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21 | Interpreting Revelation | Revelation | kalos | 190536 | ||
Heb 13:8 What it means (Repost of Note by DocTrinsograce (ID# 142141) Hi, M----... What K---- is complaining about is the out-of-context quote of Hebrew 13:8, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." In this passage it is talking about the faithfulness of God which assures us that our salvation is secure. History is the unfolding plan of God's redemptive plan of redemption. The imutability of God does not mean that He deals with man the same way as He always has. God no longer walks with man in the garden; He no longer manifests Himself through prophets; He no longer leads people with a pillar of fire by night; He no longer leads through judges; He no longer occupies the holy of holies; He no longer requires that women and gentiles stay at a distance from Him; He no longer stands in the temple, confounding the teachers of the law, as a 12 year old; He no longer teaches the multitudes on the mountains Palestine; He no longer speaks His truth through the mouths of apostles; etc. etc. etc. Yes, God reveals Himself to those that diligently seek Him (John 14:21, Heb 11:6). Yes, God instructs His own (1 Cor 2:13). etc. What many fail to realize is that God can and does limit Himself. He could, this very moment, speak audibly to me. He could take me into the third heaven and reveal mysteries to me. Instead, He has chosen to give us His complete, authoritative, all sufficent Word. Like my pastor once said, "To say that we need something more, is to denegrate the Word as insufficient or incomplete. To say that we need a magical visitation is to diminish the authority of the Word." K---- might state things more clearly than I have... and I may not have expressed his objections fully... but I believe I may have captured the gist of his complaint. I certainly agree with it -- with no rancor toward those who think differently -- only love for the Word and love for God's people. In Him, Doc |
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22 | Four Common Views of the End Times | Rev 21:2 | kalos | 190535 | ||
Revelation: Four Basic Views 'There are four basic approaches to interpreting Revelation: 'Preterist - Those who subscribe to this view believe that the events in Revelation took place in the first-century Roman empire. 'Idealist - This view holds that Revelation is full of a cosmic struggle between good and evil. It is a book that contains stories of spiritual truth, but no literal events or prophecy. There is no connection to historical events. 'Historicist - Events are seen generally from history rather than as specific events. There are no time limitations placed on the book. 'Futuristic - This view insists that Revelation chapter 6 to 22 refer to future events. Regarding this view, John MacArthur says, "Only this view does justice to Revelation's claim to be prophecy and interprets the entire book by the consistent grammatical-historical method used for the rest of Scripture."' ____________________ Source: www.allaboutpopularissues.org/meaning-of-the-book-of-revelation-faq.htm |
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23 | does God intend for us to pay tithes | Malachi | kalos | 190458 | ||
Bill1973, The Torah (God's law found in the writings of Moses) teaches us where and to whom the tithe is to be paid. If tithing is an example of the unchangeableness of God, then I wonder: Are we still obligated to keep (obey, observe) all of the 613 commands in the Torah (Law)? Grace to you, Kalos |
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24 | Lack of Indifference | Mark 16:18 | kalos | 190457 | ||
Jeff, Thank you for the kind words. Good to hear from you. Grace to you, Kalos |
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25 | who is the great whore in rev chap 17. | Rev 17:1 | kalos | 190456 | ||
The Great Harlot Source: revelationcommentary.org/17_chapter.html 'What entity would be considered the mother of all harlots in a biblical sense? 'Isaiah 1:21 calls Jerusalem a harlot. Isaiah 23:13-18 depicts Tyre as a harlot. Nahum 3:4 declares Nineveh a harlot. The nation Israel is repeatedly accused by the prophets of being a harlot (Jer 3:6-10; Ezek 16:15-22; Hos 4:12-13)...' To read more go to: www.revelationcommentary.org/17_chapter.html |
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26 | Lack of Indifference | Mark 16:18 | kalos | 190434 | ||
The Myth of Never Judging That believers are never to judge is an idea not taught in Scripture. In the NT what does "judge" mean? In the New Testament the word translated "judge" means: try, investigate, inquire into, discern, pass disciplinary judgment [passing censuring sentence as the facts require], discern the difference between right and wrong, decide grievances, disputes, and quarrels, think over and make up your mind, searchingly examine, pay attention and weigh and discern [what is said], examine, test and evaluate. Do not judge? Do not judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves. Matthew 7:1 Amplified New Testament "7:1 Judge not. As the context reveals, this does not prohibit all types of judging (v. 16). There is a righteous kind of judgment we are supposed to exercise with careful discernment (John 7:24). Censorious, hypocritical, self-righteous, or other kinds of unfair judgments are forbidden; but in order to fulfill the commandments that follow, it is necessary to discern dogs and swine (v. 6) from one's own brethren (vv. 3-5)" (MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997). A careful reading of the NT and a study of the passages in which the English word "judge" appears may surprise you. According to the Scriptures (see below), Christians are to judge: - all things - those who are inside the church - the world - angels - what is said or taught - ourselves So believers are to judge at least six different kinds of things or individuals. Scriptural examples of Christians judging are presented below. The following Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version (NKJV) unless otherwise noted. In quotations from the NKJV, all words enclosed in parentheses ( ) or brackets [ ] are from the text of the Amplified New Testament (AMP). 1 Co 2:15 (AMP) But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into questions, and discerns all things], yet is himself to be put on trial and judged by no one . . . 1 Co 5: 12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge (pass disciplinary judgment [passing censuring sentence on them as the facts require] AMP) those who are inside [the church]? 1 Co 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge (and govern) the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge (try) the smallest matters? 1 Co 6:3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels (and pronounce opinion between right and wrong [for them] AMP)? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 1 Co 6:5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge (to decide [the private grievances, disputes, and quarrels] AMP) between his brethren? 1 Co 10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge (think over and make up your minds AMP) for yourselves [about] what I say. 1 Co 11:31 For if we would judge (searchingly examine) ourselves [detecting our shortcomings and recognizing our own condition AMP], we would not be judged. 1 Co 14:29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge (pay attention and weigh and discern what is said AMP). 2 Co 13:5 (AMP) Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves... |
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27 | Thanks for the answer | Acts 1:9 | kalos | 190433 | ||
Johnboy36, Please give an example of a statement in the Bible that has no real evidence to back it up. Grace to you, Kalos |
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28 | Lack of Indifference | Mark 16:18 | kalos | 190431 | ||
"When the plain sense makes good sense, seek no other sense lest it be nonsense." Question: How do we take the bible literally in one instance and not others? An answer: 2 Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (All Scripture quotes are from the King James Version of the Bible.) The basic principle of interpretation is to interpret *plainly*. The word *literal* is avoided here because it creates connotations which have to be corrected. An overly wooden literal interpretation can be confusing or misleading and often is not necessary or desirable. Examples follow: Matt 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. *ye devour widows' houses.* Do the scribes and Pharisees eat literal wood and nails? No, "They used their position as judges to adjust claims against wealthy widows or to get the widows to leave their estates to the scribes and Pharisees" (Ryrie Study Bible). Then why did our Lord use the phrase "ye devour widows' houses"? The Bible sometimes uses a "figure of speech", which is defined as "an expression in which a nonliteral sense of a word or words is used to create a forceful or illuminating image." Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. *if ye bite and devour one another.* Does this verse mean that the people of the church at Galatia literally chew and swallow one other's flesh? Of course not. It is speaking of strife in the church. Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. *the four corners of the earth.* Have you ever seen a photograph of earth taken from space? Have you seen any corners on the planet lately? What then, is the Bible wrong? May it never be. The writer here is using figurative, not literal, language. Summary: Sometimes the literal sense is the plain sense. At other times, it is not. If one forces an overly literal interpretation where it does not fit (as in the 3 verses given as examples here), then the literal sense can indeed become nonsense. Grace to you, Kalos |
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29 | Searching for the truth | John | kalos | 190127 | ||
PRAYING in the name of Jesus doesn't mean SAYING, "In the name of Jesus." "One thing you will notice when you highlight every prayer, every supplication towards God that is uttered in the text of the New Testament is that you will never see a New Testament prayer that ends with the phrase "In Jesus' name. Amen," even though the same text teaches you to pray in Jesus' name. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to draw the conclusion that we are, first, to pray in the name of Jesus, and second, praying in the name of Jesus doesn't mean ending your prayer with the phrase "In the name of Jesus. Amen," because it is never done in the New Testament.' To read more, go to: In the Name of Jesus by Gregory Koukl at the following website: (www.str.org/free/commentaries/theology/nameofje.htm) Grace to you, John |
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30 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 190126 | ||
Cheri, A word to the wise: Never trust all opinions expressed on Study Bible Forum about any subject. :-) Grace to you, Kalos |
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31 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 190125 | ||
Justme, As you say, in the past we didn't even know the KJV was written at the 11th-grade level. But don't worry! Thanks to the public school system in the U.S. the reading levels, like our money, are being inflated. Just as it now takes ten dollars to buy the same item that cost one dollar years ago, eventually it will take a college graduate to read what an 11th grader was able to read in 1960. Grace to you, Kalos |
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32 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 190124 | ||
Mark, Good post. I agree that following the Greek word order is more of a plus than a minus for the NASB. "What good is readability if a translation does not accurately render what the Bible actually says?" --Leland Ryker, author of "The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation" Grace to you, Kalos |
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33 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 190123 | ||
Huron, Thanks for your good post. You write: 'there is a concern about the newer translations being a "change" from the KJV. Secondly, I think that the NKJV is advertised more than the NASB.' Agreed. And thirdly, not only is the NKJV advertised more, it appears that it is relatively easy to get permission to use the NKJV as the text of various study and niche (specialized market) Bibles. Such, it seems, has not been the case with the NASB, which is the text of far fewer such Bibles. Also, speaking only for myself, the NASB is not at all wooden or clumsy to one who has been reading the KJV for more than 50 years. :-) Grace to you, Kalos |
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34 | How was God YHWH called in prayer? | Matt 6:9 | kalos | 190093 | ||
"Yahweh” [YHWH] is God's only name. The Only Proper Name for God '“Yahweh” [YHWH] is not one of God’s names—it is his only name. Other titles, like “El Shadday,” are not strictly names but means of revealing Yahweh.' (At www.bible.org/netbible/index.htm go to Exodus 6. At this chapter read footnotes 5, 9, and especially 10.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The name 'YHWH' appears almost 7,000 times in the OT. However, in the KJV YHWH is usually translated as 'LORD.' 'Yahweh/Yah (or Jehovah). yhwh (or JHVH), the tetragrammaton because of its four letters, is, strictly speaking, the only proper name for God. It is also the most frequent name, occurring in the Old Testament 6,828 times (almost 700 times in the Psalms alone). Yah is a shortened form that appears fifty times in the Old Testament, including forty-three occurrences in the Psalms, often in the admonition "hallelu-jah" (lit. praise Jah). English Bibles represent the name yhwh by the title "LORD" (written in capitals to distinguish it from "lord" [adonai]. The Septuagint rendered yhwh as kyrios (Lord).' ____________________ Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/ BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi) When you enter this address, everything between the parentheses must be included. All of it belongs on one line. |
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35 | rebuking generational curses in neh? | Rom 5:12 | kalos | 190066 | ||
The person who sins will die. Eze. 18:20a NASB "God does not punish us for someone else's sins" The soul that sins, it [is the one that] shall die. The son shall not bear and be punished for the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear and be punished for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him only, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon the wicked only. Ezekiel 18:20 AMPLIFIED "What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, 'The fathers eat the sour grapes, But the children's teeth are set on edge'?" NASB Ezekiel 18:2 "The people of Judah believed they were being punished for the sins of their ancestors, not their own. They thought this way because this was the teaching of the Ten Commandments (Exod. 20:5). Ezekiel taught that the destruction of Jerusalem was due to the spiritual decay in previous generations. But this belief in the corporate life of Israel led to fatalism and irresponsibility. So Ezekiel gave God's new policy for this new land because the people had misconstrued the old one. God does not punish us for someone else's sins; and we can't use their mistakes as an excuse for our sins. Each person is accountable to God for his or her actions. In addition, some people of Judah used the corporate umbrella of God's blessing as an excuse for disobeying God. They thought that because of their righteous ancestors (Ezek. 18:5-9) they would live. God told them that they would not; they were the evil sons of righteous parents and, as such, would die (Ezek. 18:10-13). If, however, anyone returned to God, he or she would live (Ezek. 18:14-18)." ____________________ Source: NOVEMBER 8, The One Year Bible Companion, Tyndale House Publishers, 1992. Grace to you, Kalos |
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36 | rebuking generational curses in neh? | Rom 5:12 | kalos | 190063 | ||
'I am convinced that spiritual warfare has little or nothing to do with the kinds of things that pass as spiritual warfare, the binding, the loosing, the pleading of the blood, the addressing of demons, the dealing with generational demonic influence in a person's life. Why do I say that? For a very simple reason. This is never seen in the New Testament. I've mentioned this before and it's a good rule of thumb, friends, if you're embracing or engaging something as a spiritual discipline then you ought to be able to find it taught as a spiritual discipline in the Scriptures. Sometimes what we do is take a verse which has a particular meaning to us and expand it into a complete discipline and then we enjoin people to follow this discipline...' *************** 'What we do see is the disciples in the process of doing effective work and teaching us sound doctrine. But do the Apostles bind and loose, pray against territorial demons, free people from generational bondage and demonic influence, plead the blood over inanimate objects, cast out demons for different maladies or sins? No. Is this possible? Sure. But is it standard? Is it a spiritual discipline? Is it necessary according to the teaching and the example of the text? The answer is no. 'If you want to know, you've got to do the study in the text. Sound doctrine is not as easy as adopting an idea from a T.V. prophet or a charismatic, Holy Ghost revivalist and then starting to sling spiritual darts back at the devil. It involves spending time to know the truth. You're not going to get a quick fix from a book on the rack. It's got to be a life's commitment...' To read more go to: www.str.org |
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37 | besst bible commentary? | Revelation | kalos | 190062 | ||
Interpreting Revelation 'Revelation is one of the most mysterious books of the Bible. For centuries people have debated various aspects of the book--for example, the timing of the rapture of the church, the nature of the millennial reign of Christ, and the timing of Christ's return (before, in the middle of, or after the Great Tribulation). And debates have raged over the identity of the Beast, the number 666, and the Great Prostitute. Unfortunately, the debates have fueled such great controversy that Christians have been divided, and churches have even split over these issues. 'Every Christian who approaches this book must realize that if these questions have been debated over centuries, then God probably made them not clear on purpose. Churches and seminaries have made their interpretations of these debated issues part of their doctrinal statements. But they must understand that other Christians who disagree with their positions are doing only that--disagreeing. The positions regarding postmillennialism versus premillennialism do not make a difference as to whether one is a believer or not. The cardinal doctrine is whether a person believes that Christ, the Savior and King, will indeed one day return for his people and whether one has trusted in him as personal Savior. From there, the timing of Christ's return or when the church will be raptured are merely issues for discussion--not fundamental doctrines that affect a person's salvation.' Source: pp. 1200-1201, Life Application New Testament Commentary, 2001, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois Grace to you, Kalos |
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38 | Searching for the truth | John | kalos | 190058 | ||
Praying in the Name of Jesus 'What does it mean to pray in the name of someone if it doesn't mean saying, "In the name of..."? Here's what it means. 'The name of someone, in the sense that the Bible authors used it, was what the person stood for, the substance of their character, or their authority . . . When we pray in the name of Jesus . . . what we are doing is acting in [his] authority, in [his] stead, according to [his] command, and consistent with [his] desires.' 'When we pray in the name of Jesus it might be better for us to drop the phrase "In the name of Jesus" altogether because generally we don't mean, "I am praying in the authority of Jesus Christ." You know what we probably mean when we say "In the name of Jesus. Amen" ? Practically speaking, it means the prayer is over. That is the Christian exit. Amen. Translated it means, the prayer is over, let's go do what we were doing, or let's eat. 'There is power in praying in the authority of Jesus Christ, by the authority He has given you, consistent with His character, His desire, and His will. It's like when we say, "Stop in the name of the law." The policeman is saying that because he is standing in the place of the law and speaking on behalf of it. To the degree that he speaks for the law, then he can enforce the law and he has authority. When he steps outside of the law, he has lost his authority even though he still says, "Stop in the name of the law." (...) 'If you are praying in a group and you don't want to leave people mystified as to what is happening, you could just simply say, "The prayer is over, let's eat," or, "We're done, let's go on." The important thing is not what you say with your mouth. Dispense with the empty words. Get rid of them. Instead, approach the throne of God based on the authority of Jesus Christ. If you are thinking that way and that is your attitude, it doesn't matter what you say at the end of the prayer. God will hear you according to His promise.' [This article has been edited to fit here within space limitations. To read the entire article, see In the Name of Jesus by Gregory Koukl (www.str.org/free/commentaries/ theology/nameofje.htm)] |
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39 | OT people called God "Yahweh" in prayer? | Matt 6:9 | kalos | 190056 | ||
The Lord is a warrior; Yahweh is His name. Ex 15:3 HCSB I did not say that OT people called God Yahweh when they prayed. All I said was, "Yahweh is His name." The rest of my post consists of quotations from the Scriptures. How people in the OT pronounced the name of the Lord (YHWH) or if they prounounced it at all is outside the scope of my previous post. Grace to you, Kalos |
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40 | Interpreting Revelation | Revelation | kalos | 190028 | ||
Interpreting Revelation 'Revelation is one of the most mysterious books of the Bible. For centuries people have debated various aspects of the book--for example, the timing of the rapture of the church, the nature of the millennial reign of Christ, and the timing of Christ's return (before, in the middle of, or after the Great Tribulation). And debates have raged over the identity of the Beast, the number 666, and the Great Prostitute. Unfortunately, the debates have fueled such great controversy that Christians have been divided, and churches have even split over these issues. 'Every Christian who approaches this book must realize that if these questions have been debated over centuries, then God probably made them not clear on purpose. Churches and seminaries have made their interpretations of these debated issues part of their doctrinal statements. But they must understand that other Christians who disagree with their positions are doing only that--disagreeing. The positions regarding postmillennialism versus premillennialism do not make a difference as to whether one is a believer or not. The cardinal doctrine is whether a person believes that Christ, the Savior and King, will indeed one day return for his people and whether one has trusted in him as personal Savior. From there, the timing of Christ's return or when the church will be raptured are merely issues for discussion--not fundamental doctrines that affect a person's salvation.' Source: pp. 1200-1201, Life Application New Testament Commentary, 2001, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois Grace to you, Kalos |
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