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141 | can you loose your salvation | Rom 8:28 | Sir Pent | 117729 | ||
Referral to another thread...................................... Welcome to the forum Lonnie, You have asked an important question that concerns a lot of people. It has been discussed a lot on this forum previously. Please type in the number 15952 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. This will take you to a place where I shared my own experience of losing my salvation and some discussion from other forum members about it. |
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142 | Can we separte from God ourselves? | Rom 8:39 | Sir Pent | 116406 | ||
Referral to another thread........................................ Hello Medchill, This is a very good question. Please type the number 15952 in the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. That tells about my experience and the rest of the thread contains further discussion on the matter. |
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143 | What exactly is Marriage? | Rom 13:1 | Sir Pent | 114024 | ||
My answer from 3 perspectives.............................. Hi God's Child 20, I have a few thoughts on your question. The first is that your friend is right, in a way. I will quote from a previous post of mine: "There are multiple passages of scripture that seem to indicate that the act of sex between a man and a woman is a God designed way of uniting them into one, just like marriage. For instance, in Exodus (22:16) and Deutoronomy (22:28-29), it says that once a couple has had sex they must marry. This process of joining a man and woman together was part of God’s plan from the beginning when he made Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:24). This idea is not limited to the Old Testament either. Jesus even refers to it in Matthew 19:4-6 and Mark 10:6-8. Therefore, it seems that the act of sex is not limited to just the physical body, but also contains a deeper element that unites the spirit of two people in marriage." My second thought is that you are right, in a way. Jesus taught that we should give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's (Mark 12:17). In other words, we should obey the authority of the government as long as it doesn't contradict the authority of God (Rom 13:1-3). The authority says that we should have a piece of paper to be married, and God doesn't ever indicate that it is a bad thing to have a piece of paper to go with your marriage. Therefore, I believe that we should obey the laws of our land and get married legally before having sex. My third thought is that although sex may unite you with another person in God's eyes, no one else will no about it. I think that it is very healthy for a marriage to begin with a public commitment to a lifelong relationship. This is another good reason to have the ceremony. |
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144 | What about other countries? | Rom 13:1 | Sir Pent | 114090 | ||
My answer from 2 perspectives................................... Hello again God's Child 20, The first thing that pops in my head is the question, "Does your country have laws for marriage that require an official document, and recognition from an authority (Minister or Justice of the Peace, etc.)?" If your country does, then it really doesn't matter about other countries. The second thing that I think of is that all countries and cultures have some traditions and requirements for marriage. I would say that a Christian should follow them as long as they don't specifically contradict anything in the Bible. |
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145 | IN 1Cor.3:15 Is it the person or the wor | 1 Corinthians | Sir Pent | 13702 | ||
The interpretation of this verse requires the context of the verses preceeding it (see below). Some people would look at this individual verse and think that it says that everyone goes to Heaven. They would think that it says that the only difference is if one lives a holy Christian life they have a mansion there, and if one lives however they want (fulfilling sinful desires) that these works will be discarded and the person will slide into heaven anyway. When seen in context with verses 11-14, this is clearly not the case. This whole passage is specifically talking about Christians, because it speaks of building on the foundation of Christ (which the pagans and other religions do not do). Instead this is just comparing between people within the Christian faith who have lived lives of varying commitment to God. All will be saved becuase of their faith, but some will have more to show for their lives because their works were done out of the right motivations (love for God) instead of wrong ones (approval of men, selfish gain, etc.). 11: For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12: Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw -- 13: each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14: If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15: If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. |
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146 | Any changes? | 1 Corinthians | Sir Pent | 18822 | ||
Dear JMR, I also do not think that the answers should be any different. One of the great things about salvation is that we are forgiven from our past. Therefore, in God's eyes, whether you were virgins or not in the past is irrelevant. What is important is that in the present you live your lives according to His will, and that is to not have sex outside of marriage. My one question is, "Why are you waiting 3 years to get married?" I would imagine that after a year of be so initmately involved with each other, and having both come to the truth of Christianity together, that two people would be ready to commit to spend their lives together. Of course there could be extenuating circumstances, but I'm just curious. |
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147 | Premarital relations? | 1 Cor 7:9 | Sir Pent | 120484 | ||
Referral to another thread............................................ Hi Yates, You have already received a couple of great answers to your question, but I'll just throw in two more cents. In the Bible if a person had pre-marital sex, they were either stoned or forced to get married immediately depending on the circumstances. In either case, it was a very serious decision and not to be taken lightly or jumped into just because a person lacks self-control (which is a fruit of the Holy Spirit). Please type the number 114024 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen for several different perspectives on this issue. |
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148 | Threatens to leave if believer attends | 1 Cor 7:15 | Sir Pent | 117161 | ||
More information necessary.......................................... Hello Huron, There are a lot of possibilities in the situation you described that would lead to different answers. For instance, when you say "someone" threatens to leave, do you mean a spouse? I find it unusual that a person who is married to someone and loves them would leave just because they went to a church service for an hour once a week. Even if the spouse is not a believer, then it would only seem like a waste of time to them. But perhaps you live in another country where going to church is illegal. Perhaps if you are caught then your family will be killed. Therefore, the spouse might make this threat due to their own life being endangered by something they don't believe. As you can see, more information is neccessary before giving any kind of good advice. And as Hank always says, the best place to find advice is not on this forum, but from a local pastor or trusted friend and counselor. |
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149 | What does the bible say about separation | 1 Cor 7:39 | Sir Pent | 59229 | ||
When I read this question, I couldn't help but wonder if there were other more important questions that you should be asking. It sounds like you are in a very difficult situation, but it also sounds like you knew that when you entered it. The question is why? Why would you say yes to a proposal that was only "about what you could give him"? Why would you be "wife #4" to a person who had led a "real bad life"? Why is a marriage falling apart, yet everything is presented as his fault alone. Why is there a 12 year old child who will be drastically impacted by the decisions you make, and yet virtually nothing is mentioned about them. It seems like there are root problems here that need to be resolved. I would like to understand where you are comming from better, but perhaps the best answer would be to spend some significant time talking to the pastor of your home church. If these root issues are not addressed and resolved, then moving on to date someone else (before or after the divorce) will likely just lead to more pain and sufferring. |
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150 | Is it ok to have communion and also eat | 1 Cor 11:20 | Sir Pent | 59240 | ||
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151 | Is it ok to have communion and also eat | 1 Cor 11:20 | Sir Pent | 59241 | ||
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152 | Old Testament rituals/feast | 1 Cor 11:25 | Sir Pent | 112867 | ||
My answer........................................ Hello Imunderconstruction, You are correct that we no longer are required to celebrate certain holidays (which in the Jewish tradition were called feasts). Please read Galations 4:9-10. Paul here is encoraging the believers to not be enslaved in having to keep doing these things. However, just because we don't HAVE to do something doesn't mean that it isn't a good idea. Jesus did command us to remember him when taking what we now call "communion", or "the Lord's Supper", or "eucharist", etc. These "sacraments" are perfect opportunities to remember Christ's sacrifice for our sins. As such, we should want to participate in them. We should want to take time to celebrate these with other Christians to be thankful to God as the Christian community. How often you do it is less important than the spirit that you do it in. Check your heart not your calendar :) |
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153 | what does this mean to us? | 1 Cor 11:32 | Sir Pent | 62625 | ||
God wants a good witness ............................... The context of this verse is that Paul is writing to some people at a church who are abusing the Lord’s Supper. Some of the people are not eating and drinking meals at home, and then comming to church to gorge themselves on the bread and get drunk on the wine. Others therefore, are not able to eat or drink anything becuase there is none left. As a result people are getting sick. ................................................. Paul then says in this verse that this “sickness” is a God’s way of disciplining those people. Paul also says that God’s purpose in punishing the people is so that they won’t be condemned by the world. The reason is that the world would definately condemn the church people for being drunk (see Acts 2:13) and selfish. So God is trying to discorage this behavior which would harm their witness as Christians. |
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154 | Does God uses people to prophecy anymore | 1 Cor 12:10 | Sir Pent | 20335 | ||
Quoting previous answer ....................... Dear Towanda, Steve gave a good answer to this, I'll just quote him. "Acts 13:1 says there were prophets: "In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul." Also 1 Corinthians 12:28 - "And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues" Since there is a gift of prohecy (1 Corrintians 12:10), I assume that gift is still given. Of course, a prophet is simply one who speaks a message from God; not all prophecy foretells the future. I hope this is helpful. Peace and grace, Steve" |
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155 | A distinction without a difference? | 1 Cor 12:10 | Sir Pent | 116339 | ||
A defense of "reformed" forum members......................... Let me begin by a few disclaimers: I do not agree with "reformed" theology, but rather fall into the Arminianist theological camp. I do not support needless forum dissention, but rather accept that it is healthy to have honest discussion from varying perspectives. I do not desire for this to discussion to be a stumbling block for those on the forum who are less mature, which is why I am posting it in this restricted thread. I do not mean to pick on the respected forum members (Morant61, Ray, Emmaus, and Hank) mentioned in this post. I am only trying to point out some observations purely as examples. Now to the defense: There seems to be 3 main criticisms of certain "reformed" members of our forum. 1 - The person is too argumentative 2 - The person is posting too much on the same subject 3 - The person is posting on a subject that is denominationally divisive The first point is the easiest. Whether a person is too argumentative is a very subjective thing. It often appears very differently depending on whether we agree with the person or not. I think that it is probably possible to make a case that anyone who has posted more than 200 times on this forum has been too argumentative at times. This is not a good reason to ban a person. The second point is also relatively easy. Each forum member has their own personal interest in certain aspects of Christianity and Bible Study. They naturally tend to focus on these areas in their posts. For instance, Morant61 has over 500 posts containing a derivative of the word "Greek". This is not a bad thing. It merely means that he has a strong interest in the original languages that the Bible was written in. Ray has over 600 posts containing a derivative of the word "Capital". This is also not a bad thing. It merely reflects his own personal study on which words in the Bible should be capitalized out of reverence to God. A large number of posts, or even a large percentage of a forum member's posts (30 percent in Ray's case), should not be grounds for kicking someone off the forum. The last point is the hardest to defend, due to the fact that the Forum clearly states a rule banning denominationally divisive subjects. There are certain members of this forum who believe one way on a particular doctrine of Christianity and others who fall in the opposing camp. The problem is that this forum seems to be inconsistent in its behavior towards the inevitable conflicts that therefore arise. Some topics that are denominationally divisive are allowed. For instance, Emmaus has posted almost 500 times containing a derivative of the word "Catholic". There is a lot of dissention between Catholics and Protestants, yet no one criticizes Emmaus. And if any topic has caused discord on the forum it would be "Cain's wife". Hank has posted almost 100 times with a derivitive of Cain, which has become his personal running joke. Yet although almost none of these posts contain any scripture, no one criticizes Hank. Therefore, it seems that the only denominationally divisive topic that is banned from discussion is that of the reformed perspective. This doesn't seem to be fair basis for kicking a forum member out either. |
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156 | speakin tongues without interpretation | 1 Cor 14:13 | Sir Pent | 116438 | ||
Referral to another thread........................................... Welcome to the forum Kimmie, I would recommend that you read I Corinthians 14:13 and following. Also Searcher56 has an excellent post on this subject. Please type the number 116386 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. |
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157 | What are benefits of speaking in tongue? | 1 Cor 14:22 | Sir Pent | 116895 | ||
Referral to another thread............................................ Welcome to the forum Failurenotanoption7, One of the best posts I have read about tongues was written by written by Searcher56. Please type in the number 116386 in the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen to read it. |
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158 | Questions about "Easter" | 1 Cor 15:17 | Sir Pent | 119125 | ||
Referral to another thread............................................ Hi Gatorgirl, There is some disagreement as to whether Christians should celebrate Easter or call it by that name. Please type in the number 113147 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. That will take you to some thoughts that I have on the subject and the response of some other forum members. |
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159 | Cremation and the Bible | 1 Cor 15:42 | Sir Pent | 61891 | ||
Please do a quick search .............................. Dear MYR, This question has been answered in the past. Do a search (top right) for number 9934. |
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160 | a friend passed away. | 2 Cor 1:4 | Sir Pent | 113009 | ||
I need more information.......................... Hello Gianna, The Bible has a lot of verses that could help, but to pick one, I would need some more information. Was your friend who died a Christian? Are you looking for a verse that will help yourself deal with the loss of your friend, or help someone else deal with that loss? What kind of "help" are you looking for? Do want want encouragement for sadness from losing your friend? Do you want answers to questions like "why did my friend die"? Do you want to get ideas of how you could help the family of your friend? The answers to these questions will help me to better direct you towards Bible verses that will help your situation. |
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