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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Brian.g Ordered by Verse |
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41 | who did cain marry? | Gen 1:1 | Brian.g | 14107 | ||
By name, I don't know By relationship to Cain, I don't know |
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42 | Dear Nicodemus: | Gen 1:1 | Brian.g | 14601 | ||
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43 | why did god create the universe? | Gen 1:1 | Brian.g | 195897 | ||
Racheeyy Gen 1:28-30 does tell us that the earth was given to man. However, Scripture does not definitively say why the universe (outside of our world) was created. But, we know that God created man out of love. To suggest that God made man for his own self-glory would be to imply a deficiency of ego within God. It would imply that God needed man's existence (or worship) in order to feel 'complete'. That would imply man's value is so great that God, Himself, must have our affirmation of His greatness. And, we know that it is not so. God does not need man. Nor was God compelled by some outside force to create man. That would imply that there is a force or being in the universe greater than God. Again, we know that is not so. God did not create man to fulfill an internal deficiency, nor was God compelled by an outside force. The only motive which remains is love. However, it is right that everything we do should be done for the glory of God. When man is in full union with God, and we know and experience the fullness of God's love, we have no desire but to glorify God and all of His greatness. Brian |
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44 | Would Adam and Eve have fallen? | Gen 3:13 | Brian.g | 186963 | ||
Vincent There are two ways to look at this question. First: as you asked it - would Adam and Eve have fallen if the devil never entered the garden Second: Did Adam and Eve have the power or ability to reject sin - whether the devil was present or not. The devil does not have ultimate power or control over mankind. Man has to participate and make the final decision as to whether or not to sin. Gen 4:7 If you do well, you can hold up your head; but if not, sin is a demon lurking at the door: his urge is toward you, yet you can be his master." Mt 4:3-10 ...At this, Jesus said to him, "Get away, Satan ... In the first example, God tells us we have the ability to reject Satan.. In the second example, Jesus the man, rejects the temptations of the devil. In both cases, God is telling and showing us, we have the intellect and strength to reject sin, if we desire to. Actually, the third way to look at this question would be: would Adam and Eve used their intellect to question God's command, in the first place - and if so, could they have come to the conclusion or opinion (because this would be an act of the intellect or reason), that God was wrong. Well, I think we see enough actions in this world where people have come to the conclusion that they are more capable of making a proper decision about things than God is and I don't think Satan can take credit for all of those acts, I think sometimes man can do it, all by himself. When man reasons with his intellect that his decision is more right than God's, it is a sign of man's lack of faith and lack of trust in God and Jesus. Mark 11:22 Jesus said to them in reply, "Have faith in God. Brian |
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45 | Did God really want animal sacrifices? | Gen 4:4 | Brian.g | 37855 | ||
Robust A good starting point to answering your questions would be to read Psalms 50:5-23, and pay particular attention to verses 5, 8-13 and 23. Psalms 50:23 Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; to the obedient I will show the salvation of God."). Brian |
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46 | who was the father of methuselah | Gen 5:21 | Brian.g | 72982 | ||
ladyappleman Genesis 5:21 When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he became the father of Methuselah. Brian |
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47 | Same Bible? | Gen 21:18 | Brian.g | 144520 | ||
Yes, this is the religion of Islam and their 'Bible' is the Koran. Brian |
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48 | where was Abraham's buried | Gen 25:9 | Brian.g | 73101 | ||
ladyappleman Genesis 25:9-10 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite, which faces Mamre the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; there he was buried next to his wife Sarah Brian |
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49 | why did God plan to kill moses here | Ex 4:24 | Brian.g | 88599 | ||
mnica50 Because the son of Moses was not circumcised, which is the responsibility of the father. Gen 17:10-13 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you that you must keep: every male among you shall be circumcised. Circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that shall be the mark of the covenant between you and me. Throughout the ages, every male among you, when he is eight days old, shall be circumcised, including houseborn slaves and those acquired with money from any foreigner who is not of your blood. Yes, both the houseborn slaves and those acquired with money must be circumcised. Thus my covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting pact. Moses was saved when his wife circumcised their son Ex 4:25-26 But Zipporah took a piece of flint and cut off her son's foreskin and, touching his person, she said, "You are a spouse of blood to me." Then God let Moses go.... Brian |
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50 | Virgin Mary | Ex 20:4 | Brian.g | 183012 | ||
To have a picture or statuette of any human being (living or dead) in your home is not wrong. To worship that art form, as if it were a god, would be wrong. To view a form of art in remembrance of how that person lived their life as an inspiration, in the same manner in which the images within the stained glass windows in churches inspire and help us remember, is not wrong Mary is viewed as the perfect disciple of Christ. The perfect disciple of Christ is one who always serves Christ, never betrays or abandons Christ and always leads other to follow Christ. From the moment the angel came to Mary (Lk 1:38 Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid (servant) of the Lord) To the wedding a Cana (Jn 2:5 His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you.") Through the scourging and crucifixion of Jesus Other Disciples: Jn 13:38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times." Other Disciples: Lk 23:49 but all his acquaintances stood at a distance, including the women who had followed him from Galilee and saw these events. Mary: Jn 19:25 Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala And following the instructions of Jesus to wait in the upper room, in prayer, for the Holy Spirit Acts 1:14 All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. From the very beginning and forever thereafter, there was only one perfect disciple of Christ who never wavered, who was always with Christ and who never denied or abandoned Christ. Mary, the mother of Christ, is that perfect disciple of Christ. Go ahead and put her picture in your home and I hope she inspires you to be like her as the perfect disciple of Christ and to lead others to Christ. Mary is the Christmas star – always leading others to Christ Brian |
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51 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | Brian.g | 16086 | ||
Charis I agree with you to the point that God did give us permission in the OT to do many things, including capital punishment for many crimes, including murder. However, Jesus has taught us that we must help that person to sin no more and to become a Christian, if at all possible. By putting a murderer into prison, even for life, they will have the chance to find Jesus and live their life as Jesus wants us to. They may not find Jesus, but we must try to help them. If we immediately kill that person, or near immediately, then they probably won't have the opportunity to find Jesus during the course of their natural life. If they complete their natural life in prison, they will have a greater chance of being saved and spending eternity in heaven. John 8:7-11 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." Murder is a sin and if a man commits this sin and then truly follows Jesus, his sin of murder will be forgiven. Brian |
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52 | A certain way to drink-why? | Judg 7:5 | Brian.g | 195697 | ||
Novelist In this passage, there were 32,000 soldiers total. 22,000 who were afraid, were told to leave in Judges 7:3 This reduced the number to 10,000, of those the 9,700 who drank by lapping the water were dismissed as being careless, not ready or on their guard against the enemy. They were to complacent. The remaining 300 soldiers who drank by kneeling were always being on guard for the enemy - ready to resist attack - and ready to fight. They were the chosen soldiers. They were the best soldiers. Jesus is more interested in the quality of his disciples, not the quantity. Jesus wants as disciples those who are always ready and on guard against evil. Brian |
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53 | Does this mean God is the author of sin? | 2 Sam 12:11 | Brian.g | 15650 | ||
Sin is an act of defiance and an insult against God. Satan may tempt us and subject us to evil, but it is man's free will to choose whether to act upon a temptation or evil, thus creating the sin. In 2 Samuel 12:11, God is not creating sin nor is He creating evil. God is permitting evil to exist in David' house. When God said He will give Davids wives to his companions, God is not causing the wives to sin, because the action is neither performed by the free will of the wives nor is it an act of defiance against God. Instead the act is performed by the will of God as an act of punishment against David. God created evil and sin only to the extent that God created Satan and God permits Satan to tempt us and subject us to evil. Which, when chosen by mans free will, creates sin. Job 1: 6 One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." 8 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil." 9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. 10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face." 12 The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. The question here is why does God permit evil and why does God permit Satan to tempt us. Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. God had a reason for leading Jesus into the desert and for permitting the temptation of Jesus, by Satan. What was God's reason. Does God use Satans temptations and evil and our free will actions towards those temptations, as a measurement of our devotion and commitment to God. Was this Gods final test of Jesus, the man, to guarantee Jesus' place in heaven and as the third member of the Trinity. In a post on this question, Charis asks why anyone would want to know God is the root cause of evil - what purpose is served. First, I don't feel the term 'God is the root of evil' is an accurate term. But, I feel that this reaffirms that God is greater than evil, which by itself is a very comforting thought. And, God has a reason for allowing temptation to exist, although we don't fully understand why. But, this does reaffirm that God can and will control evil, so as not to allow more than each of us can handle. Mark 15: 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? In this test, Jesus never denied God, He only asked why God has not taken Him, yet. Jesus was obviously at the physical limits which any man could take. At which point, God intervened. 37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love |
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54 | Ash Wednesday, valid or not? | Esth 4:1 | Brian.g | 34811 | ||
Scott I am happy for you that your are continuing your relationship with Christ. Regardless, of the church you are affiliated, there will be certain traditions and such, which will need to be studied by you, in order to receive its full benefit. I wonder if you had understood this better while you were a practicing Catholic, if it would have had more meaning to you. The Wednesday after Quinquagesima Sunday, which is the first day of the Lenten fast. The name dies cinerum (day of ashes) which it bears in the Roman Missal is found in the earliest existing copies of the Gregorian Sacramentary and probably dates from at least the eighth century. On this day all the faithful according to ancient custom are exhorted to approach the altar before the beginning of Mass, and there the priest, dipping his thumb into ashes previously blessed, marks the forehead -- or in case of clerics upon the place of the tonsure -- of each the sign of the cross, saying the words: "Remember man that thou art dust and unto dust thou shalt return." The ashes used in this ceremony are made by burning the remains of the palms blessed on the Palm Sunday of the previous year. In the blessing of the ashes four prayers are used, all of them ancient. The ashes are sprinkled with holy water and fumigated with incense. The celebrant himself, be he bishop or cardinal, receives, either standing or seated, the ashes from some other priest, usually the highest in dignity of those present. In earlier ages a penitential procession often followed the rite of the distribution of the ashes, but this is not now prescribed. There can be no doubt that the custom of distributing the ashes to all the faithful arose from a devotional imitation of the practice observed in the case of public penitents. But this devotional usage, the reception of a sacramental which is full of the symbolism of penance (cf. the cor contritum quasi cinis of the "Dies Irae") is of earlier date than was formerly supposed. It is mentioned as of general observance for both clerics and faithful in the Synod of Beneventum, 1091 (Mansi, XX, 739), but nearly a hundred years earlier than this the Anglo-Saxon homilist Ælfric assumes that it applies to all classes of men. "We read", he says, "in the books both in the Old Law and in the New that the men who repented of their sins bestrewed themselves with ashes and clothed their bodies with sackcloth. Now let us do this little at the beginning of our Lent that we strew ashes upon our heads to signify that we ought to repent of our sins during the Lenten fast." This information is from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Brian |
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55 | Ash Wednesday, valid or not? | Esth 4:1 | Brian.g | 34828 | ||
Scott It's my pleasure. Brian |
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56 | In what way was Job supposed to suffer? | Job | Brian.g | 28894 | ||
Samantha I stole this answer from another source. But, before I give you my answer, I am curious as to why you have posted five different questions related to suffering. What has prompted your questions? The Book of Job, named after its protagonist, is an exquisite dramatic poem which treats of the problem of the suffering of the innocent, and of retribution. The contents of the book, together with its artistic structure and elegant style, place it among the literary masterpieces of all time. Job, an oriental chieftain, pious and upright, richly endowed in his own person and in domestic prosperity, suffers a sudden and complete reversal of fortune. He loses his property and his children; a loathsome disease afflicts his body; and sorrow oppresses his soul. Nevertheless, Job does not complain against God. When some friends visit him to condole with him, Job protests his innocence and does not understand why he is afflicted. He curses the day of his birth and longs for death to bring an end to his sufferings. The debate which ensues consists of three cycles of speeches. Job's friends insist that his plight can only be a punishment for personal wrongdoing and an invitation from God to repentance. Job rejects their inadequate explanation and calls for a response from God himself. At this point the speeches of a youth named Elihu (Job 32-37) interrupt the development. In response to Job's plea that he be allowed to see God and hear from him the cause of his suffering, God answers, not by justifying his action before men, but by referring to his own omniscience and almighty power. Job is content with this. He recovers his attitude of humility and trust in God, which is deepened now and strengthened by his experience of suffering. The lesson is that even the just may suffer here, and their sufferings are a test of their fidelity. They shall be rewarded in the end. Man's finite mind cannot probe the depths of the divine omniscience that governs the world. The problems we encounter can be solved by a broader and deeper awareness of God's power, presence (Job 42:5) and wisdom. Brian |
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57 | By What Right Does God Rule Man? | Ps 2:11 | Brian.g | 188078 | ||
LockN This is a powerful (almost overwhelming) question and can be interpreted in numerous ways. Could you help me understand the context of this question. Is it intended as a statement of indignation, or as a question of relative relationships, or something else? I believe this effort on your part will help facilitate an appropriate answer. Regards Brian |
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58 | God's Right to Rule. | Ps 2:11 | Brian.g | 188344 | ||
LockN Before we go any further, asking this type of academic-style of question in order to understand the fullness of Christ’s message is fine and acceptable and I have no problem with you asking it. However, to ask the same question as a challenge to the First Commandment is to put ourselves into the role of judging God. We would be judging whether God should be allowed to make this demand of us; whether the demand is fair and just; and we would be challenging God’s wisdom. Regardless of the final outcome of our judgment, we are saying that our intellect, our fairness and our ability to judge, is greater than God’s. And that would be wrong. • In your response you said “Is the mere fact that God created man the only reason why God has a right to rule over men or is there another more legitimate basis for understanding this divine right?” My response that there is a more complete answer to Divine Right. In addition to creating man, God created not just man, but everything including Divine Rights. Who has a greater wisdom for granting and deciding rights and privileges, than God? Nobody. It is God’s right to make any demand He chooses of man and man does not share in that Divine Right to challenge God. • Towards what end or purpose was God’s reason for creating man? My response is for unity with God. This is an important question, because our relationship with God is predicated on His purpose of creating us. In John 17, Jesus prayed for our unity with God and with Jesus. This was God’s reason for creating us. • What compelled God to create man – what was the driving force which caused God to act? o Was it an external force or urge driving God to create man? No, because prior to creation, there was nothing outside of God. After creation, there is nothing outside of God powerful enough to compel or force God to act. o Was it an internal force; some thing or some need within God; driving God to create man? No, because that would imply that God created man in order to fulfill some form of deficiency, incompleteness or void within God. God is whole and complete. o The only reason remaining as to why God created man is compassion. – love. • We have love as God’s driving force for creating man; with the end purpose of God’s act of creation being our unity with God. • With love being God’s reason for creating man, it is safe to say that God would follow through, after the act of creation, in a manner which would be for our continued best interest, including protecting and nurturing man. God would not create man with the purpose of unity with God and then abandon man to the evil one. Ours is a jealous and protective God. • Should our unity with God be on our terms, God’s terms, or someone else’s terms? When comparing God’s terms to our terms for the purpose of union with God, God’s wisdom is infinitely greater than ours. As such, man will experience far greater enjoyment and good from our union with God by following God. As far as someone else defining the terms of our relationship with God, the evil one does not work to accomplish God’s purpose. Brian |
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59 | can you explain psalm 13:5? | Ps 13:1 | Brian.g | 106604 | ||
In verse 5, the psalmist is simply ending with his confessing his trust in God and with a statement of praise. Brian |
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60 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Ps 25:4 | Brian.g | 17659 | ||
Benjibabs It was an interesting conclusion to your question, by seeing your question posted twice and the resulting confusion, as to what was said by whom, when, and etc. I curious, was this to reinforce a point or strictly by accident. Brian |
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