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201 | Important question that im need help in | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 213378 | ||
Hebrews 9:27 | ||||||
202 | Spirit of God | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 213761 | ||
If I may please just add my two little cents? I think this could help with the question of how we identify what the carictoristics of a believer who is being lead by the Spirit of God may be. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit." Gal 5:22-25 |
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203 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 213764 | ||
You would do well indeed to study the man. Before you judge him. "He preached over 600 times before he was 20 years old. His sermons sold about 20,000 copies a week and were translated into 20 languages. The collected sermons fill 63 volumes equivalent to the 27 volume ninth edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, and "stands" as the largest set of books by a single author in the history of Christianity" "Not a week went by in his mature ministry that souls were not saved through his written sermons." "At his 50th birthday a list of 66 organizations was read that he founded and conducted. Lord Shaftesbury was there and said, "This list of associations, instituted by his genius, and superintended by his care, were more than enough to occupy the minds and hearts of fifty ordinary men"" "He typically read six substantial books a week and could remember what he read and where to find it. He produced more than 140 books of his own." He often worked 18 hours in a day. The missionary David Livingstone, asked him once, "How do you manage to do two men's work in a single day? Spurgeon replied, "You have forgotten there are two of us". In Colossians 1:29. Paul says, "I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me." The year he turned 40 he delivered a message to his pastors' conference with the one-word title, "Forward!". In it he said, "In every minister's life there should be traces of stern labour. Brethren, do something; do something; DO SOMETHING. While Committees waste their time over resolutions, do something. While Societies and Unions are making constitutions, let us win souls. Too often we discuss, and discuss, and discuss, while Satan only laughs in his sleeve ... Get to work and quit yourselves like men" The apostle Paul saw that the outer nature was wasting away. And what kept him going was the abiding assurance that this momentary affliction is working for him an eternal glory. And so he looked to the things that are eternal (2 Cor. 4:16-18). So did Spurgeon. He said, "Meditate with deep solemnity upon the fate of the lost sinner ... Shun all views of future punishment which would make it appear less terrible, and so take off the edge of your anxiety to save immortals from the quenchless flame ... Think much also of the bliss of the sinner saved. There will be no fear of your being lethargic if you are continually familiar with eternal realities" "In comparing one ministerial identity with another he reminded other pastors that at the last supper there was a chalice for drinking the wine and there was a basin for washing feet. Then he said," "I protest that I have no choice whether to be the chalice or the basin. Fain would I be whichever the Lord wills so long as He will but use me ... So you, my brother, you may be the cup, and I will be the basin; but let the cup be a cup, and the basin a basin, and each one of us just what he is fitted to be. Be yourself, dear brother, for, if you are not yourself, you cannot be anybody else; and so, you see, you must be nobody ... Do not be a mere copyist, a borrower, a spoiler of other men's notes. Say what God has said to you, and say it in your own way; and when it is so said, plead personally for the Lord's blessing upon it" Near the end of his life (1890) in (I believe his last) address to his pastors' conference he compares adversity and the ebb of truth to the ebbing tide. "You never met an old salt, down by the sea, who was in trouble because the tide had been ebbing out for hours. No! He waits confidently for the turn of the tide, and it comes in due time. Yonder rock has been uncovered during the last half-hour, and if the sea continues to ebb out for weeks, there will be no water in the English Channel, and the French will walk over from Cherbourg. Nobody talks in that childish way, for such an ebb will never come. Nor will we speak as though the gospel would be routed, and eternal truth driven out of the land. We serve an almighty Master ... If our Lord does but stamp His foot, He can win for Himself all the nations of the earth against heathenism, and Mohammedanism, and Agnosticism, and Modern-though, and every other foul error. Who is he that can harm us if we follow Jesus? How can His cause be defeated? At His will, converts will flock to His truth as numerous as the sands of the sea ... Wherefore be of good courage, and go on your way singing [and preaching!]: The winds of hell have blown The world its hate hath shown, Yet it is not o'erthrown. Hallelujah for the Cross! It shall never suffer loss! The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Excerpeted from: http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies1469_Charles_Spurgeon_Preaching_Through_Adversy/ Yes, my friend, Charles Hadden Spurgeon, can rightly be called, The Prince of preachers! John |
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204 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 213766 | ||
Okay... | ||||||
205 | This generation will not pass away.... | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214210 | ||
Hi Vintage68 There is a great deal of misunderstanding about the word Generation used in the Bible. We need to be careful to understand what it means in context because the term varies quite a bit from passage to passage and verse to verse. John Smith's Bible Dictionary Generation Genesis 2:4, "These are the generations," means the "history." 5:1, "The book of the generations," means a family register, or history of Adam. 37:2, "The generations of Jacob" equals the history of Jacob and his descendants. 7:1, "In this generation" equals in this age. Psalms 49:19, "The generation of his fathers" equals the dwelling of his fathers, i.e., the grave. Psalms 73:15, "The generation of thy children" equals the contemporary race. Isaiah 53:8, "Who shall declare his generation?" equals His manner of life who shall declare? or rather equals His race, posterity, shall be so numerous that no one shall be able to declare it. In Matthew 1:17, the word means a succession or series of persons from the same stock. Matthew 3:7, "Generation of vipers" equals brood of vipers. 24:34, "This generation" equals the persons then living contemporary with Christ. 1 Peter 2:9, "A chosen generation" equals a chosen people. The Hebrews seem to have reckoned time by the generation. In the time of Abraham a generation was an hundred years, thus: Genesis 15:16, "In the fourth generation" equals in four hundred years (comp. verse 13 and Exodus 12:40). In Deuteronomy 1:35 and 2:14 a generation is a period of thirty-eight years. |
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206 | This generation will not pass away.... | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214212 | ||
Hi Vintage68 Most of the verses used make the point fairly well, but some are a little bit ambiguous. I don't see in Scripture or anywhere else that the Queen of the south or the men of Nineveh have risen up in judgment yet, but other than that it seems to make the point fairly well. There is still some debate about the time-line of some of the prophase however. Just my two cent's I don't like to be dogmatic about eschatology. There have been some very well respected and godly theologens through the ages, much smarter then me, by the way, that were dead wrong. :-) John |
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207 | 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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208 | belly of a whore? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214252 | ||
Daer Tim Thanks for that link! That was an interesting read. :-) John |
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209 | Please define prophecy. | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214270 | ||
Easton's Bible Dictionary http://www.christstudy.net/dic/easton/ |
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210 | dogs or cats in heaven (pets) | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214298 | ||
Hi Mariel Try the link below, it should answer your question. John http://www.gotquestions.org/pets-heaven.html |
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211 | Soul the mind and Spirit the emotions? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214307 | ||
Hi heseeshisson, The line between Soul and Spirit is hardly a clear one: Soul: is sometimes said to be that part of us that is our consciousness, our wants/desires, our feelings, our very thoughts, that which we perceive as, ‘self’, is sometimes said to be our soul, it has been called, the seat of appetite. Spirit: sometimes is used to mean breath, so indicating that which is vital to life, also sometimes used in describing a tendency toward a particular behavior, (e.g. he has a lying spirit), or, a leaning toward, or, an untruthfulness in spirit. Spirit and soul have both been looked at as, that part of man that is unseen and sentient, yet consciously aware of the fact that we are alive, and, perhaps, even the very thing that is life itself. (Of course true life is found only in Jesus Christ) Just what are the tangible differences between the two? Scripture pants a pretty fuzzy line at best. And, while some commentary/Scripture's, tend to keep the line between them though it remains quite unclear, others clearly seem to wipe it out altogether. Anyway, that was my two cent's :-) John --------------------------- Here's some more to chew on. “ While outwardly man is a physical being, living and moving in a material universe, there is also a spiritual reality. Finite, physical creatures could never truly relate to an infinite, spiritual Being so when God created man, he formed yet a third facet to our nature, a spirit. The soul, comprised of our thoughts, emotions and will, combined inextricably with this spirit to form a creature unlike all others, higher than the animals and a little lower than the angels; Unique in all Creation. It is this amalgamation of spirit and soul that survives our physical death. It is the essence of who we are as a person and will never cease to exist.” – gospel.htm: Part of http://www.tlogical.net Copyright ©2005 John M. Fritzius --------------------------- Hree's something Doc wrote, that's quite good I think. :-) “Scripture uses the word "soul" and "spirit" interchangeably. For example, in John 12:27, our Lord says, "now is my soul troubled." However, in a very similar context, in the next chapter, John tells us that Jesus was "troubled in spirit" (13:21). There are a number of places where it is used in Hebrew Parallelism; e.g., Luke 1:46-47. Dead people are both spoken of as "spirits" (Hebrew 12:23; 1 Peter 3:19) and "souls" (Revelation 6:9; 20:4). At death, Scripture says either that the "soul" departs or the "spirit" departs (cf Genesis 35:18; 1 Kings 17:21; Isaiah 53:12; Psalm 31:5; Luke 23:46; Ecclesiastes 12:7; John 19:30; Acts 7:59; etc.). The Bible says that the "soul" can sin or the "spirit" can sin (cf 1 Peter 1:22; Revelation 18:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 7:34; etc.). Indeed, everything that the soul is said to do, the spirit is also said to do and vice versa. This includes thinking, feeling, choosing, and worshiping. In Jewish thinking human beings are not bipartite or tripartite creatures. Dividing of the various components is such a difficult thing, that no human can untangle the parts or even find the dividing lines. (Hence the surgical imagery of Hebrews 4:12.) Just as today we'd not be able to find the dividing line between our minds and our bodies. The trichotomy of man was an idea introduced by the Greeks -- Aristotle in particular. (Not that it isn't "true" -- only that it has its origins from extra-Biblical sources.) Later Gnostic thinking liked this idea, as they deemed that pure reason was higher, more noble, and distinct from baser attributes. Even later, Augustine argued that the image of God's triune nature was reflected in a triune nature of man. The Roman Church still holds to this perspective, although with a bit of a Gnostic twist. Even our language reflects some of our opinions regarding the components of a man. The ancient Hebrew thought of the heart the same way the average American thinks of the brain. The modern man does not expect to cut into a brain and find the real person. In the same way, the Hebrew would not have expected to cut into a heart and reveal the real person. Yet both understand that a blob of tissue exists, but both tend to think of it as somehow containing a person's essence. This is a deep and complex subject. Theologians and philosophers for multiple millennia have discussed it. The Scripture tells us things that we could not have known by introspection. However, it does not entirely settle all of the questions. What we can say definitively, though, is that man is a being who thinks, feels, acts, and communicates. Furthermore, we know that the soul/spirit can be separated from the body in death, but that that is an abnormal state -- one that won't exist when God restores creation, for every soul/spirit will be joined with their resurrected body.” -- DocTrinsograce |
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212 | Praise Him! | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214380 | ||
--Hallelujah--Hebrew liturgical expression meaning "praise ye Yah" ("praise the Lord"). It appears in the Hebrew Bible in several psalms, usually at the beginning or end of the psalm or in both places. In ancient Judaism it was probably chanted as an antiphon by the Levite choir. In the New Testament it appears only in Revelation 19, where it occurs four times. It was translated in the Septuagint (Jewish Greek version of the Bible made in the pre-Christian period) and became "alleluia" in the Vulgate (4th-century Christian Latin version). The early Christians adopted the expression in their worship services, and it appeared in Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some Protestant liturgies and in hymns.-- Encyclopedia Britannica --Hallelujah--praise ye Jehovah, frequently rendered "Praise ye the LORD," stands at the beginning of ten of the psalms (106, 111-113, 135, 146-150), hence called "hallelujah psalms." From its frequent occurrence it grew into a formula of praise. The Greek form of the word (alleluia) is found in Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6.--Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
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213 | Why was being born a Jew so important? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214382 | ||
Hi humility, The short answer would be that, He chose to. Also, that it was a fulfillment of prophecy. Of course, much more can be said on this, but, beyond that, Scripture doesn't really say. John |
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214 | direction to valley of moab from oboth | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214610 | ||
This question was just asked by someone else. Is this homework? |
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215 | Journ to Moab, what kept them from Edom? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214663 | ||
Thank you! :-) well done! :-) | ||||||
216 | All Christians suppose to be "Rich"? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214665 | ||
Hi humility, I think the answer is pretty obviously no. Not everyone who is a Christian has material wealth. I fact, many are dirt poor. Just look at how many poor people in other country's are coming to Christ, and are some of the poorest people on earth. John |
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217 | Journ to Moab, what kept them from Edom? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214668 | ||
Dear Keliy, It's good to have you on board here at the forum! I really appreciate your participation, Keliy, and the spirit you have shown. You are so right! This forum has been an amazing blessing to me too! I've really learned so much here, I thank the Lord for leading me here, and for you, and all that give so much to forward the Gospel of our Lord Jesus. Thanks again bro. Shalom and God bless John |
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218 | All Christians suppose to be "Rich"? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214669 | ||
Dear WOS, Very insightful, thank you for giving us that. A good reminder for me that It's so easy to overlook the gist of a passage while only focussing on the question. John |
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219 | Divine intervention? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214726 | ||
Yes, I think you could say that. He does send rain on the unjust. John |
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220 | Divine intervention? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 214784 | ||
Vintage, You wrote: "Should we not be doing the same when speaking our own language, expressing our beliefs to others?" Since we speak English, the Bibles we use are in English. Maybe a good English dictionary would do you some good? steward -noun 1. a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House Steward, n. One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition You are grasping at straws my friend. We belong to God, He is our creator, He owns us, and everything we own is technically His. If you don't see that, you are not reading the Scriptures correctly. You are making so many theological errors I don't even know where to begin. Give it a break, vintage, will you please? John |
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