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2041 | Can I get a summary of Psalm 23? | Ps 23:1 | Hank | 20916 | ||
Jree 129, the finest treatment of the beloved Psalm 23 that I've ever seen is a thin little book called "A Shepherd Looks At Psalm 23" by Phillip Keller, published by Zondervan. I'm not sure whether it's still in print, but you may be able to locate it on some of the used-book websites. You might try abe.com. The ISBN is 0-310-26790-0. Good luck in your search. It's a wonderful little book, a rare gem, and well suited for quiet-time meditation and reflection. Marjorie Holmes called it "a book so sensitive and lovely I want to share it with others. It has added a new dimension to my own prayer life."That's the way I feel about it too. --Hank | ||||||
2042 | Old Testament why burn incense | Ex 30:1 | Hank | 20834 | ||
Cloud 9799, the burning of incense was the accepted thing for the Israelites to do because God ordained it and in fact gave detailed instructions for building the altar of incense. (See Exodus 30.) The fragrant aroma of incense symbolized the prayers of God's people. (See Psalm 14:2; Luke 1:10 and Rev.5:8.) The burning of incense is still observed today by certain religious faiths. --Hank | ||||||
2043 | 12 tribes of israel - significance | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 20814 | ||
The twelve tribes of Israel were the descendents of Jacob's twelve sons. See Genesis 49. --Hank | ||||||
2044 | Location of original bible text | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 20811 | ||
There are not, to anyone's knowledge, any original manuscripts (called autographs) of any books of the Bible extant in the world. What we have are copies, and copies of copies, that exist in a number of locations. --Hank | ||||||
2045 | Based on Psalms 82, are we "gods"? | Ps 82:6 | Hank | 20796 | ||
Mincc, the Jews' accusation of blasphemy (John 10:33) that "You (Jesus), being a man, make yourself out to be God" was what triggered Jesus' response wherein your questions lie. In Psalm 82:6 God calls some unjust judges "gods" and pronounces calamity against them. Jesus is therefore making the argument that that this psalm proves that the word "god" can be legitmately used to refer to others than God Himself. So His reasoning may quite likely be this: If there are indeed others whom God can address as "god" or "sons of the Most High," why then should the Jews object to Jesus' statement (in verse 36) that He is "the Son of God"? In verses following, Jesus expands his argument by telling the Jews that even if they did not believe His claim to be the Son of God merely on his assertion that He was, they should at least consider His works "so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me and I in the Father." (verse 38)...... In no sense did Jesus "make Himself God" as the Jews accused Him of doing, nor did God "make" Jesus His Son (see John 1:1-3)...... Your second question is, "Does John 10:34,35 give men the right to call themselves "little gods"? I fail to see anything in the context of this passage that would bestow to men in general the license to confer upon themselves any such title. To assume that it does requires a kind of extrapolition that militates against the command to accuratly handle the word of truth (2 Tim.2:15). -Hank | ||||||
2046 | Kindly explain? | 1 Pet 2:24 | Hank | 20771 | ||
Delaro, please first go to Isaiah 53:12. This verse is literally packed with rich meaning and foundational teaching. "Bore our sins" refers to the redemptive work of Christ on the cross. Peter is touching on the substitutionary character of the atonement, i.e., that Christ, like the sacrifical lamb of the Old Testament, died for our sins. He, the innocent, died for us, the guilty. As the result of Christ's death on the cross, believers enjoy the position of being made dead to sin in order to live new lives in Christ Jesus. "by His wounds you were healed" (see Isaiah 53:5) is not generally viewed as physical healing, but spiritual. And spiritual healing means salvation, the salvation that Christ brings to those who trust in Him. --Hank | ||||||
2047 | How can I help without scaring her away? | Mark 2:17 | Hank | 20759 | ||
Vicalan, as an appendix to Joe's good thoughts concerning your friend and her problems, it would appear to me from your sketch of her emotional state, i.e., depression with a history of attempted suicide, that if she is not under medical supervision she might well ought to be. But you also are an angel of mercy and therapy to her by being so steadfast a friend. God bless you for that. Besides the verses Joe has suggested, I would add the 23rd Psalm. It is so powerful a healer of human sorrow. Never shall I forget how effectively, 13 years ago, this portion of God's word ministered to and help to heal the enormous grief and depression that my wife and I experienced in the wake of the death of our son. I pray for you in your ministry to your troubled friend, and for her, that God will remove her cloud and cause his light to shine in her heart and life. --Hank | ||||||
2048 | What dose Jesus mean by Ye are gods. | Ps 82:6 | Hank | 20750 | ||
mincc, Jesus is quoting from Psalm 82:6. The passage is generally understood to be a referral to the judges or other leaders or rulers whose tasks were divinely appointed. See also Exodus 22:28; Deut.1:17 and 16:18; 2 Chron.19:6. | ||||||
2049 | DIVORCE???????????????? | Mal 2:16 | Hank | 20746 | ||
God hates divorce. Saved people do not go to hell. --Hank | ||||||
2050 | What does "3" stand for in the Bible? | Isaiah | Hank | 20719 | ||
Linda, while certain numbers in the Bible truly have significance and meaning, any wholesale attempt to divine meaning from numbers alone borders dangerously on numerology, a pagan practice, and emphatically should not become a fetish with Christians. --Hank | ||||||
2051 | Should we pray for world peace? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 20712 | ||
Kiss, in all our prayers, it is our burden to acknowledge and be in submission to the sovereignty of the Almighty God, thus ending our every petition with "Thy will be done." Jesus certainly did speak of "wars and rumors of wars" but that does not preclude our being justified to pray that God's "will be done on earth as it is in heaven." There will never be perfect peace on earth so long as sin remains. But we can pray for the peace of God to indwell in our hearts and in His church to keep us from the evil one (John 17:15) and for "the peace of Jerusalem." (Psalm 122:6) --Hank | ||||||
2052 | How do you know you are spiritual dying? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 20707 | ||
Yogi, I wonder whether there is any such reality as "spiritual dying." If one knows Christ, the Bible tells us he has become a new creation and hence is spiritually alive in Him. One who does not know Christ is spiritually dead. The Bible, insofar as I know, does not recognize gradations as would be inherent in the term "spirtual dying." --Hank | ||||||
2053 | spritually empty and love God in min. | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 20705 | ||
Yogi, I'm not sure whether this is meant to be a question and, if it is, what it is. --Hank | ||||||
2054 | WHY DAVID WROTE THE BOOK OF PSALMS? | Psalm | Hank | 20703 | ||
Charlotte, Steve is quite right in saying that David did not write all 150 of the Psalms, although a considerable number of them are traditionally attributed to this second king of Israel....... The Psalms, known also as the Psalter, is a complilation of fine poetry, often sung, and the body of them is so comprehensive, running the gamut from the deepest remorse and lament to the zenith of joy and praise. I believe we would not go far afield to say that no human emotion is foreign to the Psalms, nor to lay claim that no other body of literature has ever been able to excel their majestic power to touch the human heart. I rest assured that when I am reading the Psalms, I am reading one of the finest pieces of literature the world has ever known. They are an eternal and blessed fountain which never fail to invigorate the spirit, enlighten the mind, lift the heart, and increase our awareness of the enormous love and majesty of our transcendent God. --Hank | ||||||
2055 | what does in the beginning mean? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 20476 | ||
Joyfull, the phrase "in the beginning" of Genesis 1:1 does not, and cannot, apply to God Himself, because He is eternal. There is no beginning and no ending with God. Therefore, the fourth word of the Bible offers the answer: created. "In the beginning" refers to the time at which God created the heavens and the earth, what we today call the universe. Many believers, I among them, hold that He created it "ex nihilo," -- from or out of nothing -- that He did, in fact, literally by the awesome power of His word, speak it into existence. "Then God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light." (Genesis 1:3). --Hank | ||||||
2056 | Is truth relative? How do we know it? | John 8:32 | Hank | 20475 | ||
The short form of your question, Bill, is "Is truth relative? How do we know it? To the first I would say, "No, I don't believe truth is relative because the Bible speaks of the truth in the absolute. And how do we know it? I'd name the "golden texts" of the Bible as Genesis 1:1, the first 17 verses of John's gospel, and John 3:16. They contain enough of absolute truth to last us for an eternity. Everything else is exposition upon these fundamental, foundational truths. --Hank | ||||||
2057 | Is truth relative? How do we know it? | John 8:32 | Hank | 20473 | ||
Bill, having reflected further on your questions and my answer given earlier this evening, I beg the luxury of being able to amend one of my statements; to wit, "I'd like to see more unity among Christians and fewer denominations." My ideal, my utopia, would be to see complete unity and no denominations at all in Christendom. I'd like to see Christianity become what C. S. Lewis wrote a book about and what he chose for its title: "Mere Christianity." At the first, in those days when Peter and Paul were so actively spreading the good news, the church and its members were called simply "The Way" or, merely, "Christians." It was not, even then, all sweetness and light, however. The early church had its dissenters, its problems, and divisions, to which the book of Acts and the Pauline and Pastoral letters clearly attest. But I believe it's fair to say that the differences were not so vast nor the factions so firmly entrenched then as now. I can't see an iron allegiance to denominationalism as a healthy thing -- not for the individual Christian or for Christianity itself. A long-time admirer of C.S.Lewis, I particularly cherish this line from the preface of his book, "Mere Christianity": Speaking of denominational differences and disputes he said, "I think we must admit that the discussion of these disputed points has no tendency at all to bring an outsider into the Christian fold. So long as we write and talk about them we are much more likely to deter him from entering any Christian communion than to draw him into our own."...... So said, and well said at that, by C.S.Lewis. When I talk with another Christian in person, or interact with him on the forum, and he tosses his creed, catechism or confession at me as if it were the definitive gospel of Jesus Christ, I know that I am out of my depth, and so very likely is he, in such waters -- waters that involve points of high theology and ought never to be treated except by real experts; and even then, they can and frequently do have wide differences in their points of view. --Hank | ||||||
2058 | Is truth relative? How do we know it? | John 8:32 | Hank | 20453 | ||
Bill, you ask such easy questions! How I wish I knew the answers. For 66 years I've been alive and for 50 or so of those years I've been a Christian. But I am willing to be counted among those who readily admit they don't have all the answers. There is an old proverb whose source I've long forgotten that goes something like this, "The eye of the needle is difficult to pass through; thus, the wise say the path to salvation is hard." The proverb is, of course, a variation of Jesus' statement about the camel and the rich man.....I don't think it is essential to our salvation to be "right" on all the issues your questions address. I tend to camp with an idea C. S. Lewis espoused when he said that some churches are more right than others, but the ones that are less right are not necessarily all wrong either. I am summing up his thought from memory but believe I've captured the essential meaning of his words. It is my conviction, Bill, that the one essential, the sine qua non, is being right in one's relationship with the Lord Jesus. I happen to be a Southern Baptist and subscribe to the Baptist Faith and Message affirmations. But what would it matter to whose faith and message statement I subscribed if my relationship with the Savior were not right?...... I'd like to see more unity among Christians and fewer denominations, to be sure, but emphatically not the kind of coerced "unity" that is envisaged by a movement toward a world religion. Bill, I fear that my response has not nearly traversed the breadth of your questions. Perhaps a better head than mine can lend more to your inquiry which, by the way, is an excellent one indeed. Your presence on this site is a welcome sight. --Hank | ||||||
2059 | rock or Rock,god or God,savior or Savior | Hos 13:4 | Hank | 20035 | ||
Hello, Ray. My, but it's been a long time since we "visited" on the forum! It's a pleasure to attempt a response to your question, and so here goes. As you know, it's proper English usage to refer to God with a capital G when we are speaking of the God of the Bible, because we use it as a proper name. But the word "god" is also used as a common name, as when we are speaking of a pagan god or gods...... In the passages you cite I believe the NASB translators used lower case for "god" because they saw it as referring to a pagan god. On the other hand, the NKJV may have taken the view that even though pagans may worship something they call god, there cannot really be any other God. It stresses the uniqueness of God. It's much like saying, "There is no United States but the United States. Any other claim to being the United States is a false claim, a sham, a fake."...... God is in essence saying "I am God. There is no other being in the universe who can be God." ....... It is of some interest to note that the NIV in the Deut. 32:39 verse says "there is no god besides me" while in the Hosea 13:4 verse the rendering is, "You shall acknowledge no God but me." ...... You asked for a preference of one over the other, of using God or god in these verses. Ray, there are, I believe, valid arguments to be made for using either, and I frankly have no real preference. So long as we get the clear message that there is but one God, we have gained from the passages the eternal truth they mean to teach us. --Hank | ||||||
2060 | how many books in bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 20013 | ||
Mah, I've never felt really comfortable in calling the Bible either an ancient book or a contemporary one. I view it as the word of God and thus eternal. Things eternal can be fixed into no time frame -- not ancient, not modern, not contemporary. Eternal is eternal and to what can we whose life is like the brief flicker of a candle compare it? --Hank | ||||||
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