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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: Hatshepsut Ordered by Date |
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1 | How do you test prophecy ? | 1 Cor 14:31 | Hatshepsut | 86886 | ||
My question is about prophecy. If someone from the presbytery comes and prophecies over you, how do you know that prophecy is from God and how do you respond to it? What if they are prophesying and you have no idea what the person is talking about? How do you test the truth of the prophecy or legitimacy of the prophet? | ||||||
2 | Who is the Bride of Christ? | Rev 21:9 | Hatshepsut | 86604 | ||
Who is the Bride of Christ? | ||||||
3 | Explaining salvation to a young child. | NT general Archive 1 | Hatshepsut | 86606 | ||
If you had to explain salvation to a child as young as four or five, or someone who is mentally challenged, how would you explain it? Just curious to see how others would answer. | ||||||
4 | How does the church respond to abuse? | Jer 5:31 | Hatshepsut | 86509 | ||
I have a question or rather a comment concerning domestic violence that I would like to hear others perspective on. My husband was an evangelical minister in the church. Our entire family, including our six children, were heavily involved in ministry. Two years ago, I left my husband and moved to another state almost 500 miles away because he became more and more violent. He was psychologically, emotionally, mentally and even sometimes physically abusive to me and the children. He was also sexually abusive to me. When I went to my pastor about the issue, I was made to feel as if it were my fault. Sadly, most women in communities of faith are made to feel this way, thus they stay in abusive marriages. I thank God for his power of deliverance through His word. It was only through the Holy Spirit's revelation of the word that I learned that my Father in heaven did not condone my husband's behavior or the church's turning a deaf ear to my cries and the cries of my children. I have forgiven my husband, my pastor, and all those who kept silent. My question is this: The Bible speaks very clearly about domestic violence, yet communities of faith still treat women as if they are cursed. When will the body of Christ wake up and realize that the curse Eve (woman) was cursed with in Genesis, was removed at the cross? Why do we continue to teach women to be "submissive" under any and every circumstance and yet not teach men that submission, as Ephesians speaks about it, is a two-way street. Biblical submission is not just commanded of women, but of men also. Sumbission is also not synonymous with subservience and dominance. One submits out of love and respect. It is not submission if it is forced. There are many women sitting in churches today condemned to die with plastered on smiles and spirits that have been destroyed. What is the church going to say, what is the body of Christ going to do about the issues of domestic violence that are running rampid and largely unchecked in communities of "faith". |
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