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161 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149883 | ||
The Bible does not actually say why the Lord did not accept Cain’s offering. One can only speculate the Cain had an improper attitude or the offering was not up to God’s standards. Proverbs 21:27 tells us that God does not like the sacrifices of evil people or sacrifices made with clandestine reasons in mind. God does evaluate both our hearts and the quality of what we offer him. God should get the best of us, whatever the offering is. After all, what we give to God reflects our true attitude toward Him. We should be joyful givers in the same. Malachi 1:6-14 is good for understanding unworthy sacrifices and God’s attitude of them. WOS |
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162 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149893 | ||
Possibly, but when you read Genesis 4:6-7 you see that God gives Cain a chance to respond correctly which would indicate it was something that Cain himself had done inappropriately. After the offering was rejected, God gave Cain a chance to correct the wrong and even encouraged him to do so. It appears that Cain refused. WOS |
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163 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149923 | ||
Robert, I think if you look at the rejection of Cain’s offering in the light that it did not measure up to Abel’s, then, you would have to admit God showed favoritism, which he doesn’t. Abel gave from what he had. Cain gave from what he had. One was no better than the other. So long as what is being offered is the best of what you have and it is offered with a pure heart, it is pleasing to God. Now, one can still offer the best to God, but not offer it in sincerity, then, it is no longer pleasing to God. Judging by Cain’s reactions after the fact, it is pretty straightforward to deduce that his actions and heart weren’t in the proper place prior to the offering. Therefore, God rejected it. Matthew 5:23-24 23"Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. I think it was a matter of not having his heart in the right place, not necessarily what he was offering. Keep in mind; God did not reject Cain, just what he offered. Cain was a farmer, he offered from his harvest. Maybe, just maybe, he didn’t have a choice lamb to offer. Do you really think God would hold that against him? WOS |
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164 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 150084 | ||
Robert, the Scripture quoted below would indicate it was in fact Cain’s actions, his attitude, that caused God to reject his offering. The verse from Hebrews states it all: Abel’s sacrifice was better because of his faith. Not because of what it was. His heart was right with God and Cain's was not. 1 John 3:11This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. 1 John 3:19This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence 20whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 1 John 3:21Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. Hebrews 11:4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead. WOS |
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165 | The land of Nod? | Gen 4:17 | Wild Olive Shoot | 150614 | ||
http://www.gotquestions.org/Cains-wife.html Question: “Who was Cain's wife?" Answer: The Bible does not specifically say who Cain’s wife was. The only possible answer was that she was his sister or niece or great-niece, etc. The Bible does not say how old Cain was when he killed Abel (Genesis 4:8). Since they were both farmers, they were likely both full-grown adults, possibly with families of their own. Adam and Eve had surely had more children than just Cain and Abel at the time Abel was killed - they definitely had many more children later (Genesis 5:4). The fact that Cain was scared for his own life after he killed Abel (Genesis 4:14) indicates that there were likely many other children and perhaps even grandchildren or great-grandchildren of Adam and Eve at that time. Cain's wife (Genesis 4:17) was a daughter or granddaughter of Adam and Eve. Since Adam and Eve were the first (and only) human beings, their children would have no other choice than to intermarry. God did not forbid inter-family marriage until much later when there was enough people that intermarriage was not necessary (Leviticus 18:6-18). The reason that incest often results in genetic abnormalities in children is that when two people of similar genetics (i.e. a brother and sister) have children – genetic defects are far more likely to result because both parents had the same defects themselves. When people from different families have children – it is highly unlikely that both parents will have the same genetic defects. The human genetic code has become increasingly “polluted” over the centuries as genetic defects are multiplied, amplified, and passed down from generation to generation. Adam and Eve did not have any genetic defects, so that enabled them and the first few generations of their descendants to have a far greater quality of health than we do now. Adam and Eve’s children had few, if any, genetic defects. As a result, it was safe for them to intermarry. © Copyright 2002-2005 Got Questions Ministries. All Rights Reserved. www.gotquestions.org Who was Cain's wife? |
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166 | Adam's or God's likeness? | Gen 5:3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 160295 | ||
If sin can be passed from generation to generation, or rather our sinful nature, then why couldn’t the “image of God” be passed from generation to generation? If our sinful nature can be traced and accredit to Adam and Eve, why don’t we trace our likeness to God or being made in His image the same. God made male and female in His image knowing good and well they would fall, but yet it still pleasured Him to do so. Simply because Adam and Eve fell doesn’t actually change the fact that they were still made in God’s image. The fact that we were created in the image of God, as a reflection, seems evident today and still yet to come. Couldn’t the references to God’s likeness and Adam’s likeness in Gen. 5 simply indicate that Adam was created sinless (by God) but the generations to follow would not be in a sinless state due to the fall? If we are not made in God’s image, then who’s? Man’s? If the latter, do you really believe we are still able to give glory to God or would even want to for that matter. C. S. Lewis wrote that God was the source from which all of our reasoning power comes. I agree with him, and if that is true, we have to be able to reflect some of God’s characteristics, which would seem to indicate, we are in His likeness, yes even today. WOS |
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167 | Adam's or God's likeness? | Gen 5:3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 160301 | ||
Brother Doc, Hah! You should know by now that I stay confused. By the way, glad to be back. Business had me traveling for a while. I sure missed you folks. Anyway… I don’t disagree that my references are as if comparing apples and oranges. Though they are two completely different subjects in their entirety, they are derived from the same source aren’t they? My implication was that that God created man in His own image. In that image, man was given freewill; God permitted disobedience, which in essence was the catalyst in the fall. Man freely chose to disobey. We still have that “characteristic” today which was originally placed into man by God. We still have other godly “characteristics” that are indicative of our Creator and being formed in His image. Therefore, my thoughts are that even today, in our sinfulness, in our morally corrupt nature, we still have the ability to choose to honor God and obey, which we had from the beginning, and to what I think the Word is referencing, in part, when it tells us we were made in God’s image, that we have certain abilities bestowed upon us that are derived from God and only God. My thinking, and I’m not real sure now, is that our parents were made in God’s image. The fall shouldn’t negate that fact since it was “post-creation”, for lack of better terminology. Since we multiply and reproduce in kind, don’t we all reflect that same image? I don’t necessarily think of it as whether or not Adam had the “ability” to pass this image to his children. It was God that started the process and continues it from generation to generation. You did point to the repetition of “in his likeness” as being contrasting. But I didn’t necessarily get from it that the contrast was in the context that we no longer remain in the likeness of God. Unless I take that statement in conjunction with “Adam could not pass on the image of God, who are all conceived in sin.” Adam was not able but does God perform this work? Where my apples and oranges comparison is applicable: just as we have no control over imputed sin, we have no control over God’s image remaining part of what constitutes us as being human, which by the way, I think is what, in part, keeps us separate from every other everything of God’s creation. I agree with your statement: “The imago Dei existed in man before the fall. After the fall, it was marred and distorted.” It may be marred and distorted, but it is still there. Is it not? I guess the point I was trying to convey to searcher56 should have been just that. WOS PS: I think I just confused myself! |
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168 | Adam's or God's likeness? | Gen 5:3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 160303 | ||
Doc, I realize in my last post there was no reference to Scripture as to why I have the opinion I have. Please allow me to quickly follow up and I hope I get this out prior to you commenting. Gen 9:6: God indicated to Noah that it was unacceptable for another person to be killed. God states that man is still made in His image. I would tend to think that applies to us today as well. I apologize for not including this with my last post. WOS |
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169 | The raven (Gen 8:7)... | Gen 8:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 182117 | ||
xina, Here is some commentary from Matthew Henry you may find interesting, if you haven't happened upon it yet. "1. Noah sent forth a raven through the window of the ark, which went forth, as the Hebrew phrase is, going forth and returning, that is, flying about, and feeding on the carcases that floated, but returning to the ark for rest; probably not in it, but upon it. This gave Noah little satisfaction; therefore, 2. He sent forth a dove, which returned the first time with no good news, but probably wet and dirty; but, the second time, she brought an olive-leaf in her bill, which appeared to be first plucked off, a plain indication that now the trees, the fruit-trees, began to appear above water. Note here, (1.) That Noah sent forth the dove the second time seven days after the first time, and the third time was after seven days too; and probably the first sending of her out was seven days after the sending forth of the raven. This intimates that it was done on the sabbath day, which, it should seem, Noah religiously observed in the ark. Having kept the sabbath in a solemn assembly of his little church, he then expected special blessings from heaven, and enquired concerning them. Having directed his prayer, he looked up, Psa_5:3. (2.) The dove is an emblem of a gracious soul, which finding no rest for its foot, no solid peace or satisfaction in this world, this deluged defiling world, returns to Christ as to its ark, as to its Noah. The carnal heart, like the raven, takes up with the world, and feeds on the carrions it finds there; but return thou to thy rest, O my soul, to thy Noah, so the word is, Psa_116:7. O that I had wings like a dove, to flee to him! Psa_55:6. And as Noah put forth his hand, and took the dove, and pulled her in to him, into the ark, so Christ will graciously preserve, and help, and welcome, those that fly to him for rest. (3.) The olive-branch, which was an emblem of peace, was brought, not by the raven, a bird of prey, nor by a gay and proud peacock, but by a mild, patient, humble dove. It is a dove-like disposition that brings into the world earnests of rest and joy. (4.) Some make these things an allegory. The law was first sent forth like the raven, but brought no tidings of the assuaging of the waters of God's wrath, with which the world of mankind was deluged; therefore, in the fulness of time, God sent forth his gospel, as the dove, in the likeness of which the Holy Spirit descended, and this presents us with an olive-branch and brings in a better hope." - Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible Stand in His grace, WOS |
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170 | confused about Noahs son | Gen 9:22 | Wild Olive Shoot | 209620 | ||
No rick. Scripture is pretty clear. But just in case you missed the scripture with this post, here it is again. Genesis 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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171 | confused about Noahs son | Gen 9:22 | Wild Olive Shoot | 209622 | ||
Yes I did. And I understand that you see it meaning the father’s wife's nakedness as well. Understandable. However, this is a different circumstance, different occasion and different happening. What you refer to in Leviticus refers to incest. Nothing of the sort is actually stated or implied by the scripture reference in Genesis. Noah was simply in a drunken state, unawake and unaware of his exposed self. By implying that some sort of incest or sexual act had taken place, you would be hard pressed to reconcile how his other two sons reacted and be purely speculative. Genesis 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. Noah was simply uncovered in his tent as Genesis 9:21 states. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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172 | confused about Noahs son | Gen 9:22 | Wild Olive Shoot | 209624 | ||
Okay, last response and then maybe we should move on to bigger and better subjects. Did Ham uncover his father's nakedness, or simply see it? Stand in His grace and welcome to the forum, WOS |
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173 | who was man lied and said wife is sister | Gen 12:12 | Wild Olive Shoot | 190089 | ||
Don't forget about Genesis 26:7. Issac followed in his father's footsteps. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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174 | Circumcision reduces HIV rates by half | Gen 17:11 | Wild Olive Shoot | 181260 | ||
If that in fact does substantiate a potential 50 percent reduction, just think of what the possibilities could be if we take to heart the following: 1Thessalonians 4:1-5: 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 1Corinthians 6:15-18: 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. “but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body; not meaning his wife, which is as his own body; but his proper natural body, which is not only the instrument by which this sin is committed, but the object against which it is committed; and which is defiled and dishonoured by it; and sometimes its strength and health are impaired, and it is filled with nauseous diseases hereby.” – John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible “Sinneth against his own body - This is the Fourth argument against indulgence in this vice; and it is more striking and forcible. The sense is, “It wastes the bodily energies; produces feebleness, weakness, and disease; it impairs the strength, enervates the man, and shortens life.” Were it proper, this might be proved to the satisfaction of every man by an examination of the effects of licentious indulgence. Those who wish to see the effects stated may find them in Dr. Rush on the Diseases of the Mind. Perhaps no single sin has done so much to produce the most painful and dreadful diseases, to weaken the constitution, and to shorten life as this. Other vices, as gluttony and drunkenness, do this also, and all sin has some effect in destroying the body, but it is true of this sin in an eminent degree.” – Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Imagine the possibilities. Stand in His Grace, WOS |
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175 | Circumcision reduces HIV rates by half | Gen 17:11 | Wild Olive Shoot | 181274 | ||
It's hard to imagine the ethics were that different from then to now when you take into consideration Sodom and Gomorrha. However, when you state "Even in a monogamous marital relationship, if one partner has HIV, the rate of transmission to the other is reduced by half, in either direction, man to woman or woman to man."… Please elaborate on how one contracts the virus if this is the nature of their relationship. God had it right. See my previous post on this subject. Rather than sending doctors, maybe we should concentrate on sending the Gospel. Stand in His Grace, WOS |
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176 | Circumcision reduces HIV rates by half | Gen 17:11 | Wild Olive Shoot | 181280 | ||
You mention many ways in which the virus is transmitted (some of which are still directly related to sinful lifestyles), but by your topic of discussion, you imply the spread of the virus through fornication and science's attempt to remedy that with circumcision, otherwise, why the concern? Whether or not one is circumcised has no ramifications on spreading the virus through other means. Sorry if I missed your point, but so long as modern science seeks an attempt to remedy a situation in part, to still allowing sinful lifestyles without the consequences, they are far from God's wisdom. Psalm 111:10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do his commandments: His praise endureth for ever. That’s just my opinion though. Stand in His Grace, WOS |
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177 | LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY | Gen 18:8 | Wild Olive Shoot | 155477 | ||
I believe our Lord doesn’t have a problem with us consuming milk from animals. If He did, He sure failed to let Abraham know while He had some with him. I’m sure the milk mentioned wasn’t from Sarah. Genesis 18 1And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. WOS |
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178 | LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY | Gen 18:8 | Wild Olive Shoot | 155494 | ||
So you’re saying the angels or Gabriel who were delivering God’s message were in a way disobedient to God for eating something not approved? You’re right about let’s not assume anything. So why do you automatically assume that it was Gabriel and not the Lord who ate? And why do you assume that milk is forbidden when we clearly see it being consumed in Scripture? You’re also overlooking Genesis 9 when considering what god has given us to eat. Genesis 9: 1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. You’re overlooking Christ and what He said: Matthew 15: 11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. You’re overlooking further; Acts 10: 9About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. 13Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." 14"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean." 15The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean." 16This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven. You mean to tell me, that after all of these thousands of years, God has not wanted us consuming milk but has now just recently made it clear to you that we shouldn’t? We even see cases in Scripture in which animal milk was consumed and no mention of it being forbidden and you still think we should abstain? Sorry, I just don’t see it. Not many will I suppose? Not unless you can show support using God’s word. I’m sorry, but I’ll take His word over anyone’s, any day. By the way, I agree that the references to the land flowing with milk and honey is speaking to abundance. Who has taken that and interpreted it to mean we should drink milk from animals? WOS |
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179 | LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY | Gen 18:8 | Wild Olive Shoot | 155520 | ||
Oh… I see. Pardon me for my assumption. When you claimed to have a revelation, I assumed it was from God and not Robert Cohen. Look, this is just my own opinion; people will believe most anything written when they read it. Why do we find it so easy to believe every cockamamie thing written and then fail to honestly compare it with God’s word? Now I said honestly compare. Robert Cohen may be an intellectual, but he seems to have some sort of vendetta against the dairy lovers out there. I honestly think he’s about a pint shy of a full gallon. I’m sure he’ll find some way to blame the apocalypse on milk as well. Here are the references to milk that I found in Scripture, with exception to those that reference milk and honey. You look into them and see for yourself. Compare them to your revelation. Genesis 18:8 Genesis 49:12 Exodus 23:19 Exodus 34:26 Deuteronomy 14:21 Deuteronomy 32:14 Judges 4:19 Judges 5:25 Job 10:10 Job 21:24 Proverbs 27:27 Proverbs 30:33 Song of Solomon 4:11 Song of Solomon 5:1 Song of Solomon 5:12 Isaiah 7:22 Isaiah 28:9 Isaiah 55:1 Isaiah 60:16 Isaiah 66:11 Lamentations 4:7 Ezekiel 25:4 Joel 3:18 1 Corinthians 3:2 1 Corinthians 9:7 Here’s the thing, you’ll come up with your own opinion about this matter and I hope it is in line with God’s will. I’ll also state this, if you continue with your ideas about milk, that is fine too and if we ever should meet and have dinner, I’ll abstain from milk to keep from offending you. But otherwise, I’ll continue to drink it and think nothing more about it. WOS |
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180 | Why did God tell Abraham to kill his son | Gen 22:2 | Wild Olive Shoot | 214893 | ||
Not splitting hairs about the exact wording has put many on a destructive path. It is our duty to make sure we get the Word correct. 2Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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