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21 | 3 main principles in Ephesians | Ephesians | biblicalman | 229587 | ||
Hi Ablavi, Welcome to the forum. One clear principle in Ephesians is that we are chosen in Christ unto salvation before the world began with all that ensues from that (1.4-14). A second principle is that Christ was raised from the dead by the power of God and took His place at God's right hand, and that because we have been made one with Him, we too have been raised from the dead in our spiritual lives and have taken our place with Him in Heavenly Places (1.1-2.6). A third principle is that the powerful Holy Spirit, and the equally powerful Christ, now dwell in our hearts by faith in order that we may fully know the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord (3.14-19) Best wishes |
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22 | I'm trying to bring my family back, | Matt 21:22 | biblicalman | 229586 | ||
Hi, Well your main problem would appear to be a loss of the trust of your family. Trust is easily lost, not so easily restored. How that is to be done can only be suggested by someone who knows all your circumstances. Best wishes |
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23 | Do we obey all of the Ten commandments? | Rom 6:14 | biblicalman | 229581 | ||
Hi Ismaila, See Matthew 5.21 ff; Mark 10.19-21; 12.28-30; Romans 13.8-10; Galatians 5.13-14. Best wishes |
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24 | How do I kill my flesh daily? | Luke 9:23 | biblicalman | 229568 | ||
Paul said in Romans 6.11 that you are to 'reckon yourself as dead to sin, and alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord'. That means that each day you must say to yourself, today I am dead. I no longer have the right to live out my own life. I no longer have the right to make my own choices. You must put off your 'old man', the man who you once were. And you must clothe yourself with Christ. You must put on the new man which in the likeness of God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Each day you must recognise that Christ lives in you (Gal 2.20) and wants to live out His own life through you. You must hand over the reins of your life to Jesus Christ. You must say, 'Lord, I am dead, dead to all that I once wanted. Live out your life through me'. And that is what you must do, recognise that Christ now possesses your life, and let him live through you. In the words of Robert Murray McCheyne you must say, 'there came the day that I died, died to the world, its approval and blame, died even to the approval and blame of my friends and brothers, and from that moment was determined to live only a life approved unto God'. That is what it means to die daily. It means to accept that the self-life is dead. It is to let Christ wholly live out His life through you. May God bless you and enable you to do so. |
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25 | Do God hear/answer prayers of unsaved? | Bible general Archive 4 | biblicalman | 229521 | ||
Hi Joe, Welcome to the forum. While agreeing with all that has been said, I am always a little hesitant about telling God what He must do. The Scripture reveals His usual practise, and that is that God does not hear the prayers of those living complacently in sin, or treating Him lightly. But when unsaved men begin to seek Him I think He may well begin to hear their prayers. Consider the people of Nineveh when Jonah preached to them. God heard their prayers and spared Nineveh. Or consider the people of Israel, who time and again when they were in a period of backsliding prayed in times of need and God delivered them, e.g. when Jerusalem was spared from the Assyrians. In both cases God heard their prayers as part of the proocess of bringing them to Himself. Of course I accept that we do not know at what point such people are 'saved', thus it may come under the heading of responding in salvation. All I am saying is that we should beware of discouraging people from praying,as long as their prayers are genuine, while at the same time warning against glib prayers. Such praying may be part of the process whereby He is wooing them to Himself. Best wishes |
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26 | Does Isaiah 45:7 mean that God created e | Is 45:7 | biblicalman | 229519 | ||
hi Ismaila, Not in the sense in which you mean it. Moral evil is an attitude and action of a morally evil person. It was not created, but was the result of man's freewill. Moral evil is brought about by evil people making the choice to do evil. That is the only way in which it is 'created'. It is created by morally evil people. What is being described in Isaiah 45.7 is physical evil, things that harm men and cause them distress, e.g. storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc. which God did create as part of the natural order. Notice the contrasts in the verse. 'I form the light, I create darkness' (contrast of light with darkness). 'I make peace/well-being, I create evil'. Thus the contrast is between physical well being, and what is not for man's physical wellbeing, i.e. natural disasters. Compare. 'shall evil come on a city and the Lord has not done it' (Amos 3.6). In this case the disaster of war. Best wishes |
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27 | Zacharias/Zechariah | Luke | biblicalman | 229505 | ||
Hi renewingmind' welcome to the forum Yes Zechariah is the Hebrew form of Zacharias (the Greek form). Best wishes |
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28 | john 11:1-37 should life hurt this bad | John 11:1 | biblicalman | 229503 | ||
hi Aileen, welcome to the forum. In the midst of life we are in death. Death comes to all men because all have sinned. And sadly the pain is endured by those who are left behind. I presume you are fairly young. Am I to take it that you have suffered a bereavement? I know it can be so hard. But God promises to be with us in our bereavement. At least Martha had the comfort of knowing that Lazarus would arise at the last day, and had meanwhile gone to be with God. These are times that we have to learn to deal with. If used rightly they bring us closer to God. I have seen my father and mother go, and my elder sister. But be assured that the pain wears off. Meanwhile, 'trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.' He suffers with you in your grief. It is times like this that make us stronger if we allow them to drive us into the arms of Jesus. GOD BLESS YOU. |
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29 | what is important about 40 | Bible general Archive 4 | biblicalman | 229493 | ||
Hi Peggy, Welcome to the forum. Numbers are regularly used in the Bible to convey ideas rather than in order to indicate exact amounts. Thus both Isaac and Esau were 'forty yars old' when they married. The idea is probably that they were seen to have reached maturity. If you look at ages in Genesis you will be surpirsed how many end in 0, 5, or 7 (in those days 5 was the base number, not ten, and 7 was seen as a divine number. It is clear that the number forty is often connected with God's judgments. The rain came at the Flood for forty days and forty nights. Goliath challenged Israel for forty days. The children of Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years (although strictly for thirty eight years, as the first two years included the wait at Sinai, and the journey from Egypt. But it is thought of in terms of forty years). The maximum number of stripes that could be given were forty. Israel was delivered into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. Forty is also seen as a period of waiting on God or similar. Moses went into the mount for forty days and forty nights. Elijah fled to Horeb taking forty days. Jesus Himself was tempted for forty days and forty nights. It is quite possible that in some cases it simply indicates 'a little over a month'. In Judges the land regularly 'has rest for forty years', probably indicatiing 'for a generation'. In one case it is eighty years (twice forty). Eli judged Israel for forty years. Ishbosheth began to reign when he was forty years old. Both David and Solomon reigned over Israel for forty years. These are probably round numbers (note how these were all within a comparatively short period). Thus the number does appear to be important to God, as representing His activity. Best wishes |
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30 | Advice and encouragement | 2 Tim 2:15 | biblicalman | 229476 | ||
Hi Julcol, If the JWs have the Holy Spirit why do they always look in their books for their answers rather than in the Bible? And why have they changed their Bible to suit their beliefs? And why do the beliefs in their books keep changing (and incidentally so does their Bible)? Your husband is worried that if you read the Bible you might not be led into the ideas found in his books, because those ideas are not Biblical. In 1920 the JWs issued a book titled 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die". In 2011 that is begin ning to look a bit of a joke. They don't issue that book any more. I wonder why not? The JWs constantly change their beliefs as one false prophecy after another goes wrong. I remember them coming to my door and insisting that Jesus Christ was coming back to earth visibly in 1977. I am still waiting. So you are wise to read and study your Bible, and as you grow in understanding you will learn more and more why the Watchtower have gone astray. You can be sure that the Holy Spirit is far more likely to guide you through the Bible than He is through Watchtower books. God bless you. |
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31 | when will tribulation/rapture occur | Matthew | biblicalman | 229465 | ||
Hi, While not wanting to raise contention I feel that I must add to Searcher's list that there are many who believe that there will be no 'Great Tribulation Period' prior to Christ's coming. There will of course be tribulation in places, but many do not see a seven year (or three and a half) year period as Scriptural. But as Searcher says, for anyone who wants to read more about it there are plenty of past answers on the forum which can be consulted. I agree with him that it has been discussed sufficiently. |
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32 | What Hebrew governed Egypt | Exodus | biblicalman | 229426 | ||
Hi Arnold, It was Zaphnath Paaneah otherwise known as Joseph, Best wishes |
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33 | Is Amoz also Amos? | Is 1:1 | biblicalman | 229420 | ||
Hi Renewingmind, welcome to the forum. The short answer is that he almost certainly was not. The names are in fact different (Amos and Amotz). Amos was a herdsman and fig-farmer from Tekoah in Judah, prophesying around 760 BC. He prophesied in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Isaiah was a Jerusalemite, and possibly (according to Jewish tradition) connected to the royal house. He commenced prophesying about 740 BC in Jerusalem. Best wishes |
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34 | Are Messianic Jews saved? | Acts 4:12 | biblicalman | 229408 | ||
Hi Ismaila, It is not possible for any of us to say of another that they have definitely been saved. All we can do is confirm the requirements for them to be saved. Whether Messianic Jews are saved will depend on one thing. Have they fully trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ and the fact that He died for them and rose again, for their salvation? Are they confessing Him before men? If they are then they are and will be saved, if they are not then they are not saved. Best wishes |
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35 | bible say about interracial marriages? | 2 Cor 6:14 | biblicalman | 229402 | ||
Hi Madison, Welcome to the Forum. There are many examples of inter-racial marriage in the Bible, and there is no suggestion that they are wrong. What the Bible does condemn is inter-religious marriage. When Ezra sought to break up marriages with foreign women (Ezra 9-10) it was because the women worshipped other gods and would have led some of God's people astray. When God banned marriages with the Canaanites it was again for religious reasons. 'Do not be unequally yoked with an unbeliever' still applies (2 Cor 6.14). Remember that what your children grow up to believe may well be affected by such a choice. On the practical level however it is necessary to seriously consider whether living together you will be able to cope with each other's lifestyle. You may well find that differing customs amd lifestyles can grate after a while when the initial love has died down. That is something to seriously consider. But of course that is true of all marriages. Best wishes |
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36 | God sees us through the blood of Jesus | NT general | biblicalman | 229398 | ||
Hi Cyndig, Welcome to the Forum. There is no actual verse that says that God sees us through the blood of Jesus, but a numberthat say something similar. Jesus 'Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through His blood to be received by faith' (Rom 3.25). 'Therefore we are now accounted as righteous through His blood' (Rom 5.9). 'Through Whom we have redemption through His blood even the forgiveness of sins' (Eph 1.8). 'The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from all sins' (1 John 1.7). 'To Him Who loves us and freed us from our sins in His own blood' (Rev 1.7). 'So Jesus suffered without the gate in order to set apart His people as holy through His own blood' (Heb 10.12). Best wishes |
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37 | What is your view on the Rapture? | NT general | biblicalman | 229397 | ||
What is my view on the Rapture? I think it wll be the most wonderful event in history. 'For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven, with a shout of command, with the Archangel's voice, and with the trumpet-blast of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive and remain will be caught up with them to meet the Lord in the air and so we wll ever be with the Lord.' (1 Thess 4.16-17). Imagine the picture, the graves opening, the resurrected saints in their new spiritual bodies rising to meet the Lord in the air, the living saints being instantly transformed and joining them in their triumphant progress, and all together meeting the Lord and seing Him face to face, and going in with Him to the marriage feast of the Lamb. What a day that will be. I don't want to spoil its impact by clogging it up with a lot of uncertain detail. 'We will not all sleep (die) but we will all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for the dead will be raised incorruptible and we will all be changed' (1 Cor 15.52). Thats what I want to turn people's attention on so that they will be ready. It is the one certain eschatological fact. What happens afterwards I will leave to God. Best wishes |
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38 | REV.21 VS 8 ARENT THEY SAVED TOO? | Luke 23:39 | biblicalman | 229390 | ||
Hi Alalexnikki, Welcome to the Forum. We are saved by faith alone as the channel (Gen 15.6; John 3.16; Romans 3.24; Ephesians 2.8-9) We are saved by the Triune God alone as the Instrument and Means of our salvation, through the cross (Eph 2.8-9; 2 Tim 1.9; Tit 2.11; 3.4-5). All who are saved will finally be overcomers (1 John 5.4-5), for that is what salvation is in the end all about, producing fruit unto eternal life ('by their fruits you will know them'). An overcomer is one who confesses Christ to the end. 'He who endures to the end will be saved'. Concerning verse 8, Paul says, 'and such were some of you, but you have been washed, you have been accounted as holy, you have been accounted as righteous, in the Name of our Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God' (1 Cor 6.11). The dying thief who turned to Jesus was a thief, but when he was about to die he was no longer a thief, he was one of God's sanctified ones. Many to whom Paul preached were idolaters, but those who responded ceased to be idolaters and became God's sanctified ones. In other words verse 8 is saying that all who are still like this at the end, will experience the second death. If a man came to me and said, 'I am an unbeliever, i live vilely, I am a murderer, I live a sexually immoral life, I practise magic arts, I am an idolater, and I am a continual liar, but forty years ago I professed to believe in Jesus Chrst, am I saved? I would have no hesitation in saying 'no'. For Jesus said, 'by their fruits you will know them'. If Jesus Christ was saving him he would not be like that. Best wishes |
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39 | Who are the 3 women in the linage of Chr | Matt 1:18 | biblicalman | 229385 | ||
Hi Lonna, Welcome to the Forum. There are in fact five women in the lineage of Christ in Matthew 1. These are Tamar (v.3), wife of a wicked man whom God slew; Rahab the Canaanite (v.5); Ruth the Moabitess (v.5); 'her of Uriah', the adulteress (v.6), and Mary the Galilean (v.16). But in spite of their 'tainted' lineage all were accepted by God through faith and were privileged to be ancestresses of the Messiah. Best wishes. |
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40 | will people be saved during tribulation? | Rev 7:14 | biblicalman | 229384 | ||
Hi Bob, Welcome to the Forum. Throughout history from Adam onwards men and women have been saved in the same way, through faith in the God provided means of salvation. That is indeed the lesson of Hebrews 11. All come to God on the same basis, though faith. In the Old Testament they accepted God's offer of mercy through His covenants, responded to Him in faith, and trusted to Him for forgiveness through the shedding of blood, in circumcision and sacrifices. Today we accept God's offer of mercy through His covnenant offered in Jesus Christ, respond to Him in faith, and trust Him for forgiveness through the offering up of Jesus Christ by the shedding of blood on our behalf once and for all. Whatever the future holds that will be God's basis of salvation. He is the unchangeable One. There are of course those of us who believe that men and women are being saved out of great tribulation today through the blood of Christ, and have been for the 1900 years, and that that is what Revelation 7 teaches. But, however that may be, God's way of salvation through faith never changes, and men will be saved in that way right through to the end. Best wishes. |
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