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601 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | Rowdy | 129822 | ||
Since this is a highly speculative subject, it can also be mentioned that just maybe the thief WAS baptized in the River Jordan by John the Baptist. Of course like it's been mentioned before, these baptisms of John's didn't have the authority as given by Jesus in Matt 28. But the bottom line to this topic and question is the fact that Jesus was, is and forever will be the King of all kings and Lord of all lords. Only He and God had the right to forgive sins as was cited several times in the NT. So it's just a matter of trust and belief for us, His children. I do hope this helps. God bless. Rowdy |
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602 | What about "The Passion of the Christ"? | Luke 24:14 | Rowdy | 114088 | ||
I can only tell you what our congregation is doing. Our elders have repeatedly asked us to first of all, go and see the movie, experience it for ourselves. Our preacher is seeing it this week and plans to preach about it this coming Sunday. Our elders are also strongly encouraging us to use this ideal opportunity to talk to our friends and loved ones, our co-workers, virtually everyone we know and open a dialouge so as to share Christ and the Gospel with them. I must admit it's very easy to do, I like to go to movies with my wife anyway and talk about the movie industry in a general sort of way. But this movie with its controversial background and the media hype does make this an ideal opportunity to show your faith, build up someone else's faith and share your faith with an unbeliever. Personaly, if a person doesn't take advantage of this golden opportunity, one would wonder about their committment and dedication. Don't you think we owe it to our God and to our fellow man to do this and do it with zeal and enthusiasm? What would be your thoughts on the matter? Anyone else? Let us all know. God bless. |
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603 | What about "The Passion of the Christ"? | Luke 24:14 | Rowdy | 114093 | ||
You make a very good point. I guess I hadn't considered that particular angle. Thanks for the reminder and God bless. | ||||||
604 | What about "The Passion of the Christ"? | Luke 24:14 | Rowdy | 114169 | ||
While I agree with most of the sentiment of your post, I'd like to remind you and everyone I was merely saying the lack of interest in that area from a christian might give cause for "wonder" to his closest friends. A close christian friend should feel free to be a loving brother enough to confirm their joint love for our Lord. If we were to practice that kind of close, personal relationship with our fellow christians, there would be a lot less fighting and arguing. What do you think? God bless. | ||||||
605 | What about "The Passion of the Christ"? | Luke 24:14 | Rowdy | 114231 | ||
I did a little more study on this topic and would like to add another short supplemental post to that above. This area of Christianity is NOT talked about and practiced very much throughout the brotherhood but I'm afraid it's clear from God's Word that He expects us to be doing it. What am I talking about? Inspecting each other's fruit. Now, we are most certainly NOT to judge one another but we are expected to love our fellow christians enough to be concerned about their growth and maturity in the Lord. First of all, let me cite some passages and these are only a few. If you put any Bible search engine to work, you'll come up with many more but these are some of the best toward my point. Col 1:10, Tit 3:14, Heb 13:15, Jam 3:17-18, 2 Pet 1:8 So after thoughtful and careful consideration of these passages, one must conclude that yes, indeed our Lord expects us to encourage each other with love and genuine concern so that we are motivated to seek out a ministry and put our talents to good use for our Lord and Savior. All I'm saying after several years of being a christian, we should expect it of ourselves and our fellow family members to start putting to practice what we preach. Get out in the world and be that Light for God. Some people never even open their Bible, much less study and find out how to get into God's family. To those kind of folks, you and I must be the representation of God's Word to them. We must show them what we stand for and why; we SHOULD do this with genuine love and enthusiasim for their soul's sake. This is part of the commission of sharing the Gospel with the world. Well, I said short and once again I deceived myself; once I get cranked up it's tough to stop. Anyway, just wanted to share and God bless. |
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606 | Temple | John | Rowdy | 119649 | ||
Cited for reference: John 2:15 And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; 16 and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a place of business." 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME." Apparently from verse 16, Jesus was disgusted with the idea of conducting business inside His Father's temple. BUT I've heard that the money changers were also taking advantage of the people, especially the poor in that they were overcharging for the items being sacrifice and making huge sums of profit. I don't know that to be supported by the Bible but seems like I've heard it from Jewish history. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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607 | why is the gospel of John different | John | Rowdy | 122453 | ||
It is thought by most scholars that Matthew and Luke based their accounts on Mark after reading it and noticing a few things missing. Thus the synopsis of the three shows a lot of similarities. John, however has a whole different personality and I for one am grateful for that difference. John probably waited until later in his life. You remember he was probably busy taking good care of Jesus' mother. But when he did turn into an author, look at the masterpieces he produced: his Gospel account, his 3 epistles and the Revelation. Yes I think we can appreciate the tremendous variety of information we're given. Again, I'm thankful for that vareity while at the same time, the Lord saw our human need for several different but similar accounts of the Gospels. God bless. --Rowdy |
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608 | who can explain to me? | John 1:1 | Rowdy | 120229 | ||
Dear friend, there's nothing wrong with pointing out the obvious to another, especially between disciples of God, most especially while studying God's Word. Emmanus has merely identified in print what has been obvious to us all; his counsel is considered to be very wise. One suggestion I have for you: just slow down a little and re-read your posts. Proof and re-proof them. Guess what, all good Forum participants re-read and proof their posts. I try and still miss some misspelled words and poor grammar. I do hope you'll seriously consider Emmanus' suggestion and look up whatever resources he's referring to. Hopefully, in this process of learning to deal with the English language you'll come to a greater understanding of what God is looking to see in your life. God bless.--Rowdy PS: I'm assuming here that a spell checker and/or grammar checker would cost too much money to install on the Forum or it might slow down the server too much. Does anybody know for certain? |
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609 | who can explain to me? | John 1:1 | Rowdy | 120280 | ||
Although I don't have all the answers on this passage, I am convinced this scripture here refers to Jesus Christ as being the Word. Once again, it's difficult for us humans to fully comprehend the complexities of the concept. That is the concept of the Trinity. How can three separate distinct Beings of Diety, God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit be separate yet all in one. That kind of mathmetics just don't add up here on earth but I accept it as fact, based on God's Word and my faith in Him. I do hope you'll keep on studying. God bless. --Rowdy |
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610 | who can explain to me? | John 1:1 | Rowdy | 120383 | ||
I do hope, dear friend, you're NOT suggesting that Jesus is inferior to God. Tell me it's not so. God the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit most certainly do form the Perfect Godhead, in complete harmony with one another, and yet distinct with their very own distinctive role/function in God's Universe. God created the whole universe with the assistance of the other two as He created you and me in THEIR image. His Son, Jesus came to this world for the express purpose of being the Perfect Sacrifice and saving us from our sins IF we'll accept that gift. And now the Holy Spirit completed God's plan and brought about the establishment of the church on that fateful day of Pentacost. And in this modern age, the Holy Spirit lives on in us and in God's Word, reminding us of that image of God we have within us, tugging at our conscience when we do wrong. A person could compare this order of God's world to that here on earth. Women are NOT inferior to us men. Men and women each have their distinctive role/function in the Lord's church. That's just the design with which God created this world. It's a functional thing. It's not a question of superior or inferior. I hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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611 | who can explain to me? | John 1:1 | Rowdy | 120463 | ||
Cited for context: John 13:12 So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? 13 "You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. 14 "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 "For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. 16 "Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. 17 "If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. I'm not exactly certain what you're driving at or your point by asking this question AND linking it to this thread of discussion but I'll take a shot. The passage above depicts one of the most amazing demonstrations of humility in the entire Bible, in my opinion. Here the Lord Jesus Christ, fellow Creator at the beginning of creation with God, His Father. He's about to offer His sinless life on a cross for the whole world of sinners for all time, past, present and future and what does He do? He takes time to fill a bowl with water and washes the feet of His own disciples, including the one who betrays him. He even dries their feet with the very same towel He's wearing around His own waist. Can you imagine a more powerful contrast: the Savior of the whole world performing the duties of the lowest slave/servant? And doing so with absolutely no ulterior motives. Now I'm guessing but I suppose this question on verse 16 could only be related to the previous thread of discussion because of BStudent's comment about the inferior nature of Christ to His Father as God. I can only say that the Greek word "greater" here didn't mean the same thing as you and I understand it. A better translation would be senior vs. junior denoting their functions in their relationship, similar to the same relationship by a man and woman in a marriage. In God's world, man gets the higher functional responsibilities compared to the woman because that's how He created this world. Why God is senior to Jesus, I have no idea and can't even speculate. How about you? What does this verse say to you? God bless. --Rowdy |
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612 | who can explain to me? | John 1:1 | Rowdy | 120718 | ||
I'm not exactly sure of your main point here. I've already acknowledged there are some things about the Godhead relationship we're not privy to. That is we're not going to know ALL the details until we reach Heaven. But the sum total of ALL scripture does make it pretty clear that God does have a slightly higher rank than His Son but I still think the 3 Beings of the Godhead are all equal in power and majesty. Was there something more to your post that I'm overlooking? Is there some question left unanswered or at least not discussed? As I mentioned there's several questions without answers at present. God bless. --Rowdy |
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613 | who can explain to me? | John 1:1 | Rowdy | 123220 | ||
From grammatical viewpoint, the only way to understand this concept is to acknowledge that Jesus IS God. He IS the Word of God and He (Jesus) came to this earth to live and die among us mankind so He could emphathize with His Father's creation as High Priest of this dispensation. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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614 | Who was the witness? | John 1:32 | Rowdy | 114570 | ||
John's version of this story is not quite as clear as in Matt 3 as follows: 13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" 15Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." Then John consented. 16As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. 17And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." Apparently from the fact, we have these two accounts, everyone who was present at the baptism of Jesus saw and heard everything as cited. It's certainly not stated or implied that any special sub-group experienced this event. Maybe you're referring to the phrase "He saw" in verse 16 and inferring that only Jesus saw the dove and heard the voice of God. Then how do you explain these separate accounts from two witnesses of the same event? IF this is the thrust of your post, I must counter with John 21 as follows: 24This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true. 25Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. Is there something more I'm missing? Another perplexing question: Why would God hide this event from the eye witnesses there and reveal this event to us, the rest of the world? Please share with us your views? God bless. |
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615 | Jesus' temptation | John 1:32 | Rowdy | 114571 | ||
This reflects some of the reasons why there were need for 4 different Gospel writers. Each had his own particular personality with his own distinctive priorities and preferences. Thus we see the Gospels of Matthew and Luke which seem to follow the Gospel of Mark somewhat but with a few differences thrown in. The account from John is quite different. One could compare this contrast to the different accounts of a major event say the attack of the Twin Towers on Sep 11, 2001 as cited in the different newspapers across this nation in the days following. Different writers are all inspired to report something new and fresh, yet accurate and detailed enough to maintain interest of the reader. In stark contrast to this kind of reporting in modern journals, we see great consistency and wonderful blending between the Gospel writers, especially considering their varying levels of education. Whereas with newspapers articles, in spite of modern aids of computers, phones, FAXs, internet, we still get "glitches," mistakes, and conflicting reports. I have no problem with the fact that there is some small amount of variance from the different Gospel accounts. It's that variance that gives them their distinct character and personality. Thus Mark portrays Christ with power, as a Man of action. Matthew portrays Him with majesty and leadership qualities. Luke's account reflects more humanity from a more medical perspective. John cites more acts of love and compassion. Personally, I think the Apostles realized that the Lord only spent a scant 3 years with them and yet crammed such an incredible amount of teaching and Godliness into their lives. This crowding probably inspired them to write concisely and with much brevity. So repeating of a few brief stories such as those cited in the traditional "Harmony of the Gospels" reflects relatively few matches. Since all 3, Matthew, Mark and Luke mentioned Jesus' going into the desert for the confrontation with the Devil, John saw no need to mention it yet again. I hope this helps to clear up the matter. Good question and God bless. |
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616 | I'm needing the answer on Galations 5 | John 3:3 | Rowdy | 118264 | ||
This subject is discussed at great length, just insert blasphemy in the Quick Search and you'll get a tremendous wealth of discussion. This sin is the ONLY one in the Bible that unforgivable. Mk 3:28 I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. 29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." Also Mt 12:31 Exactly how one blasphemes the Holy Spirit that he cannot possibly get forgiveness is somewhat controversial but I'll let you see that in the Forum Quick Search. But it doesn't sound like the sin alluded to above in the original question qualifies to be this unforgivable. God bless. --Rowdy |
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617 | Water, baptism and John 3:5/Titus 3:5 | John 3:5 | Rowdy | 110437 | ||
I'd like to differ with you if I may. I, too, have dealt with this controversy for many years and then I heard a sermon with a different perspective. Have you ever considered that the thief on the cross MIGHT just have listened to one of John the Baptist's sermons and MIGHT have been baptized. But the most important item of discussion on this subject is the fact that Jesus WAS most certainly the King of the Jews and as King he could bestow anything he chose on any of His subjects. In other words, he could make any exceptions he wanted to. Second major point of this discussion is the fact that our Lord's last will and testament didn't come into effect until after His death. In other words, salvation wasn't available on Gospel terms until after the price was paid and the terms had been announced, thus executing the document or His will. But since this discussion is centered around someone who died as a thief some 2,000 years ago, I would suggest it's not wise to spend a whole lot of time debating the subject. However, as always, God bless you in your study of God's Word. |
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618 | Water, baptism and John 3:5/Titus 3:5 | John 3:5 | Rowdy | 110446 | ||
I have to agree with you on the main point of remaining silent where the Bible is silent and speaking up as the Bible speaks. Thanks for the reminder. As a matter of thoroughness, I neglected to address Mr. Huron's other question. I do think the birth of water and the Spirit are the same and not different. Being born again in a watery grave through baptism is exactly what Paul is talking about in Rom 6 but this is a process that is being executed by the executor of the Lord's last will and testament, the Holy Spirt. So you see, it really is one baptism, one birth in water and in Spirit. God bless. |
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619 | Water, baptism and John 3:5/Titus 3:5 | John 3:5 | Rowdy | 111215 | ||
I think if a person were to actually count all the scriptures posted on this forum, there would most likely be just about as many in favor of baptism as those that SEEM to be or are at least a little questionable about it. But I really don't want to antagonize. I'll let you have the last word but I'll still pray for you. God bless. | ||||||
620 | Where does it say "MUST be baptised" | John 3:5 | Rowdy | 111289 | ||
There are a multitude of scriptures on this subject posted on the Forum, easily brought up by plugging in the word baptism or its variations into the search engine. One must study diligently and pray over this subject quite a bit. As you've already sumised, there's a tremendous variety of opinions on the matter, spanning the full spectrum so I can only encourage you to be open minded to God's Word and use His Word in its whole. I would encourage you to stay on the Forum and keep studying but ultimately you must make up your own mind and face God with that decision. That's why I think it's best to go with the more safe option and be baptized for the right reason, rather than face Judgement Day without it. In answer to your specific question about "Must" I don't think you'll find that kind of specific command in God's Word. I believe that's God's way of maintaining his position of complete freedom of choice He gives us. I do infer we can take His Words on this matter and the examples of baptisms in the Bible as being imperative but it probably couldn't be proven in a court of law. I think that's the way God prefers it. So, God bless you and I would be interested in your response. |
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