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3421 | Elijah went to heaven alive | 2 Kin 2:11 | Emmaus | 36773 | ||
Angel, I turn into a gentleman at midnight. You have the last word. Good night! Emmaus |
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3422 | Raven and John Reformed, Baptism? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 36771 | ||
Hank, Sometimes our exchanges get me thinking a little goofy. How's this: "conceived again by faith, born again through baptism by water and the spirit to live again by good works in Christ." Maybe I can start a new denomination. Nah, this will never fly. ;-) Emmaus |
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3423 | Elijah went to heaven alive | 2 Kin 2:11 | Emmaus | 36769 | ||
Angel, The resurrection and assumption into the presence of God is a translation. It is all of one piece. After Jesus rose he also ascended to the right hand of the Father. Kind of difficult to enter heaven without the glorified body don't you think? Emmaus |
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3424 | Elijah went to heaven alive | 2 Kin 2:11 | Emmaus | 36759 | ||
Angel, I am aware of the Church of the Dormition, claimed by one tradition as the place of Mary's death and assumption in Jerusalem. Another tradition hold that her life ended and the assumption took place in Ephesus. Both agree on the Assumption. The Church takes no position on the location. It merely asserts that "at the end of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into the glory of heaven." Another interesting fact is the absence of any claim for the posession of her relics. This is indeed very interesting since there are many ancient claims to the relics of the apostles and other early saints and martyrs. And we know that would be quite an honored relic. But the point of the doctrine is this. It affirms the promise of the resurrection of the body found in the scriptures which applies to all of us. No different from the promise of the rapture or what you find with Enoch and Elijah and the Jewish tradition of the asumption of Moses alluded to in Jude but not found in the Hebrew scriptures. And there is also the matter of Rev. 12:1-8, which for Catholics is a sign or hint of the assumption among other things. But the main point is that all the saved will experience the same being caught up and renewed in the body. So it is not such a leap of faith if you believe in the rapture and the resurrection of all believers. It is an affirmation of the scriptural promise. A promise fulfilled even earlier for some immediatley after the death of Jesus in Matt 27:52-53. So we are concerned with what is written and all it implies for all of us. Peace, Emmaus |
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3425 | how do i pray and leave it with the lord | Prov 15:22 | Emmaus | 36720 | ||
MRkornman, I have been there. What worked for me was this. For about two week prior to quiting I constanly reminded myself of all the downside effects of smoking: cost, lung cancer, hazard to other family members, going out in the cold to smoke, the smell on clothes and in the house and on and on. The day I quit I dealt with one urge at a time and concentrated each time on all the benefits of quiting: better health for me and family, sleeping better, food tastes better and so on. I also allowed myself to eat and did gain weight but after three months went on a diet and lost it all. I also found it helpful to replace the old bad habit with a new one even something as simple as chewing gum which is not addictive and easy to quit. I had to take asprin for a few days for the withdrawal headaches. After that it is all psychological. After two weeks the urges become less and less frequent. That is how I quit. My father who had smoked for 30 years went to a clinical psychologist who specialised in this area with hypno therapy and he quit without any withdrwal symptoms at all and never started again. The psychologist spent several hours in the initial interview getting great detail about when and in what circumstances my father smoked and how he felt at those times and how he felt when he tried to stop previously. In the second session which lasted several hours he placed my father under hypnosis in a conscious state and dealt by suggestions with in great detail with all the details he had previously gathered in the first session. Don't give up, you can do it and you will feel better and enjoy life more when you do. Emmaus |
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3426 | Did anyone else hear Jack Hayfert today? | Ex 15:22 | Emmaus | 36717 | ||
Makarios, Try this link. I dis mispell his name in my original post. http://broadcasts.wava.com/ministries/living_way/ Emmaus |
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3427 | Elijah went to heaven alive | 2 Kin 2:11 | Emmaus | 36706 | ||
angel1 True, but it obviously is not a un scriptural concept based on these other events. Not everything that happens is recorded in scripture. Emmaus |
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3428 | Raven and John Reformed, Baptism? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 36613 | ||
Hank, Yes, we do view the sacraments as salvific in that they are encounters with Christ. Baptism is is called a sacrament of the dead because it conveys the grace of God which bring us from spiritual death to new life in Christ. In the old Baltimore cathecism a sacrament is defined as "a sign instituted by God to give grace." It is not just a symbol but a symbol that effects what it symbolizes by the action of God's grace. Another example that makes this explicitly clear is the Annointing of the Sick and Confession is in James 5:14-16 14: Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15: and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16: Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. It is important to note that it is the work of God and his grace through the sacraments that saves us not our work in the sacrament. We are to be disposed by prayer and repentence to receive God's grace. And even that disposition is a work of grace. Emmaus |
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3429 | Help me please I am so alone | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 36582 | ||
Katie, I am going to make a rather radical suggestion to you and I hope you will not be offended. I suppose if you are working two jobs and cannot get off on Sundays that you may be off some other day of the week and be able to have an hour to yourself. If that is so you may wish to look for Catholic Church in your area and go to a weekday Mass where the scripture is read and preached. I am not suggesting you become a Catholic only that a weekday Mass may provide the scripture and human contact you are need if you cannot find a church of you own during the week. You need not do anything that makes you uncomfortable or take communion, but you should be fed by the prayer of worship and the scripture. I am a Catholic, but have gone to Baptist churchs when in need of Christian companionship and prayer and my own was unavailable. Emmaus |
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3430 | Ask and you will recieve?!? | Phil 4:6 | Emmaus | 36578 | ||
jsmith, Sometimes we don't like the answer God gives us. We might think we are lined up with him, but he may not see it that way. He may give us what we need in response to our prayer rather than what we want and that may be a taste of the cross before he lets us taste the victory that follows. Emmaus |
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3431 | Did anyone else hear Jack Hayfert today? | Not Specified | Emmaus | 36577 | ||
Did anyone else hear Jack Hayfert on the radio today preaching on Ex 15:22-27? It was one excellent peice of expository preaching. Emmaus |
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3432 | Did anyone else hear Jack Hayfert today? | Ex 15:22 | Emmaus | 36674 | ||
Did anyone else hear Jack Hayfert on the radio today preaching on Ex 15:22-27? It was one excellent peice of expository preaching. Emmaus |
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3433 | Elijah went to heaven alive | 2 Kin 2:11 | Emmaus | 36567 | ||
This talk about Elijah and the rapture and we might mention Enoch is enough to make a Catholic boy think about the Assumption of Mary. :-) | ||||||
3434 | Raven and John Reformed, Baptism? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 36556 | ||
Hank, As indicated in the cited passage John 3:5, Mark 16:16 the Lord assures us of the necessity of baptism. Catholics are not the only ones who hold to baptismal regeneration. There are many Protestants who hold to the same using the same passages. On the other hand we know that God is not bound by his commands to us and the means he gives us to obtain his grace. He himself can do what he wants when he wants as demonstrated by the thief on the cross. "We have rules he has rights" to twist the Outback Steakhouse commerical. You might say baptism is necesarry for us but not necessary for God. Catholics consider the sacraments encounters with Christ and therefore moments of grace. But we can encounter him outside the sacraments also. In fact sometimes he jerks us up when and where we least expect it. But he also lets us know where to find him when we are looking for him and not running or hiding. Would Jesus have commanded us to do something that was pointless and unnecessary and without effect? That doesn't sound like Jesus. Just a few passages to consider: John 3:5, 22 born of water and the Spirit, the apostles start baptizing. Titus 3:5 saved us through bath of rebirth and renewal of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2;37-38 repent be baptized and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 22:16 get up and be baptized and sins washed away. 1Cor 6:11 your were washed, sanctified and justified. Romans 6:4 baptized into death; live in newness of life. 1 Peter 3:21 baptism...now save you. Hebrews 10:22 heart spinkled, bodies washed in pure water. Emmaus |
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3435 | Who was Melchizedek? | Genesis | Emmaus | 36548 | ||
ShellyB Some say he was pre-figuration or theophany or Christophany,a pre incarnate appearance of Christ or an Old Testament type of Christ who also offers bread and wine as Christ did and as we still do in Holy Communion. He was the Prince of Salem that is the Prince of Peace and JeruSalem. It is interesting that he appears in Gen 14:18 immediatley beore God makes His covenant with Abram in Gen 15 and renames him Abraham in Gen 17. Emmaus |
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3436 | Raven and John Reformed, Baptism? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 36539 | ||
Cyclist, You may find the following teaching on the necessity of baptism and it's exceptions of interest. "The Lord himself affirms that Baptism is necessary for salvation (John 3:5) He also commands his disciples to proclaim the Gospel to all nations and to baptize them( Matt 28:19-20). Baptism is necessary for salvation for those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament(Mark 16:16). The Church does not know of any means other than Baptism that assures entry into eternal beatitude; this is why she takes care not to neglect the mission she has received from the Lord to see that all who can be baptized are "reborn of water and the Spirit." God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments. The Church has always held the firm conviction that those who suffer death for the sake of the faith without having received Baptism are baptized by their death for and with Christ. This Baptism of blood, like the desire for Baptism, brings about the fruits of Baptism without being a sacrament. For catechumens who die before their Baptism, their explicit desire to receive it, together with repentance for their sins, and charity, assures them the salvation that they were not able to receive through the sacrament. Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of the Paschal mystery.Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity. As regards children who have died without Baptism, the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed, the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus' tenderness toward children which caused him to say: "Let the children come to me, do not hinder them,"(1 Tim 2:4) allow us to hope that there is a way of salvation for children who have died without Baptism. All the more urgent is the Church's call not to prevent little children coming to Christ through the gift of holy Baptism. " Catechism of the Catholic Church Emmaus |
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3437 | Who was the one to be sacrificed? | Gen 22:12 | Emmaus | 36532 | ||
Mist, We are all seeking the truth, but we and your Muslim contacts are willing to say from what position we stand in our search. You are not willing to tell us where you stand or what your point of reference is as you search. It is not your search for truth that irritates your contacts on both sides but you lack of transparency about what you believe. You must believe something. Everyone does. "As for Christians, we know quite well that Muhammad never encountered any at the time before Hijra (before going to Madina). Jews were concentrated in Madina also." How do we know this quite well? Was not Mohammed a caravan trader? Did he not travel far and deal with many communities including Christians and Jews? It is extremely unlikely he dealt only with local pagans in his trade. Logic my friend. Emmaus |
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3438 | those who live godly will be persecuted | 2 Tim 3:12 | Emmaus | 36383 | ||
Zach, "Does the fear of persceution, keep us from living a more godly life?" Yes! It sure isn't the fear of adulation. And I think it applies even more to those with families and children they feel responsible for getting started in life. We feel torn between our God given responsibilites to family and our responsibilities to God. We often error on the side of caution or fear of financial loss. St. Paul addresses the tension of our state in life as married or single in 1 Corinthians 7:24-35 24: So, brethren, in whatever state each was called, there let him remain with God. 25: Now concerning the unmarried, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. 26: I think that in view of the present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is. 27: Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. 28: But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 29: I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30: and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31: and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away. 32: I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; 33: but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife, 34: and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please her husband. 35: I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. Emmaus |
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3439 | Who was the one to be sacrificed? | Gen 22:12 | Emmaus | 36379 | ||
Mist, I was not aware I was addressing myself or the text to a Muslim unless you are one. I also made plain the orientation of the book. Your judgment seems rather hasty after only two pages. I also made plain this more a historical persepective than theological. But you may have other more appealing Christian responses to or criitiques of Islam to pursue. I would point out though that memory not translation was the primary mode of transmission among most people who were illierate at that time. And most Christians in the area spoke Arabic or Aramaic and churches had manuscript bibles in those language. Mohammed obviously learned much and remembered much both Christian and Jewish in his business travels. His illiteracy was neither unusual for the time nor a hindrance to his success in business and society as you obviously know. You seem to be speaking from the position of accepting the Koran as divine revelation rather than taking the objective stand that you previously indicated. I think I may have offended you because you are a believer in Islam. I know Tim earlier sensed the same possibility. You have not stated your personal belief, but you do know ours. I will leave you and Tim to continue the conversation. Emmaus |
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3440 | how can catholics be saved | Rev 6:10 | Emmaus | 36371 | ||
Johnny, Your exchanges with me always have an inquizitional tone. Do you usually get very far in conversations with this approach? The fact that I have never taken the positions you question in the form you state them seems of no concern to you. You may wish to review some of my previous posts on these subjects in the archives. I am finished with this interrogation. Call my lawyer and put that rubber hose back in your desk. Emmaus |
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