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341 | There comes a time a man wants to die | Job 14:5 | Hank | 192984 | ||
Shoner - The closest thing I can think of is this passage in Ecclesiastes (1:1,2): "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die" (ESV). It may not answer your question exactly, but since I've directed your attention to the third chapter of Ecclestiastes, why not read all of this oft-quoted poetic passage of Scripture, Ecclestiastes 3:1-8? --Hank | ||||||
342 | What about the pastor? | 1 Sam 16:7 | Hank | 192960 | ||
This pastor you alluded to, is he a wimp? One wonders whether a pastor so timid that he fears reproving anyone who strays lest he offend is capable of shepherding his flock. I'd suggest he be invited to read Matthew 23:13-36 and follow Jesus' example. Obviously Jesus had no hang ups about offending the scribes and Pharisees when He pronounced the seven woes upon them for their wrong doing. It's fasionable in our time to soft-peddle everything and to water down what little truth one dares to speak. This ignominious practice has regrettably spilled over into the church and church leadership. It certainly sounds as though the pastor you allude to has caught the bug himself. --Hank | ||||||
343 | How much of Torah is to be followed? | Rom 7:4 | Hank | 192957 | ||
Hi, Tal - Now that you evidently have investigated what Wikipedia has to say on the issue, please read the 7th chapter of Romans to see what God has to say about the Law. --Hank | ||||||
344 | What's happening in the heart? | 1 Sam 16:7 | Hank | 192955 | ||
cuhigher - Welcome to SBF and thanks for your question. May I recommend that you pay no attention to the misinformed person who told you that it is all right for a Christian woman to dress in a sexually provocative manner? Ask him to cite book, chapter and verse in God's word that even remotely suggests such a preposterous thing. Read what Paul wrote to Timothy concerning women in the church with regard to their apparel and behavior (1 Timothy 2:8-15); and 1 Peter 3:1-3 teaches that wives maintain chaste and respectful behavior, and condemns ostentation while enjoining modesty and meekness. ..... I fail to see that the two verses you quoted in your question have anything to do with immodest feminine vesture. --Hank | ||||||
345 | Why worship only the Father | John 4:23 | Hank | 192881 | ||
Finder - You ask, "Why does this verse (John 4:23) say that we should worship only the Father?" ..... It doesn't. The word "only" does not appear in John 4:23. ..... In verse 26 of this chapter, Jesus in His discourse with the woman of Samaria said that He is indeed Messiah. And Jesus proclaims later in John's Gospel, "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30). This verse and many other verses of Scripture become far less daunting once one gains a fair understanding of the biblical doctrine of the triunity of God. A book that provides a good introduction to the doctrine of the trinity is "The Forgotten Trinity," by James White. --Hank | ||||||
346 | Sharing the Gospel or more we must do? | Matt 28:19 | Hank | 192879 | ||
Hello, Grace - Our Lord's commandment found in Matthew 28:19,20 is obeyed by doing what He said to do, viz., "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." ..... Grace, I've noticed that almost all your questions are dual submissions. You can solve this problem simply by clicking the submit button once and only once. I enjoyed reading your user profile. --Hank | ||||||
347 | 30,60,100 fold return money giving | Mark 4:8 | Hank | 192871 | ||
drumman, thanks for your question, and welcome. But I'm confused by your statement, "I am a teacher of the word on prosperity." Now, please, if you don't mind, tell us exactly what that sentence means. Thanks. --Hank | ||||||
348 | Soul sleep biblical? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 192831 | ||
No, Grace, it does not. The concept of "soul sleep" is not a biblical doctrine. --Hank | ||||||
349 | Hebrew language? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 192716 | ||
Mike - I browsed the web site; it looks interesting and legitimate. The information about the Hebrew language is probably accurate -- at least it appears to me that the people who put it together know their stuff. Learning any language well, even one's own native tongue, is difficult and calls for much study. In addition to majoring in English, I studied Latin and French in school and learned German in Germany under a tutor when I was in the military stationed in Stuttgart. I've never attempted to learn a language on my own without a teacher. I should think it would be enormously difficult to learn ancient Hebrew or any other language on the web. Such an undertaking would require a large amount of commitment and self-discipline. But if you have a knack for language, are sufficiently motivated, and are willing to shift your brain into over-drive and study hard, then go for it! If you have access to a university in your area that offers courses in biblical Hebrew or Greek, you might ought to check it out. One little caveat, if I may. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing so the old maxim goes, and one is not going to become an expert in Hebrew or anything else without many long hours of toil and sweat. Translators who become skilled enough to translate the ancient Hebrew Scriptures into English devote years to study. Now and again we have someone come on this Forum who is a self-appointed language expert based on nothing more than his ownership of a Hebrew or Greek dictionary! Please don't make that blunder. I wish you well, Mike. --Hank | ||||||
350 | Is showing emotions a weakness? | John 11:35 | Hank | 192527 | ||
Hi, Cheri - Well, I'm impressed, and somehow don't feel so old any more. :-) Kalijah sounds like a prophet, doesn't he? And didn't he used to work in King Solomon's mines? That'd make him a miner prophet, wouldn't it? Oh my, it's getting late and obviously old Hank needs some sleep! --Hank | ||||||
351 | Is showing emotions a weakness? | John 11:35 | Hank | 192522 | ||
jaspradlin - I like your answer! It's balanced and well said. You make a good point in advocating that we not permit emotions to rule our lives while observing that God made us as persons with emotions. Without them we'd be about as interesting and exciting as the old wooden Indian that used to be displayed in front of cigar stores. :-) But I reveal my age by this remark about wooden Indians. The younger readers of this Forum won't know what on earth I'm talking about! Good to have you aboard. Welcome! --Hank | ||||||
352 | If I commit suicide, can I go to heaven? | Job | Hank | 192470 | ||
Larry, the suicide question is among the most frequently asked on Study Bible Forum. Please use "Search" and type in the key word, suicide. If "that person" in your question is you, Larry, I strongly urge you to seek immediate counsel through a pastor or Christian clinical psychologist. --Hank | ||||||
353 | how did peter die | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 192453 | ||
The Bible does not tell us how or when the apostle Peter died, Nevah, neither does history. All we have to go on is a tradition which says that he was crucified upside down. About your second question having to do with Mary, the mother of Jesus, there is nothing in Scripture to indicate that she "went to heaven in spirit and body" -- by which I assume you are asking whether she ascended in like manner as her Son. --Hank | ||||||
354 | Can a Christian reject God's grace | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 192451 | ||
Hello, John D. - You confuse me, John, when you say, "I am not saying that God is powerful enough to save us..." Then, sir, what are you saying, please? If you are NOT saying that God is powerful enough to save us, then pray tell me who is? Surely your words don't say what you meant for them to say! ..... Then further you say, "but in the keeping part, he (meaning God, from the sense of the context) needs help." Will you be kind enough to cite from the Scriptures a passage or two which teaches that God needs help with salvation, or, for that matter, with anything else? ....... Finally, in reference to the final point of your post, does Scripture in fact teach that the nature of man after the Fall is exactly the same as Adam's before the Fall? Thanks for your consideration of these questions and a belated welcome to SBF. --Hank | ||||||
355 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | Hank | 192361 | ||
John, points well taken and thanks for your painstaking efforts to set down your position with added clarity. One of the earmarks of a true believer, so it seems to me, is his deep resolve to take God at His word, that is to say, to look to Scripture as the plumb line by which to measure all truth. The Psalmist said, "The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting" (Psalm 119:150, NASB). And our Lord prayed, "Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth" (John 17:17, NASB). God's blessings to you, too, John. --Hank | ||||||
356 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | Hank | 192350 | ||
Before we attempt to discredit the ability of a fish to swallow a man, "we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it" (see Hebrews 2:1). So, then, let us pay much closer attention to the text of Jonah 1:17: "And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights." What part of this text is hard to understand? And what should one do with a text like that? Believe it! God sovereignly prepared (appointed) a great fish to rescue Jonah. Jesus did not teach the story of Jonah as a parable or an allegory but as an actual account firmly rooted in history. See Matthew 12:38-41; 16:4; Luke 11:29-32. Is it really too large a task for God, who spoke the universe into existence, to appoint a big fish capable of swallowing a man? Come, come. Are we to lean on our puny understanding or trust in the power of almighy God and take Him at His word? --Hank | ||||||
357 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | Hank | 192343 | ||
Hi, Jesusman - I certainly won't chide you for your offering of a bit of extra-biblical evidence. Extra-biblical evidence of the historical events recorded in Scripture abounds, and the more sophisticated all branches of true science grow -- this does not include wild theories, such as evolution, which has neither scientific nor biblical support -- the more they tend to corrobrate what was written centuries ago in God's word. One of my favorite web sites is Institute for Creation Research (icr.org). These Christian scholars and scientists in El Cajon, California have done much research into creationism and evolution, Noah's devastating flood, Jonah's big fish and many other events recorded in Scripture. Ours is not a blind faith based on myths and fairy tales, but on the God of creation and the Man, Christ Jesus, a real person in history, who walked and talked along the shores of Lake Galilee and the streets of Jerusalem. In his book, "The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict," Josh McDowell has no qualms at all about documenting strong archeological evidence in support of the reliability of both the Old and New Testaments. I see nothing at all wrong with the work and research of the Christian men and women at icr.org nor with such fine works as Josh McDowell has produced. Thus, my friend, I have no reason at all to find anything wrong with your illustration of a modern-day Jonah who spent a short vacation within a fish. As for me, I'd sooner observe a fish from without than from within, but there's no accounting for taste, I suppose. :-) ...... Someone may say, "But I don't need any evidence beyond what God has written in His Word." Fine. Neither do I. But in our time hosts of churches are turning away from sola scriptura to a crass liberalism that seeks to replace the authority of Scripture with the deceptive lies of humanism. Perhaps those who hold Scripture in such low regard would profit from the incontrovertible evidence of extra-biblical sources. I don't know that they would. It takes more than hard evidence to convince and convict anyone whose heart is as hard as stone. See Ezek. 36:26. --Hank | ||||||
358 | What is the unpardonable sin? | John 3:16 | Hank | 192283 | ||
Please see Post 8427. To access this post, go to Search and type in 8427. --Hank | ||||||
359 | LOOKING FOR WEIGHTS IN THE BIBLE | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 192282 | ||
Quickest way: Google. Type in three words: bible weights measurements. --Hank | ||||||
360 | how tall are angels | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 192246 | ||
Evidently the angel Michael was not too tall to fit into Noah's boat, because the Bible says he was an archangel (Jude 1:9). --Hank | ||||||
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