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1 | Receive the Holy Spirit or holy spirit? | Matt 12:31 | gracefull | 98568 | ||
Hello Ray, I read your profile and saw where you have been 'away' for awhile. I pray all is well with you... I no longer participate with this forum. If you would like to converse via e- mail let me know. Otherwise, God bless... |
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2 | True believer | Rom 10:9 | gracefull | 95445 | ||
Hi Chris, No. The only requirement for salvation is believing on the Lord Jesus. Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. This means these are the priviledge of the believer. This should be viewed as a promise not a 'work'. God bless |
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3 | Luke 23:43 / 16:23 3 days did jesus go | Gen 1:1 | gracefull | 95382 | ||
The commonly accepted interpretation of Luke 23:42-43 is that Jesus descended into Abraham's Bosom" (see Luke 16:22-24). However this is questionable because all translations of the word 'Paradise' in the New Covenant depict Paradise as meaning Heaven.See 2 Cor.12:1-4, and Rev. 2:7. Secondly, Luke was very aware of Abraham's Bosom through Jesus' teaching, but nowhere in Jesus' teaching did He refer to this place as Paradise. Thirdly, Ephesians 4:8-10 which is commonly used to prove that Paradise was Abraham's bosom in that Jesus 'led captivity captive' bringing forth the captive righteous dead at His resurrection. While I agree scripture teaches that there was a resurrection, I believe this verse states this. In Psalm 68:18 the Psalmist uses this term to state that the captivity was taken captive.. Jesus captors were taken captive.. In context, this verse depicts a battle in which Jesus the Christ won and rewarded or gave gifts to men. This is what a victorious leader would do distributing the 'spoil' among the people. Who was Jesus' captors led captive by Him victorously? Jesus' foes were (Col 2:15 and 2 Peter 2:4) the devl, death, the curse, and sin. Now no doubt Satan has not been 'bound' but is stil free t roam and deceive, but he no longer holds captive all mankind under the curse..only those who have not accepted Jesus' deliverance from his kingdom. But as soon as a man chooses to accept Jesus as saviour and Lord, Satan has no authority to restrain them. Col 1:12-14 So where would Jesus Have been? Acts 2:22-28 Research the word Hell and Hades in the New Covenant. Compare the use of these words in context. You will not find them used anywhere in reference to Abraham's Bosom or the holding place of the righteous dead. Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. According to Strong's concordance, the word 'hell' in all three verses is the same. Notice in Luke 16 hell is diferentiated from Abraham's bosom? But search it for yourself. The truth is available to all of us through the teaching and revelation of the Holy Spirit. Als, I reccomend a word search. Just tye in Jesus in hell and you wil receive a wealth of postings. Also, go into Yahoo and type these words in the word search. You will find many sites where this is discussed. However, the final answer from the Holy Spirit will be the only true and correct one. And when you receive it from Him, no debates from either side will matter. You wil know the TRUTH for yourself. God bless |
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4 | Providing with Life Assurance-Biblical? | Bible general Archive 2 | gracefull | 94636 | ||
Hi Harry...Read Numbers 27 and see if that helps. Number's 27 addresses the process for which the inheritance of a deceased man should be distributed. These verses indicate that a man should leave an inheritance for his family. This inheritance is HIS accumilated wealth. Life insurance was not available back then but men gathered for their children. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. Notice the verse does not say IF he has an inheritance..men were expected to have an inheritance. God bless |
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5 | Continuing search why 3 days in earth? | Matthew | gracefull | 93716 | ||
Hi Chusarcik I am a literalist. I take scripture for what is says in the context it is stated in. In light of that, my answer would have to be, 'No'. Without the above set of rules for study, we can use scripture to create or confirm any doctrine we choose. 1 Peter 3:18-20 states emphatically that Jesus preached....in Hell. Look at the Amplified... 18For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. IN HIS HUMAN BODY HE WAS PUT TO DEATH, BUT HE WAS MADE ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT, 19 IN WHICH (in what? His Spirit) He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20[The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God's patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water. Jesus literaly preached to the souls that died before Noah. Now the only reason Jesus, or us for that matter) would preach to ANYONE is to relay the message of the gospel in order that the hearer becomes accountable for what they KNOW. From Genesis to Revelation, God expounded His Word to convey His will for us to have a choice of obedience or rejection. Now scripture tells us that Noah preached the coming flood day by day as the Ark was being built. They had a choice then and rejected. Either Christ was demonstrating the choice they rejected or giving them another choice, I do not know. Those raised at the time of Jesus rexurrecton were called 'saints'. Either these were the righteous dead or they were repentant forgiven unrighteous souls. All here is speculation. Only the Holy Spirit can give us a clear answer somewhere in scripture. But as a literalist, Jesus died physically, his Spirit ascended to Hell and preached to the souls that were disobedient in the days of Noah. God bless |
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6 | Did Uzzah has given chance to repent | Num 4:15 | gracefull | 93715 | ||
Good morning, My answer wil not show the sympathy you seek. God is just to destroy the entire world. The same is true today that was true then, God had given His instructions and they were not respected and that which was holy was treated lightly. Though this is hard for our Wester culture thinking..Consider this old addage that was and is stil true..'Ignorance of the law is no excuse'. The death of Uzzah reminded David and all of Israel that God and His Word was not to be treated lightly. Why was Uzzah not given the oportunity to repent? The answer is found in the commandment God gave concerning the Ark. The same was true of any High priest who entered the Holy of Holies unclean.(Reread the Curtman's response) Leviticus 10:9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. You seem to think that when Uzzah touched the Ark God decided at that moment to kill him. Not so.. death was pronounced in God's Word long before he touched the Ark. God is faithful and just. Every condition of His covenant has been given to all of us, but if we choose to take His Word lightly the judgement is also pronounced before hand. God's Word is absolute! He does not compromise His Word for anyone, be that His promises or His judgements. It IS our obligation to find out what His promises and His conditions are. If we do not know, it CAN hurt us becasue He has commanded us to search His Word and has given us His Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us into al truth...we are without excuse. Does this message remind us to take our prayer time and Word time more seriously? God bless |
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7 | Receiving Christ - Works? | Bible general Archive 2 | gracefull | 93637 | ||
"The drowning person is NOT saving himself, BUT must receive the rope." Good analogy! God bless |
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8 | Am I understanding your meaning? | Matthew | gracefull | 93604 | ||
Chusarcik, I was pondering the various responses her and your question in light of the scripture in 1 Peter. I wonder if Jesus preached to those who died before Noah because they did not have the covenant given to Abraham. Abraham was not born until chapter 11 and Noah built the Ark in chapter 5. I wonder if scripture supports God's offering His grace reaching through Jesus to them as weel as those who died in faith after the covenant? This is a question for discussion. I have not studied it out. But odviously scripture clearly says Jesus preached to them. God bless |
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9 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | 1 Cor 1:1 | gracefull | 93523 | ||
P.S. Actually my post addresses women in ministry, but not women as pastors. That was you question and I did not answer IT. I apologize.. God bless |
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10 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | 1 Cor 1:1 | gracefull | 93519 | ||
Hello Journey_Me You quoted... Then I cam accross 1 Cor 14:34-35 [34]Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law [35] And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. Look at 1 Corinthians 11:5 as a comparison. Paul states that women should not prophesy with their head uncovered, not that they should not prophesy UNLESS, as opposed to not prophesy at all. Where is prophesying done? In meetings... While this is not conclusive, it at least points out that women do have callings that allow them to speak in public meetings. Also, one cant' compare this to God calling homosexuality an abomination...While meny may respond very antagonistically to women in ministry due to doctrine, scripturally there is no comparison to ordaining someone practicing open sin and calling it good. God bless God bless |
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11 | A FALSE TEACHING? Yes / No | Matt 8:5 | gracefull | 93325 | ||
Hello RJJ, "A question for the false teachers of the," health and wealth doctrine", where in the scriptures is it written that you have to have a great amount of faith to receive or to believe in the healing power of GOD? (for reference see #90497)" It isn't written that you have to have great faith...but it is written that faith is necessary for healing. And it is als written that faith grows through in spiritual entrance of God's Word. Only the Holy Spirit can teach our spirit Truth. Romans 10:16-1816 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. Faith can grow... Matthew 6:30, Matthew 8:26, Matthew 14:31 to name a few scripturese where Jesus admonished them for little faith. Then in Matthew 8:9-11 He praises great faith and in other verses as well. Faith grows with the Word and the mentoring of the Holy Spirit. Faith is NOT mental assent to what scripture says..Faith BELIEVES what scripture says and acts accordingly. Now whether that faith is believing Jesus died and was raised for our sins and that if we repent and receive Him we will be saved, one RECEIVES the new birth...likewise all of the other promises... The truth you are attacking you yourself have experienced if you are born again... the difference in you and those you are attacking is not the TRUTH of the necessity of faith to receive God's promises, but rather what those promises are... God bless |
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12 | Christian Water Baptism's meanings? | Rom 6:4 | gracefull | 93322 | ||
Estabon, Go to Word Search (right hand column) and type in 'water baptism'. You will find a wealth of information! God bless |
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13 | Born agean not tought. | Rom 6:2 | gracefull | 93321 | ||
Hello godman, You seem to be addressing the issue of being overcomers through Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit..transformed into the image and likeness of our saviour Jesus Christ. Romans 6:1-3 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 1. Some do not understand it... 2. Some do not believe it.. 3. Some want to remain 'in control'.. I can't think of any other reason... God bless |
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14 | I unerstand, but that's not my question | Matthew | gracefull | 93318 | ||
Hello Chusarcil, While I believe 3 days in the 'heart of the earth' is debatable as Hell, Gehenna, Abraham's Bosom, Paradise, etc.....the question you ask here is who was Jesus preaching to? The faithful dead...Those who died under the Old Covenant in faithful looking forward to Jesus redemptive work. Hebrews 11:39-40 39 And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. Does that help? Or have I jumped in here also 'missing the point'? God bless |
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15 | Is sexual immorality OK? | Rom 1:27 | gracefull | 93082 | ||
Excellent post.. God bless |
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16 | The Gift of Tongues | 1 Corinthians | gracefull | 93069 | ||
Journey me, Please read through the thread #92207. I do not wish to get involved in another lengthy discussion on this topic, but since all the responses here speak only of the 'gift of tongues' and do not address the fact that speaking in tongues is available to every believer. Now the 'gift' of tongues which must be accompanied by the gift of interpretation in a congregational meeting is not the same thing. If you read through this thread you may see 1 Corinthians 12-14 a little differently. God bless |
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17 | i'm still not getting this | Matt 12:31 | gracefull | 93067 | ||
brookelynn, You must read this verse in it's context to understand it. Who was Jesus speaking to? What had the Pharasees said just prior to Jesus giving this response? The Pharasees had called the Holy Spirit Beelzebub or Satan....They could not recognize the Spirit of God and it is the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit that brings conviction by revealing sin and draws us to repent. If we reject Him, we reject salvation through Christ Jesus...eternally lost. Does that help? God bless |
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18 | Homesexuality? Wrong? | Lev 20:18 | gracefull | 92987 | ||
Hello journey_me, Romans Chapter 1 Leviticus 20:18 These are a good start.If you will go to word search you can find more input than you need. It is my understanding that the Episcapal organization voted some 20 years or so ago to no longer base their doctrine on scripture alone but to base it on reasoning as well. When scripture is no longer the final authority in our doctrine...it's down hill from there. This is only a portion of the organization. As with any organization, they do not all agree with this decision. God bless |
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19 | Is the bible literal? | 2 Tim 3:16 | gracefull | 92851 | ||
Hello Journey, The scriptures are God's Words spoken through men. These words were given for instruction for mankind. 2 Timothy 3:15-17 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. These words are TRUTH. Besides them, there is no truth. John 17:17 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. The scriptures were given for man to live by, and not simply live here in our carnal life but these Words are spiritand life. These Words lead to eternal life when mixed with faith. Hebrews 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Do these Words transcend time? Yes. There are no NEW sins, no NEW temptations, no NEW truth. 1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. There is only one way to PROVE the above claim in this life...believe it, walk it, see God be faithful. God's Truth cannot be REASONED away or REASONED factual. His Words produce life in the lost when believed and received. 1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Does this answer the question, or would you like to be more specific? God bless PS Literal means believing God meant what He said and every scripture is God breathed. At least that is my understanding. |
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20 | Why little sign of power in our churches | Mark 16:17 | gracefull | 92745 | ||
Gabriel, Everlearning's observations are excellent in my opinion. May I add.... We need to direct this question to God in sincere, determined prayer asking Him to, "Begin with me. Begin the conviction with me, begin the grieving intercession with me"...When we leave the comfort, turn off the TV, turn off the socializing, push back from the table, arise early, go to bed late, lay aside the commentaries and study books, and get alone with God and His Word and His Spirit. Acts 4:12-14 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. 14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. God bless |
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