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341 | tithing only to home church? | Lev 27:30 | Rowdy | 112402 | ||
Generally, I think God likes to see us "grow where we're planted" but then again I don't think there's anything wrong with sharing. The most important example we see over and over again from our Bible is that of Godly people like Jesus and His Apostles giving freely to those in need. We should be anxious to do likewise, so if you determine in your heart that other organizations outside your home congregation have a greater need, you should feel free. But as always this kind of decision should be preceded with prayer. God bless. | ||||||
342 | God's punishment | Deut 1:1 | Rowdy | 119516 | ||
I can only guess you're referring to the punishment God issued in response to the Israelite nation in refusing to place their faith in their God and conquer the land of Cannan, as promised to them through Abraham. Their sentence was spend 40 years in the desert wandering until every one of them died except for the two spies, Joshua, Caleb and Moses. Those two spies were the only ones who brought back a report saying they COULD and SHOULD take the land in contrast to their fellow spies earlier in Exodus. It's interesting that God didn't destroy outright but He allowed them to destroy themselves and waste their lives in the desert as cited in Num 14:29 In this desert your bodies will fall-every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. 32 But you-your bodies will fall in this desert. 33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert. And the amazing part is that they lost their faith after seeing all the wonderful displays of power in escaping Egypt and crossing the Red Sea. But don't be too hard on them. We're just just as faithless as a world. At one time, the whole world knew about christianity and we had to mess it up. When man takes his focus off Jesus as being head and instead placed his confidence in the supreme ruler of the Catholic organization, that's where we first messed up. Then we began to believe the "Divine Right of Kings" and bestowed that power in our national rulers. Now look at our current generation and how we've messed up this wonderful country we live in. Across the world, we used to be known as a christian nation. No more, now christians overseas are considering the sending of missionaries to America to convert Americans to christians. I know...I've heard 'em discuss it. We as a nation ought to be ashamed. To what particular aspect of God's punishment are you referring? Maybe I've missed it entirely. Please share a few more details of your thinking. You haven't given us very much. God bless. --Rowdy |
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343 | Who accpied the land of jerusalam before | Joshua | Rowdy | 119279 | ||
This is the main theme of the Book of Joshua, the conquest of Cannan, the promise land. It's literally filled with tremendous battles for the Lord AND a tremendous amount of bloodshed for those folks who did live there. Speaking as a retired military man, I'm thankful God is NOT in that business any longer. In specific answer to your question, there were many tribes and cities with many different names. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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344 | how was joshua able to stay faithful | Joshua | Rowdy | 133891 | ||
I can only answer your latter question with the following verses. Josh 24:14 "Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15 "If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." If you really want to know the whole life of Joshua, re-read the book with name. If you just want a brief summary, Chapter 24 is pretty good, given by Joshua himself. Hope this helps and God bless. Rowdy |
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345 | Deborah's authority vs. Paul's teaching? | Judg 4:6 | Rowdy | 113790 | ||
We have to remember the context and who's authorizing whom. In this case, God appointed Deborah as one of the Judges over Israel and as such she had authority over all people in her judgeship, including Barak. Remember God has all authority and can do anything He chooses. Why else do you think He consistently confounds the thinking of mankind. He preferred the worship of the younger Able over Cain, the younger Jacob over his twin brother Esau and Joseph over his older brothers. In contrast, he allowed and encouraged the Jewish people to maintain the tradition of the larger birthright to the eldest son. He also allowed a gentile, named Ruth to become part of the lineage to His very own Son. He assigns one of His prophets to marry a prostitute just to show how much he hated Israel's infidelity. He almost destroyed the newly formed Israelite family just out of Eygptian slavery and apparently would have done so if it hadn't been for Moses' talking Him out of it. So our God did many things in seeming contradiction of His Words. But isn't that the nature of an all-powerful being, one who is jealous of our love toward Him, as His creation. Now, concerning men and women relationships in this dispensation, He has made it very clear through the Apostle Paul that the elders and deacons are to form the government of the Lord's church and of course our christian ladies should respect that. Also, these men, especially the elders should shepard the Lord's church in such a way that it garners respect from all christians following God's Will. If God chooses to change His guidance, I'm sure He will let us know with an authoritative confirmation just as He did in the OT. The big difference as contrasted here: God gets to make these kind of exceptions; we as His creation DON'T. We MUST follow God's Word. I hope this helps in your understanding and God bless. |
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346 | The Posture of The Angel | Judg 6:11 | Rowdy | 114590 | ||
I think it's wonderful, our God knows just what kind of message and who should be the carrier of that message, depending on the intended recipient. To Moses, God first appeared as a burning bush and then as their relationship developed, Moses grew more and more bold, even negotiating for the lives of God's followers, the Isrealite nation. Jacob wrestles with an angel and gets a special message from him. It's already been mentioned on this Forum before the talking donkey. There were the Judges of God sent to be leaders for the Israelite nation but of course we know they grew to prefer their own king, like their neighbors. There was the hand of God writing on the wall for a foreigner, King Belshazzar in Daniel 5. And the cloven tounges of fire to the Apostles in Acts 2. We have all the prophets of God throughout the OT and the NT relaying God's guidance to mankind. And of course, the ultimate mouthpiece for God was His very own Son, a perfect representation of God Himself came to this earth to show us what perfect Godliness is all about AND to die and save the lost of mankind. Yes, God has come to mankind in a wide variety of ways and through a tremendously wide variety of men and women from all walks of life to get His message of love and desire for reconcilation. Thanks be to Him, He is perseverant in pursuing us so that we might listen to what He has to say. God bless you. |
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347 | Why was David an important king? | 1 Samuel | Rowdy | 112258 | ||
To the Jews of Jesus' time, David was an important figure in their history because of the numerous and wonderful victories he accomplished for the Israelite nation, with the help of God. Apparently, he was also a pretty good judge of character and made good decisions, while ruling the country in general. But the most important reason he was an important figure in our Bibles is the nature of his relationship he shared with God Almighty. He was about as good as men got before Christ on earth. He also shared an incredibly close relationship with God, at least through most of his life. Even after adultery with another man's wife, killing that man and covering up the sin as far as his fellow man was concerned, he was humbled enough to truly repent and be counted as the one man "after God's own heart." (Acts 13:21-22) That's quite a high standard for us as humans to attain and quite a compliment from our Lord. Do you have additional ideas/reasons as to the importance of King David? God bless. |
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348 | is consulting medium allowed allowed? | 1 Samuel | Rowdy | 115748 | ||
I can only quote from the Bible as follows: 1 Sam 15:21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal." 22 But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD ? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD , he has rejected you as king." Regardless if a person is a king of a country or the lowliest servant in the land, when he/she thinks about deverting from God's guidance and chooses his own path, it always ends up this way. You see our ways as humans are not God's way as cited in... Prov 14:11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish. 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. You can never go wrong by following God's Word, especially if you give special emphasis/preference for the NT as the authority for the OT was nailed to the cross with Jesus. God bless. |
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349 | is consulting medium allowed allowed? | 1 Samuel | Rowdy | 115757 | ||
I'd like to add another note that just came to me. I thought of this in re-reading the discussions/posts from Kalos on this subject. I think the comparison between OT and the NT can be compared to a dead body vs. a live body. We all know the OT was nailed to the cross with Jesus as made clear in the following: Col 2:13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. This doesn't mean Christ destroyed the Law of Moses or any other part of the OT. It merely means He took with him its authority to rule our lives as God's children. But just as a dead man is available for autopsy for medical purposes, etc, the OT can be taken out of its tomb and examined for our benefit. It shows us how the world got here and how God dealt with the world, especially His beloved Israelite nation. It's a wonderfully made document and should be treated as such but it can't take the place of the NT as Jesus provides a whole new law, one with vast liberties and completely perfect freedom from our sins. As such the authority in the NT is complete because Jesus has been given "all authority" as cited in Matt 28 and He delegated that authority to His official representatives, the Apostles. This is made plain in: Matt 18:18 "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, back to the dead man/live man contrast. Now we have a living, vibrant, active and powerful covenant (body of laws) with the most powerful force in the entire universe. If we abide by His Words and live our lives accordingly to the best of our ability AND put our faith in His Son's blood and grace, we'll see Heaven upon Judgment Day, just as He's promised. Hope this clears up some ambiguities in my earlier posts. God bless. |
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350 | Holy man disobeying God | 1 Samuel | Rowdy | 117517 | ||
Eli's sons, Nadab and Abihu are the ones for which you're looking. If you'll put the their names in the search engine to the right of your screen, you'll get several different verses. The sum total story tells all their sins which were many and grievous to the Lord. He was being quite gracious and patient with them but they just went too far. God bless. | ||||||
351 | Who is Saul? | 1 Sam 11:13 | Rowdy | 115416 | ||
Where in the Bible (or the world for that matter) could you possibly get such a story about the Apostle Paul. The latter half of Acts is devoted to the ministry of Paul. In Chapter 22, Paul gives a brief biographical sketch of his life. AND please notice NO ONE else in the NT contests this description of Paul's life OR his credenitals in ANY of the other Epistles of the NT. It's very, VERY difficult to believe you have any concrete proof to support statement but I'd be interested in hearing about it. I can only hope that God will bless you by opening your eyes to the truth as provided in His Word. |
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352 | Who is Saul? | 1 Sam 11:13 | Rowdy | 115449 | ||
I'm not sure of your message or response. Are you trying to retract your statement about the Apostle Paul being a Roman centurian? Please confirm one way or the other. IF you are still in support of that original statement, I'd like to see what credible evidence you have to support it. Certainly nothing in the Bible could possibly be used to support such a position. God bless. |
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353 | Who is Saul? | 1 Sam 11:13 | Rowdy | 115646 | ||
Just insanely curious: How did you get the wrong impression that Saul or Apostle Paul was ever a Roman centurian? Thanks for the reply. | ||||||
354 | what did God mean | 1 Sam 15:11 | Rowdy | 109336 | ||
I can only surmise it was the same kind of regret indicated just before he destroyed the world by water and saved only Noah and his family. You're probably alluding to the seeming contradiction: if God did it then why would he regret doing it if He truly is God. That's a mystery. But notice we have the same problem. We humans bring children into this world and sometimes we regret it. Like my dad says, our children can bring us great joy and sometimes they can bring about grievous amount of pain and sadness. This too will probably be one of those questions we'll all be anxious to ask God upon being seated at the throne of God in heaven. Hope to see ya there. |
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355 | How would you describe Solomon | 2 Sam 12:24 | Rowdy | 116120 | ||
In a word: The wisest yet most foolish man whoever lived upon the earth. Personally, I think the human mind can't handle that much wisdom (almost Godly in its amount) without the similar Godly ability to handle it. How would you describe Solomon? God bless. | ||||||
356 | Did David disobey? | 1 Kin 3:14 | Rowdy | 109220 | ||
I think the final summation by the Apostle Paul in Acts 13:22 is most useful. 22After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.' We have to remember the most difficult thing for us as humans to do for our God is keep a contrite and humble heart and attitude, completely submissive to God in all things we say and do. Every hour of lives need to be this way and when we fail we have to repent. We can never hope to get past this constant habit of repenting every day so we're covered for the sins of omission as well as those as commission. Otherwise, we approach Judgement Day on very dangerous ground. Yes, David committed many grievous sins and apparently left undone many good things he should have done with his Son, Absolam. But he tried his best and apparently he died with a good conscience before meeting his maker. We see the same kind of contrast between Judas and Peter. Both of these disciples committed grievous acts against our Lord but He was willing to forgive them both. Judas never recovered from his stumble whereas Peter went on and delivered the first Gospel sermon. Praise the Lord. If we as God's creation could only follow the GOOD examples we're given, this world would be a better place. Tell me what you think. God bless you in your studies. Interesting personal file you got there, sounds like a full life. |
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357 | Did David disobey? | 1 Kin 3:14 | Rowdy | 110302 | ||
I like to think our God looks at our lives in their sum total. Is our heart and soul really devoted to Him or the Devil? It's a question we have to ask ourselves every day AND it's just as important that we answer in the affirmative and then repent as often as necessary, at least daily if not hourly. As to what David was thinking while committing the sin(s) he committed. I conclude that every man/woman likes to think they can hide this one small sin from God just like Adam tried in the Garden. But alas our God is the wisest of all parents. He knows our every thought before we're born but somehow we still have the freedom of choice. Explain that? How can I or anybody else explain it? I'm waiting till I get to heaven. Also, I do think we can gain a lot from Peter's example of walking on the water. As long as he and we are focused on God or His Son, we can do amazing things but when we take our eyes away from that kind of devotion, we're all in for trouble. God bless. |
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358 | A Human Error? | 2 Kin 8:26 | Rowdy | 117831 | ||
I'm not sure if this is going to be conclusive but it's all I can find at the moment with the limited resources I have. Hope it helps. 2 Chronicles 22 Ahaziah King of Judah 1 The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram's youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 2 Ahaziah was twenty-two [1] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri. 3 He too walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong. Footnotes 22:2 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew forty-two I'm inferring that the "Hebrew forty-two" must be in reference to some special way of counting a person's age in the Hebrew culture. I don't really think this would qualify as a contradiction for which your "enemies of the truth" are looking. God bless. --Rowdy |
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359 | A 2nd Human Error? | 2 Kin 8:26 | Rowdy | 117853 | ||
I see the contrast but don't think much about it. If this is the kind of slight discrepancies your friends/enemies are submitting to you, I don't think we have anything to worry about. Most probably, this too can be explained in the way different cultures handle their arithmetic and the many different translations the Bible has been through. My bottom line is: these kind of slight discrepancies is not going to shake my faith in God's Word, not even "one iota." God bless. --Rowdy |
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360 | Ezra and Family Values? | Ezra 10:3 | Rowdy | 118348 | ||
I can only cite the following passages to make a point: Josh 10:20 It came about when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were destroyed, and the survivors who remained of them had entered the fortified cities, Josh 10:28 Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Thus he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho. Josh 10:35 They captured it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; and he utterly destroyed that day every person who was in it, according to all that he had done to Lachish. Josh 10:37 They captured it and struck it and its king and all its cities and all the persons who were in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it. Josh 10:39 He captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Just as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had also done to Libnah and its king. Josh 10:40 Thus Joshua struck all the land, the hill country and the Negev and the lowland and the slopes and all their kings. He left no survivor, but he utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded. I must admit I knew that the Lord commanded Joshua and his army to do this, this is destroy whole cities but I'd forgotten just how many times Joshua obeyed. It's a little scary to think about falling into the hands of such a God unprepared. We can only conclude that our God is spiritual and we as human beings tend to be addicted to this physical life. We're encouraged to give up that addiction and look forward to the next life hereafter. But I'll agree with you it's tough to do. Just pray that we can mature and finally trust God completely. You know of course that God did all this destruction through Joshua for the same reason as shown in 1 Ki 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter-Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. 2 They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. 4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. God bless. --Rowdy |
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