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201 | belly of a whore? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214238 | ||
Hi ...erdun You can tell your coworker with confidence that that proverbial phrase is not actually found in the Bible. I cant tell you where it came from, maybe someone else here can help with that, but it's definitely not biblical. John |
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202 | What would make this allogory? | 1 John 3:2 | stjohn | 214097 | ||
Hi bibleman... First of all, I'd like to point out that I didn't say it was allegory, but only that some interpret it that way. I actually would tend to lean more toward a literal interpretation, but I really don't know for sure, thats just my humble opinion. As far as why it is sometimes interpreted that way (i.e. as allegory)... I don't think I could improve on sister Val's answer so I'll let it be as it is. (Thank you Val) Just musing a bit here if I may... And to get back to the original question. I would personally be hard pressed (again, just my opinion) to call what is going on with the soul's under the alter and the rich man as literal prayer. For the rich man to call out to Abraham, is, to me at least, just a call from someone, to someone, for help. I would not necessarily call that prayer. If I fell into a ditch, and called out to someone, to tell my brethren to be careful of the ditch; I wouldn't call that a prayer, but just a request for assistance to do something I was not able to do for myself. In the case of the souls under the alter, it would appear, (though it may be literal or allegorical) that they are having a face-to-face conversation. But thats a tough one too, because who's to say if a soul has a face. :-) So I don't think I could call that prayer for sure, though again, I would stress, that I don't know for sure. So my point is, we need to be careful when we make assertions, when we are answering questions. There are many who come here, looking for truth, and with a trusting heart. So, I think, it's better be very careful. We don't want to lead someone to believe something should be taken as doctrine, when we cannot really be sure about it ourselves. Those who are called to teach are held to a higher standard, and I believe we will have to account for every idol word, whether it be spoken or written. John |
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203 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | stjohn | 213861 | ||
Hello Live4... Welcome to the forum! Good question. I must say it really got me thinking. "What is the significance of having actual bodies in Heaven?" In Genesis 1:26-27 we see that God, (The Almighty Creator of everything seen and unseen) has created us in His image. And we can, I think rightly imagine that, these first humans had bodies quite similar to the ones we will get when we receive our new ones in Heaven, (and those still alive at His coming will also receive, 1 Thess 4:14-17). But of course that all changed at the fall when they disobeyed God and sin came into the world. Nonetheless, though these bodies are no longer incorruptible we are still created in the image of God, as He reminds Cain in (Gen 9:6b) "For in the image of God He made man." And we can also see that God himself has a body in His Divine Son, Jesus Christ; who also had received an earthly corruptible body (Phil 2:6, Rom 1:23) until His resurrection where He came back in His glorified body, much like the ones we will receive. So, God himself has a body, and I think we can see by this that being created by God with a body (much like His) is indeed quite significant. Think of the all things we enjoy now; the wonderful taste of food we love to eat and share with our family and loved ones (Luke 24:39, 24:42), the warm glow we get from a hug, the touch of a familiar loving hand (John 20:27)... When we are with Him, In His marvelous, wonderfully glorious presence in Heaven; we will be able to share with Him all the splendors of a Heavenly existence. Just imagine sitting at His table, eating the feast He has prepared for us (Rev. 3:20). I don’t know, but I think we’d not be able to do that as disembodied spirits. Oh, how wonderful it will be to enjoy all the goodly godly things we enjoy now (1 Cor 2:9) but unimaginably better! Pretty significant don’t you think? God bless John |
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204 | 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 | 1 Cor 13:1 | stjohn | 213747 | ||
Hi Beana I think that the love paul is talking about is the godly kind of love we have in our hearts as believers in God and salvation in Christ. Paul is addressing the Corinthian Church, and it can be rightly assumed that they are Christians. Since I became a Christian, I have been able to love in ways I never imagined were posable. When God, by His Amazing grace, gave the wonderful gift of the Holly Spirit, that spirit dwelling in me has changed me quite profoundly. I can now love people that are pretty unlovable. People who only return that love with hatred, I can still pray for and forgive, and even try to help physically, in ways that the unbeliever cannot do. But I do not boast, it is not my love, but the love of God, which is a gift of God that is in me. We should try to remember too, that love is not a warm fuzzy feeling, though that is sometimes one of it's benefits. But true love is an action, a deliberate intended action to do good (even for our enemy) in spite of the fact that many of it's recipients are sometimes very unlovable. John |
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205 | Rom 6:2Certainly not! We have died to si | John 3:16 | stjohn | 213739 | ||
I haven't met one that has attained that lofty goal yet... Have you? 1 John1:10 |
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206 | Woman in pants | Deut 22:5 | stjohn | 213700 | ||
Dear lookinforacitymatt1078NevvvvineKcabmI4 I just read your profile. Good job! You have succeeded in showing EVERYONE that you are a prevaricator! You deceit is a clear indication that your heart is in a very bad condition my friend. May God have mercy on you! John |
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207 | Bearing His Name: Jehovah? | Acts 15:14 | stjohn | 213672 | ||
Dear raffa... Sorry for jumping here. I'm pretty sure Doc will answer your post when he finds the time. I've read this thread, but, could you please be a little more specific as to what it is exactly that you are asking? I'm having trouble understanding your question. Thanks and, welcome to the forum, by the way. John |
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208 | age limit of 120 years after Noah's sons | Gen 6:3 | stjohn | 213667 | ||
Upon reading, John Calvin's Bible Commentary, John Darby's Synopsis of the Bible, The Geneva study Bible, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible, Jamieson Faussett and Brown Bible Commentary, Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary of the Bible, John Wesley's notes on the Bible, Ryrie study Bible. None of which refer to the 120 years as the life-span of man, and all that mention this verse specifically, though some renderings are a bit deferent, all pretty much refer to the 120 years as the time that God would withhold his Judgment before bringing the flood. When read in context it seems clear enough that this is the intended meaning and not the life-span of man. Not that it is difinitive but Psalm 90:10 reads: "As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away." NASB John |
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209 | paul's three missionary journey | Acts 1:1 | stjohn | 213612 | ||
Dear po box... We don't really like do homework for people, it would be dishonest for us and for you as well. Not very Christlike at all don't you think? If you google "Messianic controversy" you can read something on your own about your first question, and you can learn the answer to the second by studying the Scriptures. Or you can Google that too, and see what you come up with. May the Lord bless you in your studies. John |
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210 | Does science vs Bible annoy anyone else? | Ps 14:1 | stjohn | 213610 | ||
Einstein did not come up with that. Though it was a misquote perhaps, he was nonetheless quoting Scripture. "The Fool Says, There Is No God To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good." Psalm 14:1 ESV John |
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211 | How should the body of Christ treat us? | Matt 16:6 | stjohn | 213501 | ||
Hi Robert... Well, I'd say just like any other believer who has a penitent heat. Like a brother or sister. None of us meets the letter of the law. Praise God for His amazing grace, His fathomless mercy, and the blood of Jesus! Romans 3:19-26 John |
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212 | What about these sins? | Matt 16:6 | stjohn | 213468 | ||
--"In Matthew 19, Jesus states that God ordained the institution of marriage, and He has decreed that in every marriage, the husband and wife are to become one for life. Divorce destroys the marriage and thus breaks asunder a union God Himself has established (Mark 10:9). "I hate divorce," says the Lord (Mal. 2:16). Jesus' teaching on divorce is clear. He restricted divorce under most circumstances, and He forbade the remarriage of those who divorce on improper grounds, calling such remarriage adultery: "But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery" (Matt. 5:32). The word "unchastity" in that verse is the Greek word porneia, "fornication"--which includes all kinds of gross sexual immorality. The Old Testament contained a few provisions governing the remarriage of divorced people (Lev. 21:11, 14; Deut. 24:1-4). The rabbis had taken these laws and broadened them to permit divorce for virtually any reason. Under the rabbinical laws, if a wife displeased her husband in any way, he was entitled to divorce her. Jesus stated that this was never the purpose of Moses' Law. In fact, Jesus teaching on divorce was given specifically to refute the rabbinical loopholes. Furthermore, He so rigidly opposed divorce, that when He had completed His teaching, His disciples concluded that it would be better never to get married (Matt. 19:10)! So God's utter hatred of divorce is very clear in Scripture. Nonetheless, there are two extraordinary cases in which Scripture teaches that God does permit divorced people to remarry. First, note that Jesus Himself included this exception clause: "Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery" (Matt. 19:9, King James Version, emphasis added). He allows an exception in this one case, only "because of the hardness of your hearts" (Matt. 19:8). Clearly, Jesus is treating divorce as a last resort, only to be sought in the case of hard-hearted adultery. The apostle Paul allows one more reason for divorce: if an unbelieving spouse abandons a believer, the believer is under no obligation in such a case (1 Cor. 7:14). This would free the abandoned spouse to remarry. But we must emphasize that apart from those two specific, exceptional cases, divorce is not sanctioned in Scripture."-- http://www.gty.org/Resources/Questions |
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213 | Waters above | Gen 1:6 | stjohn | 212863 | ||
Hi Thomas, It most probably just means clouds, (my opinion) but there is water in outer space, comets etc. but it's not a big deal. "Water above", I take to mean just that, "Water above". John |
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214 | many years did Jesus minister | John 19:30 | stjohn | 212752 | ||
Hi, Pastor, I must say, that seems like an odd question from a pastor. :-) Jesus the Christ, the only begotten Son of the Father, served God the Father in the flesh and here on Earth, for about 33 years. His public ministry was about 3 years. John |
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215 | Which day is the Sabbath day? | Ex 20:11 | stjohn | 212729 | ||
I think you will find a satisfactory answer at. http://www.gotquestions.org/Saturday-Sunday.html |
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216 | is jesus god? | John 1:1 | stjohn | 212703 | ||
Yes! The verse above is speaking of Jesus. He is the Word of God manifest in the flesh. John |
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217 | Torn veil of Mat 15.38 the literal veil? | Matthew | stjohn | 212668 | ||
Hello graftedin, Well, lets just use your own logic, and ask, if there is any record, Biblical or otherwise, that His human body was rend in twain? John |
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218 | Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? | Matthew | stjohn | 212581 | ||
Dear Bandaid, I'm very sorry for your situation. I afraid my friend your are in quite a quandary, you see I don't think the Bible is all that clear on your specific situation. I so do feel for you. May I just pray for you and take this opportunity to ask others to pray as well? My advice to you is continue to pray, I know that is no solace for the pain you suffer now, but don't give up! If you are in a situation that is beyond your suffering then remove yourself and ask God for guidance. I know this is not the answer you seek but it's all I can offer you. I'm sorry. God bless John |
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219 | Cana wedding | John 2:1 | stjohn | 212485 | ||
Hi TM... Welcome to the forum! You can read the story in John 2 John |
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220 | Iam having some questions | John 17:1 | stjohn | 212249 | ||
Hi Kcabm: It's good to see you are back here to study God's word with us! I'll try to answer as best I can. You ask: "What is it meaning when Jesus is saying. We and Him are not being of this world?" I think it means just what it says, but to put it in other words; we are in this sinful world, but we are not part of it. Just as He came from Heaven and is not part of His creation, He has come to dwell/live in us by His Holy Spirit, and as born again believers we can say Jesus lives in us. And as He is not part of this world, and because He is In us, we are not part of this world. We no longer belong to the world, but we now belong to God; We can call ourselves sons of God. "As He says also in Hosea, "I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, 'MY PEOPLE,' AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, 'BELOVED.'" "AND IT SHALL BE THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID TO THEM, 'YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE,' THERE THEY SHALL BE CALLED SONS OF THE LIVING GOD." Rom 9:25-26 We belong to Him and with Him and will be with Him for eternity. You ask: "How are we being kept from evil?" By the indwelling Holy Spirit, we no longer are held captive to a sinful life; we no longer live for the worldly lustful desires of the flesh and the word. But we live for higher things, and we seek Him, and we seek His gift's, and when we fail, we know He will keep us, for we are His sheep, and He is the good shepherd, and He will forgive us our sins, and wash us and impute righteousness unto us. You ask: "What is meaning when he is saying we are to be sanctified?" Sanctification is the process by which we learn and grow in righteousness and become more Christ-like as He by His Spirit and through His word (the Bible) teaches and changes us day by day, and year by year, as we learn and grow in the Lord. Easton's Bible Dictionary says this: "--Sanctification involves more than a mere moral reformation of character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences of the new gracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man (Romans 6:13; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Colossians 3:10; 1 John 4:7; 1 Corinthians 6:19). It is the special office of the Holy Spirit in the plan of redemption to carry on this work (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:13). Faith is instrumental in securing sanctification, inasmuch as it (1) secures union to Christ (Galatians 2:20), and (2) brings the believer into living contact with the truth, whereby he is led to yield obedience "to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come." Perfect sanctification is not attainable in this life"-- Easton's Bible Dictionary "Jesus is saying He sends us into the world as He was by God." Yes, He was sent from Heaven (this does not diminish His equality with the Father) to teach the gospel, but more to save and redeem mankind from the power of sin and evil and from eternal hell. And as he also sends us into the world, not to say that every Christian is to go on a missionary journey but to preach the word at every opportunity. "He then is sanctifying Himself so we will be also sanctified through the truth." Not that He needed to be Sanctified, for He is and was always perfect, but that He willingly came to earth and through obedience lived a holy life in all ways perfect, and now in Him, we too can be brought to holiness through His living in us, and sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit through His obedience and perfection. He is the truth, His word is truth. "Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." John 14:6 I hope this helps God bless John |
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