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1 | What is evidentialism? | Bible general | Lionstrong | 243642 | ||
Rom. 1:18, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse." What is evidentialism and is there biblical support for it? |
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2 | Naming Created Things | Gen 2:19 | Lionstrong | 241302 | ||
Here's a question. What are your thoughts about this question? Was the naming of the animals, or more broadly, is the naming of things in creation part of our calling to exercise dominion over the earth? | ||||||
3 | Can God be Understood? | Jer 9:24 | Lionstrong | 229200 | ||
Can God be understood? We live in an age of irrationalism and anti-intellectualism where people--especially religeous people--believe that the most important things of life cannot be understood, that they must be embraced in a passonate irrational act of "faith." I've heard people quote verses to support that such is the God of the Bible:Is 55:8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. Is 55:9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts. What say you? In your study of Scripture, have you come to the conclusion that God is beyond human understanding? P.S. I did a word search on this site of "know the Lord." Quite interesting. |
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4 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Lionstrong | 153260 | ||
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This may not be a proper Study Bible Forum question for discussion, but I'll leave that up to you: What's the difference, if any, between loving God's word, the Holy Bible, and loving God? I'm of the opinion that there's none, because all we know of God is found in or "by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture." God is what His word says He is. How can one love God and hate His word. Or, conversely, how can one hate God and love His word? Further, does the word itself make a distinction between loving God and loving his word? Jesus says, "If you love me you will keep my commandments." (John 14:15) Heb 3:10 "THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS'; (the writer of Hebrew citing Psalm 95:10) |
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5 | Seek the Lord | 2 Chr 12:14 | Lionstrong | 120355 | ||
2 Chronicles 12:14 He [King Rehoboam son of King Solomon] did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. Came across this verse in my reading today. Been on my mind all day. Two questions: 1. What does it mean to "seek the Lord?" The Amplified Bible has "inquire of, yearn for." 2. What are your thoughts on how to seek the Lord? |
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6 | The Unity of Faith, Hope and Love | 1 Cor 13:13 | Lionstrong | 120251 | ||
1 Cor 13:13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. A very interesting quote this verse is! But into what category of thought do these three things fall? The Apostle Paul just says “these three.” And my question is, “these three what?” What are these three things; are they three concepts, three principles, three moral values, three what? I’m looking for a unity here. In what class of things do these three things belong? What word, what concept, or what idea unifies faith, hope and love? |
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7 | Is an Un-subdued Earth Good? | Gen 1:28 | Lionstrong | 99273 | ||
Gen. 1:28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." Is an Un-subdued Earth Good? Note: I’m not asking about our fallen earth, the earth as it is now, but the earth as it was prior to the fall. 1. Does the command to subdue the earth imply that the earth required subduing, that is, was the earth untamed? 2. When God planted the garden and put man in it, was the garden the only subdued place on the earth, the rest of the earth remaining untamed until man multiplied and filled it? 3. If the earth required subduing and, realizing that until man “multiplied and filled” a hitherto unoccupied part of the earth that it would remain untamed, then if the earth as God created was good, then is an un-subdued earth good? Please support your answer with logic and/or Scripture. |
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8 | God/Man, Man/Man Relationships | Gen 3:8 | Lionstrong | 71652 | ||
I hear Christians speak about a relationship with God as if he were a human person, albeit a very important and powerful person. So, this leads to the question: Is the relationship between Man and God the same as between Man and Man? If not, then what are the similarities and differences between Man's relationship with God and Man's relationship with his fellow man? Let me start this study off with a few comments. First, contrary to what some believers think, God did not create man because He was lonely. Two biblical reasons support this: (1) God is his own company, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. John 17:5, "Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was." And (2) the Bible teaches that God is totally self-sufficient, and therefore has no need whatsoever of anything He has created, including man. And there is absolutely no biblical support for the notion that God was lonely. Is 40:13-17, "Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has informed Him? With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust. Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless." Second, a personal relationship with God IS possible. Some liberal theologians think of God in such "totally other" terms that a personal relationship with God is impossible. Now God is high and lifted up as the Isaiah 40 passage illustrates, but I like the way the Westminster Confession summarizes the biblical position: "The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of Him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension of God's part, which He hath been pleased to express by way of covenant." (Chapter 7, paragraph 1) But although a relationship with God is possible I think it must be considered in two parts: pre-Fall and post-Fall, and two covenants, the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace. The pre-fall relationship was based on a covenant between God and man, a covenant of works. God said in effect, "do this and live," and he walked with Man in the garden in the cool of the day (Gen. 3:8). If man is to have a personal relationship with God now (post-Fall), it is also based on a covenant, a covenant of grace. God says in effect, "Believe this and live." This covenant is secured by a Sacrifice and arbitrated by a Mediator "For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit." (1 Pet 3:18) So, here, then, is one difference: a relationship with God, because he is very great, required God to "come down," to condescend to man, which he was please to express voluntarily by way of covenant. And a second difference is that now this relationship required a Sacrifice and Mediator. I'm sure members of the forum can show many other similarities and differences, but there is one similarity I especially like. A man can be God's friend: Is 41:8, "But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend," John 15:15, "No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you." But unlike men who are very fickled and vague in the terms of their relationship with each other, God is very concrete and clear: John 15:14, "You are My friends if you do what I command you." John 14:21, "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." Peace, |
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9 | Two, Three, or Forensic Evidence | Deut 17:6 | Lionstrong | 65020 | ||
Hi Steve, Apparently you did not notice the NT quotes. So,the standard is still the same after the advent of Christ (if one's dispensational views causes them to disregard God's standards in the OT). So the question remains, Shouldn't this standard also be the standard of the civil courts? Peace, |
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10 | Two, Three of Forensic Evidence | Deut 17:6 | Lionstrong | 64973 | ||
Thanks Searcher, But that really does not answer the question. Shouldn't this standard also be the standard of the civil courts? |
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11 | Two, Three, or Forensic Evidence | Deut 17:6 | Lionstrong | 64753 | ||
Deuteronomy 17:6 "On the evidence of two witnesses or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness. Should a man be put to death on circumstantial evidence alone, no matter how compelling? Is one eyewitness and compelling circumstantial evidence enough? Has modern science (i.e. fingerprints, DNA, "expert" testimony, etc.) replaced God's instruction? Matt 18:16 "But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED. 2 Cor 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. 1 Tim 5:19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses. If in the Church court we require two or three witnesses even in our non-capital offences, it seems to me that in civil court we would demand it. Peace, |
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12 | Sinful or Just Human? | Judg 6:27 | Lionstrong | 64656 | ||
Judg 7:9 Now the same night it came about that the LORD said to him, "Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hands. Judg 7:10 "But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp, Judg 7:11 and you will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened that you may go down against the camp." So he went with Purah his servant down to the outposts of the army that was in the camp. Gideon's life seems to be one characterized by fear and obedience. It is interesting that God deals with his fearfulness, but not as though Gideon's fearfulness was sinful unbelief. It may have been, but God does not seem to deal with him as if it was, but instead God is very patient with Gideon. This example of God dealing with one of his people is uplifting, but is raises a question in my mind: Whereas the fear of God is always right, is Gideon's kind of fear(s) sinful or just ordinary human weakness? (Whereas Jesus exhibited human weaknesses, fear was not one of them.) Peace, |
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13 | What is the Priesthood of Believers? | 1 Pet 2:9 | Lionstrong | 63099 | ||
1 Pet 2:9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 1 Pet 2:10 for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY. I'm weak on my chruch history, but wasn't the RCC opposed to the Protestants' view of the priesthood of all believers? And what is the priesthood of believers and what is some of the biblical data that supports this teaching? Peace, |
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14 | FAME! | Ex 9:16 | Lionstrong | 63026 | ||
Exodus 9:16, "But for this very purpose have I let you live, that I might show you My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth." This passage contains the concept of fame. God's purpose was to cause the worldwide proclamation of his name. I know a Christian young person who would like to become famous. What, do you know, does the Bible teach about human fame? I'm not interested in "spiritual" or pietistic answers. Such answers I can anticipate. Just give me the biblical data and your summary of that data. Peace, |
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15 | Paul or All? | 2 Cor 5:20 | Lionstrong | 62968 | ||
Sorry Should read, "How do you know if the "we" stands for Paul and his company alone or all believers?" Peace, |
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16 | Them or All of Us? | Mark 16:15 | Lionstrong | 62967 | ||
Mark 16:14 Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen. Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. How do you know that the authority to preach the gospel was given to all believers rather than to the leadership alone? Peace, |
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17 | Timothy Alone? | 2 Tim 4:5 | Lionstrong | 62965 | ||
How do you know if this command to do the work of an evangelist is addressed to Timothy alone or all believers? | ||||||
18 | Paul or All? | 2 Cor 5:20 | Lionstrong | 62964 | ||
How Do you if the "we" stands for Paul and his company or all believers? | ||||||
19 | IfGodMakesPeopleJealous,Why is it Wrong? | Rom 13:13 | Lionstrong | 62574 | ||
This question grew out of my thinking about the second commandment. As a kid growing up I'd here people saying that jealousy was wrong for man. Then they'd have to turn around and argue how it was ok for God. I've never understood that. Why was jealousy thought to be wrong? In the civil law (Numbers 5) God does not forbid a man's jealousy. Num 5:14, "if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has defiled herself, or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has not defiled herself..." etc. So where does this concept that it's always wrong for a man to be jealous come from? At present I don't believe it's wrong. Just as our anger can become sin, I believe our jealousy can become sin. There are several examples of this in the NT (note the verse this question is posted under). But if jealousy were inherently sin for man, why would God and Paul induce the Jews to it? Rom 10:19 But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says, "I WILL MAKE YOU JEALOUS BY THAT WHICH IS NOT A NATION, BY A NATION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WILL I ANGER YOU." Rom 11:11 I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous. Rom 11:14 if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. From the hip, Lionstrong |
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20 | If God's in Control, Why'd He say this? | Ezek 33:8 | Lionstrong | 61780 | ||
Someone has asked, "If God is in control of every atom then why would He say ”… THAT WICKED MAN SHALL DIE IN HIS INIQUITY; BUT HIS BLOOD I WILL REQUIRE AT YOUR HAND…”? The reasoning here is: since God holds men responsible for their actions, then He is not in control of nature. How in the world the one implies the other is beyond me! God is in control of nature as illustrated by the plagues on Egypt, AND He holds men responsible for their actions. "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad." 2 Cor 5:10 Peace, |
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