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601 | People that never heard about Christ... | Rom 10:17 | Hank | 158570 | ||
Hi, Az... Please read Acts 4:12 and John 14:6. --Hank | ||||||
602 | How old is the earth? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 158498 | ||
DGB454: (1) There is no "time table" given in Genesis for determining when God created the heavens and the earth. ..... (2) Evolution is a theory and science has absolutely NOT proved it factual. --Hank | ||||||
603 | Happy in heaven | 1 Thess 4:13 | Hank | 158437 | ||
DGB454: Over the years -- I've been a Christian for more than 55 years -- I've thought about heaven. And hell. I've pondered over the apostle John's description of the new Jerusalem, the dwelling place throughout eternity for all the saints of all the ages. ...... Your question has several components and is prefaced by "if." And, theologically speaking at least, it's always the "if" questions that are the hardest, if not outright impossible, to answer. And I sincerely believe that your question -- I do not chide you for asking it -- falls well within the category of impossible to answer. Please permit me an explanation. ..... We think of the apostle Paul as having manifold spiritual gifts, and we regenerate believers affirm that every word he wrote in our New Testament Canon was God-breathed. But though we hold to these truths firmly, we also know that God the Holy Spirit did not choose to reveal everything even to His servant, Paul. "We know in part," said Paul in 1 Cor. 13:9, "and we prophesy in part." He continued in vs. 12, "For now we see in a mirror darkly; but then face to face; now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known." Paul did not know it all, and neither do we. ....... I believe there's more to heaven than our finite minds can contain! Christ gave us a glimpse of heaven in His Revelation penned by His apostle John. One would be hard pressed to find a more beautiful passage in all Scripture than Revelation 21 and 22. It does not speak to the second leg of your question, "How can we rejoce in heaven knowing a loved one is suffering in hell?" It doesn't establish that we will, in fact, know about the loved one suffering in hell. ...... But it does speak to the first part of your question, viz., "how can we rejoice in heaven?" And it is so beautifully written -- in my view it's one of the supremely beautiful passages in all the Bible, indeed in all literature. Here's what it says: "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away." (Rev. 21:4). Perhaps the last half dozen words, "the former things are passed away" will help you work through your question about remembrance of loved ones. I don't know, and I hesitate to go beyond what Scripture reveals, because when we go out on our own speculative theological safaris, we invariably get lost in the jungle. ...... Your question is indeed a complex one and a good one, save for its beleaguerment by suppositional phrases which always present very difficult theological challenges! In any event, I do hope that this response proves to be of some benefit to you. Kalos and Makarios gave good responses from a slightly different perspective. Please study them carefully. And....Welcome to our midst! In Christ, --Hank | ||||||
604 | speak in public | Ps 32:8 | Hank | 158435 | ||
Lillie3: You are referring no doubt to the fellow in Georgia who calls himself Bishop Eddie Long, who drives a 350 thousand dollar Bentley car, and lives in a 1.4 million dollar mansion. No matter. Your question cannot possibly be answered from Scripture, calls for presumption and speculation, and is therefore not a proper one for SBF. Sorry. --Hank | ||||||
605 | planets mentioned anywhere in bible? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 158424 | ||
Pam: The word planet(s) is not found in the NASB. It appears once in the KJV, 2 Kings 23:5, and once in the Amplified Bible, Isaiah 34.4. ...... Genesis 1:1 is a summary statement of God's creative work. He created all things, the heavens and the earth, i.e., the universe -- and this most assuredly includes the planets, not only of our solar system , but the planets of all other solar systems in our galaxy and all other galaxies in the universe: everything that was made. Here's what the Bible says about it: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was NOT ANYTHING MADE that was made" (John 1:1-3). God created all things _ex nihilo_ i.e., from nothing. ..... Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." ...... All Things. "Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer and he who formed thee from the womb: I am the Lord who maketh all things (Isaiah 44:24). Again I say, All Things! ....... That God created everything is also taught in Eccl. 1:5; Jer. 10:16; Col. 1:16; and Heb. 1:2. The teaching of Genesis 1:1 is beautifully captured by the prophet in Isaiah. 45:18. --Hank | ||||||
606 | Where bible say God created the planets? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 158391 | ||
Pam D: Genesis 1:1. --Hank | ||||||
607 | Where was in the bible was hell created? | Matt 25:41 | Hank | 158376 | ||
klamb: Try Matthew 25:41. --Hank | ||||||
608 | Is it a sin to marry a divorced woman? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158373 | ||
Dear loreto: Thanks for your question. This subject comes up quite often on SBF and many posts have been written on it. Please go to Search and type in the word, divorce. --Hank | ||||||
609 | what bible says about suicide | Ex 20:13 | Hank | 158371 | ||
Dear emyandarino: The Sixth Commandmandent (Exodus 20:13) prohibits the deliberate taking of a human life. ..... Many other posts on suicide may be found in the Forum archives. Go to Search and type in the key word, suicide. --Hank | ||||||
610 | How is Jesus the fulfilment of jews hope | Luke | Hank | 158297 | ||
LC133: While the evangelists of all four Gospels attest to Jesus as being the Christ (the Jewish Messiah), the Son of God, it is Matthew who more than any other Gospel writer identifies events and utterances of our Lord with Old Testament predictions. .... Each Gospel writer wrote from a somewhat different perspective and for a different audience. Mark seems to have targeted Roman believers, especially Gentiles, and presents Jesus as the suffering Servant (Mark 10:45), focusing more on the deeds of Jesus than on His teaching ..... Luke's running theme is the humanity, the compassion, of Christ, a compassion that extended to Gentiles, Samaritans, women, children, publicans, sinners and other of the 'meek and lowly' who were generally considered outcasts in the Israel of Jesus' time. ...... John's Gospel is the only one in which the author states his overall message and purpose: "written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through His name" (John 20:31). Thus John's focus is on the Deity of Christ, whom he presents at the very beginning of his Gospel as the eternal Word incarnate in the Son of God (John 1:1-14). ..... But it is Matthew's Gospel which has the distinctively Jewish flavor, and the probability that Matthew's audience was overwhelmingly Jewish is high indeed, based on an abundance of internal evidence within the text itself. He begins his Gospel with a genealogy which, unlike Luke's, traces only back as far as Abraham and is designed to document Christ's credentials as Israel's King. His book quotes more than 60 times from Old Testament prophetic passages and points out that Christ is the fulfillment of all those promises. All the book's major themes find roots in the Old Testament and are attuned to Israel's messianic expectations. He refers to Christ many times as 'the Son of David.' About Matthew's purpose in writing there can be no doubt: to present Jesus as the Jewish nation's long-awaited Messiah, the King of the Jews. ...... But what I have given is only the barest of sketches. To obtain the full answer to your question, it will be necessary to read and study not only Luke but Mark, John, and especially Matthew, as well. And since one reading assignment not infrequently calls for another, it will be necessary for you to read the Old Testament in order to gain a fuller understanding of the New. If any of this is helpful to you and possibly whets your appetite to learn more of God's word, I will be pleased indeed. --Hank | ||||||
611 | Do you believe in God? If so, then why? | Ps 19:1 | Hank | 158119 | ||
Yes, I believe in God the Father Almighty and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. Only a fool believes otherwise: "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God" (Psalm 14:1). .... Why do I believe in God? Well, I'm not a fool! The Bible, which is the word of God, tells me about God from cover to cover. And "the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmanent showeth his handiwork" (Psalm 19:1). ..... Now, "Agnositic," do you believe in God? If so, then why? If not, then why not? --Hank | ||||||
612 | what is the meaning of church | Acts 2:47 | Hank | 158050 | ||
kang: To your first question: The Greek word for church (ekklesia) means 'the called-out ones." To your second, the Day of Pentecost (see Acts 2). --Hank | ||||||
613 | List Nasb departures from Hebrew text? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157975 | ||
PeterAV, inasmuch as the NASB is a very literal translation, it is doubtful that it ever actually departs from the Hebrew text. This, however, is a question for the scholars who translated it. --Hank | ||||||
614 | Women less sinful than us?? | 1 Tim 2:14 | Hank | 157973 | ||
Robin, your questions are more sociological than theological! .... The Bible makes no soteriological distinction between male and female. Please consider this: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:28). ..... And this: "for all have sinned and and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Discussion, therefore, of the superiority of one gender over another really doesn't fall within the purview of Study Bible Forum. Greetings and blessings to you across the miles from Arkansas to the UK. It's good to have you join us. We pray that we can help you in the study of God's word as you in turn help us. ...... By the way, I share your admiration for the Authorized Version. It's the one that taught me how to read many decades ago. ..... Incidentally, my great grandfather came to this country from Birmingham, England and settled in Birmingham, Alabama. --Hank | ||||||
615 | doctrinally unsound? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157656 | ||
Uma: I wonder whether anyone sees anything unsound or confusing in the following "news item," which is composed of several sentences extracted verbatim from several articles that appeared on the front page of this morning's edition of my hometown newspaper, The Times Record: "Timmons is an associate professor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The churches are really acting like churches. For people to vote a tax increase is always a push. More than 630 school-age children who escaped to Arkansas in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have enrolled in the state's public schools. The Quorum Court is considering an expansion of the current jail." ..... These excerpts from one page of a newspaper are out of context, they are non sequiturs, they don't make sense, and can even invite false and ridiculous conclusions; as if, for example, the enrollment of 630 children from the Gulf Coast had something to do with the expansion of the local jail! ...... Now, if we can take snippets from a newspaper and put them together in a collage in such a way that they become absurd, misleading, and even comic -- and we can and I just did -- then what is to keep us from walking all over God's word in such a crass and outrageous manner? .... There are some 39 Shakespearean plays extant. One could select a line or two from King Lear, from Hamlet, from Romeo and Juliet, from Julius Caesar, or from any of the 35 other plays, and by careful manipulation make up any number of absurd "doctrines" from the Bard. But is this sort of adulteration of his works fair to Shakespeare or fair to the readers of such out-of-context quotations? Of course it isn't. Yet hardly a day goes by that one doesn't see on this Forum a scissors job being done to the Bible in some vain effort to prove a point or tout a false teaching. ..... How many times have some of us who contribute regularly to the Forum stressed context...context...context! ..... It's odd indeed that some of the very folks who can readily see my ridiculous error in pulling lines from a newspaper out of context think nothing of doing it with Scripture. --Hank | ||||||
616 | where can I find step out in faith | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 157561 | ||
mobubree, Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, "we walk by faith, not by sight." This is not very far removed from the idea of "stepping out in faith." In Romans 4:12 he speaks of those "who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham." The apostle John, in his third letter, said, "I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth" (3 John 4). The idea of walking (or "stepping out," if you will) in the faith is expressed many times in Scripture. --Hank | ||||||
617 | 1 Samuel 15:3 - a loving God? | Ps 115:3 | Hank | 157497 | ||
Rob, let me suggest you read Romans 9, especially vs. 20. Also Job 38-42. A book by Philip Yancey called "Disappointment With God" might help you if your faith is flagging. It's easily available in bookstores or on line at Amazon.com and cbd.com for a few dollars in paperback. The book tackles some of the very questions that seem to be troubling you. Additionally, you might be helped by talking to your pastor. You definitely will be helped by talking to God Himself! There is nothing that a child of God should not take to the Lord in prayer. Even weak faith. Read in Mark 9:14-28 the discourse between Jesus and the father of the boy with the mute spirit. Notice what Jesus says to the boy's father in vs. 23 and the father's response in vs. 24. .... Read that magnificant invitation to abundant life in Isaiah 55 and by all means read, mark, learn and inwardly digest the precious words of the following two verses, 8 and 9, from this great 55th chapter of Isaiah: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." .... Rob, I believe that as you feed daily on God's word and grow in faith and sanctification, empowered by the Holy Spirit, you will find that your doubts will melt away like butter on a hot griddle, and you will see clearly that the mighty acts of God are not, and cannot in any sense whatever be, likened to Allah and Islam! Blessing to you. --Hank | ||||||
618 | Shorest Book in Old Testament | Obadiah | Hank | 157461 | ||
Obadiah. | ||||||
619 | The Book of Psalm | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 157311 | ||
Hello, Tosin. Approximately 40 is the number of human authors of Scripture that is generally given. --Hank | ||||||
620 | I want my wife back | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157261 | ||
Mark, let me add my firm support to those who have urged you to seek counsel. Your pastor or other qualified Christian adviser may be able to help you and your wife mend the breach. What's done is done and we can't unscramble an egg, but that does not mean the egg is worthless and should be thrown away. --Hank | ||||||
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