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141 | Spirit of Samuel? | Rev 2:15 | retxar | 11413 | ||
Nolan has given a good, thorough answer here. Let me share a few additional thoughts on why I think view #2 (demon impersonation) is correct. 1 Sam 28:6 Saul had already inquired of the LORD, and the LORD did not answer. If God refused to answer thru the Holy Spirit, I don’t think He would answer thru demonic means. 1Sam 28:19. I feel the demon actually gives away its identity when it says “tomorrow you will be with me.” If Saul hooked up the next day with the one speaking, I am sure it was a demon, not Samuel. Deu_13:1-2 says all predictions that come to pass are not always from God. So the fact that the prophecy in 1Sa 28:19 came true, does not prove it was from God. Saul actually died by committing suicide (1Sa 31:4). The prediction of Saul’s death here could have been a seed planted by satan to convince Saul to kill himself. |
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142 | modern terms for biblical practice? | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 10900 | ||
When one "pleads" their case in a court of law it means to present an answer to a charge. Rev 12:10 says satan accuses the brethren before our God day and night. I think when people use the term "I plead the blood" they are simply answering those charges. I don't see how that would make the term unscriptural. Hope this helps. God bless! |
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143 | biblical reason for todays mondern toung | 1 Cor 1:7 | retxar | 10838 | ||
1Co 1:7 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, The church at Corinth was lacking no Spiritual gifts, including tongues. How long would these gifts last before they would run out? Till Jesus returned. Jesus has not returned, therefore no spiritual gifts have ceased. 1Co 12:7 says spiritual gifts are given to each one for the profit of all. If these were only temporary promises, the burden of proof would be on those trying to dis-prove not those who accept. Jesus is Lord! |
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144 | Is Jesus really God? | John 14:7 | retxar | 10279 | ||
Here are a few places. Psalms 45:6, Psalms 45:11, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 40:10, Jeremiah 23:6, Malachi 3:1, John 8:24, John 8:28, John 8:58, John 20:28, Acts 7:59, Acts 7:60, 1Tim 3:16, Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 1:9, Hebrews 1:10, Rev 5:9, Rev 5:10. Jesus is Lord! |
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145 | Retxar, additional thoughts please! | Mark 9:23 | retxar | 9015 | ||
I guess an additional thought I have is the importance Paul put on love in 1Cor 13. We must always have an attitude of love in our dealings with all, in all situations. Jesus said in John 13:35 "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." 1Cor 13:2 tells me I should seek all truth, but more importantly I must be careful to always have the right attitude (an attitude of love). It is easy for me to forget this if I am trying to get someone to see my point of view, even tho I am sure I am right and the other person is wrong. If I have the wrong attitude, it does not matter if I am right or not, I am only trying to make myself look good, and Jesus cannot be glorified. Lack of love comes from walking after the flesh not the Spirit. Can we have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have faith to remove mountains, and have not love? This would be impossible! The gifts of the Spirit can only be exercised in love, otherwise they become a work of the flesh. What begins as a work of the Spirit must continue in the Spirit and cannot be perfected in the flesh (Chuck Smith, Calvary Chapel). I believe the actual movement of a physical mountain is not to be taken literally. I believe it is an exaggeration to make a point (as in Luke 14:26 for example). As far a prophecy revealing the proper understanding of all mysteries and knowledge, I think this is correct in the fact that all mysteries and knowledge revealed are correct, not that they reveal all. This again must be by the leading of the Spirit and not the flesh. When a prophecy fails is when it is something we work up in our own head, not when the Holy Spirit reveals it to us. We must be very careful when we say "thus saith the Lord" when what we really meant was "thus saith my head". God Bless! retxar |
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146 | Are the gifts of the spirit for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | retxar | 8764 | ||
Yes, Joel 2:28, Joel 2:29, Acts 2:17, Acts 2:18, 1Cor 1:7, 1Cor 1:8, 1Cor 12:7, 1Cor 12:28, 1Cor 13:10, 1Cor 13:12, Eph 4:13, 1John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Until this is fulfilled, the gifts of the Spirit are vital and required and no scripture suggest they will cease before this time. God bless! retxar |
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147 | Mat 17:20 vs I Cor 13:2? | Mark 9:23 | retxar | 8760 | ||
Maybe the mountain moving faith Jesus and Paul were talking about were not that much different from each other. Consider Mat 13:31-32, Mark 4:31-31, and Luke 13:19. In all illustrations, Jesus speaks of the mustard seed as something that starts out small and grows large and strong. Maybe Jesus was talking about the characteristic of a mustard seed in Mat 17:20, not the size? I tend to see it that way. In order to “move mountains”, we must have faith like a mustard seed that takes root and grows! Jesus is Lord! |
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148 | What is YIC | Rom 5:6 | retxar | 8025 | ||
YIC means either, Yours In Christ, or You Is Christian, or Yes I'm Crazy, or Y'all Is Crazy! | ||||||
149 | Angel of the Lord - where in NT? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 7483 | ||
I find 12. Mathew 1:20, 1:24, 2:13, 2:19, and 28:2 Luke 1:11 and 2:9, Acts 5:19, 7:30, 8:26, 12:7, and 12:23 In most cases these angels of the Lord are ministering spirits as described in Hebrews 1:14, not an incarnation of Jesus as usually the Angel of the Lord refers to in the Old Testament. The exception is Acts 7:30 which is Steven's reference to Moses encounter with the Angel of the Lord (God) in the burning bush in Exodus 3. |
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150 | One Source or Several? | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6968 | ||
Hi Tim! Technically that is correct for the MT and the CT. I am not sure about the TR, as Erasmus used what he had, which I think was only late Byzantine manuscripts. I am sure the CT relies on more Byzantine manuscripts that the MT relies on the Alexandrian manuscripts because of the limited number of Alexandrian manuscripts available. Both the CT and the MT look at all available manuscripts, as you say, so my “source” statement was a little misleading. Here’s what I meant. The CT is always going to go with the oldest and the MT is always going to go with the majority. However the CT would always go with the Alexandrian if it disagreed with a Byzantine for the simple reason that the Alexandrian text would almost always be older. By the same token the MT would always go with the majority, which will almost always be the Byzantine text. I am far from an expert here, folks, so if someone has more, please share. God Bless! |
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151 | World English Bible | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6940 | ||
I personally think it is better than the NASB because it is based on the MT instead of the CT, which I FEEL is more accurate. The WEB Bible is also public domain as the KJV is. The WEB Bible is complete Gen-Rev in electronic form and is available as a free download for the excellent free Bible program called e-Sword @ e-sword.net. Jesus is Lord! |
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152 | Critical Text vs. Received Text | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6847 | ||
This is an issue I struggled with for years, because I knew God only wrote one Bible. Let me explain why I came to the conclusion that the received text is closest to God’s original inspired words than the critical text. We often pray to God to be greatly concerned about things we ourselves do not seem to care so much about. The received text addresses that in Mat 17:21, the critical text does not. John 7:8 would seem to indicate deception on the part of Jesus if the word “yet” is missing, as in the CT. John 8:1-11 in not included in the CT. Many sermons have been preached on John 8:1-11, with much good fruit brought forth. I don’t think that would have been possible unless it was God’s inspired Word. The last part of Mark is missing in the CT, but it is included with brackets in all CT Bibles. I think this is important, inspired, scripture because it contains direct commands from Jesus, and unless one misinterprets verse 18a, it causes no doctrinal differences among believers. The belief that baptism is meant for believers only is not dependant on one verse, but there is none stronger than Acts 8:37, which is missing in the CT. The longer ending of Romans 8:1, in the RT, would seem to be correct in context with Romans 8:2 and the rest of the chapter that speaks of walking according to the Spirit, not the flesh. The CT text puts much weight on the Alexandrian (Egypt) text. The RT is based on the Byzantine (Antioch) text. The Alexandrian text is closer, date wise, to the originals than the Byzantine text. However, Byzantine manuscript fragments and Byzantine quote’s of church fathers exist that are just as ancient as the Alexandrian text. The church and the Word spread quickly with Antioch as the hub. Consider the fact that the Alexandrian text was in control by only one group of people in Egypt, where Christianity fell quickly. This, to me, this would be a greater risk of corruption than scribble additions. Scribble deletions, to me, would seem more likely than additions anyway, because a deletion would probably be an unintentional mistake whereas an addition would almost have to be done intentionally. Knowing all the above, I was still not convinced until I saw Acts 6:7 (also 12:24, 13:49, 19:20) in the following light. All these verses describe the Word as spreading, growing, multiplying, and prevailing. Heb 4:12 also describes the Word as living and active. This convinces me that the Byzantine text is closer to God’s original than the Alexandrian text. History tells us that the Byzantine seemed to have God’s blessing by spreading, growing, multiplying, and prevailing. The Alexandrian text did not spread, grow, multiply, or prevail; it remained in Egypt. Consider it. As Nolan and Tim have already said, the doctrinal differences that exist among believers are never based on a CT/RT difference. (Unless one misinterprets Mar 16:18a!). God bless you both. retxar |
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153 | Why did Jesus not answer charges? | Matt 26:62 | retxar | 6706 | ||
To fulfill prophesy. Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. |
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154 | Did Christ die for the world? | 1 John 2:2 | retxar | 6636 | ||
Hi Tim. I agree. 1 John 2:2, in content and context, is proof text, to me, that salvation is whosoever will. The text clearly states, to me, that Christ died for the believer and the nonbelieiver. I have trouble seeing at other places in scripture that “world” does not mean “world,” that “all” does not mean “all,” and that “whosoever”, does not mean “whosoever.” It seems a stretch, to me, at these places to believe anything else other that what the Word says plainly to my heart. I have read Romans 9 and understand the sovereignty of God. I have also read Romans 10 and understand the responsibility of man. I have read Ezekiel 33:11 and know, without doubt, that God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. I have also read John 6:44 and know, without doubt, that no one comes to Jesus unless God draws him. I believe God, who desires that a sinner turn and not burn, will save a sinner being convicted and draw to repentance by the Holy Spirit (2Cor 7:10). However, I also believe that a convicted sinner can resist the Holy Spirit and walk away (John 8:9). Jesus offered salvation to the rich young ruler (Mar 10:21), and he walked away. I believe this was a legitimate offer from Jesus. We must know he would have been saved if he had not resisted Jesus’s offer. Jesus offered forgiveness to the ones who crucified Him (Luke 23:34). Was this a token gesture or a genuine offer? I think it was a genuine offer. Did they all accept? I don’t think they did. Jesus Lives! |
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155 | Why? | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6624 | ||
Thank you Radioman for the kind words. Let me spell it out to you, pay attention. I said, we could burn "THEM" at the stake. "Them" would indicate more than one. That got a rise out of Joe. Joe very wittingly asked "name two" people Calvin burned at the stake. Can't get much past Joe! Notice the word "two" (2). Two means means more than one. Joe and I only know one person Calvin burned at the stake. That would be Michael Servetus, if you really need to know. I thought I was being a wise guy not a senseless babbler! Thanks Radioman for setting me straight! retxar (the babbler) |
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156 | Is harsh language appropriate? | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6458 | ||
If we use Calvin's example of proper teatment of those we disagree with, we could not only use harsh language, we could also burn them at the stake! | ||||||
157 | How can a Christian overcome a bad habit | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6244 | ||
I have used Mat 12:43-45 before to illustrate how, in order to stop a bad habit, it must be replace with a good habit that honors God. | ||||||
158 | homosexuality | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 6204 | ||
Rom 1:24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, Rom 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Rom 1:26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Rom 1:27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; |
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159 | "Born-again Christian" redundant? | John 3:3 | retxar | 6203 | ||
Yes, all true Christians must be born again (John 3:3). I think the problem is the worlds view of what a Christian is. The world confuses religion with Christianity. The world has the idea that if someone goes to a Christian church, that makes them a Christian. | ||||||
160 | Holy Spirit's power of Conviction | Rom 5:6 | retxar | 5761 | ||
Good word Bro!! Yes we do, thru the Holy Spirit, have the power to choose Jesus! Praise Jesus for an honest heart that is more concerned with the truth, than trying to weave scripture around a doctrinal slant. God Bless! |
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