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961 | I need bibical knowledge as to why satan | Deut 18:11 | prayon | 20509 | ||
Greetings Marlene and welcome to the forum! I would direct you to Deut. 18:9-13 - Warnings against unholy practices. "NO ONE shall be found AMONG you .... who practices divination, or is a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer, or one who casts spells, or who consults ghosts or spirits or who seeks oracles from the dead. For who ever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord" There is a lot of information out that you could use in reference to Harry Potter. I recommend you go to the following site: www.gospelcom.net/menconi/index.html Al Menconi has a lot of documentation that you could use. As for tatoos see Lev. 19:28 - "You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon your body". If I can help you some more let me know! prayon |
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962 | What is the account we will give? | Rom 14:12 | prayon | 20340 | ||
In verses 9-12 Paul was explaining why we must not be judgemental of others because none of us exists in isolation. We belong to each other and need each other, yet there is one time when we will stand alone and that is before the judgement seat of God. For "each of us will give an account of himself to God". (V. 12) If nothing else gets us thinking about how we act and what we speak this should certainly do so. But why are we to do this? Christians will not have to answer for our sins because we are already forgiven when Christ died on the cross for us. Matt. 12:36-37 tells us that on the day of judgement we must give account for every careless word we have spoken. "By your words we will be acquitted and by your words you will be condemned". We will also be held accountable for how we spend our money. Nothing in life so mirrors our life as what we do with our money. Where our treasure is our heart will be also. You can not serve both God and money. (Matt. 6:21,24b) In Matt. 25:14-30 and Luke 19:12-27 the servants had to give accountibility for the talents their master had given them. We are also responsible for the talents God has given us. "Faith without works is dead". Did we use what God has given us or did we waste it? For this we are accountable to Him. |
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963 | What is a good bible version for study? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 20337 | ||
Dear Myra, I agree with Sir Pent that it is best to go to the site he recommended and pick the version that is easiest for you to understand. I do strongly recommend that when you have chosen the version you like to get it in the "Life Application Version". The Application Bible has a lot of explanation of verses as well as how to apply them to your life today. It also has profile's on different bible persons, an explanation of each book in general, many charts, diagrams and maps, and cross references, as well as a small concordance in the back. I am sure that you will find it quite easy to learn from. prayon |
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964 | What does the Bible say about hell? | Job 11:8 | prayon | 20328 | ||
Greetings Valu83, In addition to jlpandilinan answer I would like to add: There is a fourth name used in the RSV in 2Pet. 2:4 - Tartarus; The greek text uses a verb form of the classical name Tartarus meaning consigning to Tartarus. In classical thought Tartarus was the lowest part of the underworld and a place of punishment over against Elysium, the place of the blessed. It signifies a place of punishment for the wicked. (Eerdman's Bible Dictionary) Hell, the location of the "furnace of fire" is also described as a place where there will be "wailing and gnashing of teeth" (Matt 13:49-50). Luke 16:23 states that hell is a place of "torments". Rev 9:1-3 describes it as a "bottomless pit" where when the shaft was opened there arose "smoke like the smoke of a great furnace" that caused the "sun and the air to be darkened". Out of this smoke "locusts that were given authority over the scorpions of the earth". Rev 14:10-11 states that hell is a place of "torment with fire and sulfur" with "smoke of their torment that goes up forever and ever". Rev 19:20 calls it a "lake of fire that burns with sulfur". Rev 21:8 adds that it also burns with "brimstone". Rev 13:8 says that "anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life will be thrown into that lake of fire". prayon |
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965 | Musical instruments in Worship? | Psalm | prayon | 20323 | ||
Greetings Dalpad, If you go to the Quick Search box and type in 'musical instruments' you will find many viewpoints on your question. prayon | ||||||
966 | Musical instruments in Worship? | Psalm | prayon | 20322 | ||
Greetings Dalpad, If you go to the Quick Search box and type in 'musical instruments' you will find many viewpoints on your question. prayon | ||||||
967 | the conversion of Zaccheus | Luke | prayon | 19959 | ||
Luke used the story of Zaccheus to show us that some people are considered untouchable due to their jobs, looks, beliefs, or political views. Zaccheus was apparently a very unpopular tax collector. Luke teaches us that we should not give into social pressure to avoid these people, but instead, like Jesus we should reach out to them and show them the love of Jesus. When we do this sinners can be saved. prayon | ||||||
968 | ////////////////////// | Exodus | prayon | 19802 | ||
The goal of BSF is to help you learn to study the bible for yourself and one of the rules is you have to answer the questions without outside help. Asking the questions on the forum is getting outside help. In the process you are being dishonest to the study. | ||||||
969 | ////////////////////// | Exodus | prayon | 19801 | ||
The goal of BSF is to help you learn to study the bible for yourself and one of the rules is you have to answer the questions without outside help. Asking the questions on the forum is getting outside help. In the process you are being dishonest to the study. | ||||||
970 | can i marry a divorced protastant? | 1 Cor 7:10 | prayon | 19320 | ||
Cowslips, I feel that you are fishing for what you want to hear. Please be more specific and maybe I can help you. If you don't feel comfortable "talking" about it on the forum you can find my e mail address in my profile. prayon | ||||||
971 | I know God is all knowing | Is 55:8 | prayon | 19318 | ||
Greetings Towanda, You asked how God could of allowed this. I like the way that Billy Grahams daughter put it when asked by Bryant Gumbel: "For years we have told God we didn't want Him in our schools. We didn't want Him in our government and we didn't want Him in our finances and God was being a perfect gentleman in doing just what we asked Him to do. We need to make up our mind--do we want God or do we not want Him. We cannot just ask Him in when disaster strikes." God gave man free choice. When we make the choices God let's us reap the consequences of our choices. Unfortunetly others can also suffer because of our choices. A good question is where man was before this happened? God was there at the World Trade Center. He was at the Pentagon. He was with them at the plane crash in Pennsylvania. He was with those who got detained and didn't make it to work. He was there with those who didn't make it out who needed comfort. Man, however, was not concerned with what he needed to be concerned with - living Godly and praying for our land. Man was concerned with self. If America would of been on her knees praying for our country I doubt that the events on Sept. 11 would of happened. We can not expect God to be there if He is not asked. He is a loving and compassionate God but He is not a pushy God. We can be joyful in the fact that those innocent people did not die in vain. Many have turned back to the Lord while many others have turned to the Lord for the fist time because of this. Our country has become united for the first time in a long time. We have seen for the first time in many years prayer in the higher ranks of our leaders. God is truly in control! You said you are having a hard time understanding the bible. It is very hard to help you to understand without specific question. Please feel free to ask about anything you don't understand and we will be most happy to put it in prospective for you so that you can understand what God is saying. I must add, though, that the bible is the inspired word of God. He wrote it all. Nothing went into the bible that God did not put in there. prayon |
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972 | can you divorce from lack of love | 1 Cor 7:10 | prayon | 19315 | ||
Greetings cowslips, "To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. (1Cor 7:10-11) And Mark 10:11-12 tells us that if either spouse divorces their husband/wife and marries another they commit adultry. Matthew 5:32 tells us, however, that if fornication is the cause the above does not apply. prayon | ||||||
973 | Hebrew? | Ex 1:15 | prayon | 19311 | ||
Greetings, What I was trying to say and did a bad job of was it is possible that the midwives were Egyptian. I wanted to see if anyone had any opinion that they were or weren't. My reasoning is this: when the midwives are first introduced they are called Hebrew midwives, which suggests that they were Hebrew. But actually that can mean that they were midwives who were Hebrew or that they were midwives to the Hebrew people. Actually they were probably not Hebrew since if they were, Pharaoh couldn't of expected compliance and must of realized that his plan was doomed from the start. Also in v. 16 he makes a distinction between the two when he said "when you help the Hebrew women in childbirth.." If they weren't Hebrew they must of learned about the Hebrew God and feared Him more than Pharaoh. Some other interesting points: To the Hebrew people sheppherds were the lowest of the low and Pharaoh would not of treated them with the respect that he did. Also, 2 midwives would not of been able to serve 3-500,000 people who were 'multiplying greatly'. More than likely they were administrative and had many midwives under them. They would had to of told the staff under them to kill all the boys if they wanted to go along with Pharaoh. How would they of gotten the staff to go along? prayon |
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974 | Yes, but what happened back then? | Matt 27:46 | prayon | 19197 | ||
To understand this statement we must look at the whole passage (v. 47-50). The great darkness that covered the land fromt the sixth to the ninth hour was a part of hell. God called hell "darkness". It was a part of God's curse that Christ carried because our sins were laid upon Him. The literal darkness represented the spiritual darkness against which He battled, for it was at this time that a great battle against the darkness of despair taking place. When our sins were laid upon Him He felt the guilt as though it were His own, (see Ps 22:6). He realized that the sins of the world laid upon Him caused a barrier between Him and God. Satan threatened Him with the horrible suggestion that the hell that blazed around Him might close over Him and hold Him. From the deepest depth of His heart came the cry of anguish "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" It was a cry of desperate need and a prayer for help but above all it was a cry of immovable faith. The words "My God" proclaimed faith in His eternal relationship to God, which the power of hell could not shake. God immediately answered the cry, darkness was replaced with light symbolizing His full acceptance of the sacrifice. (exerts taken from BSF notes Lesson #31 of Matthew). prayon | ||||||
975 | Hebrew? | Ex 1:15 | prayon | 19194 | ||
Does anyone have a different opinion as to whether the midwives were Egyptian or Hebrew and why? | ||||||
976 | submission? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 19193 | ||
The act of submitting, yielding to the power or authority of another; the state of being submissive. Submission is one of the hardest things for some people. It involves the process of truly humbling oneself in order to obey those in authority over you. |
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977 | What are introversion and alternation? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 19192 | ||
Introversion: The direction or concentration of one's interest upon oneself. Alternation: Occurence or action of two things or a series of things in turn; passage from one place state, or condition to another and back again: alternation between day and night. From these definitions from Funk and Wagnell's dictionary I would assess that the bible is the only book written with the writer relating history while turning all of the attention to himself. prayon |
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978 | What are introversion and alternation? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 19191 | ||
Introversion: The direction or concentration of one's interest upon oneself. Alternation: Occurence or action of two things or a series of things in turn; passage from one place state, or condition to another and back again: alternation between day and night. From these definitions from Funk and Wagnell's dictionary I would assess that the bible is the only book written with the writer relating history while turning all of the attention to himself. prayon |
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979 | What are introversion and alternation? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 19190 | ||
Introversion: The direction or concentration of one's interest upon oneself. Alternation: Occurence or action of two things or a series of things in turn; passage from one place state, or condition to another and back again: alternation between day and night. From these definitions from Funk and Wagnell's dictionary I would assess that the bible is the only book written with the writer relating history while turning all of the attention to himself. prayon |
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980 | The future of loved pets | Eccl 3:21 | prayon | 19152 | ||
Dear CDBJ, the June/July issue of Clarity (a Guideposts publication) has a article in it that I am sure you would want to read titled "Crazy For Your Pet". One of the topics in it asks "Do Animals Go To Heaven"? It states that the bible gives no clear guidance on the matter. The only writer who addresses the question directly is Ecclesiastes, who states, "For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity. All go to one place; all are from the dust and all turn to dust again. Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth." (Ecc 3:19-21) The notion that human beings possess an eternal essence that separates us from other creatures owes more to Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle than to the teachings of Jesus or Hebrew scriptures. Reverend Regina Hyland, author of the book GOD'S COVENANT WITH ANIMALS (Lantern Books 2000), points out that the book of Revelation clearly refers to living creatures around the heavenly throne. In the end though, only God knows whether we will see our pets in heaven. I pray that there is a sign on the pearly gates that says "Pet's Welcome". |
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