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121 | Why tradition more than the word of God? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 181730 | ||
What does the Bible say about tithing? 'The tithe is an Old Testament concept. The tithe was basically a requirement of the law in which all Israelites were to give 10 percent of everything they earn and grow to the tabernacle/temple (Lev 27:30; Num 18:26; Deut 14:24; 2Chr 31:5). Some understand the Old Testament tithe as a method of taxation to provide for the needs of the priests and Levites of the sacrificial system. 'The New Testament nowhere mentions the tithe system and nowhere recommends that New Covenant believers follow it. Paul states that believers should set aside a portion of their income in order to support the church (1Cor 16:1-2). The New Testament nowhere assigns a certain percentage of income to set aside, but only says it is to be “in keeping with his income” (1Cor 16:2). The Christian church took the 10 percent figure from the Old Testament tithe and applied it as a “recommended minimum” for Christians in their giving. However, New Covenant believers should not feel obligated to always give 10 percent. They should give as they are able, “in keeping with his income”. Sometimes that means giving more than 10 percent, sometime that may mean giving less than 10 percent. It all depends on the ability of the giver and the needs of the church. 'Each and every Christian should diligently pray and seek God’s wisdom for how much he or she should give (James 1:5). “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver” (2Cor 9:7).' ____________________ Source: www.gotquestions.org/tithing.html |
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122 | Satan has GOD"S permission to do evil | Luke 22:31 | kalos | 181669 | ||
Giantofdespair, Welcome to the forum. You have an interesting user name. My user name, Kalos, is the Greek word which is translated in the KJV as Honest. "So Mr. Great-Heart, old Honest, and the four young men, went to go up to Doubting Castle, to look for Giant Despair."* ____________________ *Bunyan, John, "Pilgrim's Progress", Christian Classics Ethereal Library, July 13, 2005, accessed January 1, 2007, http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/pilgrim.html Grace to you, Kalos |
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123 | What sort of New Year’s Resolution... | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 181646 | ||
What sort of New Year’s Resolution should a Christian make? 'The practice of making a New Year’s Resolution goes back over 3000 years to the ancient Babylonians. There is just something about the start of a New Year that gives us the feeling of a fresh start and a new beginning. In reality, there is no difference between December 31st and January 1st. Nothing mystical occurs at midnight on December 31st. The Bible does not speak for or against the concept of a New Year’s Resolution. However, if a Christian determines to make a New Year’s Resolution, what kind of resolution should he or she make...' To read more go to: www.gotquestions.org/new-years-resolution.html |
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124 | Judaize | Gal 2:14 | kalos | 181645 | ||
'Ju·da·ize To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism. 'They . . . prevailed on the Galatians to Judaize so far as to observe the rites of Moses in various instances. They were Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation of the Mosaic law.' (http://www.answers.com/topic/judaize-1) Galatians 2:14 New Living Translation When I saw that they were not following the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter in front of all the others, "Since you, a Jew by birth, have discarded the Jewish laws and are living like a Gentile, why are you trying to make these Gentiles obey the Jewish laws you abandoned?" "...How, then, can you try to force Gentiles to live like Jews?" Good News Translation "...So how can you insist that people who are not Jewish must live like Jews?" God's Word Translation "...how do you dare now to urge and practically force the Gentiles to [comply with the ritual of Judaism and] live like Jews?" The Amplified Bible |
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125 | Question of the Week | Gal 2:14 | kalos | 181644 | ||
Question of the Week: "Why are you trying to make these Gentiles obey the Jewish laws you abandoned?" Galatians 2:14 New Living Translation When I saw that they were not following the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter in front of all the others, "Since you, a Jew by birth, have discarded the Jewish laws and are living like a Gentile, why are you trying to make these Gentiles obey the Jewish laws you abandoned?" "...How, then, can you try to force Gentiles to live like Jews?" Good News Translation "...So how can you insist that people who are not Jewish must live like Jews?" God's Word Translation "...how do you dare now to urge and practically force the Gentiles to [comply with the ritual of Judaism and] live like Jews?" The Amplified Bible |
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126 | "...we must not settle for anything less | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 181643 | ||
"...we must not settle for anything less than the correct interpretation of the Bible, since it is the very Word of God." 'As a student of the Bible you have probably encountered someone who disagrees with your interpretation of a passage. That person may be a cultist, a member of another Christian denomination, or even another member of your own church or family. When a debate over the meaning of a passage can’t be settled, often someone says, “That’s just your interpretation,” or, “No one really knows what this means, so let’s just agree to disagree.” It is true that we should hold our interpretations with humility, but we must not settle for anything less than the correct interpretation of the Bible, since it is the very Word of God. 'In principle, it is possible to have a correct interpretation of the Bible (to argue otherwise is self-defeating), but this doesn’t guarantee that we will discover it. In practice, we must use sound principles of interpretation in order to know what the Bible means. These sound principles of interpretation are known as the grammatical-historical method. This simply means that we understand the meaning of the words and sentences of the Bible according to the way they were normally used by the speakers of the language, and in their historical context. To do this we must interpret the Bible in light of five factors: its original languages, its historical/cultural setting, its kinds of literature, the principles of communication and understanding, and our own preunderstandings and presuppositions. Each of these factors plays a significant role in good Bible study. By learning how to apply the basic principles of interpretation we can understand and interpret the Bible correctly.' To read more go to: www.equip.org/free/DI501-1.htm ____________________ Excerpt from: Feature Article: DI501-1 PRACTICAL HERMENEUTICS: HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR BIBLE CORRECTLY (PART ONE) by Thomas A. Howe This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 25, number 4 (2003). http://www.equip.org/free/DI501-1.htm |
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127 | Listen, America! | Mal 2:17 | kalos | 181620 | ||
Listen, America! You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, "How have we wearied Him?" In that you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delights in them," or, "Where is the God of justice?" Malachi 2:17 NASB |
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128 | Which version to memorize | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 181613 | ||
For more information about the English Standard Version go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ English_Standard_Version |
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129 | How many children did Adam and Eve have? | Gen 3:20 | kalos | 181599 | ||
NASB Genesis 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. | ||||||
130 | Were Ananias and Sapphira believers? | Acts 5:5 | kalos | 181598 | ||
Good verses, Edwin. Very appropriate. Grace to you, John |
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131 | Which version to memorize | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 181596 | ||
Anotherview, To see a video that is an introduction to the English Standard Version, go to: http://www.esv.org/about/video.intro To read the ESV online go to: http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/ For a side by side comparison of the ESV with other versions go to: http://studylight.org/par/ For what it's worth, if I had to choose between the NASB and the ESV, I couldn't do it. In my opinion, they are tied for first place. Grace to you, John |
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132 | Which version to memorize | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 181595 | ||
Hank, Very well said. Excellent post. John |
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133 | No one wants advice | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 181552 | ||
Mine too, New Creature. Grace to you, John |
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134 | "The Word of God in English" | Deut 4:2 | kalos | 181523 | ||
"The Word of God in English" 'The fallacy of thinking that a translation should translate the meaning rather than the words of the original is simple: There is no such a thing as disembodied thought, emancipated from words. Ideas and thoughts depend on words and are expressed by them. When we change the words, we change the meaning.' Ryken, Leland, "The Word of God in English", Crossway Books, 2002 WOGE |
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135 | No one wants advice | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 181517 | ||
"No one wants advice, only corroboration." -John Steinbeck (1902-1968) | ||||||
136 | Who is a Jew? | Acts 21:39 | kalos | 181515 | ||
Jew(s) (Definition) 'The word Jew is derived ultimately from the tribe of Judah through Middle English Iewe, Old French Ieu, Latin Iudaeus, and Greek Ioudaios (compare the woman's name Judith, which originally meant “Jewess”). 'The Old Testament Era. The Hebrew yehudim meant originally DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH and then THOSE WHO INHABITED THE TERRITORIES CLAIMED BY THEM (2 Kings 16:6; 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 32:12)...' (Emphasis added.)To read more go to: www.studylight.org/dic/hbd/ (Butler, Trent C. Editor.. "Entry for 'JEWS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT'". "Holman Bible Dictionary".) * * * * * * * * * * * * * 'Originally, a Jew was A MEMBER OF THE STATE of Judah during the period of the division of Israel into two nations: Judah and Israel. It became a common reference from the 8th century B.C. Today it is used of ADHERENTS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION.' (Emphasis added.) (http://www.carm.org/dictionary/dic_i-k.htm#Jews) * * * * * * * * * * * * * 'Jew (jû) 'n. '1. An adherent of Judaism as a religion or culture. '2. A member of the widely dispersed people originally descended from the ancient Hebrews and sharing an ethnic heritage based on Judaism. '3. A native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Judah.' (www.answers.com/topic/jew) * * * * * * * * * * * * * 'The Hebrew name "Yehudi" (plural Yehudim) came into being when the Kingdom of Israel was split between the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah. The term originally referred to the people of the southern kingdom, although the term B'nei Yisrael (Israelites) was still used for both groups. After the Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom leaving the southern kingdom as the only Israelite state, the word Yehudim gradually came to refer to people of the Jewish faith as a whole, rather than those specifically from Judah. The English word Jew is ultimately derived from Yehudi (see Etymology). Its first use in the Bible to refer to the Jewish people as a whole is in the Book of Esther.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew) 'Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew vary slightly depending on whether a religious or national approach to identity is used. For discussions of the religious views on who is a Jew and how these views differ from each other, please see Who is a Jew? (Who is a Jew? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). Generally, in modern secular usage, Jews include three groups: people who practice Judaism and have a Jewish ethnic background (sometimes including those who do not have strictly matrilineal descent), people without Jewish parents who have converted to Judaism; and those Jews who, while not practicing Judaism as a religion, still identify themselves as Jewish by virtue of their family's Jewish descent and their own cultural and historical identification with the Jewish people.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew) |
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137 | what judge offered up his only son | Judg 11:30 | kalos | 181486 | ||
No, Jephthah did not offer up his son. Jephthah did not even have a son. Judges 11:34-35 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. |
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138 | Could Jesus sin? | Col 2:9 | kalos | 181472 | ||
1 John 2:27 '"You have no need for anyone to teach you." Both "you's" are plural and refer to the believing community as a whole; there is no ground here for a hyper-individualistic understanding of the Gospel wherein the views of other believers and the gathering of believers together are considered unimportant' (Jewish New Testament Commentary, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1992). | ||||||
139 | Could Jesus sin? | Col 2:9 | kalos | 181455 | ||
Edwin, Your post to Tim is a good one. And thanks for clarifying what you wrote earlier. I just didn't get it the first few times I read it, but now I do after you explained it to me. A very Merry Christmas to you! John |
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140 | Is masturbation wrong? | Rom 2:15 | kalos | 181450 | ||
Judgement is not our responsibility? The Myth of Never Judging That we are never to judge is an idea not taught in Scripture. In the NT what does "judge" mean? In the New Testament the word translated "judge" means: try, investigate, inquire into, discern, pass disciplinary judgment [passing censuring sentence as the facts require], discern the difference between right and wrong, decide grievances, disputes, and quarrels, think over and make up your mind, searchingly examine, pay attention and weigh and discern [what is said], examine, test and evaluate. Do not judge? Do not judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves. Matthew 7:1 Amplified New Testament "7:1 Judge not. As the context reveals, this does not prohibit all types of judging (v. 16). There is a righteous kind of judgment we are supposed to exercise with careful discernment (John 7:24). Censorious, hypocritical, self-righteous, or other kinds of unfair judgments are forbidden; but in order to fulfill the commandments that follow, it is necessary to discern dogs and swine (v. 6) from one's own brethren (vv. 3-5)" (MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997). A careful reading of the NT and a study of the passages in which the English word "judge" appears may surprise you. According to the Scriptures (see below), Christians are to judge: - all things - those who are inside the church - the world - angels - what is said or taught - ourselves So believers are to judge at least six different kinds of things or individuals. Scriptural examples of Christians judging are presented below. The following Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version (NKJV) unless otherwise noted. In quotations from the NKJV, all words enclosed in parentheses ( ) or brackets [ ] are from the text of the Amplified New Testament (AMP). 1 Co 2:15 (AMP) But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into questions, and discerns all things], yet is himself to be put on trial and judged by no one . . . 1 Co 5: 12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge (pass disciplinary judgment [passing censuring sentence on them as the facts require] AMP) those who are inside [the church]? 1 Co 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge (and govern) the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge (try) the smallest matters? 1 Co 6:3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels (and pronounce opinion between right and wrong [for them] AMP)? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 1 Co 6:5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge (to decide [the private grievances, disputes, and quarrels] AMP) between his brethren? 1 Co 10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge (think over and make up your minds AMP) for yourselves [about] what I say. 1 Co 11:31 For if we would judge (searchingly examine) ourselves [detecting our shortcomings and recognizing our own condition AMP], we would not be judged. 1 Co 14:29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge (pay attention and weigh and discern what is said AMP). 2 Co 13:5 (AMP) Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves... |
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