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861 | noah and perfection | Gen 6:9 | Hank | 170505 | ||
hic: The KJV rendering of Gen. 6:9 is thus: "These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." The word "perfect" in this verse carries the idea of completeness or being blameless, but this does not mean sinless, and it certainly does not mean that Noah was exempt from sin imputed to all men since the Fall in Eden (see Romans 5:12-14). Man's "perfection" in no wise justifies man; only, and again I say only, the blood of Christ shed on the cross can do that. Not man's righteousness or his "perfection" or his good works. ........ Perhaps you've sung these words of a beloved old hymn: "What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus! What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. O, precious is the flow that makes me white as snow! No other fount I know. Nothing but the blood of Jesus!" ....... "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). ..... Thanks for the question, and God bless you. --Hank | ||||||
862 | animals and the flood | Gen 6:9 | Hank | 170553 | ||
My dear hic: Through many years of the study of Scripture I've learned a number of things about God, three of which I list here, believing that they are germane to the topic being considered: (1) God is absolutely sovereign; (2) He is transcendent; and (3) He is under no obligation whatever to account to human beings for the reasons underlying His actions nor to seek the approbation of man for them. .... "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8,9). --Hank | ||||||
863 | educated opinions | Gen 6:9 | Hank | 170559 | ||
hic, how can there possibly be an "educated opinion" on these matters in the absence of any biblical revelation about them? All that we can offer, and that without worth or merit of any kind, are hints, guesses, speculations and gossamer webs woven out of human imagination. Worthless drivel all, and not worth a penny to God or to His church. ...... "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5). ...... This seeking after that which God has not chosen to reveal is not unlike the occasion many centuries ago when the impetuous Peter tried to meddle in matters that were none of his business but the Lord's. And Jesus' response to Peter was: "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me" (John 21:22). ...... God handled the Flood in His way. And what is that to thee, or to me? Ours is not to question God; ours is to follow the Savior in humble submission, with, as the Scriptures say, "fear and trembling." --Hank | ||||||
864 | educated opinions | Gen 6:9 | Hank | 170577 | ||
Dear hic: Upon reflection I fear that my response to you was too abrupt and perhaps even harsh, for I believe that your motives were honest and pure and stemmed from a genunine desire to seek an answer to a question about which you are troubled. ...... In searching my thoughts for something to say to you about your question -- I cannot answer it, for frankly I don't know the answer to it -- I remembered something from a sermon delivered by my pastor some time ago. He spoke of keeping a mental list of questions -- to which he added from time to time -- questions which, when he goes to glory, he would like to ask God. But he readily admitted that once he met Jesus face to face in all His glory, all his questions likely would melt like snowflakes falling on a hot stove. ...... I believe that God has chosen to reveal as much of Himself to man as man needs to know and can absorb. God has perfect knowledge and understanding of all things. Man knows only in part. His vision is occluded; he sees through his glass darkly. (Please see 1 Cor. 13:12). ...... We who are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7). ..... Job 35 points out that man is not God, and in Job 38 God exposes Job's ignorance. I like to read these passages from Job from time to time, especially at those times when I begin to suspect that I've waxed wise. Reading these lines from Job serves to remind me, when I get to feeling too self-assured and too full of myself, to "take heed lest I fall" (see 1 Cor. 10:12). ..... Please feel free to continue to ask questions, and by no means feel thwarted in your quest for God's truth as revealed in His blessed word. ...... "Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen" (Jude 24,25). --Hank | ||||||
865 | noah - blameless | Gen 6:9 | Hank | 170579 | ||
hic: Sorry that I did not get back to you promptly to address your question; esteemed colleague, Kalos, however has given a fine answer, of which you are aware and for which you have expressed your thanks and satisfaction. ...... There is another Old Testament character who is spoken of as being "perfect." His name was Job, and the book that bears his name begins as follows: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil" ..... 'Perfect' in this context, as with Noah, is rendered 'blameless' in many modern translations and, of course, a synonym for 'eschewed' is 'shunned.' Job's life could not have been more exemplary. The Book of Job is, in addition to being a world-class literary masterpiece of the first rank, a unique piece of didactic poetry that is not made up from whole cloth, not the product of the poet's invention, but a divinely inspired account of an historical event. ..... Why am I bringing the Book of Job to the spotlight in connection with your question about Noah and the Flood? The two accounts share a commonality in that neither answers all our questions. We don't know everything there is to know about Noah's Flood, and likewise the Book of Job leaves questions unanswered. What can we learn from the Flood and from Job? Many things, but perhaps the most significant of all is the recognition and realization that there is something about divine freedom -- a mystery, if you will -- something which, while not in any manner contradicting God's goodness or sovereignty, remains elusive to man. The Book of Job demonstrates the woeful inadequacy of human reason to account for the suffering of the innocent, and it might also be observed that man comes swiftly to the end of his intellectual tether when he tries to put all the pieces of the Flood account together in a way that affords him perfect understanding of all the details of this colossal historical event. ..... Noah's Flood, the suffering of Job ... do they have a didactic purpose for God's people down through the ages until the present? I believe they do and the purpose is this: To teach man, the rebel since the Fall, to be resigned to an attitude of absolute trust and dependence on a sovereign God, a transcendent God, a good and holy God, whose workings man simply cannot fathom. --Hank | ||||||
866 | animals clean and unclean ,big Noak ark | Gen 7:2 | Hank | 131398 | ||
nae-nae04: The answer to your first question may be found in Genesis 7:2 and to your second in Genesis 6:15. --Hank | ||||||
867 | How old was Noah when began building Ark | Gen 7:6 | Hank | 68213 | ||
"Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japeth." [Gen. 5:32].... "Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth." [Gen.7:6] --Hank | ||||||
868 | By the bible, is nuclear winter possible | Gen 8:22 | Hank | 84399 | ||
Pastor Glenn, warm greetings. The secular world laughed at evangelical Christians when Darwin's godless theory of evolution was published. Many believed it would be the final curtain for Chistians who held to the Genesis account of God's creation. Today we know they were dead wrong, and Darwinism is being rejected by true scientists in increasing numbers as they examine this theory anew and find it seriously flawed. Pseudo-scientists and humanists long have been at enmity with the Scriptures, burning the midnight oil in a vain effort to prove them wrong, an enterprise at which they have failed abysmally. The "true science" of yesteryear is the myth and fable, the old wives' tales, of today; and, perchance, what the scientific community views as ultimate truth today will become the ridiculous lie of tomorrow. Science struggles to disprove the Bible and surpass it through modern scientific proofs and discoveries, but the irony is that science is now only making a small beginning to catch up with the truths that have been written down for centuries in God's word. Science has been disproved vast numbers of times. The Bible, not once. Therefore, without hesitation I will take God at His word, believe the promises of Genesis 8:22, and let the skeptics worry about a nuclear winter. Global warming? Well, it may not be global, but that's not much consolation to us dwellers in Arkansas when it gets 100 degress in the shade in the middle of July! Brother, global or not, that's warm! --Hank | ||||||
869 | Searching for the truth | Gen 9:1 | Hank | 84951 | ||
In God's covenant with Noah, He never promised that the earth would endure forever. In Gen. 9:15 He said, "The waters shall no more become a FLOOD (emphasis added) to destroy all flesh." In Gen. 8:22 He said, "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest...shall never cease." The key phrase here is "while the earth remains." It will end when God wills it to end, but not by flood. Jesus said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away." (Matt. 24:35.) --Hank | ||||||
870 | Searching for the truth | Gen 9:11 | Hank | 85040 | ||
The difference between destruction by water and destruction by fire seems fairly obvious. One is very wet and the other very warm. God made it plain in Genesis 9:11 that He would never again bring on a flood of the magnitude of Noah's flood. But then He did not thereby imply or promise that the earth would stand forever. Note the phrasing of Genesis 8:22: "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease." The earth remains in existence still; these cycles of nature go on still; God has not reneged on His promise. But He did not say that the earth was eternal, that it would remain forever. What He said was, "WHILE the earth remains..." That phrasing sounds temporal to me. When someone says something like, "I want to enjoy every day as much as possible WHILE I am still alive on this earth" certainly doesn't lead us to infer that the person believes he will live on this earth forever. And God certainly did not promise that the earth would abide forever ..... I'm still not sure whether I've adequately addressed your question, because I'm not really sure what it is. --Hank | ||||||
871 | tithe,Jews,or Gentiles? | Gen 9:21 | Hank | 175875 | ||
Keyshun - Tithing falls under Old Testament law and pertains to the Israelites, who were required to tithe, i.e., to give 10 per cent of their crops or earnings to the Tabernacle or Temple. Please see Leviticus 27:30; Numbers 18:26; and 2 Chronicles 31:4-6. ...... The New Testament neither commands nor recommends Christians to submit to the OT tithing system. It does not specify a certain percentage of the Christian's income. Instead it teaches the follower of Christ to "put aside and save as he may prosper." (See 1 Corinthians 16:1,2). Thus to teach (or require) that the Christian must tithe lacks scriptural support and constitutes false doctrine. --Hank | ||||||
872 | What does Noahs nakedness mean | Gen 9:22 | Hank | 78672 | ||
Noah's nakedness of Genesis 9:22 is best understood in the plain sense of the words: Noah was unclothed. --Hank | ||||||
873 | Was Ham showing homosexual tendencies? | Gen 9:22 | Hank | 175986 | ||
There is no reason in this or in any other passage of Scripture to venture beyond what the text says. Interpolation fueled by presupposition almost always leads to bad interpretation. --Hank | ||||||
874 | Father having relations w/son in Bible? | Gen 9:25 | Hank | 164788 | ||
troneew: There is an account in Scripture involving Noah and his offsping that may be the one your mother-in-law had in mind, though it is not precisely as you relate in your question. The account may be found in the ninth chapter of Genesis. --Hank | ||||||
875 | witnessing to church going homosexuals | Gen 9:25 | Hank | 202859 | ||
Dear Teri :: A warm welcome to Study Bible Forum and thanks for your question. It is not an easy one to answer, and it's an even harder task to minister to homosexuals, particularly those practicing homosexuals who profess to be Christians. ...... Teri, there's a web site that may help your thinking as you consider ways to approach the subject with this homosexual person who gives out the "God bless you" salutations to the store's clientele. ...... First, I'll give you the URL to a specific article that I'd recommend to you. Go to http://www.gotquestions.org/gay-Christian.html ..... This article addresses the question, "Is it possible to be a gay Christian?" Then, let me suggest you go to the web site again, using the URl http://www.gotquestions.org and typing in their search box the words Christian homosexual. You will be led to a number of other articles on this subject and related topics, and will see also some recommendations of books on the subject. ....... I rejoice that you want to minister to this person and ask my fellow registrants on SBF to join me in prayer for your ministry. ...... Of course, as you undoubtedly already know, being a church goer, as this man says he is, offers no warranty at all that he, or anyone else who attends church services, is a regenerate believer. May God bless and guide you in your ministry. --Hank | ||||||
876 | Why Gen 10 is included in the Bible? | Gen 10:1 | Hank | 162281 | ||
Hana: Why is Genesis 10 in the Bible? (1) There was a space available between Genesis 9 and Genesis 11; and (2) it is difficult to think of a better place to put it. ....... In addition, 2 Timothy 3:16 provides the perfect and definitive answer to why the Bible says what it says and contains what it contains. --Hank | ||||||
877 | Where there is a will | Gen 11:1 | Hank | 174711 | ||
Hi, Jason - You asked a similar question a month ago, Post # 173538, which drew five responses. Just curious, but did you find them inadequate? --Hank | ||||||
878 | why did God confuse thier language. | Gen 11:7 | Hank | 119885 | ||
Paz63: Your questions presumably refer to the tower of Babel. You ask, "Why did God confuse these people's language?" Because He did! [And we weren't around at the time to advise Him!] ...... You ask further, "Wouldn't it have been better to have had one language throughout the world?" What? And put translators out of a job? :-) Seriously, friend, who are we to suggest a better course to God? "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," declares the Lord." [Isaiah 55:8] --Hank | ||||||
879 | bless you cruse you | Gen 12:3 | Hank | 190984 | ||
steppenwolf - This was God's promise to Abraham, recorded in Genesis 12:3. --Hank | ||||||
880 | Who was Abraham ? | Gen 17:5 | Hank | 145000 | ||
Adex ::: Abraham was the forefather of both the Jews and the Arabs. Originally called Abram, he left Ur in ancient Sumeria to travel to Haram in Syria, eventually migrating to Canaan, a place where God promised him that all his descendants would ultimately dwell. The Bible gives an account of the events in the life of Abraham beginning in Genesis 12 and continuing until his death and burial at the age of 175 years, recorded in Genesis 25. See Hebrews 11:8-12 for a summary statement of the faith of Abraham and of his wife, Sarah. --Hank | ||||||
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