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1 | Sufism | John 14:6 | Ocelot | 176039 | ||
Hello my good friends of SBF. I have a dilemma. A “Christian” friend of mine has started calling himself a Sufi. He has tried to convince me on several occasions that he can be both a Christian and a Sufi at the same time. After some investigation, I’m still having trouble understanding what Sufi or Sufism even is. Based on several online encyclopedias it’s a mystical branch of Islam. Yet I’ve read several articles (by Sufis) claiming that Sufism is compatible with Christianity. Anyway, if anyone has any experience with this, I would very much appreciate any info you could give me that could help my friend. Ocelot |
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2 | "I'd like to use a lifeline" | Bible general Archive 3 | Ocelot | 172443 | ||
Has anyone else noticed that it seems that there are a lot of people posting questions on the forum that sound a lot like they’re playing “Who Wants to be a Millionaire: Bible Edition”? :-) Is the Study Bible Forum a lifeline? Why would someone ask “What word is in the Bible four times?” Why would they think that there was such a word if they were not playing some kind of Bible “trivia” game? I don’t mean to offend anyone at all. I just find it somewhat amusing and curious. Any thoughts? In Christian Love, Ocelot |
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3 | People on other planets? | Bible general Archive 3 | Ocelot | 168937 | ||
Hello all. The reason for my question here is simply to try to get people’s thoughts on this. So here it is: I just found a website that has an “astronomy picture of the day”, and it got me thinking. Our sun has a quite a few planets orbiting it (we’re finding more all the time)and our galaxy is jam-packed full of stars like our sun. Then I see pictures where whole galaxies seem as proliferate as the stars. So here’s the question to ponder. Do you believe that there are other created beings on other planets? I guess my question is, looking at the size of God’s universe, do you believe it likely that there are countless unfallen worlds? Just a question. Colossians 1:20 “…and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.” Ephesians 3:10 “…so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.” Let me know what you think. Ocelot |
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4 | A honest question on Calvinism | Rom 9:16 | Ocelot | 166687 | ||
Aright, here’s a question I’m not even sure if I’m allowed to ask. But with the understanding that I do not want to start a debate, but simply seek information, perhaps I can avoid breaching the rules of the forum. If not, just tell me no. My question’s on Calvinism. I’ve done a lot of reading on this site to avoid asking this question, but I can’t seem to find the specific answer. Perhaps I skimmed over it. If so, just give me the post number. Here’s my question, or questions. First: From the Calvinist perspective, who caused the origin of sin? I’ve always believed that God gave his creation freedom of choice because He didn’t want a bunch of robots worshipping Him. Thus there was left the chance for sin to enter creation. So here’s my dilemma. According to the Calvinists, is God responsible for sin? I can’t see how He couldn’t be if predestination were true. And that leads me to my second question. Second: How could a God of love create people who are predestined, that is they have no choice in the matter, to be tortured for all eternity in the fires of hell? If a person doesn’t have a choice in the matter, are they not created for the primary purpose of burning? (As that will be the primary thing they’ll be doing for eons.) So that is my dilemma. Now forgive me for asking the question, because the idea is totally foreign to me and I honestly didn’t truly think about it until just the other day. I didn't even know what Calvinism was. I do not intend to debate or even reply. I just want to know. Thank you in advance. Ocelot |
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5 | Sabbath or Sunday | Col 2:16 | Ocelot | 164905 | ||
I want to be sure and let all of you know that I do NOT intend to start a fight by asking this question. I do NOT intent to offend anybody with this question. I am simply seeking truth. I don’t want anybody who agrees with me to vehemently defend me. This is a perfectly honest question. So here’s my question. “Why Sunday?” Why do so many Christians go to church on Sunday? The Bible says, in Genesis 2:2,3 “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.” And then, in Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” If I were to ask you, “Which day does the Bible say to keep holy?” It would be very easy to point to Genesis 2:2,3 and Exodus 20:8. But was that day changed from the seventh day to the first day, when Jesus rose from the dead? Was it simply done away with by Jesus death on the cross? Or was the day just for the Jews? If the day was changed from the seventh to the first because that was the day when Jesus rose from the dead, where is that verse found in the Bible? The 4th commandment (the Sabbath commandment) is the longest, most detailed command of the Ten. If God, through Jesus was going to change it, wouldn’t it be irresponsible of Him not to let us know about the change? Wouldn’t it be like if the government changed which side of the road we were supposed to drive on and didn’t tell anyone? Given the nature of the 4th commandment, when Jesus changed the day you’d expect to see a Bible verse that at least said “Because Christ rose from the dead on the first day of the week, we now worship on Sunday.” But there is none. Why would God, and the apostles simply be silent on the issue? Colossians 2:16 says “let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths” But where’s the change? Where does “let no one judge you in…Sabbaths” become “Go to church on Sunday?” Wouldn’t it be the safer choice to simply follow the Bible guidelines and keep the seventh day holy? In Matthew 14:15 Jesus said “If you love Me, keep my commandments.” So were the Ten Commandments done away with because they were nailed to the cross? Did Jesus come to destroy the Law? If He did, then Matthew 5:17 would read like this “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to destroy.” That wouldn’t make any sense. No, what it DOES say is this “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly I say to you, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the Law till ALL is fulfilled.” Matthew 5:17,18(emphasis mine). He also said “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” Matthew 7:21. Were all of the Ten Commandments nailed to the cross? Does that mean that God now allows me to murder, commit adultery, lie, covet, steal, take His name in vain, pray to idols, dishonor my parents, worship other gods? Which of the other nine is it okay to get rid of? The answer has to be none. And which of the Ten did we forget? The only one that starts out with the word “Remember…”. That seems kind of ironic. So was the seventh day just for the Jews? Genesis 2:2,3 says that God sanctified (or made holy) the seventh day, AT CREATION. In Mark 2:27, Jesus says that “The Sabbath was made for man…” Again, when was the Sabbath made? AT CREATION. And who was the only man alive at that time? Adam, the father of us all. The Jews did not even come into being until about 2000 years later. Was God’s Law instituted at Mount Sinai? I don’t think so. Genesis 39:9 tells us that when Joseph was tempted to sleep with his master’s wife, he asked her “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” That, by the way is the seventh commandment. How did Joseph know about the commandments long before Sinai? Because his great grandfather knew about them. In Genesis 26:5 God tells Abraham that He will bless him because he “…obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” Now just suppose you’re standing before God and He asks you why you went against His will and kept the Seventh day holy, and not the first day. What are you going to say in your defense? “Well… I read in Genesis that You sanctified the seventh day and in Exodus that I should keep the Seventh day holy, and I read where all throughout the Old Testament people got in trouble for not keeping it holy. I read where Jesus kept the Sabbath as was His custom. I read in Revelation 12:17 that in the end times, the people who have the testimony of Jesus Christ also keep the Commandments of God. (see also Rev. 14:12)” Your thoughts are appreciated. |
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6 | Sabbath or Sunday | Col 2:16 | Ocelot | 164923 | ||
I want to be sure and let all of you know that I do NOT intend to start a fight by asking this question. I do NOT intent to offend anybody with this question. I am simply seeking truth. I don’t want anybody who agrees with me to vehemently defend me. This is a perfectly honest question. So here’s my question. “Why Sunday?” Why do so many Christians go to church on Sunday? The Bible says, in Genesis 2:2,3 “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.” And then, in Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” If I were to ask you, “Which day does the Bible say to keep holy?” It would be very easy to point to Genesis 2:2,3 and Exodus 20:8. But was that day changed from the seventh day to the first day, when Jesus rose from the dead? Was it simply done away with by Jesus death on the cross? Or was the day just for the Jews? If the day was changed from the seventh to the first because that was the day when Jesus rose from the dead, where is that verse found in the Bible? The 4th commandment (the Sabbath commandment) is the longest, most detailed command of the Ten. If God, through Jesus was going to change it, wouldn’t it be irresponsible of Him not to let us know about the change? Wouldn’t it be like if the government changed which side of the road we were supposed to drive on and didn’t tell anyone? Given the nature of the 4th commandment, when Jesus changed the day you’d expect to see a Bible verse that at least said “Because Christ rose from the dead on the first day of the week, we now worship on Sunday.” But there is none. Why would God, and the apostles simply be silent on the issue? Colossians 2:16 says “let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths” But where’s the change? Where does “let no one judge you in…Sabbaths” become “Go to church on Sunday?” Wouldn’t it be the safer choice to simply follow the Bible guidelines and keep the seventh day holy? In Matthew 14:15 Jesus said “If you love Me, keep my commandments.” So were the Ten Commandments done away with because they were nailed to the cross? Did Jesus come to destroy the Law? If He did, then Matthew 5:17 would read like this “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to destroy.” That wouldn’t make any sense. No, what it DOES say is this “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly I say to you, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the Law till ALL is fulfilled.” Matthew 5:17,18(emphasis mine). He also said “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” Matthew 7:21. Were all of the Ten Commandments nailed to the cross? Does that mean that God now allows me to murder, commit adultery, lie, covet, steal, take His name in vain, pray to idols, dishonor my parents, worship other gods? Which of the other nine is it okay to get rid of? The answer has to be none. And which of the Ten did we forget? The only one that starts out with the word “Remember…”. That seems kind of ironic. So was the seventh day just for the Jews? Genesis 2:2,3 says that God sanctified (or made holy) the seventh day, AT CREATION. In Mark 2:27, Jesus says that “The Sabbath was made for man…” Again, when was the Sabbath made? AT CREATION. And who was the only man alive at that time? Adam, the father of us all. The Jews did not even come into being until about 2000 years later. Was God’s Law instituted at Mount Sinai? I don’t think so. Genesis 39:9 tells us that when Joseph was tempted to sleep with his master’s wife, he asked her “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” That, by the way is the seventh commandment. How did Joseph know about the commandments long before Sinai? Because his great grandfather knew about them. In Genesis 26:5 God tells Abraham that He will bless him because he “…obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” Now just suppose you’re standing before God and He asks you why you went against His will and kept the Seventh day holy, and not the first day. What are you going to say in your defense? “Well… I read in Genesis that You sanctified the seventh day and in Exodus that I should keep the Seventh day holy, and I read where all throughout the Old Testament people got in trouble for not keeping it holy. I read where Jesus kept the Sabbath as was His custom. I read in Revelation 12:17 that in the end times, the people who have the testimony of Jesus Christ also keep the Commandments of God. (see also Rev. 14:12)” Your thoughts are appreciated. |
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