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1961 | founder of n.t. church? | Eph 2:20 | Hank | 69285 | ||
Jesus Christ. See Ephesians 2:20, Matthew 16:18. --Hank | ||||||
1962 | Is this river here or in heaven? | Eph 4:1 | Hank | 21843 | ||
Jules, the "River of No Return" was an entertaining movie with Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum. And the song by that name is tuneful. But in Scripture? Never heard of it there. Beats me what Ephesians 4:1 has to do with a river. --Hank | ||||||
1963 | Is it ok to hunt Easter eggs at church? | Eph 4:3 | Hank | 3636 | ||
There is no book, chapter, or verse in the Bible that speaks of hunting Easter eggs on church grounds or off. You say that your church does not believe in hunting Easter eggs and add that for the past three years you have watched your children look forward to this pastime. Have they hunted eggs at church for the past three years? If the activity has taken place at church, has the church changed its mind on the issue or have you changed churches?Have you talked with your pastor? No doubt he will be able to explain the church's thinking about church-sponsored Easter egg hunts. This is one of a great number of relatively minor issues that church leaders are called upon to set church policy for. Argument can be advanced pro and con for virtually any issue, of course, including this one. Proponents could argue that this is a harmless activity for children in the church which provides them an opportunity for fellowship in a wholesome church environment. Opponents could easily argue the question, "What does hiding eggs have to do with the Lord's resurrection?" And so the debate goes on. The central issue, it seems to me, is not about hiding or not hiding Easter eggs on church property. The central issue of all these minor issues on which there is hardly clear-cut Bible authority one way or the other is in how the church leadership deals with them in order to maintain harmony and unity within the church. Churches have been torn apart over petty issues no more weighty than Easter egg hunts. The Bible may indeed be silent about hunting eggs but it is far from silent about preserving unity in the church, the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:3). Hank. | ||||||
1964 | references to church unity | Eph 4:3 | Hank | 122169 | ||
tgc: You have undertaken a big order in agreeing to teach on church unity! But it's an important subject, to be sure, and I pray that God will empower you for the task. ..... Here's my small contribution of ideas for what you may find them worth. There is a lot of emphasis being placed on unity for unity's sake these days, without regard to how unity is achieved. The important thing, the ONLY thing, in which the church is to have unity is the truth, "the faith of the gospel" as Paul puts it in Philippians 1:27 (which see). Unity achieved by compromise of the truth or based on lies and false doctrines is not Christianity at all. This kind of forced unity easily leads to heresy and apostasy. ..... Some Bible resources I would think of using are Christ's high priestly prayer in John 17, Psalm 33:1, and Paul's wonderful discussion of unity in Ephesians 4:1-16. In fact, so fitting to the topic is Ephesians 4:1-16 that I would consider making it the text for my talk. May God richly bless your labors to His glory. --Hank | ||||||
1965 | denominations. | Eph 4:3 | Hank | 148757 | ||
Ed, just a short note on your question, and in it I don't presume to have a definitive answer, nor do I know anyone who does, sufficient to justify denominationalism. As divisive and oftentimes ugly as denominationalism can be, it is self-defeating to issue a call for unity at the expense of forfeiting or compromising clear and core Gospel truths. Still and all it appears that believers are much too prone to quibble and separate themselves from one another over what really amounts to issues that should be passed over as being non-essential or even trivial. We see ideas and theological dogmas argued and fussed over on this Forum that really are of minor consequence in the larger scheme of things. It is quite possible that God's canopy is larger than ours and thus is able to cover the minor differences that exist among us, and does so long as we get the fundamental and essential tenets of the faith right. Yet one appropriately may ask, "But how can we agree on what is fundamental and essential?" I'll step aside gracefully, Ed, and generously allow you come on stage and answer that! :-) --Hank | ||||||
1966 | How do I find a fellowship? | Eph 4:11 | Hank | 45895 | ||
Dear kenpos1948: Certainly I am prepared to empathize with you in your dilemma of trying to find a church that you feel suitable to your needs, which I define from your post as a church that teaches, preaches and endeavors to follow the truth of Scripture. In these days of rampant apostasy and false teaching, this is rarely an easy task. My wife and I some half dozen years ago, as members for many years of what once had been a conservative, true-to-the-Bible church, came to feel estranged in our own home church, as it were, because in this church -- and in the denomination of which it was a part -- its traditionally sound, orthodox theology was being supplanted by secular humanism. We discussed our problem at length, prayed about it, and eventually reached a decision. We simply had to find another church -- a church that was Christ centered, a church that taught the Bible and rejected human philosophies and theories that clearly clashed with the teaching of the Bible. It was no simple task nor an easy one. But find a church we did. And it is what we were looking for. I assure you that, in the midst of a sea of churches that teach and promote falsehood, there exist still shining little islands in this dark sea -- islands on which stand good, solid, faithful-to-the-Bible churches. I pray that God will reward your search by leading you and yours to one of them. --Hank | ||||||
1967 | Would Jesus be considered a prophet? | Eph 4:11 | Hank | 194461 | ||
miller521 :: The Jews expected both a prophet and the Messiah, two separate and distinct persons. See John 1:20,21 and John 7:40,41. In Acts 3:22 Peter quotes from Deuteronomy 18:15,18, to wit: "For Moses truly said to the fathers, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people'" (Acts 3:22,23). ...... The application of this prophecy was to Joshua, immediate successor to Moses. Peter applied it to Christ also, giving it a double, futuristic application. When Moses said, "The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me" he did not mean likeness as to physcial traits, character or ability, but likeness in the sense of being raised up by God. He is saying that God will raise Him up as He raised me up. The point that Peter is making in Acts 3:22,23 is that the Jewish expectations of a prophet and the Messiah are both of them fulfilled in the one Person, Jesus Christ. ...... Prophet, therefore, is one of the titles of Christ that Scripture uses along with about a score of others. --Hank | ||||||
1968 | Should the pastor be honored as a king. | Eph 4:12 | Hank | 9378 | ||
The role of the pastor is clearly defined by Scripture: "And He (Christ) gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evanglists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ." (Eph.4:11,12). The pastor is the shepherd of the people. Jesus said, "The one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest and the leader like the servant." (Luke 22:26). As the Good Shepherd, He set the perfect example of humble service to His sheep...... Should the pastor be treated like a king? Well, if a church bows before their pastor as subjects of a kingdom bow to royalty, how far down does Jesus come in their pecking order? --Hank | ||||||
1969 | Why was Saul converted? | Eph 4:12 | Hank | 185208 | ||
Thanks for your question, Vkilcrest. In Acts 9:15, our Lord spoke of Saul (later Paul the apostle) in a vision to Ananias, a disciple at Damascus, saying, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel." The literal meaning of the term "chosen vessel" is "a vessel of election." ..... Following Paul's salvation came the service for which he was divinely elected. Seamlessly Paul carried out his mission. His ministry began with his preaching to the Jews (Acts 13:14; 41:1; 17:1; 18:4; 19:8). And even though he routinely presented the gospel to the Jews first in the cities he visited, Christ listed Gentiles first in Acts 9:15, and Paul spoke of himself as the apostle to the Gentiles in Romans 11:13. Paul's divine calling also included ministry to kings, and we see this being carried out with Agrippa in Acts 25:23-26:32. And possibly with Caesar (see Acts 25:10-12). ...... Our Lord made another statement about Saul in His vision to Ananias. In the next verse, Acts 9:16, Jesus said, "For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake." And indeed the apostle Paul did suffer many things during his gospel ministry, a summary of which he gave in 1 Corinthians 11. Who among men has suffered so much and yet given so much for the cause of Christ as Paul? --Hank | ||||||
1970 | Slain or knocked down | Eph 4:14 | Hank | 103994 | ||
Kathy, the two respondents to your question, BradK and Radioman2, have given you, in their usual manner, sound biblical answers to your question concerning the phenomenon of being "slain in the Spirit." I've yet to learn where the practitioners of this occult ritual dug it up or how they could ever pretend to justify the practice scripturally. It smacks more of voodoo than it does of Christian orthodoxy. If the motives of the leaders who practice this nonsense are pure -- which I do not for a moment believe -- one can only conclude that they are as deceived as those whom they're deceiving. If Benny Hinn took half the pains to get his theology straight as he does with his hairdo, he might turn out to be a reliable preacher of the gospel of Christ. But he and his ilk are showmen, fakes, false teachers -- and no more worthy to be believed than circus freaks who, as P. T. Barnum suggested, are looking for the suckers, one of whom is born every minute. I'd sooner study theology under Huckleberry Finn than Benny Hinn. --Hank | ||||||
1971 | tongues | Eph 4:14 | Hank | 153845 | ||
Kennyittis: According to the "Ozark Compendium of Folk Medicine," the utterance of the words holocolumba and holocabola is symptomatic of a rare but benign attack of kennyitis, an inflammation of the kenny gland located in the guadacanal of the cerebrum. The treatment of choice is the consumption of three gallons of sassafras tea generously laced with wildflower honey. --Hank | ||||||
1972 | will all christians go to heaven | Eph 4:16 | Hank | 195201 | ||
Dear 'gem' :: "Sola scriptura," a Latin term meaning "by Scripture alone," was a fundamental tenet of the Reformation teaching that the whole counsel of God is set down in Scripture. Please see, for example, 2 Tim. 3:16,17; 1 Cor. 4:6; Acts 17:11; Isa. 8:20; Hebrews 1:1,2; Rev. 22:18,19; Jude 1:3. ....... "Sola scriptura" is the assertion that the Bible, the word of God -- and only the Bible -- is sufficient of itself to be the sole and final authority of orthodox Christian doctrine. It follows, therefore, that all that God chose to reveal of Heaven and Hell is contained within the pages of Scripture -- and in no other place on earth, in no other book, in no other so-called private revelation by anyone else but the inspired writers of Scripture alone. ...... This Study Bible Forum subscribes to sola scriptura (see "About the Forum" listed under "Resources"). ...... Books of the feather of Mary Baxter's (e.g., "Divine Revelation of Heaven," "Divine Revelation of Hell," "Divine Revelation of Angels," etc.), which she claims to be products of her own private divine revelation, are patently in denial of the sufficiency of the Bible as God's complete revelation of Himself to man. Consequently any serious consideration of books of this stripe and caliber, save to point out their egregious errors, is vigorously discouraged by SBF and their content denounced by this author as being antipathetic to sound doctrine. --Hank | ||||||
1973 | Too many questions? | Eph 4:18 | Hank | 130503 | ||
The problem lies not so much in asking questions (of whatever stripe) but in one's refusal (or inability) to accept God's answers. ..... Some say there are no dumb questions. They need to hang around the Forum for a while :-) --Hank | ||||||
1974 | A fresh mental and spiritual attitude? | Eph 4:23 | Hank | 149974 | ||
Ray, obviously Mark Seyler is still in the dark concerning what you mean by 'holy spiirit' -- and so am I. Once again I ask you to define your term in light of what Scripture teaches, if anything, about what you call man's 'holy spirit.' I've a fair idea -- and believe Mark does -- of what Scripture means by man's spirit and by God's Holy Spirit, but obviously neither of us knows what Ray means by man's 'holy spirit.' And, in compliance with established Forum guidelines, it is requested and expected of you to give a genuinely scriptural definition of your term (if you can), complete with book, chapter and verse. --Hank | ||||||
1975 | (Learn from experience.) | Eph 4:29 | Hank | 134500 | ||
Perry5, a.k.a. Bumpas5 - What is your aim on this Forum? Lockman revoked your user account, as Bumpas5, back in February on account of your abuse of the Forum's guidelines. And rest assured they will revoke it again very soon, because you as Perry5 show no reform. Your language in this post is inappropriate and disgusting. You're not fooling anyone by sneaking back on under a different user name. So why don't you at least show some decency and disappear quietly. --Hank | ||||||
1976 | Why mean notes and answers? | Eph 4:32 | Hank | 50188 | ||
Hello, Justme. Are you right? About kindness? Right as rain, that's what you are! Kindness is immensely more than good manners. It's a biblical command! [Eph. 4:32]. And thus unkindness [rudeness, callousness, abruptness] is patently sinful: it's no way for the Christian to behave. The wise know that we reap what we sow and act accordingly. Fools may also know this truth but ignore it. Jesus addressed this law of reciprocity -- that we reap what we sow -- in a different way, but a powerful one, in Luke 6:38. Here's what He said, "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU." Those who have been guilty, frequenly or infrequently, of being unkind to fellow forum users (I myself have been among these gruff goats on occasion), should put this verse on a card and position it so that it is in plain view every time they make a post on the forum. Especially should we be mindful of the final 15 words in this verse which I've set in upper case for emphasis.... By the way, Justme, sincere thanks for your kind words to me that you expressed in a recent post. May the good Lord bless you. And please do bear in mind that, even though insults inflicted upon us give us temporary distress and pain, they do far less harm to us who receive them than they do to those who inflict them. It is they who are most in need of our prayers --Hank | ||||||
1977 | Mercy can only go so far... right? | Eph 5:5 | Hank | 67764 | ||
Maispa: It's more pragmatic than ironic that Bibles are a prime target for thieves: Bibles bound in genuine leather are expensive; moreover, they are popular items making resale by the thief easy. I have several friends who are booksellers and they have told me that expensive Bibles are indeed more vulnerable to theft than almost all other books. But even though stealing a Bible is a sin, so is stealing a paper clip or a Rolls-Royce. The Bible does not name things that one should not steal but says simply, "You shall not steal." [Ex.20:15] But, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." [1 John 1:9]. There is a wideness in God's mercy which mortal man cannot comprehend. --Hank | ||||||
1978 | What does Eph 5:17 say to you ? personal | Eph 5:17 | Hank | 51795 | ||
Lady Burnette: The NASB translates the verse adequately, it appears. I really don't believe it says anything to me 'personally' that it does not say to any other reader. The Apostle is saying to stop being foolish, (unwise, senseless) but understand (perhaps to become divinely enlightened by prayer and meditation) what the will of the Lord is. The entrace of God's word gives light and understanding. (Psalm 119:130). The key to knowing God's will is knowing God's word. What the Apostle says here in this verse is not unlike what he said to Timothy: "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Tim.2:15) or what the Psalmist said in 119:105: "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." --Hank | ||||||
1979 | Using instruments at worship service | Eph 5:19 | Hank | 151068 | ||
BMR47: It's always a pleasure to welcome a new registrant of the Forum and much more to welcome a new Christian. Before I attempt to respond to your question, I'd like to encourage you as a new-born child of God, to be "like newborn babies [who] long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation (1 Peter 2:2. And always to be a Berean (see Acts 17:10-12) who examined the Scriptures daily to whether the things they were being taught were so. ....... Now for your question. My parents were members of the group known as the Church of Christ, so I grew up in a small congregation of that group and at age 14 was saved while attending a Sunday evening worship service of a local congreation of the Church of Christ. I was baptized by immersion on that same evening. My status as a regenerate believer has not changed since that glorious evening 56 years ago. Neither has my membership in the church, the body of Christ, changed since that evening when the Lord added me to the number of the redeemed in Christ. (See Acts 2:47). My membership in local congregations has, however, changed. First to Presbyterian, then to Southern Baptist, in which I presently hold membership. But I was saved, not by being immersed in water, not by any denomination, not by having my name placed on any denomination's church rolls. I was saved the same way as you and all other born-again believers are saved, by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 2:8,9). ..... During the years that I attented a Church of Christ congregation, the only scriptural reference I remember hearing anyone give in support of their doctrine of using exclusively a cappella music in worship service was Ephesians 5:19, "speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." But the interesting paradox is that in using this verse as their "proof text," they are affirming something that is diametrically opposed to their doctrine of a cappella, because the phrase "making melody" literally means in the Greek "to pluck a stringed instrument." So it could refer primarily to instrumental music, while including vocal also. I know of no place in Scripture that forbids the use of instrumental music in worship. On the contrary, God's people throughout the Old Testament praised the Lord with instruments of music. The writer of Psalm 71:22 said, "I will praise You with a harp, even Your truth, O my God; to You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel." There is no cogent reason and no theological basis to presume, in the absence of proof -- and there is no proof -- that in the Old Testament God delighted in the use of musical instruments by His people to praise Him and forbade it in the New. --Hank | ||||||
1980 | ur view on Contemporary Christian music? | Eph 5:19 | Hank | 179836 | ||
dablond: Were I to write a paper on contemporary "Christian" music, it would be brief indeed and say something like this: "The best of it struggles to qualify for mediocrity and the worst of it is horrendous." .... Please bear in mind that this assessment comes from a septuagenerian whose first exposure to music in the church was to the majestic hymns that have stirred the hearts and minds of worshippers for many years, some for centuries. Nothing that I've heard in contemporary music, religious or secular, begins to approach the quality of the old masters. I challenge anyone to show me a piece of contemporary religious music that is remotely comparable to "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee." The music is from the final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and the words were penned by Henry Van Dyke. What piece of contemporary music can stir the soul like "Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty," a hymn based on Psalms 103 and 150. set to music from a an old German song dating back to 1665? Who among contemporary composers can compare to Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart? And who among the contemporary lyric writers can compare to John Bunyan, John Calvin (who wrote the words to the hymn "I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art" in 1545), Fanny Crosby ("Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine"), Francis of Assisi ("All Creatures of Our God and King," written in 1225), John Henry Newman ("Lead, Kindly Light," 1833), Alfred Tennyson ("Strong Son of God, Immortal Love," 1850), Isaac Watts, Charles and John Wesley, John Greenleaf Whittier -- the list is long, and in this sampling I've not begun even to scratch the surface. ...... I incline to equate much -- indeed most -- of the fare of contemporary religious music with much of what is being offered in contemporary translations of Scripture. As the bulk of modern translations, particularly the paraphrases, is decidedly inferior in quality to the King James Bible, so it is with contemporary religious music: it is likewise markedly inferior to the traditional hymns of the church. ..... But I don't live in a vacuum or in a cloistered environment and so I'm quite aware that so-called "contemporary Christian music" is enormously popular in some circles, chiefly I suspect among the younger generation. And its popularity has made it a lucrative industry. Which leads one to ask, "Is it popular because of its quality, or is it popular because it has been promoted aggressively by publishers whose chief aim is profit? And another question comes to mind: Do those who buy and use these products do so mainly because they haven't been exposed to truly good religious music and quite simply just don't know any better? ...... A couple of years ago while on vacation my wife and I attended a church service where contemporary music was the only kind they offered that day. And for both my wife and me the high point of that experience was when the service was over and we could leave without drawing attention to ourselves! --Hank | ||||||
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