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3661 | Business world or Holy Spirit? | Acts 1:26 | Makarios | 5373 | ||
There are several examples of 'ordination' in the Bible. People were consecrated for service (Num. 8:10, 27:18, Deut. 34:9). Here is a commission with encouragement (Deut. 3:28). Laying on of hands (Acts 6:6, 13:1-3). Paul's credentials as an apostle (Galatians 1:1). Called to be a herald, apostle, teacher (2 Tim. 1:11). Christ Himself was ordained by His Father (Hebrews 5:4-6) and we are called to a ministry of holiness (1 Peter 1:15-16).. Just food for thought. :) | ||||||
3662 | Strategic Spiritual Warfare anyone? | Dan 10:13 | Makarios | 5327 | ||
Thank you farout, I'm sure that you have seen several degrees of demon influence of certain areas in your travels.. | ||||||
3663 | Is Jesus the 'Eternal Father'? | Is 9:6 | Makarios | 5325 | ||
Hey inHzsvc, thats Ok! I made the same mistake of using the word 'personalities' instead of 'persons' before.. Thank you for your thoughts! Blessings in our Lord, Nolan! | ||||||
3664 | Is Jesus the 'Eternal Father'? | Is 9:6 | Makarios | 5323 | ||
Thank you Ray! I can see where you are coming from as far as Jesus being filled with the Holy Spirit and He was from birth! However, I believe that the Holy Spirit is a separate person from the Son. I believe that even though the Son could be filled with the Holy Spirit, He in Himself is not the Holy Spirit. I appreciate your comments though! Thank you Ray, and I will try to continue to post 'good' posts! :) | ||||||
3665 | Is Jesus the 'Eternal Father'? | Is 9:6 | Makarios | 5271 | ||
Yes, I understand that our ways are not God's ways (Isaiah 55:8,9; Romans 11:33; 1 Cor. 13:12) and that we do not understand the things of God. It is like trying to pour the ocean into a bucket- is our minds trying to comprehend the things of God. I agree with you on this, and I do not hold all of the answers. I wanted to explain how one who believes in the Trinity, as I do (The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit) can explain Isaiah 9:6. However, I disagree with you that those Three are 'personalities'. These are Three 'Persons', all existing as one God. Each 'Person' is inseparable and omniscient, being fully God in their own right. However, where One is, the other Two are also, being omniscient. Therefore, if we reject (or say that He doesn't exist) One person of the Trinity, that being God the Father or the Holy Spirit, then we reject the Son also. If we reject the Son, than we reject the Others also. Therefore we have a TriUne God, the Three in One, and One God in heaven that has created us. We know that there is One God (1 Cor. 8:4, James 2:19, John 5:44, 17:3, Romans 3:29-30, 16:27, Gal. 3:20, Eph. 4:6, 1 Tim. 2:5). There is also three persons who are called God. The Father is God (1 Peter 1:2). Jesus is God (John 20:28, Heb. 1:8). The Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4). All Three are said to be omnipresent: the Father (John 4:19-24), the Son (Matt. 28:20), and the Holy Spirit (Psalm 139:7). All three are omniscient: the Father (Psalm 139:1-2), the Son (Matt. 9:4), and the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2:10). All three are omnipotent: the Father (1 Peter 1:5), the Son (Matt. 28:18), and the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:19). Furthermore, holiness is ascribed to each Person: the Father (Rev. 15:4), the Son (Acts 3:14), and the Holy Spirit (John 16:7-14). Eternity is ascribed to each person: the Father (Psalm 90:2), the Son (Micah 5:2,John 1:2,Rev. 1:8,17), and the Holy Spirit (Heb. 9:14). And each is individually described as the Truth: the Father (John 14:6,7), the Son (Rev. 3:7), and the Holy Spirit (1 John 5:6).Matthew 28:19 reaffirms the three-in-oneness Godhead. It is highly revealing that the word "name" is singular in the Greek, indicating that there is one God, but there are three distinct persons with the Godhead- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus asserted the unity of the three by combining them all within the bounds of the single Name, and then throwing into emphasis the distinctness of each by introducing them in turn with the repeated article. Very clearly, then, the Scriptures affirm that there is one God but within the unity of the Godhead, there are three coequal and coeternal Persons- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. | ||||||
3666 | what were the 7 Messianic signs | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 5209 | ||
Wow! This is interesting in that John 2:1-11 is the miracle at Cana (changing water into wine - the first miracle), John 4:46-54 is the healing of a nobleman's son (the second miracle), John 5:1-18 is the healing at Bethesda (where Jesus healed a man who had been sick for 38 years), John 6:6-13 is the feeding of the five thousand, John 6:16-21 is where Jesus walks on water, John 9:1-7 is where Jesus heals a man born blind, and John 11:1-45 is where Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead.I've never looked at the Gospel of John quite like that before! Great observation! :) | ||||||
3667 | Jesus earth: God/man or just man? | NT general Archive 1 | Makarios | 5158 | ||
Yes, Lionstrong, I agree! Each Member of the Trinity is fully God in their Own right. However, I also believe that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (all Members and fully God Themselves) are forever in union with each Other (though not in the same Person!) and wherever One of the Three are, the Others are There also. Therefore, Jesus is the First and the Last with the Father and the Holy Spirit. But Jesus is the only One of the Three of the Holy Trinity that has given us access to a Way that we can be in a right relationship with God. Therefore, the Father sent the Son and the Holy Spirit points us to Jesus, being in every way God. If you reject Jesus, then you reject both the Father and the Holy Spirit also. If you reject the Father and/or the Holy Spirit, then you also reject Jesus. In this way are the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit inseparable and omniscient, each being fully and having all the qualities of God, and each (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit) are distinct persons in the Trinity. Thank you for your answer! I do not claim to have all the answers or know everything, but I am just sharing what I believe as a fellow brother in Christ. | ||||||
3668 | How should be interpret Joshua 10:12-14? | Josh 10:12 | Makarios | 5124 | ||
Please tell me, exactly what do you mean melchizedekau by what you wrote? | ||||||
3669 | Christ's Birth revealed to Astrologers? | Matt 2:1 | Makarios | 5123 | ||
Here is yet another case of God working in mysterious ways.. :) Thanks Steve for your reply. | ||||||
3670 | Is being "slain in the spirit" biblical? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 5122 | ||
Steve, in each case that you cited above, it was God that was acting through His Presence and not an act of man (where someone who has 'anointing' lays their hands upon you and you are knocked cold). I agree with you and EdB that God can do whatever He wants, but I feel that calling this "temporary paralyzation" by God being 'slain in the spirit' is a bad way to describe such an experience. It should be more like "overcome by the Presence of God" or something like that. In any case, I feel that it must be God who governs and administers such a Presence or power over people instead of man. I realize that God could 'work through' man if He so desires, but there must be an undeniable Presence of God there that affects the entire congregation as a whole instead of a singled out person. I also believe that there is a difference between being 'slain in the spirit' and being 'pierced to the heart' (Acts 2:37). | ||||||
3671 | don'y understand your answer | Job 1:6 | Makarios | 4793 | ||
Can God look upon sin? I believe that the answer here is 'Yes'. The basis for my conclusion is Genesis 6:5, Job 34:21-22 and Luke 12:2-3.. If nothing can be hidden from God, then this also means that He knows each and every one of each man's sins and is aware of them as well as the effect that each sin has- our separation from Him. So not only can He 'see' our sin, but He is aware of it because of our spiritual separation from Him that is a result of our sin. God is perfect and without sin and sin is defined in 1 John 5:17 as 'all unrighteousness'. Jesus became 'all unrighteousness' for us on the cross, bearing all upon Himself that separates us from God- becoming a symbol (crucified on a tree) and bearing God's wrath- causing God to forsake the sin that He took upon Himself. Then Jesus died (as all men have to die once, and then the judgment- Christ being the only perfect sacrifice) and then rose on the third day! After which He walked the earth for forty days after His Resurrection and ascended to the right hand of God the Father in heaven. | ||||||
3672 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | Makarios | 4347 | ||
Blessings brother Charis and peace! Say, I apologize if what I wrote made you think that your way of avoiding sin or understanding sin is 'shallow'! Your method is not shallow by any means since we must do all that we can to avoid sin! :) We must be as 'shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves' (Matt. 10:16). There is no 'wrong' way to avoid sin, except by taking your own life. And your way of looking at this question is not wrong at all. I was not trying to be critical of your thoughts, however 'deep' they may be, and I apologize if you took it that way. When I said 'dismissing as an afterthought', I meant that I disagreed with you that you might find it meaningless to dwell on this topic. That is all I meant by that. But I do value your thoughts! Please feel free to tell me how you feel. I will respect your input. As for philosophy, I had my first exposure to it at Indiana Wesleyan Univ where we would debate certain points of view and back it up using arguments from several philosophers. But I did not enjoy that class and found the greater portion of it as meaningless jargon that should not be dwelled on for any constructive use.. I apologize to any philosophy students out there! But to obtain a decent grade and pass the course (since it was a required class), I had to be fluent in several of the philosophers and I still have the books.. :) But the greatest teacher of all was Jesus Christ! And the single most edifying way to describe his love for us is to sing the simple song, "Jesus Loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so".. :)Blessings to you Charis, my brother in Christ! I'm sure that we will cross paths again in the forum and I look forward to reading your posts! | ||||||
3673 | How close can we get to God? | Is 62:5 | Makarios | 4318 | ||
Thank you melchizedekau! Great reply! Yes, we must 'go all out' to obey God and to accomplish the calling that He has set out for us. But I believe that the Lord gives us each a calling in His own way and not out of the desires of our hearts. If this was so, then it would open us up to all kinds of sinful tendencies which are against the will of God and can only put us at a disadvantage of accomplishing our calling in the Lord Jesus. Yes, obedience is above sacrifice! But we must also lay off everything that hinders us in our calling and being one with the Lord Jesus, and by fulfilling this calling (and being obedient to Him) can we become one with Him as Jesus is One with the Father, thereby achieving true intimacy with God! For we cannot please Him without having faith that He does indeed exist, and it is because of this faith that we have that helps to empower us to achieve the will of God in our lives. In this way, we can throw off everything that hinders us as we 'recklessly abandon' ourselves to God. | ||||||
3674 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | Makarios | 4317 | ||
Dear charis, blessings dear brother in Christ! I appreciate your point of view even though I disagree with you and with your 'dismissing' this point as an afterthought. The Seven Deadly sins is a list of vices that were catalogued by Christian monks in the early Middle Ages (as early as A.D. 600).. They are titled as such ("Seven Deadly Sins") because it was perceived that all of man's sin stemmed from at least one of these seven, being Pride, Greed, Envy, Anger, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. The real question here is- were the early monks correct or incorrect in recognizing that these are the roots of man's sin on earth? Now you can look at it in a 'rationalizing' method as you did above, but that does not get us anywhere. Thomas Aquinas spoke about vice and virtuous ethics as well as other things on this line, but we are speaking about the Bible here and man's problem, which is sin, and not Thomas Aquinas or any of the influential ethics philosophers of the past (E. Kant comes to mind). Now we know that there is one sin that is unforgiveable- that being blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. And God sees all of our sins in the same way and forgave them all through Christ. However, if this is true- that if man's sin on earth can be traced back to these seven fundamental roots of sin, then not only can we explain the vice here as something that is not just circumstantial (i.e. in the case of Thomas Aquinas), but also this would help us to explain man's problem of separation with God. You see, if indeed these 'Seven' are the roots of all sin, then we can better reflect upon our own lives and see exactly where we went wrong. We can see that the action that we partook of that was blatantly against the will of God was indeed because of pride/greed/envy/lust/sloth/anger/gluttony in our own hearts. If this is true, if one of these seven was a 'decisive, contributing factor' (again reflecting on Thomas Aquinas) then we can see where we have erred as a result, we can see where we were so blatantly against God's will, where in fact the sin that was committed can be traced to one of these 'Seven'. If this is true, then we must acknowledge this sin before God (confession) and repent of it before Him. Then we should seek to have 'nothing to do with' one of these sins in the future, 'correcting our behavioral pattern' (again Thomas Aquinas) and seek to react differently in the same situation in the future with a corresponding counterpart of the 'Seven', that being Humility, Contentment, Love, Forgiveness, Purity, Self-control and Diligence. If we obey the Spirit and are led by the Spirit in all our actions, then the Spirit will be the aid to help us to react in a way that would counter a 'root' sin. So you see, this is why we should identify a counterpart for each of the Seven Deadly Sins. If the Seven Deadly sins are recognized as such and if it is perceived that they consist or include all of man's sin, then this makes it that much more important to identify a 'corrective' behavior for that sin and therefore free us from the bondage of that sin after asking for forgiveness. And then we must continue in our path of righteousness and be free from all sin and all roots of sin, being free of vice in the exposed areas of our behavior because of the correction that was heeded or adhered to (E. Kant in his 'situational' theory of ethics).. Therefore, we are free from the bondage of sin because of the act of Christ (forgiveness), which enables us to continue in a 'virtuous' behavor (E. Kant again) because we have the aid of the Holy Spirit, which even can help us to impart forgiveness to a fellow soul (the same act of Christ) to another person to negate the 'deadly sin' of anger. In this way, by obtaining the very nature of Christ, can we be free from all sin and vice and be free to forgive and love one another as so commanded by our Lord and Savior. I hope that this explains where I am coming from and the true question that I was trying to present. Blessings to you also in Jesus' name, Nolan.. | ||||||
3675 | Communion, how often? | 1 Cor 11:25 | Makarios | 4214 | ||
I believe that Communion is a sacred event that should be executed with the utmost humility and seriousness where a saint reflects on life and makes amends for anything that separates them from God. By sharing in Communion, we are taking sharing in the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus, which is not something that should be taken 'lightly' but with the highest sincerity! Some churches have it almost every single Sunday. I attend a Conservative Mennonite Church where we have Communion twice a year- at Easter and in the Fall. We also wash each other's feet after we take the bread and drink the cup. If Communion ever becomes less than a sacred event that loses its seriousness or meaning where we fail to reflect on our own individual personal relationships with Him, then it is being done way too often. However, Communion must be done often enough for the people to be able to reflect on their lives and be ready to take part in the sharing of Communion with a solemn and humble heart to our Lord. | ||||||
3676 | Three different heavens in the Bible? | 2 Cor 12:2 | Makarios | 4208 | ||
Dear prayon, thats Ok! I forgive you, and I understand where some of my questions might be a bit misleading of my true intention. I appreciate what you said and your impression of 2 Cor. 12:2... So you bought a new Bible? Thats great, so did I! I bought an American Standard Bible (1901) and received it today! I keep hearing good things about that MacArthur NKJV Study Bible and I'll look into buying one. I apologize for my Ho-hum posts or questions and I will try to ask questions about things that have to do with our daily walk as Christians. Your brother in Christ Jesus, Nolan. | ||||||
3677 | Three different heavens in the Bible? | 2 Cor 12:2 | Makarios | 4184 | ||
Hello again Hank! Yes, I'd say that you have definitely made some great decisions in life.. Up to this point, my greatest decision is to accept the Lord Jesus and to give Him my entire life as my Savior and Lord! I have yet to find that faithful woman, though, who would be the person that my Lord has planned for me to share my life with.. I'm thankful that you have found such a blessed friend and soulmate in your wife! You know, I may just invest in a MacArthur NKJV Study Bible since both you and my good friend JVH both speak highly of it! Blessings to you Hank, my friend, for the wealth of experience and discernment that you bring! | ||||||
3678 | Are there degrees of punishment in hell? | Luke 12:47 | Makarios | 4182 | ||
Hello Charis! Thank you for your answer. In every way do I want to see all of mankind saved from hell! However, I believe that this is a valid question since this may work to inspire those who know Jesus to reach each and every single person out there (not missing a single one!) to avoid the dreadful punishment of hell. If you deduce that degrees of punishment in hell actually exist, than this helps to explain what our Lord meant by 'few lashes' and 'many lashes'. If I, myself, were to fall from my faith and renounce my faith (which will never happen!) then I will be subject to the harshest judgment since I actually KNOW what it is like to be filled with the Holy Spirit, I KNOW first hand what it is to know Jesus and have a daily walk with him. If I do not communicate this relationship that I have with Jesus to those who are desperate to know Him (but don't realize that themselves), then I am in for a much harsher judgment than if I never knew Jesus to begin with. So those who are entrusted with the Holy Spirit should exercise that faith instead of hiding it in a closet, since those who KNOW but do not share or do not open themselves to Christ will receive a 'harsher' judgment. This basically was the 'thrust' of my question, and I pray that everyone who uses, reads, and studies this list is indeed a true follower of Christ!! | ||||||
3679 | Three different heavens in the Bible? | 2 Cor 12:2 | Makarios | 4181 | ||
Hello prayon! I can assure you that I am not a Mormon. I appreciate what you said though, this shows more depth and a little more understanding of 2 Cor. 12:2.. Of course, God cannot be contained! (1 Kings 8:27) I had always thought about this verse and wondered exactly what it meant. I appreciate charis' comments also! Please tell me how you interpret 2 Cor. 12:2.. | ||||||
3680 | Did Hezekiah make the right choice? | 2 Kin 20:3 | Makarios | 4112 | ||
This is an interesting question.. It was 'good' that God honored his prayer since he was a 'good king', but it was 'bad' that the long term effects of what transpired after that led the tribe of Judah into exile. Of course, Hezekiah was not sinning by asking God to extend his life, but was it really God's will for him to lead Judah any longer? Isaiah was with Hezekiah then and prophesied that Hezekiah would indeed die. But Hezekiah pleaded to the Lord with tears and God granted his request, knowing that evil would come in the future. But did God really make the choice knowing that evil would be the result? The Lord may have known, of course (being omniscient), but it was ultimately Hezekiah's mistake to show the Babylon envoys his treasure and nobody knew that twelve year old Manasseh would be the most wicked king in all of Judah's history, leading them straight into exile and God's judgment. The Lord may have made a 'provision' or way out for Judah by allowing Hezekiah to be inflicted with disease, since that could have prevented the sin to follow. But the Lord was gracious to Hezekiah because of his plea. Hezekiah was definitely innocent by asking God for his life, but it is a shame that his son had to be the most wicked king in all of Judah's history. The Lord may have known this beforehand (being omniscient) but at the same time He was gracious to Hezekiah.. | ||||||
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