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1821 | What exactly is Marriage? | Rom 13:1 | Hank | 114076 | ||
If your obviously misguided and unbelievably naive friend thinks that having sex constitutes marriage, you might ask him to estimate how many times an enterprising prostitute gets "married" every Saturday night. --Hank | ||||||
1822 | Governing Authorities | Rom 13:1 | Hank | 150628 | ||
Hello, cklamhk. Acts 5:17-29 provides a model for how a Christian should deal with civil authority. The conclusion of the matter is this: when civil law is in direct conflict with God's law, "We ought to obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29). ..... I will not presume even to attempt an answer to your question 2 that begins with, "Why God...?" God is God. God is sovereign. How dare I presume to ask or answer why He does what He does? I am not sovereign. I am not omnipotent. I am not omniscient. I am not holy. He alone is. --Hank | ||||||
1823 | Governing Authorities | Rom 13:1 | Hank | 150637 | ||
cklamhk: Your question is good and it is scripturally oriented. The "background" of Paul's teaching in Romans 13 about civil government can be traced all the way back to Genesis. God established human government after the flood when He decreed, "Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed" (Genesis 9:6). That decree gave authority to men to judge criminal matters and to punish offenders. In every ordered society there must be authority and submission to that authority. Otherwise you have a state of anarchy and nations cannot survive indefinitely under anarchy. Government is better than no government. God instituted human government and no government exists without His will, but this does not mean that God approves of all human rulers (the Bible abounds with proof of this fact) and He never sanctions corruption or tyranny. Nontheless, "authorities that exist are appointed by God" yet Scripture makes one exception to the command to "let every soul be subject to the governing authorities" and that is when obedience to civil authority would require disobedience of God's Word. See Exodus 1:17; Daniel 3:8-18; Daniel 6:4-15; Acts 4:13-22; Acts 5:17-29. --Hank | ||||||
1824 | Governing Authorities | Rom 13:1 | Hank | 150638 | ||
This is a duplicate of the question I've already answered. --Hank | ||||||
1825 | Love and the Law | Rom 13:10 | Hank | 150631 | ||
Hello again, cklamhk. The discussion in this portion of Romans 13 concerns interpersonal relationships. See Romans 13:8-10. When Paul in vs. 10 says, "love is the fulfillment of the law" he is expanding on what he said in vs. 9, which in turn is an echo of what Jesus said in Matthew 19:18, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." The point is this: when we treat others with the same love and care that we have for ourselves, we will not violate any of God's laws that are concerned with interpersonal relationships. Jesus said it this way in Matthew 7:12, "Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets." And look at how James says it, "If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you do well" (James 2:8). The term "royal law" here can be translated "law of our King" or "sovereign law." The idea it is conveying is that this law is supreme, binding. ..... The next question you ask is how can love fulfill the Law? In Matthew 22:34-40, a group of Pharisees gathered together around Jesus and a member of the group, a lawyer, asked Jesus this question: "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." --Hank | ||||||
1826 | Are we Stupid or Lazy? Our Soul at stak | Rom 14:12 | Hank | 89419 | ||
George, no doubt there is an element of laziness involved in getting others to do one's thinking for him, including one's thinking about the word of God. One of my instructors in school had a plaque on his classroom wall. It was entitled PEOPLE. Beneath the word PEOPLE, the plaque read, 5 per cent think, 10 per cent think they think, 85 per cent would rather die than think. But while laziness is a negative reason why people rely on someone to interpret Scripture, there is an equally postive reason why one should avail himself of the fruits of sound scholarship as an aid in his pursuit of a clearer understanding of Scripture. Many wise and dedicated Christian believers have gone before us who have devoted their lives to the study of Scripture, biblical languages and biblical historical and geographical settings. We can always retain the option to agree or disagree but at the same time we do ourselves an injustice by a rigid refusal to consider anyone's point of view but our own. --Hank | ||||||
1827 | Is it wrong to go to Atlantic City? | Rom 14:14 | Hank | 130487 | ||
It isn't wrong to go to Atlantic City unless, of course, you'd meant to go to Hoboken. --Hank | ||||||
1828 | Is it wrong to drink wine? | Rom 14:21 | Hank | 43041 | ||
Though obviously not intentional, this is rather a loaded question! If one should say yes or no, the next question could be, But what about beer or bourbon? I will reiterate what I've posted before: I find it hard to show that the Bible absolutely prohibts the use of alcohol in any forum and will not attempt to do so. But at the same time, having had some experience with alcoholics in trying to assist in their rehabilitation and having experienced the deep sorrow of losing a son at the hands of a drunk driver, it is beyond me to find any virtue in the consumption of alcohol. My wife and I have long since made our decision to abstain from alcohol. --Hank | ||||||
1829 | Who wanted to preach in Spain? | Rom 15:24 | Hank | 64717 | ||
Paul, who wanted to use Rome as a base of operations for extending the Good News of Christ even farther. See Romans 15:24. No finer example than Paul's is given in Scripture of a man who did his all to obey Christ's command to "go therefore and make disciples of all nations...teaching them to observe all that I commanded you" See Mattew 28:19,20 --Hank | ||||||
1830 | 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 | ||||||
1831 | "Chosen" ones,faith healers, Hades | Rom 16:13 | Hank | 171288 | ||
Dear adnama: BradK has responded with some excellent answers. Please allow me to introduce you to a web site that may provide you with additional information on these and other biblical questions that you may have. It's www.gotquestions.org. This is a handy resource to have available. Three places on the site may be of help to you with the questions you have asked. They are as follows: www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-go-to-hell.html ... www.gotquestions.org/Word-Faith.html ... www.gotquestions.org/God-punish-sin.html .... Thanks for submitting your questions to BSF. --Hank | ||||||
1832 | Visit other churches? | Rom 16:16 | Hank | 33974 | ||
Charis, my wife and I in the last five years have visited only two other churches, both of a different communion from our own, one Roman Catholic and the other Presbyterian. We went to a Christmas mass at the Catholic church with our daughter and son-in-law, he being Catholic. We attended a funeral service of a friend that was held in a Presbyterian church. I can think of no particularly good reason to visit other churches with any great frequency unless one has a special reason for being there or is for some reason dissatisfied with his home church and is shopping around to find another. A person's allegiance should be to the congregation of which he is a member. He should support it with his presence, his service, and his money. The church needs him. The church should support him in teaching, in fellowship and in godly counsel. He needs the church...... So, now, dear brother Charis, we await the answer to the inevitable question, "Why do you ask?" --Hank | ||||||
1833 | Is kissing wrong in GODS eyes? | Rom 16:16 | Hank | 175687 | ||
Thank you, l'homme humble, for your question, which is "Is kissing wrong in God's eyes? ..... Of course not, under proper circumstances. Of Romans 16:16, "Greet one another with a holy kiss" John MacArthur says this: "Kissing of friends on the forehead, cheek, or beard was common in the Old Testament. The Jews in the New Testament carried on the practice, and it became especially precious to new believers who were often outcasts from their own families because of their faith, because of the spiritual kinship it signified." ..... And for a husband and wife to embrace, kiss and engage in other physcial intimacies is by no means wrong: "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled" (see Hebrews 13:4). ..... I suspect that your question may involve broader areas than which I have addressed in this answer, and if it doesn't speak to your question, try to be more specific and resubmit. Someone on the Forum will almost certainly be willing to expand on my answer. Welcome! --Hank | ||||||
1834 | Don't come back I ask you to stay home | Rom 16:17 | Hank | 99261 | ||
WilBo - Please don't name names or locations, but I would like to ask whether the pastor you referred to in your post made these remarks out of thin air, as it were, or did he in fact have specific reason to do so. Has there been a history of dissention in this particular church? Do some members have problems with the pastor or he with them? Have the problems to do with theology, church finances, the pastor's personality or content of his sermons, or what? ..... Aixen gave a fine general answer to your concerns. You may or may not wish to be more specific or to carry your question any further, but if you do, perhaps someone on the forum can speak more specifically to your concern. --Hank | ||||||
1835 | New Testament...God speaks to anyone | Rom 16:25 | Hank | 34098 | ||
A Disciple: The truly salient questions are these: (a) Has God spoken or communicated with mankind? (b) If He has, how has He done it? (c) When has He done it? (d) To whom and through whom has He done it? (e) Why has He done it? All of these questions are discussed and answered in the first two chapters of Hebrews. --Hank | ||||||
1836 | Is sex between singles a sin? | 1 Corinthians | Hank | 18873 | ||
JMR, I've read the thread of responses to your question regarding the issue of pre-marital sex. One of them said, in effect, that when two people come together, in the eyes of the Father, they are married. I don't believe this position can be supported by Scripture. All the other posts appear to mirror the view of Scripture. God made sex a part of His creation process and ordained marriage between a man and a woman as the only union in which He sanctions the use of it. My wife and I have been married for 42 years. The proper use of sex has given us joy, not only in enabling us to become parents to three wonderful children, but enabling us to express our love and commitment to each other. This is in accord with God's plan. On the other hand, the misuse and abuse of sex outside of the union of marriage has brought misery and remorse to countless numbers of men and women down through the ages and continues still. Believe me, the decision to wait until marriage to engage in the ultimate physical intimacy is well worth the effort of self-control, and the price one pays to remain chaste until marriage is small indeed in comparison to the heavy price so many pay as a consequence of yielding to the temptation of sex outside of marriage. It is always folly to misuse what God has given us, for in so doing we turn what He meant for our blessing into a curse. --Hank | ||||||
1837 | Who wrote the book of corinthians | 1 Corinthians | Hank | 66357 | ||
Duplicate question. | ||||||
1838 | How did godly men marry several women? | 1 Corinthians | Hank | 86282 | ||
How did godly men marry several women? One at a time most likely :-) ..... Sorry, I couldn't resist! .... God has never made a rescission of His plan for the union of a man and woman that He laid down in Genesis 2:24. The word that the King James translators used to describe the union between man and woman is "cleave," which is a powerful word with an interesting etymology. It came from an Old English word that meant "clay," which in turn came from a Latin word that meant "glue." .... You also asked why there were no consequences to godly men with several wives. But there were. The tragedy of King David and his sons serves as a dramatic example. (There were others.) Some of the saddest words in the Bible are King David's lament for his slain son, Absalom, (see 2 Samuel 18:33) whose extreme ambition motivated him to attempt to seize the throne forcibly from his father, a rash act that led to Absalom's tragic death by Joab. Another of David's sons, Adonijah, plotted to seize his dying father's throne from his brother Solomon, the heir apparent, by a coup d'etat. The plot failed, but after the death of King David and Solomon's accession to the throne, King Solomon ordered the execution of his older brother Adonijah. (See 1 Kings 2:24). --Hank | ||||||
1839 | ..confidence, trust, belief and courage? | 1 Corinthians | Hank | 125171 | ||
If you have a bona fide Bible question, we'd be happy to lend whatever assistance we can to help you find a Bible answer. But few of us, I'm afraid, are equipped to deal with butterflies named Amanda :-) --Hank | ||||||
1840 | Is Extreme Metal appropriate? | 1 Corinthians | Hank | 144556 | ||
delight-in-light :::: You use some graphic words and phrases to describe the music that you say makes you feel good -- expressions like brutality, grotesque, hateful and, worst of all, extreme anti-Christian. If you are a Christian, surely you don't mean what you say. No follower of Christ would ever feel good to hear Christ and His followers mocked, ridiculed and vilified. You say you must know where God stands on this issue. I believe you already know. If you don't, ask yourself, "Is it reasonable to think that God is happy to see His Son ridiculed, blasphemed, verbally abused and spat upon? Friend, if you are a Christian, come out from among these evildoers who work the works of Satan. If you are not a Christian, I implore you to turn to Christ and be saved now. The Bible says that the day of salvation is today! --Hank | ||||||
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