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21 | Who were Mary's sisters? | Not Specified | Songbirdca | 139503 | ||
I've come across a very interesting yet confusing verse. John 19:25 says, "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene." Is this four people or three? Depends on how you read it. I then compared it with Matthew 27:56 which reads: "Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children." And also, Mark 15:40 which reads: "There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome" Here's my concern. I'm writing a book and need to know something very crucial - were Salome and Mary the mother of James the Less and the wife of Clopas, Mary's (Jesus mother) sisters? |
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22 | Who were Mary's sisters? | John 19:25 | Songbirdca | 139528 | ||
I've come across a very interesting yet confusing verse. John 19:25 says, "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene." Is this four people or three? Depends on how you read it. I then compared it with Matthew 27:56 which reads: "Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children." And also, Mark 15:40 which reads: "There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome" Here's my concern. I'm writing a book and need to know something very crucial - were Salome and Mary the mother of James the Less and the wife of Clopas, Mary's (Jesus mother) sisters? |
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23 | replacement theoplogy is incorrect? | Rom 11:25 | Songbirdca | 139388 | ||
Thanks. I didn't realize there was such an absurd doctrine out there. I would have to say that anyone who believes in replacement theology has been greatly deceived indeed. | ||||||
24 | Who was Joseph's father? | Luke 3:23 | Songbirdca | 139387 | ||
Thanks for the input I appreciate it! | ||||||
25 | replacement theoplogy is incorrect? | Rom 11:25 | Songbirdca | 139189 | ||
what is replacement theology? | ||||||
26 | Who was Joseph's father? | Luke 3:23 | Songbirdca | 139176 | ||
I know this subject has been discussed before, unfortunately as I browsed the many theories I find myself still with unanswered questions regarding Joseph's geneology. Luke 3:23-38 says that Joseph was the son of Heli and Matthew 1:1-17 says that Jacob was the father of Joseph. So, who was Jospeh's father? I have noticed that someone said Heli was Mary's father, but they gave no scriptural evidence to back it up. Does anyone know who Joseph's father really was? I'm writing a book and it is imperative that I know. |
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27 | How did Jesus escape from Nazareth? | Not Specified | Songbirdca | 129627 | ||
After seeing the supposed location of the cliff in Nazareth that the people tried to throw Jesus off of, I'm wondering - how did walk through the crowd? (Read - Luke 4:29-30) All these people are surrounding him, the cliff is more than 50ft high, how could they just lose sight of him? Anyone have any ideas? | ||||||
28 | How did Jesus escape from Nazareth? | John 10:30 | Songbirdca | 129633 | ||
After seeing the supposed location of the cliff in Nazareth that the people tried to throw Jesus off of, I'm wondering - how did walk through the crowd? (Read - Luke 4:29-30) All these people are surrounding him, the cliff is more than 50ft high, how could they just lose sight of him? Anyone have any ideas? | ||||||
29 | why did Jesus call Mary 'woman'? | Not Specified | Songbirdca | 129448 | ||
Why did Jesus call Mary 'woman' and not mother? Was it a Jewish custom for men to refer to their mothers that way? | ||||||
30 | why did Jesus call Mary 'woman'? | Gen 3:15 | Songbirdca | 129455 | ||
Why did Jesus call Mary 'woman' and not mother? Was it a Jewish custom for men to refer to their mothers that way? | ||||||
31 | Were Tax Collectors Jewish? | Not Specified | Songbirdca | 129058 | ||
Were tax collectors Jewish or were they Roman as well? | ||||||
32 | Were Tax Collectors Jewish? | Mark 2:14 | Songbirdca | 129068 | ||
Were tax collectors Jewish or were they Roman as well? | ||||||
33 | beware of fortune tellers? | Deut 18:9 | Songbirdca | 125535 | ||
The Bible says, that the Lord finds divination (fortune telling) or sorcery, interpreting omens, engaging in witchcraft, or casting spells, or anyone who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead detestable. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD | ||||||
34 | What Can The BLOOD OF JESUS do For Me? | Eph 1:7 | Songbirdca | 125444 | ||
The blood of Jesus has saved you. In Him you have forgiveness of sins. His blood has purified you and made you whole again. It is because of His shed blood that we can be saved from God's wrath. There are so many things that Christ's shed blood has done for us that I would have no room to mention them all. But the most important reason is that now we am free from slavery to sin. We have been cleansed by the blood of the Lamb. We have been made new in Christ. Praise God! | ||||||
35 | what is God's way of doing n being right | Matt 6:33 | Songbirdca | 125440 | ||
Jesus said to Love the Lord Your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind. And to love our neighbours as ourselves. He said there were no greater commandments then these two. So what is God's way of doing and being right? First of all, by Christ's great example we can see from this verse that He put others before himself. He died for you while you were yet a sinner (Rom. 5:8). Jesus had a servant's heart. We would be wise to follow His example. Put Christ first in your life. Seek His kingdom in all that you do may it be for His glory. Do not seek your own interests but those of God. You will learn how to know God's will and please Him by reading the handbook He left for you. His Holy Word. Read it daily and meditate on it, let it soak into you so that you walk in it. The bible has God's words and truths in it and you find God's will and His ways by reading it. |
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36 | speaking in tongues 1cor.12:1coming | 1 Cor 12:13 | Songbirdca | 125350 | ||
Prayon, I guess we will agree to disagree! As for your question - you must be born-again to speak in tongues. Just as you must be born-again to receive any of the spiritual gifts. Which is why I firmly believe that the baptism in the Holy Spirit happens when we first believe. |
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37 | Is a woman to "obey" her husband? | Eph 5:22 | Songbirdca | 125315 | ||
It is God’s design for the home. Just as governments, organizations, and businesses must have a head, so must a marriage and a family. God has given the husband the position as the leader of the home. But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:3) Therefore, wives are to submit to their husband’s headship. Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. (Colossians 3:18) Submission is a matter of the wife’s obedience to God. The word “submit” in koine Greek, the language of the New Testament, means to be under orders. This does not mean that a believing woman should be a doormat, but that by willingly submitting to her husband’s leadership she is obeying God. Just as Christ is equal to God and yet willingly submitted Himself to God’s authority (Philippians 2:5-8), so the Christian woman is equal to her husband, but should choose to submit herself to his headship in their marriage. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (Philippians 2:5-8) Christian wives are to submit not only to Christian husbands, but also to unbelieving husbands. In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. (1 Peter 3:1-2) Submission is to be done with a meek and quiet spirit, as unto the Lord, with an in-wrought grace of the soul that sees God as sovereign over all, knowing that everything that happens is coming through His hands of love, and working together to achieve His purpose—to make one more like His Son, Jesus Christ. The only way a wife can truly and biblically submit to her husband is to let the Holy Spirit fill and control her (Ephesians 5:18, 21). Her commitment is to be to the Lord. He will give the grace to be the wife that He wants a believer to be. Submission should be as unto the Lord. If a husband tells his wife to do something that is in conflict with what the Word of God says, then she is to obey the Lord rather than her husband. The higher authority of God rules. In such cases she should respond to her husband in honesty and with a sweet spirit, committing herself to God and trusting in His sovereignty without complaint. Sometimes the end result will be that God will draw the unbelieving husband to Himself through the believing wife’s example. For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. (1 Peter 2:21-24) |
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38 | speaking in tongues 1cor.12:1coming | 1 Cor 12:13 | Songbirdca | 125310 | ||
Prayon, 1 Corinthian 12:1 says that believers should not be ignornant of spiritual gifts. It is therefore, good that we are discussing this. Obviously we are of differing opinions. Let me share with you why I believe the way I do about tongues. Taking our guidance from the Word of God I direct you to 1 Corinthians 12. The topic of this chapter is spiritual gifts. Paul's desire is made known in verse two, where he states that he doesn't want us to be led astray. That is good because we want to understand clearly. Read this chapter carefully and you will see that there are a variety of gifts but the same Spirit. (vs. 4) As you read you will notice in verse seven it says, "To each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit". Why is it given? As the rest of the verse says, for the common good. Reading down to verse 11, you will see that many different manifestations of the Spirit are given to believers. Among these manifestations is the gift of tongues. Notice that verse 11 says, that the one and the same Spirit distributes all these things to each one as HE WILLS IT. So who is giving the gifts? God does. Who receives the gifts? All believers (7). Are all believers given the same gifts? NO. Look at verses 28-30 and you will see that in order for the body of Christ to grow we all cannot have the same gift. It would not benefit us as a church body. Are some gifts better than others? No. Clearly this chapter points that out. We are all valuable to the body of Christ. As to the example you have given you must keep it in context. First of all you will remember that this chapter involved Simon the Magician. All the people were following him because of the signs and wonders he was performing, until Philip came and did signs and wonders in Jesus name. When the people saw what Philip could do, in Jesus name, they quickly changed sides. The people were only baptized in the name of Jesus. Notice the word ONLY. They had not yet repented of their sins as is clear when Simon later tries to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit from Peter and John (18-23). Yes, tongues is an evidence of the Holy Spirit's dwelling, but so is prophecy, teaching, interpretation of tongues, etc. these are all gifts of the Holy Spirit manifested in us as a sign from God that He is with us, again I point you to 1 Cor. 12. All these gifts are given to us for God's glory and to build up and unite the body of Christ. Can we ask for gifts? No. For again scripture clearly states that the Holy Spirit gives the gifts as He wills it. 1 Cor.12:11. We must also try to remember that tongues are a sign for unbelievers. (1 cor. 14:22) As evidenced by the many who heard the Apostles speak in their own languages on Pentecost and many were saved. Tongues was obviously a gift needed to reach the masses. Today the gift of tongues has unfortunately been elevated by some Christians as THE gift. That only people with the gift of tongues are saved. As Scripture clearly points out, that is simply not true. Which is why Paul wrote to the Corinthians in the first place, because people back then were also trying to make tongues more important than any of the other gifts. For someone to say that the Holy Spirit only gives the manifestation of tongues at our rebirth, would be a contradiction of scripture. Blessings, Songbirdca |
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39 | speaking in tongues 1cor.12:1coming | 1 Cor 12:13 | Songbirdca | 125211 | ||
It's ironic that Christians have argued so much about the baptism of the Spirit, when the apostle Paul used it as one of his main arguments to prove that we are all united in Christ! Some churches believe that the baptism of the Spirit is an experience different than initial salvation. They see it as a second experience that gives a person much greater spiritual power and boldness, and the ability to live a more victorious Christian life. Some groups teach that the baptism is accompanied by such signs as speaking in tongues. The Bible does not actually use the term "baptism of the Spirit" very often. John the Baptist predicted that Jesus would come and baptize with the Spirit and with fire (Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; John 1:33). In Acts 1:5, Jesus recalled John's words, and told His followers that they would be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from then. The spectacular events of the day of Pentecost ten days later seem to be the obvious fulfillment of His words (see Acts 2). The only other mention in Acts (11:16) refers back to Pentecost, explaining that Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, had an experience very similar to the Pentecost manifestations. While these passages make it clear that the believers in Acts 2 experienced a baptism of the Spirit, we do not find a clear explanation of what that baptism means. Nor do we know whether there were other works of the Spirit that were happening at the same time. The clearest explanation of the baptism appears in I Corinthians 12:13. Paul is dealing with a situation where the Corinthian church was splitting into factions over the issue of spiritual gifts. Overemphasis on certain spectacular gifts had led to the attitude that some people had the most desirable gifts, while others were deficient. In response, Paul exclaims, "We're all one! Don't divide up into cliques!" And to prove his point, he explains, "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit" (I Corinthians 12:13). His main point? All believers share the reality of being baptized by the Spirit. What does it do? It makes us part of the body of Christ, the Church. When did it happen? If every believer has been baptized in the Spirit, then it happens at the moment you accept Christ and become a Christian. We are all given gifts (baptized in the Spirit) when we become Christians. Many of our gifts differ. They differ so that the body of Christ can be built up. I myself have gifts of discernment, helps, service and administration. The gift of tongues as you will notice when reading 1 Cor. 12, another one of those gifts. It is an excellent chapter on what gifts God gave to his people. Tongues has been vastly distorted by some churches today, to mean something it isn't. It has given some people the impression that they are better then other Christians. When in actual fact, tongues were used at Pentecost as a sign to those many "nations" that were in Jerusalem at that time. Each indivual heard the gospel in their own tongue. Unfortunately, some churches today, think that speaking in tongues is a sign that you are a Christian. It is not. They forget the reason why the gift was given in the first place and end up confusing people. It would be ridiculous for everyone to have the gift of tongues, because then the body of Christ would not grow. We are given gifts to help each other. Therefore, tongues is not a sign that a person does not have the Holy Spirit. Tongues is just another gift. |
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40 | Didn't anyone defend Jesus at his trial? | Not Specified | Songbirdca | 117558 | ||
Didn't anyone defend Jesus at his trial? | ||||||
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