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21 | Praying for the dead? | Heb 9:27 | CDBJ | 238531 | ||
Greetings, The Bible points out very distinctly that ones eternal position is established and revealed by the knowledge of Bible doctrine; the sad part is that there are few, percentage wise, that bother to search for it in the pages of God’s Word. Here are a few of God’s promises that mankind can take to the bank starting with the most famous verse in Scripture. These verses are from the Amplified Bible which spells things out in common English. John 3:16 (AMP) 16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. John 3:18 (AMP) 18 He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation—he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.] Here is the clincher which actually answers your question; take notice of the fact that those in this position are still alive at the time. Much to the contrary opinion humanity is only condemned because they have refused God’s provision for their eternal life, which is total trust in the work that Jesus did for them on the cross. John 3:18 (AMP) 18 He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation—he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.] “Religion” misinforms people into thinking that they have to do something in order to gain God’s favor; this is what the Bible refers to as works; Biblical proof in the following. Ephesians 2:8-9 (AMP) 8 For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; 9 Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law's demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.] When I learned the following verses, and claimed them as my own, they became the most precious verses in the Bible from my point of view! 1 John 5:10-13 (AMP) 10 He who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] has the testimony [possesses this divine attestation] within himself. He who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him out to be and represented Him as a liar, because he has not believed (put his faith in, adhered to, and relied on) the evidence (the testimony) that God has borne regarding His Son. 11 And this is that testimony (that evidence): God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life. 13 I write this to you who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) the name of the Son of God [in the peculiar services and blessings conferred by Him on men], so that you may know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have life, yes, eternal life. The answer to eternal life resides within the person of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and apart from total undivided faith in Him and what He did for us on the cross no one will make it into heaven; observe what Jesus says in the following. John 14:6 (AMP) 6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. Have a great day and I hope you enjoy the forum, CDBJ |
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22 | once sasved always saved? | Luke 23:43 | CDBJ | 238205 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. In regards to your question, let’s go at it from a different tack. If I am saved, and I am, by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ who died on the cross to pay the penalty for ALL my sins. This being said, it would be the optimum of arrogance and close to blaspheme for me to assume that I could possibly commit a sin that God didn’t know about when He saved me in the first place! I even shudder to think of being so suggestive. Now on top of that even to suggest such a condition could happen, but it can’t, it would bar me from ever being saved a second time due to the following. The following (Amplified Translation) is used here because it spells it out the way is should be translated in common everyday English. Hebrews 6:1-6 (AMP) (Emphases added) 1 THEREFORE LET us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ (the Messiah), advancing steadily toward the completeness and perfection that belong to spiritual maturity. Let us not again be laying the foundation of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith [by which you turned] to God, 2 With teachings about purifying, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment and punishment. [These are all matters of which you should have been fully aware long, long ago.] 3 If indeed God permits, we will [now] proceed [to advanced teaching]. 4 For it is impossible---------------[to restore and bring again to repentance] those who have been once for all enlightened, who have consciously tasted the heavenly gift and have become sharers of the Holy Spirit, 5 And have felt how good the Word of God is and the mighty powers of the age and world to come, 6 If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their allegiance—-----[it is impossible]----- to bring them back to repentance, for (because, while, as long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh [as far as they are concerned] and are holding [Him] up to contempt and shame and public disgrace. Those that don’t have this assurance of ETERNAL SALVATION fixed in their souls are confined to a stage of what the Koine Greek calls “NEPOS” pronounced “nay-pee-os” or babes in Christ. 1st Cor. 3:1-3 God doesn’t need to do things twice because He might have forgotten something that we might do in the future, He does it right the first time! Now have a great day in the Lord and relax in what He has done for you, CDBJ |
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23 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238143 | ||
Greetings, Just as being on the jet plane is a function, being in Christ is the same type of function and it’s accomplished by the Holy Spirit AFTER one trusts in the work that Jesus accomplished on the cross. Abraham believer God; Galatians 3:6 (NKJV) 6 just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." Abraham’s works only demonstrated the trust that he already had in God when he was about to sacrifice his son Isaac. It wasn’t a means of obtaining righteousness and he proved this when he said that God will provide the sacrifice before the two even went up the mountain. The way of our salvation taught to us by the Holy Spirit was the same salvation shown to Abraham; God will provide His Son to take our just due, i.e. God’s anointed one, the Christ. Galatians 3:8 (NKJV) 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." We, in essence were place on that plane the same way we are placed in Christ for positional truth and then the transformation takes place not visa versa! I’ve used this illustration before but here it is again for those that haven’t heard it. Faith is a lot like poison ivy, when one gets poison ivy they can’t keep from scratching, I’m speaking from experience! If another person sees this and they start scratching they could scratch until they are blue in the face and they still don’t get poison ivy because they haven’t come into personal contact with the ivy vine. Jesus said I am the vine. Illustrations just like parables can only go so far and then they brake down and there are those that can find fault with everything: I’m glad that my Saviour is faultless! The religious crowed in Jesus time went out of their way trying to find fault with Christ and Jesus Said: Matthew 15:14 (NKJV) 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." CDBJ |
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24 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238137 | ||
What it sound like to me is that you are emphasizing a works based salvation which is in complete opposition to the GRACE plan of God. All one needs to do to obtain salvation is found in numerous passages of God’s Word; case and point, Acts 16:31 (NASB) 31 They said, " Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." That isn’t asking Jesus to come into your heart either, He doesn’t go into sewers, which is what mans heart is like in God’s sight. God the Father isn’t impressed with what we do, He is only impressed with what His Son Jesus Christ did for us on the cross!! Many get discipleship mixed up with salvation; notice that Paul is talking to (believer brethren) when he makes the following statement. Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, “BRETHERN”, (they are already saved) by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. The renewing of ones mind or transformation only takes place when one is in fellowship with the Holy Spirit through the exercise of 1 John 1:9 (NKJV) 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Couple this with the constant inculcation of Bible doctrine and God will do the transforming. Anything that a person tries to do to merit God’s precious grace only nullifies faith. Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. The word faith is a transitive verb and it demands an object, it’s the object that gets all of the credit in faith not the one having the faith. Faith is no greater then it’s object, which in salvation is Jesus Christ. Salvation is the result of faith as a gift, that can’t be worked for. When anyone tries to do something to help God with their salvation its like saying that what Jesus did wasn’t enough, I must help. Let me explain it this way: Let’s say you are given a gift and the gift is a life in paradise. The ticket has been totally paid for, with a ride on a jet plane. Now, instead of sitting quietly in your first class seat, and praising and thanking the Giver for the gift, you get the brilliant idea that you’re going to help. You jump out of your seat, open the door, and leap out so you can help by pushing the jet, which at this point is traveling at 600 miles an hour! That makes about as much sense as man trying to help God with what He has accomplished for man’s salvation. God has provided a perfect plan and all man has to do receive it. Anything man does only messes up God’s perfect plan. It is true there is no such thing as a free lunch! Our salvation cost God the Father the dearest position He has, His matchless perfect Son, who had been with Him since before eternity past. Jesus paid the price for the gift of eternal life and all man is asked to do is trust in God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and receive the gift by GR ACE through FAITH. Do you think God would lie to you? Religion might but not God! Have a great day and trust the Lord, CDBJ |
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25 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238090 | ||
When anyone reads God’s Word there are promises that are given within the pages of Scripture. Did you notice any of those when you read through the pages. EXAMPLE: Why was the Gospel of John written? ANSWER: John 20:30-31 (NKJV) 30 And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. Let me put it another way; If you were to drop dead in the next minute or so and found yourself standing before the throne of God and He were to say to you why should I let you come into my Kingdom what would you say to Him? That’s an awesome thought and only hypothetical but for sake of understanding what do you think you might say? CDBJ |
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26 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238086 | ||
When you read the book of John did you believe what it was telling you? CDBJ |
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27 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238076 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. In answer to your question I would like to ask you a question first so I will know where to start. Have you ever read the book of John in the New Testament? CDBJ |
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28 | looking for an unknown people in Bible | Genesis | CDBJ | 238064 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. The word, Nephilim that you are looking for is actually found in Gen. 6:4 and is translated giants in the English translations. Here is where you can research it to some degree, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim I hope you enjoy the forum, CDBJ |
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29 | KIJ Only? | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 237851 | ||
Your question: (Is the rest really just a back seat and not worry too much about this?) For starters the NASB is about as close as one can get to the original language of the Koine Greek. Now doing what you suggest is like letting a baby fend for its self after it is born! We are commanded to study God's Word on a daily basis. 2 Timothy 2:15 (NASB) 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. It’s impossible to know the will of God apart from the Word of God. CDBJ |
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30 | what is mean of the verse | Eph 6:1 | CDBJ | 236647 | ||
This is how it reads in the interlinear of the Koine Greek only using the English wording you sort it out for yourself. THE CHILDREN, OBEY THE PARENTS OF YOU IN LORD THIS FOR IS RIGHT I could give it to you in the Greek but the forum can’t recognize the format. I hope this helps, CDBJ |
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31 | Can you continue to sin an go to heaven? | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 236540 | ||
Greetings again, My final comment for the morning in conclusion to your previous statement. “But there is not one word in the scriptures that tells me that Jesus is going to maintain it for me. That is my responsibility.“ Good luck with that responsibility, and I did say luck, since it you doing the work I’d rather rely on what God has promised. 2 Timothy 1:12 (KJV) (B) for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 1 Peter 1:4-5 (KJV) 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (Who are kept by the power of God) This carries more punch in the Koine Greek! It says: The ones by the power of God being Guarded, as in the following with emphasis on “phrouroumenous” which is a verb participle, present tense that is continues action at the present time, passive voice, the believers receive the action of the verb, accusative case, i.e. God causes the action to occur, masculine gender, second person, plural,i.e. all you believers are included. Taus en dunamei theou phrouroumenous. God’s word has a lot to say about keeping care of his own, the battle is the Lord’s and greater is He that is in you then he who is in the world. And with that I will say good night! Psalm 4:8 (KJV) 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. CDBJ P.S. You would be doing yourself and the forum a big favor by not just giving a plethora of address for a verse of Scripture but writting it out because the past forty 47 years as a believer has taught me that no one will take the time to look them up and read them: if they are written they will be read! |
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32 | where does the soul go after death | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 236534 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. Since Jesus Christ, as the appointed lamb of God, has paid the total price demanded for the penalty of sin, man if free to be escorted into the very presence of God. 2 Corinthians 5:6-8 (NKJV) 6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. In the Koine Greek of the New Testament it is (PROS in the accusative case which informs us that God actually causes us to be face to face with the Lord) Here is a promise you can take to the bank. John 3:18 (NKJV) 18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. I hope you find the forum useful an a blessing, CDBJ |
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33 | Can you continue to sin an go to heaven? | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 236531 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the Bible Forum. I enjoyed your personal profile but there is one part that puzzled me. You stated, (any person who wants to become a child of God must be BLAMELESS and HARMLESS -- FIRST -- and THEN -- he can be a child of God.) That’s almost like a sick person becoming healthy before they go to the doctor, that's how I see it from my perspective. How exactly does that line up with what the Apostle Paul recommended and Jesus as well in John 1:12? Galatians 3:26 (NASB) 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. John 1:12 (NASB) 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, (believing and receiving are synonymous) My believing in Jesus Christ for my so great salvation came about in just the opposite way as yours. I believed and thoroughly trusted in Jesus and what He did for me on the cross for my salvation and then the Holy Spirit cleaned up my life. He gets all the credit I was nothing but a lost sinner and I didn’t deserve anything but to be separated from God for the rest of eternity. The fact is as long as I’m still in this old body of sin, I’m still a sinner but one that has been saved by grace through faith! Titus 3:5 (NASB) 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, I sure hope you enjoy the forum and again welcome aboard, CDBJ |
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34 | In what year did Jesus die? | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 236527 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. The exact day that Christ died has been kicked around for years. I can tell you this much; where people really get mixed up and confused is due to the fact that the Jewish day starts in the evening 6:00pm. Now where the religious factions gets it all balled up is due to the mentioning of the next day being the Sabbath, which when it happened, the day after the 14th of Nissan on the Jewish calendar, they all assume that to be Saturday but the fact is the day after the 14th of Nissan isn’t a regular Sabbath or Saturday but a High Sabbath due to the feast of unleavened bread which that year fell on a Friday and not a Saturday. This being the case, and without having to perform all of the mental gymnastics, it makes it easy for Jesus to have been in the grave three full days and three full nights. You can have the internet figure it out for you using these parameters to determine the exact year that Christ paid our penalty, as a substation for our sin. Have you totally trusted in and relied on what Jesus did for you that day when He personally died on the cross for you? When you do God will place the Son in you as a gift from the Father and you in Christ causing you to become a new creature. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 1 John 5:10-13 (KJV) 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. I hope you have a beneficial Easter, CDBJ |
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35 | what does the bible have sorragate paren | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 236523 | ||
Hello and welcome to the forum, I hope you enjoy it. There is no specific biblical information in the Bible regarding these exact terms but I can tell you that the old sin nature has been passed down to all of us through the male of the species having originated through dear old Adam. 1 Corinthians 15:22 (NASB) 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. Jesus Christ is the only one that has ever been born without an old sin nature because His mother was Marry and His Father was God Himself therefore no old sin nature. 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NASB) 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. Now there is a deal that one doesn’t want to pass up! Have you come to the place yet in your spiritual experience where you can say that you’ve acquired the righteousness of God? Matthew 5:20 (NASB) 20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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36 | Thinking about Judas, chosen or? | John 13:27 | CDBJ | 236520 | ||
That being the case how can anyone believing that; cope with the fact of the following? 2 Peter 3:9 (NASB) 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. (i.e. that's God's desire; His will. God’s will is superior to man’s so how could the previous verse occur? CDBJ |
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37 | salvation | Romans | CDBJ | 236500 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. In answering your question I think it would be safe to say that the Apostle Paul would be a good example. Romans 10:1-4 (NASB) Speaking of Israel 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. 2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. 3 For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. I hope you enjoy the forum, CDBJ |
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38 | how abraham isaac jacob respected women | Genesis | CDBJ | 236490 | ||
That's all very interesting but you forgot to add one to your collection. 1 Timothy 2:12 (KJV) 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. Oops, CDBJ |
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39 | Aren't Isaelites and Jews, one people? | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 236468 | ||
Hi Doc, Am I right in my thinking that the word Jew could be referred to as a race, a nationality and a religion? I was taught that but it’s been so many years ago that I can’t remember if I still have it right or not. The race started with Abraham, the Nation started with Moses when they left Egypt, then the religion began at Mt. Sinai when Moses received the 10 Commandments and delivered them to the chosen people of God, would that be correct? CDBJ |
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40 | what does the name jesus mean | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 236467 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum. The name Jesus was first used, though in a different form, back in the Old Testament. The one who delivered the people of God from their wonderings in the desert into the promise land, Joshua. The proper Hebrew spelling is yehoshua, pronounced, yeh-ho-shoo-ah. The meaning is the same in Hebrew and Greek, “God is salvation”. When looking at the word in the Koine Greek of the New Testament it is Iesous and pronounced, ee-ay-sooce, which when used in the English we pronounce it Jesus. Notice what it says in the following: Isaiah 7:14 (ASV) 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. This not a so much a name as it is a title. In proper English format it would be, “with us is God.” Luke 2:11 (ASV) 11 for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. This verse is telling us the same thing that is said in Isaiah 7:14, i.e. the one born to the human race this day is none other then the very Lord God Himself. This was determined from the divine decree from eternity past, when it was decided by the God Head that the second person of the trinity would voluntarily become a human being. As God He can’t die because God is eternal life but as a man could die. By doing this the Second person of the Trinity would be the anointed and appointed one, for the payment of the penalty for man’s sin. This isn't imputed to anyone until they have total undivided faith in the work trhat Jesus accomplished on the cross. From the time He became Jesus the Christ, at that point in time He became the most unique individual in existence. He is different then God the Father and God the Holy Spirit in that He is a man. He is different then any man in that He is God; He is the God Man. He is 100 percent God and at the same time He is 100 percent man; He is the God Man. Hebrews 1:6-8 (KJV) 6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. I hope you enjoy the forum, CDBJ |
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