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41 | why is book of numbers in bible | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 121593 | ||
Dear godnded, The Book of Numbers is a historical narritive in one sense in another sense it shows us God's faithfullness in the face of the failure of His people. The lesson we learn from this is how God rewards faithfullness andeven though He must punish sin He livesup to His Word. I really hope this he;ps Yours In Christ, tgc |
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42 | WHAT DOSE JOB:8:7 MEAN | Job 1:1 | tgc | 121589 | ||
The advice that Job's latter end would increase abundantly anticipates Job's restoration in the epilouge 42:10-17 though it came about in a way quite different from what Bildad envisioned. tgc | ||||||
43 | Would you? | Mark 16:15 | tgc | 121587 | ||
My Fellow Worker In Christ, Aixen7z4 If you wish to share the whole gospel anywhere anytime I AM WITH YOU. No matter where it is. tgc |
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44 | How do you define cult? | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 121570 | ||
greetings bstudent, There are a few different ways to define a cult. It depends on whether you are speaking in socoicological terms or religous terms. I would assume your question comes from Hanks question to Miss JW.. In the religous sense a cult would be defined as any group that teaches something other than biblical Christanity while still trying to use Jesus's name.. In the case of JWs deny the dieity of Jesus Christ they deny that hell is a real place, they believe that only 144,000 people will go to Heaven and those from the Heavenly class of the JWs withch Ielive they sy ended in 1935. These are some examples of why a group would be called a cult. A wonderful book on this subject is THE KINGDOM OF THE CULTS by Walter Martin there are currently two editions avaible one edit by Hank Henegraft and one edited by Ravi Zacharis. hope this helps tgc |
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45 | When are sinners judged - GWTJ? | NT general Archive 1 | tgc | 121506 | ||
good evening liveright, Yes the GWTJ isthe judgement of the sinner. If you will notice in Rev20:12 those at the GWT will be judged by their works. As you know belivers are judged by the rightousness of Christ. Exactly when the beliver will stand before Christ to judged on their service and rewarded accordingly but I do know that it will happen refernce 2Timothy 4:6-8. tgc | ||||||
46 | Verse about being sentient | Gen 2:8 | tgc | 121500 | ||
greetings Raistlin, I hope I understand your question correctly. I think we can start answering your question in Gen.2:8 " The tree oflife was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." By putting the tree in the garden God gave3 man a choice to obey or to disobey Him. Another example is the discourse between Jesus and the rich young ruler in Mat.16-22 Where in the end the ruler has to make a choice between his riches and Christ. Another place we can see this principle is Romans 10:13 "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Ifyou have the option to call on the name of the Lord then you oviously have the option not to call on His name. Hope this helps. tgc |
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47 | What is the apostacy? | 2 Thess 2:3 | tgc | 121498 | ||
hello Rowdy, I hope thiswill be of some help in Jude verse 5 apostates are equatedto those who came out Egypt butstill did not believe in God. In verses 7-8 Jude speaks tothe issue of homosexuality as being apostate as waell a those who reject authority and speak evil of dignitaries. In verse 16 he addresses grumblers complainers and those walking after their own lust as being apostate. Now if we take the context of the whole book concerns these people inside the church. Hope this is what you arelooking for . your friend in Christ, tgc |
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48 | Purpose of Prayer? | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 121441 | ||
HI Hank, I belivethe answere to your question can be found in Matthew 6:9-13. As you most likely know this is what is referred to as the Lord's Prayer. I belive there are all the principles and purposes of prayer revealed here. Fist of all we acknowledge who we are praying to andthe fact we only want His will not nessacarily our own. Next we look foward to His coming while asking to make difference for Him in our world today. So first we worship. Next we bring our request and acknowlege our dependency on Him. Then we ask for forgiveness and the strengh to forgive. Next divine protection Then we acknowledge from where our Hope comes and the Majasty of God and HIs kingdom. Also we see in the Psalms that David basically carried on conversations with God so should we rememebering that prayer is a two way conversation not just us bombarding God. But the bottom line to all of this is that it is the way we build our relationship with God. If we do not have communication with someone how can there be any relationship. For example if I neber carry on a conversation with my son how will I know him and he know me. Prayers main purposes are to build a relationship between us and God and to teach us to trust Him. Your Friend in Christ tgc |
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49 | Thanks, and here's another question. | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 121440 | ||
Hello ripken8os, The question you are asking is one I have heard many times and even ask myself. I think if people arehonest all of us have had this question so do not feel alone. First of all the answere to your question is faith. However I will not leave you there how does our faith grow by the Word of God. The first thing we have to establish is can we belive the bible. Of course you know we can but what proof is there. There is the arciological proof today arcilogist are using the bible to help them find where to dig and when they do dig they find just what the bible said would be there. Next there is the manuscripe eveidence there is more manuscript evidence foe the bible than any other work in ancient history. So with that we know the bible we have is the one God meansfor us to have. Ther are other proofs we could go into but I think this should satify to answere thispart of your question. The next thing to do iskeep a prayer journal of what you pray and how God answeres I think you will be suprised at how much He is commmunicating to you if you just take time to listen and a journal is a great way to do this. Stay in the Word pray and listen for God to answere just anote He normally answeres through His Word. I really hope this helps In Christ tgc |
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50 | Hebrews 6:4 -Am I a useless cause? | John 11:25 | tgc | 121016 | ||
Dear friend part 3, Jesus Himself said that the only unforgiveable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. That is a life of continually rejecting the convicting power of the Holy Spirit in your life and rejecting the finished work of Jesus on the cross. You are not hopeless just go to Christ in repentance that is turning awy from your sin and to Christ make Him the Lord of your life and seek daily to take up your cross and foloe Him. I do not pretend that this is easy but if you seek a relationship with Christ through His Word and get hooked up with a healthy well balanced church where you can experience the love of Christ in pratical way you can find hope. I sincerley hope this will help and I want you to know I will be holding you up in prayer. In the love of Christ, tgc |
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51 | Hebrews 6:4 -Am I a useless cause? | John 11:25 | tgc | 121015 | ||
Dear Friend part 2, Through these four parts God works with us to draw us to Him. With the intellect we can hear Gods word and understand the ramifications. Through the emotions we can feel conviction. With our free will we choose how we respond. Of course the soul is that part of us that lives on after the body has died awaiting resurrection. If you can come to grip with these truths and come to the point that you relize that there is nothing you can do about your sin only Christ can handle that then confess this to Him and accept the free gift He has for you making Him Lord of your life then the salvation issue is settled. As for falling away and losing your salvation that is not going to happen brcause your salvation i not based on you it is based on Christ finished work ion the cross. For an example of this look at the life of Peter one minute he is being patted on the back by Jesus the next Jesus is calling him satan. Mat. 16:13-16 and Mat.16:22-23 Also remember that Peter is the one who denied Christ three timesMat. 26:69-75 , but look at how the resurrected Christ restores him John 21: 15-19. The only way you are a hopless cause is if you reject Jesus Christ as the Lord of your life. please see part 3 |
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52 | Hebrews 6:4 -Am I a useless cause? | John 11:25 | tgc | 121013 | ||
Dear Friend, part one Let me refer you to just a few verses thar might help you. The first is John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that WHOSOEVER belives in Him should not parish but have everlasting life. Look at the capitalized word whosoever and ask yourself what does this word mean. Very plainly it means that anyone who comes to Christ wil be saved. Let us look a little deeper at this. From here we will go to the book of Romans chapter 3:23"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." What is the Glory of God? It is Jesus Christ or absoulet perfection. Needless to say all of us fall short at this point.Romans 6:23 "For the wagesof sin is death but thegift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." We have alraedy established the fact that all have sinned now we see the result of that sin death. An important note here is that there are two kinds of death there is spiritiual and physical. Physical death is something we are all anquainted with So what is spiritual death well that is seperation from God. But if we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior that wall of death is broken down and we can be with God. Romans 10: 9-10 " that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and belivein your heart that God has raised Him from the dead you will be saved. For with the heart one belives unto rightousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Here the important question is what does the scripture mean when it refers to the heart? What I have come to believe is that the heart of man is that part of man that is created in the image of God. There are four parts to this the intellect the emotion the soul andthe free will. |
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53 | Holy Spirit leaving the earth? | 1 Cor 6:19 | tgc | 120564 | ||
Kecia, In answering your question, I believe we should look at 1Thessalonians 4:13 through 5:11: "4:13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive [and] remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. 5:1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others [do,] but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. 11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing." NewKingJamesVersion Throught the rest of this letter, Paul wraps things up in his conclusion. However, immediately as he starts his second letter ( 2Thess), Paul picks up right away with God's final judgement, God's glory and the great apostasy, or falling away. This leads us to to 2Thess. 2:7; "For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains [will do so] until He is taken out of the way." NKJV This verse falls within a long discussion of the end time and what will happen. That is why I felt it is important to set this context. The "He" in this verse is clearly the Holy Spirit and it is my belief that at this time in history the rapture of the Church marks the end of the Holy Spirit's work on earth; and that those who come to Christ thereafter will be in the same situation as the Old Testament believers in that they will not have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We see the Holy Spirit's everyday work begin at Pentecost and end with the rapture of the Church. I don't mean that the Old Testament beleivers were never indwelled by the Holy Spirit, they were. But these were exceptions to the general rule. And those indwellings were for limited periods of time and for a specific purpose. Samson is just one example. His strength would come when the Spiriut of God fell on him. Yes, the Holy Spirit will leave this earth when Christ raptures His Church. At that time, the age of grace when end and the the tribulation period will begin. Evil will run rampant, good will be called bad, bad will be called good. Persons responded to the Gospel message will be without the indwelling Holy Spirit and many will pay for their belief with their lives. When the hour is darkest and things look like they cannot be any worse, Christ Himself will return aas the Lion of Judah, bringing His Church with Him to destroy all evil and set up His Kingdom. In Christ's Love TGC |
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54 | What nonsense is this? | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 120135 | ||
Being new to this website I do not know how people normally word their questions and answeres. But I do know that in many of our churches if you do not speak christanise your lost in most of the conversations. This has always been a problem for me as we try really hard to get non churched people to come into to the church and run them away with the strange way we talk. In many cases these people thank we are talking down to them and that is terrible. So I guess in a nutshell what I'm tring to say is although these people may wish to seem super spiritual they are most probly hurting the cause of Christ. If you will look at all the gospels Jesus always spoke in lanuage people could understand easily. tgc | ||||||
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