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1 | Why do I want to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 13:1 | Cody Mac | 212357 | ||
Errr. What, I dont understand why you posted this. If you do not speak in tongues it doesnt mean you are not saved but one must be saved to do it. There are thousands of christians out there that are not able to be directly involved with ministering to the world where a gift of speaking in tongues would be needed and it does not mean they are not saved. Do I believe in his promises, yes with my whole heart. Do I have that gift, honestly I dont know. I have never been in a situation where it would be needed, I have never addressed such a diverse crowd it would be needed. I am going to Africa in six months so I will see I guess. | ||||||
2 | Why do I want to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 13:1 | Cody Mac | 212353 | ||
Speaking in tongues is one of those things that churchs argue about and I dont understand why when the Bible is very clear on what speaking in tongues is. I want to make sure you understand what the Scripture says speaking in tongues is. The first instance we have of speaking in tongues is in Acts chapter 2. The word you will find in the greek in the place of tongues is glossa and it can mean the tongue, the body part that is or a dialect or language used by a people distinct from that of other languages. The most we see his word used in a way to promote a spiritual gift or miracle from God is in 1 Corinthians. However the most supporting of what tongues is, is in Acts 2. Act 2:4 And they were all filled of the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Act 2:5 And dwelling at Jerusalem there were Jews, devout men out of every nation under heaven. Act 2:6 But this sound occurring, the multitude came together and were confounded, because they each heard them speaking in his own dialect. Act 2:7 And they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, Behold, are not these who speak all Galileans? Act 2:8 And how do we each hear in our own dialect in which we were born? Act 2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Act 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya around Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Act 2:11 Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking the great things of God in our own languages. From this we know that the gift of speaking in tongues as described in the Bible is something that happen when a person is speaking to a group of people of a different language and is under the influence of the Spirit and from this influence each person that they speak to no matter their nationality will hear what they have to say in his or her own language when the speaker has no prior knowledge of the language that they are being heard in. So can you speak in tongues? What does the Bible say about people speaking in tongues today? Mar 16:17 And miraculous signs will follow to those believing these things: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak new tongues; Jesus said that speaking in tongues will be a sign of his power from those people who believe and do miraculous acts in his name. So how can you be sure that if someone who is claiming to speak in tongues is speaking in a language different than what they speak in. Well look at the congregation, would there be a reason for them to need to speak in another language, is there someone of a different language there? If not then be careful of that church. Also look at the 14th chapter of 1st Corinthian. No doubt speaking in tongues would be a most astounding gift but Paul says that it is a greater gift to have the gift of prophesy. Paul says it is a greater gift to speak in a plain and clear language and to prophesy to win souls and build up the church than to speak in different languages. Dont let this thing about tongues get you hung up if you dont get the gift. There are more important and greater things and it may not be what God has in store for you and trust me if he doesnt and give you another gift you will lead more people to him than if you were speaking in tongues because whatever he gives to you it will be for you specifically. |
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3 | help | Bible general Archive 4 | Cody Mac | 212347 | ||
I think it is fair to say that in the Bible if two people married then they made it work. A couple verses to think about are Matt 19:6. If you get married and believe that marriage is ordained by God then this verse is very relevant to you. It says what God brings together let no one tear apart. If you read a little further to verse nine Jesus makes it clear that divorse is only acceptable when someone has committed sexual immorality. Marriage is a binding act according to Jesus. | ||||||
4 | OT/NT | OT general | Cody Mac | 212345 | ||
Perhaps one of the strongest reasons for this that immediatly comes to my mind is found in Isaiah. Ch. 63 and Ch. 40:3-5 They all speak about the second coming of the messiah. However many Jews believe this will be how the messiah comes first. With all his glory and might laying his wrath upon the earth and those that are not his elect. How do we know this isnt the case? That answer is in Isaiah too, ch. 7:14 and ch. 9:6-7. Probably the biggest reason they dont believe is because Jesus pretty much broke them when he came. He did things they didnt believe he should do and exposed them for what they were. He went so far as to make a whip and clearing out the temple. |
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5 | Hebrews10:26-31 | Matt 11:28 | Cody Mac | 212344 | ||
No you havent become beyond the reach of God and there are many verses to prove this. The fact that you are concerned shows that you are still convicted by the Spirit to seek repentence. | ||||||
6 | Trees | Jer 6:6 | Cody Mac | 212343 | ||
Jeremiah ch. 10 talks about a pagan nation that cut down trees and decorated them to worship them. | ||||||
7 | Death God's friend or enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | Cody Mac | 207372 | ||
Well if you are a true christian you dont die, you will live forever with God and Christ in Heaven. Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death. People who live in sin are the only ones who should fear death because they are the ones who truely die if they pass on while living a life of sin. | ||||||
8 | least in kingdom greater than John | Matt 11:11 | Cody Mac | 207371 | ||
Ok John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus Christ and the last of the Old Testament prophets, this is essentially putting a dividing line between the old testament and the new testament. Let me explain. When he says born of women he means mortal men of course. Before Jesus there was none greater than the old testament prophets but Jesus is saying that now since men have the knowledge of the glory of God via Jesus Christ while John the Baptist was a great man on earth that someone who merely new that Jesus was the Christ and believed in him and went to Heaven was much greater because he had had the oppurtunity to see the truth of God in Jesus. Its one of those verses that require indepth study of some stuff and might be hard to understand with just simple explanation like that. |
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9 | selfmurder | Rom 10:13 | Cody Mac | 207341 | ||
Oh boy this question is always one answered in length so here I go. Ok it is never really addressed where you will go for suicide, for good reason. If we knew we went to Heaven if we killed ourselves think of how many suicides there would be of CHristians killing themselves after finding Christ. Then we would not be fulfilling out duty to spread the Gospel but if the Bible said we go to Hell then it might be to much grief on family members. So...lets look at a few other things first. The 13t Commandment is Thou Shalt Not Kill. Committing suicide is killing ourselves, so could you say that in doing so you are disobeying God and that is as we know a sin. So killing ourselves could be viewed as disobeying this commandment. Now in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you/17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Here it is stressed that we are the temple of God, a temple is a very very sacred place is it not. So destroying the temple would have deadly consiquences would it not. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God and ye are not your own?/20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore gorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's When he are born again we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and our sins have been washed away in the Blood. Christ dying on the cross was the price paid. After being Born Again we are no longer our own, our bodies belong to God. Is it not wrong to destroy something that doesnt belong to you. |
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10 | married | Heb 13:4 | Cody Mac | 206646 | ||
I was trying to point out that everyone since Adam and Eve that have been married have lived together. It is perfectly fine for a man to marry a woman and the two live together. I have never read otherwise, I have never heard preached otherwise and I have never teached otherwise. | ||||||
11 | married | Heb 13:4 | Cody Mac | 206642 | ||
Genesis 2:24 says that finding a wife is the reason a man shall leave his home. To live with his wife...its really in black and white. As for Matthew 10:6...it was suppose to be Matthew 19:6 if you go back a verse to Matthew 19:5 even Jesus says what is spoken in Genesis. If married people arent suppose to live together then everyone since Adam and Eve has broken what God has said and Heaven must be empty. | ||||||
12 | Is satan tortued forever or destroyed? | Rev 20:10 | Cody Mac | 206637 | ||
Assuming you mean at the end of time. Rev 20:10. Cant be put any more simple than that. | ||||||
13 | married | Heb 13:4 | Cody Mac | 206635 | ||
This verse doesnt say they cant live together. Matthew 10:6, Genesis 2:24. This verse from Hebrews proves that sex after marriage can be fornication though. Sex after marriage is suppose to be between two people that love each other and out of love, it is also intended for reproduction. If two people get married soley to have sex it is lust. Lust is a sin, fornication. | ||||||
14 | Psalm Refers to Jesus Calming the Sea? | Ps 107:26 | Cody Mac | 206633 | ||
Prophecy, no. When studying prophecy about the Messiah there can be no mistake which are prophecies and which are not why? Why would God make prophecies about our only hope vague for one. He wouldn't, the coming of Christ (his birth, not second coming) was an important thing and the prophecies given are very specific. The connection of these verses seems clear that they are infact Jesus is showing that he is God in the flesh, he is Messiah. The sailors prayed to God in Psalms and he answered. Jesus is God so Jesus did not merely know from reading scripture about this miracle but he actually did this miracle in Psalms and was merely doing it again to show that he as the I Am. |
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15 | Paul's circumstances writing Rom 8:31-39 | Rom 16:23 | Cody Mac | 206632 | ||
Paul was in Corinth and it was his third missionary journey. He was not alone in Corinth. Corinth was under Roman rule at the time and the church in Rome was mostly gentiles. At this time is wasnt completely organized yet, mostly small groups met before buildings or locations were created so that people new christians met there. | ||||||
16 | helping a friend | John 16:8 | Cody Mac | 206631 | ||
If you could detail your question a little more I could better answer. From what I understand the preacher is calling him out? I am assuming he is not directly pointing the finger and saying you come here but merely he is being lead by the Spirit to offer a inventation to come pray because your friend is no saved. If this is so then the Holy Spirit is probably working in your friend as well, which is why I give you the verse from the gospel of John 16:8. The Holy Spirit is what God sends to put our soul under conviction so that we may see the truth, so that we can see what is wrong in our lives so that we may ask for forgiveness and salvation. If he is being put under conviction keep praying for him! It is working! | ||||||
17 | Job Talking About Jesus or Eternal Life? | Job 19:25 | Cody Mac | 206629 | ||
Job is talking about God the Father. God is refered to as Redeemer many times, Psalms 19:14, Isaiah 41:14. Redeemer in hebrew is go'el, used for God sometimes. | ||||||
18 | Following Jesus | Luke 23:43 | Cody Mac | 206488 | ||
Ok to say we cannot do anything is a HUGE mistake. We are told to do something and that is to spread the Gospel. Gospel means Good News. The Gospel about Jesus. If all we did was go to church on sundays many of us would be disappointed on Judgement Day. When you accept Christ into your life your life is no longer yours, everything revolves around Him. We take up our cross to walk with Him. James 2:26 says that For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Faith is justified by works of love, we must work. Work can mean many different things for different people. 1 Corinthians 12:1-8 Here we are told that we all have different gifts, different ministries, and different ways in which we accomblish the same goal. Edifying the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:11-12) furthering the Kingdom of Heaven. Some are called to teach, some preach, some evangelise. It goes on and on. So many people in the world and when you become a Christian God will make the way you speak to others unique but the important thing is that you do something. Going to church on sunday and then not giving God more than a second thought throughout the week is dangerous living. There is so much we can do but dont think you can do it ALONE. That is where so many go wrong, they think they are the ONES doing it and when you accept Christ into your life it becomes a team operation. You must put your faith in him and let him speak through you. Study the scripture and become closer to him. In Luke 21:15 it says For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all our adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. If you are a born again child of God then the Holy Spirit indwells in you. It is our link to Christ and Christ to God. Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit. To study and become one with God, to put yourself totally in his control, then when you tells you to go and speak with someone Jesus will put the words in your mouth, no need to worry and as quoted from Luke being from Christ no one will be able to deny or resist what you are saying because it is the Truth. My point, we are to work for Christ, spread his Word, his Gospel. How? Study the Bible, grow close to God, dont limit yourself to Christians. Christ himself said he came for the lost. That is who we should focus on, how? It is different for every person what is important is to pray, trust in Christ to reveal to you how he wants you to work and speak to people, where he wants you to go and what he wants you to do. Then do it, just go. Its like a leap of faith. Trust in him to lead you and he wont let you down. I cant tell you how you will do it because you are different from me. And everyone else. |
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19 | Suffering For The Sake Of Christ? | 1 Pet 4:12 | Cody Mac | 206409 | ||
To us ourselves we find peace in working for Christ, there is no greater joy. I was trying to say that because we work for Christ people will persecute us, suffering physically maybe might sound better? The times people have tried to bring me down for doing his work, it didnt make me angry but it broke my heart. I prayed for them but it saddened me to know they were not living in Christ. Maybe suffering isnt a good word to use when describing working for Christ? That might be where the confusion is because now that I think about it more, no matter what happens to us for doing what he told us to do and living out he wants us to being filled with the Holy Spirit we have an inner peace to do his work and a courage that no one who didnt walk the same road can understand. This as me wondering now. I imagine we would feel similar to Christ, we know that while he was dying on the Cross he felt nothing but love for us. It must have been like a burning fire, like a father for his children but he did suffer. Ok, so. How about this, granted I live in America so I (if this sounds accurate) have not suffered for Christ, why? Because if we are to understand suffering as Christ suffered for us perhaps it would be a physical torment, combined with a broken heart for the ones inflicting the suffering like what he felt for those that sentenced him to death. Living in America I am not hunted for believing in God like maybe if I lived in a country that was under Muslim rule and it was against the law to believe in Christ??? |
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20 | Why is the Christian Church so divided? | Bible general Archive 4 | Cody Mac | 206408 | ||
Of course of course, it probably wasnt the best analogy to use. First thing that came to mind. | ||||||
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