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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: azurelaw Ordered by Verse |
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1821 | Forty days and forty nights | 1 Cor 15:1 | azurelaw | 195715 | ||
Dear Searcher, Thank you very much for your succinct answer. Shalom Azure |
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1822 | Where is the Scripture? | 1 Cor 15:3 | azurelaw | 233492 | ||
THIS POST IS INTENDED FOR OTHER FORUM READERS. As a long-time forum user, I regret to read of your (user: Infinity700) unfair accusation against the forum and your accusation is not factual as well. I really don't understand how you would come to such an unkind conclusion on our gracious host - Lockman Foundation, who freely provides us the platform for our Bible study. I have read your past posts and others that have responded to you and found nothing that you have been treated unkindly. As a responsible poster, your accusation made publicly should be solid grounded with evidence. The host of the forum, since they own it, has the right to construct the Terms of Use for users to comply. If you do not agree to any of it, you should not register your account. I really doubt your sincerity and integrity since you have signed and accepted the forum terms upon your registration and now you accuse the forum of its long exist TOU being too restrictive. Shalom Azure |
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1823 | did satan enter lucifers heart? | 1 Cor 15:21 | azurelaw | 229105 | ||
Dear hooper, There is no scripture mentioning Satan enters Lucifer's heart. As Biblicalman has explained that within the context of the Bible passage, Lucifer refers to the king of Babylon, thus it is merely a human being. Since we all know that human hearts were long perverted when sin entered into the world because of Adam's disobedience, the result is that human inherited the sinful nature. In that sense, what we (sinners) do is according to our nature thus acting as an adversary of God. Shalom Azure |
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1824 | Death God's friend or enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | azurelaw | 207482 | ||
Dear Joe, I believe the answer lies in Gen 3:21. "These coats of skin had a significancy. The beasts whose skins they were must be slain, slain before their eyes, to show them what death is, and (as it is Eccl. 3:18) that they may see that they themselves were beasts, mortal and dying. It is supposed that they were slain, not for food, but for sacrifice, to typify the great sacrifice, which, in the latter end of the world, should be offered once for all. Thus the first thing that died was a sacrifice, or Christ in a figure, who is therefore said to be the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. These sacrifices were divided between God and man, in token of reconciliation: the flesh was offered to God, a whole burnt-offering; the skins were given to man for clothing, signifying that, Jesus Christ having offered himself to God a sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour, we are to clothe ourselves with his righteousness as with a garment, that the shame of our nakedness may not appear. Adam and Eve made for themselves aprons of fig-leaves, a covering too narrow for them to wrap themselves in, Isa. 28:20. Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. But God made them coats of skins; large, and strong, and durable, and fit for them; such is the righteousness of Christ. Therefore put on the Lord Jesus Christ." --- Matthew Henry Shalom Azure |
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1825 | Death God's friend or enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | azurelaw | 207574 | ||
Dear Joe, Gen 2:17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." The above verse to me is a warning of the consequence of their disobedience. Not a punishment as you have exhibited in your example. God's punishment for their disobedience is in Gen 3:14-19. What God required of Adam and Eve is obedience. A toddler might not know what heat is and how a pot of boiling water might hurt him, but he is warned and demanded of to be obedient to his mother not to touch the pot. Please provide scriptural support as to your statement that Adam did not get the free gift of everlasting life. Shalom Azure |
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1826 | Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 | 1 Cor 15:28 | azurelaw | 228281 | ||
Dear biblicalman, I, like many of the users (I believe), have experienced with this many times. My suggestion would be that either you prepare your post in a word file, or before you go back to modifiy your post, you use the 'copy' function on your content, so that even your draft is disappeared, you still can secure it by pasting it again to the posting box. Thus your post can be secure. Shalom Azure P.S. It happened again when I prepare this post and I can secure my answer with the 2nd method :-) |
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1827 | the last Adam | 1 Cor 15:45 | azurelaw | 218020 | ||
Dear YenIsaRap, A belated welcome to the forum. I think the subject of discussion is pretty interesting :-) Gen 2:17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." Gen 3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was GOOD FOR FOOD, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. In response to your point 1/, I am afraid that I cannot agree with your notion that the opposite of the Tree of Life is the Tree of Knowledge. There is no mention that it (the Tree of Knowledge) bears the fruit of death. Death, as you have mentioend, is the consequence of Adam and Eve's disobedience in eating the fruit of the tree. Concerning the immortality of man before the fall, if my logic (mine is pretty poor) sounds, what would be the outcome of the earth with the continuous growing population (Gen 1:27-28) IF the first parents did not fall? So, how should we understand "death"? I believe (as most do) death is a life that is apart from the presence of God (Gen 3:9). This is the immediate effect as warned in Gen 2:17. Since all good things are from God (Psalm 16:2), thus all aspects of our physical life have been perverted as we are apart from God. Scripture seems not very clear if human are physically immortal before the fall; however, when I consider Matthew 22:30, I would side with the physical mortal before the fall (but I would not be dogmatic on this and am still need further study). Thank you for your input and good to have this discussion. Shalom Azure |
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1828 | Will we know each other in Heaven? | 1 Cor 15:52 | azurelaw | 201702 | ||
Dear biblebeliever, With all due respect and love, I wish you could withdraw your statement as such "...the bait you've tossed..." which looks like to me that you are accusing a forum participant for his dishonest without solid proof. We are responsible for our words (as Doc has addressed) on a public forum though misunderstanding may arise. Therefore, we should always be open-minded in face of queries for clarifcation or correction since through all these, we may grow together. Blessings to you. Shalom Azure |
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1829 | Hank | 2 Cor 1:10 | azurelaw | 215466 | ||
Respectfully submitted in memory of our dear brother Hank. ********* O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free! Rolling as a mighty ocean In its fullness over me! Underneath me, all around me, Is the current of Your love Leading onward, leading homeward To Your glorious rest above! O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Spread His praise from shore to shore, How His love is never-ending, And it changes nevermore; How He watches o’er His loved ones, Died to call them all His own; How for them He’s interceding, Watching o’er them from the throne. O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Love of ev’ry love the best: ‘Tis an ocean vast of blessing, ‘Tis a haven sweet of rest. O the deep, deep love of Jesus! ‘Tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me; And it lifts me up to glory, With You evermore to be. |
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1830 | 2 Cor. 2:14-16 | 2 Cor 2:14 | azurelaw | 202513 | ||
Dear mrxike, The sweet small or fragrance is the analogy Paul used to describe the Gospels and our witness of Christ. It should not be referred to as our physical smell as you have depicted. The below commentary from John Gill should be helpful for your understanding: "For we are unto God a sweet savour,.... Here a reason is given, why the savour of the knowledge of God in Christ is made manifest by the ministers of the Gospel, because they themselves are a sweet savour; not that they are so in themselves, for they have the same corrupt hearts and natures, and complain of them as other men; but as having the gifts and graces of the Spirit of God, comparable to fragrant and sweet smelling ointments, Song of Solomon 1:3, by which they are enabled to preach the savoury doctrines of the Gospel, and to adorn and recommend them by their exemplary lives and conversations: the allusion is to Aaron and the priests under the law, who were anointed with the anointing oil, which was poured upon their heads, ran down upon their beards, and descended to the skirts of their garments, so that they were all over a perfume, a sweet smell and savour; and so are the ministers of the word, being anointed with that, which the other was typical of. They are said to be a sweet savour of Christ, because they have their gifts, grace, and Gospel from him, and he is the subject of their ministry;..." To read more, go to : http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/ Shalom Azure P.S. A side note. I was once engaged in the flavour and fragrance essential oil industry. I heard of an expert (perfumer) mentioned that the memory that triggered by the smelling sense lasts the longest comparing to our visual and audio sense. |
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1831 | why suffer in pain | 2 Cor 4:17 | azurelaw | 191459 | ||
Dear ronjescal, Your why question in concern with sufferings has brought my memory back to a TV special programme I watched 2 years ago which I like to share. One summer night, while I was working cozily in front of my computer with the air-cond on, a scene on the TV captured my sight when my daughter switched between channels. A programme (maybe produced in the U.S.) with the title "angel without face" presented a surgical case about a little girl who was born with abnormal feature - which I saw a head with some holes on it and you could not tell which are the eyes, nose, mouth. They are just holes. I was so much shocked and heart breaking. I tried to keep on watching the programme but serveral times I could not help to turn my sight away to calm down myself and swallow my tears. I finally failed to finish watching it and decided to swtich it off. Just like you, I asked God - why, why such an innocent child has to experience all the sufferings. How painful were her parents to see her suffer. I tried to find answers in the bible. I immediately recalled John 9:1-3 and the book of Job. Unfortunately, stubborn me was still not convinced. A week later, when I was on a bus and musing. The girl's face re-appeared. My eyes were blurred with tears. At that moment, God started to answer me. I saw that the face was no longer the poor little girl's but that is my own face (a sinner who has lost her God given face). My situation is much much more worse than the little girl that cost the blood of Jesus for remedy. How painful is our Lord and Saviour to see us in such a poor situation! What can I say but silent myself with a thankful heart and pray for God's grace and mercy to empower my walk with Jesus. Thanks for your time to read my post. Shalom Azure |
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1832 | why suffer in pain | 2 Cor 4:17 | azurelaw | 191463 | ||
Amen, brother Steve. Azure |
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1833 | where we go when we die? | 2 Cor 5:6 | azurelaw | 222269 | ||
Dear for..., I hope the below link is helpful to you. http://gotquestions.org/what-happens-death.html Shalom Azure |
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1834 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | azurelaw | 214034 | ||
Dear Bill, Mat 18:8-9 is exactly what Jesus said. Does it also apply to you? Are you following this? If not, why not? Shalom Azure |
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1835 | Building up for His Glory | 2 Cor 6:4 | azurelaw | 216791 | ||
The test of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man. If God, then, puts or permits anything hard in our lives, be sure that the real peril, the real trouble, is that we shall lose if we flinch or rebel. --- Maltbie D. Babcock |
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1836 | Building up for His Glory | 2 Cor 6:4 | azurelaw | 216796 | ||
Amen. Thanks for the verses :-) Azure |
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1837 | Will God predestinate you a mate? | 2 Cor 6:14 | azurelaw | 209186 | ||
Dear 4everblessed, As far as I could recall, there is no scriptures specifically stating God choose a particular mate or person for a believer except 2 cases - one is Adam and Eve as you have mentioned and the other is Hosea and the harlot. However, we have to understand the 2 cases within its context. Adam and Eve are the first parents designed by God in the Creation. Hosea and the harlot Gomer (God did not even tell Hosea to take Gomer, but a harlot) is God's intention to reveal His love and faithfulness toward the rebellious and adulterous nation - Israel. However, scriptures do provide guidelines for believers' marrying. See: Deut 7:1-4 2 Cor 6:14 Hope the above helpful. Shalom Azure |
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1838 | Will God predestinate you a mate? | 2 Cor 6:14 | azurelaw | 209213 | ||
Dear John, Yes, as you said in a ROUNDABOUT way :-) When I made my answer, I only considered cases with the DIRECT intervention from God. Therefore, I left out Isaac and Rebekah. Of course, we all understand that God is at all sovereign. Matthew 10:29-30 Shalom Azure |
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1839 | A mate from God | 2 Cor 6:14 | azurelaw | 222193 | ||
Dear Child of j, Brother Beja has given you an excellent answer. He expressed so well where the wife's struggle is!!! You have no idea what the torture is and how heartbreaking it is to be a wife of an unbelieving husband (read my profile). Don't make the same mistake as I did. God is absolutely clear in 2 Cor 6:14. Obey or you will have to take the consequences. Despite my rebellious behaviour in marriage, God has been so gracious to me that my husband does not forbid me to go to church and I even can serve as a deacon. I am not merely praying for my husband's salvation, but also he would someday devote himself to serve the Lord with me. Shalom Azure |
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1840 | A mate from God | 2 Cor 6:14 | azurelaw | 222196 | ||
Brother Beja, A hearty amen. It feels like a foot in heaven and the other in hell :-( Azure |
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