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1921 | Who is? | 2 Cor 12:2 | Hank | 136243 | ||
Paul is relating a personal experience. --Hank | ||||||
1922 | thus the heavens and the earth | 2 Cor 12:2 | Hank | 157123 | ||
Nil: This summary statement of Gen. 2:1 refers to the universe. The idea is encompassed by the phrase, "all the hosts of them." The meaning is made clear by the preceding context, i.e., Gen. 1, particularly the statement in 1:16, "He made the stars also." "Heavens" in this context is understood to mean everything that God created which was in addition to earth itself and life on earth. --Hank | ||||||
1923 | Paul's thorn | 2 Cor 12:7 | Hank | 153864 | ||
shaitan44: Why did you choose 'shaitan' for your user name on this Study Bible Forum? Are you aware that shaitan is an Islamic glossary word for Satan? Please explain, and reveal yourself before proceeding on this Forum. --Hank | ||||||
1924 | forgiveness | 2 Cor 13:5 | Hank | 189321 | ||
Night Jay - When in His model prayer for His disciples, Jesus laid down the conditions for receiving forgiveness from God, He made it clear that God's forgiveness of our debts was contingent upon our forgiveness of our debtors. He said in the passage immediately following the model prayer, "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" See Matthew 6:9-15. ...... Jason, as regenerate believers in Jesus Christ, we are commanded to forgive others. In addition to the passage quoted above, please consider this: "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven you" (Ephesians 4:32). ....... You ask, "Does forgiving someone mean that they can still act in the same ways that hurt you before." Yes, they can, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they will. They may be moved by your forgiveness and this may influence them to change, or it may not. But that is not the point; it is not the motive; it is not the reason for forgiving. The Christian forgives because he loves God and wishes to please Him. He forgives because he is commanded to forgive and wants to obey Him. He forgives being fully aware that he cannot seek God's forgiveness for his own sin unless he is willing to forgive those who have sinned against him. Forgiving others on condition that they will treat us as we want them to treat us is a form of "enlightened selfnessness," not true forgiveness. The Bible teaches about genuine forgiveness that has no such strings attached. ...... Jason, I beg to take leave of addressing your reference to "infidelity," as this borders on a matter that likely is not within the purview of SBF but should be dealt with between the persons involved and possibly with a pastor or other Christian counsellor. God's blessings to you, Jason. --Hank | ||||||
1925 | what is | Gal 1:6 | Hank | 119928 | ||
ybfu: The theme of Paul's letter to the Galatians is salvation by grace. Welcome, and permit me to comment on your questions. They strike me as being more of a textbook quiz than genuine questions which you originated. What gives? --Hank | ||||||
1926 | what is | Gal 1:6 | Hank | 119929 | ||
ybfu: Oops! Wrong book. My answer gave you the theme of Galatians. You asked about Ephesians. In Ephesians Paul's central theme is the Church, Christ's body. Paul is speaking not of any particular local church or churches but the one true Church, the body of Christ. Sorry for the error. The excuse I submit is this: It's easy to confuse Galatians and Ephesians because both words contain nine letters. Well ... I couldn't think of any other excuse offhand :-) --Hank | ||||||
1927 | What does Denial and True Discipliship? | Gal 2:20 | Hank | 89237 | ||
A good book to read on this subject is The Cost of Discipleship, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was willing to give up his life for the cause of Christ, and did. He died at the hands of the Nazi regime. --Hank | ||||||
1928 | Crucified with Christ | Gal 2:20 | Hank | 125249 | ||
DocTrinsograce: The concept in Galatians 2:20 is that when the penitent sinner is regenerated he participates in a spiritual sense with the Lord in His crucifixion and His victory over sin and death. Paul expands on this concept in Romans 6:1-6, using such terminology as being baptized into Jesus' death, buried with Him through baptism into death, and just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life. Glorious words indeed, a vivid description of the spiritual transformation that occurs at the moment of regeneration in Christ Jesus. --Hank | ||||||
1929 | Prophecy of Christ or Not? | Gal 3:8 | Hank | 159082 | ||
aliennow: Paul identified the words of Genesis 12:3, "in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" as "the gospel preached to Abraham beforehand." See Galatians 3:8 and 3:16. --Hank | ||||||
1930 | For or against? | Gal 3:28 | Hank | 3732 | ||
JVH, I read for a third time Cyberbob's reference to Aimee Semple MacPherson's having started the foursquare church and he does not appear to look with disfavor upon this event. Mary Baker Eddy, also a woman, founded a church too. So did Joseph Smith, a man. And, for that matter, so did a lowly carpenter from Nazareth. Isn't the crucial question that begs an answer, "Whose church do I want to be a part of?" --Hank | ||||||
1931 | Male-female equality? | Gal 3:28 | Hank | 7782 | ||
Male-female equality? In all of Scripture I know of no other passage that says it more forthrightly or succinctly than does Galatians 3:28. We are, all of us, male and female, one in Christ Jesus. --Hank | ||||||
1932 | is inter-racial relationships wrong? | Gal 3:28 | Hank | 87632 | ||
"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." (Galatians 3:28) --Hank | ||||||
1933 | what does the bible say bout races? | Gal 3:28 | Hank | 158909 | ||
Kea13: Good to have you as a registrant of SBF. The Bible contains no prohibitions against inter-racial marriage based on skin color, but it does contain prohibitions in the Old and New Testaments on religious grounds, not racial grounds per se. ...... Galatians 3:28: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." ..... 1 Corinthians 6:14,15: "Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness with lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?" It is plain that these verses in Corinthians have nothing to do with inter-racial unions but rather with a Christian and an unbeliever. Restrictions have been placed on marriage in matters pertaining to one's faith but never on the color of his skin. ..... I'm 70 years old and can well remember segregated schools, restaurants, movie houses and, yes, even churches. I heard a sermon one time when I was a youth in which the preacher tried to make a biblical case for segregation. He twisted Scripture horribly in an effort to prove his point, but of course he failed miserably. .... He allowed that he had nothing against "the coloreds" as he called them and grudingly (so it seemed) admitted that God loved them too, but that "the coloreds" should stay in their place. He never said what "their place" was supposed to mean. --Hank | ||||||
1934 | Are Christmas and Easter pagan in origin | Gal 4:10 | Hank | 27067 | ||
Peachy, C. S. Lewis recognized the existence of two different Christmases, calling secular Christmas a "commercial claptrap" and what an apt phrase that is! He further observed with typically wry British humor that it is a time when one friend or family member gives to another some useless and outrageous gift that no rational human being would ever dream of buying for himself. But he also allowed for the Christmas that commemorates the blessed time when nearly two thousand years ago God gave the world the greatest of all possible gifts, the gift of His one and only Son, so that whoever believes on Him may not perish but have eternal life..... Christmas for Christians should be a Christ-centered time of especial joy and thanksgiving. I believe that the Christian's crucial answer to "What did you get for Christmas" is "Christ." And to "What did you give for Christmas?" is "Thanks and praise to God for giving so precious a gift as His Son." ....... P.S. Christian Easter is about considerably more than bunnies and colored eggs, but we'll plan to talk more about that next spring! I'm happy that you are enjoying the forum, and you and your family have a blessed Christmas season. --Hank | ||||||
1935 | What is paul not sure of? | Gal 4:20 | Hank | 107994 | ||
COT: At the time Paul was writing to the churches in Galatia, they were facing two threats, one involving purity of doctrine and the other purity of conduct. Imposters had come who "would pervert the gospel of Christ" [1:7; 5:10]. They taught that salvation was of Christ, but added the proviso that works were also necessary for salvation. These "foolish Galatians" [3:1] were already beginning to fall for this Judaizing, this legalistic error, thus returning to a bondage of observing days, months, years, times, etc. [4:10]. By "I stand in doubt of you" -- literally, "I am perplexed in you" -- Paul is saying that he was at his wit's end, not knowing the best way to prevent them from the error into which they were drifting. He told the Galatians that it was his "desire to be present with you now" (the Greek is in the imperfect tense: "I was desiring to be present with you." ...."and to change my voice (tone)" ..... Paul was under the perceived handicap of having to write....perhaps if Paul could speak to them in person, could change his tone of voice, he could straighten matters out in a very short time. If they were receptive to his rebukes, his tone of voice might be tender; if they were haughty and rebellious, his tone could be stern. As it was, he stood in doubt, he was perplexed about them, not knowing what their reaction to his message would be. ..... We know this: Paul's ultimate goal in writing the letter to the Galatians is to prevent his readers from embracing a false gospel. The central theme of the letter is justification by God's grace through faith. The goal and the theme are as appropriate and as timely to present-day followers of Christ as they were to the saints in ancient Galatia. --Hank | ||||||
1936 | Weird to act like a jew when your not? | Gal 5:1 | Hank | 53732 | ||
No, it is not merely weird. It is much more than that. Look at Galatians 2:21: "I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain (for nothing).".... Advocates of Judaistic legalism abrogate or set aside the grace of God. This leaves the atoning death of Christ without any real significance, except possibly exemplary. All attempts to include works, whether moral or religious, e.g., attempting to Judaize Christianity, fall under Paul's condemnation...... Moreover, there is neither the slighest reason nor one iota of merit to commend the usage of the Hebrew name for Jesus in our English speech. "Jesus Christ" is a perfectly adequate and appropriate appellation for our Lord. If we are English-speaking Christians, we should act and talk like English-speaking Christians! --Hank | ||||||
1937 | I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GALATIAN 5:1-15 | Gal 5:1 | Hank | 150943 | ||
FAYE-FAYE: Would you please be more specific: What questions do you have on Galatians 5:1-15? --Hank | ||||||
1938 | Galatians 5:4 | Gal 5:4 | Hank | 132706 | ||
Jeannie: Good question, yours, and one that demands more than a one-liner for an answer! So, being naturally of a lazy disposition, I am loathe to enter a long and involved answer -- one that gives a 'fair and balanced' exegesis of the passage -- but I see no viable alternative. Here goes it: Legalism requires men to keep the whole law. Legalism means the abandonment of Christ as one's only hope of righteousness. This verse, Galatians 5:4, has given rise to considerable discussion. Many different interpretations have been offered, but these may be grouped broadly into three categories, as follows. ........ [1] -- Many hold that Paul here teaches that it is possible for a person to be truly saved, then fall into sin, and, therefore, to fall from grace and be forever lost. This is often called the "falling away doctrine." But this interpretation appears to be unsound for two compelling reasons. First, the verse does not describe saved persons who fall into sin. There is, in fact, no mention of falling into sin. Rather, it is speaking of those who are living moral, respectable, upright lives and hope thereby to be saved. The passage therefore acts as a boomerang on those who use it to support the falling away doctrine. They teach that a Christian must keep the law, live a perfect life, and otherwise keep from sinning in order to remain saved. But this Scripture insists that all who seek to be justified by works of law or any self-effort have fallen from grace. And, secondly, such an interpretation contradicts the over-all consistent testimony of the New Testament that every true believer in Christ is eternally saved, that no sheep of Christ will ever perish, and that salvation depends solely on the finished work of the Savior, not on man's feeble and ineffectual efforts (John 3:16; John 3:36; 5:24; 6:47; 10:28). .......... [2] -- A second view of the verse is that it refers to those who were originally saved by faith in Christ but who subsequently put themselves under the law to retain salvation or achieve holiness. That is to say, they were saved by grace but now seek to be kept by law. In this case, to fall from grace is to turn from God's way of perfecting His saints by the work of the Spirit in them, and seek to that end through observance of external rites and ceremonies. But these are things that men of the flesh can observe as well as the saints of God. This view is unscriptural. First, the verse does not describe Christians who seek holiness or sanctification, but rather unsaved persons who seek justification (salvation) by law keeping. Note the exact wording: "you who are SEEKING to be justified by law." And, second, this explanation of the verse implies the possibility of saved people being "severed from Christ" -- and this is inconsistent with right views of the grace of God. .......... [3] -- The third interpretation is that Paul is speaking of people who might profess to be Christians but who are not truly saved. They are seeking to be justified by keeping the law. The Apostle is telling them that they cannot have two saviors; they must choose either Christ or the law. If they choose the law, they are severed from Christ as their only possible hope of righteousness; they have thus "fallen from grace." ...... Christ must be everything or nothing. No limited trust or divided allegiance, no mixture of salvific faith and "salvific" works, is acceptable to Him. The man who is justified by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is a Christian. The man who seeks to be justified by the works of the law is not. ..... These thoughts represent a compendium of information about this passage excerpted from the context of the text itself, from MacArthur's Study Bible notes, and from the "Believer's Bible Commentary." --Hank | ||||||
1939 | How do I learn to " walk in the Spirit"? | Gal 5:16 | Hank | 150753 | ||
demonkilla: What you call 'character change' the Bible calls the new birth in Christ, being born again, or regeneration, as theologians call it. How important is it to Christians? It's absolutely vital. One who has not undergone a 'character change' (experienced the new birth) is no Christian at all. Jesus said, "Most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Why is the new birth necessary? "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). In Adam's sin man lost his innocence, incurred the penalty of spiritual and physical death, and became subject to the wrath of God. He became inherently corrupt and incapable of doing what which is acceptable to God apart from divine grace. Man is therefore hopelessly lost, cannot save himself, and is wholly dependent for his salvation upon God's grace made manifest through the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus "Whom God set forth as a propitiation (Gr. hilasterion, that which expiates) by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God has passed over the sins that were previously committed" (Romans 3:25). Other references: Genesis 2:16,17; 3:1-19; John 3:36; Romans 3:23; 6:23; 1 Cor. 2:14; Eph. 3:1-3; 1 Tim. 2:13,14; 1 John 1:8. ..... Your other question is, "Is it possible for believers to walk in the Spirit?" .... Yes, and it is commanded that they do. "Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh" (Galatians 5:16). ..... And you ask, "How?" Your question points out the necessity to obey the command of 2 Timothy 2:15 so that we will know the "hows" of leading the Christian life, of following Christ. First comes justification, an act of God by which He declares righteous before Him those who, through faith in His Son, repent of (turn away from) their sins and confess Him as sovereign Lord. Next comes sanctification, which is both positional and instantaneous as well as progressive. It is this latter work of the Holy Spirit, progressive sanctification, that enables the regenerate believer to walk in the Spirit. There are a great number of passages in Scripture that touch on the subject of sanctification, both positional and progressive. Here are a few of them for your study and consideration: Acts 20:32; 1 Cor. 1:2, 30; 6:11; 2 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 2:11; 3:1; 10:10-14; 13:12; 1 Pet. 1:2; John 17:17,19; Rom. 6:1-22; 2 Cor. 3:18; 1 Thess. 4:3,4; 5:23; Gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 4:23-24; Phil. 3:12; Col. 3:9,10; 1 Pet. 1:14-16; 1 John 3:5-9. --Hank | ||||||
1940 | how is the flesh ignored more than devil | Gal 5:19 | Hank | 62538 | ||
Warrior2, in this passage, Gal. 5:16-26, Paul is making a contrast between the lusts of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. He is saying (v.17) that "the flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh, and these are contrary to one another." I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean when you ask, "How is the flesh ignored more than the devil?" Paul's point obviously is this: that since the works of the flesh and the fruit the Spirit are contrary to each other, we have Christian liberty (see Paul's argument in Gal.5:1-15), but even though we have been called to liberty in Christ, we are taught "do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh." (v.13). These "works of the flesh" are of the world, of the devil, not of the Spirit. ...... In Romans 6:1, Paul asks "Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?" to which he supplies the answer in v.2 "Certainly not!" If salvation cannot be forfeited by one who has received God's forgiveness (see Rom.5:10), what is there to prevent the return to the pursuit of the works of the flesh? The answer which Paul gives in Romans 6 is this: Those who have died to sin cannot live in sin any longer. The apostle skillfully avoids suggesting any idea of sinless perfection, a human impossibility whether he is regenerated or not regenerated. He doesn't say that those who are dead to sin never sin again, but he does say that those who are dead to sin do not live in sin as a way of life. They have a new life in Christ Jesus......... I like to think of it this way. The psalmist said "He leads me in the path of righteousness" and I like to compare the Father leading His child along this path of righteousness with a father leading his child along a path in the woods or leading him across a busy street or parking lot. On occasion the little child will loose his grip on the father's guiding hand and stumble and fall, but the father quickly grasps the hand of the child again and perhaps the father will scold the child for letting go of his hand, but the loving father continues to lead his child along a safe path, and the sometimes-errant child, being made aware of his father's unfailing love and of his own inability to direct his path, willingly and even sometimes gratefully, returns to the peace and safety of his father's wing. --Hank | ||||||
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