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41 | baptism for the dead? | NT general Archive 1 | Robert Nicholson | 63840 | ||
Kaatje: We have to look at this verse within the context of the chapter. In chapter Paul is presenting the importance of the resurrection of Christ. He also points out the other side of the arguement which is the hopelessness which is found if Christ is not raised and if the dead rise not. Some writers have suggested that in Corinth, there were professing believers who did not believe in resurrection and yet they were practising the ritual of vicarious baptism or baptism for the dead. In other words one of the living would be baptised for one who had died unbaptised. Paul in v. 29 is not condoning this practice, but is pointing out their faulty thinking: First of all they deny the resurrection and then they baptise for the dead. "If the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for them" is another way of putting v. 29. The reason this practice is not in the church today is that such a practice is not mentioned before or after this verse. Secondly, the Bible clearly teaches that after death our eternal destiny is fixed. In Luke 16:19-31 Jesus shows us this truth. Again Jesus warned the people "If you die in your sins were I am you cannot come" The idea that a living person can somehow help a dead person by being baptised contradicts the gospel of Christ. Christ is the only one who takes the sinners place and makes him right with God. I am reminded of a psalm which reinforces this truth "None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him" Psalm 49:7 Hope this helps Robert |
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42 | What is the people sin? | NT general Archive 1 | Robert Nicholson | 67355 | ||
Confusing: I will try to address some of your questions. quote ." No one MADE Adam and Eve sin. Nor are we victims when we sin. We sin because we want to sin." They can sin because they are been created if not they cannot so again no one will suffer here and in hell" ---------------------------------------- Answer I agree that sin came into the world by disobedience by Adam and Eve. "Wherefore as by one man sin entered the world, and death by sin; and so death was passed upon all men, for all have sinned" Romans 5:12 ------------------------------------- quote 2. If the way to stay out of hell is by following God's commandments, then we are all going to hell (Romans 3:23). That is why i find that I am a victim, being born is not man choice, but if the man born he already a victim of battle of God and satan. " ---------------------------------------- Answer You are right on the first point. According to Romans 3 there is absolutely nothing which we can do to save ourselves "because all have sinned and have come short of the glory of God" Rom. 3:23 We cannot help how we were born. However, we are not victoms, we are sinners by birth, sinners by practice and sinners by choice. Romans 3:10-18 If it were not for the grace of God we would continue in this journey away from him. However, in his love toward us he strives with us by his Spirit drawing us to Christ. ----------------------------------------- quote: "But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases." --Psalm 115:3 It is likely that God pleases with the outcome of His creation? Too many die in wars, sickness shortage of food is He very happy of what the world today? "Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps." --Psalm 135:6 He pleases with the suffering here and there, killing rape, extortion and other form of evil that we have now all over the world? -------------------------------- Answer: You are right that God does as he pleases as your verses show. He is Sovereign, he is our creator, he does not owes anything. Yet in his grace and love he has provided a way through Christ that we can be redeemed. God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, he tells us "Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?" In other words he is pleading with sinners to turn from their wicked ways and live. It is sinners who commit sins, God is not the author of the terrible things which happen on this earth. It is people who turn from God and committ such deeds and mankind reaps the consequences of their deeds. "The way of the transgressor is hard" (Proverbs 13:15) Think of the Lord Jesus in his day as he stood weeping as he looked over the city and lamented that "they had missed their time of visition" --------------------------------------- quote: The good news is that the God who judges us guilty is also the God who was pleased to send His Son Jesus Christ to live the perfect life that we do not live, to pay the penalty of the sin of all those who trust in Him by means of His death on the Cross, and to rise again to demonstrate that that penalty is paid and that all Christians, like Christ himself, will be raised to newness of life. God did this because he created man, I think it His responsibilities to save His creation and besides it is all His ideas to create. -------------------------------------------- Answer: It is wonderful that God saw this world in its fallen condition even before the world was made and made a way of redemption through the sacrifice of his Son. God did not owe us anything, this is an important point. We had no claims on God. As humans we made a choice. However, this high lights the grace of God toward us, that even when we were unloveable, enemies because of wicked works, God in his love and mercey sent his Son into this world to save sinners. He loved us not because he owed us, but simply because he loved us. Peace in his Name Robert |
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43 | WHAT IS THE CENTRAL THEME OF LUKE? | NT general Archive 1 | Robert Nicholson | 74135 | ||
Greetings Godlyman: I believe the theme in all 4 gospels is our Lord Jesus Christ. In each book he is seen from different perspectives. Matt. 1:1 "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham" In this verse we see that Christ is joined to the covenant of Kingship with David and with promise through Abraham. Thus in Matt. we are viewing the Lord Jesus as King. In the Gospel of Mark we have no genealogy since we are seeing the Lord Jesus as the perfect Servant. As the lowly sevant there is no need for genealogy. Mark 10:45 is suggested as the key verse "For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister" In Luke we see that the genealogy of the Lord Jesus is traced back to Adam through his mother. In Luke we see the perfect man as we read of him as the Son of man. "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost" Luke 19:10. Through the eyes of doctor Luke we see things which demonstrate his humanity. In the Gospel we see our Lord Jesus presented as the Eternal Son of God in John 1. There is no genealogy here since he is without beginning or end, he is God manifest in the flesh. "These things are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name" Thus we see Jesus as the King in Matt, the perfect Servant in Mark, the perfect man in Luke and the Son of God in John. Robert |
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44 | what does the sons of God (6:1) mean? | Genesis | Robert Nicholson | 31584 | ||
In Genesis 5:26 we read "and to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord" It would appear that the "Sons of God" refer to those of the godly line of Seth who strayed from God and began to intermarry with the godless line of Cain. Peace in his Name Robert |
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45 | can you lose your salvation? | Gen 1:1 | Robert Nicholson | 32298 | ||
SP31 I agree with you, although I know this is a subject of contraversey by some. The Bible teaches: "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast..." (Hebrews 6:18) The imagery of an anchor would remind us of a soul in the waters of life. Before we were saved we were tossed as the troubled sea and were going to perish. Yet God by his grace in his mercy and love offered us a lifeline in Christ and when we rested upon him by faith we are connected to Christ who is the anchor and we are safe in him. In John 10:9 the Lord Jesus promised "I am the door by me if any one enter in, he/she shall be saved..." When we are saved Jesus said,"My sheep hear my voice and they follow me and I give unto them eternal life and they shall NEVER perish" John 10:27-28 As a young boy before I was saved a song haunted me. "One door and only one Yet its sides are two Inside and outside On which side are you One door and only one Yet its sides are two I"m on the inside On which side are you I knew that I could not truthfully sing the second verse. However, on Mar. 11, 1954 I trusted Christ and was able to sing that song with joy in my soul. It is wonderful to know that God cannot lie. That when he saves us, he gives us eternal life and places us by adoption into his family. "We have an anchor that keeps the soul, Stedfast and sure though the billows roll Fastened to the rock, which cannot move Grounded firm and deep in our Saviour's Love. Praise his name. Robert |
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46 | Abraham was asked to kill his son by God | Gen 1:1 | Robert Nicholson | 141556 | ||
Greetings: First of all Abraham lived a long time before the ten commandments were given. It is a real account of a man who believed the promises of God. If we were to read the story of Abraham who was called by God out of Ur to a country which God would show him. God made a promise to Abraham that his seed would bring blessing upn all the families of the earth. Abraham and Sarah were quite old, past child bearing years. Nevertheless God allowed them to have a son Isaac who all the promises of God to Abraham depended on. Naturally, speaking Abraham would wonder at this strange request from God "take now your son, your only son ...and offer him for a burnt offering"Genesis 22v.2 If you read the story carefully it is a wonderful picture of God the Father who sent his son Jesus to the place of sacrifice and offered him for our sins. Abraham took God at his word and by faith he carried out what God had asked him to do. God was testing Abraham's faith. In Gen. 22v.12 God said "know I know thou fearest God, seeing thou has not withheld your only son" In Hebrews 11: -19 we have God's approval of Abraham's faith. Abraham believed that if he actually offered Isaac that God would raise him from the dead. Abraham believed God. As we know in the account God provided a subsitute for Isaac, a ram caught in the thicket. God never intended to allow Abraham to kill his son. He intended to test Abraham with an ultimate test of faith. Robert |
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47 | Chronology of Creation | Gen 1:3 | Robert Nicholson | 65985 | ||
phruu: "In the beginning God (Elohim) created (bara) the heaven and the earth. In other words the triunne God created (bara) from nothing the heaven and earth. I notice that heaven is a plural word. I believe that the heaven or the abode of God already existed. In verse 8 "And God called the firmament Heaven. Heaven in this verse is a dual word according to my Newbury Study Bible and refers to the heavens above us, but not to the third heaven which in 2 Cor. 12:2-4 is referred to the third heaven or paradise. What were your thoughts on this? Robert. |
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48 | Woman weaker partner | Gen 1:27 | Robert Nicholson | 65976 | ||
I enjoy the NASB rendering of this verse: "You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered" 1 Peter 3:7 I do not think that the question here is whether the woman is weaker or not, but rather has to do with the attitude of the husband toward his wife. Some translations cite physical strength as the difference. If a husband wants to truly honor his wife he will treat her like she is a weaker vessel. In other words his love and care for her will be such that he will treat as his most valuable treasure. After all "we are fellow heirs of the grace of life" I hope this helps God's blessing to you Robert |
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49 | Still wondering where sin came from | Gen 1:30 | Robert Nicholson | 39803 | ||
tbriggs: In Romans 5:12 we read "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; so death passed upon all men (humankind) for that all have sinned." We see that by Adam's disobedience sin entered into our world and all from that time onward are born in sin. Where did evil come from. We know that it did not come from God. "let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." (James 1:13) God cannot be tempted by evil, he is pure in every way. It has been suggested that prior to the creation of man, that Lucifer (satan) rebelled against God and was judged. Resulting in the subtle serpent in the garden. This is referred to in Isaiah 14:12-15 I think the important thing the scripture teaches us that by the first man Adam came sin and death upon all and that by the second man Christ comes blessing, forgiveness and life. Robert |
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50 | Is divorce ever God's will? | Gen 2:24 | Robert Nicholson | 69488 | ||
Saint John: In Genesis 2:24 I believe we have a creational truth for all humankind: "for this cause shall a young man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall be one flesh" In other words, it would appear that God intended this relationship between a man and woman to be for life. In fact we are given more light in the New Testament as to the symbolic significance of the truth of the marriage relationship in Ephesians 5: 31,32 in which the words of Genesis 2:24 are repeated and Paul speaks of this relationship as a mystery, "This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church." The permanent relationship between a man and wife is a picture of the relationship which the church has with Christ, we know that this relationship is eternal. The Lord Jesus Christ in Matt. 19:8 in answering the Pharisees tells them "He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so." In addition, the Lord Jesus gives another principle in Matt. 19:6 "...what God hath joined togehter, let not man put asunder." In verse 9 of the same chapter we are reminded " I say unto you whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication (uncleaness), and shall marry another committeth adultry: and who marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." There two principles thus far: a) From the beginning it was not so, it was not God's intention for divorce. b) The Lord Jesus emphaticallly pronounces "What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." I believe this is all relationships "which God hath joined together" whether the people involved are christians or not. What about divorce as seen in Leviticus? a) It was allowed in certain circumstances because "of the hardness of their hearts" b) The second part where Jesus seems to summarize the question in Matt. 11:9, this verse is often used to support the purposed "innocent party" theory. The word "fornication" used in Matt. refers to uncleanness as found in Leviticus and does not mean adultery. Why? If a woman were proven to be an adultress under the law her punishment was death, not divorce. Thus the meaning of uncleaness must mean something else. In John 8:11 we are given an account of a women caught in adultry and brought before Jesus. We read thses wonderful words which give us a contrast between law and grace: "And Jesus said unto her, neither do I condemn you: go and sin no more." The key thought here is that we can be forgiven, we can be made new creatures in Christ, but we are expected to turn away from our old way of life. I believe that we need to look carefully at "what God hath joined together" Are there relationships which God has not joined together which are unclean and would thus allow divorce to set things right? Peace in his Name Robert |
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51 | we must obey the call of God | Gen 3:3 | Robert Nicholson | 84969 | ||
Fran1947: I agree. Jesus said "Truly, Truly I say unto you, he that heareth my word and believeth him that sent me hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life" (John 5:24) After Adam and Eve fell, God called them "Where art thou?" Today he calls to lost sinners and asked them the same question. It is only when we realize our need of him that we will find that he is indeed the only Saviour who can forgive our sins and make us alive unto God. His invitation is: Come unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.(Matt. 11:28) God bless Robert |
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52 | Again, was Adam there? | Gen 3:6 | Robert Nicholson | 27968 | ||
In Gen. 3:6 it would appear that Adam was not with Eve when she was tempted by the serpent. The seductive conversation in which the serpent questioned the Word of God by using part truths occured between Eve and the Serpent. In addition in Gen.3:12 when the Lord asked Adam "What hast thou done" Adam blamed the woman not the serpent. Have you given any thought to the love which Adam had for his wife. He was not seduced by satan, but willing took of that which would bring him spiritual death to God. In fact, it is Adam not Eve who is cited in Romans 5:23 as the one whereby sin entered the world. This reminds me of the love that the Lord Jesus had for the church in that he willing partook of the awful death of the Cross, knowing full well the cost and yet he turned not back and offered himself as a sacrifice for our sins thereby satisfying a Holy God. Through his death he has removed the separation which was ours by sin and has brought us to himself by his precious blood. Seasons greetings in his precious Name. Robert |
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53 | Again, was Adam there? | Gen 3:6 | Robert Nicholson | 28011 | ||
Dear brother CDBJ Meery Christmas and thank you for the kind response. It is so go for Christians to rejoice together in our Saviour who gives us an inner joy which cannot be found in this world. I read your profile and it is wonderful to hear of yet another person who came to Christ while reading the Bible alone. God's Word is indeed "living and powerful". Your brother by his grace alone Robert |
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54 | Why were Adam and Eve unable to resist? | Gen 3:6 | Robert Nicholson | 30008 | ||
I believe we are into the question of free will. God did not put humans on the earth to be robots, but looked for the obedience of their hearts to him. Adam was not deceived (1 Tim.2:14, he willingly disobeyed God. Eve fell into the age old trap of Satan "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes,and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat and gave also unto her husband with her: and he did eat. Adam and Eve made a conscious decision to break God's command thinking that they would be made wise. "when lust hath conceived it bringth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death" James 1:15 The Lord Jesus defeated the temptations of satan by quoting the word of God. Adam and Eve had a word from God, but ignored it and were drawn away by the lust of the eye and the pride of life. Robert |
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55 | Is seed of the woman the believer? | Gen 3:15 | Robert Nicholson | 27484 | ||
I believe that the seed of the woman is Christ. My understanding is that in Gen.3 we have the beginning of the Godly line through which Christ the redeemer would come. "it or he will bruise thy head" or in other words we read "for the devil sineth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the devil".1 John 3:8 "Thou shalt bruise his heal" The Lord Jesus endured the buffeting of satan through his life on earth and on the cross satan appeared to have the victory. But God raised Christ from the dead. |
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56 | How many children did Adam and Eve have? | Gen 3:20 | Robert Nicholson | 66102 | ||
Greetings Churchclerk: The short answer is the Bible does not tell us the total. However, Eve is "the mother of all living" (Gen. 3:20) In Gen. 4:16-17 if we read it carefully we will see that Cain already had a wife when he moved to the land of Nod. Since Eve is the mother of all living, we then have to assume he married his sister. This would suggest that Adam and Eve had other children before the death of Abel. Adam was one hundred and thirty when Seth was born "and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters." (Gen. 5:4) I think when we consider these scriptures we could say that Adam and Eve had many children. It seems that God only high lights three people with Seth carrying on as the righteous line from Adam Robert |
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57 | Who was the first shepherd in the bible? | Gen 4:2 | Robert Nicholson | 64725 | ||
"Abel was a keeper of sheep" |
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58 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | Robert Nicholson | 149907 | ||
I believe that God did not accept Cain's offering because it represented the work of his hands in contrast to Abels sacrifice of a lamb which was accepted by God. The principle of redemption by blood is seen in picture form when God clothed Adam and Eve with skins. Abel's sacrifice like all of the Old Testament sacrifices pointed forward to the Lamb of God which John pointed out "Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." "Not of Works lest any should boast" ( Eph.2:9) We are "accepted in the beloved" the moment we rest in the finished work of Christ on the cross for our salvation. Praise his name. Robert Nicholson |
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59 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | Robert Nicholson | 149967 | ||
Hi WOS: I realize that in Genesis we are not clear on the instruction that Cain and Abel had from the Lord or their parents. However, we must remember that by Adam's sin all were made sinners (Rom 5:12) As sinners there is nothing which we or they can offer to God which will be acceptable. That is why we need a Savior. I do not believe that God showed favoritism, but rather accepted the excellent sacrifice the offering of an innocent lamb. In Abel's sacrifice we see the truth of subsitution, the lamb died and in doing so aquire Abel's acceptance with God. Their acceptance with God was directly related to the sacrifice. Christ is the fulfilment of these Old Testament types. He is the one who knew no sin, but was made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God through him. Today the person who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ is covered with his righteousness and as such we are accepted by God in him. In light of Eternity we will never have anything of our own to offer God, We can only plead the precious blood of Christ the Lamb of God. We must remember that the Lord gave Cain opportunity to offer a sin offering, but he refused and allowed himself to be taken over by anger and eventually became the first murderer. I have to stop for now since I am on a time controlled computer. May God bless you Robert |
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60 | why didn't God sentence Cain to death? | Gen 4:15 | Robert Nicholson | 54916 | ||
Elice Fox: First of all, when we ask the question "why did God?" we put ourselves in the position of the creature questioning the Creator. Cain was given a fate possible worse than death "Cain went out from the presence of the Lord".Genesis 4:16 At this point in God's revelation of truth to humans God had not specifically set down laws regarding murder. It was not until after the flood that this law was given in Gen. 9:6 I find it interesting that even after this law was given that God made provision for manslaugher by providing cities of refuge for the person who killed a person by accident. Another example of God's grace is King David who took another man's wife, committed adultry with her and then sent her husband into the heat of the battle with orders to his men that Urriah should be killed. David's sin cost him dearly, but did not cost him his life. In Genesis 18:25 we read Abraham's words " Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?" In a more general sense we could ask "why did God not wipe all humankind from the earth after the fall? Or why does God put up with humans today?" I believe it is all of his Mercy Love and Grace, he is the one whose ways are past finding out. Robert |
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