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161 | wantin to get saved | Rom 10:9 | biblicalman | 228901 | ||
Hi Brandy, Welcome to the forum. The first step is to to recognise that you are coming to a Saviour Who is personal and real. It is He Who does the saving. You are seeking a personal experience with Him. Next you must acknowledge your sinfulness before Him 'If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, but if we openly admit our sins, He is faithful and will justly forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1.8). Admitting our sins involves repentance (a changing of the mind) towards them. Our aim must be to turn from sin, to repudiate sin and to put it behind us (Acts 2.38). Then you must recognise that Jesus Christ has paid the penalty for your sins. 'Who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the cross' (1 Peter 2.24). 'Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous One for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God' (1 Peter 3.18). Then you must ask Him to forgive your sins, thank Him for dying on the cross for you and bearing the punishment for your sins, and ask Him to come into your life as your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10.9). Then you must believe in your heart that He has fulfilled His promise, 'Behold I stand at the door and knock, if any man or woman hears my voice and opens the door I WILL come into him/her and will sup with him and he with me' (Revelation 3.20). If you really want to be saved and made into a new person (2 Corinthians 5.17) He will do it for you in that moment. Your prayer might be something like this (but it must be genuine): Lord Jesus Christ, I admit that I am a sinner. I want to turn from sin and follow you. I now turn my back on sin and ask you to forgive me for my many sins, and to cleanse me through and through. Thank you for dying in my place. Please come into my life and be my Saviour and Lord. Thank you Lord. Amen. May God help you to take this step honestly and truly. God bless you. |
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162 | Sanctification Process? | 1 Cor 1:2 | biblicalman | 228400 | ||
Like salvation, sanctification is spoken of in a number of ways, as something that has taken place, as something that is taking place, and as something which will finally take place. In 1 Corinthians 1.2 the Corinthians, in spite of their spiritual weakness, are described as those who have been 'sanctified in Christ Jesus'. They have been made holy in God's eyes through the work of the cross, and are in a permanent state of being 'sanctified ones (saints). They are holy to God. Compare 1 Corinthians 6.11, where sancrtification precedes justification (although not timewise) as something that has taken place. Like justification this is a once for all blessing. But the more regular application of the term sanctification is to the process by which God's people are being made holy. Thus in Hebrews 10.14 'By a SINGLE OFFERING He has perfected for ever those who are being sanctified.' 'For this is the will of God, even our sanctification' (1 Thessalonians 4.3). The idea here is of those who are being made holy through the work of the Holy Spirit, and will therefore finally be made holy. 2 Corinthians 3.18 is a description of that process. We can compare Ephesians 5.26 where Christ's purpose is to 'sanctify' (make holy) His people, having first cleansed them through His word, with the purpose of presenting them to Himself holy and without blemish. So we are sancrtified once for all when we come to Christ, and that begins a process of sanctification by the Spirit which will result in our final perfection. |
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163 | Subsequent process | 1 Cor 1:2 | biblicalman | 228447 | ||
Well of course you may use 2 Thessalonians 2.13 as you like. That is your privilege. But the point is that 'sanctification of the Spirit' comes before 'belief in the truth'. Thus it would appear to be prior. Had Paul meant what you say he would have put sanctification of the Spirit after belief of the truth. Incidentally are you denying that the Spirit works in men to bring them to Christ? How then do they come to Him? They come to Him through the work that He does in their lives by His Spirit. What is that if it is not 'sanctifying', separating out in order to make holy. Would you say that children could be sanctified at birth? Or that an unbelieving man could be sanctified? (Although not by the Spirit). Paul does. (1 Corinthians 7.14). The term has a variety of meanings to be determined in context. I really do not mind how you take 'from the beginning'. But what does happen 'from the beginning'? Certainly not belief of the truth. It is God's choice that is from the beginning and that results in His commencing His sanctifying work on those chosen in order to bring them to belief of the truth. Why should what is in the eternal mind of God be described only as justification? Do you not think that He had in His mind the making of us holy as well as the declaring of us as righteous? I fail to see why the fact that being made holy is distinct from being declared righteous means that it has to be a 'subsequent process' (if we can speak of subsequent when speaking of non-time) as opposed to justification. Clearly both are the result of a subsequent processs by which God brings men to Himself. And I have in fact already previously indicated that Scripture teaches that sanctification is both a status and a process. I notice you do not mention 1 Peter 1.2. There also we have God's election, then sanctification of the Spirit, and this leads to (is 'unto') the obedience of Jesus Christ and the sprinkling of His blood'. Now whether the obedience of Jesus Christ is His obedience put to our account, or is our subsequent obedience through Jesus Christ, makes no difference to the fact that it is subsequent to sanctification of the Spirit. And more importantly from the point of view of the question, the 'sprinkling of the blood of Jesus' which takes place at conversion is also subsequent to sanctification of the Spirit. Thus salvation follows sanctification of the Spirit in this case. Need I say more? Best wishes |
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164 | what is a Carnal Christian? | 1 Cor 3:1 | biblicalman | 225058 | ||
A carnal Christian is one whose life is controlled by the flesh. A carnal man is sold under sin (Romans 7.14), not responding to the law of God as he should. He follows men instead of the Lord (1 Corinthians 3.1-4). He has taken his eyes off things above and thus judges things by worldly standards. |
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165 | Continued slander | 1 Cor 4:13 | biblicalman | 229331 | ||
Hi searching follower, Welcome to the Forum If someone is slandering, insulting or hurting you, you could take the following steps, having prayed the matter over first: 1) First attempt to talk reasonably with the person. I realise of course that they may not be willing to do so but you should make the attempt. Make your approach gentle and loving. Remember a soft answer turns away wrath. 2) If they will not listen to you you could then discuss the situation with a mutual friend or friends, and see if they can mediate on your behalf, or even go with you to see your slanderer. Possibly even your minister or church elders. 3) If they still will not listen then there is little else that you can do except pray for them, and still love them as Christ loves you. 4) Where you are being slandered you do of course have a right to ensure that the real facts are known in a reasonable way. All this should, of course, be carried out in a spirit of love and compassion. If the person continues with their slander you would, of course be justified in cutting off relations with that person, but for your own sake, and for their soul's sake, you should first do all you can to resolve the situation. As you will note this is mainly based on Jesus words in Matt 18, slightly altered because the person is not a believer. Best wishes |
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166 | SIN | 1 Cor 5:10 | biblicalman | 228515 | ||
Yes, there are some sins that are worse than others. Murder and adultery are two. But the only sin that is unforgiveable is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. This involves resisting the Hoy Spirit as He points to Christ so often that the person becomes hardened and unreachable. We are told to flee from sin and heretics, not from sinners. It is quite reasonable that your friend lives with his family as long as they are not putting pressure on him to turn from Christ (see 1 Corinthians 5.10). Indeed he has a responsibilty to seek to win them for Christ. |
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167 | how do you explain 1 corithians 6:11 | 1 Cor 6:11 | biblicalman | 229108 | ||
Hi Pammy, Welcome to the Forum. 1 Cor 6.11. is informing us that when a person becomes a true Christian through saving faith in Jesus Christ three things happen to them: Firstly they are washed clean from all sin (compare John 13.10; 1 John 1.7) and made pure in God's sight. Secondly they beoome 'sanctifed ones' (1.Cor 1.2), set apart and made holy in God's eyes in Christ. Thirdly they are accounted as righteous before God in Christ (Rom 3.24-25). And all this by the working of the Spirit of God. Best wishes |
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168 | having sex if engaged biblical stance? | 1 Cor 6:16 | biblicalman | 228070 | ||
Well the truth is that in God's eyes you are now married. By making love you have been made one with your fiancee (1 Corinthians 6.16 clearly demonstrates this in much worse circumstances). And what God has joined together let no man put asunder (Mark 10.8-9). Sexual union is no light thing in God's eyes. To the Jews, and in Jesus' day betrothal was as binding as marriage. Only adultery could justify breaking a betrothal. Thus many betrothed couples did engage in sex. But while not totally condemned it was frowned on. You will notice that Joseph, Jesus' father, for example did not do so. But in the modern day engagement is not seen in that light, so that you are quite correct in surmising that you have done wrong, although marriage would right the wrong. I realise that you are confident that you will be married, but there are far too many broken engagements for it to be a certainty. On this basis i would suggest that you would be right to wait until marriage before continuing with sexulal relations. In this you will be truly honouring God. All best wishes for your future happiness. |
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169 | having sex if engaged biblical stance? | 1 Cor 6:16 | biblicalman | 228077 | ||
You are perfectly correct in saying that 1 Corinthians 6.16 does not apply to just pre-marital sex. It applies to all sexual union. It states quite clearly that if we have sexual union with anyone we have become physically one with that person. It thus destroys all past relationships. That is why adultery is grounds for divorce in God's eyes because the adulterer has boken the marriage oneness. But it is only the innocent partner who can then marry again without sinning. In the case of a person who has not had sex before, having sex is sexual union and is therefore in God' eyes marriage to that person God then expects the two involved to get married so as to complete the union. Marriage does not make us one. It is sexual union that makes us one. That is why a marriage has to be consummated. If it is not it is no marriage in a Biblical sense. |
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170 | Obesity? | 1 Cor 6:19 | biblicalman | 228315 | ||
yes, avoidable obesity, that not caused by a medical condition, is living in sin. it is a symptom of greed. it is not 'keeping under our whole body'. and tattoos are the same. and so are extravagant clothes. the verse covers everything we do that is dishonouring to the Lord. |
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171 | Sufferings that Christians can't handle? | 1 Cor 10:13 | biblicalman | 229723 | ||
See Isaiah 43.2 Best wishes |
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172 | What is the "WORD OF KNOWLEDGE"? | 1 Cor 13:2 | biblicalman | 228829 | ||
As you would expect there are differing views on this question. Some from 1 Cor 13.2 would see it as a special knowledge concerning spiritual things. This was especially important when there was no New Testament. Compare Col 1.9; Eph 1.17; although with the gift the knowledge would be especially heightened. On the other hand we might see this as the gift of wisdom. Others, because the gift of revelation (1 Co 14.26) is not mentioned would see it as the gift of receiving knowledge about events through revelation, the kind of gift enjoyed by Agabus (Acts 11.28) and Peter (Act 5.1 ff).. In my view the choice lies between these two. |
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173 | Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 | 1 Cor 15:28 | biblicalman | 228254 | ||
Hi, In the first example Revelation is speaking of the reign of the Father and the Son for ever and ever, thinking of the eternal future. In 1 Corinthians Paul is thinking of events in time, when Christ as the Saviour has to fulfil His ministry of conquering all that is contrary to God as the God-man. When He has done that His mission is accomplished and He then hands His completed work over to the Godhead so that they (including the Son) might reign for ever and ever. In the second case the second death in Revelation is eternal spiritual death. The death spoken of in 1 Corinthians is physical death. People will no more die. In the third case the word translated healing could be translated wellbeing, keeping well. The thought is not that people need to be healed, but that they will be kept well. It is picture language of eternal wellbeing and bliss in contrast with the first trees which did not fulfil their purpose because man failed, |
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174 | what is baptism for the dead? | 1 Cor 15:29 | biblicalman | 228305 | ||
As is also true today, many in the early church had strange and superstitious ideas about baptism. Some believed that baptism washed them from their sins and they therefore delayed baptism until near death so that they could have most of their sins washed away before they died. Of course if they died suddenly they could be caught unawares. So their Christian relatives or friends would arrange for them to be baptised after their deaths. This was presumably true of some in the Corinthian church. Paul's point is that if they do this with the approval of the church it must be because they believe in the coming resurrection. But he is not recommmending the practise. |
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175 | will our new bodies be spirit or physica | 1 Cor 15:44 | biblicalman | 227990 | ||
they will be spiritual bodies (1 corinthians 15.44) | ||||||
176 | can a Christian backslide or be luke-war | 2 Cor 3:3 | biblicalman | 228707 | ||
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. Indeed you are STILL not ready. -- are you not acting like mere men' (2 cor 3.1-3). if this is not being lukewarm i don't know what is. |
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177 | bible say about interracial marriages? | 2 Cor 6:14 | biblicalman | 229402 | ||
Hi Madison, Welcome to the Forum. There are many examples of inter-racial marriage in the Bible, and there is no suggestion that they are wrong. What the Bible does condemn is inter-religious marriage. When Ezra sought to break up marriages with foreign women (Ezra 9-10) it was because the women worshipped other gods and would have led some of God's people astray. When God banned marriages with the Canaanites it was again for religious reasons. 'Do not be unequally yoked with an unbeliever' still applies (2 Cor 6.14). Remember that what your children grow up to believe may well be affected by such a choice. On the practical level however it is necessary to seriously consider whether living together you will be able to cope with each other's lifestyle. You may well find that differing customs amd lifestyles can grate after a while when the initial love has died down. That is something to seriously consider. But of course that is true of all marriages. Best wishes |
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178 | male nor female? galatians 3:27 | Gal 3:28 | biblicalman | 229383 | ||
Hi Lamarchester, Welcome to the Forum. What Paul is bringing out in Galatians 3.28 is that in Christ God treats all Christians on an equal basis. All are 'sons of God'. He does not see freemen as superior to slaves, He does not see men as superior to women, He does not see Jews as superior to Gentiles. And this is because having been united with Christ they are one with Him, they are members of His body. Therefore before God they share equal status with Jesus Christ. The Pharisee would pray, 'I thank God you have not made me a woman'. He believed that women were inferior in the sight of God, and had lesser rights of approach. So Paul is emphasising that once a woman is 'in Christ' she is of equal status to a man in God's eyes, and can expect her prayers to be answered on the same basis. She can approach God in the same way, and with the same confidence that she will be fully accepted. Best wishes |
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179 | Is the Holy Spirit Leading? | Gal 5:16 | biblicalman | 227925 | ||
I alway cringe when i hear someone say, "I was led by the Spirit', or 'the Holy Spirit showed me'. What it usually means is 'I decided what I wanted to do' or 'this is my opinion' given a tinge of spiritual repectability. Different people have been 'showed by the Holy Spirit' views which were diametrically opposed. Churches acting as a whole have been 'guided by the Holy Spirit' to appoint ministers who turned out within a short time to be a disaster. The way to be guided by the Holy Spirit is through careful and prayerful study of the Scriptures and careful assessment of what we are thinking of doing while in prayer before God. Then we must assess whether we have peace in our hearts about our decision. While this cannot guaranteee that you are being led by the Spirit, it makes it more likely. But at the best of times we are not pure and unprejudiced recipients of truth. Thus even acting in the way described above will be no guarantee that our ownviews have not overridden the Holy Spirit. We must seek to 'walk with God' prayerfully and Scripturally and trust God to lead us. But we are foolish if we believe that this means that our decisions will always be right, or indeed will be the leading of the Spirit. Fortunately for us, however, God is able to overrule our mistakes when they have been genuinely made. |
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180 | How Do I know God is speaking to me? | Gal 6:2 | biblicalman | 228914 | ||
hi keelz welcome to the forum. Firstly you must ask your self how sure you are of the facts. What are you basing your judgments on? Secondly you must examine your own motives. Why are you wanting to do this? Is it out of genuine Christian love and a desire to do what Christ would do, or have you an ulterior motive (such as jealousy, or wanting him for yourself)? If it is for Christlike reasons then there is a good chance that God would approve of your seeking to do something. But what? Have you and your friend joint friends? Perhaps you could discuss it with them and see if they agree with you. in these cases two are usually better than one. As Christians we are certainly required to bear one another's burdens. But we must make sure that it is for the right reason. You do not say how you would stand up to the woman. It must be done, at least initially in soft words and in a spirit of love and compassion. Anger and violence rarely works and is not Christlike. You should also remember that it is unwise to interfere between two partners unless it is absolutely necessary. So settle your motives before God in prayer. Then you wil be better able to do something. Best wishes |
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