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181 | Wrong to divorce husband for bad actions | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 100816 | ||
I see. Are you still living in the home with your parents, and are you still a minor? --Hank | ||||||
182 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 101626 | ||
GeorJoy - "Will someone who commits suicide go to heaven or not?" you ask and add, "There is no maybe. It is a simple yes or no." ..... Without attempting to delve into doctrinal differences surrounding the issue of the eternal destiny of one who takes his life, I submit that the issue is not such that it can be answered by a simple yes or no. It begs of other questions. For example, Was the victim of his own hand a regenerate believer in Christ? Was he of sound mind at the time he took his life? Does the Bible teach that regenerate believers -- those who have been made partakers of eternal life by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ -- have any more power within themselves to "lose" their salvation than they did to "gain" it in the first place? Or does not Scripture teach that salvation -- eternal life -- is solely of God, from start to finish? Does Scripture teach that works save us or keep us saved? And finally, if a redeemed person took his life and thus sealed his fate and doomed himself to hell, would he not have effectively committed an unpardonable sin, since he cut himself off from the remedy of forgiveness by confessing his sin? Does suicide come under the purview of the unforgivable sin of which Jesus spoke? No, George, in your theological economy, I see the question as being anything but a simple yes or no. Now I happen to espouse as quite biblical the doctrine of the security of the believer: God either gives eternal life or He doesn't. If He does, eternal is eternal. If He doesn't, then no one has eternal life, because one can't give it to oneself, not by good works, not by a thousand confessions of sin, not by anything under the sun. --Hank | ||||||
183 | Where did cain's wife come from? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 101768 | ||
EdB - Little trickles of information on Cain's wife keep coming in. One of these days we're going to get it all together about this woman. Last week my dentist told me what her first name was. It's Novo. Mrs. Novo Cain. File this one Ed. We may need it later. --Hank | ||||||
184 | What is an Apostle? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 101769 | ||
How interesting, Ken hepting. And by whose authority were apostles renamed missionaries. Where on earth did you dig up this piece of mis-information? As John Reformed has requested, chapter and verse please. --Hank | ||||||
185 | MARK 16:16: Was it perverted? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 101909 | ||
Aspiring Overseer: You say, "The unpardonable sin is that sin someone commits repeatedly, and willfully, in disobedience to God." ..... No it isn't. That is not what the unpardonable sin is. Why don't you turn to Matthew 12:24-32, Mark 3:22-30, and Luke 12:10 and learn what the unpardonable sin really is. I don't understand why people would post something like this when it is obvious they don't know what they're talking about. --Hank | ||||||
186 | The unpardonable sin? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 101982 | ||
Aspiring Overseer - There you go again! In spite of our Lord's clear and unambiguous teaching on what constitutes the unpardonable sin, you continue to post such statements as "The unpardonable sin is whatever sin that keeps a person, either in the church or not, from spending eternity with God." ...... THIS FLIES IN THE FACE OF WHAT CHRIST TAUGHT ABOUT THE UNPARDONABLE SIN!!! ...... What you are posting is not Bible teaching. It is opinion. It is wrong. It is worthless. .... Let me remind you that this is a Study BIBLE Forum, not an opinion poll. You say something to Mommapbs about accurately handling Scripture. Have you ever considered practicing what you preach? --Hank | ||||||
187 | man's tradition | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102715 | ||
shalor: "Don't forget the indoor plumbing, padded pews, and leather bound bibles." ..... Oh, certainly one must not forget these profane 'man's traditions.' But those leather-bond Bibles are also printed, and on paper yet, and bound in book form. What an outrage! That's man's tradition carried to extreme lengths. We should all go back to hand-written parchment scrolls. --Hank | ||||||
188 | Then it's all settled? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102803 | ||
Aixen - I appreciate what you have said about debates. From the perspective of having spent well over two years as an active Forum member, I can say without reservation that the only measurable fruits that have come from endless debates are bad fruits -- divisiveness, ill will, confusion, and even name-calling. None of these bad fruits do anything at all to edify Christian believers or to attract non-believers into the fold. In spite of dire warnings and notices that this activity will not be tolerated on this StudyBibleForum, there remain a few die hards who just will not, or cannot, let debates go. --Hank | ||||||
189 | Then it's all settled? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102805 | ||
John Reformed - Some things never change, do they? "Gentiles" in Acts 11:18 doesn't really mean Gentiles as it is written. It doesn't mean "all" Gentiles either -- certainly not! That would conflict with certain pre-suppositions about the nature and scope of divine election. The text must be foot-noted so that it will mean what one wants it to mean in order for it to comply with one's system of theology. ..... A word on Forum debates. Debater A takes one side of an issue and Debater B takes the other. The debate does not challenge A's pre-suppositions. It does not challenge B's pre-suppositions. It merely drives the wedge deeper into both A's and B's biases and pre-suppositions. Each is so engrossed in proving his point that he is blinded to see whatever validity there may be in the argument of the other -- and likely as not, both A and B are blinded so that they cannot see what the Bible actually teaches about the topic on which they are so desperating seeking to prove themselves the victor of the debate. The outcome is not victory of truth over error. It is rather a fallout of rancor, division, and ill will, none of which can be viewed as desirable fruits of the labor of debating. --Hank | ||||||
190 | Then it's all settled? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102808 | ||
John Reformed - You say that debate is a good witness. A good witness to what? To the divisions that exist within Christendom? I should think, John, that as long as you've been on this Forum, and in view of the experiences you have had, you would be keenly aware that debates are strictly forbidden on StudyBibleForum. Show me one good thing that Forum debates have accomplished and I will show you a double number of bad things that debates have brought to this Forum. Show how any soul has been led to a closer walk with God as a result of these Forum debates. On the contrary, some have left the Forum in digust -- we have no way of knowing just how many -- after having become fed up with endless debates. If you enjoy debating, join a debating team or go to another forum where it is permitted. But you know full well that continuing in this activity on this Forum is not allowed and will not be tolerated. --Hank | ||||||
191 | final round of "contradictions" | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102922 | ||
Jesusman - Excellent post! Good to see your trio of posts after a long dry spell. It invariably turns out that these alleged contradictions can be traced to faulty interpretation (eisegesis) of Scripture, not to Scripture itself. 2 Timothy 2:15 comes to mind. If skeptics spent half as much time in earnestly searching Scripture for God's truth as they do in trying to find loopholes in it to support their unbelief, they probably wouldn't remain skeptics for very long. --Hank | ||||||
192 | final round of "contradictions" | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102965 | ||
Crossland - Thanks for your clarification of your role and theological position relevant to your questions. I believe most of us on the Forum will be happy to work with you in answering your questions. Perhaps at this time it would be a good idea for you to simplify, collate, and repost as many of those questions which remain unanswered that you feel are important to you. This simplification and collation would make it easier for other users to address any remaining questions. ..... Regarding your question about Adam's ability to name the animals in Genesis 2:19-20, I recommend that you go to www.icr.org and type in "Adam name animals" in the home-page search box, or go to the following URL to view an article called "Could Adam Name All Those Animals?" The URL is www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-265.htm. --Hank | ||||||
193 | No they don't! | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 103208 | ||
Chris - Go to www.Moodypress.org and follow the links under "Believer's Life System." They have two loose-leaf Bibles, an NASB and an NLT, in a 5"x7" page format. They also sell binders for these Bibles, or you can buy inexpensive binders at any store that sells loose-leaf notebooks. I have their NLT in loose-leaf. The last time I checked (a couple of years ago), the NASB was in the older edition, not the 1995 Update, but that may have changed by now. But I'd e-mail them before ordering the NASB if this makes any difference to you. --Hank | ||||||
194 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 103435 | ||
Them's powerful strong words, pardner. Please enlighten my dense perception. What's Kathy posted that proclaims another gospel? I just don't see it. Now Kathy's all angered up and I can't say as I blame her. Maybe she deserves these harsh words, but brother, I can't make out just why she does. --Hank | ||||||
195 | Holy Spirit question on mysterious ways | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 103956 | ||
Ray, the William Cowper quotation appears in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and in MacMillan Dictionary of Quotations. The entire hymn is printed in The Harvard Classics (volume 45). The hymn, called "Light Shining Out of Darkness," consists of six stanzas, of which the stanza that begins with "God moves in a mysterious way" is the first. I particularly like the last stanza of Cowper's hymn. It goes like this: "Blind unbelief is sure to err, and scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, and He will make it plain." --Hank | ||||||
196 | What is the most accurate version? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 104567 | ||
Kalos, I hope you won't mind terribly if I add another to your "If I believed everything I read on this Forum" series: ...... If I believed everything I read on this Forum, I'd be in the funny farm a week from Thursday." --Hank | ||||||
197 | What is the most accurate version? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 104571 | ||
Ed, you and Kalos has made some right good points I guess, and them scollars that says good things about how wonderful them translayshuns is, well they got a heap o' learnin' I expect, but here in the Arkansas Ozarks us folks don't put much stock in nothing that ain't endorsed by Wal-Mart. We've been wonderin' when Wal-Mart will come out with their own translayshun. It won't be long, I guess. --Hank | ||||||
198 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 105310 | ||
Paul wasn't fussy about how Christ was preached so long as He was preached! (see Philippians 1:15-18). Bands, food courts, padded pews -- these are of no importance at all compared to preaching the gospel of Christ and showing sinful man the way to salvation. Now, if the gospel is being spoon-fed and watered down or sweetened up in order to make someone "feel good" or get rich, well, that's a horse of a different color! As Paul charged Timothy, so must we always and ever, "Preach the word." (2 Timothy 4:2). --Hank | ||||||
199 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 105311 | ||
Ed, your story about the slick preacher who wooed them by his delivery and not by the gospel of Christ brings to mind a personal experience of some few years back. My wife and I were at that time members of a church from which we have long since absented ourselves (and good riddance!). The so-called pastor went, as I recall, some half dozen Sundays in a row during which in none of his sermons did he ever as much as mention the name of Jesus, much less preach anything remotely resembling a gospel message. He was eventually fired and replaced by a team of ministers who were worse than he was. The church is hanging on by the thinnest possible thread, is having trouble meeting its own housekeeping expenses, and is shriveled up like a prune. The church building is situated in an ideal location in town, and the physical accomodations are modern, comfortable, and well above average. But something is missing. Something vital. The word of God is not being preached, the Good News of the gospel is not being proclaimed in its purity and simplicity. "In vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." (Matthew 15:9) --Hank | ||||||
200 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 105330 | ||
Dear Mommapbs - Here's a little hinge (but little hinges swing big doors!) to add to your thoughts about the approach some of today's church leaders are taking toward attracting people to their doorsteps. I don't know that Jesus or His disciples spent much time and effort on putting together attractive church programs with which to lure people into fancy houses of worship. I do know that Jesus and His apostles spend a good deal of time on the road, taking the Good News out to people where they lived. Later on, Paul and those who accompanied him on his journeys were not exactly on luxurious vacation cruises. The phenomenal growth of the Apostolic church was not centered around, or the result of, fancy church programs or magnificant buildings. It was a matter of the church going out to the people with an urgent message -- the message of the Way -- that impacted their very lives. The Apostolic church did not sit on their blessed assurance and plan attractive "programs" to lure people to "come to church." They recognized that they WERE the church and did as Christ commanded them to do, which was to GO into the world and preach the Gospel. I'm afraid some of us have the cart before the horse, thinking that it is the duty of the unsaved to seek us out, when clearly it is our duty to seek them out. What we should be doing is not inviting the lost to "come to church" but we, the church, should be going to them. Well, that's my little hinge, Mommapbs. Do you think it might swing big doors if it were used? Blessings, dear heart. --Hank | ||||||
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