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301 | Defining "Truth" | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 6631 | ||
Really, Hank, if one finds a posting particularly pointless, he needn't feel obligated to respond. Someone else may feel differently. But of any forum, the Study Bible Forum is the right place to come to see what the Scripture says about truth. If one can't study truth and the content of truth here, Lockman may as well close up this shop! Granted, the philosophical implications of Bible doctrine is not for everyone, but there are plenty of other studies elsewhere in the forum from which they can profit. |
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302 | Why not let him say goodby? | Luke 9:61 | Lionstrong | 6589 | ||
Luke 9:61 Another also said, "I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home." Luke 9:62 But Jesus said to him, "No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." Jesus gives his reason for not letting him say "goodbye." So I guess the question is, "What does His reason mean?" I don't know what He meant, but apparently He saw the man's wanting to say "goodbye" as really a looking back after he had put his hand to the plow. Jesus knows our hearts, you know. I suppose if the man's motives were simply to say "goodbye," Jesus would have permitted it. Maybe the man's motives in wanting to say "goodbye" showed a lack of commitment to the kingdom. What do you think, Prayon? |
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303 | Where is the Holy Spirit? | Rev 4:3 | Lionstrong | 6529 | ||
In the context of this reference the Holy Spirit is mentioned. I assume this was seen when this verse was looked up. So, what is meant by "Where is the Holy Spirit?" when He is mentioned in the preceding verse? | ||||||
304 | Where is the Holy Spirit? | Rev 4:3 | Lionstrong | 6528 | ||
One reference to the Holy Spirit that I can think of right off the top of my head is: Rev 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost. | ||||||
305 | Quest for Truth | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 6509 | ||
Scripture does not give definitions for all the words it uses. Many words we know the definitions of although they are not given in Scripture. Sometimes the context or other passages helps us understand how a word is to be taken. Although "truth" is not defined in Scripture, it is clear from how it's used in Scripture that it is not the "truth" of our culture which views truth as relative. John 14:6 is no more a definition of the word "truth" than is 1 John 4:8 is a definition of love. John 14:6 teaches that Jesus is the truth. It does not teach that truth is Jesus. This verse, then, tells us something about the nature of truth. Since "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever," we learn that truth is eternal and immutable. |
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306 | Defining Truth | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 6476 | ||
Truth is not physical, relative or temporary. With respect to physical, it is not some physical motion in the brain either. Truth is not individualistic. Truth is universal, mental or spiritual, eternal, absolute, and unchanging propositions or thoughts. All scientific laws are tentative. Progress in science insures that the present laws will be replaced by other laws. If truth is unchanging, then science is false. |
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307 | 'Gaijins' have nothing better to do? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 6128 | ||
"Trust, friend, I have very carefully considered this" And what have you learned from Scripture about the will of Christ, charis? Would you share it with us? Non-Christians aren't the only ones who need help, you know. What's up, charis? You've given thoughtful answers before, which you've supported (or at least tried to support) from Scripture. So, I expected Scripture and I get this. Come on, charis! If we're not going to study God's Word in this forum, then why are we here? Your brother, Lionstrong |
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308 | Are you serious? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 6084 | ||
Kindly consider this, charis: Matt 26:39 And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will." In Him who did not do His own will, but suffer for His people according to the will of the Father, Lionstrong |
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309 | How did evil arise? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 6054 | ||
Hi Cephas, The Lucifer explanation doesn't answer the question; it only pushes it further back. How could an angel, created good, entertain an evil thought? Did someone tempt and trick him like Eve was? Ultimately it arose according to the soveriegn will and eternal plan of almight God. The Bible is practical, and tells us how sin (and death through sin) entered the world, but is silent on EXACTLY how evil came to be in the first place, again except that it came by God's design and will result in His glory. Eph 1:11 ...according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, Eph 1:12 to the end ... would be to the praise of His glory. Peace in the Lamb Lionstrong |
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310 | Predestination vs free will--a thought.. | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 6051 | ||
"God KNOWS who will and will not follow Him in advance--thus, in that sense our fates are predestined--but, the choice is still ours to freely make" If God knows beforehand who will choose Him, is it possible for that person to make any other choice? If you say yes, then it's possible for God be mistaken in His knowledge. If you say no, then that person has no choice but to choose as God knows he will. Yours for clearer logic Lionstrong |
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311 | Babies in heaven when they die? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 5986 | ||
Hi Nolan! A highly charged question! I'm no longer quick to say yes. I see the pattern of God's dealing with man in Scripture. The Flood - men, women and children; Sodom and Gomorah - men, women and children, the conquest of Canaan - men women and children. Contrary wise, when God shows grace and mercy, it's with the individual and his seed or family. We see this with Abraham, Rahab the harlot, in the covenants made with David and Phinehas, etc., and finally Christ (Isa 53:10,11). In the NT, God says the children of believers are holy. No such word is given for the children of unbelievers. Parents make choices for which their children also bear the consequences, witness Adam and Eve: Through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men (Rom 5:18). |
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312 | Q: Why? Why? Why?. A: Because. | Gen 1:1 | Lionstrong | 5972 | ||
Why do you want to know the answers to these questions you've asked, JV? | ||||||
313 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 5653 | ||
Hi Cephas, That's an interesting question, Cephas. Some of my bothers in the forum believe that man's will is free. Appearently, you do too. And I see how your question has caused them some consternation. I hope you're not dishartened by the flack you've recieved. Of course, if you're insincere, you deserve worse. I also think you question highlights the (or a) problem of those who hold to the teaching of human free will. I think it traps them in a contradiction. I think the only way out of this contradiction is to give up the notion of free will. God is the only one who has free will. All other wills are subject to his almighty power and are not free. Now as to the inability of God to do evil: The Bible reveals that God is good. But that goodness must be understood in terms of His sovereignty. It must not be understood in terms of some supposed standard of goodness outside of God to which He must conform. Good is defined by what God does. If He does it, it's good. Therefore, it is impossible for God to do evil. Yours for less heat and more dialogue. Lionstrong |
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314 | What about Ex. 4:11 does that apply? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 5646 | ||
Hi EdB, I think the example you site is a good one. Although handicaps are not moral evils, they are evils nonetheless. In the context, I see the passage as literal. Moses' speech problem was not figurative, and God is saying in effect, "the way I've made you is the way I want to use you." I suspect some believers unwittingly place the Law of God (or some other standard of morality) beside or above God and believe that he must conform to it. They don't realise that whever God does is right. The law of God tells US, not God, what to do. It is a law over us, not God. God is above the law and all men under it. God has revealed to us that He is good. That goodness must be understood in terns of His sovereignty, not by some supposed standard of goodness outside of God to which He must conform. If He makes a man deaf, it is the good and right thing to do, because whatever God does is good and right, because He is God. Does not the potter have a right over the clay? Lionstrong |
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315 | Christ dying only for elect? | Rom 5:6 | Lionstrong | 5468 | ||
Homer; I haven't seen this verse shared much when talking about Jesus dying for the elect, but here it is: Gal 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. My point in sharing this verse is to demonstrate what it means for Jesus to die FOR someone. If Jesus has died for someone, it means that he has taken their place before the law of God. He has taken the punishment that person deserved and now there is no punishment left for that person. That person's guilt is gone, paid for by the blood of Christ. The verse also illustrates that salvation is personal not impersonal. God knew Paul by name and chose him. He didn't throw out some salvation net and hope He'd pull in a big catch. No salvation is personal not impersonal. We're known and chosen before the world began (Eph 1:4) Here are a few more verses: John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day." Again, Do you see how personal election is? The work of Christ on the cross is not a blanket salvation that covers everyone whether they belive or not. Matt 1:21 "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save HIS people from their sins." (my Emphasis) Matt 24:24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Matt 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." for "many" not "all." My brother Nolan's statement makes no sense, "If He only came to die for certain people, then what assurance do we have in our salvation?" And scripture says different. God gives abundant assurance to those who believe in His Son: John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. John 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. Lionstrong |
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316 | Questions concerning Spirit | Rom 8:9 | Lionstrong | 5278 | ||
jim, since you believe that God is only one person, I don't understand your question. Do you mean search the scripture concerning God, or what? | ||||||
317 | "desirable though wrong" and Jesus? | Heb 4:15 | Lionstrong | 5272 | ||
I agree. Poor wording. Jesus could not have an evil desire. In Jesus' case, his desires would have to be legitimate, like his desire for food after forty days of fasting. Temptation has to be defined to take in both illegitimate and legitimate desires. In Jesus' case Satan's temptation was for Jesus to fulfill his legitimate desires illegitimately. Thanks, RWC Your comments, observations, criticisms are welcomed. Lionstrong |
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318 | Jesus earth: God/man or just man? | NT general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 5156 | ||
Your belief is correct, Zuttione, but you need to show that your belief is supported by the Bible. In the first chapter of John we learn that God became a man. The teaching that your son has been exposed to says that the man Jesus became God. Do you see that this is a clear contradiction of the Bible? This next point seems to be hard for some people to understand: The Son of God is God. Matt 16:16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." The Jews understood it. That's why they wanted to kill Jesus. John 5:17 But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working." John 5:18 For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. So, Jesus did not become the Son after he left the earth. He was already equal with God while he was on earth. His many miracles proved that he was the Son. John 20:30 Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; John 20:31 but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. In fact to deny that God came in the flesh is a mark the the anti-christ. 1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 1 John 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. To say that Jesus was only a man is the same as saying that this man was not the Son of God. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the the living God! |
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319 | How should be interpret Joshua 10:12-14? | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 5134 | ||
Why can't we interpret it literally? If we start from the Bible as our sole source of truth (sola scriptura) we could not deduce from the Scriptural data that the earth rotates on its axis. In fact mathematically and logically one could accurately predict the positions of points of light in the heavens if the sun, moon and stars rotated around the earth and the earth were a fixed point. In fact do you really know that the sun didn't stand still? Do you really know that the sun doesn't rise? Do you really know that the earth rotates on its axis? Or are these questions such an affront to your unexamined presuppositions that you immediately dismiss them as ludicrous? I know the Bible uses figures of speech, but as serious Bible students isn't the only reason you believe that the sun standing still is a figure of speech is that you believe what you've been taught about the earth rotating on its axis? Because Science says so? Someone has said, "In the popular mind, 'It has been scientifically proved' has replaced the Biblical formula 'Thus says the Lord.'" Lionstrong |
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320 | You shall not Murder, then told too?? | OT general | Lionstrong | 5100 | ||
TShea, It sounds like what you need is a definition of murder. Murder is the willful and unlawful taking of a human life (Jesus also adds that if we hate our neighbor in our hearts it's also murder). The Old Testiment itself gives example of murder and orders that the convicted murderer be executed (killed). Numbers 35:15-24 'These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and for the alien and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there. But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 'If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he might die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 'The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him. 'If he pushed him of hatred, or threw something at him lying in wait and as a result he died, or if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death, he is a murderer; the blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him. 'But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait, or with any deadly object of stone, and without seeing it dropped on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor seeking his injury, then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the blood avenger according to these ordinances. (See also Exodus 21:12-14). So, you see, where as all murder is killing (even if it's in the heart), not all killing is murder, i.e. capital punishment is not murder. Lionstrong |
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