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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Xapis Ordered by Verse |
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21 | why does it matter | John 2:10 | Xapis | 628 | ||
Kathy, why does it matter to you? Is there another question that this will answer? Why don't you think that I am a theologian(one who studies God)? | ||||||
22 | why does it matter | John 2:10 | Xapis | 742 | ||
No, I am sure that you have don't know me. I just chose that name because of the study I have done on the word. | ||||||
23 | Was the wine alcoholic or not | John 2:10 | Xapis | 745 | ||
You are correct, I should have quoted it in its entirety, but I don't think that it changes the point that I was making. Nor do I think that by omitting it I was in any way deceitful, or handling the Word of God falsely. However if I have please show me and I will learn. I believe that this is one example of a technique that God uses often in scriptures by following a point with a magnification or explanation. "Wherein is excess" points back to "drunk with wine" explaining that the excess is the problem not the drinking of the wine. This is one way that the Bible is the best commentary on the Bible. | ||||||
24 | Was the wine alcoholic or not | John 2:10 | Xapis | 813 | ||
No offense taken at all. I just don't ever want to use the Word of God deceitfully. I am thankful for someone taking the time to read my responses and helping to make them clearer. My dear wife does it with such grace that I have come to appreciate it. | ||||||
25 | ISREAL'S REJECTION OF THE MESSIAH | Romans | Xapis | 578 | ||
God makes it pretty clear in ROM 11:1-2 "I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew." God's promises to Israel are based upon God's faithfulness not Israel's. |
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26 | FOR JACOB I LOVED AND ESUA I HATED | Rom 9:11 | Xapis | 576 | ||
There are two passages that may help to explain this one is Romans 9:11-16. Here it states "for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to His choice would stand". This shows as it goes on to state that our standing is by God's choice not our doing. Yet another passage is I Peter 1:2,3 "who are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God". This passage tells us that his choosing is according to foreknowledge. This is hard for us humans to understand, but God knows the end from the beginning. God is not bound by time as we are. Therefore we can consider that Esau was not yet born, a baby and an adult and already dead, all at the same time for God. There is no yesterday or tomorrow for God, it is all now. Hard for us to comprehend, but Esau was "an innocent baby" and "an immoral and Godless person" Heb 12:6 at the same time for God. | ||||||
27 | Are there (then) no mysteries? | 1 Cor 4:1 | Xapis | 2134 | ||
I think that we need to look at the way mystery is used in the Bible and not try to take our current use of the word and try to fit that definition into the passages. wdc did a great job of explaining how God used the word mystery throughout the NT. Have you noticed at the end of first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation that God states in REV 10:7 "but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets." I see at this time that God goes back to dealing with Israel exclusively, the mystery of God here, like the other mysteries in the NT, is the coming together of two to become one, marriage is spoken of as a mystery and so is the Jew and the Gentile becoming one. |
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28 | Are there (then) no mysteries? | 1 Cor 4:1 | Xapis | 2142 | ||
I don't have all the answers, but I have struggled with these questions myself, and the things that I add are the things that make the most sense to me. I go under the assumption that we are all adding the things that we have been taught together to bring us closer, in knowledge, to the truth. Yet knowledge does puff up. I also have almost 21 years of marriage, and I don't understand the unity that we have and have had since day one. However I don't confuse the mystery(modern english usage) of how with the mystery(NT defined) of what, since there are two different concepts here. I state the same concept a little differently, ignorance causes arrogance. If I come across as arogant, and apparently I do, I apologize. I don't want to waste your time with unwrapping the substance of what I believe. I lay it out for others to evaluate, and not without thought. I believe that I remain teachable, maybe I need to be taught how to interact on-line. As far as having the answers, I also have teenagers, so I obviously know that I don't have all the answers. Bear with me please, God has made me worth the effort, you will be rewarded. |
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29 | Mary did not know Jesus at the tome | 1 Cor 13:12 | Xapis | 387 | ||
I think that the reason was unbelief. I did not know why Jesus could not do many miracles in his home town because of the people's unbelief until the reality of this concept was applied to my life. My wife and I have a relationship that most people cannot comprehend. Even our believing friends that have met with us for years in Bible study cannot truly understand the oneness that we have. Years of conditioning in the world, telling them that relationships like this were not possible have put a barrier there where their belief system cannot go, yet. Likewise, Jesus was breaking new ground here in the resurrection. The belief systems of the people, even his own disciples were prohibiting them from fully realizing the truth. Jesus broke through those barriers in both cases just like He wants to for us. Sometimes it doesn't matter how hard we try, until God breaks through for us we won't get it. | ||||||
30 | God can use woman in the ministry? | Gal 3:28 | Xapis | 1474 | ||
There are many reasons for believing that women are not called into the ministry. Some of them are what I judge to be educated reasons and some of them are less than that. I believe that good people with good intentions believe both ways. One pastor that I worked with had a group of us come together and he brought the question in a different way than I had ever heard it before. He first started out with the question who could lead, which brought us to the answer that whoever was the least was the greatest. Or put another way the leader was to be servant of all. Therefore if women can serve why can't women lead? Someone that I dealt with could not receive my teaching because they did not want me to be in authority over them. What they didn't know was I didn't want to be in authority over them, I wanted to serve them. There are many issues at stake here, tradition, the curse that pits man against women, pride, and translational difficulties. When you go from a language with gender, pastor being a male verb to a language without gender the pronouns aren't always consistant with the language being translated into. I have heard the argument that the pronouns for pastor are all male and that is why women should not be pastors. The same thing happens in Proverbs 8. I was told that because feminine pronouns were used it could not be a personification of Jesus. I think that the answer lies in a lot of areas. Many of us are not ready for change. Centuries of male dominance, the differences in the sexes, the attitudes towards women in the Bible, not by Jesus but by others, the information explosion and the education of women make this a time where we need honest evalution and study. Most people that I know don't want to go there, it is far too much work. Be patient and don't give up even on us men. | ||||||
31 | How do you define apostle? | Eph 4:11 | Xapis | 2143 | ||
Charis, I don't see how you will get an answer to your question. This concept of the 5-fold ministry was quite new to me several years ago. But the more that I consider it, the more I am made aware of its consistency with the scriptures. I had only been in the one man show type of churches that wdc refers to. The longer that I walk with Christ and the more that I see the strengths that He has given me and the weaknesses that they don't make up for, the more that I know I need others in the body to help me. Romans 12:3 warns us not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought. I believe that having a Spirit led ministry with a balance brought by this concept would empower all involved to function at higher levels of impact. One problem that I see reading this thread however,is that some are using one definition of apostle and others are using a different one, same with prophet. As long as that is happening there cannot be a coming together. That is why I don't think that you will get an answer that you can live with. How do you define apostle and what is a prophet? |
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32 | How have the offices changed? | Eph 4:11 | Xapis | 2169 | ||
How have the offices changed? Is it that there were other duties/responsibilities that were given to the original apostles? My understanding of scripture is that God is speaking to us today through the living Word of God. God knew that His word would be read, debated, and followed in the 21st century when He gave it to His servants years ago. Therefore He could have and would have informed us of the temporal state of the offices, or their responsibilities. Makes sense to me that the offices have stayed the same over the years, but the original individuals occupying those offices had individual callings and empowerments that no longer are required. I am just curious as to what the office of an apostle is. I am very curious as to what the office of a prophet is supposed to be. charis does a good job in another post of answering this. Follow the thread "what about the other ministries" to see it. | ||||||
33 | In Jesus' name...except baptism? | Col 3:17 | Xapis | 941 | ||
There has been mention here of unity and division, that begs the question, What difference does it make. If one is baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus they are baptized into the Trinity. Before Jesus came there was no concept of one God existing as three separate entities. If you are baptized into the Lord Jesus you are baptized into the One True God, therefore you are baptized into the Trinity whether it is stated or not. If it is stated that you are baptized into the Trinity you are still "buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead." (COL 2:12) We try to separate the Trinity, and it is impossible. God is not into formulas, He is concerned with relationships and He is concerned with us listening to Him. This discussion seems more to deal with earthly wisdom than that which is from above(James 3). |
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34 | In Jesus' name...except baptism? | Col 3:17 | Xapis | 1062 | ||
Let me add another thought. In Mat 28 the focus is the entire world, a group of people that needed to be taught that there is one God, and He exists in three persons. In Acts 2 Peter is speaking to those who worshipped the one true God. If someone who was already convinced that God is one, is ready to or just has received His Son as savior, they have already come to the understanding that God is a Trinity. Therefore Peter only needs to say "in the name of Jesus". Whereas Matthew was echoing a greater statement than just baptize them, he was saying disciple them in the fullness of the truth of who God is. That encompasses the Father, Son and Holy Spririt. I also don't see how with the limited revelation that we have that we can presume any formula to be exclusive. Baptism is a picture, a testimony of what already happened, so the words that accompany it are a testimony as well. As you can tell from the Gospels the truth can be told from different views and still be the truth. God warns us about "controversial questions and disputes about words" in 1 Tim 6. Here He is talking about depraved minds which I am convinced none of you have, but we should watch so that our desire to understand doesn't end up paralleling those with depraved minds, always searching but never coming to know the truth, because we think we need a level of revelation that isn't available. I still say that if one baptizes in the name of Jesus or in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit it is one and the same. | ||||||
35 | When will Jesus return? | 2 Thessalonians | Xapis | 395 | ||
There are many views of Eschatology, the study of the end times. My views, briefly, are this. According to II Thes. there will be a great falling away, then Jesus will come for His own, the rapture. Then the Man of Sin will be revealed and seven years of tribulation will occur. Then Jesus will come back to reign on the earth for 1000 years. That is a nutshell version. | ||||||
36 | Who gave the writer of Job his info @ | 2 Tim 3:16 | Xapis | 2254 | ||
HEB 1:1 "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways" The Bible is not clear, how God conveyed this knowledge to his saint. However, we know that God has used visions, dreams, and by speaking directly to His people. God is not limited in His ways of communicating truth. To be as specific as he was I would venture a guess, remember just a guess, that He gave him a dream or vision and I would lean toward a vision. Maybe someone else can do a better job, but since God doesn't tell us the first answer is the right answer, I don't know. But we do know that He spoke(or breathed) the Word of God. Praise His name we don't need to know it all, we just need to know Him. |
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37 | Snatch? | Hebrews | Xapis | 1203 | ||
Well, I did a word study on the word knowledge, since it would seem like a key to understanding the verse. One could make a point that the word doesn't necessarily mean experiential knowledge, but it would be weak. I can't in clear conscience say that the word doesn't mean what it looks like. But, let me add these thoughts. 1. There seems to be a parallel here to what Jesus said about driving out a demon and not filling the place, but sweeping it clean and the demon returns and brings with him seven demons that are worse. 2. Since I am sealed with the Holy Spirit, and He cannot deny Himself, it would seem difficult at best for me to renounce Christ, when his alter-ego is sealed in me. 3. God promised to finish the work that He started because he is faithful. 4. Paul seemed to deal with Christians that went astray. Leaving the flesh to be destroyed, with the confidence that the spirit would be saved. To sum up: God is faithful when we are not, He knew we would fall. God has a plan for when we won't listen, and being turned over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh sounds like a worse state to me. The Holy Spirit cannot deny Himself, so we can't casually walk away from God. We would have to tear ourselves free from the greatest force on earth, the force that kept Jesus on the cross, God's incredible love. I believe that as a believer, we are secure in the love of God, we have a holy and righteous fear of God, and we know in the depths of our being that God is the answer to all of our needs, and therefore choosing to leave is not even a possibility to the redeemed, to those that have been changed from the inside out. |
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38 | Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews? | Hebrews | Xapis | 1208 | ||
I am not aware of any reason to ascribe this work to any individual. However I think that Apollos is the most likely, since it doesn't bear anyone's name it is probably not Paul. Apollos is called a man mighty in the Scriptures, which seems to fit the description of whoever wrote this book. I have tried to get away from the tendency to say, "Paul, in the book of Ephesians" because it wasn't Paul, who said it, it is God who is saying it. Just my thoughts. I hope they bring you to think. | ||||||
39 | JESUS GREW IN WISDOM | Heb 5:8 | Xapis | 626 | ||
Wisdom is the application of knowledge. By becoming flesh and fulfilling the law, Jesus grew in the application of truth in his human existence. The scripture that I referenced, Heb 5:8 says "Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered." This is experiential learning that the verse talks about. He experienced obedience and he grew in wisdom as part of emptying Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men (Phil 2:7). These things were necessary for his functions as High Priest. |
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40 | how does John 9.3 and 4 answer reincarna | Heb 9:27 | Xapis | 943 | ||
I don't know about John 9, but Hebrews 9:27 seems to answer the reincarnation question for me. One person, one death, one judgment. What did you do with Jesus? | ||||||
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