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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Dalila Ordered by Date |
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1 | Should govt. protect porn for adults | Prov 3:13 | Dalila | 104774 | ||
If one loves the Lord with all his/her heart, mind, and soul, you can only disagree. Plus, the body is a sacred temple, 1 Cor. 6:19 "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; In Christ, Dalila |
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2 | choking on a gnat | Matt 23:24 | Dalila | 104023 | ||
Oops, part 2 of the answer... Blind guides ... the gnat ... the camel ... In Christ's day, any small impurity in a glass of milk or water would have been filtered out. Jesus contrasted this straining of such a thing as a gnat out of a glass of water with swallowing a camel! This is hyperbole at its best and a perfect picture of the unbalanced thinking of those unfortunate men. For example, they literally stoned Stephen to death with their own hands, but scrupulously avoided stepping on an old grave, neglecting to tithe a sprig of dill, or putting foot inside a Gentile's house. The figure of the gnat and the camel emphasizes the difference in the culture of that day and ours. Today, any good housekeeper would throw a glass of milk in the garbage if it had a gnat in it; but in those days, such things as germs were unknown. Therefore, the gnat was strained out! Presumably this may still go on wherever there is such poverty as to require it or such ignorance as to allow it. Of course, Christ did not endorse that type of sanitation, or lack of it, but was merely drawing an illustration from the customs of the day. |
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3 | What did Jesus mean by this analogy? | Matt 23:24 | Dalila | 104014 | ||
Verses 23, 24 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. Ye blind guides that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel! Coffman's Commentary says this: the Pharisee was presented as a specialist in trifles. To be sure, there was nothing wrong with tithing mint, dill (see the margin of the RSV), and cummin. Christ admitted that such was a duty, "These ought ye to have done!" The trouble was that such petty little deeds of scrupulosity were the PRINCIPAL concern of the scribes and Pharisees. They could murder the Son of God but would not think of neglecting to tithe a sprig of dill on the back doorstep. It was precisely in such a tradition that they finally appeared before Pilate to extort a death sentence for the Master, while refusing at the same time to enter the governor's court lest they be defiled! Jesus contrasted justice, mercy, and faith with small things like tithing herbs, and then laid down the proposition that some things ARE more important than others in God's kingdom. Furthermore, the BIG END of all obligation is in the ethical and moral realm, rather than in ceremonial and external observances. God Bless, Dalila |
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4 | choking on a gnat | Matt 23:24 | Dalila | 104013 | ||
The Pharisee was presented as a specialist in trifles. To be sure, there was nothing wrong with tithing mint, dill and cummin (small things). Christ admitted that such was a duty, "These ought ye to have done!" The trouble was that such petty little deeds of scrupulosity were the PRINCIPAL concern of the scribes and Pharisees. They could murder the Son of God but would not think of neglecting to tithe a sprig of dill on the back doorstep. It was precisely in such a tradition that they finally appeared before Pilate to extort a death sentence for the Master, while refusing at the same time to enter the governor's court lest they be defiled! Jesus contrasted justice, mercy, and faith with small things like tithing herbs, and then laid down the proposition that some things ARE more important than others in God's kingdom. Furthermore, the BIG END of all obligation is in the ethical and moral realm, rather than in ceremonial and external observances. I got this from Coffman's Commentary. You can look it up on the web as well, I've got it book marked it's such a neat commentary. God Bless! Dalila |
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5 | Question on Matthew 16:28 | Mark 9:1 | Dalila | 103719 | ||
Thank you! You explain this excellently. God Bless you. Dalila |
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6 | Question on Matthew 16:28 | Not Specified | Dalila | 103681 | ||
Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom." Matthew 16:28 How can Jesus say this when we're still waiting for the second coming? Thanks for any insight! |
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7 | Question on Matthew 16:28 | Mark 9:1 | Dalila | 103684 | ||
Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom." Matthew 16:28 How can Jesus say this when we're still waiting for the second coming? Thanks for any insight! |
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8 | Last Days for 2 thousand years? | 2 Tim 3:1 | Dalila | 100088 | ||
Thank you. I understand what you've written. I have another question derived from your response. "These are the last days" and there are numerous quotations from the New Testament I could put here, but that's my point. Even the apostles have been saying that "these are the last days", that was thousands of years ago. What makes those days less worse? I'm sure children were raped then as they are today, it's just we hear about it more due to the media. I know that we don't know when Christ will come again, but it seems that His coming is always just around the corner, even per the New Testament the way they put it, it seems it's near, when here we are 2003 and we're still saying it's the last days. Thanks for taking the time to respond to this if you can. Dalila |
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9 | Why don't you know for sure? | Eccl 11:6 | Dalila | 99979 | ||
I believe that even if we think we are left on our own, we never are. God is not going to constantly do little miracles so that we know He's always there. But faith tells us to simply believe. If we have a strong relationship with Him, we can learn to hear His voice and not make so many mistakes. And even the mistakes we do make we would be able to hear His voice to correct them. As to the sow seeds part, that's not up to us to figure out if it will bear fruit or not. It may not bear fruit till after we are long with the Lord, have faith, that if you are sowing seeds, as we are told to do per Scripture, then God is leading us to sow those particular seeds. We don't understand everything the Lord is doing, there comes again our faith to just know He is all good and Truth, and even uses evil for His good purpose. You can practice on learning how to hear the Lord's voice so that His Scripture will become clear to you. It's almost like meditation. And of course regularly attending a church of good bible teachings always is a plus. There are also alot of fantastic books out there to help you along the way. I really love God.com by James Alexander Langteaux. It's like no other book I've read before, I think you'd like it just as much as I did. Dalila |
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10 | The innocent children being violated? | Not Specified | Dalila | 99881 | ||
This has been bothering me again, and in the past it bothers me off and on, every time I hear a news article that's especially bad. Children being raped at the age of 4 yrs, babies being raped at 10 months old. These kind of acts, I understand are evil, but it still shakes my foundation. I can't grasp how the innocent can be violated like this when God is in control. Any biblical responses? | ||||||
11 | The innocent children being violated? | 2 Tim 3:1 | Dalila | 99887 | ||
This has been bothering me again, and in the past it bothers me off and on, every time I hear a news article that's especially bad. Children being raped at the age of 4 yrs, babies being raped at 10 months old. These kind of acts, I understand are evil, but it still shakes my foundation. I can't grasp how the innocent can be violated like this when God is in control. Any biblical responses? | ||||||
12 | How does the Lord do evil? | Jer 36:3 | Dalila | 99831 | ||
Does anyone have an answer as to how the Lord can do evil, I thought that was impossible. | ||||||