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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: prayon Ordered by Verse |
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541 | Humble birth | Luke 2:7 | prayon | 26922 | ||
Whether it has significance or not, one thing that we can get from this passage is that we should not limit God by our expectations. The Jews were looking for their expected Messiah to be born in a holy place but God had different ideas. Also, at the time of Christ there was a tax that was taken on all the trees on a persons property; therefore all trees were cut down so the people would not be taxed. The stable that is referred to is actually a cave. It was a very dark and dirty place. God is at work wherever he is needed in our sin darkened and dirty world. prayon |
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542 | Who wrote Luke? What generation is Mary? | Luke 3:23 | prayon | 72064 | ||
Greetings Shallae and welcome to the forum. The first 4 books of the New Testament are called the gospels. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are known as the synoptic gospels. They all take a common view of the life of Christ, and emphasize Jesus' humanity. Matthew emphasizes Him as the King or Messiah. Mark emphasizes Him as the tireless servant Luke emphasizes Him as the Ideal Man The 4th gospel, John, emphasizes Jesus' diety and presents Him as the Son of God. Whereas the book of John is a gospel, 1John is known as an epistle or letter. There was a lot of heresy in the churches at that time that denied that Christ was God incarnate. John wrote the letter to expose false teachers and to give believers the assurance of salvation. There are 2 different geneologies of Jesus in the NT. The first one is in Matthew 1:1-16 and shows how Jesus lineage through His earthly father and proves His legal right to the throne. Luke 3:22-38 gives His lineage through His mother and proves His blood-right to the throne. I hope I have answered your questions. If you have more let me know. prayon |
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543 | Up to what extent should I give? | Luke 6:30 | prayon | 86723 | ||
Greetings Bnbriones, I will answer the 2nd question first. When someone asks something of you the first thing you should do is take it to God and ask Him what His will is in the situation. If God tells you to give the person what he needs then do it. However, God can see the whole picture and sometimes will tell us not to help in the situation. We are to give to the needy but only when God puts it into our spirit to do so. If that person does not pay you back then that person will have to answer to God. You can not do anything about that person breaking their promise to you. If you hold onto the situation then it will turn into anger and resentment which is not of God. If God told you to give to this person then God will reward you for your obedience whether or not you were paid back or not. Give the situation over to God and let Him deal with this person. He may just convict the person's heart to honor his word. prayon |
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544 | Up to what extent should I give? | Luke 6:30 | prayon | 86724 | ||
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545 | What do you think? | Luke 6:42 | prayon | 144864 | ||
Greetings, What you say is very sad. Too many of God's churches judge others which is exactly what Jesus told us not to do. Many do it because of what their appearance looks like, some for other reasons. It sounds as if this is what happened at this church. For whatever reason the church judged this man and found him unworthy of going to their church. The reason he is welcome in another church is because the newer church is not judging him. We are told to hate the sin but love the sinner. Because many churches don't too many people are "run out of church" and never return because of the past experience, thus keeping them out of church and away from a relationship with God. Hope this helps. prayon |
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546 | Who is Mary Magdalene? | Luke 8:2 | prayon | 131484 | ||
Greetings JoAnn and welcome to the forum, No, they are not one in the same. Mary Magadalene was one of the women who ministered to Jesus and contributed to Him financially. She was identified as "one from whom 7 demons had gone out"(Luke 8:2). She has traditionally been identified with the sinful woman (a prostitute) who annointed His feet with expensive oil and dried them with her tears but that is unlikely since she is introduced in 8:2. No name is ever given for either of the women you have mentioned. Hope this helps. prayon | ||||||
547 | how were the sisters | Luke 10:42 | prayon | 72088 | ||
Greetings, Mary and Martha were different in that Marh was impassioned and imaginative while Martha was practical and unemotional. Martha was probably the older one and the home maker. In this passage Martha became upset that Mary sat at the Lord's feet listening to His teaching while she was doing all the work. Martha complained to Jesus about this. Jesus told her that Mary was doing the better thing because she was concentrating on that thing which could not be taken away from her. Jesus was more interested in food for the soul rather than food for the body. What Martha was concentrating on was something that could be done anytime. prayon |
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548 | Can a christian forgive sins? | Luke 11:4 | prayon | 73535 | ||
Greetings, No a person can not. We can forgive a person for sinning or "wronging" us which releases us from the sin of unforgiveness but the only way a person can be forgiven for their sins is to go to God themselves. We can not ask for forgiveness for someone else because to be forgiven for a sin you must desire the forgiveness from your heart, and we have no power over another persons heart. We can however, intercede for the person and ask God to have mercy on them. prayon | ||||||
549 | Blamfamings the Holy Spirit | Luke 12:10 | prayon | 35674 | ||
ewendall, the answer is yes. The unforgivable sin involves an ongoing rejection of the Holy Spirit's work and thus of God himself. A person who has commited this sin has shut himself off from God so completely that he is unaware of any sin at all. A person who fears of having committed this sin shows by his concern that he is not guilty of this sin. prayon | ||||||
550 | Eternal security vs Luke 12:46/Matt.25 | Luke 12:46 | prayon | 64866 | ||
Greetings bhaun and welcome to the forum! In any parable if you understand what each person(s) symbolize you can better understand what it is about. In the parable of the 10 virgins in Matthew the bridegroom is Christ and the 10 virgins are the believing Christians. The lamps are a symbol of the profession that Christ is Lord and died for our sins. The oil symbolizes the power and person of the Holy Spirit. In this parable it stands for the oil that makes the lamp produce light or the Holy Spirit behind the outward profession (the lamp) that makes a difference between a life lived by the power of the Holy Spirit and the merely nominal Christian. The sleepers are those who are those Christians who are commonly called "Sunday Christians" - those who claim to be Christians but are complacent about Christ. The midnight cry is the return of Christ. Those Christians who are saved, sanctified and baptized with the Holy Spirit will go with Christ to the marriage supper. Those who aren't will be left behind. In Luke (also in Matt 24:45-51) in the parable of the Faithful Steward it agains refers to the return of Christ. The steward is the Christian and the master is Christ. Those who are 'about their father's business' will be taken in the rapture and those who aren't won't. Being 'about their father's business' in this parable emphasizes the responsibility of every Christian to feed Christ's sheep with the bread of Christ (his word). prayon |
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551 | Can man refuse God's invitation? | Luke 14:16 | prayon | 2239 | ||
You are right. The parable refers to God offering His kingdom and the gift of salvation to the Jewish people 2000 years ago. The Jewish people refused not believing that Christ was the true Messiah. This refussal is the gift of God called free will. In Genesis 2:15-16 it tells us that God gave Adam the responsibility of caring for the Garden of Eden and told him not to eat of the fruit rather than physically preventing him from doing so. In other words God gave Adam the choice of eating the fruit or not eating the fruit. Throughout the bible are countless stories when man went against God's wishes and chose to do what God commanded them not to do. The Luke parable is just another example of man not choosing God's way. God's call is irresistable. If it were not there would be no evil in the world. Man would not be able to refuse God if His call was indeed irresistable. (When the Jewish people refused the invitation God then extended that invitation to the Gentiles). |
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552 | Question from a newbie | Luke 14:26 | prayon | 110251 | ||
Greetings Lulu and welcome, I like what mommapsbs said but I just wanted to add that the best thing that you can do for your parents is to be Christ-like. What your parents have seen in the church is unfortunetly very prevalent in today's churches. The behavior though needless to say is not that which Christ seeks. Show your parents what true Christianity is about - loving one another and serving Him humbly but joyfully. prayon | ||||||
553 | Who wrote Hebrews? | Luke 15:24 | prayon | 61023 | ||
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554 | why was steward of luke 16 praised | Luke 16:8 | prayon | 7962 | ||
According to the International Bible Commentary faced by ruin the steward took energetic action to ward it off; it is his foresight and resourcefulness to ward off disaster which are commended not his dishonesty. | ||||||
555 | Which verses talk about... | Luke 18:13 | prayon | 60203 | ||
Lialia, Some of the verses that contradict low self esteem are: Psalm 149:13-16 - we are fearfully and wonderfully made Eph 2:10 - we are Christs workmanship Gen 1:26-27 - God created us in His own image Hope these verses help. prayon |
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556 | luke 22verse 35-38 pacifist contradict | Luke 22:36 | prayon | 26417 | ||
According to the MacArthur study bible Christ first refers to previously sending them out without any provisions (Luke 9:3). He had sovereignly arranged for their needs to be met. The money bag, knapsack, and sword were figurative expressions for such means (the sword being emblematic of protection not aggression). The swords were short, daggerlike instruments - more like knives than swords. There was nothing unusual about carrying them in that culture. They had many practical uses besides violence. prayon | ||||||
557 | Pilate's response to King of the Jews? | Luke 23:3 | prayon | 6560 | ||
In Jesus day a death sentence had to be approved by a Roman official. Since the Priests wanted Jesus killed they knew they had to make up charges against Him that the Romans would go for since the charge of blasphemy (His arresting charge)would have no meaning to the Romans. Since Pilate was the govenor of Judea where Jerusalem was located they needed to get his permission. Pilate recognized the obvious plot against Jesus (Matt 27:18) and Pilate knew that Jesus was innocent (John 18:30,38, 19:4). His wife also knew the innocence of this man, (Matt27:19). Herod also confirmed his innocence, (Luke 23:15). I believe that in His spirit he knew that Jesus was who He said He was. I also think that His wife confirmed the fact when she stated because of her dream. I can find no place that says Pilate knew because of a certain thing. We know that Pilate did believe Him for two reasons: 1) Pilate called Him King in John 19:14, and 2) because Pilate wrote the sign on the cross saying that "This is Jesus the King of the Jews". It does say that he was greatly amazed at Jesus (Matt 27:14). His conscience also told him that Jesus was who He said He was (John 19:7-9). Being the govenor of Judea where Jesus had His ministry I am sure that Pilate had heard of all the miraculous things that Jesus had done. Pilate did not stand for what he believed because he was threatened by the Jews that they would cause him great trouble (Matt 27:24, Luke 23:23). ***It is interesting to note that all aspects of Jesus trial were illegal. Jewish Law stated the following: 1) No trials were to be heard at night. All criminal cases must be tried and completed during the daytime hours. 2) No such cases were to be held during the Passover season. 3) Only if the verdict were "not guilty" could the case be completed on the day it commenced. 4) In all trials, the evidence for the innocence of the accused must be presented to the court before the evidence of his guilt was cited. 5) If the verdict was guilty, a night must elapse before announcing the verdict to allow for feelings of mercy. 6) No decision of the Sanhedrin was valid unless it was made in its own council chamber with one another. 7) A false witness was punishable by death, (Matt 26:59-60). 8)It is illegal to cause someone to testify against himself. Have a blessed day prayon |
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558 | Explain Luke 23:31 | Luke 23:31 | prayon | 2248 | ||
I am led to understand that this is in relation to a proverb. Green wood does not normally burn, nor are innocent men executed. But if these things do happen now what will happen in the future? Another interpretation is if the innocent Jesus (green wood) suffered at the hands of the Romans what would happen to the guilty Jews (dry wood)? Hope this helps some. |
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559 | Luke, Jesus, and the good theif | Luke 23:40 | prayon | 91379 | ||
Greetings Kimberly, Actually it does not say that the thief would be with Jesus in heaven, it says Jesus said to the thief "today you will be with me in paradise". These are 2 different places. John 20:17 tells us the Jesus said to Mary Magdalene "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father", which means He had not gone to heaven so he could not of taken the good thief there. Paradise is part of Abraham's bosom. Luke tells us that the rich man who went to Hades saw Abraham and cried for Abraham to have mercy on him. This again proving that Paradise is not heaven. In Jewish theology Paradise is the department of Hades where the blessed souls await the resurrection. prayon |
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560 | Where was Paradise? | Luke 23:43 | prayon | 90526 | ||
Greetings, you are correct in that Jesus did not go to Heaven at the time of His death. John 20:17 tells us the Jesus said to Mary Magdalene "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father". Jesus told the thief "today you will be with me in paradise", so this proves that paradise is not the same as heaven. In Jewish theology the department of Hades where the blessed souls await the resurrection. Paaradise is part of Abraham's bosom. Luke tells us that the rich man who went to Hades saw Abraham and cried for Abraham to have mercy on him. Again proving that Paradise is not in heaven. prayon |
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