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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: SpreadWord Ordered by Date |
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1 | what does Easter mean | Acts 12:4 | SpreadWord | 42845 | ||
Wow. This is a loaded question. I can find only one reference to the word "Easter" in the scripture. Even then, it appears to be only in the KJV. This passage in other translations says, "passover." In reality, Easter is celebrated by pagans in conjuction with the spring equinox. The whole holiday is loaded with symbols of paganism and fertility (the egg, the bunny, etc.) My advice is to avoid the world's celebration of Easter, and to concentrate on the true signficance of Good Friday and "Resurrection Day." While I don't agree with all the content you will find at this site, I've found the following site to be useful in gaining information such as this. Do a search on "Easter" at this site: http://www.cuttingedge.org Your original question was what "Easter" means. Here is the answer from this site: "We have just learned from the pagans that the very name of Easter is taken from the Pagan celebration of the 'Rites of Eostre'." |
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2 | What did God do for Stephen when he died | Acts 7:56 | SpreadWord | 42828 | ||
Stephen was given a glipse of Heaven just before his death. It is also noteworthy that Jesus stood up for Stephen, where in other passages, Christ is referred to as "seated at the right hand of the Father." Is this what you are looking for? | ||||||
3 | can you be commited without be pre | Matt 26:34 | SpreadWord | 39900 | ||
The famous example of Peter denying the Lord shows that you can be committed to the Lord, yet still fail Him. Is this what you are asking? | ||||||
4 | Evidence that women's role has changed? | Matt 28:10 | SpreadWord | 39895 | ||
The way my pastor has explained this is that in the Corithian church the men were seated at the front and the women were way in the back. There were no sound systems like they have today, so the apostle would speak, and the women would yell up to their husbands, "What did he say?" This was disrupting the meeting, so Paul instructed for the men to relay the information to the women at home. One indication of Jesus' command to women to proclaim the Gospel is found in Matthew 28:10. It was women who met Jesus first after resurrection, and He instructed them to go tell His brethren that He was risen. Galatians 3:28 makes it clear that "in Christ" there is neither male nor female. Luke 2:36 speaks of a prophetess named Anna. One role of a prophet is to speak into the lives of other believers. It is doubtful that the apostle Paul would be saying to silence Anna, or other female believers who had something to contribute. | ||||||
5 | God's law contrasted with man's law | Dan 3:18 | SpreadWord | 39868 | ||
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refusing to worship the gods of Nebuchadnezzar is just one instance of God's law superceding man's law. There are others as well. Is this what you meant to ask? | ||||||
6 | RELIGION HOMEWORK HELP | Rom 12:2 | SpreadWord | 39864 | ||
I have never seen Jesus Christ Superstar. Someone told me they thought it was sacreligious, so I didn't bother. However, for your scriptural question, I have an answer that may be different from others depending on the doctrine you adhere to. Man is a triune being. He is a spirit, soul, and body. It is my belief that a Christian's spirit has been transformed at the moment of his salvation. (Col 3:9-10) His soul (mind, will, emotions) is in the process of being transformed (Romans 12:2). His body will be transformed at the return of Christ (I Cor. 15:51-52). There may be better scriptures to explain these concepts, but I felt these were good ones that I recalled from memory and verified before posting here. | ||||||
7 | Proselyte to Judaism as means of salv. | OT general | SpreadWord | 3764 | ||
Salvation is a New Testament concept. Christ's salvation is the answer to man's inability to keep the law imposed upon the Old Testament believer. While Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, God has operated under different covenants during different periods of time. There are those with Bible degrees that can probably expound on this better than me, but I would break the different covenants down into these phases: 1) Adamic covenant: (Genesis 3:8) Adam walked and talked with God freely until Adam sinned and broke the covenant. 2) Noah covenant: (Genesis 6:9, 6:18, 9:11) Noah walked with God. He was a just man in an evil world, so God protected him and his family from the flood. Noah offered burnt offerings to the Lord. (Genesis 8:20) God gave Noah rules that he shall not eat flesh with its blood. Also, God established the death penalty for murder. (Genesis 9:6) 3) Abrahamic Covenant: (Genesis 12:1-3) God sovereignly chose Abraham as the lineage that would ultimately be the lineage of Jesus, God's only Son. Abraham first instituted the tithe to Melchizedek. I note this because the tithe preceeds the "law" and should not be included as "being under the law" when admonished to tithe. God began to add other Abrahamic laws such as circumcision. Abraham continues the sacrifice of animals first instituted by Abel (Genesis 4:4) 4) Mosaic Covenant: God instituted the law beginning with the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17). The Levitical law came into being under the covenant established with Moses. This covenant continued until.... 5) Christ's Covenant: (Hebrews 8:6-13) After man had been shown that he was incapable of keeping the law, and that the sacrifice of animals could never redeem sins, it took the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, followed by His glorious resurrection, to redeem us from sin and to conquer death, hell, and the grave. So...to answer your question..."salvation" is through Christ alone (Acts 4:12), but for those who lived before the New Covenant, they were required to join God in the covenant He had established at the time. Hope this helps.... |
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8 | You shall not Murder, then told too?? | OT general | SpreadWord | 3183 | ||
IMHO, "murder" is an attitude of the heart. It is the attitude that one will "be like God" and determine life or death on their own. When God commands Israel to kill, then Israel is not guilty of murder just as capital punishment or war does not equate to murder. By ordering Israel to kill, God bears all responsibility for the loss of life, not Israel. In fact, when Israel failed to obey God's order to kill, they were punished. Think to King Saul and the chastisement he got from Samuel after letting that king live after they conquered that people. (Sorry for the lack of specifics, this is from memory.) | ||||||
9 | Salvation in other religions? | John 14:6 | SpreadWord | 1728 | ||
John 14:6 makes it clear what the standard is. God does not contradict His Word. He does not provide "multiple paths to Heaven" or else Jesus died in vain. It took the sacrifice of Christ to redeem us from sin because nothing else would do. | ||||||
10 | Violence by force? Matt 11:12 | Matt 11:12 | SpreadWord | 1227 | ||
Another subtlety of this verse that makes me think is "From the days of John the Baptist until now..." Does this mean that what Jesus is describing began with the ministry of John and ended at the point that Jesus made the statement? Does "until now" continue throughout the age of grace in which we now live? Also, when Jesus said this it was before the death, burial, and resurrection. Have things changed since then? | ||||||
11 | Where did the word Christian come from? | Bible general Archive 1 | SpreadWord | 1152 | ||
Acts 11:26 "And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." The word Christian means "Christ-like." | ||||||