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321 | Doe sGod hear prayer of unbeliever | Psalm | jlhetrick | 200808 | ||
Zinna- Welcome to the Forum. It's not my intention to play on the semantics of your question, but God "hears" everything. Matt 10:29 (NASB)"Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father." As demonstrated in this verse and the context in which it is found, Scripture shows the total sovereignty of God. There is nothing outside of His will and control. In response to your question sister Azure asked an important one of her own. Having spent years working in hospitals, I believe that lots of people who are not believers do actually pray. The question is, what's the point? If they don't believe what is the point of praying (learned behavior) and with what faith are they attempting to petition God. Truth is, Sunday morning church services have unbelievers participating in prayer on a regular basis. What we can be assured of is that God does hear the prayers of the saints (all true believers, saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ) Rev 5:8, 8:3-4. We also know that God's answer to those prayers will be according to His purpose and will and not necessarily what we are asking for. Is there more to your question? Are you a believer in God? Have you been saved by His wonderful Grace through faith in Jesus Christ? Jeff |
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322 | What did Yeshua notice? | John 1:49 | jlhetrick | 200469 | ||
Hello bigpooch- welcome to the Forum. I believe what Doc was trying to point out to you is that the answer to your question is found in the immediate context of the verse you referenced. The first place to look when you have a question about something in a verse is in those verses before and after (context). Hope this was helpful, Jeff |
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323 | Crying out loud Lord rescue me | 1 John 5:13 | jlhetrick | 200441 | ||
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324 | Crying out loud Lord rescue me | 1 John 5:13 | jlhetrick | 200440 | ||
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325 | Crying out loud Lord rescue me | 1 John 5:13 | jlhetrick | 200439 | ||
Hello blue-eyes and thanks for the response. None of the multiple translations I referenced in Revelation 17:17 say anything about "promise of God will be fulfilled". Instead, what I find is reference to the "words of God" being "fulfilled". With that, we then have to look at the context and what God is saying to us in the passage. In a nutshell, without getting off track from the topic, the passage in Revelation does deal with a promise of God. Specifically we are taught that God is in control, even of those that do not know him personally and do not give allegience to Him. He is sovereign. The promise that relates here is; Is 55:11 "so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it." (ESV) To further address your question- Scripture assures us that God's promises are dependable. A true promise from God will most certainly be fulfilled. That is not the issue. The issue, as my previous post addressed, is that not all promises found in Scripture are for you and for me. For example- God promised a particular land to the decendants of Abram in Genesis 12:7. He has not promised any land to your decendants or mine. It was to Jacob that our God promised that his (Jacob's) decendants will be "like the dust of the earth" and in "his decendants", again referring to Jacob (not you or me), "shall all the families of the earth be blessed". AGain, to David He promised; 2 Samuel 7:12 (NASB) 12 "When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom." So I hope that this is sufficient to demonstrate that there are many, many promises in Scripture that are not for you and are not for me. I feel that it is important to point out one more thing here. Please be careful when quoting Scripture most of all. Also though, be careful to quote others specifically if your going to quote. For example- I did not say that "not all the promises in GOD HOLYWORD cant be claimed". My point is that not all promises found in Scripture can be claimed by me for me. I hope I have demonstrated that by Scripture. God bless, Jeff |
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326 | taking the name of the Lord in vain | Bible general Archive 4 | jlhetrick | 200415 | ||
LindaE- First of all, welcome to the Forum. You have provided sufficient Scripture. If your coworker is not convinced by God's own words you shouldn't expect that you will have additional influence. As the verse in Exodus states- God will not leave it unpunished. When the bible speaks so clearly there is, in my opinion, no need to supply a longer list of verses. Exodus 20:7 is straight forward and there is no need to develop an argument beyond the simply stated. As for your being upset I might suggest that you be comforted in that you have provided sufficient Scriture and the issue is between your coworker and God. It may be that your work place has policies that prevent employees from using language and other behaviors that are offensive and/or disruptive to others. You might ask politely for him to stop using the language in your presence and point to the policy. If the behavior continues you would be right in reporting the issue to your supervisor. Remember, our witness is not what we can influence others to believe or cooperate with. It is the standard established by God's word lived out in our lives. Your providing the Scripture, and being consistent in living what you preach will be the most important, I believe, if God chooses to reach this person through you. With the right approach this works. If I walk into the break room or anywhere else where people are familiar with me at the hospital where I work they will stop telling the dirty joke until I leave (if that is what they were doing). This was accomplished over time, gently, and without making any "enemies" or creating tension (as best I can be aware). Everyone who knows me at work knows that if they ask me anything on social issues, politics, and most any other subject they are going to get a biblical answer as best I can deliver it. There is no shortage of questions directed my way as there is no shortage of lost, searching soles. Not too long ago I was told by a coworker "now we don't need to hear about that..." as I and two other coworkers were discussing Scripture and morality over lunch. I responded with something to the effect that we all need to hear about that but that I respected her right to choose not to. I invited the other two to my office for the remainder of lunch leaving the one nurse alone to enjoy her lunch without having to listen to Christians talk about God's word. No harm personally and no hard feelings (that I'm aware of). I should stop here so that I'm not appearing to give advise beyond the obvious ending up in violation of the Terms of Use and intended purpose of the Forum. Hope this was helpful, Jeff |
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327 | taking the name of the Lord in vain | Bible general Archive 4 | jlhetrick | 200409 | ||
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328 | taking the name of the Lord in vain | Bible general Archive 4 | jlhetrick | 200407 | ||
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329 | Crying out loud Lord rescue me | 1 John 5:13 | jlhetrick | 200200 | ||
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330 | Crying out loud Lord rescue me | 1 John 5:13 | jlhetrick | 200199 | ||
Blue eyes- let me start by saying that I know sister Azure to be very loving, patient and gracious and I am confident that she was not intending to sound harsh, judgmental, nor inappropriately critical. Her history of posts here on the Forum demonstrates her kindness as well as her commitment to teaching and receiving sound biblical doctrine. With that said, I would like to offer some additional comments to help clarify the point of concern here. There is a movement that you may or may not have heard of commonly referred to as the “Word of Faith” movement. It’s unbiblical, false doctrines have caused significant unrest and confusion for many Christians who innocently fall victim to their false teachings. At the core of their teaching is the unbiblical approach to faith. In short- they teach that faith is a force that can be used indiscriminately at the disposal of believers to effect change and accomplish the goal at hand. They use language similar to what you have used in your posts to include laying “claim to God’s promises”. They neglect to point out that not all promises found in Scripture are for you and me. Some, for example, were made to the Israelites while others were made to individuals such as David, Solomon, etc. Their entire philosophy is based on a lack of knowledge of God’s word and accomplished through the picking and choosing of “verses” snatched out of the context in which they should be considered. Some, perhaps yourself, innocently incorporate these teachings into their own beliefs as they are exposed here and there to the teachings. It’s not hard to be exposed as there are a lot of famous and even friendly faces touting the nonsense on radio and television. With that said, please allow me to point to God’s word for some promises that we can know are meant for you and me and other believers. Matt 10:22 (NASB) “You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. Heb 9:27 (NASB “and inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment. John 12:25 (NASB) “He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.” Paul said, “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” (Romans 8:18 NASB) There is nothing wrong with hoping for deliverance from hardship but we have no “promise” in Scripture guaranteeing our freedom from it. On the contrary, we are clearly told to expect it. When we do seek deliverance from a particular, it is to be our prayer that our needs be met only as their being met is in accordance with God’s will. The Word of Faith teachers will tell you that this argument is a sinful argument of unbelief. Scripture, on the other hand, tells us that He, the Holy Spirit, “intercedes for the saints ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD” (Romans 8:27- emphasis added to clarify and not intended as yelling). In other words; we have no right to isolate a verse that suits our needs, claim it in faith, and demand, or expect, our need to be met. After all, it may be God’s will that what ever burden we are suffering be ours to suffer till death. On the other hand, He may answer our prayer in short order and deliver us immediately and completely. He will not be pinned down by man’s claim to anything. In love, I hope this is helpful. Jeff |
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331 | Seeing things? | Bible general Archive 4 | jlhetrick | 200078 | ||
Val- sometimes it's best to simply leave these kinds of things alone for more than one obvious reason. To begin with, grief is a very powerful emotion and process that weighs heavy on a person to include his/her mind. Any attempt to talk them out of their "vision" might cause undue conflict. On the other hand, encouraging thinking and behavior that seems to be contradictory to Scripture may lead the person into a wrong direction. There are plenty of mistics running about that will be happy to help your friend to fully develop the vision and even interpret it I'm sure. I happen to live in a part of the country where there are a lot of folks that are not only all too willing to believe nonsense but actually whip into a frenzy when faced with it. Many of these are regular church goers of a particular denominational flavor. Southern New Mexico, this town of Las Cruces where I live, has had more than one Jesus in a tortilla but they tend to favor visions or impressions of the Virgian Mary. An employee at the hospital where I work had "the virgin Mary" in her window and for many days there was a long line of people circulating through her home every evening to see it. One particularly excited coworker who had seen it and couldn't shut up about it asked me if I had gone yet. That was my opportunity to ask her "just exactly what does the Virgin Mary look like?" Believe it or not she started off in a very animated description before I stopped her. I finally explained, briefly, that no one living has ever seen Mary to include there being no photos of her so why, why would so many people be so quick to declare a form, made by condensation in the window, the Virgian Mary? She wasn't even fazed by my unbelief. After all. She had seen it herself. She believed. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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332 | reincarnation or not? | John 3:7 | jlhetrick | 200055 | ||
Beanyboy- welcome to the Study Bible Forum. I'm not wanting to be inappropriately critical or to misrepresent your point or intent. The being born again that Christ spoke of is something much more than a fresh start and likely you understand that. It seems that you go on to support this in your following statements regarding "new spirit" and "new life" just wanting to clarify. I am more concerned though with your statement "in a sense we are being reincarnated". While you may be thinking strictly on a Websters definition of reincarnation, we have to be careful not to impress others the wrong way. In this case (and keeping in mind the non-Christian religious takes on reincarnation) we have to be careful to ensure we don't leave a door open for any to try and intentionally or unintentinoally merge truth with untruth. We end up with untruth every time. Again, I'm sensing from your short post that you understand it properly, just cautioning about the way it was presented. Hope I was helpful. God bless, Jeff |
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333 | reincarnation or not? | John 3:7 | jlhetrick | 200054 | ||
Martin- Welcome to the Study Bible Forum. Your question is one that has been asked, debated, argued over and otherwise extensively discussed to include here on the Forum. In the top righthand of your home screen you will find a "Search" box. Enter the word reincarnation and you will have an abundance of reading on the topic. Some other pointers to keep in mind if you will. Believers in Christ are feferred to as Christians, not Cristians so that might be helpful. Also, it's important to understand that our beliefs, while sometimes declared through doctrinal statements and such, are never the result of council decisions. The Truth as found in Scripture alone is the substance of our doctrines. In other words; we don't use Scripture to support what we believe. Our beliefs are to be established by Scripture. With this in mind we can properly put these things into perspective. The Church, in It's doctrinal statements, is not making statements of truth but rather acknowledging the truths of Scripture in It's statements. Hope that makes sense. One other helpful point. When you choose to quote or otherwise refer to the work of others (such as "Christian Councils in this case) it is always appropriate to give proper credit. In this case, nameing the council. Otherwise, language such as "some cristian counsil" may be interpreted as being sarcastic and rude. Hope this is helpful; and oh by the way. Scripture is very specific about the condition of both man's sole and body as it relates to eternity. Do your own careful study and you will find the answer to the question. Reincarnation not! God bless, Jeff |
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334 | having sex with other men husband disabl | Ex 20:14 | jlhetrick | 200047 | ||
Brother's Hank and Dave (workman)- Your exchange here is exemplary so thank you both. Brother Dave- welcome to the Forum. After reading several (but not all) of your 21 posts to date, I'm looking forward to seeing more from you. I'm guessing, and hoping, that you are going to be a much appreciated contributor to the Forum. God bless, Jeff |
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335 | i need my praying bro's and sis's today | Bible general Archive 4 | jlhetrick | 200044 | ||
God's baby- This is a legal matter and I would suggest that you aquire an attorney and work toward cooperation with your husband. It's not something that can be handled appropriately on the Forum. I will be praying for God's will in your situation and will ask others I know from the forum to do the same. God bless, Jeff |
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336 | INVITATION | NT general | jlhetrick | 200042 | ||
Irish E. These types of dialogues can only be fruitful when we stick to the point, rely on Scripture, and ensure that our emotions don't carry us away. Otherwise we end up in a battle of wills believing someone has to win. Of course, then the focus is entirely on self. In order that I don't further convolute the missed points here I'll just simply say that "I should never say what I would do or would not do" would be a good tact. The best way to handle things like the original inquiry of sqkeener is to offer Scriptural reference addressing the issue as best you can supply it so that the questioner can be better informed to make a decision. I hope this is an example of giving appropriate advise on the forum. It's not my opinion, it's in keeping with the Terms of Use of the Forum. We must strive to uphold the rules and standards of our gracious host, The Lockman Foundation, and keep this about bible study. Please forgive me if you understood me to be saying that YOU would drag someone into church. I specifically wrote in my last post "(not what your saying; what their saying)" to avoid being misunderstood in that way. You still have not attempted to respond to my biblical references or attempted to offer any biblical support of your own so I am left, at this point, assuming that you are unwilling or unable to do so. Sometimes the struggle is not with not having the answer, but in not being willing to let go of our assertions. Jeff |
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337 | INVITATION | NT general | jlhetrick | 200019 | ||
Well said brother Hank! |
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338 | INVITATION | NT general | jlhetrick | 200018 | ||
Thanks for the response Irish Eyes. Not meaning to be contentious; your suggesting that you would handle the situation in a certain way still amounts to giving advise but Hank has appropriately addressed the giving advise issue. Still concerned though that you may not be considering the scripture I included in my previous post to you as you still do not afford the Christian individual and the Church body as a whole the consideration of what scripture demands. That is, the RESPONSIBILITY of not being unequally yoked with unbelievers. What you are referring to as "legalism in the truest sense" seems to me to be what Scripture demands. That is, taking responsibility that we are not unequally yoked with unbelievers. I'm concerned that your position is based more in the emotion than in Scripture (as the Scripture has already been supplied). At least if you believe I'm misunderstanding you (as I very well may be) please try to address the Scripture references I gave you. Then we will be in a better position to understand each other. If Scripture says what it says (as referenced) where is the legalism you refer to so strongly. Again I may be misunderstanding you but your latests post, to which I am now responding, seems to be one of the truest fallacies of the modern day church. Perhaps it was true to some extent in the early church but there is no doubt that it is a major problem today. Open the doors wide and let anybody in. Not only that, but lure them in and even drag them if necessary. Not the biblical picture of the Church. I'm not saying deny anyone the opportunity to hear the Word, but membership is an entirely different issue. Your wrong, in my opinion, that the time of action is after a MEMBER becomes disruptive or divisive. That misses the whole point. Many of the local churches of today are so full of those types that if there were to be any "sending... from among" some local bodies would shrink to the point those that remained would be very lonely. One reason, again in my opinion, local church bodies refuse to follow the biblical mandates regarding accountability and discipline. Instead, the modern thinking seems to be how many, how fast, and hope that some are prestigious and wealthy enough to build us a really big building (not what your saying; what their saying). If you do respond please provide a biblical argument for your position so that we be productive and not involved in personal opinion/position arguments. God bless, Jeff |
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339 | INVITATION | NT general | jlhetrick | 199996 | ||
Note of clarification: The "posting" of the man I referred to in the previous post was not a post on SBF and neither he nor my dauther or involved in the Forum. If they were I would never have posted anyting regarding their personal lives. | ||||||
340 | INVITATION | NT general | jlhetrick | 199995 | ||
IrishEyes- It may be that you have made a rush to judgment on this particular subject. Futhermore, by offering the poster advise to "seek another church..." you may be actually steering her away from where God has lead her. Consider 2 Corinthians 6:14. If we are commanded to not be "unequally yoked together with unbelievers" then it must be that it is possible to know a believer from an unbeliever. The answer is found in scripture and the place we start is John 13:35; working forwards and backwords from there. I'm not suggesting that I, or any other person, can know for sure the spiritual condition of another; whether he is saved or unsaved (nor do I believe that these passages are teaching that directly). But we are commanded to do the work of not allowing ourselves to become "unequally yoked". In the end, if we are fooled, let it not be because we are to lazy or uninterested in doing a proper investigation. Currently, my daughter is in a long-lasting relatinship with a man that she says she loves and wants to marry. She met him at church and originally knew him as someone who attended church and was "active". She recently put some distance between herself and him because she read something he had posted referring to himself as an agnostic. She confronted him and he admitted that the posting was true. I am not championing her as a righteous saint, but she said to him as well as her mother and me that she would not marry an unbeliever. Her heart was broken as she related it to me and she holds hope that Christ will save him. Otherwise, she is standing firm. To the young man's credit, he did not simply confess something he doesn't believe in order to have her hand though I know as much as a father can know that he wants to marry her. So let's be careful in how we give advise on the Forum and even more careful regarding what we declare is or is not in Scripture. Otherwise we err regardless of our good intentions. God Bless, Jeff |
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