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241 | 3 brothers descendants changed | Col 1:16 | jlhetrick | 205923 | ||
Yes, that race is in the bible. The different "races" were recognized long before Darwin so I'm not sure why you threw that in there. Yes, Race is in the bible. I've already provided the references. It's not an issue of debate for me and we could go about defining and redefining the word . To avoid further confusion I'll provide the definition I am using. a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock : a class or kind of people unified by shared interests, habits, or characteristics (the English race) (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary). There is nothing in my statements that would, or should, cause anyone to draw the conclusion that I am saying that there are different species of people. Sorry if that was the impression you got. God bless, Jeff |
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242 | 3 brothers descendants changed | Col 1:16 | jlhetrick | 205688 | ||
Val- I can certainly appreciate all you’ve said sister. Start here: Ezra 9:2, Zech 9:6, Mark 7:26, Acts 7:19, Rom 9:5, 1Pet 2:9, And speaking of mankind… James 3:7. God bless, Jeff |
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243 | Praise Dance Wrong Worship? | Ps 149:3 | jlhetrick | 205687 | ||
Yes John, and we can be grateful to those whom He has called to that ministry. Jeff |
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244 | Praise Dance Wrong Worship? | Ps 149:3 | jlhetrick | 205673 | ||
Sister Azure- You wrote: "I think the sole purpose of any modes used must be helpful to draw people's focus on God. This is my main concern. If the mode (be it dancing, singing, playing instruments...) easily distract people's attention, it is better not to use it." Thank you for bringing that to the attention of the forum. It's wonderful to hear/see, especially coming from someone who is (or recently was) involved in leading praise and worship in her local church. While I acknowledge that I often fall short of the mark, I also acknowledge that everything we say and do should be in praise and adoration of His holiness. Too often we see the portion of the local services most commonly referred to as the praise and worship turn in to anything but. Or at least many of us have seen this to be true. Some are guilty of coming before the congregation singing, dancing, and other activities which appear to be more of a focus on "look at me" "listen to how beatiful I can sing", or even... "look at what the children were able to learn to perform.." I'm not trying to be overly critical, just pointing to my understanding of how it should be vs. how it often appears to be as I agree with you. So that I don't appear to be simply pointing my finger, let me share. I'm no preacher, but I have been asked to give the message from the pulpit on more than one occasion when the pastor would be out of town, etc. While I prepared the massages with fervent prayer and lengthy committed study... I wonder just how much I detracted from His message out of concern for my own presentation. Thanks again for your comments and God bless, Jeff |
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245 | 3 brothers descendants changed | Col 1:16 | jlhetrick | 205671 | ||
Hello Val- actually the Bible does speak of race, both as it pertains to humans distinct from other humans and to humankind being a "race" distinct to all other creatures. I would include the Scripture references but it might be more fun to do a word study. God bless, Jeff |
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246 | who torments in the lake of fireer | Revelation | jlhetrick | 205606 | ||
I don't know the answer but I will try to work through it with you while we wait on others better prepared. What the "Lake of Fire" even is has been debated but I'm going to make an assumption your speaking of the eternal state of the unsaved. If I'm wrong on that please correct me. I'm not sure if it's a question of "who" or a question of "what" does the tormenting. Popular belief is that Satan will be doing the tormenting but I haven't found that in Scripture. Instead, the "lake of fire" is a place that was "prepared for Satan and his angels” (Matt 25:41) and that Satan will be thrown there and tormented himself forever (Rev. 20:10), NOT doing the tormenting. 2 Peter 2:8 is what leads me to question whether these will be tormented by a “who” or a “what”. 2 Pet 2:8 (NASB)"(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds)" The immediate context of that verse shines a good bit of light on the subject I believe. The Lake of Fire referred to in Matt 25:41 is a place, prepared by God for judgment. The "torment" will be the result of the unjustified guilt of the lost person's sin as I understand it. You may have heard, as I have, some argue that God is unloving and unjust because He would torment or allow some to be tormented. This argument is as unscriptural as it sounds. By His very character God is loving and just and there is nothing of God's character that contradicts another part of His character. The judgment of the unsaved will be on their own heads. Hope this is a helpful start, Jeff |
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247 | Profile on the 12 Apostles | Bible general Archive 4 | jlhetrick | 205603 | ||
Hello salmartinezjr- Welcome to the forum. You can pull up all sorts of stuff by typing in "12 Apostles" in your search engine (but some of it might be worthless at best. The best thing, of course, would be to pull it from the New Testament. Some of us use electronic bible libraries which are relatively inexpensive (and there is even a free one that is excellent ) if you want to check out my user profile (click on my username next to this post) for more info on that. The great thing about the digital libraries is that you can pull information out (literally in seconds) that might take many hours to find using actual books (if you even have access to that many books in hard-copy). More time studying and less time searching. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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248 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205471 | ||
Hey Dan, sorry to get back to you so late. At lunch now so will make this quick. Will you provide Scripture to support your statement please. Matthew 18:15-17 may have a broad application here, but it certainly is not speaking of the marriage relationship. If anything, it might give us a model to follow if we intend to try and save the marriage. We are in agreement that God calls us to forgive those who sin against us. But can you point to Scripture that requires the victim of adultry to go through a process (like or similar to Matt 18:15-17) before being allowed to divorce in accordance with Matthew 19:9 You wrote that it doesn't "automatically give the other partner the right to divorce." I'm presenting to you that it absolutely gives the other person the RIGHT to divorce. I believe we agree that a person shouldn't "automatically" divorce. The institution of marriage is, I believe, so sacred that a Christian should "automatically" seek God's guide and explore the possibility of saving the marriage. But Scripture doesn't require it that I have found. These kinds of exchanges are excellent, in my opinion, in helping each of us consider topics like this beyond what we have always heard or thought about on the surface. thanks and God bless, Jeff |
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249 | No Fruit? | John 15:8 | jlhetrick | 205469 | ||
Val- good points. I too struggle with knowing what God will have me do. I hope it's not perceived as taking the easy road, but over the years, I'm learing to be more patient and not act when it's not clear to me. God's plan will be accomplished. I believe we can be sure that if we are fully submissive to Him (the hard part often for me) He will have us where he wants us. As for pastors staying in churches your right. I can't answer it specifically. I will say though that there is a difference (as I see it) between those who "plant" churches (as Paul did) and those who pastor them. I have heard more than one local pastor speak of being called by God out of one church and into another. I'm not one to question them. In some cases they had been in either church for decades. If I were called to pastor a church (not likely) I would hope the Lord would allow me to stay put somewhere in order to maintain stability in my family. I have moved around a bit already and understand how that effects family stability and relationships. God bless, Jeff |
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250 | No Fruit? | John 15:8 | jlhetrick | 205461 | ||
I agree Steve. I believe that this will always be the case. We, like Paul for example, will always fall short on some level. My point was more to the issue of some not recognizing their falling short for what it is and mistake it for God not working. Jeff |
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251 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205423 | ||
Sorry Tam- I wasn't referring to 1Cor 6:9, that was already attached to the thread from previous posts. I was referring to the second half of 2Tim 4:2 which you quoted in your post to Doc. Sorry I wasn't more specific and I can see how you were confused. Just finished cleaning the pool and I believe I'm a little fish-headed. Jeff |
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252 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205419 | ||
Tamara- this is a great verse to always keep in front of us as we study. I'm hoping that you didn't mean to imply that the second half of the verse applies to anyone participating in this particular thread. God bless, Jeff |
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253 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205418 | ||
Dearest Tamara- I believe we have said as much as we can at this point on the subject. Still, it's sad to hear that another would have warned you to discontinue the discussion. Some are of the opinion that if there is disagreement for more than a post or two and any emotion and/or passion involved, it should not continue. Quite the contrary in my opinion. Exchanges like we have had on this topic are just the sort of thing that pushes me hard to dig deep in my exploration of God's word. Like I said before, I observe you as a serious bible student with a good foundation in the truth of God's word. Look forward, hopefully, to other discussions that will cause growth in us both and hopefully others that participate or follow along. God bless, Jeff |
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254 | No Fruit? | John 15:8 | jlhetrick | 205390 | ||
Steve- generally speaking this might be the case. Deeper consideration of why there is little or no fruit would require evaluating our own obedience and participation. By "move on" do you mean physically leave on place and arrive at another or are you referring to moving out of one activity (such as a particular ministry) and beginning something new? Of course, there might be the case where both are true. When things appear to be idle it may be time to move on. Then again, it may be time to exercise patient's while we wait for God's direction. Sometimes I believe the fruit might not even be obvious or even discernable to us. Just my thoughts on your thoughts. Jeff |
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255 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205389 | ||
Not to worry- your post provided the Scriptural reference that I neglected to include. Thanks again, Jeff |
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256 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205388 | ||
Your welcome Cheri- Glad it was helful sister. Jeff |
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257 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205380 | ||
Not to worry John, your comments did bring the smile and I believe I was following you for the most part. In all honesty, my comments back were meant as much for other readers as they were for you. God bless, Jeff |
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258 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205379 | ||
Thanks Doc- If you reread my post you will find where I pointed this out immediately after the statement you quoted. I wrote: "While we are not free to judge another's salvation, we can safely assume that a person who continues in a willful lifestyle of gross sin against God may not be saved at all..." Thanks for providing the Scriptural reference to support that statement though. God bless, Jeff |
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259 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205377 | ||
Tamara- to “just stop answering everyone who decides to post” to you really doesn’t sound like the right way to handle it. You ask questions and give answers to include taking different positions on some issues than others. When someone takes a different position or challenges what you are saying you respond very defensively; threatening to stop posting isn’t helpful. My observation of you so far is that you study diligently, love the Lord and His word, and have a better foundation in Scripture than the average person posting here does (no offense to anyone). I wouldn’t waste my time interacting with you if I didn’t think I could either help you get some things right or have you do the same for me. To the point: You ask me to show you where in the text in 1Cor 7 does it say you are free to remarry. Perhaps you missed my entire point. I asked you to look beyond the text (the specific verse) and consider the CONTEXT, not just of 1Cor 7, but the whole of Scripture. Show me where, in the text of 1Cor 7, that it forbids remarriage under the specific circumstance in question. As for pointing to Matthew 19 I still believe that you’re not considering the whole context, or even the immediate of verse 9. I would like to break down that single verse and show where I believe you and I are not agreeing. We both know the surrounding context and so let that shine light on the verse as we examine it. Matthew 19:9 (NASB77) 9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery ." As I understand it, you see: Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery. I see: Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery. EXCEPT FOR IMMORALITY. “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman, EXCEPT FOR IMMORALITY, and marries another woman commits adultery.” So the point of my understanding here is that both divorce and remarriage is covered in this single verse. In this case, the man who divorces and remarries commits adultery, EXCEPT FOR IMMORALITY. The man who comes along and marries the divorced woman commits adultery, EXCEPT FOR IMMORALITY. If we do away with the qualifier (except for immorality) we are rewriting Scripture. As for my comment asking if you believe you have “special insight” I was not joking nor trying to be offensive. In light of your comment referring to “everyone” it was a fair question. I have been around this forum for some years now and you would be surprised at how many have come and gone that truly believe they have special and even new revelation. So, no offense sister please. You wrote: “My questions were all centered around those that have been saved and then choose to remarry, entering into adultery because they feel that since someone wronged them they can move on, stay in the new relationship, ask for forgiveness about it and expect to find themselves in heaven.” So I believe the meat of your struggle might be enclosed in your quote. You say by choosing to remarry they were “entering into adultery” indicating that your mind was already made up…they were committing adultery. 1Cor 10:13 proves to us that God not only understands our temptations, but that He does not allow us to have experiences in which He does not provide escape from temptation. 1Cor 7:9 makes it clear that there are some, including Christians, who are weaker than others in that they have less self-control regarding their desires. In the case where a person’s spouse commits immorality and there is a resulting divorce, I believe Matthew 19:9 is clearly an open door for the person in 1Cor 7:9. Marriage is the institution of God and God knew from the beginning that men would mess that up too. I believe Scripture clearly makes the case that the innocent party is not left forever (in this life) to “suffer” the consequences of the offender. If one is "unbound", is he or she not left in the position they were before being bound? God bless, Jeff |
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260 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205357 | ||
Tamara- I have some conflict with some things you are saying and would like to bring it to your attention for clarification and/or discussion. You wrote: "I said it before, I will say it again; if this were a case of fornication and someone said, I repent, but kept right on living in it, would you think they were going to heaven? I don't think so, and I bet you don't either, but when it comes to adultery, depending on who is doing the exegesis someone gets a free pass." This is a very problematic statement in light of what Scripture teaches about the sinful state of mankind and the gracious gift of salvation. While keeping oneself free from a particular sin (if possible at all) can do nothing to save us, there is nothing in Scripture that teaches that a Christian participating in sin (even willfully) forfeits his/her salvation. As for your "free pass" comment, you do have that right sister. Free to us, but at great cost. While we are not free to judge another's salvation, we can safely assume that a person who continues in a willful lifestyle of gross sin against God may not be saved at all, we can't rewrite the Scriptures to say what they don't say. When God saves us, each of us, we are utterly sinful. There is no good in us. Eph 2:5 Paul wrote: "1 Corinthians 7:24 (NKJV) 24 Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called." Since divorce was legal for the Jews of the day according to Moses it's a fair assumption that many new converts were divorced and remarried. Yet we find nowhere in Scripture where these were told to divorce their current spouse because their situation is one of continuing fornication or adultry. So when we might be compelled to point the finger at others for "reading into" scripture, we might do well to evaluate our own position. You wrote: "In I Corinthians 7:15 we have a big problem with the modern translation of a Greek transiliteration into English. Every one takes this verse to mean if the unbeliever leaves then you are free to remarry. The text says no such thing, it says that if they leave and are an unbeliever then the believer is not bound to reamain married, no where in the that text does it say you are free to get remarried, but people read that into it even though the English grammar, the Greek grammar does not support that." "Every one takes this vers to mean..." Really? And you, perhaps, have some special insight and every one else is wrong? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or nit-pic your post. I simply disagree. I believe my last quote of yours speaks to the problem of trying to analyze the foreign language (of which you are no expert, right?) while throwing out the context of Scripture as a whole. Marriage is an institution of God; Gen 2:18, Matt 19:5-6, Mark 10:7-8. Christians are "bound" by the parameters. In the case where an unbelieving spouse leaves, and the believer is declared by Scripture to no longer be bound by the laws of marriage, by what Scriptural argument do you say they are not free to remarry? You have talked about today verses biblical times and how our understanding needs to consider this. I agree. What would be left to a woman in those times if her unbelieving husband were to walk out on her? I believe when we take this in context, we see the real reason she is considered "free" of the "bonds" of the marriage. One thing we all do well to consider is this. We must approach the Scriptures with a degree of rational thought and common sense. Otherwise, we might end up with a misinterpretation of the words on paper and then try to hold others to the standard of our misunderstanding. I'm sorry, but it seems like your on a crusade here. Forgive me if I'm misreading you. God bless, Jeff |
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