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2081 | if someone take there own life where wil | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 15808 | ||
Dear Goldenchild: Those of us who believe in the doctrine of the eternal security of the believer (also called the perseverance of the saints) believe that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ and His salvation that he gave us by grace through faith. (Rom. 8:28-39) A saved person is sealed by the Spirit until the day of redemption (Eph. 4:30) Thus viewed, the issue of whether the believer who takes his own life was sane or insane at the time the act was committed becomes moot in regard to his salvation. Of course, one who does not know Christ is doomed whether he takes his own life or dies of other causes. --Hank | ||||||
2082 | Was Nahum 2:4 fulfilled in Acts 2:1? | Nah 2:4 | Hank | 15654 | ||
Good exegesis, Bill Mc. I can see we both are graduates of good ole STS (Simpleton Theological Seminary) :-) There can be no more doubt that the disciples rode in a Honda than there is that God created the earth during the high point of a baseball game. Doesn't Genesis 1:1 clearly say, "In the Big Inning God created..... Ah, but I must stop and rest my mind. Wrestling with these profound theological concepts just wears me to a frazzle. Blessings to you, Bill. --Hank | ||||||
2083 | Prophecy for the automobile? | Nah 2:4 | Hank | 15645 | ||
Nolan, while the prophet Nahum very likely confined his remarks to the mass confusion that existed in Nineveh, it is tempting to see the automobile in his descriptive words. In my neck of the woods, they certainly "dash to and fro like lightning flashes" and like lightning often does, they strike other objects with devastating and often fatal force. --Hank | ||||||
2084 | Does this apply to Christians? | Matt 6:15 | Hank | 15161 | ||
I'd say Yes, No, or Maybe, depending on what the question is. --Hank | ||||||
2085 | How many verses are there in the Bible? | Esth 6:1 | Hank | 15060 | ||
Nolan, I just now finished counting :-) and there are 31,101 verses in the Bible, 23,144 in the Old Testament and 7,957 in the New Testament. The middle verse is Psalm 103:2. The shortest verse is John 11:35 with two words; the longest is Esther 8:9 with 90 words. If you memorized one verse a day, you would have the entire Bible memorized in only 85 years! (This information applies to the King James Bible; it would vary slightly in some of the modern versions). --Hank | ||||||
2086 | What does "I N R I" mean? | John 19:19 | Hank | 15056 | ||
Nolan, INRI is a Latin abbreviation for "Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum" and means "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." There was no "J" in the Latin alphabet; an "I" was used instead. Similiarly, IHS is also a Latin abbreviation and means "Jesus, Savior of Mankind" not "In His Steps" as is commonly and erroneously believed. --Hank | ||||||
2087 | How did Adam sin if he did KNOW sin. | Gen 2:17 | Hank | 14961 | ||
Adam and Eve's fall, and the fall of man ever since that fateful day in Eden, was occasioned by disobedience to God. It is academic to argue whether Adam had any concept of "sin" or knowledge of good and evil. He and his wife simply disobeyed God. That's what sin was then, is now, and ever shall be. It takes on many forms and has many trappings, but sin is first, last, and always disobedience to the commands of God, and such are they that define good and evil. --Hank | ||||||
2088 | Who created god? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 14693 | ||
Let's suppose for a moment that some star-gazer in the mountains of Tibet came up with an answer to who created God, and he says that Blob-Blob created God. We would then have to ask, "Then who created Blob-Blob?" And he says, "Well, Bo-Nang created Blob-Blob." And on we go in a never-ending string of questions that can have no final answer..... Thus the question, "Who created God?" is hopeless and self-defeating from the very beginning. The Bible never questions the existence of God and affirms from cover to cover that God is from everlasting to everlasting. I'm not prepared to say that occasional excursions into the realm of imagination about the nature of God constitute idolatry (Children do it all the time and rare is the parent whose child has not asked, "Who made God?" or "Where did God come from?" and the like). I am convinced, however, that any human attempt to define God outside of the book in which God reveals as much of himself as he chose to is an exercise in futility. In my day I've read a considerable amount of philosophy. In none of it have I learned as much about God as the Bible reveals about him...... We are created, and we find it beyond our natural ability really to conceive of and fully understand anything that is not created. We are in a time prison, and we find it equally difficult to grasp the concept of timelessness. We speak of eternal life, but how fully do we really understand the idea of eternity? It has always been a little easier for me to think of eternity as never having an end than to think of it as never having a beginning either -- as with God never having a beginning, as having always existed from everlastig to everlasting. That's more than my finite mind can handle. I can't fully understand it. But I can, and do, fully believe that God is God, eternal, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father. He is sovereign, the Creator and not the created. --Hank | ||||||
2089 | how do I read the Bible | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 14572 | ||
NayNay, the answers that Devan and Steve have posted are both excellent, and you would not go astray in using their suggestions. There is one caveat, however, that I feel you should be aware of. In using this forum's resources, be cautious. It contains some postings on certain issues that are not orthodox. In case orthodox as I use it here is not a familiar term to you, it means that some viewpoints given on this forum do not square with generally-accepted views held by the majority of Christian believers. So be careful and if you read something that doesn't seem to be saying what the Bible teaches, ask for help, either from a trusted Christian friend, relative or pastor. An excellent study Bible, by the way, is the NASB Study Bible published by Zondervan. --Hank | ||||||
2090 | completeness of the bible. | Rev 22:18 | Hank | 13683 | ||
Revelation 22:18-19 are most likely the verses you have in mind. --Hank | ||||||
2091 | Does anyone really *do* this? | Luke 14:12 | Hank | 13450 | ||
What an excellent question on a piece of Scripture, Nolan, for a springboard to discussion and reflection, and I must say that in all my years I've seen it happen very rarely, except generally at Thanksgiving and Christmas -- and then usually sponsored under the aegis of certain churches and secular charitable organizations who serve a dinner to the indigent. Now and then one hears of a family who invites some needy person over for a meal on special occasions. But the rule in my social circle is to invite friends, relatives or "rich neighbors" for a party or dinner, who will likely return the favor. That's just the opposite, of course, of what is being taught in this passage of Scripture..... We are most of us I should think, inclined to stay well within our "comfort zone" socially, culturally, and economically. We are more at ease among our peer group who think much along the same lines politically and spiritually as we do, among those with whom we have much in common. This is hardly the example that Jesus set, and He never said that a "comfort zone" should be our criterion for our walk with Him. --Hank | ||||||
2092 | HEY WE ARE SIX MONTHS OLD. PRO 6:22 | Prov 6:22 | Hank | 13308 | ||
To R.C.Scroll and all other Forum friends: The Forum has indeed survived for six months since its nativity. For those of us who came aboard early on, it's been quite a ride, hasn't it? There have been posts, many of them, and some have been sublime, some ridiculous, and others neither. Some users have posted once, folded their tents and silently stolen away while others have made an incredible number of posts...... Quantitavely the Forum has flourished; qualitatively it languishes still. Our thrust, it seems to me, as we enter the back stretch of our first year, should be anchored to the commitment to improve the general quality of postings to the Forum. When I see a post that is heavily beset by glaring errors of spelling and punctuation that can hardly be viewed as anything but gross carelessness of the writer, I generally pass on to something else. Why should I take my time to read something about which the writer cares so little that he is unwilling to take his time or exert his effort to clean up his mess before presenting it to the world? Why should I lay waste my precious time to read an unscriptural opinion foisted upon me about a scriptural topic, when I am far from being reasonably convinced that the writer is even remotely qualified to opine on the topic? What profit is it to read that BillyBob agrees with BobbyBill and posts "Atta boys" day after day? Wherein is edification provided when two or more users engage in interminable diatribes over an issue or precept so trivial that it hardly deserves honorable mention in the first place? What do the mating habits of dinosaurs have to do with one's salvation? Must we know Christ's blood type in order to understand that it was shed for our sins?...... There are people active on the Forum, and others who visit it, who are possessed of education and brains. Should we not make it our business to assure that on these pages they will find at least some display of mind? If this Forum is, as we assume and from time to time assert, dedicated to the study of the Bible and hence becomes indeed God's business, isn't it therefore worth every fiber of our being to give our utmost to His Highest? --Hank | ||||||
2093 | Liberty Savard? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 13247 | ||
Nolan, I know nothing about Liberty Savard and don't pretend to. But I'd use caution about taking the advice of anyone who says use caution when they admittedly know nothing about Liberty Savard either. --Hank | ||||||
2094 | I'd like know about Jabes | 1 Chronicles | Hank | 13162 | ||
("Jabes") Jabez was a pious Israelite who asked God for blessing and received it. (1 Chron. 4:9-10). He, among many other biblical characters, illustrates the power of prayer. Jabez currently is enjoying a season of unprecedented renown thanks to the popular book, "The Prayer of Jabez." --Hank | ||||||
2095 | Tilthe calculation:On gross or net pay? | 2 Cor 9:1 | Hank | 13128 | ||
Tithing, or giving one-tenth, whether from gross or net income, can be a greater or lesser sacrifice for some than for others. Those persons of very high incomes can give a tenth of their earnings with greater ease generally than others who are scarcely getting by on what they have to work with.... But there is another dimension of giving: Time. And time is something with which all of us, rich and poor alike, are endowed equally. Each of us is allotted 24 hours of it every day. How we spend it is largely of our own choosing. For many of us, it is easier to write a bigger check than to teach a class, study the Bible, pray regularly, visit a sick friend or talk to an unsaved person about Jesus.... Paying in money is clearly a Christian duty and privilege not to be down-played or taken lightly. But is it our all? --Hank | ||||||
2096 | Give Me some information abot Solomon | Song of Solomon | Hank | 11623 | ||
Solomon was the tenth son of David and the third king of Israel. His reign spanned forty years, around 1,000 B.C. Solomon is noted for his wealth, his wisdom, and his building programs. He is traditionally credited with having written the Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, and most of the Proverbs. The main Biblical source on his life and times is recorded in the first 11 chapters of 1 Kings. For additional information you may find it helpful to consult a reliable Bible dictionary, a study Bible or commentary, and read the introductions contained in most study and reference Bibles to the three books ascribed to him. If you are doing an essay on King Solomon, I'd urge you to read, in addition to the other reference materials, his three aforementioned books that are a part of Scripture. And, please, make an "A" on it :-) --Hank | ||||||
2097 | The New Jerusalem Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 11595 | ||
Once I owned a copy of the New Jerusalem Bible, didn't like it very much and got rid of it. It has somewhat of a Catholic bias and is less literal than the NASB, using an equivalence translation approach similar to the NIV. --Hank | ||||||
2098 | Acts of God | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 11563 | ||
Glory777, as one who spent 40 years in the insurance industry, I'm quite familiar with the term "acts of God" that is used in the indemnity section of many insurance policies. The term is a legal, not a theological, one, and generally refers to unforseeable and unpreventable losses that are not man-made, such as wind damage for example. From a theological perspective, we who believe in the God of the Bible also believe that He is sovereign over all things. To what extent He may intervene in specific natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, etc. I'm not prepared to say, and I'm not sure the Bible reveals this specific information to us. But I'm surely open to instruction if someone else is able to shed more light on this subject than is mine to shed. --Hank | ||||||
2099 | Was Jesus On A Secret Mission? | Mark 1:34 | Hank | 11462 | ||
The most probable cause for Jesus not permitting the demons to speak was simply that He did not want their testimony to be twisted into charges by His critics that He was connected with the demoniac realm of Satan and his minions. Even so, the Pharisees in Matthew 12 ascribed to Beelzebul Jesus' power to cast our demons, leading to Jesus' discourse about the unpardonable sin........ No where is it suggested that Jesus was on some sort of secret mission. We think of spies or uncover agents when we think of secret missions. Jesus was neither of those. Old Testament prophecies, the announcement of His birth, the proclamation of John the Baptist -- all these said loudly and clearly not only who Jesus was, but what His mission was as well. --Hank | ||||||
2100 | Are you saved? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 11380 | ||
Dear TOFT: While your offer to provide counsel via email would seem most generous, I must agree with my colleagues that the purpose of the study Bible forum is to exchange questions and answers on God's word for the viewing and, one would hope, edification of anyone who visits this web site. Many of us have indeed developed friends on this forum with whom we regularly exchange private emails, but this is a by-product, not the purpose, of the forum. --Hank | ||||||
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