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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: userdoe220 Ordered by Verse |
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1 | number of apostles | Not Specified | userdoe220 | 16410 | ||
Acts 1:15-26. I know the scripture prophesies that Judas will be replaced after his death (acts 1:20). I am not questioning this as a reason for the choosing of Matthias as a replacement for Judas. If God says it do it. My question: Is there any significance assoiciated with the number of the apostles--12? Can parallels be drawn between the 12 tribes that established the nation of Israel and the 12 apostle that established the N.T church? |
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2 | This is why...? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 9676 | ||
Great answer! | ||||||
3 | How inspired is the NAS Bible today? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 15405 | ||
I think you are confusing inspiration with Inerrancy. All evangelical beliver, and most non-evangelical belivers, would consider the Bible inspired. The question usually revolves around the Inerrancy of the scripture. Is the Bible Without error? If so, does that title apply to our translations? |
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4 | Eternal Security? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 15457 | ||
I just read a book entitled the History of Christian Theology (I am at work on break and do not know the author). It was a very enlightening book, to say the least--although written by a person considered a liberal. I believer Calvanism interprets these scriptures in light (the author of the book would agree with this statement) of their theology and not let the Bible speak for itself. My question is why? The book makes a few points that is relevant to our discussion here. 1.) For the first two centuries of the Christian faith, Armenian type theology was the only theology. He points out that individuals usually pull qoutes from the fathers of this period out of context to prove their theology was always around, but the fahters of this period was far from calvanistic. 2.) Why the shift? Greek philosophy, period. They interpret these passages through the lense of a Greek philisophical understanding of sovereignty. If God is totally soverign, that must mean he has orchestrated every event in history. If individuals could make a choice, that would nullify God's sovereignty. Therefore, God must have pre-determined who would be saved and who would not be saved. I could add a lot more passages to your list, but I know how they would interpret them: 1.) That is an obscure passage and must be interpreted in light of a passage that seems to backup what I believe. 2.) Castaway, reprobate in the greek, doesn't really mean what it says. It just means that Paul might just get two crowns and a ruby instead of 4 crowns and three rubies. 3.) Paul was just using hyberbolic language. He really did not mean a person could walk away from the faith...sike (to us an 80's term)! 4.) Jesus was under the law, so you really can't use his passages to justify your belief. Only Paul's letters directly apply to the beleiver. I could go on and on and on. I love the way they dance around the Hebrew passages, but will not go into that on this post. And if you disagree with calvanists, they usually imply that you have not studied to their degree or you are ignoring the context of the passage etc., else you would be a calvanist too. got to get some work done. Just thought I would stir up the calvanist web board a little. |
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5 | How inspired is the NAS Bible today? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 15476 | ||
Let me re-post my previous Post: "I think you are confusing inspiration with Inerrancy. All evangelical beliver, and most non-evangelical belivers, would consider the Bible inspired. The question usually revolves around the Inerrancy of the scripture. Is the Bible Without error? If so, does that title apply to our translations?" Where in this post do you feel I stated that the present versions are inerrant but not inspired? In fact I stated even "liberals nonevangelicals" believe the Bible to be inspired. I only wanted to point out the real issue: Are the current version inerrant, or without error. That is the real issue. After re-reading my original post, I was expecting you to challenge me on the inerrancy of scripture not the inspiration of scripture. So, lets make sure we are using these terms in the same way. inerrancy. The Scriptures contain NO errors. It perfectly reflects the mind of God on the issues it addresses. Inspiration. God, not man, is the originator of the scriptures. Man did not decide to write the Bible, but they were moved by God to write the Bible. A liberal can agree with inspiration and competly disagree with inerrancy. Dont ask me to explain the logic of this belief. So, I cant respond to your question because it is not based off of what I posted or what I believe about scripture. Just what you feel I believe off of my post--which I reposted so you can read it again. Something is missing in the translation. Let me report what I believe. 1. The Bible is inspired. 2. The Bible is inerrant in the original autographs. Scribal erros have crept in, but nothing that would effect any Christian doctrine the Christian Church holds to. I agree with Metzger, one of the greatest linguist who ever lived, in saying that we can with 98percent certainty get back to what the original autographs looked like. The 2percent he is not sure of, would not change a single Christian belief if they were or were not contained in the original manuscripts. I hope my repost and furthur comments cleared up any misconceptions you might have had. |
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6 | Eternal Security? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 15477 | ||
Your post actually agrees with everything I stated. THeir definition of sovereignty was influenced more by Greek Philisophical thought than the reasoning of Scripture. Their definition of sovereignty completly strips man of any free will. Why? Because God would not be soveriegn, in a calvanistic sense, if He was not in total control of his creation. That is where the giant list of who goes to heaven and who doesnt go came from...not from the Bible. |
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7 | Eternal Security? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 15486 | ||
I believe that the Islamic belief in God and the Christian view of God was tainted by Greek Philosophy (Not the Bible) but the lens in which we look through when interpreting the Bible. I am not saying that I don't look through a lense when interpreting scripture--we all have our presuppositions. What I am saying is that there are some funny similarities--i.e., God exisiting outside of time--that seem very Platonic and is not addressed in the scripture. I remember sitting in my philosophy class in college thinking, "Wow, Plato really was describing the Christian God and did not know it!" That, in my mind, backed up my premise: all truth is God's truth. Now I am wondering just how much of a lense we use when going to scripture instead of letting the Bible speak for itself? I don't and will not pretend to have this issue all wrapped up. One thing I will say is that the Bible was not influenced by Platonic philosophy, just the way we approach some of our scriptures describing God's attributes. Just wondering: Have you read any books on the "openess of God" belief? If so, what book would best cover their beliefs? Also, what is the best book written in response to their belief? I read an article on this new trend in the Dallas Morning News religous section and was wondering what it was all about (I do have an idea and am wondering if it is process theology repackaged). Got to run |
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8 | How inspired is the NAS Bible today? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 15489 | ||
"Do you believe that the accuracy and authority of the Bible has been maintained throughout the centuries by the work of man, or due to the inspiration of God upon the copiers/translators etc.?" I would say both in response to your question. I believe that God has aided in keeping the Bible as the BEST PRESERVED manuscript in all of antiquity (I challenge anyone to find a manuscript written in antiquity that even comes close to the Bible in preservation and accuracy). The dedication of the scribes in keeping it as error free as it is is somewhat miraculous in and of itself. |
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9 | What is 'being saved' here? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 15541 | ||
A little convoluted? What post did you read? I thought it was straight and to the point. Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean their post is "convoluted" By the way, your post was convoluted. |
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10 | Are Sovereignty and Free Will Exclusive? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 15561 | ||
Here is a question. If God is all powerful (soverign) can he create a world in which his creation is able to make free choices? Yes. So, in essence free will does not contradict the soverignty of God. |
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11 | Apostles4-2day | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 16466 | ||
Kittel's dictionary of NT words would fully agree with your understanding of an apostle. To me, Kittel's is the last word in Greek N.T. word usage. Since I am not a Greek Scholar, I choose to error with them rather than someone else. | ||||||
12 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 17577 | ||
Mathew 27:5] Judas went and hanged himself. [Acts 1:18] Judas fell headlong, and burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. Serpent handled one, so I will also handle one. Judas did hang himself and Matthew accurately records this event. Luke just adds a little more detail to the account about what happened after Judas hung himself--Rope was cut/or broke, Judas fell down and split open and his insides came out. If you watch old war documentaries, when a person dies their body will fill up with internal body fluid. Eventually, the person’s body will rupture causing his fluids to spill forth. If Judas were hanging for any period of time, this process would be magnified when his body went crashing down to earth. Sorry for the graphic details. These two passages do not contradict each other. A contradiction is when two statements together can't possibly be true. Let me give you an example: Matthew states that Judas hung himself and died. Luke, the author of Acts, states explicitly that Judas did not hang himself. Both statements can’t possibly be true. A number of people bring up "apparent contradictions" without ever asking if the two statements can both be true at the same time! A number passages mentioned in your post definitely fall into this category. In the Gospels the Holy Spirit gave the author’s liberty to add details that they deemed important to the story they were telling. Just because some of the other gospel writers did not feel a particular detail of an event warranted inclusion into their gospel, does not mean the detail did not happen or is a contradiction. schwartzkm |
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13 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 17578 | ||
[1 Corinthians 15:5] Jesus appeared to the twelve after he rose again. [Mathew 28:16] Jesus appeared to the eleven after he rose again. What the heck. I will answer another one. In Matthew, Judas was not alive when Jesus appeared to the masses. 12 disciples(apostles) minus one (apostle...Judsas)gives you 11(apostles) disciples. In Acts 1 the disciples chose another disciple, Matthias, to replace Judas. Matthias was a witness of the ressurection and therefore constittued the 12th apostle--some debate here. So, Paul could say in 1 cor. 12 that Jesus appeared to the 12--the 12th being matthias. |
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14 | Let not thy body be a chimney | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 18063 | ||
I think David Satcher said that...Surgeon Gerneral | ||||||
15 | Only seal and horse in same verse Rev6:5 | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 18839 | ||
It is amazing the type of nonsense that people dive into. This has made for a very intertaining thread. Could you sum up what his point is? I must have missed it somewhere between the upside down 5 and the cross. |
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16 | Only seal and horse in same verse Rev6:5 | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 18858 | ||
I guess he is too deep for both of us :-) | ||||||
17 | Revelation told by the stars? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 19541 | ||
I have also heard Robert Shuler say something similar to what Perry is teaching. I don't buy into it but, if you do want to find out more about this, Robert Shuler has produced a book (It may be a teaching series) on the subject. I am sure you can find it on his website. Like I said in the post--so I don't get stoned--I don't really buy into it. I think it is more speculation than anything else. |
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18 | how do you define faith? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 20993 | ||
Are you a member of Mensa? Just curious. | ||||||
19 | name of lost book in Bible | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 21072 | ||
A little note: the gospel of thomas was very harsh on women. The writer makes the statment that in order for women to be saved, they must become men! :-) funny how liberals ignore that verse. I wonder what Jesus seminar color they assign that passage? |
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20 | Why do people lose interest and leave? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 21181 | ||
I have a few observations: 1. Re-occuring themes come up for a good reason. book entitled "Doctrines that Divide" one thing you will notice as that not much has changed in 1800 years of church history and a number of beliefs stem from your understanding of predestination and free will. So, there will always be re-occuring themes on the forum. 2. Try to keep posts short. I don't have time to respond to a 6 page critique filled with 50 scripture verses (I know I am over-exaggerating). Tim Morant is the king of getting the most out of few words--My hat goes off to you. I know...I need to practice what I preach. 3. Don't copy or cut and paste articles from other authors. I don't mind qoutes--actually I like them--but I don't want to respond to RC Sproul; I want to respond to Sir pent (Not that he does that, I just had to use a name of someone on the forum). I am relativly new to the forum and stay because I enjoy hearing how other people from different Theological understandings approach certain passages. My 2 cents...Well maybe 1. |
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