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21 | marriage and masturbation. | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 98110 | ||
My dear sister, Hank is correct. Sex is for you and your husband. You need not be embarrassed to discuss anything with him. On the other hand, you need not discuss what you do with anyone else. If it is a problem for either of you you should see a professional. Now, if you click on as authors name and find out that he is a professional, I suggest that you note his e-mail address and write to him privately. Yes, counseling is available by e-mail and by telephone. You seem to be a happy and well-adjusted couple. You do not need to be confused, or to develop problems that do not now exist. You said you and your husband have both "recently came back to God" and really want to do his will. Just remember that God's will is in his word. Be sure you are not bringing back anything you learned "out there" that is contrary to the word of God. So far you have not mentioned any. |
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22 | do you pay tithe on loan money | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 98111 | ||
One of these days I hope to write a long article on the subject of Tithing. It will be full of scripture references and it will be hopefully convincing. The aim will be to encourage us to take hold of the freedom for which Christ has made us free and to shake off the present bondage that has been imposed on us. It will say that Tithing is a relic of the Old Testament economy and is not for today. It will say that the Christian should consider all that he has as belonging to the Lord, and not just one tenth of it. It will say that Christians should give to the church gladly and freely as the Lord prospers them, after taking care of their personal and family needs. It will try to differentiate between needs and wants. It will say that the church should use what is given to meet the needs of those who minister and those who who are not able to work to meet their own needs. It will say that the church needs to reexamine its priorities and to spend the people's money the way the Lord intended. It might even say that there are too many church buildings and that those buildings are too large and too fancy. It might suggest that Christians return to a simpler form of life and spend less on fancy cars and clothes. It might suggest that our focus and our spending be more on spiritual things and less on material things. But the basic point will be that tithing should be eliminated from our vocabulary. It will suggest that the directions for our giving be taken from New testament passages such as Matthew 6:19; Luke 12:15; Acts 4:32; 1 Corinthians 9;2 Corinthians 9; Colossians 3:2; 1Timothy 6:10; James 2:8; etc. My article will suggest that Malachi 3:8 be replaced with Romans 12:1 in our thinking. Or perhaps I should say that each of these passages should be looked at again, and in their proper context. We realize that something is wrong when we are being asked to give and we find it hard, when we have needs, spiritual and material, and they are not being met. It will become clear that the governmental system of taxing those who have to meet the needs of those who serve and those who have not is working better than our own system of requiring tithing and seeing old ladies go hungry. Then we may realize that the tithe was the tax in Old Testament economy, when the civil government was a theocracy. But that article will have to wait for a while. I am not sure the church is ready for it. Besides, I have no desire to be controversial. |
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23 | Please I need an answer to this | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 98863 | ||
It is hard to know what answer you are seeking. In saying that he is uniquely qualified, you recognize that he is qualified as no one else is qualified. Since the passage refers to the reconciliation as being "to himself", logic would dictate that only he could do it. Scripture says elsewhere that there is no one else like him, pure spotless, undefiled, etc. There was no one else without sin, who could die for the sins of others. But only he could reconcile someone else "to himself". It is hard to believe that that is the answer you want. But the passage itself says: "all things were created ... for him". Since it was lost, someone was needed to restore it. But only he could restore it "to himself". One other point: he is the one who shed his blood. Does that qualify him? |
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24 | Could Jesus have sinned? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 98870 | ||
Jesus could not have sinned. He is perfect. Hebrews 7:26 says he is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners. 2Co 5:21 says he knew no sin. He did not know how to sin. It was foreign to his nature. 1Jo 3:5 says that in him is no sin. It is not in him to sin. We sin because we are sinners. In Mark 7:21 Jesus says himself that it is from within, out of the hearts of men, that we produce evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. "All these evil things come from within, and defile the man." These things are in us and temptation draws them out. There is no such thing in Jesus. He is not a sinner. Jesus is God. And according to 1Jo 1:5, God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. James says (1:13) that God cannot be tempted with evil. Since Jesus is God, he cannot go against God, for that would be to go against himself. It is a logical and moral impossibility. Jesus was tested the way gold is tested, as in a fire (as in 1Pe 1:7) to prove that it is gold. His temptation, in all points proved, that he is completely pure. His temptation was as real and as intense as Nebuchadnezzar’s burning fiery furnace in Daniel 3. He went through both of them and came out without a singe. That’s because he is the Son of God. We must anticipate now that some will come to say if the possibility of sin was not there then the temptation was not real. Let us try to preempt that now by saying here that Jesus’ temptation was a testing, as in a fire, to prove what he was made of. It was not a drawing away or an enticement, as James describes temptation to sin (James 1 :14). Jesus is God, and God is not tempted with evil (verse 13). If Jesus could have sinned he could not be our Savior then or our High Priest now. But, thanks be to God, we have a high priest which was in all points tempted like as we are, and proven. He is without sin. |
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25 | Can Monkeys Write Psalm 23? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 98875 | ||
Evolution is not true and man was not made by probability or chance. God made man and he inspired a man to write Psalm 139 and Psalm 23. He made us wonderfully and he made us to have a relationship with him. That took the death of his son, and requires our repentance. Those types of things are deliberate choices. They do not happen by chance. | ||||||
26 | Sola Scriptura - Biblical? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 98881 | ||
What is Sola Scriptura? Some say that the Scripture alone is our authority for faith and practice. Others say that the Scripture by itself is insufficient, and that tradition and the teaching authority of the church must be added to the Scripture. Are there other alternatives? What of those who say that God speaks to them audibly or through dreams. Are their ideas to be considered here? And are there other ideas to be considered? God has spoken once: He said, (Deu 12:32) "What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it". He said again: (Pro 30:5) "Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar". And yet, we probably will not settle it here. For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not (Job 33:14). |
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27 | Is Sola Scriptura invalid? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 98882 | ||
Some say that the Scripture alone is our authority for faith and practice. Others say that the Scripture by itself is insufficient, and that tradition and the teaching authority of the church must be added to the Scripture. Are there other alternatives? What of those who say that God speaks to them audibly or through dreams. Are their ideas to be considered here? And are there other ideas to be considered? Buddha's? Mohammed's? Joseph Smith's? God has spoken once: He said, (Deu 12:32) "What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it". He said again: (Pro 30:5) "Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar". And yet, we probably will not settle it here. For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not (Job 33:14). |
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28 | How do you evangelize someone who | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100491 | ||
Thell them why you believe in God and the Bible. Peter encourages that you "sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear". Long before that, he had said, "we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard". Such an an honest, down-to-earth, meet-you-where-you-are approach should gain the attention of anyone who is interested. |
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29 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100496 | ||
Dee, I will join with Arnold and Hank to say that no scripture records the death of Paul. No Bible book or letter even mentions it. (I sway this with confidence; writing after these learned men, ’cause if it had been recorded they would have mentioned it). Luke was the one to chronicle the ministry of Paul, and he does seem to go out of his way to avoid describing the end. What we have instead are the words of Paul himself as he anticipated his death. Acts 20:24 None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 2 Cor 5:8ff We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Phil 1:20ff According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 2 Tim 4:6ff I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. It may be that those things were more important to the Holy Spirit and to Luke than the time, place, and manner of one’s death. Truly, the Bible is different from other books. The writers do not care if they leave us hanging. As far as God was concerned to tell us, Paul was “preaching the kingdom of God”; that’s all. He had fought a good fight and he had left an astonishing testimony, a legacy, an example that no one since has been quite able to match. He left, in his epistles, the word of God for the church. Thank God, we have it, and it is almost as if he has not died, for by it he being dead yet speaketh. |
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30 | Searching for the truth | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100498 | ||
Truth does not change. I am sure you would not want it to change the day after you had found it. And the Lord does not change. He says (Mal 3:6) “ I am the LORD, I change not”. He is the truth (John 14:6) and the life. He is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Interesting that you mention the Ten Commandments. I sometimes wonder why they are singled out among the hundreds of commandments that God gave. And yet he says he might have given only two. In some sense, that is what he has done. In some sense then, I will agree with you. What if we abolished all of those old commandments and kept just two: “Love God” and “Love one another”. Would you be in favor of that? That would keep us killing and stealing, obviously, but also from adultery and envy. Mat 22:37ff Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. These two. And Paul says (Rom 13:9ff) “He that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
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31 | what type of book is the bible, research | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100500 | ||
The Bible is all that. It is also the book of books. It might be true to say it is not one book but many books in one. It calls itself the Scriptures, or the Writings. Holy men wrote as they were moved on by the Holy Spirit. They wrote things thy could not know by themselves and things they could not fully understand. The Bible is God's word to man, written by many men, with wisdom beyond that of any man. It is the Book of books. It is beyond any other. God-breathed (2 Tim 3:16). Eternal (Psa 119:89). The truth (John 17:17). You can base your life on it. |
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32 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100504 | ||
Dear Emmaus: The extra information seems interesting, although I must confess I only glanced through it. Truth is, I don't know if I can trust that information, or if it is useful. Notice that the questioner asked specifically: "(In) what books in the bible would I find what happened ...?". I wonder why it was not simply "Where would I find information about what happened ...?". This person seems to place information from the Bible in a special category. I would like to get a little taste for the tradition that values non-Biblical information along with Biblical information. What if the person had asked, "In what books in the Bible would I find what happened to Mary next?" Is it enough to say that that information is not in the Bible? Or can we with confidence present other information from outside of the Bible? |
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33 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100518 | ||
My friend, Emmaus, I agree that false teaching came early into the church and it is still around today. Peter said way back then (2 Peter 2:1) that "there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you". How do we combat their teachings? I think of the words of the Lord. In Mathew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, "Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures". The scriptures. The scriptures. That is what keeps us from erring. We must know the scriptures. I have read a few secular books in my time. In some circles I cannot say this, but I'll say here: I have lost my taste for them. I either find to be in agreement with the scriptures, in which case I find them superfluous, or they are in disagreement with the scriptures and I find them distasteful. I still read one now and then, even as I read the postings on the forums. But mostly, I must say, I read the Bible. |
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34 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100526 | ||
Brother Hank, I do agree. It is probably safe to read anything if one is careful to compare it with scripture and dispose of it according to how it comports. Two cautions I should add though. In agreeing that extra-Biblical readings should be taken with a grain of salt, I would say that having to take a grain of salt too too often can lead to hypertension. The second point is that, with the press of time that we experience today, we often have to choose what we read, the Bible or some other book. There is a judgment to be made on how we divide not only the word but also our time. A third caution is not really mine but Paul’s. There are other types of readings in the world. We should (1 Tim 1:4) Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. (1 Tim 4:7) But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. (2Ti 4:4) (Some) turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (Tit 1:14) fables, and commandments of men, (can) turn (us) from the truth. Let me also say that with so many authors of yesterday and today saying so many things, one can possibly become confused. Otherwise one must spend a lot of time sifting error from truth. The Bible writers, on the other hand, they do not contradict each other. Having said all that, I am not saying that all non-Biblical writing is dangerous. For example, a word to the wise is enough. |
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35 | Do you have to be baptised to be saved | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100534 | ||
The Lord will be happy as well. If you listen very closely you may hear a voice saying, "I am well pleased". It's one of the times when it is better do do than to know. | ||||||
36 | Where is "My house is full.." | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100552 | ||
EdB, the words are from a song. The song is probably based on some words Jesus spoke in Matthew 9. Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest". A related passage is in Luke 10. The Lord appointed seventy, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, "The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest". The writer may have also been thinking of a parable in Matthew 21. "What think ye?" Jesus asked. "A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went". I think Kroger has been moved by that song and wants to know if the message is Biblical. The words are haunting: “But who will go into my fields? Who will go into my fields?” It is reminiscent of the Lord’s question in Isaiah 6: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”. We would like to answer like isaiah did, “Here am I; send me”, but we don’t. We know that Jesus wants us to go preach the Gospel, but we haven't been doing it too much. We know we need to repent and start doing it. The parable reminds us we can. BTW, We have a program called Gospel for Neighbors that encourages and equips people to do just that. |
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37 | Do you have to be baptised to be saved | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100554 | ||
Sorry about the mixed message, Emmaus. I have a passing interest; it is not deep. I have spent many years in the education system and have been struck by the lack of balance between knowledge and application. My present orientation is to action rather than to much more study. However, I do find a need to keep digging into the Scriptures. As for other writings, I browse in order to keep aware. It is simply where I am right now. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. |
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38 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100643 | ||
It is the best of callings. It is the worst of callings. The best times are the ones in which one can combine the two. The worst times are the ones when neither one is appreciated. Often, when I am with other psychologists, they think that I am a preacher masquerading as one of them. Sometimes, when I am with Christians, they think that I am too much of a psychologist and not enough a person of faith. One can come to think that psychology is the most fascinating subject there can possibly be, because it is the science of human behavior. It is the realm we get into when we want to understand why human beings do what they do. It is even more interesting, if you can accept it, when one tries to explain why Christians behave the way they do. Those who are not psychologists say it is impossible. Those who are say it is the most fascinating, challenging, and rewarding field of study. If I give a lecture on The Positive Uses of Stress, I think I am doing something useful. If I preach a sermon on Reconciliation to God, I feel it is the very best way to spend my life. If I speak to a group on What Happened to the Soul at the New Birth, I feel that life could not be better. The hard part is when both parts are rejected. The best part is when they both are. But actually, the best times are the times when one can know he is doing the will of God. It is wonderful to be able to help another human being to establish a personal relationship with God or to adjust their behavior, to actually do God’s will. It is wonderful to meet with others who seek his face, and worship him. But actually, the best times are the times when one is alone with God. He is the one who deserves attention, and honor, and praise. |
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39 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100657 | ||
Hello Dee. I am curious to know, as I always am when someone has asked a question, whether you are satisfied with the answers so far. If not, are you satisfied when there are no answers? It does seem that there are some things God does not want us to know. For example, he does not want us to know where he buried Moses or just when Jesus is coming back. It is possible also that he does not want us to know when and how Paul died. I wonder if you would be satisfied with that. |
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40 | share some teaching please | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100658 | ||
I wonder if Dread is suggesting that there should be some good teaching on this ... forum. | ||||||
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