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1 | Acts 13:1 | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 203706 | ||
Your choice of scripture leaves one wondering how it relates to SDA? SDA believes that when people died their souls go to sleep and that they do not go to heaven until the rapture. This belief cannot make or break your salvation it is just not based on the totatlity of what scripture teaches about death for the believer. They take this belief from I Timothy 4:14 where it says that God will bring with Him those that have fallen asleep in Jesus. But sleep often refers to death in the New Testament and this scripture simply means whoever died in Christ will have their dead body raised in the rapture (see verses 15,16 to get the proper context). They also believe that a person gets to heaven after being saved by living a life of good works and that a profession of believing in Christ is not enough to get into heaven. They base this beleif on James 2:18-20 where it says I will show you my faith by my works and that faith without works is useless. They aslo base this belief in keeping all the Old Testament Law in disregard of all of Romans where it teaches that the law cannot get you into heaven. They are law keepers and do not believe in salvation by faith alone, by grace alone. They believe in salvation by believing in Jesus and convenant keeping and for this reason they keep the Sabbath, which is Saturday. This is because the 10 Commandments say to keep the Sabbath Holy to the Lord as a perpetual statute. They believe that if you don't keep the Sabbath, but instead worship God on Sunday, you have the mark of the beast, but they have no scripture for this, they just believe it. Seventh Day Adventist therefor qualifies as a cult rather than as a sect of Christianity. | ||||||
2 | My apologies if I offended any of you | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 203722 | ||
I am not sure about the beginning of this conversation, but here are some tools to help you find things while you study; www.blueletterbible www.esword www.scriptureanalyzer4all try out that Bible search engine in bluelettebible by just keying in one single word and it will show you every place it appears in the Bible quickly... |
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3 | Country of the bible's origin | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 203730 | ||
The Bible was written in Canaan the Old Testament and then in Palestine the New Testament. Look on the web under,"History of the Bible Cannon" to see when it was put together. But seriously the writers of the OT were in Judea and Isreal which was in Canaan land, the middle east and the writers of the NT were in Judea which was Canann renamed Palestine. See, "Bible Atlas" on the web, or, "Biblical Maps" on the web. | ||||||
4 | Saturday or Sunday? | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 203733 | ||
Whichever version of the Bible you own see Romans 14:5-12 where it says that each person regards one day above another according to his conscience and that it does not matter which day you worship. If you become a Seventh Day Adventist you will end up believing that your salvation depends on keeping all of the Old Testament Law, a concept which is contrary to the entire book of Romans. The Sabbath did not change, Christians in Acts met on the first day of the week, the day Jesus rose to honor Him. Nowhere does it say in the New Testament that you can be saved by good works and law keeping. You are saved by grace alone, by faith alone, or you aren't saved at all. Not hard to figure out if SDA's are saved is it? | ||||||
5 | Specify religion Jesus Christ an angel. | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 203735 | ||
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus was the incarnation of the angel Michael based on no scriputre whatsoever... They also believe that Jesus was God's son, but not God. | ||||||
6 | Deceived or not? | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 203743 | ||
Bit of advice; when the Bible makes plain sense make no other sense or it becomes nonsense. When it comes to numbers the Bible has given so many exact prophecies using numbers that came true that it makes sense to take the Bible at it's word when it comes to numbers unless the prophet directly indicates that the numbers are allegorical. Consider, if God could make Jesus a man who is God come to earth which is the greatest miracle, then He could make the earth in six 24 hour days. I Thessalonians 4:13-17 and I Corinthians 15:50-57 tells us there will be a rapture and in Revelation after chapter 4 there is no more mention of any one from the church living on the earth, only unbelievers and then 144,000 Jews who start evangelising the message of the salvation of Jesus Christ to the world. And you don't see or hear of the church again until Revelation 19 when the raptured church comes back to earth with Jesus so He can rage war on the unbelievers and the Anti-Christ. You have to read the Bible to answer these questions you have and believe that it is the inerrant word of God without error. Want a good book on the Bible? Try John MacAruthur's Bible Commentary, google it... At christianbooks.com A literal interpretation of the Bible is leading towards the truth, a figurative interpretation of the Bible leads to false teachings. Get a Strong's Concordance of the Bible and start looking things up by searching for a key word, it will give you every passage on that word. Try www.blueletterbible, it will do the same thing... Try asking churches over the phone if they are Reformed, Liberal, Conservative, or Dispensational, the last two are your best bet in terms of accuracy in interpretations of the Bible. | ||||||
7 | should ministers have sex before preachi | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 203757 | ||
Romans 12:1 present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice... II Corinthians 6:9-11 fornicators and adulters will not inherit the kingdom of God. If you are married have all the sex you want before you preach, but if you are not don't have any sex ever until you are married. Are you a minister? You should know this already, you should know your scriptures already. Are you not a minister but just curious? You should know better also what not to be doing, study and show yourself approved whether you are a minister or not... | ||||||
8 | bible verse on prematial sex | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 203760 | ||
Simple, don't have it, I Corinthians 6:9-11, fornicators and adulterers will not inherit the kingdom of God. | ||||||
9 | Four reasons Jesus was baptized? | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 204337 | ||
I love this sort of thing keep doing it. How about 5 reasons instead... 1)To fulfill righteousness - Mathew 3:15 2)To please the Father - Mark 1:11 3)To recieve the Holy Spirit - Luke 3:22 4)To be revealed to be the Son of God - John 1:34 5)To have the power to baptize with the Holy Spirit - John 1:33 God Bless the hat lady |
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10 | Jesus meant what in Matt 10:23 16:28 | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 204442 | ||
Hello RC, I am going to answer this since no one else did (now don't anybody go getting ruffled out there the scriptures were never addressed). Your question; What did Jesus mean in Mathew 10:23 16:28, 26:64. please no Theology just plain and simple literal interpretation. There is no such thing as answer to this that will not require a bit of theology, it just is not possible to get a literal interpretation without examinig the grammar and the contexts. But I will try to minimize it all for you if I can (no insult intended). Mathew 10:23 is Jesus talking about the disciples undergoing persecution and that they won't be able to finish preahing the gospel until His return. Without getting too theological it becomes clear that this cannot be referring to Jesus coming back after the resurrection because they had not gone out to all the regions yet. It can't be referring to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD becuase Jesus didn't show up again. It is most likely referring to when Jesus will make His second appearance or even third appearance because the disciples never finished preaching to all the cities in Israel and we haven't finished now either. I say even third coming becuase you have to figure in the 144,000 who will do the last work of preaching to every nation and region and they will be bringing in Jews who will have fled to Israel before the Abomination of Desolation occurs in the new temple at Jerusalem. Do you see, now, Doc's apparent frustration at your request for no theology, but just a literal interpretation? The theology is impossible to avoid here because a literal interpretation can't be garnered without a bit of work on what the grammar is saying in context with future history from then and now. Mathew 16:28 This is Jesus talking about the disciples seeing Jesus in his royal majesty (talk about theology, you have to check the Greek grammar on this to see it) with power and that they would see this phenomena before they died natural deaths. This is referring to when the disciples saw Jesus at the transfiguration exhibiting His majesty and power while He was talking to two of His royal subjects, Moses and Elijah (see the Markan version for this and check the Greek grammar in 9:1, no pun intended, do you see how you can't avoid some theology with this thing?). Mathew 26:64 Jesus is talking to the Sanhedrin and they ask whether He is the Son of God and He is telling them that after they are done with their doings concerning Him the next time they will see Him is when He returns and makes His third appearing when every eye will see the one whom they have pierced. God Bless, hope that answers it, Tamara |
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11 | Why did Jesus not want the evil spirits | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 204969 | ||
Dear SBG, Welcome to the forum! I think John makes an excellent point there that it is impossible to say directly from scripture why Jesus kept on saying to various parties not to tell that He was the Son of God, the Christ, the Son of Man. We may have a clue though in one of the scriptures John gave you; Luke 9:21,22 But He warned them and instructed them not to tell this to anyone, saying, The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the cheif priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day. Jesus says the two things together at one time which has led many commentators to see each other instance of Jesus saying this; to the demons who kept saying it, to those He healed, to the disciples, because He did not want His opponents given cause to seek His death too early in the game. His opponents were already seeking to kill Him because of healing on the Sabbath and His claims to deity and for the people to start going around and spreading the news that He was God, the Christ, the Son of God would have incited those who were against Him to act before the appointed time for Him to go to the cross by hastening the process along too soon. Just a thought... God Bless, Tamara |
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12 | Does God want us to belong to one church | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 205063 | ||
Dear Jesus Keep Me, Welcome to the forum! We have a couple in our church who were both believers but were in different churches. The wife wanted to be in a place where sound Biblical preaching and teaching was going on, the husband was serving as a deacon at the other churh which had many programs and a lot of evangelism. He eventaully left that church because the teaching and preaching was not sound Biblically and came to our little church and serves on our deacon board. The Lord blessed them while they served in different churches in their marriage, but now He is blessing them even more since they are serving together. Word of caution, if your husband is perhaps not saved, then it might be better to go with him to the church he chose in order to follow his leadership. As long as it is a sound Bible believing church you should respect your husband, revere your husband, follow your husband as unto Christ. Your behavior in doing this in all things will help to win him over to Christ all the way as he observes your behavior. We should remember that the husband and wife are one flesh, one person, not two people in one marriage, but one person in one marriage, as Christ is with the church. I believe God would be more pleased to see that the two of you act as one. God's Day to you, Tamara |
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13 | If a person hurts you and ask forgivenes | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 205237 | ||
Dear Katielee, Mathew 18:21,22 Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven." Forgiveness is a requirement of being a Christian, if Jesus tells us to love both our neighbors and our enemies then we are to forgive both. Being a doormat for punishment and abuse that is not for the sake of preaching and teaching of the gospel is not required of Christians. Luke 17:3 "Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he returns to you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' forgive him." There is another thing to think about, forgive them if they repent and ask for forgiveness. A non Christian or a non repentant Christian you may want to forgive just so you don't walk around angry and continuall hurt all the time and to make sure you are in the right with God. But according to this verse, if they don't repent, you are not required to forgive them. I had a lot of trouble (this is not a comment of frustration to forum members or snide remark about messages I may have recieved as a result) when I first came in here because I kept on including my personal circumstances with my questions. I had to learn to refrain a bit and rephrase my questions around the issue without going much into the situation the question came out of. I noticed that no one said anything like what was said to you regarding a man asking what to do about a situation with his mother in law, very very interesting, nothing got said to him, everyone just pitched in to help, and the thread went on and on for a while. Sometimes folks react to you differently after hearing personal things, be carefull what you say in here, you don't want what you reveal to color people's impression of you and your questions. Keep asking questons, God Bless, Tamara |
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14 | names and events | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 205239 | ||
Dear ardmore, You received very good advice, I would add that the more times you read the passage, or the whole Bible, the better you will remember it. I would also add that if you start doing word studies with a concordance of names and events in the OT you will find that you start to remember them becuase you have studied them in depth. You could start by looking up the word Elisha in the concordance for instance and go to each place where his name appears and start reading before and after where his name appears. That will reteach you what his life was all about and familiarize you with the passage, the events, the other people and so on. Then in about two weeks go back and do the same word study over again, I guaruntee you will find out something new each time about the events, the people and so on. Here is another technique to try, stop highlighting your Bible for a while if you have been. Go looking up an event like Nehemia eating grass like an ox in the concordance firs, then the Bible. Trace what happened before and after for a few pages, then go look up another king who rebelled against God and another, until you have looked up 5 of them. Don't mark your Bible when you do this, try to commit the chapter numbers to memory, and close the Bible. Open the Bible back up and go find everything again without using the concordance at all to find anything, when you get stuck use the concordance one king at a time. Go do the same exact study the next day and the next, by the end of the week you will know by heart where these 5 rebellious kings are to be found without any trouble at all. I have done this with both the NT and the OT, for people, for events, for topics for everything it works... I have never marked my Bibles in 13 years of studying because I demand of myself that I will now where everything is one day, I practice and practice until I know where things are to be found. Bible study is not a piece of cake, it is hard work. Here is for you; II Timothy 2:15... God's day to you, Tamara |
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15 | what approach did paul take | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 205272 | ||
Dear Beanna, Welcome to the forum! Paul started out by reasoning with the all the Athenians and the strangers gathered at the Aeropagus where all would gather to talk about things new. He speaks of having observed that the men of Athens are very religious people in all respects. Then he begins to reason with them about the Unknown God and how they were worshipping this god in ignorance. He goes on to describe the qualities of this Unkown God for many verse. One could even say Paul used wisdom in the way in which he choose to reveal who the Unkown God is. However, a switch in mode occurs in verse 31 as Paul stops reasoning and begins to give a very short straight forward declaration of a man who has been appointed a judge of the world by the Unkown God and prooved to be so by being raised from the dead. This is about the shortest testament of the death and resurrection of Jesus that can be found in the whole NT, but it is a declaration of His death and resurrection and the judging of men through Jesus. What Paul does not use the other elements that he and Peter usually employed; the proof that Jesus rules eternally on the throne of David and that David does not and is dead, the crucifixion story, the OT prohecies come true in the life, ministry, and person of Jesus. But he does say Christ died and was raised from the dead, however short, he does give the central message of the gospel, in one very short sentence. He began with reasoning and wisdom, but ended up in a declarative sentence containing the essence of the gospel message of salvation. You will find other instances in Acts where it is said of Peter, of Paul and of Steven that wisdom or reasoning was used to approach the unblievers. What you will find is that except in instances where they are presenting a defense to prosecution, examination by kings and rulers, and while presenting an accusation to those who are about to stone the speaker to death, the central message of the death, or crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus is presented as what consist of the message preached, whatever the means of delivery may be. God's day to you, Tamara |
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16 | Why did satan dispute over moses body | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 205310 | ||
Dear dscott1, Quote, MacArthur Bible Commentary, John MacArthur, pg.1983, par.1; :9 Michael...archangel. The chief angel of God who especially watches over Israel (Dan. 10:13,21; 12:1) and leads the holy angels (Rev. 12:7). Nowhere else in scripture is this struggle over the body of Moses mentioned. Michael had to fight Satan to do God's bidding, a he did on other occasion in Daniel 10:13 (see note there). the devil. Another name for Satan which means "accuser" or "slanderer" (cf. Rev. 12:9,10). body of Moses. Moses died on Mount Nebo in Moab without having entered the Promised Land and was secretly buried in a place not known to man (Deut. 34:5,6). It would likely be that this confrontation took place as Michael buried Moses to prevent Satan from using Moses' body for some diabolical purpose not stated. Perhaps Satan wanted to use it as an idol, an object of worship for Israel. God sent Michael, however, to make sure it was buried. This account was recorded in te pseudepigraphal Assumption of Moses (see Introduction: Interpretive Challenges). Hope this helps, By His Grace, Tamara |
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17 | is caron 14 completly accurate? | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 205363 | ||
Dear neilW, Carbon dating has that after 5,730 years the carbon breaks back down into nitrogen, and then after another 5,730 years it breaks down again cutting things in half, and then again in 5,730 years breaking it down to a quarter and so on. That is why it is only accurate up to 5,730 years, beyond that it is not very accurate. What scientists have done is to measure the amount of carbon in the air now and taken that to mean that a certain amount at a certain level should be present in dead organic material. What they have failed to do in making a measuring tool is to measure the level in organic material now that is comparable to the organic material from then inside the organic material instead of in the air. They are assuming that the level in the air is the same as in organic material without testing to see if this is true. God's Day To You, Tamara |
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18 | is it's possible to stop the will of God | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 205458 | ||
Dear Silasfirst, Those were some interesting answers indeed indeed! Quote; Theology of Prayer, 202P Final, by Tamara Brewington, pg.1,2; The Lord is immutable, He does not change, He is omnipresent, He is omniscient and is in control of whether or not things will change. "If God cannot change, then why should we pray?" (SYSTEMATIC THEOLGOY, by Norman D. Geisler, pg. 85, par.6). "God is omniscient and an all knowing being cannot change His mind" (SYSTEMATIC THEOLGOY, Norman D. Geisler). God allows what He has ordained as a means of accomplishing His purposes, and God has forordained everything that happens because He has complete control of everything that could ever happen, or does happen. "Prayer is not a means of getting our will done in heaven, but a means of God getting His will done on earth" (SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Norman D. Geisler, pg. 86, par. 1). Some would arugue that there are instances where God, "changed His mind" as if He decided that something He did not intend was now something He did not intend simply because man imprecated on Him and then saw a change. That change, however, had to have always been in God's plan, or else God is not perfect in character and omniscient. God never decides that His own will is wrong; even when God stated that He repented when He made man in Genesis 6:6 His omnipotencce must factor in. God always knew man would sin and He always knew that He would be sorry He made man, or else God is not omniscient and omnipotent. God was never out of control of man, He has always had the power to effect His will over man, it was never possible that man could do something to make God change His actions because God is omnipresent, omnipotent, every where at all times and all powerfull. The only possibility that remains is that we are unable to see what the will of God is in our sinfull state and that our cirucumstances are subjective to a relative finite exsitence. Our existence in the universe is finite and only relative to the will of God, we live in a subjective reality under the sovereignty of an omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent Holy God who exists in an objective reality in an infinite realm both inside and outside this finite univers. His existence is eternal, immutable and His will is unchangeable, therefor there is no such thing as our prayers actually changing anything as the popular saying goes; we are only ever able to finally be in a position with Him to grasp His Holy will, pray it and receive what appears to be change. God only appears to change His mind from our relative subjective fallen understanding of God's will in events. God is the same, yesterday, today and tomorrow and He does not change... God's Day To You, Tamara |
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19 | Profile on the 12 Apostles | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 205616 | ||
Dear S, See Mark chapters 1 and 2 and Luke chapter 5, then go to Acts and prowse through that to see about Peter and Paul. Look up every reference for each aposlte in the concordnace and read those. A good source is the Biblica Bible Atlas by Barons. A list of hard covers; http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/history-of-the-apostles-faq.htm A chart of the apostles major work and manor of deaths; http://members.aol.com/h777888999/apostles.htm A site with the oringal writings of the church fathers; http://www.zeitun-eg.org/ecfidx.htm Hope this helps, God Bless, Tamara |
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20 | Can Christian teach unsaved about ghost? | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 205749 | ||
Dear heart, Don't explaim anything about what you know about why evil is doing anything to a child, you are right it will only scare. The best thing to do with a child that may or may not be able understand the salvation of Jesus Christ is to tell her that Jesus loves her and read her passages of the Bible that speak about God protecting from evil. I would only do this if you are already close to the parents and have a relationship with the girl. The parents obviously have to be given the gospel in order to get the real spiritual guidance they need in order to have a godly peacful home. Don't get discouraged about helping the best help you can give them my dear is your prayers every day and by encouraging them to come to church to hear the gospel and by continuing to be friends with them and be a real support to them by telling them that you are going to pray for them. You can also offer to pray with them and pray for their salvation as well as the little girl while they are all present with you together and offer to study the Bible with them. Perhaps your compassion is something God will use to help them know Him. Don't throw away an excellent opportunity to be a loving Christian to an unsaved family in crisis, this is why we are here right? To provide a light to a dying world? Hope,faith,love, but the greatest of these is love, Tamara |
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