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41 | Satan has permission to rule | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 227509 | ||
"You will bear me witness, my friends, that it is exceedingly seldom I ever intrude into the mysteries of the future with regard to the second advent, the millennial reign, or the first and second resurrection. As often as we come across it in our expositions we do not turn aside from the point, but if guilty at all on this point, it is rather in being too silent than saying too much." --Charles Spurgeon | ||||||
42 | Premarital sex-- did I make a mistake? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 227259 | ||
Dear Quite One, Welcome to the Forum! First of all, It needs to be said that, this type of question is not in the order of those that pertain to bible study, and that is the desired intention of our gracious host, The Lockman Foundation. And, out of respect for them and the clear mandate set forth in the Terms of use, that we all agreed to when we signed on to the Study Bible Forum; We seldom answer these types of questions. They are usually avoided. But, having said that; we are not immune to compassion, and since you are asking from a Christian standpoint, wanting to know what God thinks and, what His Holy Word says about your situation. I will say this... I believe that you have done the right thing by putting a stop to it. And I believe you two should get married as soon as posable, and may God bless your marriage! And, of course God will forgive you, (John 6:37-40, John 10:27-30) and of course we do too! God bless you, my dear, and God bless your family. -John p.s Please, read your Bible! :-) |
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43 | God change himself so moses could see Go | Num 12:7 | stjohn | 227254 | ||
Very well said, Brother, BradK! Sometimes, we just need to lay it on the line! Well done. :-) | ||||||
44 | What is a Missionary? | Matt 28:19 | stjohn | 227186 | ||
Well said brother, wise words. | ||||||
45 | Thank you, Jesus! Lover of my soul! | John 19:30 | stjohn | 227151 | ||
--“It is the fact of unyielding divine holiness which demands either the retribution of the sinner or the death of Christ in his room and stead. God is love, and that love is demonstrated by the gift of the Son that men might be saved; but love and mercy did not circumvent the demands of holiness to save the sinner: they paid its every demand. The conclusion of the matter is that God, because of His holiness, cannot save the lost unless His holy demands are met for the sinner, as they are met in the death of Christ; and to be unsaved, or outside the grace of God as it is in Christ, is to be destined to eternal retribution. God can do no more than to provide a perfect salvation, which is provided at infinite cost. When love will pay such a price that a sinner may be saved and holiness remain untarnished, it ill becomes finite men to tamper with these immutable realities. Those who resent the idea of eternal retribution are, in fact, resenting divine holiness. However, the message of God's grace to sinful men is not merely a proclamation of eternal condemnation; it is rather that the chief of sinners may be saved through the Savior that infinite love has provided."-- Don Hewey |
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46 | How was Jesus fastened to the cross" | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 227150 | ||
Hi BoJac, Welcome to the forum! As far as I know, their is nothing written that answers that question. Apparently, God has chosen to keep that information tucked away in the shadows of history. Perhaps, though, it is because of what was done there on that cross, that tree, that is so much more important than, 'how' it was done. And what was that you might ask? I think Charles Spurgeon said it better then I could ever. -John "Having all his life long carried their sicknesses and sorrows, he bore the burden of sin to the place of its annihilation, and by his death he made an end of it. Apart from the atonement, the chosen of God, like other men, lay under sin; the black cloud was over all the race, but Jesus took the dense mass of all the transgressions of his people, past, present, and to come, and obliterated the whole, even as a cloud is blotted out from the face of heaven. Jesus took the whole incalculably ponderous load, all charged with tempest as it was, and bore it all upon those shoulders, which must have been crushed to the earth had they not been divine: on the tree he bore that sin and the wrath which was due to it, feeling all its crowded tempests in his own soul, until in that moment when he had borne all, and ended all, he sent up the victorious shout of "It is finished." Then shone forth the unclouded glory of boundless love; then was gone forever the threatened storm; then righteousness sprang out of the earth, and peace looked down from heaven, and the reconciled ones might well exclaim, "Sing, O heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel." Sin was put away, transgression was cast into the depths of the sea, and loud o'er all rang out the jubilant challenge—"Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? Who is he that condemneth, now that Christ hath died?" I scarcely need to sketch that experience, for, my brethren, you know it well. Oh, the blackness of the darkness above; oh, the horror of the tempest within, in the dreadful hour of conviction of sin, when my weary soul longed for nothingness, that it might escape from its own hell. Oh the dread of the wrath to come. I saw all God's indignation gathering up to spend itself upon me, but glory be to God it spent itself elsewhere!" ... C. H. Spurgeon |
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47 | EXPLAIN ECCLESIASTES 12: | Ecclesiastes | stjohn | 227064 | ||
John Gill, gives us an outline to this chapter that may (I hope) give you a better understanding. You can also read more from Gill and others at: http://www.ewordtoday.com/comments/ecclesiastes/gill/ecclesiastes12.htm -John p.s. Please turn off your CAPS LOCK it makes it very hard to read! -"This chapter begins with advice to young men, which is continued from the preceding; and particularly to remember their Creator in the days of their youth; enforced from the consideration of the troubles and inconveniences of old age, Ecclesiastes 12:1; which, in an allegorical way, is beautifully described, Ecclesiastes 12:2; and from the certainty of death, when it would be too late, Ecclesiastes 12:7. And then the wise man returns to his first proposition, and which he kept in view all along, that all is vanity in youth or old age, Ecclesiastes 12:8; and recommends the reading of this book, from the diligence, pains and labour, he used in composing it; from the sententious matter in it; from the agreeable, acceptable, and well chosen words, in which he had expressed it; and from the wisdom, uprightness, truth, efficacy, and authority of the doctrines of it, Ecclesiastes 12:9; and from its preference to other books, which were wearisome both to author and reader, Ecclesiastes 12:12. And it is concluded with the scope and design, the sum and substance of the whole of it, reducible to these two heads; the fear of God, and obedience to him, Ecclesiastes 12:13; and which are urged from the consideration of a future judgment, into which all things shall be brought, Ecclesiastes 12:14."- John Gill |
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48 | The second coming of christ? | Rev 22:20 | stjohn | 227034 | ||
Amen, Searcher. I like what C.H. Spurgeon had to say about the second advent.-John --""You will bear me witness, my friends, that it is exceedingly seldom I ever intrude into the mysteries of the future with regard to the second advent, the millennial reign, or the first and second resurrection. As often as we come across it in our expositions we do not turn aside from the point, but if guilty at all on this point, it is rather in being too silent than saying too much." --Charles Spurgeon |
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49 | What does the word"believe"involve | John 3:16 | stjohn | 226893 | ||
Food for thought... No one ever does anything outside of their own nature. For example, I have the nature of a man. I cannot choose to breathe water like a fish. My nature is man, not fish. Fish cannot choose to be like men. A dog follows its nature in being dog-like. It cannot choose to be like a bird, for the qualities of being bird-like do not reside within the dog. Now, what I do, like all men, is choose only those things that seem good to me. In fact, you cannot force me to do anything. If you hold a gun to my head, and order me to do something, this will result in an evaluation. I will see that disobedience might get me killed, a condition I deem as "not-good." Compliance might spare my life, a condition I deem as good. So I comply. You have not forced me, you have only adjusted the condition from which I make my decisions. (Of course, I have to have a sufficient understanding of guns, and enough certainty that the threat is real.) God looks down through the annals of time. What does He see? He sees that no one does good, that no one seeks Him, that no one seeks truth (Psalm 53:1-3). God is far from their thoughts (Psalm 10:4), and their highest, noblest efforts at righteousness are utterly foul in His sight (Isaiah 64:6). Man sins by choice and as a matter of course from his very nature. Sin fills every aspect of his being from head to toe (Isaiah 1:5-6). His heart and mind is filled with it (Ecclesiastes 9:3; Ephesians 4:17-19; Titus 1:15; 1 Timothy 3:8, 6:5). "The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and desperately wicked" (Jeremiah 17:9). There remains no good in men (Romans 7:18). Man is basically evil, not good. His heart is as hard as stone (Ezekiel 11:19; Jeremiah 23:29). Man imagines that he is only sick, but the Bible says he is dead (Ephesians 2:1; Colossians 2:13). Man feels he is, at worst, near-sighted, but Scripture says he is blind (2 Corinthians 3:14). Man shrugs off his vices as minor, but the Word says he is a slave (John 8:44; Ephesians 2:2; 2 Timothy 2:26). That is what God sees looking down through the annals of time. There is nothing -- nothing at all -- in lost people that make them worthy of salvation. Absolutely nothing. They deserve eternal damnation. Lost people are dead per the fall. They are completely without God and, in fact, see God as an enemy, one who has usurped their sovereignty. They will never see obedience to God as a good thing; therefore they will never choose it. They’re utterly unable to make good, moral choices. God, also, cannot be different than His nature allows. He can only be what He is. His holiness is such that none can stand before Him at judgment and be counted righteous unless they are really and truly righteous, for God will never excuse the guilty (Exodus 34:7). Nevertheless, before creation, God decided beforehand to lovingly set apart a people for Himself, but not as a result of anything worthy in them (Amos 3:2; Matthew 7:23; John 10:14; Ephesians 1:4-5). Salvation is a gift of God (Romans 6:23) for which He alone receives all the glory, all the credit (Isaiah 43:11; Ephesians 2:10). Wages are given to people because they've earned the wage (John 4:36). If a person does something to earn a gift, it ceases to be a gift, but a wage. Even faith is a gift (Ephesians 2:8). Because of the fallen nature of our hearts, there is a strong desire to garner at least a tiny bit of the credit for our salvation. It certainly is understandable why those sorts of teachings are popular. However, the teaching of "foreseen faith" has no Biblical basis, nor does it have a logical foundation. Man obeys God as a result of salvation, not to gain it, if that were the case then according to scripture, no one would be saved. By the way, just saying you are not guilty of something, does not make it so... -John |
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50 | Could Jesus get off cross if he wanted? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 226619 | ||
Thanks Ed! It's good to see you're on the same page as far as encouraging some of our visitors to do their own reading assignments. It's really disheartening to see so many that are unwilling to even read the Scriptures. What a lost opportunity! How unfortunate it is, to not even have a desire to read what the almighty, wise beyond words, and all loving God, has chosen to reveal to us lowly humans.-John | ||||||
51 | protect and defend | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 226584 | ||
Hello Pakman, (sorry for the double posting but I sent this to Makarios, by mistake.) Welcome to the forum! (Sorry for the double posting but I sent this to Makarios, by mistake.) I think Brother Makarios, has given you a good answer, but here is, if I may, give you another possibility or example that speaks of the kind of dedication and love a husband should have for his wife... that is, to lay down his life for her: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word," Eph 5:25-26 -John |
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52 | protect and defend | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 226582 | ||
Hello Pakman, Welcome to the forum! I think Brother Makarios, has given you a good answer, but here is, if I may, give you another possibility or example that speaks of the kind of dedication and love a husband should have for his wife... that is, to lay down his life for her: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word," Eph 5:25-26 -John |
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53 | When we die are we asleep in the grave? | 1 Thess 4:13 | stjohn | 226581 | ||
Dear Val, It's good to see you! It's been a while..... I hope all is well with you and yours.-John |
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54 | living conditions while married | Prov 25:24 | stjohn | 226561 | ||
The verse above may hold the answer.-John | ||||||
55 | Why more than 1 books of Kings an others | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 226475 | ||
Thats a good question. In the case of Samuel, though some of it was written by him, we know that not all of it was, because of the fact his death is recorded. Also it is recorded in First Chronicles, that Nathan and God wrote about some of the stuff found in Samuel. Why it is in two books I don't know and, interestingly, in the Hebrew Bible, Samuel is just one book. In the New Testament however, the books are sometimes letters to different Churches, so that would explain the why, because they are simply different letters addressed to different Churches.-John | ||||||
56 | Where was Joseph when Jesus was on cross | John 19:27 | stjohn | 226323 | ||
Hi Corner, Welcome to the forum! It is believed that Joseph, was dead. Because of Jesus giving His mother to the care of John, as stated in the verse above. -John |
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57 | where is Christ battling Satan in HELL | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 226278 | ||
Given some of the inane content of this thread, I am often reminded of something our Brother Hank wrote, and I'm so glad I asked him directly if I could quote him on it, and I never get tired of doing so!-John “I lay no claim whatever to any expertise on matters involving High Theology or anything of the kind, so I'm fairly well limited when it comes to trying to connect the dots. And that is good! It forces me to attempt to speak only where the Bible speaks and to keep my mouth shut where the Bible is silent. I have enough trouble learning and digesting what the Bible clearly reveals, and so it leaves me no time to speculate and ruminate on the things which our loving and all-wise Father chose not to elaborate. God's eternal and unchanging word will be around long after I'm gone. Few indeed are they who care about my opinions now and fewer still will remember them after I've gone. So my candid view about questions such as call for speculations is this: If God did not choose to reveal details, is it our business to worry very much about them? I really don't believe that God expects us to fill in the blanks ourselves nor needs man to take over where He left off, do you? Just how important is it to know about such things? The narrative has endured and imparted the message it was intended to impart for centuries as it is, without being gussied up with all these minute frills and details. Let's be content to learn from it all that it clearly reveals without tarnishing the sacred record by adding our worthless speculation and groundless guesses.” –Hank Hallmark |
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58 | The sin of smoking cigarettes. | Matt 25:33 | stjohn | 226277 | ||
Oh Doc! You are so precious! :-) | ||||||
59 | How do I abide in His love? | John 15:10 | stjohn | 226199 | ||
Very well said, Pastor Beja! | ||||||
60 | Scripture dealing with depression | Jeremiah | stjohn | 226052 | ||
Dear Elizabeth, Welcome to the forum! We have been blessed by the graciousness of our host to have this venue to read and study along with others what myself and countless people over the ages consider as the most sacred and profound book ever written, in fact, 'The Bible' is the reveled word of God Himself! Having said that, please understand too that this is a Bible study, not some 'self help' website or some place like a Dear Abby column in the local newspaper. Hence the name, StudyBibleForum. I would like very much to encourage you to please know and understand that we are not picking on you, or singling you out as someone for practicing our lectures on. We all i.e. most of us old timers, strive very hard to keep and follow the guidelines and rules set down by our so very gracious host, The Lockman Foundation. So, my friend, Elizabeth, please read and be sure to understand the TOU 'Terms of Use' before you post to this forum, and please remove your personal advertising from your User Profile. Failure to do this may result in your removal from this forum. -John |
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