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241 | Living together | John 3:16 | keliy | 211521 | ||
God Bless, You, Doc. Happy thanksgiving to you and yours. keliy |
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242 | Jesus riding into town on a donkey? | John 6:15 | keliy | 221645 | ||
Usher, the story is recounted in all four gospels, and foretold by God's prophet, Zechariah 9:9 over 500 years before it happened. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. The gospel accounts are found in: Matt 21:1-11,17 Mark 11:1-11 Luke 19:29-44 John 12:12-19 |
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243 | How do I tell if she is Christian? | John 10:5 | keliy | 221311 | ||
I have a girlfriend who says she is a Christian. I told her when we first met that I could not date her because she was not a christian. But, since she was 'after me', she retorted, "How do You know that I am not a christian? I was raised as a Baptist" So I thought I would give her a chance. We began to date, and now it has been two years. She has helped me much and I likewise, so we mainly get along good, but she does not act like a christian, such as she does not go to church with me as often as she should but has worldly excuses and complains about the sevice (during the service) when we go do to church together. (this can be embarrassing) She will not discuss much biblical issues with me either. I say she is going to church for the wrong reasons, and am about to break off with her. But I think that I would be doing more harm to God's Kingdom by not bringing her to church when able. My other thoughts are that the enemy is trying to keep me away from church and using her to do it. I have in fact missed more days since we have been together because of issues that surround her. She does seem to be growing spiritually, (albeit slightly) but sometimes she shows that there has been no progress made at all. Am I wrong for thinking this way? |
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244 | How do I tell if she is Christian? | John 10:5 | keliy | 221317 | ||
Azure, Shalom. I just read your profile once again and I think you understand what I am going through, since you are still praying for your husband's salvation. I will join you in prayer for if two agree in prayer, (Matt 18:19-20) Shalom aleichem |
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245 | satan comes to steal,kill and destroy | John 10:10 | keliy | 212817 | ||
Hi Feather, Yes, God's Word plainly speaks about the goal of satan, who has been given a divine permission to try everything he can think of to distract us from living the life that God wants us to lead. But, if someone "opens the doors" then where does this oppression originate? Can we even blame satan if we are the one who is tempting him to enter? He would be acting as his nature dictates. It is US who must make the choice to govern ourselves, as in Eph 6:18, "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints" -And this is only after putting on the "Armor of God" So there is much that we are commanded to do first. And if we by default or ommission give in to our sin nature, we can not blame satan or anyone else but ourselves and this is why we will be judged for our actions, and satan will not be held responsible for our failures. In addition, satan is not the only one that we can blame for the oppression which exists in our lives. God's Word teaches us that actually we each have enemies that war against us. The first enemy is referred to as the 'World'. This is not the created world, that proclaims the Lord's majesty, and it is not the people in the world, whom God also created and loved enough to die for. The "world" that wars against our soul is the self-centered way of life which pursues ungodly standards. This is the philosophy of the world, and the principles of the world. the world promotes selfishness, ambition, and pleasure. We are constantly in danger of choosing one of the paths of the world, and in doing so, we by default are giving godly, spiritual values second place. The second enemy of our souls is the "Flesh". The word "flesh" refers to our fallen self-centered nature. God's Word teaches us that we are born with an inclination to sin, will be with us throughout our entire life. We each have two natures - the new life which he received when he accepted Christ, and the old sinful nature called "the flesh." There is an ongoing conflict between these two natures which Galatians 5:17 describes quite vividly. The "flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other" Our fleshly desires are tainted by selfishness and pride and become expressions of the flesh. It is possible to pray (in the flesh) in order to impress others with our spirituality. It is possible to give money in order to be praised for our generosity. Such actions are of the flesh, and are not pleasing to God. The third enemy is satan, and every believing Christian is also subjected to his powers. Satan is the devil, who is constantly seeking to hold us in captivity. Satan's attacks do not come in easily observed forms. He is subtle and crafty, and often comes disguised as an angel of light. Stay strong, and pray for strength. keliy |
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246 | Thought it not robbery? | John 10:30 | keliy | 213030 | ||
Hi humility, very interesting, I can only give you what some commentators have to say. First, the study note in my Ryrie Study Bible, KJV copyright 1976,78. Under Phil 2:6, Ryrie says about 'not robbery', The verse may be paraphrased: Who, though the same nature of God, did not think this something to be exploited to His own advantage. According to David Guzik, "The idea behind this is that the pre-incarnate Christ already possessed equality with the Father and resolved not to cling to it in the incarnation." and, "The ancient Greek in this phrase has the idea of something being grasped or clung to. Jesus did not cling to the prerogatives of deity." And here is something from Matthew Henry, in an unrelated verse that applies quite well, "Observe the vast extent of the kingdom of Christ; it reaches to heaven and earth, and to all the creatures in each, to angels as well as men, and to the dead as well as the living.—To the glory of God the Father. Observe, It is to the glory of God the Father to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord; for it is his will that all men should honour the Son as they honour the Father, Jn. 5:23. Whatever respect is paid to Christ redounds to the honour of the Father. He who receiveth me receiveth him who sent me, Mt. 10:40." blessings, keliy |
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247 | Why did they oppose Jesus and how? | John 11:46 | keliy | 213053 | ||
Hi Rose, That question could call for a very long answer, but I will keep it short. The Pharisees opposed Jesus for selfish reasons. They were particularly disturbed over his acts of healing people during the Sabbath as well as His claims of divinity. The Pharisees followed Jesus and his disciples trying to catch them breaking the law (Matthew 12:1,2). Some verbally attacked Jesus and his disciples for violating established Jewish tradition (Matthew 15:1,2). Some accused Jesus of violating the Sabbath doing work on that day (Matthew 12:9-14). Some accused Jesus of obtained his power from Satan (Matthew 12:24). They also tried to trap Jesus in his teachings (Matthew 22:15), and supported the plan to kill Jesus "for the good of the nation" (John 11:46-50). But, not all Pharisees were "bad Pharisees " Nicodemus was a Pharisee (John 3:1) Also, “the Jews” seems to apply to all Jews, as if all Jews were opposed to Jesus. This is one way of reading it. The Scribes were in opposition because they "knew the Scripture so well", that they believed it was someone other than Jesus who was to be the Messiah. Saul, of Tarsus opposed Jesus, through the persecution of His Church. Also, satan opposes Jesus, just stating the obvious to get this enemy on the list. The list goes on, -do atheists actually 'hate' Jesus? blessings, keliy |
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248 | why change the writting on the croass | John 19:21 | keliy | 221124 | ||
Hello, watchman. The inscription which Pilate wrote, and had fixed at the top of the cross, announced the crime for which he was crucified. Matthew called it, aitia—the accusation, Mark and Luke called it epigrapheµ—the inscription, John calls it by the proper Latin name, titlos—the title: and it was this, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. Pilate intended this as a disgrace, that he, being Jesus of Nazareth, should pretend to be king of the Jews. The Jewish leaders however, took offense at the wording, for they would not have it written, "king of the Jews" but rather: "he called himself, I am the king of the Jews". In this they show themselves to be so spiteful to smear His honor along with His body. They were filled with such malice that they were attempting to soil His character, jealous as they were concerning the reputation of their beloved nation. It was not enough for these prosecutors to force Pilate to condemn Christ against his will, but they forced the issue over such a trivial matter. And worse yet, after charging Christ with the crime, had never even proved that He was guilty of such. |
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249 | pastor / shepherd? | John 21:17 | keliy | 211254 | ||
Greetings, Azure. Ni Hao (o: Yes, Pastor is equivalent to shepherd A shepherd in the Near East was responsible for watching out for enemies trying to attack the sheep, defending the sheep from attackers, healing the wounded and sick sheep, finding and saving lost or trapped sheep, loving them, and sharing their lives and to earn their trust. Now my own Pastor prefers to think of himself as a minister, which is diffrent. The meaning of the word minister is to serve. That is also their purpose. The Pastor of my small church says that He is called to be a servant of the Lord. He also says that a true servant only receives his reward when the other person is blessed. Now The shepherd is not worse than a minister, as Jesus tells us, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them." (John 10:11,12) There are qualifications for bishops and elders in the pastoral epistles of Titus and Timothy, But we are ... as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (1 Pet 2:5) ... a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Pet 2:9) -Sorry if I got off the subject, was your question pertaining to the particulr verse above? keliy |
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250 | Annoted Synopsis Final Events for Jesus? | John 21:25 | keliy | 213212 | ||
Hi Rose 53 Yes, and don't forget about the final week of our Lord's life. It began with a parade in His honor, and proceeded quickly to His shameful execution. You can read the story on Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem on what we call 'Palm Sunday', in Matthew 21, Mark 11, Luke 19, John 12. The interesting point to me, is the reaction of the Pharisees that were there in the midst of the celebrating crowd. They told Jesus to 'keep them quiet'. Yet, if they knew the Scriptures as well as they claimed to, they would have known enough to be waiting at the gate, on that very day, in anticipation of the fulfillment of Zechariah's prophecy (9:9). This is because of Daniel's prophecy has been mathematically calculated to be fulfilled on that day. This is no different than Daniel recording in vs 9:2 that he understood through Scriptural study the number of years, that would be accomplished in the desolations of Jerusalem. Anyway, what kicks the whole scenario off for me, is the raising of Lazarus from the dead, After which they headed for Jerusalem. Then there are Jesus' farewell sermons, and then Judas agrees to betray Him. Then comes the Last Supper, garden of Gethsemane, and the arrest by the Sanhedrins, after which Peter betrays Jesus 3 times. Then after a shameful execution, where the soldiers mocked Him to His face, Jesus hung dying on the cross. Then He cried out, "My God, My God, Why have you forsaken Me?" (Mat 27:46) It seemed all had abandoned Him. Yet He did not abandon us. His work was not finished. If Jesus did not rise from the dead and claim His victory, then our faith would be like empty grief, based upon a useless myth. But then came an empty tomb. And even though an angel had declared that Jesus had risen, Cleopas was walking on the road to Emmaus with a friend and their faces were 'downcast' (Luke 24:17). But later, Jesus gave His disciples a treat. The last miracle He performed on earth was filling their nets with fish, after an unproductive night of fishing. Then Jesus had breakfast waiting for them. After which He showed His amazing grace to Peter by restoring Him into His service. I do hope this helps Rose, we are all glad to give support and opinions, but we do not do people's homework. The details are all found by reading the Book. (o; Lord Bless, keliy |
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251 | Book help of Acts! | Acts | keliy | 221189 | ||
Good Morning, Grace, May I suggest Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible? It can be found at Christian Book Distributors for 17.99 (retail 25.99). This is an abridged version of the original 6 volume set of commentaries, published posthumously (early 1700's). Each of the six volumes sells for 24.95, but are on sale now for 4.99 a piece. Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org) has many resources that are available as a free download in PDF format, Including Matthew Henry |
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252 | Ananias and Sapphira paid for their sin | Acts 5:9 | keliy | 213012 | ||
Since the Book of Acts is in the New Testament, Why did Ananias and Sapphira die for their sin, if Jesus had already died and paid the price for them? | ||||||
253 | Ananias and Sapphira paid for their sin | Acts 5:9 | keliy | 213028 | ||
Thank You, Brad. part of your answer somewhat echoes a teaching of my very knowledgeable pastor, your post stated, "...it was the first time that believers had issued such a challenge to God, so it was important for God to act clearly and decisively..." My thoughts were that the church had not been formed yet, so Ananias and Sapphira were judged from the rule of the OT, and certainly not from the teaching of the NT, as found in Rom 8:1 Yet my theory holds no water, since the birthday of the Church is in 2nd chapter of Acts, and the purging of Ananias and Sapphira from the church is not until chapter 5. I was actually hoping someone could shed some further light, but as they say, we will all know soon enough :o) keliy |
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254 | Ananias and Sapphira paid for their sin | Acts 5:9 | keliy | 213056 | ||
Thank You, Cheri, I appreciate that you took time out of your schedule at work to send your thoughts. (that was very thoughtful of you :o) I also want to thank you for the link for the Torah Class mp3 studies, I listen everyday, and enjoy it very much. Praise God. I do believe this couple's sin goes back, as all sin does, to the beginning, concerning lust and pride. They were covetous of worldly wealth, and distrustful of God's providence. So in their attempt to serve God and mammon, they attempted to deceive the apostles. Trying to shortchange God, they shortchanged their very souls. My question, Cheri, had to do with why did the Blood of Christ not cover their sin? This was proposed to me by a brother who has been saved about 30 years before I. And though we were acquaintances, he (still) belongs to a church that does not accept the Word of God as the final authority for his life. So, his question, in trying to belittle the inspired Word of God deserves the best answer that the Spirit will lead me to. The convo was actually about how there is no remission of sin w/out the shedding of blood. In the OT, it was the blood of animals. In the NT, the blood of Christ put an end to the necessity of animals blood. I believe that Jesus had the final 3 words to say towards the salvation of mankind when He said, "It is finished." and the temple veil proved it. Thank you once more, in listening to the Torah Class just today, I heard the explanation of the difference between the New Testament and the New Covenant. As Tom Bradford puts it, the New Covenant was explained in the OT, and it is testified of in the New Testament. Shalom, keliy |
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255 | Ananias and Sapphira paid for their sin | Acts 5:9 | keliy | 213059 | ||
Hi Val, thank you for your response. I have looked for the answer for some time now, then I felt the Forum could be of help. My Big Book of Bible Difficulties (Geisler, Howe; Baker Books) does not even touch this verse.) Annanias and Sapphira were actually wrong on many different levels. One, they were trying to exalt themselves as far as their standing among church members. Yet, the path to greatness is always that of humility. "He that exalteth himself shall be abased. He that humbles himself shall be exalted"(Luke 14:11). While you say since they were in the church, you presume them to be Christians, I might ask you if all who attend church are Christians? I have co-workers who say they are Christians because they go to church every Sunday, and my response was "does going to a garage make you an automobile? (I knew them personally, and that they did not discipline themselves for the other six and one half days every week) I was not judgemental, just trying to shed some light in the darkness. This brings us to the parable of the wheat and the tares which I show partially here: "The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' "And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?' "But he said, 'No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. (Mat 13:27-29) The salvation of the pair is not mentioned in the Bible, so we should not fill in the blanks on our own. Their sins are numerous, but I will begin with pride, and greed. Yet, the sin for which they gave their lives was not the sin of holding back, because God did not require, or even ask them to give everything. The sin that likely caused their death was the sin of hypocrisy--they pretended to give all to God while they were holding back from God. Christ was building His church through His Holy Spirit and it was expanding very fast. Our Lord's exposed wisdom likely deemed that the hypocrites could not remain. He showed us that He was sovereign, and the church was quickly purged from their hypocrisy. As Jesus said, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy." And Paul told the Corinthian church years later to "purge out the leaven therefore." I basically was looking for an apologetic answer to the brother who was belittling the wisdom of the Bible, which says all are made righteous in the eyes of God through the Blood of Christ. As Jesus said, we must forgive not seven times, but seventy times seven, there must be a reason why the Holy Spirit felt it necessary to include this story that seems to conflict with what we have been taught in other verses, such as Acts 5:31 "He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. All of this Val, and there is no answer to the question, and I expect I might not find the answer in this life. Lord Bless, keliy |
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256 | Ananias and Sapphira paid for their sin | Acts 5:9 | keliy | 213061 | ||
Hi Val, It is always a pleasure to discuss topics with you. This is the definition from Webster's, explaining what I meant about apologetics. 1 : systematic argumentative discourse in defense (as of a doctrine) 2 : a branch of theology devoted to the defense of the divine origin and authority of Christianity On the judging note, I said in my post that I was not being judgemental. - I did know these workers on a personal level for a long time, and when the conversation continued, I told him that going to church for an hour a week is not what gets you to heaven, if you are not going to give it another thought for the rest of the week. And, his response was, No. That is not the way it works. So, he is standing upon a works based doctrine, thinking that church attendance will gain him admission into heaven. And, if you saw the pictures posted above his desk, and the material in the drawers, you would agree. What I meant by the forgiveness reference was to get back to the original question. Why were Annanias and Sapphira not forgiven their sin? Was not the Blood of Christ sufficient to save them? Is that how our Father chastens the children He loves? By stopping their heart on the spot, the very instant of an infraction? I am not pretending to know the spiritual level of Annanias and Sapphira, so I suppose it is another possibility that the Lord cut them down to prevent them from committing the unpardonable sin. But, again. We will know the answer to this biblical difficulty when the perfect comes and all that is imperfect disappears. Thank you, Val. May God Bless you and yours. keliy |
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257 | What was the nature of the Jew-Gentile c | Acts 9:3 | keliy | 213631 | ||
What, AGAIN?? please see ID# 213597 |
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258 | What was the nature of the Jew-Gentile c | Acts 9:3 | keliy | 213632 | ||
This has also been asked at justanswer.com, under homework. -except they charge a fee. keliy |
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259 | The Author's Role | Acts 16:11 | keliy | 211440 | ||
Hello Nevvvvine, Please forgive my intrusion, but as a manner of clarification, Paul was a disciple during the time Luke was with him. Paul may not have begun as a disciple, but certainly became one, and was called to be an Apostle. Luke, who was a disciple, was never called of God to be an Apostle Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary gives the following, in part, for the definition of disciple. 1: one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another: as a: one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ's followers according to the Gospel accounts b: a convinced adherent of a school or individual (fn1) The word "disciple" refers to a "follower." The word "apostle" refers to "one who is sent out." While Jesus was on earth, the twelve were called disciples. These disciples followed Jesus Christ, and were taught by Him. Following Jesus' resurrection, He sent His disciples out (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8) to be His witnesses. Blessings, keliy |
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260 | The Author's Role | Acts 16:11 | keliy | 211446 | ||
Thank You, John Your gratitude is gratefully appreciated I am on a "forced vacation" right now, nothing bad -just seasonal, so I have a lot of extra time on my hands. This Forum gives me a productive outlet for the time given me, and simultaneously decreases the vast expanse between my Lord and I. Blessings to all, keliy He must increase, but I must decrease. (John Baptist) |
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