for debate but I will simply say that recent experiences with what the majority of Christians do and can do, have placed this matter far beyond my doubts. I will offer you five points for dealing with a believer who keeps on doing sin, and it is convenient for me as this is the way I deal with those who come for help. So as not to help you avoid the work on your class assignment, I will give you book and chapter only, and leave it to you to locate the verses. 1. Ask him how he feels about it (Genesis 3, Romans 1). God has given us emotions so we can keep in touch with our consciences. If a person sins and does not feel guilt, he is either unsaved or he has quenched the spirit to the point where his conscience is seared (1 Timothy 4). Only the person can know it (Psalm 139). 2. Ask him to give his version of what is happening (Again, Genesis 3. Where art you? Ho told you? Have you eaten?). A person can face his responsibilities squarely, or he can make excuses. It is necessary to compare our behavior against God’s commandments. 3. Ask him if he is aware of the choices he has and the consequences of each choice (1 Corinthians 10, James 4). We always have choices, and one can list them in terms of broad categories (Romans 6) or in terms of specifics (What wilt you have me to do?). Also we can guess at the consequences (Isaiah 1). 4. Ask him if it is clear which of his choices matches God’s will (Ephesians 5). God has given us his word so we can know his will. We are then free to obey or to disobey (John 13, Romans 6). 5. Encourage him to practice doing God’s will (Philippians 4). The emphasis here is on the word Practice. We all have deeds that we need to put off and deeds that we need to put on. It is only by careful choice and practice that we develop a life of holiness (Ephesians 4, 2 Timothy 2). I think the purpose in “handling” a person who is saved and sinning is to help them to change, and I am glad to see that you have stated that. Write these five steps and see if your professor likes them. Then perhaps you can put them into practice? |
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31 | praise versus worship | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 138015 | ||
Praise (or blessing) is saying nice things about God so that others can hear (Psalm 34:1-2). Worship is bowing down before God, recognizing who he is (Psalm 95:6-7). Worship can include words said to God at that time (Revelation 4:10,11) but it does not necessarily involve words (Genesis 24:52, Matthew 28:9). It can be done alone or in a group, but God is to be the only object of worship (Matthew 4; Luke 4). Praise and worship often go together (2 Chronicles 7:3; 29:30) but we are wise to recognize that they are separate and distinct activities (Nehemiah 8:6). Again, worship can be done in solitary privacy, but praise requires the presence of hearers. BTW, praise involves more than saying, “Praise the Lord” and it is more than saying “Amen”. We should be saying nice things about him, such as, “He is good” or “His mercies endure forever” (2 Chronicles 5:13; Psalm 136). |
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32 | Can Satin read our minds?Chaser. | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 138623 | ||
It is evident that Satan cannot read our minds. But I will say that, for all practical purposes, Satan does not need to read our minds. He knows how we think and how we are likely to act and react. Like God, he knows or frame, and he remembers we are but dust. But unlike God, he has no pity on us. Satan seems to know how the average human being will react. But he seems to also badly underestimate the power of God in us, and to have no clue what it does to our minds when we are yielded to the Spirit of God. That was the mistake he made with Job and with Jesus. Someone asks also if Satan can speak to us, and I say he does not need to do that either. He can dangle enticements in front of us and he can move other humans in their flesh to talk to us. Again, he underestimates our power to resist him. But we can, with the sword of the spirit, and he flees from us. God can read our minds (Psalm139; Jeremiah 17:10; Amos 4:13; Matthew 9:4;12:25, etc.) but there is no indication, that I am aware of, that he has given a similar power to Satan. He has not given that power to other human beings (1 Corinthians 2:11). Isn’t interesting though, that we seem to be almost able to read each other’s minds? There is a certain predictability in human behavior, and Satan is aware of it (Job 2:4). But we can fool him and defeat him by inculcating and exhibiting the mind of Christ. |
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33 | What is so wrong with Catholics | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 148170 | ||
But why this question? It may be an offshoot of another discussion, and it would be interesting to know which one. There is a question on this forum (ID# 95694) abut things that are praiseworthy in that system. But it is apparent there are good parts and not-so-good parts in every system. There is another question in the air, which may not have landed on this forum as yet. Someone wanted to ask the question: “Do you think the Pope was saved?” or “Do you think he went to heaven?” but they were afraid to ask. It is really a question about the system that he headed. One would guess that, with such a question, sparks would fly. (How dare you question whether His Holy …?) One might need to check the guidelines again to see if such a question is allowable. (This writer did not double-check the guidelines, and he is not asking the question). But it is on some of our minds. One might have to frame it in terms of an intellectual examination of scripture, or else initiate a Bible study related to false religion and false prophets leading hordes of people astray. There is not a question whether there are Catholics who go to heaven. One would not have asked Jesus if there were Pharisees who went to heaven. After all, Nicodemus and Paul had been Pharisees. But it is necessary to consider the idea of systems of religion preaching a false gospel and giving adherents a false hope of salvation. In an open discussion, it may be good if participants did not reveal their affiliation with the systems, (I do not know) as they might then feel the need to defend them, and those who speak against them, or anything in them would have to fear. It is easy to dismiss small cults, but more difficult and more dangerous to look with criticism at any major sect. Jesus was surely aware of that before he spoke up. But sometimes one is led to wonder: Does Jesus statement concerning false prophets apply to anyone? “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves”. Does his statement about being blind alert any of us? Some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, “Are we blind also?” (John 9:40). What an amazing answer Jesus gave! (v. 41). It is one, I think, that those men had to ponder. And now, it is our turn. Does his statement about following blind men serve to turn us from them to him perhaps? “If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch” (Matthew 15:14). But Jesus is the Light of the world. Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (John 8:12). Does Jesus’ prophecy frighten anyone? “Not every one that says unto me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter into the kingdom of heaven”. Does his warning concerning the ultimate consequences appeal to anyone? “Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?’ And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity‘”. It may be that someone needs to be strong and fearless, to say what Jesus would have said today: “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in” (Matthew 23:13). But it is my guess that any person saying that would be either ignored or crucified. |
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35 | Does God have wings? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 150207 | ||
No. God has no wings, and neither do angels. They are spirits, and a spirit hath not flesh or feathers. But we should thank Hank for his excellent note on anthropomorphic speech, in this thread. Please read it. And thank God for finding a way to speak to us about spiritual things. No man has seen God at any time (John 1:18) and that in spite of what he said to Moses (Exodus 33), or what the prophet said he saw (Isaiah 6). In spite of what he saw, there are no wings on spirit beings. God is a spirit (John 4) and a spirit has no wings. But work. Work your faith. And may the LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to trust. |
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36 | Mom, grandma, sister all in Satans hands | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 151306 | ||
Hi: We understand, and we're with you. You have already had some good advice. I trust you will also find the following comments helpful. It is one of the heaviest burdens that we bear, I think, and the saddest, to see our loved ones on the road to hell. Sometimes a person will ask, “Why do you care so much for your family, and not so much for other folks?” But God has put them in our lives, and we know them well; so we have a special love for them. That gives us a special responsibility. It is expected that we should be concerned about them, and do what we can to witness to them with our lives and with our words, both reflecting the word of God. Paul set the example for us when he said (Romans 9): “I'm telling you the truth. I'm not lying. My conscience bothers me about this as it is stirred by the Holy Spirit, that I have deep sorrow and continuous heartache when I think about my relatives. I cold almost wish that I could be condemned and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh”. Those are strong words. And it is likely that most believers with unsaved relatives have strong feelings like that. I hope it is comforting to you to know that God wants them to be saved even more than you do, and he will do all that is necessary to draw them to him and to let them know the truth (1 Timothy 2:4). So we can pray for that. They will have a chance to be saved, that‘s for sure. But it is the message of the Gospel that God uses, and we have the privilege of working along with God in bringing them the Good News. You can rest in the fact that the Gospel has its own power (Romans 1:16) and it will get through to them without our having to force it. If you have already given them the Gospel, then it is in them and doing its work. If not, then you can do it, or the Lord will use someone else to talk to them. It will help a lot if you, as a believer, will live a consistent life of faith and obedience to God. A bad testimony or an inconsistent life on our part can be a hindrance to the gospel (2 Peter 2). It will make it harder for them to hear and it will take longer for them to see the truth. Settle that in your own mind, and commit yourself to God for this (1 Peter 3:15). All in all I hope you realize that many of us are in the same situation as you, and we understand how you feel. So you can believe it when we say we are praying with that your relatives will be saved. |
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37 | trouble and problems | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 153916 | ||
Problems with your spouse are a hard thing to bear; that‘s what the Bible says. For example, “It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house (Proverbs 21:9). Again, “It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house (Proverbs 25:24). You wonder why the writer said it twice, and so do I. Twice also one translation renders it: “Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse” (MSG). “Better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman (Proverbs 21:19). In that situation, a person may find himself saying, as in Psalm 55:7, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest“. But the God who said, “What God has joined together, let not man put asunder” is not suggesting that we dwell elsewhere. He has a better answer. For one thing, the Scriptures tell us that others have had those problems. We can learn from their stories what the bad and good choices are. Jacob once got frustrated and angry at Rachel; read it in Genesis 30. David had a problem with Michal; read it in 2 Samuel 6. Peter tells us what a wife might do (1 Peter 3:1) and what a husband should do (verse 7). Other passages such as Ephesians 5:28 and Colossians 3:19 tell us that the answer is love and 1 Corinthians 13 tells us what love does. According to that last passage, love never fails, and another passage says that love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). Let us hope the second question is not directly related. The Bible says a lot about oppressed people, the sum of it being that their quest for justice will be satisfied. Jesus said, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6). God’s own people had been oppressed as slaves in Egypt. God told them that they should remember that and never oppress anyone (Exodus 22:21, etc.). Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. turned to the Bible for answers. Malcolm X used passages such as Galatians 6:7 to indicate that God would bring vengeance on oppressors. He was not willing to leave vengeance in the hands of God as in Romans 12:19. He used passages in the Koran to bolster the idea that the oppressed people should protect themselves. Martin Luther King relied on the Bible, and looked to God to right things. He would quote Isaiah: “Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain” (Isaiah 40:4). He looked for a day when, according to Micah 4:4, “They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid“. King was a preacher and a scholar and he likely knew that those verses did not refer to Negroes in particular. But he said that justice was indivisible and he felt that the same principles and the same promises applied to all peoples. Applying Romans 12:21 King believed he could use “the weapon of love” to overcome the evil of injustice. |
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38 | any biblical references describing eros? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 153918 | ||
Hi. The Song of Solomon is about erotic love. As a book in the Bible, it is there to be read by anyone and everyone. But as a Christian, you would not emulate it until after you are married. The actors in that musical were Solomon and his wife. |
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39 | AM I MARRIED IN GODS EYES ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 89335 | ||
It is quite true, what has been stated. Ask for people's opinion and you will get a variety. The result is that you conclude there are differences of opinion on this matter. You feel free to pick one of them or to come up with your own. The other alternative is to go directly to the word of God and trust the Holy Spirit to interpret it for you. If you are saved, then you do have the Holy Spirit. By all appearances you also know some of the word of God. Read it some more. Ro 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? Ro 7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. Ro 7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. |
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40 | Importance of doctrine of virgin birth | Bible general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 89795 | ||
Where have you heard that it is very important? The people who say such things also probably say that there are some things in the Bible that are not important. But Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him (Proverbs 30:5). Someone may tell you that the Virgin Birth was necessary to ensure Christ's sinlessness, etc. I suggest that you accept it, along with the story of Jonah and the story of the flood, simply because God's word says it. It really does not do to subject the word of God to the judgment of your puny mind. Trust in the Lord and believe his word. If he tells you to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and if he promises you salvation for it, then believe him too. Believe everything he says. | ||||||
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