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441 | Why did Elizabeth live in seclusion? | Luke 1:25 | stjohn | 218294 | ||
Hi nthnobdvs, I don't know that she 'had-to' live sequestered, and there is nothing in Scripture nor in tradition that would indicate a requirement for her seclusion. I think John Gill gives a good account of what may have been going on with Elizabeth. Speaking first of Zacharias... --"The days of his ministration in the temple, quickly after his return home; the Ethiopic version reads, "after two days": his wife Elisabeth conceived; according to the angels prediction, and notwithstanding her barrenness, and the unbelief of her husband; and hid herself five months. The Arabic and Persic versions render it, "hid her size"; but there could be no occasion to take any methods to hide this, since, if she said nothing of it herself, and there could be no suspicion of it in one of her years, it could not be much discerned in her by such a time; but she hid herself, or lived retired, that she might be fully satisfied that she was with child, before she said any thing about it; and that she might not discover any pride or vanity on account of it; and to avoid all discourse with others about it, which might be rumoured abroad; and chiefly to shun all ceremonial uncleanness, which one, that bred a Nazarite, was obliged to; see Judges 13:14 and most of all, that she might be retired, and spend her time in meditation upon the goodness of God, and in returning thanks to him for the favour she had received; saying; as in the following verse. Verse 25. Thus hath the Lord dealt with me,.... In a very gracious and bountiful manner; in giving her strength to conceive a son in her old age, and such an one that was to be great, and so useful in his day; of which her husband had doubtless informed her by writing, though he could not speak: in the days wherein he looked on me; with a favourable eye, with a look of love and mercy: he took away my reproach from among men; as barrenness was accounted, especially among the Israelites, the seed of Abraham; to whom was promised a numerous issue, as the stars in the sky, and as the sand on the sea shore, and particularly the Messiah; see Genesis 30:23."-- John Gill John |
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442 | Did Mary, Jesus' Mother, worship Him? | Luke 1:46 | stjohn | 201098 | ||
Hi Belmonter, I don't know of any "one" verse, nor does she explicitly use the word worship, but read the words of Mary to he cousin Elisabeth: And Mary said: "My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed. For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name. AND HIS MERCY IS UPON GENERATION AFTER GENERATION TOWARD THOSE WHO FEAR HIM. He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble. HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS; And sent away the rich empty-handed. He has given help to Israel His servant, In remembrance of His mercy, As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and his descendants forever." Luke 1:46-55 It should be pretty clear what her attitude toward God was. God bless John |
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443 | Luke 13.1-5 | Luke 1:56 | stjohn | 220986 | ||
Rick, I believe Doc has answered well. Repentance has only ever meant one thing when spoken of in the Bible in that context, i.e. to turn from sin '180 degrees' and turn to God. It's really not that complicated. They asked Him what He thought about it and He pretty much brushed the question off as not important, then He simply told them to focus on what is important. John |
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444 | why did Jesus say that? | Luke 2:49 | stjohn | 211817 | ||
Hi Anny, This is kind of long but it really says it quite well I think. John --"Ver. 49. And he said unto them, how is it that ye sought me?.... That is, with so much uneasiness and distress of mind, not trusting in the power and providence of God, to take care of him; and in other places, besides the temple, where they had been inquiring for him: wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? or "in my Father's house", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it; where, as soon as you missed me, you might, at once, have concluded I was, and not have put yourselves to so much trouble and pains in seeking for me. Christ seems to tax them with ignorance, or, at least, forgetfulness of his having a Father in heaven, whose business he came to do on earth; and which they should have thought in their own minds he was now about, and so have made themselves easy. The business that Christ came about was to preach the Gospel, and which he afterwards performed with great clearness and fulness, with much power, majesty, and authority, with great constancy and diligence, with much concern for the souls of men, arid with great awfulness; and in which he took great delight, though he went through many dangers and risks of life; as also to work miracles in proof of his deity and Messiahship, and for the good of the bodies of men, and in which he was very assiduous, going about every where doing good this way: but the main, and principal part of his business was, to work out salvation for his people, by fulfilling the law, making reconciliation and atonement for their sins, and obtaining eternal redemption: this was a business which neither angels nor men could do; was very toilsome and laborious, and yet he delighted in it; nor did he desist from it until it was accomplished: and this is called his Father's business, because he contrived and assigned it to him; he called him to it, and sent him to perform; he enjoined it to him as man and mediator, and the glory of his perfections was concerned in it, and secured by it: and it was a business that Christ must be about, be concerned in, and perform, because he engaged to do it from all eternity; and because it was the will of his Father, which must be done, and was necessary in order to show himself dutiful and obedient; and because it was foretold in prophecy again and again and promised that it should be done; and because it could not be done by another. Now our Lord's conversing with the doctors, and which was a branch of his prophetic office, and was, no doubt, with a view to the good of the souls of men, and nothing less than miraculous, was a show, a prelude of, and a sort of an entrance upon the business he came about."-- John Gill |
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445 | Explain Godhead Trinity? | Luke 3:22 | stjohn | 196285 | ||
Hello Grace, I dare say I don't think you will get a better answer than the one that Brother Brad has given you to your last question. One God, In three persons. Father, Son, Holy Spirit. By the way, this is not something that any mortal is capable of understanding, faith plays a major roll in this. But Luke 3:22 gives us a clear picture of the three, Jesus is being baptized, the Dove is a representation of the Spirit, And the voice from Heaven is, God the Father. "and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased." Another point is that, Scripture declares throughout that there is but One God. Hope this helps God bless John |
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446 | What does God owe the Devil? | Luke 4:6 | stjohn | 209520 | ||
Hi Finder: Nice to see you my friend, it's been a while since we've seen you here at SBF. Welcome. :-) First I don't think God really give satin the world, in a sense WE DID! Or should I say Adam's sin did. God gave dominion of the Earth to Adam. "Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Gen 1:26 But when Adam fell into sin, Gen 3:1-7 that dominion was taken away Gen 3:8-24 and a void left for satin. Why did God allow this? I don't know. But Man doesn't really need satin to show him how to be evil. as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE." "THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING," "THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS"; "WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS"; "THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD, DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS, AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN." "THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES." Rom 3:10-18 As far as getting rid of him for our sake? Well, he sent His Son for our sake! :-) John 3:16 And that's the Good news! And he will "get rid of him" that's for sure! Rev 20:10 Don't worry so much about satin, how about, who Jesus is to you, and what He did for you! Is He your saviour? God bless John |
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447 | Why? | Luke 5:23 | stjohn | 218402 | ||
1) Being God omniscient, He new what would come out of the hearts of the Pharisees, so His demonstration was to perhaps show them and all His deity. 2) Though the man didn't get up and walk, his palsy may well have been already healed when Jesus forgave his sins. The Scripture really doesn't say, so we would be reading into it what isn't there by assuming that the man was not already healed. We don't really know one way or the other, so the question is sorta mute. John |
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448 | Why is this verse here? | Luke 6:40 | stjohn | 218528 | ||
Hi nthnob... All of these verses are interrelated in how Jesus saw what the Pharisees were doing in the way they were teaching the children of Israel. They are the 'blind guides' of v 39, and in verse 40, He is admonishing His disciples to not be like them and think more of themselves then their teacher. Read in context with what Jesus was trying to get across to them, they fit together quite well. Perhaps we should think more about what God is trying to tell us, rather then focusing on, why He said what He said the way He said it. God said it just like He wanted to, so lets put our energy in understanding what that is. Hope that helps John |
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449 | what was the reason | Luke 8:26 | stjohn | 214386 | ||
Hi Vintage, You are correct in saying that there isn't any reason given for this trip. So to speculate on the reason would be just that, speculation. You also wrote: "They didn't have a clue who he was, or what he was all about." I'm assuming you are talking about the disciples or who later would be known as the apostles. Well if we look at the Gospel of John, we can see that this isn't true at all. After John the Baptist introduced them to Jesus, in ch1 v's41-42, it says: "One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ)." And in v45a it says: "Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote," And in v49 we read: "Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” So we can see, Vintage, they most certainly did know who He was. They may have misunderstood what he was about, but they did indeed know who He was. John |
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450 | Shape or Form | Luke 8:27 | stjohn | 184922 | ||
Hi Grace; Demons manifest themselves by the actions or deeds of toughs that they "possess" or "influence". I do not Know of a Scripture that would indicate otherwise. There are many, who have some pretty wild and fantastic ideas about demons and such. But the "Scriptures" are our only "reliable" source. And we should, "stick to them". God bless stj |
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451 | Shape or Form | Luke 8:27 | stjohn | 184926 | ||
Hi Grace; I'm Sorry if my answer was cold, I really didn't Intend for it to be, and I'm sorry if it came across as condescending. Please, if I may, I'd like to start over with a warm welcome. I guess my answer could and should have been no, I'v not seen a demon. But I Know some who "claim" to have seen them. Although; if you new them, as I Know them, you would not think them a credible source for the truth, any more then I do. (If you Know what I mean). However, I most certainly believe in demons, and that people that we meet, in the world could be possessed or influenced by them. My goodness when we look at the world today with all the hatred and senseless killing what with suicide bombers and all, and the filth and violence on TV. I think that stuff is striate out of hell! Sorry! I don't want to sound like a fire and brimstone preacher. But it wouldn't surprise me, if there was more demon activity then we really want to admit to ourselves. well, any way, I digress. I don't know if I could say "in the "form" of people". The Bible teaches that Demons need a bodily host. But, maybe I misunderstood the wording of your question, sorry if I did. It is my hope, that we Here "could" touch you in some way, and that God would "Grace" you with faith in Him that saves. Pardon my play on words. Well, have a great day Grace, and I hope you will come back and visit us. Hows that? better I hope? And again; sorry for the cold response. God bless and keep you my dear. stj |
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452 | Luke 10:1 | Luke 9:53 | stjohn | 215451 | ||
Hi Mike, If we look at the verse above in ch9 v 53 we can see that He was on His way to Jerusalem at that point, and though perhaps on a meandering path it does still look that way. Also, Scripture doesn't say how many city's or places He sent them to; just that He sent then to every one that He was going to visit. So, we cannot determine how many that was. We can also take a fairly well educated guess that this was at or near the end of His ministry, because He had been telling the twelve that He was going to be killed. Though we see as we read along in the next chapter He continues to teach and preach along the way, and since we know He crucifixion took place in Jerusalem, we can pretty safely assume this is on the way to Jerusalem, and was at or near the end of His ministry. Other's may be along to add more detail but that's my two cent's worth. I hope it helps. John |
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453 | Same supper as John 12? | Luke 10:38 | stjohn | 184341 | ||
Hi Mom; Good question, and good point also that they "attempted" to rob mary; as our Lord put it in v 41-42 But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her." Note where her focus is, not when or what or where but "who". Don't know if it is the same supper by the way. God's peace stj |
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454 | gift of knowledge and wisdom | Luke 12:48 | stjohn | 202617 | ||
Hi Houston: Welcome to the forum! The short answer is yes. Certainly these gifts are useful in all aspects of life and especially as a believer in Christ. But, these should not taken lightly! If you truly want to be of service, do then pray and ask, but these gifts will come with a price! The verse above may seem severe, and not in context, but perspective may be gained, also look at (Eccl 1:16-18) and; Solomon with all his wisdom and knowledge sums up chapter three with a good peace of advice! Eccl 3:22a "I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot." I am not advising against it, but I would strongly advise to read all of Ecclesiastes, before I would pray and seek for wisdom and knowledge. God bless John |
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455 | Reconciliation of Scripture | Luke 14:26 | stjohn | 218411 | ||
Hi Yen.. A simple explanation of Luke 14:26 will clear up any discrepancy we may see in these two verses. I don't think I can say it any better then John Gill. Verse 26. If any man come to me,.... Not in a corporeal, but in a spiritual way; nor barely to hear him preach; but so come, as that he believes in him, applies to him for grace, pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation; professes to be his, submits to his ordinances, and desires to be a disciple of his; and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple: not that proper hatred of any, or all of these, is enjoined by Christ; for this would be contrary to the laws of God, to the first principles of nature, to all humanity, to the light of nature, to reason and divine revelation: but that these are not to be preferred to Christ, or loved more than he, as it is explained in Matthew 10:37 yea, these are to be neglected and forsaken, and turned from with indignation and resentment, when they stand in the way of the honour and interest of Christ, and dissuade from his service: such who would be accounted the disciples of Christ, should be ready to part with their dearest relations and friends, with the greatest enjoyment of life, and with life itself, when Christ calls for it; or otherwise they are not worthy to be called his disciples."-- John Gill http://www.ewordtoday.com/comments/luke/gill/luke14.htm John |
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456 | Repentance, how many times? | Luke 15:20 | stjohn | 199660 | ||
Hi LJ, That would depend on what you call backsliding. Some that are called backsliders, are not saved in the first place. We can see however, that God's children do wonder from time to time, but, they "always" return to Him. If God has chosen you, you are His, and there is nothing but nothing anyone can do about that. If you think you are backsliding, then I would suggest to you, whether you are saved or not, to roll off your back, and get on your knees! God bless John |
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457 | How does God handle a backslider? | Luke 15:24 | stjohn | 196252 | ||
Hello kingfish, This could help. "In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. And He said, A man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me. So he divided his wealth between them. And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living. Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him. But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men. So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his slaves, Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet; and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead has come to life again; he was lost and has been found. And they began to celebrate." Luke 15:10-24 I don't know how normal your case is, but this is how God feels about one of His sheep that was lost, and was living in the pig pen, but has come home! God bless John p.s. Welcome back!! |
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458 | Kingdom of God in your heart? | Luke 17:21 | stjohn | 218115 | ||
Hi Brother... See above for the Amplified: "Nor will people say, Look! Here [it is]! or, See, [it is] there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you [in your hearts] and among you [surrounding you]." Luke 17:21 NASB AMPLIFIED It may come from the KJV which is written: "Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:21 KJV John |
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459 | Luke 17:37 | Luke 17:37 | stjohn | 195152 | ||
Hi Sandy2 I would think that verse 37 "Then they asked Him, Where, Lord?" makes it pretty clear that those who are taken are taken to judgment. There has been a great deal of speculation on this verse, but when we read it as it is, and let it be what it is, well, it's pretty clear don't you think? God bless John |
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460 | only one in a thousand wife's is good | Luke 18:19 | stjohn | 202294 | ||
Hi Born Again Man: Welcome! The Scriptures don't say that, anywhere that I'm aware of! And in fact, Jesus Himself says that, "no one is good but God alone." Luke 18:19 God bless John |
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