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1 | What does 'key' mean? | Rev 9:1 | bowler | 208036 | ||
Thomas The angel in 9:1 is Satan, the angel in 20:1 an angel of God. The first reference seems to be to that Satan is given the power to go unloose demonic forces to inflict harm for six months but not to kill as demons acting under the authority of Satan - but what is so interesting about that is that Satan is "given" the keys by somebody from God to go do evil! The referrence in 20:1 is to an angel in God's camp who is given the power to go get Satan and to remove him where ever he was and locked him in the abyss for a millenium. Some believe the key is symbolic of power, some like myself believe there is an actual key because the Bible does not say it is a symbol or indicate that it was a symbol. But it could just mean power, I could be wrong. blessings abound, bowler |
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2 | Why are some gifts of God not wanted? | 1 Cor 12:4 | bowler | 208027 | ||
hopalong Could you please explain how it is that some Christians treat a gift of God is an inconvenient imposition? Not saying you have a wrong concept, just wondering exactly what you mean. blessings abound, bowler |
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3 | Do i always have to ask for forgiveness? | Matt 5:23 | bowler | 207922 | ||
Mathew 5:23, 24 Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. blessings abound bowler |
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4 | is it ok to lie in certain cases | Col 3:9 | bowler | 207896 | ||
walkforchrist Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." We should not lie. I have heard arguments about this like; Rahab the Harlot lied and it was suppossedly accounted to her for righteousness. I dunno, her hiding the spies in peace was counted as righteous, but the Bible does not say the lying was. I have heard the ridiculous argument that Exodus 20:16 only refers to that you should not lie against your neighbor, but that it is okay to lie if you think it would make things better. Consider this problem though; in Natzi Germany if some of those Germans had not lied about hiding some of those Jews that would not have been a good thing. So if we say that it is right when it protects a life, what are we to think really? If someone wips out a gun and says they are looking for so and so, and you don't lie to protect them is that good? The problem with thinking it is all right because you want to save a life is the Bible is clear that lying is out. But some say, choose the lesser evil, being trouble with God for lying to save a life, over telling the truth and being partially repsonsible for their death. Then there are sins of ommission, where we lie by leaving part out and think it isn't lying for real. If it was me, just speaking for myself, I would lie to save a life, but not to fix every day problems big or small. Although I am quite sure I have been guilty of it anyhow. When we stand to lose something do we trust God to have our backs and fix things? Or do we lie? Question; what is a "right motive" for lying? blessings abound, bowler |
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5 | If you draw close to God? | James 4:8 | bowler | 207791 | ||
Jesus Keeps Me It is in James 4:8. James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you. blessings abound, bowler |
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6 | hebrews 9:27 | Hebrews | bowler | 207775 | ||
son of god Genesis 5:24 Ehoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. The text says Enoch walked - the word can also mean behaved and passed away. The text says Enoch was not - the word can also mean not exist. The text says God took him - the word took can also mean carry away or fetch. The text could possibly mean that Enoch behaved with God and passed away because God carried him away, fetched him. But Hebrews is not unclear like that, Hebrews says this; Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. According to the Bible Enoch was no longer found because he did not taste death. That would mean that it appears Enoch was an exeption to Hebrews 9:27. 2 Kings 2:11, 12 As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. Elisha saw it and cried out, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. The text says Elijah ascended into heaven, was taken away, and was seen no more. This is another example of an exception that it appears God made to Hebrews 9:27. But did He really make an exception? Maybe not. Luke 9:30, 31 And behold, two men were talking with Him; and they were Moses and Elijah, who, appearing in glory, were speaking of His departure which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Notice that Moses and Elijah appeared in a state of glory, they had been glorified to a certain degree. 1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. I do believe it is safe to say that when one goes to heaven there is a heavenly body that gets put on. 1 Corinthians 15:50 Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Somehow it is not possible for flesh and blood to be in heaven, and there are fleshly bodies and heavenly bodies. 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but WE WIIL ALL be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. Somewhere in there we will all be changed at the last trump, all the dead flesh will put on the imperishable new heavenly body. There is no reason to think that Enoch and Elijah will be left out of that because somehow there is no way for their flesh bodies to be in heaven as flesh bodies, some change must have taken place we are not told about. Otherwise these other scriptures cannot apply to ALL, as in "we all will be changed". Elijah, Enoch, and Moses still have to be changed one more time, they need their immortal bodies to endure eternal life, that requires this - 1 Corinthians 15:35-38 You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies; and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else. But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own. Since this text is true that in order for there to be eternal life, there must first be the death of the flesh, that must apply to everyone. Jesus is the type for us, if He had to die, if His flesh had to die to go to eternal life, then so do all of us, no exceptions. On that basis alone it seems as if Enoch and Elijah had to have lost their flesh unto death in some sort of quick transition that we don't understand. The Brenton Bible says this - And Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, because God translated him. According to this translation God changed him. blessings abound, bowler |
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7 | pray to the Holy Spirit | John 16:23 | bowler | 207725 | ||
sureshtv In many places we see in the New Testament this model; To pray to the Father God in the name of Jesus. I have yet to see a model for prayer in the New Testament that has Jesus or anyone else praying to the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus. We do have that you can pray directly to Jesus in Jesus name in John 14:14. Now, in all fairness this is the sorvereign Godhead we are talking about. God is God, and God is to be worshipped in Spirit and in truth, the right way that is. So even though the Holy Spirit is in the sovereign Godhead, if we don't see a model in the New Testament of anyone praying directly to Him, is it right to do? HHHMMM. I myself would err on the side of caution and stick to what Jesus said to do and the models for prayer we find all over the New Testament. I would therefore say no, it is not Biblical to pray to the Holy Spirt, soley based on the record of the New Testament. John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. blessings abound, bowler |
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8 | What is the relationship for the poor in | Matt 5:11 | bowler | 207508 | ||
Dcmartin Please take the time to say what you do not understand about the answers you have already been given. This way someone could try to help you understand whatever it is you still do not understand. Just posting the same question again without saying why you don't understand the answers you have been given may not get you any new kind of answers. See if you can come up with a question to the answer that I am going to give you again, and when you post it choose "note". "The poor in spirit who are saved go to the kingdom of heaven, that is it, that is the relationship." I would add again, now trying to be simpler - The poor in spirit suffer because they are followers of Jesus, but is because they are saved that they are going to heaven - that is the nature and reason they "poor in spirit go to heaven" because they are saved. Just because people are poor in spirit does not mean they automatically go to heaven - they have to be saved. blessings abound |
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9 | poor in spirit | Matt 5:12 | bowler | 207501 | ||
Dcmartin This is a Quote; http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/sg2198.htm John MacArthur Matthew 5:3 says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." I. WHY MUST A CHRISTIAN BE POOR IN SPIRIT? A. Humility Leads to a Right Knowledge of Self In the Beatitudes Christ spoke of a new standard of living. Being poor in spirit is a fundamental characteristic of a Christian. No one will enter Christ's kingdom on the basis of pride--the doorway into the kingdom is very low and must be crawled through. The sooner we realize we are incapable of attaining the standard Christ calls us to (Matt. 5:48), the closer we are to finding the One who can help us attain that standard. That calls for humility. Jesus was saying, "You can't be filled until you are empty. You can't be worthwhile until you realize you are worthless apart from Christ." In the church today there is little emphasis on self- emptying. I've seen many books on how to be filled with joy and other things, but I don't think I've ever seen a book on how to empty yourself of self. Too much of contemporary Christianity feeds on pride. But a person without poverty of spirit fails to understand the grace of God and cannot be a Christian since salvation is by grace through faith. Also, the graces of the Christian life can't grow without humility. A person that is living for Christ according the this passage down in verse 11 is marked as being persecuted for being a Christian. If you give up everything in this life that does not line up with God's holy world, that would be a whole lot of things and people too. When you do that you may end up "poor in spirit", sad, discouraged, humble, suffering because you chose to follow Jesus instead of being in love with the things of the world. Not everyone would agree with this concept, however, we are to imitate Christ. Christ was a man of many sorrows, He suffered for God and for us, He did not love the ease of life in this world, He was homeless, He cried out to God. If we are going to imitate Christ, we must "pick up our cross and follow Him". Christians are called to suffer and before we will be able to rejoice at that suffering there will first be tears and hurt and true loss. That is what a person can do to that "she can have that poor in spirit". The relationship of those who are saved, that is key, those who are saved, who are poor in spirit, who suffer, with the kingdom of heaven is that they will go there. The poor in spirit who are saved go to the kingdom of heaven, that is it, that is the relationship. Hope this helps. Mathew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you becuase of Me. blessings abound, bowler |
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10 | Why were they called wise/foolish virgin | Matthew | bowler | 207477 | ||
JKERR There has been a lot of things said about these virgins, the wise and the foolish, but I have never heard that because they did not have sex that both groups were the wise and the foolish virgins. If it was that none of them had sex seeing as how they were all virgins, then what would make 5 of them unwise? Having sex? I don't think that would make sense, a virgin is a virgin. The wise virgins were wise because they got ready for Jesus to come get them as the bride of Christ, as the church, so they could go to the wedding banquet, in heaven. The foolish virgins were foolish becuase they knew about Jesus but did not get ready for Him to come and get them to take them to the wedding feast, to heaven. The wise ones took Jesus as savior, faith in promises of salvation as the lamps full of oil. The foolish ones new the promises of salvation but did not go get faith, empty lamps without oil. Mathew 24:13 Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour. blessings abound, bowler |
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11 | Just want to share my heart.... | Eph 1:6 | bowler | 207470 | ||
LJ77 That was very beautiful, worth meditating on. Thank you very much for sharing your heart. blessings abound, bowler |
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12 | What does Mathew 5:3 and Luke 6:20 means | Luke 6:20 | bowler | 207467 | ||
Dcmartin I was looking backthrough your other questions on these passages to try to see what exactly you were asking. I see now that you were asking three different questions. I apologize for labeling one of then as a duplicate, as it was not. So now you want to know what each of the two verses in question mean standing alone, rather than what poor in spirit means, or why Luke leaves out the word spirit. I believe based on the surrounding verses in Mathew that Mathew is saying in your first verse that; those whose spirit's are sorrowfull, are sad, who are downcast in spirit, who are suffering spiritualy - these have been promised the kingdom of heaven, salvation is theirs, the will go to heaven. But all this is based on verse 11, that these poor in spirit are with Jesus, believe in Jesus, are persecuted for Jesus. I believe that based on the surrounding verses in Luke that; it means those who are poor in this world, those who have not, those who do without, those who live in poverty - these all have the kingdom of God, have salvation, will go to heaven. But this promise is granted to them because of verse 27, those who hear, who have the word of God in them, those who are saved, and based on verse 28 these same are persectuted for believing in Jesus. The way Mathew describes the suffering believer is saying that the believer has a spiritual state and that because of that will be blessed. The way Luke describes the suffering believer is saying that the believer has a state of poverty in this world and that the believer will recieve a different state of being - one in heaven. The broad idea of Mathew is that the Kingdom of the Son of God has come. The smaller idea in just that portioin of that chapter of Mathew is that the righteousness of the believer will be rewarded in the face of persecution. The broad ideas of Luke are that Jesus is the Son of God, Jesus has compassion on all the outcast groups; the ill, the women, the poor, the Samaritans, the sinners, the tax collectors and so on, and that Jesus is the savior. The smaller idea of that portion of Luke you are intereseted in is Jesus has compassion on the outcasts and the righteousness of those who believe. Luke 6:31 Treat others the same way you want them to treat you. blessings abound, bowler |
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13 | Why Luke 6:20 they ommited the word sipr | Luke 6:20 | bowler | 207447 | ||
Dcmartin Mathew makes a point of speaking of the spiritual state of those who suffer for the sake of Christ down in verses 11 and 12 as to why he recounted verses 1 through 10. 1 through 10 are all spiritual states of the oppressed who will suffer for His sake. Mathew makes a point of talking about who will suffer for the sake of Christ; the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the gentle, those who hunger for righteousness sake, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, the persecuted - he is making statements about spiritual people doing spiritual things. Luke makes different points. Luke contrasts the physically oppressed to those who are rich and happy; the poor, the hungry, the ostracized, the insulted, the scorned - in other words the outcasts, the oppressed by society. The contrast he makes are largely down in verses 27 through 38 of those who "hear" the word of God and recieve it and those who do not who swindle the poor and abuse them. The reward in Mathew is in heaven and is great. the reward in Luke is great and is to be sons of the most high. They are both talking about the same event from different points of view. It is like when two people go to the same birthday party and go tell different groups of friends two stories about the same event. One person talks about what stood out to him as important, and the other person talks about what stood out to him as important. The stories have some of the same exact elements in them, and some different ones too, but they do not contradict one another, or ommit anything, it is just different aspects of the same story. Hope this helps. Luke 6:27 But I say to you who hear, love our enemies, do good to those who hate you. blessings abound, bowler |
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14 | What does it mean to be poor in spirit? | Matthew | bowler | 207445 | ||
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15 | once saved always saved? | John 10:28 | bowler | 207412 | ||
Jesus keeps Me There is a wealth of information here in this wonderful site! I often get lost in the treasures that are to be found in here using the search feature up to the rigth at the top. Try typing the words "eternal security" up in the search feature, you will recieve a real treat, there is so much there. John 3:16 John 10:27-29 Philippians 1:6 1 Peter 1:45 Romans 5:1 Ephesians 2:8, 9 There is a start, some of them you were given before I think. Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil. blessings abound, bowler |
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16 | Why is death God's enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | bowler | 207385 | ||
Flinty Joe I saw your other post on this and saw the answers there. I think you are clarifying better what you mean here in this post. I would tend to agree with you because death is evil, is an enemy, came about by sin, will be destroyed, will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. - Revelation 20:13. I think the "differene" comes in when saints view death as a means of going home to the Lord - as Paul says twice, once in Philippians and once in 2 Corinthians that he would rather prefer to die and go home to the Lord, that is he was looking forward, not to the event of death, but what lay beyond. Christians tend not to fear death, thinking in terms, not of the event itself but what lays beyond. But death is an enemy, no one, not even a Christian looks forward to the actual event, not even Christ was happy to go there. He agonized over having to go through it the way He knew He would have to endure it and asked if perhaps this cup might pass from Me. It is a very non Christian and scientific idea that death is part of life and that death is "a natural process" we all have to go through. I often ask those who say death is natural and a part of life, "then why do most people have a tendency to fear death if it is so natural? Death is not natural, when you are in the middle of a car accident thinking you are about to die and screaming or crying out to God for help, is death something you are thinking is natural?" I dont' think when we are faced with death so squarely and immediately that many of us wouldn't hope to escape that fate and keep on living. Of course there are those who have a complete calm come over them when face with death because they know where they are going. But that is the point, they know where they are going, it is not the even itself they look forward to. Ephesians 4:3 Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. blessings abound, bowler |
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17 | God, Are You There? | John 16:8 | bowler | 207273 | ||
Micket's Mom I found a book for you I think will be good. Try googling it. It is "The Mystery Of The Holy Spirit", by R.C. Sproul. http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Holy-Spirit/Work-of-the-Holy-Spirit/ Doc is a real gold mine of information, as are plenty of others on this site, he is where I got the site from. Judging from the names of the authors, you will find sound teachings there. Here are some scriptures about the role of the Holy Spirit I found - John 16:5-15 John 14:23-27 John 1:33 I Corinthians 12:4-13 2 Peter 1:21 I would like to be most careful in any attempt to answer your question outside of the confines of what scripture proscribes as the role of the Holy Spirit. So I gave you scriptures that talk about what His role is with us. In all humbleness, I notice that you hardly ever include scriptures with your questions? I don't think from observing everyone else that anyone here is so consistent as to "always" include scriptures. But, I can only speak for myself, I try hard to include scriptures wherever I can. It would be nice to know a little bit about who you are Mickys Mom, please fill out your profile so we can all get to know you! Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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18 | Looking for Bible as Literature Resource | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 207264 | ||
Admonit Doc made a really excellent choice there. I have another one I purchased just the other day by the exact same authors - "How to Read the Bible Book by Book", by Gordon D. Fee, and Douglass Stuart. The one Doc reccommended does get into quite a bit of information about what types of literature there are in the Bible and how to interpret them. The second book, which is actually meant as a follow up companion of the first book, gets into the content of each book, contains overviews of each, and a quick walk through of the sections of each book identfying key concepts for each. The first book is really important, but the two of them used together might make a very good frame work for disucussing the "genre" of each book of the Bible. You have the types of literature in the first book. Then you have each Bible book in condensed form in the second book, with major sections outlined as to type of content, which the students could use to "identify" what types of genre each book of the Bible falls under on their own, or in class. Interesting stuff you are doing! I admire teachers who are interested in dividing the word of God, even in a secular setting, such as your self! Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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19 | How to convince someone to go to church | Heb 10:25 | bowler | 207263 | ||
crazycatcm I only have a couple of questions - Is this person really saved? If they are saved, did they ever crack open their Bibles at home and study God's word on their own, or when they came to church where they just bench warmers? I would ask my friend nice versions of these two questions. They are key - if you are not saved, why would you bother to come? If you are saved, but you are not into God's word, there is a major problem with your concept of what it means to be a Christian and how you walk with Him. There is usually one big reason that the majority of people have as to why the don't go to church - they are not saved. The next big reason people don't go to church who are saved is they have no viable working relationship with Christ, it is dead in the water, it is not active faith. People who are saved generally hunger for God, they want to do everything possible to get next to Him and to worship Him. People go to church for all kinds of reasons, but the primary one should be to worship God with the saints. Every other consideration pales next to this one because we are the body of Christ and we should be together as one worshipping Him. If that is not important to one who claims they are a Christian, you have to wonder what they think being a Christian means they should "do" about being one. Some people are home bound, others make excuses about "what is wrong" with the church, others just don't seem to make time for God in any area of their lives. We are not fruit inspectors, but they may not be saved. Hebrews 3:13 But encourage one another day after day, a long as it is still called "Today". Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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20 | What happend to Jonah? | Nah 1:1 | bowler | 207239 | ||
presiouspup3766 With grace and love to you, please read the book of Jonah it is exactly two and a half pages long, and has only 4 chapters and takes less than 10 minutes to read. If you are really in a hurry -you seem to be? :-):-):-) then read the last paragraph of the last chapter. Grace and peace to you and welcome to the forum. blessings abound, bowler |
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