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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: eklektos Ordered by Verse |
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101 | Holy Living | 1 Thess 4:7 | eklektos | 174093 | ||
Dearest Doctrinograce, Thank you very much for speaking for the entire forum. I am sure that all the participants have the same mind since you said so. Christ had the same problem with the Pharisees. I still love you and pray that you will see. All that has and ear, there is no malice here. eklektos |
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102 | Holy Living | 1 Thess 4:7 | eklektos | 174116 | ||
Hello Hank, Thank you. My rebuttal came when someone posted the following: "Christian growth in our lives is not achieved by ecstatic moments at the altar. That is not the way God works in the life of the believer. --John MacArthur" Then I was told ecstatic experiences were not Scriptural. Act 10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, Act 11:5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: And this: Act 22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; could be summarized as an ecstatic moment at the alter - reproving the words of John MacArthur. eklektos |
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103 | Holy Living | 1 Thess 4:7 | eklektos | 174122 | ||
Hi Kalos, I must have missed something in a post or somewhere but I couldn't find where I ever denied the Scriptures. Permit me to re-read them. And I do understand the statement from your link. Assuredly, if we were to allow anything supernatural into the church who knows what would happen. 1Th 5:19 Quench not the Spirit. 1Th 5:20 Despise not prophesyings. Psa 77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. Your brother, eklektos |
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104 | What does Fight the good Fight mean? | 1 Tim 6:12 | eklektos | 174007 | ||
Greetings shamrock, Welcome to the forum! 1 Tim 6:12 would be "Stand strong and endure in our Faith" Chapter 6 starts with instructions to servants and then moves along to verse 11 where Paul addresses Timothy directly, "O man of God". Paul exhorts Timothy to "flee these things", the things Paul just referred to in the preceding verses; "pride, envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings". Fight the good fight of faith, persevere in righteousness because daily we are to take up our cross. Lay aside those things that can lead a person to destruction. Hold on to these things, righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and meekness (v11), for they are profitable toward eternal life. Paul tells him to be strong in his calling in which many were witnesses to (Acts 16). Keep the faith. Flee from evil. Despise nothing but unrighteousness. The International Standard Version and the Contemporary English Version of the Scriptures uses, "fight for the faith", but this could have the wrong connotation to the meaning, "fight of faith" used in NASB, KJV, ASV. Hope I have served in some way. eklektos |
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105 | Another question - Fight the good Fight | 1 Tim 6:12 | eklektos | 174027 | ||
Hi Pat, It is a blessing from our Lord that you have come to the forum. I will speak for me and our brother Mark that we bless the Lord for the opportunity to help in matters concerning the Majesty of Christ. God bless you in your quest for a closer walk with Him. There is no greater goal than coming to the throne of Grace. God will be with you in your studies. And thank you for your kind words. When you have some time, it would be a blessing if you would fill in more about yourself in your profile. Tell us about yourself and what the Lord has done for you in your life. We desire to hear the workings of the Lord and His Grace toward others. Your brother, eklektos |
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106 | How does Hebrews 10:26 fit my problem | Heb 10:26 | eklektos | 174220 | ||
Greetings Noveta, I affirm BradK's value of the forum in your situation. Here are some offerings from some learned men on Hebrews and Psalms you listed. Heb 10:26 "Which is not to be understood of a single act of sin, but rather of a course of sinning; nor of sins of infirmity through temptation, or even of grosser acts of sin, but of voluntary ones; and not of all voluntary ones, or in which the will is engaged and concerned, but of such which are done on set purpose, resolutely and obstinately; and not of immoral practices, but of corrupt principles, and acting according to them; it intends a total apostasy from the truth, against light and evidence, joined with obstinacy."(John Gill's Expostion on the Entire Bible) Heb 10:26 "This is the meaning of the apostle, and the case is that of a deliberate apostate - one who has utterly rejected Jesus Christ and his atonement, and renounced the whole Gospel system." (Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible) Paul gives as an example in Heb 10:28 "He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:" which references to Num 15:30 "But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people." (presumptuously is the key word) Apostasy - the dilberate action of willfully turning away from something once believed. Psa 139: "The psalm relates to the omnipresence of God, and contains such reflections as would occur to one meditating on that attribute of the Deity. It is the most distinct and full statement of that doctrine which is to be found in the Hebrew Scriptures, and the doctrine is presented in language which has never been surpassed for sublimity and beauty. The leading idea in the psalm seems to be that of comfort from the fact that God is everywhere; that he knows all that pertains to us; that we can never be hidden from his view; that he has known us from the beginning; that as he fashioned and formed us - making us what we are - he knows all our necessities, and can supply them." (Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible) eklektos |
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107 | Knowing vs believing | Heb 11:1 | eklektos | 176761 | ||
Greetings NightJay0044, This is a very good question and deserves more than can be written here. It involves experience and faith and there could be a division of the two that only God can make. Knowledge evolves from believing. Usually, knowing comes from experience. I can say, "I know the Lord will meet my needs because He has never failed to do so", yet, this also comes from believing. Believing or faith comes from something we have not experienced but we have some knowledge that helps us to believe, the Spirit of truth, The Comforter. Read Hebrews chapter 11. Noah believed God that it would rain and he knew it for a certainty when it did. Example: I know I drove to the store yesterday without getting into an accident, I believe I can go to the store today without an accident but I won't know until I get home. This is a good question to all Christians for meditation. What do you know and what do you believe? (Rhetorical) Pro 3:6 "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." I hope this helps, eklektos |
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108 | What does new wine in old skins and new | James 1:5 | eklektos | 174216 | ||
Greetings Kenmo, One needs a bottle before you can fill it. As in the first creation, God formed man first, then, filled him with life but then death came by sin. When we accept Christ, and believe, we have passed from death unto life. (John 5:24) We become a new creation (2Cor 5:17) a new wineskin (bottle) has been formed. So now, in this second creation, this new creation, that God has formed, He fills with His Living Spirit. The old wineskin, the unbeliever, the old nature, will not accept this new wine, the Gospel, and it will be disastrous (the old bottle will burst) in the end. For it would be better for them not to have heard the way, the Gospel, than to reject it. (2Pet.2:21) Jesus knew the hardness of the Pharisees hearts (the old wineskins) and thus He spoke this parable to them. They didn’t understand why Jesus’ disciples didn’t fast because they couldn’t see beyond their own self-righteousness. (also another parable to the Pharisees about not coming for the righteous but the unrighteous while He was eating with the publicans and sinners). Hope this loose paraphrase of the parable is helpful. eklektos |
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109 | Do angels have a free will as humans do? | Jude 1:6 | eklektos | 154892 | ||
Hello creech9, Yes. Jud 1:6(KJV) "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day." " 'But left their own habitation' - To wit, according to the common interpretation, in heaven. The word rendered “habitation” [ ** ] occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means here that heaven was their native abode or dwelling-place. They left it by sin; but the expression here would seem possibly to mean that they became “dissatisfied” with their abode, and voluntarily preferred to change it for another. If they did become thus dissatisfied, the cause is wholly unknown, and conjecture is useless." (Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible) [** Greek letters omitted - not allowed on forum format] by Grace, eklektos |
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