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1201 | So His stripes were in vain? | 1 Thess 5:18 | prayon | 125134 | ||
mommapbs, So you believe that it is God's intention for us not to be healed but if we get sick that we should just live with it? When we claim a healing we are claiming it in the spiritual realm - and in the spiritual realm we have it - if we have the faith to receive it. That healing may not appear instantaneously in the physical but we should be looking for it to appear. And yes I would declare my loved one lacked faith if they did not believe that God can heal them and if they were not looking to receive that healing in the physical realm. Until that manifestation we should continue with insulin or whatever the illness requires. My question to you is that the bible says that "by His stripes we are healed". How can God want us to remain sick (just live with it) when He sent Jesus to the cross so we didn't have to? Was part of God's sacrifice in vain? If Jesus bore all my sickness on the cross why should I have to suffer with it now? prayon |
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1202 | will the church see the antichrist reign | 2 Thess 2:3 | prayon | 48318 | ||
Greetings Flo, I believe, and this is my own personal opinion, that we will see the antichrist before the rapture but we won't be aware that he is the antichrist. We will see his reign but we will see it from heaven. The great tribulation will happen during the antichrist's reign but I believe that God in His infinate mercy will rapture the believers before this happens. prayon | ||||||
1203 | Are we losing our churches to satan? | 2 Thess 2:11 | prayon | 155858 | ||
Hi JWeaver and welcome to the forum! You are correct there is no such scripture, in fact, the bible clearly states that homosexuality is an abomination to the Lord. In 2Thes 2:3 it states that in the end times there will be a great falling away. Verse 9-12 says that that "the coming of the lawless one is, according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs and lying wonders". It goes on to say tthat there will be unrighteous deception among those who will perish because they did not accept the truth that they might be saved. In v 11 it warns us that God will send those people stong delusion, that they should believe the lie. There are many who love sin and pleasure and prefer to believe a lie rather than the truth. The MacArthur study bble explains it this way: "God Himself will send judgment that insures their fate in the form of a deluding influence so that they continue to believe what is false. They accept evil as good and a lie as the truth. Thus does God use Satan and the Antichrist as His instruments of judgment (1Kin 22:19-33)". This is what is happening today not only with the lie of homosexuality but with many other issues as well. Satan can and will use pastors and churches to deceive people just as he will use anyone else. prayon |
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1204 | Bible Commentary? | 1 Timothy | prayon | 4256 | ||
I would like some opinions as to what the best and, if possible, easiest to understand Bible commentary is. Thanks | ||||||
1205 | How to correct ungodly co-workers? | 1 Tim 1:9 | prayon | 59095 | ||
Greetings Timothy Paul, First, and foremost, above all, I would pray. Pray that God would put the words in your mouth to say to them. I would also pray that God would touch their hearts with such an impact that they would be convicted to watch the words that come out of their mouths. If I was in that position, and I have been, I would tell them in a way that they can see Christ's love through you that when they use God's name in vain that it is very offensive to you because they are speaking about someone you love very much (or words to that effect). Then ask them if they would please not use those words while you are around. And remember at all times to let them see the light of God shining forth in your life so that they will want what you have. prayon |
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1206 | Pauls Authority | 1 Tim 1:20 | prayon | 61331 | ||
Greetings christian7, Paul said that he handed them over to Satan meaning that he has removed them from the church, thus ending their influence in the church and removing them from the protection and insulation of God's people. They were no longer under God's blessings but under the control of Satan. He did this so that Hymenaeus and Alexander would see how they had fallen into heresies and were attempting to shipwreck the faith of true believers. The ultimate purpose was not punishment but correction. The bible does not tell us how long they took before they learned their lesson. They may not of learned it at all. prayon | ||||||
1207 | WOMEN IN MINISTRY - PART 2 | 1 Tim 2:11 | prayon | 9402 | ||
WHAT WAS PAUL REALLY SAYING? In giving Timothy the admonition that we read in most of today's Bible translations, "...let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression..." what was it that Paul was really saying? We must remember that Paul was writing to Timothy in Ephesus. Given the common rules of interpretation, recognizing that this letter was written specifically to address the conditions in Ephesus is crucial to our correct understanding of this passage. For the most part, the translators ignored the cultural context of this letter. In this letter, Paul was speaking specifically to the false doctrine, the heresy that said the woman was the possessor of special knowledge that she received from the serpent and that she was the originator of the race. Paul was not saying that women "could never teach," or that he never permitted a woman to teach. Paul was saying, in the verb used, "ouk epitrepo," -- that what was really said was "I am not permitting, for this place, time, and circumstance." The verb used here emphasized the temporary nature of this particular instruction, the present active grammatical tense which indicates a "now" thing, or "at this time." Having come against the gnostic teaching and the "false doctrine" of Eve being the progenitor of the race, Paul was now instructing Timothy to not let the women teach "at this time," the heresy that was proliferating in Ephesus. They also were not to argue genealogies (1:4) or bring confusion based on their misunderstandings. A more accurate rendering of the New Testament Greek is in this passage -- "...Let a woman quietly learn, without interruptions and questions. Presently I am not permitting (present tense for that situation only) a woman to teach or proclaim themselves to be the originator (gk. authenteo) of man, but to be reverent and peaceful, coming into agreement with Scripture." The verse following confirms this. Why else would Paul even mention Adam and Eve in the context of this admonition to Timothy if his intention was simply to prohibit women from teaching? This following verse blew away the heresy that was being perpetuated in Ephesus. Continuing in vss. 13 and 14, Paul writes, "...For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression." Paul says Adam was formed first, then Eve. This statement comes against all the false doctrine that was present in Ephesus at the time. And he goes on to say that Eve was deceived, which comes against the Gnostic doctrine that Eve was the illuminator, the teacher of new revelation. In just two short statements, Paul literally pulled down the stronghold of Gnosticism in Ephesus. This translation, interpretation, and understanding, fits the context, is true to the Greek, it speaks to the situation, and it lines up perfectly with all of Paul's other teachings and his practice concerning women. Paul worked and traveled with Priscilla and Aquila. It was Priscilla who trained Apollos "in the Word of God more accurately." (Obviously she taught!) He also commends a woman in Romans chapter 16 as "a minister of the Gospel." She held the same position as Stephen the martyr and Philip the Evangelist -- she was an overseer. Paul also speaks of a woman in Romans 16:7 who is an apostle. He also mentions Mary, Tryphaena, Tryphosa, and Persis, all co-laborers in the Gospel. He closed this book by greeting twenty-eight different persons, ten of whom were women. Many women were also house church leaders, including Chloe, Lydia, Nympha, and Priscilla. Paul was the one who broke the Rabbinic tradition in which he himself was raised, and declared that women are to learn the Word of God, just like men, with humility of heart in full submission to the Truth of Jesus Christ. Paul was looking for women who would teach the truth, not the false doctrine of men and demons.Did He not send Moses, Aaron -- Miriam to be your leaders? Barak dared not meet the enemy unless Deborah led the van. The Lord raised up men, women, and children of His own choosing -- Hannah, Hulda, Phoebe, Narcissus, Tryphena, Persis, Julia, the Marys and the sisters who co-labored with Paul. Is it less becoming for women to labor in Christ's kingdom and vineyard now than it was then?" (From "Can Women Teach" by Bill and Barbara Cassada of Lion's Heart Ministries) |
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1208 | WOMEN IN MINISTRY - PART 1 | 1 Tim 2:11 | prayon | 9403 | ||
"The Lord Our God is One" -- "There is no hierarchy in heaven," Yes there is God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But"Jesus prayed in John Chapter 17 that, "...we might be one, as we (I and the Father) are one. We are his body, and we are one with him." It has seemed that for many years through man's interpretation of 2 Tim 2:11-14 that women are to be separated from the body and made second-class citizens. "This may bring a little more light on those remarks. CAN WOMEN TEACH? After presenting the commonly accepted "rules of interpretation," used for nearly 2500 years by legal experts to more accurately understand Scripture, there were many Scriptures wherein Paul actually instructed women to teach (Titus 2:3; "...Bid the older women...to give good counsel and be teachers of what is right and noble), and also the fact that Paul admonishes us all to seek prophecy and to prophesy. It was a man and a woman who first beheld the infant Jesus with the eyes of faith, and were led to prophesy about His future work as Savior. (Simeon and Anna) But the real meat of this teaching was about Paul's admonition in 1Timothy 2: 11-14, where it has been interpreted for more than 2000 years that women were to be silent in the church. However, translators have ignored the current social situation at that time, and the cultural context of the letter. "This is a crucial point. At the time this letter was written, Ephesus was the world center of paganism, ruled by a mother goddess name Artemus (Diana). The key elements of this pagan culture was: 1) they worshipped a female deity; 2) the doctrine of this cult was the teaching of female superiority and domination over men; 3) the teaching of female procreation -- the belief that this goddess could bring forth offspring without the help of a male. The cult was characterized by sexual perversion, fertility rites, myths, elaborate genealogies where people would trace their lineage through their mothers line instead of through the fathers. There was magic, sorcery, and all manner of demonic activity. When the women involved in these cults converted to Christianity, they had to unlearn all these pagan practices. Unfortunately, these deluded, deceived, untaught women, believing they possessed a special kind of hidden knowledge, taught doctrines based on myths, speculations, and fables. Literally, doctrines of demons. And because of their belief in acquiring divine union through fornication, their teaching often included an offering of sexual favors to complete the "transition togodliness." As if this wasn't bad enough, there was also a large contingent of Jewish Gnostics who had settled in Ephesus. The equivalent of today's New Age, they had their own spirit guides who taught them, mixing the teachings of Artemus with the doctrines of demons, with a little Old Testament thrown in for good measure. One of their favorite stories was told about Adam and Eve and the serpent in the Garden. In this twisted storytelling, Lucifer was made out to be the savior, and God the inferior being, who by the way, "made a mistake when he created the natural world." In this storytelling, the serpent becomes the revealer of truth who brings "true knowledge." The Greek word for knowledge is "gnosis," from which we derive gnosticism. Also in this story, Eve becomes the illuminator because "she is the first to receive this true knowledge from the serpent and she becomes the teacher of this new revelation to Adam." This gnostic cult began to infiltrate the church and to teach that Eve being the mother of all was the progenitor of the human race, and that Adam came later from Eve and was in fact not her husband, but her son. Given this spiritual climate in Ephesus, to say that Timothy had a real mess on his hands would be an understatement. Paul knew well of the spiritual climate there, once causing mass rioting there when he himself brought the Word of God to this city. But in his letter to Timothy, it is precisely this atmosphere of demonic doctrine and fable that Paul was warning about. Paul was primarily encouraging Timothy and authorizing him to preach against these false teachers and their doctrines. The entire letter is soaked in this theme, beginning and ending like bookends with instructions to halt the spread of false doctrines. In Chapter 1, verse 3, Paul tells Timothy, "...stay where you are at Ephesus in order that you may warn and admonish and charge certain individuals not to teach any different doctrine." And ending with Chapter 6, verse 20, "...turn away from the irreverent babble and godless chatter, with the vain and empty and worldly phrases, and the subtleties and the contradictions in what is falsely called knowledge and spiritual illumination |
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1209 | Steve, Where are you referring to? | 1 Tim 2:11 | prayon | 9487 | ||
Steve, if women are never to teach men how come Pricilla taught Apollos? No, the bible never contradicts itself but I don't see where you think I was saying it does. |
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1210 | woman being silent in Church | 1 Tim 2:11 | prayon | 137327 | ||
Greetings, This is a topic that has been highly discussed. If you do a quick search on the topic you will get a wide variety of opinions. prayon | ||||||
1211 | should women be ministers and pastors? | 1 Tim 2:12 | prayon | 35810 | ||
Greetings godsown76, I want to refer you to the question "Women in Ministry" that I answered for someone months ago. To get to it type in "Women in Ministy" in the search box and go to question 54 and 53 (or at least that was the numbers of them last time I looked) - the date was on July 7th of last year. I hope the answer will help you. prayon | ||||||
1212 | What does 1 Tim 3:2 mean? | 1 Tim 3:2 | prayon | 6025 | ||
When Paul says that church leaders should be married only once, he is prohibiting both polygamy and promiscuity. This does not prohibit an unmarried man from becoming a leader or a widowed leader from remarrying. The main idea that Paul was focusing on here was that a leader must be pure in conduct, disiplined in habits, balanced in outlook, and free from those sins that mark the socity, and the age in which he lives. (Life Application Bible commentary) | ||||||
1213 | A divorced pastor in ministry? | 1 Tim 3:2 | prayon | 6026 | ||
Yes. Paul was probably not referring here to having one wife in the entire lifetime but was instead referring to polygamy and promiscuity. His focus was the leader setting a strict personal discipline that was pure in conduct in their lives. | ||||||
1214 | Church leaders must be married? | 1 Tim 3:2 | prayon | 8175 | ||
A short time ago there was a debate on whether one must be married to be the leader of a church. For those of you who believe that one must be married to be in a leadership role I ask this: Was Paul married? | ||||||
1215 | Why is a good reputaion so important? | 1 Tim 3:7 | prayon | 156531 | ||
Greetings Diomede, there is no guarentee that it does. We want to have a "good reputation" with non Christians because we are to be examples of Christ. We need to let the light of Christ shine in us so that those who are lost in darkness can find their way. Walking like Christ walked and having a solid foundation of the Word is what keeps us from falling into the snares of the enemy. prayon |
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1216 | deacons | 1 Tim 3:8 | prayon | 77923 | ||
Greetings, I would recommend that you go to Acts 6:1-7. The apostles were in the same position as you. This passage with give you an example that you can easily follow. prayon | ||||||
1217 | what's the duty of an decon | 1 Tim 3:10 | prayon | 175237 | ||
Greetings Newwine64, Deacon. The office described by this title appears, in the New Testament, as the correlative of bishop. See Bishop. The two are mentioned together in Phm 1:1; 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 3:8. Its original meaning implied a helper, an assistant. The bishops were the "elders," the deacons were the young active men, of the church. The narrative of Acts 6 is commonly referred to as giving an account of the institution of this office. The apostles, in order to meet the complaints of the Hellenistic Jews that their widows were neglected in the daily ministration, call on the body of believers to choose seven men "full of the Holy Ghost and of wisdom," whom they "may appoint over this business." It may be questioned, however, whether the seven were not appointed to higher functions than those of the deacons of the New Testament. Qualifications and duties. Special directions as to the qualifications for and the duties of deacons will be found in Acts 6, and 1Ti 3:8 12. From the analogy of the synagogue, and from the scanty notices in the New Testament, we may think of the deacons or "young men" at Jerusalem as preparing the rooms for meetings, distributing alms, maintaining order at the meetings, baptizing new converts, distributing the elements at the Lord's Supper. (Smiths Bible Dictionary) prayon |
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1218 | Define the visible church. | 1 Tim 3:15 | prayon | 7532 | ||
Hi Jvh, The visible church is the church that we can see. It is the church of the living God, a building. It is the church we go to to worship. It is also the "church" that one sees when they look at us. What we show as a Christian. prayon | ||||||
1219 | wine and acohol | 1 Tim 5:23 | prayon | 111523 | ||
Greetings, Here are some scriptures that concern alcohol: Eph 5:18 -Don't get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Spirit Pro 20:1 Wine makes people mock, liquor makes them noisy, and everyone under their influence is unwise. Pro 21:17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor. Whoever loves wine and expensive food will not become rich. Pro 23:29-30 - Who has trouble? Who has misery? Who has quarrels? Who has a complaint? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who drink glass after glass of wine and mix it with everything. Gal 5:19-21 - Now, the effects of the corrupt nature are obvious: ...... drunkenness, wild partying, and similar things. I've told you in the past and I'm telling you again that people who do these kinds of things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Rom 13:13 We should live decently, as people who live in the light of day. Wild parties, drunkenness, sexual immorality, promiscuity, rivalry, and jealousy cannot be part of our lives. Hope these are helpful. prayon |
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1220 | More info on Enuice and Lois | 2 Tim 1:5 | prayon | 125286 | ||
Greetings KAKMILL and welcome to the forum. I am not sure what you mean by "more" info on Eunice and Lois but Eunice was Timothy's mother and Lois was his grandmother. They both had great faith which helped prepare him for his ministry. There is only one verse in the bible that talks about Eunice and Lois - 2 Tim 1:5 Paul was talking to Timothy and stated " I'm reminded of how sincere your faith is. That faith first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. I'm convinced that it also lives in you". This one verse gives Eunice and Lois their immortality because it speaks of the excellent job they did in raising Timothy and instilling in him godly virtues. They had prepared him for great responsibilities well. It was from Eunice and Lois that Timothy obtained his intimate knowledge of the Jewish Scriptures, (2Ti 3:15). In addition the religious faith of the mother and grandmother had been handed down to Timothy in overflowing measure. Eunice and Lois seem to step right from the pages of the Bible and tell us that there is nothing more important in a mother's life than the early training of her child. Hope this clears up your question, if not please be more specific on what you would like to know. prayon |
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