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741 | do you have a study guide | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 37801 | ||
Sally1008, the nearest thing the forum has to a "study guide" is the Search feature. Type in a subject or topic; possibly there may be some material pertaining to it. --Hank | ||||||
742 | Was there a world before the earth? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 64001 | ||
Hello, kelly-blue. The answer is no. Please read Genesis 1:1 --Hank | ||||||
743 | Salvation - Is one's good work necessary | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 92707 | ||
Hebrews111 -- "Once saved, always saved" -- the better term is "the eternal security of the believer" -- is not a theory. It is an orthodox doctrine fully supported by Scripture. Please see my post number 92700 for a partial list of the scriptural passages that support this doctrine. If by "work out his salvation theory" you are alluding to the passage in Philippians 2:12 which says to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling," this passage by no means teaches salvation by works. It is decidedly not the "other side of the coin" of the doctrine of the believer's eternal security of salvation in Christ. What the apostle is referring to in this passage is the believer's responsibility to work continuously toward the fulfillment or completion (that's what the Greek verb translated "work out" means) of his sanctification through obedience to Christ's commands. Salvation is a triad. We have been saved from sin by God's grace through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. That's justification. .... We are being saved from falling away into the bondage and dominion of sin by the work of the Holy Spirit. His work continues throughtout the life of the believer, resulting in personal holiness. That's sanctification. ..... We will be saved from eternal destruction. In this final act of salvation, the physical bodies of justified men and women are raised and transformed into the likeness of the resurrected body of Christ Jesus. That's glorification. --Hank | ||||||
744 | Differences in creation account | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 99487 | ||
JoyDaisy - There really aren't two accounts of God's creation. Chapter 2 of Genesis is an expansion of Chapter 1. Genesis 1 describes the creation of the entire universe including man and woman. Genesis 2 is more specific in its description of the creation of man and woman but doesn't repeat the story of creation recorded in the first chapter. Genesis 2:8 has been erroneously interpreted as describing the creation of vegetation, but it says only that God planted a garden, not that He created it at that time. Another frequent misinterpretation is of Genesis 2:19. It is not another description of the creation of animals coming after the creation of man. It simply refers back to the creation of the animals that God had created before man and later brought to Adam to see what he would call them. --Hank | ||||||
745 | What is the most quoted verse in the Bib | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 103898 | ||
Hi, Ed. Is this a trick question? :-) (I always fall for trick questions). With your "hint" my first guess is to say that John 3:16 still is the most-quoted verse in the Bible. But, on the other hand, if this Forum is indicative of anything (surely it is indicative of something!), then Genesis 1:1 might be a likely pick, since it's the most popular verse on the Forum, according to the statistics that the Lockman Foundation faithfully keeps of the goings on at the Forum. ..... Well, I've used up my quota of words I guess and must come to the inevitable conclusion: I really don't know what the most-quoted verse is, but I'm betting you do, so 'fess up, Ed. Spill the beans :-) Your buddy in the Ozarks, --Hank, one of the original good ole boys. | ||||||
746 | was there a judgment or the gap theory" | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 107989 | ||
Genesis 1:1 is a summary statement of the initial act of creation. Genesis 1:2: "without form and void" (Heb. tohu, wabohu: "unformed and unfilled") describes the condition of the earth after the initial act of creation. It does not describe a chaotic condition as a result of judgment. Therefore, "was (Hebrew hayetah) without form and void" is correct and should not be translated "became." How God formed and filled the earth is described in verses 3-31. ..... In an attempt to accomodate the supposed evolutionary geological ages in Genesis, theorists postulate a long gap in time between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2, in which it was hoped these ages could be pigeon-holed and forgotten as far as biblical exegesis was concerned. This gap theory, however, requires a world-wide cataclysm at the end of the geological ages in order to account for the globally inundated and darkened earth described in Genesis 1:2. The cataclysm, in turn, is hypothethically connected with the fall of Lucifer in heaven (Isaiah 14:9-14 and his expulsion to the earth (Ezekiel 28:12-15), though such a cataclysm is nowhere mentioned in Scripture. However, in addition to its obvious contradictions with other important and clear Bible passages (Genesis 1:31; Exodus 20:11), the gap theory is self-defeating geologically. The geological age system (which is the necessary framework for modern evolutionism) is based entirely on the principle of uniformitarianism, a premise which precludes any such world-wide cataclysm and requires the interpreting of earth history by the extrapolation of present slow geological processes into the remote past. The real answer to the geological ages is not a pre-Adamic catacylsm, but the very real catacylsm of the Noahic Deluge which provides a much better explanation of the fossil beds and sedimentary rocks, eliminating all evidence of geological ages and confirming the biblical doctrine of recent creation. ..... Comment: It takes more faith to believe man's far-flung theories than it does to believe God's absolute truth. --Hank | ||||||
747 | does Bible refute aliens? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 117688 | ||
Renovate Me: The opening chapters of Genesis speak of the creation of the earth and of man to inhabit the earth. Nothing whatever is said about aliens. The burden of proof is on Debbie. What is her source for belief, the Bible or science-fiction writers? --Hank | ||||||
748 | how long ago was the earth made? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 118905 | ||
judgejudy: Scripture pinpoints the date and no one yet has proved it wrong: The earth was created 'in the beginning.' Scientists -- who know all :-) -- have placed the age of the earth from a few thousand years to many millions of years, depending on which one's "scientific facts" you follow. That's quite a spread of years coming out of unimpeachable scientific 'evidence' wouldn't you say? Personally, I like the "big bang" theory -- the one the little girl understood when she said, "God spoke and said 'Let there be an earth' and Bang! There it was!" --Hank | ||||||
749 | Gen, 1:1-3 Gap theorythe fall?? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 125604 | ||
Dear Empty_Me: The "Gap Theory" is what the name implies, a theory and nothing more. The idea of there ever being a "pre-Adamic" race is pure, absolute, unvarnished speculation, and speculation of this sort does not edify and does not teach; therefore, it is totally useless. Why entertain foolish theories, why waste time speculating about those things on which the Bible is silent? Why not be willing instead to take God at His word? He says nothing about a pre-Adamic race or a "gap" between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. ...... Two suggestions to you for your further reading: [1] Go to icr.org on the Web and read from a wide choice of articles on creation. [2] Go to Quick Search on this Forum and type in the word gap or, if you wish a quick read, enter the following post numbers (one at a time, of course): 8229, 8231, 17576. ..... Above all, read the Genesis account of creation for what it says and don't worry about all these goofy theories that have been hatched by people who hadn't the foggiest idea of what they were talking about. You weren't there when God created the heavens and the earth, and neither were they! All you really know about creation is what God says about it in His word. And that's all these theorists know too. The difference is that most of them don't believe what God says in Genesis or anywhere else -- and I assume you do. --Hank | ||||||
750 | WHO CREATED EARTH | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 143298 | ||
UWANTAB236 - Who created earth? The answer is clearly stated in the first 10 words of Scripture. See Genesis 1:1. --Hank | ||||||
751 | Did God create man and woman before Adam | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 146958 | ||
Msbyrdn- ::: Genesis 2 is merely a more detailed narration of some of the events introduced in Genesis 1. There has never been any credible account, biblical or otherwise, of God's creation of any human beings besides Adam and Eve. Thus, the male and female of Genesis 1:27 are the Adam and Eve of Chapter 2.The human race shares a common ancestry with Adam and Eve, who alone are the fruits of God's seminal creation. All their descendants are, by God's design, the fruits of procreation. The theory that there was a pre-Adamic race or that there was a time gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 is not supported by Scripture and is therefore speculative bunkum. --Hank | ||||||
752 | Where bible say God created the planets? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 158391 | ||
Pam D: Genesis 1:1. --Hank | ||||||
753 | planets mentioned anywhere in bible? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 158424 | ||
Pam: The word planet(s) is not found in the NASB. It appears once in the KJV, 2 Kings 23:5, and once in the Amplified Bible, Isaiah 34.4. ...... Genesis 1:1 is a summary statement of God's creative work. He created all things, the heavens and the earth, i.e., the universe -- and this most assuredly includes the planets, not only of our solar system , but the planets of all other solar systems in our galaxy and all other galaxies in the universe: everything that was made. Here's what the Bible says about it: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was NOT ANYTHING MADE that was made" (John 1:1-3). God created all things _ex nihilo_ i.e., from nothing. ..... Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." ...... All Things. "Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer and he who formed thee from the womb: I am the Lord who maketh all things (Isaiah 44:24). Again I say, All Things! ....... That God created everything is also taught in Eccl. 1:5; Jer. 10:16; Col. 1:16; and Heb. 1:2. The teaching of Genesis 1:1 is beautifully captured by the prophet in Isaiah. 45:18. --Hank | ||||||
754 | How old is the earth? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 158498 | ||
DGB454: (1) There is no "time table" given in Genesis for determining when God created the heavens and the earth. ..... (2) Evolution is a theory and science has absolutely NOT proved it factual. --Hank | ||||||
755 | Did God create Life? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 161222 | ||
abccan: Having read your initial question and your subsequent responses that neither the opening chapters of Genesis nor the opening verses of the Gospel of John answer your question, I'm baffled that you appear to find them inadequate. I suggest you explain exactly what you're looking for. The Bible teaches in Genesis, John, and elsewhere that God created the universe ex nihilo, i.e., from nothing. There was no life on earth before God created life (Genesis 1:2). God spoke and grass came into being (Gen. 1:11). Grass is a living thing. God spoke and sea creatures and fowl came into being (Gen. 1:20-22). Sea creatures and fowl are living things. God spoke and land creatures came into being (Gen. 1:24,25. Land creatures are living things. Finally, God created man in His own image (Gen. 1:26-28). Man is a living being. ...... So, friend, if this doesn't convince you that God created life, I don't know what would. --Hank | ||||||
756 | Psalm Chapter 88 - 6 | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 170511 | ||
b50115: Genesis 1:1 is the biblical version of the "big bang"! The age of the earth is not known. The Bible does not give us a grand total of "how many people was (sic) in the bible." The book of Revelation is a good place to begin a study of the end times. --Hank | ||||||
757 | satan and 1/3 of angels cast out | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 171380 | ||
Dear Night: To read of this momentous outbreak of war in heaven, please see Revelation 12:1-12. For related passages, see Isaiah 41:12ff and Ezekiel 28:11ff. (In case any reader does not know, 'ff' in references to Scripture means "and in verses that follow") --Hank | ||||||
758 | What happen Genesis 1:1-2 | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 176283 | ||
Dear Joe - I've read Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 many, many times in the last half century, and I've yet to "see" anything at all happening between these two verses of Scripture. Mighty things happen in Genesis 1:1 and in Genesis 1:2, but there is no action nor even a hint of action taking place BETWEEN these two initial verses of God's word. There is a period at the end of verse 1 and a capital letter at the beginning of verse 2, and all that is between them is a space, but even these conventions of modern English usage were not in the original Hebrew. ..... My dear Joe, your question sounds as though you may suspect that something mysterious is going on between the lines, as it were. This is what the proponents of the so-called Gap Theory would have us believe, but they can offer no cogent reason to believe their fanciful theory. It is in some measure a paltry attempt to effect a compromise with another preposterous theory, the atheistic Darwinian theory of evolution. But how can two theories, one ostensibly theistic (gap) and the other patently atheistic (evolution) ever be joined in wedded bliss? The truth is that never the twain shall meet. It takes a great deal more faith to believe the flawed reasoning and wild speculations necessary to make even a lick of sense out of the gap theory than it does simply to take God at His word and, as Brad has posted, to believe that the opening words of Genesis mean exactly what they say and say exactly what they mean. And, to take this credibility thing a giant leap forward, it takes far more faith than I've ever been able to muster to believe, as the Darwinians say they do, that man evolved from a microscopic single-celled speck of protoplasm taking a solitary swim in the ooze of a primordial swamp. ..... "In the beginning" who? "God." Did what? "created." Created what? "the heavens and the earth." This majestic verse is a summary statement of all that God did in His six days of creation. If one will truly digest this verse, accept it and all the other "creation" verses that follow it, and believe with all his heart that God is telling the truth about His creation of the universe, he will have no difficulty believing the Bible all the way to the end of the Revelation. If, on the other hand, he reads one verse, i.e., Genesis 1:1, and immediately feels the need to superimpose his half-baked theories on the eternal word of the living God, he will find snags and difficulties at every turn of his journey through the Bible. He will find a thousand other places in Scripture where he feels compelled to insert various and sundry of his pet theories, and he will end up having opinions about everything in Scripture but without really knowing anything about it. --Hank | ||||||
759 | Who created God? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 178236 | ||
K - God is eternal, the Creator, not the created. See Genesis 1:1, John 1:1, Deut. 33:27, Is. 9:6, Rom. 6:26, 1 Tim. 1:17. --Hank | ||||||
760 | Who created God? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 178247 | ||
K - A follow-up on my previous answer and a footnote to Jeff Hetrick's excellent Bible-referenced response. The "Who made God" question is a textbook example of the compound question fallacy which occurs when one ignores questions that should be asked first. For example, "Have you stopped beating your spouse?" is fallacious when it has not been established that one has ever beaten one's spouse. Similarly, "Who made God" is fallacious because it presupposes the prior question which should be asked, "Is God a created being?" And Scripture no where remotely suggests that God is a created being but is in fact Himself the Creator of all things. See the opening chapters of Genesis and the opening chapter of John's Gospel. ..... If God were a created being, then who created God? Let's say for the sake of argument that it was a being called Pinauk. Then who created Pinauk? Let's say Pinauk's creator was a being named Manikel. Then who created Manikel? If Pinauk created God, then Pinauk must be God. But Manikel created Pinauk, so Manikel must be God. And round and round we go with this faulty reasoning that gets us absolutely no where. ...... Questions such as "Who made God" are such as are typically asked by the very young. How old are you? --Hank | ||||||
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