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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: azurelaw Ordered by Verse |
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1621 | Abstaining from things strangled, blood? | Acts 15:20 | azurelaw | 192220 | ||
Ha..Ha.. This time you did not see my smiley face!!! We better stop here, otherwise we violate the terms of use. Gal 5:22-23 ...the fruit of the Spirit is ... self-control; against such things there is no law. Shalom Azure |
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1622 | The Author's Role | Acts 16:11 | azurelaw | 211462 | ||
Dear Newwine, Calm down my friend :-) As far as I know brother John, he always possesses a ready to learn spirit together with a tough and firm position in espousing the sola Scriptura. I am afraid your statement "If you took my honest correction, as a personal attack, or an affront to your biblical knowledge..." is not a correct assessment of his character. Psalm 133 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, Coming down upon the beard, Even Aaron's beard, It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing--life forever. Now, I have checked the scripture concerning the change of Paul's role in Acts and please see below findings. Paul was called disciple at first in Acts 9:27 "But Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles and described to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how at Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus." Only starting Acts 14:14, he began to be called apostle... "But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out..." Shalom Azure |
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1623 | The Author's Role | Acts 16:11 | azurelaw | 211463 | ||
Dear Newwine, Correction to my previous post as I copied the wrong verse. Paul was initially regarded as disciple according to Acts 9:26 "When he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to associate with the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple." Sorry for the mistake :-( Shalom Azure |
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1624 | The call | Acts 17:11 | azurelaw | 200680 | ||
Dear Brother John, I have to agree with Doc. Good quote and I shall find the chance to share it with my local fellow members :-) Shalom Azure |
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1625 | I need help :D | Acts 17:11 | azurelaw | 201012 | ||
Dear Child--, I believe you meant Act 17:10-11 about the Berean. Shalom Azure |
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1626 | A story on tithing | Acts 17:25 | azurelaw | 202996 | ||
I've heard of the below story about giving / tithing recently: ***** 3 persons went tithing. They drew a circle on the ground. The first one threw a bag of coins onto the circle. Then he collected those few pieces of coins that fell off outside of the circle while leaving the large bunch insdie the circle as his tithing. The second person did the same but toke the large bunch in the circle for his own and leaving those outside as tithing. Here came the third one, he cast his bag of coins onto the sky saying to God : "Take all that you want and I will take those fall onto the ground as mine." Just a bit of sharing. Shalom Azure |
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1627 | Can I still get a response? | Acts 17:26 | azurelaw | 188141 | ||
I am not sure if Nolan will respond to my post since he has not been active for more than 6 months. However, I am interested to know which line from Noah do Chinese belong to? Shalom Azure |
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1628 | Can I still get a response? | Acts 17:26 | azurelaw | 188148 | ||
Dear Brother, Thank you for answering my TWO questions in ONE post. :) Very much appreciated. Shalom Azure |
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1629 | any greek gods mention inbible | Acts 19:24 | azurelaw | 238585 | ||
Dear desiree, Please read Acts chapter 19. Shalom Azure |
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1630 | What should I say? | Acts 20:20 | azurelaw | 227105 | ||
Dear Julia, Just a word of encouragement. I believe you will face a lot of difficulties with your husband. Lose not your heart, but stand firm in your faith. Pray earnestly for your husband and yourself. Brothers and sisters on the forum will be praying for you, too. Eph 6:11-17 Shalom Azure |
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1631 | Overseer and his sheep | Acts 20:28 | azurelaw | 228210 | ||
"... sheep are not at all the clean and cuddly creatures they may appear. In fact, they are dirty, subject to unpleasant pests, and regularly need to be dipped in strong chemicals to rid them of lice, ticks and worms. They are also unintelligent, wayward and obstinate. I hesitate to apply the metaphors too closely and characterize the people of God as dirty, lousy or stupid! But some people are a great trial to their pastors (and vice versa). And their pastors will persevere in caring for them only if they remember how valuable they are in God's sight. They are the flock of God the Father, purchased by the precious blood of God the Son, and supervised by overseers appointed by God the Holy Spirit." – John Stott | ||||||
1632 | Why did Paul do it? For conscience sake? | Acts 21:23 | azurelaw | 218066 | ||
Dear MJH, You may disagree with others, but please do it graciously. I am sorry that your 'thhst' or 'psst' does not sound (as a third party reading the post) well mannered. Perhaps that's not your intent, yet, it does appear so on the web page :-( God bless and Shalom Azure |
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1633 | Why did Paul do it? For conscience sake? | Acts 21:23 | azurelaw | 218069 | ||
Dear Brother Doc, Thank you for the interesting information on the ritual during Purim. I like your note : "...because they do not know how to practice submission. Since it is not modeled for us, culturally or in the home, we do not even know that it is absent in our behavior." It brought to mind a little chat with a brother at my church last Sunday while he and I were discussing the problem in practicing Matthew 5:23-24, Matthew 18:15 and Eph 4:15 at church. He mentioned that not many eastern Christians accept the idea and practice it. For we don't want to hurt the brother/sister or trigger his/her resentment. However, I always wonder since the Bible has clearly provided us the principle/guidelines, we are just making the issues complicated and more problems arise if we do it our own way. The consequences could be misunderstanding, gossipping, bitterness, untrusting...:-( Oh, how prideful and yet frail are we! Shalom Azure |
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1634 | Why did Paul do it? For conscience sake? | Acts 21:23 | azurelaw | 218157 | ||
Dear Yen, A belated welcome to the forum. Sorry for my late response as a new member just added to my family - a little kitten :-)....one more expected to arrive in a few days (They are for my daughter). I have not got a good sleep since his arrival :-( He has been meowing the whole nights (missing his family and siblings, I guess). Thank you for your questions and I am not sure if I could answer you thoroughly and satisfactorily. 1) Not many that I could recall, but Matthew 10:37 is another example. 2) Chinese' belief has been a cocktail of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and it forms part of our culture. 3) The place (i.e. Hong Kong) where I live has been westernized. Yet, the influence of our culture still sustains though not as significant as in the ancient time. To take an example, "tolerance" or "forbearance" is a Chinese virtue. But we emphasize it too much thus resulting in cowardice, unjustice, etc. 4) Hong Kong's civial law have been based on the 10 Commandmants (we were a British colony before 1997). For Mainland China, I am sorry that I am not familiar with their legal/regulation. Since, China is a communist country, the laws would be rooted in this philosophy not the 10 Commandments. Enough for now, too :-) Shalom Azure |
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1635 | what are 3 meanings of LOVE | Romans | azurelaw | 190102 | ||
Dear kkstone, Welcome to the forum. I am curious to know why do you think there are 3 meanings of love in OT and NT. God is love. Roman 5:8 But God DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE (I capitlize it for emphasis) toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Please read 1 Cor 13 and Roman 5. I hope I have answered your question. Shalom Azure |
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1636 | Why all people need the mercy of God? | Romans | azurelaw | 191608 | ||
Dear begbie, Since you have quoted the book Roman, may I direct you to the verse 23 on Chapter 3 "...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," It is for this reason (see also v 11-12), we cannot escape from God's wrath unless by the blood of the Lamb as you can read on in v 24. Paul has deliberately explained that we, sinners, are hopeless and cannot do anything to save ourselves. It is solely by the grace of God through the faith given to us in Christ that we can reconcile with God. "It is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God." (Ephesians 2:8) "Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:9-10) So, when we were still sinners, we were sick (Mark 2:17), we were dead (John 3:16), we were the enemy of the sovereign God (James 4:4)thus were under God's wrath (John 3:36). Hope this helps. Shalom Azure |
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1637 | Would his heart not be humbled? | Romans | azurelaw | 191924 | ||
Dear John, Good to see your post again. Excellent answer. Shalom Azure |
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1638 | Death penalty Biblical? | Romans | azurelaw | 197162 | ||
Dear Julie, I see little relevance of this verse speaking against the issue of death penalty. The context of Rom 12 talks about the behaviour of saints and urge us to love one another in Christ unity; encourage believers on how to deal with tribulation and persecution. Read furhter to Chapter 13, Paul said "Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God." (v 1) and in v4 "for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil." clearly indicates the role of the governing authorities. Please read the case of Ananias and his wife Sapphira (Act 5) and Jesus' quote in Mat 15:4 that it does not support the view that death penalty being unbiblical. Shalom Azure |
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1639 | Death penalty Biblical? | Romans | azurelaw | 197178 | ||
Dear Julie, I understand this topic is highly controversial and I would refrain myself from any debate. You have quoted many verses however, we have to be careful not to take the scripture out of its context to fit our opinion. I cannot speak for or against capital punishment myself for I am truly a human with all kinds of weaknesses. (If possible, how I love to see there is no need of capital punishment at all.) I rather seek what is being said in the scripture and I believe the below article does a much better job than I in concern with the issue. http://www.gotquestions.org/death-penalty.html Shalom Azure |
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1640 | Death penalty Biblical? | Romans | azurelaw | 197238 | ||
Original question is : Is the death penalty Biblical? NOT Is death penalty right? Nor what's our OPINION or FEELING on death penalty? Please stick to what scripture said in both OT and NT (i.e. the whole Bible). God holds the ultimate sovereignty and His willful delegation of such authority as in Roman Ch 13. Shalom Azure |
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