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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: johnbakas Ordered by Verse |
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1 | NEED LIST,JEHOVAH JARA MY PROVIDER,SHALO | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 73796 | ||
Tim gave you a good summary of the list of God's names. Here is a link to a web site containing a list and articles describing names of God: http://www.gospel-shop.co.za/Names_of_God.htm#Top2 John Bakas Riverview, Florida, USA |
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2 | look for book by book | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 73859 | ||
Here is how to find a book on this web site. On the right side of your screen look for a box titled, "Get Bible Text." In the 5th box under "Get Bible Text" below the words "Book Chapter:verse" you should type in the box the name of the book you are looking for. If you are looking for Titus, type in Titus. Then click on the "Go" button next to the 5th box. That will take you to the book of Titus. |
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3 | Maps of Old vs New? | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 74020 | ||
I could not insert the url of the Bible map site I use, but go to www.google.com Search for "Bible maps" Look at the sites, then use the one you like the best. Good luck. |
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4 | Where do giants come from? | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 82125 | ||
I did a quick search of the Internet and found that the Giants come from New York. In fact, it's their home town. Here is the link: http://www.giants.com/ Hope this helps. |
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5 | Will you see lost loved ones in heaven? | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 90025 | ||
Your grief and sorrow are a heavy burden, I am very sad to hear of your loss. All I could do is pray for your comfort and strength after reading your post. I imagine that words on page give little comfort — and time seems not to ease the pain, only extend it. I am sure other posters will have verses to answer your questions. I firmly know the answers are Yes, you will see and be with your son again, and Yes, he is with the Lord in heaven now. Luke 23:43-45: “Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining.” It must be very dark for you in these days too. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. Ps 116:15. Charles Spurgeon wrote: The deaths of His saints are precious “because it is a precious sheep folded, a precious sheaf harvested, a precious vessel which had been long at sea brought into harbour, a precious child which had been long at school to finish his training brought home to dwell in the Father's house for ever. God the Father sees the fruit of His eternal love at last ingathered: Jesus sees the purchase of his passion at last secured: the Holy Spirit sees the object of his continual workmanship at last perfected. “Beloved, we need comfort, let us seek it where it may be found. I pray that we may view this source of grief, not with our natural, but with our spiritual eyes. The things external are for the natural eye, and from that eye they force full many a tear, for in his natural life man is the heir of sorrow; but there is an inward and spiritual life, which God has given to believers, and this life has an inner eye, and to this inner eye there are other scenes presented than the senses can perceive. Let that spiritual vision indulge itself now. Close your eyes as much as your tears will permit you to the things which are seen, for they are temporal, and shadowy, and look to the eternal, secret, underlying truths, for these are realities.” The eyes are dimmed by sorrow. You may want to spend some time in the coming months in a quiet setting, maybe a favorite park or garden, reading the Bible, but mostly letting Jesus speak directly to your heart. |
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6 | what is the "thesis" of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 90743 | ||
Angel, I think Radioman2 gave the best answer for the overall thesis of the Bible. There are two related basic claims of the Bible: 1. The God of the Bible is real, he exists, and he is the one and only God. 2. Jesus was bodily, physically resurrected from the dead and is alive today. You asked a great question. In my view, it is one of the two basic/important questions a person can think about. I mean, it does rank ahead of, “have I kept up with every pop-culture fad?” And asking about the basic claim of the Bible sometimes leads to the other basic question a person can ask which is “how can I know if the Bible’s claims are true?” For the answer to that second question, you must again begin with Radioman’s answer to the first question. See, Radioman gave the perfect answer, it’s the answer to life’s two most basic questions: 1. What are the Bible’s claims? 2. How can I know if the Bible’s claims are true? |
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7 | I want to know abraham family tree. | Gen 49:29 | johnbakas | 73044 | ||
Here is a URL to a site: http://www.judeministries.org/otsurvey/abrahamtree.htm If you cannot cut and paste that into your address box, go to: www.google.com. Once at Google, type in the following: "Abraham family tree" Be sure to add the quote marks. You will then get a list of sites, one of which is the site listed above. Study Bibles often include a family tree of Abraham. If you do not have a study Bible, consider getting the big NASB study Bible with the same notes as the NIV study Bible. In hard back they cost about half of what they do in leather. |
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8 | what book is a census report | Ex 38:26 | johnbakas | 72704 | ||
From Easton's Bible Dictionary: "There are five instances of a census of the Jewish people having been taken. In the fourth month after the Exodus, when the people were encamped at Sinai. The number of men from twenty years old and upward was then 603,550 (Exodus 38:26). Another census was made just before the entrance into Canaan, when the number was found to be 601,730, showing thus a small decrease (Numbers 26:51). The next census was in the time of David, when the number, exclusive of the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, was found to be 1,300,000 (2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Chronicles 21:5). Solomon made a census of the foreigners in the land, and found 153,600 able-bodied workmen (2 Chronicles 2:17,18). After the return from Exile the whole congregation of Israel was numbered, and found to amount to 42,360 (Ezra 2:64). A census was made by the Roman government in the time of our Lord (Luke 2:1)." |
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9 | WHERE TO FIND ALL THE NAMES OF GOD | Ps 83:18 | johnbakas | 75179 | ||
There are several good web sites giving the names of God and an explanation of each one. Try a google search for "names of God" The web site I like is: http://www.gospel-shop.co.za/Names_of_God.htm#Top2 It has a nice chart of the names and a good written summary of each name. Peace and the grace of His mercy to you, John Bakas Riverview, Florida |
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10 | Need new study plan | Malachi | johnbakas | 72769 | ||
Hi. I know how you feel. But, you have been given good advice. I especially like the one about learning from the Spirit. Here are four other things to think about. Part 1. You might also try keeping a Bible-study Journal. There are many types. Think of your own. What interests you? Use that one! The type of journal I like is by the ten major Bible doctrines (God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Angels, Satan, Mankind, Salvation (the new life), the Church, the Bible, and Last Things). When you read a paragraph in your study Bible, determine what the main point is. Then decide which doctrine it applies to. Often there are two or three. Write the passage under the doctrine. Then use the Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge to read all of other passages cited. Then pray about what you have read and write your comments under the Bible doctrines too. Try to decide how the Bible passages are related to each other and structure your outline of passages and comment in that order. For example, when recording verses and comments about God, one of the first items would be the Names of God, then God’s Characteristics, then His Works, then mankind’s relation to God. Or you might see another order. Use yours. In summary, the journal-outline method allows you to compare Bible passages and thoughts that you might not otherwise place side-by-side. Part 2. Hey, and if you think the above suggestion is ridiculously complex (my wife’s view), you might get a Bible Atlas and find Internet links to pictures of the Holy Lands and the next time you read in the Bible, follow along on the Atlas. In your mind, picture the actual places and imagine what must also have been appearing in the scene, what did the people look like? How did they make a living? What did the buildings look like? Place the Bible characters in the setting. Do you picture them standing or sitting? In other words, use an atlas and Internet links to pictures of the Holy Lands to create your own mental Bible video of what you are reading. But, before you try this at home, take this test: Question: When I imagine Paul sitting in his tent-making booth in the agora in Ephesus and I see him making a tent for a man who will be traveling to Jerusalem to sell the tent to pilgrims: 1. I know it must be a revelation from the Holy Spirit and I will write it in my Bible as part of my 2003 new edition. 2. I know that it may be totally false and in any event does change the Bible or constitute a new revelation. Answer: If you picked number 1, please stop reading this note and forget you ever started reading it. If you picked number 2, you’re OK, and know the proper place for pure speculation. Part 3. Or, how about this, take a Bible map (the ones in the back of your study Bible will do) and measure the distances/directions from Jerusalem to other favorite places mentioned in the Bible. Then, get a map of your state and county. Then use your own town as "Jerusalem" and mark on your state and county maps the corresponding places from your measurements on the Bible maps. Then the next time you go to "Jericho" or "Bethlehem" you will be learning more about how Biblical places are located in relation to each other. Fun for whole madcap Bible-studying family. (Note: If you actually live in Jerusalem, this method may not seem particularly interesting.) Think about each Bible verse associated with the place you are going to each day. Part 4. And lastly, you might try the following, write your own overviews of the entire Bible chronologically (about a 1200 words). There are examples in the Bible (Acts 7). In yours, you might write one version using the sovereignty of God as the theme or “plot.” Or use the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit. Or use key people to carry the “plot” (this would be the easiest). Or use Christ as the theme to tell all of what the Bible is about. Or use some idea or concept, like love, faith, hope, wisdom, endurance, or courage as the main theme. Summary. By using different approaches, a different study method, or a way to put the Bible accounts into a specific time and place, or by writing your own summaries of what interesting, you might be able to: Come up with a much better answer to your question on your own! These were just ideas just to get you started. Peace and joy to your heart. John |
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11 | Why quote scriptures? | Matt 7:23 | johnbakas | 74050 | ||
You are correct, God reveals the truth of the Bible to His Children. Sometimes, people who say they do not know (believe) the Bible is true also claim that Christians cannot gain any knowledge from God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit. When discussing this issue with a nonbeliever, never let a nonbeliever tell you how you can know the truth. If you let a nonbeliever define “how people know facts,” they will use a method of “how we know” that automatically prevents you from using knowledge gained from God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. How people can know the truth is the subject of your post. And you gave the answer that the Bible gives. God in heaven shows us that His word is the truth. He has been doing that since humans first lived on the earth. |
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12 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | johnbakas | 88624 | ||
Do babies go to heaven? While no doctrine of man matches the theology of the Bible fully, and while different people have benefitted from different theological systems, I generally find myself in agreement with the Calvinist view – all the time recognizing its shortcomings. One is the seemingly reduced role it articulates for the Holy Spirit after a person is born again (in which it recognizes its full role). Others may disagree and I accept any correction in this area without debate. In the following passage provided by Phillip R. Johnson on another message board, BB Warfield describes that Calvinists generally hold that infants are part of the elect. I find this recognition a good acknowledgment that man-made theological systems when applied to their logical conclusions may not provide the results obtained by prayerful meditation on God’s word while being led by the illumination/guiding/teaching by the Holy Spirit. I think the passage quoted below illustrates this concept in a beautiful way. While earlier Calvinists sometimes held that infants did not go to heaven, that view was changed over time. Later, it was the general Calvinist view that “all infants who died in infancy were elect, and that all dying infants would therefore be redeemed.” During the time of Benjamin B. Warfield (1851-1921) this was the view of most Calvinists. Warfield says: “Although the cautious agnostic position as to the fate of uncovenanted infants dying in infancy may fairly claim to be the historical Calvinistic view, it is perfectly obvious that it is not per se any more Calvinistic than any of the others. The adherents of all types enumerated above are clearly within the limits of the system, and hold with the same firmness to the fundamental position that salvation is suspended on no earthly cause, but ultimately rests on God's electing grace alone, while our knowledge of who are saved depends on our view of what are the signs of election and of the clearness with which they may be interpreted. . . . "In the course of time the agnostic view of the fate of uncovenanted infants, dying such, has given place to an ever growing universality of conviction that these infants too are included in the election of grace; so that to-day few Calvinists can be found who do not hold with Toplady, and Doddridge, and Thomas Scott, and John Newton, and James P. Wilson, and Nathan L. Rice, and Robert Breckenridge, and Robert S. Candlish, and Charles Hodge, and the whole body of those of recent years whom the Calvinistic churches delight to honor, that all who die in infancy are the children of God and enter at once into His glory--not because original sin alone is not deserving of eternal punishment (for all are born children of wrath), nor because they are less guilty than others (for relative innocence would merit only relatively light punishment, not freedom from all punishment), nor because they die in infancy (for that they die in infancy is not the cause but the effect of God's mercy toward them), but simply because God in His infinite love has chosen them in Christ, before the foundation of the world, by a loving foreordination of them unto adoption as sons in Jesus Christ. "Thus, as they hold, the Reformed theology has followed the light of the Word until its brightness has illuminated all its corners, and the darkness has fled away." |
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13 | What value is HOPE in the Word of God? | Rom 8:24 | johnbakas | 89941 | ||
Faith, Hope, Love, I liked your postings very much. Just as a suggestion, you might want to use more paragraphs in what you type. By inserting paragraph breaks, it is easier to read text. Your thoughts are great. Keep posting them. I am also doing some study this weekend on hope. Your post gave me a good place to begin. Thank you very much. Blessings in God's love and grace, John Riverview, FL USA |
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