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121 | Bible Referencing Divine Knowledge | Is 14:1 | Beja | 229833 | ||
themerv019, Isaiah 14 might be worth looking at. However, for what my meager opinion is worth, I think you are going backwards. You are beginning with a conclusion and looking for things to support it. In Christ, Beja |
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122 | What happens to Is. when Jesus returns? | Is 49:5 | Beja | 226586 | ||
Ijw-mo, The answer is here in this passage. 2Thess 1:6-10 For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed--for our testimony to you was believed. In Christ, Beja |
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123 | Isaiah 53 Who are they reffering to? | Is 53:5 | Beja | 224534 | ||
Greetings Eascusa, I can show you clearly that Isaiah 53 refers to Christ. From Christ Himself saying so. He quotes Isaiah 53:12 here. Luke 22:37 For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: And he was numbered with the transgressors.' For what is written about me has its fulfilment." What more can we say? Christ Himself affirmed it! In Christ, Beja |
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124 | Greiving the Holy Spirit | Is 63:10 | Beja | 213496 | ||
Sometimes when we read a statement like that we look so hard for something deep we miss that the answer is right there. I take it to be referring to all the other things in ephesians 4:25-32. Not beggining to work out these changes in your life grieves God's Spirit which desires to see Christ fully formed in us (our thinking, our conduct, our relationships, etc.). In love, Beja |
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125 | Does Jer 32:35 disprove hell? | Jer 32:35 | Beja | 227517 | ||
Julia, The point in Jerimiah 32:35 is that child sacrifice never entered his mind. The means, passing through fire, is completely secondary to the point. The point was the child sacrifice. Nor can you take something like this in such a blanket sense. He means that He never wanted the Israelites to sacrifice their children, we don't stretch that to exclude something like God sending His son to die on the cross. Even if the point was a burning in fire, God would not then be saying that somebody burning in fire never entered His mind, but rather that THEM burning THEIR children never entered his mind to command them to do it. Your husband is simply applying this scripture in a way it is not intended. I hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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126 | Sodom and Gomorrah | Jer 32:35 | Beja | 227519 | ||
Julia, I do not think it means to say that what sodom and gomorrah suffered was exactly the same thing as the eternal fires of hell. I'm not certain what the difficulty is but I imagine your husband's arguement going something like this: This says that what sodom and gomorrah experienced was the eternal fire. Yet this was only temporary and a moment and time destruction, so therefore eternal fire in other places doesn't really mean eternal. If I'm mistaken correct me. Assuming, however, that I'm correct I'll try to address this. Jud 1:7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. What we are seeing here, is that false teachers have crept into the church and the author is trying to assure them of the coming final judgement. How do we prove the coming judgement? There has never been an eternal judgement of the same sort. So what the author is doing is grabing examples of God's judgements that have happened and they are using those as proofs that God is in fact a God who has judged sinners in the past, and therefore we need not doubt that He will climatically judge them in the future. Therefore the fires of destruction that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah are held forth as a type or example of the eternal fires that are coming. So what we are seeing is a limited comparison. Something that has similiarities to eternal judgement, but is only limited in its similarities. I think what I'm telling you is accurate and you can trust it, however, let me just say that a passage such as this, where the meaning is somewhat uncertain should never be allowed to trump the numerous clear passages we have affirming the existence of hell. Clear passages always help us understand the unclear passages. We do not take an unclear passage and use it to negate clearly stated teaching in other places. I hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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127 | symbolic/literal scriptures? | Jer 32:35 | Beja | 227521 | ||
Julia, Writing is very flexible. Something literal is taken at face value. A flower is a plant. This is literal, I'm not using fancy language to paint some picture for you. On the other hand I could give you a very similiar sentence, "Judah is a lion." And what I certainly do not mean is that Judah is a large hunting cat. I am not saying something literal. I'm attributing certain qualities of a lion to judah whether it be the ferocity, the preditory nature, or the majestic aspects of the creature. In scripture we sometime see very dramatic symbolism. In Zechariah chapter 5 we see a vision of a giant 30 foot long scroll flying through the air. The author does not meant for this to be taken as a prophecy of a literal giant scroll that will one day fly over the world. Rather he menas for it to be symbolic of something. In this case it symbolizes the words of the Lord that will be pronounced in a curse over the world. Now, one of the surest indicators of when symbolism is being used is what type of genre you are reading. There is poetry, history, apocalyptic literature, parables, didactic teaching. This may sound intimidating but give it a little thought. Where do you suspect symbolism? In history? Probably not. It is attempting to give an account of the past. However in apocalypic literature symbolism is used extensively. Revelations, Zechariah, and Daniel all have many examples of symbolism. Beasts that represent nations in reality. Trees that represent a kingdom, and on it goes. Now, to apply this to our current discussion, we have hell displayed as an eternal place of torment in a variety genres, apocalyptic, parables, and straightforward teaching. The suggestion that it is all symbolism in every case would be extremely doubtful. However, when they suggest that hell is symbolic, what they mean is that it is only speech that really means something else. For example it simply means to be a symbol of how God's wrath is really displayed at the end. I hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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128 | man in pit resued by rags tied | Jer 38:1 | Beja | 221732 | ||
Gaga, It was Jeremiah. See Jeremiah chapter 38 In Christ, Beja |
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129 | Contrast Exodus 20:5 and Ezekiel 18:20? | Ezek 18:20 | Beja | 206600 | ||
I would ask three questions of myself to guide my decision on how to understand these two passages in relation to one another. 1. What is the difference between "visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children" found in Exodus 20:5, and the "bear the punishment for the father's iniquity" in Ezekiel 18:20. Do you beieve that is a different way of saying the same thing? Or do you think perhaps Exodus is referring to the fact that the sins of the fathers have cascading consequences affecting future generations and the Ezekiel is talking about actual moral guilt in God's eyes. 2. In Exodus 20:5 it says "on the third and fourth generations of those who hate me." Who do you think "of those who hate me" is referring to? It could be referring to future generations who hate him. But I find that doubtful to be honest. 3. In Ezekiel God seems to be explicitly explaining how he accounts sin upon people while in Exodus He seems to be more so making a statement about who he is rather than trying to give an explicit account of his book keeping techniques. Because this statement is remarkably similiar to the statement God makes in Exodus 34:6,7 where God reveals himself to Moses in the form of a key statement of his character. A statement that went on to be a central defining description of who he was. I'm not so much giving you an answer but telling you that how I resolved the previous three questions in my head would very likely determine how I personally understand the two passages. Think about it, pray about it and see what you think. |
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130 | different versions of Daniel 9:25 | Dan 9:26 | Beja | 221467 | ||
jan, I'm struggling to make sense out of what this is saying, but if I understand correctly, it is suggesting that the "messiah" figure here referred to shows up after the 7 weeks rather than after the 62 weeks. If we just look at the next verse it should help dispell this notion. In verse 26 the messiah is then cut off. Did this prince live over the entire span of the 62 weeks, 400 plus years? As far as the 7 weeks and 62 weeks being seperate time periods, I've never seen a translation that does not acknowledge this. I do not see how it makes their case. Hope I haven't missunderstood. In Christ, Beja |
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131 | Is there a literal restoration of Isreal | Amos 9:15 | Beja | 226458 | ||
Bob W, Your answers will vary greatly depending on how people understand many other scriptural issues. For my part, I believe that these prophecies and promises are being fulfilled right now through Christ and His Church, and will be climatically fullfilled when Christ returns. In Christ, Beja |
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132 | Verse 14 About Judas or Israel and Judah | Zech 11:14 | Beja | 206601 | ||
Personally I understand the whole passage to be referring to the current situation. I just don't think the reference to the thirty pieces of silver in verse 13 merits understanding the whole passage as speaking about Judas. Far more likely it is talking about the very near judgement of God on this nation and later thinkers has the infamous 30 pieces of silver in mind when reading it. | ||||||
133 | Is forgiving the unrepentent scriptural? | Matthew | Beja | 223264 | ||
Biblenovice, I intend this really as a response to all three of your posted questions, but I'll just pick one so as to leave others up for people to answer. My response is actually a question for you though. Do you attend a church? Very much of what you ask contains so many confusions and missunderstandings that it would be quite a task to straighten them all out in a single response. These should be delt with through careful instruction week after week in a local congregation. If you do not attent a church then I tell you right now, THAT is the means appointed by God for your instruction, and you would do well to attend to it. These forums are and will always be, very limited in its ability to help you. In Christ, Beja |
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134 | was jesus ever, "wanted dead or alive"? | Matthew | Beja | 223833 | ||
bryan, I encourage you to read the gospels and get back to us on what you discover regarding that. In Christ, Beja |
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135 | How many churches will be saved? | Matthew | Beja | 241043 | ||
Hi Jasper, I tried to post once already and it didn't work, so if this duplicates forgive me. I just wanted to point out that Baptists do not derive their name from John the Baptist of scripture, but rather from their conviction concerning a post conversion baptism rather than infant baptism. Blessings, Beja |
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136 | Baptized by Holy Spirit? | Matt 3:11 | Beja | 239530 | ||
Justin, With regards to being baptized by fire. I am inclined to see a stronger parallel between verse eleven and twelve. The fire in verse twelve is clearly judgment. So in eleven we see baptisms of spirit and fire. And in twelve we see the gathering of the wheat and the burning of the chaff. Now this being said there is no doubt that I am in happy agreement with the fact that tongues of fire settled upon them at Pentecost and I am also in happy agreement that the Holy Spirit works mightly upon the souls of men and that sometimes a burning passion is a quite apt description of that. I just don't think that these things are what is being referred to in Matt 3:12. Likewise the other posters will agree that there is a judgment in which God will separate the wheat and the chaff and it will be a judgment of fire. So we have a pretty substantial agreement in doctrine, we just don't agree which is being referred to here. In Christ, Beja |
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137 | Saying we are sorry to one another! | Matt 5:1 | Beja | 240430 | ||
LovemyLord7, Take a look at Matthew 5:23-24. It doesn't use the exact words "Say you are sorry" but the principle of us taking the initiative in reconciling ourselves to those who "have something against us" meaning we have wronged them. In Christ, Beja |
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138 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 5:17 | Beja | 223163 | ||
Robert, It has been two days since the post which I'm responding to, but I've only just now back tracked through the thread. So forgive me if this thread would be considered dead. However, I would just like to highly reccommend to you a book by the name of "Marrow of Modern Divinity." It is a somewhat old book but it is a very simple and enjoyable read as far as those old books go. I believe if you truely want to learn about this then this book would would be worth thousands of dollars for the clarity it gives on such a crucial understanding of....well...pretty much the heart of everything. The good news is that I downloaded it free online. I think if you go to www.monergism.com (a fantastic site) and do a search for it then it will lead you to a place where you can get it free online! I hope it is as edifying for you as it has been for me. I've not yet even found the time to finish it yet from the little over half of it which I've read it would probably be one of my top ten reccommended books anybody reading this post. A MUST READ. In Christ, Beja |
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139 | Is anger or hate the same as murder? | Matt 5:21 | Beja | 229027 | ||
Goldie Joe, I would not articulate it in that way, but here is the passage you are most likely looking for. Matthew 5:21,22 In Christ, Beja |
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140 | my future wife hits me. What do i do? | Matt 5:44 | Beja | 232661 | ||
Mingo, Perhaps you shouldn't marry her? In Christ, Beja |
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