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1 | why would christians have demonic visits | Lev 20:27 | Inquisitor | 225050 | ||
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2 | Will Jews make it to heaven? | Rom 9:1 | Inquisitor | 225049 | ||
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3 | Will Jews make it to heaven? | Rom 9:1 | Inquisitor | 225028 | ||
But Brad, You didn't respond to Jesus' Words from the scriptures as quoted in my post. Please give me your interpretation. I await your response. God bless, Inquisitor |
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4 | 2 people Dalila paid 2 know sampson st | Judg 16:5 | Inquisitor | 225023 | ||
I just have to ask. These four questions you've just posted to the Forum seem like homework from a class. You wouldn't be asking us to assist you with your homework, now would you? Please advise. God bless you in your studies, Inquisitor |
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5 | Lying justified? | Josh 2:5 | Inquisitor | 225022 | ||
Quoted for reference: James 2:25 In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? This passage in my mind makes it fairly clear that God blesses Rahab and her actions. So how do we reconcile this lying business with God's directives NOT to lie. I'm thinking of another verse that seems applicable. Acts 4:18 So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” Yes, indeed God expects us to live up to high standards which includes being truthful BUT when it involves dealing with evil men who have no intention of following God's Way, then we must choose. Who to follow? God or some person(s) who is bent on disobeying God. Rahab made the right choice and saved her life and her family. AND as has been mentioned, she even became a part of the lineage of Christ. What an honor! So we must conclude that when we're faced with such a contest like so many of God's heros in His Word, then we must do what God says through His designated representatives. That's why we have rebels throughout our world history like George Washington and Patrick Henry who were willing to give all they had and their very lives to a certain goal. Am I saying these men are going to be saved by God and are going to Heaven? No I'm afraid I don't have that information but I'm proud our forefathers were willing to pay such costs as did our hero Rahab. All over the world, we have those rebels who are defying their country's laws and directives because it's pretty clear they go against God's basic laws and their conscience. So they choose to obey their conscience and hopefully the same God we're serving. I hope this clarifys the issue a little more. God bless, Inquisitor |
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6 | taking up an offence of another. | Bible general Archive 4 | Inquisitor | 225014 | ||
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7 | Will Jews make it to heaven? | Rom 9:1 | Inquisitor | 225009 | ||
Beja, I can only respond with more words from Jesus... Jn 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. 19 “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me. Just trying to make sense out of the whole NT. How do you interpret Jesus' Words above? God bless, Inquisitor. |
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8 | Will Jews make it to heaven? | Rom 9:1 | Inquisitor | 225005 | ||
I would have to agree with Beja and Searcher. The most powerful scripture of which I can think is from Jesus Himself in... Jn 14:5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Jesus' Words are pretty clear. In this Dispensation, we must obey His Commands and those of His Officially Commissioned Apostles. God bless, Inquisitor |
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9 | is this gentiles? | 1 Pet 2:9 | Inquisitor | 225004 | ||
To understand this passage in Chapter 2, we need to go back to the beginning of this Epistle. 1 Pet 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen. Some scholars agree that Peter is primarily addressing his letter to Jewish christians who had been "dispersed" from Jerusalem because of the tremendous persecution. But also he's applying these words to ALL christians. This is made clear in Coffman's Commentary as quoted here. 1 Peter 1 Verses 1, 2 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. As Barclay said, "One of the outstanding things about this passage is that it takes words and conceptions which had originally applied only to Jews and applies them to Christians." F1 These are elect, Chosen, Dispersion, and sojourners. "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ ..." End of Quote. So we as christians can see ourselves with many adjectives. I like "peculiar people" from KJV but also sojourners. We really are physical human beings here on earth but God knows our spiritual sides imtimately as He created us. And He wants us back Home with Him so our stay here on earth is temporary as shown in... James 4:14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Just my two cents' worth, possibly less. God bless, Inquisitor |
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10 | basic questions for study groups if ask | Bible general Archive 4 | Inquisitor | 224991 | ||
We're pretty informal and just love to discuss God's Word with fellow Bible students. But of course, it's always helpful if you can provide Book, Chapter and Verse and then specify your particular question. What ya got? Spill the beans and... God bless, Inquisitor PS: IF you have a bunch of questions, you might want to number them in separate topics, etc. Just a suggestion. |
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11 | need scritpures to explain | Bible general Archive 4 | Inquisitor | 224988 | ||
I would have to say Searcher and John provided some very good and sound wisdom to your very difficult problem. The only thing I could add would be to respond to your daughter with as simple as an answer as you can get away with. You might compare this strategy to explaining sex or the birds and the bees to a child. Usually a four year old is not able to understand all the complexities of a human relationship and especially why they break up. BUT I too would encourage you not to lie to your daughter as kids are so sharp and remember far more than we think. And most importantly do try to get some advice/guidance from someone who has experience with counseling. IF they don't have specific experience with this kind of difficulty, breaking up of parents, maybe they can refer you to someone who has dealt with this successfully and you can seek their input. The most important and powerful ingredient you already have and that is the genuine love for your daughter and her well being. And finally, Welcome to the Forum. We're all looking forward to having you in our family of God's children. God bless, Inquisitor |
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12 | What is "entering into God's rest?" | NT general | Inquisitor | 224965 | ||
I can only respond with common sense. We're told one thing by Paul in a straight forward letter dealing with problems in his world, his timeframe. But as you say, we're told something quite different by John in a futuristic Book with many figures and many mysterious symbols very difficult to interpret. The main message of Revelation was one of comfort to christians who knew their Old Testament very well and most of those symbols seem to mean something very significant to them. Also notice this mysterious way writing of an Inspired Book this late in that century was addressed to christians who were undergoing tremendous (unimaginable to us today) persecution from the Roman Government and Roman citizens. IF this Book were ever seized by those Romans and correctly interpreted, it would have meant even more severe and unrelenting persecution. Thus the need for this "disgused" form of issuing a message to this poor, practically defenseless christians. The most excellent example of this kind of coded message IMO is from Rev 18:21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.” Now to us as modern Bible students, we can see that God was clearly referring to the Roman Empire when He used this code word, Babylon. But to the Romans, they would be confused because of the use of past tense in this passage; they would think it meant some other city or empire. Clever, huh? Rev 15:17 Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” 19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs. In this earlier passage, we can see the Lord is going to take His time in "crushing" and destroying the Roman Empire, like as He's pressing it for their blood instead of grape juice in a winepress. Remember Rome didn't actually fall until 476 AD. So the bottom line in my conclusion is to NOT put so much stock for us as modern christians in the Book of Revelation and instead go with the straight forward language of the other NT writers. Please don't misunderstand my meaning. The most important message we as modern christians can glean from Revelation is that God has already won the war. We just need to choose whose side we want to be on, the winning side with God or the losing side with Satan. I could provide some commentaries from Bible scholars that support this position if you'd be interested. God bless, Inquisitor |
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13 | What is "entering into God's rest?" | NT general | Inquisitor | 224962 | ||
I can only respond with God's Word... Heb 9:26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. God bless, Inquisitor |
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14 | What is "entering into God's rest?" | NT general | Inquisitor | 224959 | ||
Hebrews 3:18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. Hebrews 4:1-3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' " And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world. Hebrews 4:10 for those who enter God's rest also rest from their own work, just as God did from His. If we look at all these verses together in context, it seems pretty clear that God is talking the Ultimate Rest from our labors as christians, His children. In other words, it seems that the Hebrews writer (most probably Apostle Paul) is referring to Heaven. Notice especially the last verse where he's comparing our rest to that of God's Rest. What other meaning would you propose? It would be helpful if you provided some other verse to which you're referring. BTW, I could only find this phrase in the NIV, so please mention which version to which you're using. God bless, Inquisitor |
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15 | About the Kingdom of God for 40 days | Acts 1:3 | Inquisitor | 224954 | ||
Apparently since we're not given the details as you've already confirmed, we're left to assume a lot. I like to assume the rest of the New Testament IS and DOES contain those details, at least as much of the details as we need. Remember these were Jesus' final words to His beloved disciples and He knew they would share the wonderful news to the whole world. BUT also remember at least the reaction of some or maybe even most of them. Acts 1:6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “LORD, WILL YOU AT THIS TIME RESTORE THE KINGDOM TO ISRAEL?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” The verse in caps is my idea for emphasis. We must remember these simple, common and un-schooled men didn't have a clear concept of what the Lord's kingdom looked like and apparently they weren't ready to understand it even if He tried to tell them or teach them. They were still looking for an earthly kingdom with Israel in the lead if not in exclusive possession. They didn't get the details of the interview between Christ and Pilate until after John was inspired by the Holy Spirit to recite it for us. Jn 18:33 Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered him, “Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?” 36 Jesus answered, “MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; BUT NOW MY KINGDOM IS NOT FROM HERE.” More Caps for emphasis. But Jesus does remind them of the coming age of power with the "Comforter" as He predicted earlier. I'm afraid none of us can possibly know for certain the answers to your questions but I am quite certain God has given us everything we need and the rest will just have to wait until after Judgment Day. All of us will have to be patient. But you have posed some very good, thought provoking questions. One last thought/reminder: Jn 21:24 This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen. I'm also anxiously looking forward to see what others on the Forum might think of your questions and their responses. God bless, Inquisitor |
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16 | please explain proverbs 31:26 | Prov 31:26 | Inquisitor | 224943 | ||
It seems obvious that I was trying to get the questioner to give us his thoughts. It also seems obvious this question could have been someone's assignment or classwork. God bless, Inquisitor |
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17 | acts of loving kindness | Proverbs | Inquisitor | 224941 | ||
I can't think of a thing to say; it seems your post says it all. God bless, Inquisitor |
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18 | please explain proverbs 31:26 | Prov 31:26 | Inquisitor | 224938 | ||
Why do you ask? This great and beautiful seems to be straight forward and easily understood. What do you think it means? Then maybe we can exchange ideas and discuss it. Challenge yourself and God bless, Inquisitor |
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19 | acts of loving kindness | Proverbs | Inquisitor | 224936 | ||
In my mind the best answer comes from the Lord Himself with His Parable on the Good Samaritan. It's instructive to read the background or what motivated Him to expound with the Parable. Lk 10:25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?” 27 So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’” 28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.” 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ 36 So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?” 37 And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” Whenever and wherever we see our fellow man in need, we should feel motivated to share with him whatever we have. Otherwise how could we obey and fulfill these two Commands above from our Lord. Clearly the priest and the Levite didn't have love in their hearts and chose to disobey God's Commands. Tell me what you think? And God bless, Inquisitor |
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20 | How do I keep a meak and humble heart? | NT general | Inquisitor | 224901 | ||
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