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621 | Lying is a sin. Rahab did it for the en, | James 2:25 | stjohn | 216930 | ||
Dear edna, Welcome to the forum! Here is a repost for someone who asked a very similar question. I hope it helps you in your understanding. Noah, was a drunkard, Abraham, was a liar, his son Isaac, was a liar, his son Jacob, and his wife, (Jacob’s mother) conspired to tell a lie; Moses killed a man perhaps in anger, which would make him a murderer. We see many sins and lies being committed in Scripture, and we also know from Scripture that they all were justified by their faith in God. Yet, we often will focus on Rehabs’ lie; and ask the question: was it wrong for her to lie? And: was she justified for telling this lie? Now first of all, we know she was not justified by the lie, but by her faith in God, as was all the others that have been before mentioned. Just for illustration sake, and perhaps for a little better understanding, let’s look at the nature of the lie itself. It was not a lie told for self-gain, nor was it told to cause hurt to others, but it was a selfless act to protect others and may well have put her in great danger. It was not a malicious lie. The ninth commandment says: Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Technically, it does not say: thou shall not lie. So perhaps there are two kinds of lies? There are lies one might tell for the purpose of causing hurt, or to gain something we do not rightly deserve, or to get ourselves out of some kind of trouble. And there are lies we may tell to protect others from someone who may want to hurt them in some way. We see in James 2:24-25 where it says: You see that man is justified by works and not by faith alone. In the same way was Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? Wasn’t that “selfless” lie, told by Rahab, part of the action she took that was considered the works that James says she was justified? When I was twelve years old, one of my sisters came to me with a rifle in one hand, the bolt for that rifle and ammunition in the other hand, and asked me to show her how to put the thing together. I asked: "why?" She said she was angry at our brother. I said: “give me the bolt and I’ll show you.” She did, and I ran away until things cooled down. Now, I didn’t think so then, nor do I think so now, that I did something wrong by lying to my sister. And no one will convince me otherwise. They are now in their late sixties, and though they still don't like each other very much, he is still alive and she is not in prison. John |
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622 | Hebrews 1:4 | James 4:10 | stjohn | 218802 | ||
Dear cthespy, Caleb, Your profile says that you are 12 years old. If this is so, I'm sorry to say you are in violation of the Terms of Use (TOU) of this forum. Here is the rule as presented in the TOU. "By registering in these areas, you are representing to The Lockman Foundation that you are at least 18 years old (or the minimum legal age in the jurisdiction in which you are viewing The Restricted Area)." Therefor, if this is true, and you are indeed 12 years old, you may not post to this forum as it is clearly stated in the TOU. John |
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623 | no judging or you assault the law? | James 4:11 | stjohn | 184808 | ||
Hi daniel; I think; This subject of judging, is one of the most misunderstood subjects in the Bible. As humans, it is, impossible, to live in this world and not judge. It comes very natural to us, to just look at something, or someone, and sum up the situation, so to speak. God really sort of made us that way, and we really cant help it. And, I'd like to say that your assessment of the reference in matthew is correct. that is, by what standard we judge, we will be judged. But, I think, that this judgment, is, as we judge one another. As Christians, we are no longer under judgment, our sins have been forgiven. So, when we Judge one another, we are to do so in a loving and understanding way, knowing that we are no better than they are. The true law, the one that should be written on our hearts, is really just to love one another, as God loves us. And love does not criticize or point fingers. So, when we Judge in an accusing criticizing finger pointing way, we are really putting ourselves and our brothers and sisters back under the law, and thats right where we don't want to be, we are no longer under the law. at least we shouldn't be. And, I'd like to point out that James is referring to the strict old testament law. You know the one, that only One, could ever really live up to, no one els even came close to Him. Our Lord Jesus. God bless stj |
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624 | no judging or you assault the law? | James 4:11 | stjohn | 184809 | ||
Hi daniel; Sorry, but, looking over your question again, I'm not sure I answered it adequately. So, may I add, that the law we would be assaulting is the one that is, or should be, in our hearts. The one that gives us the freedom to love one another even when we sin. So, I think James is really referring to the old strict binding law, and, the new, freeing law, the new freeing us from the judgment of the old. God bless stj |
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625 | Can we pray for others sins to be forgiv | James 5:16 | stjohn | 201645 | ||
Hi megbiehn: Welcome to the forum! Absolutely! Yes, please do pray! :-) James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. God bless John |
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626 | Please Pray | James 5:16 | stjohn | 208676 | ||
Thank you all. Although she is still quite ill, having difficulty breathing, Cheri may be released to go to her home sometime tomorrow. Please continue to pray for her. | ||||||
627 | "living stone" references count | 1 Peter | stjohn | 211457 | ||
Hi ST.Simon: This is stjohn here, welcoming a fellow saint to the forum! Try typing the words living stone in the search box under Bible Text that you see to the right of your screen and see what you come up with? Let us know what you find, okay? God bless John |
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628 | jesus spoke to dead | 1 Pet 1:1 | stjohn | 186480 | ||
Hi Dyoung That is in 1 Peter 1 Pet 3:15-20 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; (in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.) Noah, according to 1Peter, must have been preaching the Gospel of salvation wile he was building the ark. This has nothing to do with Jesus preaching to the dead, that is a false teaching! the HE Peter is talking about is Noah. God bless John |
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629 | jesus spoke to dead | 1 Pet 1:1 | stjohn | 186482 | ||
Hi dyoung, A little follow up, it does (appear) that the Spirit of God is doing the preaching, But it is God's Spirt speaking through Noah. God bless John |
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630 | jesus spoke to dead | 1 Pet 1:1 | stjohn | 186484 | ||
Hi dyoung, Thought I better go through that a little more carefully, as these verses can be a little confusing. lets look at what Peter is really saying. "He went and made proclamation to the spirits (now) in prison" ok, when are they in prison? (Now) and now is the time that Peter is writing this epistle. ok, "who once were disobedient" ok when were they disobedient? " when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark," "in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water." I hope this helps. God bless John |
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631 | Jewish believers or not | 1 Pet 1:1 | stjohn | 224483 | ||
Setonahill, I think it's very clear from the content of the first three verses that he is speaking to born again believers. Other than that, scripture doesn't say. I'd be very careful not to make assumptions about what scripture doesn't say. By the way their ministries where not exclusive to the two groups. One example in Act's is Paul preaching to jews in the temple. John |
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632 | Who are these 2 verses referring to? | 1 Pet 3:19 | stjohn | 184665 | ||
Hi Scott; 1 Peter 3:19, is referring to toughs who lived in the time of Noah that He preached salvation to, but of corse the people that lived in his day did not believe Noah or God, Noah being His profit was speaking for God. They did not believe God, Unbelief is a sin, so, they were disobedient. Therefor, when the flood came they perished, and it is there spirits that Peter is referring to. Jude; is referring to fallen angels. God bless stj |
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633 | can Satan plant thoughts into our minds? | 1 Pet 5:8 | stjohn | 214315 | ||
Hi heseeshisson, Satin is the father of lies, and he can influence us with his lies. But our thoughts are still our own -not his- and also he is not omnipresent, he can only be in one place at a time, so there is little chance that he is personally attacking an individual. He does have many minions however, who are more that willing to promulgate his lies, and spread his evil plans to influence us with his deception. So we must realize that there are evil forces around us. So remember to, "Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints," Eph 6:11-18 I pray this helps you. God bless John |
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634 | earth being burned up | 2 Pet 3:10 | stjohn | 216988 | ||
Hi Scott, Welcome to the forum! Your first inquiry is not found in Scripture. It is unknown where it actually started, but it is not in the Scriptures. If you'd like to read more about this go to: http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/sayings.cfm The answer your second question can be found in 2 Peter 3:10-12 John |
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635 | Sin unto death | 1 John | stjohn | 202290 | ||
Hi Cheri: When we look at 1 John 5:16-7, with an understanding that it refers to spiritual death, there in lies the confusion because John is clearly speaking too and about believers. We know that believers cannot die spiritually, so, John must be talking about physical death. Look what happened to Moses when he sinned and struck the rock; that Rock from which flows the water, that is a picture of Jesus. He died physically didn't he? The Lord took him home. I believe that is what also happened to Ananias and Sophia. So. When John does not recomened praying for them, It stands to reasion, because for the dead, well, their fate is sealed. So why pray? We dont pray for the dead, wether they are saved or not. (my two cents) God bless John |
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636 | what does with out blemish or wrinkles m | 1 John | stjohn | 227714 | ||
Emphatically, no! That is a doctrine called Moral Perfectionism, and it is heresy. See; 1 John 1:8, 1 Kings 8:46, and John 8:7. Doesn't mean we shouldn't try though! :-) -John "Keep your heart, O believer, much beneath the cross, your conscience in frequent and close contact with the blood, and the slightest touch of sin will make you restless and unhappy until you have confessed, and God has forgiven. This is the secret -- which, alas! few see, or care to know -- of preserving the garments white amid pollution, the mind serene amid turmoil, the heart happy amid sorrow, the life radiant and transparent as the sun, and the spirit, temper, and carriage Christ-loving, and Christ-like. Oh the wonders of the precious blood of Christ! Who can exalt it too highly, adore it too profoundly, love, magnify, and honor it too deeply and exclusively? Will it not constitute the theme of our study, the burden of our song, and the source of our bliss as ages roll on, and never cease to roll? Beloved, the surprise then will be, that here below we should have prized it so little, traveled to it so infrequently, and glorified it so imperfectly, and have regarded it with an affection so fickle and so cold!" --Octavius Winslow |
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637 | abide | 1 John 2:3 | stjohn | 216903 | ||
Hi Asis, First we need to understand what it means to abide in Christ. --"What does it mean to "abide" in Christ? Answer: Jesus defined "Abiding in Christ" when He likened Himself to a grapevine and believers to its branches: "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me" (John 15:4). That picture illustrates the vital union existing between Christians and Jesus Christ. The word "abide" basically means "to remain." Every Christian remains inseparably linked to Christ in all areas of life. We depend on Him for grace and power to obey. We look obediently to His Word for instruction on how to live. We offer Him our deepest adoration and praise and we submit ourselves to His authority over our lives. In short, Christians gratefully know Jesus Christ is the source and sustainer of their lives. Abiding in Christ evidences genuine salvation. The Apostle John alluded to that when he referred to defected professors who "went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us" (1 John 2:19). People with genuine faith will remain--they won't defect; they won't deny Christ or abandon His truth. Jesus reiterated the importance of abiding as a sign of real faith when He said, "If you abide in My Word, then you are truly disciples of Mine" (John 8:31)."-- John Macarthur, http://www.gty.org/Resources/Questions/QA161 Jesus fulfilled not only the moral law but also the ceremonial law. As Christians we are commanded to obey the moral law as this is part of God's unchanging character, but the ceremonial law was part of the Old Covenant, that has been fulfilled and done away with by the work of Christ. Because we are now under the New Covenant we are no longer under obligation to keep the Old Covenant, particularly the sign of the Old Covenant. The writer to the Hebrews remarked, "When He said, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear" (Heb. 8:13). The Apostle Paul rebuked the Galatians for attempting to add the observance of days to the sufficiency of Christ’s work for salvation or sanctification (Gal. 4:9-11). This shows us that a new order had been erected with the resurrection of Christ (Jn. 20:1, 19). Moreover, note that there was no ceremonial law pryer to when it was given specifically to the nation Israel. Many believers in the coming Christ for redemption of sin and salvation were not required to obey such laws because they simply did not exist. They were justified as we are justified by faith and faith alone, and not by works, especially works of the ceremonial law, e.g. diet restrictions, feast days, etc. The Apostle Paul soundly rebuked the Galatians for there desire to go back to the Old Covenant system, and also said to the Corinthians to: "Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ." 1 Cor 11:1, and Paul sure didn't follow the Old Covenant system of ceremonial law. I pray that helped John |
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638 | What about physical attraction? | 1 John 2:16 | stjohn | 184330 | ||
My dear friend; I indeed have much sympathy for you my heart goes out to you my friend; But consider this please; I know a man who has a wife that has no desire and if she did is physically unable to fulfill his needs at all, yet he is faithful to her, and to God, and has lived thus for 15 years. I know that this most likely is of little comfort, but my friend. if your wife is willing and able; I implore you to enjoy the wonderful comfort that God has given to the two of you. She is a gift from God. Please remember to keep eternity in mind always: This life, in this fading garment, is but a flash my friend. I know; if you remain faithful to her you will never regret it. If your eye wonders: Take it to the cross before it deceives you! God's peace stj |
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639 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | stjohn | 213861 | ||
Hello Live4... Welcome to the forum! Good question. I must say it really got me thinking. "What is the significance of having actual bodies in Heaven?" In Genesis 1:26-27 we see that God, (The Almighty Creator of everything seen and unseen) has created us in His image. And we can, I think rightly imagine that, these first humans had bodies quite similar to the ones we will get when we receive our new ones in Heaven, (and those still alive at His coming will also receive, 1 Thess 4:14-17). But of course that all changed at the fall when they disobeyed God and sin came into the world. Nonetheless, though these bodies are no longer incorruptible we are still created in the image of God, as He reminds Cain in (Gen 9:6b) "For in the image of God He made man." And we can also see that God himself has a body in His Divine Son, Jesus Christ; who also had received an earthly corruptible body (Phil 2:6, Rom 1:23) until His resurrection where He came back in His glorified body, much like the ones we will receive. So, God himself has a body, and I think we can see by this that being created by God with a body (much like His) is indeed quite significant. Think of the all things we enjoy now; the wonderful taste of food we love to eat and share with our family and loved ones (Luke 24:39, 24:42), the warm glow we get from a hug, the touch of a familiar loving hand (John 20:27)... When we are with Him, In His marvelous, wonderfully glorious presence in Heaven; we will be able to share with Him all the splendors of a Heavenly existence. Just imagine sitting at His table, eating the feast He has prepared for us (Rev. 3:20). I don’t know, but I think we’d not be able to do that as disembodied spirits. Oh, how wonderful it will be to enjoy all the goodly godly things we enjoy now (1 Cor 2:9) but unimaginably better! Pretty significant don’t you think? God bless John |
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640 | What would make this allogory? | 1 John 3:2 | stjohn | 214097 | ||
Hi bibleman... First of all, I'd like to point out that I didn't say it was allegory, but only that some interpret it that way. I actually would tend to lean more toward a literal interpretation, but I really don't know for sure, thats just my humble opinion. As far as why it is sometimes interpreted that way (i.e. as allegory)... I don't think I could improve on sister Val's answer so I'll let it be as it is. (Thank you Val) Just musing a bit here if I may... And to get back to the original question. I would personally be hard pressed (again, just my opinion) to call what is going on with the soul's under the alter and the rich man as literal prayer. For the rich man to call out to Abraham, is, to me at least, just a call from someone, to someone, for help. I would not necessarily call that prayer. If I fell into a ditch, and called out to someone, to tell my brethren to be careful of the ditch; I wouldn't call that a prayer, but just a request for assistance to do something I was not able to do for myself. In the case of the souls under the alter, it would appear, (though it may be literal or allegorical) that they are having a face-to-face conversation. But thats a tough one too, because who's to say if a soul has a face. :-) So I don't think I could call that prayer for sure, though again, I would stress, that I don't know for sure. So my point is, we need to be careful when we make assertions, when we are answering questions. There are many who come here, looking for truth, and with a trusting heart. So, I think, it's better be very careful. We don't want to lead someone to believe something should be taken as doctrine, when we cannot really be sure about it ourselves. Those who are called to teach are held to a higher standard, and I believe we will have to account for every idol word, whether it be spoken or written. John |
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