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2001 | How big is heaven? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 26271 | ||
This question reminds me of a Rolls-Royce ad. The question was, "How many horsepower does a Rolls-Royce have?" The answer: "Enough." Or Abe Lincoln, noted for his gangling long legs, was asked, "How long should a person's legs be?" He said, "Long enough to reach the ground."...... So how big is heaven? Big enough, I suppose, and long enough to hold all the saints..... We do know how big the ark was. God laid out the plans to Noah. It was big enough to accomplish God's purpose for it. I should think He planned heaven equally well. He seems always to know precisely what He is doing! --Hank | ||||||
2002 | Islam believe christ except for what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 26260 | ||
The 'one thing they are lacking that makes them different from a Christian' is the same thing that makes any non-Christian different from a Christian: they are not saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus never gave any other options and never intended to. --Hank | ||||||
2003 | 1 chronicles 4;10 | 1 Chr 4:10 | Hank | 26067 | ||
Buffalo, it's safe enough to say that the prayer of Jabez is no more or less important today than it ever was. But is has certainly attracted more attention than perhaps ever before, owing to the immense popularity of the little book, "The Prayer of Jabez" by Bruce Wilkinson. I've not read the book but the reviews, although mixed, are by and large favorable. I'm just not the 'pray this prayer every day for 30 days and see what happens' type. --Hank | ||||||
2004 | WITH GOD ALLTHINGS POSSIBLE FOUND | Matt 19:26 | Hank | 26005 | ||
In Matthew 19:26 and in Luke 19:27 Jesus spoke these words in answer to the question, "Who can be saved?" --Hank | ||||||
2005 | gluttonous man and a drunkard | Luke 7:34 | Hank | 25988 | ||
Michael, to date there are 92 entries that deal directly or indirectly with your question. Please click on "Search" at the top left of your screen and type in the word "alcohol." --Hank | ||||||
2006 | power of godliness denying power thereof | 2 Tim 3:5 | Hank | 25987 | ||
GEORGIEE, the Scripture is from 2 Timothy 3:5 and reads as follows: "holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; avoid such men as these." Paul was describing for young Timothy the conditions of apostasy to expect "in the last days" -- i.e., the period between the writing of this letter and the Lord's return (v.1), and lists (v.2-4) a number of things that characterize these difficult times. "Holding to a form of godliness" means having an outer appearance or semblance of godliness without any real spiritual depth or dynamic. A good idiom for it is giving lip service. The Pharisees were especially good at this and Jesus rebuked them severely for it. --Hank | ||||||
2007 | Matthew Chap.4 verse 2 | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 25766 | ||
JOECASH, since I know of no specific Scripture that speaks to your question, it becomes largely a matter of personal conviction, I suppose. My answer is that I would (a) pick a time to fast that wouldn't conflict with the observance of communion, or (b) consider the Lord's Supper as more important than the fasting and partake of the elements of communion. I'd hardly consider this as breaking the fast. --Hank | ||||||
2008 | What day do YOU attend church? | Col 2:16 | Hank | 25515 | ||
Apparently, charis, you do assume too much -- things like assuming that if you ask a simple, direct question you will get a simple, direct answer. I suffer from the same affliction myself, but regular doses of this forum are beginning to ameliorate my symptoms :-) --Hank | ||||||
2009 | what doe's matthew 7:12-14 says? | Matthew | Hank | 25485 | ||
It's interesting that in Matthew 7:12 Jesus casts his command in the positive, i.e., to do to others what we would have them do to us, while the Koran (Quran) says don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. --Hank | ||||||
2010 | Jesus's power and authority over demons | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 25402 | ||
Princess, I previously answered your long question without noticing that in your short question you asked about Jesus' power and authority over demons. Matthew 9 and Mark 5 may be what you are looking for. --Hank | ||||||
2011 | Jesus's power and authority over demons | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 25401 | ||
All four of the gospels -- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John -- contain accounts of Jesus' miracles (John calls them "signs") that attest to his power and authority. More likely to be considered "short stories" are the parables, the precious little anecdotes Jesus often used as a teaching tool. The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) record the parables; John does not. Many Bibles print a referenced list of both the miracles and the parables of Christ that makes for a handy guide. --Hank | ||||||
2012 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | Hank | 25346 | ||
Hugger, isn't it simply unreal! Can you believe that all the flutter on this thread started from your innocent, uncomplicated question about altar calls? Some day I may ask, "According to the Bible, what color is Sunday?" That should be enough to keep this forum engaged for at least a couple of days, don't you think? --Hank | ||||||
2013 | How am I expected to be perfect? | Matt 5:48 | Hank | 25208 | ||
Nolan, since I know you have (and use) a MacArthur Study Bible, you perhaps have already read his note on Matthew 5:48. But I think it so good and so beautifully said that it deserves full copy on this post. Here's how it goes: "you shall be perfect" -- Christ sets an unattainable standard. This sums up what the law itself demanded (James 2:10). Though this standard is impossible to meet, God could not lower it without compromising His own perfection. He who is perfect could not set an imperfect standard of righteousness. The marvelous truth of the gospel is that Christ has met this standard on our behalf."........ I like this exegesis, Nolan. It's more satisfying than many of the others I've been exposed to. And I particularly like that last powerful thought, that Christ has met this standard on our behalf. --Hank | ||||||
2014 | Church growth measured by numbers in pew | Acts 2:41 | Hank | 25010 | ||
Momma, to look at the thing in a positive way, the least one could say is that it's hard to get people to "come forward" unless you first get them to "come in." So, if these who are coming in are hearing the gospel of Christ, perhaps in time they will heed the call and come forward. To preach the gospel is our job. But to get them to "come forward" is God's. --Hank | ||||||
2015 | all scripture for doctrine? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 24742 | ||
Dear Flag: Doctrine is a word that has been adultered by some to mean little more than denominational bias. We hear talk of "doctrinal differences" among various denominations. But the word "doctrine" in 2 Timothy 3:16 is better understood as teaching or instruction, and that's how it's rendered by most modern translations. So, therefore, the Bible from Genesis to the Revelation teaches and instructs us about God, who He is, how He reveals himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and how He has made it possible for us to enjoy life with Him eternally. We are taught and can learn from every page, indeed from every word in the Bible. Nothing has been included in it merely to fill space. It is none other than God himself who has breathed the words. Sir Walter Scott, himself the author of many books, spoke the truth when on his death bed he said to his son-in-law, "After all, there is but one Book." --Hank | ||||||
2016 | Empty inside being a Roman Catholic? | James 2:17 | Hank | 24694 | ||
Catrose62, while I am not a Roman Catholic and cannot therefore speak very meaningfully or definitively of "what is wrong in the way they practice their religion," I can nontheless speak empirically about my own faith. I was saved when I was 14 years old. But there have been times in my life when I have strayed, when I permitted the things of the world to take over and crowd out my walk with the Lord. And as a result, I felt empty inside, felt that something vital was missing in my life. My prayer life diminished and only in times of personal crises did I earnestly turn to God in prayer. I let secular works of literature take precedence over my study of the Bible. I let the Sunday newspaper fill the time when I should have been worshiping God in His house. In short, I fell out of fellowship with God. My faith, instead of being the active, vital faith that God wants us to have -- the kind of faith that gives us so many blessings in Christ -- became, as James 2:17 says, a dead faith, not backed up by deeds and actions of obedience. So the key issue, I believe, is not the church we belong to but the Christ we belong to. Are we giving Him our full allegiance? --Hank | ||||||
2017 | What would outcome be if no war fought? | Deut 7:2 | Hank | 24462 | ||
coop1, I have a guess. Had our founding fathers sat still and played dead insteading of taking up arms in their own defense, chances are we would be subjects of the Crown, speak with a distinctively British accent, and eat more limes than we do. --Hank | ||||||
2018 | Is this the 'Complete Christian'? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 24299 | ||
Brian, since you specifically requested my comments on the 12-point profession of faith, for which I thank you, I'm happy to oblige, though you won't be much impressed, I dare say, by my scant remarks. I recognize what you posted as being essentially the Apostles' Creed dressed up in a new suit of more modern words and diction than the one I learned some 40 years ago. I believe it did justice to the faith then and does justice still. It was hammered out long ago with painstaking care by devout men who wanted to get it right. I believe they did. --Hank | ||||||
2019 | Is God Right Handed? | Matt 22:44 | Hank | 24265 | ||
"Right hand of God" is idiomatic for "a place of honor." That's all that it means. --Hank | ||||||
2020 | Rapture question? | 1 Thess 4:17 | Hank | 23399 | ||
LookingforTruth, it comes as no surprise that you were unable to answer the question about the rapture that was posed to you. Neither I nor anyone else can give a solid biblical answer to this "what if" question, or to other speculative questions of kindred genre. We may as well resign ourselves to the reality that the Bible simply does not provide a specific answer to every question the mind of man can think of. And if I or anyone else is so presumptuous to give answers and call them biblical to questions on which the Bible is silent, they deserve nothing more than a stone deaf ear. --Hank | ||||||
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