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741 | Discussion Question | Matt 19:24 | prayon | 61474 | ||
Greetings Ed, Does this mean that you think Christians should not have thousands of dollars in a savings account and that as soon as we get a little extra we should devote it to God's kiingdom? prayon | ||||||
742 | Discussion Question | Matt 19:24 | prayon | 61475 | ||
Greetings Berean, I don't have a problem with this topic. I don't have the money to have a problem with this topic. I do think that it is an excellent topic for discussion or study. Many people have been taught and believe that it is unChrist-like to have anything of value. prayon | ||||||
743 | Discussion Question | Matt 19:24 | prayon | 61511 | ||
Greetings Ed, I agree with you. Where much is given much is expected. prayon | ||||||
744 | Discussion Question | Matt 19:24 | prayon | 61516 | ||
Greetings Deb, In the East the donkey is as large as a small horse, often having a rich saddle and accouterments and carrying great men. The horse was for war (Prov 21:31), but the donkey was always used for peaceful events. Zechariah prophesied that Jesus would ride a donkey because He is the King of Peace, thus giving another indication that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. The donkey was a lowly beast. Christ's first coming to Israel was in meekness and peace, on a lowly beast of burden,and resulted in national rejection, suffering, death, and resurrection. No Jewish king since Solomon had ridden upon one officially. prayon | ||||||
745 | What is the message in Matthew 20 1-16 | Matt 20:1 | prayon | 61814 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum! Matthew 20:1-16 is the parable of the laborers. The owner represents God and the vineyard His kingdom. The laborers represent all who have heard God's call to them to live for Him and to use their lives to do God's work in His vineyard. The denarius represents eternal life which is given to all workers equally at the end of the age. Eternal life can never be earned. It is God's free gift through faith that is given in grace to all who believe in Him. One interpretation of the parable is that God gives eternal life to all who respond to His call and believe in Him no matter what the amount or type of service given to God's kingdom. All who enter the vineyard in answer to God's call receive it. Another interpretation is that God's rewards depend on His Sovereign grace. Because He is sovereign, He can determine when people are called and how they are rewarded. The third view is that the parable and it's main teaching centers on the faithfulness of the workers, not on the amount of work or the size of the task. Whatever the case, there is a warning for Christians who recognize that they are called to serve God each and every day. Jealousy and envy have no place in a believers life and those who do suffer from such an attitude may find that they have no rank in God's kingdom even though they may seem to be ahead of others in knowledge, age or years in God's sevice. prayon |
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746 | signficance of penny to whatsoever right | Matt 20:4 | prayon | 35676 | ||
Greetings, In order to understand verse 4 you must look at the whole parable. This is a parable concerning the "11th hour". The owner of the vineyard represents God and the vineyard is His kingdom. The laborers are those who have heard the gospel and chose to live for God from the time of Christ until the 11th hour. The hours that the laborers heard the call for the first time might also mean the time of your life that you heard the call - in childhood right up to death. One interpretation is that God gives eternal life to all who respond to Him. The denarius (worth about 17 cents) represents eternal life which is given to all workers equally at the end of the age. Another interpretation is that God's rewards depend on His sovereign grace. A third view of the parable is that it's main teaching focuses on the faithfulness of the workers, not on the amount of work nor the size of the task. The point here is that there is a warning for Christians, those who feel they deserve more than others question God's grace and in the process rob themselves of the joy of receiving God's grace to them. God's ways of determining rewards in the kingdom is different than man's. prayon |
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747 | what did Jesus mean by whatsoever right? | Matt 20:4 | prayon | 131116 | ||
Greetings Robertn and welcome to the forum, A lot of times it helps to read a different translation if you don't understand the meaning of a verse. The Gods Word translation says " He said to them, 'Work in my vineyard, and I'll give you whatever is right.' So they went. These men were so eager to work that they did not even negotiate the price. The landowner said that he would pay them what he thought was a fair wage. prayon |
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748 | few chosen | Matt 20:16 | prayon | 64891 | ||
Greetings graceful and welcome to the forum! It doesn't matter when in our lives we get saved, whether it be at a early age or when we are about to reach the end of our lives - we all get the same reward from God. God calls everyone to come to Him, however not everyone will choose to answer His call. Some will reject Him. By earthly standards of judgment, expressed clearly in verses 11 and 12, such action is regarded as putting the last first and the first last. For many be called, but few chosen refers to the general call of the gospel and the efficacious call of grace. He speaks of the difficulty that many experience in believing and obeying the gospel because their minds are fixed on what they can get for themselves, whether in this world or the next. (KJV Bible commentary) prayon |
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749 | Who is the man in this verse? | Matt 22:11 | prayon | 29547 | ||
Emmaus, Can't be. Where as we in a church can not see a person's true heart God can. If his heart was not pure he would never make it to the receiving line. prayon | ||||||
750 | The number of raised from the dead? | Matt 22:31 | prayon | 96590 | ||
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751 | Does Mt. 22:39 assume self-love? | Matt 22:39 | prayon | 51132 | ||
Greetings Steve, I strongly disagree. First that she is incorrect. You must love yourself in order to love others. The key is the kind of love you have for yourself. The love you need is not one that is haughty and self centered, but a love for yourself that knows you are a good person and that you are worthy of Christ's love. Many people do not love themselves. I have been at that point myself. When you hate yourself you are definitly not thinking more of yourself than you ought!!! prayon |
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752 | Does Mt. 22:39 assume self-love? | Matt 22:39 | prayon | 51133 | ||
Also Steve, please be careful on who you say that to. It could lead a depressed person to think less of themselves than they already do and lead to suicide. prayon | ||||||
753 | Does Mt. 22:39 assume self-love? | Matt 22:39 | prayon | 51136 | ||
Greetings KAS, I totally disagree with what Steve said. As I told him you must have self love, but not the kind that is haughty or self centered but a love of yourself that says that you know you are a good person and that you are good enough to be loved by Christ. However, Matt 22:39, according to the MacArthur Study Bible, says that contrary to some contemporary interpretations, it is not a mandate for self love. Instead, it contains in different words the same very idea as the Golden Rule. It prompts believers to measure their love for others by what they wish for themselves. Matt 22:39 is a quotation from Lev 19:18 and is the most quoted verse in the NT. prayon |
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754 | Does Mt. 22:39 assume self-love? | Matt 22:39 | prayon | 51233 | ||
Hi. I don't mind listening but I don't know if I can hear it on my computer. I will try but I am pretty computer illiterate :o( . If not I know someone who would be glad to give you an opinion. You will find my email address in my profile. prayon | ||||||
755 | Is praying for someone to die wrong? | Matt 22:39 | prayon | 114214 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. Yes it is wrong. Matt 22:36-39 says that when asked what the greatest commandment Jesus said it is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind. He also said that the 2nd greatest commmandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. This means that Jesus is telling you to love this individual. Continue to love her and pray for her. Pro 25:21-22 says that "If your enemy is hungry, give him some food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him some water to drink. In this way you will make him feel guilty and ashamed, and the LORD will reward you". Remember that there is nothing that prayer can't change no matter how bad and hopeless it looks in the natural. The other thing to remember is that with God all things are possible, including getting through high school in one piece. prayon |
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756 | Synagogue and church analogous? | Matt 23:1 | prayon | 4756 | ||
Hank, I am going to take a stab at this since no one else has. I am going to say that no they were not the same. In the gospels numerous times Jesus put the synagogs down because the leaders were more interested in pomp and circumstance and rituals than in teaching the word of God. The rabbi's and priests looked righteous and religious on the outside but were greedy,full of filth and self indulgent on the inside. They did not care about people's souls,(see the woes in Matthew chapter 23). I believe that Jesus would not want His NT church to be simialr to this at all. | ||||||
757 | please explain matthews 23:1-12 | Matt 23:1 | prayon | 64832 | ||
Greetings Kevin, The Pharisees were a movement within Judaism that were mostly noted for their strict adherence to the law. They made a great show to other men of the fact that they followed the law to the letter. Jesus instructed the people to listen to the Pharisees because they were very knowledgeable where the Jewish law was concerned. In addition, according to the law the Jewish people were obligated to serve them But Jesus also warned them to not act like the Pharisees because they do not practice what they preach. Those who do things for show lay up for themselves treasure on earth, but those who do things in secret lay up for themselves treasure in heaven. prayon |
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758 | Woe to us? | Matt 23:13 | prayon | 2205 | ||
No and very much so. The 7 Woes (actually 8 as you stated) are and admonition to Christian leaders of 2000 years ago. However you can definitly apply it today and learn from them. I will take them one by one and explain. Woe 1) "You shut the kingdom of heaven in mens faces." How many dirty, smelly, unkept or drunk persons enter into the church who are turned away from the church or the fellowship of the church? v. 13-14 Woe 2)(this is considered by many to be a woe) "They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers." the needy are still being oppressed in todays society. Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47 Woe 3) "You travel over land and sea to win a single convert,..." Some converts are taught to keep their focus on the rules and works but miss God and the idea of grace altogether. This makes them as legalistic as those who taught them. Also many of the leaders of that day sought out new converts more to gain merit than to lead those to Christ. v.15 Woe 4) to the blind guides. "You say, if anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing......" The leaders of those days encouraged lieing and taught them that an oath was more binding than your word. Blind guides place their focus on the wrong things. v. 15-22. Woe 5) "You give a tenth of your spices... but you neglect the more important matters of the law - justice, mercy and faithfulness." The Pharisees would strain out the a small sin such as not tithing the right amount but would then wallow the camel (gross ethical sins,lack of mercy, etc.) How many do you know who focus on the trivial things but ignore the important matters? v. 23-24 Woe 6) You clean the outside of the cup but on the inside they are full of greed and self indulgence." Cleansing the outside of the cup refers to traditional ritual purification. They made these rituals conspicuous. These people appear religious on the outside but inside the focus is on purely self. v. 25-26 Woe 7) "You are like white washed tombs"...on the outside people can appear to be righteous but on the inside they are vindictive, unforgiving, selfish, and mean spirited. v. 27-28 Woe 8) "You build tombs for the prophets......." The Pharisees made a great show of honoring the prophets their ancestors murdered, swearing they would of never done it but they were when they were while the were stoning and putting to death those who preached the gospel of Jesus Christ. These people see what one person does and say they would never do it but they end up doing the same thing. v 29-32 (all verses taken from the New International Version.) All of the things that Jesus admonished them about are quite alive in our churches today. I think that there is definitly something to learn here and they can be applied to our lives today. Jesus gives us here examples of the way Satan can sneak up and devour us without us knowing it. What are our true motives today for the things we do? |
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759 | Who are the woeful scribes? | Matt 23:13 | prayon | 3513 | ||
Charis, scribes were members of a learned class who studied the scriptures and served as copyists, editors, and teachers. At first the priests were responsible for the scientific study and the professional communication of this legal code. This position of strength was later passed to the scribes. The position given to them allowed them to enforce their rules and practices with binding authorty. As interpreters of the scriptures they provided the rules for human conduct out of their study. They often diveloped and attitude based on their professional privledges and often resulted in pride. Jesus warned against these excesses and boldly attacked the religious hypocrisy of the scribes in the woes. (Nelsons Bible Dictionary). Their modern counterpart would be those who teach the gospel how they interpret it and with pride. |
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760 | Why did no one see this for 1800 years? | Matt 24:3 | prayon | 20536 | ||
Greetings kalos, We have not seen it in the past 2000 years because Christ did not open our eyes to see it until now. This is just one example of many that Christ chose to reveal to us at a specific time. I am sure there will be many more in the coming days and months that we will say "well, duh! Why didn't I see this before!" prayon | ||||||
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