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221 | Is Belief in the Trinity Required? | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 230176 | ||
ewq, I would then ask you to explain these verses. You rightly quote that the Spirit is the Spirit of the Father, but scripture also affirms that the Spirit is the Spirit of Christ. Rom 8:9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 2Co 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. And yet Christ himself says that the Spirit is somebody OTHER than himself! Joh 14:16 "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; Joh 14:17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. So we have scripture affirming that the Spirit is both the spirit of Christ, and yet OTHER than Christ. How then can you say that the teaching that the Holy Spirit is seperate is "never taught by anyone in the bible nor the early church. It was inserted by others later and made official but it is not scriptural." It is scripture that affirms it! The Spirit is Christ's Spirit, it is the Father's Spirit, and yet He is distinct from both of them though no man can comprehend this glorious puzzle! Scripture affirms precisely and almost word for word what you deny and claim to be the invention of man! And what then? If it is in scripture what then of your objections? They evaporate. And you are left with the options of putting yourself under the word, or over it. In Christ, Beja |
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222 | Is Belief in the Trinity Required? | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 230163 | ||
ewq, Part of the Terms of Use which all participants in this forum agree to is that their posts will be consistent with the following creeds. "Postings must be consistent with Biblical Christian doctrine (Apostles Creed, Nicene Creed, Chalcedonian Creed, and Canons of the Council of Orange)" This is actually a cut and paste from the Terms of Use. Here is a relevant section of the Nicene Creed: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end. Now, you don't have to agree with this to participate on the forum, but by participating you are agreeing that your posts will not contradict such a confession. These are the terms of our hosts. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with these confessions (easily found online with a google search) because every time you log into this forum you are giving your consent to abide by these rules. In Christ, Beja |
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223 | What? | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 230162 | ||
ewq, Four things. 1. It seems we will just have to disagree. 2. For you to claim that my interpretation is grammatically imposible, I think the burden is on you to provide some rule of grammer to prove such a strong statment. You have provided none. 3. While my Hebrew is poor, my Greek isn't too bad and in the septuagint it is very blatantly translated as the king and the redeemer are in fact one person being stated twice. I am happy to let the Hebrew grammer correct any mistake the septuagint might have made but the burden is on you to prove such. 4. Why have you bothered to ask this question on the forum when you are obviously already convinced of your own answer? In Christ, Beja |
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224 | What? | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 230160 | ||
I don't see how it is eliminating anything. Simply put, the "his" could refer to multiple words in the sentence grammatically speaking. Israel is one of the words in the sentence. I do not think that this is saying Christ is being redeemed by the Father. "King of Israel and his redeemer" is the phrase and I find it no twisting of the passage to suggest this is refering to the LORD as both king and redeemer of Israel. Lets substitute a sentence that is structurally identical. "Beja the instructor of Gaile, and her Father." We can see that such a structure is perfectly able to be utilized as I am suggesting, with both titles referring to the same person with two different relationships to the same person. A redeemer in everyday life was a near kin, but this was a type. Many times scripture refers to almighty God as a redeemer both of individuals and Israel. Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. And it is specifically Isaiah that depicts God almighty as Israel's redeemer. Isa 41:14 "Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you," declares the LORD, "and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. Isa 43:14 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And will bring them all down as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice. Isa 48:17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way you should go. Isa 54:5 "For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the LORD of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth. Isa 63:16 For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us And Israel does not recognize us. You, O LORD, are our Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Your name. I hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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225 | What? | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 230150 | ||
ewq1938, My sincere apologies. I think I see now the heart of your question. The reason I misread you is that usually when somebody new posts a question on a verse like this, it is a preface to them challenging the deity of Christ. My expectations that you might be doing such pressed my attention to the second half of the verse. So I apologize for my presuming something harsh like that. Now with regards to the other half of the verse, I presume the difficulty is that it sounds as if it is saying that the LORD the King has a redeemer as if our great Holy God could need to be redeemed. However, the word "his" would better be understood with Israel as its referant. In that light the text would be saying that the same LORD is both king and redeemer of Israel. Hope that helps. In Christ, Beja |
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226 | Exegete this verse please. | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 230148 | ||
The one God which eternally exists in three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, which in scripture is revealed by multiple titles but the personal name of Yahweh, or Jehovah. He is the one and only God and beside Him there is no other. In Christ, Beja |
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227 | Film clips during service- appropriate?? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Beja | 230082 | ||
K. Long, I would not say that playing a video clip is never appropriate. For one example of when it would be wonderful is a missionary sending back some footage of what God is doing as a way of blessing the sending church. With regards to clips facilitating the sermon we must stop and really consider some principles. First, nothing is sinful inherently in a video (though the content might be.) But scripture teaches that it is the word of God that will both convert sinners and grow the saints. Consider Abraham's response to the rich man. Luk 16:27 "And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- Luk 16:28 for I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' Luk 16:29 "But Abraham *said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' Luk 16:30 "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' Luk 16:31 "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'" So one concept that we must get through our skull is that what the church needs is not more clever teaching tools. Either the word of God is going to be sufficient or nothing is. Now within this principle that still leaves rooms for videos of other teachers explaining the word of God through video. A second problem with your particular case seems to be what is actually being studied. The way the human brain handles beliefs on the level of biology is, as you said, not the object of our study. But what is far worse is that scripture has already taught us a great deal about this very thing from a spritual level, a heart level. Scripture teaches us that sinful man would never repent and trust upon Christ without the operation of the Holy Sirit. 1Co 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. Joh 6:65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." Your pastor ought to be teaching you a biblical perspective on these things, not science theories. Now, that being said your pastor may be doing a fine job. I don't know the context of this occurance and he might have been showing something for a decent reason. So to sum up, we must consider the place of video clips given that it is the word of God that produces faith (Romans 10:17), and that the word of God must be the object of our study. In Christ, Beja |
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228 | Does God hate the devil? | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 230052 | ||
Huldah, I'm not sure scripture agrees with you. Psa 5:5 The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. In Christ, Beja |
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229 | Do we accept? | John 1:1 | Beja | 229989 | ||
Wings, This is what scripture tells us and we must not pit the new and old testaments against each other. Col 1:13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, Col 1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him. And Jesus tells us Joh 8:24 "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." In Christ, Beja |
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230 | Do we accept? | John 1:1 | Beja | 229984 | ||
Wings, It seems to me that your question is concerning the trinity. There is indeed a oneness in God that is so deep it is difficulty to explain. However, there are two ways you can overstate this oneness. 1.) You can overstate this oneness by denying the diety of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Scripture affirms the diety of these. So whatever Scripture is saying in these verses affirming their diety, it can not be used to contradict that or we have mishandled those passages. 2.) We can overstate God's oneness by denying the distinctions between the three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This would be akin to saying that Jesus is God but there is no distinction at all between Christ and the Father. Scripture does teach a distinction. Now within that bounds it is very fair to say that we can not begin to grasp the intense way in which they are united. Christ does affirm that anybody who sees Him has seen the Father. And Paul affirms that the Spirit is the Lord and again he calls it the Spirit of Christ. Their unity is deep beyond our ability to explain. But we must not let our inability to explain cause us to ignore either scriptures testimony of Christ's diety or its testimony of their distinctness. How should we feel about this? First, we affirm what scripture affirms whether we can explain it or not. Second, we ought to see a certain appropriatness to our inability to explain "what" God is. He is beyond our understanding. It is ours to know what He has revealed, not to explore the depths of his composition. In Christ, Beja |
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231 | HOW DID EKKLESIA BECOME CHURCH? | Acts 1:14 | Beja | 229963 | ||
Buzzard, Isaiah 29:20,21 Be careful, beloved. In Christ, Beja |
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232 | Should the ANDs be included in Genesis 1 | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 229942 | ||
Gup20, Are you dealing with the Hebrew text? In Christ, Beja |
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233 | Forgiving Blaspemies! | Mark | Beja | 229912 | ||
JohnRyals, There is no need for you to excuse yourself. You have not offended me in the least. Its hard to be overly offended about an issue of grammer. And that is what I am objecting to. I have no interest in any view point on such an argued thing as the unforgivable sin. However, you can't rightly drop off Jesus' own qualification to his statement and then suggest it to somebody else that he is adding to the word of God by simply saying what the text actually says. That's just not how you read whether it be a fiction novel or scripture. But as I said, I'm not sitting here angry over a grammatical point so there is no reason to worry on that account. Stay and discuss with us. In Christ, Beja |
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234 | Forgiving Blaspemies! | Mark | Beja | 229910 | ||
JohnRyals, Since you are clearly against taking away from a text, I'm supposing it is accidental that you left out when Jesus said "but..." and stated a clear exception. Mar 3:28 "Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; Mar 3:29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"-- In Christ, Beja |
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235 | What are some good ways to meditate? | Josh 1:8 | Beja | 229904 | ||
IsmailaGodHasHeard, The most important thing to know with regards to meditating as a christian is that it is radically different than what many other religions/people mean by it. In other settings, meditating is referring to an attempt to empty your mind in order to acheive some sort of inner stillness. In Christianity, meditation is not about emptying your mind, but rather setting your mind on God, his word, and his works in order to ponder them and understand them better. So the essential for Christian meditation is the word of God. Read scripture than think about what you have read, what it means, what it calls you to, and how it applies to various situations in your life. That is Christiant meditation. Jos 1:8 "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. Psa 63:6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches, Psa 77:12 I will meditate on all Your work And muse on Your deeds. Psa 119:15 I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways. Psa 119:27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, So I will meditate on Your wonders. Psa 119:48 And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments, Which I love; And I will meditate on Your statutes. Psa 119:148 My eyes anticipate the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word. Psa 145:5 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. In Christ, Beja |
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236 | Unpardoned sin in New Testament? | Mark | Beja | 229894 | ||
To no one poster but to the thread, How terribly this thread condemns me! For I confess to you all today that many times I rejected Christ, and many times I refused to believe, and many times I ignored the promting of the Holy Spirit prior to humbling myself before God and pleading the blood of Christ. Job 38:2 might help our study in this subject a great deal. In Christ, Beja |
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237 | Bible Referencing Divine Knowledge | Is 14:1 | Beja | 229837 | ||
Themerv, I have had some further thoughts that might help your paper, two passages and a suggestion that might lend a layer of power and purpose to your paper. Here is passage that would be a wonderful example of what you are trying to show. 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 gives instance of Paul receiving a vision of things that he describes as not lawful to utter. Further, he is given a "thorn in the flesh" to humble him in light of having seen such things. Now as far as the thesis of your paper, I have had quite a bit of practice in what makes for a strong paper and I have had too much practice in writing weak papers. A weak paper will only observe something. A strong paper will make an assertion. An outstanding paper will make an assertion that matters. Here is how I would advise you to focus the paper. Use this verse to drive it... Deu 29:29 "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law." I reccomend that you continue the corse of showing the restricted nature of certain divine knowledge, but go beyond that. Study and show not just half the equation, but show where scripture actually takes that. Show not just what scripture says not to do, how scripture teaches us not to pry into the hidden, but show how we ARE to diligently persue the revealed will of God. If you go that course now your paper has gone from just showing something and then saying "well...hope this was relevant in some way" to having your paper show "here is what scripture strongly pushes us away from, but here is what knowledge we are commanded to persue." Your paper will go to being something that is relevant for life, edifying for the church, compelling in nature and yet you still get to pursue your intended subject. In addition to all this you will be able to find many good scholarly references both recent and ancient if you search the subjects of "God's hidden and revealed will." Many great minds have discussed this topic, and interacting with and quoting great thinkers strengthens a paper. May God bless you as you persue these things. In Christ, Beja |
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238 | Bible Referencing Divine Knowledge | Is 14:1 | Beja | 229833 | ||
themerv019, Isaiah 14 might be worth looking at. However, for what my meager opinion is worth, I think you are going backwards. You are beginning with a conclusion and looking for things to support it. In Christ, Beja |
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239 | We are having sexual relations. Is this | 1 Thess 4:3 | Beja | 229828 | ||
broadway, Yes. 1Th 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; Furthermore scripture teaches that unless you repent you will damned for all eternity. Do not underestimate the seriousness of your need to repent. 1Co 6:9,10 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. In Christ, Beja |
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240 | SEEMS CONTRADICTION IN NUM 20:21-22. | Numbers | Beja | 229820 | ||
donaldb, I do not know that I can answer perfectly to your satisfaction, but let me give you some pointers on reading the story as a whole, because it is wonderful. Read it from the perspective of the peopleof Israel concerning God's faithfulness to His people. The story begins with individuals plotting the destruction of God's people in secret with the people of Israel completely unaware, and therefore unable to defend themselves in any way from this threat. Scripture itself seems to take the threat seriously. The point of the story is God faithfully standing between harm and his people. What at the beginning of the story is a secret threat which could possibly destroy the people is through the corse of the story made into something so foolish it is being rebuked by a donkey and ultimately ends with God turning the entire event to a blessing being pronounced over his people by their enemies. Read the story with that in mind and see if it is not wonderful to you as you consider the faithfulness of God watching over the saints from threats we would never even suspect! In Christ, Beja |
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