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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: jawz Ordered by Verse |
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41 | didn't Mary and Jiseph have another chil | Mark 6:3 | jawz | 47501 | ||
They were not however the children of Mary. I go into this in more detail in following up your other question "Was Mary a virgin her whole life?" | ||||||
42 | names of mary and Josoph | Mark 6:3 | jawz | 47952 | ||
James and Joses are the children of Mary the wife of Clopas (Alphaeus in Aramaic), not the virgin Mary. Mary the wife of Clopas is described as the sister of the virgin Mary in John 19:25 yet clearly they could not be siblings as no one gives their children the same name. Note also that Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist is described as Mary's cousin, yet Elizabeth is from the Levite tribe while Mary is descended from David so clearly they cannot truly be cousins. Jews were required to marry within their tribe. | ||||||
43 | jawz, Who's the carpenter, son of Mary? | Mark 6:3 | jawz | 47971 | ||
So how do you explain Jesus entrusting Mary to the Apostle John. What is your basis for this if Mary has other children. We see in Acts that Jesus "brothers" believe after Jesus resurrection, so if they really are Mary's children they would certainly look after her. For Jesus to entrust his mother to someone else when she had other children would have been a serious breach of tradition and a serious affront to his "brothers. Can you explain this? No? Conclusion, Mary had no other children. |
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44 | jawz, Who's the carpenter, son of Mary? | Mark 6:3 | jawz | 48015 | ||
The only traditions that Jesus broke were the false ones created by the Pharasees. God makes it very clear that the family is extremely important. If you believe that Jesus broke this tradition you really need to explain why. | ||||||
45 | Is OT still applicable for NT believers | Mark 16:18 | jawz | 46529 | ||
To which I would add; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." Remember that Paul is writing to Timothy at a time when much of what we call the New Testament had not yet been written down. It was primarily an oral tradition at that time. So when Paul refers to "all scripture", he is referring to the Old Testament. We must, however, understand the Old in the context of the New. Jesus said in Matthew 5:17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." |
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46 | Please help me to find this out for this | Luke 1:27 | jawz | 46394 | ||
I know this is some time after the fact but since I have recently joined the forum and this is a subject that has really bugged me I felt I had to post something. Many quote Matthew 1:25 as clearly stating that Joseph and Mary had sexual relations after Jesus was born. In fact it states the opposite. As Emmaus pointed out, the greek word "eos" does not translate simply as "until" in English but is used in a perfect continuous form which means it is an unbound condition, not tied to the event of Jesus birth. As a stark example look at the text of 2 Samuel 6:23 "As to Michal daughter of Saul, she had no child till the day of her death."(YLT) We clearly understand that Michal's not having children is not tied to the event of her death, she did not suddenly start having children after she died. (I quoted Youngs literal translation because most do not translate "eos" as "till"). The structure of Matthew 1:25 is the same as that of 2 Samuel 6:23 and there are numerous other passages that use the same unbound expression of the greek "eos". If you read them with the same English grammar interpretation "until" in Matthew 1:25 they make no sense. Regarding other passages where Jesus brothers and sisters are referred to, remember that very few people were privvy to the knowledge that Mary had conceived by the Holy Spirit so all who were acquainted with Mary and Joseph would have considered Jesus as Joseph's son. If Joseph had other children (he may have been a widower) or if Mary and Joseph had nephews and nieces then they would have quite rightly called Jesus their brother they would not have called him anything else. Now if Joseph's other children were by Mary then Jesus would have been the eldest and as such would have had considerable influence over his younger siblings, especially after the death of Joseph. Yet what do we read about Jesus' brothers; John 7:5 "For even his own brothers did not believe in him." It is hard to believe that if they were also the children of Mary that she would not have explained to them the extraordinary circumstances of Jesus' birth, nor that they would not believe that which their oldest brother, the head of their household, told them. Also, as Emmaus pointed out with John 19:26-27, if Mary had other children then there would have been no need for Jesus to place his mother under John's care. The simple fact of the matter is that Mary had no other children Finally, I would ask you to put yourselves in the shoes of Joseph and ask yourselves as God fearing people, would any of you even consider having sexual relations with the woman who bore the Son of God? Would you even dare to presume to put your seed in the same womb which God himself had chosen to bear the Saviour of mankind? Within Mary's womb had grown the most holy Son of God become man. On Mary's breast was sustained the creator and sustainer of all life. Her body became a sacred temple. The very thought of someone having sexual relations with the one who had been so intimately connected to Christ simply fills me with horror. |
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47 | What do you think? | John 3:16 | jawz | 47424 | ||
"only begotten" refers to the fact that Jesus always existed, he was not created as we have been created by God. God was always Father, Son and Holy Spirit. John 8:58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" The expression "I am" is the same used by God to Moses in Exodus 3:14 and in many places in in Isaiah. It denotes his eternal nature, the fact that he has always existed. The Nicene Creed sums it up nicely. I believe in one God, Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages, Light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, of one essence with the Father, through him all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man, And was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried, And rose on the third day according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, And He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the Father and the Son, is worshipped and glorified, and Who spoke through the Prophets. In one Holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. I expect the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. Amen. |
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48 | did jesus die for the world? | John 3:16 | jawz | 47426 | ||
All of creation fell into decay through the sin of one man, Adam. In a similiar way, all of creation is restored through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I can't think of any verses to back this up right at this moment so take this as simply my opinion until (if) I find my references. | ||||||
49 | Thank you | John 3:16 | jawz | 47431 | ||
The Nicene Creed or the Symbol of faith as it is otherwise known was formulated as a succinct statement of the christian faith (as revealed in the scriptures) in order to combat the heresies that were prevelant at the time. It was written by the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea in 325 C.E., with additions by the first Council of Constantinople (381). There is dispute over the addition of the words "and the Son" in the sentence "And I believe in the Holy Spirit the Lord, and Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son]" - by the church in Rome which is one of the issues which led to the schism around 1054. The Orthodox church holds to the original wording laid down by the councils, while the Roman Catholic church (and most Protestant churches since they still include much of their Catholic origins) have the addition. Although the Nicene creed is not scripture, it is based soundly on scripture and on the teaching of the Apostles passed on through the church. |
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50 | Could "me" be John? | John 14:6 | jawz | 47575 | ||
I find the opposite is very clear. This is obviously Jesus speaking and it should be obvious to you too if you read the rest of the passage you have quoted. Whenever John refers to himself in his gospel, he always refers to himself as the disciple whom Jesus loved. There is absolutely no mention of John speaking in this passage. |
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51 | How is comunion only symbolic? | 1 Cor 10:16 | jawz | 48125 | ||
It is not symbolic. Everytime we have communion, the sacrifice Jesus made for us on the cross is "made present". It is not a repeat of the sacrifice, it is that very same sacrifice. That is how the disciples could take part in the body and blood of Christ before his crucifixion. God is outside of time, since time itself is merely a part of his creation. The early Church always understood the bread and wine to be the literal body and blood of Christ. Justin Martyr wrote as much in his First Apology around the middle of the second century. Ignatius in his letter to the Smyrnaeans around the end of the first century (or the beginning of the 2nd) says the same and Irenaeus (towards the end of the 2nd century) writes much on this subject. They are just a few of the earlier writings we have from the church. | ||||||
52 | Galatians 3:1-9 what is justify? | Gal 3:8 | jawz | 47718 | ||
I'd recommend you look at this article to understand it properly. http://www.brow.on.ca/Articles/JustificationPaul.html |
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53 | suggested reading on elder leadership | 1 Timothy | jawz | 46709 | ||
Read the Early Christian Fathers http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ |
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54 | Can we say that all of the scriptures | 2 Tim 3:16 | jawz | 46542 | ||
Remember though that Paul was refering to the Old Testament when he wrote to Timothy. The New Testament as we know it did not yet exist. However I believe that it can also be applied to the New Testament. We must be ever thankful that Paul was in chains and not able to travel to the churches he wrote to, otherwise he would have taught face to face and much of what he said may not have been written down. In our culture of books and audio visual recordings, especially the immediacy of information at our fingertips via the Internet, we have never trained our minds to retain things as people did in Jesus' time. Almost everything then was passed on by word of mouth, without error, from the Apostles to the churches. The church grew and existed for sometime without the bible that we know today but that bible that we hold so dear does not contain a fraction of the things those churches heard and were taught. John 21:25 "Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written." |
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55 | another hypothetical, applied ethics | James 4:7 | jawz | 47956 | ||
Your hypothetical is flawed from the outset. Satan is not the source of evil in the world, it is OUR disobedience, OUR rebellion against God. Satan dying would not remove evil from the world. I would help him. It would heap insults upon his head :) |
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56 | Need an answer please! | 2 Pet 1:1 | jawz | 47427 | ||
Simple answer, they can't. | ||||||
57 | information regarding the body of Moses | Jude 1:9 | jawz | 48122 | ||
Deuteronomy 34:5-6 "And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is." The Jude passage is one example of the Apostles quoting tradition, you will not find it anywhere in the Old Testament, the same with verses 14-15. Paul also quotes tradition in 2 Timothy 3:8 and Acts 20:35 |
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58 | I KNOW OF JUDE BUT IT SAYS "WHEN" SO... | Jude 1:9 | jawz | 48123 | ||
The Jude passage is one example of the Apostles quoting tradition, you will not find it anywhere in the Old Testament, the same with verses 14-15. Paul also quotes tradition in 2 Timothy 3:8 and Acts 20:35 | ||||||
59 | My mom is praying to saints for | Jude 1:9 | jawz | 48124 | ||
Quote: "When she "ask" the Saints for intercessory pray, she is wrong because their are dead, and they will be dead until resurrection, if what we belive is true." oscar, I would like to direct you to what Jesus says in Matthew 22:31-32 "But about the resurrection of the dead--have you not read what God said to you, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' He is not the God of the dead but of the living." |
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