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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: richilou Ordered by Verse |
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21 | Jesus' early years? | Luke 2:52 | richilou | 10575 | ||
I think that to answer that question we must be well documented on the life of Palestinian times (times of Jesus). In fact, the most we could say is that if we can know what was the life of a young man of that period of history, it could be fair to think that Jesus had that kind of life as well. There are some books written by some people dealing with the Lifes and Times of Jesus. Probably you could find them in specialised libraries. I know an author if you can get it: James Stalker (The life of Jesus Christ.) | ||||||
22 | Why is the steward good in Lk 16? | Luke 16:8 | richilou | 10422 | ||
No, but the sense is to be taken as "wise", but as the world is. | ||||||
23 | Please explain the Trinity. | John 1:1 | richilou | 10579 | ||
Good point, and I would add that for those who want a very exhaustive work on the divinity of Jesus, try to put the hand on "Jesus as God", written by Murray Harris. It is the most exhaustive work that has been done in the last 10 years by an evangelical scholar of Trinity Divinity Evangelical School of Chicago. It is wonderful and very accurate and above all, non reversible. In his comments of that book, Dr. Roger Nicole said that there were more than 850 titles backing up his research on the subject. | ||||||
24 | How can one be sure of his/her salvation | John 3:16 | richilou | 10410 | ||
I think that many books have been written on the subject, but I can say some things to answer that important question. 1. We have the testimony of Scriptures, what God said. 2. We have a high opinion and love concerning the Word of God. 3. We have an aversion toward sin. 4. We love the other christians. All these items come from the first letter of John. Therefore, there is no doubt in them. |
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25 | can you know people you never met before | John 3:16 | richilou | 10412 | ||
I think that in spite of the multitude of answers that could be given, I would say that I will be able to answer that question exactly only when we'll be there. | ||||||
26 | What does it mean to believe. . . ? | John 3:16 | richilou | 10415 | ||
I think that your question is so important, that I will give you my e-mail address and will wait for your reply. It will show me if you are very interested to know the answer from the Bible. The space would be too small here to answer such a complexe and simple question at the same time. See you. monric80@hotmail.com | ||||||
27 | No speaking in tongues, no Holy Spirit? | Acts 2:4 | richilou | 10425 | ||
Fortunately, there is another view that I think is the best supported by Scriptures. Just to look in 1 Cor. 12 we see that we have all been baptized in the Holy Spirit when we get saved, but at the end of the chapter, Paul is saying very clearly that it is not all that speak in tongues. So, unfortunately for those who think that the initial sign of the baptism of the Holy Spirit of God, not only they are out of context, but they are against what Paul teaches in the Bible. | ||||||
28 | Sanctification a process y or n word??? | 1 Cor 1:2 | richilou | 10421 | ||
We must make the difference between sanctification as a process in our daily life and sanctification as a synonym of justification in a sense the day we are born again. In that latter sense, yes we are complete in the sense that, in the eyes of God, we are transformed in a new creature (2 Cor. 5.17) and we have passed from darkness to light (Act 26). But, as a matter of daily life, we must walk in sanctification in order to accomplish what God waits from us. In other words, sanctification is already done in the dimension of who we are before God, but it is always to be done in the dimension of what we do. | ||||||
29 | Urgent and swift help needed!! | Eph 6:12 | richilou | 11100 | ||
I think that if the problem is not settled soon, you will not have other choice to find another church. | ||||||
30 | Can a woman speak in church? | 1 Tim 2:15 | richilou | 10700 | ||
I will invite you to e-mail me to discuss that very important question. In so doing, I would be able to explain more in details what to think about that text. See you. Richard (monric@sympatico.ca) |
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31 | What is your understanding of this? | 1 Tim 2:15 | richilou | 13453 | ||
What Tim Moran has already written on this is a helpful insight to do a right explanation of the text. But I would like to add something more. Paul was writing to a church of the first century who was influenced by a wide and large spectrum of what we call the Gnosticism. Even though the thing was at its beginning (in some areas) it is the same philosophy that was probably circulating around Ephesus, where Timothy was). Now, we must keep in our mind that Gnosticism has some bizarre beliefs and one of them was that spirit was good and flesh was bad. So you can imagine already what these proponents were thinking about giving "fleshly birth". To attain salvation we had to advance in a certain type of knowledge (that explains the word "gnosticism" from the greek verb "ginosko" which means to learn). Now watch this. In the area of Ephesus it seems that the influence was to despise the flesh, but also the giving of birth because it was again a fleshly experience. Many people were misled in their understanding of the role versus the value before God. So these false teachers who said that it was not good to take a wife (implied in 1 Tim. 4.1-3). Paul is speaking about the same false teachers here. According to verse 3, it was not only an option or a choice not to get married, but it was a "prescription". So the role of woman was very much despised and having to bear this influence, these women had to struggle in the realm of role to enhance their value. But before God, the value is not the same thing than the role and one doesn't change the other. It is for this reason Paul gave some advices concerning the role in the church for each one of them (men and women). Now, having put the text in its context we must now respond to the central question that is asked here. What does "women will be preserved or saved" mean? Paul is demolishing the philosophy of the false teachers and ended this chapter (even though there were not chapters in the original manuscripts) saying that in spite of all you, (women) have heard from that false teachers the fate of your soul and role and value in society will not be changed in the eyes of God. It is as though Paul was saying: "in spite of all that you heard, you will have the great benedictions and blessings that are supposed to be reserved only to those "initiated gnostics". In fact, they will never have them at all if they continue in their false belief. It is more a presevation or salvation of the value of their role as women and becoming godly mothers rather than just in the spiritual sense (eternal life). I think it is with that that Paul had to dealt with. | ||||||
32 | But what does it mean? | 1 Tim 2:15 | richilou | 13466 | ||
read the answer I gave to Moran61 on Sat 08/18/01 | ||||||
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