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501 | Why do we follow rules taught by men? | 2 Pet 1:20 | Beja | 224348 | ||
findrichard, If this is an arguement for gathering to worship on the sabbath rather than sunday, I think it would be much better if you utilized the forum's search feature. This has been discussed more than once on the forums and it would spare us another debate. Furthermore, the intentions of this forum are for sincere questions. Whenever somebody comes asking a question that's not a question that usually means they are looking for a place to argue. What I mean by a "question that's not a question" is when somebody technically asks something but they already have their mind made up what the answer is. They simply are fishing for somebody to respond so that they can turn around and "educate" us on their viewpoint. I hope that's not what you are doing. In Christ, Beja |
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502 | What end results come from Prov. 6:31? | Prov 6:31 | Beja | 224340 | ||
biblenovice, Why are you asking this question again when it has already spent a thread on it? Nevertheless I will answer. You are horribly missreading this passage. This is not a passage that promises that a man who steals will always unfailingly pay back what he owes. For you to interpret it like that is a very huge mistake. Let me help you see what the passage is truely saying. First, verses 20-35 is one complete passage addressing the subject of adultery. Read this as a full complete arguement. Verses 20 through 24 brings up and introduces what is being discussed. Verses 25 and 26 are instructions to avoid an adulteress. Verse 27 through 29 is the writer expressing that one who sleeps with the adultress will not be able to avoid punishment. Now in that context we finally come to verses 30 and 31. Here the writer is trying to make a point. His arguement goes like this: When we look at the law even when we see a poor person who though he has no malice, whom through his poverty he must finally choose to either starve or steal to survive, even such a person as this when he is found out must according to the law restore sevenfold. He is talking about the legal punishment, not a prophetic promise that it will come about! So he goes from this, that even somebody we can so very much sympathize with such as a starving man trying to feed his family must pay the consequences, how much more so will the fool who sleeps with another man's wife? And that is what we see in verses 32-35. It says the husband who was wronged will not stop from having his vengeance. So the point of this passage is NOT to say that you will one day get your money back. The point is that if a theif forced into crime from starvation will be punished, how much more an adulter who wrongs another man by sleeping with his wife! Something that there can never be a sympathetic reason for doing. So in conclusion, you are missreading scripture. Scripture does not promise you that you will be getting your money back. In Christ, Beja |
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503 | Is it bibical for a church to require? | John 8:7 | Beja | 224331 | ||
Setonahill, I think you might have missed the main idea of my post, and that very well may be due to a lack of clarity on my part. But essentially it boils down to this. Different types of sin can require different signs of repentance. That was pretty much the sum of my post. Also, trying to suggest that because the church is unable to effectively root out hidden sins that therefore they can not deal with exposed sins is a weak arguement which, should we take it to its logical conclusion, leads only to us failing to obey scripture which tells us to practice church discipline and expect repentence. Now, that being said, in this particular church they could be handling it wrongly, or unfairly, or partially. All of this would be wrong of them. Furthermore, for them to look down their noses at such a woman after she has expressed and shown sincere repentence would be wrong of them. So I'm not defending any of these things. But going the route of saying that since we can not root out every tax cheat in the church and demand such a thing of them, therefore we must tolerate exposed unrepentant sin in the church is not only flawed, it is extremely unbiblical. In Christ, Beja |
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504 | Is it bibical for a church to require? | John 8:7 | Beja | 224324 | ||
Setonahill, I don't mean for this to be a post for or against what you are discussing but a post to help see what may be the reasoning behind it. When a person sins and they are called to account what is needed is repentence. Some things are very simple, if a person is doing drugs they can cease doing drugs. If a person is cheating on their wife they can cease cheating on their wife. The list could go on and on. However, for some sins repentence is more difficult to spot. Allow me to give an admitedly extreme example. If a person in a fit of rage committed a murder, how would we see repentence? Its not really repentence to say they won't commit murder again is it? They never had a desire to become a habitual murderer. They can easily "quit" the sin with no real repentence at all. How do we ask for a show of repentence in such instances? So the question doesn't revolve around certain biblical mandated penalties for certain sins, but rather it is a matter of a church trying to perceive repentence. Other times it is the church who feels they were sinned against. I recall when David sinned with Bathseba the prophet pronounced his punishment because he had given the the enemeies of the LORD a chance to blaspheme. Now unbelievers could point and say, "Look, christians really are no different." In this way the church might feel they were wronged when a member commits a particularly notorious sin. By forcing them to apologize to the church it is a way of publicly stating for all to know that the church declares this is not how a christian is to act. The motives for what is happening could be many or varied, or it could have began as such things and now simply become the adopted tradition of the church to expect such things for that particular sin. My point being, try to understand the motives behind it first. In Christ, Beja |
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505 | Bible reference to infant baptism | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 224278 | ||
sonofmom, I am a very committed advocate of credo baptism (believer's baptism as opposed to infant baptism.) However, such a light dismissal of the view of infant baptism shows not only serious lack of understanding their arguements but also almost unavoidably contains a bit of ungracious disdain for its proponents, since it necessarily sees them as unable to grasp a simple truth which the rest of us grasp. Do you really believe they just decided to start baptizing infants because they ran out of adults? Did you listen to the debate which he posted before so lightly dismissing the idea? As stated, I am against infant baptism, but I do not think we do the discussion justice by so lightly dismissing it but rather show that we have yet to truly see the issues. Forgive me if this post sounds unkind. I do not mean to offend, but I sincerly want to encourage you to actually hear and understand why they believe what they do before assuming they are simpletons. In Christ, Beja |
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506 | Open Door,Rev.4:1-11 | Heb 10:19 | Beja | 224276 | ||
swill6ky, Jesus Christ. We are to reconcile this by understanding the remarkable price that was paid for such access. I wish I had time to preach a whole sermon to answer your question. Especially read Ephesians 2 as it answers your question in detail. Ephesians 2; Hebrews 10:19 In Christ, Beja |
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507 | how do you explain to someone that does | 2 Cor 4:6 | Beja | 224267 | ||
lionheart, No, I haven't read that one in particular but I have read a few of those types of books. I use to be very interested in apologetics. Currently I'm watching a large video series which I bought from Answers in Genesis ( www.answersingenesis.org ) However, I think those things are primarily usefull for Christians to build up their faith and edify them. I don't think they serve a primary role in conversion, though I'm not suggesting that they hurt. I can't help but think to the passage about the rich man and lazarus. The rich man pleaded to Abraham that he would send Lazarus from the dead to his brothers. Abraham responded that he should listen to Moses and the Prophets. Lazarus countered that if one came up from the dead that then they would listen. The key response was when Abraham said that if they will not listen to Moses and the Prophets then they would not listen even though one should rise from the dead. I think so often we are of the same bent. We keep thinking that if we had more evidence they would listen; or perhaps if we had better facilities, more exciting events, a somewhat less judgmental gosepl etc etc etc. But the truth is if they will not listen to the scripture they won't listen. Because it is at the preaching of Christ that God has been pleased to shine that saving light into our hearts such that we would truely perceive the "light of the glory of God in the face of Christ." However, as stated, I do enjoy apologetics and have often been edified by such things. I just want the many people who may happen to read this post to never substitute them for the clear presentation of the gospel, for it is the gospel that is the power of God unto salvation. (Rom 1:16) My apologies, have been on vacation so I haven't preached in two weeks and I might be getting a little long winded as a result. In Christ, Beja |
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508 | how do you explain to someone that does | 2 Cor 4:6 | Beja | 224259 | ||
ddhome, Two things. 1.) Pray. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4,6 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (on to verse 6) For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness", has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Lets observe two things from this passage. First, it is not simply a lack of being convinced that hinder people from accepting the gospel of Jesus Christ, but rather it is a supernatural hindrince by the god of this world (Satan.) Second, the cure is not a better arguement, a nice power point, asking the right questions, and certainly not altering the gospel! Rather the cure is God himself shining light into their heart such that they understand the gospel. That they would perceive, "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." So we have supernatural obsticals for which nothing but the power of God will suffice to overcome. Therefore I say to you pray! Pray and pray until every word you speak to them has been saturated in prayer. 2.) Preach Christ crucified. Preach Christ dying specifically for OUR sins. Preach 2 Cor 5:21 "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." While even our very ability to perceive the gospel to be what it is, is a divine act of God to open our eyes, even so God has appointed to divinely open our eyes in the preaching of the gospel. Romans 10:13-17 "For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, 'How beautiful are teh feet of those who preach the good news!' But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?' So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ." See what it says here, faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. So therefore preach Christ! In summary, pray continually for the individual because their belief will not happen without a divine act of God (John 6:65.) And preah Christ, because God has chosen to do this wonderous act through the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ! (1 Cor 1:21). In Christ, Beja |
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509 | women in Baptist Church | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 224251 | ||
To the thread as a whole, As I stated earlier, I am a pastor of a missionary baptist church, and our church has a woman as our song director/worship leader. In Christ, Beja |
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510 | women in Baptist Church | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 224208 | ||
Mitch, While I agree with the others that this is probably not quite the best place to ask, for what its worth I shall respond. The reason I'm responding is because I am the pastor of a missionary baptist church. The answer is ofcourse that there is not set "role" of women just like there is no set "role" of men. All are to be godly, holy, obedient to the scriptures. All showing the traits found in places like galatians 5 and 2 Peter 1, all are suppose to be using their spiritual giftings to serve other christians. Perhaps if you were to ask a more specific question I could help you more than this. In Christ, Beja |
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511 | Should I leave, or stay? | 1 Pet 2:1 | Beja | 224148 | ||
justme, For lack of writing skills allow me to use numbers to organize my thoughts. 1.) You wrote that in 1 Cor 7:10-11 the situation of if the wife should happen to leave. From there you conclude that there are therefore reasons that the wife would leave. Lets examine the verses. 1Co 7:10 But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 1Co 7:11 (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife. So these verses start with a very clear command that the wife is to not leave. It then says that if she should do that thing which he just commanded not to do, then she is not to get remmarried. This does not at all look like it is giving circumstance in which the wife may leave. I think to infer from this passage that there must be reasons a wife can leave, and from there to make the remarkable leap that we should as you said "With that in mind examine a reason a Christian wife would want to seperate from her husband" is quite simply an abuse of the text. 2.) You ask if I know anywhere in scripture that permits a husband to do such things. Absolutely not, nor have I argued any such thing. The question is not at all whether a husband should do things like this. The question is what should a believing wife do in response. 3.) So, that leads us to the third point. Can I provide scripture to support the notion that a spouse is to remain with a husband that is acting in an ungodly way? Yes I can. 1Pe 3:1,2 In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. It says that wives "in the same way." In the same way as what? Well, we have two options. Previously it has discussed slaves being submissive to masters who are being unreasonable towards them. But, the even closer context is Peter discussing how Christ willingly submitted to wicked men for the sake of bringing salvation. So the context is that wives, just as Christ suffered in ways He didn't deserve, and submitted himself willingly to this, so also wives are to submit to husbands, even ones who are "disobediant to the word." Why? So that through their willing and submissive sufferings they may be converted by the wife's conduct. So yes, I can very much provide scripture to support the wife staying with a husband who is being quite ungodly. So, since this is the clear testimony of scripture, I personally would want a very good scriptural reason to contradict it in counseling a woman. So I ask, what scriptural support do you have to simply give a wife permission to leave her husband? I take no joy in asking a wife to endure such a thing. It is truely a horrific thought. But dare I contradict scripture? The question of a ministers responsibility under such circumstances isn't really under discussion. The question simply being what does God expect of the wife? In Christ, Beja |
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512 | Crowns we cast at Jesus feet real or not | Rev 4:10 | Beja | 224145 | ||
Just my opinion on the crowns. I think we've sorely missed the type of language used on these. Are we suggesting that we are going to have a large hat wardrobe in heaven? Shall we coordinate and all decide that today is the crown of rejoicing day, and another day we shall wear our crown of life? Honestly I think we've missed the point. The crown of life, is not a crown, it is life. The notion of crown is a metaphor. The crown is the thing itself. When God says He will give us the crown of life, he means that He will give us the reward of life. When He gives us the crown of righteousness He is saying to give us righteousness. A crown is a metaphor for the thing itself. So with this in mind, we are not going to throw down our righteousness, our life, and our rejoicing literally at the feet of Jesus. IF we wish to say that is what the 24 elders in Revelations represents (which I don't agree with) then at the very least we should say it is a complete acknowledging that all these things are from God alone and not ourselves, certainly not literally throwing down a wardrobe of crowns. Again, just my interpretation of the passages. This certainly is not an issue worth dividing anybody. But I highly encourage anybody interested to look at the verse references that have been giving and see if you don't agree. In Christ, Beja |
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513 | Should I leave, or stay? | 1 Pet 2:1 | Beja | 224144 | ||
justme, I know that you can support what the husband ought to be doing with scriptures. But can you support your instructing her to seperate from her husband with scripture of any kind? In Christ, Beja |
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514 | Explain inaccuracy of | Amos 9:15 | Beja | 224129 | ||
Infinity700, I'm not sure if you are trying to make a different point, but if you are saying that Amos is a false prophet you are in violoation of the terms of use of these forums. To use these forums you have agreed to abide by and not contradict the notions of sola scriptura. Part of that is that all of the Bible is inspired and inerrant. I hope you will respond and clarify to us all that you are not suggesting that Amos was a false prophet. Furthermore, I encourage you to see how the new testament interprets this passage in acts 15:16 and following verses. It indeed does see the church as the fullfillment of these promises. In Christ, Beja |
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515 | God glorified in suffering | 2 Cor 1:9 | Beja | 224128 | ||
For your edification, http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/665_americas_ugly_exported_gospel/ In Christ, Beja |
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516 | may i serve as a deacon if my wife don't | 1 Tim 3:11 | Beja | 224126 | ||
Jim, First, it is a very good thing that you take scripture so very seriously as to ask this question. God bless you for that. However, this is something that your particular church needs to study and discuss. Allow me to give you some questions that will matter as you study this passage. 1. Is verse 11 speaking of the wives of deacons, or female deacons? The word in greek can equally be translated woman or wife. 2. If you believe it refers to the wives of deacons tehn you must expect the wife of a deacon to be "faithful in all things." Your church must decide if your wife meets this standard. 3. When it says in verse 12, "Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households." What does that include? Does it mean that a deacon must successfully have his family attending church? Does it mean that as a husband he it to "put his foot down" so to speak and explain to his family that attendance at church is not under discussion? I think verse 4 and 5 might help give some light on why household management is so very important. These however, are the questions that your church needs to be deciding as they study this passage. Then you are to be measured by their best attempt to understand these scriptures. As an aside, there may be some that dislikes my saying that they are to be measured by their best attempts to understand these scriptures, as if it was in contrast to the scriptures themselves. My response would be that we are always using our best attempt at understanding these scripture and there are some honest questions as to what all would be implied by these statements. In Christ, Beja |
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517 | To Snitch or Not To Snitch ??? | Phil 2:2 | Beja | 224117 | ||
PewPotato, That verse works both ways. I would assume deceiving for gain also implied the other party was being deceived resulting in loss. If you were being scammed would you want somebody to tell you? Should Mordecai have snitched on the people planning to murder the king? I think we all agree that he should. Should you snitch if you see a man breaking into your neighbors house? I think we would all agree. What difference is there in this beyond the greatness of the crime? In one sense your verses are finely spoken. He should not tell out of some sense of vengence or hostility, but rather out of love for the one being wrong. In Christ, Beja |
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518 | Should I leave, or stay? | 1 Pet 2:1 | Beja | 224109 | ||
Princess in training, Have you actually spoken with your pastor about this? I can't help but wonder if what you mean was that your pastor was preaching a sermon, and just those specific words jumped out at you while your poor pastor was not even talking about marriage. If that is not the case than forgive me, but if that is the case then please do not take his words as advice to your situation but rather speak to him about it. Second, whenever we speak about what God wills, we might speak of it in two senses. First, we can speak of God's secret will. When we speak of this we speak of his big plan of events which He in his providence will unavoidably will to happen and bring about. God does not reveal this will to us other than in special instances of which we have examples in scripture. The second way we speak of His will is his permissive will. This is what God has told us that he wants us to do. These are His commands, His prohibitions, and instructions. Now, the reason I tell you all this. If you are asking if God's hidden will is that in time you will be seperated from your husband then we can not know. It is hidden after all. So all we can choose to act on is God's permissive will. What has He in fact told us that we ought to do. And with regards to marriage He has given us clear instructions. "But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband" 1 Cor 7:10 So while we can not speak as to what God will bring about in the fullness of time, we can clearly say that God instructs wives to not leave their husbands. One terrible thing is when we use our speculations on God's hidden will to give us excuse to disobey his permissive will. That is nothing short of our wicked hearts rationalizing our rebellion. Now, on the flip side I've left you so far with no comfort and edification. I would encourage you to study very very closely 1 Peter chapter 2, verses 18 through end of chapter, as well as the first several verses in chapter 3. If I had to pick one passage to offer to wives suffering due to lousy husbands this passage would be it. As you study it notice a few things. 1. God calls us to submit to proper authorities even when those authorities are lousy. 2. God both notices, approves of, and takes great joy to see one of His children who so loves God that they are willing to suffer here and now for the sake of obedience to Him. 3. In the first few verses of chapter three we see that your quiet and respectful submission is a God approved means of causing the gospel to be powerful in the conversion of your husband. 4. In willing and submissivly suffering in this way, resulting in the conversion of your husband, you are following in the steps of our Lord Jesus himself who also willing and submissively suffered unjustly at the hands of the wicked for the sake of bringing eternal salvation to wicked men. May God strengthen and lift you up with such an eternal perspective and a love for Jesus Christ that you are willing to suffer now for the sake of eternal things. Do speak to your pastor. In Christ, Beja |
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519 | is it a sin to have sex on your period | 1 Cor 7:3 | Beja | 224012 | ||
Freeatlast, I'm not sure I was able to follow the point of your post. If you are saying what I think you are saying, then it seems you and I are agreeing. Also what translation are you using? In Christ, Beja |
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520 | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 224007 | |||
jw(underscore)dobbins@hotmail.com replace the (underscore) with an actual underscore, no spaces. In Christ, Beja |
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