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361 | Does 'Xmas' omit Christ from Christmas? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 180245 | ||
Is using the term ‘Xmas’ leaving Christ out of Christmas? 'Answer: I have no idea who started using the abbreviation "Xmas" or the reason for it, but I suspect it was simply to abbreviate the term by using the English letter ‘X,’ which represents the Greek letter chi, the first letter of Christos (Cristo") for Christ. If you will note, the first Greek letter of christos, the chi, looks very much like our English letter X. Christos means "anointed one" and comes from the verb chrio (criw), "I anoint." 'The Microsoft Bookshelf dictionary has this to say: 'Xmas has been used for hundreds of years in religious writing, where the X is understood to represent a Greek chi, the first letter of CrstoV, "Christ"; in this use it is parallel to other forms like Xtian, "Christian." But the letter X, or especially x, is nowadays more frequently interpreted as a mathematical variable than as a Greek letter, as indicated by the common pronunciation of the form Xmas as ( ). Thus, while THE WORD (XMAS) IS ETYMOLOGICALLY INNOCENT OF THE CHARGE THAT IT OMITS CHRIST FROM CHRISTMAS, it is now generally understood only as an informal shortening. In an earlier survey 88 percent of the Usage Panel rejected the use of Xmas in writing (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation. All rights reserved).' (Emphasis added.) Source: www.bible.org |
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362 | Those who draw back to destruction (198) | Heb 10:38 | kalos | 180222 | ||
Those who draw back to destruction (198) (From "The Pilgrim's Progress") Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Hebrews 10:38-39 HOPEFUL: Now I have showed you the reason of their going back, do you show me the manner thereof. CHRISTIAN: So I will willingly. 1. They draw off their thoughts, all that they may, from the remembrance of God, death, and judgment to come. 2. Then they cast off by degrees private duties, as closet prayer, curbing their lusts, watching, sorrow for sin, and the like. 3. Then they shun the company of lively and warm Christians. 4. After that, they grow cold to public duty, as hearing, reading, godly conference, and the like. 5. They then begin to pick holes, as we say, in the coats of some of the godly, and that devilishly, that they may have a seeming color to throw religion (for the sake of some infirmities they have espied in them) behind their backs. 6. Then they begin to adhere to, and associate themselves with, carnal, loose, and wanton men. 7. Then they give way to carnal and wanton discourses in secret; and glad are they if they can see such things in any that are counted honest, that they may the more boldly do it through their example. 8. After this they begin to play with little sins openly. 9. And then, being hardened, they show themselves as they are. Thus, being launched again into the gulf of misery, unless a miracle of grace prevent it, they everlastingly perish in their own deceivings. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Christian Classics Ethereal Library http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/pilgrim.html |
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363 | Be fishers of men | Matt 4:19 | kalos | 180221 | ||
"Be fishers of men, not keepers of the aquarium." Source: www.carm.org/newsletter/2006/11-27-06.htm |
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364 | as above | 1 Cor 6:18 | kalos | 180211 | ||
Minister Summers, You're quite welcome. All my life I, too, had heard it said that all sin is the same. And that's all I knew until a few years ago when someone pointed out to me the verse I quoted to you in which Jesus himself speaks of "greater sin". You have a teachable spirit, which is an admirable thing to have. I encourage you to keep reading, studying and asking questions. Grace and peace, John |
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365 | Imperfect God? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 180208 | ||
Did God create evil? (Source: www.gotquestions.org/did-God-create-evil.html) ‘At first it might seem that if God created all things then evil must have been created by God. However, there is an assumption here that needs to be cleared up. Evil is not a "thing" - like a rock or electricity. You can't have a jar of evil! Rather, evil is something that occurs, like running. Evil has no existence of its own - it is really a lack in a good thing. For example, holes are real but they only exist in something else. We call the absence of dirt a hole - but it cannot be separated from the dirt. So when God created, it is true that all that existed was good. One of the good things that God made was creatures who had the freedom to choose good. In order to have a real choice, God had to allow there to be something besides good to choose. So God allowed these free angels and humans to choose good or non-good (evil). When a bad relationship exists between two good things we call that evil, but it does not become a "thing" that required God to create it. ‘Perhaps a further illustration will help. If I were to ask the average person "does cold exist?" - his/her answer would likely be yes. However, this is incorrect. Cold does not exist. Cold is the absence of heat. Similarly, darkness does not exist. Darkness is the absence of light. Similarly, evil is the absence of good, or better, evil is the absence of God. God did not have to create evil, but rather only allow for the absence of good. ‘Look at the example of Job in Job chapters 1-2. Satan wanted to destroy Job, and God allowed Satan to do everything but kill Job. God allowed this to happen to prove to Satan that Job was righteous because he loved God, not because God had blessed him so richly. God is sovereign and ultimately in control of everything that happens. Satan cannot do anything unless he has God's "permission." God did not create evil, but He allows evil. If God had not allowed for the possibility of evil, both mankind and angels would be serving God out of obligation, not choice. He did not want “robots” that simply did what He wanted them to do because of their "programming." God allowed for the possibility of evil so that we could genuinely have a free will and choose whether we wanted to serve Him or not. ‘Ultimately, there is not an answer to these questions that we can fully comprehend. We, as finite human beings, can never fully understand an infinite God (Romans 11:33-34). Sometimes we think we understand why God is doing something, only to find out later that it was for a different purpose than we originally thought. God looks at things from an eternal perspective. We look at things from an earthly perspective. Why did God put man on earth knowing that Adam and Eve would sin and therefore bring evil, death, and suffering on all mankind? Why didn’t He just create us all and leave us in Heaven where we would be perfect and without suffering? The best answer I can come up with is this: God didn’t want a race of robots who did not have a free will. God had to allow the possibility of evil for us to have a true choice of whether to worship God or not. If we never had to suffer and experience evil, would we truly know how wonderful heaven is? God did not create evil, but He allowed it. If He hadn’t allowed evil, we would be worshipping Him out of obligation, not by a choice of our own free will.’ Recommended Resource: The Problem of Evil by Charles Colson Related Topics: Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? What is theodicy? Why was God so evident in the Bible, and seems so hidden today? Does God change His mind? Why does God allow natural disasters, i.e. earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis? ____________________ Source: www.gotquestions.org/did-God-create-evil.html |
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366 | Imperfect God? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 180187 | ||
You ask: "How can we as Christians justify His perfection...?" Man does not justify God. God justifies man. Man does not judge God. God judges man. Moreover, when angels rebelled against God it was because of imperfection in them. In God there is no imperfection. |
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367 | What is the law being spoken against | James 4:11 | kalos | 180185 | ||
Love is the FULFILLMENT of the Law. Where in Scripture (book, chapter and verse) does it SAY love IS the Law? | ||||||
368 | Will there be marriage in heaven? | Matt 22:30 | kalos | 180174 | ||
Will there be marriage in heaven? 'The Bible tells us, “At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven” (Matthew 22:30). This was Jesus’ answer in response to a question concerning a woman who had been married multiple times in her life – who would she be married to in heaven (Matthew 22:23-28)? Evidently, there will be no such thing as marriage in heaven. This does not mean that a husband and wife will no longer know each other in heaven. This also does not mean that a husband and wife could not still have a close relationship in heaven. What it does seem to indicate, though, is that a husband and wife will no longer be married in heaven. There is likely no purpose for marriage in heaven since there is no procreation or loneliness.' Source: www.gotquestions.org/marriage-heaven.html |
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369 | from romans 6 12-14 two examples of sin | Rom 6:12 | kalos | 180173 | ||
Are these homework questions? Are you testing our collective knowledge? Or did you awake one morning with a burning desire to know examples of how sins of the body are to be refused and specific examples of how one offers one's body to God? Just thought I'd ask. Grace y paz (Grace and peace), John |
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370 | Ignorance, wilt thou yet foolish be? | Prov 26:12 | kalos | 180170 | ||
Ignorance, wilt thou yet foolish be? (From "The Pilgrim's Progress") Ignorance then said, "You go so fast I cannot keep pace with you; do you go on before: I must stay a while behind." Then Christian and Hopeful said: “Well, Ignorance, wilt thou yet foolish be, To slight good counsel, ten times given thee? And if thou yet refuse it, thou shalt know, Ere long, the evil of thy doing so. Remember, man, in time: stoop, do not fear: Good counsel, taken well, saves; therefore hear. But if thou yet shalt slight it, thou wilt be The loser, Ignorance, I’ll warrant thee.” The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Christian Classics Ethereal Library www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/pilgrim.html |
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371 | "His name was Ignorance..." | Prov 26:12 | kalos | 180169 | ||
"His name was Ignorance..." (From "The Pilgrim's Progress") Here, therefore, they met with a very brisk lad that came out of that country, and his name was Ignorance... When Christian saw that the man was wise in his own conceit, he said to Hopeful whisperingly, “There is more hope of a fool than of him.” (Prov. 26:12.) And said, moreover, “When he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. (Eccl. 10:3.) What, shall we talk farther with him, or outgo him at present, and so leave him to think of what he hath heard already, and then stop again for him afterwards, and see if by degrees we can do any good to him? Then said Hopeful, “Let Ignorance a little while now muse On what is said, and let him not refuse Good counsel to embrace, lest he remain Still ignorant of what’s the chiefest gain. God saith, those that no understanding have, (Although he made them,) them he will not save.” HOPEFUL: He further added, It is not good, I think, to say so to him all at once; let us pass him by, if you will, and talk to him anon, even as he is able to bear it. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Christian Classics Ethereal Library http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/pilgrim.html |
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372 | ARE WE MARIED | 1 Cor 7:1 | kalos | 180168 | ||
"What, shall we talk farther with him, or outgo him at present, and so leave him to think of what he hath heard already, and then stop again for him afterwards, and see if by degrees we can do any good to him?" --The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan | ||||||
373 | "For to us God revealed them..." | 1 Cor 2:10 | kalos | 180151 | ||
For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10 NASB 2:10-16. The wisdom that saves, which man's wisdom can't know, is revealed to us by God. He makes it known by revelation, inspiration, and illumination. Revelation (vv.10,11) and inspiration (vv.12,13) were given to those who wrote the Bible; illumination (vv. 14-16) is given to all believers who seek to know and understand that divinely written truth. In each case, the Holy Spirit is the divine agent doing the work (compare 2 Peter 1:21). (MacArthur Study Bible, John MacArthur, 1997, Word Publishing) AMPLIFIED 2 Peter 1:21 For no prophecy ever originated because some man willed it [to do so--it never came by human impulse], but men spoke from God who were borne along (moved and impelled) by the Holy Spirit. |
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374 | Eye has not seen, ear has not heard... | 1 Cor 2:9 | kalos | 180148 | ||
But just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM." 1 Corinthians 2:9 NASB 'These words from Is. 64:4, often incorrectly thought to refer to the wonders of heaven, refer rather to the wisdom God has prepared for believers. God's truth is not discoverable by eye or ear (objective, empirical evidence), nor is it discovered by the mind (subjective, rational conclusions). (MacArthur Study Bible, John MacArthur, 1997, Word Publishing) |
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375 | as above | 1 Cor 6:18 | kalos | 180147 | ||
If it is true that all sins are the same, then that leaves only two alternatives: 1) Either Jesus did not know what He was talking about in John 19:11; or 2) Jesus neither said what He meant nor meant what He said. Are all sins the same? 'The Bible gives us some guidance on this. It teaches that not all sins are the same. Some are more egregious than others. This is very clear in the Scriptures. Jesus said to Pilate, "He who delivered Me up to you has the greater sin" (John 19:11). According to Jesus, some sins are greater than others. 'Common sense alone tells us that stealing a pencil is not as serious a crime as taking someone's life. Make no mistake, it's still a sin, and even a small sin is enough to make us guilty before God. But all sin is not the same to God. He certainly does make distinctions.' ____________________ Source: www.str.org/free/commentaries/ethics/lie.htm |
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376 | Will there be marriages in heaven? | Matt 22:30 | kalos | 180144 | ||
In 1 Corinthians 2:9, indeed it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him." But in the very next verse (v. 10) it goes on to say: But GOD HAS REVEALED THEM TO US through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. (NKJV, emphasis added.) |
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377 | Matthew 12:43-45 | Matt 12:44 | kalos | 180124 | ||
I'm a little confused. If a person lacks the Holy Spirit in them, then how would they be able to resist the devil? | ||||||
378 | am i wrong? | Eph 5:8 | kalos | 180116 | ||
Eternal security, not eternal presumption Doc, I like the way your pastor put it, "Once changed, always changed." I also like the way one preacher put it: The Bible teaches eternal security, not eternal presumption. Gracia y paz, John |
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379 | Whats a womens place in the Church? | 1 Tim 2:12 | kalos | 180115 | ||
You write: 'the Greek word for "keep silent" isn't meant to be taken literally...' If not literally, then how does one keep silent figuratively? |
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380 | Wil we cry over familiy members going to | Rev 21:4 | kalos | 180114 | ||
NASB Revelation 21:4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." AMPLIFIED Revelation 21:4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. [Isa. 25:8; 35:10.] Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. |
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