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341 | How to accept a gay relative | 1 Cor 6:9 | Val | 201691 | ||
The best witness you can be is an example of a life of love and obedience to Christ. When He encountered people, He offered them hope. He came to save not to condemn. The golden rule is to treat people the way we want to be treated. John 4:7-29 |
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342 | is a christian allowed to drink | 1 Cor 6:10 | Val | 213522 | ||
Dear jeh777: the question first of all is based on the assumption of salvation by works. Read the book of Galatians and you will see that a person does not receive salvation by what they do or do not do. One receives salvation by belief in Jesus Christ who died on the cross, was buried, and rose from the dead. Surrendering your life to Him to follow Him as Saviour and Lord by this belief in Him is how one is saved. Now as to your question can a person drink wine. The bible says in one place that we are not to judge each other in regards to drinking and eating. The bible says in another place that drinking to the point of getting drunk is a sin. Food and drink should be done in moderation. The bible says in another place that whatever you do do it to the glory of God and do not put a stumbling block in another person's path. You can do a word study with your concordance on these words; drunkenness, wine, drink, stumbling, and other words and search the scriptures for yourself. This should be a matter that you earnestly pray about. Sincerely, Val |
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343 | Genesis 30:14-16, is that Prostitution? | 1 Cor 7:3 | Val | 190869 | ||
Jacob married Leah first and then Rachel - see Genesis 29:20-28 | ||||||
344 | Widows and remarriage | 1 Cor 7:39 | Val | 203956 | ||
When a person repents of their sin, the Lord casts it into the sea and does not hold that person's sin against them ever again. Divorce is not an unforgiveable sin. What should be examined is if the person is a changed person. Do they show evidence of a christ-like life? No one can advise you on personal matters because all the details are not known. There are plenty of divorced people who remarry and serve the Lord. There are 66 books of the bible. Most of them if not all of them talk about forgiveness. Even for those who have made mistakes in marriage. I hope this helps. Blessings - Val | ||||||
345 | Will God put on us more than we can bear | 1 Cor 10:13 | Val | 193187 | ||
It is a cliche that people have used to encourage one another when bad things happen. The area of suffering is one that people will continue to speculate on until time is no more. It is usually something people say when they do not know what to say. So do not read into it anything more than would be my suggestion. | ||||||
346 | Will God put on us more than we can bear | 1 Cor 10:13 | Val | 193188 | ||
It is a cliche that people have used to encourage one another when bad things happen. The area of suffering is one that people will continue to speculate on until time is no more. It is usually something people say when they do not know what to say. So do not read into it anything more than that would be my suggestion. | ||||||
347 | Can people be hristian and stay at home | 1 Cor 10:16 | Val | 223146 | ||
My suggestion is that you built a relationship with the person you are speaking of. Living a life before them that honors the Lord and going out of your way to show them that you love them and want the best for them. Have a humble attitude and do not push them. Pray for them and wait for the Holy Spirit to work in their lives. After all the Lord has had patience with us so shouldn't we show the same patience to others. Salvation is by grace alone so the short statement is true. Church membership will add to their growth but is not necessary for salvation. It is an act of obedience so there is something wrong in a person's relationship with the Lord if they do not obey His command to go to church. Hebrews 10:25. However, it is not our job to push them. In fact most times that will make them more determined not to attend. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to bring that person to the Lord. | ||||||
348 | is wearing hats wrong in bible class? | 1 Cor 11:4 | Val | 197652 | ||
No its ok. | ||||||
349 | The Hat situation? | 1 Cor 11:16 | Val | 204171 | ||
That is an interesting article Thomas, thank you. This is a hotly debated topic concerning this passage in I Corinthians regarding veils, headcoverings. I have not done an indepth study of I Corithians as some people have done such as a lady named Cheryl Schatz. She addresses the issue in a question about “Is short hair a sin for a woman?” I do not wish to get in a debate about headcoverings as I have not studied it. Thank you again for your article, it shows the history, traditions in a practical way. Blessings - Val |
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350 | One Body In Christ. | 1 Cor 12:17 | Val | 205860 | ||
That is a wonderful scripture. Did you have a question about the passage? Gen 15:15 "As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. |
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351 | speaking in tounges | 1 Cor 12:30 | Val | 215134 | ||
Dear WalkforChrist; Here is an explanation of salvation from a couple of websites with cross references. I would encourage you to read the cross references in the bible. Salvation is by Grace through faith alone. This is a description of salvation: When an unregenerate person exercises that faith in Christ which is illustrated and described as such in the New Testament, he/she passes immediately out of spiritual death into spiritual life, and from the old creation into the new; being justified from all things, accepted before the Father according as Christ His Son is accepted, loved as Christ is loved, having his/her place and portion as linked to Him and one with Him forever. Though the saved one may have occasion to grow in the realization of his/her blessings and to know a fuller measure of divine power through the yielding of his/her life more fully to God, he/she is, as soon as he/she is saved, in possession of every spiritual blessing and absolutely complete in Christ, and is therefore in no way required by God to seek a so-called “second blessing,” or a “second work of grace” (John 5:24; 17:23; Acts 13:39; Rom. 5:1; 1 Cor. 3:21–23; Eph. 1:3; Col. 2:10; 1 John 4:17; 5:11–12). – http://www.dts.edu/about/doctrinalstatement/ A. The salvation of man is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not the result, in whole or in part, of human works or goodness or of religious ceremony. Salvation is received only through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as a man will repent and believe the gospel. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies them in His sight (John 1:11, 12;14:6; Mark 1:15; Eph. 2:8, 9; Titus 3:5-7; Rom 3:20-28; 4:16-25; Gal. 2:16; 3:24). B. It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the very moment in which they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of human merit, but is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony of God in His written Word (John 1:11, 12; 3:14-18, 36; 14:16; 5:24; Rom 8:16-18; Titus 3:5-7; Heb. 13:5, 6; 1 John 5:11-13; Rev. 6:9-11). http://www.woodlandpark.org/about/beliefs.asp Sincerely, Val |
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352 | Why do I want to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 13:1 | Val | 212318 | ||
Merry Christmas, I once went to a church like that. I had to leave and go somewhere else where this was not emphasized. Different churches have different personalities. You have to find one that fits yours and you feel comfortable. I believe they believe it is a second gift after salvation. Love God and keep His commandments. Read the gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They are especially meaningful this time of year. From now until Easter the Christ's story is emphasized. Visit several bible believing churches in your local area. May the Lord lead you to a place to worship Him. Merry Christmas - Val | ||||||
353 | Why do I want to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 13:1 | Val | 212375 | ||
I suppose one of the most controversial movements in the church today is that called the charismatic movement. I do not like to use the word use the word "charismatic" for a movement that stresses just one or two gifts of the Spirit, for all the gifts of the Spirit are charismatic. In First Corinthians 12 the apostle clearly says that every Christian has one or more charismatic gifts. I would prefer to call this group we are observing in the church now the Pentecostal movement, or, perhaps even more accurately, the glossolalia movement. The term glossolalia comes from the Greek glossa, the tongue, and lalia, to speak and is the more accurate term for this group because it stresses speaking in tongues. This movement relies heavily upon the closing verses of Mark's gospel for biblical support of its views. These verses refer to the signs that accompany those who believe: casting out demons, speaking in new tongues, healing the sick, picking up serpents, drinking poison, etc…. The key to this passage is the word "believe." That emphasis is in line with the thrust of Mark's gospel because this gospel does not present Christianity as just a nice story... It stresses the fact that the death and resurrection of Christ is something to be believed, and it is intended to change lives. As we act on our belief, it changes us. The emphasis here is on the belief of these apostles whom Jesus was to send out into all the world with this great story…. Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene... She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. Mark 16:9-11 RSV Immediately, the writer underscores the fact that these disciples, when they heard of Mary's experience with Jesus, did not believe it … Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. Mark 16:14 RSV It is evident that Mark wants us to understand what a climate of persistent and stubborn unbelief prevailed among these disciples after the resurrection... Knowing the pressure that would be brought against these apostles to get them to deny this supernatural event, our Lord now goes on to give them certain signs which will accompany and encourage them in preaching the gospel. This climate of unbelief is the setting in which Jesus promises these signs in Verse 17, "And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; If they pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover." Mark 16:17-18 RSV It is easy to read this as though Jesus means these signs will accompany everyone who believes and preaches the gospel. Unfortunately, the text makes it appear this way, and this is how this passage has been understood by many. As you go about preaching the gospel, these signs will immediately confirm that the faith of those who believe is genuine. But the amazing fact is that for twenty centuries millions of people have been converted and have believed the gospel, and none of these signs have appeared. There have been claims that these signs have been manifested in certain instances, but if this is what these words meant, then these signs would be everywhere. Every time a person became a Christian, some of these signs would be manifested. Therefore, they ought to be the most frequent occurrence in all Christendom. But the truth is, they are very rarely, if ever, seen. Now what does this mean? Well, it means, of course, that we have misunderstood this passage if we read it that way. It does not square with what God actually does…. Now the Apostle Paul did all these things. He cast our demons, spoke in new tongues,was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake...unharmed...He had power to lay hands on the sick, and they were healed; and he did it again and again. This is what he means when he writes in Second Corinthians 12:12: "The signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works." These, then, are the signs of an apostle. They were authenticating signs to accompany those who first went out with the gospel into an unbelieving and hostile world. We have this confirmed, I think, by the final paragraph. So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them [the disciples] and confirmed the message by the signs that attended THOSE SIGNS FOLLOWING by Ray C. Stedman can be read in its entirety at Precept.org by entering the reference Mark 16. Merry Christmas, Val |
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354 | what have I not qualified | 1 Cor 13:10 | Val | 196684 | ||
I believe we are suppose to mark our ongoing posts as notes after an initial question. Hope this helps. By the way I suggest you just let it go. Enough has been said. Prov 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. |
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355 | 1 Corintians 14:34 | 1 Cor 14:33 | Val | 207351 | ||
Obviously there were some women being disruptive and obnoxious at this church. See the preceeding verse. 1 Cor 14:33 for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. |
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356 | Forty days and forty nights | 1 Cor 15:1 | Val | 195701 | ||
A basis procedure in bible study is to use an exhaustive concordance. Finding the word in the the concordance you will see how many times that word is used in the bible. By looking at the cross refences in their context you get an understanding of how the word is used. Hope this helps. 1 Cor 15:1 Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 1 Cor 15:2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 1 Cor 15:3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 1 Cor 15:4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 1 Cor 15:5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 1 Cor 15:6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; 1 Cor 15:7 then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; 1 Cor 15:8 and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. |
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357 | Saved after the Rapture | 1 Cor 15:52 | Val | 193516 | ||
The people alive at the time after the church has been taken away will be saved the same way you and I are through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Since that time will start the tribulation period it will be much a time like the time of the persecuted church. In other words, some may die because of their faith in the Lord. Hope this helps. | ||||||
358 | Will we know each other in Heaven? | 1 Cor 15:52 | Val | 201684 | ||
Yes Matthew 17:1-9 |
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359 | is the rapture the last trumpet in Rev. | 1 Cor 15:52 | Val | 216284 | ||
Dear cmfrantz, Here is a couple of links for your research on this topic that you might be interested in reading along with the other suggested links. laprecept.com For Leader Extra Handouts PUP Handouts New Testament 1 Corinthians Part 2 Lesson Nine Transcript (Kay): The Resurrection – What’s It Like? Revelation Three Lesson Three Transcript (Kay): When Will the Mystery Be Finished? |
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360 | who do I give money to? | 1 Cor 16:2 | Val | 193601 | ||
Reading on in this Chapter we see that the purpose of the collection was for the church at Jerusalem not Corinth. 1 Cor 16:3 "When I arrive, whomever you may approve, I will send them with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem;" The church at Jerusalem was persecuted and the saints there needed help in surviving - there was true need. There was a time when the church I grew up in needed funds to pay the utility bills. I felt that need was greater than my current church at that time because they had an abundance. I don't know if this helps - its really something you will have to search out and seek God on yourself. |
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