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2041 | Can you be a husband without marriage? | 1 Tim 3:2 | Hank | 6985 | ||
I have thought, EdB, and I respectfully disagree with you. I believe that you are reading far more into the passage than the passage was ever intended to say. That is a flaw to which we are, most of us at any rate, heir to by virtue of being imperfect human beings. Tim Moran has recently posted a wise observation about this business of reading more into a text than is there to read. EdB, I confess frankly and openly that in a score of years of trying to teach a Sunday School class, I've done that not just once, but many times. And I'm not bragging, but stating a fact! All good wishes in Christ Jesus. --Hank | ||||||
2042 | How do we pull marriage out? | 1 Tim 3:2 | Hank | 7004 | ||
Ed, the consensus among wiser men by far than I -- learned, God-fearing men who have devoted their lives to Bible exegesis -- is that this passage in Paul's Timothy letter and in the virtually parallel passage in his Titus letter are to be understood thusly: A man who desires to be an overseer (bishop, elder) should (if he is married) be the husband of one wife (not a polygamist or woman-chaser) and his children (if he has any) should be obedient believers. A man whom his wife divorces because of his marital infidelity would clearly be disqualifed to hold a church office, but a man whose wife commits adultery and a divorce results would just as clearly not be disqualified. And inasmuch as the death of a spouse ends the marriage contract, a widower would not be disqualifed unless he failed to meet the other criteria specified in the passages in question. I don't know any better way to say it. --Hank | ||||||
2043 | Doesn't make you wonder | 1 Tim 3:2 | Hank | 7035 | ||
No, EdB, it doesn't make me wonder, simply because the passage "literally" doesn't say what you and Steve seem to want it to say. Ed, when you or I seem to see in a passage what dedicated Bible scholars have failed to see for 2,000 years, isn't it just possible that we need to re-examine our interpretation? I don't mean to be curt or impolite in any way. But please do think about the passages again. Was Paul's main thrust marriage per se, or was he not laying down more far-reaching moral and spiritual qualifications for a church leader and saying, parenthetically as it were, that if a man happened to be married, it must be a marriage as God ordained, i.e., to one woman? Ed, that is the only sense of the passage that really makes sense and is in proper context with the rest of Scripture. Herewith, along with previous posts, I have said all I know to say and close my book on this topic. Grace to you. --Hank | ||||||
2044 | Hank where did I say all of this? | 1 Tim 3:2 | Hank | 7057 | ||
Dear Ed, if you for a moment think I was talking about (or preaching to) you, please disencumber yourself from any notion that I was suggesting, or even attempting to suggest, that you were the "villain" as you put it. You question why I told the story of the divorced minister in a discussion of divorced ministers, and submit that this seemed a reasonable place to tell it. You say that all of my comment was inflammatory and all without cause. Ed, I never said that you were pointing a finger at anyone or impugning God about anything. I'm sorry that you have taken my remarks so personally, as being meant to be accusatory of you. They were merely meant to show, and do show, how I personally feel about the matter as it applies to me, and to me alone. I neither know nor am I particularly concerned about how other people may feel. That is their business, not mine.....Again, Ed, please believe me and put your heart at ease: I did not and do not accuse you of anything. I am truly sorry that you took offense. If I had had any clue that you would take any part of this posting as an offense to yourself personally, I would have most surely inserted a disclaimer to the effect that you were not in any way intended to be the target of anything I said in it. Words, spoken or in print -- especially in print -- can very easily be taken the wrong way, that is to say, the reader sees a meaning in them that the speaker or writer did not have in mind when he spoke or penned them. That, as I'm sure you will agree to, is a rather common occurrence in our daily give-and-take relationships with other people. Those of us who post on this forum are especially vulnerable to being misunderstood by what we say and to misunderstanding what others may say. Language is a tricky business and words have a way of being disobedient to our thoughts.....I have every reason on earth to believe that you are a man who loves the Lord and are doing your very best to follow Him. I think your postings, your questions, your comments are born of pure and honest motives. Never have I thought that you were trying to cause a train wreck on the forum by anything you have said. Neither, for that matter, am I. I appreciate your candor in asking me to give an answer for what I said. It is my sincere wish that I have dealt with this matter properly and to your full satisfaction. What I have said on this post is the best I can do, and I leave it to you to decide whether it is sufficient. --Hank | ||||||
2045 | Grateful for the forum | 1 Tim 3:4 | Hank | 159173 | ||
Dear Diomede: It's not "dumb questions" that bother me nearly so much as my fear of giving dumb answers! And I'll bet I've given more dumb answers on this Forum than anyone else. Dear heart, it is indeed delightful to learn that you are taking God's word seriously. That's wisdom! And that you are earnestly seeking to learn what it means and to apply God's truth to your life. That's also wisdom. ...... There are quite a few responsible, mature, God-fearing, born-again and knowledgeable users on this Forum. This includes CDBJ, with whom you've exchanged notes, who, if he reads this, will turn beet red at the very thought of being considered as the possessor of all those good qualities I've mentioned. :-). So he, I, and a host of other users stand at your beck and call to help you in any way we can to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Blessings to you. --Hank | ||||||
2046 | The measure of death? | 1 Tim 4:1 | Hank | 33495 | ||
Charis, astute observations! Frankly, God hardly prepared me to be the final arbiter for my own salvation. He alone is. So much the less has He given to me the right or the capacity to know what my brother's true relationship with Him is. So grievously I would err to say, "I KNOW so-and-so is saved because of this or that outward appearance." Or conversely, "I KNOW that this other so-and-so is not saved because of this or that outward appearance." If I do this, am I not, wittingly or unwittingly, subscribing to the "fifth" gospel, The Gospel According to the Pharisees? I shall never be able to view my neighbor with God's eyes. I should therefore never judge my neighbor with God's judgment. --Hank | ||||||
2047 | desperate for help | 1 Tim 5:8 | Hank | 118598 | ||
Please don't try to solve this problem on any web site. It won't work! Turn off your computer and run, don't walk, to seek professional help! Chances are strong that your problem with get worse if you don't take bold and decisive steps now to get to the cause and cure of what appears to be a serious domestic problem. --Hank | ||||||
2048 | how should christians view evolution | 1 Tim 6:3 | Hank | 28234 | ||
Short Bible Answer: As a lie. (see Genesis) Long Bible Answer: As a lie. (See Genesis) ..... Bible Answer to Darwin: God created Darwin (see John 1:3). --Hank | ||||||
2049 | Can someone sin after salvation ? | 1 Tim 6:11 | Hank | 21269 | ||
Racersedge, not only can Christians sin after their salvation, but to a greater or lesser degree, all of them do. Salvation is forgiveness of sins, not immunity from sinning. There is an excellent passage that relates so powerfully to the Christian challenge to live for God in a world of sin. It is in Paul's first letter to Timothy, Chapter 6, and especially verses 11-14. I would urge you to read and study these verses carefully..... In verse 11 Paul exhorts Timothy to "flee these things" which refers to what Paul has just been talking about in verses 9 and 10. In the Greek, the word translated "flee" conveys the sense of running continually to escape a dangerous enemy, and that is precisely what Paul is telling Timothy to do. In verse 11, Paul calls Timothy a "man of God" and is here urging him to flee from evil things and "pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness." Then Paul instructs, in verse 12, to "fight the good fight of faith." So, to be a "man of God" -- a Christian -- we must fight the good fight of faith."..... The "man of God" is therefore known by what he flees from, and by what he follows after (note the 6 qualities of verse 11 that distinguish the man of God.) The man of God is known by what he fights for (verse 12) and by what he is faithful to (verses 13 and 14). Prayerful adherence to this instruction so clearly laid out in God's word will not keep us from ever sinning again, but it most assuredly will keep us from succumbing to evil and, to use your words "committing sins as before we were saved." --Hank | ||||||
2050 | Can anyone see Jesus in this life | 1 Tim 6:16 | Hank | 102616 | ||
Christian7 - Of course, Stephen the Martyr and Joseph Smith the Mormon were not cut from the same piece of cloth, not by a long shot. No where does Scripture suggest that in his vision of the glory of God and of Jesus standing at the right hand of God did Stephen receive instructions to start a cult with "another gospel of Jesus Christ" as a textbook. Stephen's "reward" was martydom, not the founding of a cult proclaiming another gospel of Jesus Christ and deceiving an army of human beings. Isaiah, Ezekiel, Paul, and John also received visions of God's glory in heaven. But the experience of these biblical men of God cannot realistically lend credence to the "vision" of Joseph Smith. It's not an uncommon phenomenon for people to lay claim to all sorts of "visions." Some of them are in mental care facilities, but not all unfortunately. Some of them are running loose and spreading their fantastic lies. The good news is that most of them are not taken seriously and do little damage to Christianity. But now and then comes a fake and a fraud like Joseph Smith and deceives multitudes. --Hank | ||||||
2051 | What DO you mean, then? | 1 Tim 6:20 | Hank | 7474 | ||
Dear charis, I too have taken my mind to the end of its tether (not a very long one, admittedly :-), and can harvest nothing from this thread.....Wouldn't it possibly be more fruitful to sever this thread and weave a new one? For instance, have you ever wondered how Noah kept the woodpeckers from eating him out of house and home? "Wood" you be willing to tackle that one? It seems to be laden with infinitely more possibilities for edification. --Hank | ||||||
2052 | need help being distracted from teaching | 1 Tim 6:20 | Hank | 106359 | ||
"O Timothy! (O Bunkle!) Guard what was committed to your trust... [1 Timothy 6:20b] ...... "I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead, Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching...But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." [2 Timothy 4:1,2,5] --Hank | ||||||
2053 | 2 Timothy 3 | 2 Timothy | Hank | 198535 | ||
talchapy :: No one is "judging" you, so please stop trying to play the martyr! No, you didn't say the words were yours but neither did you say whose words they were, even though it is fairly obvious that you knew they were extracted from Matthew Henry's Commentaries. It is usually perfectly fine to cite a segment of a published work provided due credit is given to the publication and its author (but be sure the author and publisher permit the quotation of even short segments from the copyrighted work). To engage in plagiarism (wherein no credit is given to the source) is strictly forbidden on Study Bible Forum. We can appreciate your desire to help someone, but please do so in compliance with Forum guidelines. Please augment your understanding of those guidelines through a careful study of the information to be found at the resource entitled "About the Forum." --Hank | ||||||
2054 | Can the word of God be imprisoned? | 2 Tim 2:9 | Hank | 122198 | ||
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away" [Matthew 24:35]. --Hank | ||||||
2055 | Is it by nature inexorable? | 2 Tim 2:9 | Hank | 122201 | ||
Is the word of God unstoppable? Yes, that seems to be a safe inference one could draw from Matthew 24:35, don't you think? --Hank | ||||||
2056 | A proper approach to studying scripture? | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 8981 | ||
Zyph! Hello, and thanks for such an excellent query. My answer to it is YES, YES, and by all means YES! --Hank | ||||||
2057 | Which study bible is the best? | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 91294 | ||
jak, you may get a wide variety of "answers" to your question, "Which study Bible is the best?" -- it's a good question but a tough one to which there is probably no definitive answer. Some questions may help you decide for yourself what kind of study Bible best suits your needs are: Do you want a conservative or a liberal point of view in a study Bible? Do you lean more toward an Armenian or a Calvinist view of soteriology? Are you pentecostal? Do you like more detailed footnotes or less? Are you seeking a study Bible with strong denominational bias or a more "ecumenical" one? One of the study Bibles that seeks relative neutrality, to some degree at least, on disputed denominational issues is the NASB Study Bible (Zondervan). The annotations of this edition are the ones written by the translating team of the NIV and adapted to the NASB text. In my view it's one of the best of the study Bibles that make an effort to present varying interpretations of difficult and disputed passages. One of my other favorites is The King James Study Bible (Thomas Nelson). It's Southern Baptist through and through. If you have no problem with the "Baptist Faith and Message" (a statement of beliefs published by the Southern Baptist Convention), or with the King James Version, you'll probably like this study Bible. Another good choice is the MacArthur Study Bible (Word). It uses the NKJV text. Soteriologically it is moderately Calvinistic. .... Having made some general determination of the kind of study Bible you want, you might visit a well-stocked Bible bookstore and survey their inventory of study Bibles and ask questions of the salesperson. Another idea is to visit Amazon.com and read both the publisher's review of the study Bible under consideration, and be sure to read also the customers' reviews. Some of them can be very enlightening, but a few are obviously written by people who don't know whether they're pitching or catching. Good luck, jak, in finding the study Bible that meets your needs, and feel free to ask more questions if you need to before forking down the cash :-) --Hank | ||||||
2058 | Are We rightly Dividing the Word? | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 101668 | ||
shalor - The obvious answer to your good question, "Are we rightly dividing the word?" is no. How else can one account for the splintered sectarianism that comprises what is called Christianity today? Each faction claims to be right, and a number of them claim to be exclusively right. The Scriptures acknowledge but one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one church, the body of Christ. Scripture clearly speaks to the reality of divisions. Jesus speaks of wolves in sheep's clothing; the epistles are rife with warnings about false teachers. Even so, new sects, new cults, new splinters from old communions spring up with alarming frequency. There seems to be no end to the isms man can invent, no limit to his ability to find an isolated passage of Scripture that he can twist and mold to fit his every doctrinal aberration. Or lacking any scriptural proof with which to give his doctrine the gloss of authenticity, he can always fall back on that darling of false prophets, special revelation from God. Yes, I'm quite convinced that we are not rightly dividing the word of God. But I'm ill prepared to offer a cure-all for the scourge of the pandemic disease of denominationalism. --Hank | ||||||
2059 | Why are there disagreements... | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 109938 | ||
Hi, Kalos - Why disagreements? Possibly the logical place to begin is by taking a closer look at the biblical ignorance of those who do some of the disagreeing. I've taught Sunday school classes for over a quarter century and have been observing the goings-on on this Forum for nearly three years. Both these experiences have led me to the firm conviction that basic Bible knowledge is lacking. I've read hundreds of posts on this Forum in which two things are happening at the same time. On the one hand, the person is vigorously and fiercely arguing some point of theology. And on the other, it is quite apparent that he is still in biblical kindergarten. He is swift to disagree in no uncertain terms, but he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. He is not rooted and grounded in Scripture, only in opinion and dogmatics, both of which are vulnerable to error. ........ George Muller (1805-1898) was a Prussian-born evangelist and philanthropist who founded the Bristol orphanages in England. What follows is an excerpt from his works. His wise words are worthy to be studied with great care: "The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thought. I solemnly state this from the experience of fifty-four years. The first three years after conversion I neglected the Word of God. Since I began to search it diligently the blessing has been wonderful. I have read the Bible through one hundred times, and always with increasing delight. Each time it seems like a new book to me. Great has been the blessing from consecutive, diligent, daily study. I look upon it as a lost day when I have not had a good time over the Word of God." ...... --Hank | ||||||
2060 | Questions needed for Proverbs Chapter 13 | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 110995 | ||
Adella - This Forum generally deals with topical considerations and not with exhaustive Q and A exercises on a given chapter of the Bible. I suggest you study Proverbs 13 carefully (in accordance with 2 Timothy 2:15) and compile your own list of questions on it. Commentaries and study Bibles might prove helpful to get you started. --Hank | ||||||
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