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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Mommapbs Ordered by Verse |
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2621 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Mommapbs | 141642 | ||
How do we encourage others when they are hung up with "performance" (I am reminded of the clanging cymbal here 1 Cor 13:1)? We can do nothing on our own, not even love the Lord as He has commanded!I think that the more we come to grips with our own helplessness apart from Him, out hearts become full of gratitude and love for God, not just for the things that He does (and has done!!). Rejoice, again I say rejoice! Thanks for your wonderful counsel - Ps 40:5 was a wonderful blessing - and is this not what we are to be in the body, but a conduit of blessing to others? Thanks! In Christ, mommapbs |
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2622 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Mommapbs | 141669 | ||
Doc - thank you for this excellent response! This is one I am going to "save" for future reference - hope you don't mind that I share your illustration my class! Blessings on your studies - may you continue to grow in all wisdom and knowledge of Him who loves us! I so appreciate what the Lord gives to you and your willingness to share it here on the Forum. mommapbs |
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2623 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Mommapbs | 141680 | ||
Greetings lionheart! Thank you for your kind words of encouragement - let us not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, even on this Forum, to spur one another on toward (Note the order!) love and good deeds! (Heb 10:24,25) Blessings to you and yours! Your sister in Christ, mommapbs |
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2624 | must be ordained to preach the word | 1 John 4:1 | Mommapbs | 131596 | ||
LSmith: (Note, does your husband want to open a church or does God want to open a church? The answer to this question is of primary importance.) you have asked a similar question about ordination before and recieved a couple of responses - I have copied one here from Roger 459 for you to review: Jesus said you can preach without Ordination. Please see, Mark 9:38 and Luke 9:49,50. There is a Warning you must Heed in your Preaching and Teaching, it is James 3:1. One thing I have seen and heard in my walk in Christ, "That there are many 'ignorant brethern' who have ministries that are Biblically Unsound. They do not know the Hebrew of the OT and the Greek of the NT. They are Blind leaders of the Blind. IF it is your desire to Preach, you must be a Desciple of Christ, FIRST! You MUST Know the Word and have a Love for the Brethern, and a Greater Love for the Word. Use the guideliens in 1 and 2 Timothy, especially 2Tim 2:14-16! Thank you! mommapbs writes: Most of the time, the wife of a Pastor is seen as a co-laborer. Your husband is in seminary, preparing himself for the work that God has called him to. What about you? Are you seeking God's will for your life? If not,Godly discipline,perhaps even percieved as "criticism" is necessary. You stated that you were "trying to be a good Christian." From this and the questions you have asked on the Forum, might I suggest that you consider the possibility that God has not finished preparing you for what He is calling you to? First of all, no one "tries" to live the "Christian life." Jesus lives HIS life through us. He clearly states in John 15:5 - "Apart from Me, you can do nothing." Please don't take this as criticism, but consider these words as encouragement to get into the Word and allow God to speak to you there. Continue to ask questions of this Forum, but I urge you to seek out the mentorship of a mature Christian woman of God who will assist you in your spiritual development. You will need much Godly wisdom and direction as the wife of a possible future shepherd of God's flock. Blessings, mommapbs |
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2625 | Some additonal questions on this verse | 1 John 4:3 | Mommapbs | 87473 | ||
After reading through some posts on this verse I'd like to examine this portion: "every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God" Are these (spirits) strictly referring to satan and his followers? Does unregenerate man possess this spirit? Can a non-believer be called an antichrist? What did Jesus mean when He said, "He who is not with Me is against Me;"? (Mt 12:30) Does the devil have the ability to "pour out his spirit" upon mankind? (Please support your answer) |
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2626 | Is antichrist a man or a spirit? | 1 John 4:3 | Mommapbs | 87474 | ||
I have submitted some questions for the Forum to consider based upon your post! Watch for the answers! mommapbs |
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2627 | Is antichrist a man or a spirit? | 1 John 4:3 | Mommapbs | 87475 | ||
Greetings prazn! "And then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness."II Thessalonians 2:8-12, Are you saying that the antichrist is not also a specific individual? If not, then WHO is the man of lawlessness? Also, in Rev 13 we see the composite beast(the spirit of antichrsit) and also an individual (antichrist) Since the devil wages war by offering a counterfit to God, wouldn't it just make sense that he would put forth his own "christ?" mommapbs |
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2628 | Can perfect love cast out fear? | 1 John 4:18 | Mommapbs | 48235 | ||
Greetings 1summers: First of all, we must establish what love and fear are. GOD is LOVE. 1 John 4:8 Just as 1 John 4:18 reminds us, "fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love." Fear is our response to expected punishment - as well it should be when we realize its eternal nature! Because of what Christ did for us in love, we we have no fear of condemnation when we have accepted Him as our Savior! (Romans 8:1) The love of God is the only love than CAN cast out fear! But until we have received His love, fear of punishment is our reality. Jesus said, "But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!" Luke 12:5 Fear is cast out when we accept the love of God for us as demonstrated by Jesus! (We might say that when we ask Jesus to be our Savior, we become "perfected in love" and at times we may need a reminder of this!) "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him." I hope this helps clarify WHO love is and who and what we are to fear! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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2629 | was Jesus afraid? | 1 John 4:18 | Mommapbs | 85377 | ||
NO Jesus was not afraid. Throughout the Bible we are continually told "do not fear." To fear then would be sin, right? Jesus knew no sin. He was not afraid. Recall when Jesus rescued Peter from the waves He asked him, Why did you doubt?" (Mt 14:25-31) Fear is the absence of faith. Jesus knew who He was; the Son of God - He had the presence of the Father with Him - no, He was not afraid of the process of death . . . my opinion is that He did not want to experience the forsaking of God, but for the joy set before Him (our redemption, our reconcilation . . .) He did; He endured the cross! mommapbs |
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2630 | Did Jesus have anxiety? | 1 John 4:18 | Mommapbs | 85390 | ||
Greetings DairlyLeader5: You wrote, " God opened a window to the future to allow Jesus to look at the difference that his life would make for us and the world." Wouldn't Jesus already have KNOWN that? What kind of anxiety did Jesus have? Please support this statement. mommapbs |
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2631 | Did Jesus have anxiety? | 1 John 4:18 | Mommapbs | 85409 | ||
Greetings Asis - yes indeed there is a difference between the Lord's responses to His reality and ours - Your observation that He experienced the feelings without the sin is comforting, we DO have a Savior who understands all that we are feeling. Thanks. mommapbs PS: On another note, what was Jesus anxious for? Good to ponder over . . . |
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2632 | Did Jesus have anxiety? | 1 John 4:18 | Mommapbs | 85451 | ||
DL5 Thank you for your testimony. I believe that it is important to understand the suffering of Jesus with the knowledge that at no time did He become afraid or fear. Dare I say that the anxiety that most of us experience has an element of fear in it? I'm glad that God is still in the business of healing and miracles - He's done some in my life too! mommapbs |
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2633 | Did Jesus have anxiety? | 1 John 4:18 | Mommapbs | 85459 | ||
Mth 29;22-23,? DaiiryLeader5 - I read the verses and I don't disagree with you. Jesus got angry, but He did not sin. Jesus could certainly experience anxiety and sin not. Jesus, knowing the heart of the Father had what we do not - absolute trust and confidence in God. What keeps us from fully knowing as we are known? I'm suggesting it is our sin nature. Jesus sinned not. He was fully human and fully Divine. Many things we won't understand this side of Glory, and that's OK with me. In Christ, mommapbs |
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2634 | Why do we love God? | 1 John 4:19 | Mommapbs | 78417 | ||
Do we love God because of what He has done or because of who He is? | ||||||
2635 | Why are our nude bodys shamefull? | 1 John 5:3 | Mommapbs | 119327 | ||
Greetings! Nakedness is not wrong in the physical sense that one is nude, but because of God's revelation (Take a moment and READ Romans 1:16-32)even in cultures that live like this, there is still an awareness of "nakedness." In a previous post, heisthe1 wrote: "Before the fall, Adam and Eve, Gen 2:25, were both naked, "and not ashamed". The idea of nakedness is far more than mere nudity, it has the sense of being totally open and exposed as a person before God and man. To be naked and "not ashamed" means that you have no sin. Nothing to be rightly ashamed of - you really can be an open book to another person. Genesis 3:7, satans temptation was all the more powerful because there was truth in it. It was true that "your eyes will be opened, and this was fulfilled in this verse, but their eyes were instantly opened to their own sin and rebellion." Jesus counsels us in this age to recognize that we are blind, wretched and naked. (Rev 3:17) We have rebelled against Him - we have rejected His created order and dominion. Would you jump from an airplane without a parachute? No, becuse the law of gravity is in operation and you KNOW that you would fall to your death. What is the source of this law? Can you see this law? Is this law for our benefit? (Without it, we would al fly off the face of the earth!) Isn't it strange how we readily choose to obey God's physical laws and ignore His moral ones? God is the Creator, we are the created. He has established ALL laws for OUR BENEFIT! When we violate any laws, there are conseqences. God established a social and moral order from the beginning. He didn't create Adam and Steve, but Adam and Eve and gave this command - God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." Gen 1:28 God's creation was entrusted to man to build upon - the family was the social foundation for the creation of culture. The created order of God has been understood by every society. For the Greeks it was called "logos," (Jesus is called the Word or logos - John 1:1) for the Eastern peoples it was called "tao." This established order has been percieved by pagan and western cultures alike - up until now as moral relativism has replaced moral law. So, consensual or not, anything that violates God's established laws for man will reap the consequences of that choice - which we are seeing today as the foundation of the family is being seriously eroded. Just because you don't recognize the "law" does not mean that you will not experience the results of its violation! Sadly, our culture has rejected God's Lordship over His creation. The consequences of this rejection are multiplying today, oh that people would open their eyes to their "nakedness!" Today Jesus warns the world, "'Because you say, 'I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,' and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see." Rev 3:17-18 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His ommandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. I pray that the Spirit of God will "work this out" for you! Blessings, mommapbs |
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2636 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Mommapbs | 119607 | ||
Please identify the "testimony" or "witness" in this verse. Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? Please see for comparison: Rom 8:16; Heb 10:15; and 1 John 5:6. | ||||||
2637 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Mommapbs | 119671 | ||
Greetings Ray! So therefore, one who has the Spirit can not blaspheme. Can Satan cast out Satan? Mt 12:26; Mk 3:23; Lk 11:18)I think this has been discussed. Since the witness or testimony in 1 John 5:10 is the Holy Spirit, should testimony be capitalized? mommapbs |
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2638 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Mommapbs | 119748 | ||
Greetings Ray, according to this verse, the one who does not believe God calls God a liar. I can't make the connection that you seem to want to make linking unblief to blamsphemy of the Holy Spirit, for at one time, all men were unbelievers. (In this context, NO ONE could be forgiven, no one could be saved Mt 12:31) Ray, if you decide ahead of time what you want to believe, you will surely find support for that persuasion. God tells us, as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.(Pr 23:7) Our perceptions indeed determine our reality. Let's leave room for God to conform our hearts and minds to His thoughts. Blessings, mommapbs |
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2639 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Mommapbs | 119804 | ||
Hi Ray, I am following you now. I think I would leave Spirit in Mt 12:28. Here is my reasoning. Jesus is speaking about His activity - Jesus relied upon the will of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. (John 5:30; Acts 10:38) Secondly, this also suggests that your line of reasoning, the Pharisees had balsphemed against the Holy Spirit, and they could not accept Jesus for who He is. For IF they HAD recognized Jesus casting out Satan by the Spirit, indeed they would have had an opportunity to recieve Him and the One who sent Him. I KNOW we're not supposed to speculate, but I suspect that perhaps Jesus is reaffirming their lost condition. Since I do agree with Steve #119638 that the testimony or witness is referencing the Holy Spirit, it would indeed illuminate this verse for ME to pencil in a capital letter! Blessings, mommapbs |
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2640 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Mommapbs | 119834 | ||
Good morning Ray - I need to think about this for a while - to me, recognizing God as He truly is, not ascribing divinity indiscriminately (as many in this world do ;e "Mother Nature"), is indeed a serious and important matter. Blessings on your day! mommapbs |
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