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121 | Ordaining Others... | 2 Tim 2:15 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121774 | ||
Hi, Justme! Very good post. While I understand the zeal to work for God, I also understand the importance of spiritual preparation. I've been called by God to be a teacher/evangelist (I didn't even know what an evangelist was when I was called, imagine if I had gone out trying to evangelize!!). However, the last thing I want to do is go out and teach people wrongly and become a stumbling block to others. I think what you said about being a "lone ranger" is very important. As I grow spiritually, I see the importance of staying under leadership: it teaches the soul subjection and humility - both are needed when commissioned by God, or else we'll be out there teaching of ourselves. Also, patience and long-suffering are important while you've been called to a ministry, but haven't been sent out yet. I learned that it doesn't matter how much zeal you have if you are not lead by the Holy Ghost, you are ineffective - a voice in the wilderness! WalkingTalkingBible |
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122 | How do you define cult? | Bible general Archive 2 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121767 | ||
Psalms 8:4 and Hebrews 2:7 speak of humans. Hebrews 2:9 speaks of Jesus (that's why he says, "but Jesus"). "A little lower" because He manifested in the flesh like man - for the purpose of putting sin to death. 1 Timothy 3:16 says, "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." Jesus is God. Now as a woman of God concerned for your soul, I wouldn't advise you to look in Webster's Dictionary for a Godly definition, you are only going to get a carnal definition. For a better understanding of the Word of God, I would first advise you to ask God to fill you with the Holy Ghost (He will teach you all things - John 14:26), use a reference such as a concordance and an approved commentary, in addition to sound teaching in a truth teaching church (ask and God will direct you to one). The only time "goddess" is used in the Bible is to refer to pagan worship, which is against God. I'm only telling you all of this because denying a part of God is denying Him completely. WalkingTalkingBible |
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123 | speaking in tongues | NT general Archive 1 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121759 | ||
Tongues, as one of the signs of the in-dwelling of the Holy Ghost (Mark 16:17) can be found in Acts 2:4;10:46;19:6. Tongues, as a Spiritual gift can be found in 1 Corinthians 12, 13, and 14. WalkingTalkingBible |
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124 | Is it necessary to be a member? | Acts | WalkingTalkingBible | 121357 | ||
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125 | Is it necessary to be a member? | Acts | WalkingTalkingBible | 121355 | ||
Hi, Searcher56! Can you help me understand "accountability?" I'm thinking as far as paying tithe. Also, if you don't mind reading what I wrote to Rowdy, I'm not sure I understand "covering." Is it the same as "accountability?" WalkingTalkingBible |
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126 | Is it necessary to be a member? | Acts | WalkingTalkingBible | 121354 | ||
Thanks Rowdy, this does help. Just one question on your response (I think I might already know the answer): In Acts 2 wasn't God adding to the Church, as the body of Christ? Or both the body of Christ and individual churches? I know Paul set up individual churches in Ephesus, Thessalonica, etc. My friend and her husband visit my church frequently (my friend just received Christ, again, in her life) and people tell them they need to join a church for a covering. I guess that's what I don't understand, "covering." WalkingTalkingBible |
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127 | Wlerin do you make other expections? | Rom 8:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121347 | ||
What are expections? | ||||||
128 | Is it necessary to be a member? | Not Specified | WalkingTalkingBible | 121336 | ||
Is it necessary for a believer to join a church as opposed to just attending church service regularly? Some say that the church provides a "covering for the soul." The only verse I can think of right now is "forsaking not the assembling of ourselves. . ." WalkingTalkingBible |
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129 | Is it necessary to be a member? | Acts | WalkingTalkingBible | 121339 | ||
Is it necessary for a believer to join a church as opposed to just attending church service regularly? Some say that the church provides a "covering for the soul." The only verse I can think of right now is "forsaking not the assembling of ourselves. . ." WalkingTalkingBible |
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130 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121297 | ||
Thank you, BradK. I only thought that you took sin lightly because agreed with those that believe that it's okay for a believer to sin and not repent and confess. If you do believe that teaching, what more can I say? But let's not get into to that again. Let's just pray. WalkingTalkingBible |
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131 | John 4:10. Is God an it? Who is this? | John 4:10 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121282 | ||
What the others have shared with you is very edifying. I just wanted to throw in there, that John 4:24 says God is a Spirit. I identify God as "He" because He is the Father. Your question is a good one. I'm interested also to see how this thread goes! WalkingTalkingBible |
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132 | filled with holy spirit? | Rom 8:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121280 | ||
Hank, I don't know what you have against me, but Acts 2:4 says that they spoke in tongues as the Spirit gave utterance. No, you won't find "initial sign" in the Bible when refering to tongues, but that's why it is important to be filled with the Holy Spirit (Ghost - same Being), He will teach you all things. Read in Acts, where others were being filled with the Holy Ghost, the believers didn't know the others had been filled with the Holy Ghost until they heard them speak in tongues. Have you ever felt the presence of God? What will you call it? It seems that if I use "experience" I'm wrong. The baptism of the Holy Ghost is when He baptizes all believers into the body of Christ. The indwelling, or filling, of the Holy Ghost is when the believer is empowered to be witnesses unto God, to live the Holy life God calls for, and to continue in the faith until Jesus returns. You judge me by saying that I rely on my own feelings. But since I know God and not of Him, I can truthfully say that His presence is beautiful. I have a personal relationship with Him and not a theological one. WalkingTalkingBible |
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133 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121265 | ||
Hi, Rowdy! I don't regret saying any of my words because they were not in vain. Please read my post after you've read theirs and you'll find that I was asking them questions just like they asked me. I don't think God brings us together so that we can continue to live in error, but we are helpers one to another, learning from each other. I merely responded to "What a sad thing it is to view God's precious gift of eternal life as a maddening cycle of salvation...sin...no salvation...repent...salvation again...sin...no salvation...repent...salvation again...etc. ad infinitum. I have never been given to understand how or why honest and sincere Christians can espouse and promulgate a belief like this that is so foreign to sound scriptural doctrine. –Hank" and "Do you love God? Are you afraid of Him? What is your motivation for obedience? What kind of life is it if one is constantly wondering if they "measure up" - combing through every thought and action, looking for some possible sign of sin? Sadly, we don't know how to "wash one another's feet." mommapbs" WalkingTalkingBible |
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134 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121235 | ||
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. . ." (Hosea 4:6) I won't "revile again" because I know who I am and Whose I am. . . Hank, BradK and yourself can continue to believe what you want to because it satisfies your flesh. To believe that you don't have to confess and repent for your sins says either of two things: 1) You don't know God 2) You believe you no longer sin I don't say this to put you down or try to make you feel bad, but to expose the spirit of error that is deceiving you. "IF we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9) John was not talking to unbelievers. He goes on to say in 1 John 2:1-2, "And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." The reason I say you may not know God is because the very ministry of the Holy Ghost is to convict, reprove, teach, and guide (John 14:26, 16:8-11, 13). While we confess those known sins when we first received salvation, there are other sins that we commit, and at first, we either have no control or we didn't know it was a sin. But God says in James 4:17, "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." The Holy Ghost shows us the difference between good and evil, why? So we can shrug and say it has all been taken care of by Jesus?? What a lie to say we know Him and love Him, knowing that it was our sin that He died for, knowing that sin offends Him, and then to sin and not even ask for forgiveness???? What kind of relationship with God do you have? One that's justified in your own minds, I'm afraid! If you believe you no longer sin - you are simply a liar! I don't call you a liar, God does! (1 John 1:8) Brothers and Sister, be not deceived. God said, "The soul that sin, it shall die." Yes, I have Godly fear of God in that He is serious when it comes to sin. Please don't take sins lightly. As believers, we have more of a responsibility not to sin (we are written epistles, read among men). Don't be deceived to think that you are going to enter into a Holy place with a Holy Being with unconfessed and unrepented sin. Sin doesn't make salvation null and void, but the one who sins blots his/her own name out of the book of life. With sincere concern and love, WalkingTalkingBible |
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135 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121216 | ||
God bless you, Rowdy, for your understanding is evident that you are TRULY led by the Spirit of God! Your Sister in Christ, WalkingTalkingBible |
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136 | What verse talks about homosexuality | Lev 20:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121214 | ||
Leviticus 18:22, 20:13; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (effiminate means homosexual) WalkingTalkingBible |
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137 | filled with holy spirit? | Rom 8:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121192 | ||
Hi, Leonore! Don't beat yourself up, no one knows it all but God! It is better to get understanding than to walk in the darkness of one's own mind. According to Acts 2:4, "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." The "speaking in tongues" is the initial (or preliminary) sign of the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. The evidence of the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, according to Galatians 5:22-23, is the fruit of the Spirit: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance. . ." Yes, I am filled with the Holy Ghost. When I praise Him and worship Him, with all that's in me, His presence surrounds me. It's such a beautiful experience!! He is that Love everyone is looking for! His presence prompts you to magnify Him and when you are totally out of self -with nothing or no one on your heart but Him, He lets His presence be known. And while you are magnifying Him, your words become His words and that's the utterance (or tongues). I don't speak in tongues everytime, but each one of our relationships with Him is different. Because the Holy Ghost is God, sin is an offense to Him. He will dwell with you and in you as long as you want Him to. The ministry of the Holy Ghost is to: 1) Reprove (point out a fault or error or to expose something as it really is) the world of sin, which reveals the need of redemption 2) Reprove the world of righteousness, which is to reveal the possibility of redemption 3) Reprove the world of judgment, which is to reveal the reality of redemption (John 16:7-11) The Holy Ghost will not dwell with sin, that's why He points it out so the believer can confess it and ask for forgiveness. If a person continues to willfully sin, the Holy Ghost is not dwelling within - not because He leaves them, but because they have chosen to leave Him. Contrary to "popular belief," God does not dwell with sin! But as you continue to grow spiritually and fall in love with Him more and more, it will be nothing to praise and worship Him and He will continue to let His presence be known to you! WalkingTalkingBible |
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138 | How Can I surender to God | Luke 9:23 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121180 | ||
Hi, Patrickabborro! Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, and Luke 9:23 says, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." WalkingTalkingBible |
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139 | marriage annulment | Bible general Archive 2 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121125 | ||
Hi, Biblegrlx, a marriage annulment is a legal annuling or making void of a marriage between a husband and a wife who have not consummated their marriage. I don't know what is "legal" in some churches today (seems like everything), but God's Word says in Matthew 19:3-6, 9: "The Pharisees also came unto Him, tempting Him, and saying unto Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And He answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain (two) shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain (two), but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." WalkingTalkingBible |
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140 | can you explain a little more? thanks | Rom 8:13 | WalkingTalkingBible | 121123 | ||
Hi, Leonore and welcome to the family of God!! Angel and Zsuzsi have given you some very good, Godly advice! I just want to encourage you to take your time and really get to know God. Ask God (if you haven't already) to fill you with the Holy Ghost. "But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]." John 16:13 (Amplified Version) Your Sister in Christ, WalkingTalkingBible |
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