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21 | Re: Ex 33:19 | Ex 7:3 | userdoe214 | 8963 | ||
Well Hank is this true? "It is therefore fatuous and inane, if indeed not blasphemous, of us created beings to question God or to appear to offer our paltry schemes and suggestions to Him for doing things in a better way than He does." Moses offered a different way (Numbers 14:11-20) without committing sin. God even seems to have changed His mind. And the Psalms are filled with complaints and frank questioning of God. Must you push your point beyond extreme? mrk |
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22 | Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart? | Ex 7:3 | userdoe214 | 8965 | ||
Just remember, remember, remember, knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Keep it simple, keep it Bible. mrk |
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23 | Why did the NASB change JEHOVAH to Lord? | Deut 5:11 | userdoe214 | 8673 | ||
Read the introduction to your NASB. It explains that we really don't know how to pronounce that name for God, because the Hebrews quit pronouncing it themselves. So many people write the NAME as LORD (all caps.) The complication comes due (what seems to me) to be an oddity of the Hebrew language. Strictly speaking most speakers of Hebrew (past and present) do not write their language with the vowels. So when it comes to pronouncing you have to "know" were they belong. In the Hebrew text preserved by the Jews, they wrote the vowel markings in (the jots and tiddles), but with the NAME, they left them off, so no one would accidentally prounounce the holy name of God. It was a strange tradition, with no biblical foundation, but that's the way it is. So the JW's don't know any more than you on this subject. And most modern language scholars long ago forsook the Jehovah way of writing the NAME. |
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24 | Why did the NASB change JEHOVAH to Lord? | Deut 5:11 | userdoe214 | 8679 | ||
Thanks Tim, for filling in my blanks. I've been in a Hebrew congregation where this came up. The person was reading in Hebrew, but when they came to the NAME they wouldn't say anything. It seemed sadly awkward to me at the time, but I suppose they've had centuries to adjust. It breaks my heart that the NAME they've long forgotten is for them the name of The Unknown God. mrk |
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25 | Why did Gideon make an ephod? | Judg 8:24 | userdoe214 | 8717 | ||
Thanks for M.H. information, it was good. Do you have any idea why it posted so many times? mrk |
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26 | Why did Gideon make an ephod? | Judg 8:24 | userdoe214 | 8718 | ||
Thanks for M.H. information, it was good. Do you have any idea why it posted so many times? mrk |
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27 | Was Eli lax in discipline? | 1 Sam 2:22 | userdoe214 | 8698 | ||
Yes he was. But what an understatement! He should have done a Deut. 21:18-21 on them. As it was he lost them all, and totally discredited his ministry. It's interesting to note that Samuel (my favorite person of the OT), who was raised by Eli had the same problem--that is not making sure his boys did right: see I Samuel 8th chapter. A warning to all fathers. Being a son of a PK, I gave it much thought even before becoming a father. mrk |
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28 | Pay attention to literary techniques | Prov 8:22 | userdoe214 | 7831 | ||
Be careful: if the writer is using the common literary technique of personification, then don't push the literal use of words too hard. At this point the writer (Solomon) is writing poetry, so read it like poetry and get his lesson about the value of wisdom (knowledge plus goodness). But as you may suspect, readers of old were supposed to be scratching their bearded chins (or in the case of women just their chins), wondering if this were some reference to a real person--maybe the one later spoken of by John "In the beginning was the Word..." Did that answer your question? Sometimes I can be a twit. mrk |
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29 | Is Wisdom personified? | Prov 8:22 | userdoe214 | 7851 | ||
Me thinks so mrk |
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30 | Where there is no vision, people perish? | Prov 29:18 | userdoe214 | 7833 | ||
I just know I will say more than you want, but here goes. The book of Proverbs is stylistically different than most of the books of the Bible. For one, it is playful with contradictions. I don't mean that kind of accidental contradiction skeptics are always hoping to find, but the kind that makes you think (see Pr. 26:4-5). Another type is one that juxtapositions two statements which seem like opposites. This is one of those proverbs. People parish and are unrestrained when they do not properly "see" the value of doing God's law. God says not to commit adultery. The reason for some reason does not seem so clear to many people, so they are unrestrained and their lives start falling apart (i.e. they parish) as a result of breaking this simple law; for the foundation of a happy life is a happy family life, and that certainly is not possible in an home with unfaithful parents. I don't believe God requires we learn the value of His commands by watching the self-inflicted misery of others, I think He'd be much happier to give us insight (vision) into the benefits of doing things His way. Don't mean to long winded, just trying to press the point that the first part of the proverb is properly connected to the second. So keep them together. hope that helps mrk |
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31 | What is the Message? Whose is the Light? | Matt 5:16 | userdoe214 | 8443 | ||
Dear Hank, Sorry about that. mrk |
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32 | Please explain | Matt 7:13 | userdoe214 | 8771 | ||
Sharp, I like the way you make it all an organic whole. To chop it up and analyze the pieces is to study the lifeless parts. mrk |
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33 | Please explain | Matt 7:13 | userdoe214 | 8869 | ||
I like agreeing with you. mrk |
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34 | Implications of Mat 17:20 vs I Cor 13:2? | Mark 9:23 | userdoe214 | 8681 | ||
Chris, Is this a trick question? The hyperbole is to drive home, all things are possible to him who believes. But I suspect you are not looking for a high school level lesson in literary interpretation. So what's on U mind? mrk |
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35 | Mat 17:20 vs I Cor 13:2? | Mark 9:23 | userdoe214 | 8770 | ||
Chris, Thanks for clarifying your question. I can't answer it, but it starts me thinking about something undeniably important. This may keep me busy for quite some time. Thanks again, mrk |
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36 | Mark, more info please! | Mark 9:23 | userdoe214 | 8868 | ||
Well Chris, this is might be a hostile environment to discuss this, so I'll be brief. The tongues of men and angels, moving mountains, all knowledge and knowledge of mysteries are like givens in this text. But the point is: So what if you have them, if you don't have love. What your question made me think about is; what's the use of saying those things if they are not really possible. The statement has no force at all if they are impossible. It seems Paul is writing to people who were trying to achieve these things, and instead of discouraging them, he only says; fine, but don't take one step farther than you can love. Probably any commentary would say the same, but say it better. Yet the thing that stood out to me, is the understanding of mysteries. This seems to indicate a kind of knowledge that cannot be explained. Something you know, because you know. Most knowledge (like the "all knowledge" type) might be explained step by step how you came to that knowledge, but maybe not the knowledge of mysteries. You may be scratching your head why I find that important. Let's just say I find questions of epistemology frequently very important, especially when I discover people respond in unbelief that someone could interpret a dream without the use of investigative methods. Hope I didn't disappoint you too much. mrk |
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37 | Why the angels? | John 1:51 | userdoe214 | 8280 | ||
Dear Prayon, I'm hoping you get a lot of responses to this one. Mine must be brief. I've always felt like Jacob got it wrong about this vision, when he said "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it." His life might have turned out differently if he had realized, "The Lord is every place, and I didn't know it." But there is a message he could have gotten out of that, for to my knowledge he never sought help from an idol. The message was, even though God is in all places, there is only one way to Him, and that way is an active connection between Heaven and Earth. Jesus says, I am that connection. I'd give anything if someone out there can tell me if the Talmuds comment on what the BC teachers were saying about that ladder, for to put Himself in the place of that ladder must have had great significance to Phillip. Oops! I didn't answer your question: why were the angels ascending and descending? Angels brought answer to prayer, prophetic words, correction and direction in times past. I think it's safe to say those are when angels are descending. And I guess they would go back (ascending) after their job was done. What's most interesting is, what ever we ask in Jesus Name, the Father will do. It seems that says the request and the answer comes through (or in ladder language, up and down) Him. mrk |
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38 | Is the Word-Faith movement biblical ? | John 10:27 | userdoe214 | 7816 | ||
As a veteran of both movements I say, move on. Not that I have any complaint with either movement, but because those bodies of teaching are related to events of the past, but our God is doing new things all the time. There is truth in both movements (try to get that part), but some of the errors (one of which you mentioned) are almost too strange for sane people to ponder. Just remember: the Bible and the voice of the Lord are your guides (they never contradict). In the end He will judge your actions by you obedience to those to influences; not your attention to the teaching of men (even very good men). I have every confidence He is your guide, and you are in His constant care, thus never fear to put your foot on the water. mark |
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39 | Is the Word-Faith movement biblical ? | John 10:27 | userdoe214 | 7834 | ||
Be careful with the false prophet label, every legitimate prophet of all times have had that stuck on them. Just follow the Lord and leave such judgements to Him. mrk |
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40 | Is the Word-Faith movement biblical ? | John 10:27 | userdoe214 | 7837 | ||
Keep walking toward the Sun, and you will never be in the dark. I know you wouldn't have asked such a sincere question, if you did not have a sincere heart. It's just that kind of heart the Lord searches the Earth to find. |
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