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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Dan58 Ordered by Date |
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1 | Apostle Paul's Coworkers | Rom 16:1 | Dan58 | 83068 | ||
Romans 16 should be a good starting place. A cross reference work like the treasury of the scriptures would quickly lead you to 15 or 20 important names. As another approach, skim through an encyclopedia article on the life of Paul and note who he works with. Starting with his conversion by Ananias through all the apostles at the Jerusalem council, The elders that met at Ephesus Acts 20. . . If you really want to profit the most take a clean bible without any marks and a crayon. Mark the people you find interesting. Acts 9 conversion, then Acts 13 to end. Pick up the last chapter of each epistle. This would help put the whole study in perspective. |
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2 | RECABITE FAMILY WHO ARE THEY? | 2 Kin 10:15 | Dan58 | 83062 | ||
http://www.studylight.org/dic/sbd/ type rechab in the search |
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3 | pastor having one wife | 1 Tim 3:2 | Dan58 | 82885 | ||
1 Timothy 3:2 2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, NASU 1 Timothy 3:12 12 Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households. NASU Titus 1:6 6 namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion. NASU ------------- ------------- Interpretive questions that you must answer. 1) Does the passage mean one wife no divorce previously? 2) Does the passage mean "a one woman man" i.e. not two wives at the time and a man who went to other women outside of marriage (this was not against civil law in NT times)? 3) Leadership in the family is a prerequisite for leadership in the church? One wife is a prerequisite to children that are obedient. |
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4 | howdo I get saved? | Acts 16:31 | Dan58 | 82528 | ||
Acts 2:37-38 37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" 38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. NASU Acts 2:37-38 37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" 38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. NASU Rom 6:3-8 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, NASU |
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5 | why is there poverty? | Matt 26:11 | Dan58 | 82399 | ||
Try this. In the Garden of Eden there wasn't any poverty but in a sin-sick world all of creations groans for the revelation of the sons of God (Rom 8) Poverty, sickness, war ... they all push us to look for something more, something better. The better way is God's way. Godliness with contentment is of great gain. Some things that promote poverty: Greed, Corruption in government, laziness, feeding the lazy, acts of God to punish morally corrupt societies, gambling, drunkenness. . . . I lived in the county of Missouri with the lowest income of the state. The people, however, are not poor drunks they have high family values and have chosen to stay in a place where there is not industry for employment. Poverty is always relative to 'normal'. I would say that the people in this county are doing quite well, compared to inner cities where few own their own home. |
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6 | What was the apostles doctrine? | Titus 2:1 | Dan58 | 82246 | ||
Doctrine refers to the teachings of the apostles. here in Tit 2:1 the exortation is for Titus to stick to solid teaching. Amplified version interestingly comments on doctrine as the character that identifies Christians. It seems to me this is an ok extension of the idea of doctrine but other ideas can be developed just as well. Sound doctrine might be understood as the basic teachings of christianity - death, burial, resurection, Holy Spirit, . . . . Sound doctrine might, in this verse, be an exortation to use illustrations and ideas that are fitting for a teacher with integrity. I get this idea by reading . . . fitting for sound pedagogy. For apostles doctrine (not seen in this verse) check out Acts 2:42 where the early christians were spending a lot of time listening to the Apostles teach. Or 2 Cor 11 where the office of apostle is described. For the idea of a stable body of teaching that might have been available in an early form of a book of doctrine consider this part of the article on doctrine: DOCTRINE 3. Apostolic Doctrines: The earliest teaching of the apostles consisted essentially of three propositions: (a) that Jesus was the Christ (Acts 3:18); (b) that He was risen from the dead (Acts 1:22; 2:24,32); and (c) that salvation was by faith in His name (Acts 2:38; 3:16). While proclaiming these truths, it was necessary to coordinate them with Hebrew faith, as based upon Old Testament revelation. The method of the earliest reconstruction may be gathered from the speeches of Peter and Stephen (Acts 2:14-36; 5:29-32; 7:2-53). A more thorough reconstruction of the coordination of the Christian facts, not only with Hebrew history, but with universal history, and with a view of the world as a whole, was undertaken by Paul. Both types of doctrine are found in his speeches in Acts, the former type in that delivered at Antioch (13:16-41), and the latter in the speeches delivered at Lystra (14:15-17) and at Athens (17:22-31). The ideas given in outline in these speeches are more fully developed into a doctrinal system, with its center removed from the resurrection to the death of Christ, in the epistles, especially in Galatians, Romans, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. But as yet it is the theological system of one teacher, and there is no sign of any attempt to impose it by authority on the church as a whole. As a matter of fact the Pauline system never was generally accepted by the church. Compare James and the Apostolic Fathers.. 4. Beginnings of Dogma: In the Pastoral and General Epistles a new state of things appears. The repeated emphasis on "sound" or "healthy doctrine" (1 Tim 1:10; 6:3; 2 Tim 1:13; 4:3; Titus 1:9; 2:1), "good doctrine" (1 Tim 4:6) implies that a body of teaching had now emerged which was generally accepted, and which should serve as a standard of orthodoxy. The faith has become a body of truth "once for all delivered unto the saints" (Jude verse 3). The content of this "sound doctrine" is nowhere formally given, but it is a probable inference that it corresponded very nearly to the Roman formula that became known as the Apostles' Creed. See DOGMA. (from International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Electronic Database Copyright (c)1996 by Biblesoft) |
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7 | Struggling with a divorce | Rom 6:23 | Dan58 | 82228 | ||
The simple yet true answer to every delima in life is that Jesus paid the price for our unrightiousness and we can rest in that. A more practical answer to help you get a handle on your life requires dialogue. Your Christian counselor could offer personal counsel or referals. Your church, or one nearby, might offer ways to build healthy friendships for you and your kids. I might be able to give a little help through email. prayerdan@hotmail.com |
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8 | Why do we pray if God already knows all | Bible general Archive 1 | Dan58 | 82145 | ||
I have several Ideas that might help, Lydia. First we pray because God wants us too. Ps 50:15 Ps 118:5 Jer 33:3 Matt 7:7-8 Matt 21:22 Mark 11:24 John 4:10 John 14:13 John 15:7 John 15:16 John 16:23-24 2 Cor 12:8-9 Heb 4:16 James 1:5 James 5:15 1 John 3:22 1 John 5:14-15 Second I would like to note the difference between saying that God is all powerfull and saying that our prayers have an influence on Him. We see God’s sovereignty expressed in the Bible by how he has absolute control in whatever he wants to have control of. This includes things like the birth order of Isaac and Jacob, the pain and suffering of Job, the salvation of Nineveh using Jonah and on every page of scripture other situations. This sovereignty of God begs your questions - Why does he need our prayer? – Why does he ask us to pray? But in this second point I am making I want to turn your attention from God’s directing everything on earth to the times that God chose to be influenced by man. Sin influenced God to introduce death. Man’s inability to keep God’s law caused God to send His son. Check out the word “choose” in the bible. God expects man to choose right and when he does he gets a reward when he chooses wrong he gets punishment. My second point is – prayer has an influence on God – His sovereignty does not exclude this truth. This is NOT to say God will serve us. No, we have a family relationship with Him with him as father and we as children. God is interested in having a relationship with us. His actions are influenced by ours; and most of all his actions are influenced by our prayers. My third point is a distinction between God knowing and God determining every outcome. The image of the gods in Greek mythology was that of puppeteers prodding man along. Perhaps the god would give a little freedom of choice but mostly the image is of the god making his choices for his own lustful reasons. I don’t believe our God is like that at all. I believe that we were created for relationship and God’s direction is best seen by looking at an ideal father that takes control when his children need him to and lets the children have progressively more choice as they mature. Like Solomon deciding that the best thing he could ask God for was wisdom we get to decide what we would like to ask God in prayer. Fourth I would suggest that prayer is much more than asking for things. Consider Jesus’ teaching about how we should pray. “Our Father. . ." -- prayer is relationship and conversation. "who is in heaven holy is your name” -- prayer is praise. "Your kingdom come" -- prayer focuses on the good of the church. "Your will be done on earth like in heaven." --- prayer searches for what God is up to and is one way that we join Him in His work. "Give us today our daily bread." -- prayer askes for our own specific needs. "Forgive us our sins . . ." -- prayer is a time of personal examination. "as we forgive"-- prayer is a time to consider how we are treating others. "Lead us not into temptation"-- prayer is a spiritual activity for spiritual well being "Deliver us from evil" -- prayer is a source of divine guidance in life’s sojourn. |
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