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21 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | Lionstrong | 208169 | ||
So now Eve is proud and created morally flawed! This again makes Eve a sinner before the fall. | ||||||
22 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | Lionstrong | 208168 | ||
Eve did not give her full attention to the Word and was less serious about it. This cannot be true either. Again it implies sin in Eve at the time she recieved the command. | ||||||
23 | Adam and Eve Perfect or Flawed | 1 Tim 2:11 | Lionstrong | 208167 | ||
It cannot be correct that Eve "was not entirely submissive." This implies that sin was already in Eve. | ||||||
24 | the Bible Alone | 2 Thess 2:15 | Lionstrong | 170926 | ||
How do you get to church tradition from "from us"? 2 Thess 2:15 does not say "from church tradition." So how do you get from "from us" to church tradition? | ||||||
25 | Can we figure out God's truth? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Lionstrong | 166375 | ||
In answer to Arnie's question, "Can we figure out God's truth?" (ID# 445779) I answered: Dear Arnie, Yes, we can figure out God's Truth from the Bible by our selves. But KNOWING God's truth will not save us from the wrath of God. Knowing is not the same as believing. It's only by believing God's truth that saves us. And FAITH (believing) is the gift of God. We cannot get faith by our selves (Ephesians 2:8,9). The wrath of God is revealed against people who know the truth about God, but who do not honor God although they know the truth about him, but rather they hold or suppress that truth in unrighteousness. (Rom 1:18 and following) I know some believers think that an unbeliever can't understand the Bible or the preaching of the Word without the illumination of the Holy Spirit. But it is knowledge that makes us accountable to God not free will. The Pharasees very well understood what Jesus was preaching. That's why their condemnation was greater. Not only were they self-righteous, but they understood the claims of Christ and did not believe. Knowledge is the prerequisite to faith (Rom 10:9FF). God made man in his image, that is, with a reasonable soul. With these reasonable souls we can think, understand and learn and love. Our fallen nature does not keep us from knowing and learning the truth. It keeps us from handling the truth properly. In our fallen state we hold the truth in unrighteousness. It's not that we haven't learned it. So the problem is sin, not knowledge. Sin keeps us from believing and handling the truth rightly; it does not always keep us from learning it, although sometimes, maybe often, it does. Only Jesus can save his people from their sins. (Mat. 1:21) He is the Author and Finisher of our faith. (Heb 12:2) Peace, |
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26 | Did American Revolution violate Rom 13:1 | Rom 13:1 | Lionstrong | 157573 | ||
An individual couldn't give the U.S. back to the Brits, but he might change his citizenship if he felt the American Revolution was illegitimate! | ||||||
27 | Confused of the 10 Commandments. | Rom 13:8 | Lionstrong | 157400 | ||
Hi Kalos, If Mat. 22:37 is the command to have no other gods, then it also includes the 4th command, for it says, "the whole law and the prophets." Matt 22:37 And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' Matt 22:38 "This is the great and foremost commandment. Matt 22:39 "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' Matt 22:40 "On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." |
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28 | Confused of the 10 Commandments. | Rom 13:8 | Lionstrong | 157396 | ||
Typo: that should read "in force" not "enforce." | ||||||
29 | Confused of the 10 Commandments. | Rom 13:8 | Lionstrong | 157395 | ||
All are enforce, but I do not remember where one will find all repeated in the New Testament. I do not remember where the first, third, fourth or nineth are repeated, yet who would say that it's right to have another god, blaspheme, work seven days a week or bear false witness? These acts are all taken for granted to be sin because they are already given in the OT and not abolished in the NT. | ||||||
30 | Christian Morality: Natural or Divine? | Gen 2:17 | Lionstrong | 157385 | ||
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31 | Christian Morality: Natural or Divine? | Gen 2:17 | Lionstrong | 157344 | ||
The Basis of Christian Morality: Natural Law or the Law of a Sovereign God? “… Morality therefore is based on God’s sovereignty. His command alone makes an action right or wrong. “This explains some passages in 1 Samuel and elsewhere that greatly disturb the modern mind. After the Philistines had captured the Ark of the Lord, he discomfited them with rats and bubonic plague. Therefore they sent the Ark back to the Israelites. When the cows took the Ark to Bethshemesh, the people of that place rejoiced greatly. They sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering unto Jehovah. Yet, in spite of such joy and thanksgiving, the Lord smote the men of Bethshemesh because the had looked into the Ark. In fact the Lord killed 50,070 Israelites. Better known is the punishment of Uzzah in 2 Samuel 6:7. The modern mind is disturbed by these severities because it has an unbiblical concept of God and a false understanding of morality. Even Christians are contaminated with these popular secular views. The Christian position is that morality and righteousness are based on the sovereign commands of a sovereign God. An action is wrong simply because God forbids it. Where there is no law, there is no sin to impute. Had God given Adam no commands, Adam would have been as free as the animals. They cannot sin; but Adam could and did." (Gordon H. Clark "The Biblical Doctrine of Man," page 62) For your thoughts and edification. |
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32 | Mercy's God's prerogative | Rom 9:15 | Lionstrong | 156836 | ||
Hello CMS, I don't think that we are in agreement on this since your wording is still that God "requires" certain things of himself. My point is that God does not "require" those things of himself. I do not wish to discuss this any further because I think the we are at an impass. You may not be clearly expressing what you understand, but at any rate the way you are expressing your belief about God in this particular point I do not agree and find no support for it in Scripture. Peace, |
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33 | Mercy's God's prerogative | Rom 9:15 | Lionstrong | 156731 | ||
Hi, CSM, It is not correct to say that God "requires" mercy of himself. God is merciful. That's just the way he is. (Ps 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.) God does NOT require holiness of us because he requires holiness of himself. He requires holiness of us because he himself is holy. (1 Pet 1:16 because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.") You argue that there would be assurance of finding mercy from God if “Mercy is a requirement God not only makes for mankind but also makes for himself.†I do not believe this is true because God does not “require†mercy of himself. Merciful is just the way God is. The basis of finding mercy with God is that God is merciful. In contrast to the statement that God is NOT free to do anything he wants, I believe God is free to do anything he wants. The Bible says, (1 Ps 115:3) “But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.†(2 Ps 135:6) “Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.†Please show us in Scripture that God can do only some of the things and not “whatever†pleases him. I think we may be in agreement, if you have simply made a mistake in your wording. If what you really mean is that God requires us to be the way he IS, then we have no disagreement. God requires us to BE perfect because He IS perfect. (Matt 5:48 "Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.) God does not “require†himself to be anything; that's just the way He is already! |
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34 | Mercy's God's prerogative | Rom 9:15 | Lionstrong | 156703 | ||
Hello, CSM, I don't know what your point is in reference to my interpretation of Rom. 9:15. So, what is your point in reference to mine? |
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35 | Distiction in "will" not "rationality" | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 154428 | ||
Hi Bob! Do animals choose or not? You now say that they do, but that they don't make the _kind_ of choices man does. If choice is based on volition, then animals have it, because they make choices. And so man is not distinguished from the beasts by his ability to choose but by the kind of choices he makes. May I submit that the difference in kind is because animals do _not_ have (and Scripture says they do not have) reason. Man can make a reasoned choice; animals only make instinctive choices. The image of God is reason, the ability to use logic, to think discursively. By having a rational mind in the image of God man can know the commands of God. Man is moral by virtue of reason. Animals cannot sin, are amoral because not having a rational mind in the image of God they cannot know or understand the commands of God. It is the image of God that distinguishes the creature man from other earthly creatures, and the image of God is not volition but rationality, by which we can make rational choices, moral or otherwise, and the animals can't. |
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36 | Distiction in "will" not "rationality" | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 154427 | ||
Hi Doc! Getting back to the topic of this thread, if animals reason, and if man (not animals) is the image of God, then the image of God does not include reason. If the image of God included reason, then animals also are made in God's image. It may be true that "It is commonly understood today that some animals actually do reason", but so called common understanding is not the basis of a biblical view of man and beast. Animals are unresaoning creatures of instinct (2 Pet 2:12) and man is the image of God (1 Cor 11:7). 2 Pet 2:12 But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed, 1 Cor 11:7 For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. |
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37 | Isn't the main point volition | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 154035 | ||
Matt 10:28 "Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Gen 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being ("living soul" KJV). Hi Mark, It is the KIND of spirit that God created man with that sets him apart from the rest of creation. Man's spirit, the breath God breathed into man's body and into no other creature, is a unique spirit. Man's spirit is the image of God. Man's spirit is a rational mind which the animals do not possess. It is not that we have spirits and the animals do not. It is that our spirit is the image of God and therefore rational, and the animal spirits are not. So, I agree with the wording of your question, though you may not have meant it that way. "Was it the spirit that God created man with that sets him apart?" Yes, Man was created with a rational spirit after the image of God. The spirits of animals were not created this way. And they do not think; they are not rational; they are not personal. |
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38 | Distiction in "will" not "rationality" | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 154010 | ||
Ps 94:9 He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see? Hi Doc, I apologize in advance for this quick answer. If a thing possesses a degree of the image of God, then to that extent it is the image of God, which is why it is false that animals are the image of God. Man only is image God. Never in Scripture is the image ascribed to animals. Nor is the body of man or animals the image of God, and so, the sense organs of the body are not the image of God. God, who made the sense organs, perceives without them. If we die before Jesus returns, we will be with the Lord and perceive him without sense organs. Both animals and man perceive, but we perceive and understand what we perceive. Animal perceive but they have no understanding. So, perception is not the image of God. The image of God is rationality. And thanks for the correction. God is spirit. Iron sharpens iron! |
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39 | Distiction in "will" not "rationality" | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 153971 | ||
Hi Doc, I think your criticism of my conclusion is that it is not broad enough. And I concur. The Scripture supports your view of the image of God. The Apostle Paul says, " ...and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth." Eph 4:24. We see here that the image includes righteousness, holiness and truth. The image includes knowledge as well, for Paul says, "... and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him--" (Col 3:10) My conclusion was not an attempt to give a full answer to what the image of God is, but to show that it is not the will. But having said that, the answer of rationality is a pretty broad answer in itself. This is so because without a rational mind none of the other attributes in your list ("moral, spiritual, mental, and relational aspects") is possible. Lastly, the image of God has nothing to do with man's body, for God is a spirit (John 4:24) and does not have a body. |
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40 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Lionstrong | 153407 | ||
Thanks, Jeff, You're right. I did already have an answer to my question, and I did not post it because I was looking for an answer. I was looking for discussion and the thoughts of others on this question. |
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