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1 | what was jesus's occupation | NT general | Jesusman | 199798 | ||
Greetings, Given that Joseph, the man who raised Jesus, was a carpenter, it would be safe to assume that Jesus was originally trained to be a carpenter. Given that Jesus often use construction terms in many of his messages, it can be safe to assume that Jesus at some point in his life relied on Carpentry as his occupation. Jesusman |
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2 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | Jesusman | 199796 | ||
Scripture is the sole authority in God's revelation to man. God reveals his will to us through the proper interpretation and understanding of Scripture. However, to fully understand and interpret scripture, it is also important to understand the events, culture, history, and people that influenced the Bible. There are subtleties and changes in meaning with the words and phrases that have taken place over the centuries. There are phrases and idioms in the Bible that would normally make sense only to the intended original audience. Studying the history and science behind the scripture helps shine light on these meanings. The Bible was inspired by God, but it was human hands that transcribed it. It's not enough to ask "What does the Scripture mean to me?" and "What is God trying to say to me?" You need to also ask "What was God trying to say to them?", "What did the Scripture mean to the ones who first read it?" and "What did the Scripture mean to the one who first transcribed it?" There is more to scripture than just the message to you. Jesusman |
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3 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | Jesusman | 199789 | ||
Is there some huge falicy in supporting what you teach others? Is it some giant sin that I'm not aware of? In the course of this discussion, I've been accused of throwing the Bible away, speaking for God, not trusting God, even so far as not having Faith in God, and worse. Quite frankly, I'm tired of it. What happened to research and study? What happened with trying to pull out every ounce of understanding from a passage of scripture? This is a "STUDY" Bible forum isn't it? Or have I been going to the wrong place for the past few years? Studying the Bible involves more than reading a text from the bible and praying about it. Hermaneutics is the study into the background of the Bible. Exegesis is a study into the context and language of the text and pulling out the meaning. Apologetics is defending the faith against other religions and beliefs. All of these areas involve not simply reading the text of scripture, but also involves the history and culture of the land and time surrounding and pertaining to the text of scripture. My entire original point at the start of this mess was to simply incorporate that level of study into your witness. Adding in some additional truths and support that may not be found in the Bible, but will help support the Bible isn't wrong. You're not speaking for God, throwing the Bible away, or anything of the sort. So where's the Big huge sin???? Jesusman |
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4 | Please help! | Exodus | Jesusman | 199785 | ||
Greetings, This commandment is referring to worshipping and praying to the images as if they were gods. Enjoying a computer game isn't the same. Now, if you worshipped World of Warcraft, and such, then yes it would be wrong. However, simply enjoying the game and playing it, is quite alright. I also enjoy playing WoW as well as Star Wars Galaxies and several other games. Its an enjoyable pass time. As long as it remains such, and doesn't become more important to you than God, then there shouldn't be any concerns. Jesusman |
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5 | Dissapointment in this sites response... | Ps 16:11 | Jesusman | 199770 | ||
Greetings, Sex in any form is still sex. Be it for mating purposes, pleasure, anal sex, or oral sex. Sex is naturally intended for mating purposes as well as pleasure and intimacy between a husband and a wife. Your mouth was not intended to be an orifice for sexual gratification. It could be viewed as an unnatural use of the body. With that clarification in mind, Romans chapter one does provide the insight you might be searching for. It speaks about those who are sinful turning away from the natural uses of their body and began practicing sexual acts that were unnatural. This is specified as homosexuality and lesbianism, but could also include oral sex. Aside from that passage in Romans 1:18-32, I don't know about any other passage in the Bible that could be in reference to oral sex as being wrong or not. Even then, it would be dependant upon how you clarified oral sex. In anycase, sex in any form would be concidered immoral if it is with any partner that is not your spouse. Jesusman |
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6 | gentiles claim to be of the 144000 wit. | John 8:24 | Jesusman | 199768 | ||
Greetings, The 144,000 that are described in Revelation are all jewish. 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel. It's clearly described by John as being Jews, not gentiles. Jesusman |
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7 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | Jesusman | 199738 | ||
Greetings, I do forgive you, John. I take my faith very seriously. I also strive very hard to not cloud my views of the Bible with anything beyond what the original writers intended. I try very hard to put myself into their shoes and understand the Bible from their perspective. History, archeology, and science aid in that. When I teach others about the Bible, I share with them what history, apart from the Bible says about christ, as well as offer up resources they can research as well. Let me close by asking this. In college, high school, and graduate studies, and even beyond, any form of research paper, report, or type written study requires a bibliography, or a works sited page. It is a sheet that lists all the books and resources referred to during the course of writting the Paper. If every person who persues such an assignment is required such documentation of their research, why should we, as christians, be exempt from also providing such resources? We aren't dealing with a simple 3 page report for a teacher in school, but the eternal existance of a person's soul. I would rather give them the information they need about God and the Bible and even too much information, than to have them walk away with questions and not enough information about God and the Bible. Jesusman |
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8 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | Jesusman | 199461 | ||
Fine .. I guess I am a false prophet I have tried hard to teach others to resist. Good bye. You won't see me on here again. | ||||||
9 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | Jesusman | 199454 | ||
Wait a minute?! What's this? An eyewitness account of what happened? Isn't this .. oh .. what's the word I'm looking for?? PROOF?!?!?! Hasn't it sunk in yet what I am trying to say?? I believe the Bible inerrant and 100 percent true. I have a saving Faith in Christ Jesus and loving relationship with God the Father. I was saved at the young age of 5 years old before I knew what witnessing or apologetics or any of that ever meant. But the first time a person came to me and asked me if Jesus was real. I said yes .. there was no doubt at all in my mind. He was a high school classmate, son of a Baptist minister, and was then a devout muslim. He said prove it. I showed him the Bible. He asked me to prove the Bible was true. What was I supposed to do then? Pray for him? I did. Tell him to have faith in God? I did. Recommend him to a pastor? I did. I couldn't help but feel that no matter how knowledgable I was about the matters of faith and God's word and teachings, I had no answers for their questions about if this was real or not. He wasn't the first. Every single person I have witnessed to has asked me questions not about putting faith in God, but if what we believe is real. People like Lee Strobbel, Hank Henegraff, Bruce Metzger and Ravi Zacharias are almost heros to me. If you want further info about my training and background, fine. I have a BA in Biblical Languages from Missiouri Baptist University. My Father is a pastor, my mother was a sunday school teacher for years. I have read the Bible backwards and forwards several times over. I have studied nearly every passage in it's pages, and continue to do so daily. Each time I open it I learn something I didn't know before. So please .. with all due respect .. don't tell me what I see and don't see. I'm not speaking out of my butt. I'm not making claims without one iota of support. I can support everything I say either through research or personal experience. Jesusman |
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10 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | Jesusman | 199451 | ||
So .. what we believe has no basis in fact. Very well. Have it your way. Jesusman |
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11 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | Jesusman | 199448 | ||
With out the overwhelming historical, scientific, and archeological evidence to support the Bible's claims, we might as well tell the unbelieving to believe in Santa Claus, Roudolph, and the Easter Bunny. On top of that, I point you to the Great Commission and ask you a similar question that you asked me. Who are we to speak for God? Why does God need our help in revealing himself? Apparently there is something we contribute when witnessing to an unbeliever because we are commanded to "Go" and "Teach". Now, in the sources your mentioned, it is a communication between Christians. But look at Paul's message on Mar's hill. Where does he begin? He begins with using a altar attributed to "An unknown god" as his starting point. He used a secular religious Icon to witness. In every instance of the Bible where a believer is witnessing, the Believer begins and often uses terms and phrases the person being witnessed to will understand. I am not saying we should shelve the Bible, and ignore God. I'm saying that those we witness to will need proof. Turning to history, science, archeology helps provide that proof. Look at many of the experiences in the Bible and what do you see? Proof being given. Pentacost? Everyone of different languages heard the message in their native language. The Jailor? An earthquake that freed the Apostles but they remained. Who are the ones speaking in those instances? Eyewitesses to the events of Jesus's life. They were proof in and of themselves. We don't have that luxury. 2000 years have passed, long enough for such things to be counted as myth. In the secular world, the Bible is little more than myth. What do you suggest that we do? Tell the unbelievers to have faith in what they think is a myth, and give them a book they might think of as no more credible than an edition of Snow White? How about we tell them that Jesus was a real person? That people other than the Biblical Writers told his story? How about we even go so far as point them in the direction where they can look at the proof for themselves? I have never said and will never say that we should take God out of the equasion. I am saying that we reinforce our claims with the proof and evidence that God has provided. We have this evidence. What is the huge sin in using it? Jesusman |
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12 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | Jesusman | 199418 | ||
I think you are misunderstanding what I'm trying to say. I'm not saying that you should put the Bible on the shelf and leave it alone, but rather use Secular terminology. Let me walk you through some examples where churchese language was used. One example is where a christian told a lawyer "You need to be born again". The lawyer replied, "How can I enter my mother's womb a second time when I'm an old man?" Another example is where a christian was speaking to a doctor. "You need to take Jesus into your heart." The Doctor replied, "is this an elective surgery or is it covered by my medical insurance." I'm not making these up, these are actual conversations. We, as christians, are going to be facing people who do NOT understand how on earth we could ... "believe in something so idiotic as an all powerful being. It's like thinking Yoda was a real person." Another quote from someone I witnessed to once. However, when I went through and actually answered his questions about the Bible, many of which were supposed contradictions and concerns about the inerancy of the Bible, and that I used actual things he could research on his own, he came back and we started talking about the Spiritual teachings of the Bible. Now, he's going to church in St. Louis, MO and last I knew, he was teaching a sunday school class at his church. No where did I or will I say that we should put the Bible on the shelf and ignore it. Rather we should support it. The Bible is a book of facts. Many facts are hard to accept. Some, many people believe these facts were added later than we say it was. Our credibility is on the line everytime we begin to witness. We are talking about something that modern science hasn't been able to prove exists. Why do you think we have a manual that has been proven 100 percent true time and time again? It's not only to guide us, but to help give us credibility. I'll close this with another question that was asked to me by someone I was witnessing to. "How can I put my faith in something totally rediculous and unprovable if the documents you support your faith with aren't true?" Having faith is a good thing. Its the most important thing. But it needs help sometimes. Using facts and evidence is not hindering Faith, but helping it along. Jesusman. |
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13 | Why are the lists of the 12 apostles dif | NT general | Jesusman | 199404 | ||
Greetings, This can be easily explained by the fact that not everyone will know a person by a single name. To my friends, I am Bruce. Online, I am Jesusman. To my dad, I am skipper. To my mom, I was Bo pat. To those I know only via business, I am Mr. Richards. Take Bartholemew for example. He was also called Nathaniel. Paul was also known as Saul. Peter was also known as Simon. So .. the differences in the listings are simply put that they are known by a different name. Jesusman |
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14 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | Jesusman | 199402 | ||
Greetings, It's ironic that someone posted this type of question. Cause I'm going to be giving a lesson on witnessing at a local Bible bookstore on friday. There are many mistakes that the average christian does while witnessing that will unknowingly push away a non-believer. The most common is simply not being able to answer their questions. I have come across alot of unbelievers who present these so called "contraditions", many of which can be explained by simply reading the context of the passage. The first thing every christian should learn to do, is not simply read the Bible, but to read and study in the context of scripture. Context is king. The second mistake often made is using what I call "churchese" language. The unbeliever won't understand "Take Jesus into your heart" or "Sinners will go to hell". Instead, try to filter out this form of speech and use secular terms where possible. The third common mistake is to assume that terms mean the same thing for everyone. Just because a person says they are a christian does not mean they have a saving faith in Christ, but rather they are not buddist, jewish, nor muslim. Going to a christian church no more makes you a christian than walking into a garage makes you a chevy. Finally, the average christian doesn't research biblical history. The Bible makes many bold claims of historical, and scientific importance that have been proven true over and over again. Knowing some of these will help shed doubt on the secular claims that the bible is nothing more than a book of myth. Supporting the idea that the Bible is true historically and scientifically will aid in supporting it spiritually. Jesusman |
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15 | Which churches are they? | Revelation | Jesusman | 199359 | ||
Hmm .. the first baptist church of ephasis, the Church of God at Smyrna. United Pentacostal church of Pergamum. The United Methodist Church of Thyatira. The First Southern Baptist Church of Sardis. The Lutheran Church of Philadelphia. The Roman Catholic Church of Laodicea. ok .. all joking aside ... The churches were all in what is now modern day turkey. Asia Minor. Jesusman |
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16 | Easter- two days later? | NT general | Jesusman | 199357 | ||
Part of it has to do with jewish way of counting a day. Part of a day is counted as being a day. So .. he died on friday. Day one. Spent saturday in the grave. Day 2. Resurrected on Sunday. Day 3. Jesusman |
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17 | why do singles think they need a mate? | 1 Cor 7:32 | Jesusman | 199196 | ||
As a single man and preacher in search of a church, I have come across a misunderstanding that preachers must be the husband of one wife .. they can't be single, or remarried .. and if you are single, they try and marry you off. You find this a common thought in some small baptist churches. Jesusman |
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18 | who is the angel in rev.10/1 | Revelation | Jesusman | 199181 | ||
Hmmm .. the strong angel? He's a 10/8 Silver brigade hero with the special ability of negating all special abilities on all nonwarrior class characters and nonweapon class enhancements. He was first released with the warriors set of Redemption and later with the Kings set of Redemption. Now .. as for this passage, he's prolly the same one Mentioned in Rev. 5:2. Jesusman |
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19 | Why do people say this when in all actua | Bible general Archive 4 | Jesusman | 199118 | ||
How do you explain John chapter 3? The statement that Jesus was sent to preach the Word is self defeating. John chapter 1 tells us that the "Word" is Jesus himself. Are you saying that Jesus was sent to preach about himself? Also, what does the "Word" or the "Gospel" include? It includes the events leading up to and including the Death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as well as the motivation behind it, hence for Jesus to die for our Sins. Now, back to my initial question. John chapter 3, specifically verses 16 - 18, comes right out and tells us that the purpose behind Jesus coming was to save the world. Now, for your last comment/question about God not truly sending anyone to die for our sins. I refer you to the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 16, verses 21 - 23. Jesus foretells his death. Peter opens his mouth and says "God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to you!" Jesus replies back, and rebukes Peter by saying "Get behind me, Satan." Such talk about Jesus not coming from God, or coming to save our sins, but coming for other purposes are nothing more than Satan trying to decieve. In closing, I refer you to 1 John, chapter 4. To sum up this passage, Don't believe everything you come across, hear, or read, or are told by those claiming to be from God. Instead, John tells us to put those claims to the test. That test is to compare what they teach about Jesus to the written Word. If they confess Jesus as being sent from God, and sens to be the payment of our sins, then they are from God. Those sent by God will teach and live and work through Love, because God is the originator of Love. Jesus coming to us, in the flesh, was because of God's Love. Jesus Loves you. Jesusman |
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20 | Why translations use LORD not Yahweh? | Ex 3:15 | Jesusman | 198608 | ||
Greetings, So far, the others who have answered have given you accurate information about YHVH being used with the vowels of Adonai and so forth. However, there is a part that they haven't really touched on. YHVH is the holy name of God in Jewish tradition. To even speak, write, or utter that holy name was seen as Blasphemous. So, the term "Adonai" was used. Even when transcribing the text onto new scrolls, Adonai was usually the chosen substatute. As a result of this, and the nature of the Jewish language, no one knows what the true vowels for YHVH should be. The vowels for Adonai that are attributed to YHVH grammarically don't fit. Now, because of the limitations of the English language, A distinction needed to be made between Adonai and YHVH, as well as other terms for God such as Elohim, El, and so forth. All of which can be translated as "lord". The Solution was to capitalize certain letters. So, that's why "LORD" is the english translation of YHVH, and "Lord" is the english translation of Adonai. Jesus Loves you. Jesusman |
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