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121 | Alone and loneliness? | Gen 2:18 | Lionstrong | 49017 | ||
Dear Momma, Paul wished that all believers were gifted by God to be celibate, just as he and Jesus were. (1 Cor. 7) Celibate believers can devote all their time to the work of the Lord, instead of splitting it between the Lord and their spouse. And like Jesus and Paul, celibate believers would not be alone working with a team. I think it's a shame that believers while waiting for a spouse, waste their singleness when they could be fruitfully using their time for the Lord. Lonely Marriages? I take this to mean an estranged couple. If they are both believers, then they need asked the Lord's help to love each other. And if they are not both believers and the unbeliever wants to leave, then... 1 Cor 7. Peace, |
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122 | who created satan? | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 20004 | ||
Thanks for your question, Spark: But the question is not WHO. We know the answer to the who. "All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being." Now, your question is also why. Why would God create his own nemesis? A question asking the implications of a position is helpful in possibly exposing the inconsistencies of that position. So I appreciate the question, Spark. But if I understand what you mean by nemesis, like Sherlock Holme's Professor Moriarty (sp?), I don't see it that way. For one, it's impossible for the Almighty to have such an opponent. Satan is more powerful than man is, I admit. I see him, however, as merely an evil spiritual being who, though acting according to his evil nature, nevertheless does exactly what God has plan for him to do to accomplish God's good, holy and perfect will. Again, thanks for your thoughts and questions, Spark. Lionstrong |
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123 | Did God create evil? | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 20245 | ||
Dear Jensen, This thread was_STARTED_with MY question. Let's deal with it, (So far it has not been dealt with.) and then we can move on to yours. Peace, Lionstrong |
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124 | Does Lstrong believe God created evil? | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 20777 | ||
Can you prove this negative statement, Jensen, "God is not evil?" I think you easily can. It is false that a negative statement can't be proven. (Note that this is a negative statement also. So prove the negative statement that you cannot prove a negative!) So, anyway, to state it positively, "It would still be consistent with the goodness of God if he had created Satan evil." ....... Clear enough, my friend? ..........Did God in fact create Satan evil? I'm not sure, but Jesus does say that he was a murderer from the beginning. (Jn 8:44) ......... Peace, Lionstrong | ||||||
125 | Distiction in "will" not "rationality" | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 153954 | ||
Rom 1:21 24 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.... Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. Luke 12:47 "And that slave who knew his master's will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes, Luke 12:48 but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more. RWC, I'm glad to see that my posts are still getting some circulation! But you're right! No one so far has proposed the will as that which distinguishes men and angels from the rest of creation. And I'm surprised that no one of the "free will" persuasion ever brought up your observation. But I will have to respectfully disagree. The uniqueness of men and angels is not their volition, their ability to choose; and the image of God in man is not the will. As the above quoted passages demonstrate, knowledge, not will, is the basis of responsibility. "Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin," James says. (James 4:17) Knowledge requires rationality, understanding. This, animals do not have. Ps 32:9 says, "Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding." So, the image of God is not the will, but rationality. |
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126 | Isn't the main point volition | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 154030 | ||
Hi Bob, Please excuse the brevity of this answer. Man is not an animal. If one would look at the classifications of created things he finds in Genesis chapter one (I think a posted something along this line) he would come up with several. For example, on the fifth day God created living creatures that occupy the waters. The variety of these creatures is beyond the imagination! The same is true of those creatures he made to occupy the sky. Here you have two biblical classifications -- fish of the sea and birds of the air. But the final classification, the thing God created last is something that only one creature occupies. It is in a class by itself. It is the class of the image of God and the only creature that occupies that classification is man. The animals belong to different classes such as water, air, cattle and creeping things (v.26). Man belongs to none of those classes. Man is not an animal. Non-believers of our culture do not see man as the image of God. Man is seen as a smart animal or a machine. To our culture the difference between man and non-man is only a matter of degrees. This is not the biblical view. Man is unique among all God’s creatures. He is made in God’s image and has been give benevolent dominion over the earth and will judge angels. Yes, there are similarities in the bodies of men and animals, but that is because God has made us to live in the same environment. And the image of God is not man’s body. My point about animals is that they are not rational. They have not understanding. They do not think. “Animal intelligence” is only an expression. And I also need to add that animals are not made in the image of God nor in any degree of the image of God. I agree that a human person has thought, will and emotion. You think man is an animal and that other animals can think and emote but not choose, and that this inability to choose separates man from the “other” animals. I see no biblical basis for classifying man as an animal. And he is not an animal. He is the image of God. What distinguishes man from the animal is his rational mind, which is the image of God. Moral choices cannot be made without a rational mind. Animals cannot be immoral. One must understand the command of God in order to keep it. Adam understood and transgressed. |
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127 | What was Eve's sin? | Gen 3:6 | Lionstrong | 19413 | ||
Let's reword the question: for what did God curse Adam and Eve with death? Eve's sin was eating the forbidden fruit. Gen 3:11,17 And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"...Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'..." For what were they cursed? * Not for…believing Satan. For this God did not pass the sentence of death. * Not for…believing that which was contrary to what God had said. For this God did not pass judgement. * Not for…disbelieving what God had said. For this God did not pronounce the curse. Eve was tricked, and in her deception she disobeyed the express command of God (Gen. 3:13, I Tim. 2:14). Eve's sin was eating the forbidden fruit. For this transgression God carried out his threat of death. I do not deny the corruption of man's heart SINCE THE FALL, nor the sin of unbelief that proceeds from such a heart, but Eve's heart was not evil. She was duped! Jeremiah 17:9 and Gen. 8:21 did not apply to her. She was created innocent. I don’t think this issue is a big deal. This doesn’t have great theological ramifications, but we simply tend to get too spiritual and go beyond what the Scripture says. (For responses of ridicule, derision or personal attacks please e-mail me. Responses based on I Tim. 3:16 and Eph 4:15 are welcomed.) Peace, Lionstrong Gen 3:13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." 1 Tim 2:14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. Jer 17:9 "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? Gen 8:21 "...the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth..." |
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128 | Satan take the place of God in Genesis? | Gen 3:22 | Lionstrong | 15191 | ||
Gen 3:5 "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Gen 3:22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- Dear Ricardo, It wasn't becoming a sinner that made man like God. It was knowing good and evil that made man like God. In both verses it says "you will be like God, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL." I hope this helps. And welcome to the StudyBible Forum! Peace, Lionstrong |
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129 | Where did evil come from? | Gen 3:22 | Lionstrong | 83659 | ||
"evil does not exist. Evil is simply the absence of God. Evil is a term man developed to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. It isn't like truth, or love, which exist as virtues like heat and light. Evil is simply the state where God is not present, like cold without heat or darkness without light." The professor had nothing to say" Since this is a forum for Bible study, someone should do a study on the subject of evil. I'm sure the above statement will prove to be false and sophistic. Sin is evil. And sin is not the absence of God. Besides, God is omnipresent. So if God (who, by the way, created the tree of the knowledge of good and evil) is everywhere, then there would be no evil, if the above view of evil were true. Even if we make our bed in hell, God is there. (Ps 139:8) |
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130 | Are all men created in God's image? | Gen 5:3 | Lionstrong | 16107 | ||
Man, the Image of God Dear Bill, Man is the image of God. ¶. Gen. 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Gen. 1:27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. ¶. God created MAN in his image. Adam was the NAME of the first man, but Man the creature was created in the image of God. This was what he was created to be. This was his “kind.” As each creature was “made after its kind,” the kind of creature man was, was a creature made in the image of God, unique among all of God’s creatures, in a class by himself. God did not say, “Let us make Adam in our image...” It is on the basis of what man is that he is given dominion over the earth. Man is not an animal, and in our culture it is also necessary to maintain that man is not a machine either. ¶You might ask yourself some questions: If man is not the image of God, what is he? What makes man unique if it is not his being the image of God? On what basis is he to be treated differently from any other creature? ¶. Read the creation account and notice that each living creature falls into a certain class or group, “the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Gen. 1:26 But man is not placed in any of these categories. His is in a class by himself, the image of God. ¶. Other passages to consider: “Gen. 9:6 "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.”” It is on the basis of what man is -- the image of God -- that he cannot be treated like an animal ¶. 1 Cor. 11:7 For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. In more poetic language David affirms that man is the image of God which is the basis for his dominion over the earth: Ps. 8:3 ¶ When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; Ps. 8:4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him? Ps. 8:5 Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God, And dost crown him with glory and majesty! Ps. 8:6 Thou dost make him to rule over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet, Ps. 8:7 All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, Ps. 8:8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. ¶. You see how this psalm reflects Gen. 1. Peace, Lionstrong |
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131 | Is God still creating man in His image? | Gen 5:3 | Lionstrong | 16236 | ||
Dear Bill, Is God still creating man in His image? Part One I understand your question even though your wording isn’t quite right. If I were to answer your question as it is written, I would say no, God’s work of creation ended on the sixth day. But your question is, is fallen man still the image of God? Man, though fallen, is the image of God. Granted, the image is thoroughly corrupt, but it is still the image. Again I emphasize that what defines man as man, what distinguishes him from the animals and the rest of creation is that he is the image of God. No matter how tainted, man is the image of God. He has lost his holiness and righteousness in the Fall, but he did not cease to be what he is. He became a sinner; he did not become non-man. God defines man, even after the fall, as his image, “Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God he made man.” (Genesis 9:6) Let me put it another way. The image of God is not something that is part of man, something that man houses in his being. The image of God is WHAT MAN IS. It’s not part of man; it’s what man IS. I Corinthians 11:7 says that man “is the image and glory of God…” It is dangerous to deny to any man the image of God, no matter how evil he is or heinous his crimes. It is on the basis of the denial of the image of God that American slavery, worldwide abortion and stem cell research are justified. If man is a species of animal, it IS justified! But he’s not. He is not a species; he is not an animal; he is not a machine; he is the image of his creator, though the image is spoiled. The value of man, the only basis for the real value of man, is that he is the image of God. And the image of God is not only the basis for the value of man, but it is also the basis of justice (Genesis 9:6). And, most crucial, it is the basis for our redemption in Christ Jesus. At the Fall, man did not cease to be man; he ceased to be holy. At the Fall, man sought to satisfy his desire for knowledge and wisdom illegitimately. It plunged our race into sin and darkness. Our redemption in Christ restores that image to its original holiness, righteous and truth. Col. 3:10, 11 says, “…and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him-- a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.” Eph. 4:24 says, “…and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” continued in part two. |
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132 | Is God still creating man in His image? | Gen 5:3 | Lionstrong | 16237 | ||
...continued from part one. Is God still creating man in His image? Part Two Some Christians make a mistake in thinking that because man is a sinner he is nothing. No, it is the greatness of man the image of God that makes sense of all the trouble God has gone through to save him. And it is what makes a man’s loss so tragic. “AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER?” 1 Pet 4:18 Let me close by quoting what a group of many pastors have written to summarize what the Bible teaches about man. Notice that they speak of corruption of our nature and loss of righteousness, but not obliteration of the image of God: “After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls, endued with knowledge, righteousness and true holiness, after his own image, having the law of God written in their hearts, and power to fulfil it; and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change. Besides this law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures. “Our first parents being seduced by the subtlety and temptation of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin God was pleased according to his wise and holy counsel to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory. “By this sin they fell form their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body. “They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation. “From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions. “This corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated, and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, yet both itself, and all the motions thereof, are truly and properly sin. “Every sin, both original and natural being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth is its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner, whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God, and curse of the law, and so made subject to death, with all miseries spiritual, temporal, and eternal.” Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter four, section II, and chapter six. Peace, Lionstrong |
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133 | So what is God's vs. Adam's image? | Gen 5:3 | Lionstrong | 16239 | ||
Dear Bill, I'm pasting this from an earlier post. Peace, Lionstrong what is his image? Answer Gen 1:26 Lionstrong Mon 06/18/01, 5:15pm "...the first verse to be quoted, and for the purpose of showing that Scripture defines the image as knowledge and righteousness, is Colossians 3:10. The definition is derived by noting that the new man is such because God has renewed him after the image in which he was originally created. Ephesians 4:24 mentions righteousness, but Colossians has knowledge only. Its previous context speaks of "the old man with deeds." Then comes a contrast with "the new man." In what consists the renewal that makes the old man the new man? The verse says, He is renewed "to knowledge." He is renewed to knowledge according to the image of the Creator. That is to say, the image of God, in which image man was created, is knowledge. Of course this does not mean that Adam was omniscient: yet he had some knowledge, and this is not said of the animals. Since this knowledge comes by the act of breathing into Adam the spirit of life, the knowledge must be considered, not as the result of observation, since Adam had not yet observed anything at all, but as the apriori or the innate equipment for learning.... "The image must be reason because God is truth, and fellowship with him--a most important purpose in creation--requires thinking and understanding. Without reason man would doubtless glorify God as do the stars, stones and animals; but he could not enjoy him forever. Even if in God's providence animals survive death and adorn the heavenly realm, they cannot have what the Scripture calls eternal life because eternal life consists in knowing the only true God, and knowledge is an exercise of the mind or reason. Without reason there can be no morality or righteousness: These too require thought. Lacking these, animals are neither righteous nor sinful. Gordon Clark. "The Biblical Doctrine of Man." pages 14 and following. |
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134 | How many children did Adam and Eve have? | Gen 5:4 | Lionstrong | 66104 | ||
Hello Clerk, and Welcome to the Forum! Besides Cain, Abel and Seth, God does not tell us how many others there were. He just tells us: Gen 5:4 Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters. Considering how long they lived they may have had many. God just does not tell us. The important thing to remember is that Adam and Eve were the first and only parents of all of humanity. Adam is the head of the human race. When he fell into sin, all of humanity, except Christ, fell and became sinners with him. Rom 5:19, "For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners... " Christ is the head of the redeemed race. When he lived a sinless life and conquered sin and death on the cross, all who are in him become righteous. Rom 5:19, "For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous." Peace, |
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135 | Explanation of all the races? | Gen 10:32 | Lionstrong | 54652 | ||
Hello msbbic, And welcome to the Forum. The only logical answer (if one is not a racist) is that the diversity of human beings started with our first parents. We have bodies, right? just like other warm-blooded creatures that share the environment in which God made us to live. Man’s uniqueness is not his body but his soul. “And God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, man became a living soul.” (Gen. 2:7) With no other creature did Jesus do this. Our soul is the stamp of the image of our Creator. Although Man himself is not an animal, (which in our day this must be said very strongly) Man’s body is mammalian, and thus we share the characteristics of mammals including the diversity within each “kind.” (Gen. 1:11, 12, 21, 24, 25) In the dog “kind” we call that diversity breeds; in mankind we call it races. If God had not destroyed all mankind, except for eight people, in the Flood there probably would have been a greater diversity of races today. As it is, we only have the diversity that came from the eight who remained after the Flood. In my opinion, again, this is the only non-racist, biblical answer. Racist try to find human diversity in the “mark of Cain” (Gen. 4:15) or in the curse of Canaan (Gen. 9:25), but these explanations don’t square with the universal grace we find in the Gospel of Christ, nor the wonderful diversity of mankind we see today. Acts 17:26, 27, “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….” Col. 3:9-11, “Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him-- a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.” Peace, |
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136 | Did God really walk around the garden? | Gen 18:1 | Lionstrong | 30747 | ||
Welcome to the Forum, MSU: God is spirit (John 4:24) and as such does not have a body. Being almighty he can manifest himself in a body as he did to Abraham (Gen 18). Having said this, I've never been sure if there was physical manifestation in this case with our first parents. One thing is clear though, Adam was aware of the presence of God by the audible sound of God walking in the garden. One important point not to miss in this detail is that the Eternal, Almighty God is personal; and that man, before the Fall, had an intimate, personal relationship with this God! This relationship, lost for us in the Fall, can be retored to us in Christ! Enjoy the Forum! Peace, Lionstrong |
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137 | Why destroy Sodom and Gom if no God law | Gen 18:20 | Lionstrong | 8922 | ||
Hello, Lali, ........... Here are some verses I pulled up just in the New Testament alone on Sodom and Gomorrah: ............ Matt 10:15 "Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. 2 Matt 11:23 "And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. 3 Matt 11:24 "Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you." 4 Luke 10:12 "I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city. 5 Luke 17:29 but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 6 2 Pet 2:6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; 7 Jude 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. |
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138 | I am referring to the "LAW" of Moses. | Gen 18:20 | Lionstrong | 8927 | ||
Hi, Lali, ............ I hope these verses will help: ........... Rom 2:14 For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, Rom 2:15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, Rom 2:16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus. .............. Man is the image of God. As such he is a moral being after his Creator. Even though a man has never been exposed to the written Law, as the image of God he makes moral judgements. Sometimes those moral judgements agree with God's law. God will also judge man by the judgements a man passes on others. Matt 7:2 "For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you." ........... So, even by their own standard the Sodomites would no doubt would have been justly condemned. But to degree that they instinctively knew the law of God, they were justly condemned, even though at this point the Ten Commandments hadn't been written. In this case what Paul says in the verses I quoted above applies. |
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139 | How much wood could Issac carry? | Gen 22:7 | Lionstrong | 157602 | ||
Gen 22:6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. Gen 22:7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" See verse 7. He probably carried enough wood for a lamb, but enough not for a human sacrifice. They might have expected to find more wood at the place of sacrifice if they had need for more. The probably needed more wood after all, since God provided a ram in Isaac's place. You'll notice that the ram was caught in a thicket (v. 13). So, they had more stuff at that location that they could use to burn the sacrifice. |
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140 | First evidence of currency used? | Gen 23:16 | Lionstrong | 8852 | ||
Greetings, Nolan: Bible trivia? OK, would it be Gen. 23:16 where Abraham buys a burial place for his wife from Ephron of the sons of Heth? An interesting note is that apparently the use of currency was already well established in Abraham's day. Abraham's payment was according to the "commercial standard." On a weightier side I thinks this has implications on one's philosophy of economics. This is an example of free trade without apparent government intervention, control or interference. |
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