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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: jmjr Ordered by Date |
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1 | What is a patron saint? | Not Specified | jmjr | 153073 | ||
I just came across the term "patron saint" and am not sure what to believe. I have heard of bits and pieces of the Catholic view of qualification of saints and the exaltation of saints in the religion, but then I've heard non-Catholic Christians refer to all believers as saints. Are we all saints? Are "patron saints" biblical or just part of religious doctrine? Thanks! | ||||||
2 | What is a patron saint? | Bible general Archive 2 | jmjr | 153074 | ||
I just came across the term "patron saint" and am not sure what to believe. I have heard of bits and pieces of the Catholic view of qualification of saints and the exaltation of saints in the religion, but then I've heard non-Catholic Christians refer to all believers as saints. Are we all saints? Are "patron saints" biblical or just part of religious doctrine? Thanks! | ||||||
3 | god's nature | Not Specified | jmjr | 151106 | ||
How can I understand God's nature revealed in the Bible between 1) the Old Testament books of prophecy 2) the Psalms and 3) the New Testament? 1) shows His anger and direct acts of punishment/discipline on His people, 2) seems entirely just, loving and beautiful and 3) shows His mercy and holiness through Jesus. Most people say that God isn't the author of "bad things," but the Old Testament shows otherwise. He is my Lord and Savior regardless; I just want to understand more of His nature from a perspective that includes the entire Bible. | ||||||
4 | god's nature | 1 John 1:5 | jmjr | 151117 | ||
How can I understand God's nature revealed in the Bible between 1) the Old Testament books of prophecy 2) the Psalms and 3) the New Testament? 1) shows His anger and direct acts of punishment/discipline on His people, 2) seems entirely just, loving and beautiful and 3) shows His mercy and holiness through Jesus. Most people say that God isn't the author of "bad things," but the Old Testament shows otherwise. He is my Lord and Savior regardless; I just want to understand more of His nature from a perspective that includes the entire Bible. | ||||||
5 | fruit of the spirit admonition | Gal 5:26 | jmjr | 151105 | ||
After talking about the fruit of the spirit, belonging to Christ, crucifying the sinful nature and walking in step with the spirit, the NIV says: "Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other." This never seemed to flow to me. Why would Paul follow such amazing and empowering commands with a warning about pride, strife and envy? Sunday night God led me to read the Amplified version of this scripture: "Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another." That gives quite a different meaning! God revealed yet deeper meaning this morning while I was watching Joyce Meyer. She used the example of exercising, how we cry out to God for help and when He delivers we become proud of ourselves and start judging others for not doing the thing that not long ago we couldn’t do until God empowered us. So in Galatians the warning at the end is appropriate. When we do start developing fruit in our lives, we need to resist the temptation to keep the glory for ourselves. Furthermore, when I become victorious I immediately become competitive with others. Envy soon follows a spirit of competition because we will soon see the fruit in others' lives. God is no respecter of persons and what He does for one He will do for another. I'm so thankful for these sound warnings to keep us in balance trough spiritual growth. | ||||||