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161 | Who are the scribes? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 5000 | ||
Charis, I am not exactly sure what you ae asking, since you asked the same question. prayon | ||||||
162 | I need answers to several questions . | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 5715 | ||
1) Joel 2:28a, 29 and Acts 2:17a, 18: In the last days I shall pour out my Spirit on ALL flesh, and your sons and your DAUGHTERS will prophecy... Even upon my slaves, BOTH men and WOMEN, in those days I will pour out my Spirit and they shall prophecy". If Christ is pouring out His spirit on us and giving us prophecys I don't believe He still means for us to be quiet. 2. God still does speak to us but through His son. He can do this in a variety of ways including through His word, through other people, or through sermons or messages to name a couple. 3. I will refer you to a question of 5/17 - "should music be allowed in church?" Throughout the Old Testament there are numerous scriptures of musical instruments being used in church for worship and praise. You can find many of them in the Psalms. 4) There was a long debate on this question last month. There were 2 questions asked by Charis -"Communion, how often?" and question "Weekly Communion?" These were asked on 4/28 and 4/29. There are a lot of opinions and you can draw your own conclusion because the bible does not say specifically. Hope this helps. prayon |
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163 | freeing prisoner tradition ie. Barabas | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 5821 | ||
The only information I can find is that in John states in John 18:39 that Pilate calls it a Jewish custom to release a prosoner. | ||||||
164 | What is "Gnosticism"? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 7822 | ||
Gnosticism is a diverse religious and theosophical movement of the first three centuries AD. The name derives from the means of salvation: the Gnostic is saved through a special knowledge (Gk. gnosis). The central Gnostic doctrine is the ontological dualism between the supreme, ineffable God of love and the material world, considered evil or at best, indifferent. Between God and matter lie a host of spiritual powers, collectively termed the fullness of God. From its lowest rank comes the creator, a demiurge identified with the OT Yahweh. Fallen spiritual powers, often linked with astral referents, now rule the world. The focus of Gnostic redemption is not on God but ultimately upon the individual's self- understanding and the resulting freedom it provides. It declined rapidly in the 3rd century as Christianity countered with apologetic attacks as well as systematic biblical and theological work. Paul dealt with a culture already familiar with some elements of the Gnostic synthesis. An example is the opponents at Corinth "puffed up" with knowledge (1Cor 8:1). In 1Tim the author censures self-proclaimed teachers of the law (6:4) who teach a false gnosis (v. 20). |
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165 | Does the Bible say gambling is a sin? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 8749 | ||
I can not find any mention of gambling in the bible. However, the bible refers to addictions throughout the bible. Gambling is a well documented addiction. Addictions are inevitably placed before God which is a sin. Also with this tpye of addiction finances come to mind. We are commanded by God to be good stewards of our finances. I do not believe that gambling falls under being good stewards. prayon | ||||||
166 | Does the Bible say gambling is a sin? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 8765 | ||
Mumu, In a book I have called "Armed and Dangerous" it did list gambling. The following scriptures were listed under it: Gen 3:19 2Thes 3:10 2Corin 12:14 1Cor 6:12; 10:31 Col 3:2,5,6 Rom 12:1 Exo 20:15,17 Hope these help. prayon |
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167 | Don't sweat the small stuff? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 9748 | ||
Lionstrong,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Maybe you are right and part of the bible is false. And maybe they got it wrong about Jesus too. Maybe he only healed some of the people he is said to of healed. Maybe he didn't really walk on water. Maybe he is really buried somewhere and didn't rise from the dead. Maybe the men who rewrote the bible added a bunch of stuff that didn't really happen to make it sound more interesting. Lionstrong, it is called FAITH! "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not see" (Heb 11:1). Faith is being able to to know that the bible is the INFALLIBLE (exempt from uncertainity, fallacy or error) word of God. If someone does not believe it is the unfallible word of God, I question if that person should be answering posts on a forum that is based on the bible being without any error. |
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168 | What does Scripture say about the Spirit | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 13787 | ||
Greetings Joren - Welcome to the forum. You have asked many questions I will do my best. First as for speaking in tongues if you go to the quick search and type in "tongues" you will find a lot of information about tongues - if they don't answer your questions about that let me know and I will be happy to. Tongues is a gift from God (1Cor 12:8-11)- just as God didn't give the gift of healing to all He didn't give the gift of tongues to all. Now for the Holy Spirit. A good study reference is the Nave's Topical Bible. It will lead you to all the scriptures on any subject you are seeking. I recommend it highly. You can also type in Holy Spirit in the quick search. You have asked so many question on the Holy Spirit that it is pretty much impossible to answer them all in one reply. In the future it would be much simplier to ask one question at a time so that each question can be given a apprpriate responce. I will try to answer some of them. The Holy Spirit is given to us (1cor 12:7, Rom 5:5) by God and since He dwells in us (1Cor 3:16) is readily available to us but I believe that we must ask Him to work in our life. In reading Acts 19:2-6 we see that you can believe without having received the Holy Spirit, that is why I believe you must ask Him to become active in your life. Acts 7:51 tells us that we can resist the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is also a teacher (Luke 12:12, John 14:26) I do not know what it is referring to when it says "supernatural witness". I would be curious who wrote the booklets you are referring to. What you mentioned about not givng very many definites and contradicting itself concerns me. I know of no basis for saying that Spirit consists of primarily emotional/physical experiences. I believe that the bible contridicts this. Just as the Spirit gives us different gifts He also gives different manifestations of Himself in individuals. If one person dances, speaks in tongues, and is very physical as you put it does not mean that he is any more spiritual than you. (I would bet that one day you will experience an outward display yourself though). You are correct in saying that we all struggle with sin and we have already seen that everyone has the Spirit who is saved. Having sin in our life does not mean that we are without the Spirit. Please feel free to ask as many more questions as you like - but please one topic per question so we can cover each topic thoroughly. prayon |
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169 | baptism requied or not, by immersion | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 17514 | ||
Welcome to the forum! That is a topic that has been discussed a lot of times. If you type in baptism in the quick search you will find more than you ever wanted to know on baptisms! If you still have any questions let us know! prayon | ||||||
170 | HEROD AND JOHN THE BAPTIST | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 19145 | ||
The bible tells us (I can't find the scripture sorry) to verify everything we hear by checking it out to see if it lines up with the word of God. Hollywood uses a story (or bible incident) for a movie and then they add to it or take away from it to make it more interesting (they think). This is what happened here. I do not know of anywhere in the bible where it says that Jesus visited John the Baptist when he was in jail. | ||||||
171 | who was the apostle without God? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 20589 | ||
Greetings Ruth! Could you please tell me what scriptures you are referring to in your question? Thanks, prayon | ||||||
172 | Is is right to call money a seed? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 21813 | ||
In the parable of the four soils Jesus tells us about sowing seeds. I believe this is where it comes from. When you give money to a ministry it will grow just as when you plant a seed and nuture it it will grow. Many pastors now use the term of sowing seeds into a ministry. prayon | ||||||
173 | Christianity and beliefs | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 41029 | ||
Greetings charlottetu, 1. Most assuredly I am a committed Christian 2. I became a true Christian at the age of 30. I thought I was a Christian before that but I never truly knew what it meant to be one and I neither walked the walk or talked the talk. 3.If I was to pick a denomination it would be Church of God in Christ - Pentecostal. 4.I am confirmed by God. 5. I communicate by praying, praising, worshiping, listening and reading His word. I also believe that God will communicate with you through other Christians. 6. I do my best to go one or more times a week. 7. I believe in the one true and living God, and that Jesus Christ died for my sins and on the 3rd day He rose. 8. I have eternal salvation and a peace and joy in my heart that can only come from knowing God. 9. It means to be a student and a follower. 10. Yes, I am both a student who is ever learning and a follower of Jesus Christ. 11. Yes, I believe that when you encourage or enable someone to do things that are sinful then you are going against Christianity. I did both of these before I became a true Christian. 12. There are too many things to list that I wouldn't do anymore. In short I can say that I try not to do anything that goes against the teachings of the bible, although I do sin just as any other human being sins. Your welcome, prayon |
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174 | What are the synoptic Gospels? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 60237 | ||
The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called the synoptic gospels because of their common structure, perspective and contents. In fact all the material of each can be set in parallel columns in such a way that all three records could be seen together or "synoptically". The similarity of these gospel may be seen in their general outline of Jesus' life and activity, details of style and language, and at times exact or nearly exact verbal statements of Jesus. The gospel of Matthew, Mark and Luke differ from the gospel of John. John has a certain quality that puts it in an altogether different category. John was the oldest of all the disciples and his book was written last. In writing his book last he had time to delve into the deeper truth concerning Jesus, the divine son of God. It was important that this deeper meaning be supplied to the world so God caused John to supply this particular key to understanding the gospel already told in the earlier gospels. Whereas the earlier gospels focused on the miracles of Jesus and the peoples reactions to them John focused on certain words and works of Jesus and omitted many incidents (including all parables) in Jesus life. John called the miracles signs and focused on their spiritual significance. He had one aim in mind, to show that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God, and by believing in this one could have eternal life. prayon |
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175 | What is during Christ? "bc" "ad" ??? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 63131 | ||
Greeting's, Actually, contrary to popular belief A.D. does not stand for "after death". A.D. stands for Anno Domini which means "in the year of our Lord". prayon | ||||||
176 | The geneology of Jesus? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 72070 | ||
Greetings, In addition to what EdB said there is another difference. In Matthew the geneology goes from father to son forward. It begins with Abraham and ends with Joseph showing the Legal or royal line of Jesus. Matthew also includes the names of 5 women; Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Mary and Bathsheba (the wife of Uriah v.6). In Luke's geneology it starts with the son and goes from father to son backward starting with Jesus and ending with Adam. prayon |
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177 | Does it matter where you go to church ? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 72158 | ||
Greetings Christian Tim, Yes it matters very much where you go to church at. There are many churches that claim to teach the word of God but twist it to fit their needs or be what the congregation wants to hear. A good church should have the following qualities: It should preach the word of God as God means it, whether it "steps on anyones toes" or not. It should call a sin a sin. The Word should not be given to line up with what today's people think is appropriate, nor should it be preached to be politically correct. The pastor should have certain qualities himself (see 1Tim 3:2-8). In seeking the right church it may take some time. Try different denominations. When you go to a church check your Bible to be sure that what is preached lines up with the word of God competely and totally. When you go to a church allow the Holy Spirit inside you to direct you. If you have an uneasiness then that is not where you are supposed to be. If you don't have a peace in your spirit then move on. When you do attend the church you are to make your home you will feel a peace in your heart and in your spirit. This is where you should stay and plant yourself. prayon |
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178 | Describe Jesus in Matt and John. | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 91702 | ||
Greetings Jaanie and welcome to the forum. Each gospel portrays Jesus in a different way. Matthew which was written about 60 AD presents Jesus as the might king and emphasizes the power of Christ. It is a teaching gospel and portays Jesus as a lion (see Eze 1:10). The book ends with His resurrection. Mark is believed to be the first gospel written about 58AD. I presents Jesus as an obedient servant and emphasizes the service of Christ. It is a narrative gospel full of action. It portrays Jesus as a ox and the book ends with the ascension. Luke was written after Matthew and presents Jesus as the ideal Son of Man. It emphasizes the sympathy of Christ and is carefully documented. It portrays Jesus as a man and ends with the coming of the Holy Spirit. John was the last gospel written about 98 AD. It presents Jesus as the divine Son of God and emphasizes the wisdom of Christ. It is the spiritual gospel and portrays Jesus as an eagle. It ends with the return of Jesus to earth. Matthew, Mark and Luke are called the synoptic gospels and take a common view of the life of Christ emphasizing the His humanity. John's gospel emphasizes His diety. Hope this helps. prayon |
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179 | worship/ bible | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 125988 | ||
GReetings monkeyman, I think that it should be a balance of both. The service should follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes one will be longer or more intense than the other but both are needed. prayon | ||||||
180 | Practical lifestyles of the disciples | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 144742 | ||
Greetings solange and welcome to the forum! Could you please be a little more specific as to what you want to know? Thanks, prayon |
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