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441 | Paul's evil practices Pre or PostJesus | Rom 7:19 | Wild Olive Shoot | 169453 | ||
Dear kw5kw, You posted: “It's the small sins that will keep us --as humans-- close to God.” How is that so? Luke 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Isaiah 59:1,2: 1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. Song of Solomon 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. “the little foxes; heresies and heretics are to be nipped in the bud, before they increase to more ungodliness; otherwise errors, which may seem small at first, soon grow larger and spread themselves, and become fatal to the churches:” John Gill Proverbs 14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. 1Corinthians 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? James 1:14, 15: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Sin separates us from God. In no way is it conceivable that sin keeps us close to God. How great our sins that they could not have been atoned for at any other price? How great His love that He would not stop short anywhere, until life itself had been resigned? He laid down His life for us. Sinning does not keep us close to God. WOS |
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442 | is there 2 translation of matt 6:12? | Matt 6:12 | Wild Olive Shoot | 169383 | ||
The King James Version references "trespasses" directly after the Lord's Prayer in vv14 and 15. Matthew 6:12-15: 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. WOS |
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443 | Appointed times, habitation boundaries | Acts 17:26 | Wild Olive Shoot | 169338 | ||
Humbled, I get from John Gill’s commentary on vv26, 27 that because we know it is God who does all of this for us, it should lead us to seek to know Him as well as fear and serve Him and glorify His name. I think because we can recognize His providence and that how everything is dependant on Him, and what He has actually given unto us, we would desire to seek Him, to know Him better than simply by what nature has revealed to us about Him. My opinion anyhow. WOS |
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444 | Church membership scriptural? | Heb 10:25 | Wild Olive Shoot | 169314 | ||
Hebrews 13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary explains pertaining to “of their conversation”: “Considering how they manifested the soundness of their faith by their holy walk, which they maintained even to the end of that walk…” I think our leaders, those we submit to, are identifiable by their manner of life, their walk with God. Verse 7 may be speaking of past leaders but Hebrews 13:17 seems to indicate the same for our present leaders. We can use the same criteria from past to present. One would think we would have to be more discerning with present leaders however, as we don’t have their “end” to help us with our assessment but only their current affairs. WOS |
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445 | Paul's evil practices Pre or PostJesus | Rom 7:19 | Wild Olive Shoot | 169208 | ||
Tim, I understand your position much more clearly now and I thank you. WOS |
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446 | Paul's evil practices Pre or PostJesus | Rom 7:19 | Wild Olive Shoot | 169158 | ||
Tim, are you advocating that the regenerated are in a state of “sinless perfection” or that they are unable to sin or am I misunderstanding the point entirely? If that is the case, how does the following reconcile with that and with Romans 7:14 and 6:5 Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. “That there is in every one a struggle between the flesh and the spirit (Gal_5:17): The flesh (the corrupt and carnal part of us) lusts (strives and struggles with strength and vigour) against the spirit: it opposes all the motions of the Spirit, and resists every thing that is spiritual. On the other hand, the spirit (the renewed part of us) strives against the flesh, and opposes the will and desire of it: and hence it comes to pass that we cannot do the things that we would. As the principle of grace in us will not suffer us to do all the evil which our corrupt nature would prompt us to, so neither can we do all the good that we would, by reason of the oppositions we meet with from that corrupt and carnal principle. Even as in a natural man there is something of this struggle (the convictions of his conscience and the corruption of his own heart strive with one another; his convictions would suppress his corruptions, and his corruptions silence his convictions), so in a renewed man, where there is something of a good principle, there is a struggle between the old nature and the new nature, the remainders of sin and the beginnings of grace; and this Christians must expect will be their exercise as long as they continue in this world.” -- Matthew Henry Spiritually, I’m alive in Christ but I still have my flesh. It seems to me that so long as I remain in the flesh, I will always have a tendency to sin, even if I walk spiritually one wars with the other. Even though I walk in the Spirit and live by faith and desire more to act according to a child of God, I still have my flesh. Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Phi 3:12-15: 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Aren’t we aiming for perfection, to be Christ-like, guided and influenced by His Holy Spirit to the day when we do obtain it? All to His Glory. WOS |
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447 | How Great is our God? | Ps 8:9 | Wild Olive Shoot | 169048 | ||
“Silent I bow, and humbly I adore” – C. H. Spurgeon Dear Humbled, I hope you don’t mind me posting to this but it is a question that I think about much and love every chance I get to proclaim God’s greatness although I don’t think I can convey my emotions as well as others could on the Forum. And besides, you can always repost the question. How great is our God, The God, The Only God, The One True God... I would not hesitate to proclaim, that given an eternity of eternities, man would still fall despondently short in regards to describing God’s greatness and confess that His Greatness is exceedingly inexpressible as it pertains to our limited minds and hearts. However, I feel it is our honor and privilege to endeavor to find a description that would possibly be deemed praiseworthy as we seek to know our ever-loving God and the greatness that does not envelope Him, rather the greatness of which is enveloped by Him. He is the Creator, Keeper and Sustainer of the Universe. From our limited perspective, I would suppose it almost, if not impossible, for our imaginative minds to explore beyond that; but we shall try, will we not? He is beyond greatness, something my mind could never grasp, at least grasp this side of heaven. A couple of notes from Spurgeon in which I know I could never achieve the poetic endearment expressed in his partial description of a Great God. WOS “And his glory above the heavens: higher than the loftiest part of creation; the clouds are the dust of his feet, and sun, moon, and stars twinkle far below his throne. Even the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him. His glory cannot be set forth by the whole visible universe, nor even by the solemn pomp of angelic armies; it is above all conception and imagination, for He is God -- infinite. Let us above all adore Him who is above all.” – C.H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Psalm 113:4 “How excellent is thy name! no words can express that excellency; and therefore it is left as a note of exclamation. The very name of Jehovah is excellent, what must his person be. Note the fact that even the heavens cannot contain his glory, it is set above the heavens, since it is and ever must be too great for the creature to express. When wandering among the Alps, we felt that the Lord was infinitely greater than all his grandest works, and under that feeling we roughly wrote these few lines:— Yet in all these how great soe'er they be, We see not Him. The glass is all too dense And dark, or else our earthborn eyes too dim. Yon Alps, that lift their heads above the clouds And hold familiar converse with the stars, Are dust, at which the balance trembleth not, Compared with His divine immensity. The snow-crown'd summits fail to set Him forth, Who dwelleth in Eternity, and bears Alone, the name of High and Lofty One. Depths unfathomed are too shallow to express The wisdom and the knowledge of the Lord. The mirror of the creatures has no space To bear the image of the Infinite. 'Tis true the Lord hath fairly writ his name, And set his seal upon creation's brow. But as the skilful potter much excels The vessel which he fashions on the wheel, E'en so, but in proportion greater far, Jehovah's self transcends his noblest works. Earth's ponderous wheels would break, her axles snap, If freighted with the load of Deity. Space is too narrow for the Eternal's rest, And time too short a footstool for his throne. E'en avalanche and thunder lack a voice, To utter the full volume of his praise. How then can I declare him? Where are words With which my glowing tongue may speak his name? Silent I bow, and humbly I adore.” – C. H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Psalm 8 |
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448 | What is the "Crown of Thorns" made from? | Matt 27:29 | Wild Olive Shoot | 169013 | ||
I’m not sure that it is known from what specific plant the crown of thorns came from, but I like what Matthew Henry wrote regarding the crown of thorns. WOS “Thorns came in with sin, and were part of the curse that was the product of sin, Gen_3:18. Therefore Christ, being made a curse for us, and dying to remove the curse from us, felt the pain and smart of those thorns, nay, and binds them as a crown to him (Job_31:36); for his sufferings for us were his glory. [2.] Now he answered to the type of Abraham's ram that was caught in the thicket, and so offered up instead of Isaac, Gen_22:13. [3.] Thorns signify afflictions, 2Ch_33:11. These Christ put into a crown; so much did he alter the property of them to them that are his, giving them cause to glory in tribulation, and making it to work for them a weight of glory. [4.] Christ was crowned with thorns, to show that his kingdom was not of this world, nor the glory of it worldly glory, but is attended here with bonds and afflictions, while the glory of it is to be revealed. [5.] It was the custom of some heathen nations, to bring their sacrifices to the altars, crowned with garlands; these thorns were the garlands with which this great Sacrifice was crowned. [6.] these thorns, it is likely, fetched blood from his blessed head, which trickled down his face, like the previous ointment (typifying the blood of Christ with which he consecrated himself) upon the head, which ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, Psa_133:2. Thus, when he came to espouse to himself his love, his dove, his undefiled church, his head was filled with dew, and his locks with the drops of the night, Son_5:2.” – Matthew Henry |
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449 | Why did Pharoah say "Tomorrow" | Ex 8:10 | Wild Olive Shoot | 169008 | ||
As I have read, more than likely because he had hoped the situation would resolve itself, that the frogs would go away on their own, thereby relieving himself of being obliged to God or Moses in any way. WOS |
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450 | Matthew 4, Luke 5, Mark 1, John 1 | Bible general Archive 3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168950 | ||
Dear Cory, You need to harmonize them? You are thinking that this is all happening simultaneously and is the same event and it is not. Here is a good website to visit to see this as it happens in some kind of chronological order. http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/harmony/index.html Per BLB the event told in John is not the same as the three told in the other gospels and happens sometime before them. The chart at the website above harmonizes the verses you questioned. My Study Bible however shows the questioned events depicted in John happening at some time before the events in Matthew and Mark and these two as being in harmony and the same event but the event in Luke happens later after the events questioned in Matthew and Mark. What happened in Luke is after the four fisherman follow (Matthew 4:18-22, Mark 1:16-20), Jesus teaching with great authority (Mark 1:21-28, Luke 4:31-37), Jesus Healing Peter’s mother-in-law and others (Matthew 8:14-17, Mark 1:29-34, Luke 4:38-41) and preaching throughout Galilee (Matthew 4:23-25, Mark 1:35-39, Luke 4:42-44. Then the events of Luke 5:1-11 and the miraculous catch of fish. This link below seems to be more in line with my Study Bible and might be easier to follow. http://www.lifeofchrist.com/life/harmony.html Hope this helps you and also hope that I didn’t mess this up as I typed it out. WOS |
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451 | What does it mean to be born-again? | Eph 4:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168875 | ||
Dear hyojinee, I hope this helps you: Ephesians 4:4-6: 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Some commentary on “one baptism”: “One baptism, by which we profess our faith, being baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and so the same sacramental covenant, whereby we engage ourselves to the Lord Christ.” – Matthew Henry “One baptism - This does not affirm that there is one mode of baptism, but it refers to “the thing itself.” They are all baptized in the name of the same Father, Saviour, Sanctifier. They have all in this manner been consecrated unto God, and devoted to his service. Whether by immersion, or by pouring, or by sprinkling, they have all been baptized with water; whether it is done in adult years, or in infancy, the same solemn act has been performed on all - the act of consecration to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” – Albert Barnes “One baptism, there were divers baptisms under the law, but there is but one baptism under the Gospel; for John's and Christ's are the same: there are, besides, figurative or metaphorical ones, which are so in an improper sense, as the baptism of the Spirit, and the baptism of blood, or of sufferings; but there is but one baptism, literally and properly so called, which is water baptism; and which is to be administered in one and the same way, by immersion in water; and on one and the same subjects, believers in Christ; and in one and the same name, the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and to be performed but once, when rightly administered.” – John Gill Concerning one being born again: Easton Bible Dictionary: Regeneration: Only found in Mat_19:28 and Tit_3:5. This word literally means a “new birth.” The Greek word so rendered (palingenesia) is used by classical writers with reference to the changes produced by the return of spring. In Mat_19:28 the word is equivalent to the “restitution of all things” (Act_3:21). In Tit_3:5 it denotes that change of heart elsewhere spoken of as a passing from death to life (1Jo_3:14); becoming a new creature in Christ Jesus (2Co_5:17); being born again (Joh_3:5); a renewal of the mind (Rom_12:2); a resurrection from the dead (Eph_2:6); a being quickened (Eph_2:1, Eph_2:5). This change is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. It originates not with man but with God (Joh_1:12, Joh_1:13; 1Jo_2:29; 1Jo_5:1, 1Jo_5:4). As to the nature of the change, it consists in the implanting of a new principle or disposition in the soul; the impartation of spiritual life to those who are by nature “dead in trespasses and sins.” The necessity of such a change is emphatically affirmed in Scripture (Joh_3:3; Rom_7:18; Rom_8:7-9; 1Co_2:14; Eph_2:1; Eph_4:21-24). |
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452 | IF God KNEW, why make it so? | Rom 7:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168816 | ||
calmira, I do apologize if I expressed my thoughts with anything construed as condescending, and if it was, it wasn’t necessarily directed at you. I find them to be such a mystery, those who make every argument possible to deny the sovereignty of God and the truth of His Word. I find for myself that when trying to uncover that shroud, that mysterious garb, I get a sense of frustration and it does surface (honestly something I must gain more control over). I truly apologize and hope that you will understand. Many people seem to make a poor attempt at establishing anything contradictory such as God making us sinful or God not giving us choices and basically blaming a fallen world on a God most high and who is perfect and holy in every essence of the words. When in fact, it is our decision making that has brought us here, well, maybe not ours directly, but we would have done the same don’t you think? But we are right were God wants us anyhow; amazing how it works out. Although you may get an answer that suffices, some will not and it is not even because the sovereignty of God can’t be explained, but simply because they do not want to accept it. Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. They choose to be willfully ignorant. I used to think that I could talk a starving cat off a tuna truck until I attempted one day to explain God and his grace to a nonbeliever. You would have thought I was trying to pull teeth from a chicken. I learned to accept however, that my responsible is to only deliver, to the best of my ability while relying on Christ, the good news, and then to let God do the rest. Sometimes I must be persistent and others I must be more careful, but I am to witness. Your search for answers to edify yourself is commendable and I pray you continue. I’m still searching myself for many answers and do trust that I’ll find them as I progress and know there are many that I just may not get answers to this side of heaven. Sometimes that is hard to accept but something that is factual and needing to be dealt with. I’m glad you were able to get answers that satisfied you, there are many wise posters on this forum and you’ll do well to listen to them and you can recognize them, just compare what they post to God’s Word (you have had a few already reply to you). Now if you can just get those who question to listen as well! Just a closing note, it doesn’t matter what we do when it comes to God concerning His glory. He’s glorified regardless of what we choose and do. God orders all and everything works in support of His eternally perfect plan whether we have faith or not or whether or not we intended the act to be vile and wicked. God uses all for His glory and much in ways we cannot comprehend. But by the grace of God, faith in Christ keeps us from having to worry about that godless place reserved for the wicked. And promises us that one day, we’ll have answers to all of our questions. 1Corinthians 13:9-10: 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. WOS |
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453 | IF God KNEW, why make it so? | Rom 7:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168799 | ||
I often wonder about those who mumble concerning how God can let us sin and relate that in evidence to negate being created perfect by God, if they would also be the first to complain if they had no freedom of choice and claimed that God created emotionless robots and we worship him because he gave us no other choice? As if that could be. God tells us we were “very good” or perfect creations, we're not perfect now, but once were. In that perfection however, man was also given perfect freedom of choice. You are free to choose as you please but are also warned that in all you choose to do it may neither be beneficial nor constructive and can in the same respect hurt you. You can choose to accept God and His Word or not. You can choose to continue a debate in which sufficient evidence from other forum users has been provided or you can choose to discard this evidence and pay it no mind. The answer to any “why” question concerning God is the same today as it was two thousand years ago and will be the same two thousand years from now should He decide to keep us here that long. Why, because God is sovereign. Because we cannot begin to understand a ceaselessly perfect God and how He can utilize His infinitely perfect mind and endless wisdom to relate to us. Man was created flawless and can and will be flawless again should we place our faith in Christ and live in His promise. 1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. John Gill states in reference to 1 Peter 5:10: …”for God will make his people "perfect": and which respects not their justification; for in that sense they are perfect already in Christ, their head, who has perfectly fulfilled the law for them, and fully expiated their sins; has completely redeemed them, and procured for them the pardon of all their trespasses; and has justified them from all their iniquities: but their sanctification; for though all grace is implanted in them at once, yet it is gradually brought to perfection; there is a perfection of parts, of all the parts of the new man, or creature, but not of degrees; and there is a comparative perfection with respect to themselves, before conversion, or with respect to hypocrites; for perfection oftentimes means no other than integrity and sincerity; or with respect to other Christians, who are weaker in knowledge and experience: and there is a perfection of holiness in Christ, who is their sanctification, but not in themselves; for every part of the work of grace is imperfect, as faith, love, knowledge and sin dwells in them, and they stand in need of fresh supplies of grace; and even the best of them disclaim perfection, though they greatly desire it, as here the apostle prays for it; and which shows that, as yet, they had it not, though they will have it hereafter in heaven, where there will be perfect knowledge, and perfect holiness, and perfect happiness.” – John Gill Faith in Christ leads us into perfection. You are sanctified through your faith in Christ and He carries you to perfection as noted below: from Easton’s Bible Dictionary. Sanctification “Involves more than a mere moral reformation of character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences of the new gracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man (Rom 6:13; 2Co 4:6; Col 3:10; 1Jo 4:7; 1Co 6:19). It is the special office of the Holy Spirit in the plan of redemption to carry on this work (1Co 6:11; 2Th 2:13).”… After all of this and that, I don’t really get the impression that you have received a satisfactory answer nor do foresee it, to be honest. God created us for His Glory. Whether we sin or not, God will still be glorified. But in the end it won’t be a question of sin, for God will discard sin and evil like yesterdays rubbish. Here and now, we have a choice; end up in the lake of fire with the rest of the rubbish, or be glorified and made perfect to spend eternity with God. That’s perfect freedom, remnant from a once perfect creation I suppose. WOS Proverbs 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. …”for even the destruction of the wicked, which is under a divine appointment, is for his glory. … God made man, neither to damn him, nor to save him, but for his own glory; and that is secured, whether in his salvation or damnation; nor did or does God make men wicked; he made man upright, and he has made himself wicked; and, being so, God may justly appoint him to damnation for his wickedness, in doing which he glorifies his justice.” – John Gill |
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454 | Sins Forgiven | Col 2:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168640 | ||
Dear romans 11:19, Please read carefully what CDBJ and BradK have posted. What you are doing is adding a required work to the salvific promise of grace alone through faith alone. If you are claiming that you are “required” to forgive and required to continually ask for forgiveness in order for God to forgive, then you misunderstand what grace is and what the promise is. It is a good thing that you do, if you confess daily to acknowledge your transgression and it is a good thing to ask for divine help in overcoming them. But to think that you must ask forgiveness continually and that it has any influence on your salvation, as to whether God will forgive you or not, is to miscomprehend what His promise is. Your faith in Christ and what He accomplished has assured your forgiveness and that is His promise. Live in Christ and accept the gracious gift of God and know that through faith, He sees Christ in you and has forgiven you not because of anything you have done or will do, but what Christ has done once and for all. When you state: “If I continue to ask God for forgiveness and I have faith that I'm forgiven I continue to trust in Him.” Realize your faith in Christ is your assurance that you have been forgiven. Not that you continue to ask. WOS |
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455 | Sins Forgiven | Col 2:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168626 | ||
So that was you I encountered on the freeway! :) I do see your point. These days I find myself more aware of my little detours around God and His Word and tend to relate that to fellowshipping more and it does provide for me to make adjustments. I truly hope I’m not more aware because I do it more often, just simply because He’s making more aware as I fellowship and I’m recognizing more. If I can acknowledge my shortcomings, with faith, He has given me an avenue to correct, because like you stated, our sin nature does rear up their ugly head. WOS |
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456 | Sins Forgiven | Col 2:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168622 | ||
…“Only on the footing of sin daily confessed and pardoned can there be any fellowship between us and the eternal God this side heaven, for that footing is the only one consistent with the facts of the case. Let us daily ask the Lord to keep us in a truthful spirit, admitting the truth, both concerning ourselves and our Lord, feeling its power, and desiring to he taught still more of it.” … …”I beseech you, dear hearer, try to fix your eye on Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice, and live as a believer in him, and this will make you live as a constant confessor of sin; for when the wounds of Jesus speak peace they also preach penitence, and when the atonement gives us rest it also makes us meek and lowly in heart under a sense of abiding faultiness. As you see what Jesus suffered you will see how you sinned, and as you observe the glory of his merit you will see the horror of your own demerit. Thus may you daily, as long as ever you live, confess sin and find cleansing from all unrighteousness.”… – C.H. Spurgeon http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/1241.htm Honest Dealing with God A Sermon Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, June 20th, 1875, by C. H. SPURGEON |
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457 | ... | Is 43:10 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168607 | ||
James 1:5-6: 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 1Corinthians 1:17-30: 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: I think you may have it somewhat backwards. I would suggest that a non-subjective or non-illusory and critical analysis of God’s Word does in fact prove the literal inerrancy of it. Don’t search within the confines of your mind for the answer but rather search your heart. Cast away the subjectivism and rely on faith. Just my opinion. WOS |
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458 | The Lord on His Throne | Lam 5:19 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168604 | ||
Pro 16:4 - “Note, 1. That God is the first cause. He is the former of all things and all persons, the fountain of being; he gave every creature the being it has and appointed it its place. Even the wicked are his creatures, though they are rebels; he gave them those powers with which they fight against him, which aggravates their wickedness, that they will not let him that made them rule them, and therefore, though he made them, he will not save them. 2. That God is the last end. All is of him and from him, and therefore all is to him and for him. He made all according to his will and for his praise; he designed to serve his own purposes by all his creatures, and he will not fail of his designs; all are his servants. The wicked he is not glorified by, but he will be glorified upon. He makes no man wicked, but he made those who he foresaw would be wicked: yet he made them (Gen_6:6), because he knew how to get himself honour upon them. See Rom_9:22. Or (as some understand it) he made the wicked to be employed by him as the instruments of his wrath in the day of evil, when he brings judgments on the world. He makes some use even of wicked men, as of other things, to be his sword, his hand (Psa_17:13, Psa_17:14), flagellum Dei - the scourge of God. The king of Babylon is called his servant.” – Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible / Proverbs 16:4 |
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459 | Where did evil come from? | Prov 16:4 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168578 | ||
I know that God gave us free will to choose good or evil but where does evil come from? Evil originates in the heart. The heart is naturally wicked until God changes it. Genesis 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. Mark 7:21-23: 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Did God create it, if so why? God did not create evil, but allowed it. In his sovereignty he allows for the possibility of evil. Depending on your views, evil is not necessarily a “thing” that is called into creation by God but rather, an existing lack of something, that being God or godliness. It is a volitional act totally accredited to the one who chooses to do it. What made Satan sin in the first place, where did he get the idea from? His heart, from his heart. Isaiah 14:13-14: 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Knowing many would end up in hell why did he allow evil to exist in the first place? Since evil is in the heart, it exists because we chose it over good. 1John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1John 3:20-21: 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. WOS |
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460 | Where did evil come from? | Prov 16:4 | Wild Olive Shoot | 168576 | ||
DAW, This may help you to answer in part some of your questions. Proverbs 16:4-5 (KJV) 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. Excerpts from John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible: …”It is not the sense of this text, nor of any other passage of Scripture, that God made man to damn him; nor is this to be inferred from the doctrine of predestination: God made man, neither to damn him, nor to save him, but for his own glory; and that is secured, whether in his salvation or damnation; nor did or does God make men wicked; he made man upright, and he has made himself wicked; and, being so, God may justly appoint him to damnation for his wickedness, in doing which he glorifies his justice. "The day of evil", or "evil day", is the day of wrath and ruin, unto which wicked men are reserved by the appointment of God, agreeably to the Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions. This is true of wicked angels, wicked men, and particularly of that wicked one, the man of sin and son of perdition, antichrist; the word here used is in the singular number.”… …”Though he may dissemble his pride, and not discover it in his looks, by his words and gestures; yet the Lord sees and knows the heart, the naughtiness of it, and the pride that is in it: and only a proud look, but a proud heart, is abominable to him: everyone that is so arrogant as to arraign the decrees of God, and quarrel with him about them, to whom the apostle says, "Nay, but, O man", O proud vain man, "who art thou, that repliest against God?" Rom_9:19; every proud Pharisee, that trusts in himself that he is righteous, and despises others, that justifies himself before men, is an abomination in the sight of God, Luk_18:9; particularly antichrist, who has not only a proud look, a look more stout than his fellows, but a proud heart; exalts himself above all that is called God; and not only speaks big words against the most High, but has it in his heart to change times and laws; and proudly imagines he shall always continue in his grandeur and prosperity, Dan_7:25;”… http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/proverbs/gill/proverbs16.htm WOS |
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