Results 221 - 240 of 344
|
||||||
Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Lionstrong Ordered by Date |
||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
221 | Did blacks exist in biblical times? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 16722 | ||
Dear Leroy, I find your question humorous and curious. Did it strike you as strange that Africans might have been in Jerusalem at the time of the crusifixion? Why? A while later Philip baptized an Ethiopian. Acts 8:26-40 So, Africans did have commerce with Jerusalem. Welcome to the forum! Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
222 | Creation vs Evolutionists | 2 Pet 2:1 | Lionstrong | 16713 | ||
Dear Browneyed, Maybe I don't understand your question, but why should incessant attacks render anything incredible? Peace, Lionstrong. And Welcome to the StudyBible Forum! |
||||||
223 | Are there angels before earth was formed | Gen 1:1 | Lionstrong | 16635 | ||
Dear Lydzen, I copied this from one of my previous posts. The heavens are part of this creation. Note Gen 1:8 Lionstrong Wed 08/15/01, 8:43am In v. 1 it reads God created the heavens. In verse eight I note that God called the firmament (NKJV) or expanse heaven. In v. 1 heaven is plural and in v. 8 it's singular. In v. 8 is the naming of the physical (visible) heaven. Just as God created all things in the visible world, that is, in heaven and earth, He also created all things in the invisible world, that is, in one of the other heavens. God created the HEAVENS in the beginning. Although the focus (as is with the rest of Scripture) is on Man and his environment, the invisible world (one of the other heavens) was created in the beginning too, not before the beginning. In the Scripture God directs our attention to our own practical interests, Man and his environment. The focus, therefore, is on the creation of Man and his environment, and not on the creation of the other heavens and the creatures that inhabit them (although it is mentioned here to inform us of its origin). But again the heavens and all they contain were also made "In the beginning." In other words, the unseen world of the other heavens are part of this creation, not a part of a supposed first creation which was destroyed. V. 9 strengthens this notion of ONE CREATION by using the plural of heaven, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered in to one place..." In other word the HEAVENS were part of this 6 day creation. The Bible does not know two creations, only one... except for our being new creations in Christ. Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
224 | admit | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 16331 | ||
Experience and the Word of God Dear Peaches, I admit that I have questions. “My point God can not be limited to just what we read in the bible.” Yes, but our only source of authoritative, true and reliable knowledge of God is from His Word alone. Is. 8:20 says, “To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.” What we THINK we have experienced of God must be checked with his Word. And if what we think we have learned about God from that experience conflicts with what his Word says about him, then that experience has not taught us the truth. It must be according to his law and his testimony or else it has no dawn (light). “but is it possible that the life we living will be the next story to tell to the generations to come.” Ps. 103:2 says, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits...” Ps. 78:4 says, “We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.” Yes, Peaches, we should tell our children what the Lord has done for us. But our experience will not be the next record of the Word of God. God has told us all the things that he wants us to know and all that we need to know. 2 Timothy 3: 16,17 says, “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.” “If the people in the bible did not record what they where experiencing how would we now that God was real?” You’re right. We wouldn’t. But the Word of God is not just a human record of people’s experience of God. It is what God directed only special people to write by His authority alone. 2 Pet. 1:21 says, “for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” So, nothing in the Word of God is there because someone wanted to write down the wonderful things they experienced from God. “We to must open the forum to discussions based on our experiences with the creator so that the generations to follow will understand from a spiritual perspective as to existence of the Creator.” We can do that, but not for the purpose of discovering some new revelation. We can do it for praise and thanksgiving and to put our experience under the light of God’s Word. You know that we still have sin in our lives, and sin is deceitful. This is also why our experience cannot be a basis or source of knowledge about God. This is why the source must be God’s inerrant, infallible Word. ‘You and I both are in search of the ultimate question of who God is. Where did God come from?” From His Word I already know God. John 17:3 says, "And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.” And God tells us in his Word the answer to you second question. Peaches would you like to know God? Jesus says, ”All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.” (Matt. 11:27) Jesus can reveal him to you. Study his Word and ask Jesus to give you understanding of what God says about himself in His word. Jesus said, "... and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.” John 6:37 Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
225 | So what is God's vs. Adam's image? | Gen 5:3 | Lionstrong | 16239 | ||
Dear Bill, I'm pasting this from an earlier post. Peace, Lionstrong what is his image? Answer Gen 1:26 Lionstrong Mon 06/18/01, 5:15pm "...the first verse to be quoted, and for the purpose of showing that Scripture defines the image as knowledge and righteousness, is Colossians 3:10. The definition is derived by noting that the new man is such because God has renewed him after the image in which he was originally created. Ephesians 4:24 mentions righteousness, but Colossians has knowledge only. Its previous context speaks of "the old man with deeds." Then comes a contrast with "the new man." In what consists the renewal that makes the old man the new man? The verse says, He is renewed "to knowledge." He is renewed to knowledge according to the image of the Creator. That is to say, the image of God, in which image man was created, is knowledge. Of course this does not mean that Adam was omniscient: yet he had some knowledge, and this is not said of the animals. Since this knowledge comes by the act of breathing into Adam the spirit of life, the knowledge must be considered, not as the result of observation, since Adam had not yet observed anything at all, but as the apriori or the innate equipment for learning.... "The image must be reason because God is truth, and fellowship with him--a most important purpose in creation--requires thinking and understanding. Without reason man would doubtless glorify God as do the stars, stones and animals; but he could not enjoy him forever. Even if in God's providence animals survive death and adorn the heavenly realm, they cannot have what the Scripture calls eternal life because eternal life consists in knowing the only true God, and knowledge is an exercise of the mind or reason. Without reason there can be no morality or righteousness: These too require thought. Lacking these, animals are neither righteous nor sinful. Gordon Clark. "The Biblical Doctrine of Man." pages 14 and following. |
||||||
226 | Is God still creating man in His image? | Gen 5:3 | Lionstrong | 16237 | ||
...continued from part one. Is God still creating man in His image? Part Two Some Christians make a mistake in thinking that because man is a sinner he is nothing. No, it is the greatness of man the image of God that makes sense of all the trouble God has gone through to save him. And it is what makes a man’s loss so tragic. “AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER?” 1 Pet 4:18 Let me close by quoting what a group of many pastors have written to summarize what the Bible teaches about man. Notice that they speak of corruption of our nature and loss of righteousness, but not obliteration of the image of God: “After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls, endued with knowledge, righteousness and true holiness, after his own image, having the law of God written in their hearts, and power to fulfil it; and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change. Besides this law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures. “Our first parents being seduced by the subtlety and temptation of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin God was pleased according to his wise and holy counsel to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory. “By this sin they fell form their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body. “They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation. “From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions. “This corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated, and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, yet both itself, and all the motions thereof, are truly and properly sin. “Every sin, both original and natural being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth is its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner, whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God, and curse of the law, and so made subject to death, with all miseries spiritual, temporal, and eternal.” Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter four, section II, and chapter six. Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
227 | Is God still creating man in His image? | Gen 5:3 | Lionstrong | 16236 | ||
Dear Bill, Is God still creating man in His image? Part One I understand your question even though your wording isn’t quite right. If I were to answer your question as it is written, I would say no, God’s work of creation ended on the sixth day. But your question is, is fallen man still the image of God? Man, though fallen, is the image of God. Granted, the image is thoroughly corrupt, but it is still the image. Again I emphasize that what defines man as man, what distinguishes him from the animals and the rest of creation is that he is the image of God. No matter how tainted, man is the image of God. He has lost his holiness and righteousness in the Fall, but he did not cease to be what he is. He became a sinner; he did not become non-man. God defines man, even after the fall, as his image, “Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God he made man.” (Genesis 9:6) Let me put it another way. The image of God is not something that is part of man, something that man houses in his being. The image of God is WHAT MAN IS. It’s not part of man; it’s what man IS. I Corinthians 11:7 says that man “is the image and glory of God…” It is dangerous to deny to any man the image of God, no matter how evil he is or heinous his crimes. It is on the basis of the denial of the image of God that American slavery, worldwide abortion and stem cell research are justified. If man is a species of animal, it IS justified! But he’s not. He is not a species; he is not an animal; he is not a machine; he is the image of his creator, though the image is spoiled. The value of man, the only basis for the real value of man, is that he is the image of God. And the image of God is not only the basis for the value of man, but it is also the basis of justice (Genesis 9:6). And, most crucial, it is the basis for our redemption in Christ Jesus. At the Fall, man did not cease to be man; he ceased to be holy. At the Fall, man sought to satisfy his desire for knowledge and wisdom illegitimately. It plunged our race into sin and darkness. Our redemption in Christ restores that image to its original holiness, righteous and truth. Col. 3:10, 11 says, “…and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him-- a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.” Eph. 4:24 says, “…and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” continued in part two. |
||||||
228 | Are all men created in God's image? | Gen 5:3 | Lionstrong | 16107 | ||
Man, the Image of God Dear Bill, Man is the image of God. ¶. Gen. 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Gen. 1:27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. ¶. God created MAN in his image. Adam was the NAME of the first man, but Man the creature was created in the image of God. This was what he was created to be. This was his “kind.” As each creature was “made after its kind,” the kind of creature man was, was a creature made in the image of God, unique among all of God’s creatures, in a class by himself. God did not say, “Let us make Adam in our image...” It is on the basis of what man is that he is given dominion over the earth. Man is not an animal, and in our culture it is also necessary to maintain that man is not a machine either. ¶You might ask yourself some questions: If man is not the image of God, what is he? What makes man unique if it is not his being the image of God? On what basis is he to be treated differently from any other creature? ¶. Read the creation account and notice that each living creature falls into a certain class or group, “the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Gen. 1:26 But man is not placed in any of these categories. His is in a class by himself, the image of God. ¶. Other passages to consider: “Gen. 9:6 "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.”” It is on the basis of what man is -- the image of God -- that he cannot be treated like an animal ¶. 1 Cor. 11:7 For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. In more poetic language David affirms that man is the image of God which is the basis for his dominion over the earth: Ps. 8:3 ¶ When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; Ps. 8:4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him? Ps. 8:5 Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God, And dost crown him with glory and majesty! Ps. 8:6 Thou dost make him to rule over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet, Ps. 8:7 All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, Ps. 8:8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. ¶. You see how this psalm reflects Gen. 1. Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
229 | Eternal Security? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 15462 | ||
Eternal Security and the “If” Clauses Dear Tim, Your question is, “Do the “if” clauses of I Cor. 15:1, Col. 1:21 and II Pet. 1:10 imply that the teaching of eternal security is false?” Can a true believer turn away from the faith and thus be lost? Both logically and biblically the answer is no. This is a question on will a true believer persevere in the faith till the end. But first a quote from the Westminster Confession of Faith, which summarizes the Biblical position: “I. They, whom God hath accepted in His Beloved, effectually called, and sanctified by His Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere therin to the end, and be eternally saved. II. This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father; upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ, the abiding of the Spirit, and of the seed of God within them, and the nature of the covenant of grace: from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallibility thereof.” Now, both the Corinthian and Colossians verses are restatements of justification by faith alone. If one holds fast to (that is, believes) the word preached (the gospel) then they are saved. Colossians says that by the vicarious death of Christ we are reconciled to God by faith. And none of the three verses given teach salvation by works. Two principles are at work in these verses: 1), that justification is by faith alone, and 2), that we are warned against self deception. None of the verses sited contradict justification by faith alone apart from the works of the law. Yet none of the verses leave a person complacent about faith in Christ, just as God in his word never allows a believer to become complacent about sin or the pursuit of holiness. A verse that kind of sums up these verses is 2 Cor. 13:5, “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you-- unless indeed you fail the test?” Now, whereas these verses emphasize faith, other verses focus on good works. Both sets of verses exhort us to vigilance that we might avoid self deception. If we find ourselves becoming cynical towards the Word, we’ve no assurance that His Word is really in us. If we’re complacent about the sin in our lives, God gives us no assurance that we are “good trees.” A good tree bares good fruit. God’s power to save his people is beyond doubt (Is. 59:1 Behold, the Lord's hand is not so short That it cannot save...), but man’s weakness to self-deception as well as sin’s ability to deceive makes such verses very necessary, and we should thank God that he’s given them to us. Faith is a gift (Eph. 2:9). He gave it. He won’t take it back. And even our good works are not ours, but that which has already been prepared for us by him (v. 10), and “He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” Phil. 1:6 “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” Jude 1:24,25 Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
230 | Satan take the place of God in Genesis? | Gen 3:22 | Lionstrong | 15191 | ||
Gen 3:5 "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Gen 3:22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- Dear Ricardo, It wasn't becoming a sinner that made man like God. It was knowing good and evil that made man like God. In both verses it says "you will be like God, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL." I hope this helps. And welcome to the StudyBible Forum! Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
231 | Why does God harden Pharoh's heart | Ex 7:3 | Lionstrong | 15171 | ||
Dear Fefala, Welcome to the Forum! As Steve said, your question has been asked before and there has been much discussion. It is a good and important question. As you get familiar with making you way around in the forum, you will see what others have asked and answered about this important verse. In the meantime I will direct you to two other passages of Scripture. Now, this very verse tells you why God hardened Pharoah's heart. He did it to "multiply his signs and his wonders in the land of Egypt." But two other passages you might look at are Exodus 9:16 and Romans 9 where Paul talks about God hardening Pharoah's heart. Again, there has been much discussion of the issues of this verse. We are not a united forum. Read the questions and answers given, think and pray about them and rely on the Holy Spirit to decide and accept that which is true to His Word. Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
232 | How does the flesh affect sin? | Matt 5:29 | Lionstrong | 15153 | ||
Matt 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matt 5:29 "If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. Matt 5:30 "If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell. Dear Steve, I asked the question, and thanks for taking the time to post this passage. It does not imply, however, that our mortal body influences us to sin. It is in deed a brilliant use of language by our Lord, however. As the context shows, it's the inner man, not his body, that the Lord is dealing with, the evil desires of ours hearts to lust (the eye) and to take (the hand) what is not ours to want or to have. Thanks again. Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
233 | Should the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 15037 | ||
Dear Ed, Should the Bible be taken literally? is a poor, if not silly, question. Insert any other book in that question and you’ll have your answer. Whether a book is to be taken literally depends on the type of literature it is. And since the Bible is made up of many books of several types of literature, whether one takes it literally depends on what book or what portion of Scripture one is reading. The are no writings that don’t contain some figurative or non-literal expressions. In terms of reading a text of Scripture, with the exception of reading it reverently, it should be read like any other book. The only difference between the Bible and other books is that the Bible alone is the Word of God. Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
234 | What proof? | Gen 1:1 | Lionstrong | 15035 | ||
Dear Raymondo, After the question of incest is dealt with, all other questions about Cain's wife are academic, as I see it. But your observation is correct. :-) Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
235 | Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? | Ex 20:8 | Lionstrong | 15025 | ||
Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? Dear Kalos, If you’ll do a search of the word Sabbath, you’ll find many posts on this topic. They’ll fall into four answers: 1) No. Christ has freed us from any obligation to the Law — Antinomian and some dipensationalists. 2) No. We are obligated to the Law except for the fourth commandment — divided among several denominations and theological persuasions. 3) Yes. We are obligated, and the Sabbath is to be kept on the 7th day — 7th Day Adventist, 7th Day Baptist. 4) Yes. We are obligated, but the Sabbath is to be kept on Resurrection day (1st day)-- Divided among several denominations and theological persuasions. Read the arguments, and decide which one is true to the Scriptures. Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
236 | Was Adam first or only man God created | Gen 1:1 | Lionstrong | 15020 | ||
Dear Brian G., "Where is the Bible does it specifically say that the only man created by God was Adam, as opposed to Adam being the first man created by God? Let's reword this and have you answer it: Where in the Bible does it specifically say who were the only men created by God besides Adam, as opposed to Adam being the first man created by God? You'll find nothing in the Bible that supports God making more than one human pair. If he did then the human race would not be of one man. (Acts 17:26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,) Now, why do you ask this question? What's your point? Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
237 | Hebrews 6:4 | Heb 6:4 | Lionstrong | 14592 | ||
Dear Ren333, You're right to believe that those whom an almighty God has saved, he keeps, because this is indeed what His word assures us is the case. And you are also right in applying that wonderful truth to this passage of God's Word. Having eliminated what it does not and cannot mean, one is one step closer to finding out what it in fact does mean. I appreciate Tim’s honesty in mentioning his theological persuasion. The forum is not united theologically. It is made up of Christians of various theological stripes. So you yourself must decide whether any given answer squares with the Word of God. As a Christian, I grew up among those who taught “once saved, always saved.” I believe this is biblical and consistent with the biblical view that God is almighty, the author and finisher of our faith (Heb. 12:2). The label attached to my theological persuasion is Reformed. So this passage cannot be talking about a true believer, but about someone who was a “church goer”. But believers should take this passages to heart, and examine themselves. God is holy, and the design of any warning against sin and unbelief is never to leave a believer comfortable in sin and to spur him on to love and good works and the pursuit of sanctification without which no one will see the Lord (Heb. 10:24; 12:14) Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
238 | Are we do pray to Jesus? - II | Matt 6:9 | Lionstrong | 14356 | ||
Dear Steve, John 14:14 "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it. Does this verse answer your question? Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
239 | Did God make mankind to show His love? | Deut 29:29 | Lionstrong | 14343 | ||
Dear Sir Pent, Also, don't expect to find agreement among forum members to your question. The forum is made up of members of many theological stripes. You were combining answers as if together they made up a complete answer to your question. You realise that one answer may be contrary to another. You must decide which answers are most faitful to Scripture. Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
240 | Did God make mankind to show His love? | Deut 29:29 | Lionstrong | 14332 | ||
Dear Sir Pent I misunderstood you. When you asked for "God's purpose in life" I did not understand that you were simply rephrasing your original question about why did God create. I misunderstood you to be asking why did God exist, which does not apply to God because He's not a created being. He is eternal. Peace, Lionstrong |
||||||
Result pages: << First < Prev [ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ] Next > Last [18] >> |