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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Reformer Joe Ordered by Verse |
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121 | application | Num 7:6 | Reformer Joe | 22393 | ||
Waldo, I don't know if you can APPLY these verses, but they are informative and God-inspired. Not every single verse has an application to our lives. Numbers 7:6 tells us that Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites, but I confess I haven't found a useful way to live out that reality in my own life. I suppose your could pray the "Prayer of..." each one of them, if you really wanted to. :) --Joe! |
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122 | Are Adam and Eve in Hell? | Deuteronomy | Reformer Joe | 4409 | ||
I don't think so. What is your reason for thinking they might be? --Joe! |
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123 | Where is the cry of the Jew found in DEU | Deuteronomy | Reformer Joe | 30484 | ||
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" --Deuteronomy 6:4 --Joe! |
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124 | Is this promise for believers today? | Deut 8:18 | Reformer Joe | 11696 | ||
In the context of Deuteronomy 8, I don't see this as a promise of health/wealth to anyone. Rather, it is a commandment to remember God, because he is the one who enables us to possess what we do. The warning expressed in Deuteronomy 8 was against forgetting that God is the provider for Israel (and for us as well). In this sense, the command is most definitely applicable to God's people of all generations. --Joe! |
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125 | What's God's purpose in life? | Deut 29:29 | Reformer Joe | 14284 | ||
Bill: God's purpose is to glorify Himself. I recently read an article in Discipleship Journal which explained this in the most excellent fashion. It went something along the lines that God, being holy, must honor and esteem that which possesses the highest moral perfection. And God, being infinite in His perfection, must be what He honors and esteems the most. That is indeed self-centeredness, but self-centeredness is only sinful if the self is not worthy of being the center of one's existence. God is, of course, worthy. Therefore, He created not out of a need of companionship (the Trinity from all eternity has provided blissful, perfect companionship for each Person therein). He did not create out of a need, because that would be stating that God needs something outside of Himself, which is clearly contrary to Scripture. Everything God created and every way that He interacts with His creation is ultimately for His glory. That includes saving sinners (showing his love and mercy), and demonstrating his justice and wrath to those who do not repent. Why is God's motivation? To bring glory and honor to Himself. And our chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. --Joe! |
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126 | If God knows all,why create the universe | Deut 29:29 | Reformer Joe | 14290 | ||
Gee, I kinda like the "Sunday School" answer. the fact is that we are the creation and He is the Creator, and understanding our place in the "pecking order" is what we humans struggle with the most. Selfishness? I think that is putting God on a human level. The Potter has a right to do with the clay as He wishes (Romans 9). All of this is His. All of this is for His glory. It cannot really be called selfishness when no one else has a claim on anything in existence but Him. The universe is God's self-expression. Just as a painting reflects the thoughts and character of the painter, so the universe was designed to point to and glorify the Creator. Note that this isn't pantheism, where the universe IS God, but rather a theism in which the universe's purpose is to display the marks of the One who made it. --joe! |
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127 | Who and what is this vers about? | Deut 32:30 | Reformer Joe | 15496 | ||
The Rock is God. The "them" refers to the ten thousand, not the two. The Rock (of the two) has sold the ten thousand into their hands. It is referring to God's omnipotence. Hope this helps! --Joe! |
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128 | Any other opinions? | Judg 4:21 | Reformer Joe | 52636 | ||
I don't know the physiology involved, having never pegged someone's head myself, but I would think that having a stake driven into one's skull might cause one to wake up before expiring, depending on where it hit home. --Joe! |
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129 | Ruth | Ruth | Reformer Joe | 80164 | ||
Ruth 1-4 | ||||||
130 | 2 Samuel sin prophesied by Nathan | 2 Samuel | Reformer Joe | 99590 | ||
You are understanding it correctly. Sin has consequences that often reach far beyond our own lives. --Joe! |
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131 | Does David bear part of the blame? | 2 Sam 6:7 | Reformer Joe | 11850 | ||
Well, he definitely shouldn't have had the ark on an oxcart...but Uzzah is the one who reached out his hand in pride thinking that he was worthy to touch the holiest of holies, no matter what the circumstances. | ||||||
132 | Does this mean God is the author of sin? | 2 Sam 12:11 | Reformer Joe | 15646 | ||
Bob: I wondered where you had been off to! I took some time before responding to read some of the answers from others on this forum, and I imagine that you were not terribly satisfied with most of those explanations, either. Your post does bring me to something I had wanted to fit in earlier: whether using the words "author," "cause," and "source" synonymously is correct here. Here is my understanding: Q: Where does sin originate? A: The sinful hearts of human beings. Before we have performed a single sinful act, we are sinners in our hearts. Jesus made this clear in the Sermon on the Mount regarding sinful acts: "'You have heard that it was said, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY"; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.'" --Matthew 5:27-28 Even those who lack the opportunity or fear the earthly consequences of carrying out this act still have sinned; Christ even used the word "already" to indicate that as far as God was concerned, the act had been carried out in the sinner's heart. That answers the question of the authorship of sin. It is the sinner himself. ------- Q: What choices will the unregenerate make? A: Every thought and act of those who are not followers of the Lord Jesus Christ is marred by sin and selfish motives, and their every act is tainted by sin and displeasing to God. Paul says that they are slaves to their sin, and will produce nothing but sinful acts: "because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God." --Romans 8:7-8 Therefore, God continually brings into existence people who will, from birth to death, rebel against Him. He knew this from eternity past; this is no "cosmic accident." ------- Q: So how can God decree sin (along with all other things) without being the author of it? A: Here is what I come up with: ...by bringing sinful people into EXISTENCE (seen above; that includes all of us before we place our trust in Christ). ...by providing the ABILITY and OPPORTUNITY to sin. For example, an invalid could be a rapist in his heart, but God has not allowed him the capability to allow that already-existant sin to be carried out. Others, however (such as Absolom), have not been limited in their capacity to carry out this sin. Again, sin exists in the mind of sinners. They are the authors of it, notwithstanding any external reason(s) preventing them from carrying it out. This should be a very sobering thought for individuals who think that the fact that they do not act on their sinful impulses somehow makes them better than those who do. Many times the only thing keeping sinners from committing very heinous crimes is cowardice. ...by limiting the EXTENT of the expression of the sinful act. Absolom was brought into existence by God; he was born a sinner, so that he was bent toward evil. That evil heart constantly will reject what is of God and selfishly seek its own ends. God, having judged David for his sin with Bathsheba, made it so that Absolom would have the ability and opportunity to carry out the sinful desires of his heart. All of this, even though perpetrated by Absolom and arising from the sinfulness in his own heart, was decreed by God to serve His ends (i.e. judgment upon David). Absolom was still sinning even if he hadn't slept with his father's concubines. God, through external means, merely gave form to how Absolom's sinfulness found expression. A very crude analogy is how the water of a river will inevitably flow downstream, but it is the shape of the riverbanks which determines the path it takes. Re-direct the river, as God does with human beings and their opportunities and empowerment, and the water will still flow, only in a different direction. The good news is that God eventually limited the extent to which Absolom's rebellion would occur, just as He limits the extent to the damage which sin does to the world in our day. As bad as the world is today. imagine how horrible it would be if the expression of sinfulness was not checked! Therefore, God brings sinners into existence when and where He wants them to exist. He gives all individuals a certain amount of power and opportunity within the spheres of their existence, and all unregenerate people will continually use the power and oppurtunity they have to act out the sin they have already authored in their hearts. God in his wisdom controls and decrees all of the external variables so that the inevitable sinfulness originating within His creatures is carried out only in the manner in which He decrees, to serve His eternal purposes. --Joe! |
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133 | praying for the dead? | 2 Sam 12:23 | Reformer Joe | 45764 | ||
Why would there be any reason to pray for the dead? The dead are either with the Lord or awaiting judgment. Since one's destination for eternity is a result of one's decision in this life (Luke 16:24-26; Hebrews 9:27), one should not pray for the dead. For better or worse, their eternity is sealed. --Joe! |
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134 | Why didn't tHe relent from His anger? | 2 Kin 23:26 | Reformer Joe | 13391 | ||
Because God had already decreed what he was going to do, and had let everyone know through His prophets. God chose not to show mercy to Judah (Romans 9:18): Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols; therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. 'I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 'I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies; because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.'" --2 Kings 21:15 --Joe! |
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135 | Anyone have thoughts about Jabez? | 1 Chr 4:9 | Reformer Joe | 6466 | ||
How is it that a person writes a whole book about one verse in Scripture that is most definitely not central to Biblical theology? How does he conclude scripturally that we can claim "the Prayer of Jabez" for ourselves? --Joe! |
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136 | Is prayer of Jabez special? | 1 Chr 4:10 | Reformer Joe | 4441 | ||
Hank, I think it is special only as far as every sincere prayer to our holy God is special. Not having read Wilkinson's book, I do not feel terribly qualified to comment on it. However, its enormous popularity among our lukewarm Christian book-buying populace makes me reluctant to go out and buy a copy. I have just seen too many people go hog wild (a Texas saying that you Razorbacks are familiar with, I am sure!) over the latest thing, whether it be the "Gulf War equals prelude to Armageddon," the Y2K thing, the so-called "Bible Code," or even the "Left Behind" series (oops, now I KNOW that there will be backlash on that one!). In my never-humble-enough opinion, my brothers and sisters in Christ should stop following the latest fads/trends, get back into some serious study of the Word, ground themselves in good, Biblical theology, and obey the Holy Spirit in being ambassadors for Christ, which is what we were re-made to do (2 Corinthians 5:17-20). As you undoubtedly know, Hank, there are many examples of prayers in the Bible. My personal favorite is John 17. Of course, the one praying had the art down pretty good... Always a pleasure, Hank! --Joe! |
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137 | Is prayer of Jabez special? | 1 Chr 4:10 | Reformer Joe | 6776 | ||
Hank, one of the best pray-ers in the Bible was King David, "the man after God's own heart." I have just finished reading 1 Chronicles, which contains that one-verse "Prayer of Jabez." In my opinion, while it was a sincere prayer, in terms of Biblical elaboration, it pales in comparison to David's prayer of praise to the Almighty in 1 Chronicles 29:10-19, after the preparations for the temple have been made. I recommend that everyone take a look at that passage and see everything that David ascribes to our great God! --Joe! |
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138 | "Who am I?" How important is it? | 1 Chr 17:16 | Reformer Joe | 12282 | ||
My answer is: "Not very." Instead of trying to find secret messages/codes/numerological minutiae somewhere hidden in Scripture, why don't you actually read and study the text itself. Want to show that God is Triune? You don't need some kind of crackpot way of doing it. Read the Gospel of John, Hebrews 1, Colossians 1, Philippians 2, Revelation 1 and 19 and 20 and a whole host of other passages. By the way, there is no capitalization in the original Hebrew, which has no copyrights, as far as I can tell. It is lunacy like this which lends to even greater lack of credibility of evangelical Christianity to the world... --Joe! |
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139 | "Who am I?" How important is it? | 1 Chr 17:16 | Reformer Joe | 12284 | ||
My answer is: "Not very." Instead of trying to find secret messages/codes/numerological minutiae somewhere hidden in Scripture, why don't you actually read and study the text itself. Want to show that God is Triune? You don't need some kind of crackpot way of doing it. Read the Gospel of John, Hebrews 1, Colossians 1, Philippians 2, Revelation 1 and 19 and 20 and a whole host of other passages. By the way, there is no capitalization in the original Hebrew, which has no copyrights, as far as I can tell. It is lunacy like this which lends to even greater lack of credibility of evangelical Christianity to the world... --Joe! |
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140 | Are you truly searching for a prophet? | Job | Reformer Joe | 32869 | ||
Charis: I think that there might be some confusion here between whether every word that a prophet utters is divinely inspired or merely their prophecies. The Bible makes no indication that every word spoken by prophets must be truth, but Deuteronomy 18 makes it very clear that false prophecy was a capital offense in Israel, reflecting the fact that it is a violation of the third and ninth commandments (non-Catholic/Lutheran version). "But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die. You may say in your heart, 'How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?' When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him." --Deuteronomy 18:20-22 So we see that God did not direct us to grade on a curve when evaluating the validity of a prophet. It is a horrible offense to make false predictions in the name of God, and one of the marks of a false prophet. --Joe! |
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