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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: azurelaw Ordered by Verse |
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1681 | onset of despair in early adulthood | Rom 8:28 | azurelaw | 192195 | ||
Dear Vinodh, Brother Lionheart quoted a very good verse Rom 8:28 and I praise God for causing all things work together such as the internet, this forum and the brothers and sisters participated here that we can all share your despair. Vinodh, you are not limited in your small town. See how God has exposed you to a wider world! When I read your post, the works of Jesus exhibited so vividly in my mind as described in the books of gospel. Our dear Lord and Saviour - Jesus Christ never ignores a needy soul. He takes particular concern on those who are being disgusted, forgotten, poor, sick, demon possessed.... The amazing works that Jesus had done were too many to be quoted (John 21:25). I urge you to pray, read and re-read and re-read the books of gospel, and I trusted that you will find a new world for yourself and changes will take place. Matt 11:28-30 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest, Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." You are in my prayers. Shalom Azure |
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1682 | God working for our good | Rom 8:28 | azurelaw | 198818 | ||
Dear Sister Mommaphs, Welcome back to the SBF. I am so excited to see you post again and I praise the Lord for His gracious care for you in your time of need. May I surmise that you have been recovered from your illness? With regards to your question, I think it is not appropriate to exclude the last part of the verse "to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." for proper understanding. In the case of Hymenaeus and Alexander, I hesitate to assure of the co-relation of both verses. I will need to check further. The main purpose of this post is to address my warm welcom to you, dear sister :-) Shalom Azure |
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1683 | IF HE AINT REAL, THEN IM CRAZY | Rom 8:28 | azurelaw | 210782 | ||
Dear CoG88, Thank you for sharing with us your testimony. May I commend you the below sermon of John MacArthur's which I think is very enlightening for single or married believers. http://www.gty.org/Resources/Sermons/1829 Shalom Azure |
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1684 | two brothers, one hated, other loved? | Rom 9:13 | azurelaw | 222589 | ||
Dear LadyOwl8, Roman 9:13 Mal 1:2-3 Shalom Azure |
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1685 | Why are we accused of blaming God? | Rom 9:21 | azurelaw | 194030 | ||
Dear Miller, You say: If God was in full control, why did he give them a choice? Do you mean that God has no full control? You say : However, give God the glory when you were attacked with Cancer and he healed your body, thats when he will get the glory. Do you mean that God can be glorified only if the cancer is healed? Thanks for your clarification and elaboration. Shalom Azure |
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1686 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | azurelaw | 209699 | ||
Dear Cheri, Oh, yes, sister. "ego" and "pride"...the trouble maker, the stumbling block, the sword that has no mercy to hurt oneself. I have to always remind myself to nail it dead onto the cross. Shalom Azure |
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1687 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | azurelaw | 209700 | ||
Amen, brother Doc. Troubles usually occur when we lose our focus especially when the focus is on ourselves. Shalom Azure |
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1688 | On what aspect it is enough | Rom 10:10 | azurelaw | 225843 | ||
Few days ago, I had a dialogue with a brother on a situation that when it comes to the critical moment or time that the full gospel message (God, Christ, men, sin, God's wrath and justice, saving grace and faith, repentance and eternal life) cannot be preached to a dying person who has not heard of Christ nor is aware of sin, the most important thing is to get him to believe and profess Christ as his Lord and savior. This should be enough to get him saved. Now, my point is not on the dying person side that whether he/she ultimately saved or not, for this is solely of God's knowledge and will. My discussion would be on the messenger and the message part. Should we just REDUCE the full message as such even though we "consider" the dying person will stop his breath on the next second and we need to fight time for him? Most people might think we can rely on Romans 10:10 to justify the situation. However, I would hope when we say "believe and you will be saved", we should consider scriptural support PLUS the context of the scripture when it is used. Your thoughts (kindly please provide scriptural support for discussion)? Thank you Azure |
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1689 | On what aspect it is enough | Rom 10:10 | azurelaw | 226119 | ||
Dear EdB, Thank you very much for responding and I am sorry for my late reply due to being pretty much occupied for the Chinese Lunar New Year Holidays. As I have stated, my concern is that we must preach the whole gospel despite the patient (who has never heard of the gospel) seemingly die in the next second. For we really don't know how much time God gives him. If he belongs to God's Elect, I am sure God will prolong his life till the full message been preached...it is His Time, His Way afterall. We are just His vessel required to be faithful and loving. Concerning the thief on the cross next to Jesus, though the gospel record shows that Jesus had not preached the full gospel to him on the spot, yet, from what the thief said in Luke 23 (confess of his sin in V40-41 and put his trust in Christ in V42), I think it reasonable to surmise the thief heard about Jesus and His preaching before. Please do not read me as being argumentative or seeing highly of myself in preaching the Gospel. I just worry that while we are so passionate in preaching the Gospel, we (unintentionally) want to buy time for God and "think" we are more zealous than Him that we waterdown (making it not so offensive) the message for getting the person "saved" [In other word, wouldn't it be too arrogant to do so in that we do not rightly handle His Word?]. Hope I have made myself clear. Shalom Azure |
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1690 | Is the Jews are the elect people of God | Rom 10:12 | azurelaw | 195589 | ||
Dear sobas, Welcome to the forum. Try your search of post ID numbers 1826, 2970 at your upper right corner of the screen. I believe they are helpful to answer your question. Shalom Azure |
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1691 | selfmurder | Rom 10:13 | azurelaw | 207318 | ||
Dear mitchhunt, I hope you ask the question out of curiosity or for bible study purpose, and it is not something concerns your own or others' experience around you. If it is the former situation, you may do a word search "suicide" on the box at the right hand corner of the screen for past discussion. If for the latter case, I strongly suggest you take humbledbyhisgrace's advice to seek for pastor's help. Shalom Azure |
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1692 | selfmurder | Rom 10:13 | azurelaw | 207355 | ||
Dear justme, Thank you for your concern and reply. I can tell you each time I read of such question on the forum, my heart breaks as I usually assume the questioner asked the question in concern with his/her present status. I agree with what steve said about a proper handling of the question. Sure I understand you try to help the poster. However, if I were the one who is going to suicide (usually in a confusing mind), just by reading your below statement, it will be just good enough for me to proceed. "There is no need to feel embarrassed or ashamed for anyone to feel like ending your life." Do you see the point? Anything we said must be very careful as we do not know how the person may react, and we are communicating in a remote mode after all. Let's pray for the person. Shalom Azure |
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1693 | Wisdom has to be believed to get saved? | Rom 10:17 | azurelaw | 203994 | ||
Dear Tamara, It looks like you have a lot of problems with your professor. Colossians 1:9-10 talks about believers getting growth in Christ and bear fruit. In concern with the notion of your professor you have put, I think of Roman 10:14-17. However, without knowing the context of what your professor said in his lecture, it would be inappropriate for me to draw any conclusion. If you are sure (with biblical support) what your professor taught is unbiblical, I think you should pray for God's wisdom and courage to voice out your concern to him. Shalom Azure |
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1694 | Wisodom has the power to save? | Rom 10:17 | azurelaw | 204155 | ||
Dear remorse, Very well said. Thank you. Shalom Azure |
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1695 | John Mills 30k inconsistancies in the NT | Rom 10:17 | azurelaw | 219617 | ||
Amen, Brother Brad. May I offer my echo with : Roman 11:32-36 and Isaiah 40:10-15. Shalom Azure |
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1696 | God turns back on individuals? | Rom 11:5 | azurelaw | 227558 | ||
Dear humble, Roman 11:5 you cited clearly indicated that there are some that God does not choose. How would you reconcile this with your answer "no"? I think we should be careful not to take scripture out of its context. To the question, I would say "yes" and "no". God is Sovereign, Holy, Just and of course Love. He hates sin. We, as sinners, always under His wrath (John 3:36). We are condemned already and are hopless. Do a word search on "wrath" from the Bible Text box, you will find a bunch of scriptures describing God's wrath. The only way that we can escape from God's wrath is through His Son Jesus Christ. This is the only way He planned to exercise His saving grace and Love on sinners (Rom 5:8). He [Jesus] is our only hope and our only shelter. Read also Roman 8:28-30 and chapter 9. Shalom Azure |
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1697 | God turns back on individuals? | Rom 11:5 | azurelaw | 227559 | ||
Dear larry, Please see post 227558. Shalom Azure |
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1698 | God turns back on individuals? | Rom 11:5 | azurelaw | 227568 | ||
Dear humble, I am sorry that the discussion could have sidetracked the original question and I don't want to make it head to emotional as Pastor Beja has reminded us. You are absolutely correct that : God is Love, Jesus is love. But be careful that Love is not both...and Love is NOT God. It is a simple logic. 1 Cor 13 has a very detail description of what love is...there does not say love is God/love is Jesus/love is both. Nor can we find any verse in the Bible stating so. I would like to commend you the book "The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God" - D.A. Carson. In chapter 4, he talks about God's love and God's wrath. Only when we rightly understand God's justice, holiness and wrath, we will understand and be amazed by his deep and immeasurable Love. Shalom Azure |
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1699 | is masterbation a sin | Rom 12:1 | azurelaw | 191508 | ||
Dear Mike---, This subject has been discussed many times on the forum. In order to reduce the redundancy, you may use the word search function on your right hand corner of the screen to read those relevant threads. Shalom Azure |
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1700 | is masterbation a sin | Rom 12:1 | azurelaw | 191662 | ||
Dear Rabban, Thank you for your input in concern with the subject. But I don't think "women and lowly sexed men" should be excluded. :-) May I offer the below quote from a study of the subject :- ------------- Masturbation and the Bible - by Lambert Dolphin " .....In actual fact, masturbation is virtually always closely connected with lustful thought life.....Many individuals who masturbate will admit that they use pornography, ....to heighten the pleasure and vicarious enjoyment of sex. All of these are, in reality, forms of idolatry involving the worship of another person, ... or the worship of an "image,"--rather than God. "Jesus was condemning...those fantasies in which we see ourselves possessing that which we are not allowed to have. He is condemning those fantasies in which we manipulate people in our minds in ways that will appeal to and satisfy the lust of our imagination. Whether it be a forbidden partner or a forbidden sexual practice, we must be aware of the fact that the mind is capable of endless perversions" (Ref. 1, page 119). Many Christian young people can not imagine Jesus Christ loving them deeply enough to help them overcome the shame of their masturbation. Thus masturbation is not an area of one's life where Jesus is welcome---it is usually private and secret. Excluding Jesus from any area of our lives is of course risky since we are then left in darkness and in bondage to sin in one form or another. ... Nothing we do, even in private, is hidden from God. (Psalm 90:8) To be more objective, the Bible is clear that sexual activity is always wrong outside of marriage. It is plain to see that masturbation is usually narcissistic. Narcissus was the Greek youth who, upon seeing his reflection in a pool, fell in love with himself, then fell into the pool and drowned. In other generations masturbation was called self-abuse, ... The emphasis is on "self," not on one's relationship with God or one's family. We can surely say the "solo-sex" is not part of God's original design for man which is for sexual expression in the context of love and commitment in a marriage...... Masturbation also tends to turn one's focus inward upon oneself, leading to shame, sometimes excessive introversion, often low self-esteem, self- consciousness and detachment from normal social roles. God did not design sex to be a solitary experience. It is supposed to be shared with another, and only in marriage. Sexuality is intended to be part of the complementary interaction of self-giving love between a man and a woman who are committed to one another for life. (See 1 Cor. 7:4 where the Bible states that husband and wife are to give up the right to their own bodies to one another in marriage). Within marriage the dynamic interplay between opposites can bring healing and wholeness for both the man and his wife. Admittedly, sexual desires are most intense biologically speaking when we are young and not yet able to marry. The spiritual victory to be gained (with the help of the Lord Jesus) is one of self-control (1 Thess. 4:1-8) and an inner purity that constantly vitalizes one's intimate personal relationship with Jesus the Bridegroom of the church. The Song of Solomon gives us a good picture not only of marriage but also of our individual relationship with Jesus Christ seen as a discipleship of love (Ref 2). God is working in us to produce wholeness and well-roundedness, a self-giving life style not a self-centered one. Previous generations of Christian leaders taught that instinctual energies could be sublimated and rechanneled into productive and creative actions in the world. This concept has largely disappeared in our time when the focus is on self, self-realization, and self-fulfillment. "No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the German Army by fighting it, not by giving in. You find out the strength of the wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because He was the only man who never yield to temptation, is the only man who knows to the full what temptation means-the only complete realist (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity). " To read more, please go to http://www.ldolphin.org/Mast.shtml ------------- We are to glorify God. Anything (not only masturbation) fall short of this goal does not please God. Shalom Azure |
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