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101 | Should Christians Vote in elections? | 1 Timothy | Chris | 2726 | ||
Should Christians vote for their leaders? (Scriptural documentation, please.) | ||||||
102 | Holman Bible: Critical or Majority Text? | Bible general Archive 1 | Chris | 2534 | ||
Hey Hank, what group of greek manscripts did the translators use for the Holman Bible; Critical Text or Majority Text? | ||||||
103 | Can someone tell me about original greek | Bible general Archive 1 | Chris | 2533 | ||
There are three major groups of manuscripts; the Received Text (RT), the Critical Text (CT), and the Majority Text (MT). The KJV, and NKJV are both from the RT, and both are LITERAL translations, or the translators attempted word for word accuracy. The RT was composed of 6 greek manuscripts and the sections that were not available at the time in greek were translated back from the Latin Vulgate. (These translated section are the biggest problem with the RT, much of Revelation was missing and because of that there are many differences in Rev between the RT and the MT, CT.) The NKJV give footnotes for all variation between the RT, CT, and MT, but you spend most of your time in the margins! (slight exaggeration ;-) The RT also has some obvious additions, see 1Jn 5:7,8 in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. (All added; in neither the CT nor the MT!) Wescott and Hort prepared the most widely used version of the CT. Critics of the CT say that the majority of the text is based upon two very old manuscripts (4th Century?!) both found in Eygpt. The problem with this is that at the time there is substantial Church Father writing to suggest that there was great apostasy in Eygpt. The Pro-CT folks say that the older the manuscript the more reliable. The two manuscripts disagree on many renderings which suggests there was no collusion, and if the two manuscripts agree, that must have been the original writing! Many translations use the CT: NASB, NIV, NRSV, etc. The MT is the last group, it is similar to the RT, but much more reliable because of the vastness of the manuscripts(hence, majority). Critics say that the manuscripts in the MT "evolve" towards agreement; thereby, eliminating descrepancies and difficult readings. Pro-MT folks say all the original letters with the exception of perhaps one (drawing a blank??) were sent to western Europe, so they would have the originals to correct any incorrect manuscripts. So, if the originals were compared to the copies every decade or so, the manuscripts in Eygpt would be more likely to have errors, and the majority of manuscripts would agree because as mistakes were found in manuscripts those manuscripts would be destroyed! Hotly debated topic! I prefer the MT; because, the CT eliminates Jn 7:53 - 8:11, I love that passage!! For further study see: Darkness to Light - http://www.dtl.org/index.html (MT site; gives thorough and well reasoned arguments.), and NET Bible: (Dallas Theological Seminary) - http://www.bible.org/docs/theology/theology.htm(CT site) go to Bibliology (The Written Word) and click on anything that mentions the MT or KJV. (Very thorough, they really go at the MT!) You'll have to make up your own mind RevC, but a very good question. Unfortunately there is no main stream version using the MT, so our options are limited!(Though it doesn't seem that way with the vast amount of english translations!!) Hope this helps, those websites are great! You may want to put the NET Bible site on you Fav's, great theological site!! GOD bless! Chris |
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104 | Is God fair? | Ps 11:7 | Chris | 2197 | ||
God is JUST, which is very similar to fair, but you have to remember that we have all sinned against GOD; thereby, we are all deserving of Hell. Those of us who know Jesus as our personal Savior are completely cleansed of our sins and will therefore not be punished after death or at the end of the age. So, if GOD was completely just we would all immediately go to Hell as soon as we sin against HIM! Obviously, this doesn't happen and that is because God is merciful and longsuffering, or simply, willing to be patient with us. So, what's it all mean? Basically, GOD's fairness has little to do with believer's or unbeliever's sufferings! (See Luke 13:1-3) If you suffer with a horrible aliment all your life, but receive Christ as your Savior not only did GOD not give it to you as bad as you deserved, but He also gives you eternal glory and rewards based upon your additional sufferings compared to other christians. If the person is not saved, they will be separated from GOD, because that is what they deserved from the beginning. The sufferings of the physical life are so minute in comparison to eternal damnation that the physical sufferings on earth would be immaterial. Hope you can make something of this!? GOD bless!! |
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105 | Salvation in other religions? | John 14:6 | Chris | 2161 | ||
The problem with this idea is that you are forgetting what GOD is first and foremost, HOLY! GOD is perfect and unblemished; now, what is the problem with other religions, and why is GOD fist HOLY? Well, GOD is Holy first, because we can only fatham His love by realizing that He is perfect, we are not and have no hope of satisfying His requirement, but He was willing to make a PERSONAL sacrifice to save us! The only way to make the unholy holy is to offer a holy sacrifice. So, GOD had to sacrifice Himself, in the form of His SON, Jesus Christ! That tells us that His love for us is truly AMAZING GRACE! If you don't know how badly you need Grace, you don't have a solid understanding of the Love of GOD! Therefore, if people are not made HOLY by GOD, the only Holy thing in existance, they are not only unacceptable to GOD, but they are, in fact rejecting His love for them. All other religions command their followers to justify themselves, which breeds pride. GOD hates pride and no unholy thing can make itself holy! Last illistration, if God took a test, and of course got a hundred, if he ever excepted anyone who did not have a hundred His grade would drop below a hundred. Or in english, if GOD accepted anyone who was not perfect, He could no longer be perfect!! Jesus Christ is the only way to become HOLY; because, He is the only man with the GOD-nature and the only man with a sinless life! GOD bless!! |
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106 | ...intended to pass by them? | Mark 6:48 | Chris | 2159 | ||
Curiously enough, an assistant pastor gave a sermon on this verse just a few weeks ago! If you look at the action before this particular story it points to the greatmess of Jesus over that of Moses (feeding of the 5000 vs manna from heaven, Jesus did it Himself, He is GOD vs Moses asking GOD and receiving from GOD). This story continues that theme! It is important at this point to check your translation; it should read Jesus walked on the SEA, not the WATER. What's the big deal? The sea symbolizes evil in the Bible (Revelation, "there will be no sea") Moses, with GOD's power, parted the sea, but Jesus with His own power didn't just part the sea, but walked over it, or overpowered it! So to your question, the reason for the story was to show Jesus' superiority to Moses and His dominance over evil, so that was His focus, not the disciples. But our GOD and Savior is so great that while He is doing all this He is still available to comfort us when we are fearful and weak!! The Bible is truly has many layers! Hope this helped more than it hurt! GOD bless!! |
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107 | How Judas Iscariot died? | Acts 1:18 | Chris | 2157 | ||
The gospels DO NOT contradict; however, they do not always complement each other. I see inspiration as, the writer "seeing" the event and writing it in his own words. Example 1:if you and I were writing a story about the same person, and my view was in 20 feet ahead of the person and yours was 20 feet behind the person our stories, at times, would seem to contradict; however both could be accurate. If the subject was in a house and performed a miracle, I would write that we were leaving the area we were in, but you might write that we were entering the area! Both are true, yet they seem to contradict! This particular issue has to do with what I call, "gaps." Example 2: often times in the Gospels and Acts apparent contraditions exist simply because there are gaps in the information. I personally believe that each writer is given only a certain amount of information from the Holy Spirit, others believe that the writer simply chose only certain facts to write about; either way, there is not a contradition only an information gap. Judas probably hung himself on a easily accesible branch and stepped off a cliff that the branch was hanging over. After he died (or before) the branch broke and his body dropped on rocks. In his emotional state it would have been difficult to climb up a tree, tie a knot to a branch, tie the nuse, slip is over his head, and jump out of the tree. All that for an explanation as easy as this, sorry! Hope it helped!! God bless! |
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108 | When was the Holy Spirit first given? | Acts 2:1 | Chris | 2156 | ||
Very good question! The answer is difficult, and I don't claim to be correct; all answers to this question are subjective because the Word does not provide it's own anwser. My belief is that a true interpretation of scripture cannot assume that Jesus was only promising the Holy Spirit in the gospel of John; because, the verb, "breathed" seems to clearly suggest that our Lord actually gave the apostles something. Also, John is clearly referencing Creation when GOD, "breathed" life into man. Jesus breathing on the apostles starts a new Creation, so to speak. Considering that the apostles did in fact receive the Holy Spirit, I am persuaded to believe that the Holy Spirit was given to PROTECT the apostles until they were, "given power from on high" Luke 24:49. I believe it would be foolish for us to believe that the apostles could resist the devil without Christ for 50 days or 1 day or hour! Throughout the gospels we see the apostles fail, although they have just seen a miracle. So, in the gospel of John the Holy Spirit was given for PROTECTION, and in the book of Acts (40 or 50 days later?) the Holy Spirit was given for POWER! Hope this helps! God bless!! |
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109 | what is the best inter. of the bible | Bible general Archive 1 | Chris | 2152 | ||
Many believe the best translation for study is the NASB. It is the most literal english translation, which is important for study. Many other translations are good. The King James and New King James are literal translations as well, but they use the received text, rather than the critical text. Most consider the critical as the closest to the original manuscript. The NKJV footnotes all major variations between the RT and CT, and it also considers another group of manuscripts called the majority text. So, this may be a good translation to study with, if you like constantly checking the footnotes for textual variations. (Actually all known manuscripts of the Bible agree around 85 percent of the time!) However, for a study in Revelation the RT has quite a few variations; for this reason I am currently using the NASB for study pruposes. For reading there are a number of other translations: NIV, CEV, NET, NLT, etc. Hope I helped more than I hurt!? God bless!! |
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