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201 | Is it Ok to pray to the Holy Spirit? | NT general | Beja | 221548 | ||
Here is a great answer to that question. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v(equals)VMp5DFsuOTs Make sure you replace the (equals) with an equal sign. This forum won't let you type one. In Christ, Beja |
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202 | Is it Ok to pray to the Holy Spirit? | NT general | Beja | 221553 | ||
Cathy, Basically his answer is that the new testament pattern is that we pray to the father, in the name of Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit, or in the Spirit. So we want to follow the new testament pattern whenever possible. So in general we pray to the Father. But he notes there are some exceptions to the rule. For example, "Come quickly, Lord Jesus." He mentioned an exception for the Holy Spirit also. So there are some things appropriate to address to the Son, and the Spirit, but our norm should be praying to the Father. But listen to the clip when you get the chance, there is just something about listening to John Piper that I certainly can't reproduce. In Christ, Beja |
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203 | Is it Ok to pray to the Holy Spirit? | NT general | Beja | 221560 | ||
Cathy, No, I've never heard of that being said of acts 13. I think you are correct to disagree with him. In Christ, Beja |
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204 | Praying to Jesus in Jesus' name? | NT general | Beja | 222024 | ||
Nextman, I am very fond of John Piper's answer to this question. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v(equals)VMp5DFsuOTs Make sure you convert the (equals) to an actual equal sign, the forum won't accept that simbol. In Christ, Beja |
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205 | does this mean a person is unforgiven | NT general | Beja | 222638 | ||
King T, Doc is not saying that nothing at all merits our redemption. He is saying that it is the blood of atonement to be found in what Jesus Christ did on the cross which merits it. Our repenting of our sins does not merit our redemption even though there is no salvation without repentence. Christ dying in our place does merit it. In Christ, Beja |
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206 | Did the Romans kill Jesus or did the Jew | NT general | Beja | 223193 | ||
Lets all remember the lesson Paul strived so diligently to teach in 1 Cor 13. We can have all the knowledge in the world yet if we throw out love, (some of which is consisting of patience, longsuffering, refusing to take offense, and showing kindness even when it is not deserved), if we throw out this love in the midst of our pursuit of knowledge then we amount to nothing. Let us also remember 1 Timothy 1:5 (if I'm not misquoting), where Paul explains that the very goal of all of his teaching is love. Therefore let us pursue that foremost and what we deem fitting answers to our questions second. In Christ, Beja |
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207 | ... | NT general | Beja | 224829 | ||
Cogito, In saying as much you are in open violation of the terms of use of these forums. In Christ, Beja |
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208 | How do I keep a meak and humble heart? | NT general | Beja | 224903 | ||
Patricia, 1.) How do I keep a meek and humble heart? I can not help but marvel at 1 Corinthians when Paul is trying to correct the factions in the first four chapters. They were struggling with several teachers being exalted and all the "lesser" brethren falling into place behind one of the various teachers, resulting in factions. So in the first chapter Paul takes them directly to the cross. He shows them that in light of the cross the notion of exalting any man whatsoever is foolishness and completely contrary to the doctrine of the gospel. When we are tempted to exalt ourselves, or to think ourselves above reproach, we are thikning along lines that are contrary to the gospel. So how do you keep meek and humble? Soak your mind in the gospel. Let it constantly remind you of who you are. We react to redicule instinctively as if to say, "Nobody speaks to ME like that!" But we constantly need to let the gospel ask us the question, "who are you?" And the answer in the gospel is that you are a sinner that had God not made you his own personal charity case, you would be doomed to an eternal hell that you rightly deserved. Let the grace of the gospel saturate your mind so that you do not see yourself as somebody whom it would be surprising that you would be rebuked. Read 1 Corinthians chapter 1 to see what I am referring to. 2.) What would God want me to do in this situation? 1 Peter 2:18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable. Some might say that doesn't refer to employees. But this directly follows what he says in verse 13, "Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution" It is also followed by chapter 3 verse 1 where it is applied to wives. So God calls us to submit to even sorry bosses. And when we continue reading in 1 Peter chapter 2 and on into chapter 3 (Which I am encouraging you to do!) then we see that the reason for this is that it finds favor with God and also it is a powerful witness. Our being willing to suffer, and doing so in a gracious and kind way that our persecutors do not deserve is the most fertile of all grounds for spreading the gospel. So I encourage you along with Peter that, "Since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in teh fles has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God." (1 Peter 4:1,2) 3.) We discover in Proverbs that one of the surest signs and means of wisdom is to learn from rebukes. This is difficult to do when somebody actually means the rebuke to harm us rather than sincerly wishing to better us. But we must strive to hear a rebuke that is meant to harm us, and to then turn it to our good by putting aside all the hate in it and then looking honestly to see if behind all the ill intentions there is something we truely needed to hear. Spend years learning in such a way and you will be surprised at how you can grow at your job. 4.) You stated, "I want God to dwell in my heart" Ephesians 3:14-17, "For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.." So we see that Christ dwells in our hearts through faith. Now to what faith do we refer? For this isn't just some vague trust in God to which Paul refers. Our faith is in Christ through the gospel. The gospel teaches us that you and I and our own attempts at righteousness are worthless in the sight of God due to our inherrent sinfulness. Therefore God has placed our sins upon Christ Jesus and condemned them in Him on the cross, giving us his righteousness in its place so that we may stand acceptable before God. To accept, to believe, to trust wholely in THAT is to have faith. And to do so requires us to be meek and humble in our own admission of our shortcomings before God. That is the meek and humble heart that God will dwell in, the one that is meek and humble in that it believes this gospel of their failure and Christ's sufficiency to be true and responds to it in Faith (trusting in it.) If you have that then as Ephesians states Christ dwells in your heart. We need not worry that in a moment of pride and anger towards another that He abandons us, for that is not the meekness meant, but the meekness of one who trusts Christ alone for righteousness before God and counting not on their own good. May God bless you and keep you. In Christ, Beja |
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209 | How do I keep a meak and humble heart? | NT general | Beja | 224906 | ||
Patricia, At the risk of being pressumptuous let me say that we are glad to have you here. Also, I highly encourage you to find a church to attend. I assume from your reply that you don't have one. I can not begin to explain to you here just the great extent that your regularly being fed the scriptures through preaching affects you. God means for the Church to be a central aspect of the life of every Christian. In Christ, Beja |
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210 | How do I keep a meak and humble heart? | NT general | Beja | 224909 | ||
Patricia, Please don't be offended at sister Azure. She is right when she says that what you asked was a little beyond the scope for which these forums were intended. I was only able to scratch the surface of what I would say to somebody in my own church. Each of the four points I had I could have easily (and for some I desired to) streched them out to the length of that entire post or longer. But I was limited to 5000 letters! I actually had to delete my greeting on the start of it to make room for the answers. So the point is that your particular issue is far better worked out in person with godly men and women of a church. This, I think, is all Azure was trying to say to you, simply to express the inability of this forum to address your situation sufficiently. She truely is a blessing to this forum and I believe should you be willing to momentarily assume that her motives were good, then you will over time to find out for yourself why I am so willing to vouch for her. In my experience this forum is usually very tolerant of life questions in place of actually study questions, but as sister Azure did, we usually at the same time encourage them to seek more complete answers from their pastors due to the limitations of this venue of communication. In Christ, Beja |
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211 | What is "entering into God's rest?" | NT general | Beja | 224966 | ||
Ariel, For what its worth, I think you are correct and that we are indeed ultimately fated to inhabit a new earth, not heaven. In Christ, Beja |
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212 | Church and addiction | NT general | Beja | 230890 | ||
Bill, So are you the poster formerly called inquisitor or not? In Christ, Beja |
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213 | Church and addiction | NT general | Beja | 230897 | ||
Bill, What makes you think I find your posts repulsive? Can you provide one quote from me indicating that? I simply asked if you formerly posted as inquisitor. Why would that make you immediately paint yourself as wronged? With regards to your post, there are a variety of reasons that SBF deletes posts, sometimes it is a matter of things like advertising, sometimes its saying hateful things, sometimes its a matter of posting blatantly unbiblical view points, and there are others. You can take a good look at the terms of use to get an idea of various reasons why. From there you'll just have to consider the possibilities of in what way those particular posts may have been seen as problematic with the TOU. And before you ask...NO, I had absolutely nothing to do in any way form or fashion with your posts being deleted. I've not even read the posts in question. In Christ, Beja |
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214 | Was John the Baptist a Priest? | NT general | Beja | 239685 | ||
Pete23, John was of priestly lineage because Luke 1:5 identifies his father as a priest. But if I understand the text and the Jewish religious culture correctly, John would not have been viewed as a priest. The function of a priest would have been something he had to step into at the appropriate age. In contrast we are told in Luke 1:80 that John remained in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel, which would have been when he began preaching repentance and baptizing. This staying in the wilderness is most likely where the notion of him being an Essene came from. Regardless, at no point did he accept priesthood functionally and this would have been determinative to the Jews in answering the question, "Was John a priest?" In Christ, Beja |
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215 | wednsday or friday Jesus died | NT general Archive 1 | Beja | 219821 | ||
Just a note. Protei does indeed mean "first." Its not hard to understand how this could extend to mean "chief" in certain contexts. Such as when we say the phrase "first among equals." At such times it takes on the idea of foremost, or cheif. Also, Sabbatou does indeed mean sabbath as in saturday, but it also can be used to refer to the entire period of time of a sabbath and in that sense basically takes on the meaning of "a week." So when it says "protei sabbatou" it is completely legitimate to translate it "first of the week" which would be sunday. Which is how all the translations, of which I am aware, translated it. So that being said I think we'd need great reason to state that every translation committee ever formed wrongly translated this text while we ourselves have discovered the right meaning. The very first flag that I have gotten it wrong, for me in my personal translating, is that no translation agrees with me. However, that is just food for thought. The person you are responding to wrote his post in 2003 if I saw correctly, so you may not get a response depending on if he still frequents these forums. All that said, welcome to the forums and I hope you are benefited greatly by it! In christ, Beja |
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216 | Can you be pro-life but not do anything? | Genesis | Beja | 220761 | ||
Arundel, There is, of course, no biblical basis for our inaction. I believe if I recall correctly that it is around 3 percent of churchmembers that even support their church financially. If we can't motivate them to do this, how much more difficult for a pastor to get his people to join a protest? I can assure you that the biggest obstical in my own church is not a lack of pro-life protests. If it makes you feel any better I loathe abortion and I try to instill the same mindset in the church I serve. In Christ, Beja |
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217 | Destruction of Sodom | Genesis | Beja | 226361 | ||
butchb, The exchange with Abraham is hypothetical. Abraham is asking, if there are 10 righteous in Sodom, will you spare the city? God's reply is that the city would be spared on account of the ten righteous, but the understood implication is that would happen IF there were ten righteous to be found. However, the point is that there were not ten righteous men found there, so God's wrath came upon the city. In Christ, Beja |
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218 | people on the other side of the mountain | Genesis | Beja | 228064 | ||
Mariaan, Can you give the passage in question? In Christ, Beja |
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219 | TWO TRIBULATIONS | Genesis | Beja | 235968 | ||
Escar, The way I understand it is that Christ gathers up the one who is taken. Keep in mind that Matthew 24:44 is not just describing the end. From a literary standpoint it is comparing the flood with the end. So just as on the day of the flood some were "taken" and others left, so will the end be. In the flood, taken was being upon the ark, left was perishing in the flood. So one group is taken up in Christ, the other is left to perish in God's earth shattering judgment. That's how I read it. In Christ, Beja |
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220 | TWO TRIBULATIONS | Genesis | Beja | 235980 | ||
Escar, Agree to disagree. One thing I would like to share. While you are entitled to your opinion you should know that most people on the forum are expecting to be answerig a question when they answer a question. One of the surest causes of strife and disagreement on the forum is when somebody asks a question that they don't actually want an answer for. They simply want somebody to answer so that they can then "teach" them the correct answer. That may have worked for rabbi's and Jesus, but unfortunately we are not disciples of any poster here. Please keep the question space available for true questions that you are really looking for an answer on. Many of us are actually taking a few minutes we have before work to attempt to be helpful to somebody. In Christ, Beja |
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