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21 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110400 | ||
Greetings Tim, I don't have any problem understanding point 4. Reading 2Tim 2:15 clearly says "study" (KJV) In Strongs "spoo-dad'-zo"(G4710) to use speed, that is, to make effort, be prompt or earnest: diligence, be diligent (forward), endeavour, labour, STUDY. God's Word says "study" so who am I to say otherwise. In Christ, KJ. |
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22 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110401 | ||
Greetings Kalos, Thank you for your explanation and the website which I often refer to, thanks. As you will appreciate I only use the KJV for my studies but sometimes brouse other versions out of interest. Debates re other versions are time consuming and not sometimes profitable for study purposes. There is so much to learn of God's Word thus I prefer to stick to KJV and the commentaries of learned men who have studied the Word of God for many years. In Christ, Ken John |
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23 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110404 | ||
Greetings New Creature, Thanks for your message and your dad seems a wonderful guy so treasure and love him. I suppose we all try to walk with Jesus every day but fall by the wayside more often than we will admit. May I suggest that you stick to the KJV as it truly is God's Word without corruption. You will be blessed one day believe God. In Christ, Ken John. |
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24 | Why did the KJV include these verses? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110458 | ||
Greetings Tim, As you are probably aware there is much debate on the question of the various bible versions and I am sure that you, as a student of Scripture, have the ability to find the answers you are looking for in 1) and 2). Study and pray and you will find that the King James Authorised Bible is a pretty accurate translation. Many cannot seemingly walk by Faith. They want proof! I believe that we have ample proof that the Authorised Version is the very Word of God, preserved and given to us in the English language. God promised to preserve His Word! Read Psalm 12:6,7. Also 1Peter1:25 and Luke 21:33 From my heart I say to you, that WORD is nearer to you than you think! I believe it is the Bible,The Authorised Version, or the commonly termed King James Version. I am a Fundamentalist and KNOW that God wrote a BOOK. The Conservative believes that God wrote a book. The New Evangelical thinks(with much question and misgiving) that God might have written a book. The Modernist and the Liberal say that "The Bible contains the Word of God, but not all of it is His Word." If the KJV is not the book that God wrote, where is it today? Brother Tim, time for all of us is valuable so is it not more beneficial for us to rather spend it on studying God Word,as Paul advised us in 2Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto GOD, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." Amen and AMEN. Your brother in Christ Jesus, Ken John. Philippians 1:6. |
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25 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110460 | ||
Sorry brother Tim, I am not the expert but only a simple pensioner who loves the Lord and His Word in the one book I have Faith in, His Holy Book. May God Bless you, Ken John (Phil 1:6) |
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26 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110462 | ||
My brother in Christ, all I can say is "AMEN" | ||||||
27 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110463 | ||
Brother New Creature, Thanks for putting me straight. You can still love your Father though. I love your favourite verse Isaiah 26:3 (KJV). Mine is Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing,that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." May God Bless you my brother. In Christ, KJ |
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28 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110550 | ||
Greetings Mommapbs, I agree with the sentiments you expressed to Rowdy "Is nothing sacred anymore?" There was a time when one could sense the "Holiness" of Church. I loved singing those wonderful hymns and sharing in prayer and fellowship thus honouring our Great God.One came away feeling that God had truly blessed our worship. I can't find the words to express how wonderful I found "church." Why is it now so different for me? Many a Sunday I dread the thought of battling to concentrate on a message that is often out of context so I ask "who is being honoured here, God or man?" Prayers are about our selfish needs and why is God not answering? The songs lack the spiritual beauty of many of those old hymns and are repeated over and over again. But the people love them it would seem. Is it me or is it that the standards are being lowered in every way? I told my pastor that Sunday is the greatest day for the devil because he is having a field day watching the "church" flounder. Since coming to North America, I realise that the "church" here is far weaker than I had expected. It is weak..spiritually. Many pastors fail in their duty to bring the Gospel's message of salvation to sinners like us. They prefer to keep the members sweet. Increasing membership has a high priority. It is very sad! God's Word warns us doesn't it? This is the Evil Present Age in the Dispensation of Grace. Until He comes again, Ken John. |
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29 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110829 | ||
What surprises me is the time several of you have spent debating the various translations and criticising those who have the good sense to use the King James Bible to read,study and memorise God's Holy Word. If you look back in history, you will come to appreciate that many of God's Saints have used the King James Bible in missionary and saving souls. Maybe if you spent more time reading God's Word instead of finding fault with it, you will come to realise, as did George Muller,Spurgeon,George Whitefield and many other God Fearing men that our Holy God does not LIE (Titus 1:2). I take very strong exception to the statement... "The King James Onlyists are an ODD BUNCH and they have founded what is essentially a cult which, like all cults, SEEMS to follow flawless reasoning that leads to a perfectly logical conclusion, but its premise is wrong." I have read several translations, particularly when I was still a babe in Christ, but in my opinion the KJV is for the mature in Christ. When I first came to use this Forum I believed it was a good opportunity for getting to know other believers.Now I have changed my mind and will spend my time usefully in the study of God's Word. May God Guide you in His Truth, Ken John. |
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30 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 110864 | ||
Gentlemen, It would seem that there have been some misunderstandings concerning the various translations of the bible. I am sorry if I have trodden on a few toes. I do not wish to be the cause of unhappiness or disputes. The point I was trying to make (probably badly it would seem by the reaction from all of you)is that God is using the King James Version to speak to me more than any other translation. I came to Christ reading the NIV but, as I grew in Him, I found errors in that translation so turned to the KJV. "How sweet are thy Words unto my taste!yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" Psalm 119:103. As a mature Christian, I am well aware of the history of the bible and all the translations. I am also sensitive to the fact that the evil one is at work and man is easily led astray so one must test everything. In closing, I pray that God's Will and Truth will lead you in your studies. Until He comes again, Ken John. |
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31 | How can we be sure in God's Will ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 116668 | ||
How can we be certain we are in the Will of God ? | ||||||
32 | How can we be sure in God's Will ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 116706 | ||
Emmaus, Thank you for your reply to my question, which is a difficult one. I believe one has to totally surrender one's life to God as a first step. Paul tells us so in Romans 12:- Rom 12:1 "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Rom 12:2 "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." One has to completely surrender one's life to God, coming to Him in prayer, asking Him for His guidance and wisdom. Men like George Muller were in the Will of God and they really worked at getting to know God and His Word to be in His Will. Maybe we want things too easily, speaking for myself anyway. There are a number of books on the subject, so thanks for the ones you suggest. In Christ, Ken. |
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33 | How can we be sure in God's Will ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ken John | 116830 | ||
Emmaus, I appreciate the lengths you have taken to help me understand this very difficult area of one's walk with God. It has been a personal challenge for me as I realise that my past actions have not always been in God's Will. Our own selfish needs(the old nature) causes us to take a course in life that is not accepted by God so communication with Him in prayer is ineffective. Prayer is a very important part of my daily life but, recently, I find God's answers in short supply. I can only point to my own failures and ask myself "am I in God's Perfect Will?" If not what needs to change? I wonder how many other believers ask themselves the same question? Blessings, Ken. |
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34 | Divorce and remarriage | OT general | Ken John | 56901 | ||
Paul, in 1 Corinthians chapter 7 covers the subject of marriage and divorce which may answer your question ?? In Him, KJ. | ||||||
35 | speaking in tongues | NT general Archive 1 | Ken John | 121805 | ||
I cannot agree with what you have written about speaking in tonques for this sign has ceased today. No one is speaking in tongues in this age of Grace. If they are then I am sorry to tell you that they are fakes. There are many fakes in this world today. There was a period in Acts but Paul tells us about this in Scripture. No one was more charismatic than Paul, yet the Lord revealed to him that those sign gifts were going to cease: "whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away" (1 Cor. 13:8 KJV). Now we turn to the prison epistles, the four letters written shortly after the end of the Book of Acts, while Paul was a prisoner in Rome—Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon and Philippians...and we find that there is not one word about tongues, or the gift of healing. Even where we might have expected Paul to write of tongues in the passage about being "filled with the Spirit" in Ephesians 5:17, he has nothing to say about tongues. And as for the gift of healing, we read of a co-worker of Paul's, Epaphroditus, who fell seriously ill during this time (Phil. 2:25-30) and Paul no longer had the gift of healing, and was no longer able to heal as he did only a few years earlier in Acts 28:9. The sign gifts were no longer operating at the time that Paul wrote the Prison Epistles. |
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36 | speaking in tongues | NT general Archive 1 | Ken John | 121980 | ||
Thanks for your reply. I have no intention of upsetting anyone but do believe what Paul has written and that speaking in tongues is not for us today in this Age of Grace. Do you know of anyone speaking in tongues? Do you understand what they are saying? What is your view of Paul's Ministry and why was he chosen by God ? Peace and Grace in Christ Jesus, Ken John. |
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37 | speaking in tongues | NT general Archive 1 | Ken John | 122019 | ||
Thanks for your input and I agree that Scripture informs us about the past but what happens TODAY ? I would suggest quoting out of context leads one along the misinformed path because Paul continues in 1 Corinthians 13 and 14 to explain more fully about speaking in tongues. Please read these chapters again especially 1Cor14:4ff. Peace and Grace in Christ Jesus, Ken John |
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38 | speaking in tongues | NT general Archive 1 | Ken John | 122043 | ||
Yes, thank you kindly, you did explain what you believed speaking in tongues was about. My understanding is from Scripture (KJV) and I am sorry but I must believe what Paul is telling us. The Pentecostal Church which I have attended has no one speaking in tongues but they are all lovely believing followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. The big question has always been, when did these gifts cease ? The answer is that the sign gifts ceased at the end of the Book of Acts. Why was this so? Paul explains this in 1 Corinthians 13:8-12ff. However, what does he mean in verse 10 by "But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part WILL BE DONE AWAY." The gift of tongues, prophecy and knowledge were only in part, they were incomplete. They did not communicate the full knowledge that the Lord had to reveal. In Greek, as in English, this is a neuter pronoun,"that thing which is perfect." Paul was not writing about the coming of "HE who is perfect." but of the coming of a "thing" which is perfect. When it came, then the gifts which were only "in part" would cease. In the letters written during the Acts period, the Lord had only revealed to Paul "part" of the dispensation of grace (Eph 3:2)but He had not revealed the entire message to Paul. It was still only "in part" during the Acts period, but with the close of the Book of Acts, the Lord completed the revelation of the "MYSTERY" (read Eph 3:3,4,9 and Col 1:26,27 etc). "That which is perfect" was finally revealed in ALL ITS FULLNESS to the Apostle Paul and, at that moment, those things which were only "in part" passed away from God's Program. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 13:12ff "Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known." When Paul wrote "now I know in part," he used the common word for "know," the Greek word "gnosis" but then, when he wrote "but then I shall know.." he changes the word from "gnosis" to "epignosis," TO FULLY KNOW. In other words Paul has full knowledge of God's message of Grace for US TODAY. I hope this will help you understand why and when speaking in tongues is no longer today. Peace and Grace in Christ Jesus, Ken John. |
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39 | speaking in tongues | NT general Archive 1 | Ken John | 122045 | ||
Today many Christians have had an experience that they think is the Scriptural "gift of tongues" and they have asked "what to do?" It may be a psychological experience or even a spiritual experience. There are several possible explanations, but clearly, from the Word of God, it is NOT the Spirit's gift of speaking in tongues. Many have been taught that to speak in tongues is a sign of salvation or that the Holy Spirit is dwelling within, so it is a relief to discover the truth from Scripture that this gift is not in operation from the Lord today. Read Paul's instructions to the prophets at Corinth in 1 Cor. 14:30-33. Peace and Grace in Christ Jesus, Ken John. |
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40 | speaking in tongues | NT general Archive 1 | Ken John | 122062 | ||
Hello tgc, thanks for your response to my post. I am not too sure what you are meaning "couldn't that be the Bible?" Would you please clarify your question as I am quoting from Scripture (KJV bible) and not my own thoughts. Peace and Grace in Christ Jesus, Ken John. |
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