Results 181 - 200 of 1134
|
||||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Val Ordered by Date |
||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
181 | Can one pray after his/her death? | 1 John 3:2 | Val | 214078 | ||
Dear Bibleman, can you provide a scripture passage to back up your statement? Sincerely, Val | ||||||
182 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 214038 | ||
Dear MJH: Please do. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
183 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 214037 | ||
Dear Bill, Numbers 31 The Slaughter of Midian 1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people." 3 Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go] against Midian to execute the LORD'S vengeance on Midian. Dear Bill: Notice that the LORD spoke to Moses. The LORD gave a specific command to Moses which was for the sons of Israel to go to war against Midian. Since this is a specific command for a specific time period for a specific people, I don’t know how you can get from this that Christians are to kill their enemies. No where is that implied here. Numbers 35: 29 'These things shall be for a statutory ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. Again this command from the LORD is to a specific group of people – the sons of Israel. The nation of Israel came from Abraham. Abraham’s son was Isaac. Isaac’s son was Jacob. The LORD changed Jacob’s name to Israel. Israel had twelve sons. Their descendants are called the sons of Israel. So again this was for a specific nation at a particular time in history and does not mention Christians. How you get that I don’t know. I could go on but I think the same examples will go through Joshua as well since he was chosen to lead the people into the promised land. The land flowing with milk and honey. Bill, I respectfully submit that you know not what you are speaking about. I guess you have a point to make. Is that point this: that you believe the God of the Old Testament- in which we see God’s judgment- is not the God of the New Testament? I think you will see that there is a judgment day for God’s enemies just as there was in the Old Testament there is coming a day when God will judge His enemies of the present day. Do you believe in a literal hell? I am guessing you don’t. I pray the Lord will open your eyes Bill to the truth of the gospel. Sincerely, Val |
||||||
184 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | Val | 214028 | ||
Jer 33:14 'Behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Matt 5:17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. Mark 14:49 "Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures." Luke 24:44 Now He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." John 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?" Acts 1:16 "Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. Rev 17:17 "For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled. Sincerely, Val |
||||||
185 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 214026 | ||
Where do you see Moses or Joshua being told to kill their enemies? Could you provide the passage? We need to look at it in context. Thanks, Val | ||||||
186 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 214013 | ||
Again the whole counsel of God, the bible is our plumbline. You do not believe in the whole counsel of God if I hear you correctly. I do. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
187 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | Val | 214012 | ||
Dear Bill, I see that you have adopted the Oprah Winfrey philosophy, i.e., new age philosophy, i.e., Hinduism or some other ism. Maybe some of the other people on the forum can help you. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
188 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | Val | 214010 | ||
The whole counsel is God's word. He used men such as Moses, Paul, Joshua, Isaiah to accomplish His will. So now I am seeing that you do not believe that the whole counsel of God is inerrant. Also that you are supposing that Jesus is somehow in opposition to Moses, Paul, Joshua, Isaiah. That is a false assumption. They were the Lord's bondservants. I see now that you have a problem with the word of God. Thanks for clearing that up. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
189 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 214009 | ||
Paul was appointed an Apostle by Jesus. | ||||||
190 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 214008 | ||
I didn't say they were. | ||||||
191 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | Val | 213998 | ||
Dear Bill, let me spell this out for you. God lives in heaven. Can we agree on that? To be absent from the body is to be physically dead. Can we agree on that? We know the dead physical body goes to the grave. Can we agree on that? To be at home with the Lord is to be where the Lord is- in heaven. Can we agree on that? So what is Paul saying in the following verse? Paul is saying that his spirit lives on, goes on, to be with the Lord in heaven. Can we agree on that? 2 Cor 5:8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Sincerely, Val |
||||||
192 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 213997 | ||
Dear Bill: You have taken this verse Matthew 7:21 out of context. The passage in which the verse you quote is in the context of a false prophet. Christ is teaching us how to identifying a false prophet. He has told us in many other passages to beware of those who talk the talk but don’t walk the walk so to speak. The passage is not about salvation and how to be saved. It is about being a disciple of Christ and the warnings against those who try to lead us, teach us in the wrong way. They profess to know Christ but are hypocrites. They have an agenda of their own, to deceive for whatever reason; money, power, prestige, etc. Notice Christ tells us how to identify them and that is by their practice of life, how they continually walk which is according to lawlessness not according to righteousness. Again this passage is not about salvation however it shows you these false prophets do not have salvation and what happens to them; they will be cut down or die in their sins. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
193 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 213996 | ||
Dear Bill, then you don't know what "grace" is. This is exactly why Jesus died on the cross for our sins because we are incapable of being, obeying Christ to the point of saving ourselves. It is by grace we are saved not by works lest any man should boast. You seem to want to argue against people who profess to be Christians who do not look like Christians and act like Christians. Has anyone ever told you you don't look like a Christian or act like a Christian. We must understand how salvation comes about, that it is totally a work of Christ from start to finish. Our righteousness is as filthy rages even the best of us. That is why Christ had to die and take our place to pay the debt for our sins. Obedience is something that happens after that first step of obedience of faith, belief, trust in Christ and his finished work on the cross. Believing He is who He said He is. That he died for our sins, took our place, paid our price, ransomed us, and redeemed us from the penalty of sin. That God raised Him from the dead, a bodily resurrection which showed that God was pleased with his sacrifice. The Holy Spirit seals us until the redemption of the body. The Holy Spirit helps us to walk in the Spirit. To be holy as Christ is holy. It’s a free gift. Its grace. It has nothing to do with how good we are. If you ignore the church's teachings, those great saints that have gone before us, who are you listening to? If you say the bible, then what does Galatians say? It’s all about grace. We are saved by grace through faith alone. Grace is what God did for us, giving his only begotten son to suffer and die on a cruel cross paying for our sins - the wages of sin is death -. His sacrifice was pleasing to God - we read in Hebrews. His sacrifice took away the guilt of our sins so that we can be free In Him. God raised Jesus from the dead showing He was pleased with His sacrifice, showing that the sin price was paid, showing that Christ brought about salvation for all who believe in His name. I too was like you at one time, demanding that the sins of others, they had to stop, they were not good enough, they didn't understand that being a Christian meant not smoking, drinking, dancing, and on and on. Its was nothing but a warped view of grace. Grace is what God bestows on whomever He pleases not who I please. Is obedience important, of course, absolutely, definitely, but obedience is after salvation. And if one stumbles and falls, He isn't thrown out of the family. He is encouraged to learn, to repent, to walk in the Spirit. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; have you been saved, it is a gift of God not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 |
||||||
194 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | Val | 213990 | ||
Dear Bill, Maybe we christians got that idea from Paul in 2 Corinthians: 2 Cor 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Did you notice that earthly tent is our house - our physical bodies. Our physical bodies as they get older don't work very good. The wear out. But we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Where? in the heavens. 2 Cor 5:2 For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, As we get older and our physical bodies wear out we groan for our new bodies. 2 Cor 5:3 inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. 2 Cor 5:4 For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. If one is not clothed in the new body Christ has build for us that one is naked. In other words these new bodies are for those born again and saved people not the lost. 2 Cor 5:5 Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge. 2 Cor 5:6 Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord-- 2 Cor 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight-- 2 Cor 5:8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. When a genuine born again, saved believer dies in this physical body his spirit goes to be with the Lord in heaven. The believers resurrection is the resurrection of the "body". His "body" which is in the grave is joined with his "spirit" which comes with Christ from heaven and is joined together forming a new body. This can be found in Thessalonians. What passage are you talking about in Revelation? If you are talking about the new heaven and the new earth that is a different topic. There is a lot that happens in Revelation. Until the white throne judgement whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Sincerely, Val Sincerely, Val |
||||||
195 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 213989 | ||
Dear Bill, actually salvation is not based on works and deeds. It is a free gift. The bema seat of Christ is different from the great white throne judgment. I wouldn't disparage the label Christian and born again either since it was Christ himself who said "ye must be born again". A person who is evil is not born again. Could a person who is a christian sometimes do evil things? Yes they could. A person who has a saving faith is placed In Christ. Does that make him perfect and one who never sins again? No he still sins as long as he is on this earth. Your theology is so much like most of the world who ignore the whole counsel of God and think that in the end of their lives God will put on the scales; one side the good they did and on the other side the bad they did. If the good they did outweighs the bad they get to go in the pearly gates. Wrong. James is saying that a genuine faith produces right actions and deeds. James shows us what a genuine faith looks like. He is not promoting a works salvation. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the gospel. Whoever believes that God sent Jesus for this purpose has eternal life. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. There is a responsibility of one who professes belief in Christ and that is to walk worthy of their calling. There is therefore no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. It all comes down to Christ and His finished work on the cross. It is Christ who saves, who justifies, who intercedes. It is all about Him not us. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
196 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | Val | 213988 | ||
Dear Bill, I don't know what your problem is and I really don't care. Your sarcasm is noted. If you want to discuss this topic intelligently we can do so but if you only want to demean others responses then it would be to no avail. You chose. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
197 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | Val | 213977 | ||
I believe this passage is talking about the rewards christians will receive or not receive after salvation. You might do a word study on crowns. My understanding is that the crowns or rewards received will be used to worship Christ. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
198 | Seating at the Last Supper | Matt 26:23 | Val | 213976 | ||
I remember when studing this topic that the commentaries said that they actually sat on the floor. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
199 | Book of Exodus | Ex 1:1 | Val | 213975 | ||
Dear MJH: Thank you for the encouragement, Sincerely, Val | ||||||
200 | other verses replicated, why delete this | Mark 9:44 | Val | 213959 | ||
You would have to contact the publishers of your particular bible for that explanation. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
Result pages: << First < Prev [ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ] Next > Last [57] >> |