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1881 | Yes, Hank, that is what I am asking. | Ex 20:13 | Hank | 37120 | ||
ScottA, since I believe the Bible teaches the eternal security of the believer, the destiny of one who commits suicide, while sane or insane, depends not on the sinfulness of taking a life, whether it be one's own or someone else's life, but on whether that person was a regenerate believer. I would add, however, that it appears most unlikely that a truly regenerated believer would commit murder of any kind, by suicide or otherwise, so long as he retained his mental faculties. --Hank | ||||||
1882 | Why so many denominations out there? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 36792 | ||
ToddN, if you hang around this forum very long, you are likely to find some answers to your question. This forum, among other things, is a laboratory of sorts; it brings together on one web site an ever-changing assortment of people from a number of different folds, both Catholic and Protestant, both liberal and conservative, both pragmatic and highly speculative, both Calvinist and Arminian, both orthodox and heretical, both young and old, both learned and unlearned -- an admixture, a slice of splintered Christianity as it is in 2002. We come together, professing in the main to be Christians, and we disagree. The focus of our disagreement may be weighty or it may be trivial. What User A sees as important, User B sees as nonsense. What User C views as orthodox, User D calls heresy. ..... Here's but a small sampling of the contrasts we see on the forum, and we see them or others very much like them every day: Man has free will; man has little or no free will. Water baptism saves us; water baptism does not save us. Christ died for all men; Christ died only for the elect. The Genesis account of creation is literal; it is figurative. Women should serve as elders, deacons, preachers; these positions are for men only. A believer has eternal security; a believer can lose his salvation by sinning. The list goes on. At the fork of every road, some go left, some go right. Side #1 thinks side #2 is too dense to see the plain truth. Side #2 thinks side #1 just possibly is touched in the head.... So, friend, now is it becoming a little easier to get a pale glimmer of understanding of why there are so many denominations in the world? With so many different and often opposing points of view out there, it's no less than a miracle that we on the forum get along as well as we do. That miracle, I feel, is our common belief that Jesus Christ is Lord. Nothing about which we disagree comes close to being on a par with this belief we, most of us at any rate, share in common. --Hank | ||||||
1883 | can anyone get to heaven without jesus? | John 14:6 | Hank | 36699 | ||
Not according to Jesus. Read John 14:6. --Hank | ||||||
1884 | What if the individual is mentally ill? | Ex 20:13 | Hank | 36544 | ||
ScottA, what is your question? Are you asking whether a person who is severely mentally ill is held responsible for their bizarre behavior or erratic actions, such as, in your example, the taking of one's own life while under the delusion that God commanded him to? --Hank | ||||||
1885 | Raven and John Reformed, Baptism? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 36516 | ||
Cyclist, the criminal on the cross was no more or less excused from salvific water baptism than any one has ever been, because salvific water baptism does not exist. What does exist is regeneration by the Holy Spirit that comes by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. --Hank | ||||||
1886 | post modernism in the churches thinking | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 36511 | ||
Aussie, postmodernism holds that there are no absolutes -- no absolute truth and no absolute reality. There is a rather exhaustive treatment given to postmodernsm on www.faithmaps.org. It is fairly obvious that postmodernism and Christianity are poles apart. --Hank | ||||||
1887 | Do you believe that God was a man | Gen 1:27 | Hank | 35831 | ||
Leftwich -- the "Lady with the Vision" -- If God revealed himself to some people before He created them, then pray tell, who were they and where did THEY come from? And where do your ideas come from? --Hank | ||||||
1888 | is God the father of everyone ? | Gen 1:27 | Hank | 35818 | ||
jajoje: The answer is a resounding "YES"! Please read the first few chapters of Genesis, paying particular attention to Genesis 1:27. Then go to the New Testament, to the fourth Gospel, which is John, read the first chapter, and underscore verse 3. --Hank | ||||||
1889 | So what was the 2nd vision??? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 35777 | ||
I dunno. Bifocals I guess :-) --Hank | ||||||
1890 | Genesis,chapters1-4:True accounts or not | Genesis | Hank | 35691 | ||
fredcs, good day! Modern man has found himself always "between Scylla and Charybdis" as Homer put it -- we call it "between the devil and the deep blue sea" -- when it comes to trying to prove or disprove the creation account of Genesis. Believers and non-believers alike have attempted to prove their positions by science. Both have fallen short of proof. One of the problems that has confronted both believer and skeptic when they have tried to base their proof upon scientific evidence is that science is not eternal truth. It is a demonstrable fact that the only constant of science is change. In the 17th century Dr. William Harvey, by feeling his pulse while in a hot bath, educed that arteries carry blood. Galileo, by holding his pulse while watching a swinging cathedral lamp, evolved a theory that made clocks possible. Not many years ago it was common to believe that a speed of 30 miles an hour in those new-fangled 'horseless carriages' (early automobiles) would do permanent damage to the human body -- they were talking about the speed itself, not the possibility of accident. It has not been far back in the history of the world when the printing press, airplanes, radio, television, and the computer/internet, to name but a few of modern 'miracles,' were unheard of. Much of what was considered scientific truth in ancient times, or even a decade ago, has now been debunked. And what is considered the orthodox science of today will likely become the fables of tomorrow...... It is an interesting thing about myths and legends. They are generally based on, or borrowed and copied after, something that mirrows truth. The mere fact that a number of ancient legends about creation bear in some respect a resemblance to the Genesis account of creation suggests that they could, in fact, be borrowed and copied from the genuine. It has been suggested, and not without merit, that the main reason the Bible has been so severely scrutinized and maligned for centuries is because it is the genuine article. If it were not so, if it were obviously fake, who would go to the trouble to try to disprove it? It is because the Bible is true, and because for sinful human beings truth is so often painful, that man has, time and time again, set out to bring it to shame and discredit. The Bible puts an uncomfortable wrinkle in the garment of secular humanism that is the chic apparel of our time. Yet even now in this year of our Lord 2002, the word of our Lord stands firm. Neither philosophy nor science, folklore nor legend, or sage nor fool, has ever proved a word of it untrue. A sure prophecy is they never will. --Hank | ||||||
1891 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | Hank | 35503 | ||
Centurian, please allow me to offer a remedial mini-lesson from English 101. "Heart" in scriptural contexts and in current English is frequently used metaphorically to describe one's innermost character, feelings, or inclinations, the essential or most vital part of something, the emotional or moral as distinguished from the intellectual nature. To my knowledge there are no scriptural contexts, and certainly none that speak of man's relationship with Jesus Christ, that treat the definition anatomically, i.e., pertaining to the organ that circulates blood. Perhaps this little study in word usage will enable you to review and revise your concept of what people are really saying when they use a phrase such as "accepting Jesus into one's heart." --Hank | ||||||
1892 | jesus born prior to earth? | Heb 13:8 | Hank | 35448 | ||
The Bible teaches the pre-existence of Christ, the Deity of Christ, and the Advent of Christ. (Read John 1:1-3, 10:30; Matthew 1:16). By pre-existence is meant that Christ's life did not begin with His virgin birth, because being Himself Deity and very God of very God, He was never created; He is eternal. In His Advent (coming to earth) He did not surrender his Deity. He was during His time on the earth fully God and fully man. So the answer to the question, "Was Jesus created before He was born on the earth?" is a resounding "No." Jesus was never created. Did Jesus exist before He was born on earth?" Yes, He did. He is eternal. Has this helped or confused? --Hank | ||||||
1893 | Is all new doctrine false doctrine? | Titus 1:9 | Hank | 35419 | ||
Listener, there is a sense in which the "sound doctrine" of Titus 1:9 is passed from one generation to the next. Parents are commanded to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. But for all, parent and child alike, the final authority for sound doctrine is the word of God. And the word, having once and for all been delivered to the Saints, does not change, does not teach new doctrine with every generation, does not evolve in any way from what it was, is, and ever shall be: the eternal, inerrant word of the living God. So, I am persuaded to answer your question without equivocation: Any "new" doctrine, without exemption, that is being promulgated by anyone -- wise man or fool, king or peasant, rich or poor -- is false doctrine and should be shunned as if it were leprosy, for indeed spiritual leprosy it surely is. --Hank | ||||||
1894 | Why did God create time? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 35279 | ||
Mother-of-nine (really?): This is not intended to be a smarty-pants or flippant answer in any sense. But the only honest and truthful answer that I can see any human being giving to the whole batch of "Why did God....?" questions is, "Because God is sovereign and can do whatever He pleases." At least the answer is honest and guards us against making wild and fruitless speculations. --Hank | ||||||
1895 | where did cain get a lady to marry? | Genesis | Hank | 35276 | ||
Mugambi: Your full question was: Where did Cain and Abel get ladies to marry? Well, Cain obviously married a descendent of his parents. And the question about Abel is not so much about whom he married as who his undertaker was. --Hank | ||||||
1896 | How to win sex battle? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 35273 | ||
Stay out of the war! --Hank | ||||||
1897 | Study the Word, Calvin, or Aminian??? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 35203 | ||
Dear Child of the King -- Amen to your post! As a newcomer you show a degree of wisdom and discretion that seems to have lost its way on this forum. As it was originally conceived, the forum was to be a medium devoted to study of the Scriptures and not a soap-box free-for-all in which devotees of this or that denominational bias were to air their own particular doctrine as being the last word in theology. It was never meant to be turned into a never-ending debate about Calvinism, Arminianism or any other ism. You certainly don't have to agree with TULIP to be a Christian. Calvin was a man. He had no more authority to tell you what to believe than I do, and I have absolutely none. His words are no more binding on you as a Christian than any other human being's words. I am a Christian. I am neither Calvinist nor Arminian; I accept what precepts of each school as I see as being consistent with the word of God and reject others that do not seem to be. I see it as far more important to read and study the Scriptures humbly and prayerfully, asking for divine guidance of the Spirit as I do; to strive to grow and mature in my Christian walk as God helps me to do so; to set the best example that I can to be more like Jesus in my daily living, and by doing so to be an instrument to lead others to the Lord Jesus. I consider endless debates over various isms to be virtually worthless, serving more to alienate Christians from each other than to unite them; and, even more, in creating a spirit and environment of divisiveness, to dissuade unbelievers to seek entry into the fold of the Shepherd. Believe me, dear new user, no part of your question offends me; on the contrary, what you have stated in your post should be read, studied, marked, learned and remembered by those members of this forum who persist, day after day, to engage in endless debates, no matter what the topic or how trivial or important they may appear to be. The Bible is clear on all matters that are truly essential. If there be more than one point of view on what are mainly secondary issues, it is enough to state the various points of view as succinctly as one can and move on. It is unneccesary and counter-productive to dwell infinitely on a small point and to insist on having the last word on any issue. No one but God has a last word on anything; no one's view is the universal, eternal, definitive word of truth on any spiritual issue. In general, the only one who considers an opinion to be of vital interest and importance is the one who renders the opinion. That goes for what I have said in this post; but I do urge the users of this forum to consider what I have herein opined, and to be mindful also of what this new user to whom I am responding has said so well. I am not so naive nor my vision of utopia so simple that I should believe that the content of this forum will take an abrupt turn in a moment; I do pray, however, that some of the more influential members here will consider joining in to bring the quality of this forum up to serve a higher, more noble purpose than being by and large a sounding-board for Calvinism, Arminianism, and other assorted denominational biases, doctrines, and wild speculations on issues about which the Bible speaks not a word. If that is all the purpose this forum is to serve and if that is all the good that this forum can do, how can its continuance be justified? --Hank | ||||||
1898 | catholic church.......first church? | Rom 16:4 | Hank | 35058 | ||
Sharon, the New Testament, especially the book of Acts, gives us a fair idea of what the apostolic church was like; it gives us an even more comprehensive idea of what a church should be like. We should measure a church by the biblical plumb-line, not by what any church claims for itself. There is more than one religious group in the world that claims to be the only genuine church. Test them by the biblical measuring rod. --Hank | ||||||
1899 | Mythology and the bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 34954 | ||
Katagious2, the stuff you posted isn't new by any means, and it is but a pale and slight sample of all the mythological and fanciful tales that have been around for centuries, beginning at about the time when mankind first transcribed and left behind his thoughts and beliefs in writing. If you feel it would help you to examine God's word and its total accuracy and reliability from a Christian perspective, I commend a book by Josh McDowell called "The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict" published by Thomas Nelson, Nashville. But apart from having any other source at your disposal but the Bible itself, take it, read it, study it, compare the prophecies of the Old Testament with their fulfillment by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, and consider the moral and theological teachings of the Bible. Then compare the Bible to mythology, to pagan religions and their claims about their deity, about salvation, about good and evil, about the orgin of the universe, about eschatology, et cetera. See which makes sense and which makes little or none. --Hank | ||||||
1900 | how can we loose our salvation. | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 34425 | ||
etta3dove (henrietta), you cite Revelation 3:16 and the parable of the Prodigal Son to support your thesis that "you can lose your salvation." Neither passage supports anything of the sort. Read them again, carefully this time, and in context. You claim to KNOW that there are other passages that support the idea of 'losing salvation.' What are they? Can you cite any? There are two things that may be said of salvation: (1) The Bible never uses any such terms or suggests any such conditions as 'temporary salvation' or 'conditional salvation' or 'losing salvation.' (2) There is not one instance in all Scripture of anyone being saved twice. What you or anyone else happens to believe about salvation has absolutely no bearing on what Scripture teaches about it. By the way, this topic has been debated a zillion and three times on this forum. You might want to try using Search and type in saved or salvation. --Hank | ||||||
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