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241 | Lend money to those who borrow always? | Matt 5:42 | Hank | 187118 | ||
jayvee - Greetings and welcome! For your first entry on SBF you've asked a good question, one that I don't recall having seen appear on the Forum before. Jesus' statement in Matthew 5:42 could be classified as being one of those "hard sayings" of His. When I consulted my commentators on this verse, I found that some of them had glossed over it while others had ignored it altogether. R. A. Torrey gave the most satisfactory exposition of this verse that I've ever read, and I believe it is proper to quote his explanation verbatim and in its entirety: ...... "Matthew 5:42 undoubtedly teaches that the disciple of Jesus Christ should give to everyone that asks of him, but it does not teach that he should necessarily give money. When Peter and John were appealed to in Acts 3:2-4 by the lame man at the Gate Beautiful, they gave to him, but they did not give him money -- they gave him something better. Paul distinctly says in 2 Thessalonians 3:10: 'If any man will not work, neither let him eat.' This does not mean that if a man is a tramp we should not give him when he asks, but it does mean that we should use discrimination to what we give him. Immediately after the verse in Matthew, Jesus tells us to be like our heavenly Father who 'maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and on the just and the unjust.' Our giving should be patterned after our Father's. He gives to every one that asks, but He does not always give just what they ask." ...... Thus ends the quote of a powerful preacher, R. A. Torrey, who, by the way, was the very first superintendent of the Moody Bible Institute. --Hank | ||||||
242 | worship and praise verses | Ps 117:1 | Hank | 187107 | ||
Sara - Is it surprising that there would be "heaps of verses" in the Bible that sing praises to God? You might like to narrow your quest to the book of Psalms. No greater hymns of praise were ever written than those the psalmists wrote in ages past. So many of the hymns of praise we sing in churches today have their origin in the Psalter. --Hank | ||||||
243 | Would Adam and Eve have fallen? | Gen 3:13 | Hank | 186954 | ||
Hello, Vincent - Interesting question, but calls for speculation. This is one of those "what if" kinds of questions that tickle our fancies but don't do much else. "What if" Noah's ark had sprung a leak at the height of the massive storm? "What if" TV had existed in Apostolic times, would the Apostle Paul have appeared on Meet the Press? See what I'm driving at? Such questions are interesting. But don't teach us much about Scripture, do they? --Hank | ||||||
244 | Is education nessecary? | Jer 9:23 | Hank | 186716 | ||
Hello, TC - God chose to convey His message to mankind by divinely inspired human authors through the medium of the written word. The ability to read God's word in any language requires a certain amount of verbal skill which must be learned through a process we call education. This demands hard work and dedication. No one becomes literate through some arcane process of passive mental osmosis! The ability to translate from one language to another, e.g., from Greek to English, demands verbal skills of a high order which are commonly acquired only through years of formal study or "formal education." God's word is meant to be read (Acts 8:30), to be studied (2 Timothy 2:15), to be hidden in our hearts (Psalm 119:11), and to be used profitably for teaching. reproof, correction and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16). None of these things are possible if our education is not sufficient to enable us to read and understand the written word! There are more than 50 passages of Scripture in which the verb "write" is used, often as a command. A certain amount of education is necessary in order to be able to write. ...... The question was, Does a formal education hold value in God's eyes? I think it neither presumptuous nor too far afield to draw a clear inference from Scripture that it does indeed. ..... Do you read ancient Greek and Hebrew fluently? No? Neither do I. But we wouldn't have God's word in our own tongue if some dedicated scholars hadn't gone to school and learned the ancient tongues so well that they could make a translation so accurate and faithful to the ancient languages that they become a reasonable transparency of what the Holy Spirit inspired the biblical authors to write many centuries ago. Do you suppose this holds value in God's eyes? I surely believe it does. --Hank | ||||||
245 | Calvin or Armini | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 186700 | ||
Your question, G-e, is not so simple as you say. It is. quite frankly, loaded -- meaning that it is freighted with presupposition -- because of the way you asked it. Here in essence is what you asked. You asked why would one of God's elect waste time arguing about Arminianism or studying Calvinism. You mentioned that you had made a brief study of each, and brief it must have been, since you didn't learn how to spell either. But there are Christians on both sides of the aisle, Calvinists and Arminians alike, who would take sharp issue with you about the wasting of time thing. The majority of registrants on this Forum use study tools, many of them in fact -- study Bibles, commentaries, concordances, dictionaries, and a variety of other reference works. And few if any of us believe that sola scriptura means "just me alone with my Bible." We all of us need teachers, both living ones and those who have gone before us. To learn what the saints of old have to teach us is as wise as trying to reinvent the wheel for ourselves is foolish. ..... There can be no substitute for feeding on the word of God. But there is a world of help available from the saints, living and dead, that can guide us and teach us as we feed. They in sharing with us the insights that the Holy Spirit shared with them, can help us extract more nourishment from the word of God. ..... My friend, the ancient creeds and confessions of the church didn't happen overnight, nor did the great systems of soteriology which you appear to hold in low esteem. They were, all of them, born of the careful study, fervent prayer, and sustained toil, tears, and sweat over many years by the saints of God. Who are we brash moderns, whose vision is limited and whose understanding so often flawed, that we dare think that the wise counsel of our fathers is no longer relevant? --Hank | ||||||
246 | Bible inerrancy versus author's mistakes | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 186675 | ||
Dear Asians_Friend - Will you cite concrete examples of what you deem to be "authors' mistakes"? We teach that all Scripture, though penned by man, is God breathed and therefore inerrant. See 2 Timothy 3:16. --Hank | ||||||
247 | Is their assurance for the future? | Matt 7:21 | Hank | 186538 | ||
Try http://gotquestions.org/assurance-salvation.html ..... Also, highly recommend the book, "Eternal Security" by Dr. Charles Stanley. Available at CBD.com for under 10 dollars. It may well be just the thing that will answer your many questions on soteriology. Why not give it a try? --Hank | ||||||
248 | Why is it a Religious Holiday? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 186464 | ||
Same reason as Christmas, Lent, Ash Wednesday, All Saints' Day, etc.: tradition, daughter, tradition. Not Scripture. Merely tradition. --Hank | ||||||
249 | Existance of Jesus in the OT? | Dan 3:25 | Hank | 186459 | ||
mouzehug - "Rack, Shack, and Benny"? Spare us! ..... Theophany is a self-manifestation of God, often referred to in Scripture as "the angel of the Lord" (see, for example, Genesis 16:9). Christophany on the other hand refers to preincarnate appearances of the second Person of the Triuniy, i.e., Jesus Christ. Because the angel of the Lord ceases to appear after the incarnation, it frequently has been inferred that the angel of the Lord in the Old Testament refers to a preincarnate appearance (christophany) of the Lord Jesus. Some passages that are commonly given in support of theoophanies/christophanies are as follows: Genesis 16:7-14; 21:27-21; 22:11-18; 31:11,13; Exodus 3:2; Judges 2:1-4; 5:23; 6:11-24; 13:3-22; 2 Samuel 24:16; Daniel 3:25; Zech. 1:12; 3:1; 12:8. ..... P. S. If this is part of a homework assignment, be sure to let me know what grade I made. :-) --Hank | ||||||
250 | The importance of Christian Doctrine | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 186432 | ||
ladyheart - If we may assume that you are asking a question such as, "Is Christian doctrine important?" .... or "How imporant is Christian doctrine?" -- then let's proceed on that assumption. ..... First of all, let's clear the decks, as it were, by defining what we mean when we say doctrine. Doctrine as we use in it connection with Scripture means teaching. When we speak of the apostles' doctrine, we are talking about what the apostles of our Lord taught to the first-century Christians. Christian doctrine is, in short, the corpus of the Christian message, the composite of all things that the authors of the New Testament were divinely inspired to write. To ask, therefore, about the importance of Christian doctrine is virtually tantamount to asking how important God's revealed word is. If you want to get a firm grasp of the importance of Christian teaching, read and study the book of Romans. Then I believe you would become prepared to come back to this Forum and testify to just how vital Christian doctrine really is! Bible references: 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 2:15; Acts 2:42; Romans 6:17 and 16:17; Ephesians 4:14; 1 Timothy 1:3, 4:13, 5:17, 6:1; 2 Timothy 4:2,3; and Titus 1:9. I do urge you to read and study these references in view of your question. --Hank | ||||||
251 | five top tasks to my wife | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 186354 | ||
justsomebody - Your sentence fragment does not a question make. Please be sure that what you submit to this Forum as a question IS a question, fully and lucidly stated and clearly Bible based. --Hank | ||||||
252 | What significant is Good Friday? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 186351 | ||
It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. Though widely observed in Christendom, not all communions observe it, and there is no Scripture commanding its observance. --Hank | ||||||
253 | Destiny of created beings | Is 14:12 | Hank | 186221 | ||
Dear Finder - So we meet again, as we did back during the first week of February, and I declare, lad, it looks as though you're much of a Searcher still and not much of a Finder! Much of what I wrote to you then (see Post 185446) would apply equally as well to your current olio of questions, which -- pardon me, I don't mean to put you down -- are such a hodgepodge of presumption and presupposition that I wouldn't know where to begin should I elect to attempt to answer them, which I have no intention of doing. Neither should any man undertake so formidable a task as that unless he is so foolish to believe he can play God or so brash that he dare obtrude into realms of divine sanctity where even angels fear to tread. ..... In addition to what I said in the post cited above, I wish to add two suggestions, one of my own and the other an echo of what Doc recommended to you about getting yourself a basic textbook on systematic theology and applying yourself diligently to its careful study. Your questions are all over the board and it does appear that a bassic knowledge of systematic theology would do you a world of good. In case you'd like a suggestion on such a book, try the one Wayne Grudem wrote. ......The other suggestion is that you study, mark, learn and inwardly digest what God said to His servant Job in the Book of Job, 38:1-40:2. Read it several times. Think about it and mull over in your mind exactly what it is that God is saying to Job. It is hoped that a careful study of this passage of Scripture will put a damper on some of your rather pointless musings by showing you their folly and leading you to a God-centered viewpoint of your life and world. Additionally, I recommend to you, if you are indeed a regenerate believer, to commit the following passage to memory and recall it over and over until it saturates your very being: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths" (Proverbs 3:5,6, KJV). ...... This all may seem like strong medicine to you, but friend, sometimes we need strong medicine to treat what's ailing us. --Hank | ||||||
254 | When did Josephus see the fulfillment of | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 186218 | ||
Sorry, Renee, to disappoint you by turning away your question, but this Forum is dedicated to a study of Scripture. It is not a seminar on the writings of Josephus. --Hank | ||||||
255 | Stretching oneself on a person heals? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 186202 | ||
Dear love..peace..joy - These passages describe a type of diatherapy that was common in ancient times. The body of a healthy person was used to help a sick person. This kind of therapeutic procedure was administered to aging King David by the fair damsel Abishag the Shunammite. See 1 Kings 1:1-4. To my knowledge the church does not use the practice today. --Hank | ||||||
256 | Are you a Jehovah Witness? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 186124 | ||
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257 | body piercings and why not | Lev 19:28 | Hank | 186026 | ||
Drew Boy - Make my day. Tell me why the body should be pierced except for medical reasons, e.g., to give a shot, test the blood or drain a boil. --Hank | ||||||
258 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | Hank | 185867 | ||
gkidder - One has but to observe the mush that is coming from some contemporary pulpits to know that prophecy is by no means the only topic that is left behind to make room for the fuzzy wuzzies! And what do I mean by the fuzzy wuzzies? That unscriptural, cozy feel-good, name-it-and-claim garbage -- along with other brands of post-modern humanism -- that is being preached in lieu of the gospel of Christ. .... But of course, as BradK has appropriately pointed out, prophecy (eschatology) is but one of a host of things that God's word addresses. When the apostle Paul charged his young Christian brother, Timothy, with the responsibility to "preach the word," he did say "preach the word," but he didn't say preach only segments of it; he most emphatically did not instruct young Timothy to concentrate on prophecy, for example, to the exclusion of everything else. But at the same time, Paul's charge (found in 2 Timothy 4:1-5) clearly supports the preaching of eschatology, which is an integral part of God-breathed Scripture. So does the familiar passage of 2 Timothy 3:16,17: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God (literally, God-breathed), and is profitable for doctrine (that means teaching), for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." Notice that the passage says that ALL Scripture is given so that God's people may be complete and thoroughly equipped. To zero in on any one subject -- be it eschatology, baptism, election or anything else -- and make it one's focus to the exclusion of everything else, does not make the man of God complete and thoroughly equipped; it makes him lop-sided, leading him to place a skewed emphasis upon his pet topic far beyond what the Bible places on it. This not infrequently leads him, if not to omit other vital topics entirely, to fail to give them the same emphasis which Scripture does. ..... The Bible is complete and must be read, studied and taught in its completeness. To do otherwise is to be unfaithful to the clear injunction of 2 Timothy 2:15: "Be diligent to present yourselves approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth." ..... My studies of Scripture convince me that Scripture is in perfect balance, giving to each topic that it treats of its proper due, no more and no less. We err egregiously, therefore, when from this perfect book we pick but a single topic, proceed to put a saddle on it, and ride it as though it were the only pony in God's vast universe. --Hank | ||||||
259 | God's Grace | Heb 2:9 | Hank | 185732 | ||
My dear elect - Yes, yes, yes! Talk about God's grace! Never stop talking about it! Never stop praising Him for His marvelous grace, "for by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8). ..... "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men" (Titus 2:11). ..... It was by the grace of God that His Son, our Lord Jesus, tasted death for everyone (Hebrews 2:9). ..... Use the "Get Bible Text" search engine in the right-hand channel of this home page and type in the two words, God grace. Read and study, exult and rejoice, in the many passages that refer to God's grace. .... Yes, friend, shout it from the housetops, the grace of God, I mean, and thank Him for his lovingkindness. ...... "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see" [John Newton, 1779] ...... "May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure" (1 Peter 1:2). --Hank | ||||||
260 | what church do i go to? Help!! | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 185559 | ||
maricjess - Try http://www.gotquestions.org/looking-church.html --Hank | ||||||
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