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6801 | Crying out loud Lord rescue me | 1 John 5:13 | Hank | 200061 | ||
Dear veund stokes :: Galatians 6:2 says, "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." And Ecclesiasties 3:1 says, "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." ..... My dear fellow registrant on Study Bible Forum, your post touches my heart and I pray for a resolution of your personal anguish. ....... Now for a second look at those two quotations from Scripture with which I opened this post. The first was about bearing one another's burdens. There are times in the lives of most of us when we can help others bear their burdens, but there are also times when we desperately need others to help us bear our own, for as Ecclesiastes says, "to every thing there is a season." And on the strength of your post, it does in fact appear that the season has come for you when you should seek help from a pastor or other qualified counselor, perhaps your family physician -- someone who is qualified to help you bear your burdens. I will pray for you and you can feel comforted that other readers of this page will join me in prayer for you also. The Lord be with you. --Hank | ||||||
6802 | Help with a demon possision. | 1 John 5:14 | Hank | 158574 | ||
Tcswl: You ask, "Could you please show me something to use to pray with and for him." ..... Friend, you may wish to use your knees, but you don't need any kind of "something" to pray with! If you are yourself a regenerate believer, simply pray for the healing of your family member. But ask in accordance with God's will: "This is the confidence which we have before Him, that if we ask anything ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, He hears us" (1 John 5:14). Followers of Christ need no mantra or missal, no beads, no apparatus of any kind in order to go to God in prayer. Neither do they need an earthly priest or dead saint in order to get through to God in prayer. --Hank | ||||||
6803 | where is post#6110 | 1 John 5:16 | Hank | 49272 | ||
Go to Quick Search at top right of home page and in the box beneath type in 6110 (or any other Post ID # you're looking for). --Hank | ||||||
6804 | Who is the 'lady'? | 2 John | Hank | 10961 | ||
John, when I really want to know something, I ask my thermometer. It has more degrees than any of the experts!..... But seriously, you and I (and others on the forum) have been on the same page on this, that it is singularly unwise not to avail ourselves of the excellent scholarship and insights made abundantly available to us by a number of sound Bible teachers. As I've said before about 74 times on the forum, the Bible is a complex and difficult body of writings, and none of us has the time to devote the aggregate number of hours that even a half dozen professional Bible scholars have devoted to the study of the manuscripts in their original languages, to the background of Bible times and peoples, etc. These people like John MacArthur and Charles Ryrie are our teachers and fine ones at that. While it isn't incumbent upon us to agree with their every point, it is incumbent that we make dead sure that our position is the right one and not hasten to our own conclusion on the matter. I feel that if I should adopt a position on a biblical matter that is contrary to the soundest and best time-honored orthodox teaching, I stand in dire need of re-examining my own view. It could be possible, but not in the least likely, that God would reveal to me a truth that He has kept hidden to the rest of mankind for countless ages. --Hank | ||||||
6805 | Is it because we are afraid that the per | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 74477 | ||
In my experience in attempting to communicate with members of two particularly well-known cults in America, I've been the one considered the lost sheep, the errant one, the prodigal son. It is I, who think of my theological bent as orthodox, who is the object of their missionary efforts. So conditioned by their cult have they become, and so zealous in spreading their concept of the truth, that they don't actually listen to what I have to say or even to what the Bible has to say; they listen with a singular objective in mind, and that is to refute the plain truth of the Bible by superimposing their cult teaching upon it. It is not a great deal different from holding a conversation with a dead tree stump. So, Ed, I concur easily with you in your conclusion that, by and large at least, it would be more productive to talk with someone who professes no faith than with someone who has been sucked in by a cult. This is not to say that cult members should be excluded from Christian missionary efforts or considered a totally lost cause. But witnessing effectively to cults is, I believe, a special kind of witness that demands special skills in which most Christians perhaps should be, but are not, trained. --Hank | ||||||
6806 | Can we select who gets our hospitality? | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 74478 | ||
Hospitality and Christian love are not always the same things. One can be socially graceful to another, such as a visitor to one's home, by going through the outward functions of appearing hospitable without any particular feeling of inward love toward that person, as likewise one can love another while at the same time, under certain conditions, denying him outward hospitality. Let me illustrate. The commandment is clear enough: "Love thy neighbor as thyself" -- but the application of it falls short of inviting into one's home every passer-by who seeks to intrude upon our hospitality by gaining entrance in order to poison our minds, rob us of our possessions, or otherwise inflict harm upon us. We can love the robber or the murderer and pray for him, but that doesn't mean we must abet him in his evil deeds by inviting him in to rob us or kill us. Similiarly, one can love the cultist without encouraging him in his error by giving him a favorable and sympathetic audience --Hank | ||||||
6807 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 143670 | ||
New Covenant 7777 - There appears to be a considerable dichotomy between the question on the table and the verses you cited as support for your premise that to ask for money for the purpose of proclaiming the Gospel is "the height of evil." Your verses don't support your premise, my friend! They condemn greed to be sure, but the real question is whether asking for and accepting financial support for the mission field constitutes greed. And if the Christian for good and legitimate reason is himself unable to "go into all the world" to spread the Gospel of Christ, is he engaging in "the height of evil" when he rallies to the financial needs of a Christian brother who is able and willing to go? Is it "the height of evil" for the local church to take up a collection in order to pay its bills? Is the church sinning every time it pays its pastor (and is the pastor sinning every time he accepts his pay)? Is the church engaging in wrongdoing when it pays its utility bills and when it sends a check to foreign missions.? Are these examples of the greed that the Bible condemns? ..... By way of friendly suggestion, Luis, I believe you need to weed through some of these issues more thoroughly and weight them more carefully and analytically before you sound off on them so adamantly. --Hank | ||||||
6808 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 143685 | ||
New Covenant 7777 - Regarding your response to me, "I expected God's truth to be mocked" ..... Luis, ad hominem slurs such as this are not permitted on this Forum; furthermore; they don't endear you to other users or augment in the least any influence for good that you may wish to exert here at this web site. Accordingly, if you stubbornly insist on pontificating your dogmatism and private interpretations at the expense of other users and in contradiction of Christian orthodoxy, it would be better for all concerned that you sign off now. I don't wish for this course in your case, however, but instead hope that you comply with established Forum guidelines. And please keep your value judgments of other users' spiritual condition to yourself and do not impugn the motives of someone about whom you know next to nothing. --Hank | ||||||
6809 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 143701 | ||
New Covenant 7777 - On more than one occasion you have referred to "The Faithful." To whom specifically are you referring, and with what denominational group do you identify yourself? Please answer these questions, Luis. If you claim the right to express your views, then the Forum has every reason to know from what communion they spring. --Hank | ||||||
6810 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | Hank | 143731 | ||
Luis, thanks for your response. I visited the web site of Southeast Christian Church of Louisville, KY. I read the bios of the ministers, looked over the various programs of this large church, and studied their published statement which is remarkably close to the "Apostles' Creed." I found nothing bizarre or unusual on their web site -- nothing about selling all one has, or your mammon thing, or any of the other ideas you've expounded upon which some of your fellow users here on the Forum find quirky, to put it mildly! So where, Luis, did you pick up these ideas? Surely not from your pastor Bob Russell or from the mission statement of Southeast Christian Church. And how did you happen to choose this particular Forum as a vehicle by which to soapbox them? You're an interesting fellow, Luis, and I have no reason to doubt that you are sincere, but so help me I don't pretend to understand what little I know about you! :-) One little question before I wind this up. Do your peers at Southeast Christian share your ideas -- or do they see you as something of a maverick? --Hank | ||||||
6811 | The cannonization of Jude | Jude | Hank | 9629 | ||
Roverjbh99 (Josh): A few posts ago this old Arkansas Razorback mildly scolded you for failure to cite any references in regard to the number of books in the Apocrypha. Now we face the same dilemma regarding your post in which, without any documentation, you say: "The reason 2 Peter, Jude, 2 and 3 John and Revelation were not accepted into the canon is because the church fathers had doubts about the content of the said books.".....In all candor, Josh, I feel obligated for the sake of keeping the forum as credible as possible, to join with our friend JVH in his plea for authenticating references. "Church fathers" covers an enormously broad spectrum. Not a few so-called church fathers were, in fact, notorious heretics. Among them was Marcion, who for example, in the early second century, created a canon consisting solely of edited versions of Luke and some of Paul's Letters. He rejected the Old Testament entirely. (This account excerpted from Harper's Bible Dictionary). --Hank | ||||||
6812 | Scandal of the Catholic Priesthood | Jude 1:4 | Hank | 52632 | ||
Brian, Your metaphor of the scandal in the Catholic Church being a mirror of today's society may be accurate to some extent, but it strikes me as being a terribly weak argument -- a weak attempt at rationalization and an even weaker attempt to justify it in any way, if that is what the purpose of your metaphor is. The role of the church is nothing if it is to be an organism that does nothing more than reflect back on society its own godless worth view. Jesus commands us to be salt and light, leading the world to Him; it is to be a beacon, not a mirror. --Hank | ||||||
6813 | Scandal of the Catholic Priesthood | Jude 1:4 | Hank | 52634 | ||
Jeshuafreak, it's a long way from the Ozarks of Arkansas to the City of Roses, your beautiful Portland, OR, but still and all we can pick up your words quite well here, so there is no need to shout :-) (All caps is the internet equivalent of shouting). But I do agree certainly that Christianity today could get along better with less religion and more 'mere Christianity', to use a C.S.Lewis label. On a personal note, my son and his family live in Portland and my wife and I plan to fly out there, to arrive August 17, just two weeks after your wedding. --Hank | ||||||
6814 | Scandal of the Catholic Priesthood | Jude 1:4 | Hank | 52649 | ||
Sorry, Brian; perhaps I drew the wrong inference from your post. To a certain degree all Christians take the rap for the the offenses of the few and the beneficient influence of the church universal is likewise diminished, so it is not peculiarly a Catholic problem. Christians from every communion need to pray and continue always to pray for the peace, unity, and purity of Christ's church. Fraternally yours in Christ Jesus, --Hank | ||||||
6815 | How does one pray in the Holy Spirit ? | Jude 1:20 | Hank | 112931 | ||
Ken John: I believe Jude gives insight into the meaning of v. 20 by the theme he develops throughout his short book, especially in vss. 17-19. Note particularly what he says in v. 19, speaking of those "who walk after their own ungodly lusts" (v.18), he continues (v.19) "These are they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit." Doesn't this introductory of Jude's lead to a clearer understanding of what he means when he talks about praying in the Holy Spirit? It is not some sort of ecstatic form of prayer that Jude is referring to, but a call simply to pray in the will and power of the Holy Spirit who indwells the life of the believer. See Paul's use of the same term in Ephesians 6:18. --Hank | ||||||
6816 | CHURCH OF SARDIS | Revelation | Hank | 18871 | ||
UNORWOOD, what's your question, please? --Hank | ||||||
6817 | Can you lose your salvation? | Revelation | Hank | 45169 | ||
Would you cite scriptural illustrations of those who "lost" their salvation, or of solid foundational scriptural teaching that salvation belongs, theologically speaking, in the "lost and found" department? --Hank | ||||||
6818 | Can you lose your salvation? | Revelation | Hank | 45190 | ||
tomn, as I recall, sir, the question was directed to abimco, not to you. But so that you won't feel left out, I'll ask you a question: Why do you need to know why I asked abimco a question? --Hank | ||||||
6819 | Can you lose your salvation? | Revelation | Hank | 45572 | ||
Interesting thought, CDBJ. While I have no reason (or right) to doubt the faith, sincerity or motives of those well-meaning souls who hold to a faith plus works salvific formula, it strikes me as a bit odd that some of these folks would be happy to carry a bumper sticker around town that says JESUS SAVES, but at the same time think they need to give grace just a little boost with their good works. It seems somewhat incongruous to me to proclaim JESUS SAVES, and at the same time believe that His grace alone is not sufficient to keep one saved, that one must DO SOMETHING to keep himself saved, or in other words, to keep from "losing" his salvation. No, that can't be. If one is powerless to get himself saved in the first place, surely he is just as powerless to keep himself saved. Only Christ can save us. Only Christ can keep us saved. --Hank | ||||||
6820 | 7 Churches | Revelation | Hank | 45824 | ||
The seven churches of Revelation 2:1-3:22 were actual, historical churches in Asia Minor. They represent the types of churches that have existed and continue to exist; therefore, the things that Christ says to these historical churches apply to churches in every age. --Hank | ||||||
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