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181	Thanks for the answer	Acts 1:9	Hank	190240
	johnboy36: Then suppose you tell us how Jesus has managed to hover in the clouds a few feet off the ground for nearly 2,000 years. Sonny boy, we're talking about the Son of God here, not a Space Cadet from Nazareth. You may not be willing to accept the biblical account of Christ's ascension. That is up to you. But then we on Study Bible Forum are not willing to accept all this far-out hogwash about clouds and water vapor and Jesus having hardly been able to leave the earth at all. Please stick to Scripture; human theories and speculations are not acceptable on SBF. Are you a child? --Hank
182	What happened when Jesus assended?	Acts 1:9	Hank	190179
	johnboy36 - When you learn what the following scriptural passages teach, you will know as much detail as the Bible provides of the ascension of Christ. See Mark 16:19,20; Luke 24:50-53; and Acts 1:4-11. Not one of your questions can be answered biblically except possibly the first: "What happened when Jesus ascended into heaven?" In Acts 4:9 Luke tells us simply that "He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their (the apostles') sight." --Hank
183	tithe in new testament	1 Cor 16:2	Hank	190161
	Modise - Thanks for your question; welcome to Study Bible Forum. A quotation follows: "Tithing is an Old Testament concept. The New Testament nowhere commands or even recommends that Christians submit to a legalistic tithe system. Paul states that believers should set aside a portion of their income in order to support the church (1 Corinthians 16:1:2)." To read more of the article of which the foregoing is a small segment, please go to http://www.gotquestions.org/tithing-Christian.html --Hank
184	What happens when you refuse God?	Jon 1:3	Hank	190158
	Dear Gillyhaz - In 1833 a young man, having come to a turning point in his spiritual life, sat on the deck of a ship and wrote a poem which was later set to music. The young man was John Henry Newman and his poem became the beloved hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light." Here is the second stanza of that hymn: "I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead Thou me on. I loved the garish day, and spite of fears, pride ruled my will: remember not past years." ....... Some 18 centuries before Newman wrote his poem, a zealous Pharisee from Tarsus was bent on wiping Christians off the face of the earth. Years later this man, Saul of Tarsus, became known as Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ. He may well have had his deeds as persecutor of Jesus Christ and His church in mind when he wrote, "forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13,14). ....... A thousand or so years before the time of Paul, a king in Jerusalem lamented, "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." Wearily he had searched for happiness in human wisdom and found it not; in wealth and found it unfulfilling; in pleasure and found it empty and ephermeal. This disillusioned man, this king named Sololmon, had it all yet had nothing. "Vanity of vanities" he said over and over, "all is vanity." At long last his "mid-life crisis" led him back to his senses, back to his roots, back to God. He summed it all up on these well-known words, "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclestiastes 12:13). ...... Solomon's father, King David, did not always live within the will of God by any means. He committed adultery with the wife of one of his soldiers, then had the soldier slain. David paid the heavy price of bloodguiltiness for his sins, as his penitence in Psalm 51 clearly shows. He laments that his sin is ever before him and asks God to purge him with hyssop, to wash him so that he shall be whiter than snow, to restore unto him the joy of salvation. ....... If you had been a bystander at the time of Jesus' arrest and trial, and had heard a man in the crowd deny ever having anything to do with the accused -- deny it, in fact, three times -- you would never expect to read these words with which this turn-coat opened one of his epistles a few years later: "Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 1:1). ...... These men -- Paul, Solomon, David, Peter -- had all at some point in their lives "stepped outside the will of God" -- to borrow your phrase. So also have most of us. But the Bible's message rings clear: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9). And having been forgiven and cleansed, we should join with Paul in "forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before." ....... I doubt that you have "completely missed out." Trust in God and pray that He will yet use you as an instrument to His glory. --Hank
185	Baptism in the Holy Spirit	1 Cor 12:13	Hank	190147
	Dear BornoftheSpirit: Thanks for your question and welcome to SBF. The Holy Spirit is the supernatural and sovereign agent in regeneration; He therefore baptizes ALL believers into the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13). I emphasize the word "all" in the phrase "all believers" because the baptism of the Holy Spirit comes to all believers instantaneously and concurrently with their regeneration . It is not something that comes along later or something that must be sought or prayed for in order to receive it. Moreover, it has absolutely nothing to do with "speaking in tongues" (glossolalia). ...... You ask how this affects one's personal relationship with God. I'm not quite sure of the precise thrust of your question, but I will respond by saying that the baptism of the Holy Spirit comes only to regenerate believers, bona fide followers of Christ, and not to anyone else. ..... The Holy Spirit indwells born-again believers, instructing them, sanctifying them and empowering them for a life of Christian service in the world today and seals them unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Romans 8:9-11). The baptism of the Holy Spirit is not some kind of ecstatic experience; it is not a "feeling" but a fact based solidly upon the word of God. --Hank
186	Imortant Question of Life Situation 3	Matt 4:10	Hank	189858
	Gothic and emo, both forms of hardcore punk, have been associated with suicide, satanism and other evils which followers of Christ should steer completely clear of. "The one who says he abides in Him (Christ) ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. Do not love the world nor the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him" (1 John 2:6,15). --Hank
187	Is it a sin to like people unwillingly?	Gen 19:1	Hank	189803
	AbuYohan - Thanks for joining the Forum. Please write in standard English however, because shorthand and excessive abbreviations are distracting for most people and make your posts difficult to follow. Tank u 4 ur co-op. --Hank
188	Why the NKJV over the NASB ?	Bible general Archive 3	Hank	189786
	Hi, justme - Comparative sales rankings of the Bible versions tend to shift from time to time and also tend to vary depending on who's doing the ratings. I wandered around the web and found that the NIV still leads the pack. Coming in second, however, was the NKJV, which has apparently edged out the KJV fairly recently, moving the venerable old KJV to third. Coming in fourth was the New Living Translation, then the Holman Christian Standard Bible, and, in sixth place, the NASB Update. Rounding out the top ten, in seventh place was The Message (thumbs down!), followed by New Century Version, English Standard Version and New International Reader's Version. ...... What a change since I was a youth. Back then, the "Top Ten" positions were all held by the King James Bible.:-) It was essentially the only game in town then. ...... Among the current Top Ten, five of them are essentially literal translations and five are paraphrased versions. ...... One possible answer to your question about the surge in sales of the NKJV involves money -- money poured into advertising. Thomas Nelson, publishers of the NKJV, has spent a lot of money on sales promotion, just as Zondervan has on the NIV. ...... I would like to say a few words again on a subject about which I've written several times on this Forum. The NASB has been the object of what I consider unfair and inaccurate criticism concerning its style. It has been called "wooden," a term which a few critics of the NASB have used but don't bother to define what they mean by it. I doubt some of them know what they mean. They're just aping what some other critic said, and he probably didn't know what he was talking about either. But basically, as far as I'm able to put together what a few critics have said about the NASB, they seem to agree that while it's a trustworthy translation that's faithful to the ancient texts, it suffers because in its attempt to be literal it lacks natural English flow and syle. The pre-1995 update rendition was a bit "woody" in spots, I'll admit: some of its locutions were a trifle clumsy, awkward and stilted. But in the Update the team of translators and stylists did a creditable job of making the rough places smooth. It's a fine line to tread between stylistic excellence and translation excellence. The NASB philosophy always has been accuracy first, style second. By contrast, the parihrastic philosophy puts style first. I can't agree with the "wooden" critics, especially since most of them, I'm convinced, don't know good style from bad anyway. I recommend NASB Update without the slightest hesitation. It's possibly the best and most faithful Bible translation we have in modern English today. --Hank
189	Womens Hair in the OT	Song 4:1	Hank	189779
	morleyde - Why not use the "Get Bible Text" search engine on the right margin of this page, type in the word hair, and see whether you find what you're looking for? I did and came up with a few verses having to do specifically with women's hair. ..... You might also want to consult a Bible dictionary. I found entries on hair in both Holman's and Harper's. ..... A lovely paean to his bride's exquisite beauty, which included her hair, is found in these words of Solomon: "How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats that have descended from Mount Gilead." (Song of Solomon 4:1). The imagery here is of hair that is long and flowing, like a flock of goats that blend together in symmetry as they descend from a mountainside. --Hank
190	Help for Christian Wife of Alchoholic	Bible general Archive 3	Hank	189735
	Eileen - In addition to guidance and counsel from one's pastor or a Christian counselor, there are other local resources and organizations available to help families deal with alcoholics within their own family group. Many communites have chapters of Al-anon, an offshot of AA, whose purpose is to address the needs and concerns of family members of an alcoholic. The Bible never teaches that a spouse must submit to violence or abuse. But please insist that this Christian wife that you allude to in your question seek qualified help in her community. I can only imagine what she is going through in her struggles with an alcoholic husband. Unaddressed the problem will remain, and untreated the alcoholism will almost certainly grow worse. This Christian wife and her husband need help! --Hank
191	How old was Matthew when he died?	Amos 1:1	Hank	189727
	Tasia - Wow, what a speedy researcher you are! You asked a question at 3:30 and answered your own question at 3:32. The only problem is, are you right? Can you prove by Scripture that death came to Matthew the apostle when he was 60 years old? Nothing specific is required. Just book, chapter and verse will suffice! --Hank
192	explain born 1105bc and died 1015bc	Matthew	Hank	189691
	elohim7 - Without getting into all the technical business involving the world's calendars, past and present, let's try to simply things by saying that the Advent of Christ is the zero year point between B.C. and A.D. That's not precisely accurate, but it will do for our purposes. There was no designation of B.C. before Christ was born. Various ancient civilizations reckoned time by using different reference points in their history. ...... But back to the explanation of why B.C. dates count down and A.D. dates count up. Using the birth of Christ as a reckoning point between what we call B.C. and A.D., if a person happened to be 30 years old at the time Christ was born (let's call it A.D. 0), then he was born 30 years before Christ or 30 B.C. If he got married when he was 20 years old, he was married in 10 B.C. -- not 50 B.C. And if he died at age 60, that would mean he died in 30 A.D., not 60 A.D. A.D. is the abbreviation for Anno Domini, meaning "in the year of our Lord. B. C. simply means "before Christ." So both designations are ways of reckoning time, with the reference point being the date of Jesus' birth. Most biblical scholars have long believed that Jesus actually may have been born in 3 or 4 B.C., but no one knows His exact date of birth. But I promised not to get into the technicalities of calendars and such, so I'll leave it as is in hopes that it helps more than confuses. --Hank
193	Am I still Married "in God's eyes"?	NT general Archive 1	Hank	189673
	ChristianMom123 - Your post ends with the question, "What should I do?" ..... Even though there is little doubt that a number of registrants and readers of his Forum emphathize with your situation and would like to help, the reality is that there are only three things that members of this Forum can do for you. The first is to pray for you and your family. The second is to urge you to seek counsel from your pastor or other qualifed Christian counselor. The third is to attempt to diagnose your situation on this web site and give you a lot of confusing and conflicting advice, without having ever met you or your estranged husband, and knowing absolutely nothing about your situation except the meager sketch you gave in your question. ....... I BELIEVE that your post will indeed evoke the prayers of many Christian readers of these pages. I RECOMMEND that you seek personal counsel in your church or community. And I strong URGE you not to seek resolution of your complex problem on this or any other web site. ...... We are a Forum dedicated to the study of the Bible, but we are not set up to give specific, personal, one-on-one counsel. On any public forum you are likely to get all kinds of advice, some of it -- maybe most of it -- bad. And bad advice is worse than no advice at all! .... So, please, seek help from qualified folks in your community. Don't let this thing drag on. For your sake, the man's sake, and above all, your children's sake, seek local help. And I'll be praying for you and feel sure others on the Forum will too. God be with you. --Hank
194	questions for habakkuk chapter3:1-19	Hab 3:1	Hank	189651
	aim - Thanks for your post. May I suggest that you read this lovely prayer (psalm) of the prophet Habakkuk, saturate your mind and spirit with it, and reflect upon its message, meaning and purpose. Preparatory to your study of Chapter 3, however, it would no doubt be helpful to read the chapters that precede it. Then, based on your prayerful study, prepare your questions, but be careful that they are the kinds of questions that can be answered from the text -- either within the context of Chapter 3 or the expanded context of Habakkuk's little book, or elsewhere in Scripture. I wouldn't recommend questions that call for wild guesses, pure opinion or speculation. The more profound your understanding of the chapter is, the better your questions will tend to be. --Hank
195	Updated version changes list	Bible general Archive 3	Hank	189593
	chimney - I know of no such list. You might try contacting the translators/publishers at nasb@lockman.org. Or, if you were willing to invest considerable time and effort, you could make a line-by-line visual comparison between the old and the new renditions. --Hank
196	How many Jesus do we have in the Bible?	NT general Archive 1	Hank	189591
	Duplicate question.
197	Trinity?	Matt 28:19	Hank	189436
	UncleCnn: Thanks for your question on the Triunity (Trinity). What follows is a succinct glossary entry on the Trionity taken from "The Believer's Study Bible," Thomas Nelson, Publishers: "Triunity (Trinity). The distinctive and essential Christian doctrine that there is one God in three Persons. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. There is a distinction between the Persons so that the Father is not the Son, the Father is not the Spirit, and the Son is not the Spirit. Each is a Person. The Holy Spirit is not to be envisioned as a mere force or influence." ...... In Matthew 3:16,17, the Trinity is clearly evident at the baptism of Jesus. --Hank
198	Why do we honor God?	Psalm	Hank	189376
	Dear Allison (luvsoccer) - The naked truth is that the world does not honor God. The world hates the Son of God (John 7:7) who alone is the sole means of salvation (Acts 4:12). ...... I don't know how to answer your second question, "What has He (God) done to make us so keen to know him?" without quoting the entire Bible verbatim in this post! But that's a physical impossibility, isn't it? So let's just begin right where the Bible begins and consider the first statement that the word of God makes. I like to think of it as the introduction of the Mighty God to His creation, the very first revelation God makes of Himself to mankind: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). This revelation alone is reason aplenty to be keen to know Him, isn't it. And that majestic verse that Azure gave you, John 3:16! O, what an impelling reason it gives for us mortals to know our God, our Creator, our Loving Savior! He who loved us in such an incomparable way that He was willing to give His one and only Son, Messiah, the Christ, the Savior, so that we would not perish in our sins but have eternal life with Him. Read the Bible, dear questioner. Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest all the mighty acts of God, and see how many reasons you can find why you should be keen to know Him! May your search be fruitful and your soul blessed. --Hank
199	hate crime?	2 Tim 2:15	Hank	189351
	God's Elect - You say that the world is an evil place and this is so. ..... You ask what is coming to this country. What is coming to this country, the United States, or any other country on earth, my friend, is known only to God. Those of us who believe in God and His absolute sovereignty have no reason to fear the evil one, for "we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28,KJV). ..... This is not ostrich-in-the-sand escapism nor is it Pollyanish or Micawberesque wishful thinking. It is the immutable promise of God to His called in Christ. ..... It is possible, perhaps even reasonable, to suppose that Christians may in time be arrested and severely persecuted in this country for standing up for their faith in Christ and His word. Persecution is not an unknown entity. Disciples of Christ were persecuted in the days of the young Church, and persecution continues still in various parts of the world. But "what shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Paul asks in Romans 8:35. "Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" ...... "For I am persuaded," Paul wrote in Romans 8:38,29, "that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor pincipalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord." ...... Brother, I've lived on this earth for more than three score and ten years and have in that time seen many changes, and changes continue still at an accelerated pace. And out of my 58 years as a Christian I have learned to trust only Him who loved me ere I knew Him and shed His precious blood on the cross so that I might have life eternal. We all of us who know Him have victory in Him. We don't have any reason to fret or lay waste our lives in fear, shaking in our boots like craven cowards, worrying about what might happen to us, or to this country, or to any other country, in the future. We Christians not infrequently tend act as though the burden of the world were upon our shoulders. It is not. God is in control. He runs His universe. We don't. And we'll never succeed in robbing God of his sovereignty! ....... The Preacher of Ecclestiastes, having explored all the avenues available to him in search of pleasure and wisdom, happiness and contentment, ended his book with these centuries-old words, "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclesiastes 12:13). And it still is. ...... To sum up your question: Scripture does not tell us precisely what is coming to this country. But it does tell us something that I deem infinitely more important. It teaches us to trust in the Lord. And it teaches us how to live to His glory in spite of any adversity that may come upon us. Soli Deo Gloria! --Hank
200	forgiveness	2 Cor 13:5	Hank	189321
	Night Jay - When in His model prayer for His disciples, Jesus laid down the conditions for receiving forgiveness from God, He made it clear that God's forgiveness of our debts was contingent upon our forgiveness of our debtors. He said in the passage immediately following the model prayer, "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" See Matthew 6:9-15. ...... Jason, as regenerate believers in Jesus Christ, we are commanded to forgive others. In addition to the passage quoted above, please consider this: "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven you" (Ephesians 4:32). ....... You ask, "Does forgiving someone mean that they can still act in the same ways that hurt you before." Yes, they can, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they will. They may be moved by your forgiveness and this may influence them to change, or it may not. But that is not the point; it is not the motive; it is not the reason for forgiving. The Christian forgives because he loves God and wishes to please Him. He forgives because he is commanded to forgive and wants to obey Him. He forgives being fully aware that he cannot seek God's forgiveness for his own sin unless he is willing to forgive those who have sinned against him. Forgiving others on condition that they will treat us as we want them to treat us is a form of "enlightened selfnessness," not true forgiveness. The Bible teaches about genuine forgiveness that has no such strings attached. ...... Jason, I beg to take leave of addressing your reference to "infidelity," as this borders on a matter that likely is not within the purview of SBF but should be dealt with between the persons involved and possibly with a pastor or other Christian counsellor. God's blessings to you, Jason. --Hank

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