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1 | I am looking for a study bible.... | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115009 | ||
Thanks to both of you. I will check out all of your suggestions. I appreciate your willingness to help, as well as your honest critiques of each bible. That was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks again, and if anyone else has some ideas that would be great. ischus |
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2 | why don't people study the old testmant | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115044 | ||
Amen, kalos! When we neglect the old testament, we miss out on some extremely important theological insights into God and his gospel. The Pentateuch is rich with statements about God's nature and will for all people. Jesus, as you know, does not abolish the law but fulfills it. He perfects it and gives us life through him. The OT has much to say about how God reconciles people to himself, how he deals with sin, how he views the poor and marginalized, how he cares for Gentiles, what he values in worship, relationships, and much, much more! The people who either neglect the OT all together, or make it into some ancient fortune teller for us today truly miss out on the beauty of the bible that was used by Jesus and the first century Christians. I encourage you to study and teach the Old Testament as much as possible! ischus |
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3 | Does the Holy Spirit work differently? | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115050 | ||
I think that your question is really a matter of semantics. Your arguments from english are the reason that there is confusion here. Whether or not the Spirit is ever "in" us is purely speculative. Perhaps the Spirit is "around" us or "next" to us. Whatever word we use to describe his presence is beside the point. You are correct in your conclusions, but the real difference between the OT and NT is not the "coming" of the Spirit, but the "remaining" of the Spirit. In the OT the Spirit comes and goes as it is needed to perform the works of God for his purposes. It is always a temporary event. Even David, the man after God's own heart, realized that God's spirit was not a guaranteed gift. That's is why he pleads with God to not take it away from him when he needed God the most. God's glory was fading from Moses, not remaining. The scriptures you mentioned are for the most part a general comment or observation (mostly by other people, not God) about the fact that the Spirit was working with a particular person. On the other hand, we have the "gift" of the Spirit, the eternal, indwelling of the Spirit. It does not come and go as God sees fit. It is always present. Always helping, comforting, encouraging, sanctifying, and stretching us. I hope this gives you what you are looking for. ischus |
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4 | Reincarnation, near death experiences? | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115082 | ||
Kathy, You ask a very important question here. The bible is very clear about reincarnation: There is no such thing. Paul speaks of being with the Lord when one is absent from the body. Moses and Elijah are seen with Jesus at his transfiguration and they are recognized by the disciples; they are the same people, not reicarnated. God always refers to himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the present tense. Not that he used to be, but that he still is, because they have never become anyone or anything else, and they are with him. I apologize for not giving scripture references... if you want them please ask and I will post them for you. As far as near death expereinces, I am not clear as to your meaning, but I assume you mean either a "bright light, out of body experience," or a "should have died but didn't" experience. I am not sure that the bible ever addresses this, even indirectly, but perhaps some others can be of some assistence here. I do know that the bible is full of visions, but not when people were about to die. If, however, by "near death" you mean a divine assistence in the event of saving or protecting someone from certain death, I think one can attribute many of these type of mysteries to God or angels. God is portrayed several times in the bible as one who is working behind the scenes and causing things to happen. Again, if you would like scriptures for this please ask. It is a pleasure to speak with you. ischus |
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5 | help! | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115088 | ||
Being single myself, I know that I would be interested in a study of accepting my singleness and giving God my whole heart in this period of my life when I have no familial resposibilities. How can I learn to trust God in my search for a partner instead of worrying about it? What things does God expect from me as a single- spiritually, physically, emotionally? What things are unique about my singleness in the Kingdom, and how can I serve God in this way? How can I prepare myself for my future mate; what things should I be working on in order to be the best husband/wife in the future? How did Jesus live as a single person? What struggles and temptations does he have in common with me? Maybe this will give you some more insights into your class! God Bless! ischus |
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6 | how are we saved | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115164 | ||
Slay- First of all, you have a very interesting screen name. Secondly, the dichotomy you present between Jesus and Baptism is both unbiblical and illogical. If you read through different threads on this topic you will get the point. Thirdly, God has always operated under one method of salvation: His Grace. Baptism is not a work to aquire righteousness and salvation... it is a passive event where one dies with Christ and commits himself to a covenant relationship with Jesus. Jesus clearly states that he is the way, truth, and life, and that he is the only way to the Father. This may have been a round-about way to make my point, but what I am saying is that sins are forgiven by God, not water. On the other hand, baptism is essential to accepting God's grace. It is the way we come into complete realtionship with him; it is the way we aquire the gift of the Holy Spirit. ischus |
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7 | Great Commision for believers today? | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115182 | ||
helmsjim, I have an excellent book to reccomend- it is just what you are looking for: Winter, Ralf D. and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. "Perspectives (on the World Christian movement)," Third ed. Paternoster Press, United Kingdom, 1999. [782 pages] This is a collection of writings, articles, journal submissions, etc. put together by Winter and Hawthorne, dealing with any and every topic about missions and ministry. On the great comission alone you will find articles by: Stott, Kaiser, Verkuyl, Piper, Bosch, G.E. Ladd, Dearborn, Coleman, Taylor, Townsend, Mott, Wagner, Montgomery, Glasser, Snyder, Richardson, Hawthorne, Winter, Silvoso, McQuilken, Van Engen, Johnstone, and Carey. You might be aware that these are some of the greatest authors, ministers, and missionaries ever to live, and their "perspectives" are well documented in this great work. I hope this will help you out! ischus |
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8 | Bible contradictions | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115186 | ||
Richard, If these are the worst contradictions they are presenting with, then you are blessed indeed! I do not profess to have the answers here but I will do my best with the two questions you have given. 1) Ecclesiastes, as you recall, is poetry. It is designed to evoke stark images of contrasting ideas, but not always to be taken literally. This is the case in the verse you bring up, where the writer is saying that man's life is futile and meaningless, since it is so short compared to the earth's existence. He is not giving some scientific information about the earth, he is constrasting two different lives, one is short, the other seems like it goes on forever.(By the way, most times that the word "forever" occurs in scripture, it should be translated as "to the end of an age or time period"). You can take 2 Peter to the bank- he is not writing poetry here- he means business. 2) In Genesis 32, Jacob has just spent the night in a strenuous wrestling match against God- a physical match. This was a theophany, God taking the form of a human to interact physically with Jacob. Jacob was face to face with this form of God, but he was not seeing God in his complete, divine, spiritual glory. John is correct in stating that no man has seen God in all of His glory (not even Moses), since this would destroy our little, physical bodies when in his perfect presence. Hope this helps :) ischus |
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9 | Where is the Sinners Prayer | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115362 | ||
Hi Applejack! The sinners prayer can be found in many places (do an internet search), however, you won't find it in the bible, because it is not very biblical. In the 1800's a man named Charles Finney invented this prayer, and it has become an infatuation to many different groups of believers. There is nothing wrong with the prayer itself, but the implications that people make about it are very misleading. Many people say that you can just say the prayer and be saved. This is just not true. If you would like some more information on the sinner's prayer, you can go to the following site: http://christian-truth.org/prayer/sinners.html ischus |
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10 | Hebrew names of God and their meanings? | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115407 | ||
JEB, Hello. Here is a helpful site for your question. http://www.ldolphin.org/Names.html ischus |
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11 | Get'g the right message from our Bibles? | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115541 | ||
Rowdy, I really think that this message is vital and needed. Jesus Christ needs to be the focus, and everything else must grow out of our relationship with HIM. I think that in a forum like this, where we like to look at sub-categories of less importance, that we need to keep this in mind. I think that we sometimes struggle with our love for the word and the study of becoming more of a focus than the one Who the word is about. It is healthy to look at and admire a telescope, but if all we do is look AT it, we will never look THROUGH it to the thing it is designed to point to- Jesus. Great thoughts... ischus |
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12 | Free will verses destiny? | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115553 | ||
jjg, The issue in your title does not match the issue in your post. One is about free will/ predestination, and the other is about God's foreknowledge, all of which have been discussed in detail on many occasions on this forum, and can be found in the quick search box. ischus |
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13 | names of God | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115566 | ||
Brendac, It sounds like you would be most benefitted by a bible dictionary or encyclopedia. You can find many of these online, or at a theological library. If you still can't find the info you need, I would be glad to email some good stuff on several of the names. ischus |
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14 | who benefits most from prayer? | Bible general Archive 2 | ischus | 115962 | ||
Three things: 1) I think that when someone engages in conversation with God they are blessed by God, God is Blessed by them, those who they pray for are blessed by God, and God is blessed by being a blessing to them. So...if you want to go by the tally system it is God who is the most blessed in prayer. 2) I truly believe in the power of praying the word of God recorded in Scripture. There is great power in using God's word for healing, strength, comfort, etc. BUT- I think that prayer is more spiritual that physical, meaning that it is not necessarily the words spoken, but the heart that it comes from- the faith that it comes from. Even if someone doesn't speak a single word, when they meditate or internally pray God's word, they are praying words of power. Even the HS tells God what is in our heart if it is not able to be communicated with words. 3) As far as this whole conversation goes, it truly depends on one's worldview and where they are from. In the Western part of the world we are so naturalistic and scientifically enlightened that we miss out on a lot of the spiritual realities and powers of prayer. Those cultures which are non-western have greater insights into prayer, and their advice should be taken well. ischus |
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15 | What does Deut. Lev. and Numbers mean? | OT general | ischus | 115072 | ||
mokeefe: "Levitcus" comes to us from the LXX (septuagint-the greek translation of the OT) and through the Vulgate (the latin translation). Literally it means "levitical," or the Levitical book. This is because the book features Aaron and the Levitical (Priestly) duties of his tribe, the Levites, under the OT Law. The Hebrew title to the book, like many other books, is the first phrase of the book, "and he called," ("Vayikra" or "Wayyiqra"). "Numbers" also comes from the LXX and is bases on chapters 1 and 26 where they take the "numbers" of the people. The Hebrew title is more appropriate for the book as it is called "in the wilderness," ("bemidbar"). "Deuteronomy" means "second law" or "another law," and comes from the greek (deutero-second, or another; nomos-law). Incidently, this is actually a mistranslation by a copyist, who incorrectly took the phrase "copy of the law" found in Duet.17:18 to mean "second law," and translated it as such. THe Hebrew title occurs as both "words" (devarim)and "these are the words" ('elleh haddevarim). I hope this helps you out! ischus |
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16 | How can moses say about his burrial? | OT general | ischus | 115969 | ||
BlackDiamond, obviously Moses did not write this part. He did not write a lot of Deuteronomy- see how it is talking about Moses from the third person for the most part. Many think that Joshua was recording these words of Moses... but the final person to write in it was many many years after Moses. See how the last few verses talk about how there has "never" been another "prophet" like Moses in all of Israel? Why would someone write this about him right after he died? This was written long after Moses, and after several prophets had come and gone, giving this person someone to compare Moses to. ischus |
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17 | ALL Scripture Inspired by God? | OT general | ischus | 116041 | ||
Hank- This is not a matter of choice for me- All scripture truly is inspired by God. Have I said otherwise? No- What I have said is that when you look at the english bible that you have on your desk right there, you are looking at a product of man. What I am saying is that the LARGE MAJORITY of that book is a translation of a copy of a copy...... of the word of God. It has Human errors in it. You are blind to not admit that the scripures have never been without error. When you get to heaven, ask a scribe if he ever messed up. He will tell you that he did. OR better yet, why don't you learn Hebrew and read ALL of the exstant MSS and tell me which one is the inspired, authoritative word of God. Guess what- No one knows because they all have little differences, and a lot of them have big differences, and the bible that is right there on your desk is the collection of material by people who, by picking and chosing from different manuscripts which all say different things, have decided to give you their translation in english. I don't understand how you can see the difference between KJV and NASB, but you can't see the difference between current english translations and ancient documents. Sorry to burst your "God wouldn't let the bible say something he didn't want it to" bubble, but its true. Humans have free will- even the ones who write and copy and translate the bible. They mess up all the time, and its time that you realized that. ischus |
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18 | Verse were Jesus defeats hell? | NT general Archive 1 | ischus | 115208 | ||
Welcome to the forum, God's girl! You ask one of the most difficult questions of the bible, and I'm sure that you will find several different answers given to you. Let me share with you that this subject has been covered in detail already if you want to check it out under 1 Pet.3:19 in the questions/notes box. However, I was not a member at that time, nor have I read through those threads, so I will give you my opinion. It is probably not the most popular one, but I think that I have a pretty strong argument against the classic view. Anyway, I beleive that that Jesus never at anytime went to "hell" or hades or anywhere else like it. Jesus certainly did overcome and disarm the powers and authories of Satan (Col.2:15), but he didn't ever go into hell to do it. You will find that many people think that my statements are false in light of Eph.4:9 and 1 Pet.3:19, but I beleive that these verses have been severely misinterpreted when others claim that Jesus descended into hades and preached the gospel to the souls "in prison" there. It would take up too much space to present my view here, and plus I have already answered your question. I hope this will help you out, and let me know if you want my take on those verses. :) God bless! ischus |
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19 | Isn't that what you just said? | NT general Archive 1 | ischus | 115335 | ||
Arrow, Hello. Are you saying that faith is always a work done by humans? Is faith not also a gift from God, a fruit of the Spirit? Repentance is turning towards God after one has realized their poorness in spirit, which must be preceded by faith, or else it is in vain. Baptism comes way after all of these, and is a commitment made to God. The scriptures support a very inclusive and interconnectedness between all of these. We are the only ones who try to pick it apart and dichotomize the process. ischus |
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20 | where did Jesus go after dieing? | NT general Archive 1 | ischus | 115572 | ||
JJ-KIDD, No one can be certain of the answer to this question, but if you are wondering if he descended into hades, the answer is definitely no to that. ischus |
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