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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: azurelaw Ordered by Verse |
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1641 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | azurelaw | 204972 | ||
Very well put, Tamara. Shalom Azure |
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1642 | The Gospel of Christ | Romans | azurelaw | 217569 | ||
Dear David, I join with others to welcome you to the forum. Have you made yourself familiar with the TOU as I have noticed that you are bearing 2 usernames. Could you please explain the reason for duplicate registration? Thanks. Shalom Azure |
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1643 | It helps! Do you know wnother texts? | Romans | azurelaw | 217923 | ||
Dear joaodasilva, Welcome to the forum. I am not sure if Psalm 128 fits to what you are looking for. Just make a try :-) Hope you enjoy the forum. Shalom Azure P.S. When you make a reply (or question in response to current thread), just mark your post as a note so that the front page be free for displaying new questions and would not be confused with followup posts or individual discussion. SBF system will notify the poster you are interacting with via email. |
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1644 | v18-20 refers to church leaders? | Rom 1:18 | azurelaw | 195428 | ||
Dear Eddie, Welcome to the forum. You are responding to a post in 2004 and the poster has not been active since then. I doubt you will get a reply from the user. It would be always advisable that you back up your post with adequate scriptural reference. By the way, can you elaborate more on "...see things from God's point of view" and how it is done? Thank you. Hope you enjoy the forum. Shalom Azure |
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1645 | Was the Bible written by astrologers? | Rom 1:19 | azurelaw | 196235 | ||
Dear tonyp, I think your focus of discussion should not be on the fortune telling or astrologers. Lead your father to the Word of God. Read with him the book of Gospels and Paul's epistles. I would recommend you show him Rom 1:16-25. Pay attention to v22. When a person is blind and deaf, how can he see and hear (therefore, is he capable of making sense?) see what Jesus said in Mat 11:25. Let God's Word speak to him. I understand your concern on your father's salvation. I will pray for you. Shalom Azure |
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1646 | What happens to people who never hear? | Rom 1:20 | azurelaw | 229541 | ||
Excellent question, brother :-) Azure |
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1647 | What happens to people who never hear? | Rom 1:20 | azurelaw | 229545 | ||
Dear Ismaila---, I am sorry for the confusion. My post was meant to respond to Searcher (a brother in Christ) where I commended his question of asking how people would do since they have heard of Jesus. I think he is wise in asking people in return with the question:-) Shalom Azure |
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1648 | sin for men to lay with other men New Te | Rom 1:26 | azurelaw | 238990 | ||
Dear cornsilk, Please read Romans chapter 1 and Jude 1:7. Though there is no specific wordings of men lay with men or nowadays we call homosexuality, the concept is clear. You may also refer to OT Leviticus 18:22. We have to also bear in mind that NT did not exist in the time of Paul or the writer of Jude, what they have in mind should be the teachings in the OT. Shalom Azure |
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1649 | can they be saved if they repent | Rom 1:28 | azurelaw | 230054 | ||
Dear austinozark, Welcome to the forum. John has proclaimed to the world a Goodnews:- John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. John 3:18 "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. In Mark 1:15, Jesus also said "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." Shalom Azure |
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1650 | Where did our conscience come from? | Rom 2:15 | azurelaw | 178085 | ||
Dear Rebar, Gen 2:9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight or to be desired--good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life also in the center of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of [the difference between] good and evil and blessing and calamity Gen 3:5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity. This is what Satan said when tempting Adam and Eve. One of consequences was that the couple's eyes were opened and they knew right and wrong. 1/ Do we get our conscience after the fall of Adam and Eve? or 2/ Was our conscience triggered after they after ate the forbbiden fruit from the knowledge tree? God bless. Azure |
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1651 | Where did our conscience come from? | Rom 2:15 | azurelaw | 178102 | ||
Dear Jeff, Thanks for responding. My previous post is to respond to Rebar's comment "...it seems to me ...Romans 1:18-20...where Paul is saying our conscience is something created in us by God..., and the knowledge of the right way of things is built into us" (I omit some words in order to focus on the point I refer). So you can see from my questions and the quote of verses from Gen, my point is: 1/ If conscience is created in us, this should have been built in by God when He created Adam and we inherit it from Adam. However, comparing the 2 verses I quoted, I hardly see that consicence is created in us in the creation. 2/ The second question is that assume my above understanding is incorrect, I would consider our conscience did not work before Adam and Eve's fall (they ate the fruit of the knowledge tree), but was triggered to function after then. Despite my questions above, I don't think Romans 1:18-20 contradicts the verses of Gen discussed. There must be something I missed in understanding the whole picture which I need to clarify. However, in brother Doc's post responding to my above questions, he mentioned about Jesus Christ salvation in restoring Adam's sin. This could be an added insight for me to think and digest the issue for futher digging. Hope my point is clear now. So, what's your thoughts? Love in Christ. Azure |
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1652 | Where did our conscience come from? | Rom 2:15 | azurelaw | 178424 | ||
Dear Doc, I am glad that you spare your time on the issue. In fact, I have been studying it as well for these two weeks in my leisure time, but I just don't have the time to write a post (I think it is rather lengthy) of what I have had in mind at the moment. I hope I can make my response within this week. Your such additional quote is very interesting. Let me end here for the time being. :-) Shalom in Christ. Azure |
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1653 | Where did our conscience come from? | Rom 2:15 | azurelaw | 178653 | ||
Dear brothers (Rebar, Jeff and Doc), Pardon me for consolidating my response to you all in one post as I think it will be more efficient, and excuse my slowness as well. Hope you understand (from my background) that I need time to digest all the materials with my limitation. And I hope that I am able to express my thoughts clear enough though my words would sound a bit clumsy. My first 2 questions were made under the general (or my) understanding of conscience as the knowledge of good AND evil or right and wrong (brother Nolan has posted some definitions on 30 Jun 2001, you can check for details) which I hardly agree with it as an attribute created in mankind in the creation from the scriptures I cited earlier. However, after further study on the scriptures, I tend to consider that conscience (knowledge of good ONLY) was created in us at the time of creation. For everything created was good. (AMP Gen 1:31 And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely.) Adam and Eve knew the good only since the world was good in their eyes. They knew not the evil (befall their fall) because there was no evil at all (unless there is proof in the Bible that evil existed in Eden before Adam and Eve were created). Since there was no evil, was it necessary for them to distinguish between good and evil? Note that Eve was not able to make comments on the serpent before she ate the forbidden fruit, but what did she say after the temptation when God asked her? “…the woman said, ‘The serpent beguiled (cheated, outwitted, and deceived) me, and I ate’ (AMP Gen 3:13)”. Now she was able to comment. If they possessed the knowledge of good and evil already, Eve should have had given her alertness against the serpent or what the serpent said. But she did not. She was just repeating God’s command (just like a small kid repeating what her mom said). The change of their conscience was also verified in Gen 3:22 “….. BEHOLD, the man HAS BECOME like one of Us … to know [how to distinguish between] good and evil and blessing and calamity…” My view on God’s command that they eat not the knowledge fruit pertains to the issue of free will (our freedom to choose) and our obedience to God. However, does it mean that we only have the choices between good and evil? We do can choose between different things that have nothing to do with good or evil. God first convicted Adam’s disobedience then his eating of the fruit (Gen 3:17). What God asked of them was their obedience. Eve was so easily lusted by the desire to get the good things : wisdom and the beautiful fruit – pleasing to the eye (Now I understand why women care so much on things that are pleasing to the eyes such as fashion, jewels, beauty, etc… We inherited such nature from Eve! Ha! Ha!). She decided to choose her own way and so did Adam. Of course, we know one of the consequences was our conscience perverted. By Jesus’ blood, we are able to stand before God just like Adam prior to his fall. Through the guide of the Holy Spirit, we can restore our original conscience which we should focus and know only the law (Mark 12:19) – the greatest commandment. These are the dos not the don’ts. Therefore, we – the believers – have no excuse for we know the law (as directed by the Holy Spirit). For the unbelieve, they can only rely on their perverted conscience which is not reliable and is subject to God’s final judgement. See how Jesus said about the Kingdom of God (Luke 18:15) when he saw the little children and babies. Do the little children and babies know about evil? Or are they able to distinguish between the two? Jesus also chose the figurative use of sheep in his parable to explain his relationship with us. We (the sheep – a dumb animal, easily be led astray) just need to know His voice and follow. All in all, we just need to be faithful and obedient. Might there be anything I have misinterpreted, I would be glad to receive your biblical guidance. Hope I have made my points clear. Shalom :-) Azure |
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1654 | old versus new testament | Rom 3:1 | azurelaw | 206852 | ||
Amen! Brother. Az |
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1655 | How do you defend your faith? | Rom 3:10 | azurelaw | 198800 | ||
Dear Belmonter, Welcome to the forum. "Good people" - in what and whose standard? Rom 3:10 As it is written, None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no, not one. [Ps. 14:3.] Rom 3:11 No one understands [no one intelligently discerns or comprehends]; no one seeks out God. [Ps. 14:2.] Rom 3:12 All have turned aside; together they have gone wrong and have become unprofitable and worthless; no one does right, not even one! Rom 3:13 Their throat is a yawning grave; they use their tongues to deceive (to mislead and to deal treacherously). The venom of asps is beneath their lips. [Ps. 5:9; 140:3.] Rom 3:14 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. [Ps. 10:7.] Rom 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood. Rom 3:16 Destruction [as it dashes them to pieces] and misery mark their ways. Rom 3:17 And they have no experience of the way of peace [they know nothing about peace, for a peaceful way they do not even recognize]. [Isa. 59:7, 8.] Rom 3:18 There is no [reverential] fear of God before their eyes. [Ps. 36:1.] We deserve nothing, but the wrath of God and hell. (John 3:36, Rom 1:18) Shalom Azure |
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1656 | why do we suffer | Rom 3:23 | azurelaw | 189395 | ||
Dear cmj, Welcome to the forum. I believe your question has been asked quite a number of times on the forum. You might like to do a word search on your right hand corner of the screen for getting some idea. However, I would also like to direct you to the below source for further study. http://www.gotquestions.org/innocent-suffer.html Shalom Azure |
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1657 | Thank you to all | Rom 5:3 | azurelaw | 208899 | ||
Dear Cheri, I've been meaning to send you this, but just want to leave your post on the main page for a while. Welcome back! We all are praying for you continuously. Meanwhile, thanks for letting us know about your ailment. We are honoured and blessed to have the chance of serving you with prayers. Roman 5:3-5 Shalom Azure |
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1658 | Romans 5:6-8 how it shows Gods love | Rom 5:6 | azurelaw | 194174 | ||
Dear Anne (Canawedding), I do agree that every BELIEVER should seek (by the guidance of the Holy Spirit) the kingdom and righteousness of God as taught in Mat 6:33 and this verse has a wide application, too. However, we must also understand it according to the context where, why and to whom Jesus was speaking to. When you use it to prove that God's love is not unconditional as you say : The very beginning of salvation has everything to do with Mt 6:33, I hardly agree to it. You cannot ignore the those preceding verses especially Jesus was contrasting the audience with the Gentile (see v 32) in concern with their worries, wants and needs. How can a sinner be able to seek God's kingdom and righteousness as scripture clearly says that "there is none who seeks the God" (Rom 3:10-12) and in Roman 5 clearly indicated that we (while we were sinners) are helpless and enemies of God deserving His wrath and punishment. God's unconditional love has been proved in verse 8. Isn't it clearly written in Ephesian 2 that we are all in the passive part. Nothing we can do to be saved. Please pray God to shed His light on you to GUIDE you seek His kingdom and righteousness first (Mat 6:33). It is not you to take the active part, please pray and let God do His work on you. Shalom Azure |
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1659 | Romans 5:6-8 how it shows Gods love | Rom 5:6 | azurelaw | 194176 | ||
Oh, Cheri, Just relax a little bit. You say: I have been born-again probably longer than you've been alive.... I cannot rest my belief on your age unless I have got proof from both of you. But I do believe that you are more spiritually mature. :-) Shalom Azure |
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1660 | Romans 5:6-8 how it shows Gods love | Rom 5:6 | azurelaw | 194211 | ||
Cheri, I think, if space allow, quoting from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21 wouldn't be a bad idea in answering every post and every topic. :-) Azure |
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