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61 | 2 cor 9:7 | 2 Cor 9:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 191878 | ||
Dear hunt8873, Matthew Henry wrote regarding 2 Corinthians 9:7: “Due deliberation, as to this matter of our own circumstances, and those of the persons we are about to relieve, will be very helpful to direct us how liberal we should be in our contributions for charitable uses.” – Matthew Henry If your heart is not in it, and the giving is anything less than cheerful and voluntary, I would suppose that it would offend God. Pertaining to the verses you asked about, I think you may be referring to Malachi. Malachi 3:8-12: 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. Staying with Mr. Henry, he writes: “It is fit that we should venture first, for his reward is with him, but his work is before him; we must first do the work which is our part, and then try him and trust him for the reward. Elijah put the widow of Zarephath into this method when he said (1Ki_17:13), “Make me a little cake first, and then prove me whether there shall not be enough afterwards for thee and thy son.” That which discourages people from the expenses of charity is the weakness of their faith concerning the gains and advantages of charity; they cannot think that they shall get by it. But it is a reasonable demand that God here makes: “Prove me now; is any thing to be got by charity? Come and see;” Nothing venture, nothing win. Trust upon honour, “And you shall find,” [1.] “That, whereas the heavens have been shut up, and there has been no rain, now God will open to you the windows of heaven, for in his hand the key of the clouds is, and you shall have seasonable rain.” – Matthew Henry It was the law that required the tithes and offerings for numerous implied and suggested reasons and this was not being upheld for very numerous and presumptuous reasons. John Calvin said” "liberality is estimated by God, not so much from the sum, as from the disposition." What you give should be from your heart, and be willing to do so and gladly. There is no law requiring it. What God has given you, Himself, in His Son and His Spirit, should have you wanting to eagerly and cheerfully give. So do so as you can. I heard it said that the benefits of giving actually outweigh the sacrifice of giving. But I think you can add to that, only if the giving is from the heart and not out of compulsion. Stand in His Grace, WOS |
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62 | is jesus god | John 10:30 | Wild Olive Shoot | 191876 | ||
Yes. John 10:30 I and my Father are one. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... ...John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Stand in His grace WOS |
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63 | Did people call "our Father" in prayer? | Matt 6:9 | Wild Olive Shoot | 190008 | ||
Dear 00123, I’ve read the following that I found interesting regarding your question and wanted to share. An excerpt from the 2007 June issue of Tabletalk magazine http://www.ligonier.org/tt_rightnowcountsforever.php “The German scholar Joachim Jeremias has argued that in almost every prayer that Jesus utters in the New Testament, He addresses God as Father. Jeremias notes that this represents a radical departure from Jewish custom and tradition. Though Jewish people were given a lengthy number of appropriate titles for God in personal prayer, significantly absent from the approved list was the title “Father.” God has only one child, His only-begotten Son, the monogençs, which restricts this filial relationship to Christ. We do not have the natural right to call God “Father.” That right is bestowed upon us only through God’s gracious work of adoption. This is an extraordinary privilege, that those who are in Christ now have the right to address God in such a personal, intimate, filial term as “Father.” Therefore, we ought never to take for granted this unspeakable privilege bestowed upon us by God’s grace. We note in the Lord’s Prayer that Jesus instructs us that now when we pray, we are to refer to God as “Our Father.” Again the “ourness” of this relationship is grounded in the unique ministry of Jesus by which, through adoption, He is our elder brother and He gives to us those privileges that by nature belong only to Him. Now, by adopting us, He says that we may regard God, not only as His Father, but as our Father.” – R. C. Sproul ©2007 Ligonier Ministries. All Rights Reserved. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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64 | Is contraception a sin? | Gen 38:10 | Wild Olive Shoot | 189961 | ||
NIC1, No there isn't, that I know of. I agree with what is posted at the following site. It all comes down to motivation. http://www.gotquestions.org/birth-control.html Stand in His grace, WOS "Self-examination is the safest cure for one half the doubts and fears that vex God's people." - C. H. Spurgeon on 2 Corinthians 13:5 |
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65 | Imortant Question Of Life Situation | Eph 4:3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 189871 | ||
ddethdan, I hope the following is helpful. Faith in Christ is the key. Our love of Him and of others is able to smash the barriers we have put in place by our arrogance and tradition throughout history. Walk worthy of the calling my friend. Personally, I know Baptist’s who have a true love for their savior as well as Pentecostal’s. Wherever you may end up, remember this, focus on the Word of God, there you’ll find the truth. Ephesians 4:1-7: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. “Observe, Christians ought to accommodate themselves to the gospel by which they are called, and to the glory to which they are called; both are their vocation. We are called Christians; we must answer that name, and live like Christians. We are called to God's kingdom and glory; that kingdom and glory therefore we must mind, and walk as becomes the heirs of them.” – Matthew Henry “This unity of the Spirit is caused by a similarity of nature. Find a drop of water glittering in the rainbow, leaping in the waterfall, rippling in the rivulet, lying silent in the stagnant pool or dashing in spray against the vessel’s side—that water claims kinship with every drop of water the wide world over because it is the same in its elements. And even so there is a unity of the Spirit which we cannot imitate which consists in our being begotten again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” – C. H. Spurgeon “A Church that would keep the unity of the Spirit, again, must not consider itself to be so infallible that not to belong to its membership is sin. What right has any one Church to set itself up as the standard, so that those who do not join it are necessarily Dissenters? It is true my Episcopal brother is a Dissenter—he dissents from me! It is true he is a Nonconformist, for he does not conform to me—I would not, however, call him by such names lest I should arrogate to my own Church to be the one true church and so should break the unity of the Spirit.” – C. H. Spurgeon “Let us meet on equal ground! Let us lay aside all pretences to superiority! Let us really aid and not oppress each other! Let us mingle in prayer. Let us unite in confession of sin. Let us join heartily in reforming our errors and a true Evangelical Alliance will cover our land! If any church will take the Bible as its standard and in the power of the Spirit of God preach the name of Jesus, there are thousands of us who will rejoice to give the right hand of fellowship with a hearty greeting to all such!” – C. H. Spurgeon Spurgeon quotes taken from TRUE UNITY PROMOTED and can be read at the following: http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols10-12/chs607.pdf Stand in His grace, WOS |
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66 | Mediator | Heb 4:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188986 | ||
Dear Christian 2003, Hank's response to you was on the mark. No need for any others. But just as encouragement for some of the other answers you may receive will be off the mark, please read the following. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. “Never has a prayer ascended to God save through Jesus Christ. Never has a blessing come down to man save through the same Divine Mediator. There is now a highway, a way of holiness wherein the redeemed can walk to God, and God can come to us. The king's highway” – C. H. Spurgeon “no man cometh unto the Father but by me; Christ is the only way of access unto the Father; there is no coming to God as an absolute God, not upon the foot of the covenant of works, nor without a Mediator; and the only Mediator between God and man is Christ: he introduces and presents the persons and services of his people to his Father, and gives them acceptance with him.” – John Gill 1Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; …”according to Paul, Christ's giving himself a ransom was a necessary part of the Mediator's office; and indeed this lays the foundation for his intercession.” – Matthew Henry Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; “in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; for all the mercies of God's people, both temporal and spiritual, come through him, and for his sake; and thanksgivings for them are only acceptable to God as they are offered up by him; nor is there any other way of bringing them to God, but through him:” – John Gill “In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - That is, through his mediation, or trusting in him;” – Albert Barnes Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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67 | Conditional organs donation | Matt 7:12 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188948 | ||
Dear Azure, Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. I would also direct you to Romans chapter 12 for the application of brotherly love and not thinking to highly of ourselves, that those in the condition you have mentioned are any less in need of grace than you or I. A personal thought, the actual deed of donating an organ is yours and a charitable God looks upon charity favorably. How the recipient chooses to take full benefit of possibly a second chance is between the recipient and God. A donor has done the right thing in giving. That’s just a personal thought at a glance. I’m sure there are many factors that one could take into consideration. We all need grace, stand in His, WOS |
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68 | who is ahaz? | OT general | Wild Olive Shoot | 188885 | ||
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary Ahaz Possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1Ch_8:35; 1Ch_9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and idolatry. Notwithstanding the remonstrances and warnings of Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah, he appealed for help against Rezin, king of Damascus, and Pekah, king of Israel, who threatened Jerusalem, to Tiglath-pileser, the king of Assyria, to the great injury of his kingdom and his own humiliating subjection to the Assyrians (2Ki_16:7, 2Ki_16:9; 2Ki_15:29). He also introduced among his people many heathen and idolatrous customs (Isa_8:19; Isa_38:8; 2Ki_23:12). He died at the age of thirty-five years, after reigning sixteen years (740-724 B.C.), and was succeeded by his son Hezekiah. Because of his wickedness he was “not brought into the sepulchre of the kings.” WOS |
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69 | Tell me more about satan before this? | Col 1:10 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188879 | ||
Dear dfw chapter rep, Colossians 3:1,2: 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. The object of your pursuit should be Christ. Look up! Draw nigh to God. James 4:8 Stand in His grace. WOS |
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70 | Saved or not ? | Jer 17:9 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188874 | ||
Dear justme, Jeremiah 17:9,10: 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Romans 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. You ask the question like you believe you can really tell who is saved and who isn’t. The truth is, you can’t, for you cannot possibly know another’s heart, that is an attribute of God and we are simply not capable. We are called to preach the Gospel, to every creature, not just those who we may think are lost, because again in part, we know not their heart. Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 2Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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71 | Asking many to pray for us? | Eph 6:18 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188870 | ||
Dear justme, Following is some Scripture and commentary I hope helps. Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 1Timothy 2:1-4: 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. “For all men - Prayers should be made for all people - for all need the grace and mercy of God; thanks should be rendered for all, for all may be saved.”… – Albert Barnes James 5:14 – 16: 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. “And pray one for another - One for the other; mutually. Those who have done injury, and those who are injured, should pray for each other. The apostle does not seem here, as in Jam_5:14-15, to refer particularly to the prayers of the ministers of religion, or the elders of the church, but refers to it as a duty pertaining to all Christians.” – Albert Barnes Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Matthew 18:19,20: 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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72 | What book does God stop/turn back time? | Josh 10:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188827 | ||
This could be what you are referring to: Joshua 10:12-14: 12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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73 | ADOPTING BLACK BABIES | Bible general Archive 3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188595 | ||
Dear Marcel, I pray the following is helpful. Galatians 3:26-29: 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. "For ye are all one in Christ Jesus - You are all equally accepted through the Lord Jesus Christ; or you are all on the same level, and entitled to the same privileges in your Christian profession. Bond and free, male and female, Jew and Greek, are admitted to equal privileges, and are equally acceptable before God. And the church of God, no matter what may be the complexion, the country, the habits, or the rank of its members, is one. Every man, on whom is the image and the blood of Christ, is a brother to every other one who bears that image, and should be treated accordingly. What an influence would be excited in the breaking up of the distinctions of rank and caste among people; what an effect in abolishing the prejudice on account of color and country, if this were universally believed and felt!" - Albert Barnes Stand in His grace, WOS |
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74 | Why were the chosen ones chosen? | Rom 9:15 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188559 | ||
TheSeeker8, Romans 9:15,16: 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Hebrews 11:7,8: 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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75 | Define "happiness" based on the Bible | Lam 3:17 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188557 | ||
Dear 00123, Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. "All our joy must terminate in God; and our thoughts of God must be delightful thoughts."... ..."It is our duty and privilege to rejoice in God, and to rejoice in him always; at all times, in all conditions; even when we suffer for him, or are afflicted by him. We must not think the worse of him or of his ways for the hardships we meet with in his service. There is enough in God to furnish us with matter of joy in the worst circumstance on earth."... ..."Joy in God is a duty of great consequence in the Christian life; and Christians need to be again and again called to it. If good men have not a continual feast, it is their own fault." - Matthew Henry I don't know if the above actually defines happiness, but it directs us to where we can find it. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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76 | What are some scriptures on Free WIll | Prov 16:9 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188549 | ||
Dear pokerboyd, Here are a few, hope they help. Genesis 45:5 Genesis 45:8 Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16 Exodus 10:1,2 Exodus 34:24 Ezra 1:1-3: Isaiah 10:5-15 Acts 4:27,28 Acts 3:18 Act 13:17-29 Proverbs 16:9 Jeremiah 10:23 Ezra 6:22 1Samuel 2:25 John 6:44 John 6:65 Philippians 2:13 Stand in His grace, WOS |
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77 | Can the devil tune in to our thoughts? | Bible general Archive 3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188220 | ||
Matt 6:33, The following site may be of some help. http://www.gotquestions.org/Satan-power.html NEB is the New English Bible. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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78 | once saved always saved | Bible general Archive 3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 188199 | ||
You used to be saved??? Who saved you? How do you know you were saved? WOS |
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79 | When do you not submit to authority | Bible general Archive 3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187959 | ||
Hello nobody, Here are some words to consider in answering your question. Acts 5:27-29: 27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 1Peter 2:13-17: 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Romans 13:1-7: 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 1Timothy 2:1,2: 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. Titus 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work. If something pleases God, it is good and right. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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80 | Jesus' thoughts on child abuse | Matt 18:6 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187518 | ||
The verse speaks more of enticing someone to sin, not necessarily hurting them physically. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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