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221 | Who did God speak to? | John 1:18 | Lionstrong | 5091 | ||
Num 12:6 He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream. Num 12:7 "Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household; Num 12:8 With him I speak mouth to mouth, Even openly, and not in dark sayings, And he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant, against Moses?" Matt 17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!" Hi judfre, I'm not sure what JohnnyRay's talking about. How can you always be sure which person of the Trinity is speaking? But since the Son is God, God has still spoken to man, I mean before the Son was incarnate. You question was who did God speak to, not who did God the Fater speak to. The two verses above illustrate that God spoke to Moses in the OT (again, which person I don't know) and God the Father spoke to a few of the apostles in the NT. As to how many people God spoke to, I don't know, but I'm curious to know why do you want to know, judfre? Why is the question important to you? |
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222 | Non-denominational theology? | John 3:16 | Lionstrong | 65043 | ||
Non-denominational theology tends to be arminian and dispansational in theology and congregational in church government, flavored with whatever theological quirks of the founder of that particular non-denominational denomination or non-denominational congregation. Whereas not all baptist are Arminian or dispansational. Peace, |
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223 | What does the word"believe"involve | John 3:16 | Lionstrong | 226823 | ||
Rom 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. Some people complicate and obscure the meaning of believe with a lot of religious mumbo jumbo. What they wind up doing is making “believe” either incomprehensible or turning it into works so that instead of being justified by believing (faith) one is justified by works. But there is no special biblical meaning to the word believe (translated “faith” when used in its noun form). The only difference in the Bible is the OBJECT of what one believes. But the meaning of the word believe is the same whether the object is the Gospel of the Lord Jesus or a message in a letter from your friend. But because the salvation of God is of free grace (Rom 6:23), people are tempted to make believing as hard as possible while trying not to make it appear that one is contributing some of his own efforts towards his salvation. No, to believe means what many religious people hate. They call it “easy believism.” To believe means to mentally accent to an understood statement. It is to agree, to accept that a proposition, a message, a statement is true. It’s as simple as that, and it must be that way because of the nature of our sin, the holiness and justice of God, and the person work of Christ. The thoroughness of our corruption in sin makes us incapable of rendering anything acceptable to God towards our salvation. The holiness and justice of God make it impossible for any of our good efforts to remove His just wrath and punishment for our sins. And the person and work of Christ makes any contribution on our part superfluous and insulting to His life, crucifixion, and resurrection. Any contribution from our polluted selves would make a mockery of the truth that “Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe.” So, to believe is easy. But if one wants to make believing the Gospel hard, all we need to realized is that it is impossible for a sinner, dead in his sin (Eph 2) to believe the Gospel. To believe the Gospel is a gift from God. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;" Eph 2:8 |
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224 | god's mercy why is there hell | John 3:16 | Lionstrong | 229188 | ||
Rev 7:9, “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; …” One can turn the question around: If God is just and will not leave the guilty unpunished (Exodus 34:7), why will there be so many saved (unpunished) people in heaven? The real question is: How can a just God let any sinner go free? How can He be just and then turn around and justify a sinner? How can God be just AND merciful? There is a rational, logical answer. The Bible is not irrational. First, God does not have to show mercy, but He does have to be just as Abraham recognized. "Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?" (Gen 18:25) Mercy on God's part is a prerogative not an obligation. God owes mercy to no one. He says, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION." (Rom 9:15) But even though mercy is God’s prerogative, the question remains, how can He let a sinner go free and still be just? How can a just God punish some sinners and let other sinners off, and still be a just God? The answer is that God the Son, sent by the Father who so loved the world, took the believing sinner’s place and received the punishment due the sinner for sin (death). So, sin does not go unpunished and God remains just even as he in abundant mercy justifies sinners. Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Rom 3:24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; Rom 3:25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; Rom 3:26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. |
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225 | How do you reconcile election and God's | John 3:17 | Lionstrong | 138941 | ||
For the record and not for debate (at least I myself will not debate it, because this is not a debate forum): - All things happen according to the counsel of God's will. - God is good and almighty and does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth. 2 Pet 3:9 "The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance." The "all" must be understood in context. The "all" does not mean all people who have ever lived or will live. The context is the patience of the Lord "toward you," that is, toward his people. Jesus came to save "his people" from their sins. (Matt. 1:21) The will of the Father is that none that he has given to the Son be lost. John 6:39 "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day." Salvation is not an easy thing. It comes at the cost of much suffering on the part of the Savior. That's why the Scripture says, "AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER?" (1 Pet 4:18) - To conclude, there is no conflict between God's will and election. God's will "toward us" his chosen people is that none perish and all come to repentance. His patient mercy will accomplish this and no one he has given to Christ Jesus will be lost. |
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226 | Heresy or true? | John 3:18 | Lionstrong | 37469 | ||
Hello MRkornmann, Paul argues that since the Fall all mankind is under judgement for sin (Rom 5:12 and following). It is therefore by God's grace alone that any are acquitted their guilt, justified, and receive eternal life. The instrument by which one enters this state of grace is faith, which is also a gift of God (Ehp 2:8,9). What precisely the individual man has faith in is not always clear, but it is has always been faith with respect to the special revelation of the one and only true and living God of the Bible. The writer of Hebrews makes this point eloquently in the eleventh chapter of his epistle. While Jesus affirms that Abraham saw His day and rejoiced (John 8:56), it was not seeing Christ’s day that saved Abraham. Abraham was reckoned righteous by God when he had faith in the promise of God concerning his posterity (Gen. 15: 5,6). But it is not clear what word from God Able and Enoch believed. But whatever promise they believed, it was by their belief alone that they were justified and not by their works. But the verse under consideration in this thread (John 3:18) seems to say that since the coming and work of the Only Begotten, we are commanded to specifically believe the promises in this Chosen One, for it says that if we believe not (in Him), we have been judged already. The last verse of this chapter in John's Gospel makes the point even stronger: "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. So, it seems that our lazy reliance on God's general revelation of Himself in creation will not do. Creation does not tell anyone about the person and work of Christ. The Church of Christ must be obedient to the Great Commission and make disciples of all nations. Rom 10:11, 17 For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." Rom 10:12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; Rom 10:13 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED." Rom 10:14 How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? Rom 10:15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" Rom 10:16 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?" Rom 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. So, your quote cannot be accepted without further qualification. It seems to me that since the completion of the work of Christ on the cross, we are commanded to believe the Gospel, specifically, for eternal life. Peace, Lionstrong |
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227 | How God feels about praise | John 4:24 | Lionstrong | 71168 | ||
These verse, I am sure, are just a few of God attitude toward our praise. Some are positive, others negative. Peace, John 4:24 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." Is 29:13 Then the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with their words And honor Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote, Is 43:23 "You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with incense. Is 43:24 "You have bought Me not sweet cane with money, Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; Rather you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities. Is 1:11 "What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?" Says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle; And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats. Is 1:12 "When you come to appear before Me, Who requires of you this trampling of My courts? Is 1:13 "Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies-- I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly. Is 1:14 "I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. Is 1:15 "So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Is 1:16 "Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil, Is 1:17 Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow. Mic 6:7 Does the LORD take delight in thousands of rams, In ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? Mic 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God? 1 Sam 15:22 Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. 2 Ps 51:16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. Ps 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. 3 Ps 51:19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar. 4 Hos 6:6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Heb 13:15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. |
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228 | Is 'once saved always saved correct? | John 6:37 | Lionstrong | 31307 | ||
Dear Ka Lynn, Welcome to the Forum. "Once saved always saved" is correct. Read the Gospel of John to see that whomever God saves, he keeps. Here is a sample passage: John 6:37-40 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." This important subject has been much debated in the Forum. Type in "lose salvation" in the Quick Search box that near the upper right hand portion of your screen. Peace, Lionstrong |
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229 | Is it bibical for a church to require? | John 8:7 | Lionstrong | 224336 | ||
She's committed no sin against the church. So, she does not need to ask for their forgiveness. If a believer sins against another believer, the issue may come before the church if it's not resolved soon enough, but even then it's not a matter of the offender asking the church's forgiveness but of the church exercising discipline. See context of Mat. 18:17. Matt 18:17 "If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector." | ||||||
230 | Is this what you mean? | John 8:44 | Lionstrong | 236696 | ||
You're right on, Nathan. God said, "...but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." Gen. 2:17 Satan lied, "You surely will not die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. Gen. 3:4,5 Satan deceived Eve into believing a lie. His argument contained truth in order to trick her into believing the lie. His argument contained two premises and one conclusion. Both premises were true, but his conclusion did not validly follow from the premises. Their eyes being opened and becoming like God were true premises, but they do not validly imply that they would not die. His deceptive argument contained truth because the Scripture says, "Then the eyes of both of them were opened..." Gen. 3:7 And God Himself says, "Behold the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil;..." Gen. 3:22 Satan is a very crafty liar! |
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231 | Still confused | John 8:44 | Lionstrong | 236698 | ||
Heb 5:14. "But sold food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. If you read Proverbs, Nathan, you know it's not true that God didn't want us to know good and evil. But look again at the passage: Gen. 3:6, "When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, ..." All that the fruit of the tree offered was good, namely food, beauty, wisdom. It wasn't that what was offered was bad, it was the MEANS by which she chose to acquire those things. Eve was tricked into disobeying God to acquire those good things. On this side of the Fall, God wants His people to have those good things, but it must be acquired His way, not our way. Prov 14:12 says, "There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death." These good things must be acquire by God's grace alone through Christ Jesus alone. "...Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Col 2:2,3 |
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232 | Still confused | John 8:44 | Lionstrong | 236700 | ||
With regard to Satan, he wasn't interested in Eve knowing the truth. His purpose was to trick her into believing a lie to get her to eat of the forbidden tree. His use of the truth was only a means to an end. You might find C. S. Lewis' book Perelandra interesting. It's a novel based on the temptation of Eve. |
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233 | Still confused | John 8:44 | Lionstrong | 236701 | ||
With regard to the proposition, "the knowledge we have of good and evil came from sin." I would ask you to consider the propositions, "The knowledge of good and evil came by means of a sin, not that God wouldn't have given man that knowledge had he not fallen." Who knows if God would have lifted the ban on the tree after man's probation was over. If God didn't want His people to know good and evil why does he encourage mature discernment of good and evil? Heb. 5:14 My point is that the knowledge of good and evil did not come FROM sin. Given the nature of sin, how can anything good come from it? The knowledge of good and evil came from eating the fruit of the tree. What came from the sin of doing what was forbidden with regard to that tree was death. "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Rom. 6:23 |
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234 | How to explain Jesus' exclusive claim? | John 14:6 | Lionstrong | 47693 | ||
Dear Parable, Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, was not intellectually ashamed of the Gospel of Christ before the Greek worldview and culture. He openly challenged the Greek world to explain their objection to the idea that God raises the dead. Even in a totally non-Jewish environment in the Areopagus of Athens he was not intellectually intimidated to be kept from preaching the resurrection, an idea ridiculed by the Greek mind. When Paul stood in the midst of Mar’s hill his method was not to aviod biblical teaching, but to make the biblical teaching understood, even though it might be intellectually ridiculed The aim of our apologetic does not end with the defense of the truth against attackers, but in making the Gospel understood, as Paul did. This does not mean that we ever back off presenting what the Bible teaches, but if you will notice, Paul did not quote Scripture to those who were unfamiliar with it. But he gave them the biblical worldview nonetheless. With the Jews he did give Scriptural support for his arguments. Another point: it is one thing to explain the Gospel to the biblically illiterate, and another to explain it to hostiles who are familiar (or think they are familiar) with biblical concepts. Even familiar opponents may really be ignorant of the concepts of Scripture. Here it is a judgement call weather to support your arguments with Bible quotes. Even if they don’t believe what they think they know of the Bible, they at least may be convinced by proof texts weather the knowledge they thought they had was really accurate or not. It is still an improvement or progress when your opponent has accurate knowledge of Christianity. Some unbelievers are really fighting a misconception of Christianity rather that Christianity itself. Biblical proof texts are really for believers and for those who accept the Bible as, if not the authority, at least an authority. Sometimes it is not the exclusivity of Christianity that must be defended, but the beliefs (presuppositions, if you will) of the unbeliever that must be attacked before the Gospel will be given a hearing. At that point the argument become ad hominem, that is, taking the opponents position and demonstrating the futility of it. The unbeliever’s beliefs/presuppositions causes him to see Christianity as being absurd or to not see it at all! Therefore ad hominem arguments become necessary in order to remove those roadblocks to understanding the Gospel. What is sometimes behind an objection to the exclusivity of Christ is the belief that truth is relative, and it is that notion which must be defeated first. Without the understanding that Christianity sees truth as absolute, the Gospel will not be properly understood. Without the understanding that relative truth is self-contradictory, biblical Christianity will be misunderstood or seen as absurd. Peace, |
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235 | Why is relativistic truth wrong? | John 14:17 | Lionstrong | 8824 | ||
Greetings, Nolan, Relativistic truth is a contradiction in terms, like a square circle. The very nature of truth is absolute. If Jesus is the truth (that is, if Jesus defines the nature of truth), then truth can not be relative. Please, see my comments on truth at Josh 10:12. |
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236 | What is truth? | John 18:38 | Lionstrong | 53337 | ||
Dear Hank, If what one is looking for is universal agreement on what truth is, one will not find it. God sees his Word as truth: John 17:17 "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. And God sees Himself as truth: Ps 31:5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth. John 14:6 Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. Our secular Western culture, which has rejected the Word of God, is forced to accept a relativistic view of truth. This leads one to an irrational or pessimistic view of life. Nonetheless, even though we know where to find truth, God's Word, it does not mean we will agree on what truths are found in that Word. We all make mistakes. And by the humility that the Spirit gives we can struggle over the Word together, sharpening each other (Prov. 27:17), reproving, correcting and teaching (2 Tim 3:16,17) each other in the truth, that we may glorify God by serving Him in truth. Peace, p.s. I've written on the subject of truth before (on which we've disagreed :)), but please review those notes. |
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237 | ways Pilate guilty? | John 19:11 | Lionstrong | 73094 | ||
Is "treason" the right word, C? Pilate was a Roman citizen. In sentencing Jesus he committed no treason against Rome. So, I don't understand your question. Now, Pilate was guilty of sin. Jesus said it in this way: "Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."" (John 19:11) So, although Pilate had sinned against Jesus (in knowingly condemning an innocent man), Jesus said that those who delivered him to Pilate had the greater sin. Peace, |
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238 | What is Christianity? | Acts | Lionstrong | 8238 | ||
Christianity is all and only what the Bible alone teaches. Christ is all and nothing contrary to what the Bible alone says he is. And the personal relationship with God is and can only be had in terms of what the Bible alone says it is or can be had. Christianity is not what any individual who calls himself a Christian says it is. It is not what the churches that call themselves Christian have practiced. Christianity is not an experience of any individual or the collective experience of a group. It is not a Papal edict. It is not trite sayings. Christianity is the whole counsel of God revealed in the whole Bible alone. |
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239 | When did the day of worship change? | Acts | Lionstrong | 18833 | ||
Hello Tranard! Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! There has been much discussion on this topic in the forum. You can do a "Quick Search" by typing the word Sabbath in the Quick Search box on the right near the top of your window. No man or church has the authority to change a commandment of God. All such answers that assert that a man or church changed the day of the Sabbath should be rejected. I re-post the answer that I gave to the issues of you question. Read the references given and you'll see that the shift took place during the days of the Apostles. Again, welcome to the Forum! Peace, Lionstrong YES or NO. Do you obey the 4th cmdmt? Answer Col 2:16 Lionstrong Tue 06/19/01, 2:22pm From the Westminster Confession of Faith (verses given are those referenced in the Confession): Chapter 21, paragraph 7: "As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in His Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment binding all men in all ages, He hath particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath to be kept holy unto him: (Ex. 20:8,10,11; Isa 56:2,4,6,7) which from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, (Gen 2:2,3; 1 Cor. 16:1,2; Acts 20:7) which, in Scripture, is called the Lord's day, (Rev. 1:10) and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath." (Ex. 20:8; Matt. 5 :17,18) The framers of the Confession believed the Scriptures taught that the fourth Commandment was not ceremonial and temporary, but moral and binding on all men in all ages. The last day Sabbath was based on God's great work of Creation, and the first day Sabbath was based on God's great work of Redemption. |
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240 | all in one | Acts | Lionstrong | 37628 | ||
Hi armygrunt, Welcome to the Forum! The last recorded prayer of Jesus before he sent the Holy Spirit, that I could think of, was the prayer he prayed on the cross, just before he died. It's in Luke. Luke 23:46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last. Peace, Lionstrong |
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