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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: stokeyhk Ordered by Verse |
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41 | "The only true God." Who? Why? | John 17:3 | stokeyhk | 51096 | ||
What did Jesus mean when he called his Father "the only true God"? (John 17:1-3) | ||||||
42 | Preaching-How? | Acts 5:42 | stokeyhk | 53397 | ||
Is the apostolic example of preaching "from house to house" to be followed today? | ||||||
43 | How does God lead genuine Christians? | Acts 15:6 | stokeyhk | 55964 | ||
In view of Acts chapter 15, verses 2, 6-11, 15-19, 22, 30 and chapter 16, verses 4 and 5, How does God lead the congregation? Stokey. |
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44 | Predestination of each individual? | Rom 8:29 | stokeyhk | 52852 | ||
Does the Bible teach the predestination of each individual? If so, when? If not, why not? (Answers from the Bible only, please) | ||||||
45 | Salvation outside of the church | Rom 10:17 | stokeyhk | 50354 | ||
See John 15:1-8. Note, particularly, verse 5 which says: "apart from [Jesus] you can do nothing at all." So we have to be part of Jesus' body or congregation. (Ephesians 3:10; 4:4-16) | ||||||
46 | was paul married? | 1 Corinthians | stokeyhk | 52861 | ||
The only two Bible verses that really touch on the matter are 1 Corinthians 7:8 and 9:4, 5. The first one suggests Paul could have been a "widow." The second suggests Paul was unmarried at the time of his missionary journeys. Stokeyhk. |
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47 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 55623 | ||
What is Jesus' position in relation to the Father? | ||||||
48 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 55695 | ||
What are you talking about, Steve? John 10:29: "My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all." You forgot to mention verses 34-36: "I am the Son of God"! What about John 17:20-22? "They may be one just as We are one." Stokey. |
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49 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 55732 | ||
Steve, John 5:26 says: "[The Father] has granted the Son to have life in himself." Also, John 17:2 says: "[The Father] granted him [God's Son] authority over all people that he might give eternal life." (1 John 5:11) So God can delegate authority to give eternal life to others, and has done so to his firstborn Son. Stokey. |
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50 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 55892 | ||
Isn't it a sweeping statement to say, 'When was this authority granted? Answer: In eternity"? John 17:2 says: "You granted him authority over all people." If he'd had this authority "in eternity," would he need to be "granted" it? "To us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he WILL BE called ["his (composite) name shall be called," KJV] Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, EVERLASTING FATHER, Prince of Peace." "The very zeal of Jehovah of armies will do this." (Isaiah 9:6, 7) After Jesus had been born as a "child" and after he had received "his government." (1 Corinthians 15:23, 50) Stokey |
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51 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 55952 | ||
I've covered Isaiah 6:1 and John 12:41 already, but, to reiterate, see Isaiah 6:8: "Who will go for US?" You didn't read Isaiah 9:6, then? Stokey. |
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52 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 56104 | ||
How ya doing, Steve. You seem to be the only one who wants to talk to me now! You know, those modern translations that you use'll be the death of you. What is ESV anyway? 1) As you may know, the Greek word rendered worship is "proskyneo." Strong says this word means: "to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (lit. or fig.) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore)." a) "Jesus said to him: 'Go away, Satan! For it is written, "It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service."'" b) Jesus said: "The true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for, indeed, the Father is looking for suchlike ones to worship him." From these two verses, we can see that Jesus taught us to render exclusive worship to his Father. "Proskyneo" is rendered as "worship," but not exclusively so. For example: the NIV renders it "fall down" in Revelation 3:9, and "fell on his knees before him" in Matthew 18:26. Why? Context! Whereas the KJV renders them as "worship" and "worshipped." What about in the case of Jesus? Should it be rendered as "worship" or as "fall down"? Consider Mark 15:19. Here the KJV renders it as "worshipped" regarding what the soldiers did to Jesus. However, the NIV renders it as "falling on their knees, they paid homage to him." Why? Context again! They clearly did not view Jesus as God or as a deity. As "bow before" (AT), 'pay homage' (NEB) and 'do obeisence' (NWT) are in harmony with the Greek, with Jesus' comments at Matthew 4:10 and John 4:23, and the angels comments at Revelation 22:9, these individuals who 'performed proskyneo' to Jesus were doing so because they recognized Jesus as God's representative and as "the Son of God." (Matthew 14:32, 33) c) It was angels, not humans, who, as the New English Bible says, 'paid homage' to Jesus in Hebrews 1:6. 2) As you rightly quoted, Isaiah said he heard Jehovah speak these words: "Whom shall I [Jehovah] send, and who will go for us [Jehovah and Jesus, John 12:39-41]?" So Isaiah heard Jehovah say, "us." Isaiah also "got to see [in vision, Exodus 33:20] Jehovah." Was John teaching that the Jehovah Isaiah saw was in fact the prehuman Jesus? Consider two things: a) John 12:38 calls Jesus "the arm of Jehovah." b) John 12:40 applies Isaiah 6:10 to Jesus showing that he was sent by Jehovah to do a preaching work. (Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:16-21) The "glory" that Isaiah saw was, as John 1:14 says, "the glory as of the only begotten of the Father." (Genesis 1:26; Proverbs 8:30, 31) 3) Rather than Jesus being granted "life in himself" "from eternity," Isaiah 9:6 says Jesus would be called "Everlasting Father [life-giver] after he 'was born as a child' and glorified. (John 5:26, 27; 17:2) Thus being granted to have "life in himself" to eternity based on his 'ransom as the Son of man.' (Matthew 20:28) 4) Revelation 21:2 says: "I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God." This, then, is focusing on the earth and "men." (Verse 3) 5) Jesus said the Queen of the South "came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom." Seems like Jesus didn't view him as losing sight of anything. The apostles' quotations from the Proverbs show this, too. The expression "under the sun" refers to a life excluding God's purpose which is indeed "meaningless." (Ecclesiastes 1:2, 3) Solomon was focusing on planet earth, whereas Peter was focusing on "ungodly men." (2 Peter 3:5-7, 10, 12, 13) Stokey |
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53 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 56229 | ||
Hello, Hank. Of course "modern" does not mean "all" translations. It means modern ones. As you may know, Jehovah's Witnesses have only been using the New World Translation of the Greek Scriptures since 1950, and the complete one since 1961. So much of the understanding was gained from other older translations. Further, Jehovah's Witnesses have the rights to print the KJV, the ASV and Byington's Bible. 1) Notice this comment from the preface of the Living Bible: "Whenever the author's exact words are not translated from the original languages, there is a possibility that the translator, however honest, may be giving the English reader something that the original writer did not mean to say." 2) The American Standard Version of 1901 used the name Jehovah almost 7,000 times. However, its successor, the Revised Standard Version of 1952 completely removed it. Why? They cited Jewish tradition. (Matthew 15:6) However, Psalm 83:18 clearly reveals God's will: "That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth." (Psalm 83:18; Matthew 6:9; John 12:28; 17:26, KJV) 3) Reasoning from the Scriptures, published by Jehovah's Witnesses, uses 28 different Bible translations. If you have been reading my posts, you'll see that I rarely used the New World Translation. Stokey. |
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54 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 56232 | ||
How does "From Myself I do nothing," "My Father taught me" and "submissive" equate with "equal in position"? (John 20:17) Stokey |
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55 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 56241 | ||
Hi, Ray. I already believe that "God is true and that Jesus and the Father are" one. (John 10:30, 36; 17:20-22) Also, as you quote, I believe that "the head of the Christ is God" and Jesus "will be subjected" to God. (1 Corinthians 11:3; 15:27) But do you believe genuine Christians should 'make known or confess God's name,' Jehovah? (Psalm 83:18; John 17:26, KJV; Hebrews 13:15, NIV) Has the NKJV removed God's name from Psalm 83:18? Stokey |
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56 | What's Jesus' position? | 1 Cor 15:27 | stokeyhk | 56242 | ||
To Tim Moran and Hank: Yes, Hank, the Living Bible is "a loose paraphrase." I didn't choose it as an example of a modern translation. Rather to show that a translator can say something that the original writer "did not mean to say." How do you feel about the New English Bible that uses "Jehovah" six times and renders John 1:1 this way: "What God was, the Word was"? Or the New Testament in an Improved Version of 1808, which renders John 1:1 as: "the Word was a god." (See John 6:70; 9:17; Acts 28:6) Philip B. Harner said in the Journal of Biblical Literature, 1973, pp. 85, 87, "Perhaps the clause could be translated, 'the Word had the same nature as God.'" That is, Jesus has "divine nature." (2 Peter 1:4, KJV) That the Living Bible "does better than the New World Translation" is just your opinion. However, Edgar J. Goodspeed said: "It exhibits a vast array of sound serious learning, as I can testify." The Differentiator of April 1952, pp.52-7 said: "The translation is evidently the work of skilled and clever scholars." Tim, The Andover Newton Quarterly said: "The New Testament translation was made by a committee whose membership has never been revealed-a committee that possessed an unusual competence in Greek." The committee asked to remain anonymous, since they were not seeking prominence. (John 5:41) Stokey |
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57 | realm activity | 2 Cor 12:4 | stokeyhk | 51381 | ||
No. (Revelation 12:7-12) Stokeyhk |
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58 | Why do you wait? | Phil 3:20 | stokeyhk | 51102 | ||
Those who have the hope of going to heaven are waiting "earnestly" for 'the transformation of their lowly bodies' to be like Jesus' glorious body. (Philippians 3:21) What body does Jesus now have? "A spiritual body." (1 Corinthians 15:42-50) When will he "change" their bodies to 'spiritual bodies'? "When he comes" and when the kingdom of God comes. (1 Corinthians 15:23, 50) Revelation 11:15-18 shows that this event would be associated with 'the nations becoming angry.' Matthew 24:7, 8 calls it 'nation rising against nation.' Acts 4:25 says: "The nations rage." These events fit the First World War onwards. (Revelation 6:2-4; 12:7-12) I'm eagerly waiting to "inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5)Stokeyhk. |
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59 | Why do you wait? | Phil 3:20 | stokeyhk | 55251 | ||
That's what the Bible indicates. Matthew 24:14, 36-44 shows why we wait. Stokey. |
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60 | Why do you wait? | Phil 3:20 | stokeyhk | 55514 | ||
Do you believe that Jesus' invisible return was about 1914? Or, Do you disbelieve it because Jehovah's Witnesses say this? As one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I would like you to tell me how you understand Acts 15:28, 29 which says: "It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: You are to abstain from . . . blood . . . and from sexual immorality." (NIV) Stokey. |
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