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1 | Is this a Christian Forum? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 105453 | ||
Supplement to my previous statement: In an effort to be brief, I need to get to the bottom line. That is, we all need to realize this country, over the last several decades (my generation) has taken several turns for the worst. We've taken prayer out of our schools and ushered in a tremendous amount of violence into our video industry. For a long time, we took out the option for a person committing a capitol crime and receive a form of capitol punishment which is ordained by God. Now, our country is realizing its mistakes and we're starting to re-evaluate those mistakes but it's going to take a long time to reverse this course. Like the saying goes, you can't make a U-Turn with a battleship in just a few minutes or a few yards. Anyway, back to being brief. To sum it up, we all need to realize the tremendous example we've been given and reacquaint ourselves with our Lord and Saviour. Jesus had incredible patience. According to the scriptures, he spent his whole entire life without sin, yet he was angry with one single thing. It wasn't the way he was treated in that sorry excuse of a trial or the undeserved manner of his death. He got angry over the way His Father's house was being abused. We need to pick our battles and prioritize like He did. There are so many things wrong with this world but over all, I have to say this forum is a definite step in the right direction. We all should resolve to live up to the terms and conditions that we all agreed to when we signed up. About being a Bible Bully, we should realize that the Bible does a fine job of defending itself and God, its Author. Our job is to let the image of that same Author shine through us. At the end of every day of our lives, we need to be prepared to ask ourselves, did we bring glory to our God. Did we conduct ourselves in such a way, that we would be arrested for being christians in the 1st century? Think of what those folks went thru and our petty concerns pale in significance. Let's (including me) all resolve to leave the world a better place than we found it and the only way you can make certain of that is to answer those questions above carefully with a clear and forgivin conscience. Well, you've probably figured out by now, it's tough for me to be brief but if you take some advice from this old man and follow the admonitions above, this world will be better place. One last reminder and I'll hush, at least for now: Remember we're on a mission to forgive at least as much as we have received from the King of Kings. If we don't, I don't think we're going to receive a second chance, come judgement day, like that unforgiving fellow in the parable. |
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2 | RAPTURE: PRE-TRIBULATION OR NOT? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 108241 | ||
I'm looking for a specific scripture from the Bible that clearly states what this rapture is all about. The scriptures I've seen posted so far (in my mind) seem to be describing the end of world, immediately followed by Judgement Day. Can anyone help me out? Thanks. | ||||||
3 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 108243 | ||
I encourage you to keep looking and you'll find a group of christians following the Bible (NT) as closely as possible. I know I have and I've been around the world. Just got to persevere but be open minded. Keep studying God's word. Also, remember during this dispensation with Christ as the head, God doesn't want to see a "church building" made by man. The church must come from within. In other words, if you're a christian, you are the church. Your mission (or part of it) is to find others like you that just want to follow God's word and nothing else. You might even have to start up your own congregation like my wife and I did overseas. We had a few minor problems but overall, it was great. May God bless you in your search. Don't forget to keep praying for His guidance. |
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4 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 108246 | ||
I've found a much better approach is to develop a library containing several versions of the Bible. The NIV is pretty good but in my opinion, almost all the versions have one or two minor discrepencies including the original King James. I've found the NKJ to be a good version. Just remember, they're all translated by man and thus we have human error. But usually the defects are minor and don't mess up God's plan of salvation. They usually involve other controversial topics like the Mary, mother of Jesus and her virginity. Anyway, with this library of several versions, it's good to compare the versions on a particular passage or topic. If you're really serious about studying God's word, get a large concordance like Strong's and a Greek lexicon. Then you can go back to original Greek meaning. God bless in your study and perseverance. | ||||||
5 | list books in old testament paul wrote | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 108412 | ||
If you're talking about the Apostle Paul, he did not write ANY of the books in the Old Testament. I don't think there was anyone by that name as a writer of anything in the Old Testament. If this is incorrect, I sure do want to know about it. Anyone? | ||||||
6 | What is love in regards to the bible? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 108444 | ||
There's at least three kinds of love identified in the NT by the Greek writers: 1) Eros from which we get our word erotic. You can figure out this kind of love is just pure lust basically but it's beautiful when it's between a married man and his wife. 2) Philo is the Greek word for brotherly love as in family members, from which we formed the city name, Philadelphia. 3) Agape is the ultimate kind of Godly love that Jesus would have us aspire to; that which Gods loves, with no expectation or requirement of anything in return. It's the kind of love described in 1 Cor 13. I think there's a fourth type but I can't remember the details of that word. Sure beats the English language. You and I will tell the most precious being on this planet to us personnaly that we love that person and then turn around and we say we love pizza or ice cream. What a crazy world in which we live. Just another sidebar: Just before Jesus left this world, he asked his beloved disciple Peter, Do you love me, 3 times, using the Agape word the first two times. Peter's answer used Philo. Finally, on the thrid time, the Lord settled for Peter's answer. But both He and His Father would like to see us all graduate from this world or school of hard knocks and practice His kind of love. I'd like to think after getting help from the Holy Spirit, Peter did learn that lesson and did finally graduate along with all the other Apostles. God bless. |
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7 | SPOUSE OR CHILD? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 108445 | ||
I sure hope not. However, we are supposed to cling to our spose in preference to all other beings, including our parents and kids IF it comes down to that kind of horrible situation. Hopefully, we get ourselves married to a spouse who loves us enough to make life pleasant to all involved enabling us to enjoy our whole family. I can only pray that you enjoy this kind of relationship with your current spouse. Remember, God also wants us to be peacemakers in the world. God bless you in your endeavors. | ||||||
8 | Is marriage necessary? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 109882 | ||
If you mean to ask Bible students and to get a Bible based answer, it's important to recognize the most powerful and ultimately the decisive answer is God's from His Word. Now, mind you, I'm assuming you and all others reading this are truly and absolutely dedicated to going home to Heaven with God for eternity. Then, that presupposes that person is going to obey God and His instructions in His Word. You see, our first priority relationship is with God the Father and then with our fellow christians. Now of course, the next smart step for a man or woman is to find a mate with whom they can look forward to going to Heaven, for it's far easier if your spouse is there in your corner and your best soul-mate. After you've concluded that a particular person meets that criteria, it's always best to be quite certain so this decision should be slow in coming. Now this next point might be controversial but this is what I think: the only way we're going to truly please God is to make that firm committment and get married in the sight of both God and man, meeting the full requirements of the law. God has put a blessing on the proper and sincere governments across our world. We should do everything in our power to honor that blessing. If we're going to live in a particular nation and enjoy the benefits and bear the responsibilities of that nation, then we should be willing to follow the customs, laws, etc of that nation, including that of marriage. But remember with God, marriage was intended from the beginning to be a life-long proposition and above all, we do want to go to Heaven. Another big benefit of following God's plan my wife and I have noticed in our marriage: God's Word is a wonderful and perfect referee when needed. When both husband and wife are committed to going to the same Heavenly desitnation and constantly look up to God, it tends to reduce looking aside and arguing about the petty concerns thrown at us from the world about us. Another benefit to be considered is the example we set for our kids and our grandkids. It's difficult to explain the really big mistakes in your life; I know, I've tried. Remember we will MOST DEFINITELY reap what we sow. God bless you all. |
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9 | I need an explanation of chapter 37 | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 109972 | ||
To what book of the Bible are you referring? It would also probably be helpful to specify which verses. | ||||||
10 | WHAT IS PURGATORY? WHO NEEDS IT? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 110011 | ||
The best I can do for you is recommend the following website: http://www.apologeticspress.org/ There they get pretty deep into the Word and are much more qualified to discuss those tough subjects. I gotta say I don't really believe in this idea as it doesn't have any basis in the Bible. I think it was fostered by the Catholic church over the past several centuries, but again study with those folks at that website. God bless. |
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11 | Is cremation right for believers? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 110464 | ||
Personally, I think it's a very private and individual decision. However, there are several factors to be considered. First, I don't think our Lord really cares what we do with our bodies after one is deceased. I guess a person could point out that Jesus was buried BUT of course He was not in the tomb long enough to be mummified, etc. My main point here is that our God is Spirit and the home He's has intended for us is spiritual and this world of bodies is all physical and He's going to destroy it anyway at Judgement Day. Second, this world is getting more and more populated every day with less square footage allowed for the living. Graveyards take up a lot of space, usually in prime real estate areas. Sometime in the not-to-distant future, maybe even our kids' or grandkids' lifetime, nations are going to be forced to start thinking about mandatory cremations. So, the bottom line for me and my wife: we've already discussed it and have chosen to be cremated rather than spend the thousands of dollars on a casket, formal furneral, etc. I'd much rather have my family and christian family celebrate and rejoice at my meeting my Lord, pending that is to Judgement Day. But when I mention this kind of talk to my parents, they react with a different attitude. And my mother comes from several generations of christians. So, go figure...again, it's a very individual decision. I'd like to see the opinions of others. If there's any Bible guidance on the subject, I'd like to see it. God bless. |
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12 | Why so Many Churches? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 110472 | ||
I can only tell you it's always been this way. Even with the very strict Law of Moses, there had developed several different sects, two of which Jesus criticized rather harshly (Saducees and Pharisees). He called both of them vipers as neither of them had a true devotion to God. You might be interested in knowing the Law of Moses had more than 600 ordinances, laws which had to be strictly adhered to. So, when Christ and His official representatives, the Apostles provided an amazing small amount of guidance in comparison, that set the scene for the tremendous variety of mankind to mess up God's will even worse. I suppose you already know about the abuses from the Catholic church; they're well documented in Halley's Bible Handbook. Then the Reformation and the Restoration took place, leaving the world a tremendous variety of procedures and topics of controversies. Taking the Bible simply as God intended sounds like a wonderful thing but it's been my experience that it's far more difficult to do. Our Lord prayed for unity and the Apostles commanded "one faith, one body, one baptism..." but it doesn't look that's going to happen during our lifetime. The best thing to do is to study God's Word to the best of your ability and look for fellow disciples who are just as devoted to following God's Word as you are. This Forum is a good thing and I'd encourage you to keep participating. It inspires you to dig deeper and find out what God really says about a subject. That way, we can discard all the other stuff and just go with what He says. God bless. |
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13 | Explain Romans 8:29 | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 110608 | ||
Romans 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; I'm not certain as to which exact phrase you're referring to but I'm guessing you may be referring to the controversy surrounding Predestination. That is another concept from the Reformation that is NOT supported by God's Word. This concept goes against the very clear message from God that he gives us complete freedom of choice in our alligence to His Son or to the Devil. So what does this scripture mean? I believe it should be compared to the predestination that all good, Godly and loving parents have for their own children. We as parents pray every day of their lives that they will do well in school, and then finally find a loving spouse, settle down and parent a family of their own. We might hope they go to college, get a degree and become a doctor, a lawyer or maybe president of the USA. We have in our minds a destiny that we would like for them to fulfill. To this very day, my mother and father still talk to me almost every time I visit them about the progress (or the lack thereof) in my pursuit of their destiny for me. They've always hoped I'd be the one single person in our family to finish college with a degree. I'm close and really should finish but then that's another story. More important, our Father in Heaven wants us to imitate His Son in our attitudes about life and the way we treat each other. He wants us to trust Him so completely that we'll accept His gift of salvation on His terms and then come home to Him after we die. Now, whether we do all of this is up to us. It's up to each individual to choose to be a law abiding, hard working, dedicated and solid addition to the community of sincere, ernest people of this world. On the other hand, we can choose to misbehave, break the law, bring kids in this world and then abandon them either physically, emotionally or spiritually or all three. Similarly, it is our choice to see ourselves in a spiritual way and look forward to an eternity in Heaven with the ultimate Father or settle for all time with deceptions of the Devil and die an eternal death with him. Yikes...it seems like a rather overly simplistic portrayal of black and white. I guess I'd have to agree with you except for the fact that the grey part between the black and white is the here and now. As long we draw a breath, we can hope that God will forgive us when we obey Him. But after death, that's black and white time. Hope this helps. It's really not that scary after putting all your faith in God. Blessings to all. |
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14 | what happened ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 110709 | ||
I'm not exactly sure what you're saying and if there's a specific question but I'll take a shot and respond. I do sincerely think God intended for His Word to be spread throughout the whole world as indicated in the Great Commission to the Lord's disciples who later became Apostles. However, there is provision for without the words of our God as cited in Romans, Chapter 2. 12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.) 16This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares. Apparently, our God, the perfect Judge will judge us according to how well we listen to our conscience, our soul which is the image of God installed in all of us, since creation. So, if we've heard of Jesus and His Father as mentioned in the Bible, then we really should feel compelled to check out the whole story and make up our minds. If, on the other hand, a person dies, never having heard the name of Jesus and doesn't know a single thing about the Bible, then it seems pretty clear that God will judge that person without the words found therein. Again, that simply means he'll be judged by how well he or she obeyed his conscience. I'm a firm believer that all human beings (with the possible exception of a few mentally handicapped) are born with a good and functioning conscience. It tells us when we do the right thing or when we do wrong. If a person lives a good life, abiding by the normal morals of his world, to the best of his ability, asking forgiveness to the God that whispers His existance in all hearts, how can we see such a person go anywhere but Heaven. You may ask about all those other religions, such as Jewish, Islamic, Hinduism, Buddism and all the many others. Ultimately, I would reserve that kind of judgement (without knowledge of Bible) to our God. He'll make those tough decisions; I'm thankful you and I won't be making them. I would be very interested in see more discussion on this topic or maybe you may have some other question in mind. God bless. |
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15 | man ability to choose or reject God why | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 111941 | ||
So that when the few in the world do choose to become a part of His family, it truly is a glorious thing. Even, the angels in Heaven rejoice and praise God each and every time another is added to His family. One could compare this love affair on God's part to that of the Grandfather in our own families. When an older man knows he approaches the last day of his life, he grows to appreciate very keenly the love and devotion of each one of his family members, especially his own children and grand-children. When one of those is estranged for a time, it is such a good feeling to have that individual rejoin the family, especially after some period of difficulty in their personal relationship. Our Father in Heaven is the same way. Of course the big difference with Him is that He has an infinite amount of love to accommodate all of mankind throughout all of time, since creation to the the end of time. |
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16 | Will Passion cause confusion | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 112284 | ||
I plan to see it and evaluate for myself. It will cause no more confusion than any other teaching or doctrine coming out of the crazy world we live in. Hope to see ya there and God bless. | ||||||
17 | My grandfather needs to be saved | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 113212 | ||
I'd like to refer you to the website, apologeticspress.com. There you can find/shop through their resources. One of the best resources is entitled "Evidences of Christianity." In my opinion, the single most powerful thing we can do for someone outside of God's Family is to establish firmly in their minds, that He does exist and His Word IS an actual, real document from Him. After that is firmly established, most reasonable people will provide their own motivation to go to be at Home with that God, our Father. In case it helps any at all, I too am worried about my father-in-law, along with my wife. We discuss Bible, and many topics within with that uppermost in our minids. God bless you in your persaverance of influencing your grandfather. |
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18 | Did Jesus have to die? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 113217 | ||
I really don't want to take the time to dig up all the scriptures but I'm thinking most of them have already been posted on this Forum previously. I think all of us (with any maturity at all w/the Lord) know and appreciate the scriptures to which I'll be referring. First of all, from the very beginning, in the Garden of Eden, our God knew and cited the fact that there would be need of the perfect sacrifice, His Son coming to our rescue. He cursed the serpent and told him, "he would bruise His Son's heel but Christ would bruise the serpent's head." I know everyone has heard of and maybe even studied the 300 plus prophecies in the OT concerning the coming of Christ, His ministry, his death and resurrection. All of this and a few scriptures in the NT make it very, very clear, at least in my mind that the Godhead knew and planned on His coming to this earth for that specific purpose. YES, our Lord was compelled to come and die for our sins. He was our only hope. He knew it, His Father knew it and the Holy Ghost. The only ones who don't know it don't know God's Word very well. God's Plan of Salvation is the main theme throughout His Word. God's perfect sense of justice DEMANDS payment for the sins in our lives. There's no possible way, we (you and I) could ever hope to pay for our sins successfully. These 2 statements being absolutely true pose an extreme problem for an ordinary mortal. But thanks be to God, He knew what we needed and He sacrified His Son just like Abraham did as a foreshadow of things to come. So did Christ have to die? You bet. You and I are counting on it, along with everyone else in God's Family. Jesus is also the only one that has already "blazed a trail" back to His Father, from this earth. His way is the only Way, the only Truth and the only Life. I do hope you'll forgive me in not citing all the specific "book, chapter and verse" for the scriptures referenced above. God bless you for having the courage to bring up this topic in connection with the film. My wife and I are looking forward to checking it out. |
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19 | God punish sin? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 113809 | ||
I must admit, this question is quite a challenge. The only answer I can possibly come up with is that same ole analogy between a parent and his child. I've drawn a lot from this analogy in the past. Speaking as a parent myself, it is my humble opinion, bringing a child into this world is about the nearest thing we can do to feel something like our Father in Heaven. Hopefully, you'll feel somewhat similarly when you experience that wonderful event. After bringing a child into this world, you suddenly conclude you have a tremendous responsibility of bringing up that child in such a way that he/she will grow up and become a solid addition to our world, our community, etc. If the parent is a christian, naturally he/she would be inclined to take the child with him to worship assembly and show him what being a christian is all about. Now, when that child disobeys the upbringing the parental couple is trying to live up to, then naturally most parents feel the need to punish the child or at the very least, try to motivate the child to regret that behavior and go back to an attitude of obedience. In the same way, our Father in Heaven created you and me and the whole world. So he has brought us up to obey His Word and we stubbornly disobey, especially time and time again in spite of His continued patience, He gets upset. He allows sin in the world and the wages thereof to have their toll on our lives here on earth. Remember, we reap what we sow. I know; I've done my fair share of sowing and reaping, good and bad. Now, magnify this feeling of intense remorse on God's part by imagining your sending your one and only Son to die for a cruel, sinful and dying world, one without hope of anything good after life. Yes, Jesus came to die for you and me and when we reject His gift of salvation after the tremendous sacrifice, as somewhat depicted in the recent film, "The Passion of Christ," I can imagine our Father is VERY UPSET with us. Last of all, imagine God has an absolutely PERFECT sense of justice and REQUIRES anybody without His Son's blood covering their sins will be separated from Heaven for all eternity. Good thought provoking question and God bless you in asking it. |
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20 | Life of Philip the evangelist? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 114062 | ||
Can you be a little more specific? Which particular aspect of Philip's life are you referring to? At the very least, why don't you specify a particular scripture? Thanks in advance and God bless. | ||||||
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