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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: azurelaw Ordered by Verse |
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81 | focus of the commendation | Mark 12:43 | azurelaw | 210821 | ||
This passage has been treated as a commendation or praise that Jesus made about the selfless offering and total dependent on the provision of God by the poor widow. However, from the context starting from Ch 11 v12 to Ch 13 v1, Jesus has been rebuking the religious leaders. The preceding verse (v40) of 12:43 and v1 in Ch 13 appear to be a strong background for Jesus' remark of Ch 12:43 expressing the extreme level of pressure that the religous leaders posed on the poor. Therefore, could the focus of the commendation be more of a rebuke of the religious leaders instead? Shalom Azure |
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82 | Christmas Greetings | Luke 2:14 | azurelaw | 241818 | ||
"Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased." "...Unto us a child is born!... His name is called, Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." (from Handel's Messiah) Wish you all a blessed Christmas and may God continue to bless everyone who comes to the forum. Shalom Azure |
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83 | Luke 7:36-50 - Clarification needed | Luke 7:44 | azurelaw | 189933 | ||
Luke 7:36-50 - Clarification needed As per my understanding, the Simon mentioned was a Pharisee not the apostle Simon Peter. Am I rignt? However, the sermon (concerning the captioned scriptures) given by a pastor on last Sunday service, he referred this Simon as Peter (Simon) the apostle which I am in doubt. Thanks for your help. Shalom Azure |
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84 | Biblical guildelines on serving communit | Luke 12:42 | azurelaw | 179532 | ||
Biblical guildelines on serving community? Our church has received a request for special offering from a sister branch (I don't know how it termed in English. We belong to the same denomination but just serve different regions of the city and our church is financially independent but they are not). They have deficit almost every year and they rely on other sister branches' special financial offering to help their operation. In order to understand more of their situation, each sister branch assigns a representative to sit in their meeting (4 times a year). The main reason for their inadequate offering received from their congregation is because of that the community they serve are the low income group people. Most of them are single-parent families and new immigrants of low education or unskilled people. It is a district with serious social problem. Today in our monthly deacon's meeting, we have to decide the allocation of the special offering whether it should be offered to this sister branch or another organisation. We all think that we should help this sister branch. However, when our representative further updated us on the situation, I found it questionable (it sounds so to me) on their usage of the money. She said that they have organized quite a lot of entertaining activities (e.g. picnics, outings, social gatherings) providing a big portion of subsidy for the participants (where most of them are out-sider, just a small portion of regular church members). By doing so, they hope to attract (I wanted to use "lure") people to church. I hardly agree to such practice. Although we should serve the poor and needy people, this is not the way it should be. I believe what really attracts people to church has been fully demonstrated in Acts (i.e. the gospel and love within true-believers in church). Nothing to do with materials and benefits. Therefore, I proposed that the amount should be offered for the purpose of education or training. However, I would like to know the biblical guidelines for us to serve the community. Thanks for your help. Love in Christ. Azure |
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85 | universalism? | Luke 23:34 | azurelaw | 218952 | ||
Do you think Jesus' prayer in this verse is in support of universalism? Thanks for your input. Shalom Azure |
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86 | Stay alert | John 1:1 | azurelaw | 222154 | ||
This is a repost of an old post (warning) by user humbledbyhisgrace. "To all, In the past there was a jehovah witness who prowled the forum getting email address from user profiles. He would then send the false and deceitful teachings of this cult via email to forum members. I wanted to make you aware of this so you will know what he is up to. Be aware of his deceit! Please leave unanswered for a few days! Steve" |
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87 | Love or spoil our brother? | John 7:24 | azurelaw | 176033 | ||
Love or spoil our brother? 1 Peter 4:8, Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. Matthew 7:3, Do not judge, or you too will be judged..... When seeing some improper behaviour or misconduct of a brother or sister (his/her behaviour affects the smooth operation of a certain function in church) , some chose to be silent (while some over reacted with anger) instead of reminding the person for the reasons that: 1/ we are told to love and tolerate our brothers. 2/ we are not in a position to judge, only God can judge man. Though we should not judge, can we escape from the duty of giving warning or advice (as prophecies did in the OT)? If we refrain from giving warning or advice, the person's misconduct or improper behaviour could have continued. In that case, we are just spoiling our brother/sister and we might be resposible for his/her such behaviour. I need biblical advice. |
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88 | John 11:16 | John 11:16 | azurelaw | 188283 | ||
John 11:16 Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him." What does it mean "...we may die with Him" ? Thanks and Shalom Azure |
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89 | John 13:1 | John 13:1 | azurelaw | 189344 | ||
John 13:1 (KJV) Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. (NASB) Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. (Amplified version) [NOW] BEFORE the Passover Feast began, Jesus knew (was fully aware) that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and to the highest degree. My questions are: 1/ Both KJV and NASB bear the same that "He loved them unto the end". Amplified version shows some additions with "He loved them to the last and to the highest degree." My understanding that Jesus' love is ever-lasting and to the highest degree that He died for our sin (John 3:16). It seems a bit odd to me with the last sentence "He loved them unto the end." Is it the writing style of John to put much emphasis on it? 2/ Following the statement consecutively is the description of Jesus' washing his disciples' feet. How should I associate the statement with the instance? Is it with the amplified version "highest degree" that John wanted to contrast it with the humility of Jesus Christ? Thanks for your guidance. Shalom Azure |
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90 | John 13:1 | John 13:15 | azurelaw | 189342 | ||
John 13:1 (KJV) Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. (NASB) Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. (Amplified version) [NOW] BEFORE the Passover Feast began, Jesus knew (was fully aware) that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and to the highest degree. My questions are: 1/ Both KJV and NASB bear the same that "He loved them unto the end". Amplified version shows some additions with "He loved them to the last and to the highest degree." My understanding that Jesus' love is ever-lasting and to the highest degree that He died for our sin (John 3:16). It seems a bit odd to me with the last sentence "He loved them unto the end." Is it the writing style of John to put much emphasis on it? 2/ Following the statement consecutively is the description of Jesus' washing his disciples' feet. How should I associate the statement with the instance? Is it with the amplified version "highest degree" that John wanted to contrast it with the humility of Jesus Christ? Thanks for your guidance. Shalom Azure |
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91 | John 20:23 | John 20:23 | azurelaw | 176983 | ||
Can anyone explain this verse? How should we interpret it together with Matthew 18:18 and 22? The teacher in our Church explained the second part (if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained) that if we do not forgive the sins of others, their sins retained in your heart. That is you are always in a situation that you memorize their sins. In doing so, you are infact bothered by their sins. That is why we should forgive. Thanks for any help. Azure |
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92 | pastor / shepherd? | John 21:17 | azurelaw | 211251 | ||
John 21:15-17 Nowadays, there are pastors ONLY engage in teaching in seminaries and giving sermons on the pulpits. Is "pastor" equivalent to "shepherd"? If so, it seems to me that much of the responsibility that required of a pastor has been ignored or tend to be specialized (division of labour). What are the criteria for pastoral ordination? Thanks for your input and insight. Shalom Azure |
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93 | Church for believers only? | Acts 2:39 | azurelaw | 181327 | ||
Dear Doc, Your quote : "... by taking in persons who have never been born again ... it is a loss rather than a gain... " Is the church solely (both physical and functional) for believers? What I have experienced in my church, we have couples with unbelieving spouses joining us. Some finally repent, some not yet. We also have a sister in our cell group who admitted that she converted to Christ but still cannot restrain from her adultery behaviour (we have talked to or even scolded her about her sinful behaviour already, but she said she cannot stop it and perfer the man over going to church). However, she is so much attracted by our fellowship that she keeps on joining us (our cell group gathering). We would like to keep her in hoping that she would not be lost forever. We really don't know what to do but prayers. Shalom Azure |
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94 | sorry, I cannot find any. | Acts 6:2 | azurelaw | 173576 | ||
Is there any guidelines in the bible on the performance appraisal concerning the fulltime staff in Church? Since Chuch is a very unique organization, what kind of measuring scale should be considered? |
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95 | Simon the tanner, clean or unclean | Acts 9:43 | azurelaw | 225104 | ||
Was this Simon's business considered detestable and unclean to the Jews? If so, Peter's stay at his house was not in harmony with his response to the vision he had about eating the unclean animals from God. Most commentary considered Simon the tanner involved in detestable trade because of treating of animals' dead bodies. I checked Levitus chapter 11 that talks about clean and unclean animals. God only forbids the eating and touching of the dead bodies of "unclean animals" while those that are clean will be seen as unclean if the animal died (not killed). Therefore, if what Simon the tanner dealt with were bodies and skin of clean animals being killed for making leather shoes, etc., he should not be viewed as unclean (according to the Torah). Then I can understand why Peter stayed at Simon's house and had such a response against the vision. Need your help to figure it out. Thanks. Shalom Azure |
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96 | He is Lord of all | Acts 10:36 | azurelaw | 225248 | ||
What do the "brackets" mean? Was it (He is Lord of all) in the manuscript originally or a footnote of the scribes? or ? Thank you. Azure |
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97 | Can I still get a response? | Acts 17:26 | azurelaw | 188141 | ||
I am not sure if Nolan will respond to my post since he has not been active for more than 6 months. However, I am interested to know which line from Noah do Chinese belong to? Shalom Azure |
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98 | Conditional organs donation | Rom 5:8 | azurelaw | 188945 | ||
We had once discussed about organs donation in a cell group gathering. One or two of us expressed that they would limit their donations to those patients who were not smokers, drugs users, drunkards, etc. Should christians limit the donation with those conditions? Any biblical view on that? Thanks. Shalom Azure |
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99 | Remarriage of a christian | Rom 7:2 | azurelaw | 185278 | ||
Today I have a nice chat with my sister-in-law. One of the topics we have come across is "re-marrying" of a widow or a divorced christian. She said that God only puts much weight on the first marriage than the second regardless of the reason of the failure of the first marriage. I find it doubtful and I also cannot recall any scriptural support for her such comment. Can anyone help? Shalom Azure |
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100 | On what aspect it is enough | Rom 10:10 | azurelaw | 225843 | ||
Few days ago, I had a dialogue with a brother on a situation that when it comes to the critical moment or time that the full gospel message (God, Christ, men, sin, God's wrath and justice, saving grace and faith, repentance and eternal life) cannot be preached to a dying person who has not heard of Christ nor is aware of sin, the most important thing is to get him to believe and profess Christ as his Lord and savior. This should be enough to get him saved. Now, my point is not on the dying person side that whether he/she ultimately saved or not, for this is solely of God's knowledge and will. My discussion would be on the messenger and the message part. Should we just REDUCE the full message as such even though we "consider" the dying person will stop his breath on the next second and we need to fight time for him? Most people might think we can rely on Romans 10:10 to justify the situation. However, I would hope when we say "believe and you will be saved", we should consider scriptural support PLUS the context of the scripture when it is used. Your thoughts (kindly please provide scriptural support for discussion)? Thank you Azure |
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