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301 | three dots that are underlined? | Bible general Archive 4 | keliy | 211361 | ||
Hello Christians, Can someone please tell me what is the significance of the three dots that are underlined? I have seen this often, it is the entire content of the post, but with no clue as to the meaning, I am at a loss. Thank you, may you have a godly day. keliy |
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302 | Got Patient, Need Rest TGIF/S? | Titus 3:9 | keliy | 211354 | ||
Hi All, There is some good wisdom in Philippians 2:3, "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself." In order to emanate the aroma of Christ, we all need to govern ourselves, not each other. Actually we all are hoping to have a mature and thought provoking time at studybibleforum.com God Bless, and bless God (o: keliy |
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303 | class of personal rights in Ex 21:33-22 | Ex 21:1 | keliy | 211353 | ||
Hello Barbell, Welcome to the forum, your question is appreciated but is also confusing. The 21st chapter of Exodus contains laws that relate to the fifth and sixth commandments. Looking at the numbers in the Scripture reference you mention, there appears to be a typo. Could you please rephrase your question for us? Blessings, keliy |
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304 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | keliy | 211339 | ||
Pete, I really feel like I am getting to know you, but there is no personal profile on record for you. Can you write a small paragraph to tell us on the Forum what church you attend, if you do, and where are you in your walk? When you wrote, "There are many people in the world today who do not sin." I would like to ask you to name one of them. We never have to be taught how to sin, just think if you ever saw a two-year-old scream "NO!" to its parents. I heard a sermon once where the speaker, an instructor at a Bible College, said that everyone of us breaks every one of the Ten Commandments every single day. Hearing this, a student in the front row piped up, "Professor, how could we break the commandment of keeping the Sabbath Day holy, when today is Tuesday?" The Prof responded with, "Young man, the 4th command states, 'Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God' Now, when you are sitting in your chair, goofing off when you are supposed to be learning, you are breaking the 4th Commandment!" So, do you see? The standard of God is perfect holiness. We are completely unable to ever attain that standard. We are completely insufficient to even be in God's presence without the righteousness of Christ. It would be like fire and water trying to occupy the same space. There is only one person on earth who never sinned. And that is Jesus. Amen and Lord Bless. keliy |
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305 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | keliy | 211337 | ||
Pete, you are getting a little free with your quotes of mine, but that is OK, it helps to state your case, and helps me to know your thoughts. I will not be strict with you, but in trying to straighten it out, I will say that when you said, "Your argument of time and culture as a reason God allowed rogue family members to be killed goes against God's nature" that: No, I did not say anything was a reason that 'God allowed rogue family members to be killed' The thought I tried to convey was God ordered that he must not only be strongly resisted, but also punished by the law of the land. Stoning to death was a cruel way to die, but it was the law. The adulterous woman brought to Jesus was about to be stoned to death, but she received a reprieve through the grace of our Lord. That is where the differences of time and culture come in. No, it does not go against God's nature. God often killed people in the OT for what we might call 'minor infractions'. For example, look at 2 Sam 6:3; 6:6 and 6:7. So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. ...And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God. God killed Uzzah, who thought he was doing a favor when the ark teetered, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady it and God took his life on the spot. Can you now See it? Another example is Lot's wife, in Gen 19:26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. God killed her for looking back. What did you say about God's nature? Again, we are living in a completely different culture than in OT times. In a different country, over 2400 years ago, things were way different. We are living now in a new Covenant with God, the Covenant of Grace. Just because God does not wipe people out for minor infractions in our lifetime does not mean it never happened, it did. It continued in the NT, in acts 5:3, 5:5, 5:6, But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things. And the young men arose and wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him. And in 5:10, his wife who was his accomplice in the lie, walked in and suffered the same fate. Then immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. And the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband. Now, really Pete, Ananias and Sapphira sold a possession, and lied about the price they received and were killed without trial. Are you still standing on the grounds that no one would ever be killed for trying to sway a family member into idolatrous practices, because it is against God's nature? How about a single angel wiping out 185,000 assyrians in one night? (2 Kin 19:35) That should change some people's perception of nice, gentle golden-haired angels, should it not? In the Old Testament God appears overly harsh but His reason could likely be to demonstrate the exacting requirements of the Law. This also demonstrates the need for grace that would eventually be manifested on the cross. In the relative comfort of our modern society much of this violence seems reprehensible yet we can conclude that this harsh requirement was a necessary legality to instill obedience. I really hope your comprehension of God's character and propensities is growing, and you are not just becoming more thoroughly confused. (o: In His service and yours, keliy |
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306 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | keliy | 211317 | ||
Pete, Sorry for the interruption, I exceeded the maximum characters. Here is the rest of my letter: You also asked, "why didn't God kill Lucifer way back in time before all of this mess began?" This goes back to the beginning of God's plan, and why did God, who knows the end from the beginning, ever create Lucifer in the first place? (?!) A parallel question would be, Why did God even put that tree in the midst of the garden if Adam and Eve were not to eat of it? Again, God knew beforehand exactly what would happen. These questions lead up to this: "Why did God even give us the Freedom of Choice? Without the alternatives I just mentioned, would there be a Choice? Could we possibly choose not to sin if sin did not exist, and therefore there was no temptation? Could we ever make a valid decision for ourselves? The answer is quite simple to understand, If there was no choice, there would be no true Love. We would be as robots. God could have made us into holograms that walk around saying, "I love You" all day long, (but I think you get my point.) You also stated, "The Mosaic law of not killing applies to everyone, so to use the argument that we are no longer under the law is baffling." Yes, baffling is a good word here. But Sometimes the laws are broken for the greater good, such as putting a murderer to death. I always try to remember that God is sovereign, He created life, and it is up to Him to decide if a certain life should continue or not. What we look at as a horrible tragedy might be a good thing in the big picture of God bringing His will to us. This is hard, I know, but His ways are higher than our ways. (Isa 55:9) On the other hand, being no longer under the law, I was referring to Jesus' 2 greatest commands. As Jesus said, If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15) There is no way we can keep the commands of Jesus and break one of the ten commandments at the same time. You mentioned your quote about Mark 10:21, "sell all that you have, give to the poor, follow him" and then you comment, "He died for all of humanity but only the Jews need to sell everything they own" This, again, needs to be looked at in context, what is God's purpose for that line being in the Bible. If we each interpret this passage on our own, well then we end up with as many interpretations as we have readers. God's Word is much more truthful than that. The context of this verse is a person coming to Jesus with a question: And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (Luke 18:18) Jesus responded as He did, because the man was asking what he could DO to inherit eternal life. Do you get this? There is nothing that we can DO to inherit eternal life, so Jesus gave this ruler something to do that Jesus knew was beyond his capabilities. That salvation by works is something that is beyond human capabilities is the message that Jesus is teaching to us all in these words. And also, any time we take Jesus words at face value, we are likely to interpret Him falsely, this is intentional, our Lord explains in Matt 13:15: For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.' I hope that many of your questions are sufficiently addressed, the ones that are not, are solved by using many of the same principles. Notice how I keep referring back to the Gospel of Matthew? May God continue to Bless you in your studies, keliy I have written this letter longer than I should, because I didn’t have the time to make it shorter. -Pascal |
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307 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | keliy | 211316 | ||
Hi Pete, thanks for responding, I have no problem with your timing, it is a non-issue with me, and it is always good to hear from you. Your questions are quite challenging, and thought provoking and that is why I come to this forum when I can. You asked: how then are we to know at what precise time our faulty wisdom is not faulty. That is an excellent question. But, if we could answer that, our wisdom would not be faulty, now would it? (o; What I said was, 'When there appears to be anything amiss, it is always us who possess the faulty wisdom and not God." -The key here, is "appears" and it suggests an impression that could be an erroneous one. (I think, therefore I err) In response to your next question, on Deut 13:10, you wrote, "He commands us to kill our brother or any other family member if they try to entice us away from Him" I would bring up certain rules of hermeneutics here relating to cultural context but time and space being limited, I will give you the short answer and if you still are at a loss, I would appreciate another reply. What the author is trying to get across here, concerns the dangers of idolatry. In the prior chapter (12:30,31) he had warned following in ways of the Canaanites. In this chapter he is warning against the rise of idolatry from among themselves. Satan often uses people that are closest to us as tools to draw us away from God. A stranger would be far less likely to have an effect, satan well knows. When the seducer does appear, as a brother, child, parent, or whatever, he must not only be strongly resisted, but also punished by the law of the land. In that culture, I believe it was getting stoned to death. This was to be done not hastily, or privately, but after proper trial and conviction; and you, as informer, would be given the duty to cast the first stone. So Pete, when you do have a question like this, it is good to go back into the time and culture of the original author and the original language to translate for yourself, -after praying for understanding, and God will be faithful to help your understanding become more complete. We are actually commanded to do this, in 2Tim 2:15: Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. (NASB) Is rendered in the (KJV) as, Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Notice, for example, where the NASB writes "accurately handling", is in the Greek, "orthotomeo" Let us get an answer from: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, by Arndt and Gingrich (p. 584), The Greek word orthotomeo is found once only in the New Testament, hardly enough to dogmatically state it means "dissect," and the authoritative source—A Greek-English Lexicon—says perhaps it means "guide the word of truth along a straight path." This is ample proof that to translate orthotomeo as "dissecting" is STRICTLY AN INTERPRETATION. Furthermore, the Septuagint shows the King James Version translators correctly rendered it "divide." I need to split this into two parts for sending, -More to follow (o: keliy |
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308 | How to follow, walk in the Spirit? | Gal 5:16 | keliy | 211286 | ||
Greetings Nevvvvine, Very interesting topic, I'm sure you will get many varied responses, so I will begin by thanking you for letting me put in my two denari worth. Please allow me to be glib about the "nuts and bolts" reference, This is a materialistic reference to a spiritual scenario, but I will do my best. (o: To walk "in the Spirit" is to place the desires of the flesh on the back shelf, this is related in Gal 5:17, "For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." So 'to walk' can be construed as to regulate our conduct, so that we "walk by faith, not by sight" (2Cor 5:7) Faith is a gift, given to us from God. It is God’s grace that brings this gift to our life. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God (Eph 2:8). “God has given a measure of faith” to each Christian, (Rom 12:3). Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith, (Heb 12:2). God brings faith to us through His words. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, (Rom 10:17). -Besides the common translation of 'word', which is 'logos' what has been translated as 'the word' in this verse is the Greek, "rhema" (Strong's G4487) which can be described as "that which has been uttered by the living voice, in contrast to the written word, logos. And, as the Word (logos) was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (John 1:14) I accept Jesus as God's Living Word, -His Revealed Word. Never in contradiction with His inspired Word, nor His written Word. We are able to accept this gift of faith, that enables us to walk in the Spirit because of the covenant that God has ordained. Because Jesus Christ's blood that He shed on the cross, a new covenant was made available between God and man. Everything about the new covenant has to do with the Spirit, not the law. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was, will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! (2 Cor 3:6-9) Grace, Peace and Blessings to you, in faith. keliy |
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309 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | Deut 24:1 | keliy | 211269 | ||
Cheri, Pete, Shkoyach (means thank you and/or job well done) (o: so very much for your participation in this thread. You both have been a real blessing to me. As threads go, this one has been one of my favorites to follow. Hang in there, Pete! chalamot paz (sweet dreams) in His service and yours, keliy |
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310 | pastor / shepherd? | John 21:17 | keliy | 211254 | ||
Greetings, Azure. Ni Hao (o: Yes, Pastor is equivalent to shepherd A shepherd in the Near East was responsible for watching out for enemies trying to attack the sheep, defending the sheep from attackers, healing the wounded and sick sheep, finding and saving lost or trapped sheep, loving them, and sharing their lives and to earn their trust. Now my own Pastor prefers to think of himself as a minister, which is diffrent. The meaning of the word minister is to serve. That is also their purpose. The Pastor of my small church says that He is called to be a servant of the Lord. He also says that a true servant only receives his reward when the other person is blessed. Now The shepherd is not worse than a minister, as Jesus tells us, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them." (John 10:11,12) There are qualifications for bishops and elders in the pastoral epistles of Titus and Timothy, But we are ... as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (1 Pet 2:5) ... a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Pet 2:9) -Sorry if I got off the subject, was your question pertaining to the particulr verse above? keliy |
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311 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | Deut 24:1 | keliy | 211235 | ||
Pete, I just finished posting on your other thread, so I apologize for the confusion, but this is an unconnected thought. I was just reminded of something that I had learned about the difference between the Old and New Testaments and I would like to share them, hoping to shed some light on your studies. Everthing in the Old Testament points Forward, -to the Cross. Everthing in the New Testament points Backward, -to the Cross. Two different ways of looking at the connection between the two are these: 1) The Old Testament contains the New Testament, -concealed, while the New Testament contains the Old Testament, -revealed. 2) The Old Testament holds the New Testament, contained, while the New Testament contains the Old Testament, explained. Continued Blessings, keliy |
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312 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | keliy | 211233 | ||
Pete, Hello again, Thank you for bringing up some very interesting points to ponder. One thing becomes obvious to me: what is happening here is a selection of passages that seem to be contradictory on the surface, but when lining them up with the whole of Scripture, God's wonderful plan becomes abundantly clear. Scripture will always prove Scripture. It is against God's nature for there to be a single contradiction. When there appears to be anything amiss, it is always us who possess the faulty wisdom and not God. What you are standing upon, is the letter of the law. Not the Spirit. God's Spirit verses ink. At the risk of over-simplifying, I want to give my opinion of the Ten Commandments: The Commands were not given in order to let God choose between the ones who could keep them, better than the ones who were unable to keep them. It is about Love more than it is about obedience. Since we are unable to give God anything that He did not give to us first, then how would God actually benefit from our efforts? This is would actually amount to salvation by works. Which we have been told, is utterly imposible: For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. (James 2:10 NASB) Since we will all fail, every one, the purpose of God's commands is not to keep us in line, but rather to teach us about who God is, that He is something we cannot be. God is holy, and we are sinful. 'For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.' (Lev 11:45 NASB) Yet we will ALL fail, as implied in Romans: "even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; for ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a GIFT by His grace through the redemption WHICH IS IN Christ Jesus" (3:22-24, NASB, -emphasis mine) So then, where do we ever get our sufficiency for living a godly lifestyle? We are to recognize that our sufficiency will always fail in contrast to God’s sufficiency. Man’s sufficiency, the Bible makes clear, is not sufficient. We simply do not have the resources that make us capable to meet the task set before us. The task is godliness. We simply do not possess the adequate resources to undertake the task of godliness—despite the fact that such is the path in which we are required to walk. (So, Pray for strength! -The Lord's Prayer is found in Matthew 6) When we notice the contrast between our sufficiency and God’s sufficiency, we should also notice that this speaks of the differences between living by the old covenant of law and the new covenant of grace. You may remember while reading in Matthew, as you came to the Last Supper, where Jesus said, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood which is shed for you." This means that the shed blood of Jesus Christ, is actually purchasing for God's children an awesome new arrangement for walking with God. And Paul writes in his epistle to the Corinthians, "Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, (6), who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (2 Cor 3:5-6 NASB) To sum up, We are to be servants, Yes, but New covenant servants. This means we, as Christians are to occupy ourselves in the service of God under the terms of the New covenant. The parable of the Talents was also in Matthew. Might I suggest you go back to re-read Matthew in a new light? Remember, the parable of the talents is among three farewell parables that Jesus gave to His apostles shortly before the Last Supper. This was obviously something that Jesus wanted to leave with His apostles before He departed. In Him, keliy |
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313 | In the beginning God Made Adam and Eve, | Genesis | keliy | 211129 | ||
Shalom Cheri, Boker tov. That was a very nice portrait (synopsis?) of the Bible that you painted in your post. (o: Good answer! There is one aspect of the Bible that you seem to miss, Salvation. (-although, you did mention 'Good News') This actually comes to me from an old Jewish (Christian Pastor) friend. His viewpoint is that the: Bible begins with man in fellowship with God in paradise (the garden of Eden). The Bible ends with maps. (no, just kidding (o; The Bible ends with man and God in fellowship once again, in Paradise. Everything that makes up all the pages in between the first chapter and the last chapter is the story of God's perfect plan for the salvation of mankind, the epitome of His creation. This does not make your answer any clearer, but I just wanted to share because I thought it was well put. Shalom all, keliy |
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314 | BIBLE TRANSLATIONS | Ps 119:105 | keliy | 211099 | ||
Hello, SIRHIGHSMITH. Welcome, I believe you have come to the right place, for I have recently found what is called, the "Translation Station" -which should answer your questions. Happy hunting! Blessings to you, keliy please go to this address: http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content/129496710?page()73521()sp()1003 -Please replace the first set of parenthesis with the equal sign, and, also replace the second set of parenthesis near the end, with the ambersand, located above the 7 on the qwerty keyboard. Then, the third set of parenthesis with the equal sign,-replace both characters with the one symbol, in all three places. -Sorry for the hassle |
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315 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | James 2:10 | keliy | 211062 | ||
Brother John, Thank you for replying to my post. Although I am not proud of my wandering in the widerness for approx 35 years in rebellion, it does bring me a great deal of pleasure to see how far the Lord has brought me in such a short time. And the fact that, being forgiven for so much, have so much to be thankful for. Let the peace of God rule in your heart to which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Col 3:15 Peace and Grace, keliy |
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316 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | James 2:10 | keliy | 211054 | ||
Hi Pete, You are very wise to be following such good advice. To get to know Jesus first is very important. -For no other foundation can any man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1Cor 3:11) - then we must build upon the foundation like a man who built his house upon a rock, And the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. (Mat 7:24,5) So do not be confused about Scripture that says it is alright to kill a brother -for any reason, because to diregard the law of the land is to disobey God. That is brought to us in Romans: Rom 13:1 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. Rom 3 For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; 4 for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. Remember, that now we are in New Testament times. Testament means Covenant, which is a promise that is not to be broken. Jer 31:31 tells us, "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah.." -That 'New Covenant' comes to us through Jesus Christ, who was, and is 100 percent God, and 100 percent man. Jesus breaks down the Mosaic Law and the Ten Commandments into the Two Great Commands: "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' "This is the first and great commandment. "And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' "On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." (Mat 22:37-40)(Jesus speaking) -So you see, if anyone kills a brother, hurts him, or even calls him a name, they are guilty of disobeying God's law. Finally, Pete, I agree with Starting the NT in Matthew, but, instead of continuing to the next gospel, may I suggest to break the NT into four sections, and reading a gospel between each section? After Matthew, you might want to skip to Romans, which is very rich in doctrine. Then the pastoral epistles, such as 1 and 2 Timothy will help you to build upon that foundation, line upon line, precept upon precept. To read all four gospels might get a little distracting. I say this because each one brings a different point of view as God uses man's hand to bring us His message. Matthew is about Jesus the King. Mark's focus is Jesus the Servant. Luke is about Jesus the Man. John focuses on the deity of Jesus which is most important to me. -Christology is an awesome subject to study. There is so much depth in God's Word, and I have to thank you again for bringing your questions to us all at the Forum. We come here from all around the world! We all love to study and fellowship in God's Word, which has so much wisdom and depth, it takes a lifetime and then some to discover it all. I myself did not start reading the Bible until after the new year in 2000, and our Lord has been faithful to repay all of my time spent studying with a peace that I can find no where else on earth! Praise the Lord. In His service and yours, keliy |
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317 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | James 2:10 | keliy | 211020 | ||
Hi Pete First, Thank you for your question, and welcome to this Forum. Secondly, Congratulations on your decision to read the whole Bible from the beginning. This is a big undertaking and will take much discipline and self control. Beware the enemy who will do all he can to place stumbling blocks into your path. One thing to keep in mind, is the Bible, as the Books are arranged are not in chronological order. When you mention a Seventh Day Adventist minister, I would counter with, 'There are many ministers of all denominations that will tell you to honor one verse higher than another. -Many ministers have pet verses and favorite Books and passages that they like to preach about. I myself go to a pastor that does more teaching, and very little preaching. Everything this pastor says is grounded firmly in the Word of God. When I ask him a question, he will say something like, "Okay, let's sit down and pray, and then we will see what God's Word has to say about this matter" So, do you begin to see my point yet? Through the verse above, and reliance upon God's Word alone, you might see the answer to your question for yourself. We all have our favorite memory verses, nothing wrong with that. There are those who disregard some laws and not others, and there is much discussion about all of that, but God's Word is unchanging and can be discerned, but I will not go into that other than to say that I am a dispensationalist. This says that I believe that God dispensed His authority at different times in different measures as the cultures of the earth progressed. One of my favorite verses is from Psalms, found in chapter 119, verse 105 that says, "Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path." Now, a 'lamp to my feet' is to me a light placed in the window of a cabin in the wilderness to give the direction to find the way home at night, the way to point your feet. And, a 'light to my path' is to me, a light on a path in the forest at night, from the moon, or whatever, that illuminates the ground directly ahead and will show up obstacles, such as a root or a rut that would cause my feet to stumble, thereby avoiding injury or delay on my journey. Another verse that I see as valuable to me, is 2Ti 3:16-17, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. Thanks for your scenario, Pete. I hope what I posted here sheds some light on the subject that concerns you. You are bound to have many more questions and this forum will, I am hoping, become a valuable tool for you to use as you see fit. -Hope to hear from you again soon. Grace and peace for your journey, keliy |
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318 | Rule and Reign over What? | 1 Cor 6:3 | keliy | 211002 | ||
It's Always a Pleasure! Oseh Shalom Bimromav Hu Ya-aseh Shalom Aleinu Ve'Al Kol Yisrael Ve'Imru Amen May the One who makes peace above Make peace descend on all of us On all of us and Yisrael And let us say Amen keliy |
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319 | Rule and Reign over What? | 1 Cor 6:3 | keliy | 211000 | ||
Cheri, Thank you for such an ineresting question ! Here is an interesting commentary, -not completely in line with my thoughts above, from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible: 1 Corinthians 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels… Meaning not the ministers of the Gospel, and pastors of churches, called "angels", (Revelation 1:20) whose doctrines are examined, tried, and judged by the saints, according to the word of God; nor the good angels, who, were it possible that they could, or should publish a Gospel contrary to what has been preached by the apostle, would be contradicted, condemned, and accursed by him, see (Galatians 1:8,9) but the evil angels, the devil and his angels: and this is to be understood not of their future final judgment and condemnation at the last day, when saints will subscribe unto, and approve of the sentence pronounced upon them, and will triumph over them in their destruction; but of the judgment of them, and of their ejection out of the Gentile world, out of their oracles, idols, and idol temples, to which Christ refers, (John 12:31) and calls the judgment of this world, and the casting out of the prince of it by the ministry of his apostles; and which was now already begun, and ere long would be fully accomplished: accordingly the Syriac version renders it, "know ye not (Nnynyd akalmld) , that we are about to judge angels?" and the Arabic, "know ye not that we judge angels?" from whence the apostle infers very justly, how much more things that pertain to this life? this animal life; to the trade and business of life; to pecuniary matters, to estates and possessions in this world, about which differences may arise between one saint and another. These thoughts of course, are John Gill's and can be found at: http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/GillsExpositionoftheBible/ Peace, keliy |
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320 | Rule and Reign over What? | 1 Cor 6:3 | keliy | 210999 | ||
Cheri, I must add a follow-up note, after seeing the verse above in the AMP version. The phrase, "and pronounce opinion between right and wrong [for them]?" appears to be an addition by the authors of that translation. This is because I do not find these words, or suggestions to that effect, in the Greek Text. Blessings, keliy |
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