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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: gkidder Ordered by Date |
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1 | unbelief | Gen 1:1 | gkidder | 195631 | ||
Heres the reast of it that he didn't like. Is the Christian church asleep? The rapture question...there are a lot of good Jesus believing Christ followers who do not believe in the rapture. So a T-Shirt with the rapture idea would be a non-issue. When you define prophecy like you do I would say yes, the church is asleep...and in a broader sense regarding prophecy yes the church is not as educated about the age to come as it could be. There are a lot of good Jesus believing Christ followers who do not believe in the rapture: I find this statement disturbing, just like I find it disturbing that there is Jesus believing Christ followers that choose not to believe in the six literal days of Creation, and a world wide flood. Why don’t they? I believe partially its dew to our secular humanistic society that embraces Darwinism’s theory and scientific thought that has spawned evolution. Taught in our school system in the last one hundred years. And partially I think it’s the lack of knowledge of our theologians and knowledge of scripture. Not to mention a broader base of learning among our Christian scientist. Which has change just in the last twenty years? But as far as not believing in the Rapture or second coming, or anything that pertains to Prophecy I find that more than disturbing, I find it sad and pathetic. Can a Jesus believing Christ follower still go to heaven if they choose not to believe in Old Testament stories? I would say they most certainly can. Can they still go to heaven if they choose not to believe in the Rapture, as some would say is a doctrinal position? I say it is simply a denial or an acceptance to believe in the entire word of God or not. A couple of weeks ago you had preached a wonderful message were you used an illustration were you were facing Jesus and He was holding you accountable for how you had lead your life. Was it in service for Him and others or was it for our selves. And tearing up pieces of the bible to illustrate a symbolic gesture of how much of his inspired word we chose to follow was meaningful and edifying to me. But I would like to go a step farther and make an illustration were we are standing in front of Jesus were pieces of the Word is lying at his feet and we are offering a segment of pages to Him and saying this is the amount of scripture I have chosen to believe, the scripture that is torn up at your feet is what I have decided is doctrinal positions I don’t believe in. And worse yet did not teach to others. God knows the hearts and minds and knows every detail about us. He detests 'lukewarm' Christians, and in Revelation 3:16, he threatens to "vomit" them out of his mouth. The answer is that only the Lord knows who is and is not --or who will be "Luke warm" in the sense that He will "spew" them out of His mouth. Obviously, He is talking about the lost, not the saved in this scriptural instance. That is a one on one between the individual and the Creator. We will have to let Him answer that one for us in His Omniscience. There is a Crown of Righteousness promised to all who "love the Lord's appearing". That's the Rapture, when He calls for us above the earth in the Rapture. Those who scoff at the Rapture, or just don't believe it will miss out on that Reward, and might suffer the loss of other Rewards. I personally don’t want to be in a position were I’m considered Luke warm, and if God still gives me a free pass to enter heaven I don’t want to miss out on the opportunity of collecting my rewards. And most importantly I don’t want to miss out on casting my rewards at his feet. That sounds better than casting unwanted pieces of doctrine at his feet. I almost made the mistake in asking God to take this passion from me. Because at times I feel it’s more of an obsession that a passion. But I suppose it is better to be obsessed with a God inspired passion like this than it would with something else that would destroy my relationship with my savior. Mathew 5:41 helps reminds me to go a little further than what’s expected. God bless, Tony |
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2 | believing the entire bible | 2 Tim 2:15 | gkidder | 195596 | ||
This was as my pastor puts it our last go around. I would like as much input as i can. Allow me to push back on a couple of thoughts. You found several things disturbing in this latest go around... What if I came to the point in reading the gospels when Jesus said “love God love others” and I read no further but gave my life to doing just that...do you think God would care that I knew nothing about the rapture or the tribulation or revelation or and the list could go on. Why get so caught up in thinking that the rapture ought to be the litmus test for being a “good” Christian? A personal question...has your study of Scripture led you to being a more loving person? Was the prophecy that you know, given to motivate you or those around you who do not know it? What if God reveals prophecy to you so that you would recognize the times and do your part of loving others into the kingdom? Because if you are not careful the knowledge you have can lead to a judgmental attitude towards others who do not know the same things. I do not need to know the house is on fire to recognize someone trying to help me. What if from a Jewish perspective six literal days was not the point of Genesis one and two but rather to give God the credit for being the creator? Does it change anything? |
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3 | Jehovah Witness questions | Col 2:9 | gkidder | 194815 | ||
Two questions asked from a Jehovah Witness that keeps emailing me. 1.Remember Jesus taught the Bible - not religion. Jesus had nothing but contempt for religion and the religious leaders in his days on the Earth. Really then, Do you think anything has changed? 2.Do you remember what you learned regarding the word LORD, and the word Lord, as they appear in your Bible? At Psalm 110 in the first stanza, we read "The utterance of Jehovah (LORD) to my Lord is: Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet." Is Jehovah talking to himself? It doesn't seem likely does it. Is Jesus talking to himself? That too doesn't seem likely. Does it not seem that Jehovah is indeed talking to his son and our redeemer Jesus Christ? This is the logical conclusion. That being said, I wonder, how would the trinity fit in here? A "penny" for your thoughts, your Christian friend and neighbor, Ted |
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4 | can i ask a few questions | 1 Cor 13:8 | gkidder | 194484 | ||
Can I ask you a few questions? What is the role of prophecy? Or what was God hoping to accomplish with prophecy? Is there room for differing views on prophecy? If so in what way? If not why not? What do we do when we disagree? |
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5 | sharing your faith with a Jehovah witnes | John 1:1 | gkidder | 186011 | ||
I would like to know a sure fire way if any, to share your faith with a Jehovah witness. I am constantly getting visits from my neighbor,and i don't seem to get the point accross to him that he is teaching a false doctrine. I would love any idea'syou my have. Tony |
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6 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | gkidder | 184560 | ||
I have found that in a lot of churches today, Biblical Prophecy is never preached behind the pulpit. I would like to know why? And what scriptures can be found that supports teaching it. | ||||||