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3521 | Adam and Eve, eternal security? | Gen 2:16 | Emmaus | 31337 | ||
Lionstrong, I would rather says that we have been saved from the consequences of the fall. But, to rephrase the question. Do you think that Adam and Eve thought they could not loose Eden and fellowship with God before the Fall? There is that famous phrase that "pride goeth before the fall" paraphraing Prov 16:18. Is presumption a form of pride? And is that not what Paul in various passsages warns us against in regard to our attitude toward our justification even by grace? Emmaus |
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3522 | Adam and Eve, eternal security? | Not Specified | Emmaus | 31324 | ||
Do you think Adam and Eve believed in eternal security before the fall? |
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3523 | Adam and Eve, eternal security? | Gen 2:16 | Emmaus | 31331 | ||
Do you think Adam and Eve believed in eternal security before the fall? |
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3524 | John 15: Cut off branches and believers | 1 Cor 15:22 | Emmaus | 31323 | ||
Dimphil, Take a look at Romans11:11-24 for some context on on John 15. Romans 11 11: So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12: Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! 13: Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14: in order to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. 15: For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? 16: If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17: But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the richness of the olive tree, 18: do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you. 19: You will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." 20: That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe. 21: For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22: Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off. 23: And even the others, if they do not persist in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24: For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree. Emmaus |
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3525 | Does God always speak to you? | Heb 1:2 | Emmaus | 31314 | ||
Nina Marie, God speaks to us always and in various ways. But sometimes we are hard of hearing. In fact some times we are deaf, bumb and blind to his efforts to reach us either due to our own fault or other distractions. Of course my wife says the same thing about me. :-). It is difficult sometimes and requires our undivided attention to hear and see what God is saying to us even in Scripture, which we soemtimes skim over so fast due to familiaity that we miss the message. It our reception not God's tranmission that need repair work through attentive prayer and recourse to the Holy Spirit. That is one of the reasons we are called to fasting and prayer even as Jesu gave us the perfect example. Emmaus |
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3526 | Is 'once saved always saved correct? | John 6:37 | Emmaus | 31312 | ||
Welcome Ka Lynn, As you will see if your search "eternal security" or "once saved, always saved" Quick Search for the Forum archives, the members of this forum are split on this subject just as the larger Christian community is. You have pointed out some of the reasons for those who do not believe in eternal security and Lionstrong has pointed out some of the points of those who do. Emmaus |
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3527 | Mt 17:24-27 Why Jesus not taxed? | Matt 17:26 | Emmaus | 31262 | ||
smoking ghost, Here are the footnotes from the New American Bible if you find them helpful. 20 [24-27] Like Matthew 14:28-31 and Matthew 16:16b-19, this episode comes from Matthew's special material on Peter. Although the question of the collectors concerns Jesus' payment of the temple tax, it is put to Peter. It is he who receives instruction from Jesus about freedom from the obligation of payment and yet why it should be made. The means of doing so is provided miraculously. The pericope deals with a problem of Matthew's church, whether its members should pay the temple tax, and the answer is given through a word of Jesus conveyed to Peter. Some scholars see here an example of the teaching authority of Peter exercised in the name of Jesus (see Matthew 16:19). The specific problem was a Jewish Christian one and may have arisen when the Matthean church was composed largely of that group. 21 The temple tax: before the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in A.D. 70 every male Jew above nineteen years of age was obliged to make an annual contribution to its upkeep (cf Exodus 30:11-16; Neh 10:33). After the destruction the Romans imposed upon Jews the obligation of paying that tax for the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. There is disagreement about which period the story deals with. 22 From their subjects or from foreigners?: the Greek word here translated subjects literally means "sons." 23 Then the subjects are exempt: just as subjects are not bound by laws applying to foreigners, neither are Jesus and his disciples, who belong to the kingdom of heaven, bound by the duty of paying the temple tax imposed on those who are not of the kingdom. If the Greek is translated "sons," the freedom of Jesus, the Son of God, and of his disciples, children ("sons") of the kingdom (cf Matthew 13:38), is even more clear. 24 That we may not offend them: though they are exempt (Matthew 17:26), Jesus and his disciples are to avoid giving offense; therefore the tax is to be paid. A coin worth twice the temple tax: literally, "a stater," a Greek coin worth two double drachmas. Two double drachmas were equal to the Jewish shekel and the tax was a half-shekel. For me and for you: not only Jesus but Peter pays the tax, and this example serves as a standard for the conduct of all the disciples. New American Bible Copyright Emmaus |
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3528 | Do Jews and others go to heaven? | Rom 4:1 | Emmaus | 31168 | ||
Mike, Welcome to the forum. The New Testament speaks of Old Testament saints who were saved by obedient faith in God. Abraham is the prime example spoken of in Romans 4 and James 2:21-26. So we know the Old Testament faithful were saved by faith in the promised Messiah. Here is little section of the catechism you may have missed when you weren't paying attention: "Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.[337] 848 "Although in ways known to himself God can lead those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men."[338] Others on the forum may have different opinions. Emmaus |
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3529 | Which books are contained in Catholic ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 31161 | ||
Emanuel, The Catholic Church uses the Old Testament of the Septuagint, the Old Testament used by the Greek speaking Jews dispersed throuhout the Roman Empire of Jesus' time. It was the Old Testament used by the early Church. Protestant Bibles use the Canon established by the Jews of Palestine which was set about 90-100 A.D. in Jamnia, Pelestine where a school of Jewish scholars was centered. They used a variety of tests for inclusion, but primarily nothing after the time of Ezra and the establishment of the second Temple and only books written in Hebrew. The Septuagint contains some later books and portions of other books that were in Greek. The original King James Bible of 1611 included the disputed books in a separate section as do some Protestant Bibles published today. Those books grouped under the heading of Apocrypha. Catholics call them the Dueterocanonicals and the other non disputed books the Protocanonicals. Emmaus |
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3530 | New Testament Anti-Semitic? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 31114 | ||
Vanagon, All but one of the authors of the New Testament were Jews. They claimed a Jewish man was God incarnate. People intent on evil, whether Christian or any other religion or atheist, will use any tool handy to achieve their goal, including the New Testament. That does not make the New Teatament guilty of the crime. A scapel can be used as easily by a murderer to kill as by a surgeon to heal. Of course it is all the worse if the murderer is a surgeon. But we do not indict the medical books or the whole medical rofession. We do not indict guns, knives, ropes or poisons for murder, but rather the murderers and then only the muderers, not their whole family. You can not indict the New Testament or all Christians for the evil actions of some who missuse the New Testament. Christians did not reject the Old Testament even though it was the Jewish Sanheddrin's interpretation of it that lead to the crucifixion of Jesus. Somehow even modern Jewish converts to Christianity see through their way through this specious argument against the New Testament. Emmaus |
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3531 | Primary Secular Historical Sources? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 31109 | ||
Vanagon, Historical Evidence of Jesus. Let me get this straight. We can't accept the eyewitness accounts of the Gospels because the authors were there and believe what they saw and wrote. And we can't accept the Roman pagan writers because their testimony is only hearsay, along with the witness of the first century Jewish Historian Josephus. So I guess everything they ever wrote is usless in secular areas too. We will have to accept the circumstanial evidence. Like two thousand years of Christianity. Of course the same stupid arguments are made to say Moses and all the prophets and kings of Israel never existed. Until the archeologists dig up evidence and then the list of denial is shortened a little. I guess Buddah and Confucius and Mohammed did not exist either by the same logic. Secularist could never get away with such inane arguments on any secular non religious subject. There is more primary source evidence for Jesus in the Bible than there is evidence for almost any other figure in antiquity. They do not like the evidence the Bible presents about the historical existence of Jesus, so they refuse to accept it. That is the only basis of their refusal to acknowledge the historical evidence of the Bible. Emmaus |
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3532 | I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT 42;6-7 . | Isaiah | Emmaus | 31065 | ||
Smartcats, Many of Isaiah's servant prophecies can be seen on two levels. One is Israel as a light to the nations (gentiles)from which salvation would come and the second final fulfillment is Jesus the Messiah, light and savior of the world. Look at Is 45:13,15; Is 49:6; Is 61:1-2; Is 58:6 and Luke 4:16-21; Luke 7:18-23 Emmaus |
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3533 | Was Paul martyred? Or, did he live long | Acts | Emmaus | 31064 | ||
Marj, Secular TV documentaries are not my favored source for information about Christianity or Church history. Tradition based on the early Church Fathers indicate that St Paul was martyred at Rome at about the same time as St Peter. It also holds that the conclusion of Acts with Paul in Rome ended in his aquital and it was during a second later period of captivity that he was executed during the reign of Nero. Here is a link with a rather entensive article about St Paul that covers his whole life and the sources of information. You may wish to scroll down to the heading about the end of his life. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11567b.htm Emmaus |
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3534 | Guidance composing topical devotional... | 1 Peter | Emmaus | 30976 | ||
Gentle, Sorry I misunderstood your request for help. I should have studied your post more closely. I am not sure any insights given on other verses would be helpful in giving you insights into Rom 3:3-8, which you indicate must be your own. But asking the right questions may be helpful. What is Paul saying about God's faithfulness in contrast to man's failure to be faithful? Emmaus |
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3535 | Any biblical answers to Mormon beliefs? | 1 John 4:1 | Emmaus | 30962 | ||
Shelley, Start first by considering Galatians 1:7-9. The problem with Mormon belief is that it is a belief in a totally different God than what Christians believe. It is a different gospel. The Book of Mormon is different Gospel. I prefer the Gospel of the men who walked with Jesus to the gospel of a man who walked by himself in a farm field in upstate New York. There is a lot of good material on the web on your question. You might want to start at www.equip.org. Emmaus |
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3536 | Jesus' name baptism? | Acts 2:38 | Emmaus | 30961 | ||
Savannah, You seem to have forgotten Acts 8:14-17 and the Church's unbroken history of trinitarian baptism according to the command of Jesus. Apostolic men, successors of and closer to the apostles than we are resolved this issue almost two thousand years ago. It is their faith and their understanding of baptism that has been passed down to us. To be Christian is to be Trinitarian. This is basic catechism (quoted below)instruction in the Faith. If believe in the Trinity fails, the distinct Christian vision of God, including Jesus as God incarnate, collapses. Who is he offering Himself as sacrifice up to for us? Any why would we need the Holy Spirit whome Jesus promised and sent? God already had many names in the Old Testament and he has many among the Muslims too. The Christian Trinity is not about names it is about three Persons with one divine substance or nature. " 253 The Trinity is One. We do not confess three Gods, but one God in three persons, the "consubstantial Trinity".[83] The divine persons do not share the one divinity among themselves but each of them is God whole and entire: "The Father is that which the Son is, the Son that which the Father is, the Father and the Son that which the Holy Spirit is, i.e. by nature one God."[84] "Each of the persons is that supreme reality, viz., the divine substance, essence or nature."[85] 254 The divine persons are really distinct from one another. "God is one but not solitary."[86] "Father", "Son", "Holy Spirit" are not simply names designating modalities of the divine being, for they are really distinct from one another: "He is not the Father who is the Son, nor is the Son he who is the Father, nor is the Holy Spirit he who is the Father or the Son."[87] They are distinct from one another in their relations of origin: "It is the Father who generates, the Son who is begotten, and the Holy Spirit who proceeds."[88] The divine Unity is Triune. 255 The divine persons are relative to one another. Because it does not divide the divine unity, the real distinction of the persons from one another resides solely in the relationships which relate them to one another: "In the relational names of the persons the Father is related to the Son, the Son to the Father, and the Holy Spirit to both. While they are called three persons in view of their relations, we believe in one nature or substance."[89] Indeed "everything (in them) is one where there is no opposition of relationship."[90] "Because of that unity the Father is wholly in the Son and wholly in the Holy Spirit; the Son is wholly in the Father and wholly in the Holy Spirit; the Holy Spirit is wholly in the Father and wholly in the Son."[91] " Emmaus |
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3537 | Guidance composing topical devotional... | 1 Peter | Emmaus | 30955 | ||
Gentle, How about: FAITH: Romans 1:5 HOPE: 1 Peter 1:13-14 LOVE: 1 Peter 1:22 Faith, hope and love in the context of obedience. Emmaus |
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3538 | I would like to start studing the Bible | Luke | Emmaus | 30953 | ||
Witp, Welcome! I would recommend starting with a Gospel. Most people usually recommend John which is good. I recommend Luke because it flows into The Acts of the Apostles, also written by Luke. Use a good bible with cross references and use them to see related passages in the Old Testament and other portions of the New Testament. Then I recommend Genesis, Exodus,Numbers, Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel,2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah. That sequence will give you a good chronological sequence through the Old Testament history of salvation. If your are the type who must start at the beginning, then start with Genesis and Luke together. take your time and do not try to do it all at once. Set a daily pace you can easily achieve and not be discouraged. Try one chapter of the Old and one chapter of the New Testament daily and then meditate and pray over what you have read. It will be a blessing for you. Emmaus |
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3539 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Emmaus | 30864 | ||
Joe, Hank, Lionstrong, I believe that the Holy Spirit guides the successors of the apostles, the bishops, in union with the successor of Peter to all truth as Jesus promised them the Spirit would. I believe it is the biblical pattern for governance in the Church. John 14:15-31; 16:12-13 and Matt 16:17-18 and Acts 15:28 Consider also the early Councils that resolved the major Christological and Trinitarian questions and disputes. All of which does not deny the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the individual. But is does show how disputes among individuals and factions claiming incompatible positions inspired by the same Spirit are to be resolved. As to the laity in this picture. This from the catechism: “In the Church, "lay members of the Christian faithful can cooperate in the exercise of this power [of governance] in accord with the norm of law." And so the Church provides for their presence at particular councils, diocesan synods, pastoral councils; the exercise in solidum of the pastoral care of a parish, collaboration in finance committees, and participation in ecclesiastical tribunals, etc.” Joe, By dynamic I mean active and authoritative as opposed to passive and chaotic, not different things at different times. Hank, The Holy Spirit is the heart of the Church, not the hierarchy, but He speaks with authority through the apostolic hierarchy and their unified teaching. It may seem a subtle point but it is very significant. Emmaus |
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3540 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Emmaus | 30813 | ||
Joe, I do not see the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the individual and in the Church as the Body of Christ as mutually exclusive. For me it is not a question of either or. I see it as both and. Obviously with my background I may accept a more dynamic role of the Church when it comes to the issue of authoritatively interpreting some doctrinally disputed passages of Scripture. Emmaus |
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