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61 | Please explain the Trinity. | John 1:1 | richilou | 10583 | ||
If I may another feeble illustration to clarify the concept of the Trinity let me say this. One day, I opened the door to two women of Jehovah's Witnesses (who are the farthest than them in rejecting the trinity?). But, in the providence of God it has been given to me to be face to face with not only two women, but the mother and her daughter. So trying to give them a simple illustration of the trinity (while it is always limited), I asked to the older: "Are you a woman?" She said: "Yes." Then, I asked to the younger: "Are you a woman?" She said yes too. But as a second question I asked them do you notice that while you are both women, you are not the same in your role; one is the mother and one is the daughter. They understood that very well. So I concluded like this. When we say that you are two women, but not the same person at the same time in your role, we make an allusion to your nature (womanhood) and your role (mother-daughter). In the same way, when we, christians say that Jesus is God, we don't mean by that that the Son IS the Father and the Father IS the Son. We say that they are one concerning their nature (divine). It is in that way that John said in his Gospel that the Word was God. Not to say that the Son is the Father or vice versa, but that they are of divine nature, equal in essence, but not confusing each other. It is exactly that in the Creed of the Nicea and Chalcedon as well. | ||||||
62 | Please explain the Trinity. | John 1:1 | richilou | 10579 | ||
Good point, and I would add that for those who want a very exhaustive work on the divinity of Jesus, try to put the hand on "Jesus as God", written by Murray Harris. It is the most exhaustive work that has been done in the last 10 years by an evangelical scholar of Trinity Divinity Evangelical School of Chicago. It is wonderful and very accurate and above all, non reversible. In his comments of that book, Dr. Roger Nicole said that there were more than 850 titles backing up his research on the subject. | ||||||
63 | the divinity of Christ | John 1:1 | richilou | 10577 | ||
Did you know that the probably next battle that evangelicalism will have to fight against in the next years, will be concerning the divinity of Christ? If you want some books on the subject that can prepare you to stand the trend, I can give you some. | ||||||
64 | Jesus' early years? | Luke 2:52 | richilou | 10576 | ||
In passing, James Stalker is an evangelical christian. | ||||||
65 | Jesus' early years? | Luke 2:52 | richilou | 10575 | ||
I think that to answer that question we must be well documented on the life of Palestinian times (times of Jesus). In fact, the most we could say is that if we can know what was the life of a young man of that period of history, it could be fair to think that Jesus had that kind of life as well. There are some books written by some people dealing with the Lifes and Times of Jesus. Probably you could find them in specialised libraries. I know an author if you can get it: James Stalker (The life of Jesus Christ.) | ||||||
66 | but in John's Gospel. | John 3:16 | richilou | 10551 | ||
I think you misinterpreted me with my use of "frank". It was very positive to me to tell you that. Excuse the use of certain words I could choose, because I am a french-speaker first of all. You have not to be easier with me, because you have been all the time until now. | ||||||
67 | Holy Spirit baptism and tongues | Mark 9:24 | richilou | 10543 | ||
I have spent a long time one day with a pentecostal pastor who believed and practiced himself the speaking in tongues. But let me tell you what is the challenge I put before him and how he has answered to that. By the way, I am not a believer of the gift of tongues AS IT IS DONE IN CHARISMATIC OR PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENTS, but I believe in what Paul said in the Bible concerning that gift. Here is the challenge. According to them, THE sign of the baptism of the Holy Spirit is the ability to speak in tongues. First of all, being a bachelor in theology, I was able to deal with the exegesis of the text and, above all, the context. Now, I give you just 3 points of reference to understand that the foundation of their belief is not biblical as they think it is. 1. The word tongue in greek is "glossa" which mean "the organ we have in the mouth or a language (real human language) and not a chalaman-di-asirlsljdf dede. You know what I mean... 2. Look thoroughly in 1 Cor. 12.13. It says that all christians have been baptized in the Spirit. Therefore, all christians has received the baptism of the Holy Spirit according to the text. 3. Lastly, I just ask you to look down the same chapter and see the rethorical question Paul asked when he said: "do all speak with tongues?". The natural answer is "NO". Now the question is, is it biblical to say that speaking in tongue is THE initial sign that a person has been baptized by the Holy Spirit? Once again, the answer is "NO", since Paul said "NO". Yet, concerning the fact that we have been "ALL" baptized by the Holy Spirit is a big yes for all christians and Paul backed it up in his argument against the Corinthian church that was, in passing very in trouble in their understanding of the gifts of the Spirit and above all that one. I hope it gave you light to your question. |
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68 | I ask you a loving challenging question | Acts 2:4 | richilou | 10533 | ||
But I would like you reflect more deeply in the text I mentioned in 1 Cor. 12. I agree with the fact that the tongue is a difficult part of the body to control, as said James, but it is totally out of context to use that argument to explain the speaking in tongues. Notice what Paul said in 1 Cor. 12 and 14 and reevaluate your position. I ask you a loving challenging question in conclusion. If God is powerful to give whatever gift He wants to His children, why so much emphasize on this gift when we talk about the power of the Spirit? Was it not a problem in Corinth and if so, why? | ||||||
69 | but in John's Gospel. | John 3:16 | richilou | 10532 | ||
I will just add a final point on the issue. In John's theology, the "world" means not only people as most of people think. It is the people in their depravity, in their fallen condition. In the same sense he (John) could say "do not love the world, nor the things that are in the world" (1 John 2.15). Now, I agree with the fact that the simple sense is referring to people and not to earth or material things. It is not for that that God sent His Son. But I think that in adding what I have said here, we are in a better condition to understand the "so" in "God so loved the world..." Now, what I mean by that is that in John 3.16 the exegesis is complete not only with the theoretical sense of a word (what many preacher think unfortunately), it is completed when we apply the text to the life of those for whom it has was written. In the context of John 3, we see clearly the concept of perdition or lostness of humnankind (just the discussion with Nicodemus proves it). And it is in that same launch that Jesus added that God so loved the world (in his terrible condition of not being born again) that He gave His only Son precisely to achieve that mandate. So, in conclusion, remember that a word must always been understood in his grammatical sense, yes, but in the author's purpose too, in order to achieve what God has in mind, that is, to convince the world of their need of salvation. Thank you all, for your frank and friendly participation to the question I asked on the forum. Bye! | ||||||
70 | What does it mean to believe. . . ? | John 3:16 | richilou | 10530 | ||
I am looking to hear from you again. | ||||||
71 | can you know people you never met before | John 3:16 | richilou | 10440 | ||
You have all understand my friend. | ||||||
72 | How can one be sure of his/her salvation | John 3:16 | richilou | 10439 | ||
I think that many people ask question that demand reflexion and oftentimes we forget that in saying much, we confuse other. I don't say it because it would be what you have done, but it is just an advice in passing. | ||||||
73 | but in John's Gospel. | John 3:16 | richilou | 10438 | ||
It is a good effort, but I would like you to discover, what it means not in dictionary, but in John's Gospel. It is a kind of quizz you know... | ||||||
74 | I want to know what is the meaning of "t | John 3:16 | richilou | 10433 | ||
But I would like to push the reflexion a little further. Being a teacher of theology (evangelical) I want to know what is the meaning of "the world" according to John? | ||||||
75 | No speaking in tongues, no Holy Spirit? | Acts 2:4 | richilou | 10426 | ||
I think that you have well answered to that point of view. As you I think and know that her theology of gifts of the Holy Spirit is not sound. Thank God for your intervention. | ||||||
76 | No speaking in tongues, no Holy Spirit? | Acts 2:4 | richilou | 10425 | ||
Fortunately, there is another view that I think is the best supported by Scriptures. Just to look in 1 Cor. 12 we see that we have all been baptized in the Holy Spirit when we get saved, but at the end of the chapter, Paul is saying very clearly that it is not all that speak in tongues. So, unfortunately for those who think that the initial sign of the baptism of the Holy Spirit of God, not only they are out of context, but they are against what Paul teaches in the Bible. | ||||||
77 | What are Calvins and Arminians? | Bible general Archive 1 | richilou | 10424 | ||
Calvinism is what we usually use as a point of reference to describe those who believe that God is sovereign over all things in universe including our destiny in eternity. In other words, those who are calvinists would say that you have been chosen by God to salvation and based on that, you have been made able to believe (what I think is true). Arminians are the exact opposite in the domain of salvation and are inclined to teach that we can lose our salvation. I think that they are out of context when they say that, but the debate is open since the 16th century. I don't think that we'll be able to settle it by our discussion. | ||||||
78 | Why is the steward good in Lk 16? | Luke 16:8 | richilou | 10422 | ||
No, but the sense is to be taken as "wise", but as the world is. | ||||||
79 | Sanctification a process y or n word??? | 1 Cor 1:2 | richilou | 10421 | ||
We must make the difference between sanctification as a process in our daily life and sanctification as a synonym of justification in a sense the day we are born again. In that latter sense, yes we are complete in the sense that, in the eyes of God, we are transformed in a new creature (2 Cor. 5.17) and we have passed from darkness to light (Act 26). But, as a matter of daily life, we must walk in sanctification in order to accomplish what God waits from us. In other words, sanctification is already done in the dimension of who we are before God, but it is always to be done in the dimension of what we do. | ||||||
80 | What does it mean to believe. . . ? | John 3:16 | richilou | 10419 | ||
Good intervention my friend! | ||||||
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