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4861 | Thanks! Does anyone know Hebr. who can e | Ps 91:1 | DocTrinsograce | 126626 | ||
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4862 | I need some help. | 1 Cor 6:16 | DocTrinsograce | 126625 | ||
Paul is hearkening back to Genesis 2:24 when he speaks of two becoming one flesh. (Christ quotes this passage as well in Matthew 19:5.) Of course, this is to be understood as copulation. In some very special way, a man and a woman become joined in the sex act. This was intended to be part of God's plan for the consummation of marriage. However, although the body is to be used for righteousness, people often use their bodies for baser purposes (Romans 6:19). The idea of joining a prostitute to the body of Christ is utterly odious! Paul uses this shocking statement to drive home his point. |
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4863 | May the Lord keep you. | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126513 | ||
What happened? I don't understand! | ||||||
4864 | What does Genesis 3:24 mean? | Gen 3:24 | DocTrinsograce | 126511 | ||
This is the account of how man was separated from the Garden of Eden. The way was blocked in order to clearly demonstrate that, unless the law and justice of God was completely satisfied, no life or salvation was to be had. There is only one way to the tree of life, and that is three the shed blood of Christ on Calvary. | ||||||
4865 | what is predestination? | Rom 9:17 | DocTrinsograce | 126442 | ||
Here's some random stuff on predestination: The Grolier's Encyclopedia states: "Predestination is a Christian doctrine according to which a person's ultimate destiny, whether it be salvation or damnation, is determined by God alone prior to, and apart from, any worth or merit on the person's part." It is a scriptural word. (Romans 8:28, 30; Eph 1:5, 11) God's eternal purpose will not be thwarted. In the end, He will be glorified, and it will have all occured just as He has purposed. (Isaiah 46:10-11, Psalm 115:3; 135:6, Daniel 4:35, Acts 4:28, Ephesians 1:11) In this process, there are some who will experience the full, unending wrath of God. (Job 21:30 2 Tim 3:8) Some things that seem bad to us, are in His plan (Ecc 7:14, Romans 8:28, James 1:17). Even things like the crucifiction of Christ (Acts 2:23). God's work in creation was "without secondary causes or processes." However, God makes use of secondary causes (Gen 50:20). |
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4866 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126411 | ||
Funny how we humans have to get things synched up chronologically for them to make sense to us. :-) I think this through all the time. However, you left out a couple of items: atonement, justification, and sanctification. I might add one or two others, but then it might incite fits in certain of our members. Frankly, I think that some of these things happen simultaneously. But I'll try to answer as best as I can without fomenting adverse reaction. Regeneration must come very early in the process -- Eph 2:4-5 "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)" -- which, from this verse immediately is followed by salvation Now, without faith, it is impossible to please God and because faith is a necessary ingredient to salvation, it must be gifted to us somewhere right near that same moment, else we would not be saved. The prompting of the Holy Spirit could come before, during, and after. However, we have to see repentance in the mix. But I tend to see repentance not as a single act, but as an ongoing process. Repentance is changing direction. Direction can only be deduced over time. You know, the Puritans had all this broken down into over 12 steps that I recall. I think when we insist on piecing it altogether time wise, we can over analyze the thing. I think the best example of how salvation occurs is in the analogy of Lazarus. Before Lazarus can hear the command of Christ, he must be made alive. But he must also be healed from what killed him, or he'll just instantly die again. Only after this can he even hear Christ's command. With restored life, he obeys and comes out of the tomb. Sorry... I may not have clarified things any... and probably I'll have irritated someone! |
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4867 | Why do good things happen to bad people? | Matt 5:45 | DocTrinsograce | 126408 | ||
Theologians call this "common grace." It is in the nature of our God to be bountiful with His many blessings. However, keep in mind, that there are none of us that are good. The wonder is that God does anything for any of us. Jonah was quite concerned about just this thing. He wanted judgement -- the harsher the better -- to rain down on Nineveh. And those guys in Nineveh were pretty rotten! They actually bragged of the clever way they broke every treaty they ever made. In addition, they were known to delight in horrible tortures of captive people. Tortures that we only see in the world again until the Inquisition and among early Amerinds. However, as you study that little book of Jonah, you will see that God explains to the prophet His mercy. Since we are all evil in the sight of the Lord, what if He withheld mercy to us before we finally learned to submit to Him? Now, I've been guilty of this myself, asking God, "Why don't you just stop those people!" But when we do that, we've missed the point of the wonderful mercy of God. We are not operating in the Spirit when we ask Him to withdraw His blessings! | ||||||
4868 | reference to praying for the dead | Heb 9:27 | DocTrinsograce | 126405 | ||
I can't find anything in scripture that instructs us to prayer for the dead. The only example where we have prayer associated with dead people is in those rare cases where Christ or an apostle prayed and life was restored. My brother died of lung cancer at 42. Often I have thanked the Lord that my brother is now in the bossom of Abraham. I often think, "What joy, to actually behold the Object of our adoration!" and that causes me to thank and praise God all over again. I find the scriptures rife with prayers for the living and injunctions on us to pray for the living. I'd have to say that that was the emphasis of scripture. |
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4869 | Baptised if living together with fiance? | Matt 18:6 | DocTrinsograce | 126401 | ||
Hi, Lillian. In this instance, it sounds like the appropriate question would be "Why do you want to be baptized?" You'd have to work through all of their assumptions. Somewhere along the line you will find an error. Clearly they do not fully understand what baptism means. They probably do not understand what it means to be a disciple of Christ. Clearly, if they are saved at all, there first step would be to set aside this behavior for the glory of God. I'd take threm through a careful exegite of Baptism, with an emphasis on the Gospel and what it means to lay down our lives for our Lord. My own "denomination" often tends to get people baptized and then worry about their commitment to obedience later on. I think this is an error. Its also why 3 out 5 of our "members" are not in the pew on Sunday morning! I'll be praying about all of this for you. | ||||||
4870 | what is a restorer of the streets? | Is 58:12 | DocTrinsograce | 126316 | ||
Here's a good place to start... www.monergism.com | ||||||
4871 | God the Son as a confession of faith | John 17:22 | DocTrinsograce | 126305 | ||
G'day, Leslie! No, we are not all Roman Catholics here... but I guess we are all catholic (little c) as being part of the universal body of Christ. We're quite a motley crew, though! I for one welcome you here very hardily! :-) If you can suffer through my poor spelling, here's the rest of your answer: Both Martin Luther and John Calvin affirmed the triune nature of our God. So, as you would expect, Lutherans and Presbyterians have confessions that state this. You will the Canons of Dort (Reformed), the Thirty-Nine Articles (Episcopalian), the Savoy Declaration (Congregationalists), and the Baptist Confession of 1689 (Baptist) all affirm this truth. Of course, this was commonly held by the Roman Catholic Church prior to and since the Reformation (at least, I don't see a repudiation of it in their most recently published Catechism). In the United States there are a few groups who call themselves Christian, but who deviate greatly from orthodoxy. I'm thinking of Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses. These two groups deny the diety of Christ in the orthodox sense. The Mormons hold that Christ was born as a result of a sexual act involving their version of diety and Mary. The JWs hold that Jesus is a god (little g). Their drift from orthodoxy is so great that it is difficult for most to accept them as Christian at all. One other group, the Pentecostals, believe in something they call Oneness. This idea is that Christ, the Father, and Holy Spirit are not distinct, just different names for one God. They vigorously deny the Trinity. However, orthodoxy has held the Trinity as truth since it was articulated clearly at the council in Nicea in 325 AD. That council came together to deal with a heresy called Arianism, Apollinarianism, Manicheanism, Modalism (and maybe a few more that I can't remember). (Other heresies have attempted to assail this doctrine before and since.) Thus was born the Nicene Creed. This creed does not represent the discovery or invention of the idea of the Holy Trinity. It simply articulated it. Scripture does not use the term, but it is inescapable. Apparently the apostles and early Christans thought this way because of the things they wrote. However, it might have seemed so obvious to them, that they never explicitly articulated this truth. |
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4872 | How our Loving God commanded such things | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126286 | ||
Sometimes destruction is the most merciful act. God is the Creator, He can do as He pleases with His creation, and that without seeking any counsel but His own. We do not see how utterly heinous is sin, nor how monstrously it offends a holy God. Every time we see what God does and we think, "No fair" we are demonstrating that we do not appreciate just how holy He is and just how wicked man can be. If one sin warants death, it is amazing that God is not killing us off wholesale! The Hebrew 5:13 reference is using babies as an example. The author is wondering at why his audience have not matured more than they have in the proper handling of the word. |
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4873 | motivation twords faith | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126285 | ||
Pray for mercy. Love of the Word of God is an evidence of salvation. Lack of love for the Word is characteristic of the lost. Ask yourself what you love. Ask yourself to whom you belong. Psalms 119:97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Psalms 119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. 1 Peter 2:2-3 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. |
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4874 | should I worry about using NIV over KJV | 2 Tim 3:16 | DocTrinsograce | 126256 | ||
The Word is inerrent in form that it was originally given to men, not in a translation. So the best thing for all of us to do would be to learn Hebrew and Greek! :-) However, translations have been done differently with different assumptions and different objectives. (Note that I'm not talking about paraphrases which aren't in the same league at all!) The KJV is actually a pretty good translation. I really like it. But it takes a little puzzling over because of the vocabulary. I really like the NASV, too. It is a very good word-for-word translation, much more like that of how the KJV translators worked. The NIV is okay, but it tried to convey more of the feel of sentences over their literal translation. I think that was a bit too difficult task, since the feel of a sentence in English would differ between someone from the Bronx and someone from Chattanooga. There's my 2 cents. I hope it helps. |
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4875 | WHAT DOES HYSSOP MEAN IN PSALMS 51:7? | Acts 17:11 | DocTrinsograce | 126248 | ||
Hyssop was some kind of plant mentioned several times in scripture. No one knows for certain exactly what plant it might have been. However, it was used to sprinkle the blood of the Passover lamb (Exodus 12:22) on the lintels of their doors. Certainly this Psalm is harkening back to this event. Furthermore, it must necessarily be looking forward to the cleansing power of Christ's shed blood on Calvary. | ||||||
4876 | Why we have to suffer for the sin of Ada | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126245 | ||
Thank you for the question. It is a good one! In Judaic thought when a man does something, his progeny does it too, because they are within him in the form of his seed. We see this notion mentioned directly or indirectly in several places in scripture. We see it specifically regarding Adam's sin in Paul's explanation in Romans 5. We see it in the comment in Hebrews about Levi doing things while in the loins of Abraham (see Hebrews 7:5,9). We see it a little more obliquely mentioned in Christ's question to the Pharisees in Luke 20:44. Clearly this is a principle that God has built into His creation, not just a quaint Hebrew idea. No doubt that this is one of the many damaging things about sin. Remember that scripture doesn't say that we "got sick" because of Adam's sin. It says "all died." Death came by the sin of Adam. Death to the whole human race. This is one important reason that Christ was born of a virgin. Had He been born of the seed of Adam, the man Jesus would not have been able to die for anyone else's sin than His own. (This would have been a problem even if His life had been perfect.) I hope this sheds a bit more light on the question for you. |
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4877 | WAS MY IMPORTANT DIVORCE A SIN | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126239 | ||
Dear sister, look to our Lord and Savior. Submit fully to Him. I am purposefully not addressing your question. God has placed in the heart of mothers a protective nature. Children must be protected. Sometimes fleeing is the only recourse. Focus on Christ as your husband. Do not seek solice in other men. (This is a common mistake and is even mentioned in scripture: John 4) Walk in submission to the Lord. If this thing was a sin, it was probably only one of many -- and my own list of sins is assuredly far longer than yours! You need to focus on understanding the gospel. You already know that you need a Savior. Look to Him. He can truly satisfy your soul more deeply than anything in this world. You might start by reading the book of John. Mark every passage that has any form of the word "believe" in it (believed, believes, believer, etc.) Seek to know Him Who loves you far more than anyone can or has! Meanwhile, we in the forum will be lifting you before the throne. May the Lord bring healing to you and solace to your heart. |
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4878 | Is God actively speaking? | Ps 19:2 | DocTrinsograce | 126168 | ||
I have done a bunch of writing. Graciously, someone published some of them. I am also a systems designer. People have paid me to design systems for them. Today I speak to others through my writings, even though I am a long way away thinking about other things. I speak to others through my computer systems. Both groups know something about me now. However, my systems do not speak for me. They speak about me. The writings speak for me. In the same way, look at Hebrews 1:1-2 "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;" God still speaks through His revealed word. The world still speaks of its Creator. God is saying today exactly what He was saying when the last bit of ink was penned in Revelation. He is saying, "Come, Repent, for the Kingdom of God is here." God does not tell us anything new. The revelation is closed. The canon is closed. (If it weren't we'd have problems because the bible says, "Man lives by every word of God" so we would have to be busy collecting everything God said everywhere! Santan is not bound by his own promises. So if you want to have a miraculous manifestation, I'm sure he can produce one. |
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4879 | worship/ bible | NT general Archive 1 | DocTrinsograce | 126159 | ||
I can't conceive of how you could have Biblical application without worship or worship without Biblical application. John 14:20-21 "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." |
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4880 | Meaning of John 12:24-25 | John 12:24 | DocTrinsograce | 126158 | ||
I agree that the primary intent of what Jesus was saying was in reference to His death, resurection, and exaltation. What follows here is mere speculation on my part. I can't solidly back it up with scripture, and I certainly don't want to put words in Christ's mouth. Therefore, please take it with an appropriately sized grain of salt! There seems to be a spiritual principle that life often springs forth from death, and that this new life bears more abundant fruit than the old life. This pattern seems to appear throughout Genesis, for example, with people like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Samson, David, etc. Think about how they "died" to one life, were "reborn," and then bore great amounts of fruit. In a sense, we do the same thing as believers. We die to self, are reborn in Christ, and bear much fruit in our new life in Him. Just my 2 cents. |
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