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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: chynna Ordered by Verse |
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81 | Explaination of Mark 13:28-31 | Mark 13:28 | chynna | 32731 | ||
Mark 13: 28-31 Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Would someone explain or define the generation Jesus is referring to? |
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82 | Mark 13: 32-37 | Mark 13:32 | chynna | 32729 | ||
Is it possible that the 'end of time' discussed in the Bible by Jesus, simply refers to a person's death? No one knows the time and hour of his/her death. | ||||||
83 | Mark 13: 32-37 | Mark 13:32 | chynna | 32733 | ||
Is it possible that the 'end of time' discussed in the Bible by Jesus, simply refers to a person's death? No one knows the time and hour of his/her death. | ||||||
84 | Did God elect me? Or did I elect Him? | John 6:37 | chynna | 36108 | ||
As a new Christian I was reading with interest the discussion below about whether or not God elects certain people to be saved. I’m curious what others think about my salvation and how it fits in with the different thoughts on the subject. I don’t know enough to classify my thinking on the subject. My personal experience with salvation has been a long drawn out affair in which God has been very persistent in getting me saved. I only went to church when I was little and the only memory I have of church was when I was around 14. During one church service I had an overwhelming desire to be baptized. I promptly stopped going to church because 1) I didn’t understand it and 2) I had some serious issues with God. But strangely enough, God and I had a weird sort of relationship. I always knew He was there with me and talked to Him all the time. Mostly to chew Him out for things in life I thought unfair. When I hit my high school years I got involved with a bad crowd, did the party scene, did drugs, etc. There was moments during this time that I made huge decisions that could alter my whole life. With each of these decisions I made, which were very wrong, God would literally stop me. He did it through car wrecks. I knew He was trying to knock some sense into me. I walked away from numerous wrecks that should have killed me. This is terrible to say, but I felt very sure that God was keeping me alive. I actually felt invincible. But I did finally pull myself together and started back on the right track. By this time I was in college. Keep in mind, I never went to church. Then God came to me again and I had an overwhelming urge to be baptized. By this time I understood what it meant. I told Him that I wanted a compromise. I would lead my life the way He wanted, but that I wasn’t going to be baptized. I rationalized this by telling Him that I didn’t want Him to forgive me my sins. I was going to be held accountable for everything. I even told Him that by doing this, I was showing my love for Him because this would ensure I would stay on the right path because I would never forget the things I had done. He seemed okay with this and the urge to be baptized left me. Life went merrily along. But looking back on this, I realize God was gearing me up for a huge lesson. Much like the lesson he taught Jonah. Except instead of giving him something to love for one day and taking it away, He was giving me something to love for 15 years. It’s the kind of love I think few people understand. With this loss, my sorrow and pain consumed me, yet I hid it well, even from my husband and children. They never saw the tears I shed everyday for a good year. At this time I was in my mid thirties. Oh I knew God was very much with me at this time and He had even done an extraordinary thing to show me He still loved me, despite the pain he brought to me. I won’t share this part of the story. But I was angry now with him. And to make matters worse He was really putting on the pressure to be baptized. It was always in my thoughts. I started back to church, but I was having too much an internal struggle to get any use out of it. Then one day I found myself in a traffic jam. I wasn’t going anywhere. And as I was sitting there stewing a car pulled in front of me. There was a bumper sticker that simply had a bible chapter and verse. I carried my bible with me at this point. Curiosity got the better of me and I opened to the bible passage and sure enough it was about getting baptized. I remember sitting there in awe and I blurted out, “Why? Why do you want me baptized?” And I heard it as clear as day in my heart. He essentially said, “You now understand what it’s like to lose something you love with all your heart and soul. I feel this sorrow many times over with each soul I lose. And I’m losing you.” Suffice to say, I was baptized shortly after this. So what do you all think? Did I ever really have a choice? Did God elect me? Or the does the fact He told me that He was losing me, mean He really didn’t have any say with my salvation? I’d appreciate your thoughts. |
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85 | Did God elect me? Or did I elect Him? | John 6:37 | chynna | 36123 | ||
Thanks. I wish I had known this instead of pouring out my life story. Can someone please erase my post? | ||||||
86 | Could satan be saved? | John 16:11 | chynna | 39759 | ||
Is it possible that satan could repent before God gives His final judgement? Humans can be saved at any time before death and judgement if they are truly repentent. Can fallen angels? | ||||||
87 | Help. Someone's testamony has me upset | Rom 6:23 | chynna | 45256 | ||
Help. My faith isn't shaken, but I'm suddenly questioning everything that brought me to God. Someone posted their testamony on another board yesterday. It was amazing and left me in awe. The man said that while driving to work, he was lifted up out of his car by a bright light and found himself in heaven in front of God. He said that God showed him heaven and then gave him the ability for a moment to think like God so he could understand the reasoning behind everything God created. He said that God told him if he believed in His Son, all that would be his. Then he found himself back in the car, stopped in the middle of a freeway. This supposedly is a man that didn't believe and at the urging of some friends was baptised anyway. He thought the whole thing a joke until this happened. The more I got to thinking about this last night, the more I got to doubting the more subtle things in my life that I attribute to God. I started questioning whether I wanted God to be behind the things that happened and therefore just believed it to be so. I couldn't sleep last night it upset me so. I've worried about it all morning. The things I felt sure where God are suddenly in question for me. I don't like it. | ||||||
88 | Need advice about spreading the Gospel | Rom 10:14 | chynna | 136110 | ||
Has anyone here personally experienced success in getting the Gospel across to an atheist? Could someone maybe recommend a book on how to discuss the Gospel with one? And this is really my dilemma at the moment,is it worthwhile going through the effort of trying to prove God through attempting to outwit an atheist in a game of logics over the existence of God? Thanks in advance for any advice. | ||||||
89 | Can a man know God without a Bible? | Rom 10:17 | chynna | 41892 | ||
I don't have any scripture to back me up, but I think the answer is yes to a certain degree. Maybe not an intimate relationship with God, but a relationship with God. I didn't go to church for over 20 years and didn't read the Bible, but God was very much a part of my life and I knew it. But knowing the Bible helps put some things in perspective that wouldn't otherwise be if you didn't have it. | ||||||
90 | Paul's view of women and marriage | 1 Cor 7:1 | chynna | 40310 | ||
1Corinhians 7:1 It is good for man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband... Verse 7: I wish that all men were as I am. Paul thinks that men should not marry or become involved with women. He is essentially saying that men who get married are less worthy in God's eyes than men like him. They have a weakness that Paul didn't have. With these statements, I take it Paul probably thought sexual intercourse between those married was a weakness and not something God would condone. I'm confused. What is Paul saying here? |
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91 | A man's soul vs a woman's soul | Gal 3:28 | chynna | 41482 | ||
Is a man's soul worth more to God than a female's soul? Or are we all created equal at this point? | ||||||
92 | Has Anyone Changed His Mind? | Eph 2:8 | chynna | 51299 | ||
Salvation is by grace only, but baptism is important. If it wasn't required, Jesus would have made negative comments on what John the Baptist was doing. Instead, Jesus was baptised by John to meet scripture. Jesus never said it wasn't necessary. Baptism shouldn't be thought of as 'work'. It's a physical human way to show you want to be washed clean of your sin and that you accept Jesus as your Savior. | ||||||
93 | Mission trips, questionable? | Phil 4:8 | chynna | 40270 | ||
When should church mission trips become questionable? Should missionaries only go where people have never heard of Christianity? Is it acceptable to go places that are predominately catholic, like Mexico, to try to convert them to another christian point of view? Is it deemed acceptable for the pastor's wife and other elders to bring their wives on these trips? Should it be suspect if the places they go sound more like nice vacation spots, Mexico, Russia, Beleze? | ||||||
94 | Mission trips, questionable? | Phil 4:8 | chynna | 40297 | ||
Okay. Will God understand if I don't specifically help fund these missionary trips because of my doubt? Or should I just move to another church? | ||||||
95 | What's really going on? | Col 1:9 | chynna | 37956 | ||
What is really going on with God, us and satan? Are we all souls that use to be with God, but now find ourselves on earth in the middle of a war of good against evil? Why couldn't God just destroy satan and be done with evil? Didn't God create satan? Why did evil exist in the first place? Will heaven really be a place free from sin? What happens if another angel decides to buck the system? | ||||||
96 | Confusion concerning Jesus's death | Heb 2:17 | chynna | 31742 | ||
Would someone please explain, in simple terms, why Jesus had to die in order for people to be saved? And if He took on all our sins, then why isn't He spending eternity in hell? Was it a real sacrifice, His death, if He takes on all the sins and goes to Heaven? I am very confused. Help. | ||||||
97 | Why did Jesus have to die? | Heb 9:16 | chynna | 30494 | ||
Why did Jesus have to die in order for us to be saved? | ||||||
98 | Question about Church on Wednesday night | Heb 10:25 | chynna | 43193 | ||
I'm finding it difficult to make it to Wednesday night Bible study. I study the Bible every day though, usually later in the evenings after the children are put to bed, but I understand I'm missing out on the fellowship that takes place on Wednesday nights at church. I have two questions. Why do churches meet on Wednesday nights? Is it okay to skip Wednesday nights at church? | ||||||
99 | another hypothetical, applied ethics | James 4:7 | chynna | 47905 | ||
Great question. Answering this question, like mine, tells a lot about the person doing the answering. Some people are too quick to judgement. Scary. I have no idea what is going to happen on judgement day, but if you read the new Testament, Jesus seemed the sort to make people think. I think learning scripture is extremely important, but even more important is knowing how to follow it. Jesus did say to love your enemies. | ||||||
100 | does baptism save us? 1Pet.3:21 | 1 Pet 3:21 | chynna | 45668 | ||
Well, let's put it this way. All the examples provided in the Bible on conversion included baptism. Check out Acts 2:14-41, Acts 8:5-13, Acts 8:35-39, Acts 9:17-18, Acts 10:34-48, Acts 16:32 and Acts 16:13. I use to think it wasn't important, but I wasn't at peace until I decided to be baptised. I don't think the act of baptism was meant to be considered work. Jesus was baptised. Which says volumes. |
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