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641 | Identity of Mary Magdalene | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 40042 | ||
Pee Cee, Mary of Magdala or Mary Magdalene (cf. Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus the Nazarene) is one of seven Marys mentioned in the New Testament. Mark 16:9 and Luke 8:2 indicate that this Mary from Magdala, a fishing and trade center of ancient Galilee, was exorcised of some seven demons. She eventually became part of the inner circle of supporters of Jesus. She was a witness to His (1) crucifixion -- Mark 15:40; Matt.27:56; John 19:25 (2) burial -- Mark 15:47; Matt.27:61 (3) empty tomb -- Mark 16:18; Matt.28:1-10; Luke 24:10, and (4) resurrection -- Mark 16:9; John 20:1-18......... A tradition dating from about 500 A.D. has identified Mary Magdalene as the sinful woman (prostitute) of Luke 7:36-50. There is no textual reason whatever on any account for such an association. The farce called "Jesus Christ, Superstar" picked up on this ages-old erroneous characterization of Mary Magalene and showed her as a prostitute in the blasphemous musical..... Of particular significance is that Jesus appeared after His resurrection first to a woman, and that woman was none other than Mary of Magdala. --Hank | ||||||
642 | What are the 4 books of the NT? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 49828 | ||
angelface, the four NT books having but a single chapter are Philemon, the 2nd and 3rd epistles of John, and Jude. My, what profound theology your question evokes! --Hank | ||||||
643 | Right vs Righteous | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 51468 | ||
Hello, Mommapbs. You asked "Are we...putting words in God's mouth? [in order to be 'right' instead of righteous] ...... Well, perhaps it's the other way around: not necessarily putting words IN God's mouth but taking some of them OUT -- that is, carefully selecting a few 'pet' verses pulled out of their natural context that may SEEM to support one's pre-conceived notions about a topic -- salvation comes readily to mind -- while glossing over other. clearer passages that, taken in the full context of Scripture, firmly refute the pre-conceived notion. I doubt that there would be so much bad theology being paraded as the truth if men and women would (or could!) abandon the egotistic burden of having to be 'right', of having to interpret every passage of Scripture in such a way that it 'fits' their own scheme, and of having to 'prove' every communion in all of Christendom wrong but their own. --Hank | ||||||
644 | How many parables are in each gospel | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 53225 | ||
Dr X: There are 39 parables of Jesus Christ; all of them appear in the three synoptic Gospels [Matthew, Mark, Luke]; John's Gospel contains no parables. Luke leads with 27 parables, followed by Matthew with 20, and Mark with 9. Of the parables 17 are unique to Luke, 9 to Matthew and 2 to Mark. Only 7 of the parables appear in all three of the synoptic Gospels. --Hank | ||||||
645 | post resurrection accounts | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 53226 | ||
Bub, perhaps a chart would help you in your efforts to weave the four Gospels into a unified and chronogically ordered whole and cause your search to be less 'maddening.' Many reference Bibles and study Bibles contain such a chronogically ordered chart, usually called 'Harmony of the Gospels.' It would be well worth your while to avail yourself of this resource. I believe that in the wake of long, careful and thoughtful study you may want to change your statement that the Gospel accounts cannot be seen to be in harmony. [You used the word 'reconciled' but it really is not applicable in this instance, since 'to reconcile' means to restore to harmony, and the Gospels, being already harmonious, need no restoration.] --Hank | ||||||
646 | When did Yeshua know he was Messiah? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 53242 | ||
Simchat Torah, I'll take a stab at this, although I suspect that your research has led you to something that you are holding back :-) The keys to this verse are perhaps in one of two fragments of the sentence. The first is "Didn't you know" -- his question to his mother. Perhaps Jesus is saying something like Have you forgotten about the Annunciation, about what Gabriel said to you? So why didn't you know where to look for me? .... And the second clue may be found in the expression "my Father's house." This is in contrast to Mary's reference to Joseph in v. 48 when she said, "Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have sought you anxiously." She said, YOUR father and I. He said, MY Father's house (or business). Such would seem to indicate that Jesus at so young an age had a clear consciousness of His identity and mission. Now bring on the big guns and give us the REAL explanation :-) --Hank | ||||||
647 | When does the Holy Spirit leave you ???? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 53693 | ||
Your question was answered quite ably by Searcher 56. My comment is merely to note that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit occurs simultaneous with regeneration and He abides with the believer for all time. The eternal security of the believer testifies to the reality that the blood of Christ is able both to save us and keep us saved. If our salvation were so tenuous that the first sin a regenerate believer committed after salvation would cancel it, and the first repentence restore it, we would have a salvific relationship with Christ that would be much like a light switch, off and on, off and on, and Satan would be in control of the switch and hence of our salvation. No such off-and-on relationship is taught in Scripture. --Hank | ||||||
648 | Order of events | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 60169 | ||
New Creature -- I'm inclined to suggest tentatively that these "events" tend to overlap, to converge as it were, and to occur rather simultaneously. At any rate, three of them are essentially synonymous, viz., new birth, regeneration and justification. Of course God's grace is the primary thing, the foundation upon which all the others rest and without which the others are academic anyway. --Hank | ||||||
649 | Why Jesus call Himself the Son of God? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 60688 | ||
SharperMarbles, your last question disturbs me: "Any thoughts on this whole mess?" ... I see that as not being a fitting way to describe the Gospels' accounts of the life of our Lord. Consequently, I choose not to respond to your question unless you see fit to amend your irreverent characterization of the New Testament account as being "this whole mess." You may not have meant it to be irreverent, but it certainly reads that way to me. --Hank | ||||||
650 | Why Jesus call Himself the Son of God? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 60783 | ||
SharperMarbles, thank you and may God richly bless you for your testimony. Now to your questions. To begin, Jesus was not what the Jews wanted or expected, but He was infinitely more than they deserved (or that we deserve). They wanted their Messiah to be in the form of an imperial king who would establish a powerful earthly kingdom and thus deliver them from Roman rule. They got a carpenter from Nazareth. Subsequent events have shown that this suffering servant of Isaiahic prophecy had the power to free them from the rule of sin in their lives, yet He came into His own country and His own people did not receive Him. So fiercely did they in fact reject Him that they scorned and mocked Him and eventually crucified Him ..... The mystery of why Jesus frequently cautioned his followers and others who had received healing at His hand to "tell no one" can be explained by one or more of the following reasons: [1] Perhaps He did not want to be considered as being merely a miracle worker (contrast that to the fake 'faith healers' of our time). [2] He did not want His teaching ministry to be unduly obscured or obstructed by too much emphasis being focused on His healing miracles. [3] He did not want His death to come prematurely before He had finished the work His Father had given Him to do (See Matt.8:4; 9:30; 12:16; Mark 1:44; 5:43; 7:36; Luke 8:56). ..... Regarding your question on the term "Son of Man": It is the most common title that Jesus used for Himself, used 84 times in the Gospels, and never used by anyone but Jesus. It comes from Daniel 7:13,14, and Jesus used it as a Messianic title. Thus every time He used it in reference to Himself, He was clearly affirming that He was indeed the promised Messiah of Jewish prophecy. Compare Mark 8:31 with 8:29. In v.31 Jesus used "Son of Man" in juxtaposition to Peter's use of "Christ" in v.29. In Jesus' time the popular Jewish ideas associated with the term "Christ" were by and large political and national, so Jesus rarely used it, and even then not of Himself, with the possible exception of Mark 9:41. ..... You see, God's ways are not our ways nor His thoughts our thoughts. The people were expecting an earthly king to rule in regal splendor a powerful earthly kingdom. Jesus did not meet their expectations. He came as a suffering servant whose kingdom is not of this world. He came not as a king to rule their land but to serve, suffer, bleed and die "so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life...for God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him." (John 3:15,17. --Hank | ||||||
651 | How can I locate the church that Jesus b | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 61112 | ||
Duplicate question. | ||||||
652 | John and john the Baptist same person? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 61325 | ||
John the Baptist and John, the author of the fourth gospel, the three epistles that bear his name and the Revelation were two different persons. --Hank | ||||||
653 | John the Baptist and Christ John1:1-18 | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 61483 | ||
Sweet: Read the opening few chapters of all the Synoptics (The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke). In them you will learn more of how John the Baptist fitted into God's scheme of things. ... A capsule bio of John the Baptist reads as follows: He was a prophet from a priestly family, preached the message of repentence, announced the coming of the Messiah (Christ), baptized Jesus, was beheaded by Herod Antipas. If you're reading a reference Bible, follow up the O.T. (Old Testament) references that will be provided regarding John the Baptist. May God guide you in your understanding of His holy word. I have read much and widely, but there is no other reading that quite measures up to the reading of the Bible. --Hank | ||||||
654 | Is baptism a work? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 66362 | ||
Teacher, please see Ephesians 2:8-10. The Bible says that we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not of works. Thus, the question of whether the command to be baptized constitutes a 'work' is moot, because we are not saved by anything else except God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. I recognize this is not an exhaustive treatment of the subject by any means and thus invite you to Search the archives of the forum for hosts of posts on this issue. --Hank | ||||||
655 | Jesus' sense of humor? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 68855 | ||
cwade, I can't possibly see how you could offend anyone (unless THEY have no sense of humor!) by suggesting that Jesus may have been being a bit humorous with His nicknames. Some years ago in a religious bookstore I came across a thin little book on the humor Jesus. The writer cited a number of passages in which he felt that Jesus displayed humor in certain of His discourses. I've had occasions (such as this one) to regret that I didn't buy the book. But I do believe that Jesus very likely had a keen sense of humor. He was, after all, fully God and fully man, and He had a healthy mind. Psychologists hold that having a sense of humor is one of the earmarks of a sound mind. So, yes, I'm convinced that Jesus had a sense of humor and that He exercised it. He and His disciples more than likely engaged in wholesome, good-natured joking and kidding each other on occasion.... There is every reason for the Christian to be of good humor and good cheer also, and to join in the spirit of the people of Israel: "When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion...then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with singing...and we are glad." [cf. Psalm 126:1-3]. This Psalm refers, of course, to the return from Babylonian captivity, but Christians have also been delivered -- delivered from the captivity of sin. Rejoice! "This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." [Psalm 118:24]. --Hank | ||||||
656 | AGES OF MARY AND JOSEPH WHEN PREGNANT | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 69190 | ||
No. Tradition has it that they were likely very young, Mary having been perhaps in the teens. --Hank | ||||||
657 | What does A.D. stand for? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 70107 | ||
A.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin "Anno Domini" meaning "in the year of the Lord." --Hank | ||||||
658 | Where is the word 'rapture' mentioned ? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 73779 | ||
Uni soldier: You won't find the word "rapture" in the Bible. The description of the church being taken up to meet the Lord in the air, generally understood to be the rapture, is described in 1 Thess. 4:16,17. The term "caught up" in v. 17 is a rendering of the Greek word "harpazo" meaning "to seize." The Latin Vulgate rendered this verb by its Latin name, rapti; hence the English word, rapture. The implication of the verb is an immediate translation (alteration, change) of believers, including the change of their bodies to a glorified state. Incidentally, among other important theological doctrines or concepts whose exact words are not found in Scripture [though the teachings of them are] include the words "Trinity" and "substitutionary" (death of Christ). --Hank | ||||||
659 | Is water baptism must for Holy communion | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 75185 | ||
When one reads and studies the Book of Acts, the one book of the New Testament that above all others gives us a glimpse into the life of the early, apostolic church, he learns three things about water baptism. [1] It is not the new birth but [2] it follows regeneration, and in virtually every example, it follows in short order; and [3] it is never considered an option. But your question is, Can you before baptism partake of Holy Communion? That would depend upon the practice of your church. Should you? Study Acts. Being buried with Christ in baptism is always closely linked with regeneration, not that water baptism has any power to save anyone, but as being the sign and seal and the testimony of the born-again believer. It's sad to note that some churches treat baptism so flippantly these days and that, following their lead, many new belivers consider baptism as an option. Scripture does not take this view by any stretch. --Hank | ||||||
660 | Differing geneologies of Jesus? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 78663 | ||
This question has been considered many times. Please use Search and enter the words "Jesus" and "genealogy" --Hank | ||||||
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