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1081 | Our forgiving others / God forgiving us? | Matt 6:14 | prayon | 10548 | ||
The Life Application Commentary describes it this way - Jesus gives a startling warning about forgiveness if we refuse to forgive others, God will also refuse to forgive us. Why? Because when we don't forgive others, we are denying our common ground as sinners in need of God's forgiveness. God's forgiveness of sin is not the direct result of our forgiving others, but it is based on our realizing what forgiveness means (see Eph. 4:2). It is easy to ask God for forgiveness but difficult to grant it to others. When we ask God to forgive us for sin, we should ask ourselves, "Have I forgiven the people who have wronged me"? | ||||||
1082 | Moses too sick to circumcise? | Ex 4:24 | prayon | 10545 | ||
What is the likelihood that Moses could not do the circumcision because he was too sick? Is it possible that God caused a great sickness on him to put him to death? | ||||||
1083 | NRSV vs. NASB | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 10544 | ||
What are the differences between the New Revised Standard Version and the New American Standard Bible? | ||||||
1084 | God but not Lord? | Ex 6:3 | prayon | 10542 | ||
What does it mean here that "I appeared as God Almighty, by not by Lord"? Don't both refer to God? How can He appear as one but not the other? | ||||||
1085 | Gold , Frankincense and myrrh? | Matt 2:11 | prayon | 10540 | ||
Did Mary and Joseph speak of the gifts given at birth by the Magi and if not how do we know what the gifts were. Could they be symbollic of something? | ||||||
1086 | "Sleeping from sorrow"? | Luke 22:45 | prayon | 10538 | ||
What does 'sleeping from sorrow' mean? What sorrow were they sleeping from? | ||||||
1087 | Different languages already in place? | Gen 10:5 | prayon | 10536 | ||
No, they could not of been different languages because of 11:1, "Now the whole earth had one language and the same words". prayon | ||||||
1088 | The Sermon on the Mount? | Matt 5:1 | prayon | 10535 | ||
The Sermon on the Mount was preached to the Lord's Disciples. It reveals the standard of righteousness that Christ requires of all who belong to Him (5:1). It also elaborates on what our Lord called His new commandment - to love one another. This revelation of a true life of holiness also creates in the honest heart an awareness of coming "short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Since it is impossible for the human nature ever to fulfill this high standard of inner righteousness, the honest heart will be driven to utter despair to Jesus Himself. He alone can cause the righteousness of the law to be fulfilled in our lives. The Sermon on the Mount can be, along with the Ten Commandments, be called the school master for our lives. prayon (exert from Matthew BSF lesson 7). |
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1089 | What are our options? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 9855 | ||
I would ask you please to read my two responces to Lionhearted as I would answer you in the same way. prayon | ||||||
1090 | Don't sweat the small stuff? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 9854 | ||
I have read what you are responding to. Your statement of "some unimportant historical details in the bible are false" is what I was responding to. There is NOTHING false in the bible. Nor is there nothing unimportant. Every word is there for a reason. It may sound unimportant to us but I have learned that every word backs up something else or has some type of meaning whether physically or symbolically. I am also concerned about how what you have wrote will sound to "baby Christians". prayon |
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1091 | Don't sweat the small stuff? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 9748 | ||
Lionstrong,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Maybe you are right and part of the bible is false. And maybe they got it wrong about Jesus too. Maybe he only healed some of the people he is said to of healed. Maybe he didn't really walk on water. Maybe he is really buried somewhere and didn't rise from the dead. Maybe the men who rewrote the bible added a bunch of stuff that didn't really happen to make it sound more interesting. Lionstrong, it is called FAITH! "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not see" (Heb 11:1). Faith is being able to to know that the bible is the INFALLIBLE (exempt from uncertainity, fallacy or error) word of God. If someone does not believe it is the unfallible word of God, I question if that person should be answering posts on a forum that is based on the bible being without any error. |
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1092 | Why is Elijah hidden so suddenly? | 1 Kin 17:3 | prayon | 9634 | ||
In verse 1 Elijah is making a prophecy; and second, whom the prophecy is really from. Elijah warns the ruling couple that their domain will experience a famine for years and that Baal's cult of deceit would face the challenge of all time. Elijah must of wanted to run through the city and warn the people of God's impending judgement. Elijah must of had great courage too, because the ruling couple were none other than the murderous, God hating Ahab and his wife Jezebel. God, however, had other plans and commanded Elijah to go and hide himself by the brook of Cherith. There could be two reasons for this command. First, it was for Elijah's protection. In 18:10 it states that there was no kingdom or nation that the wrathful Ahab had not searched to find Elijah Second, it was for Elijah's training, to provide time alone with God in "boot camp". God had great works for Elijah to do and to do these works God needed time to train him for these tasks. To rely solely on God and know that God would provide for all his needs. (taken from Life and Times of Elijah by Charles Swindol) prayon |
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1093 | Women being called 'cows'? | Amos 4:1 | prayon | 9627 | ||
Hank, knowing you, I can see you answering this question with a huge smile on your face! I bet you love this scripture and are greatly enjoying yourself at this minute! prayon | ||||||
1094 | How can I obey Matthew 5:44 | Matt 5:44 | prayon | 9626 | ||
I have gone through the same thing and it is not an easy situation to be in. I still have trouble with it and have to pray about it after many years. Jesus told us to pray for our enemies. The one who can pray for their enemies can do anything for them. When you pray for them it is not only a gift of love given to them but it will allow us to see them through God's eyes. This helps us to love them and forgive them. Also, by praying for our enemies we can overcome evil with good. It is important to note that we can only do this by fully giving ourselves to Christ. By calling us not to retaliate, Jesus keeps us from taking the law into our own hands. When we pray for our enemies and treat them good then we are letting the Christ in us shine. This will be seen by others, including the person who has wronged us, and could lead them or bring them closer to Christ. It is our natural selfishness that makes us want to get even or see that person suffer because we suffered. I learned something a number of years ago that will help you now as well as many times in the future to come. What I use is a "God bag". Take a small bag and place it on the refrigerator (either physically or in your mind) and label it "God bag". When ever you have a problem, as in this instance forgiving someone, write it down on a scrap of paper and place it in your "God bag". Whatever is in that bag is His. He will take care of it and deal with it from now on. You may NOT have it back. Whenever you feel anger for this person remind your self that you can't be angry because you have already give the anger to God. Who would want to take back something that they had already given to God? It may take a while to get over the anger but I guarentee you this will work over time. prayon |
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1095 | Other nations asked to be "Chosen" 1st? | Deut 33:2 | prayon | 9625 | ||
Is there a mistake in the verse? prayon | ||||||
1096 | Water purification? Lev 13. | Leviticus | prayon | 9624 | ||
Yes that is what that is. It also is the first instruction on hand washing to prevent the spread of germs as well as the concept of quarentine. The water cycle is also documented in Leviticus. prayon |
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1097 | Steve, Where are you referring to? | 1 Tim 2:11 | prayon | 9487 | ||
Steve, if women are never to teach men how come Pricilla taught Apollos? No, the bible never contradicts itself but I don't see where you think I was saying it does. |
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1098 | WOMEN IN MINISTRY - PART 1 | 1 Tim 2:11 | prayon | 9403 | ||
"The Lord Our God is One" -- "There is no hierarchy in heaven," Yes there is God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But"Jesus prayed in John Chapter 17 that, "...we might be one, as we (I and the Father) are one. We are his body, and we are one with him." It has seemed that for many years through man's interpretation of 2 Tim 2:11-14 that women are to be separated from the body and made second-class citizens. "This may bring a little more light on those remarks. CAN WOMEN TEACH? After presenting the commonly accepted "rules of interpretation," used for nearly 2500 years by legal experts to more accurately understand Scripture, there were many Scriptures wherein Paul actually instructed women to teach (Titus 2:3; "...Bid the older women...to give good counsel and be teachers of what is right and noble), and also the fact that Paul admonishes us all to seek prophecy and to prophesy. It was a man and a woman who first beheld the infant Jesus with the eyes of faith, and were led to prophesy about His future work as Savior. (Simeon and Anna) But the real meat of this teaching was about Paul's admonition in 1Timothy 2: 11-14, where it has been interpreted for more than 2000 years that women were to be silent in the church. However, translators have ignored the current social situation at that time, and the cultural context of the letter. "This is a crucial point. At the time this letter was written, Ephesus was the world center of paganism, ruled by a mother goddess name Artemus (Diana). The key elements of this pagan culture was: 1) they worshipped a female deity; 2) the doctrine of this cult was the teaching of female superiority and domination over men; 3) the teaching of female procreation -- the belief that this goddess could bring forth offspring without the help of a male. The cult was characterized by sexual perversion, fertility rites, myths, elaborate genealogies where people would trace their lineage through their mothers line instead of through the fathers. There was magic, sorcery, and all manner of demonic activity. When the women involved in these cults converted to Christianity, they had to unlearn all these pagan practices. Unfortunately, these deluded, deceived, untaught women, believing they possessed a special kind of hidden knowledge, taught doctrines based on myths, speculations, and fables. Literally, doctrines of demons. And because of their belief in acquiring divine union through fornication, their teaching often included an offering of sexual favors to complete the "transition togodliness." As if this wasn't bad enough, there was also a large contingent of Jewish Gnostics who had settled in Ephesus. The equivalent of today's New Age, they had their own spirit guides who taught them, mixing the teachings of Artemus with the doctrines of demons, with a little Old Testament thrown in for good measure. One of their favorite stories was told about Adam and Eve and the serpent in the Garden. In this twisted storytelling, Lucifer was made out to be the savior, and God the inferior being, who by the way, "made a mistake when he created the natural world." In this storytelling, the serpent becomes the revealer of truth who brings "true knowledge." The Greek word for knowledge is "gnosis," from which we derive gnosticism. Also in this story, Eve becomes the illuminator because "she is the first to receive this true knowledge from the serpent and she becomes the teacher of this new revelation to Adam." This gnostic cult began to infiltrate the church and to teach that Eve being the mother of all was the progenitor of the human race, and that Adam came later from Eve and was in fact not her husband, but her son. Given this spiritual climate in Ephesus, to say that Timothy had a real mess on his hands would be an understatement. Paul knew well of the spiritual climate there, once causing mass rioting there when he himself brought the Word of God to this city. But in his letter to Timothy, it is precisely this atmosphere of demonic doctrine and fable that Paul was warning about. Paul was primarily encouraging Timothy and authorizing him to preach against these false teachers and their doctrines. The entire letter is soaked in this theme, beginning and ending like bookends with instructions to halt the spread of false doctrines. In Chapter 1, verse 3, Paul tells Timothy, "...stay where you are at Ephesus in order that you may warn and admonish and charge certain individuals not to teach any different doctrine." And ending with Chapter 6, verse 20, "...turn away from the irreverent babble and godless chatter, with the vain and empty and worldly phrases, and the subtleties and the contradictions in what is falsely called knowledge and spiritual illumination |
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1099 | WOMEN IN MINISTRY - PART 2 | 1 Tim 2:11 | prayon | 9402 | ||
WHAT WAS PAUL REALLY SAYING? In giving Timothy the admonition that we read in most of today's Bible translations, "...let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression..." what was it that Paul was really saying? We must remember that Paul was writing to Timothy in Ephesus. Given the common rules of interpretation, recognizing that this letter was written specifically to address the conditions in Ephesus is crucial to our correct understanding of this passage. For the most part, the translators ignored the cultural context of this letter. In this letter, Paul was speaking specifically to the false doctrine, the heresy that said the woman was the possessor of special knowledge that she received from the serpent and that she was the originator of the race. Paul was not saying that women "could never teach," or that he never permitted a woman to teach. Paul was saying, in the verb used, "ouk epitrepo," -- that what was really said was "I am not permitting, for this place, time, and circumstance." The verb used here emphasized the temporary nature of this particular instruction, the present active grammatical tense which indicates a "now" thing, or "at this time." Having come against the gnostic teaching and the "false doctrine" of Eve being the progenitor of the race, Paul was now instructing Timothy to not let the women teach "at this time," the heresy that was proliferating in Ephesus. They also were not to argue genealogies (1:4) or bring confusion based on their misunderstandings. A more accurate rendering of the New Testament Greek is in this passage -- "...Let a woman quietly learn, without interruptions and questions. Presently I am not permitting (present tense for that situation only) a woman to teach or proclaim themselves to be the originator (gk. authenteo) of man, but to be reverent and peaceful, coming into agreement with Scripture." The verse following confirms this. Why else would Paul even mention Adam and Eve in the context of this admonition to Timothy if his intention was simply to prohibit women from teaching? This following verse blew away the heresy that was being perpetuated in Ephesus. Continuing in vss. 13 and 14, Paul writes, "...For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression." Paul says Adam was formed first, then Eve. This statement comes against all the false doctrine that was present in Ephesus at the time. And he goes on to say that Eve was deceived, which comes against the Gnostic doctrine that Eve was the illuminator, the teacher of new revelation. In just two short statements, Paul literally pulled down the stronghold of Gnosticism in Ephesus. This translation, interpretation, and understanding, fits the context, is true to the Greek, it speaks to the situation, and it lines up perfectly with all of Paul's other teachings and his practice concerning women. Paul worked and traveled with Priscilla and Aquila. It was Priscilla who trained Apollos "in the Word of God more accurately." (Obviously she taught!) He also commends a woman in Romans chapter 16 as "a minister of the Gospel." She held the same position as Stephen the martyr and Philip the Evangelist -- she was an overseer. Paul also speaks of a woman in Romans 16:7 who is an apostle. He also mentions Mary, Tryphaena, Tryphosa, and Persis, all co-laborers in the Gospel. He closed this book by greeting twenty-eight different persons, ten of whom were women. Many women were also house church leaders, including Chloe, Lydia, Nympha, and Priscilla. Paul was the one who broke the Rabbinic tradition in which he himself was raised, and declared that women are to learn the Word of God, just like men, with humility of heart in full submission to the Truth of Jesus Christ. Paul was looking for women who would teach the truth, not the false doctrine of men and demons.Did He not send Moses, Aaron -- Miriam to be your leaders? Barak dared not meet the enemy unless Deborah led the van. The Lord raised up men, women, and children of His own choosing -- Hannah, Hulda, Phoebe, Narcissus, Tryphena, Persis, Julia, the Marys and the sisters who co-labored with Paul. Is it less becoming for women to labor in Christ's kingdom and vineyard now than it was then?" (From "Can Women Teach" by Bill and Barbara Cassada of Lion's Heart Ministries) |
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1100 | What prophesies are referred to? | Gen 3:15 | prayon | 9311 | ||
I will put enmity between.....and hers is indeed referring to the Virgin birth. "And you will strike his heel" is referring to Jesus' death on the cross, but he will strike your head probably refers to Armageddon; the whole prophecy referring to the end times and what God will do to Satan. | ||||||
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