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161 | Going to stars | Ps 8:3 | Jensen | 20507 | ||
I am so sorry... I am going to answer your questions in the order that you wrote them and hope that I can be more clear. You wrote... "Do you think, it is better to go stars, to study God's creation?" Answer--It is always best to look as close as you can at anything worth the effort to study. We do that with Bible study daily. It was better for men to go to the moon, collect rocks, and return to study the rocks than it would be for them to sit in their backyards and guess what the moon was made of. But that assumes that the moon is worth the effort to study. The study of "outer space" has led to tremendous advances in science that have been very beneficial to mankind. Your computer is one of the benefits :-) You wrote... "could u please give any passages to study God's creation we should go in to it so we can study it better?" Answer.. I am sorry. I do not understand this question. Will you please try again. Sometimes I am just thickheaded :) You wrote... "You include stars as God creation, and you said it is better to study stars if we go there? " Answer...Yes. It is better to study the stars up close rather than from far away. Just like everything else. Otherwise we might believe that the moon is made of Green Cheese :-) You wrote... "How about the Sun? it is also a God creation, if u mentioned that it is better to study the stars if we go there, then it is better to go to Sun also to study it better,and we know going to the sun is crazy things. Sun included in God creations." Answer...We are already very close to the Sun and know quite a lot about it. The only reason we know about the Sun is because we are close enough to study it. Someday, we may even send a probe into the Sun itself and learn even more. There are many different kinds of stars as you may know. Our Sun is only one star among many. Stars are not all alike. Stars must be studied if we want to know more about them. It would be better to be as close as we can get. Maybe even as close to them as we are to our own Sun. You wrote... "and we know going to the sun is crazy things" Answer, Comment...No, we do not know that. Scientists do not consider the possibility of going to the Sun, or any other star, to be "crazy things." "Crazy things" at one time in our history included sailing far out into the ocean where we would fall off the Earth since the Earth was considered to be flat. You wrote... "I think it is wrong that you can study better the God's creation by going to it, otherwise we have to go Sun also to study it better. What do you think?" Answer...We study the Grand Canyon up close and have more proof of Noah's Flood. We study the cells of our own bodies up close and see more proof of God's intelligent Design. We do not have to land on a star with a spaceship. We can land on one of the planets that are near the star to gain more knowledge. But you must believe that the effort of going is worth the knowledge that may be gained. We spray our squeeky hinges with a product called WD-40. WD-40 is a bi-product of our effort to go into space. Many other things also. You wrote... "For me it is not important to study the stars and other God's creation by going to them. Just believed that they are God's creation." Answer...Christians like us already believe that God created everything. We are saved. But remember what Peter said: "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." (1 Peter 3:15) The study, and the knowledge of God's creation will help us be prepared to give answers to the unbelievers when they say things like " We all evolved from monkeys." We must be prepared to prove that we are created in His image. We can do that better by studying creation up close. Including the Stars :-) God Bless You Johnny...Jensen |
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162 | How do you know there is a God? | Ps 46:10 | Jensen | 19481 | ||
Dear Maryann... Not only is there a God but He loves you and has a wonderful plan for the rest of your life and the life of your child as well. I want to add to the posts of heartfire and Reformer Joe since they went to the heart of the matter when they spoke of science. For someone such as yourself who is not sure if God exists sometimes the best proof can come from a scientific point of view. Most modern scientists begin with the premise that there is no God. If creation is true, they reason, scientific exploration has no further value. And if there really were a God then He may want us to do something that may change our lives, the way we think and act. So it is easier to have no God. But it was not always this way. Nearly every one of the early scientists were Christians or Jews. What they saw was Intelligent Design in nature. Such as the eye. If you have a mouse trap handy (or can imagine it) look how it is put together. There is a platform, a spring of some sort for tension, a u-shaped bar, and a place for bait, a trip mechanism, and some staples to hold it all in place. Now, what is the one thing you can remove from the trap and still have it perform its function (purpose) of catching mice. Maybe some writing which is not important to its function can be removed. Anything else? Well, no. It all must be there, and in its place to perform the function of catching a mouse. Now scientists say that given enough time these parts could all come together on their own and become, or evolve into, a mousetrap. Did you just laugh at that thought? That is because you recognize intelligent design when you see it. You and your child are intelligent designs. Who designed you? Today, some scientist (especially micro-biologists) recognize intelligent design in nature, but they do not know who the Designer was. Some speculate that life from another planet must have visited Earth and began life here. They are now recognizing, and acknowledging that nature is the result of a design. You see, Maryann, our bodies are made up of protein molecules. Each molecule is made up of several different kinds of amino acids that must be in perfect position to perform its function or the molecule will not survive and would fail to perform its function, like the mouse trap but with one big difference. You see it takes about 250 amino acids to make up a single protein molecule, the mousetrap has but a few. A protein molecule is the product of a complex intelligent design. Who do you think designed it? We go through some pretty hard times in our lives because something went wrong with the design. We were not meant to have such problems in our lives but something corrupted the design. We know that as sin. Sin entered the design through one man and none of us have escaped its' effects. Sin hurts and also keeps us from knowing our Maker as He wants to know us. Can you imagine someone designing a machine with no intended purpose, no function, and no way to tell the machine how it should behave? Can you imagine a Creator who has no way to communicate with His creation, no purpose for it, and no function to perform? There is a God Maryann, and He wants you to have a better life, free from tears or at least to have comfort in your times of stress. It is sin, yours and mine and everyone elses, that keeps us from coming closer to our maker. The good news is that He has sent us someone to make right all that went wrong and that will be our comfort. He has paid for our sins so that we are now seen as having no sin. Jesus has paid the price. Our Maker has told us the way to a better life while we are here and, more importantly, an even better life when we die. We are told to accept His free gift of this better life by accepting Jesus as our Lord, and our Savior. Maryann, do you know that if you died today that you would go to heaven? Are you sure or not? Would you like to be sure? God Bless......Jensen |
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163 | Are your friends true friends? | Prov 17:17 | Jensen | 31946 | ||
Dear just.....Words mean things.....so, for what it is worth to you.... FRIEND is defined..... 1 a : one attached to another by affection or esteem b : ACQUAINTANCE 2 a : one that is not hostile b : one that is of the same nation, party, or group 3 : one that favors or promotes something (as a charity) 4 : a favored companion And TRUE is defined..... 1 a : STEADFAST, LOYAL b : HONEST, JUST c archaic : TRUTHFUL 2 a (1) : being in accordance with the actual state of affairs *true description* (2) : conformable to an essential reality (3) : fully realized or fulfilled *dreams come true* b : IDEAL, ESSENTIAL c : being that which is the case rather than what is manifest or assumed *the true dimension of the problem* d : CONSISTENT *true to character* 3 a : properly so called *true love* *the true faith* *the true stomach of ruminant mammals* b (1) : possessing the basic characters of and belonging to the same natural group as *a whale is a true but not a typical mammal* (2) : TYPICAL *the true cats* 4 : LEGITIMATE, RIGHTFUL *our true and lawful king* We have a "true friend" in Jesus to be sure. Others exhibit true friendship at times. More importantly...What about your friends...Are they true? Or is this just a rhetorical question you ask? God Bless....Jensen |
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164 | turtle / turtle-dove | Song 2:12 | Jensen | 28425 | ||
That is why the "KJV only" debate is so silly. We do not live in the 1600's. Thanks for your great information. God Bless....Jensen |
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165 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 14:14 | Jensen | 29954 | ||
Dear Forum participants….I seek your help. An old friend of mine has been taken in by the Fulun Gong (Fulan Dafa, Falan Gong) movement here in the U.S. and I must find Christian critiques of this movement. (Why are Americans so intrigued by Eastern thought?) For the past few months I have searched the web and have come up empty. I chiefly find articles on Chinese repression of the sect. I should add that I have been to the FG web site and followed its’ links so I pretty much understand what they believe and, like other cults, that they are/will be gods some day. I have read their official guide to an introduction as well as the “masters” pronouncements. They are a crafty bunch!! There is much more of course and perhaps I will have to arrange my own doctrine by doctrine, point by point, response but any help you can provide will be much appreciated. I have only made headway from the Creation perspective. I have tried all the Christian resources I know of and have come up empty. The Americans who join the sect deny Jesus in the main, I suspect, as a refutation of their parents beliefs. Help nip this thing in the bud if you can. God Bless….Jensen |
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166 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 29952 | ||
Dear Forum participants….I seek your help. An old friend of mine has been taken in by the Fulun Gong (Fulan Dafa, Falan Gong) movement here in the U.S. and I must find Christian critiques of this movement. (Why are Americans so intrigued by Eastern thought?) For the past few months I have searched the web and have come up empty. I chiefly find articles on Chinese repression of the sect. I should add that I have been to the FG web site and followed its’ links so I pretty much understand what they believe and, like other cults, that they are/will be gods some day. I have read their official guide to an introduction as well as the “masters” pronouncements. They are a crafty bunch!! There is much more of course and perhaps I will have to arrange my own doctrine by doctrine, point by point, response but any help you can provide will be much appreciated. I have only made headway from the Creation perspective. I have tried all the Christian resources I know of and have come up empty. The Americans who join the sect deny Jesus in the main, I suspect, as a refutation of their parents beliefs. Help nip this thing in the bud if you can. God Bless….Jensen |
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167 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 30237 | ||
Thank you for your thoughtful replies. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement. Would you agree that one does not battle the mind with the heart…….at least if one wants to dissuade the other of a position held upon an intellectual foundation. There is seldom a feeling acceptance of Eastern thought. Christianity successfully uses emotions because the truth is written on our hearts where emotion resides. Christians are, therefore, emotional creatures by definition, made in the image of God. Cry all you want and stomp your feet but in the closing you must present a point by point refutation of an intellectual polemic if you are to make sense, and not feelings.….but sense… to a non-believer. This person has, or these Americans have, abandoned Christ. I think that to suggest that I “Use this verse” is probably nonsensical to a non-believer, one who knows of Christ but has no belief. Evangelical non-Christians use faulty reasoning or giant leaps of faith to persuade their victim but never, or seldom, is emotion used. That is why the air of arrogance surrounds all Christ haters. Intellectual arguments are based on facts at their base so we must reason with facts and logic and truth to those who have come to their beliefs as a result of an intellectual exercise. The pity is that we can not use the Word of God in our argument, only the truth of the Word. So therefore (1 Peter 3:15) “ But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,..”……… and so we must know some things such as what this child of God believes. So…If you have some resources let me know, please pray now for Jim. God Bless….Jensen |
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168 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 30265 | ||
Thank you...Have all I need . What I need is a response to Fulan Gong. God bless....Jensen |
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169 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 30266 | ||
Thank You...I have read most of your suggestions. Anything with a response to Fulan Gong specifically would help. None so far though. I may end up writing one myself :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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170 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 30271 | ||
Thank you for your kind response.... You wrote... "Don't sell short the power of the Spirit to use His own inspired words to enlighten the mind and persuade the will of the unbeliever." You misunderstand. My point is that I can not offer as proof something that is dismisseed out of hand....the Bible. I did say that I can use only its' truth. For someone to argue truth by saying "I believe it is true because I heard it on Oprah" will not work on someone who dismisses Oprah out of hand, like I do. You wrote..."It is not that he cannot believe intellectually; it is that he does not WANT to believe."...Precisely the point. Yes...he is surpressing the truth. He uses a new truth, one that is just as real. Just as the Biblical truth has surpressed or shed light on the worlds truth(lie) so too the Fulan Gong truth is replacing Biblical truth for this individual as well as many other Americans. He does not want to believe the Bible. He may, however, believe the Fulan Gong master. Would you beleive the Fulan Gong master as proof that Christianity is a sham? Of course not. You close your mind in the same way that any nonbeliever does when it comes to the Bible. Any Christian response to this movement must not use Biblical verses as proof. Do you see what I mean? We must use the Biblical truth without quoting Scripture. The way I understand the dilema it is a matter of using the Bible without using the Bible :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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171 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 30273 | ||
Thanks Joe...equip.org is a staple resource...Nothing there. God Bless....Jensen |
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172 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 30399 | ||
Thanks again Joe for your reply. Taking the time with this is appreciated...You have helped me to re-think some things. You Wrote..."Exposing the errors of a cult is terribly effective at times in getting a person to reject that organization, but they are still as bound for hell if they are not going to embrace the truth.".... do you see that you have put my argument? The chicken does come before the egg:-) First, a rejection of the current belief; second, the acceptance of a new belief. But not simultaneously or even back and forth replacing each false part of a system of beliefs with the truth of the Christian belief system. Now on to those pesky cultists,....if I could just find some resources. God Bless....Jensen PS. Rom 1:16? I hope that you do not think that I am in anyway "ashamed of the gospel". |
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173 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 30403 | ||
Sorry Joe......Staple as an adjective would mean PRINCIPAL or CHIEF and Resource as you know is A SOURCE OF INFORMATION or EXPERTISE. A staple resource would be a usual source of information. The place where I look regularly and go to most of the time is the site equip.org. But nothing there about the Falan Daffa. Aka Fulan Gong. God Bless....Jensen |
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174 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 30526 | ||
Again you come to my aid......The URL is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I wonder why a search at the site did not turn it up? Thank you ever soooo much. God Bless....Jensen |
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175 | Christian Response To Eastern Thought? | Is 55:11 | Jensen | 30553 | ||
Thank You Charis....Joe has provided an excellent resource. I disagree that knowing the movement will provide little help. If that were so we would not have the field of Christian Apologetics so involved with "knowing" the cults. We would not need to know anything of the Christian cults that are today leading young Americans astray. We would have more shelf space in any Christian bookstore. I think we must know the appeal of these cults if we are to fight against their influence. We battle for souls in many ways….that is because we are a church…..one body, many parts. We are all working together even though we ourselves would do a thing differently we still recognize the value of the other approaches. God Bless….Jensen |
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176 | So vile - lye and soap wouldn't clensnse | Jer 2:22 | Jensen | 41229 | ||
Dear Searcher.... "when the people of Jerusalem went into exile." these were the words of the prophet refering to His people. God Bless....Jensen |
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177 | the greek meanin of the word hiss | Ezek 27:36 | Jensen | 45552 | ||
Dear Debbie...Welcome to the Forum :-) This word is a Hebrew word (OT) not Greek. In Hebrew this word appears 12 times in the Bible. Seven times it means "scoff", One time it means "hiss", one time it means "hisses", one time it means "signal", one time it means "whistle", and one time it is translated as "whistles." In the verse you give it may be understood possibly as "scoff" but look at Jer 46:22 where it can only mean hiss as a snake hisses. The hiss is a sound of a snake of course. I hope this helps and we all look forward to hearing from you again. God Bless....Jensen |
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178 | Temple Desecration ? Jews ? swine ? | Daniel | Jensen | 48919 | ||
Dear CoolRob....I searched the NIV and found that "Desecration" does not appear in the text, "Jew" or "Jews" appear(s) 255 times, "swine" does not appear in the text. Pig or Pigs appear 19 times though. And we know of temple desecration, it's just that the words are not used, at least in the NIV. God Bless....Jensen |
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179 | Israel-powerful nation-end days-where? | Mic 5:3 | Jensen | 44385 | ||
Dear Kari Bohag....The middle east country that is today called Israel is a political state fashioned by men. God has not yet called for Israel to return from all the far off places of this world. This is exactly why there will be no peace, ever, in this political state. Even the leaders of this country do not consider themselves particularly "religious" because they are not of God. They are the liars and the deceivers of men and nations. This is not the Israel of God. There is no contemporary proof that it is. I can sleep in the garage all night but in the morning I will not be a Buick. God Bless....Jensen |
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180 | Israel-powerful nation-end days-where? | Mic 5:3 | Jensen | 44399 | ||
Okay Hank....LOL....Good Night | ||||||
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