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641 | Musical instruments in Worship? | Psalm | prayon | 20322 | ||
Greetings Dalpad, If you go to the Quick Search box and type in 'musical instruments' you will find many viewpoints on your question. prayon | ||||||
642 | the conversion of Zaccheus | Luke | prayon | 19959 | ||
Luke used the story of Zaccheus to show us that some people are considered untouchable due to their jobs, looks, beliefs, or political views. Zaccheus was apparently a very unpopular tax collector. Luke teaches us that we should not give into social pressure to avoid these people, but instead, like Jesus we should reach out to them and show them the love of Jesus. When we do this sinners can be saved. prayon | ||||||
643 | ////////////////////// | Exodus | prayon | 19802 | ||
The goal of BSF is to help you learn to study the bible for yourself and one of the rules is you have to answer the questions without outside help. Asking the questions on the forum is getting outside help. In the process you are being dishonest to the study. | ||||||
644 | ////////////////////// | Exodus | prayon | 19801 | ||
The goal of BSF is to help you learn to study the bible for yourself and one of the rules is you have to answer the questions without outside help. Asking the questions on the forum is getting outside help. In the process you are being dishonest to the study. | ||||||
645 | can i marry a divorced protastant? | 1 Cor 7:10 | prayon | 19320 | ||
Cowslips, I feel that you are fishing for what you want to hear. Please be more specific and maybe I can help you. If you don't feel comfortable "talking" about it on the forum you can find my e mail address in my profile. prayon | ||||||
646 | I know God is all knowing | Is 55:8 | prayon | 19318 | ||
Greetings Towanda, You asked how God could of allowed this. I like the way that Billy Grahams daughter put it when asked by Bryant Gumbel: "For years we have told God we didn't want Him in our schools. We didn't want Him in our government and we didn't want Him in our finances and God was being a perfect gentleman in doing just what we asked Him to do. We need to make up our mind--do we want God or do we not want Him. We cannot just ask Him in when disaster strikes." God gave man free choice. When we make the choices God let's us reap the consequences of our choices. Unfortunetly others can also suffer because of our choices. A good question is where man was before this happened? God was there at the World Trade Center. He was at the Pentagon. He was with them at the plane crash in Pennsylvania. He was with those who got detained and didn't make it to work. He was there with those who didn't make it out who needed comfort. Man, however, was not concerned with what he needed to be concerned with - living Godly and praying for our land. Man was concerned with self. If America would of been on her knees praying for our country I doubt that the events on Sept. 11 would of happened. We can not expect God to be there if He is not asked. He is a loving and compassionate God but He is not a pushy God. We can be joyful in the fact that those innocent people did not die in vain. Many have turned back to the Lord while many others have turned to the Lord for the fist time because of this. Our country has become united for the first time in a long time. We have seen for the first time in many years prayer in the higher ranks of our leaders. God is truly in control! You said you are having a hard time understanding the bible. It is very hard to help you to understand without specific question. Please feel free to ask about anything you don't understand and we will be most happy to put it in prospective for you so that you can understand what God is saying. I must add, though, that the bible is the inspired word of God. He wrote it all. Nothing went into the bible that God did not put in there. prayon |
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647 | can you divorce from lack of love | 1 Cor 7:10 | prayon | 19315 | ||
Greetings cowslips, "To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. (1Cor 7:10-11) And Mark 10:11-12 tells us that if either spouse divorces their husband/wife and marries another they commit adultry. Matthew 5:32 tells us, however, that if fornication is the cause the above does not apply. prayon | ||||||
648 | Yes, but what happened back then? | Matt 27:46 | prayon | 19197 | ||
To understand this statement we must look at the whole passage (v. 47-50). The great darkness that covered the land fromt the sixth to the ninth hour was a part of hell. God called hell "darkness". It was a part of God's curse that Christ carried because our sins were laid upon Him. The literal darkness represented the spiritual darkness against which He battled, for it was at this time that a great battle against the darkness of despair taking place. When our sins were laid upon Him He felt the guilt as though it were His own, (see Ps 22:6). He realized that the sins of the world laid upon Him caused a barrier between Him and God. Satan threatened Him with the horrible suggestion that the hell that blazed around Him might close over Him and hold Him. From the deepest depth of His heart came the cry of anguish "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" It was a cry of desperate need and a prayer for help but above all it was a cry of immovable faith. The words "My God" proclaimed faith in His eternal relationship to God, which the power of hell could not shake. God immediately answered the cry, darkness was replaced with light symbolizing His full acceptance of the sacrifice. (exerts taken from BSF notes Lesson #31 of Matthew). prayon | ||||||
649 | What are introversion and alternation? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 19192 | ||
Introversion: The direction or concentration of one's interest upon oneself. Alternation: Occurence or action of two things or a series of things in turn; passage from one place state, or condition to another and back again: alternation between day and night. From these definitions from Funk and Wagnell's dictionary I would assess that the bible is the only book written with the writer relating history while turning all of the attention to himself. prayon |
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650 | What are introversion and alternation? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 19191 | ||
Introversion: The direction or concentration of one's interest upon oneself. Alternation: Occurence or action of two things or a series of things in turn; passage from one place state, or condition to another and back again: alternation between day and night. From these definitions from Funk and Wagnell's dictionary I would assess that the bible is the only book written with the writer relating history while turning all of the attention to himself. prayon |
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651 | What are introversion and alternation? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 19190 | ||
Introversion: The direction or concentration of one's interest upon oneself. Alternation: Occurence or action of two things or a series of things in turn; passage from one place state, or condition to another and back again: alternation between day and night. From these definitions from Funk and Wagnell's dictionary I would assess that the bible is the only book written with the writer relating history while turning all of the attention to himself. prayon |
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652 | The future of loved pets | Eccl 3:21 | prayon | 19152 | ||
Dear CDBJ, the June/July issue of Clarity (a Guideposts publication) has a article in it that I am sure you would want to read titled "Crazy For Your Pet". One of the topics in it asks "Do Animals Go To Heaven"? It states that the bible gives no clear guidance on the matter. The only writer who addresses the question directly is Ecclesiastes, who states, "For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity. All go to one place; all are from the dust and all turn to dust again. Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth." (Ecc 3:19-21) The notion that human beings possess an eternal essence that separates us from other creatures owes more to Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle than to the teachings of Jesus or Hebrew scriptures. Reverend Regina Hyland, author of the book GOD'S COVENANT WITH ANIMALS (Lantern Books 2000), points out that the book of Revelation clearly refers to living creatures around the heavenly throne. In the end though, only God knows whether we will see our pets in heaven. I pray that there is a sign on the pearly gates that says "Pet's Welcome". |
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653 | HEROD AND JOHN THE BAPTIST | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 19145 | ||
The bible tells us (I can't find the scripture sorry) to verify everything we hear by checking it out to see if it lines up with the word of God. Hollywood uses a story (or bible incident) for a movie and then they add to it or take away from it to make it more interesting (they think). This is what happened here. I do not know of anywhere in the bible where it says that Jesus visited John the Baptist when he was in jail. | ||||||
654 | discuss meaning of Nazirite vow | OT general | prayon | 19140 | ||
Greetings easyoke! The only reference to your question I can find comes from the Harpers Bible Dictionary. Nazorites (dedicated or consecrated ones)were men or women who entered a consecrated state upon their own or a parents vow. Both Samuel and Samson were consecrated by vows while still in their mothers wombs. In the NT is is likely that one of the significances attached to Jesus' being called a "Nazarene" is that he too should be viewed as a "Nazirite" in the sense of being consecatated to God from the womb. prayon | ||||||
655 | shiphra and puah midwifery for today | Exodus | prayon | 19134 | ||
At that time Pharaoh was very worried about the Isrealites multiplying in miraclous numbers because he was worried that in any future war since the Isrealites numbered more than the Egyptians they would join the other side and fight against Egypt. His first plan was to put slave masters over them to oppress them. This did not work. So he decided that he would have all the male children killed. He told the Hebrew midwives to kill all the male babies at birth. These 2 women risked their lives going against Pharaohs orders and not killing the babies. That must of taken great courage! Pharaoh was a mighty man. They risked their lives by blantantly lying to Pharaoh about the babies being born before they could get there. They were motivated by the fear of God. Because of their great motivation God rewarded them. Shiphra and Puah can be an example to us today. We can use their example of courage. We should stand for right and go against that which is wrong even if it means giving we might loose our lives. We can also remember that when we do God will bless us abundently as he did Shiphra and Puah. prayon |
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656 | does God turn away from anyone? | Heb 13:5 | prayon | 18812 | ||
Greetings Little Helper and welcome to the forum! No God never turns His back on anyone. He is always there for anyone who asks Him to be. We can choose to turn our back on Him. I believe that when someone does turn their back on Him, he sheds a tear and then continues to put His messages in their pathway hoping to call them back into his flock. prayon |
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657 | Dispensation of Time? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 18661 | ||
Greetings Alex, if you type "dispensation of time" into the quick search box it will more than answer your question I believe. Thanks, prayon |
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658 | Moses prepared for his family how? | Exodus | prayon | 18656 | ||
Greetings ronscarpet! I am guessing where you got these questions and if I am correct the forum would be considered a "commentary" which are not supposed to be used until after the lecture. The bible says seek and you will find. The idea behind BSF is to teach us to seek for ourselves and to really study the word of God. I do know just how great the temptation to peek can be though! prayon | ||||||
659 | The kingdom in Nebuchadnezzars dream? | Dan 2:36 | prayon | 18654 | ||
Greetings Alex, His dream symbolized different periods in history. The gold head symbolized the Empire of Babylonian of which Nebuchadnezzar was ruler from 606 BC until 539 BC. The chest and arms which were made of silver represented the Medo-Persian empire which ruled from 539 BC until 331 BC. This kingdom belonged to Nebuchadnezzar's grandson. The Bronze body and thighs represented Alexander the Great who ruled the Grecian Empire from 331 BC to 146 BC. The fourth kingdom represented by the legs of iron was the Roman Empire. Being strong as iron was referring to the great military of the Romans. The times of this Empire are 146 BC until AD 476. As the feet and toes are made of both iron and clay it was to be a divided kingdom. The kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. The stone that was carved out that smashed the clay and iron symbolizes the rock of Jesus Christ. Hope this helps. prayon |
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660 | How can i keep my faith running on high? | Rom 10:17 | prayon | 18616 | ||
Dear Kent, I am sure that all of us have been through that at one time or another. It helps me, when I feel like that, to meditate or list all the awesome things God has done for unworthy people in the bible. For example Paul (or Saul). He was definetly lacking in the love of Christ category but yet look what God did for him and how God used him. Think about (or list) all the blessings God has heaped on you. How can we loose our faith in a God that has done so much for us? God has brought all of us a mighty long way! Also see Ps. 40:2,3. As for putting the devil under your feet, Resist the devil and he will flee, (James 4:7) Remember also Eph. 6:12-13 - "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood....". prayon |
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