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21 | What resource sets chronology of Jesus | Matt 1:1 | jonp | 184407 | ||
Hi I don't know if this will help but it is suggestive. (However there is disagreement about the dates which can only be accepted roughly, and about how long Jesus' ministry lasted although it was at least three years.). 4 BC Jesus Born AD 8 Jesus in temple AD 26 Jesus baptized Jesus tempted by Satan Jesus' first miracle AD 27 Jesus and Nicodemus Jesus talks to the Samaritan woman Jesus heals the nobleman's son The fishermen follow Jesus Matthew decides to follow Jesus AD 28 Jesus chooses his 12 disciples Jesus preaches the sermon on the mount Jesus travels through Galilee Jesus tells parables about the kingdom Jairus' daughter returned to life by Jesus Jesus sends his disciples to preach and heal John the Baptist is killed by Herod Spring AD 29 Jesus feeds 5000 men Jesus walks on water Fall AD 29 Jesus feeds 4000 men Jesus predicts His death Jesus is transfigured Jesus pays his temple tax October AD 29 Jesus attends the Feast of the Tabernacles Winter AD 29 Jesus returns Lazarus to life Sunday, AD 30 The triumphal entry Monday, AD 30 Jesus cleanses the temple Tuesday, AD 30 Authority of Jesus questioned Wednesday, AD 30 Plot against Jesus Thursday, AD 30 The Last Supper Gethsemane Friday, AD 30 Jesus' trial Jesus' crucifixion and death The burial of Jesus Sunday, AD 30 Jesus rises from dead Jesus appears to the 10 disciples The next week, AD 30 Jesus appears to all 11 disciples AD 30 Jesus appears to 500 40 days after the resurrection, AD 30 Jesus ascends into heaven Best wishes Jonp |
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22 | How does God glorify His name? | John 12:28 | jonp | 184389 | ||
Hi In context the idea is probably that He has glorified His Name in sending the Messiah into the world and will glorify it again in sending Jesus to the cross, followed by His resurrection and enthronement. Although He has of course also glorified it throughout His Old Testament deliverances and will glorify it at the Consummation of all things Best wishes Jon p | ||||||
23 | I can use Galatians 4:16 as a support. | 1 Tim 5:19 | jonp | 184386 | ||
Hi You have asked a difficult question :-))). Presumably you are referring to confronting those who have been set in authority over the church. One problem clearly is that most of our information is provided by those who were in authority. Paul spoke as one who was set over the churches mainly because he established the churches. He did not tend to exercise his authority outside those churches. We must be very careful how we undermine authority. 'The powers that be are ordained of God', whether civil or ecclesiastical (Romans 13.1-10). Undermining them can have serious consequences. Of course both Jesus, and the Apostles in Acts confronted religious authorities, but they did it not by rebelling against them, but by positive proclamation of the truth. Jesus was always careful to support 'the establishment' as such, but not at the expense of truth. What He spoke up against was hypocrisy and teaching contrary to the Scriptures. The same was true of the prophets. We must beware of causing splits or disharmony over secondary matters which may seem primary to us but are not really so. Of course where there is open sin, then the course is clear. It must first be dealt with on a personal level, then by consulting with others, especially those respected in leadership, and then finally by consulting the church (Matthew 18.15-17). It is salutary to recognise that your very question indicates the difficulty of genuinely finding Scriptures to support your case. The great reformers of history did not usually set out to attack authority as such but to win authority over. It was the authorities who caused the schism by throwing them out. Of course we can find individual exceptions, but on the whole this was true. (And the fact that a man was greatly used of God does not necessarily mean that he was always right. There are many cases of those who acted and regretted it later). Yet there can be no doubt that situations can arise when some kind of action is necessary, although even then the answer is often better found by approaching some other authority, and must certainly be accompanied by much prayer. We must not be seeking our will but His will. What we do have to consider is the long term effects of what we are doing on others besides ourselves. What we must ever remember is that love is the fulfilment of the Law. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
24 | what does it mean; look to Bethesda? | John 5:2 | jonp | 184375 | ||
Perhaps it signifies looking to what happened at the pool of Bethesda and learning from it. At that pool many hoped for a miracle based on superstition. But the lame man learned there that he should rather look to Jesus. And when he did so he was made whole. He also learned that he must go and sin no more. Here is the essnce of the Christian message. We were all 'lame', but when Jesus comes to us and calls us we are made whole as a free gift, and this is always followed by the command 'go and sin no more'. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
25 | Have you heard of the bemis seat ?? | Rom 14:10 | jonp | 184374 | ||
Hi The Bema is the Greek for a judgment seat. Such a judgment seat is referred to in Romans 14.10-12. It is the place where Christians will have to give account to God, not in order to determine their eternal destiny but in order to be measured up and commended or otherwise. There Jesus will bring to light the things hidden in the dark and will disclose the purposes of the heart, and it is where every Christian will receive some praise from God (1 Corinthians 4.5). There each of us will receive good or not so good depending on what we have done in our bodies (2 Corinthians 5.10). There all we have done will be tested in the fire, some will survive as gold, silver and precious stones, other will be burned up because it is wood, hay or stubble (1 Corinthians 3.10-16). Best wishes Jonp |
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26 | What about song of Soloman? | 1 John 2:16 | jonp | 184356 | ||
Hi Thank you for your reply. I do genuinely sympathise with your position but did want to establish the foundations first. There are so many who reason themselves into disobedience and bring great harm on themselves. Certainly there is no reason why you should not gently hint to your wife that if she wishes to keep her sexual attraction for you she needs to do her part to enable it. Then she can choose what matters most to her. And hopefully you can expect her to respond, for it is not an unreasonable hope, especially if as you say she likes to be admired. As you rightly indicate the Song of Solomon is a reminder that physical love is not to be despised. All I wish to stress is that it is important to keep it in its place. It is a very small book in a very large Bible. It is depicting one of many things that call upon our time, and not in the end one of the most important ones, even though important in its place as a part of a well orbed Chhistian life. The rest of the Bible, however, is taken up with the need to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Thus it is vital that you do not let your longings interfere with that. For at some stage the desires of the flesh will lessen. At that point how sad, even disastrous, it would be if that had caused the desires of the Spirit to cease. So yes do feel that you can remind your wife that you must both play your part in your relationship, but recognise also that even that is secondary to walking faithfully with the Master. Believe me I do not talk glibly. I have had to learn the lesson the hard way. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
27 | Same supper as John 12? | Luke 10:38 | jonp | 184355 | ||
Hi The incidents in Luke 10 and John 12 are very different incidents. In the first case Mary and Martha had welcomed Jesus into their home somewhere in the middle of His ministry. Martha was the practical one and was very busy looking after twelve hungry disciples. But Mary was sat at the feet of Jesus. To her this was an opportunity not to be missed during which she could learn from her Lord. It is little wonder that Martha was a little upset, for she badly needed help. Her view would be that the women should be busy about the practical things while the men talked. But Jesus gently pointed out to her that Mary had chosen the better part. In fact His reply was quite revolutionary. For a Rabbi to favour a woman listening to Him was quite unusual. He was quietly bringing out that women were equally as important as men, and had as much right to be with Him and to hear His word as men had. And a further important lesson that comes home to us all from this is how important it is that we put our feeding on His word before the feeding of our bodies. Martha was providing daily bread (11.3) but Mary was seeking the Bread of life (John 6.35). However we must still remember that the church needs both Marys and Marthas. Martha must not be disparaged. It was just that she had not discerned the time. The second incident was totally different. That was in the house of Simon the Leper and Martha had been called in to help out. (She could always be depended on wherever hard work was called for. She was a marvellous example of faithful service). But no one thought of Mary. However Mary had her own agenda. No one asked her to serve. She was totally impractical, but she did love her Master. So she decided to serve in her own way. She went and found a precious jar of perfumed oil that she had probably treasured for years, and came and poured it on Jesus' head and feet. It was an act of pure love. Although she did not realise it (but He did)the anointing on the head spoke of His Messiahship, the anointing of the feet was preparing them to walk the way of the cross. To some of the disciples this appeared to be a total waste and they protested. All they could see was the externals. (It is salutary to think that they did not rejoice that their Master was honoured). Jesus, however, silenced them by pointing out what a good work she had done on Him. For He saw in her action the confirmation that His Father was watching over Him. He knew that those feet would soon walk the way of the cross and that that anointed brow would soon bear the crown of thorns, and that that body would soon be lying in its tomb. And He was saying 'My Son, none of those who are with you know what lies ahead for you. But I know. And in this act I am preparing you for what lies before you. Do not be afraid. This is an assurance that You walk the way ahead under My care.' No wonder Jesus said, 'she has wrought a good work on Me'. Again the lesson is that we should ensure that we are not so taken up with practicalities that we miss the opportunity for pure worship. It is that we must ever remember to keep Jesus Himself before us and not allow secondary things to take our eyes off Him. This was Mary's forte. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
28 | When you allot the land as an inheritanc | Ezek 45:1 | jonp | 184351 | ||
Hi This is an important Old Testament chapter with an idealistic background, the background of a heavenly Temple established on a mountain outside Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40.1 etc). There was never any suggestion that it be built. It was a heavenly Temple (compare the heavenly army in 2 Kings 6.17). The only item to be built was the earthly altar through which the heavenly Temple would be accessed (Ezekiel 43.18). This prophecy in chapter 45 is thus concerning the New Temple of God to be established in Heaven (Galatians 4.28; Hebrews 12.23; and compare Ezekiel 47.1 onwards). Note its idealistic surroundings. This will be in connection with the coming of its glorious Prince. You will notice that it is to be established outside Jerusalem in an idealistic surround, just as the heavenly Temple in 40.1 was to be established on a high mountain outside Jerusalem, and in Revelation the heavenly Temple is to be established in Heaven. It will provide spiritual provision for the new idealistic 'city' the new people of God (see also Revelation 20.9, and compare also the idealistic Temple in Revelation 11 which again is totally impractical, but is,as as an idealistic picture, very valuable). The major point is that the earthly Jerusalem was now to be seen as unfitted to house the Temple of the Lord. Ezekiel never suggests that the heavenly Temple be built. It was purely heavenly. This was the only way in which a prophet of Israel could present such an idea in those days. Thus in 47.1 it produces waters that will provide the water of life for the people of God (compare John 4.10-14) in a description which if interpreted literally is clearly totally physically impossible. It is quite clear that none of these pictures can be intended literally. They were idealistic presentations. (You will no doubt however shortly be presented with any number of views :-))). Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
29 | why is Love greater than faith | 1 Cor 13:3 | jonp | 184337 | ||
Love is the greatest because faith results in love. Faith is as it were the stem but love is the flowering. True faith works by love (Galatians 5.6; Ephesians 3.17). But they are continually very closely connected. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
30 | study notes on the woman at the well? | John 1:1 | jonp | 184320 | ||
Hi, You can access commentaries on John by IVP and Dr Constable at http://www.geocities.com/petepartington/ | ||||||
31 | What about physical attraction? | 1 John 2:16 | jonp | 184318 | ||
Hi, I am going to speak very plainly for I can see that you are eyeing up the tree of knowing good and evil and I am a little concerned for you. The first thing that we have to recognise is that Jesus clearly taught that when a man and woman marry they are one for life unless there is adultery, and that regardless of their sexual attraction for each other. Of course in Jesus' day men and women were often not able to choose their partners. They had to put up with what they got. But this made no difference to God's requirement. While I consider that your wife should be in Christian submission and should thus seek to do what pleases you, just as you should be seeking to do what pleases her, nevertheless we cannot allow, a failure to do this to cancel out the greater commandment. To let your eyes wander will be to make you a spiritual adulterer. That is unquestionable. Modern man lays too much emphasis on his rights to this and that. But as Christians we have no rights. We have handed them over to Jesus Christ. What about Jesus' rights? Being attracted to each other in marriage is a bonus. But not being so does not affect the underlying priciple that two have been made one in God's eyes for life. Building up theories which Scripture knows nothing about will not countermand that, and however soothing they may sound they are clearly wrong if they go against God's clear commandment. As the text which you began with points out what you are talking about is not of the Father but is of the world. You talk as though being attracted to women who are fit is OK. But it is not of the Father, but is of the world. What is of the Father is that you should be wholly given over to serving Him and that includes ensuring that you maintain your Christian love for the woman you have married, even if the 'attraction' fails. If she sadly lets herself go, and you have my full sympayhies, that does not affect God's spiritual requirement for you which is paramount. So no excuse or web of clever thinking can release you from your basic obligation in God's eyes. That way leads to shipwreck. Best wishes Jonp |
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32 | what will happen to all of israel | Rom 11:25 | jonp | 184317 | ||
Hi All the true Israel, the Israel of God (Galatians 6.16; John 15.1-6), will be saved Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
33 | word saved definition in Romans 10:9 | Rom 10:9 | jonp | 184295 | ||
Hi An appreciation of the significance of the word 'saved' in this verse is better discovered by a study of the whole letter to the Romans which defines and expands on it. What it is declaring is that God's salvation in Jesus Christ is available to everyone who confesses that Jesus is Lord (both God and Master) and believes that God raised Him from the dead, thus vindicating Him and revealing Him as God's saving solution for the world. Through Him is offered the power of God unto salvation for all who believe (Romans 1.16). And Paul then goes on to demonstrate that it is effective in two ways. First of all in having us 'declared righteous' before the court of Heaven through faith in His sacrifice for us on the cross (3.24-25), and secondly through the imparting of the Spirit of God to work mightily within us delivering us from sin (Romans 5-8).And all this as a result of our putting our trust in Jesus Christ as our Saviour. The word sozo means to make whole, whether physically or spiritually. Here it is in the future indicative passive indicating that for the person in question who has not yet confessed Jesus as Lord, or believed in the resurrection, that is the way in which he can enter into and experience God's salvation from sin and its consequences. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
34 | woman at the well impact women today | John 4:10 | jonp | 184294 | ||
Hi Only in that it brings home three of the most vital factors which can affect the world today. Firstly because in it Jesus reveals Himself as the spring of eternal life of which he who drinks will never thirst again (John4.10-14), secondly because it reveals that those who worship God do not have to go to any special holy place but can worship Him in Spirit and in truth (John 4.20-24) and thirdly because it reveals that Jesus is the Christ, the Saviour of the world (John 4.42). Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
35 | What is Glory of the Lord? | Ps 19:11 | jonp | 184291 | ||
Hi Something of the meaning of this is brought out by the glory Psalm (29). In that Psalm the glory of the Lord is depicted in terms of a huge, violent and memorable storm that shook the whole of Palestine and its surrounds. It was so powerful that it reminded the Psalmist of both creation ('the voice of the Lord' repeated seven times, compare 'and God said') and the Flood (the Lord sat enthroned over the Flood). He opens by calling on the angelic court to witness it and through it proclaim the glory of the Lord (verses 1-2), and that glory is then revealed in awesome fashion. And the idea is that it reveals that the Lord of glory still reigns in the heavens. But it is the final verse that is especially relevant. For this mighty storm was not to be seen as a judgment (lthough it no doubt was that), so much as an indication that God would strengthen His people and would (paradoxically) give them peace (verse 11), while they in the Temple cried 'glory!' (verse 9). This was the glory of the Lord falling on them indeed. But for us the glory of the Lord falls on us in another way, for in 2 Corinthians 3.18 we, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into His likeness from glory into glory, even as by the Lord, the Spirit. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
36 | Matthew 18:18 | Matt 18:18 | jonp | 184281 | ||
Hi The power of binding and loosing was given to a Rabbi when he received 'the key of knowledge' on graduation. It meant that in interpreting the Law, for which he was now seen as qualified he could either bind people to the strict letter of the Law or could loose it a little by giving it a different interpretation. Thus Hillel loosed the Law when he said that a man could divorce his wife if she displeased him. Shammai insisted that it could only be for uncleanness found in her. Thus here the Apostles were being given the authority to make binding regulations for the Christian church and interpret the Scriptures in term of God's requirements with their interpretations being binding on the church because they would be confirmed by Heaven. But this did not of course entitle them just to decide what they liked. In order to fulfil this role they were given a special enduing of the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room (John 20.21-23) when their minds were opened to understand the Scriptures (Luke 24.45) in accordance with Jesus' promises to them earler (John 14.26; 16.13). It was not an authority that was ever passed on. Best wishes Jonp. | ||||||
37 | What is tithing? | OT general | jonp | 184268 | ||
Hi. The paying of a tenth to kings to whom one owed dues in the ancient world was standard practise (Genesis 14.20). It is testified to archaeologically. God applied the practise for the purpose of maintaining those who served Him. On top of the stipulated offerings and sacrifices that the people had to make to God, and the offering to Him of all the firstfruits, together with abundant freewill offerings, the people of Israel had to set aside one tenth of all their yearly produce, both of cattle, sheep and goats, and of what was grown. This was then (putting it simply) used as follows. Each year the tenth went to the levites. One tenth of that tenth was given to the priests. The remainder maintained the levites. But every third year the tithe was set aside for the poor of the land (Deuteronomy 14.28-29). This was probably stored by the levites and distributed on application. The levites would also probably help the people in their understanding of God and ensure the fulfilment of God's laws in various ways. For that reason they were scattered throughout the nation. The gathering of the tithes and ministering of them would have taken up a great deal of their time, and not a little tact. There would no doubt be many attempts by people not to pay their dues. But the huge benefit that resulted from it both religiously and socaially cannot really be doubted Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
38 | lake of fire and hell..difference? | Bible general Archive 3 | jonp | 184266 | ||
Hi, The Lake of fire is a human representation of the awfulness of God's judgment. Clearly a literal Lake of fire would be of no problem to Satan at all. For Satan is a spirit being. What it is depicting is God's ultimate punisment which is actually beyond man's conception. Hell or Gehenna is depicting the same idea in a different way, in this case using as an illustration of unbelieving man's awful spiritual destiny, the burning piles of rubbish outside Jerusalem in the valley of Hinnom. To look over the walls of the city at night and see the never ceasing flames consuming the rubbish must have been an awesome sight. Best wishes Jonp. | ||||||
39 | why is solomons reign seen as a tragedy? | Bible general Archive 3 | jonp | 184265 | ||
Hi Because in spite of beginning well he allowed his riches, his power and his wives to lead him astray from God thus fulfilling the warnings that God had given in Deuteronomy 17.16-17) and eventually (after his death) causing the break up of the kingdom. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
40 | Lasting efects of Assyrian deportation | Bible general Archive 3 | jonp | 184263 | ||
Hi, The lasting effects on Northern Israel was a country emptied of the cream of its population with resulting chaos and devastation. Eventually peoples from other nations were introduced and this resulted in a watered down form of Yahwism. Some see the Samaritans as resulting from this but that is in fact now seriously questioned. For Southern Judah it resulted in a decimated land and the limitation of the country to a few square miles. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
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