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401 | can a women preach and teach men | 1 Tim 2:12 | Scribe | 86014 | ||
I hope my posts have been helpful in making us truly look to see what the scripture says. It is not my purpose to condemn any group,we all have need of more light. I am certainly in need of more light and I pray that my heart will be humble before the Lord that I may recieve it. May God Bless Us as We Study His Word. | ||||||
402 | can a women preach and teach men | 1 Tim 2:12 | Scribe | 86022 | ||
Radioman2 states "From your own words, it appears that your concept of bad doctrine is narrowly limited and your concept of heresy is nonexistent. It sounds as if you're saying it doesn't matter what you teach about Christ, His atonement or anything else, as long as you don't teach that it's OK for a Christian to sin. If so, then Joyce Meyer is not the only one who fails to understand essential Christian teaching." narrowly limited to only what the scriptures states is false doctrine is safer foundation to stand on than what you think is false teaching otherwise we accuse others of teaching false doctrine if their doctrine does not agree with us. I differ massively on the interpretation of how the Atonement of Christ applies to infants than the Lutheran Matzat, and therefore does that make me a false teacher or him? Oh and by the way.. where is the scripture that says.. you have to have the necessary theological training to preach? Sounds like a wrong teaching to me, but I will extend grace and not call him a false teacher :) |
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403 | can a women preach and teach men | 1 Tim 2:12 | Scribe | 86023 | ||
The writer says " She has no grasp of historic systematic theology. Basically what she’s doing is, she’s going back to Rome with her understanding of sin...She has rejected the basic Reformational truth of justification. She’s a heretic!”" I say.. This writer is probably mad because Joyce preaches better than him and she is a woman. :) |
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404 | Pt.1 Female Overseer | 1 Tim 2:12 | Scribe | 86222 | ||
How far do you go with this. I mean, I agree that a man should be a pastor. But what about people who work for women bosses? Are these men messed up? Should they be seeking a different job? What about women in the church who work and are in management positions over men. Are they out of the will of God? Does this rule that women should not be in authority over men only apply to church? If we believe that the correct interpretation of these passages is that women should never be in a position of authority over a man, then are we going to live like we believe that or are we going to play games with it, saying a woman cannot teach in our church and yet go to work on Monday and say yes maam to our boss? What kind of truthfulness is that? We either believe this is the interpretation or we are not sure. I think most people who are so adament about not believing a woman can pastor are compromisers becuase they will work for women and submit to women on their jobs. Where do we get the authority to say that it is ok to submit to a woman on your job and not in the church? Either stand by your principles or admit your not clear about this authority and women thing. And if you are not clear about it, then maybe we are messing up the meaning of these passages. If there is room to submit to a female boss at work then we are seeing some kind of "acception" to the rule. If we have confidence we are in the will of God while living with this "acception" to the rule, then we have moved into the realm of spiritual application to New Testament rules or given ourselves liberty to apply the spirit of the rule rather than the letter of the law. And what then is the meaning of the spirit of the rule here, if it is about authority then we have "bent" the rule at work by submitting to women bosses, if we say the rule cannot be bent or we are in violation to the word, then we should be true to our convictions and quit our jobs and not accept another that places us under the authority of women. If we believe this is wrong and yet we continue under the authority of women, we sin. Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. I would not sit under a woman pastor. I do not believe it is correct to have women pastors but I do think that it is becuae of a hard fast rule about authority, I believe I can have a woman at work in authority over me, but I (would never marry such a woman :) ) Have you ever considered that Paul was speaking about spiritual things. That in the church it is Love that matters and it would be a hinderance to the spreading of the Gospel in that day when women were not allowed to lead in Jewish religion to allow them to lead in the church, it would make it unnecessarily hard for men to hear or even listen to the message. It would be better for if a woman who was gifted and called to ministry of the word to submit to men so that the message could be recieved, so we have Pricilla and Aquila and Pricilla seems to be the main teacher and even teaches a man Appollos but she is always named with her husband Aquilla which shows a submissive heart and therefore men like Apollos are well able to recieve her teachings becuase she is not usurping authority over a man. By the way let us always focus on every word of the text, the words are must not usurp authority over a man which speaks of a brash sort of pushing oneself forward in a fleshly authority. But having a gift to minister does not automatically put the woman in violation of the authority issue. As a matter of fact there are more instances of women usurping authority over men is brash and fleshly way at your work than in the church. Often in the church you have a "submitted" woman getting grief for daring to teach the Bible, and yet the women who are USURPING authority over men at work are left alone. Just a few thoughts to help kick off the second round of the debate. :) |
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405 | Pt.1 Female Overseer | 1 Tim 2:12 | Scribe | 86245 | ||
LOL. Well I am not concerned about it myself, I even listen to women teach the Word. I was just adding some good logic as to why we might be applying legalism to New Testament instructions and trying to put women back under the law, and that would be a very bad thing in the AUTHOR'S eyes wouldn't it? I think we have to be careful and make sure we are knowing the AUTHOR then we will interpret the Word according to the SPIRIT of the AUTHOR and not a legalistic interpretation He never intended. The more I look at this subject the more I see women as being quite oppressed by christian men and it was never meant to be that way. If there is one thing Jesus brought that was liberty for all man and woman. I am leaning toward the USURP being key to understanding this. Also I lean toward the idea of women teaching in the church as not prohibited by this statement but that of teaching men as in a fleshly way, teaching them to do what the woman wants. Kind of like what wives have a problem with. LOL. If he had said I suffer a woman not to teach the word in the church I could see the point, but it says I suffer not a woman to teach or usurp authority over the man which sounds more like what I witness often among couples who don't believe in women teaching in the church. In other words, they don't believe in women teaching in the church and yet the woman keeps teaching and usurping authority over the man by nagging and scolding him. | ||||||
406 | Warning ! ! ! | 1 Tim 3:16 | Scribe | 86129 | ||
Not sure why it was restricted. But fortunately the forumn is moderated, keeping the cult postings restricted is important so that people can get Answers from the Bible in context instead of cults using partial quotes and pages of heresy. Romans 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. Philippians 2:10-11 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Father Son and Holy Ghost are One God and it is not wrong to call that a Trinity. Just like when you speak of Legalism, Legalism is not in the Bible but the concept is and it is ok to speak of a larger concept in shorter words. Jesus made it clear that before Abraham was I AM and it is written that By Jesus Christ all things were created, John says that Jesus is the Word and the Glory of the Father, and that He is was God. John also taught us that if a teacher teaches that Jesus is not God in the Flesh he is an antichrist. So let't hope that this fourum will restrict cult postings so that the Word of God can go forth. 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. |
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407 | Last Days for 2 thousand years? | 2 Tim 3:1 | Scribe | 100211 | ||
It is true that it has been the last days for 2000 years. Therefore the time has to be at the very doors. The reason is that if it ends soon, then it still qualifies as 2000 years since on a time line of the history of the earth and mankind, you would see that from Christ to the present we are on at least the last third of history. If we move too much further into the future, say 1000 years or more, you would see on the time line that Acts 2 delclaration by Peter that we were in the last days would not be true, that instead of the last days, they were in the middle days, or if much further into the future and Acts 2 might fall on the time line before the middle mark of history and would make not logical sense whatsoever. Some people are afraid to say what I am saying becuase they are afraid that if the Lord does not come soon they will be saying the Word is not true, so they make satements like "even if we have to wait another 5000 years, what is that to God, after all with the Lord a thousand years is as a day" but that is saying that scripture is not true in my opinion. I believe Scripture is True and Verbally inspired. If Paul makes a point of the inspiration of the tense of the word Seed when referring to the OT passage of Abraham's Seed being singular and not Seeds plural becuase it was prophetic of Christ, then it is also true that the phrase Last Days meant the Last part of human history and not the middle or the first third etc. It is either Last Days or it is not true. But it is True and we are in the Last Days and we know it must end soon because the Word is true and is no Lie. Get Ready. The signs all point to His Soon Return. Many Bible Scholars stated in the 18 century that Babylon would be rebuilt and they could not see any other application but literal. We are living in a day when the evening news uses the phrase "Rebuilding of Baghdad" on almost a daily basis. Yes, the day is upon us and we must live like it. Be Sober, Be Vigilant, Seek to Do His Will. | ||||||
408 | The form of Godliness? | 2 Tim 3:5 | Scribe | 86021 | ||
2 Timothy 3:4-5 ...lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. Those that may pretend to be religious but in works they deny the Lord. Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. They are those that seem to not comprehend (reprobate) the connection between living holy and knowing God. They pretend they know God and "can" know God while being full of lust seeking fleshly indulgences. |
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409 | Jesus according to Paul, vs. the Gospels | 2 Tim 3:16 | Scribe | 42808 | ||
The person that thinks that the Nag Hamadi texts are consistant with Pauls writings has not read either Paul or the Nag Hamadi texts. The reason the gnostic texts were rejected was because Johns revelation was effective in expunging the false teachers from the churches Rev Chapter 2 - 3 The gnostics were so messed up they would write a book and say it was from Timothy and knowing that he was not Timothy think to himself that he was not lying becuase he was a "spiritual" timothy. This sort of falsehood was common. Of course the real motive was to deceive. But a false prophet never goes about thinking "I am a false prophet. I will devour ignorant sheep like a wolf and use them for my own purposes." No usually a false teacher will think to himself some complex structure of logic that makes him think he is in contact with the "mystical" idea of god that he has imagined. There are hardly any moral limits for them. For almost anything can be justified. So in the Book of Revelation Chapter 2-3 they are rebuked as being inspired of hell and their doctrine exposed. These were the early gnostics. Nicolatains were the first. The Nag Hamadi texts were an example of thier writings or of those that wrote some time after 90 AD What would a person have to gain by accepting the gnostics over the Bible? Well this mainly, they believe they can commit fornication and still go to heaven. Now to someone with a porn addiction, but who wants to inherit eternal life, they might find this an attractive beleif system. The only problem is, that it is a lie! And they will wake up in hell. May God bless you in the Study of His Word. Read the gnostics and see what you think. http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhlalpha.html |
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410 | Jesus according to Paul, vs. the Gospels | 2 Tim 3:16 | Scribe | 42846 | ||
Yes the book of Enoch. The writer was not Enoch and no serious scholar ever believed it was. It was not written until about 200Ad and it was an attempt by the writer to make it sound like Peter was quoting the book of Enoch. The writer probably made up an idea that he was possessed by the spirit of Enoch. This kind of thing is still with us in the cults that teach similar doctrines of the gnostics. The book of Hebrews was written by Paul and it is obvious if you compare it to Pauls writings. I don't much care for scholars that squabble over who wrote what. It is pretty obvious to the reader even if they aren't a Greek and Hebrew Scholar. God had been Gracious to keep His Word available to us, and will do so until we go to be with Him. I think writer of the The Apocalypse of Adam and the writer of the book of Enoch had similar demons. The book of Mormon and the Quran follow the same pattern of men trying to sound spiritual, but because they do not know God never pull it off to the discerning christian. The born again Christian is the only spiritual man that is in communion with the Holy Spirit and has the divine light that these imposters were trying to pretend. Thus the born again Christian can always recognize these imposters becuase the born again christiant that walks intimatly with Christ is so familiar with the truth and the light that the darkness and the false is manifest, or obviouse when the holy saint hears it or reads it. There is not much value in studying all the details of a cult teaching. All you really need, in order to expose them, is to be familiar with the truth. May God Bless you in Your Study of His Word. |
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411 | Can we say that all of the scriptures | 2 Tim 3:16 | Scribe | 43241 | ||
I have prayed in the spirit for about half an hour and having asked God to show me revelation in His Word that will make me more like Him, I have opened the Bible to the Begats (genealogy) and recieved revelation and insight for daily living. So yes, every word is profitable and inspired and supernaturally Divine. Praise His Holy Word. | ||||||
412 | DIVORCED,REMARRIED DEACON | Titus 1:6 | Scribe | 55052 | ||
In this instance that you describe it does not matter whether he was born again or not. If a wife is unfaithful you can divorce her or if a husband is unfaithful the wife can divorce him. In this situation you can remarry. Even if you are a christian. If a Christian has a wife that is cheating on him, he can divorce her and stil be a pastor or any other ministry calling. Also if a spouse is an unbeliever and they leave you becuase your are too "religous" as you seek to serve Christ, then you are free to remarry and be a pastor or any other ministry. Now for the most common scenario. If a couple splits over arguing etc it is still not the unforgivable sin. The man who was called to pastor and went through a divorce is not banned from ever pastoring again. I don't care what denominations say God is able to save to the uttermost them that put their trust in him. If that man is called by God he will in time be changed if he has faith. The sinful behaviour of striving in the flesh with his wife and all the nasty stuff that caused the divorce will have to be purged out by the Lord, but God still has a few "back sides of the desert" to accomplish such things. When the Lord is ready and the man is changed he will be fit for the masters use and I reject any doctrine of the systems of manmade religious governments that strain at a gnat and swallow a camel in the words of Christ about divorce that would tell a man he cannot pastor because of divorce 20 years ago that God has dealt with. (No I have never been divorced) Such a man would do good to not join that dull and soddish structure of man anyway. Let him follow the Lord and seek His praise only. I am not saying divorce is ever an answer. Such a man may delay his calling by many years by such a failure, but he is not washed up. May God bless you in your study of His Word. |
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413 | Is the Promised Land the Israel of today | Hebrews | Scribe | 41903 | ||
Ro 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. Abraham was promised THE WHOLE WORLD so yes the land of Israel is the promised land but only as a type or lesson that God is going to give the saints THE WHOLE WORLD, for a thousand years and then A New Heaven and New Earth. Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. If you see that we (us the new testament saints) are to be included in the promises, then we know it is more than Geographical Isreal. In answer to your question Israel and Jerusalem is the very promised land of the Old testament and there is no question by anyone that it. Many of the geographical landmarks mentioned in the OT have never been mistaken for some other place in all of human history by those that live there. Some things are hard to identify such as the location of the tower of Babel, but they are fairly certain they have the base identified. But Jerusalem, mount Zion has never been in dispute. Yes God promised them the Land, but God had a greater purpose. Here is the Greater Truth. The promised land is your heart (your soul, your eternal being)Or the Promised Land are all the eternal promises of eternal Life with Christ, the Bodily Resurrection, The inheriting of the earth, the possessing of the literal kingdom, all of these promises not yet realized in full but possessed by faith is the Promised Land for us. And as they had to walk by faith to possess it so do we. Do a study on the enemies they had to drive out, they all have names that can be applied to the spiritual battles we face as christians in our walk of sanctification. He that endures unto the end shall be saved. we have to drive out the amorites as they did but we do it spiritually by repenting and fleeing from lusts that once kept us in bondage. You see them having problems by letting some enemies remain among them (as you see today) and we must learn from this and not allow any secret lusts or vices to remain in our hearts. God Bless you in your study of the Word. |
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414 | Hebrews 6:6 explained | Hebrews | Scribe | 42095 | ||
In Context.... Heb 6:1 ¶ Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. The subject matter.... going on beyond constant wranglings over certain... fundamental doctrines. Think about it like this.. "If a person who has known the Lord and then turns from the holy commandments to teach a false doctrine that you can sin with the body but still be innocent in the spirit and other such gnosticism, there is no use trying to convince that person of how the cross of Christ is suficient to remove their sins, for they are preaching the cross of Christ but using it as an excuse for sin. Saying that they can keep sinning and still go to heaven. This is treating the Cross of Christ as liscense to sin rather than a victory over sin. What can you do with this kind of teaching and person other than let them know they are not going to heaven. It is impossible to renew them to repentance by preaching the cross , they are polluting the message of the cross. They cannot be brought to repentance as other sinners because they are using the very answer for sin and that which produces godly sorrow as an excuse to sin. "If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame" so they propagate that the cross grants them forgiveness while they continue in their sin. Heb 6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: Heb 6:8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. They are bringing forth the wrong fruit. They are living lives that declare they are bad trees. Heb 6:9 ¶ But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. So from this verse we see that the saints do not have to fear this condition because sound doctrine will keep them from such a hineous act as willful sinful living while claiming freedom in the cross. Were these false brethren ever christian? .....and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, I find it too far of a stretch to say a person was made a partaker of the Holy Ghost and then claim he was never a christian. I will have to conclude that based on this text they are backslidden and they are in danger of hell fire. Now Can they be saved? Yes It does not say they can never be saved, It does not say they will never repent it says... It is impossible for you through doctrine listed in Verse 1 to to renew them again unto repentance;.. you have to shake off the dust and move on they are contradicting and blaspheming themselves claiming the crucifixtion of Christ as a liscense to be able to sin. You should give them over to satan for the destruction of the flesh. If in times of misery they come back to the Lord and renounce their false doctrine that they can sin willfully in this life and only lose a few rewards in the next then they can be saved and they can repent. But you are not going to be able to convince them with words and doctrine (verse 1) You will have to turn them over to satan. That is my opinion. I have been wrong before :) |
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415 | Hebrews 6:6 explained | Hebrews | Scribe | 42590 | ||
Thank you John. I did read the sermon. I thought it was very good. Spurgeon seems to follow the spirit of the context in his explanation. I am almost convinced of his application, however I think the context about the ground not bearing fruit might indicate that Paul is not only saying that "if a person falls away completetly he would have not hope of eternal life" but that there may have been some that have. There may have been those that were once in the household of faith, who after falling away continually do not repent but instead invent doctrines to give them peace while they hold on to their addictions of fornication , pornography, alcoholism etc. I do not see this as far fetched because I have known and do know them. I know these men knew the Lord, but for many years now they have been bringing forth thorns and will have nothing to do with the church or with God. Will they still be saved? It would be impossible for them to be saved in that condition. Spurgeon sees it as impossible that a man that has known the Lord could fall to that degree. I wonder why he says that since in other articles he has made it known that he has met them. And I dare say you know a few as well. Now if we want to say they never knew the Lord at all, then I think we have entered into the domain of the secrets of men's hearts of which only Jesus Christ has been ordained judge. But if we want to say they do not know the Lord now in their continual state of many years of wicked living then we are on solid ground of our God given scriptural duty to known them by their fruits. I would rather say that they knew the Lord and now they have rejected him as Paul has stated in other passages than to say they never knew the Lord which I have no right to say. But then I do not have a "doctrine to uphold" but follow that which makes more common sense as I read and pray for light. May God bless you in your study of His Word. |
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416 | Hebrews 6:6 explained | Hebrews | Scribe | 42673 | ||
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417 | Does God try to speak and not get heard? | Heb 1:2 | Scribe | 94602 | ||
Greetings. Good thoughts. I agree that God speaking and people not hearing has more to do with an obstinate heart than any disability of the human mind. Here is an example. I was praying for the Lord to help me find a good deal on a car. I did not want to go in debt and I did not want to get a lemon. I trusted the Lord to help me find the right one in a sea of choices. I was walking in my neighborhood and spied a nice Cadillac for sale. The price was low and I took the number down. As I walked along I imagined the enjoyment of driving such a vehicle and the luxury and comfort of the ride. I also confess that I imagined the image of myself being seen by others in this car. Now I had passed over into the sin of pride of life in this thought and it was at this time that I looked up and saw a van with a much lower price 1700 to be exact. Well the van was very nice inside and out, but I hardly even noticed and did not take down the number. See my mind was taken up with the thought of the pride of being seen in the cadilac. Later as I walked back by the van I went ahead and took down the number because the price seemed too low to believe and I felt I should at least check it out, maybe the Lord was trying to bless me with a really good deal and I was being to prideful or doubtful to believe it. Well after all was checked out, the cadilac was had been in a wreck, was parked in my neighborhood by a used car dealer to fool people into thinking it was offered by a neighbor, and the van was the legitimate vehicle of the neighbor it was parked at. The van drives like a new car and I am amazed daily at how much car I got for 1700. The point being that God was trying to answer my prayer and bless me with a great deal but pride almost made me miss the whole thing. Can we miss out on what God has for us, of course, I can tell many stories of instances when I was less humble and did not recognize my error and presumption until later (though I always had a warning in my spirit but ignored it.) Thus, God spoke to me by His Spirit but I wanted my own way and rebelled. Did I not hear God? No I heard him but hardened my own heart. Does God speak to us about such things? Of course He does. God speaks to us through the Bible, and yet He also communes with us in the Holy Spirit. If anyman does not know the communion of the Holy Spirit, I doubt that man is saved. I agree that the written Word is our final authority but never let anyone tell you that the Holy Spirit will not speak to you without a chapter an verse. The Holy Spirit will speak to you truths that you do not even know are in the scripture. Later you will read a scripture and say, "WOW! The Holy Spirit was speaking this truth to me and I did not even know this verse was in here!" If you do not know that experience I feel great sorrow for you. It is the frequency of such communion and experiences of these revelations of truth, that help me gauge whether I am properly pressing forward in God or stagnating or drawing back. If I am not experiencing communion with God outside of just reading scripture, then I would of all men be most miserable. The word of God is ALIVE and POWERFUL and without this dynamic of the Holy Spirit speaking to me I would not even be able to rightly divide the Word of God on paper. May God bless you as you Commune with Him and study His written Word. |
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418 | Dreans, and Angels? | Heb 1:14 | Scribe | 55187 | ||
Acts 2:17 makes it clear that the prophecy of Joel were to apply to what they were witnessing when they said "what is this" and so Peter says in this context the promise is to you and your children and all that are afar off, that applies to us and not just the far off of other countries. So we are now we also on whom the end of the world has come are going to have visions and dreams, and prophesy. When they experienced these things they did not elevate them over the scriptures. Of course we read the word and follow it as our only rule of faith and practice. However when the Lord wants to lead someone more specically and in a personal manner as it relates to their local church or family or personal lives they can and often do have dreams. These dreams stand out from the rest. When you have one you will often awake in the middle of the night with a sense of urgency to write it down so you wont forget it. The Lord will give you the meaning. Of course we know that if you think the meaning is contradictory to scripture then you are wrong it is not from God. When teaching about dreams you have to say that to weed out the flakes and the self willed disobedient that want to use any excuse to disobey the word. But most often you will hear teachers make that the main point of their teaching on dreams and never say anything else. Really that part about flaky people is a sidenote just to make sure no one misunderstands you. After having said it there is much more to the subject of dreams from God for instruction and guidance. I will attempt to give an example. A saint has a dream the dream is full of detail and even while they are dreaming they know the dream is a message from God trying to teach them something, they will get a moment of clarity where they know they are in a dream and they know it is not a normal natural dream but a God given dream. They will try to pay attention to the subject and details and tell themselves they need to remember this when they awake. It might be a dream of them preaching to thousands in a stadium.. and they are being prepared to go on the platform.. they are aware of a sin among the leadership that put the meeting together, it is an evil sin, but you cannot remember what it was.. the men ask you privately that they want you to come up and preach to the people but you need to not worry about the sin these leaders are in and forget about it, don't tell the people.. You know, (you are not sure how) that you are not to compromise and gloss over the sin of this group of men.. You tell them.. "I am convinced that I will help the people more by walking in obedience to God than speaking a thousand words in that mic." and you walk away.. Then you wake up. It is the middle of the night.. You know you need to grab a pen a write what you just experienced in that dream. That dream will help you in the near future in something you are going to face. These thing happen today but most christians are too full of unbelief to believe that God will do it and they will discount it all with a sentence from an unfruitful intellectual christian that says the canned ..."we don't need dreams we have the Bible.. forget about it." and if the one who says it is a pastor, then many christians will forget about the dream. It only takes a day or two and they will be saying.. I had an incredible dream the other night, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was (if they did not write it down). Then sometime in the future, it may be soon or far.. This dreamer will be faced with a choice to compromise in an area of disobedience to the word by men who might be considered authorities in the church or intellects or smart christians that know more than you and they will with religous teaching try to tell you that you will minster to others more effectively if you follow their dead pattern of compromise and unholiness. (but they will use more smooth words to say it) and this dreamer will fall into their trick becuase he will forget what God told him in a personal way in a dream. Even though all truth is in the Bible there is a special strength that comes in God speaking to us in a dream the same Scriptural truths. ....Continue next post | ||||||
419 | Dreans, and Angels? | Heb 1:14 | Scribe | 55189 | ||
continued from previous post..... One thing that these dreams do is to help guide you in those specific ways that help you in your own personnal battle against the strategies of satan that are being launched against you and your ministry. We are all different and one persons battle differs from another. God knows what you are facing and will face, where your weaknesses are and what you need to be working to strengthen. So everything you need for life and godliness are contained in the Word, God will use a dream to drive home a specific promise or truth from His word that you need. Consider these God given dreams as sermon from God to you always using the written word truths to instruct you but specifically something that is urgent in your life to get a grasp on. Sometimes these dreams will have to do with more people and speak of a bigger picture than your life only. God will and does give dreams that relate to world events and prophecy and these type of dreams are more common among leadership whose lives effect more people and whos decisions effect more people. There is much to say about dreams than what is usually said. I have gone to long to comment on angels. :) |
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420 | Dreans, and Angels? | Heb 1:14 | Scribe | 55190 | ||
Continued from last post.... One thing that these dreams do is to help guide you in those specific ways that help you in your own personnal battle against the strategies of satan that are being launched against you and your ministry. We are all different and one persons battle differs from another. God knows what you are facing and will face, where your weaknesses are and what you need to be working to strengthen. So everything you need for life and godliness are contained in the Word, God will use a dream to drive home a specific promise or truth from His word that you need. Consider these God given dreams as sermon from God to you always using the written word truths to instruct you but specifically something that is urgent in your life to get a grasp on. Sometimes these dreams will have to do with more people and speak of a bigger picture than your life only. God will and does give dreams that relate to world events and prophecy and these type of dreams are more common among leadership whose lives effect more people and whos decisions effect more people. There is much to say about dreams than what is usually said. I have gone to long to comment on angels. :) |
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