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1 | Was Melchizedek Jesus? | Genesis | PJC | 79891 | ||
Hebrews 7:1-7 Melchizedek is such an interesting Bible character. Heb.7 v.1 "king of Salem" - a king Heb.7 v.1 "priest of the Most High God" - a priest Heb.7 v.3 "without genealogy, neither beginning of days or end of life" - his birth, life and death were not recorded or witnessed. (That does NOT mean he was not born, just that those things weren't available.) Also he didn't reflect the latter qualifications for priesthood by having to be from the sons of Levi. (v.5) Heb.7 v.3 "made like the Son of God" - foreshadowing Jesus (who by the way was Prophet, Priest and King) Heb.7 v.4 "Now observe how great this MAN was" - he was a real man, not a legend. Heb.7 v.5 "in the law collected a tenth from the people" - Foreshadowed the Levites because in v.2 Abraham apportioned a tenth of all the spoils to Melchizedek. Melchizedek certainly was a foreshadow of Christ and came before the Levitical priesthood. First mentioned in Genesis 14:18-20. Gen.14 v.18 Melchizedek brought out bread and wine. How much more illustrative can the Word be? Pray this encourages your study! PJC |
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2 | Genesis 4:17 | OT general | PJC | 79091 | ||
Cains wife was his sister. The Bible tells us that Adam and Eve were the first to be created. All other men and women were from them. Cain went out from his parents and did indeed marry a sister living away from them. (Remember, the fall of man had just begun and intermarriage among family was not forbidden.)Adam lived 930 years so he and Eve must have had a lot of children! Think about the multiplier on this. At minimum, 1 child every 2 years they would have had 465 children, possibly more. May God give you discernment as you search His Word. PJC |
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3 | Searching for the truth | NT general Archive 1 | PJC | 78498 | ||
On THE judgement day (Rev.) when Christ comes back to earth, those who are unbelievers will be judged for their sins. On the other hand, those who believe are not part of this judgement. They are in heaven and they are given rewards. Sorry I haven't given Scripture references to all these but I wanted to give you some direction on this. Search the Scriptures for judgement and rewards and you will discover what God has in store for all. Pray this helps. PJC |
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4 | Was Jesus a reformer? | NT general Archive 1 | PJC | 78455 | ||
Jesus was the Son of God. Point and Period. | ||||||
5 | Why was Christ baptized? | NT general Archive 1 | PJC | 78454 | ||
Read Matthew 3:15 This is a good question. Look at what the purpose of baptism really is. Through context and word studies it means to be IDENTIFIED with Him. When we are baptized we identify ourselves with Jesus. Jesus was identifying Himself with God. [Please note: Don't confuse recieving the Holy Spirit and baptism as being the same time. We receive the Holy Spirit upon our belief in Christ. Out baptism demonstrates our identification with Him.] Matthew 3:13 Jesus told John the Baptist to baptize Him. Why? To fulfill all righteousness. What was that righteousness? It was prophecied in the Old Testament. Here are some out takes… Jeremiah 31:33 Prophecied that the new covenant God would write His law on our hearts whereas before they were written on tablets of stone. This new covenant that we are under, since Jesus died for our sins, is different in that respect. God is working inside our hearts with the Holy Spirit. Psalm 37:31 Law of God written in his heart… Psalm 40:7-8 Jesus was to do the will of God. His Law is written in my heart. Isaiah 51:7 A people whose heart is My Law. Matthew 5:16 Jesus recieves the Spirit of God. Mark 1:1012 The Spirit came upon Jesus and Jesus began His earthly ministry just the same way when we come to belief and faith in Jesus the Holy Spirit begins to guide us into all truth. We begin the ministry that God has set apart for us. Most of the things that Jesus did in the New Testament was foretold in the Old Testament. Jesus was being obedient to His Father. God said He was well-pleased with Him. Pray this helps. PJC |
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6 | ARE ALL ANGELS MEN ? | NT general Archive 1 | PJC | 78453 | ||
Angels came in the form of men. Genesis 19:1-4 Lot calls the angels "my lords." Jude 1:9 Michael the archangel. (Man's name) Rev. 12:7 Michael and his angels… Genesis 18 Abraham and Sarah visited by angels who appeared as "men." So as you read over these Scriptures you will see when the messengers, angles, came to deliver messages, they often appeared as men—never women in the Bible. Pray this helps. PJC |
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7 | Ideas Urgent | NT general Archive 1 | PJC | 78452 | ||
petethemete: How about posting your bio information so all who are answering can know some more about you? God reveals Himself through His Word. That is why He gave it to us. Dead men did not write the Bible but the living God did. You must remember, God is infinately greater than you or I can comprehend nor is He a "man" that we can see Him physically. Read John…over and over and you will see a testimony of our God who came to earth and became flesh. Continue in devoting time to the Bible in study, not just casually reading it but out and out study. Check out the cross references so you can grasp the entire counsel of God. Scripture is the best interpreter of Scripture. Ask God to open your eyes and heart and increase your desire for His Word. You will soon find, my friend, that you can serve the One you cannot physically see but you will know Him oh-so-much by seeing Him working in your life! Pray this helps. PJC |
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8 | Why do we love God? | 1 John 4:19 | PJC | 78448 | ||
Look up 1 John 4:10. |
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9 | Why did God send an evil spirit to Saul? | 1 Sam 18:10 | PJC | 78447 | ||
Wouldn't you agree that we are either in God's family or not. If we aren't, then we are in the evil one's family. God never temps a man to sin but man sins when he is drawn away by his own passions. The context of this passage explains why God did what He did. It does not contradict other Scriptures. We always need to keep the Scriptures in their context. The sin of greed and envy seemed to appear as Saul heard of David's prospering. v15. Saul gave way to his sinful passions. Pray this helps. PJC |
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10 | what was his diet, clothes, hair, | 1 Cor 11:15 | PJC | 78187 | ||
I would suggest that you look up every reference to Paul in your Bible, make a list of what you learn about him. (You can easily do that with and exhuastive concordance and look up Paul.) You can also look up historical aspects of the times during the life of Paul. It will tell you what people at and what they dressed in. Pray this helps. PJC |
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11 | Satan, the goat! | OT general | PJC | 78186 | ||
Where is Satan depicted as a goat with cloven hooves? Really need a Scriputre verse to ask a question. PJC |
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12 | Was Jesus 2yrs when wisemen visited? | Gen 1:1 | PJC | 78184 | ||
We know from Scripture that Jesus was not an infant baby when the wise men visited Him. In Matthew 2:11 Jesus and His family were living in a "house" when the wise men visited. [NOTE: Contrary to the millions of nativities sets out there, there were no wise men at Jesus' birth. So you might want to take your wise men out of the nativity and set them across the room!] The wise men traveled from the far east and that took time, time from when they first saw the star in the sky.(…they were riding camels!) All these events came about AFTER the Christ was born. (Matthew 2:!) The Bible does not tell us how old Jesus was, but we know that the wise men visited him AFTER his birth when his family had settled into a house. Pray this clarifies your question. PJC |
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13 | Mormonism - Cult or Satanic Cult? | Bible general Archive 1 | PJC | 77325 | ||
We all have 2 choices: Either we belong to the Lord or we belong to Satan. Not a difficult concept to understand. In Christ, PJC |
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14 | Is Saddam the anti-christ? | Revelation | PJC | 76254 | ||
I have been taking Revelation from a wonderful teacher who has devoted her life to studying prophecy. The one thing that struck me immediately with your questions is something she said: "It is not wise to compare current events in light of Scripture. Scripture will reveal itself despite current events." On your question about figurative prophecy… I will share something interesting I gathered from Revelation. It was that all the symbols and signs in Revelation are from other parts of the Bible. When you study the Sriptures you see so much of those symbols and signs in Revelation. That is when one gets clarification on interpretation. If you want to study the anti-christ get a concordance and look up every instance of his mention (beast) and make a list of what God has to say about him. Then you will get a better biblical understanding. Remember, Satan likes to imitate God in all his ways. Just as Jesus died and rose for us, Satan imitates Him by taking a mortal wound to the head and coming back to life. He will indeed fool many who don't keep their eyes on Jesus. That is why it is important to know Jesus. (Those who look for counterfeit money study the real thing for many years so they can spot the false immediately.) I myself would prefer to study the real Christ and know all I can about him so that by knowing the real I can see the false immediately. May God bless you study of His Word. PJC |
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15 | Is Saddam the anti-christ? | Revelation | PJC | 76250 | ||
I have been taking Revelation from a wonderful teacher who has devoted her life to studying prophecy. The one thing that struck me immediately with your questions is something she said: "It is not wise to compare current events in light of Scripture. Scripture will reveal itself despite current events." On your question about figurative prophecy… I will share something interesting I gathered from Revelation. It was that all the symbols and signs in Revelation are from other parts of the Bible. When you study the Sriptures you see so much of those symbols and signs in Revelation. That is when one gets clarification on interpretation. If you want to study the anti-christ get a concordance and look up every instance of his mention (beast) and make a list of what God has to say about him. Then you will get a better biblical understanding. Remember, Satan likes to imitate God in all his ways. Just as Jesus died and rose for us, Satan imitates Him by taking a mortal wound to the head and coming back to life. He will indeed fool many who don't keep their eyes on Jesus. That is why it is important to know Jesus. (Those who look for counterfeit money study the real thing for many years so they can spot the false immediately.) I myself would prefer to study the real Christ and know all I can about him so that by knowing the real I can see the false immediately. May God belss you study of His Word. PJC |
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16 | Time frame between Gen 4:16 - 4:17 | Lev 18:1 | PJC | 76246 | ||
Adam and Eve most likely had many children between the time Cain and Abel were born (Gen. 4:1-2) and the time they were men (Gen. 4:8). Cain and Abel could have been 600 years old at this time that Cain killed Abel. Remember, Adam lived 930 years. Why do I say that? Because in Gen. 4:25 it says that Adam had relations with his wife "again" and they had Seth. You may have thought, Abel has been killed and the next child that is mentioned is Seth so that Seth must be their third child. The Bible doesn't say that Seth was their third child. This verse, Gen. 4:25, is interesting: the word for "again" means repeatedly, still more, times all life long. This would indicate that Adam and Eve continually were conceiving children during this time. NOTE: Seth lived 912 years. The Bible tells us that Adam and Eve were the first to be created. All other men and women were from them. Cain went out from his parents and did indeed marry a sister living away from them. (Remember, the fall of man had just begun and intermarriage among family was not forbidden.)Adam lived 930 years so he and Eve must have had a lot of children! Think about the multiplier on this. At minimum, 1 child every 2 years they would have had 465 children, possibly more. May God give you discernment as you search His Word. PJC |
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17 | Is water baptism must for Holy communion | NT general Archive 1 | PJC | 75242 | ||
All of you, thanks for your replies! After reading all the above responses I have been shown a better way. Hank, you have presented the real problem that I touched on in my answer to Emmaus. Churches who offer communion each week are misleading new believers and visitors who may not understand the importance of partaking in communion. My church opens communion each week to believers but never, ever has made a statement on baptism prior to communion. It does, though, require baptism prior to membership in the church, unless you have been baptised elsewhere. This is an issue that I need to search the Scriptures further for myself. (Better get out the concordance and begin looking up the verses…in context of course!). -PJC |
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18 | Why quote scriptures? | Matt 7:23 | PJC | 75172 | ||
You probably won't recite these Scriptures to others but this may help you understand how powerful God's Word is. (It is good for you to tell others to read the Bible, especially to read John.) Romans 10:17 "So faith comes by hearing, (reading too) and hearing by the word of Christ." Galatians 3:2 "…did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?" You know many people who have read the Bible have come to belief because… -Hebrews 4:12 His Word is living, (because it is from a living God) -Hebrews 4:12 and active,(it is active because it performs its work in those who believe.1 Thess. 2:13) (Hebrews 4:12) and sharper than any two edged sword (because the sword is the Word of God and there is nothing stronger.) But you will also meet people who just point blank will not accept the Bible as inspired by God or true in any way, shape or form. They cannot be swayed but there are many who will take your great suggestion to read it for themselves. Here are some talking points that present validity to the Bible. Thought you might like to read them over. Authorship: 66 books written over 1400 years by about 40 men with NO contradiction of truth. One Predominant Theme: Man is justified by faith. The Bible is a progressive revelation of how God brings this about. It also moves us toward God and away from the abyss of believing nothing. (Quote from Wood Kroll, Back to the Bible) It's Preservation: 1 Peter 1:15 Matt. 24:35 His Word will abide forever! (Think about that, that is forever, even after this world is gone!) It has withstood burnings, bannings and persecutions. No other book has been printed in as many languages and dialects. THINK ABOUT THIS: What man produces, man can destroy. What God has produced, no man can put away, nor has he! Archeological Proof: Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Hebrew manuscripts. Fullfilled Prophecy: Countless prophecies of the coming of Jesus have come true. Transformed Lives and Minds: I am living proof! The Bible changes all men, no matter what race, station in life, education or culture. Acts 10:34 Bible Testifies to Itself: 2 Tim. 3:16 "All Scripture is inspired by God…" 2 Pet. 1:20, 21 "But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation…" I will leave you with this— Isaiah 55:11 "So shall My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me empty." |
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19 | Is water baptism must for Holy communion | NT general Archive 1 | PJC | 75171 | ||
Communion is open to all believers. Baptism is an outward sign of an inward pledge (an acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior). Salvation does not depend on baptism, baptism is a step of obedience made by those who believe. So if you have not been baptised that does not preclude you from taking communion. Matt. 26:26 Mark 14:22 |
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20 | How did adam and eve children have child | Genesis | PJC | 75170 | ||
I don't mean to be abrupt in my answer but Adam and Eve's children had children they way people do today. You need to remember that sin was new to the world and the interbreeding of close family was not yet a problem. Mankind was living in perfection and the fall started mankind's downward spiral in health and years lived. Hope this give you some guidance on this subject. |
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