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301 | world vs age | Gen 1:5 | azurelaw | 216017 | ||
Dear FTK, Welcome to the forum. As to your post, I would like to ask for your further clarification or elaboration to the below points: 1/ You said: After his death he returned to the earth at least six or seven times. What do you mean by "returned"? Could you cite scripture to back up your above statement? 2/ You said: All Truth from God produces feelings that are good,warm,loving etc.is for believers. How about the psalms that depicts David agonized about his transgressons in face of God's truth? 3/ You said: ...all aspects of God are peace, joy, kindness, meekness, love etc. What do you find in Job 42:27, Psalm 6:1, Deut 4:24, Rev 3:19? Thanks and Shalom Azure |
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302 | 2nd greatest vs the new commandment | Mark 12:31 | azurelaw | 216004 | ||
Dear Brother Doc, Thank you for the additional information. It really opens my eyes. I am waiting to learn more from you :-) Shalom Azure |
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303 | world vs age | Gen 1:5 | azurelaw | 216002 | ||
Dear Brother Doc, Your example is interesting and aptly tells the difference of the word according to the context. Those sentences do not have the literal wordings of "moving swiftly on foot" in Chinese. The frist 4 even bear no such meaning at all, but only the last 2 contain a sense of it. Well, what about "running nose"? I need to stay alert to catch it, else I can't breath :-) Languages is such a beautiful gift yet pretty troublesome sometimes :-) Shalom Azure Prov 25:11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances. |
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304 | If I repeat it, would Jesus hear me? | Matt 6:16 | azurelaw | 215977 | ||
Dear Humility, You may call me Azure. "Shalom" is a Hebrew greeting word meaning "peace be with you" (but it bears richer and deeper meaning). You say : You don't believe that my prayers should be limited simply to the Lord's prayer. I am sorry, I don't quite get your point. Could you please elaborate? Whether I "believe" you or not is not an issue here especially things about your prayer. I will not say it wrong to limit your prayers to what Jesus taught in Matt 6 if you earnestly, lovingly and truly pray with all your heart and is led by the Holy Spirit to do so (instead of reciting it as a recording machine). As I have said, you may also need to explain to your fellows why you like to stick to the Lord's Prayer in a loving way. We have to edify each other. I cannot say if it shows immaturity of the disciple. On one hand, we may consider them immature as we see they followed Jesus in person 3 years and still not sure who He is. However, the Lord's prayer appeared in Matt 6 and Luke 11 respectively under different context. In Matt 6, the Lord's prayer was mentioned in Jesus' discourse on the mountain starting from Chapter 5 and in direct reference to v5:8 in Chapter 6, whereas in Luke 11, Jesus' disciple asked Him to teach them to pray because they knew John the Baptist also taught his own discples to pray. I am sorry that I appear not answering your question, however, I believe Jesus is not limiting us to pray the Lord's prayer. See how He commended the praying of the tax collector in Luke 18:14. Shalom Azure |
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305 | Did Jesus ever drink wine? | Matt 11:19 | azurelaw | 215934 | ||
Dear Justme, When I was young and immature, my heart was dull and ears tickled (2 Tim 4:3) that I did not like the way (HOW) most preachers preached. God is so gracious to regenerate my heart that now (as I grew up) I concern on WHAT is preached (but not to find fault). I agree with you completely that preaching is a weighty task (2 Tim 4:2, 2 Tim 2:15). The preparation and process consume you. The labouring is hard for a lay-person to understand. I always tell my youth group and my fellows at adult cell group to pray for preachers and pastors (James 3:1). However, there were times I grinded my teeth when I heard a Christmas message telling the congregant to see Nick as their role model in time of troubles and affliction; the MEANING of Jesus' ressurection is to demonstrate God has the power to raise the dead on the Ressurection Day service; refute the feasibility of "speaking the truth in love" (Eph 4:15) due to cultural difference. Shalom Azure |
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306 | 2nd greatest vs the new commandment | Mark 12:31 | azurelaw | 215908 | ||
Dear Searcher and WOS, Thank you both for your helpful and succinct reply. The sermon is great! Shalom Azure |
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307 | Did Jesus ever drink wine? | Matt 11:19 | azurelaw | 215872 | ||
Dear Brother Tim, No wonder I see some questions asking about if it is possible for a christian to be demon possessed :-) Shalom Azure |
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308 | Does God lead us to sin? | Ex 4:21 | azurelaw | 215865 | ||
I'm sorry, John. The link should be monergism.com (not .org). Azure |
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309 | Does God lead us to sin? | Ex 4:21 | azurelaw | 215864 | ||
Dear John, I have just found a very brief but succinct discussion on the will of God by R.C. Sproul (at monergism.org) as below. Hope you enjoy it, too. Shalom Azure ****** The Will of God by R. C. Sproul ...The Bible is deeply concerned about the will of God---His sovereign authority over His creation and everything in it. When we speak about God's will we do so in at least three different ways. The broader concept is known as God's decretive, sovereign, or hidden will. By this, theologians refer to the will of God by which He sovereignly ordains everything that comes to pass. Because God is sovereign and His will can never be frustrated, we can be sure that nothing happens over which He is not in control. He at least must "permit" whatever happens to happen. Yet even when God passively permits things to happen, He chooses to permit them in that He always has the power and right to intervene and prevent the actions and events of this world. Insofar as He lets things happen, He has "willed" them in this certain sense. Though God's sovereign will is often hidden from us until after it comes to pass, there is one aspect of His will that is plain to us---His preceptive will. Here God reveals His will through His holy law. For example, it is the will of God that we do not steal; that we love our enemies; that we repent; that we be holy. This aspect of God's will is revealed in His Word as well as in our conscience, by which God has written His moral law upon our heart. His laws, whether they be found in the Scripture or in the heart, are binding. We have no authority to violate this will. We have the power or ability to thwart the preceptive will of God, though never the right to do so. Nor can we excuse ourselves for sinning by saying, "Que sera, sera." It may be God's sovereign or hidden will that we be "permitted" to sin, as he brings His sovereign will to pass even through and by means of the sinful acts of people. God ordained that Jesus be betrayed by the instrument of Judas's treachery. Yet this makes Judas's sin no less evil or treacherous. When God "permits" us to break His preceptive will, it is not to be understood as permission in the moral sense of His granting us a moral right. His permission gives us the power, but not the right to sin. The third way the Bible speaks of the will of God is with respect to God's will of disposition. This will describes God's attitude. It defines what is pleasing to Him. For example, God takes no delight in the death of the wicked, yet He most surely wills or decrees the death of the wicked. God's ultimate delight is in His own holiness and righteousness. When He judges the world, He delights in the vindication of His own righteousness and justice, yet He is not gleeful in a vindictive sense toward those who receive His judgment. God is pleased when we find our pleasure in obedience. He is sorely displeased when we are disobedient. Many Christians become preoccupied or even obsessed with finding the "will" of God for their lives. If the will we are seeking is His secret, hidden, or decretive will, then our quest is a fool's errand. The secret counsel of God is His secret. He has not been pleased to make it known to us. Far from being a mark of spirituality,the quest for God's secret will is an unwarranted invasion of God's privacy. God's secret counsel is none of our business. This is partly why the Bible takes such a negative view of fortune-telling, necromancy, and other forms of prohibited practices. We would be wise to follow the counsel of John Calvin when he said, "When God closes His holy mouth, I will desist from inquiry." The true mark of spirituality is seen in those seeking to know the will of God that is revealed in His preceptive will. It is the godly person who meditates on God's law day and night. While we seek to be "led" by the Holy Spirit, it is vital to remember that the Holy Spirit is primarily leading us into righteousness. We are called to live our lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. It is His revealed will that is our business, indeed, the chief business of our lives. Summary 1. The three meanings of the will of God: (a) Sovereign decretive will, the will by which God brings to pass whatsoever He decrees. This is hidden to us until it happens. (b) Preceptive will is God's revealed law or commandments, which we have the power but not the right to break. (c) Will of disposition describes God's attitude or disposition. It reveals what is pleasing to Him. 2. God's sovereign "permission" of human sin is not His moral approval. |
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310 | why does god spouse to commit adultry | Bible general Archive 4 | azurelaw | 215742 | ||
Dear hopalong, You are on my prayer list! Thanks for letting us know your need. Shalom Azure |
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311 | The offspring of Adam's | Gen 5:1 | azurelaw | 215667 | ||
Thank you, brother :-) Azure |
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312 | Square and round brackets in Amp Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | azurelaw | 215663 | ||
:-) Az / AL (Azure) |
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313 | The offspring of Adam's | Gen 5:1 | azurelaw | 215648 | ||
Thank you, Brother Doc. That is helpful. Shalom Azure |
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314 | The offspring of Adam's | Gen 5:1 | azurelaw | 215647 | ||
Thanks Steve. I had that bad experience before :-( I learnt the lesson :-) If I am going to make it long, I will do it on a word file first and copy and paste after I finish the writing. Thank you for your input. Very much appreciated. Concerning the controversy on the sons of God (Gen 6:2), I sure know it has not been settled. However, from my own study, I would lean more onto viewing them (the sons of God) being the line of Seth instead of angels. Nevertheless, I would not be dogmatic about this :-) Shalom Azure |
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315 | ... | Rev 1:1 | azurelaw | 215576 | ||
Dear Bab, The scripture is clear that we have to test the spirits (angels are spiritual beings) since Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light, his followers can work miracles to deceive us. 1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 1 John 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. 2 Cor 11:14 No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Matt 24:24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Shalom Azure |
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316 | ... | Rev 1:1 | azurelaw | 215571 | ||
Dear Bab53, *************** Matthew 18:10 states, “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.” In the context, “these little ones” could either apply to those who believe in Him (v. 6) or it could refer to the little children (vv. 3-5). This is the key passage when the discussion of guardian angels comes up. There is no doubt that good angels help protect (Daniel 6:20-23; 2 Kings 6:13-17), reveal information (Acts 7:52-53; Luke 1:11-20), guide (Matthew 1:20-21; Acts 8:26), provide for (Genesis 21-17-20; 1 Kings 19:5-7), and minister to believers in general (Hebrews 1:14). The question that arises is whether each person—or each believer—has an angel assigned to him/her. In the Old Testament, the nation of Israel had the archangel (Michael) assigned to it (Daniel 10:21; 12:1), but nowhere in Scripture does it state that an angel was “assigned” to an individual (they were sometimes sent to individuals, but no mention of “permanent” assignment is given). The Jews had fully developed the belief in guardian angels during the time between the Old and New Testament periods. Some early church fathers believed that each person had not only a good angel assigned to him/her, but also a demon as well. The belief in guardian angels has been around for a long time, but there is no explicit scriptural basis for it. To return to Matthew 18:10, the word “their” is a collective pronoun in the Greek, and refers to the fact that believers are served by angels in general. These angels are pictured “always” watching the face of God so as to hear His command to them to help a believer when it is needed. If one is to take from the Matthew passage that guardian angels are referred to, it would seem that these angels are continually guarding a person, but rather “always see the face of” the Father in heaven. The active duty or oversight seems then to come more from God than the angels, which makes perfect sense because God alone is omniscient. He sees every believer at every moment, and He alone knows when one of us needs the intervention of an angel. Because they are continually seeing His face, the angels are at His disposal to help one of His “little ones.” It cannot be emphatically answered from Scripture whether or not each believer has a guardian angel assigned to him/her. But as stated earlier, God does use them in ministering to us. It is scriptural to say that He uses them as He uses us, i.e. He in no way needs us or them to accomplish His purposes, but chooses to use us and them nevertheless (Job 4:18; Job 15:15). In the end, whether we have an angel assigned to protect us or not, we have a greater assurance that God gives: if we are His children through faith in Christ, He works all things together for good (Romans 8:28-30), and that Jesus Christ will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5-6). If we have an omniscient, omnipotent, all-loving God with us, does it really matter whether or not there is a finite “guardian angel” protecting us? source: http://gotquestions.org/guardian-angels.html *************** Shalom Azure |
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317 | An Enemy Has Done This! (Matt 13:24-30) | Bible general Archive 4 | azurelaw | 215549 | ||
Amen! Brother John. How I wish the message on the pulpit focus more on the Gospel instead of talking so much about moral (i.e. doing this is right and doing that is wrong, etc.). Since it is so difficult to distinguish the wheat and the tare, we should preach the fullness of the Gospel that by its power to save and to regenerate continuously. Rom 1:16 Shalom Azure |
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318 | Hank | 2 Cor 1:10 | azurelaw | 215466 | ||
Respectfully submitted in memory of our dear brother Hank. ********* O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free! Rolling as a mighty ocean In its fullness over me! Underneath me, all around me, Is the current of Your love Leading onward, leading homeward To Your glorious rest above! O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Spread His praise from shore to shore, How His love is never-ending, And it changes nevermore; How He watches o’er His loved ones, Died to call them all His own; How for them He’s interceding, Watching o’er them from the throne. O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Love of ev’ry love the best: ‘Tis an ocean vast of blessing, ‘Tis a haven sweet of rest. O the deep, deep love of Jesus! ‘Tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me; And it lifts me up to glory, With You evermore to be. |
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319 | what is ment by the body is the temple? | 1 Cor 6:19 | azurelaw | 215401 | ||
Dear Jeff, Sometimes I would hope that the responses (though years apart from their posts) would remind them about the forum and most importantly about STUDYING THE BIBLE :-) What a joy it would be if any of them (the inactive old users) come back to break the bread with us and demonstrate their spiritual growth :-) Shalom Azure |
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320 | what is ment by the body is the temple? | 1 Cor 6:19 | azurelaw | 215392 | ||
Dear Brother Jeff, I hope both 980 and Robert (last posting in 2005) are still active :-) Shalom Azure |
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