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41 | When were angels created? | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4357 | ||
There may be an indication that angels were created prior to the creation of the world in Job 38:6-7, but I am unsure about this. It seems to fit. I believe they were created when God created all the heavens. Also, there is Isaiah's portrayal of the fall of Lucifer (Is.14:12-20), which must have happened before the Garden of Eden. Also, Ezek. 28:16-19, which most believe refers to Satan, must have happened before Eden, because Satan was already cast out of heaven. Therefore, the angels must have been created before earth. | ||||||
42 | Who is going into the millenium? | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4354 | ||
I think that those who reign during the 1,000 years (Rev. 20:4) here on earth are the saints that returned with Christ in Rev. 19:14, which were called the "armies of heaven" in this passage. | ||||||
43 | significance of the number forty | Matt 4:2 | gmsmith101 | 4335 | ||
I disagree with John MacArthur on this one (doesn't happen often--I respect him very much). I believe--and you won't find this anywhere in Scripture, except maybe in principle, so don't ask for a chapter and verse--that the number forty signifies purification or cleansing. Here are some examples: 1. The Flood lasted forty days--Gen. 7:17. 2. Forty days were required to embalm Israel--Gen. 50:3. 3. Moses was on the mountain with God for forty days--Deut. 9:9. 4. Elijah fasted for forty days--1 Kings 19:1-8. 5. Ezekiel was lying on his side for the sins of his people for forty days--Ezek. 4:6. 6. And of course, Jesus walked the earth for forty days after His resurrection. There are many more examples of this principle in the Bible. I hope it helps and makes sense! |
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44 | Unbaptized children | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4332 | ||
You're welcome and God bless you. I can't even imagine the joy we will experience in heaven when we are reunited with our beloved children. | ||||||
45 | Unbaptized children | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4331 | ||
You're welcome and God bless you. I can't even imagine the joy we will experience in heaven when we are reunited with our beloved children in heaven. | ||||||
46 | What does Bible teach on election? | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4330 | ||
It was a great blessing. He is a brilliant man and is truly annointed by God. I learned more in the 18 months that I was member of his church than I have in the 7 that I've been a Christian. It was like receiving a seminary education for free! | ||||||
47 | Unbaptized children | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4295 | ||
I believe that unborn, newborn and infants go to heaven. (Small children, too, and very possibly mentally challenged adults.) For this belief and hope (I have children in heaven), I have two reasons: 1. God is just. Although I know we are all conceived and born with a sinful nature, I also believe that God, in His goodness and justice, would not allow an innocent who has not had the opportunity to commit sin to suffer eternal punishment. 2. King David's child died and he said, "I will go to him, but he will not return to me." Meaning, I believe, that David had full expectation of seeing his child again in heaven. 2 Sam. 12:15-23. |
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48 | Who created all things? | Gen 1:1 | gmsmith101 | 4294 | ||
I don't understand your question. Why would Col. 1:16 and Gen. 1:1 be in contradiction to each other? If Jesus is God, and clearly He is, He was present at the creation. John 1:1-3 says Jesus WAS in the beginning and all things came into being through Him. | ||||||
49 | What does Bible teach on election? | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4292 | ||
I also followed your link and found your notes very helpful. My husband and I are reformed believers and sometimes it is hard to find lessons to explain the tenets of the reformed view. I hope you don't mind if we use some of your materials in our Sunday School class. By the way, I notices you quoted my former pastor, R.C. Sproul. |
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50 | where do blacks come from? | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4285 | ||
Most definitely, there were major changes in man after the flood. Many believe in a "canopy" theory, in which there was a canopy of water suspended above the earth from the time of creation until the flood. There is a verse in Genesis, I think it's 1:7, about a firmament above and below, etc. So anyway, if there was a "canopy", then that could explain the changes like shorter life span, etc. If the earth was covered in a protective canopy of water which came down during the time of the flood, then perhaps that is why the life spans were shortened (no more protection from the atmosphere or elements). | ||||||
51 | where do blacks come from? | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4193 | ||
Amen. | ||||||
52 | where do blacks come from? | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4192 | ||
I attended a wonderful seminar held by former a former evolutionist scientist. He had a Ken Ham-like ministry, something like Answers in Genesis but it wasn't them. Anyway, he said that any scientist could tell you that physical change can occur genetically within 4 generation. His example was as follows: If you wanted to come up is a dog that is half a dog high and three-quarters of a dog long, you breed dogs of this length and height for 4 generation and you end up with a Dachsund! (I hope I got that right.) Anyway, the point is that if a people were isolated and intermarried, the dominate traits of those people would come forward within 4 generations. Therefore, after the Tower of Babel, when languages were "confused" and people dispersed to different parts of the world, their dominate traits (dark skin, "Asian" eyes, whatever) came forward naturally and the races we have now developed. This would explain the nations/races without any evolution or mutation, and it is still clear that we all came from GOD. | ||||||
53 | chcking scripture context | Bible general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4172 | ||
Reading the "before" and "after" are important. Often a phrase is pulled out of nowhere and used to support a wacky doctrine, when the phrase doesn't mean that at all. One of the best ways I have found is to use a concordance to see how the word or phrase was used in other passages. Does it always mean the same thing? Is the word used the same way? Also, a topical index can be very handy. You can find other verses on the same subject and compare. | ||||||
54 | Mary Magdeline, facts on lifestyle | Luke 8:2 | gmsmith101 | 4171 | ||
The idea that Mary of Magdala was a prostitute has no Biblical support whatsoever. She was simply a woman from Magdala. She may even have been a woman of financial means, because Luke 8:2-3 says that Mary, Joanna and Susanna were contributors to their support out of their private means. Jesus had driven 7 demons out of M.M. and she became a devoted follower, even to the cross and after the resurrection. There is no reason to think she was of ill repute. |
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55 | Is it breaking God's covenant? | NT general Archive 1 | gmsmith101 | 4170 | ||
I believe that under ANY circumstances, having sexual (or even non-sexual) relations with anyone outside of marriage can be considered adulterous and in direct defiance of the laws of God concerning marriage. Jesus said (quoting Genesis) in Matt 19:4-6, "...Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." No matter what the situation, whether both parties consent or not, bringing a third (or fourth, or fifth, or sixth...) party into the marriage bed DEFILES it (Heb 11:4). This is still adultery and God will judge it. |
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56 | can a woman be in authority? | 1 Tim 2:12 | gmsmith101 | 4162 | ||
I think this verse and all the verses in the Bible are specifically geared to positions in the family and in the church. Women held no position of authority outside the home anyway back then.. | ||||||
57 | Calling, contrary to scripture? | 1 Tim 2:12 | gmsmith101 | 4161 | ||
PHOEBE was a deacon. Rom. 16:1-2. Paul commended Phoebe and did not criticize her. | ||||||
58 | May I recommend . . . ? | 1 Corinthians | gmsmith101 | 4160 | ||
I am an ordained woman, but I do not pastor a church. My husband is associate pastor of our church and he preaches, but I do not. I teach men and women in Sunday School and Bible Study, but I avoid leading men alone in the church at all. I also serve as secretary and treasurer (I sort of fell into that one) and associate pastor of women's ministries. I believe that women can serve in the church but should not lead men. I know that there is a fine line there, but I struggle with it too. I read First Cor. 14:35 that says that a woman should be silent in the church, and should ask their husbands at home, but I also see that Phoebe was a deacon (not a deaconess but a deacon--and the instructions for deacons in the church were very specific). Therefore, women were certainly allowed to have leadership positions in the early NT church (Paul was not criticizing Phoebe, he commended Phoebe). Basically, my answer to the question of women in the church is one of utter confusion... :) |
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59 | Mrk16:17/Act2:11 what's the difference | Mark 16:17 | gmsmith101 | 3927 | ||
When the tongues phenomenon occurred in the Bible, it happened with a purpose. These early occurrances of tongues-speaking happened when people of different languages were gathered. The purpose, clearly, was so that people of other nations could hear the Gospel in their own language. (See Acts 2:6) Paul discouraged tongues without an interpreter. What is the purpose of the gift, if no one understands? 1 Cor. 12:10 calls the gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues two different gifts. Therefore, the one speaking in tongues cannot be the one interpreting the tongues. 1 Cor. 14:2 says that one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to man, but to God, and that he does not edify the church but himself. Keep in mind that tongues was low on the totem pole of gifts, as far as Paul was concerned. The most important purpose of the gifts was to edify the CHURCH ("for the common good"). The wording in v. 5 also makes it clear that although tongues was a valued gift, the interpretation of tongues was better, so that the church may be edified. There is no instance of the type of tongues you are talking about (where everyone in the church is praying and then people just start speaking tongues all over the place) anywhere in the Scripture. I know this is happening in many churches today, but there is no Scriptural support for this activity whatsoever. |
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60 | who did cain marry | Genesis | gmsmith101 | 4155 | ||
Clearly, Cain married one of his sisters. Marriage between close relations was necessary and acceptable that early on. Abraham's wife, Sarah, was his half-sister. Intermarriage between close relations was not forbidden until the time of Moses. Laws against marriage and sexual contact between relatives are spelled out in Leviticus 18, etc. | ||||||
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