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4241 | Christ dying only for elect? | Rom 5:6 | Hank | 5574 | ||
JVH, rams' skins were dyed red, according to Exodus 25:5. | ||||||
4242 | is it wrong to masterbate? | 1 Cor 7:9 | Hank | 5474 | ||
Thank you for an interesting note. It was I who, in response to the original question, said that the Bible is silent on the specific subject of masturbation and added the observation that the only form of sexual activity clearly endorsed in Scripture is the monogamous sexual relationship between husband and wife. One other point in your note concerns me. You say, "If you do something your conscience forbids, its a sin." Is it not true that the conscience is a product of education and training? That is to say, unless one's conscience is guided by the only real standard, the word of God, is it of itself an infallible guide? The Bible is replete with examples of men and women who followed their conscience but were in grievous error. Two examples come immediately to mind. Was Paul conscience stricken when he led the goon squad in their persecution of Christians? Were the Scribes and Pharisees conscience stricken when they sought to discredit Jesus and have Him nailed to a tree? The indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer is far and away a more faithful Guide than one's "conscience" -- do you not agree? --Hank | ||||||
4243 | Have you built your ark yet? | Gen 6:14 | Hank | 5466 | ||
Prayon, my "conclusion" is rhetorical and didactic, designed, it is hoped, to illustrate the utter folly -- not to mention fatal consequences -- of faulty Biblical interpretations that can, and often do, emerge from pulling isolated passages of Scripture out of the context in which they were written and by which we are enabled to "accurately handle the word of truth." (2 Tim.2:15). Sorry to answer my own question, but in view of your note, I felt it necessary in order to allay possible additional confusion about my aim and my stand on the matter. Please feel free, however, to add whatever else you may have on this subject of the proper way to approach Scriptre, a subject which I hold to be utmost in importance. --Hank | ||||||
4244 | At whose door is Christ knocking? | Rev 3:20 | Hank | 5445 | ||
Dear JVH, what a joy it is, and rare, to read a sound, reasonable, and accurate exegesis of a passage from God's word! --Hank | ||||||
4245 | What was Eve's sin? | Gen 3:6 | Hank | 5444 | ||
Thank you, Joy, for your kind remarks regarding my note. But thank you most of all for sharing your views and keen insights. Your selections of Scriptural truths could not have been more germane to the issues involved. Please continue to favor us with your comments and concerns. --Hank | ||||||
4246 | "Jesus loves me, this I know" | Matt 9:36 | Hank | 5424 | ||
Karl Barth was a Swiss theologian who died in 1968 at the age of 82. Not long before he died he gave an interview to reporters, one of whom asked him, "Dr. Barth, in your long years of studying theology, could you tell us the most important things you have learned." The reporters stood with notebooks and pens in hand expecting to hear a long and involved lecture on theology. Dr. Barth paused, smiled and said "I have learned that Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." With that the old theologian dismissed the reporters and walked away. --Hank | ||||||
4247 | What was Eve's sin? | Gen 3:6 | Hank | 5423 | ||
You know, Lionstrong, this Forum has been a revelation to me. During the several weeks since I logged in for the first time, I've learned a great deal -- but that learning has been, I fear, more about human beings than about the Bible. How can one volume, the sacred writings we confess to be the inerrant word of God, be saying so many different and opposing things to so many people? It gives one pause...My father was a cracker-barrel philosopher from Alabama, a devout Christian and my hero still, although he long since went on to his reward. I recall having heard him say more than once, "You can prove, or disprove, just about anything by the Bible, if you know just what verses to string together to do it." Well, haven't we seen a lot of verses strung together on this Forum in some effort to prove this or that view? Is it doing us any good? Are we gaining ground or losing it for the cause of Christ? Or are we being viewed by onlookers as a bunch of argumentative babblers who really don't have any goals more noble than scoring a point for their cherished view. This is advertiised as a Study Bible Forum. Yet how many times have we seen responses to good and fair biblically-based questions that were clearly dashed off in haste, were not remotely connected to any Scriptural reference, were wildly speculative, were founded on nothing more than an opinion or a guess -- and an uneducated one at that? And how many times have we seen Scripture lifted out of its proper context and offered as proof in support of a pre-conceived bias of some sort? I am not pointing a finger at you or anyone else on this forum any more than I am pointing it at myself My point is that it seems to me to be time to reflect on what we are doing and in what direction we are headed. Do we wish the forum to be a place we come to learn or the place we come to quibble and debate and engage in petty nit-picking and verbal fights over trifles? Do we wish it to be a friendly place at which one can be encouraged and uplifted? Do we wish it to be a place where Christian love and nurture shine clearly through?....I'm not a young man anymore, and as I grow older I think more and more about the complex world we inhabit in these early days of a new millenium. Jesus lived in a simpler time. The men He chose to be His intimate companions were simple men. He taught them a simple gospel. Accordingly, I agonize at what is going on in Christendom in our time. The simple saving message of our Lord is being twisted and gnarled into arcane theological and philosophical gobbledy-gook. Churches have opened their doors to the pervasive inroads of secular humanism. Unity has yielded to division, and love to contention....We on this forum have a voice, we have an opportunity to do something good, we have a responsibility to do what we can to restore unity and peace among God's people....I believe we. all of us, would do well to re-examine our responsibilities and opportunites as active users of this forum. Has the forum not seen enough of vague, philosophical debates that seem to go on interminably. Aren't we happy unless we're engaged in a heated debate of a controversial subject about which most of us know little but say much? Can't we dedicate our time and efforts to more effective ways of examining and sharing the truths of Gods word with one another? --Hank | ||||||
4248 | How did evil arise? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 5415 | ||
Cephas, you say you are a genuine seeker. Friend, I believe you. And I would like to respond to your question, but will you kindly do me a favor first? Will you tell me, in your own words and as best you know how, what your understanding is of the two words, "create" and "evil" -- will you do that for me? I'll respond then, I promise you that. If you don't mind, would you be willing to tell me your approximate age? --Hank | ||||||
4249 | What is meant by this passage? | James 4:5 | Hank | 5354 | ||
Bleavell, another brief follow-up on your note. You stated correctly that neither the NIV nor the KJV follow the practice of capitalizing personal pronouns pertaining to the Deity. But you also concluded that, "It is impossible to tell whether or not they believe the sentence deals with Deity." The key word in this passage is "spirit," a noun, which both the NASB and NKJV capitalize, clearly indicating Deity, in this instance, the Holy Spirit. The NIV and KJV do not capitalize "spirit" in this passage, but they do in other passages wherein they believe "spirit" means the Holy Spirit. Examples are Genesis 1:2 and Revelation 1:10. --Hank | ||||||
4250 | What is meant by this passage? | James 4:5 | Hank | 5349 | ||
When you contact the NASB translators regarding this verse, would you ask for their permission to post their response on the Forum? I feel sure there are others besides you and me who have an interest in their analysis of this passage. It is my understanding that Lockman does not officially monitor the proceedings of this Forum. This is not to say that some of their staff, including the translators, may not from time to time visit the site. Thanks for your prompt response to my note. --Hank | ||||||
4251 | what is his image? | Gen 1:26 | Hank | 5297 | ||
jim, there will be both the Father and the Son. And I have a pretty good idea that God has worked out the problem of how He will show Himself to us. He's rather good at that sort of thing, don't you think? --Hank | ||||||
4252 | How should be interpret Joshua 10:12-14? | Josh 10:12 | Hank | 5276 | ||
melchizedekau, I feel sure you meant to say something, but what was it? In "Yes it is" what does it refer to? -- "in the natural" what? -- "nothing could be proved" about what? Would you please review your note and consider posting again in somewhat less obscure language? --Hank | ||||||
4253 | Covenants and Dispensation? | Eph 1:10 | Hank | 5221 | ||
Joe, I hold with free grace, but not in quite the same sense as I understand some proponents of it to mean. One of the "proof texts" that is frequently cited is Ephesians 2:8-9 in which Paul says we have been saved by grace through faith, not of ourselves; it is a gift of God; not of works lest anyone should boast. But Paul doesn't leave it at that. He says (v.10) that we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good WORKS (emphasis mine). I believe the Bible teaches that salvation is a gift of God and that there is nothing we can do -- no "works" -- to earn it. However, it also teaches that good works are the result of regeneration. James speaks of a faith that is without works as being a dead faith. Not everything which is claimed to be faith is genuine. Thus if someone who claims to have been saved "continues in sin that grace may abound" one can reasonably question whether the claim is valid. You will know them by their fruits. I believe the teaching that God's gift of salvation places no demands on the believer to "walk in newness of life" in obedience to Him is false teaching. It's what Dietrich Bonhoeffer called cheap grace. You make a valid argument that Charles Ryrie and John MacArthur do have some differences of opinion. But then when have we ever seen theologians agree on all points of the Christian faith? Ryrie and MacArthur both agree on the Triunity and salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Beyond that, all else is secondary exposition anyway. By the way, I don't prize study Bibles the way some of my friends do. JVH of this Forum, whose postings now top out over 700, said in an e-mail to me recently, "It's amazing how much light the Scriptures shed on study Bibles!" --Hank | ||||||
4254 | Covenants and Dispensation? | Eph 1:10 | Hank | 5189 | ||
Joe, thank you for your well-written answer to a tough question. Your essay had balance and clarity. You did your homework well. Your students should be proud of their teacher! --Hank | ||||||
4255 | Why not literally? | Josh 10:12 | Hank | 5179 | ||
Yes indeed, Nolan! Why not take God at His word? Even if science could "prove" the event of Joshua 10:12-13 one way or the other, chances are that it would at some time reverse itself. God and His word are eternal, unchanging and true. "Where were you," asks God of Job, "when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding." [Job 38:4] --Hank | ||||||
4256 | Which is truth, Science or God's Word? | Josh 10:12 | Hank | 5178 | ||
How I agree with your statement, JVH! In my lifetime, I have seen "true science" reverse itself on a number of issues. One has only to search the annals of science to discover that what was once in the vanguard of scientific thought has been proved false by subsequent research. A number of scientific "truths" of yesteryear read like fairly tales or science fiction today. Even the hallowed theory of evolution is under scrutiny and is being discounted, not only by those "mean and ignorant right-wing Bible-thumping religious radicals" but by the scientific community itself. Archeological discoveries of the past 100 years or so have lent credence to many of the claims in the Bible that erstwhile skeptics denounced as nonsense. "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever." [Isaiah 40:8] --Hank | ||||||
4257 | Folks, It's Time for A Change! | Phil 2:14 | Hank | 5095 | ||
Nehemiah, with due respect for your views, I do not for a moment feel that Oneness and Triunity adherents share the same concept. If you say that New York City is a metropolis on the east coast of the United States that has a number of skyscrapers, and someone else says that it is a small town on the east coast of the United States that has only one-story buildings, both of you believe that New York exists, but you sharply disagree on its attributes. Please, if you will, re-read the postings to see if the "same concept" idea holds up to a second inspection. --Hank | ||||||
4258 | Folks, It's Time for A Change! | Phil 2:14 | Hank | 5034 | ||
If we cannot all agree on the issue of Triunity vs. "Oneness" -- and apparently we can't -- can we at least agree to a moratorium on it? The Triunity people and the "Oneness" people have had more than ample opportunity to air their views. This forum has been virtually paralyzed in the last few days by this issue. It's time to drop, stop it, and move on. Does anyone feel like adding an "Amen" to this proposal? --Hank | ||||||
4259 | When is "Bible Graduation Day"? | Prov 9:9 | Hank | 5030 | ||
Well said. Amen. --Hank | ||||||
4260 | Is there another helper? | John 5:43 | Hank | 4963 | ||
Ray, to your first two questions, the answer is, Nothing more than I indicated in my first note. About John 7:52, I'm not sure what your point of emphasis is, if any, but here is the verse followed by a comment on it. "They answered and said to him, 'You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.'" Scanning backward a few verses allows us to pick up the context. Verse 52 is the Pharisees' answer to the question put to them by Nicodemus in verse 51. Here, of course, the Pharisees showed their own ignorance. Jonah was a prophet and he had come from Galilee. --Hank | ||||||
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