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1 | What does mattew chap 11 verse12 mean? | Matt 11:12 | peacebestill | 209235 | ||
Agertc Quote from the MacArthur Study Bible, page 1144, paragraph1; The kingdom of heaven suffers violence. From the time he begins his preaching ministry, John the Baptist evokes a strong reaction. Having been imprisoned already, John ultimately falls victim to Herod's savagery. But the kingdom can never be subdued or opposed by human violence. Notice that where Mathew says, "the violent take if by force", Luke has "everyone is pressing into it" (Luke 16:16). So the sense of this verse may be rendered this way; "The kingdom presses ahead relentlessly, and only the relentless press their way into it". Thus again Christ is magnifying the difficulty of entering the kingdom. The word for suffers violence is one single word in Greek and actually does mean to press into, to crowd, and to force one's way into something. So then the kingdom of heaven is being pressed into by unbelievers who are trying to get in there by sheer force. And those who are in the way, like Jesus, like John the Baptist of those who are trying to barrel through the teachings of these two about how to get in, are being done real harm to physically speaking. Which is why the translators are saying that violence is being done, because it is, it was. The ones doing the violence were trying to prevent the true teachers from giving the message how to get in by means of persecution unto death and in the mean time were trying to have a legalistic monopoly on what the way was to get in. When you try to get into the kingdom of heaven by works and the law you are merely pushing at being convicted by the law, as if by doing that you could "earn the right to get in by force of works". peacebestill |
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2 | What does it mean, Seed of Abraham? | Gen 21:12 | peacebestill | 209232 | ||
totally Verse please? Without a verse in this particular instance it would be hard to answer you... This is because there are verses that speak of a seed, singular, and those that speak of seeds, plural all in reference to thing pretaining to Abraham. peacebestill |
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3 | Why Did god call jesus his begotten sun? | John 3:16 | peacebestill | 209230 | ||
Agertc The word begotten in Greek really means one of a kind. The Strong's says only begotten, only born, but the real sense of this is missing... Jesus is the only one brought forth by God as the incarnation of God. Jesus is fully man and fully God - the only one of His kind. John 3:16, 18 Acts 13:33 Philemon 1:!0 Hebrews 1:15, 5, 11, 11:17 1 John 4:9 In every single instance in the New Testament the word means the same exact thing. It is never referring to Jesus birth, but to His one of a kindness as brought forth by God. peacebestill |
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4 | Is it out of order? | Phil 4:8 | peacebestill | 209208 | ||
4everblesssed I would gently ask you, is this a Bible study question? I think that where the Bible is silent we should be too. But I do think you have the right motives in that you are seeking for what is Godly behavior in this instance as a woman of God attending church. I just don't know if this is the right place to address this question. But I will try gently to do so. Saying hello to people whether they are men or women should be acceptable in church as part of general fellowship - Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostle's teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of food and to prayer. So you could start with hello, my name is so and so, how are you today, I really enjoyed the service today, how about you? And see where the Lord would lead that endeavor? Perhaps that much is not forward, but part of proper fellowship? I am thinking also of exmaples in the Bible how God moved in the details of men and women getting together. I think if I am not mistaken that the Lord has the man doing the "looking" for a woman and not the other way around. But I also wonder about Ruth. Abraham sent someone to look for a wife for his son, you see the men doing the choosing; Jacob, David, Solomon, and on and on... We have not much in the NT other than the story of Mary and Joseph, which hardly applies at all. But it is said that the OT is not really to be used as examples for moral living per say. I would say the description of holiness might apply here - 1 Peter 1:15 But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yhourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy. Older women are told to be modest in their behavior and to teach young women the same and to love their husbands. Perhaps modesty is in order here; maybe this is the whole premise of a woman not being forward towards a man in letting him know she is interested. None of us, men or women can be like people are in the world... Ask yourself this, in what sense are you attracted to the man, and is that attraction pure and holy? And would letting him know what type of attraction you have to him be modest? Try to find scriptures that describe right conduct in general and see if your plans to approach the man in letting him know you are attracted to him line up with the practice of those scriptures? Lean on the Lord and ask the Lord for what you need in your life, He is faithful to provide what you really need. Wait on Him, be still and know that He is Lord. peacebestill |
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5 | major teachings about the kingdom | NT general | peacebestill | 209124 | ||
dmention I do not agree with everything this link said, but you might find it useful... http://www.truthortradition.com/modules.php?file equal sign article and sign name equal sign News and sign sid eqaul sign 613 Here is a sermon on the last week. http://mynameisbrandon.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/seeing-jesus-again-for-the-first-time-sermon-the-last-week/ I think a good way to view the last week is to see how the OT prophecies of the Savior Messiah King are being fulfilled, and to see how Jesus acts as king and how His murderers fit into the picture of who gets into the kingdom, and how Jesus as Messiah and king returns triumphant over death to lead those in His kingdom to do His will and what His will is. I agree, there seem to be a whole lot of very homework questions flying around lately. Might I suggest using the search feature up to the right and top of the page? And might I suggest doing estensive Goggle searches to see what is availalbe out there? It is understandable that one could be very stumped in doing homework, but the same ground work others have done to answer the questions of those in school need to be done by those going to school. That being said, if this was not a homework question I do apologize... Which is why I did give you a real answer, just in case... :-) peacebestill |
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6 | need information on galatians Chapter 6 | Heb 3:12 | peacebestill | 209121 | ||
sheltona Perhaps the reference in Galatians you were looking for is in Galatians 5:4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. - NASB. The Greek is a bit different there according to what I have been taught. A rough retranslation could be according to one pastor I had is this - No effect from Christ who any in law are being justified, of favor you fall out. So rather than being severed from Christ perhaps it is that Christ is of no effect to those who try to be justified by the law. Not to say that salvation is of no effect, but think about the process of sanctification? When you try to get righteousness through law keeping you are kind of putting a halt on the process of sanctification because that rests on being justified by faith and not by the law. And rather than understanding that one who does this has fallen from the gift of grace that is salvation, it may perhaps mean that one falls OUT of favor with Christ, not loses their gift of grace which is their salvation. In looking at Galatians 6:1-8 the only thing that could possibly be misconstrued to mean losing one's salvation is that reference to restoring one who had a trespass? As if they had lost their salvation? All Christians sin, the point of this one part of the verse in 6:1 is that we ask Jesus for forgiveness, but sometimes someone who sees another caught in trespasses has the job of pointing the fallen one to Christ for forgiveness of sins and a restoration to the fellowship of the saints if that was cut off, or the person has not been attending. Really the fact is once saved always saved, and there is no such thing as losing your salvation. There are problematic passages like Hebrews 6:1-8 and Hebrews 10:26. In Hebrews 6 a lot of people miss what it says in verse 8 - that the people being described in strong language in verse 1-7 actualY ARE CLOSE TO BEING CURSED AND THEIR WORKS ARE GOING TO END UP BEING BURNT UP. But they themselves will be saved. Hebrews 10 is much harder to make out. But in verse 27 is says a judgment having the fury of fire will be consuming the adversaries of Christ. What is missing is the writer saying that the fires of hell will be consuming the adversaries of Chrsit. Try thinking in terms of Peter being rebuked by Christ where Christ calls Peter "Satan", at that moment Peter is being an adversary of Christ, for however breif a moment. And Peter's works as a believer at that moment in time will most definitey be consumed by a fury of fire later, at the Bema seat where jugments for the believer are rendered. It says in 1 Corinthian 3:11-15 that if a man has bad works that those works will be burnt up and he will be saved as though through fire. It says in Hebrews 10:31 that it is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the Lord. That makes me think about a couple of things and one of those things is David, who sinned, and who choose to fall into the hands of the Lord. You see it is not only unbelievers who God takes in hand and whose sins get addressed, it is also the believer too. And God does, although He forgives sin, often make the believer live out the consequences of sin. In some instances God will remove a believer early in life by death. In other instances He may do some other drastic thing to a believer who sinned becuase He is a holy God who will take vengeance for sin and He will repay, He promises to repay. How terrifying a thing to trample on the Holy Spirit and to fall into the hands of the Lord for judgment while still alive. peacebestill |
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7 | What main scripture book of romans? | Romans | peacebestill | 209117 | ||
gapeach Your first question was asking about the theme, which as someone said to you is Romans 1:16, 17 that is the "main scripture" for Romans in a sense... But perhaps you are thinking of if there is a main portion of scriptures that kind of defines Romans? In most books of the Bible the book will be divided up into several major sections, so there is really no such thing as one major portion of scripture per say that would be the defining one in any Bible book. Although some books are so small, you could say that about those books, but Romans is not short and Romans is a theological treatise of sorts being set forth by Paul to the church at Rome in anticipation of him coming to them to preach the gospel. Here is the break down for you of Romans, but like people keep saying to you, you really, that is if you are, should not be trying to do homework in here. That may be an assumption on my part that you are, but if you are not I apologize, but if you are 2 Timothy 2:15 please. The greeting Romans 1:1-7 The introduction Romans 1:8-15 The theme of the whole book Romans 1:16, 17 The need for the Gospel Romans 1:18-3:20 The doctrine of Justification Romans 3:21-5:21 The related and co-doctrine to Justification of Sanctification Romans 6-8 The nation of Israel Romans 9-11 The application for the church and the individual believer Romans 12-16 Do you see how there cannot really be a "main" scripture for the book of Romans outside the theme? The entire book of Romans breaks down that one theme by treating it theologically as interrelated parts of one whole from the perspective of 1:16, 17. If I was really pressed hard to try to pick one portion of Romans as a portion that best describes Romans I would go with 3:21 through all of 5. But do you see how very large a portion that ends up being? A single verse outside of the theme just does not hit on it. Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Come to think of it that would not be bad either, but it leaves out a whole lot of stuff about why that is so. peacebestill |
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8 | Reflections on Is 61:3 | Is 61:3 | peacebestill | 208771 | ||
Yeshim There is an artist my sister likes called Crystal Lewis a gospel singer. She has a song based on this one verse and the first two verses called Beauty for Ashes on an album of the same name. Quote, Crystal Lewis, Beauty for Ashes; He gives beauty for ashes, strength for fear, gladness for mourning, peace for despair. When sorrow seams to surround you, when suffering hangs heavy on your head, know that tomorrow bring wholeness and healing, God knows your need, just believe what He said. The beauty of ashes is that out of them arises the will of God. The oil of gladness comes after mourning. In the middle of fainting if you praise the Lord He will lift you up and you will be called righteous that He may be glorified. peacebestilll |
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9 | what is the Foundation Gate's significan | 2 Chr 23:5 | peacebestill | 208694 | ||
smalltinygirl I only found one clue, which is not much of a clue. In 2 Kings we have a reference to the same thing in 11:6 it calls this gate the Gate of Sur which the word Sur just means temple gate. So where in Chronicles it is capitalized, not capitalized in kings it is some specific temple gate or other, which is why they capitalized it in Chronicles, it is a specifc temple gate only no one knows what the significance of it was. The only other problem is that it is not clear whether the gate of Sur was the Foundation Gate or whether the Foundation Gate was a gate where the young Joash was made king. Confuse you now? Me too.:-) peacebestill |
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10 | why did Amaziah hire Israelites to help | 2 Chr 25:7 | peacebestill | 208693 | ||
smalltinygirl It is really hard to tell from just reading the scriptures surrounding this verse you have there, but I will try. Judah was seen this time as being more faithful to God than Israel in the North. But we do know something for sure, Amaziah took a census before being ready to go to war. That means he made some sort of assessment about how many men he needed to fight the Edomites, the men of Seir. Amaziah had 300,000 men of war and decided that that was not enough. Now, we have no idea how many Edomites, the men of Seir there were, but Amaziah was concerned that 300,000 would not be enough to do the job. So since he had no more men of war he could get from Judah, he hired some out of Israel, 100,000 to feel satisified that he had enough men to go to war. What is unclear from this account or from the other one about the same thing in 2 Kings 14 is if the talents were paid to the men who were warriors or to the king of Israel, Jehoahaz. You have to ask the question at this point; since the scripture does not say these men defected Israel and got paid can we assume they did? Well perhaps if they had the scriptures would have said that they did defect, but it does not so it is safer to assume they did not and that the talents were paid to King Jehoahaz. About the kingdom split; where does it say any people from Israel defected to Judah? It says that Rehobaom fled to Jerusalem and gathered the house of Judah and Benjamin to himself; but according to 2 Chronicles 10:15 the turn of events was according to the will of the Lord that is was done so. And again in 11:4 the Lord says this thing is from Him. So we shouldn't really look at Judah as defecting, especailly since in all its history Judah was still with the Lord in more times than Israel. In fact in 25:7 the man of God tells Amaziah that God is not pleased for the army of Israel to go with him, but that is probably because Israel was not at that time with the Lord. So according to the text the answer to your question is not crystal clear, but it is most likely they were hired by Amaziah from their king. peacebestill |
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11 | Does this 'star' relate to Wormwood in 8 | Rev 9:1 | peacebestill | 208601 | ||
Thomas8 The Wormwood in 8:8-11 is an actual heavenly body from the universe sent by God to fall to earth and pollute a third of all the waters, as in a metor or something similar. The star in 9:1 is actually Satan himself, see verse 9:11; his Hebrew name is Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon - these are some less well known names for Satan. Notice that whoever this is in verse 11 has authority over the things that come out of the abyss. Some theologians say these are demonic forces, or actual demons, the locusts and the scorpions and that Satan, as he is the ruler and king over all demons, is the one who is over whatever these things are because of the names Abaddon and Appolyon. peacebestill |
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12 | Responsibility in the original text | Ezra 10:4 | peacebestill | 208599 | ||
Minister Bows44 I forgot to ask, do you have the Esword? http://www.e-sword.net/ If you don't have this one, just go scrolling down the past the stuff that cost money and make sure you get the KJV plus, which has the Strong's attached. If you have or like this tool, and want some other tools, like Greek tools? :-) I will be glad to give you those links too. By the way if you have an neat Bible Study tools please share in return? :-):-):-) I love to study and study tools really help a lot. 2 Timothy 2:15 peacebestill |
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13 | Responsibility in the original text | Ezra 10:4 | peacebestill | 208597 | ||
Bows44 This is from the KJV and the NASB. Ezra 10:4 Hebrew number 5921 al, the charge - number of hits for the number in the Esword; 6,555 - but the meaning and usage varies a great deal. I Chronicles 9:31 Hebrew number 530 n'tsach, of fidelity - number of hits for the number in the Esword; 49, the meaning is about the same. Numbers 4:16 Hebrew number 6486 p'quddah the charge of - number of hits for the number in the Esword; 32, but the meaning varies. 1 Timothy 5:22 the word responsiblity is no where in the original Greek text in this verse, it was added to make the English more grammatically correct as a noun connecting to the word sin. The word responsibility appears no where else in the New Testament in English. This is from the ESV. Exodus 38:21 Hebrew number 5656 abdowah service - number of hits in the Esword; 146, but the meaning varies. The Septuagint, the Greek version of the New Testament in PDF form, has three hits for the word responsibility, but it is very arduous to look through the whole Septuagint to see where the numbers are highlighted because the search feature does not reflect the Greek numbers only highlighted text does. Here is a link for that - http://www.biblicalgreek.org/links/lxx.php Try using the search feature in the PDF document after you download the free Septuagint and you will see what I mean it is a bit to look through to see after the first highlight what the numbers of the three hits are. The three English instances where the word responsibility appears in the Septuagint are; takes responsibility watch responsibility their responsibility peacebestill |
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14 | What do you think regarding these develo | Luke 2:40 | peacebestill | 208588 | ||
jesusservant It means that as He grew up He grew up in all aspects, the wisdom of God, He grew taller in like any man grows, He gained the respect and honor with men and God. These are all aspects of Jesus being fully man. He was fully God too, but these things in this verse only describe that He was fully man. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. peacebestill |
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15 | Demons | Eph 6:11 | peacebestill | 208582 | ||
tljones777 With the full armor of God, see Ephesians 6:10-18. peacebestill |
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16 | Can someone explain Jude 1:11 | Jude 1:11 | peacebestill | 208580 | ||
rivery14 The way of Cain was to get angry that his offering was not accepted by God and jealous of his brohter whose offering was accepted - he became a murderer and shed innocent blood. The way to Balaam was that he was a prophet of God who did not obey God, but went about doing things his own way. The way of Korah was that the sons of Korah burnt strange inscence to the Lord and were destroyed by God as punishment with fire. This all relates to what Jude is saying about those who rebel against God in Jude verses 5-8; Sodom and Gomorrah and the angels, and also those in vrses 1:4, 8 as those who have crept in the congregation unawares. The point of verse 11 is that they will perish, just as those in the expamples given. Jude 1:13 Wild waves of the sea, casting up thier own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever. peacebestill |
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17 | The name of Solomon's first wife | Song 1:6 | peacebestill | 208558 | ||
jessie The Bible does not say what here name was. Try this link and see if you can sort this out better than I could. http://neros.lordbalto.com/ChapterOne.htm peacebestill |
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18 | What do we have as a conseqence of goda | Bible general Archive 4 | peacebestill | 208554 | ||
marilyn I think you might find more answers as well by looking at all of Romans 5 and 6 as the direct result of justification is sanctification as described in those two chapters. Romans 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. peacebestill |
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19 | what does it mean to be a godly person | Titus 2:13 | peacebestill | 208506 | ||
marilyn This is past tense, the grace of God appeared. The grace that bring salvation is Jesus, so this is referring to His first appearance among men as the actual event being described. peacebestill |
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20 | what does Titus 2;11 mean? | Titus 2:13 | peacebestill | 208504 | ||
marilyn I do believe that in this one particular instance the word grace refers to Jesus Christ Himself because whatever is appearing as that grace is bringing the salvation. peacebestill |
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