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41 | Did it start as a legal brief? | Luke | loavesnfish | 232399 | ||
Both Luke's gospel and Acts begin with him addressing a "most excellent Theophilus." Did Luke's writing begin as some sort of legal brief or presentation of a defense for a judge? | ||||||
42 | Seething a kid in its mother's milk? | Deut 14:21 | loavesnfish | 232377 | ||
"Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk," is a command which appears three times: Exodus 23:19 and 34:26 after a discussion of firstfruits; and Deuteronomy 14:21 after an instruction on not eating what dies on its own. The first two instances seem to be tied to offering firstfruits and the third to personal holiness. Would you explain why this was a forbidden practice? When I first read these verses, it seemed to me to be a matter of violating God's lovingkindness. Then I heard from someone else that the nations around them used to have a fertility rite involving this practice and G-d did not want His people to follow it because of His desire for their separation to Him. Are either of these ideas on the right track, or is it something else? | ||||||
43 | Salting ourselves? | Not Specified | loavesnfish | 232373 | ||
Colossians 4:6 says that our speech should be seasoned with salt and Mark 9:50 commands the hearers to have salt in themselves. 1. Does this come from the idea of salting the sacrifices (Lev. 2:13) and our bodies being living sacrifices (Rom. 12:1)? |
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44 | Salting ourselves? | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232374 | ||
Colossians 4:6 says that our speech should be seasoned with salt and Mark 9:50 commands the hearers to have salt in themselves. 1. Does this come from the idea of salting the sacrifices (Lev. 2:13) and our bodies being living sacrifices (Rom. 12:1)? |
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45 | Numbers in the genealogy? | 1 Sam 28:8 | loavesnfish | 232366 | ||
in Matthew 1:17, he mentions three fourteens (sum of 42). What is significant about these numbers biblically speaking (i.e. without gematria)? | ||||||
46 | Guilty by association? | 1 Sam 28:8 | loavesnfish | 232365 | ||
In 1 Samuel 28 Saul, king of Israel, visits the medium at Endor who had escaped his previous order to destroy all the mediums. Leviticus 20:6,27 and Deuteronomy 18:10-12 dictated that mediums and those who used them should be put to death. 1 Sam. 28:8 mentions the two men who went with Saul. Were they also guilty for going along? Should they have refused to obey? Or should they have reported Saul and stoned him? How could they have obeyed God in this situation? | ||||||
47 | Why does she feed Saul? | 1 Sam 28:21 | loavesnfish | 232364 | ||
In 1 Samuel 28:21-25 the medium insists on feeding Saul and Saul's servants agree with her. Why does she do this? Does the Bible ever tell what happened to her? | ||||||
48 | One became ten? | 1 Kin 7:49 | loavesnfish | 232363 | ||
Exodus 25:23-40 and Exodus 37:10-24 1 Kings 7:49 and 2 Chronicles 4:7-8 Why did one lampstand and one table in the wilderness tabernacle become ten lampstands and ten tables in Solomon's Temple? |
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49 | Jezebel's relatives? | Matt 1:7 | loavesnfish | 232362 | ||
In 1 Chronicles 3:10-16 there are some kings mentioned who are not listed in Matthew 1:7-11. Did Matthew leave them out because they were related to Ahab of Israel and Jezebel? | ||||||
50 | High handed sins | Num 15:30 | loavesnfish | 232358 | ||
Perhaps there are no commentaries because it is so clear that it doesn't need explanation. | ||||||
51 | Why did Matthew leave out names? | Matt 1:7 | loavesnfish | 232357 | ||
In Chronicles 3:10-16 there are some kings listed who are left out in Matthew 1:7-11. Did Matthew leave them out because they were unrepentant? | ||||||
52 | continued pursuit, or saving faith | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232342 | ||
Dear Beja, Salvation is IN CHRIST, not ouside of Him somewhwere, and we are sealed in Him by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30). So it is not a thing to be lost, but a Person we are in continually. Hebrews 11:6 is speaking of how to please Him: by faith. When we walk in a way which does not please Him, we don't change the status of our salvation, because we are still in Christ and remain justified. That is a final accomplishment. If we do what pleases God, He shows His appreciation for our love and service by rewarding us. We please Him and He rewards us. Salvation is NOT a reward, but a GIFT (Ephesians 2:4-10). So these rewards are in addition to salvation. This "hall of faith" in Hebrews 11 was meant to refresh them from their discouragement when they were under heavy persecution. In Christ, loavesnfish |
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53 | continued pursuit, or saving faith | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232341 | ||
Dear Beja, Salvation is IN CHRIST, not ouside of Him somewhwere, and we are sealed in Him by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30). So it is not a thing to be lost, but a Person we are in continually. Hebrews 11:6 is speaking of how to please Him: by faith. When we walk in a way which does not please Him, we don't change the status of our salvation, because we are still in Christ and remain justified. That is a final accomplishment. If we do what pleases God, He shows His appreciation for our love and service by rewarding us. We please Him and He rewards us. Salvation is NOT a reward, but a GIFT (Ephesians 2:4-10). So these rewards are in addition to salvation. This "hall of faith" in Hebrews 11 was meant to refresh them from their discouragement when they were under heavy persecution. |
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54 | Heb6:4-6 Loosing salvation or what? | Heb 6:4 | loavesnfish | 232340 | ||
Dear Beja, You have been so helpful with my questions that I decided to try to answer some of yours in thanks. These verses are a stumblingblock for many people because they focus too narrowly and miss the greater context. The book of Hebrews, as you know, was written to people steeped in Mosaic teaching and customs who held the Law as the very highest expression of how man should relate to God. The author of Hebrews is trying to get them to see that Jesus (Yeshua to them) and faith in Him as a result of grace is so much higher even than the Law, that everything else should be viewed as below it. So any departure from grace and faith in Jesus in behavior was a fall to a lower level which is no longer efficacious for salvation or knowing God. In other words, there is no more going back to what they once knew, because Christ has superceded it. In 6:1-3 the author talks about pressing on to maturity, then verses 4-6, which you are concerned about, emphasize what is NOT the way to maturity: retuning to the Law, etc. at the lower level which they previously left behind. Verses 4-8 are what would THEORETICALLY happen to someone who does that, but Judas Iscariot is the only one it might fit, because Jesus stopped keeping him in order to fulfill the Scripture (John 17:12). Jesus guards and keeps ALL who truly come to Him and no one snatches them out of the Father's hand, as you know. So, what the author is really doing here is showing a picture (recrucifying Christ) of how appalling it is in God's eyes to return to the Law etc. The author wants to shake them up emotionally by the contrast to set them free from their old ideas which could lead them astray. The teaching method is very much like that of Matthew 5:29 where the shock value helps carry the seriousness of the message. I hope that helps. In Christ, loavesnfish |
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55 | Thorns and thistles? | Gen 3:18 | loavesnfish | 232335 | ||
I have heard some people say that these plants were not created until the ground was cursed, but it seems more like they just began to thrive after the ground was cursed. So, which is it? | ||||||
56 | Noah's flood ended curse on the land? | Gen 5:29 | loavesnfish | 232334 | ||
Genesis 5:29 says that people expected that Noah was to bring relief from the curse God had put on the land in Genesis 3:17-19. In Genesis 8:21 God says that He will not curse the earth again after the flood. Is the curse over? | ||||||
57 | How can the plagues affect the animals | Ex 9:6 | loavesnfish | 232332 | ||
As verse 6 states, all the cattle of the Egyptians DID die, but there were cattle left which belonged to the sons of Israel. The Egyptians begged, bought or stole some of those, which then became Egyptian cattle (verse 19). How the animals were transferred is less important than the fact that the Egyptians were still trying to get around God's judgments. To prevent them from doing that again, God sent hail which would kill any people, animals or plants outside (verse 25). This included not just livestock, but also wild animals which they could possibly hunt for food as the word "beasts" shows. Verses 20-21 indicate that some of the Egyptians took the warning seriously and got their animals inside with them despite what Pharoah wanted. This act of faith saved them. The warning of God was an opportunity for faith to anyone who listened, not just His people. | ||||||
58 | People who pray for bad things for you? | Rom 12:14 | loavesnfish | 232308 | ||
Romans 12:14 gives the attitude we should have when anyone "prays" bad things for us--which is a form of persecution--bless them and do not curse in return. Also 1 Corinthians 4:12 applies. Romans 8:31-35 shows that anything pronounced against someone in Christ has to go before God first. Since He is the one who answers prayer, he simply says "no" to such prayers. The key here is to make sure you are pleasing God by the motives in your own heart and your own actions and entrust the situation to Him to deal with on your behalf. That is what Jesus did on the cross (1Peter 2:23; Matthew 27:39 and Mark 15:32). Christians are to behave like Jesus, so they don't revile or revile back. | ||||||
59 | How does it make them ashamed? | Ezek 43:10 | loavesnfish | 232289 | ||
In Ezekiel 43:10-11 the vision of this temple is meant to make the house of Israel ashamed of their iniquities and willing to obey God in the future. How does measuring its pattern do that? I am confused. | ||||||
60 | End of the curse? | Gen 8:21 | loavesnfish | 232288 | ||
1. This appears to be the end of the curse of Genesis 3:17-19. Is it? 2. Some people still teach that human work was and still is cursed rather than just the soil. Is that an error? 3. When "God says to Himself," is that meant to be a sort of heavenly stage whisper for Noah to overhear like Genesis 18:17-19 where He talks to the angels in front of Abraham? |
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