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6841 | Is God responsible for evil? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 4101 | ||
God is responsible for evil. It's all his fault. He's to blame for it. Is this what you are saying? Pardon my bluntness, but this is the most convoluted theological statement I have ever read. How can you possibly find Scripture to support your thesis? --Hank | ||||||
6842 | A life-long lesson from my mother | Gen 3:4 | Hank | 4098 | ||
There has been much discussion on the Forum about Satan -- who he is, where he came from. and the like. I learned about Satan first from my mother, then from the church, and lastly from the Bible. But what I learned from the church and from Scripture has not materially modified what my taught me a half century ago when I was a little boy. I asked her one day, "Mother, who is Satan?" She said, "Son, just remember this, he's as mean as a snake and tries to make you think he's your friend, but he's the biggest liar that ever lived. Always trust Jesus, but never trust Satan." How can I improve on that? --Hank | ||||||
6843 | Satan? | Ezek 28:12 | Hank | 4094 | ||
Amen! Where indeed? Xapis, please explain your unusual exegesis. --Hank | ||||||
6844 | Did Hezekiah make the right choice? | 2 Kin 20:3 | Hank | 4089 | ||
Hezekiah merely prayed God to spare his life, a normal human response. But who made the crucial decision to spare his life and to extend it fifteen years? Was God therefore responsible for the subsequent mistakes Hezekiah made during the term of his new lease on life -- or was Hezekiah? Did Hezekiah have any foreknowledge when he prayed for his life that he would err in the future? Then Hezekiah certainly made no mistake in asking for God's intervention to spare his life. But again I say, God, not Hezekiah made the real choice in the matter. --Hank | ||||||
6845 | What does the dictionary say? | Ex 20:13 | Hank | 4073 | ||
If I am not in gross error, the genesis of this line of discussion hinges on what we refer to as the unpardonable sin. The words unforgiven and unforgivable come into play. Unforgiven, of course, refers (as in the case of sin or trangression) to something which up to now has not been pardoned or forgiven, but has the capability of being forgiven. In Matthew 12:31-32 Jesus said quite clearly that "ANY sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, BUT blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven." Unforgivable, then, is something which does not have the capability of being pardoned or forgiven "in this age or in the age to come." [verse 32]. So we might ask, Why this one sin, the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, why is it unforgivable? I cite a fine explanation from John MacArthur in his study Bible: "Someone never exposed to Christ's divine power and presence might reject Him in ignorance and be forgiven -- assuming the unbelief gives way to genuine repentence. Even a Pharisee such as Saul of Tarsus could be forgiven for speaking against the Son of Man or persecuting His followers -- because his unbelief stemmed from ignorance. [1 Tim.1:13] But those who knew His claims are true and reject him anyway, they sin against the Holy Spirit who testifies of Christ and makes His truth known to us. No forgiveness was possible for these Pharisees who witnessed His miracles first-hand, knew the truth of His claims, and still blasphemed the Holy Spirit -- because they had already rejected the fullest possible revelation." --Hank | ||||||
6846 | DOES THE BIBLE TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE | Judg 4:4 | Hank | 4070 | ||
Very true, and thank you JVH, for adding depth and specificity to my original answer to Cheri's good question. The results of your careful research have been reflected in abundance on this Forum and we are in your debt. You set a splendid example for all of us to post with care after, not before, we have done our homework. I salute you, my brother! --Hank | ||||||
6847 | Describe the unity of the saints of toda | John 17:11 | Hank | 4069 | ||
In the Old Testament the Shema, "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" [Deut.6:4] was the central confession of the faith of Israel. Because God is one, one set of laws was to apply to both Israelites and foreigners. The result intended was a unified body of believers. In the New Testament, Jesus prayed that His disciples would enjoy the unity that He had with the Father. [John 17:11] Unity was achieved in the earlist church. The first believers were together in all things, united in one place in one heart and soul. [Acts 2:1, 43; 4:32] As in the Old Testament, sin crept in with all its ugliness and divisiveness and threatened the unity of the church. [Acts 5:1-11; 6:1; 15:1] One of Paul's central and pervasive themes was unity of the believers -- "one body in Christ" [Rom 12:5-8; 1 Cor.12:13,27-30; Gal.3:28; Eph.2:14-15; 3:6] These verses will give you a fair idea of the New Testament ideal of unity as well as some of the consequences of division. Informed people today, both inside and outside the church, are most of them keenly aware that the church is a mess. It is not merely torn by rampant denominationalism and cultism. It is torn by bitter infighting among members in the denominations themselves. A cursory inspection of the decline in the membership and attendance of many of the so-called mainline churches suggests something is wrong, and in some cases, fatally wrong. Church doors are closing. Some churches die. We all of us who call ourselves Christian must, to a certain degree, share the blame. Collectively we have sat idly by (as Saul did when he watched the martyrdom of Stephen) and done little to stem the invasion of secular humanism that has eaten away at the very core and vitals of the integrity of the church. We have seen the eternal word of God supplanted by the ephemeral philosophies and doctrines of men. How can we -- or can we indeed -- fix it? There are no easy answers, but there is a sure answer. Back to the fundamentals. Back to giving the authority of Scripture more than mere lip service. Back to honest, fervent, constant prayer. Back to being an evangelist in the truest sense of the word. In short, back to God through the Door, Jesus Christ our Lord. --Hank | ||||||
6848 | Were Jesus' disciples baptized? | Acts 9:18 | Hank | 4058 | ||
Doesn't Acts 1:5 point to the event at Pentecost recorded in Acts 2:1-4? In my question about the disciples' baptism, the phrase "in any manner" refers to both water baptism and baptism of the Holy Spirit. Can we not conclude then that all of Jesus' original twelve disciples were baptized in some manner? [Judas Iscariot, of course, was no longer among them at Pentecost]. Is it possible that the twelve were also baptized with water? Does anyone know? --Hank | ||||||
6849 | Church Age? | Acts 2:17 | Hank | 3995 | ||
reformedreader, granted that the term "church age" is not found in Scripture in exactly those two words, but neither is the word "trinity." Are both terms therefore man-made contrivances and, being such, should be considered as having no validity? Are we to conclude that there is no such reality as God's progressive revelation to humankind? Are we further to conclude that Judaism and Christianity are one and the same? I'm having all manner of troubles in trying to tie up all these loose threads in light of my understanding of what the Bible teaches. --Hank | ||||||
6850 | OT church? | Acts 2:17 | Hank | 3977 | ||
Greetings, and what a discussion you have going! Wasn't the church a brand new organism that came into being on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2? Did not God pour out His Spirit -- "tongues as of fire" -- on that day, just as Jesus promised His disciples? Why would Jesus have said to Peter that "upon this rock I will build my church" if the church had been in existence for all time, as Sam suggests -- past, present and future? How do we work Romans 8 into this framework? The Jews lived under the Law of Moses, which Paul himself called "weak as it was through the flesh." The "church age" lives under "the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus" which has "set you free from the law of sin and of death." [Rom.8:2] The terms we use for the divisions of our Bible, Old and New Testaments, can as easily be called Old and New Covenants. In short, Christ pre-existed before His Advent, but the church did not. --Hank | ||||||
6851 | DOES THE BIBLE TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE | Judg 4:4 | Hank | 3969 | ||
Cheri, no Christmas trees in the Bible. No Christmas either. The Advent of our Lord certainly is mentioned in the Gospels. The lowly manger is a stark contrast to the glitter and dazzle of our modern-day commercial, secular clap-trap the world calls Christmas. Oh, I almost forgot. Hardly even Christmas anymore, because that word contains the name of Christ. The politically and socially correct thing is Holidays. The second part of your question, about a woman preacher in the Bible. The Bible contains some wonderful stories about some truly lovely women -- Esther, Ruth, Mary, the mother of our Lord, to name three. None of these could hardly be called preachers in the usual sense of the word. Perhaps the closest one to fit the definition in a very large and broad sense might be someone like Deborah, who was both a prophetess and a judge. I suppose a prophet in the Old Testament could in some sense be thought of as a predecessor of the evangelist in the New. --Hank | ||||||
6852 | Who's sinning? | Col 3:9 | Hank | 3966 | ||
Lifer 1J511: Here is an excerpt from your answer ..."The only sin that Christ did'nt pay for is the sin of unbelief. That is the one sin that must be repented of -- what do you say about Jesus Christ. Is He who He says He is? That sin, unbelief in Christ, cannot be forgiven. It must be repented of. You must change your mind about who Christ is. This is the illusive 'unpardonable sin'" Now I have a few questions. From what Biblical passage or passages did you draw your conclusion that Christ's death on the cross paid for all sins but one? Where does the Bible teach that Christ can do nothing for unbelief; it must be repented of? Then to whom do we confess it and who absolves our guilt once we repent of it? How does one go about repenting for unbelief? Is it saying, "I'm sorry, Jesus, I just don't believe in you?" You say we must change our minds about who Christ is: Who changed Paul's mind? Was it Paul? Who convicts us of sin. Ourselves? The final point I want to address is this: You say that one must change one's mind about who Christ is, that this is the illusive (your word) 'unpardonable sin' (your quotation marks) I cannot let this go by with merely a question. Read Matthew 12:22-32. In the discourse recorded in these verses Jesus healed a demon-possessed blind mute and the Pharisees ascribed his power, not to the power of Holy Spirit working through Jesus, but to Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons. It was then that Jesus said, "Therefore I say to you any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven." --Matt. 12:31. That is exactly what the unpardonable sin is. There is nothing illusive about it. It is satanic, demonic blasphemy. It is saying that the power of Christ resides in Satan. That's a quantum leap from being merely a lack of faith. I don't intend to sound mean or harsh. I believe you are sincere. But I do ask that you reconsider your answer in light of the questions I've posed, but far more importantly, in light of what the Scriptures actually teach about the issues. --Hank | ||||||
6853 | Were Jesus' disciples baptized? | Acts 9:18 | Hank | 3963 | ||
Were there others? Note the phrase "in any manner" in the question. --Hank | ||||||
6854 | Calling on the Lord is a heart issue. | Acts 2:47 | Hank | 3913 | ||
Your note, Cherub21, was beautiful and inspiring; it speaks to the heart. It served me well as a springboard for my morning devotional and meditation. We do speak with diverse tongues but the music is the same, isn't it? -- the music of love for our Beautiful Savior. A paraphrase of that magnificent verse from the Love Chapter, 1 Cor. 13: If we speak in the tongues of men and of angels but have not [the music of] love, we are nothing. In your ministry of music you must have sung that lovely hymn of Charles Wesley, "O for a thousand tongues to sing/My dear Redeemer's praise,/The glories of my God and King,/The triumphs of His grace! Thank you for your contribution and may the Lord richly bless you and your husband in your ministries. --Hank | ||||||
6855 | Why did Judas betray Jesus? | Matt 26:15 | Hank | 3903 | ||
Why did Judas betray Jesus? Was it solely for money, or was something else involved? Base response on Scripture. | ||||||
6856 | Destroy Jesus? Why? | Luke 19:47 | Hank | 3902 | ||
Luke 19:47, "and He [Jesus] was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him." Why? | ||||||
6857 | Were Jesus' disciples baptized? | Not Specified | Hank | 3901 | ||
Do we know whether any of the disciples of Jesus (the twelve) were ever baptized in any manner? Is it stated or implied anywhere in the New Testament? | ||||||
6858 | Were Jesus' disciples baptized? | Acts 9:18 | Hank | 3957 | ||
Do we know whether any of the disciples of Jesus (the twelve) were ever baptized in any manner? Is it stated or implied anywhere in the New Testament? | ||||||
6859 | Were Jesus' disciples baptized? | Acts 9:18 | Hank | 3959 | ||
Do we know whether any of the disciples of Jesus (the twelve) were ever baptized in any manner? Is it stated or implied anywhere in the New Testament? | ||||||
6860 | How many disciples did Jesus baptize? | Not Specified | Hank | 3900 | ||
How many of His disciples did Jesus baptize? Give Bible reference. | ||||||
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