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3341 | A creed by any other name is still a... | 1 Tim 3:16 | Emmaus | 96129 | ||
Darcy, An interesting book on this topic is: Creed or Chaos by Dortothy Sayers Emmaus |
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3342 | cannot eat pork,seafood? | 1 Tim 4:3 | Emmaus | 84279 | ||
Please read Acts 15. | ||||||
3343 | How do you find the LORD with family? | 1 Tim 5:8 | Emmaus | 127462 | ||
1 Tim 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. |
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3344 | What does IMHO searcher mean? | 1 Tim 6:17 | Emmaus | 53618 | ||
IMHO is an abbreviation for In My Humble Opinion. |
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3345 | when:elder rule(plural) to bishop rule | 2 Tim 1:6 | Emmaus | 37149 | ||
bmag1963, I don't see how it can be after Paul's death if you look at 1 Tim 4:14, 5:22; 2 Tim 1:6; Eph 4:11; 1 Cor 12:28; 1 Thes 5:12; Titus 1:5; James 3:1. It is apparent that the laying on of hands to transmitt authority was common in th earliest days. the word presbuteroi is the origin of the word priest also translated elder. The priest is the represebtattive of the bishop or overseeer or episkapos. There wwere obviously other office within the community in addition to deacon as indicated in the texts, but not all with the same praching and teaching authority. The earliest Apostolic fathers such as Ignatius of Antioch and Ireanaeus were taught by men who sat at the feet of the apostles and their writings affirm the office of bishop as the central officve of authority in the Christian community. We see the passing on of the apostlolic office of bishop as early as Acts 1:15-26. Emmaus |
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3346 | Are there different heavenly rewards? | 2 Tim 1:9 | Emmaus | 119310 | ||
Big Al, Good question. I think there is only one reward: eternal life and a partaking in the divine nature(2 Peter 1:4). What can be added to that? Below are all the NT verses with "reward" in them. I would also refer to 1 Cor 12:4-31 when thinking about differing rewards. Is a prophets reward really different from a righteous man's reward, if the prophet and the one who receives him are also righteous? Are robes of the same rich material but in different colors really different robes in essence? I suspect our differing rewards will be more like that. 1 Matt 5:12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. 2 Matt 5:46 "For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 3 Matt 6:1 "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 4 Matt 6:2 "So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 5 Matt 6:4 so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 6 Matt 6:5 "When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 7 Matt 6:6 "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 8 Matt 6:16 "Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 9 Matt 6:18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 10 Matt 10:41 "He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 11 Matt 10:42 "And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward." 12 Mark 9:41 "For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward. 13 Luke 6:23 "Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets. 14 Luke 6:35 "But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. 15 1 Cor 3:8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 16 1 Cor 3:14 If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. 17 1 Cor 9:17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. 18 1 Cor 9:18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel. 19 Col 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. 20 Heb 10:35 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. 22 Heb 11:26 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward. 23 2 John 1:8 Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 24 Rev 11:18 "And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth." 25 Rev 22:12 "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. Emmaus |
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3347 | Are there different heavenly rewards? | 2 Tim 1:9 | Emmaus | 119311 | ||
Big Al, The Workers in the Vineyard and Their Rewards Matt 20:1-16 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place; and to them he said, "You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you." So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them, "Why do you stand here idle all day?" They said to him, "Because no one has hired us." He said to them, "You go into the vineyard too." And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, "Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first." And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder, saying, "These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat." But he replied to one of them, "Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?" So the last will be first, and the first last." Emmaus |
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3348 | Are there different heavenly rewards? | 2 Tim 1:9 | Emmaus | 119900 | ||
I think you have it. How much can you add to God Himself as a reward? What else can be added that is not already of God. | ||||||
3349 | Who is Eunice? How did she dressed | 2 Tim 1:15 | Emmaus | 122960 | ||
Eunice was timothy's mother and I presume she deressed modestly. 2 Tim 1:5 For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well. |
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3350 | Why are there disagreements... | 2 Tim 2:15 | Emmaus | 109628 | ||
Kalos, It seems to me your question must also be tied to the Reformation teaching of Sola Scriptura. Without any other authority such as Councils and a Magesterial authority, this problem will only get worse not better. Even the Apostles used a Council and a final auhtoritative decree to resolve such a dispute in Acts 15. Emmaus |
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3351 | Creation and Science | 2 Tim 2:15 | Emmaus | 116930 | ||
Drew, I will recommend two books to you. The Savior of Science by Stanley Jaki and Darwin's Black Box by Michael Behe. Emmaus |
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3352 | Peace...? | 2 Tim 2:15 | Emmaus | 121810 | ||
Zsuzsi, "Also, may I ask: where does the Bible warn against being a 'lone ranger'?" "For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; and those members of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable, whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues. All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they? All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way." 1 Cor 12:14-31 Emmaus |
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3353 | Reading too much into C S Lewis ? | 2 Tim 2:15 | Emmaus | 164122 | ||
justme, It is good to be aware that Tolkien was Catholic and Lewis , as an Anglican, fell into the broader definition of Catholic that Anglicans claim. As such they both approached life not in an American Purtitan frame of reference, but in a European Catholic frame of reference as indicated in this quote from Hilaire Belloc. "Wherever the Catholic sun does shine, There's music, laughter and good red wine. At least, I've always found it so: Benedicamus Domino!" Not that I am promoting smoking, I quit years ago. However, I do still enjoy music, laughter and good red wine. I also suspect that American Puritan Pilgrims engaged in the tobascco trade and smoked it. I know with certainty from the historical record that they enjoyed their beer. Emmaus |
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3354 | Reading too much into C S Lewis ? | 2 Tim 2:15 | Emmaus | 164128 | ||
CDBJ, I was merely pointing out that 20th Century American style prohibitions on tobacco and alcohol have no warrant in Scripture nor Catholic or Reformed Christianity. The prohibition movement are American cultural phenomena, sometimes wrapped in a denomination religious cloak, not a mandate of Scripture. Which, I hasten to add, is not an endorsement on my part of either smoking nor alcohol abuse. Emmaus |
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3355 | 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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3356 | Mentally incapacitated can be saved? | 2 Tim 3:15 | Emmaus | 165491 | ||
"How can someone learn the scriptures unto salvation if he is mentally or psychologically incapacitated?" He probably will not learn the scriptures. "Will he go to hell?" Not if God saves him by grace. How many many illiterate Christians over the centuries do you think were saved with ever being able to read a single word of scripture? Perhaps for them the Gospel and "faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God" being preached. Can a child have faith by hearing the Gospel? I think yes. In the end we all have to rely on God's mercy and grace for we are all spiritually if not "mentally and psychologically incapcitated" when it comes to our own salvation. It is not about our capacity, but rather about God's capacity. Even if we are "incapcitated," God is not. Think of the possessed in the Gospel whom Jesus delivered from bondage. You don't get much more mentally and psychologically incapacitated than that. God is capable, He has the capcity. Emmaus |
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3357 | "Oliver Twist" Christians? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Emmaus | 29081 | ||
Hank, This type of preaching shifts the focus from Jesus, the supposed center of attention, to the preacher. It is a very interesting technique although not very subtle. It is amazing that so many swallow it. I am suprised that more do not develop into cults like Jim Jones and David Koresh. When you get into new personal rvelation you do not have to answer to any tradition or history of exegesis by the Church. That leaves the field awfully wide open to run wild. Hence the warning of 2Peter 1:20-21 whether we are dealing with twisting of scripture or outright departure from it. That is why the "just me and Jesus" concept is dangerous. We need a community, a larger Body of Christ to give us the context of the Gospel as it is played out in our lives just as the text of the entire scriptures gives us context for any particular portion of scripture. Emmaus Emmaus |
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3358 | accuracy of oral traditions? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Emmaus | 49172 | ||
bravostarr, The answer to your question, as you will see, varies with the responder. Some with hold to "Sola Scriptura", others to Scripture and Tradition so that disputes about scripture and theology within the Church can be brought to some closure at some point where essential unity is at stake. 2 Tim 3:16 is the favored passage, among others, of the former group. Among the later group such passages as 1 Tim 3:15 "if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth" and Matt 18:15-18 "15: "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven", are added to the mix, among other passages. I think you will find that most differences boil down to the issue of authority one way or another. Emmaus |
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3359 | Messages within bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Emmaus | 84326 | ||
Ellemen, In addition to Hank's good advice, may I suggest you get a Bible with good footnotes and crossreferences for when one passage of scripture refers to, quotes or alludes to another passage of scripture. In addition, below you will find some good quidelines for the study of scripture. "The senses of Scripture 115 According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into the allegorical, moral and anagogical senses. The profound concordance of the four senses guarantees all its richness to the living reading of Scripture in the Church. 116 The literal sense is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation: "All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal."[83] 117 The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs. 1. The allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Baptism.[84] 2. The moral sense. The events reported in Scripture ought to lead us to act justly. As St. Paul says, they were written "for our instruction".[85] 3. The anagogical sense (Greek: anagoge, "leading"). We can view realities and events in terms of their eternal significance, leading us toward our true homeland: thus the Church on earth is a sign of the heavenly Jerusalem.[86] 118 A medieval couplet summarizes the significance of the four senses: The Letter speaks of deeds; Allegory to faith; The Moral how to act; Anagogy our destiny.[87] " The Catechism Emmaus |
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3360 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | Emmaus | 94413 | ||
gbennett, Why the sudden attack on Sola Scriptura in this forum? What is the alternative authority or additional authority you are offering. If it is the Catholic Church, then you have a problem based on your other posts on this forum. Understand, I am a Catholic myself and hold to Catholic teaching on Scripture, Apostolic Tradition and the Magesterium of the Church. Do you identify yourself as a Catholic? If so many of your posts display positions that are incompatible with Catholic teaching. I have read your other posts and many of them do not reflect Catholic doctrine; such as your posts on the Goddess in Scripture and your apparent rejection of church teaching against homosexual activity. If you press your current position on the basis of the authority of the Catholic Church's teaching, how can anyone take you seriously when you reject the same Church's authoritative teaching on the other subjects? You can't have it both ways. Either the Church is authoritative and infallible in its teaching on Faith and Morals in all areas or we are reduced to everyman deciding for himself, which is no different from the argument often made against Sola Scriptura in light of all the thousands of denominations that spring from that doctrine due to differences of interpretation among those who hold to it. So, please declare yourself. What is the Creed to which you adhere? Or do you just pick and choose what you believe? What authority do you acknowledge and what authority do you reject? How about filling out a profile? Emmaus |
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