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441 | after death, right then, what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 46833 | ||
farout, There are two Judgements, the Particular Judgement at the momne to of death and the Last or General Judgement at the Second Coming. The Last or General Judgement is also in some circles referred to as the White Throne Judgement. "I. THE PARTICULAR JUDGMENT 1021 Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ.(cf 2Tim 1:9-10) The New Testament speaks of judgment primarily in its aspect of the final encounter with Christ in his second coming, but also repeatedly affirms that each will be rewarded immediately after death in accordance with his works and faith. The parable of the poor man Lazarus and the words of Christ on the cross to the good thief, as well as other New Testament texts speak of a final destiny of the soul-a destiny which can be different for some and for others.(cf Lk16:22; 23:43; Mt 16:26; 2Cor 5:8; Phil 1:23; Heb 9:27;12:23) 1022 Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ: either entrance into the blessedness of heaven-through a purification or immediately,or immediate and everlasting damnation. At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love. " V. THE LAST JUDGMENT 1038 The resurrection of all the dead, "of both the just and the unjust,"[Acts 24:15] will precede the Last Judgment. This will be "the hour when all who are in the tombs will hear [the Son of man's] voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment."[John 5;28-29] Then Christ will come "in his glory, and all the angels with him .... Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.... And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."[Mt 25:31,32,46] 1039 In the presence of Christ, who is Truth itself, the truth of each man's relationship with God will be laid bare.[cf John 12:49] The Last Judgment will reveal even to its furthest consequences the good each person has done or failed to do during his earthly life: All that the wicked do is recorded, and they do not know. When "our God comes, he does not keep silence.". . . he will turn towards those at his left hand: . . . "I placed my poor little ones on earth for you. I as their head was seated in heaven at the right hand of my Father - but on earth my members were suffering, my members on earth were in need. If you gave anything to my members, what you gave would reach their Head. Would that you had known that my little ones were in need when I placed them on earth for you and appointed them your stewards to bring your good works into my treasury. But you have placed nothing in their hands; therefore you have found nothing in my presence."[cf Psalm 50:30] 1040 The Last Judgment will come when Christ returns in glory. Only the Father knows the day and the hour; only he determines the moment of its coming. Then through his Son Jesus Christ he will pronounce the final word on all history. We shall know the ultimate meaning of the whole work of creation and of the entire economy of salvation and understand the marvellous ways by which his Providence led everything towards its final end. The Last Judgment will reveal that God's justice triumphs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God's love is stronger than death.[cf Song 6:26] 1041 The message of the Last Judgment calls men to conversion while God is still giving them "the acceptable time, . . . the day of salvation."[627] It inspires a holy fear of God and commits them to the justice of the Kingdom of God. It proclaims the "blessed hope" of the Lord's return, when he will come "to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all who have believed."[Titus 2:13; 2Thess 1:10] " The Catechism Emmaus |
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442 | after death, right then, what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 46839 | ||
farout, The Jehovah Witnesses , some Seventh Day Adventists and some others teach a doctrine of "soul sleep" after death until the Last Judgement at which time the souls of the damned are annihilated rather than sent to eternal punishment in hell. This is in oposition to 2,000 years of Christian Tradition and biblical interpretation. So what then is the punishment of God's Judgement if the evil and unsaved are merely "soul sleeping" and then spiritually "put to sleep" for all eternity, so to speak, by the total annihilation of the soul? What is the point of all Jesus' teching about the torments and fires of hell? I suppose there can be those who believe in "soul sleep" and then eternal Hell for the damned, but I have not encountered them. And why weren't Moses and Elijah sleeping in Mattg 17:1-8? Misbehaving kids I suppose, not going to sleep when they were told to. Emmaus |
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443 | after death, right then, what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 46969 | ||
jpangilinan, It was the breath of God that gave man his life, not the earth from which God created his body. Gen 2:7 7: then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. The breath of God, the spirit or soul of man, does not die. And the Resurrection of the body is the promise of Jesus' Resurrection. 1Cor 15:12-19 12: Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13: But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14: if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15: We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16: For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17: If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18: Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19: If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied. Jesus was not unconcious in the spirit when he died, but alive in another realm where he preached to the inprisoned spirits of the dead. 1 Peter 3:18-4:6. 18: For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit; 19: in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20: who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.... Emmaus |
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444 | Is it wrong to use condoms? advise | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47119 | ||
Effie, If your consience is troubled about artifical contraception, you may wish to look into Natural Family Planning. Here are two sites with sources of information. The Couple to Couple League http://www.ccli.org/ Families of the Americas http://www.familyplanning.net/index-home.html Emmaus |
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445 | 2 followups, masturbation and 1Cor7:2-5 | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47228 | ||
Binyah, You said in your post to Makarios: "Masturbation does not have to include lust. It can act as a release mechanism to keep one from lusting." One might reasoanbly ask what exactly the "release mechanism" of masturbation is releasing if not the tension of lust? Kind of like the alcoholic who hopes to slake his thirst (lust) for alcohol by taking a drink. It just doesn't work, it actually worsens the problem, rather than solving it. Kind of like biting that forbidden fruit to be like God. We can't eat enough forbidden fruit to satisfy our lust in that area. We are still gourging ourselves, attempting to satisfy all manner of disordered appetites without satisfaction. And that does not even address or explore the obvious reality that masturbation is the conterfeit of the real self giving sexual expression God has ordained for men and women and uses as an illustration of the relationship between Christ and the Church. I shudder to think how one might try to fit mastrubation into that analogy of faith. Emmaus |
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446 | after death, right then, what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47518 | ||
Johnny, I think you will have to take up your questions with Jesus, since He was the person who preached the most about hell of all the people in the bible. I think that means we are supposed to take it seriously and that it is real. Justness (fairness)and justice are management issues. I am in sales. Emmaus |
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447 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47704 | ||
Serentime, You say: "I believe wholeheartedly that masturbation is not sin and that you men on this forum know that if this does not take place from time to time,then there is a problem, and you know what I mean. Let's get real here!" The question is not whether mastubation is a common practice among men, like all sin, but if it is sin under the category of lust. Yes, let's get real here! In the context of your statement above, can you imagine Jesus performing this act? That is the standard against which our actions must be judged when considering what is sin. Emmaus |
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448 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47763 | ||
inmyheart, Thnk you. I could not have responded better.The other natural acts ChristLife2001 described are normal bodily functions and no sin is connected with them.. Not so masturbation. It is as you described a form of idolatry. Emmaus |
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449 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47782 | ||
Christlifer2001 A nocturnal emmission is a normal body function. Mastubation is an act of the mind and will carried out by the body. It is an intentionally sterile act that is a cheap counterfeit of somethat that is meant to be an outward expression of lifegiving love and affection to another. It is about narcissitic love of self like every other sin sexual or non sexual. Emmaus I recently heard an interesting comment from a priest about confession of sins of impurity by men. He said that most men would rather confess to adultery with four women than confess to masturbation because they were more ashamed of the later. And every man that I spoke to about this comment afterward agreed that he was proabably right. At least in adultery or fornication you are relating in some manner to another person even if in sin. In the solitary act you relate to nothing and no one but yourself and your lustful imagination. Emmaus |
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450 | 2 followups, masturbation and 1Cor7:2-5 | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47822 | ||
Binyah, It is also a known scientific fact that a woman's desire increases and peaks at the date of ovulation. As the woman has her menstral period the man has nocturnal emmisions. And masturbastion is not a sin confined to men. It, like all sin, is conceived in the heart brought to full fruit in the flesh. But as Jesus said a man who lusts in his heart has already sinned. As for healthy adult males unaffected by the saturation of sexual images in our society, they don't exist. The whole point of such ads and propaganda is to affect healthy adult and adolescent males. Jesus lived in a time when these were not present and was still aware of the lust that grows out of our fallen nature. The issues here, as I see it, is not about mastubation or sexual sin in and of itself. But rather the tendency we all have to rationalize the sins we struggle with and deny they are sin because they are the common practices of many. The common practices of many are often just the sins common to all men and women. My mother used to refer to the Ten Commandments as the top ten list af mankind's favorite activities. It is holiness and conforming ourselves to Christ that goes against our natural tendencies because holiness is not natural, but supernatural and lifts us from our fallen state. And that requires supernatural grace, because we can not do it on our own. The fact is that in all areas of our lives we naturally tend to fall short of holiness and we often look for excuses to explain why we are not sinners, rather than admit we are, that we have stumbled again, and once more pick up our cross and follow after Jesus. This does not imply a lack of sympathy for or understanding of the sinner. The Lord and everyone around me knows that I am a sinner myself. God has compassion for the sinner. But His compassion is too great to leave the sinner in his sin. Rather, he makes the sinner acknowlege his sin, and call for God's assistance. Then God lifts him up from his sin and gives the sinner grace for the journey to holiness under the burden of the cross he is bidden by the Lord Jesus to take up. I think our conversation has run its course since they have restricted this thread. God be with you, Emmaus |
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451 | 2 followups, masturbation and 1Cor7:2-5 | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47860 | ||
Biynah, Jesus made it plain to the Pharisees that not everything in scripture is explicit, but much is implicit. Review his dialogues with them. Other than that, I leave the last word on the matter to you. Emmaus |
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452 | Catholic and Mary, what's the deal | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 48098 | ||
goodbook, The question of Catholics and Mary was addressed at great length last December. The discussion started with the question: How did The RC Church come up with the title Mary Queeen of Heaven. I, being a Catholic, offered an answer and we we off. If you wish to view the discussion it is easily accessed in the archives. You need not fear being overwhelmed by Catholic brainwashing since I was vastly outnumbered. :-). But the discussion does offer a Catholic explanation, however inadequate, of Marian beliefs as well as the standard rebuttals and accusations, not excluding heresy and idolatry. Look to the upper right of the screen for the Scearch box and type in the number 26026 and hit enter. Then you can follow the whole discussion if you wish. Emmaus |
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453 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 48260 | ||
"The church of Jesus Christ RECOGNIZES what is Scripture." ...Joe! Joe, How about some EXPLICIT scripture which excludes the possibility of the Church recognizing the books outside the Protestant canon for that rather dogmatic statement? Emmaus |
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454 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 48397 | ||
Joe, In other words you can not defend your assertion from scripture! Emmaus |
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455 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 48473 | ||
Joe, I never made an assertion. I simply challenged you to defend yours with scripture, which is what happens to me every time I make an assertion with which someone on the forum disagrees. And the demand is usually for something "that says exactly that." My main point was to show the double standard I have encountered and to show that many assertions made by "Sola Scriptura" propnents on this forum can not be defended on their own terms. The point made is that often those pushing "Sola Scriptura" on others, without even being conscious of it, argue from their own traditions and what they have been taught, which is extra-biblical. Which may or may not mean that the assertion is correct. You at least have always acknowledged tradition although understood in some significant ways differently form me and others. I just thought I'd reverse the current a little. Some people may get a little static shock. No sense in picking on the weak ones Joe. You are usually honest, up to the challenge and well versed on more than your own position. Emmaus |
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456 | TRINITY | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 49355 | ||
Reformer Joe a crypto Catholic according to Jesus is God!? Maybe that Catechism was right Joe and you are a Catholic in some sort of imperfect union with the rest of us. Brother Joe! :-) Emmaus |
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457 | I need help finding a verse.. | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 51081 | ||
Mare, What you are paraphrasing or remebering is not in the bible. It sounds like a takeoff someone did on Abraham negotiating with God over Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18:20-33. Emmaus |
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458 | Was it complete? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 51330 | ||
Tim, I wonder if it is accurate to say that baptism is a work that we do. Rather, I think it is something that Christ does to us through his body the Church. Who ever baptised him or her self? If you look at baptism as a grace filled encounter with Christ in and through his Church it seems much less a work of man than a work of Christ. The definition of a scarament I learned as a child was that it was "an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace." I have never thought of baptism or any other sacrament as something we do for or by ourselves, but rather something that Jesus does for us. Emmaus |
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459 | Was it complete? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 51569 | ||
Hank, I apologize for being so slow in responding to your post. I have been delayed by more pressing domestic concerns and pleasures. I must admit that I am loathe to enter into the current debate, since it seems to be going nowhere just fine without my excess energy input. I believe I saw a post by you asking if anyone's position on the question had been changed. There was not a single answer in the positive, which was no surprise since your question must have at some level been rhetorical. That being said, I will offer my thoughts on the points and questions you raised. "But the real issue about water baptism, Emmaus is, or so it seems to me, is it salvific? Is it an act, a ritual, a sacrament -- call it what you will -- without which salvation is impossible? ..The Bible clearly exalts Christ and his redemption through His shed blood on the cross as being our one and only means for justification. ...., how does all this hue and cry about the salvific properites of water baptism set with you from your perspective as a Catholic? "--Hank If one acknowledges Christ and his redemption through His shed blood on the cross as being our one and only means for justification, does that of necessity rule out water baptism as an effective and ordinary means of transmitting the grace of justification won by Christ's sacrifice on the cross? I think not. I think a case can be made for baptism as the ordinary means of the transmission of that grace in light of Jesus' own command and other verses supporting that position which have already been cited ad infinitum. But I sense something more at work here. I sense a particular priciple at work in this debate, which I have followed in only a cursory manner. That principle is the principle of exclusion or separation; the principle of "either or." It is the priciple of "faith or works", "Scripture or Tradition", "spiritual or physical." It is the principle of "alone", "faith alone", "scripture alone", "grace alone". This jumps out at me because I come from place where the inclusive principle, the "both and" is allowed to exist. "Faith and works" (properly understood), "Scripture and Tradition", "spiritual and physical" are not seen as always incompatible and always mutually exclusive, but rather integrated and inseparable, like two sides of the same coin. This is seen especially in the sacraments which we see as encounters with Christ, where God's grace is transmitted through man and matter even as it was in the Incarnation, in a certain sense the ultimate sacrament, Jesus, from whom all sacraments derive. Even the Church is a sacrament in this sense. But these are mysteries of faith that must be seen through the eyes of faith, like we see the greatest mystery, Jesus Christ, true God and true man. Not to mention the Trinity. If God would choose flesh as the means of our redemption, should we flinch to think He might choose to use matter like water as a means of tramitting the grace He secured on the cross by his physical flesh and blood? I sense a fear of the physical or created matter in the debate. As if the water would dilute or corrupt the grace flowing through it. If the Incarnation was not taken for granted in the debate, I suspect some might fear the corruption of Jesus' spirit by his flesh. I suspect some might have feared Jesus' spit and the earth he mixed it with would have corrupted his healing grace when he placed it on the eyes of the blind man. But I think this fear is all at an intuitive level that is not being articulated. I think that both sides sense that there is more at stake in this debate than just water, but just can not get past the water issue. I have already expressed my thought that baptism is not a work of man, but a work of Christ applying his saving grace to us as we encounter him in his Church. Having expressed my personal thoughts on the matter (no pun intended), I will now provide an example of the inclusive, "both and" princple in the form of offical magisterial teaching from the Catechism. The last sentence of the paragraph is as essential as the beginning and sums the paragraph. "1257 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." Emmaus |
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460 | Was it complete? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 51577 | ||
Cyclist, Thank you for your kind response. In response to your question I would point you to the last half of the last sentence in my post. God is free give his grace in any manner He pleases in addition to the singular manner of baptism He has commanded his Church to administer. He is not restricted. We may not know all His other ways,although you have pointed out two illustrations, but we do know one certain way He has commanded his Church, as His body, to administer his grace through baptism. Emmaus |
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