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341 | What day is the Sabbath? | Heb 4:9 | kalos | 172968 | ||
The Sabbath, whether Christians keep it or not, always was, is now and always will be Saturday. And NO, the Bible isn't going to say Saturday. The word never appears in the Bible. | ||||||
342 | Book of life | Rev 13:8 | kalos | 172957 | ||
Our names were written in the book of life before we were even born physically. When is your name written in the Book of Life? "written from the foundation (creation) of the world" Rev 13:8 NASB All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation (creation) of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. "written in the book of life from the foundation (creation) of the world" Rev 17:8 NASB "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation (creation) of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. Grace to you, Kalos |
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343 | God and His creation | 1 Cor 7:1 | kalos | 172857 | ||
Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are. 1 Corinthians 7:26 ____________________ NIV 1 Corinthians 7 1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. 2 But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are. 27 Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. 29 What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; 32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world--how he can please his wife-- 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world--how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord. Corin: To understand what a verse means the first thing to do is read it in context. That is, "Never read a Bible verse. That's right, never read a Bible VERSE. Instead, always read a paragraph - at least." (www.str.org/free/ studies/neverrea.htm) Grace to you, Kalos |
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344 | What does "ask the liver" mean? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 172854 | ||
In what version of the Bible does it say "ask the liver"? Also, what is the exact verse (one verse) where it says that? Grace to you, Kalos |
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345 | what if i can't pay all of my tithes? | Mal 3:10 | kalos | 172733 | ||
"We are not physical Israel. We don’t live in the promised land. We don’t have a Levitical priesthood..." ____________________ I believe what the Bible actually says and teaches about tithing. However, 'We are not physical Israel. We don’t live in the promised land. We don’t have a Levitical priesthood...We are, however, to support those who minister to us (1 Corinthians 9:1-14; 1 Galatians 6:6; 1 Timothy 5:17-18). We are to give to the poor, especially the saints (Acts 6:1-6; Romans 12:13; 1 Corinthians 16:1f.; 2 Corinthians 8 and 9; Gal. 2:10; 6:10; etc.).' (www.bible.org/qatopic.asp) 'Nowhere does the New Testament require Christians to tithe in the sense of giving 10 percent, but it does reiterate many things associated with tithing: those who minister are entitled to receive support (1 Cor 9:14); the poor and needy should be cared for (1 Cor 16:1; Gal 2:10); those who give can trust God, as the source of all that is given (2 Cor 9:10), to supply their needs (2 Cor 9:8; Php 4:19); and giving should be done joyously (2 Cor 9:7). The New Testament directs that taxes be paid to the state (Rom 13:6-7), which replaced Israel's theocracy. 'Paul's vocabulary and teaching suggest that giving is voluntary and that there is no set percentage. Following the example of Christ, who gave even his life (2 Cor 8:9), we should cheerfully give as much as we have decided (2 Cor 9:7) based on how much the Lord has prospered us (1 Cor 16:2), knowing that we reap in proportion to what we sow (2 Cor 9:6) and that we will ultimately give account for our deeds (Rom 14:12).' Source: (Tithe, Tithing Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright © 1996 by Walter A. Elwell. Published by Baker Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan.) To read more go to: http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/ Grace to you, Kalos |
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346 | Which people said it would not rain | James 5:17 | kalos | 172712 | ||
NASB James 5:17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. | ||||||
347 | Adam born a man or baby | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 172710 | ||
Adam was not born a man or a baby. Adam was not born. He was created. Moreover, you and I were not created. We were born. Grace to you, Kalos |
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348 | Only if caught in the act | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 172708 | ||
If there is a book, chapter and verse in the entire Bible that teaches a man or woman must catch their spouse in the very act of adultery before they can obtain a divorce, then I don't know where to find such a verse. Is that even in the Bible? Grace to you, Kalos |
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349 | Israel in Egypt 430 yrs? | Gen 15:13 | kalos | 172625 | ||
Two basic views about the 430 years 'There are two basic views about the 430 years mentioned in this verse. '(1) There are 430 years from Genesis 15 to Exodus 20 (e.g., 215 years from Abraham to the captivity, and 215 years from the captivity to Sinai). However, these dates do not fit with a conservative chronology (e.g., Abraham was c. 2,000 BC, and the Exodus was c. 1446 BC; Also the captivity was prophesied to be 400 years in Genesis 15: 13, not 215 years) '(2) There are 430 years from Genesis 46 to Exodus 20. In Genesis 46 Jacob receives the last confirmation of the Abrahamic covenant and then goes into Egypt as one of the patriarchs c. 1876 BC. Acts 7:6, and Genesis 15:13-16 both describe 400 years of captivity. Perhaps they are using rounded numbers. Or perhaps from the final giving of the promise to Abraham's descendant, Jacob, in the Land until the Exodus is 430 years. This would make the captivity proper 400 years. 1 Chronicles 7:20-21 describes ten generations from Joseph to Joshua. It would take 400 years to grow from 70 to 2-3 million. '8 This date emphasizes the literal interpretation of the biblical numbers in Exodus 12:40 ("Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years"), Judges 11:26 ("While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?") and 1 Kings 6:1 ("Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord"). 'Hill and Walton offer the following arguments for an early date (A Survey of the Old Testament, 108):...' To read more go to: www.bible.org/page.asp? page_idequals30 (Replace the word "equals" with the equals sign.) Source: An Introduction to Genesis by David Malick bible.org |
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350 | four words that appear in bible only fou | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 172428 | ||
antichrist... ...is a word used in only 4 verses of the KJV. |
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351 | Locate a particular Bib;e | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 172415 | ||
THE OPEN BIBLE Expanded Edition, New American Standard Bible ISBN: 0529119595 Type: Bonded Leather Number of Pages: 1680 Vendor: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: 2004 Dimensions: 9.75 X 6.50 X 1.50 The quickest, most direct way to find a Bible or other book -- even better than looking up the title -- is to look up the ISBN number. Do a search for 0529119595 -- just as it is here, with no spaces and no hyphens. The best places to search are: amazon.com www.christianbook.com Google.com OR Search for Christian Life Study Outlines and Notes at Google.com |
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352 | Did Christ make pork acceptable? | Mark 7:19 | kalos | 172381 | ||
The vision is about persons, not food ____________________ "I know of no Bible interpreters who insist that eagles, vultures, owls, bats, weasels, mice, lizards, crocodiles, chameleons, snakes, spiders and bugs must now be considered edible." ____________________ And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any MAN (ESV: PERSON) common or unclean. (Acts 10:28 (KJV) Emphasis added.) Acts 10:17-19 'Kefa (Peter) was still puzzling over the meaning of the vision he had seen. ... Kefa's mind was still on the vision. What could it possibly mean? Would God, who established his covenant with the Jewish people and gave them an eternal Torah (law) at Mount Sinai, and who is himself unchangeable (Malachi 3:6), change his Torah to make unclean animals kosher (fit to be eaten, according to Jewish dietary law)? This is the apparent meaning, and many Christian commentators assert that this is in fact the meaning. But they ignore the plain statement a few verses later which at last resolves Kefa's puzzlement, "God has shown me not to call any PERSON unclean or impure" (Acts 10:28). So the vision is about persons and not about food. 'God has not abrogated the Jewish dietary laws. Yeshua (Jesus) said, "Don't think that I have come to do away with the Torah" (Mt 5:17-20). The specific issue of whether Yeshua abolished kashrut has already arisen at Mark 7:19; the conclusion there is that he did not. In Kefa's vision the sheet lowered from heaven contained all kinds of animals, wild beasts, reptiles and birds; yet I know of no Bible interpreters who insist that eagles, vultures, owls, bats, weasels, mice, lizards, crocodiles, chameleons, snakes, spiders and bugs must now be considered edible. God specifies in Leviticus 11 what Jews are to regard as "food."' ____________________ Messianic Jewish Manifesto, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publiccation, Inc., 1988 (Emphasis added.) |
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353 | Did Christ make pork acceptable? | Mark 7:19 | kalos | 172379 | ||
"Thus He declared all foods clean", 'even if the participants at the meal have not washed their hands. But Yeshua (Jesus) did NOT, as many suppose, abrogate the laws of kashrut (the Jewish system of dietary laws) and thus declare ham kosher! Since the beginning of the chapter the subject has been ritual purity as taught by the Oral Torah in relation to n'tilat-yadayim (vv. 2-4 and note) and not kashrut at all! There is not the slightest hint anywhere that foods in this verse can be anything other than what the Bible allows Jews to eat, in other words, kosher foods. Neither is kashrut abolished in Ac 10:9-28 or Ga 2:11-16; see notes there. '...The Greek text at this point is a dangling participial clause, literally, "cleansing all the foods." There is no "Thus he declared".' ____________________ Jewish New Testament Commentary, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1992 (Emphasis added.) |
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354 | Can non-Christians be in praise band? | 1 Corinthians | kalos | 172304 | ||
Can non-Christians be in a praise band? If the purpose of the band is to worship God, then the answer is no, non-Christians should not be in it. It is impossible for unbelievers to worship God. NASB John 4:23 "But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. NASB John 4:24 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." Unbelievers are not true worshipers. Unbelievers do not worship the Father in spirit and truth. Therefore, it is impossible for unbelievers to worship God. Since they cannot worship God, it would be inappropriate for them to be members of a band whose purpose is to worship God. We need to learn what worship is according to the Scriptures. Grace to you, Kalos |
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355 | Acts 3 | 1 John 3:24 | kalos | 172265 | ||
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit Ephesians 5:18 NASB (Source: Ryrie Study Bible Expanded Edition) 'X. THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT. 'B. CHARACTERISTICS. '1) Filling is commanded (Eph 5:18, the verb is imperative). '2) Filling is repeated (Acts 2:4; 4:31). '3) Filling produces Christlikeness (Gal 5:22-23). 'C. CONDITIONS FOR BEING FILLED. '1) *A dedicated life*. Yielding to the Spirit's control, though commanded, is voluntary and necessitates an act of dedication. This includes two aspects: initial dedication (Rom 12:1-2) and continual dedication of one's life (Rom 8:14). '2) *An undefeated life*. Victory over sin in daily experience is necessary in being controlled by the Spirit (Eph 4:30). This means responding to the light of the Word as it is continually revealed (1 John 1:7). '3) *A dependent life* (Gal 5:16).' ____________________ Source: Ryrie Study Bible Expanded Edition, Moody, 1986, 1995 |
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356 | Pls explain travailling in biblical sens | Gen 38:27 | kalos | 172237 | ||
"in the time of her travail" Ge 38:27 KJV And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. Ge 38:27 KJV 'travail (source: http://m-w.com/dictionary/travail) 'Main Entry: 1 tra·vail 'Function: noun '1a : work especially of a painful or laborious nature : TOIL b : a physical or mental exertion or piece of work : TASK, EFFORT c : AGONY, TORMENT 2 : LABOR (the physical activities involved in giving birth; also : the period of such labor) 'Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from travaillier to torture, labor, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin trepaliare to torture, from Late Latin trepalium instrument of torture, from Latin tripalis having three stakes, (http://m-w.com/dictionary/travail)' KJV Ge 38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. AMPLIFIED Genesis 38:27 Now when the time came for her to be delivered, behold, there were twins in her womb. KJV Mic 4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in TRAVAIL: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. AMPLIFIED Micah 4:10 Writhe in pain and labor to bring forth, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in CHILDBIRTH; for now you shall go forth out of the city and you shall live in the open country. You shall go to Babylon; there you shall be rescued. There the Lord shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies. KJV Joh 16:21 A woman WHEN SHE IS IN TRAVAIL hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. AMPLIFIED John 16:21 A woman, WHEN SHE GIVES BIRTH TO A CHILD, has grief (anguish, agony) because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers her pain (trouble, anguish) because she is so glad that a man (a child, a human being) has been born into the world. KJV 2Th 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and TRAVAIL night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: AMPLIFIED 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and STRUGGLE we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden or impose on any of you [for our support]. |
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357 | Who made angel to talk against god | Gen 1:1 | kalos | 172196 | ||
Read WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS about Satan. If the Bible doesn't say who made Satan speak against God, then we don't know. If the answer is not in the Bible, then it is speculation. To read WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS about Satan, look up "Satan" at this website: http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/ BakersEvangelicalDictionary/ 'Satan 'The Hebrew word satan [f'f] means "an adversary, one who resists." It is translated as "Satan" eighteen times in the Old Testament, fourteen of those occurrences being in Job 1-2, the others in 1 Chronicles 21:1 and Zechariah 3:1-2. There is some dispute as to whether it should be taken as a proper name or a title. In Job and Zechariah the definite article precedes the noun (lit., "the satan" or "the accuser"). Thus some argue it should be a title, while in 1 Chronicles (no article) it should be a proper name. The word is used also of various persons in the Old Testament as "adversaries, " including David (1 Sam 29:4), Rezon of Damascus (1 Kings 11:23,25), and the angel of the Lord (Num 22:22,32). (...) '"Satan" occurs thirty-six times in the New Testament, eighteen of that number in the Gospels and Acts. The Greek term satanas [Satana'"] is a loan word from the Hebrew Old Testament, and twenty-eight of the total occurrences are accompanied by the definite article. Often in the Gospel accounts Jesus is in contact with Satan directly or indirectly. He was tempted by Satan (Mark 1:13). In the famous "Beelzebub controversy" Jesus made clear his intention to drive Satan out of people's lives and to destroy his sovereignty (Matt 12:26; Mark 3:23, 26; Luke 11:18). He liberated a woman "whom Satan (had) kept bound for eighteen long years" (Luke 13:16). Paul spoke of his being sent to turn people "from the power of Satan to God" (Acts 26:18), and that the works of the "lawless one (were) in accordance with the work of Satan, " in doing sham miracles, signs, and wonders (2 Thess 2:9). Christ will come, he wrote, to overthrow that agent of Satan. 'While the activity of Satan is carried out in "the world" (i.e., among those who do not acknowledge Christ as Lord), he also works against the followers of Christ. He influenced Peter's thinking about Jesus to the extent that Jesus said to his disciple, "Get behind me, Satan!" (Matt 16:23). He asked for all the disciples in order to severely test them (Luke 22:31). He "entered" Judas Iscariot (Luke 22:3), and "filled the heart" of Ananias (Acts 5:3). Believers can be tempted by Satan due to a lack of self-control in sexual matters (1 Cor 7:5), and he can even masquerade as "an angle of light" to accomplish his purposes (2 Cor 11:14). He tormented Paul by means of "a thorn in (his) flesh" (2 Cor 12:7). Some people even turn away from their faith to follow Satan (1 Tim 5:15). (...) 'Satan is regarded in the New Testament as "master of death and destruction, " who carries out God's wrath against sinners. Twice we read of persons "handed over to Satan" for spiritual discipline by the church (1 Cor 5:1-5; 1 Tim 1:19-20). This appears to mean that excommunication puts people out into Satan's realm, a sovereignty from which believers have been rescued (Col 1:13; cf. Heb 2:14-15). In other cases, Satan attacked the disciples of Jesus by "sifting" them (Luke 22:31), a figure that is enigmatic. It may have meant to test their faith (with the intent of destroying it), or, it may have meant "to separate off the rubbish" (I. H. Marshall). In any case, Satan was up to no good. He was able to "enter" Judas Iscariot (Luke 22:3; cf. John 13:27), resulting in that disciple becoming a betrayer of his Master. Peter's sifting may have brought about his threefold denial of Jesus. (...) 'Jesus spoke of seeing Satan "fall like lightning from heaven" (Luke 10:18), a fall not identified but spoken of within the context of demons being cast out—a sign of Satan's LOSS OF AUTHORITY. In Revelation, amid a war in heaven, Satan was "hurled to the earth" along with his angels/demons (12:9). He, the Accuser, was overcome by One stronger than he. Finally, he is bound, imprisoned in the abyss for one thousand years, then ultimately banished in the fiery lake to suffer eternal torment (20:1-3, 10; cf. Matt 25:41). (...) 'Jesus would drive out "the prince of this world" by his cross (John 12:31); the latter would have no hold on Christ, for he was without sin (14:30); and Satan stood condemned at the bar of God's judgment (16:11). While the devil has had a career of sinning "from the beginning, " the Son of God came to destroy his wicked works (1 John 3:8). Those unable to hear and receive Jesus' words belong to the devil, who is their "father" (John 8:44)—they share a family likeness to him. ...' by Walter M. Dunnett (Emphasis added.) ____________________ http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/ BakersEvangelicalDictionary/ |
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358 | Judas | Luke 23:43 | kalos | 172165 | ||
"Judas proved his repentance to be false by immediately committing another sin, suicide. Peter proved his to be true by serving the Lord faithfully ever after." - - - - - - - - - - Smith's Bible Dictionary NASB Acts 1:25 "to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place." AMPLIFIED Acts 1:25 To take the place in this ministry and receive the position of an apostle, from which Judas fell away and went astray to go [where he belonged] to his own [proper] place. ************* Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament "To his own place (eiB ton topon ton idion). A bold and picturesque description of the destiny of Judas worthy of Dante's Inferno. There is no doubt in Peter's mind of the destiny of Judas nor of his own guilt. He made ready his own berth and went to it." (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/ RobertsonsWordPictures/) ************* John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible 1:25 Fell - By his transgression - Some time before his death: to go to his own place - That which his crimes had deserved, and which he had chosen for himself, far from the other apostles, in the region of death. (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/ WesleysExplanatoryNotes/) ************* Easton's Bible Dictionary 'He perished in his guilt, and "went unto his own place" (Acts 1:25 ).' (http://www.biblestudytools.net/ Dictionaries/EastonBibleDictionary/) ************* Smith's Bible Dictionary Ju’das Iscar’iot The end of Judas. -- (1) Judas, when he saw the results of his betrayal, "repented himself." (Matthew 27:3-10) He saw his sin in a new light, and "his conscience bounded into fury." (2) He made ineffectual struggles to escape, by attempting to return the reward to the Pharisees, and when they would not receive it, he cast it down at their feet and left it. (Matthew 27:5) But, (a) restitution of the silver did not undo the wrong; (b) it was restored in a wrong spirit, --a desire for relief rather than hatred of sin; (c) he confessed to the wrong party, or rather to those who should have been secondary, and who could not grand forgiveness; (d) "compunction is not conversion." (3) The money was used to buy a burial-field for poor strangers. (Matthew 27:6-10) (4) Judas himself, in his despair, went out and hanged himself, (Matthew 27:5) at Aceldama, on the southern slope of the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, and in the act he fell down a precipice and was dashed into pieces. (Acts 1:18) "And he went to his own place." (Acts 1:25 ) "A guilty conscience must find neither hell or pardon." (5) Judas’ repentance may be compared to that of Esau. (Genesis 27:32-38; Hebrews 12:16,17) It is contrasted with that of Peter. Judas proved his repentance to be false by immediately committing another sin, suicide. Peter proved his to be true by serving the Lord faithfully ever after. --ED.) (www.biblestudytools.net/Dictionaries/ SmithsBibleDictionary/) |
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359 | Judas | Luke 23:43 | kalos | 172164 | ||
"the son of perdition [Judas Iscariot--the one who is now doomed to destruction, destined to be lost]" AMPLIFIED John 17:12 While I was with them, I kept and preserved them in Your Name [in the knowledge and worship of You]. Those You have given Me I guarded and protected, and not one of them has perished or is lost except the son of perdition [Judas Iscariot--the one who is now doomed to destruction, destined to be lost], that the Scripture might be fulfilled. [Ps. 41:9; John 6:70.] 'Son of Perdition (John 17:12) 'As terrible as “traitor” is, that title pales into insignificance compared to this one. To be the “son of perdition” denotes that Judas is a man identified with eternal destruction, or whose destiny is the Lake of Fire. “Son of perdition” is a predictive designation. 'Furthermore, Acts 1:25 says that Judas went “to his own place,” the thought being the place of his own choosing. Accordingly, it is not that Judas was foreordained from eternity past to go to hell, without opportunity to be saved. Instead, he chose to reject Jesus Christ and will suffer the consequences of any person who rejects the Savior.' ____________________ 'Judas’ Character 'In the village of Bethany six days before the Lord’s final Passover, where Lazarus had been raised from the dead (John 12:1), Martha served supper with Lazarus at the table (12:2), but Mary anointed Christ’s feet with expensive “oil of spikenard,” “wiping His feet with her hair” (12:3). It was a wonderful display of love, gratitude, and worship. 'Then Judas asked 'Why was this fragrant oil not sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it (John 12:4-6). 'Character trait #1: He did not care about the poor. He was a hard-hearted man, too concerned with feathering his own nest while others, less fortunate, suffered around him. 'Character trait #2: He was a thief, pilfering funds from the Lord’s money box, which exposes that Judas was full of avarice, or greed. 'Accordingly, Judas was not in tune with Jesus, rejecting the Lord’s message. To the poor, Jesus preached the gospel (Luke 7:22). And for the needy, Jesus taught that we should go out of our way to help them so far as we are able (parable of the Good Samaritan, Luke 10:29-37). Judas did not welcome that message, nor did he want to help the needy. The man was not regenerated for in a believer God works to will and to do of His good pleasure, which includes ministering to those with pressing needs (cp. Philippians 2:13 with Titus 3:14). Of course, carnality can quench this work of the Spirit in believers also.' ____________________ 'One commentary says this about Judas: 'The comment of the Evangelist [that Judas was a thief] is intended to stress the avarice of Judas, who saw in the price of the ointment nothing of the beautiful deed which Jesus praised (Mark 14:6) but only a means by which the apostolic fund would be increased, and thereby his own pocket lined. And even this motive was cloaked under a specious plea that the money could be given away to relieve the poor. Thus to covetousness there is added the trait of deceit.4 'Commentators have suggested many possibilities to explain Judas’ character: 'Love of money; jealousy of the other disciples; fear of the inevitable outcome of the Master’s ministry which made him turn state’s evidence in order to save his own skin; an enthusiastic intention to force Christ’s hand and make him declare himself as Messiah a bitter, revengeful spirit which arose when his worldly hopes were crushed and this disappointment turned to spite and spite became hate-all these motives have been suggested.5 'What is clear is that Judas was a self-serving thief. who followed Jesus not because his inner man had converted to Him, but because he hoped for personal gain by the relationship.' ____________________ 'The role of the devil 'Jesus knew that ultimately His battle was with the evil one. On an occasion well before His final trip to Jerusalem, He implied that the devil would be involved. 'Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil (ei” diavbolo” ejstin)?” He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve (John 6:67-71).' ____________________ To read the entire article go to: www.bible.org/qatopic.asp Judas By: George E. Meisinger , Th.M., D.Min, Ph.D. Article from CTS Journal, volume 3, number 1 (Summer 1997), a publication of Chafer Theological Seminary, Orange, CA. |
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360 | Judas | Luke 23:43 | kalos | 172163 | ||
"Was Judas Iscariot forgiven/saved?" 'Answer: The Bible clearly indicates that Judas was not saved. Jesus Himself said of Judas, “The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born” (Matt 26:24). John 17:12 also says concerning Judas, “While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.” At one time, though, Judas believed that Jesus was a prophet, or possibly even believed He was the Messiah. Jesus sent the disciples out to proclaim the Gospel and perform miracles (Luke 9:1-6). Judas was included in this group. Judas had faith, but it was not a true faith, or at best it was a very shallow faith. Judas was never “saved” but for a time he was a follower of Christ.' ____________________ www.gotquestions.org/Judas-saved.html |
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