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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Robin Hass Ordered by Verse |
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1 | words | Gen 24:9 | Robin Hass | 170821 | ||
Is Dr. James Strong's work devoid of denominational bias? For example, if a Greek Orthodox professor disagreed with the theological implications of Strong's Concordance would Strong automatically be in the right. Surely, a Pentecostal or a Baptist or a Catholic would argue about explicating various biblical words. Are there rivals to Strong's work. |
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2 | words | Gen 24:9 | Robin Hass | 170844 | ||
It's just something which has bothered me for years: that the Greek Lexicons are produced by people with possible denominational biases. I wouldn't automatically accept a Baptist's lexiconography, e.g. for glossa / 'tongues' if I was a Pentecostal. At least I'd want to know the principles he was using to reach his conclusions. I certainly haven't implied any infallibility for my own views, and have asked genuine questions modestly. I'm not preaching at anybody. However, I will make an observation about this forum. I think that most of you are reading the Bible through a narrow low-Church "Non-Conformist" interpretative system and not always reading the text literally, at face value, and according to historic Christianity. By historic Christianity I don't mean ye olde 17th-century Baptists, I mean the whole 2,000 year Christian heritage. I base this observation not on my "infallibility" but simply that I've been around a bit and studied the History of Theology at University. In fact, I have no illusion I'm anything more than just a bright student along with the hordes of others who have had an university education down the ages. However, I do think I am educated enough to be more broadminded and lateral thinking than many. |
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3 | Are faithful Jews saved? | Deut 7:9 | Robin Hass | 168295 | ||
Jews tell us today that targeting them for evangelism is 'anti-semitic' and claim that the Hebrew Bible, our Old Testament, unequivocally states that their covenants are never-ending; their priesthood is perpetual (Exodus 40:15, Numbers 25:13); their statutes are forever (Leviticus 16:34); and their practice of circumcision is to be everlasting (Gen.17:13). Consider Deuteronomy 7:9: ‘Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.’ (25,000 years if taken literally?) Does the universalistic saving covenant established in Jesus Christ really cancel the antecedent everlasting Jewish covenant. I think it is very difficult to maintain that the Sinai covenant is impermanent in the view of the Old Testament’s promises. Why are faithful Jews who follow the earlier covenant not saved. Surely to answer this properly we have to do more than use verses which counter the abovementioned 'proof-texts' and incorporate ALL the Bible teaches in our response. Robin |
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4 | Are faithful Jews saved? | Deut 7:9 | Robin Hass | 168302 | ||
I'm not claiming to know one way on the other. Certainly I don't really care whether the Jews like being the target for evangelism. If the Sinai Covenant historically had the ability to save certain observant Jews then I think it may well continue to do so. God's covenants don't expire. Certainly there is a newer and better way... |
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5 | Are faithful Jews saved? | Deut 7:9 | Robin Hass | 168304 | ||
Presumably "For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh," is not meant to say that the Sinai Covenant never saved anyone. I checked out John Hagee on Wikipedia.net as I'm over in the UK and haven't heard of him. It asserts 'Hagee believes that Jews will go to Heaven automatically, whereas Gentiles of all ethnicities must convert to Christianity.' This is clearly nonsense, I was thinking in terms of those Torah-observant Jews who would have made it in the OT era but not today? Robin |
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6 | Are faithful Jews saved? | Deut 7:9 | Robin Hass | 168313 | ||
"Faithful" to the Sinai Covenant as temporally revealed to the OT Jews. A full covenant in and of itself. | ||||||
7 | Are faithful Jews saved? | Deut 7:9 | Robin Hass | 168314 | ||
"Faithful" to the Sinai Covenant as temporally revealed to the OT Jews. A complete covenant in and of itself with an eternal validity promised by God. | ||||||
8 | Are faithful Jews saved? | Deut 7:9 | Robin Hass | 168329 | ||
I believe the Sinai Covenant stood on its own and was thus 'complete.' However, your Jer 31:31-32 makes a powerful argument that the Sinai Convenant is not everlasting because the Jews reneged on it. Very good OT Scriptural quote. I'm convinced. |
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9 | Criticisms please. | Matt 14:13 | Robin Hass | 158099 | ||
Dear Caloy, If you need such a indepth study on Matthew 14:13ff you need to get hold of some serious books. John Nolland has a new 1600 page tome The Gospel Of Matthew (New International Greek Testament Commentary) published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (September 15, 2005). This should get you started. Robin |
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10 | Criticisms please. | Matt 14:13 | Robin Hass | 158106 | ||
Dear DocTrinsograce, On what grounds do you doubt the soundness of John Nolland, or Trinity Theological College ("All the academic courses at Trinity are mounted in partnership with Bristol Baptist College. The faculties of the two institutions work as an integrated faculty for the mounting of the various courses, and Baptist and Trinity faculty members are frequently involved in the team teaching of modules."): http://www.trinity-bris.ac.uk/index.php You can find Noland under 'Faculty' Furthermore, I would like to give Caloy the benefit of the doubt, but my interpretation of the angle his question is coming from, is that he is making a challenge on the Evangelical position on Bible as the inerrant Word of God; he wants to lauch into a discussion on modern biblical criticism. Caloy, correct me if I'm wrong. Robin |
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11 | Criticisms please. | Matt 14:13 | Robin Hass | 158159 | ||
Dear DocTrinsograce, You wrote of Gill, 'that, his orthodoxy is will be more sound than the other suggestions you've received.' I wrote 'On what grounds do you doubt the soundness of John Nolland.' There is no way I am misquoting you. Robin |
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12 | natural disasters | Mark 13:8 | Robin Hass | 158235 | ||
You are citing Matt 24 and Mark 13, these passages do indeed state 'that just before the second coming there will be an increase of wars and natural disasters'; there is no such parallel passage in Revelation although of course God unleashes wars, famines and other manifestations of His wrath in the Tribulation period. Do not make the error of 'chasing after the wind', recognising in contemporary events, such as the recent storms and the Iraq war, the ushering in of the end of the world. There has been a lot of bad weather and wars over the last two thousands years, so it's best to keep our feet on the ground. The time is near and has been for quite a while! We have been in the 'last days' since the First Coming (Heb 1:2) Do not follow the false "Bible prophecy teachers" and their errors. The world could be around for centuries more, but for us who are alive, we are called to live as if "the time is at hand" (Rev 1:3) as it has been since the Ascension. Eternity for mortals is always a single breath and a single heartbeat away. |
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13 | Can a Divorced couple Remarry Each other | Acts 20:28 | Robin Hass | 165851 | ||
Dear Ann, Your friend was never married to the girl in question. This is because the marriage ceremony needs subsequent validation by consummation (sexual intercourse). His intended bride is and remains a virgin: there was no marriage. If your friend’s marriage to the second girl was valid and duly consummated then in the eyes of God they ACT-ually married. It hardly matters if he held reservations; if he had sexual intercourse with his bride in the privacy of their wedding night it was an act of his will. The resolution of this case is very complex and I question the wisdom of referring this question to a forum mainly for cessationist evangelicals immersed in an American cultural milieu. What could they really know about this. They would have little idea as to the social and familial fabric of Pakistani society and especially arranged marriage. Your friends could easily be murdered in a ‘honour killing’ or at least be disowned by their families if they decide to follow their own preferences. Evangelicals do not consider a valid marriage is absolutely irrevocable unto death, they often divorce when it suits them. Are you seeking their ‘relativist’ permission to throw out any marriages here which aren’t wanted. I can hardly follow the complexities of the many divorces and re-marriages by all the parties cited in your post. It is shambolic: marriage is for life. The first valid (consummated) marriage anyone undertook is valid as long as their spouse lives. The bi-millenial Christian Church has always taught this. I know plenty of evangelicals who divorced because God ‘told them to...’ Within which Christian tradition have these events occurred, some Eastern rite perhaps? What do their Christian leaders say? Are they rebelling against their counsel? It is these Christian leaders who are answerable before God for how they shepherd their flock. I led a young man to the Lord from such an Asian society; because of the trouble this caused with his family this man is dead. If Pakistani family headship and associated cultural traditions are ignored when seeking a resolution for this conundrum, make no mistake the couple risk serious personal harm and at best will end up fleeing Pakistan to save their lives. |
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14 | Is Allah the God of Israel? | Acts 28:2 | Robin Hass | 157780 | ||
When on vacation recently in Malta, following in the footsteps of the Apostle Paul - Acts 27-28, I visited an Evangelical fellowship: http://www.fgpc.org.mt/bible.htm The pastor was bi-lingual and I was surprised to find out that the Maltese people, a Semitic race, Syro-Phoenicians I think, refer to God in their native 'barbarous' tongue, Malti as Allah! I thought I had heard in the past that the name Allah is a NOT a generic name for God but the name of a demon, and there is some story behind the name. Any thoughts? Furthermore, I believe that Islam is a non-saving false religion but that their concept of God/Allah (Creator) is still the real God. I would say that our God is the same God as the Deists, or the Greek philosophers but that they have no access to him nor any way of appeasing His wrath. Is this correct? Robin |
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15 | An Unknown God? | Acts 28:2 | Robin Hass | 157784 | ||
Hi Kalos, Your opinion contradicts Act 17:23-27 "For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. "The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; Any pagan, heathen or Muslim who holds the concept of the God who created the universe holds the concept of the monotheistic God. Acts 4:12 refers to salvation which cannot be obtained from the 'generic God' except by His Son Jesus. Muslims hold an inadequate and incomplete picture of the Creator God, but I disagree with you that their God is someone else. Yes, they worship Him in ignorance and they are not saved. Robin |
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16 | Is Allah the God of Israel? | Acts 28:2 | Robin Hass | 157785 | ||
Yahweh is His personal name. God is an English noun, Theos is a Greek noun, Bog is a Slavonic noun. Allah is a Arab noun. I think the latter four are equivalents. The Maltese need a word to translate theos: translating Yahweh is a different matter. Robin. |
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17 | How should theos be translated in Malti? | Acts 28:2 | Robin Hass | 157790 | ||
I appreciate we are mixing English and Malti to some extent in this debate. What Malti word would Maltese evangelicals translate theos as then? God is an English word; Allah means God in their language. |
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18 | How should theos be translated in Malti? | Acts 28:2 | Robin Hass | 157791 | ||
What word in Malti (a semitic language)would Maltese evangelicals translate 'theos' as then? God is an English word; Allah means God in their language. They can't use God, its an English word. They can't use Yahweh, it is not the transaltion for theos. They've been using Allah to mean the noun God for thousands of years. Your fully justified hatred of Islam is spilling over into a prejudice against semitic languages. Robin |
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19 | How should theos be translated in Malti? | Acts 28:2 | Robin Hass | 157792 | ||
What word in Malti (a semitic language)would Maltese evangelicals translate 'theos' as then? God is an English word; Allah means God in their language. They can't use God, its an English word. They can't use Yahweh, it is not the translation for theos. They've been using Allah as their noun for God for thousands of years. Your fully justified hatred of Islam is spilling over into a prejudice against semitic languages. Robin |
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20 | Is Allah the God of Israel? | Acts 28:2 | Robin Hass | 157793 | ||
We are talking about the Malti (semitic) translation of the Greek word theos: which is Allah. | ||||||
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