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41 | Is speaking in tongues a necessity ? | Acts 2:4 | WalkingTalkingBible | 122044 | ||
Hi Jilliebean, it is a lie that if you don't speak in tongues, you are not saved. What jcsav said is true, tongues are not of our own ability. The Holy Ghost is the same now as during Pentecost - no new movements or anything like that. It is written in 2 Timothy 3:16, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. . ." If we are going to do away with part of it, we might as well do away with it all. (kalos had given a website with Q/A on the baptism of the Holy Ghost and tongues. It's in line with the word of God. If you're interested, it's: www.ag/org/top/beliefs) WalkingTalkingBible |
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42 | Can a man be with another man | Bible general Archive 2 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121972 | ||
Hi, Towanda. God has given every human on this earth his/her own free will which means that the things we do, the lives we live are according to the choices we make. However, someone who has chosen Christ as Savior and has chosen to do the will of God, chooses the things of God via guidance of the Holy Ghost. A man can be with another man, but this is not of God. Leviticus 20:13 (Amplified Version) says, "If a man lies with a male as if he were a woman, both men have committed an offense (something perverse, unnatural, abhorrent, and detestable); they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." According to Leviticus 18:22, homosexuality is an abomination to God: "You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination." This is not just an Old Testament teaching. It is written in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, "Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality, Nor cheats (swindlers and thieves), nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortioners and robbers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God." Can a man? Yes, he does what he will to please his lustful desires. Should a man? No, it's against God. The same goes for women who participate in homosexuality. Does this answer your question? WalkingTalkingBible |
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43 | God is one | Gal 4:4 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121857 | ||
Hi, ucmenew! John 1:1-2,14a says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. . ." 1 John 5:7 says, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." God uses US because there are three functional manifestations of Him. Jesus, God's Word in the flesh, is whose image man (human)is made in: Hebrews 1:3a says, "Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. . ." We weren't made in the image of the Father, He's a Spirit (John 4:24) and we weren't made in the image of the Holy Spirit, He's also Spirit (John 14:17). Man was made in the "likeness of God" in that man was made without sin and death (eternal). When man ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, sin entered and so did death (Isaiah 59:2; 1 Corinthians 15:21) making man very "unlike God and in need of a Savior. Your Sister in Christ, WalkingTalkingBible |
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44 | Explanation of Mat. 9:14-17 please | Matt 9:17 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121794 | ||
Hi, tgc. Your question is a good one (even though I'm responding two days later. . .). I agree with Emmaus and following Him (no offense to countrypreacher) about the Old and New Covenants. Also, in our time, since we are not really struggling between the Old and New Covenants, I would like to add that Matthew 9:14-17 also teaches us about learning the truth of the will of God with a fresh, open heart. In our times, there are many religions and cults that claim Christianity, and some of those people want to come to Christ. However, they are not willing to put down all of those things that they learned from their past. Old garment, in this case, would be those old teachings and the new garment would be the truth, the Word of God. One example as I see in dealing with new converts is that they believe, or have been taught that water baptism saves them. To fully get understanding of what baptism really is, they will have to "put away" those old teachings. Matthew 3:9-10 is a good reference to Matthew 9:14-17 and also 2 Corinthians 5:17. WalkingTalkingBible |
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45 | speaking in tongues | NT general Archive 1 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121759 | ||
Tongues, as one of the signs of the in-dwelling of the Holy Ghost (Mark 16:17) can be found in Acts 2:4;10:46;19:6. Tongues, as a Spiritual gift can be found in 1 Corinthians 12, 13, and 14. WalkingTalkingBible |
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46 | Wlerin do you make other expections? | Rom 8:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121347 | ||
What are expections? | ||||||
47 | John 4:10. Is God an it? Who is this? | John 4:10 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121282 | ||
What the others have shared with you is very edifying. I just wanted to throw in there, that John 4:24 says God is a Spirit. I identify God as "He" because He is the Father. Your question is a good one. I'm interested also to see how this thread goes! WalkingTalkingBible |
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48 | What verse talks about homosexuality | Lev 20:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121214 | ||
Leviticus 18:22, 20:13; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (effiminate means homosexual) WalkingTalkingBible |
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49 | filled with holy spirit? | Rom 8:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121192 | ||
Hi, Leonore! Don't beat yourself up, no one knows it all but God! It is better to get understanding than to walk in the darkness of one's own mind. According to Acts 2:4, "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." The "speaking in tongues" is the initial (or preliminary) sign of the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. The evidence of the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, according to Galatians 5:22-23, is the fruit of the Spirit: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance. . ." Yes, I am filled with the Holy Ghost. When I praise Him and worship Him, with all that's in me, His presence surrounds me. It's such a beautiful experience!! He is that Love everyone is looking for! His presence prompts you to magnify Him and when you are totally out of self -with nothing or no one on your heart but Him, He lets His presence be known. And while you are magnifying Him, your words become His words and that's the utterance (or tongues). I don't speak in tongues everytime, but each one of our relationships with Him is different. Because the Holy Ghost is God, sin is an offense to Him. He will dwell with you and in you as long as you want Him to. The ministry of the Holy Ghost is to: 1) Reprove (point out a fault or error or to expose something as it really is) the world of sin, which reveals the need of redemption 2) Reprove the world of righteousness, which is to reveal the possibility of redemption 3) Reprove the world of judgment, which is to reveal the reality of redemption (John 16:7-11) The Holy Ghost will not dwell with sin, that's why He points it out so the believer can confess it and ask for forgiveness. If a person continues to willfully sin, the Holy Ghost is not dwelling within - not because He leaves them, but because they have chosen to leave Him. Contrary to "popular belief," God does not dwell with sin! But as you continue to grow spiritually and fall in love with Him more and more, it will be nothing to praise and worship Him and He will continue to let His presence be known to you! WalkingTalkingBible |
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50 | How Can I surender to God | Luke 9:23 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121180 | ||
Hi, Patrickabborro! Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, and Luke 9:23 says, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." WalkingTalkingBible |
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51 | marriage annulment | Bible general Archive 2 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121125 | ||
Hi, Biblegrlx, a marriage annulment is a legal annuling or making void of a marriage between a husband and a wife who have not consummated their marriage. I don't know what is "legal" in some churches today (seems like everything), but God's Word says in Matthew 19:3-6, 9: "The Pharisees also came unto Him, tempting Him, and saying unto Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And He answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain (two) shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain (two), but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." WalkingTalkingBible |
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52 | can you explain a little more? thanks | Rom 8:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121123 | ||
Hi, Leonore and welcome to the family of God!! Angel and Zsuzsi have given you some very good, Godly advice! I just want to encourage you to take your time and really get to know God. Ask God (if you haven't already) to fill you with the Holy Ghost. "But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]." John 16:13 (Amplified Version) Your Sister in Christ, WalkingTalkingBible |
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53 | trusting again...is it possible? | Bible general Archive 2 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121121 | ||
Hi, kkimkimangel, are you saved? |
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54 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121069 | ||
Hi, Mommapbs! Jesus washed the feet of the of His disciples to show that He is humble. Philippians 2:5, 8 says, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: . . . and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." John 13:3-17 teaches that the believer has to be cleansed from sin, and remain clean, to be a part of the Kingdom of God. As stated in Isaiah 59:1-2, it is sin that separates man from God. Look at it this way: You have a white robe that you wear daily and it is heavily soiled with all kinds of nasty stuff, but it never bothered you before. Now, it's nasty to you and you want to continue to wear this robe, so you find out about a dynamic cleanser, you try it and it cleans your robe completely! Now the stuff that you cleaned off of your robe are still around and could possibly get your robe soiled again. But this time, when you put on your clean white robe, you are careful not to get anything on it. Because you are human, you unwillingly get something on your robe - but you have this dynamic cleanser - so you wash it again. So is the life of a believer. The unbelievers sin and do not know that there is a Remedy for their sin, or they simply haven't made up their minds to stop sinning and get help. But believers know that Remedy and if they sin (unwillingly, of course), they know how to repent, ask for forgiveness, and astain from sin. But sin is sin whether a believer or unbeliever and God will deal with it as so. 2 Peter 1:9 speaks of someone who started off in the faith, but did not grow spiritually. "But he that lacketh these things (faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love) is blind. . . and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins." WalkingTalkingBible |
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55 | Saved or hoping to be saved? | Eph 2:8 | WalkingTalkingBible | 120896 | ||
You are saved IF you continue in faith. That's why Jesus said, "He that endures to the end shall be saved (Matthew 10:22)." You are saved (or delivered) from the bondage of sin if you accept Jesus as Savior. Then He empowers you via Holy Ghost to maintain salvation but you have to choose to continue in faith. Then when you die, if you have kept the faith, you will be saved from eternal damnation (or eternal separation from God). Colossians 1:22-23 says, "In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel. . ." It's not that we hope to be saved, but we were given salvation because we believe (accepted, have faith, trust) and we have a responsibility to maintain it and God has provided everything we need in that of Jesus Christ. WalkingTalkingBible |
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56 | another level of growth | 1 Pet 1:5 | WalkingTalkingBible | 120774 | ||
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57 | Do our works keep us saved? | 1 Cor 12:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 120770 | ||
Faith keeps us saved: "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6)." Notice that "seek" is in the present tense which means that we are to continue to seek Him. It's more to this walk with God than to say, "I believe," and that's it, the devil believes, too. Faith is an action word. Our works which we do, being led by the Spirit of God through Jesus, show our faith. "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" (James 2:14-20) These works are not to be confused with works that the unsaved do. For example, there are many who take care of the poor and homeless, feed the hungry, and adopt the fatherless, but they are not saved. They won't go to the Kingdom of God just because they did those good works. Unless they repent and become part of the body of Christ, those works are in vain. It's the same when some professes to be saved, and you can't tell them from someone who is unsaved. Sometimes, people who call themselves saved are only justified by what they think the Bible says. The Holy Ghost is the teacher and without Him, the Gospel remains "hidden." If one falls away from faith, will he/she still be considered saved because of a so-called "belief?" Only in his/her eyes. God says that we are to remain saved until the end. It's not a one time deal. If there is unrepented sin in the heart of a believer, God let's us know that He is able to save us from it - we have to take responsibility and repent. "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins" (Hebrews 10:26). And if you say you no longer sin, you are a liar! (1 John 1:8-10) But we know that if we sin, we have Jesus Who will forgive us if we repent (2 John 1:1). WalkingTalkingBible |
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58 | Do our works keep us saved? | 1 Cor 12:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 120680 | ||
Faith keeps us saved: "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6)." Notice that "seek" is in the present tense which means that we are to continue to seek Him. It's more to this walk with God than to say, "I believe," and that's it, the devil believes, too. Faith is an action word. Our works which we do, being led by the Spirit of God through Jesus, show our faith. "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" (James 2:14-20) These works are not to be confused with works that the unsaved do. For example, there are many who take care of the poor and homeless, feed the hungry, and adopt the fatherless, but they are not saved. They won't go to the Kingdom of God just because they did those good works. Unless they repent and become part of the body of Christ, those works are in vain. It's the same when some professes to be saved, and you can't tell them from someone who is unsaved. Sometimes, people who call themselves saved are only justified by what they think the Bible says. The Holy Ghost is the teacher and without Him, the Gospel remains "hidden." If one falls away from faith, will he/she still be considered saved because of a so-called "belief?" Only in his/her eyes. God says that we are to remain saved until the end. It's not a one time deal. If there is unrepented sin in the heart of a believer, God let's us know that He is able to save us from it - we have to take responsibility and repent. "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins" (Hebrews 10:26). And if you say you no longer sin, you are a liar! (1 John 1:8-10) But we know that if we sin, we have Jesus Who will forgive us if we repent (2 John 1:1). WalkingTalkingBible |
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59 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | WalkingTalkingBible | 120503 | ||
Jesus said that John the Baptist "shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias (Elijah). . . Luke 1:17 (KJV)" Elijah was not reborn as John the Baptist. Luke 1:13-17 shows the Angel, Gabriel, telling Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, that he would have a son who would be the forerunner to the Messiah. Does this answer your question? WalkingTalkingBible |
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60 | "Am I truly in God's family?" | 1 Cor 11:30 | WalkingTalkingBible | 120417 | ||
Help me to understand your belief - "How does lack of repentence from sin in the life of a believer disqualify him from the inheritance that he has been promised by God in Christ?" Do you believe that unrepented sin of a believer is automatically forgiven, just as long as he believes? WalkingTalkingBible |
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