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1 | The second coming of Jesus | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 95654 | ||
There is figurative language in Scripture. The Psalms and OT prophecy are full of it. For example, the Babylonian invasion and captivity is often explained using cosmic symbolism: "Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the LORD of hosts In the day of His burning anger." --Isaiah 13:13 I wouldn't ever argue that it is a free-for-all in determining whether something should be taken literally or not, but to say that there is no figurative language in Scripture is not precisely correct. --Joe! |
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2 | FEAR OF THE LORD MEANING | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 95656 | ||
With a proper understanding of God's holiness, we should stand in complete awe, and even fear when we understand our lack of holiness by comparison. I know that in Christ I have peace with God (Romans 5:1), but I still know that knowledge of his holiness should close my mouth as it did Job's or "undo" me as it did the prophet Isaiah. Read Isaiah 6 and Revelation 1 to get a good idea of what godly fear looks like and what brought it about. Psalm 33 also gives us a good idea of why we should stand in awe of his omnipotence. Read those chapters, taking into account that it is the real, true and living God being described there. "Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him." --Psalm 33:8 --Joe! |
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3 | The second coming of Jesus | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 95657 | ||
I'd never heard of apologists using the Transfiguration to explain Matthew 16:27-28. I had asked you a question a couple of weeks ago regarding your views on Matthew 25:31-46. It seems that the last judgment will be a corporate judgment rather than a one-at-a-time judgment. How does the full preterist view these verses, and when do complete preterists believe that our bodies will be resurrected and glorified (cf. 1 Corinthians 15 and Philippians 3:20-21)? Thanks! --Joe! |
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4 | The second coming of Jesus | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 95773 | ||
I agree with the quote. There is, of course, a "middle" position between complete futurism and full preterism which does acknowledge the significance of A.D. 70 in Matthew 24 and at the same time looks forward to Christ's final appearing. Right now, that is the position toward which I lean. --Joe! |
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5 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 95775 | ||
Where do we see Priscilla acting in the role of a church overseer? --Joe! |
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6 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 95777 | ||
"As you can see woman is not subject to EVERY man only to their husband." That is not precisely true. While my wife is not subject to every man that comes along, or to every Christian man, she is subject to the elders of our church (as am I) and subject to the man Christ Jesus (as am I). But Paul does say that he doesn't allow a woman to have authority over a man whatsoever (1 Timothy 2:12). --Joe! |
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7 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96219 | ||
"But, is subject to me(an Elder) only as long as I follow Christ." Then why does the Bible command wives of non-Christians to be subject to their unbelieving husbands as well? It is true that a wife must obey God rather than her husband if he is instructing her to sin, but a husband who is not a Christian is still the head of the believing wife. --Joe! |
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8 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96221 | ||
'Act 18:26 "And he(Apollos) began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aguila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. You don't think this if the work of an overseer?' Nope. Notice they BOTH took him aside privately. We do not see Priscilla leading worship or teaching before a congregation of believers. 'Do you feel that Paul were only speaking to the men in Acts 20:28 "Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost have made you overseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his Blood.' That is what I believe, based on the other Scriptures. 'And why would they have a church in their house and not oversee it.' I didn't say anything about Apollos not being a presbyter. "And why would they break traditions of that day and from time to time put Priscilla name first (being a woman) except if they out rank the man." I guess because she is the boss! The woman is the head of the man, right? ;) --Joe! |
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9 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96222 | ||
"The KJV of 1Tim 2:12 uses the words "usury authority(Greek means one's own authority)" There is no word for "usurp" in the Greek. 'In the kingdom there is male nor female.Acts 2:17 "......I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and Daughters shall prophesy".' Certainly there is male and female. Otherwise, how can there be any instructions for Christian husbands and Christian wives? We have to take the magic marker to a lot of the New Testament if there are absolutely no differences between men and women and their roles in the church. No matter how you want to justify women elders and pastors, 1 Timothy 2:12 rules it out, and so do the other passages which limit church oversight to men. --Joe! |
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10 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96403 | ||
"(Gal 3:28) reads "There is (now no distinction)neither Jew neither Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female;for you are all one in Christ Jesus." And that is referring to participating in justification, the promise God made to Abraham and his spiritual seed. It is not referring to roles in the home and in the church. "And you are free to believe as you wish." Sure I am. We both are. Freedom to believe doesn't make us right, however. --Joe! |
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11 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96405 | ||
"Joe, you remind me of when the slave owners and traders tryed to justify the slave trade by using the sctriptures." The Scriptures obviously do not prohibit all forms of slavery, wouldn't you agree? --Joe! |
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12 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96581 | ||
"I would us the words (did not) That,yes I would agree with.The Scriptures also did not prohibit divorce. But what did JESUS say about that?" Why is what "JESUS" said any more true than what "THE HOLY SPIRIT" said through the apostle Paul? --Joe! |
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13 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96708 | ||
"I have this very same spirit and you have not believed me." Because what you are saying contradicts what He has already said. I am indwelt by His Spirit as well. That does not make me infallible. "Why don't you comment on the question you ask me about slavery?" I did in my first post in the thread. Paul tells slaves to obey their masters, and tells masters to treat their slaves well. Therefore, God's primary purpose was not to establish human equality here on this earth. Now, before God the justified slave and the justified master have exactly the same standing (Galatians 3:28). Their relationship should reflect that truth. However, Thomas Jefferson notwithstanding, all people are not endowed by their Creator with an inherent right to liberty. "Where is all your wisdom?" In a 66-volume book from which the Spirit teaches me. "What I said came from the Holy Ghost and not me." How do you know? "But when it comes to the church there are mysteries that I can not share with you about the kingdom because God is has close it up from you." Okey-dokey. --Joe! |
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14 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96709 | ||
"Who do you think the spirtual seed is?" Jesus Christ and all those who are in Christ. "Then, how can you say it is not referring to roles in the church." Because in the context of Galatians Paul is speaking of justification, not of church government. My wife is just as saved as I am, but I am still her head. My wife is just as saved as my pastor, but there are still qualifications for overseers in the church, and one of those is that the overseer is to be a man. "As for the home I never applied it to the home.I have did all that I could to show you the difference, that all scripture that you have been using do not apply to both." But they are related. The household of God (the church) and my household speak of the way God has created the universe. Let's look at the paradigmatic couple: Eve was created to help Adam, not to lead Adam. People use the same arguments that you are using in support of women elders as people use to suggest that women are not to submit to their husbands. Galatians 3:28 is unfailingly the first verse they bring up. Therefore, while the government of the home and the church deal with two different spheres, they are related. --Joe! |
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15 | cronology of names in bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96710 | ||
I wouldn't waste time with the "Bible Code." It's claptrap. --Joe! |
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16 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96823 | ||
N.B. More paragraphs and less "stream of consciousness" style make it easier to respond. "Anyone that speaks under the inspiration or anointing of God knows it." I never speak under the inspiration of God the way the Bible-writers wrote under his inspiration. Nor does anyone else. The canon is closed; no new revelation beyond Scripture is necessary for God's people. "When God filled you with the Holy Ghost didn't you experience that when you spoke?" Lots of people experience things. Go ask any Mormon missionary and he will speak of his experiences, a "burning of the bosom" convincing them of the truth of Joseph Smith's gospel. Conviction and experience lead people to fly planes into skyscrapers. The experience is there, but is it of God? Are they valid and God-given? We would be very careful in saying that something is of God because we really feel it inside. --Joe! |
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17 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96826 | ||
"No where did I say that a husband was not head." No, but what you are saying is that a woman can exercise authority over a man in the local congregation. Not biblical. "Also where did you get that the household of God (the church) and your household speak of the way God created the Universe.Gal 3:28 is just as good as the rest of the bible when rightly divided." And I believe I did do just that. "I don't know how you church is set-up but because a woman may preach do not make her an Elder." There is no biblical distinction between preachers in a church and overseers. The preacher is an elder in the church. --Joe! |
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18 | Women Preachers? Yes or No? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 96838 | ||
"He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered." --Proverbs 28:26 --Joe! |
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19 | Abrahamic covenant fulfillment ?...ect.. | Bible general Archive 2 | Reformer Joe | 99851 | ||
"The church has not replaced God's plan for Israel" Even covenant theologians do not, by and large, hold to a "replacement theology." Most see that God's plan all along was redemption for all humanity. God tells Abraham that through his seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed. Conversion of the Gentiles was never "Plan B," and God worked temporarily through the nation of Israel in almost an exclusive sense until the Messiah came. It was through the rejection of their Messiah that the Jews became "branches broken off so we could be grafted in," (Romans 11) but that doesn't take away from the fact that that chapter also predicts a return of Israel from the apostasy they have been in for the last 2000 years. Nor does it suggest that there are two separate covenants with two ways of salvation, one for Israel and one for the rest of humanity. Reading Romans 9-11 answers the question, "What about Israel." Also, Ephesians 2 shows how there are not "two tracks," as Christ made one new people out of two peoples, breaking down the dividing wall of hostility. ""Abrahamic covenant (not yet fulfilled)" The Abrahamisc Covenant is fulfilled in Christ. That is one of the main arguments in the book of Galatians, particularly chapters 3 and 4. --Joe! |
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20 | Does this explain Trinity? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 4345 | ||
The Trinity is indeed a biblical doctrine, and is attested to and developed throughout the entire Old and New Testaments. The proper formulation of the Trinity is that there is one God; the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Spirit is God; however, the Father is not the Son, the Son is not the Spirit, and the Spirit is not the Father. An excellent introductory work on the subject of the Trinity is _The Forgotten Trinity_, by James R. White. It covers a good deal of the biblical basis of this theological truth, and also traces the history of how it became codified in church councils as how God reveals himself in Scripture. Just as a follow-up question, according to Genesis 1:1, John 1:3, and Colossians 1 and Hebrews 1, who is the creator, God or Christ? I would be interested in hearing how a non-Trinitarian viewpoint addresses these passages. Thanks! |
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