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221 | Kathy, Is "Lifting His name" Biblical? | John 12:32 | Aixen7z4 | 103920 | ||
Lifting up his name is a scriptural idea. The only problem here is, as you point out correctly, that Luke 12:32 is not the right passage to base it on. Psalm 34:3 suggests that we should lift up his name. We should do it, not primarily for our sake, but for His sake, and for their sakes, those who do not yet know Him. We should exalt him (Exodus 15:2;Isaiah 25:1). We should praise him (Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 42:12). We should boast of him (Psalm 34:2; Psalm 44:8). We should glory in his name (1 Chronicles 16:10;Psalm 105:3). We should magnify the Lord (Psalm 34:3; Psalm 69:30; Luke 1:46). It will affect and draw those who are humbly seeking him. The only point here is, again, that none of this is suggested in Luke 12:32. That passage is speaking of Jesus being lifted up on the cross. Right idea. Wrong verse. Change the verse, to Psalm 69:30ff, for example, and lift his name on high. |
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222 | Is lifting His name related to this vs? | John 12:32 | Aixen7z4 | 103849 | ||
John 12:32 is to be understood in context. What did Jesus mean when he said, “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me"? The Spirit of God led John to give the answer in the next verse (John 12:33). This he said, signifying what death he should die. By saying this, he indicated how he was going to die. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. |
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223 | Do you recall the day of your Salvation | John 12:32 | Aixen7z4 | 103845 | ||
God bless you, Kathy. I remember it as if it were yesterday. I see the place. I see the seat, exactly as it held me. I see the preacher. I hear his words exactly. "It is not enough to know about God", he said. "You must get to know him". That night I got to know him. I asked him his name, and he said, "Savior". He asked me my name, and I said, "Sinner". It seemed we both realized we were a perfect match. Strangely, though, I started calling him “Lord” and he started calling me “Saint”. He had changed me and I had decided to follow him. What is my testimony? I’ve found a friend. I’ve found a Friend, O such a friend! He loved me ere I knew Him; He drew me with the cords of love, and thus He bound me to Him; And round my heart still closely twine those ties which naught can sever, For I am His, and He is mine, forever and forever. I’ve found a Friend, O such a friend! He bled, He died to save me; And not alone the gift of life, but His own Self He gave me! Naught that I have mine own I call, I’ll hold it for the Giver, My heart, my strength, my life, my all are His, and His forever. I’ve found a Friend, O such a friend! All pow’r to Him is given, To guard me on my onward course, and bring me safe to heaven. The eternal glories gleam afar, to nerve my faint endeavor; So now to watch, to work, to war, and then to rest forever. I’ve found a Friend, O such a friend! So kind and true and tender, So wise a Counselor and Guide, so mighty a Defender! From Him who loves me now so well what power my soul can sever? Shall life or death, shall earth or hell? No! I am His forever. |
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224 | Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form | Numbers | Aixen7z4 | 103683 | ||
God is great, and in many ways beyond our understanding. But the fact that the three persons exist and work as one is not difficult to accept or understand, unless you make it so. But the folks on this forum are tough! Ouch! Be careful with them. If you are a new Christian and don’t know what happens here, you night get hurt! Tell the new believer: they do not sound too much like Jesus, but I do believe they are Christian. They are forgiven. They are my brethren. These are the kind you’ll find in church. So be prepared. Love them anyway. And do not leave. But please do not believe them when they say “the Bible describes God as one single being”. It does not. If they had seen it in the Bible they might quote the verse. They cannot. They say that the concept of three being one is beyond our human understanding. The Bible does not present it as incomprehensibel but simply presents our God three in one. We are not spooked when one of them says, “Let us make man in our image” (Genesis 1:26). The Spirit is moving (Genesis 1:2). The Son is creating (John 1:3). God the Father put all things under the Son (1 Corinthians 15:27) and the earthly scene unfolded. When Jesus is on earth and a voice speaks from heaven saying, ”This is my beloved son”, this is not ventriloquism. It is one person speaking to another. When the Spirit descends on Jesus, it is not an apparition. He is another person entering the scene. These are not one person, my friends, but three. The Bible does not say that the three are one person. We Christians have a hard time tolerating our oneness (1 Corinthians 1:12). We bite and devour one another (Gal 5:15). We divide into denominations and we have racial hatred, and we have cliques and church splits, and even religious wars. We have to try hard to keep the unity that God has set up, and peace (Ephesians 4:3). No wonder some of us have a hard time understanding how the Father and the Son and the Spirit can be one. We quarrel and fight and throw insults. But there is no such thing within the godhead. They are united. And Jesus prayed that we would be one, just as they are one (John 17:22). But it is difficult for some of us to understand and practice. That is the way it is with us concerning many things that God says. We find it hard to do, so we prefer to study. But the behavior on this forum, on this thread, proves the point that Bible study is not helpful. It is not helpful, I say, because it does not translate into behavior. We pursue knowledge and not godliness. The fact is, we do not practice what we know. We can give a good exegesis of love but we do not practice love. In fact we often do the opposite of what the Bible says. Many of us have yet to learn that God is not interested in what we know, but in what we do (1 Corinthians 8:1). Some people who have had no Bible behave better than we do. Abraham had no Bible, but he obeyed God (Hebrews 11:8). The Gentiles did not have the law, but they did the things contained in the law (Romans 2:14). And we have Bible schools. We pass man’s exams, but fail to do the will of God. You might as well say this to the new believer. This is what we do, and this is what they can expect. And let my brethren prove me true by lashing me again. No, I’m no masochist, my friend, but I am a realist. I know what to expect and I can take it. A doctor learns medicine in order to practice healing. A psychologist leans about human behavior to help humans to make good decisions. An architect learns the building trade to erect and fix buildings. Believers study the Bible in order to … I’d like to see us win a soul here, or heal a marriage, or restore a backslider, or do something else that God says. We like to display what we know, and so we study. And yet, a brother has been studying comes on here to say that “study to show thyself approved” means to study the Bible. And so, with ideas like that, we enter Bible study rooms and express our opinions. We are none the better for it. Some of us have seen so much of it, we are tired of it. But we do not give up. We practice patience and take their jabs and prod them still to love and to good works. We will not be weary in well doing. God’s goal for us is that we be one. And we will be. Just as the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are one. Separate persons but one God. Grace to you from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Don't study these things, my friends. Do them. And the God of peace will be with you. |
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225 | must be theologians? | Numbers | Aixen7z4 | 103609 | ||
No!!! Theologians have always tried to justify their craft by telling us that they are the only ones who know. But God is no respecter of persons. Open your heart, and he will reveal himself to you. Open your eyes. Look at Jesus. Nicodemus says, "How can these things be?" but the man who had been touched by Jesus says, "One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see". Thus saith the LORD, “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me”. |
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226 | Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form | Numbers | Aixen7z4 | 103539 | ||
It is good to have such a request from someone who has recently gotten saved. People like that are usually sincere in their questions, really wanting to know and not to make a mystery of everything. This person will probably keep it simple and accept what God has revealed about himself. I recently had the privilege of leading a gentleman to the Lord and he asked the same question. He accepted the answer quite readily and seemed to be satisfied. Let me offer you the same explanation and see if you and this new convert will also find satisfaction in it. There are three beings who work together to rule the universe. Each one is called God, but that is only their title. One is called the Father. One is called the Son. The other is called the Holy Spirit. They are united in the way they work together, always agreeing, never opposing each other. They all have the same qualities such as holiness, power, and knowledge. They are supreme and perfect in all these areas. They do different things. The Father rules over all. The Son created the heavens and the earth and keeps them in working order. He once took the form of a man and allowed himself to be crucified, but he then rose from the dead and went back to heaven. The Holy Spirit goes about restraining sin, convicting people and leading them to Christ for salvation. He lives in some people, the ones who are saved, helping them to understand the Bible, guiding their lives, comforting them, and so on. People refer to this group of three as the Trinity, although they never call themselves that. The Father refers to himself by many names, such as the Almighty and El-Shaddai and so on. He also refers to the Son as "my beloved Son" and to the Holy Spirit as "my Spirit". The Son speaks of himself as the Son of Man and so on. He refers often to his Father in heaven and to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who inspired people to write the Scriptures and they never used the word Trinity. However, they did speak of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Although these writers admit that they do not know everything about God, they freely wrote about what was revealed to them. They did not seem to have any difficulty with the fact that the God of the universe consisted of three persons acting together as one. |
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227 | Is divine initiative always passive? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 103449 | ||
I think that Kathy indicated she was quoting from a commentary when she used that terminology. I do not think she should be asked to explain or defend it. The commentary: Should Christians Keep the Sabbath? by Wayne Jackson Christian Courier: Archives Wednesday, January 17, 2001 ……… The disciples at Troas “were gathered together” [passive voice] upon “the first day of the week” to break bread, i.e., to worship, (Acts 20:7). The specific day of meeting was no accident. Though Paul was anxious to get to Jerusalem (20:16), he waited seven days for the opportunity to assemble with the church. Moreover, the passive voice (see above) indicates that the assemblage was orchestrated by someone other than the disciples; it was of divine initiative. ...... I am here to say that author was trying too hard. “Were gathered” is not any more passive than “had gathered”. The phrase does not imply that those gathering were doing so under anything but their free will or social pressure. The suggestion that those people gathering were doing so under the direction of God is not warranted. Moreover, the whole argument for making Sunday a special day is not warranted. Some choose to meet and worship on the day of the resurrection, and they are free to do so. God has not asked us to do that. It may be that the early disciples met on that day, but we have not been asked to follow their example. But we may feel free to follow their example. Romans 14:5,6 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. I think every day is for worship and I wish we could be gathered for worship every day. Do you have a problem with that? Then gather and worship when you see fit. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way (Romans 14:10ff). Judge this, that is our job to love, to help, to encourage, to share. Judge this, that it is not our job to judge another. And let no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days. |
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228 | satan days | Eph 6:13 | Aixen7z4 | 103015 | ||
Hello Augusto: Do you understand now what "the evil day" refers to? Paul says we should put on the armor of God so we can stand “in the evil day”. The "the evil day" refers to the times of danger. That is the time when the devil attacks us. That “day” can be come at any moment, and it can last a long time. May God give us grace to recognize these attacks and to stand against the efforts of the devil. What Kathy has said is also true. “Satan is still ruling in the earth today”. He is called the prince of this world, and the prince of the power of the air. “We must remember that … he does have power, and those who do not know … his devices … become his victims”. How true! We see the ravages of his rule all around us, in ruined lives. Our only protector is God. He is stronger than Satan. You are correct in saying that there are times when we are experiencing God's blessings and Satan seems to be no where around. And there are other times when Satan’s presence is felt. That is when we have temptations. That is when we want to do bad things. Does the devil have a specific day to attack? It that what it means by "the evil day"? No. Any day that he is attacking is an evil day, and he can attack at any time. Also, we can say that all of these days are the evil day. These are perilous times, and God is allowing him to attack. But he is also he is telling us to expect it, and to resist him. One day this will all be past. The devil will be locked up and we will be rid of him. The "evil day" will have come to an end. Searcher is searching for more details and scriptures, but I think he understands what the evil day is. I hope you understand. |
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229 | Aixen7z4, Please cite Scripture. | Eph 6:13 | Aixen7z4 | 102985 | ||
It is important to cite Scripture. Matthew 4:1ff Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him. The point here is that Satan had 40 days plus with him. Matthew 16:13ff When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?” … He saith unto them, “But whom say ye that I am?” And Simon Peter answered and said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God“. And Jesus answered and said unto him, “Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven“. … From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, “Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee“. But he turned, and said unto Peter, “Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men“. The point here is that Satan did not have the whole day, just a moment within it. Rev 2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: I take this to mean that Satan was holding sway in that city, night and day, in that period of time. Rev 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. I take it that his sway would last “ten days” in that (other) place. As for the length of time he spent with Job I have no Scripture, except one to indicate it was more than seven days (Job 2:13). |
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230 | Aixen7z4 Where does it say it is his day | Eph 6:13 | Aixen7z4 | 102980 | ||
I used simple logic to assume that since he is walking about then he is free at least to walk about. 1Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. I contrast that to Revelation 20:1 where John saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. Again I come to the same conclusion. He will be bound then. He is free now. I hope this answers two questions in one. I take it that the fact he is free and that this is his day (to go about doing his thing) are the same thing. |
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231 | Should a Christian take a man to court? | 1 Cor 6:1 | Aixen7z4 | 102964 | ||
Please take the advice you sought. The advice from New Creature is good. You can decide to "suffer wrong" and "turn the other cheek". If that is hard, then share the burden with other Christians on the job. Take up the matter with the owner of the business. | ||||||
232 | Should a Christian take a man to court? | Prov 25:8 | Aixen7z4 | 102962 | ||
I suspect the answer is Yes, that is, it would be wrong to take that person to court. Take EdB's advice and take up the matter with the owner of the business. | ||||||
233 | satan days | Eph 6:13 | Aixen7z4 | 102959 | ||
A good and important question, and I think you are on the right track. Experience seems to tell us that there are some days when everything seems to go right. Then we feel that the Lord is in control. Some days everything seems to go wrong, and it seems that Satan is in control. Scripture seems to tell us that that this “evil day” is not necessarily a whole day and it can be more than one day in a row, a period of time. Thus, in Luke 22, as he faced the cross, Jesus said to the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, “this is your hour, and the power of darkness“. Before that, He had been led into the wilderness for forty days, to be tempted of the devil, and now he had gone into the Garden of Gethsemane. That was an “evil day”. Job had a period of testing, in which Satan had been allowed to have his way with him. That was a dark and “evil day”. There is a sense in which all of these days are evil days. Satan is going about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. He is free to do that now because this is his “day”. I think you can expect periods of time when Satan will be there to bother you. This is the time in which he is allowed to do that. He can come to you suddenly, and he can stay a while. We have to be prepared to resist him. This is an “evil day”. |
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234 | what good is it to Ahaz | Is 7:14 | Aixen7z4 | 102874 | ||
1Pe 1:12 Unto them it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. | ||||||
235 | Don't you just love him? | 2 Cor 12:10 | Aixen7z4 | 102869 | ||
Even if I have to answer my own question, I will do this. Even if there are no other takers, I will prolong this, because it is of practical importance. I get back to your post, my sister, because there is so much wisdom in it. Though I have doted on other aspects, let me now focus on this one: Don’t wait for an apology. I confess I have done that. We learn bad habits and they sometimes stick. I have seen people come back with an apology and I learned that it could happen, that it might happen, and I have waited for it. Strange thing I have seen is that an offer of an apology is sometimes what elicits one. Say to him, “I want to apologize for anything I did” and he says, “I am the one to apologize”. Say nothing, he says nothing. And I have seen it happen after many years. Continue to attend. Continue to be kind. Remain approachable, and it can happen. Withdraw, and they will blame you. But enough about experience. What does the Scripture say? Jesus did not wait for an apology. It touches my heart. “If Jesus had waited around for an apology from those who hurled verbal insults at Him, ... we would still be waiting for Him to go to Calvary”. Yes. Even when he was on the cross, at Calvary, they were insulting him. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, … Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, … The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. And we must follow his example. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. Heb 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. But does that mean to leave a church or any company of believers? I do not think so. But that’s another subject. What does it mean? Let us discuss that, together, sometime. Hang in there. |
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236 | Removing church members | 1 Cor 5:7 | Aixen7z4 | 102863 | ||
This is a sad day, isn’t it? Only God can give life, but some men feel they can take it. Only God can join two people together and make them one, but men put them asunder. Only God can put fruit in the womb, but men feel free to rip it out. Only God can add people to the church, but some feel they can remove them. Scriptures related to this are: 1Co 12:12,13 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. Those who want to practice excommunication or expulsion would use: 1Co 5:11,12 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. They would not use: 2Co 2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. |
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237 | Please Help I am looking | Heb 10:25 | Aixen7z4 | 102778 | ||
Hebrews 10:24,25. “Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching“. I happened by and saw your question and I thought I'd help. Now please tell us: How are you going to use that information? |
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238 | PROVE ME: God's challenge to tithers | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 102479 | ||
Did you mean "to non-tithers"? “God’s Challenge to Non-Tithers”? I take it that the tithers already have God pouring out the blessings and it is the non-tithers who need to see what God would do if they tithed. If that system was in operation today we could prove what we wanted to prove by simply doing a statistical analysis comparing tithers to non-tithers. It should be easy to see who had received the blessings. But now, if, as you suggest, the issue is not tithing but proving God that is the issue, how do you suggest we do that? We could look for some other conditional promise and give God some time, and if he doesn't come through with the expected blessings, then what? It might just remind us that tithing is a command which, like the offering of lambs, belongs under the old covenant. The new covenant asks us to give sacrificially, and when we do that, we are not looking for anything in return. We do not want to prove God now. God has already proven everything. On the cross. He has gone before and given us all the blessings. On the cross. Now, it is our turn to give. Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. Everything belongs to God, and we are the stewards, and we use and give according to the need, according to Luke 6:36, 1 Cor 9 and 2 Cor 9, 1 John 3:17, etc. I wonder if there is any place in the new covenant where we are told or invited or encouraged to prove God. We walk by faith now, I think, not by sight. |
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239 | Are you onced saved always saved? | John | Aixen7z4 | 102477 | ||
Someone should choose the name Summarizer and undertake to summarize the discussions on some of these topics. Otherwise the same questions will be asked forever. A summary will at least give us a new starting point instead of having the question take us back back back, back to the beginning again. | ||||||
240 | repost | Col 1:20 | Aixen7z4 | 102476 | ||
"Heaven" or "heavens"? The problem may lie in our understanding of the word “heaven” here. Does it refer to God’s home or to the atmosphere? Please note that many translations render this passage as “through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens”. The literal translations all use the word “heavens” and not “heaven”. With that, remember the following: 2Pe 3:7 the heavens and the earth are now kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. Psalm 102:25,26 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. If the “heaven” in Colossians 1:20 really refers to the atmosphere, we can understand that it, along with the earth, has been polluted. It needs to be reconciled to God, cleaned up and restored to him. I wonder if this answer satisfies you. |
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