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41 | Why are movies like Harry Potter bad? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 76878 | ||
Sorry Angel, I did it again )o: I replied to the wrong note, so I answered the correct one in the poster's duplicate question. Also, I agree with your answer whole-heartedly! God Bless! |
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42 | Please explain Calvinism | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 76893 | ||
Hi, family1st, The short answer would be "The theology of John Calvin" The long answer goes like this: Calvin was a protestant who studied the teachings of Martin Luther during the period of the great reformation.(see, 95 thesis) Calvinism, therefore, is similar to Lutheranism, but different. An excellent site for further information about the theology of Calvinism can be found at, http://www.markers.com/ink/bbwcalvin2.htm God Bless (o: |
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43 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77179 | ||
Yes, it is possible for forgiveness to follow baptism, but is it necessary? Luk 5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. Luk 7:48,50 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven... And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. 1Jo 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. So I must ask the question, If Baptism is necessary for salvation, is that not salvation by works? Man can do Nothing to earn it, remember Ephesians 2:9? Eternally yours, Tim |
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44 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77181 | ||
Excuse me, not the right "Tim", but: I cannot say what your phrase means because it does not appear anywhere in the KJV. However 'forgiveness of sins' occurs 5 times. These are the only appearances of these words together and they are not in the context of Baptism. Act 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. Act 13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men [and] brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: Act 26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Col 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins: Your eternal brother, Tim |
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45 | Best selling Bibles? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77184 | ||
brother justme, That is a very good question, the best I can come up with at the moment is: American Religion Data Archive, at www.thearda.com Happy hunting (o: Tim |
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46 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77190 | ||
What this means, according to Eddie Snipes, is that yes, baptism is essential but no, it does not have the power of salvation. If a person is not willing to obey in baptism, then they haven’t really surrendered to Jesus as Lord. You can’t surrender in disobedience. Baptism is an outward sign of the inward covenant between you and God. There are two scenarios of believers who will not be baptised. Those who lack opportunity to attend baptism because they are a prisoner in some foreign country where it is unavailable, and those who refuse to be baptised. Those that refuse to be baptised are wilfully disobedient to a command. This does not only apply to baptism, but also for living life as a child of God. Anyone who refuses to obey is in rebellion and should examine their life to see if they indeed have surrendered to Christ. Anyone who refuses baptism also refuses to be identified with Christ. The other scenario is the case of lacking the opportunity to be baptized. On the cross, Jesus granted salvation to a thief who would never have the chance to follow up with baptism. The thief was being crucified for his crimes. He acknowledged his sins and asked Jesus to remember him when He entered His kingdom. Jesus promised, this day, you will be with me in paradise. He was justified by faith alone. The same is true for many believers all over the world and throughout the last two thousand years. Those who surrender to Christ and die before getting baptized will not lose their salvation. Do these forfeit salvation because they lack the opportunity? No. The covenant is sealed in the heart and baptism is an outward profession of a covenant with God that has already taken place. To understand scripture, it must be interpreted by scripture. In other words, scripture will never contradict itself and usually the complete picture of a biblical principle is not revealed in a single passage. Biblically, baptism always follows a commitment to Jesus Christ. Baptizing and christening a young child may be fine as a symbolic ritual, but it does not count as a substitute for believer’s baptism. A decision must come first otherwise a person is only getting wet. The Bible clearly teaches that baptism is identification with Christ. It is an outward testimony to the world of an inward change that Jesus has made because we have invited Him into our hearts and surrendered our life to Him. Many passages throughout the New Testament validate that no external act is necessary for salvation. Salvation is by God’s grace through faith alone. If baptism were necessary for salvation, it would be presented with each gospel presentation. It is not. Peter’s sermon in Acts 2:38 is used as evidence that it is necessary, however in Acts 3:12-26 Peter preached salvation through repentance with no reference of baptism. There are many times the gospel is presented as faith alone (Romans 3:22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 4:5; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:8-9; Philippians 3:9, and the list goes on throughout the New Testament). Salvation is through faith. Baptism is my testimony and an outward profession of my covenant with Christ. This was edited, in part, for the sake of brevity from Sermon Central, authored by Eddie Snipes. SermonCentral.com Web Site Copyright Statement Copyright © by SermonCentral.com and the authors. This material is provided for personal study or for use in preparation of sermons, Sunday school classes, or other oral communication. This material may be quoted in written form but give credit where credit is due (author's name and web site address: www.sermoncentral.com). |
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47 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77194 | ||
Hi Disciplerami, If there were any one thing that fallen man could do to ensure his own salvation, such as being baptised, that act would not only prove Eph. 2:9 to be false, but Jesus saying "it is finished" in Jhn 19:30, would be invalidated as well. Please see my post below, for Eddie Snipes is able to explain it so much better than I Blessings, Tim |
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48 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77257 | ||
Thank you sniper. My response is to praise God that He has granted us the freedom to worship Him in so many different ways. Do we not all praise the same God? We should be asking each other questions as a means to sort out the complexities among ourselves, and not try to use it as an opportunity to sway any belief in any particular doctrine. Such as infant baptism, which I think is niether harmful or necessary, but it is an outlet for the love of the parents. I have difficulties w/catholicism, yet there are Catholics whom I love dearly. I believe that God feels the same way, and that He used the Great Reformation as a means to expand, not hinder the growth of the church. I look at it like this. The church choir has many different voices, each one with their own strengths and weaknesses, yet when they are all together, it is a beautiful sound to anyone. If there were only sopranos, it would not be as beautiful. I sing tenor, and most people prefer that I sing ten or 15 miles away. (o: It is the same with the world. There are many breeds of dogs. Why did God not say that one breed is enough? Why are so many species of birds necessary? I think of the joyful sound that praise would make to our Father in heaven, and joy through one denomination, and then through all denoms combined. This is my take on why there are so many religions, and factions thereof. (It is my humble opinion, not backed up by scripture,) but rather than creating dissension between particular dogmas and who holds more authority, we should build each other up and learn how to be harmonious and in this way we will be built up ourselves. In Christ's love, Tim |
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49 | Best selling Bibles? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77326 | ||
Hi Justme, I looked into your question a little further and came up with a web site from, Christian Booksellers Association. the home page can be found at http://www.cbaonline.org/ here is a sample for you of what they have to offer, "So retailers and consumers can identify top overall best sellers, there’s also a combined Top 50 list of the best-selling books in all book categories. As always, all the lists are based on actual sales in Christian retail stores." In His Service, Tim |
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50 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77328 | ||
Amen brother, I shall remember you in my prayers. Faithfully, Tim |
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51 | Name and meaning - major prophets? | OT general | Timothy Paul | 47934 | ||
Dear DJ7 The 4 major prophets are as follows: Isaiah, from the Hebrew yesha yah, means God is salvation. Jeremiah, from the Hebrew yirmeyah, means the Lord loosens (as from the womb) Ezekiel, from the Hebrew Yechezkel, means God strengthens. Daniel, from the Hebrew dani el, means God is my judge in His service, tim |
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52 | What are the three main "views" | Gen 1:1 | Timothy Paul | 70039 | ||
Hi Connie, I am not sure of three views, I'm only aware of creationism and evolutionism. could the third be the big bang theory? which is the beginning of the evolution theory, and I believe, originally proposed by Darwin after being stranded on the Galapagos islands after a shipwreck. Evolution is what is primarily taught in public schools and believe that life formed itself out of matter, then "learned" how to have offspring by itself, then evolved to higher life forms, such as from fish climbing onto dry land and growing lungs and legs. those that believe in the creation theory believe that a higher life form was already in existance and as is told in the beginning, God created heaven and earth My thoughts are, the theory that you subscribe to will affect every decision you will ever make in your life. How do you feel about this? Bless You, tim |
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53 | the earth was without form, and void; | Gen 1:2 | Timothy Paul | 60516 | ||
Hi moji; first let me say that the earth as we may think of it did not come about until verse 10. The Creator could have made the earth perfect right off the bat, but by proceeding gradually we are more capable of understanding His methods of providence and grace. In other words, God started with chaos for our benefit. The universe began as a gaseous mixture of molecules and it was confusion and emptiness. If there was anything that could have been seen, there was no light to view it by, nor were there eyes to view it with. This is a extremely deep subject to elaborate on and I would love to go on, but, "give a man a fish and he will have a meal,teach a man how to fish and you feed him for life" I must tell you that I get a wealth of information from Matthew Henry's commentary -(printed around 1710)and you can read the source of the above wisdom by going to http://www.blueletterbible.org This is one of my favorite sites for study. Peace, Tim |
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54 | Why have kids when... | Gen 1:22 | Timothy Paul | 53668 | ||
Hi, In the Andes; We are not to refrain from having kids for this reason or any other. "And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein." (Gen 9:7) To refrain from having kids is to choose our will over God's. See also, Gen 1:28; 8:17; Lev 26:9 among others. What if our parents held the belief that you speak of? We would not be having this conversation, nor would we be building up God's kingdom. Peace and blessings to you, Tim |
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55 | image of God | Gen 1:26 | Timothy Paul | 54509 | ||
I don't know exactly, but I have looked into it and wish to share the answer that I find comfort in. An Image is what we see when we look into a mirror. It is not us, but a representation of us. God created us to represent Him on this earth, which makes us Ambassadors, just like a foriegn ambassador represents the country he originates from. Grace and peace, Tim |
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56 | John5:31-47 | Gen 3:15 | Timothy Paul | 65669 | ||
Hi, sweet, the story of Jesus is the Greatest story ever told, and as we study scripture we discover that Jesus is in the entire theme of the whole Bible. Jesus appears in Genesis as the promised one who the Father will send to save us. First off, by being the one that will crush the serpent's head. Moses writes in Exodus about how God brings His people back to Him again and again. He illustrates how imperfect people can know the God who loves them perfectly and completely. In Exodus, as later in the gospel record of Jesus' sacrifice, God went to astonishing lengths to reach those He loved. When Jesus offered Himself on the cross as the final sacrifice for the sins of humanity, He fulfilled everything that God had intended when He set up the system of animal sacrifices as an aroma pleasing to the Lord (Leviticus 1:9) In Numbers, it is reasonable to conclude that God the Son may have stepped in at a critical time for the young nation of Israel, as it prepared to enter the Land of Promise. Many scholars believe that Jesus, as "the angel of the Lord" blocked the path before Balaam and his donkey He confronted the false prophet Balaam, changed Balaam's words and through Balaam blessed the Israelites rather than cursing them (Num 22:22-35) In a prophecy that would be fulfilled ultimately in the coming of the Messianic ruler, Balaam predicted that a "star would come out of Jacob (Num 24:17) In Deuterotomy God promised that a prophet would appear "from among the Israelites own brothers" and that His purpose would be to finish what God had begun through Moses (Deu 18:15) Moses predicted a future prophet with divine authority, and God promised to put His own words into the mouth of that prophet (Deu 18:18) To answer your (very good) question, I turned to the KNOWING JESUS STUDY BIBLE Zondervan,1999 |
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57 | pharaoh wouldn't let people go? | Ex 4:21 | Timothy Paul | 70600 | ||
thanks for the verse, the complete answer is in God's righteous Judgement. Can we look at Matthew Henry's Comments on this verse? "That Pharaoh’s obstinacy might be no surprise nor discouragement to (Moses), God tells him before that he would harden his heart. Pharaoh had hardened his own heart against the groans and cries of the oppressed Israelites, and shut up the bowels of his compassion from them; and now God, in a way of righteous judgment, hardens his heart against the conviction of the miracles, and the terror of the plagues. Note, Ministers must expect with many to labour in vain: we must not think it strange if we meet with those who will not be wrought upon by the strongest arguments and fairest reasonings; yet our judgment is with the Lord. "Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible" Originally written in 1706, Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary provides an exhaustive look at nearly every verse in the entire Bible. |
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58 | Justify Leviticus 20:13 | Lev 20:13 | Timothy Paul | 60310 | ||
Amen. I agree that we (or the best among us) are not necesarily to remain passively silent while the worst among us tend towards passionate aggression for their ungodly cause. Excuse me if this sounds like judging my brethren. For clarity, see D. James Kennedy sermon transcript entitled "Will the Church Forget?" Bless You, Tim |
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59 | Justify Leviticus 20:13 | Lev 20:13 | Timothy Paul | 60312 | ||
Really. In truth I must answer that the term political correctness is a tool of deception to prevent someone from being held accountable. | ||||||
60 | 2 Cor. 12:1-6 | Num 33:55 | Timothy Paul | 64661 | ||
neal, a fine site for info of this nature is christian answers .net I retrieved the following for you from there: Thorn in the flesh ...(2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage. (1.) Roman Catholic writers think that it denotes suggestions to impiety. (2.) Luther, Calvin, and other Reformers interpret the expression as denoting temptation to unbelief. (3.) Others suppose the expression refers to "a pain in the ear or head," epileptic fits, or, in general, to some severe physical infirmity, which was a hindrance to the apostle in his work (compare 1 Cor. 2:3; 2 Cor. 10:10; 11:30; Gal. 4:13, 14; 6:17). With a great amount of probability, it has been alleged that his malady was defect of sight, consequent on the dazzling light which shone around him at his conversion, acute opthalmia. This would account for the statements in Gal. 4:14; 2 Cor. 10:10; also Acts 23:5, and for his generally making use of the help of an amanuensis (compare Rom. 16:22, etc.). (4.) Another view which has been maintained is that this "thorn" consisted in an infirmity of temper, to which he occasionally gave way, and which interfered with his success (compare Acts 15:39; 23:2-5). If we consider the fact, "which the experience of God's saints in all ages has conclusively established, of the difficulty of subduing an infirmity of temper, as well as the pain, remorse, and humiliation such an infirmity is wont to cause to those who groan under it, we may be inclined to believe that not the least probable hypothesis concerning the 'thorn' or 'stake' in the flesh is that the loving heart of the apostle bewailed as his sorest trial the misfortune that, by impatience in word, he had often wounded those for whom he would willingly have given his life" (Lias's Second Cor., Introd.). I hope this helps you in this as well as many other Christian Questions. (o: Tim |
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