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1681 | What about the call to lead? | Acts 1:8 | Hank | 200565 | ||
LostSheepProdicalSon -- Welcome to Study Bible Forum. In your user name, don't you mean prodigal son? ..... One of the last things that Jesus did before He ascended into heaven was to issue His "calling" (perhaps the better word is either "command" or "commission") to His disciples. As recorded in Matthew 28:18-20, He said, "All authority has been given Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." These words of our Lord are commonly known as the Great Commission, and since the day Jesus spoke them, they have been the marching orders to all Christians everywhere. --Hank | ||||||
1682 | What happened when Jesus assended? | Acts 1:9 | Hank | 190179 | ||
johnboy36 - When you learn what the following scriptural passages teach, you will know as much detail as the Bible provides of the ascension of Christ. See Mark 16:19,20; Luke 24:50-53; and Acts 1:4-11. Not one of your questions can be answered biblically except possibly the first: "What happened when Jesus ascended into heaven?" In Acts 4:9 Luke tells us simply that "He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their (the apostles') sight." --Hank | ||||||
1683 | Thanks for the answer | Acts 1:9 | Hank | 190240 | ||
johnboy36: Then suppose you tell us how Jesus has managed to hover in the clouds a few feet off the ground for nearly 2,000 years. Sonny boy, we're talking about the Son of God here, not a Space Cadet from Nazareth. You may not be willing to accept the biblical account of Christ's ascension. That is up to you. But then we on Study Bible Forum are not willing to accept all this far-out hogwash about clouds and water vapor and Jesus having hardly been able to leave the earth at all. Please stick to Scripture; human theories and speculations are not acceptable on SBF. Are you a child? --Hank | ||||||
1684 | I would like to learn more about this! | Acts 1:11 | Hank | 79118 | ||
dmvd: The second coming of Christ is also known as the Second Advent. His birth or incarnation is known as the First Advent. The Old Testament gave a foreview of the coming Messiah, the First Advent. See Isaiah, Chapters 11 and 53; Jeremiah 23; Ezekiel 37; Psalm 22. For an overview of the New Testament teaching on the Second Advent, see Mt. 23:39; 24:30; 25:31; Mk. 14:62; Lk. 17:24; John 14:3; Acts 1:11; Phil. 3:20,21; 1 Thess. 4:14-17; 1 Cor. 15:51,52; 1 Tim. 6:14; Titus 2:13; Rev. 22:20. --Hank | ||||||
1685 | who became the 12th disciple after judas | Acts 1:26 | Hank | 150422 | ||
Matthias succeeded Judas Iscariot. See Acts 1:16-25. --Hank | ||||||
1686 | THE START OF CHRISTIANITY BEGAN | Acts 2:1 | Hank | 179601 | ||
Dear "Pastor" - The Pentecost spoken of in Acts 2 marks the birthday of the church. Some scholars, e.g. Charles Ryrie, reckon the time to be about 30 A.D. --Hank | ||||||
1687 | Must u b Christened to get to heaven | Acts 2:1 | Hank | 198558 | ||
No, dear "jesus1km," no amount of "christening" can get anyone into heaven -- not me, not you, not your daughter, not anyone. Not "joining" the church, not good deeds, nothing -- nothing that we can possibly do can justify us before the Holy God. The most precious thing we can imagine is eternal life, yet we can do nothing to earn it! It is made possible only by the finished work of Jesus on the cross, and it is completely and utterly eleemosynary, totally independent of human works. It is free! The redeemed are "justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (see Romans 3:24 and the other verses that surround this passage). ...... Dear parent of this precious six year old child, your daughter can enter God's kingdom, not through any rite (such as baptism), but like all the rest of humankind, by the grace of God alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. It is the gift of God and not of human works of any kind. (Please see Ephesians 2:8-10). ...... You speak of yourself as a regenerate believer; therefore, train up your child in the way she should go (see Proverbs 22:6) and pray that God will in His good time draw your daughter to His Son, our blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Thank you for your question. ...... "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace" (Numbers 6:24-26, NKJV). --Hank | ||||||
1688 | God is like the wind is this biblical | Acts 2:2 | Hank | 158603 | ||
Girl: I can find nothing descriptive of God in Scripture that meets your criterion. The closest thing I can steer you to is Acts 2:1-4 wherein the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is described as a noise from heaven like a rushing wind. It was LIKE a wind but was not wind. And Paul in Romans 1:20 speaks of the invisible attributes of God, His eternal power and divine nature, having been clearly seen and understood through His creative acts. No mention of wind, but the passage may satisfy your description of one's ability to see the works of the invisible God in the world around us. ..... Some time ago my wife and I visited Yosemite. The majestic splendor of those mountains and valleys, those streams and waterfalls, brought to focus in my mind the real meaning of Paul's message to the Romans in Romans 2:19,20. ..... Someone else may be able to supply you with a more definitve answer, but this is all that I can find in Scripture that seems even remotely pertinent to your question. Perhaps you might point out to your child something that is quite evident of God's work: The changed lives of those who are regenerate followers of Jesus. --Hank | ||||||
1689 | Was this baptiziam of the holy spirit | Acts 2:2 | Hank | 175650 | ||
Dear Jwilcox - In order to do justice to your question, let's expand the text reference to include Acts 2:1-13. The "sound...as of a rushing mighty wind" of v.2, a simile, is Luke's way of describing the mighty act of God in sending the Holy Spirit. In Scripture wind is not infrequently used as a symbol of the Spirit (see Ezek. 37:9,10; John 3:8). Then in v.3 we see another symbol, a visible one, in the "tongues as of fire." Note that these were not literal flames of fire, for the text makes it clear that they were "as of" fire. They were supernatural indicators, a visible phenomenon, that God had sent His Holy Spirit upon each believer who was gathered "with one accord in one place" (v.1). Then in v.4 we read that "they were all filled with the Holy Spirit." This is in contrast to the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which is the one-time act by which God places regenerate believers into His body (see 1 Cor. 12:13). The filling is a repeated process of Spirit-controlled behavior, which God commands believers to maintain (see Ephesians 5:18). Peter and many others in Acts were filled with the Holy Spirit again and again (see, for example, Acts 4:8,31; 6:5; 7:55). ...... Finally, let's consider the phrase from v.4, "and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." This was known languages (see v. 6), not ecstatic utterances (see also 1 Cor. 14:1-25). The speaking with other tongues described in Acts 2 is decidedly different from the modern practice that is called "speaking in tongues" (glossolalia). --Hank | ||||||
1690 | Flickering tongues or flickering flames? | Acts 2:3 | Hank | 133104 | ||
Luke uses two similies to describe the momentous events on Pentecost with which Acts 2 opens. In 2:2 the noise was LIKE a rushing wind; in 2:3 the tongues were AS OF fire. So it is not a question of whether it was flames OR tongues. It was tongues AS OF fire. Thus, I believe that it is not incorrect to say that the noise was LIKE a rushing wind but not literally rushing wind, and the tongues were AS OF fire but not literally fire. It is clear that Luke was using metaphor here. Compare it to the usage of the word "fire" in his Gospel, 3:16, in connection with Jesus' baptism. John MacArthur makes an interesting statement about this event. He says, "The disciples could not comprehend the significance of the Holy Spirit's arrival with the Lord sovereignly illustrating what was occurring with a visible phenomenon." And Hank says in his best Ozark Arkanese, "It must have been a sight to behold!" --Hank | ||||||
1691 | John16:14-16 Acts2-4 | Acts 2:4 | Hank | 77760 | ||
Certainly Peter fully realized the full authority of the risen Christ when he preached his sermon on the day of Pentecost, as recorded in Acts 2. He was able to preach such a powerful sermon because he was empowered by the Holy Spirit (see Acts 2:4). Peter had the distinction of delivering the very first sermon in the church age, a sermon that achieved immortality, because it constitutes a portion of God's eternal word. --Hank | ||||||
1692 | Speaking in Tongue | Acts 2:4 | Hank | 160766 | ||
Dwayne, strictly speaking, asking about how people feel about glossolalia (ecstatic and incomprehensible speaking in "tongues") doesn't address the question of what does the Bible teach about the practice. How people feel about any theological issue, the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ for example, tells us nothing of what the Bible teaches about the issue. The word of God is not subservient to man's feelings. Man's rejection or acceptance of biblical truth does not change that truth one iota. ....... What happened on Pentecost as recorded in Acts 2 was not glossolalia as it is defined and practiced today; yet interestingly enough, Acts 2 is frequently cited as a proof text for the practice that is prevalent among certain modern religious groups. A sound exegesis of the Acts 2 text leads to the inevitable conclusion that the Holy Spirit enabled the disciples to speak to the multi-lingual crowd gathered around them in languages that they were able to understand. The miracle had a perfectly logical and practical purpose. It was not glossolalia. ...... Adherents of the practice today seem to find some scriptural support for it, but many other communions find weak scriptural support for the practice, if indeed any at all. --Hank | ||||||
1693 | when you talk to God... | Acts 2:6 | Hank | 27780 | ||
Ashestobeauty: I do not impugn your motives and trust that I have not given you valid reason to impugn mine. As I have said before so say I again: It has never been my practice to speak in tongues nor have I had occasion to converse on the subject with anyone who does. My questions merely were to seek information on the subject, haply the better to understand it. It is not my business to "prove" you or anyone wrong; that authority is not vested in me. And I derive no pleasure in trying to trip up anyone. I do thank you for your efforts in answering my questions and can understand your having questions about my questions. Please take solace in my assurance to you that I have neither sinister motives nor hidden agenda. A merry and Christ-centered Christmas wish to you and your family. --Hank | ||||||
1694 | OT church? | Acts 2:17 | Hank | 3977 | ||
Greetings, and what a discussion you have going! Wasn't the church a brand new organism that came into being on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2? Did not God pour out His Spirit -- "tongues as of fire" -- on that day, just as Jesus promised His disciples? Why would Jesus have said to Peter that "upon this rock I will build my church" if the church had been in existence for all time, as Sam suggests -- past, present and future? How do we work Romans 8 into this framework? The Jews lived under the Law of Moses, which Paul himself called "weak as it was through the flesh." The "church age" lives under "the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus" which has "set you free from the law of sin and of death." [Rom.8:2] The terms we use for the divisions of our Bible, Old and New Testaments, can as easily be called Old and New Covenants. In short, Christ pre-existed before His Advent, but the church did not. --Hank | ||||||
1695 | Discuss "a form of godliness?" | Acts 2:17 | Hank | 30547 | ||
First-time greetings, Momma! EdB gave some fine contemporary examples of "having a form of godliness." The Pharisees and other Jewish sects of Jesus' time are a classic example also, and it is easy enough to see parallels of their hyprocrisy and legalism in our time. Jesus condemned their practices then. Is there any reason to believe He has changed His mind about these practices now? --Hank | ||||||
1696 | Will you join me? | Acts 2:33 | Hank | 4913 | ||
I join you, my dear brother charis. --Hank | ||||||
1697 | Not apprecatied for what I do., only God | Acts 2:36 | Hank | 27839 | ||
Grace7044 -- Years ago Dale Carnegie wrote a book called "How to Win Friends and Influence People." It became a textbook of sorts that I frequently recommended to my younger salesmen (I was an insurance sales manager at the time). A chapter of the book was devoted to what Carnegie called 'the surest way to get people to like you.' Guess what it was? Show appreciation and hand out sincere compliments generously. Recognition and approval, said Carnegie, were among the most basic of human needs. So if this is true, and it may well be, it is easy enough to understand your feelings in being a church pianist who receives neither money nor recognition from your peers. You say you feel sometimes that you are not wanted. Of course, one sure-fire way to find out is to quit! But before you take action of this sort (call it Plan B), why not try Plan A -- have a long talk with your pastor and don't mince words. Tell him exactly how you feel and why. Seek his counsel. Also, you might want to talk your problem out with a few trusted friends at your church. And by all means, pray about it and keep praying about it. You do say that you are playing the piano at church services as part of your service to the Lord. Put in perspective, don't you really feel in your heart that all the kudos you could ever receive from your peers are as nothing to the day when Jesus says to His saints, "Well done, good and faithful servant"? I do wish you well in working out your problem. --Hank | ||||||
1698 | Who may receive the baptism of the H.S.? | Acts 2:38 | Hank | 4602 | ||
No. Continue your reading of the book of Acts. --Hank | ||||||
1699 | Is there a difference in being baptized | Acts 2:38 | Hank | 32919 | ||
Dear savedbygrace: Look to your user name: saved by grace! We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. It is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8). If you were baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, were you not baptized in the name of Jesus Christ (the Son)? But, again, regeneration is by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is He, not the water of baptism, who has the power to save. --Hank | ||||||
1700 | Baptism and defacto elationships | Acts 2:38 | Hank | 178418 | ||
cb - One can guess, but perhaps you should define what you mean by "de facto relationship." And it is essential that you fully understand the biblical definition of "repent." If you don't, please include that fact in your revised question, assuming you wish to revise and resubmit your question. --Hank | ||||||
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