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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Jacoba Ordered by Date |
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1 | How did adam and eve children have child | Gen 4:14 | Jacoba | 74182 | ||
Hi BB187! When you have time, please complete a profile so that we can get to know you better. Now to your question. In Genesis 4:4-16 we are told that Adam and Eve's son Cain, after the murder of his brother Abel, was banished from the presence of God. He went to land east of Eden, where he and his wife began to have children. We aren't told the wife's name, and I think that's by design--we aren't told the names of all of Adam and Eve's children but since Adam lived more than 800 years, we can be sure that there were many children. But the short answer is that Adam and Eve's children had children with each other. That is called incest now, and it is wrong for moral and biological reasons. Exodus chapter 20, Leviticus chapters 15-22, Numbers 5, and Deuteronomy chapters 22-27 are a few references prohibiting all sorts of sexual immorality. God bless you, and know that God accomplished the creation of mankind so that we would all be related, and Jesus's life, death and resurrection assures that we all can be reunited in God's presence. Jacoba |
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2 | the first account written to the ophilus | Luke 1:3 | Jacoba | 74173 | ||
Taleb, I thank God you have decades of knowledge and experience to share with us. I thought Theophilus was a greeting similar to "Dear Reader", but making the distinction of "Friend of God". True, Luke was a Gentile, but he was also active in the mission field in Paul's time. Paul mentions him in two places, Colossians 4.14, (Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.), and 2 Timothy 4:11 (Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.). Maybe, like it suggests in James, Luke was an effective missionary because he used his medical vocation and ministered to people's human needs to create opportunities for enlarging the kingdom. Since it was many years between Jesus's life, death and resurrection, God placed a man of letters in the Church to "write an orderly account for you (and us all), most excellent Theophilus." Jacoba |
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3 | Which Law? | Acts 10:28 | Jacoba | 74091 | ||
Nehemiah 13.1-3 refers to Deuteronomy 23.3-5 | ||||||
4 | Hate your enemy? | Matt 5:1 | Jacoba | 74089 | ||
Jesus didn't say it was in the law--He said that "You have heard that it was said"--similar to an axiom like "Sticks and stones...". | ||||||
5 | What about the star? | Matt 2:1 | Jacoba | 73024 | ||
As Redeemer, Jesus's function was to fulfill the law and the prophecies. Herod was able to direct the magi to Christ's birthplace, Bethlehem, by prophecies concerning the Messiah's birthplace. God's wisdom is foolishness to men, and vice versa. You're right, it probably wasn't wise for the Ben Jacob family to stay in Bethlehem, but since God is omnipotent and omniscient they could do as God pleased. Remember the story of Balaam and his ass? Balaam didn't see the avenging angel until it pleased God to reveal him to Balaam. And we humans are so stubborn--Balaam and his ass had a conversation (as if talking to an ass wasn't enough!) before the miraculous revelation of the angel. I believe nobody around there saw the star because it's like Jesus said (a fulfillment of prophecy) they will look and not see. 1 Thessalonians 5.21 says to put all things to the test: keep what is good. Do you remember when Mary Magdalene was about to be stoned when caught in adultery? The crowd was an unruly mob, and Scripture tells us that Jesus was writing on the ground. Do you know what He wrote? No, and neither do I, but I trust that God's word is silent on this because we are to get another point from that story. May God help us stay focused on the fact that Jesus was the fulfillment of God's Word, and that God protected Jesus and his family for the completion of God's plan of salvation. |
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6 | Did the Magi visit Bethlehem or Nazareth | Matt 2:1 | Jacoba | 72912 | ||
The magi visited Bethlehem, where Jesus lived until he was about two (Jesus is called a young child in Matthew 2.11, not a baby). I believe God led them to stay there until the magi's arrival. The magi's gifts financed the Joseph ben Jacob family's move to Egypt and their stay until Herod died. Remember, Mary was kind of in disgrace with this pregnancy, so I can see how they didn't hurry back to Nazareth. Also, they had been directed to Bethlehem for a census. I imagine it took a while to register all the people who had returned to Bethlehem who were of the lineage of David. Also, I believe that Bethlehem is geographically closer to Jerusalem than Nazareth, and Joseph probably considered the arduous journey with a post-partum mother and a new baby wasn't practical. | ||||||
7 | what day of creationdid God make heaven | Gen 1:1 | Jacoba | 72906 | ||
Genesis 1.6-8 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. |
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8 | diccerence between old test and new test | Bible general Archive 1 | Jacoba | 72903 | ||
I once heard a clergyman explain it thus: the Old Testament is Christ concealed, the New Testament is Christ revealed. Genesis 3.15 foretells Christ's coming: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise HIS heel. The Old Testament is Law-Mosaic law, and traditions added by the Israelites. You know about the 10 commandments? By Jesus's time, the Jews had 619. No wonder Jesus took such issue with the religious leaders of his time. In Matthew 23.13 Jesus says "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in." The Old Testament was to tell us God's law, and give us an opportunity to fail miserably at fulfilling it. The New Testament is the Gospel (Gospel means good news in Greek, if I'm not mistaken). That's why the first four books of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, are called gospels, because they tell of Jesus's words and actions while he was on earth. But thanks be to God, for giving us the victory in Jesus Christ, the only one who could and did perfectly fulfill the law! In Matthew 5.17-19 Jesus said, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Did you notice that breaking the commandments just makes the lawbreaker called the least in the kingdom of heaven--heavy discipline, but not expulsion? We are saved because God is good, not because we are (we are justified by grace, God's goodness, totally undeserved by us). He knows that we need to praise Him--that's how He made us--and the Bible, Old and New Testaments, give us insight into His nature, and infinite reasons to praise and thank Him. |
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9 | Who can Baptize you? Does it matter? | Rom 10:9 | Jacoba | 72892 | ||
Excuse me, I didn't either. How do you do that? | ||||||
10 | Do I have to be Baptized to be saved? | Rom 10:9 | Jacoba | 72891 | ||
Romans 10:1-4,12:1-3,14:1,22-23 The answer is, what do you believe about it? The Holy Spirit works in each of us through our reason and conscience, telling us what is right. The malefactor believed in Jesus as Messiah, and confessed (his sin, and) with his mouth that Jesus was Lord (capable of saving him). (In Luke 23:42-44 the malefactor said Lord, remember me when thou comest into your kingdom-Jesus' response was Today, shalt thou be with me in paradise). Further, the malefactor wasn't baptized with water, and he had an unrestricted privilege of approaching Jehovah in prayer, but I believe the baptism of the Holy Spirit is the necessary baptism. The immersion or christening is an outward symbol or ritual of the Holy Spirit's cleansing. Romans 14:1 touches on ritual. Abraham wasn't baptized; he wasn't even circumcised until way after God accepted him as righteous based on faith. But Paul says in Ephesians 4:6-12 that God is in all of us, and Jesus went down to hell, preached the gospel to its tenants and took those souls who believed before Jesus came, to heaven with him, and I'm sure this includes all the old testament prophets, who were unbaptized. We cannot, indeed must not judge another's salvation, but we can be assured of our own, by resting on the promise of Romans 10:9. God loves (and listens to the prayers of) you and me and everyone--the whore, the drug addict, the insufferable snob--and that's the true meaning of John 3:16, 17. But there's an objective part (God so loved the world) and a subjective part (that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life). I pray that you'll hear God's saving voice of love and forgiveness over the enemy's ranting of guilt. Yes, we are all guilty, but we have an Advocate with the Father--Jesus. That's why we pray in Jesus's name. |
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11 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Jacoba | 72890 | ||
The reason I'm still on this is I haven't gotten that feeling I get when God's word is opened to me, and I want to provide a definitive interpretation to some others who heard the comment who may be weakened and/or confused. v1 says that word got back to the rich man that the manager was squandering his (meaning the master's) possessions. That tells me the manager was stealing. It wasn't the manager's job to correct the wrong of usury, but the rich man if the latter had inflated the debtor's balances. Also later in the parable the rich man praised the manager, and I think he did that because the manager had corrected the manager's own wrong. In light of the recent American corporate scandals, I think Christians should have it clear about good and bad stewardship. It's my prayer that God will make His people light and salt in whatever avenue we find ourselves. |
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12 | I need a recipe for rasin cakes, OT food | Bible general Archive 1 | Jacoba | 72889 | ||
2 Tim 3:16-17 I'm copying this recipe from "Healing Foods from the Bible" copyrighted 1998 by Globe Communications Corp. See 1 Sam 25:9, 18--on p. 28 the book purports to recount the recipe for Abigail's Fig Cake 1 c butter 1/2 c honey 3 c figs (or fig preserves) 5 egg yolks, beaten (save whites) 3 c whole-wheat flour 1 c plain yogurt 1 c walnuts 1 c raisins 1-1/2 T cinnamon 5 egg whites, beaten Cream butter and honey together before adding the figs and beaten yolks. Stir. Add flour, yogurt alternating. Add nuts, raisins, cinnamon. Fold in whites. Pour into greased cake pan and bake at 350 degrees F 90 minutes. Serve with honey. |
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13 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Jacoba | 72753 | ||
But what about the stealing? Unless the steward had previously inflated the debtors' balances, it was wrong to "cook the books". But the lord in the parable commended the unjust steward (v8). | ||||||
14 | Abrahams' Abode? | Luke 16:1 | Jacoba | 72751 | ||
Ephesians 4:7-9 | ||||||
15 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Jacoba | 72746 | ||
What point was Jesus making with this parable? (Luke 16.1-18) Someone said to me that he was condoning stealing, but that CAN'T be right (see v17). As near as I can tell, Jesus was saying that it was shrewd to correct past wrongs to ingratiate oneself. | ||||||
16 | Acts 2:33 (*Promise*) | Acts 2:33 | Jacoba | 72744 | ||
Psalm 119:130 I'm definitely a layperson, but as a Christian, I pray that God will give us necessary insight. Christians also believe that the Holy Spirit is none other but God himself. We believe that Jehovah is the Holy Trinity--three distinct but not separate persons--Father-creator, Son-redeemer, Holy Spirit-sanctifier. We cannot live a Christian life, indeed cannot even believe without the Holy Spirit's indwelling. The concept of Holy Trinity is difficult and cannot be treated correctly or completely by human mind, but in Luke 24:45-49 the risen (but not yet ascended) Christ Jesus opened the disciples' minds to understand the Scriptures [and instructs them]....Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high." In his Pentecostal speech, Peter was telling the new Christians that what Jesus had said previously was true, and the enduing of the Holy Spirit had manifested itself therein. The enduing of the Holy Spirit of the Christians that day was evidence that God the Father's promise was fulfilled in Jesus's exaltation. Jesus was exalted, and then he sent the Holy Spirit to them. Thus the use of the past tense. We must remember that Peter speaking to his hearers about the miracle of speaking in tongues, and he was at the point in his speech where he is talking to his audience about David (Acts 2:29). He was saying, not so much that David never ascended into heaven as that the patriarch David who died was not as great as his descendant Jesus Christ who died, rose and ascended and resumed his deity as the second person in the Holy Trinity. David knew that he was subordinate, and in Acts 2:34 Peter reminded his hearers that David called his descendant Jesus, Lord (Psalm 110:1). I think this verse also speaks favorably to the fact that David's soul is with God in heaven, with respect to Romans 10:9. Truly God continues to sanctify us, but the saving work of Jesus was a necessary, and complete preamble to entitle his adopted brothers and sisters to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. |
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17 | Child living in open sin. What do we do? | 1 Cor 5:11 | Jacoba | 72043 | ||
Prov. 22:6, and Eph. 6:4 First, I'm praying that God would continue to lead you in your response to your daughter, and that you keep praying for her. Next, Prov. 22:6 talks about more than training our children; it's also about identifying our children's personalities and training them appropriately. If one knows one's child is stubborn, one must find other ways to discipline challenge and love that child. Yes, I would announce that her behavior is contrary to God's Word, but I'd emphasize that I hate the sin but never the sinner. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up; nothing will separate (any of) us from the love of God, but we frequently make Him sad with what we do. |
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