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301 | Did God make mankind to show His love? | Deut 29:29 | Sir Pent | 14261 | ||
So if I interpret correctly, Lionstrong feels that discovering God's purposes and motivation is irrelevant and doesn't really matter, because after all He is God. vkey, agrees with the idea that Steve tipped me off to, that God's motivation is to love mankind, therefore creating so that there is a mankind to love. Are there any other thoughts on this? | ||||||
302 | Does God have multiple motivations? | Deut 29:29 | Sir Pent | 14262 | ||
Fran, Thanks for your input. It seems that you mentioned three sepperate motivations here. 1. The desire to have someone to love. 2. The desire to have someone to love you. 3. The desire to nuture a loving relationship between two or more other people. Are you suggesting that God is motivated by all three of these reasons, and do you think that He is more motivated by one of these than the other ones? What order of importance would you put them in? |
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303 | Sinless perfection possible? | Deut 32:22 | Sir Pent | 18259 | ||
There is already a thread from a long time ago on this subject (Entire Sanctification), and it does not appear to be directly relevant to the original question of this thread. Would Reformer Joe and Lanny mind continuing this discussion on this other thread intstead? | ||||||
304 | Joshua marched around Jericho | Josh 6:3 | Sir Pent | 128299 | ||
My answer............................................................ Hello Angel123, Joshua and the Israelites marched around the city of Jericho once a day for six days and then 7 times on the last day for a total of 13 times. Out of curiousity, what got you interested in these questions about Joshua and King David? Welcome to the forum :) |
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305 | The fruitlessness of fighting | 1 Sam 17:47 | Sir Pent | 121072 | ||
The fruitlessness of fighting......................................... I would like to share my personal experience with fighting during my youth and how I learned that this verse gives a better solution. When I was in 1st grade, I was on the playground one day, and Jason, the biggest kid in the class and I got into a fight. He hit me once, which knocked me down and skinned my knee. That ended the fight with him as the "winner". When I was in 2nd grade, I had a crush on a little girl in my class. One day a 6th grade kid took her ball and kicked it on the roof of the school. I challenged him to a fight, hit him once, and he ran away. That ended the fight with me as the "winner". When I was in 3rd grade, there was a classmate named Matt, who was much smaller than me, but who picked on me all the time. So one day, I hit him, knocking him down and tearing his jacket. I was caught fighting for the first time and punished by the school principal. When I was in 4th grade, two of my friends named Peter and David were fighting with each other. I tried to break it up, but ended up in the middle when the teacher walked in. We were all sent to the school principal and punished. When I was in 5th grade, there was a bully named Shane, who picked on everyone in the class. One day I decided to teach him a lesson. So when we were on the bus, I challenged him to a fight and hit him several times. I was again sent to the principal to be punished. When I was in 6th grade, there was a kid named Andrew, who tapped me on the shoulder during lunch. When I turned around, he hit me on the jaw and then took off before I could respond. So I finished my lunch and waited outside the door for him to come through. When he did, I hit him on the jaw and took off before he could respond. Later in the day, he found me in the hallway and hit me in the jaw again and took off before I could respond. Then I waited by his locker and hit him in the jaw again and took off before he could respond. After all of this, I was sitting in math class and thinking about my day up to that point. I imagined this pattern continuing for the rest of the day, and then for the rest of my life. Suddenly it occurred to me that violence is a never ending cycle. Fighting didn't really solve anything, it just caused a lot of pain in the jaw. So after class I talked with a couple of his friends in the bathroom and told them that I had decided to not fight anymore. I explained how I had realized that it wasn't going to resolve anything and would be stupid to continue. They were surprised of course, but had to admit that it made sense. Therefore, that little feud ended there, and although I had 10 more years of school, that was my last fight. Fear didn't stop my fighting after getting beat up in the 1st grade. Punishment didn't stop my fighting after getting caught in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. But God stopped me by using that still, small voice inside to show me His perspective on fighting. God does not want us to depend on the sword to deliver us from our problems. The battle is the Lord's and He wants us to come to Him for the answers. |
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306 | Who was davids best friend? | 1 Sam 18:3 | Sir Pent | 128297 | ||
My answer............................................................ Hello Angel123, David's best friend is generally thought to be Jonathan. |
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307 | murder ok for david but not others why ? | 2 Samuel | Sir Pent | 18581 | ||
Different Opinion ................................ Drummer, I also would like to welcome you to the forum. One of the great things about this forum is that there are many people here with different ideas. Through sharing them we are able to get a more complete picture of many important concepts. For instance, although Steve and I agree on most things, we have different perspectives on this issue. This concept that you have brought up is one that has been brought up before. I would encourage you to use the search box at the top right of the screen to find many posts dealing with capital punishment. To start you might want to search for "old new fundamental". This will take you to a post of mine that talks about what was different about King David's time and today. |
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308 | Where are these three chronicles? | 1 Chr 29:29 | Sir Pent | 14465 | ||
The Gad referred to was a prophet during the reign of king David (not to be confused with the son of Jacob who was the father of one of the 12 tribes). 1 Chronicles 21:8-19 (also in 2 Samuel 24:8-19) recounts a couple of encounters the prophet Gad had with King David. He is also referrenced in 2 Chronicles 29:25 and 1 Samuel 22:5. | ||||||
309 | Ezra , Artaxerxes comes before Darius | Ezra 4:23 | Sir Pent | 127774 | ||
My answer, referal to website......................................... Hello Power of Grace, This does seem to be a confusing topic. The problem is that there seems to be several kings named Artaxerxes (at least 3 in the Encyclopedia Brittanica), and also several kings named Darius (at least 3 as well). Perhaps the following information will be helpful for you. I found it at the website "http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/darius.html" "Darius, king of Persia, was the son of Hystaspes, of the royal family of the Achaemenidae. He did not immediately succeed Cyrus on the throne. There were two intermediate kings, viz., Cambyses (the Ahasuerus of Ezra), the son of Cyrus, who reigned from B.C. 529-522, and was succeeded by a usurper named Smerdis, who occupied the throne only ten months, and was succeeded by this Darius (B.C. 521-486). Smerdis was a Margian, and therefore had no sympathy with Cyrus and Cambyses in the manner in which they had treated the Jews. He issued a decree prohibiting the restoration of the temple and of Jerusalem (Ezra 4:17-22). But soon after his death and the accession of Darius, the Jews resumed their work, thinking that the edict of Smerdis would be now null and void, as Darius was in known harmony with the religious policy of Cyrus. The enemies of the Jews lost no time in bringing the matter under the notice of Darius, who caused search to be made for the decree of Cyrus (q.v.). It was not found at Babylon, but at Achmetha (Ezra 6:2); and Darius forthwith issued a new decree, giving the Jews full liberty to prosecute their work, at the same time requiring the Syrian satrap and his subordinates to give them all needed help. It was with the army of this king that the Greeks fought the famous battle of Marathon (B.C. 490). During his reign the Jews enjoyed much peace and prosperity. He was succeeded by Ahasuerus, known to the Greeks as Xerxes, who reigned for twenty-one years." |
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310 | destruction | Psalm | Sir Pent | 13948 | ||
Dear Peches, I'm sorry, but I don't understand your question. Are you looking for specific Bible verses to encourage you in times of fear? Please clarify. |
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311 | How does Selah fit into 2 Tim 3:16? | Psalm | Sir Pent | 13949 | ||
I think that is a terrific question Dmadden, I completely agree with you that God wouldn't go to the trouble to have things in the Bible to be read for eternity unless there was a good purpose for them. I wonder if in this case it was God's way of tipping us off to the fact that it was a song at all. Without words like "Selah", we might think that the Psalms were just poems, or even just regular prose. I think that it is an important distinction. In my experience, music has a way of connecting with the human spirit in a way unlike anything else. This can be dangerous if the music is unholy. But if used the way that God intended, it can also enable us to worship God at a deeper level. | ||||||
312 | How Do You Stay on Track? | Ps 23:3 | Sir Pent | 116967 | ||
Personal Note........................................................ Hi Hank, There are many verses that give me a great deal of comfort and assurance of God's providence. My favorite is Romans 8:28 "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." A second is Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." A third is 1 Corinthians 10:13 "...God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it." A fourth is Philippians 1:6 "For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." A final one is Genesis 50:20 "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive." |
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313 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Ps 25:4 | Sir Pent | 17553 | ||
Dear Benjibabs, I appreciate that you are wanting to help the person who sent you these questions. I also believe that there are definite explanations for each of these "appearant contradictions". However, since there are so many of them, would you mind splitting this into several questions with only one or two "contradictions" in each one? I think that would help to keep the threads from getting overly long and complicated. I will share my thoughts on the first one about the lineage of Jesus' father Joseph. I have not studied this, but something just jumped out at me. I would guess that Jacob was Joseph's father and He'-li is Joseph's mother. If you look at those two geneologies, they both trace back to king David, but are completely different from there on. The Matthew account goes through king David's son Solomon. The Luke account goes through king David's son Nathan. I think the message that God has for us is that Jesus was a descendant of king David. In addition, it is interesting that this is true even in more than one branch of His family tree. |
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314 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Ps 25:4 | Sir Pent | 17554 | ||
Dear Charis, I just want to say that I really appreciate your answer to this question. I answered it from mainly a practical sense, but you went straight to the heart of the matter. I think that your approach is the wiser one, and commend you for it. |
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315 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Ps 25:4 | Sir Pent | 17586 | ||
Dear Kalos, Thank you for this additional perspecitive. I think that this could quite possibly be correct. I would think that if one geneology is that of Joeseph and the other is of Mary, then it would be the other way around. I would think that Heli would be Joseph's father, and Jacob would be Joseph's father-in-law. My reasoning is that the geneology in Matthew, which includes Jacob, also includes several women. It mentions the names of Rahab (Salmon's wife), Ruth (Boaz' wife), and Mary (Joeseph's wife). I would assume that having a more feminine leaning, that this would be the geneology of Mary (or Joseph's in-laws). On the other hand the geneology in Luke (which includes Heli) only mentions Salmon, Boaz, and Joeseph. Therefore, I would think that it would make more sense that this would be Joeseph's direct lineage. As I said in my first response, I have not studied this in great length. This is just what seems to make the most sense to me based purely on the biblical passages in question. |
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316 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Ps 25:4 | Sir Pent | 17662 | ||
I was wrong about one thing in that post about He'-li and Jacob. He'-li was definately NOT Joeseph's mother. He'-li must have been a man, because it says he was the "son" of Matthat (Luke 3:24). I just wanted to clarify my error so that people would not be confused. | ||||||
317 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Ps 25:4 | Sir Pent | 17663 | ||
Dear Brian, I think this was purely accidental. I think what happened was that Benjibabs posted the primary question once, and Charis and I both answered it before realizing that the other had too. The problem arose because in our seperate answers we chose different scripture passages (Charis chose Ps 25:4, and I chose Bible General). This somehow split the thread in two. I agree that it is a bit confusing, and if the Lockman people could combine the thread again, I think it would be helpful. |
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318 | No Rules, Just Right! | Ps 34:8 | Sir Pent | 16792 | ||
Dear Lionstrong, If there were rules that God had to adhere to in order to be judged "good", then those rules would be of a higher authority than God. Since we know that God is the ultimate authority, and is all powerful, it is impossible for there to be any laws which God MUST keep. That being said, Christians generally assume that God would not do any actions contrary to biblical precedents, based on the fact that God doesn't change. However, if for any reason, God did do something that seemed to go against even the Bible, then we would have to assume that we had misunderstood the Bible, not that God was "bad". |
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319 | No Rules, Just Right! | Ps 34:8 | Sir Pent | 17473 | ||
Dear Lionstrong, I have been away for a while, and just came across this note of yours. The appearant contradiction that you refer to is caused only by your quoting of my previous post out of context. The first quote is correct. "it is impossible for there to be any laws which God MUST keep." However, the second quote has been lifted out of its paragraph in such a way that the meaning has been changed. I originally said, "Christians generally assume that God would not do any actions contrary to biblical precedents, based on the fact that God doesn't change. However, if for any reason, God did do something that seemed to go against even the Bible, then we would have to assume that we had misunderstood the Bible, not that God was "bad"." Read in context, I am clearly saying that God is the absolute authority, not some "law" that binds Him. Many other forum members have done a good job of also answering this question in much the same way. I hesitate to respond at all, but I want to caution you to be more careful when quoting others in the future. It is important to accurately represent their meanings when you chose specific parts of a post to quote. |
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320 | Could we get to know Peches better? | Ps 35:1 | Sir Pent | 16298 | ||
PECHES 650520, I have read a large number of your posts on this forum, and would like to know a little bit more about you. Could you fill us in on some things (either in your user profile, or in this thread)? How long have you been a Christian? What church do you go to? What is your native language? What is the most recent school you went to? I don't mean to be nosy, but some of your posts have concerned some of the members of this forum. And I think that the answers to these questions would clear up a lot of the confusion. |
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