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141 | choking on a gnat | Matt 23:24 | Jesusman | 104015 | ||
This is the chapter where Jesus rebukes the Pharisees and Scribes. Actually, "rebukes" is putting it mildly. Each verse is an outlandish example of things done by them. In this particular section, Jesus is using opposites. In the preveious verse, Jesus essentially says that they majored in the minor aspects of the law, while ignoring the major and more important aspects of the law. Jesusman |
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142 | Unleavened Bread Prior to Passover? | Matt 26:17 | Jesusman | 32097 | ||
Hello, In Exodus at the first passover, it states that the feast of the unleavened bread begins on the evening of the fourteenth day and continues until the twenty-first day. So, what you have is on the fourteenth day, Passover, followed by the feast of the unleavened bread for seven days. On the fourteenth and twenty-first days, you have holy days in which no work is to be done. So, you have the Last supper on the 14th, Jesus dying and being buried on the 20th, resting on the 21st due to Passover week, resting on the 22nd due to Sabbath, and raising on the 23rd, which was a Sunday. Confused yet? :-) Jesusman |
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143 | Does Matt 28: 18 infer to do what Europe | Matt 28:18 | Jesusman | 192169 | ||
Greetings, I'm not sure if this is what you are wanting, but I will provide the insight I can. One difference between the European settlers and Jesus Christ is divine authority. In this passage, Jesus is not only saying that he has the authority to do anything he feels should be done, but that he has the capability also. The word here for "power" is the same word that we get our word "dynomite" from. Meaning the raw capacity to be able to accomplish a task. Jesus is claiming that God the Father granted the authority and the ability, not just on earth .. but basically everywhere. Now .. there is a parrallel passage in Acts chapter 1:1-8. There, Jesus is giving the Disciples the "power" or ability to accomplish what he wants them to. In this case it's to spread the teachings of Jesus around the world. Now .. notice he didn't give them any "authority" .. just "power". He told them what to do. Go and teach, and he gave them the ability to do so. Now .. with the European settlers, my american history is a little weak back that far, but I do know how harshly the native americans were treated. Much of it done in "the Name of God". This is a perversion of what Jesus commanded. No where does he say for his followers to go and "beat the daylights out of everyone and shove the gospel down their throats." He says to go .. teach .. and baptize. There is no hostile intent in the commands of Jesus in these passages. Such hostile actions in "the name of God" are the perversions of the true intent of the Word, and done so by selfish peoples, not true christians. History is filled with such examples. Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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144 | Notes on mark 3 for teen discussion | Mark | Jesusman | 189761 | ||
Well, you have three events taking place here, all linked together. It begins with the healing on the sabbath, and then with the questioning of jesus's authority, and finally his family arriving. If speaking to Teens, I would focus on the topic of self-worth. Jesus did what he did cause he was the son of God. He didn't need to prove anything, yet he spoke up when he felt it would be beneficial. He let his actions speak for him, and his words reflected that. As a teen, there is a lot of peer pressure to fit in, be popular, and to try and be what you aren't in order to be accepted by your peers. Jesus shows here that there is no need to compromise, and that the views of your peers mean little, but that you should more concerned about how God views you. Jesus loves you, Jesusman |
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145 | did jesus have brothers and sisters? | Mark 6:1 | Jesusman | 195374 | ||
Yes, he did. In one place, Mary and Jesus's brothers and sisters come to visit him, and another time, Jesus's brothers reject his teachings. So .. yes, Jesus had siblings. Jesusman |
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146 | why did Jesus curse fig tree? | Mark 11:14 | Jesusman | 26990 | ||
Simple. Jesus cursed the fig tree to set an example to everyone around him. The tree is a depiction of Israel. Israel was entrusted with God's Law and Message, but they didn't do anything with it. They kept it to themselves, made it unbelieveably difficult to follow, and was jealous of anyone who tried to staighten it out or bring them to the original intention of the Law. Israel wasn't producing any fruit, just as the tree wasn't. Like the tree, Israel seemed alive and prosperous, but their was no produce. A tree that doesn't have any produce when it should have, is a useless tree. At least that was the thinking then. So, by cursing the tree, Jesus was telling Israel that they didn't succeed in what they were supposed to do, and that God is moving on to a group that would do as He commands: the Gentiles. Remember the parable of the talents. Three men were given talents or money. One was given 6, another 4, and the other was given one. The man with 6 talents doubled his amount, as did the man with 4 talents. The man with only one talent buried his and did nothing with it. When they all brought their talents back to their master, he was unhappy with the man who buried his one talent that he took it and gave it to the man with 6 talents. I might have the talent amount wrong, but the jist of the story is there. Both the cursed tree and the parable of the talents share the same basic message. God has given you a purpose and the means to accomplish that purpose. Do nothing, and he will bring someone in who will. Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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147 | Explaination of Mark 13:28-31 | Mark 13:28 | Jesusman | 34291 | ||
Hello, Tim pretty much gave you the answer. That the generation that would witness the beginning the return of Christ will also witness the end of it. As for the usage of the fig tree, Jesus is pointing out that there are signals that have been given to warn you that certain things are about to happen. He uses the fig tree's signals to reflect that. The whole chapter can be summed up in two words: Be alert! Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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148 | If God gave us brains, why wouldn't he w | Mark 16:16 | Jesusman | 39909 | ||
Hello, Yes, God did give us brains and the capacity to think and to reason. We do not have rely upon blind faith alone in order to believe in God. For example, the Apostle John teaches that we are to test and examine as well as believe. The Apostle Paul praised the Bereans for putting his teachings to the test. So, with that, we have the right to test God and to test the Bible. Now, I know what you are possibly thinking. How can we test an invisible God? Well, we test what is not invisible. The Bible claims to be from God. As a result, we can put the Bible to the test. While we cannot test the invisible and spiritual aspects, we can test the scientific and historical areas. If we can prove the Bible correct historically and scientifically, then it is reasonable to assume that it is correct in the areas of the Spiritual and Divine. Do you see my point? Now for some facts about the Bible. First, the Bible has yet to be proven wrong historically. All of the events that have been tested and places that have been searched for have been found. For example: Dr Luke says that during the time when Jesus was to be born, Ceaser Augustus ordered that a census be taken. As a result, Mary and Joseph had to go to the town of their ancestors, namely Bethlahem. In recent years, Roman manuscripts have been found stating that a census was ordered by Augustus. This corroborates Dr. Luke's account in his Gospel. Another event concerns the various geneologies throughout the Bible. According to 18th century analysis, the creation took place around 4000 BC. That is calculated through the geneologies. However, Science has determined that the City of Jerico is possibly the oldest civilization dating to around 10,000 BC. There is an obvious contradiction. So, recently the geneologies were reexamined. A result of this examination showed that the geneologies, if taken literal, are not entirely feasible. Many of the people in early Genesis would've been alive during the Flood, and after it as well. A similar example, Noah's father missed living in the Seth's (Adam's Son) lifetime by only two years. Also, Abraham missed living in Noah's time by only two years. Other places and events involving the geneologies don't make sense. One event involving Moses' Grandfather shows that he had four sons and that each son became a nation numbering into the ten-thousands all before the Exodus. That would've been one busy family. These are only a few examples. Anyways, the result was a different interpretation concering the Geneologies. The modern view is known as the "Open-geneology" view. According to "Open Geneology", the people listed, especially in early Genesis and the Pentateuch, are the more famous members of the line. Also, the term "begat" that is used in these geneologies, which is often identified as meaning "became the Father of", can also mean "Became the Ancestor of". Thus showing that there are significant gaps within the Biblical geneologies. Applying these gaps changes the date of creation to take into account of the City of Jerico's dating, and thus places it to be prior to 10,000 BC. Another event concerns the process by which the Bible was transmitted before the invention of the printing press. Before the printing press, scribes would copy the Bible by hand. A person would read the old manuscript, and a group of scribes would copy it to a new peice of parchment. This has often been viewed as an inaccurate way of preserving the text, and that many errors would crop up. In the early 1920's, The Dead Sea Scrolls were found. These Scrolls date back to the 1st century BC and prior. They are the oldest collection of Manuscripts of the Old Testament to date. Along with the Dead Sea Scrolls is a complete copy of the Book of Isaiah. Prior to the finding of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest copy of Isaiah was dated to around 1000 AD. The one from the Dead Sea scrolls predates that by a 1000 years. It was believed that there would be numerous errors between them and the book of Isaiah would be unreliable. When placed side by side, there were only 18 errors found within the entire book containing 66 chapters. Of these errors, approx. 13 of them were errors in word order which doesn't amount to a hill of beans in translation. The rest of them was variations of word usage and punctuation, but the basic meaning was preserved. In all of the "errors" not one doctrine was effected and the basic meaning of the texts were clear. This proved that painstaking care was taken when copying a text. So, these are a few. Feel free to examine more. Jesusman For some resources, here are a few. 1) The Case for Christ. By Lee Strobel 2) The Case for Faith. By Lee Strobel 3) The Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. By: Norman Geisler 4) Evidence that Demands a verdict. By: Josh McDowell 5) Resurrection. By: Hank Henegraff. |
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149 | Explain Godhead Trinity? | Luke 3:22 | Jesusman | 196291 | ||
There are several ways to explain the Trinity and each one fails to accurately explain it 100 percent. Each of the member of the Godhead shares the same knowledge, power, ability, and authority. However, each member has a different function. The Father is the creator, and the judge. The Son is the savior, and husband of the Church. The Holy Spirit is the comforter and counsellor. Now .. All three are the same God. We serve one single God, not 3 of them. How such a union works is honestly beyond human understanding. All three members of the Godhead are one single God, yet all three are distinct from one another. The Closest I have ever come to explaining this is via looking at a corporate head. At the head of a corporation, you have the Chairman of the board. He doesn't deal with the day to day workings of the Company, but he is in most respects the owner. You have the CEO. He runs the Company, makes the business decisions and so forth. You also have the Chief of Operations. He makes sure the operational proceedures are running as they should. Together, these three make up the head of the company. However, each one is a separate entity within the Company. Now, there are obvious inconsistancies between comparing God to a Corporate head. However, no one can understand the nature and relationship of the Godhead 100 percent. I hope this helps, Jesusman |
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150 | physician heal thyself | Luke 4:23 | Jesusman | 192245 | ||
If you read the passage, Jesus has returned to Nazareth and has just read from Isaiah in the synagogue. Now remember, this is where he was raised. Everyone there knew him, his mother and father, his brothers, and family. They also would have heard the rumors about him. So instead of waiting for them to ask for a miracle, Jesus heads them off as it were, and tells them essentially that he's not a magician to perform for them. That he's there to minister and will do as he needs to do, not do what pleases them. Naturally this makes them mad and drove him out of the city. He proves something that I personally have witnessed and experienced several times. If you go to where you were raised, people who remember you as a child will instinctively treat you like one until something happens that makes them think otherwise. Jesusman |
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151 | Mary at Jesus's feet, what did this mean | Luke 10:38 | Jesusman | 194921 | ||
Prolly that she sat down on the floor in front of Jesus. Sometimes in the Bible, a horse is just a horse. Not everything has a double or a hidden or an implied meaning. However, It does prove that Jesus welcomed people of all types to come and listen to his teachings. Women were one stage above slave in that society. They had no power or authority in public. Couldn't even stand trial as witnesses. By welcoming Mary close to listen to his teachings, Jesus is implying that everyone is welcome to hear them. Jesusman |
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152 | summarize luke 14:13 | Luke 14:13 | Jesusman | 195391 | ||
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153 | what the podigy son was expecting of his | Luke 15:11 | Jesusman | 192168 | ||
Well .. to answer your first question about salvation, I'd recommend you read Ephesians chapter 2. Might want to read the whole epistle, but the second chapter especially talks about salvation being made possible. As for your second question about the Prodigal Son, he expected to be made a servant. That's clearly stated in both verse 17 and 19. He even asked his father to take him as a hired helper, but his Father in turn restored the son's status. |
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154 | a question I could not answer | Luke 16:22 | Jesusman | 109254 | ||
Hello, Prior to the coming of the Messiah, people entered heaven believing in the coming Messiah, and the work he WILL do. After the coming of the Messiah, entrance into heaven is by believing in what the Messiah DID do. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus sheds light on this. When the beggar Lazarus dies, he goes to what is identified as "Abraham's Bosom" or Paradise. When asked if he could return to warn his brothers so that they don't go to Hell, Abraham tells the Rich Man that they have Moses and the Prophets. As this parable points out, people went to both heaven and hell prior to the death, burial, and resurrection of the Christ. The proof is found in the Old Testament, which foretells the coming of the Messiah. Salvation is possible through faith in the Messiah by the Grace of God. Before the coming of the Christ, it was faith in his future coming. After his coming, it is faith in what he did on the cross. Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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155 | Was Jesus claiming that he was God? | Luke 18:18 | Jesusman | 104017 | ||
Not really. It would seem to me that Jesus is trying to get the Rich young ruler to understand what he just said. Calling Jesus "good master" or "Good Teacher" was a simple, but careless greeting. It was a simple way of greeting a Rabbi or teacher, but it was careless because of how much depth such words carried. Jesus reminds him of this. By reminding the youn man that only God is good, Jesus is basically asking an implied question, "Are you putting me on the same level as God?" One thing to notice about this passage is that it isn't the comment about No one being good but God that disturbs the young man. It's Jesus' comment that he should give everything away that troubles him. Jesusman |
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156 | is this part of the great commission? | Luke 23:42 | Jesusman | 52405 | ||
Hello, The other responders are correct. Luke 23:43 is not the Great Commission. If you want Dr. Luke's version of the Great Commission, Read Acts 1:4-8. Mark 16:15-18 and Matthew 28:18-21 both have the Great Commission recorded. For the Gospel of John, the Great Commission isn't found. However, the conversation between Jesus and Peter in John 21:11-23 teaches the same basic thing. As for Jesus and the Thief on the Cross, that is one of the most powerful testaments to the Authority of Jesus that you will ever find in the Bible, next to possibly the Transfiguration and the Ressurrection of Lazarus. Even while dying on the Cross, Jesus still had the Power and Authority to save whom he chose. That act shows us that Jesus could've come down off the cross if he wanted to, and it shows that he died willingly. I hope this helps. Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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157 | What was Jesus writing? | John | Jesusman | 27021 | ||
Personally, I think that because they were getting ready to stone the lady for adultry, that Jesus was possibly writing the names of their mistresses and girlfriends. Also, given that they seemed to have left in a big hurry, I think that if it wasn't their mistresses names then it was their own sins. Jesusman |
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158 | John's Gospel and Epistles? | John | Jesusman | 27022 | ||
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159 | Why have J W's changed John 1:1 | John | Jesusman | 30425 | ||
Hello, If you were to follow the rules of Greek grammer strictly, then in order for a word to be declared definite, a definite article must be present. If the defininte article isn't present, then the word is to be declared undefinite. Basically, "the" for definite. "a" for undefinite. However that is not always the case, as we shall see here. Now, with that explained, let's look at the text. In the greek, you have three primary phrases in John 1:1. It is the last two phrases which we will focus on. In the first of these two, you have in english, "and the Word was with God,". IN greek, the word for God, specifically the God of the Bible, is "ho Theos". "Ho" being the Definite article, and "Theos" being the word meaning "God". This is basically what is in this phrase. IN the greek, when you are talking about God, Jehovah, you say, "The God." Now look at the remaining phrase of verse 1. In strict a english translation, you have, "and the Word was a god." Now, the J. W. stop there in translation. However, there is a matter of syntax that can, and is applied to this and similar sentances. IN this sentance, you have a verb with two subject nouns. The subject can be either, "God" or "Word". However, greek syntax reveals to us that is this case, the noun with the Definite article is to be placed as the subject, and the other noun is to be placed as the Direct Object, also called the "Predicate Nominative". That is what is taking place here. "Theos" is to be treated in every respect as if it had a Definite Article. However, due to the grammer dealing with this, the article was removed for clarity, so that we may know which noun was to be the subject of the verb. I hope this clears things up. Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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160 | Is the wedding feast symbloic or literal | John | Jesusman | 40053 | ||
Hello, While there may be a symbolic meaning behind the first miracle, it is equally important to view it literally. It is through the literal meaning that we gain insight into the symbolic meaning. There are three primary lessons that can be learned from this passage. 1) Obedience to God enables you to do amazing things. Notice that the servants did exactly as Jesus commanded. They thought that they were filling the Water pots. However, through their obedient actions, a miracle occured. 2) With God, all things are possible. Notice that Jesus suspends the natural process of making wine. Instead of going through the natural process of growing grapes, collecting them, squishing the juice out of them, collecting the juice, and firmenting it, Jesus goes from water to wine, and takes out the middle man, as it were. 3) What God can provide is better than anything that Man can provide or God's provisions are more than sufficient. Notice in verse 10 that the wine Jesus provided was better than the wine the bridegroom originally had. While your analysis is interesting, it can be a dangerous area to explore. It's too easy to read into the text what it really doesn't say. Therefore, it is better to rely upon the literal meaning to determine the symbolic. Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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