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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: stjones Ordered by Date |
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1 | How to harmonize this passage | 1 Cor 14:34 | stjones | 109059 | ||
Hi, Rowdy; I've asked before for a way to harmonize Paul's instructions with the rest of the NT. The usual answer is that I'm "throwing out" part of the Bible to suit my own preferences. I'm not interested in throwing out chapter 14, but here are some other parts of the Bible I'm not throwing out either: Jesus said "where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." (Matthew 18:20) Surely when we are in worship, Jesus is present with us. Paul said "all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galations 3:27-28) So when we are together in worship, in Jesus' presence, gathered together in the Spirit, these earthly distinctions do not apply. "There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to one hope when you were called - one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." (Ephesians 4:4-6) This oneness - this unity and equality in Christ - permeates our entire existence. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1) The freedom for which Christ set us free is for all of the body of Christ, for all believers. None of these passages expresses a unique idea not found elsewhere in the Bible. Indeed, these pasages express ideas of Christian unity, equality, and freedom that are found throughout the New Testament. So how does this isolated message of division, inequality, and a new law that applies only to women fit with the rest of the New Testament? Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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2 | Civil disobedience follow-up | Prov 3:13 | stjones | 105124 | ||
Hi, kalos; A follow-up question: When one breaks a law which causes no damage or harm to another, waits quietly for the authorities, offers no resistance to arrest, offers no defense other than conscience, and accepts the punishment prescribed by law, has one submitted to the authorities as Paul admonished us to do? Is this not very similar to what Jesus did? Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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3 | Aren't we all accountable for our sins | Luke 13:3 | stjones | 43606 | ||
Hi, Jdth; Can you cite a passage that says "sometimes your sins are the fault of others"? It's true that Jesus warned against leading "one of these little ones who believe in me to sin" (Matthew 18:6). But he didn't say that the little ones would transfer responsibility for their sin to the one who misled them. We are all accountable. Fortunately God is faithful to forgive no matter what has happened to us in the past. Is there a passage that says God "won't forgive those who intentionally make others sin"? The only unforgivable sin in the Bible is blaspheming the Holy Spirit. (Mark 3:9) Otherwise, God stands ready to forgive any sin. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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4 | Who are the "evangelicals"? | John 1:1 | stjones | 29253 | ||
Perhaps you could share who the "evangelicals" are that question Jesus' divinity? Thanks. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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5 | Who are the "SO-CALLED CHRISTIANS"? | Eph 2:8 | stjones | 21200 | ||
Hello, Kingsknight; You are right about faith being a gift of God. And It is no doubt true that many non-Christians, many who call themselves Christians but are not, and perhaps many authentic Christians don't understand that. But I am curious about the "SO-CALLED CHRISTIANS" you refer to. Who are they? I assume they're not people who have a saving faith in Christ but may have missed this point of doctrine. Please enlighten me. Thanks. Peace and grace, Steve |
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6 | Origin of Rapture of the Church doctrine | Matt 24:3 | stjones | 20669 | ||
Thanks, Prayon; I agree with your explanaion of the questions in this passage. But I'm still confused. I think I didn't make my question clear. Kalos asked about the emergence of the doctrine of the Rapture of the Church. Kalos asked, in effect, what changed in the last 150 years or so that caused this doctrine to emerge when it had not been articulated in the first 1850 years of the church. You replied (I think to that question) that "We have not seen it in the past 2000 years because Christ did not open our eyes to see it until now". I understood this to mean that Christ opened our eyes to the doctrine of the Rapture in the last 150 years. So if I understood your reply correctly, my question addressed this relatively recent eye-opening by Christ: "How was this revealed? To whom?" If I didn't understand your reply correctly, just say so and I'll go back to playing with the cat. Thanks again. Peace and grace, Steve |
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7 | Follow up - how and to whom? | Matt 24:3 | stjones | 20583 | ||
Follow-up question -- How was this revealed? To whom? Thanks. Peace and grace, Steve |
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8 | Faith apart from reading the Bible? | Rom 10:17 | stjones | 20315 | ||
In another thread I said that I believed in the Bible because I believed in Jesus, not the other way around: 'I realize that those who were able to convince me of the believability of Jesus' claims about himself based their knowledge on the Bible. But the Bible did not directly influence me.... After a few faithful witnesses had opened my mind, I asked a God whose very existence I still questioned to tell me if Jesus really was his son. He did. Only then did I begin to pay any attention to the Bible.' I received this response: 'You experience of realizing that Jesus was the Son of God simply by "asking God" apart from the Bible is pretty darn close to the Mormon practice of praying over the Book of Mormon to determine whether Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.' This emphasis on actually reading the Bible to find faith in Christ seems, well, pretty darn unbiblical. In retrospect, I consider my experience to be an illustration of not only this passage in Romans but also of Jeremiah 29:13 - "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." So how about it? Can one come to faith without reading it directly out of the Bible? Peace and grace, Steve |
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9 | Adam, Eve, plants, animals - what order? | Genesis | stjones | 19819 | ||
I apologize if this already well-plowed ground. I know I'm not the first person to ask this question, I just don't know the answer. THIS IS NOT A TROLL! I am not looking to start a debate, I'm just looking for your views. In the first creation account, trees were created on day three (1:11-13) while Adam and Eve were created on day six (1:26-31). In the second account, Adam came before trees (2:4-9). Specifically, verse 5 says there were no plants; verse 6 says that the ground was watered but says nothing about God creating any plants yet; and verse 7 is when God created Adam - still no mention of plants. Verse 9 says that God planted trees. Some time later, God created Eve (2:21-23). Similarly, the first account says that animals were created ahead of Adam and Eve on the sixth day (1:24-26), while the second says that they were created after Adam had been placed in the garden (2:18-19) but before Eve. I have been told that a literal reading of Genesis provides a complete, historically accurate account of creation (a perspective I respect). If this is the case, how does one explain these apparent differences between the two accounts? Peace and grace, Steve |
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