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141 | raising the dead- no possible today?? | Matt 16:24 | Scribe | 54834 | ||
I think the question you raise "are there no really true followers of Jesus Christ so faithful and so empowered to accomplish such a miracle" Is the Holy Spirit working in you.. You are asking "these stories in Acts are all very wonderful and help me but.. where are the Peter's today? Where are the Phillips, or Pauls or Stephens?.. Is God a respector of persons? We know that the scripture says He is not.. Where are the Elijahs.. where are the Enochs.. where is the man who will say "Phooey" to dispensational rhetoric and say.. God here am I use me... God I want to go beyond the norm.. I am willing to give up all this world has to offer to walk with you as Enoch did. I want to know you more than this western nominal "say your sinners prayer, sign the card" religion. I want to have the faith that says to the lame.. I serve the same God of Acts and He what He has promised, He is able to perform, He said in Mark 16 that these signs shall follow them that believe.. They will lay hands on the sick and they shall be healed.. he sent out his disciples and said go heal the sick, cast out demons, raise the dead.. Freely you have recieved (by faith alone) freely give.. (do not charge). I will take you at your Word Lord and reject all seminary teachings by the intellect of men to nullify the Word of God for today. And yes brother you will see the dead raised. Nothing is impossible with God. Why do we think it is a hard thing for God to raise the dead? I have seen it already. I have seen a man dead and raised again by a believeing brother in the name of Jesus and over 20 witnesses gave glory to God. | ||||||
142 | Is salvation by faith only scriptural? | James 2:14 | Scribe | 54624 | ||
Since we know that James and Paul could not be teaching different truths and both be inspired by God we start off with the assumption that James would be adding to the thought about the fact that a man is justified by faith alone and not by the deeds of the law by explaining to those that would twist faith into something other than the kind of Faith that Paul was teaching James makes it clear the the Faith that is saving Faith shows forth evidence or works , but what did James give as an example? Sabbath keeping? No, Baptism in water? No, Circumcision? Aboslutely not. James uses examples of walking in love toward others in need as an example that you have been changed by saving Faith. So if we would be in agreement with both Paul and James, we will believe that we are the righteousness of God by faith in Jesus Christ and as we go forth we look for opportunities to love a person in need. | ||||||
143 | Use Tithe on yourself? | Deut 14:23 | Scribe | 54619 | ||
It sounds like it to me. There were several types of tithes. However remember that this is to the Jew not the gentile. This law was never given to a gentile. You can see that by the context where it says if anything dies of itself the Jew could not eat it, but he could give it to the foriegner that dwelt with them, they were not under this law. Interesting truth. This demonstrates that the dietary laws were not for sanitation reasons but to teach spiritual truths. God was not outlawing eating something that dies, becuase they might get sick and then say but give it to the foreigner in your gate, it doesn't matter if he gets sick. NO. This statement makes it clear that the dietary laws teach spiritual truths if we have ears to hear. The Christian is to keep the spiritual truth though the exact details about the grain tithe does not apply the truth behind it does. What is it? Praise, and Thanksgiving. That is the revelation David had and it is also what the apostles taught concerning sacrifices and giving in spirit and in truth. |
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144 | I THOUHGT YOUR NOT TO EAT PORK | Lev 11:7 | Scribe | 54618 | ||
Mark 7:18-23 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Jesus taught that the Old Testament Law that forbade the eating of certain meats were to teach a lesson but they were to dull to understand the spiritual lesson behind it. Paul also understood that was what Jesus taught for Paul said..... Romans 14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Can God change a law or rule he set up in the OT at a later time? Of Course he can, He is God. An example is that before the fall man's meat was vegetation, after the fall and flood of Noah God says... Genesis 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. The point is that there are spiritual truths behind these OT laws of what the Jew could eat (this law was never given to the gentile) and if the Jew kept the dietary law yet did not understand the spiritual truth it did him no good at all according to Jesus. So it is today. If a man prides himself in keeping a sabbath day by not working, but has no revelation of resting in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross for his salvation, not trusting in his sabbath keeping to grant him any "brownie points" with God then his sabbath keeping does him no good because he has no understanding of the spiritual truth behind the sabbath, which is a shadow of the real and the real is Jesus working for you and through you His righteousness. Col 2, Heb 3-5 |
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145 | How did the apostles die | John 21:22 | Scribe | 54615 | ||
The bible does not tell us about all of them. However there are storied in church history that are called "tradition" that say that all were killed by persecution except for John. Matthew suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a sword wound. Mark died in Alexandria, Egypt, after being dragged by horses through the streets until he was dead. Luke was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous preaching to the lost. John faced martyrdom when he was boiled in a huge basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution in Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison island of Patmos. He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve as Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey. He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully. Peter was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross, according to church tradition because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die in the same way that Jesus Christ had died. James the Just, the leader of the church in Jerusalem, was thrown over a hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller's club. This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation. James the Greater, a son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strong leader of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem. The Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial. Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian. Bartholomew, also know as Nathanael, was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed to our Lord in present day Turkey. Bartholomew was martyred for his preaching in Armenia when he was flayed to death by a whip. Andrew was crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras, Greece. After being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the cross with cords to prolong his agony. His followers reported that, when he was led toward the cross, Andrew saluted it in these words: "I have long desired and expected this happy hour. The cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it." He continued to preach to his tormentors for two days until he expired. The apostle Thomas was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the church in the subcontinent. Jude, the brother of Jesus, was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. Matthias, the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and then beheaded. Barnabas, one of the group of seventy disciples, wrote the Epistle of Barnabas. He preached throughout Italy and Cyprus. Barnabas was stoned to death at Salonica. The apostle Paul was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment which allowed him to write his many epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire. These letters, which taught many of the foundational doctrines of Christianity, form a large portion of the New Testament. The details of the martyrdoms of the disciples and apostles are found in traditional early church sources. These traditions were recounted in the writings of the church fathers and the first official church history written by the historian Eusebius in A.D. 325. Although we can not at this time verify every detail historically, the universal belief of the early Christian writers was that each of the apostles had faced martyrdom faithfully without denying their faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Reference: Jeffrey, Grant R., "The Signature of God", Frontier Research Publications, Inc. (1996), p.254-257 |
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146 | Dake's Annotated Bible | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 54071 | ||
Thank you all for your response to my question. Well it has been a couple of weeks and I can say I am well pleased with the purchase. First of all I got a brand new genuine leather edition (109.00 retail) for 25.00 so that made me feel good. And of course as to the most important part the study of the Word it has been much fun. I doubt there has been a man born (other than the writers of scripture and Jesus Christ) that I would agree with 100percent of the time. Goodness sake I don't even agree with my wife 100percent of the time :) (shhhh, don't tell her!) However as someone here stated so well, Dake's notes are so extensive and reference so many other verses that they beat out my other chain reference type bibles. I also agree with the one who stated that Dake will coment or give verses on subjects that others ignore. I did not get it to help me understand the Bible, I rely on the Holy Spirit only for that, but I do like the spirit of which Dake seems to also believe that the Holy Spirit can lead you in the understanding of the Word even if the common view of the local seminary is otherwise. What I enjoy most so far about the Dakes is way it helps you probe the verses and think about them for longer periods of time than you might be used to doing. This is most useful when enduring a sermon from less thought provoking preachers, you can study the Bible while they drone on for two hours. Just kidding. (not really) I understand the concern about some of Dake's views but most of the notes seem to agree with most fundamental theology. Of course those that adhere to pre election extremes will stop reading this study Bible since Dake does such a fine job of bringing out more scriptures on the subject to refute such a view. And I would think those that break out in rage at the mention of tongues would also hate the work since Dake brings out scriptures to proove that the context mentions nothing about God ceasing to give this gift to believers before the perfect day arrives. It is a shame that we reject a huge volume of work over one area we don't agree with. If we expect to be treated as we treat others then we should expect others to reject all we speak about to them about the Lord over one area they do not agree with. I think reading Calvin is profitable (though I doubt I will get through all his works in my life time) however I do not agree with his super intellectual explanations of God thought up by his own mind and not backed up with enough scripture, howbeit much of his writings are very insightful in bringing out the text as it is written that is when he does not go beyond what Paul wrote or others. This inablility to agree with all that Calvin wrote does not make me say he was a false prophet or say his works should not be read or burned or what have you. As a matter of fact I have learned that those that seem to recieve the most vehement persecution from the established denominations might possibly contain some kernels of truth that the modern laodecian church needs to hear. It is amazing how much persecution a preacher of repentance will recieve and how much praise a preacher of prosperity recieves. I will side with the preacher of repentance any day. If Dake's notes incurr such a hostile response I wonder if maybe he had some really life changing truths to bring out and the devil would have us not read them. May God Bless you in your study of His Word. |
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147 | How do you interpret this verse? | 1 Cor 14:2 | Scribe | 53840 | ||
Wow, how blashphemous. This is the depth of intellectual dishonesty some are willing to go out of fear of the Gifts of the Spirit. Would he say Paul was guilty of this paganism, since Paul said in this Chapter, "I speak in tongues more than ye all" and "forbid not to speak in tongues" This type of interpretation is beneath commenting on because the person doing it could not possibly believe it to be true in the context of the passage. It must be an attempt to slander the Holy Spirit Gifts and that is a very dangerous thing. I never try to convince someone who does not want to learn about tongues but I always feel God's anger at an atempt to change the word to teach somehthing that would slander what the saints did in Acts. It is one thing to say you think it does not happen today. It is quite another to say what the apostles did was "not of God". When a preacher does that he seems to be lining up with the Pharisees. |
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148 | Are God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit one? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 53838 | ||
People have been trying to figure out how to explain the Godhead since Jesus was born of a virgin. However you cannot completely explain it that way. The Bible does reveal that the Son of God will be present in eternity seperately from the Father God. One example is when Jesus takes the scroll from the hand of the One on the Throne in Revelation 4 The One on the throne is seen as a great glorious light with no image we can form and say this is what God looks like., The Son of God is seen as a Lamb slain which is not meant to say Jesus will look like a lamb but a symbolic form is seen here. The Fact that God choose to send His Son and Call Him Jesus should be enough for us. If we believe on Him we will get to heaven and there we might understand the fulness of the Godhead, until know it is a mystery we are to take by faith, but not "blind" faith, but faith in what He has done for us. 1 Timothy 3:16 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. |
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149 | what is the difference between the to? | Acts 2:38 | Scribe | 53835 | ||
These are not two different things. To say so is to say that Either Matthew or Peter or Luke (writer of Acts) were not inspired when it was written. But if we believe they were inspired then we conclude that they must mean the same thing. If we understand that "In the name of" means to be sent in the authority of then we see how both mean the same thing. To be sent to baptize becuase God sent you or becuase Jesus sent you is what Gives you the right to baptize. The "in the name of" here applies both to the one sent to baptize others as well as by what faith the believer is being baptized into. |
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150 | Sinning against the Holy Spirit?? | Eph 1:13 | Scribe | 53832 | ||
When you decided to walk in sin (lusts of the flesh) your asking the Lord to leave you or take His Spirit from you is not under your control. God gave his son while you were yet a sinner not thinking about him, that you might be saved, what? do you think that know that you have tasted the goodness of God that you can order Him around? Your feelings of the presence of God and His peace are directly related to too things, your faith and your behaviour. If you are indulging in the lusts of the flesh you are not going to experience peace. If you are walking in darkness you are not going to feel like you are in the light. However if you turn to God in faith and believe that the blood he shed for you on the cross 2000 years ago is strong enough to wash away your sins today even if you did say such a foolish thing then you will in time "feel" His presence, but whether you "feel" it or not rest assured, God is with you if you repent and follow Him. Your ability to want to repent and want to walk in holiness is a work of the Holy Spirit and not of yourself. If it were too late for you, you would not even be asking this question becuase your understanding would not allow the formulation of such a thought. A reprobate mind is not capable of seeking to be forgiven and to want the precense of God. A reprobate mind does not retain the knowledge of God. Dear saint, when you were born again you did not loose the ability to be tempted to walk in sin or the lusts of the flesh. Rather you became a target of the powers of darkness to entice you to such sins. Who do you think is behind the questions and fears that so many saints who have fallen have asked..."Have I commited the unpardonable sin?" If you ask such a question with fear in your heart that maybe you have, then rest assured you have not. Satan loves to try and put that on saints. The person that cannot be forgiven has not desire to be forgiven. Please understand that the work of repentance is from the Holy Spirit, you cannot ask such questions or have such longing without the Holy Spirit doing it through you. However all things you receive from God come by your faith, so if satan can attack your faith, then he can hinder your walk with God. If satan cannot make you lost he can at least cripple you with doubt and unbelief. Your faith will lift you out of this. Just take God at His word just as you would preach to a new believer who is trying to feel too much. Soon your feelings will line up with your faith. This is not a head game but a warfare. Satan wants you to think you are washed up, that you have let too much time pass, that God's grace cannot apply to you becuase you knew better and sinned "in the light", satan is good at hurling these fiery darts and they are effective in hurting us. But if you raise up the shield of faith these fiery darts will begin to be blocked. Your best years are ahead of you. God took Moses (a man who murdered) when he was 80 years old and used him to change the world for the glory of God. God took David, a man guilty of pornography and adultery (when he should have known better and was already well versed in the Word) and forgave him and worked a change in his heart. God took Samson, a man who fell over and over again and made his last moments more meaningful than his whole life. God is not through with you. God is able to take a tragic walk and revive it and make it better than it was before. Lift up your faith and tell God. "I am not able, But you are. I will not doubt that you can change me and use me" God bless you brother. |
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151 | Was Eve the first female | Genesis | Scribe | 51758 | ||
Gen 2 reviews what has already been stated in Gen 1. God is giving us more details. For instance in Gen 2 he mentions bringing forth animals from the ground, not as if he brought them from the ground then after he made Adam, but he is saying by this mention of bringing them from the ground that "the animals he brought forth from the ground before he made man, he did it for the purpose of man, and he brought these animals before adam to let him name them. Some get confused thinking that God brought the animals from the ground after he made man, and yet Gen 1 tells us what order he did it. Gen 2 is not telling us the order, the order was already given with exact day number. The purpose of Gen 2 is not order but the "why" So he is saying.. the animals God brought from the ground in Gen 1 he made to pass before adam to see what he would name them. Same for the verse about Eve. He is saying The woman that God made in Gen 1 this is how it happened... First, God brought all the animals he had made out of the ground before he made man and made them to pass before him, but that did not work, so then he put man to sleep , and made the woman, that was the ticket. Gen 2 is more detail about Gen 1. The bible is full of these by the way. Personally I do not think Eve added to the words of God when she said, "neither shall ye touch it." I think God really did say that, it was not recorded in the first mention when God said don't eat it. But the woman is giving us more detail about what God said. This is also seen in Pauls mention of his Damscus Rd experience, where when it is mentioned in Acts the first time certain words of Christ are given, and later when Paul is testifying Pauls says more words that Christ said that are not in the first mention. This is not becuase Paul was adding to what Jesus said, it is just another mention of the event giving us more details. And if it be the case with Paul what right do we have to say Eve was adding to God's word when she said "neither shall you touch it." I think God did say that and it fits with many other scriptures, touch not the uncleand thing. |
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152 | How did the people in Nod come to be | Gen 4:16 | Scribe | 50180 | ||
I will not attempt to post them all now. But there are many passages like this. Moses is not saying that it was called Nod when Cain dwelt there. Cain called his city Enoch not Nod. Genesis 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. But so that the readers of Moses which were much much later than the days of Enoch could get a handle on the geography Moses was speaking about he mentions that this City Cain built was in the area that then in Moses time was called Nod. Cain took a wife, maybe even by force, we don't know, from the camp of Adam, after many centuries Cain populated a large settlement of people through close relationships at first of course. Then as time went on the gene pool gets diversivied. |
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153 | Should women be allowed to preach? | Galatians | Scribe | 50169 | ||
Continued from my previous post... Now if I have not proven yet that the passage in I cor 14 is not a ban on women preaching, then please use common reading comprehension skills and notice how often Paul says "keep silent" and "remain silent" in this chapter, before he gets to the women. He says it first about men. So if it means they cannot preach then the men cant either and there will be very little edification in the church at all will there. But we know that when he says, "Let the first keep silent" or "let him be silent in the church and speak to himself and to God" that he is speaking of order, or "giving place" or "yielding the floor". This is the same meaning when he says for the women to keep silent. Not that they are not allowed or called to preach. For we are ALL called to preach. Now as a final word of admonition I ask you to consider the Holy Spirit. The Word of God is our final authority, but in some things men have claimed to have the authority of the Word of God while they committed men to prison and torture for heresy. We all know that they had no such Word of God to stand on, and today men will be dogmatic about a passage that they have been taught but not studied themselves. And though the proudly puff out the chest and say Solas Scriptura, they do not have any authority from the Word at all. If what I have proposed is correct then they might be in error that ban the woman from preaching instead of sticking closer to the Word of God and banning them from usurping authority over the man and teaching him in a unsubmitted manner. Does not the Holy Spirit within you tell you that God is no respector of persons, that God will use a woman to preach as much as a man, if she is humble and under submission. And as for that manner, would you listen to a man that teaches who is not under authority himself? May God Bless you in your study of His Word. |
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154 | Should women be allowed to preach? | Galatians | Scribe | 50168 | ||
1 Timothy 2:12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. Bye now you have recieved many answers. Most of these answers will follow the same rutted path of centuries of repetitive teaching with little dilligent study having gone into their answers on this subject. Though my answers here are not new they are less common among your died in the wool and legalistic denominational views. First of all the most prominent of the verses used by those that say a woman is banned from teaching the Word, is this one 1 Timothy 2:12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. If you read the context and the verse itself, you will notice that there is no such ban here in this portion of the Word. The passage could be said in this way " that a woman should not try and be a bossy nag over her husband. " now this is a truth that all would agree with, it was a problem for women then and it is also still today. This problem has it's roots in fear. The woman who is afraid of adversity will find that she will try to take control by trying to control her husband and her family. This is ban against usurping the authority of the husband, not a ban on teaching the Gospel to all that have hears to hear. All saints are called to teach the Word as the Spirit leads. Now the next passage that is used comes from 1 1 Corinthians 14:34 let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. Now I studied this and I did not find this ban in the Law, that they were not allowed to speak in the synagogue. I do know that there were many regulations given in the Talmud, but I cannot imagine Paul calling the Talmud the law. Thus I conclude that he was speaking of the subjection part when he referred to the Law, as Sarah was sumbissive to Abraham. Not that the Law said a woman could not speak in church. I have found almost all main denominations say that I Cor 14 does not mean a woman cannot speak at all in church, but that they think it means a woman cannot preach. However these women were not preaching in 1 cor 14, they were asking questions. Now a common view is that the women were asking in a challenging and disrespectful way. You know, that kind of questioning where when you try and answer they are too busy thinking about how to challenge your answer to care about the answer itself. This is an attitude problem. A shameful and disruptive behaviour that Paul was rebuking them for. However this also has nothing to do with a woman who is humble, submitted to authority and called to minister the Word of God. Some in their ignorant attempts to say that women were not supposed to speak in the church in a ministry capacity howbeit they could speak about other things such as in casual conversation have a hard time reconciling the passage of Acts 15 where the daughters of Phillip prophesied. These Daughters did this prophesying in a church gathering, Paul mentions it as it were a blessing. This prooves beyond a doubt that Paul was not saying in 1 Cor 14 that women could not prophesy. I bring this up to say that many that say there is no New Testament prophets as it relates to forth telling of events, today, that todays gift of prophesy is pulpit preaching must then conclude that women can preach from the pulpit. Or they must retract the statement the the Prophesy Paul tells us all to seek is not pulpit preaching. And they would do well to say so , becuase it is not. However the gift of Prophecy in the church was given to both men and women, as we see in Acts 15, and we also see that according to Acts 1 and 2 that women were among the 120 that spoke in tongues. Some ignorant teachers who are even Doctors in Theology have said that no women spoke in tongues becuase of this passage in I cor 14 that women should not speak. |
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155 | Trace enmity between satan and the woman | 1 Chr 21:1 | Scribe | 48210 | ||
1 Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Zechariah 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. |
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156 | Did Jesus suffer in hell when he died? | Matt 12:39 | Scribe | 48052 | ||
Psalms 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. Psalms 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. Matthew 12:39-40 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. It seems that there may be something to the idea of Christ being somehow a prisoner in hell for that brief time. The fact that he says his descension is compared to Jonah in the belly of the well, and we know that Jonah was in great distress. The fact that he says.. "thou wilt not leave my soul in hell" it seems that some sort of breaking through occured and He became triumphant. It seems that he descended with the sin of the world.. and yet was declared righteous when He was there, so death, hell and the grave lost their legal hold on him. but stating that they lost their legal hold on him means that for a brief time by the fact of He being the substitution for us death hell and the grave were claiming a legal hold, but once whatever it was that had to be done to satisfy the just judgement and legal claims of a holy God were met.. then they lost their hold. I see nothing unscriptural about saying he suffered as Jonah in the belly of whale. And yet I do not recall ever hearing about the suffering of Christ in hell but rather His suffering seems to be always mentioned as on the cross. Howbeit we do recall referencing His suffering for us before the cross such as the Garden. Good question and worthy of more study. May God bless you in your study of His Word. |
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157 | Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. At last, TRUTH | 1 Kin 22:22 | Scribe | 48047 | ||
1 Kings 22:20-23 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. Here once again, we have a window opened into that mysterious realm called the heavenlies, not the holy of holies where God dwells, for in that place no demons of devils draw nigh, but we have here an open vision into certain administrations that take place in the lower levels of the heavenlies or spirit realms, that if God did not give us such a glance we would have no idea that such things occur. When we read this passage we are reminded of the window opened in Job when we see satan coming in a similar gathering of heavenly creatures. And so here a lying spirit, but not satan and not a good angel, but probably one of the fallen angels volunteers for the job. This shows us many things. One that God will allow these evil powers to work in the earth for his purposes. God was going to persuade the king to go out to battle so that he might be killed. God was doing so because the king was exceeding wicked and would not repent. God had every right to judge him. God could have used any means of judgement that he chose. God will use the powers of darkness and let them come upon men to persuade a man to destruction. This is not the same as tempting man. It is the man being drawn away by his own lust. The good news is that for the saint who seeks the Lord in faith God can keep these evil powers from being allowed to try and persuade you. Even this wicked king.. God had to give permission before this evil lying spirit was allowed to go persuade him to go down to battle. Looking at this passage and comparing it with Saul you see the truth about how it is the mans fault, but God lets the judgement of the evil spirits come upon them. Yes this evil spirit was from the Lord, but only in the same way that you would say God let down the hedge.. and fear God because if we rebel in hard hearted unbelief and willful going of our own ways for sinful lusts, then we too are made vulnerable to the powers of darkness. |
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158 | What does 1 Samuel 16:14-16 mean? | 1 Kin 22:22 | Scribe | 48045 | ||
1 Kings 22:20-23 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. Here once again, we have a window opened into that mysterious realm called the heavenlies, not the holy of holies where God dwells, for in that place no demons of devils draw nigh, but we have here an open vision into certain administrations that take place in the lower levels of the heavenlies or spirit realms, that if God did not give us such a glance we would have no idea that such things occur. When we read this passage we are reminded of the window opened in Job when we see satan coming in a similar gathering of heavenly creatures. And so here a lying spirit, but not satan and not a good angel, but probably one of the fallen angels volunteers for the job. This shows us many things. One that God will allow these evil powers to work in the earth for his purposes. God was going to persuade the king to go out to battle so that he might be killed. God was doing so because the king was exceeding wicked and would not repent. God had every right to judge him. God could have used any means of judgement that he chose. God will use the powers of darkness and let them come upon men to persuade a man to destruction. This is not the same as tempting man. It is the man being drawn away by his own lust. The good news is that for the saint who seeks the Lord in faith God can keep these evil powers from being allowed to try and persuade you. Even this wicked king.. God had to give permission before this evil lying spirit was allowed to go persuade him to go down to battle. Looking at this passage and comparing it with Saul you see the truth about how it is the mans fault, but God lets the judgement of the evil spirits come upon them. Yes this evil spirit was from the Lord, but only in the same way that you would say God let down the hedge.. and fear God because if we rebel in hard hearted unbelief and willful going of our own ways for sinful lusts, then we too are made vulnerable to the powers of darkness. |
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159 | What do you think? | John 3:16 | Scribe | 47394 | ||
I think you will find that the best application of only begotten is that of the virgin birth. That My God , My God was a quote from Psalms 22 which details the crucifixtion. If those that were there would have looked at the Psalm he was quoting they would have seen all the proofs of the prophecy of the crucifixtion. |
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160 | Difference between tithes and offerings | Acts 11:29 | Scribe | 47375 | ||
Well since there is no new testament law that prescribes these things I think you answered your own question. It is about a willing heart, faith and as you see the needs. The person that gives to a need he sees such as for the purpose of sending a missionary or relieving a poor saint, is giving offerings. Whereas tithes seem to be for the dedication of supporting the ministers who are called to full time preaching such as pastors and the care of the church affairs. This is from God and acceptable in his sight if done in faith with a willing heart. Acts 11:28-30 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. To me the above passage is a good example of an offering. |
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