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81 | Exegete this verse please. | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 230148 | ||
The one God which eternally exists in three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, which in scripture is revealed by multiple titles but the personal name of Yahweh, or Jehovah. He is the one and only God and beside Him there is no other. In Christ, Beja |
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82 | Film clips during service- appropriate?? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Beja | 230082 | ||
K. Long, I would not say that playing a video clip is never appropriate. For one example of when it would be wonderful is a missionary sending back some footage of what God is doing as a way of blessing the sending church. With regards to clips facilitating the sermon we must stop and really consider some principles. First, nothing is sinful inherently in a video (though the content might be.) But scripture teaches that it is the word of God that will both convert sinners and grow the saints. Consider Abraham's response to the rich man. Luk 16:27 "And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- Luk 16:28 for I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' Luk 16:29 "But Abraham *said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' Luk 16:30 "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' Luk 16:31 "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'" So one concept that we must get through our skull is that what the church needs is not more clever teaching tools. Either the word of God is going to be sufficient or nothing is. Now within this principle that still leaves rooms for videos of other teachers explaining the word of God through video. A second problem with your particular case seems to be what is actually being studied. The way the human brain handles beliefs on the level of biology is, as you said, not the object of our study. But what is far worse is that scripture has already taught us a great deal about this very thing from a spritual level, a heart level. Scripture teaches us that sinful man would never repent and trust upon Christ without the operation of the Holy Sirit. 1Co 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. Joh 6:65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." Your pastor ought to be teaching you a biblical perspective on these things, not science theories. Now, that being said your pastor may be doing a fine job. I don't know the context of this occurance and he might have been showing something for a decent reason. So to sum up, we must consider the place of video clips given that it is the word of God that produces faith (Romans 10:17), and that the word of God must be the object of our study. In Christ, Beja |
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83 | Do we accept? | John 1:1 | Beja | 229984 | ||
Wings, It seems to me that your question is concerning the trinity. There is indeed a oneness in God that is so deep it is difficulty to explain. However, there are two ways you can overstate this oneness. 1.) You can overstate this oneness by denying the diety of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Scripture affirms the diety of these. So whatever Scripture is saying in these verses affirming their diety, it can not be used to contradict that or we have mishandled those passages. 2.) We can overstate God's oneness by denying the distinctions between the three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This would be akin to saying that Jesus is God but there is no distinction at all between Christ and the Father. Scripture does teach a distinction. Now within that bounds it is very fair to say that we can not begin to grasp the intense way in which they are united. Christ does affirm that anybody who sees Him has seen the Father. And Paul affirms that the Spirit is the Lord and again he calls it the Spirit of Christ. Their unity is deep beyond our ability to explain. But we must not let our inability to explain cause us to ignore either scriptures testimony of Christ's diety or its testimony of their distinctness. How should we feel about this? First, we affirm what scripture affirms whether we can explain it or not. Second, we ought to see a certain appropriatness to our inability to explain "what" God is. He is beyond our understanding. It is ours to know what He has revealed, not to explore the depths of his composition. In Christ, Beja |
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84 | HOW DID EKKLESIA BECOME CHURCH? | Acts 1:14 | Beja | 229963 | ||
Buzzard, Isaiah 29:20,21 Be careful, beloved. In Christ, Beja |
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85 | Should the ANDs be included in Genesis 1 | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 229942 | ||
Gup20, Are you dealing with the Hebrew text? In Christ, Beja |
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86 | What are some good ways to meditate? | Josh 1:8 | Beja | 229904 | ||
IsmailaGodHasHeard, The most important thing to know with regards to meditating as a christian is that it is radically different than what many other religions/people mean by it. In other settings, meditating is referring to an attempt to empty your mind in order to acheive some sort of inner stillness. In Christianity, meditation is not about emptying your mind, but rather setting your mind on God, his word, and his works in order to ponder them and understand them better. So the essential for Christian meditation is the word of God. Read scripture than think about what you have read, what it means, what it calls you to, and how it applies to various situations in your life. That is Christiant meditation. Jos 1:8 "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. Psa 63:6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches, Psa 77:12 I will meditate on all Your work And muse on Your deeds. Psa 119:15 I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways. Psa 119:27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, So I will meditate on Your wonders. Psa 119:48 And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments, Which I love; And I will meditate on Your statutes. Psa 119:148 My eyes anticipate the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word. Psa 145:5 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. In Christ, Beja |
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87 | Bible Referencing Divine Knowledge | Is 14:1 | Beja | 229833 | ||
themerv019, Isaiah 14 might be worth looking at. However, for what my meager opinion is worth, I think you are going backwards. You are beginning with a conclusion and looking for things to support it. In Christ, Beja |
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88 | We are having sexual relations. Is this | 1 Thess 4:3 | Beja | 229828 | ||
broadway, Yes. 1Th 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; Furthermore scripture teaches that unless you repent you will damned for all eternity. Do not underestimate the seriousness of your need to repent. 1Co 6:9,10 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. In Christ, Beja |
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89 | SEEMS CONTRADICTION IN NUM 20:21-22. | Numbers | Beja | 229820 | ||
donaldb, I do not know that I can answer perfectly to your satisfaction, but let me give you some pointers on reading the story as a whole, because it is wonderful. Read it from the perspective of the peopleof Israel concerning God's faithfulness to His people. The story begins with individuals plotting the destruction of God's people in secret with the people of Israel completely unaware, and therefore unable to defend themselves in any way from this threat. Scripture itself seems to take the threat seriously. The point of the story is God faithfully standing between harm and his people. What at the beginning of the story is a secret threat which could possibly destroy the people is through the corse of the story made into something so foolish it is being rebuked by a donkey and ultimately ends with God turning the entire event to a blessing being pronounced over his people by their enemies. Read the story with that in mind and see if it is not wonderful to you as you consider the faithfulness of God watching over the saints from threats we would never even suspect! In Christ, Beja |
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90 | Pauls' loss of Salvation | Rom 9:3 | Beja | 229794 | ||
JohnRyals, You are looking for Romans 9:1-3, though it is very clear that Paul is not actually suggesting this is possible to trade. He is simply expressing his love for them is so great that he willingly would if the opportunity was hypothetically there. In Christ, Beja |
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91 | ... | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 229667 | ||
Kingdomproclaimer, Did you actually have a question? In Christ, Beja |
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92 | Advice and encouragement | 2 Tim 2:15 | Beja | 229482 | ||
Julco, Others have given you great advice, so I would simply like to give you a passage that might be encouraging to think about. Verse six especially. Php 1:3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, Php 1:4 always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, Php 1:5 in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. Php 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. In Christ, Beja |
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93 | rev.7:4 | Rev 7:4 | Beja | 229051 | ||
Mdyke, Two qualifications for my answer. I will be happy to answer your question from an amillenial perspective. Keep in mind there are a multitude of opinions, I give you my own from a particular theological point of view. That being said, I believe whole heartedly that I am right. Second qualification is that due to space I must skim what I in preaching take longer to explain. Revelations 6-7 is one chunk of the book meant to be taken as a whole. This whole is meant to paint one vantage point of the entire sweep of time between Christ's first and second coming. The first five seals paint a picture of what we must endure during that time period. 1. Nations conquering each other. 2. War 3. Famine 4. An intensifying of all these horrors. 5. Persecutions even unto death. We might stop and marvel as to how this is almost exactly how Christ described that this age would be in Matthew 24. Now in the fith seal the martyrs ask the question that set the stage for us in chapter 7. They ask, "How long, O Lord?" So all of this paints a question that is about to be answered. How long must we endure this world of suffering and persecution and war? Why has God not returned to end it and when will He do so? We get a two part answer. The sixth seal shows us a glimpse of the return of Christ to destroy this wicked world, and this glimpse is to be taken as a promise that however much delayed, it is indeed coming. Chapter 7 gives us the second part of our answer to this question. It shows us why He is waiting. We see four angels holding back the winds. They have the instructions to not harm the earth yet. So we understand the holding back the winds to be holding back these final winds of destructions. The end destructions of the sixth seal can not happen yet. The return of Christ to usher in this destruction can not happen yet. Why? Not until all the servants of God are sealed. That is the thing Christ is waiting for before returning. Now, note that in Rev 7:4 he HEARS the number of the saints being sealed. It is a perfect number from every tribe of Israel. After he hears the number in verse 9, he looks upon them and sees a multitude of every tribe and nation and tongue. The two are the same group, he heard of them, then he saw them. Now here is the point. To us the saved are a great multitude that no man can number. But to God they are the perfect number of the elect. The holy Israel of God. And He will not bring the end judgement until the very last one is sealed by the Holy Spirit for eternity. So the answer to, "How long, O Lord?"; the answer to why we are waiting so long, is that God is waiting for the full number of the elect to be saved. He will not loose a one. In Christ, Beja |
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94 | Is anger or hate the same as murder? | Matt 5:21 | Beja | 229027 | ||
Goldie Joe, I would not articulate it in that way, but here is the passage you are most likely looking for. Matthew 5:21,22 In Christ, Beja |
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95 | what day should the sabbath be? | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 229003 | ||
Believer, in Exile, Christians were gathering on sunday's prior to what constantine did. In Christ, Beja |
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96 | Are we Under Mosiac Law? or Jesus Law? | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 229001 | ||
Believer in Exile, I'd reccomend a book titled "The Marrow of Modern Divinity." It tackles this question and does an excellent job. You can even find it on the internet for free and download or print it. In Christ, Beja |
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97 | SIN | Acts 3:19 | Beja | 228516 | ||
waterlily, Allow me to answer you question in three parts. 1.) First, I disagree with the popular opinion that all sins are equal. Christ clearly didn't think so. Joh 19:11 Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin." There are a few other passages of a similiar stripe but we'll let this one suffice. Some sins are worse than others. 2.) However, we are not to take that to mean that some sins will send you to hell while others won't. All sin is a transgression against the law of God and therefore make us a transgressor. Jas 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. Jas 2:11 For He who said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," also said, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER." Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. Now this is one of the exact passage many use to say that all sins are equal to God. However, that's not what the passage is saying. The point is whether you violate one law or another, big one or small one, any law your violate has placed you in the category of a transgressor of the same comprehensive law and therefore subject to judgement. So we I think some sins are worse than other, but all lead to judgement and condemnation by a just God. 3.) We are instructed to flee professing Christians who are unrepentant sinners, not unbelievers. 1Co 5:9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; 1Co 5:10 I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. 1Co 5:11 But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler--not even to eat with such a one. Now, where I do agree with the previous post in answer to your question is that we must consider the fact that: 1Co 15:33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals." So your friend, while he has the christian liberty to find lodging with unbelievers, ought to consider his options and consider if he actually ought to do so. In Christ, Beja |
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98 | Different beliefs and salvation | John 3:16 | Beja | 228236 | ||
Julia, First, I would ask you to look at those specific verses and ask yourself they hold water. Acts 5:42, is it discussing how to receive salvation? And as we look at the context of the Matthew verse, does it not say how we are to make disciples? It says by baptizing and teaching them. By his logic you are not a christian unless you are performing baptisms and teaching classes! Yet Paul says, 1Co 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 1Co 1:15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name. 1Co 1:16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 1Co 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void. And Christ Himself baptized nobody! And again Paul states,"1Co 12:29 All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they?" So I say to you that his verses prove nothing and accomplish nothing but to upset the faith of those not firmly taught in right doctrine. For we have clearly revealed to us how we are to receive God's gift of salvation in Jesus Christ. Rom 3:25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. (ESV) Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Eph 2:9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Indeed, all the works and things that we do for God come as a result of salvation, not as a means of attaining salvation. Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. I will pray for you. How hard of a struggle you must have to stand fast in the gospel of pure grace when such things are often preached to you. In Christ, Beja |
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99 | Are tatoos allowed? | Lev 19:28 | Beja | 228234 | ||
Magie, The only scripture that references it is Leveticus 19:28. Lev 19:28 'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. Many believe that this command was oriented around the gentile practice of marking yourself in devotion to one of their gods. So it is very much debated as to whether this command was meant for us, or rather was part of the ceremonial distinctions of the time which Christ later did away with. It is a difficult call I suppose especially since the verse immediately follows a command that is certainly a ceremonial law done away with and yet precedes a ongoing moral point. Lev 19:27 'You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. Lev 19:28 'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. Lev 19:29 'Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness. For what my opinion is worth, I do not think a tattoo is inherently sinful. By this I mean some certainly are sinful, but this would be because of the nature of the tattoo. Such as if I had something blasphemous or sinful, such as a lustful picture of a naked woman, tattoed upon me. With regards to Christ having a tattoo they would almost certainly be referring to Revelation 19:16. Rev 19:16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." To which John Gill gives an excellent explination. "This name, afterwards expressed, is said to be written on his vesture, in allusion to the custom of persons of note and eminence having their names interwoven in their garments, and which was sometimes done in letters of gold." Ultimately we ought to push beyond the simple question of is it permissable to the question of is it something I "ought" to do. In this we must ask if it will be a stumbling block to others; will it edify or disrupt the church of God? I would suggest it could very easily become a sin along those lines. 1Co 8:11 For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. 1Co 8:12 And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. I say all this as a pastor who actually has a tattoo. Over a decade ago I decided to get a cross with a banner tattoo'd on me and the banner reads "Acts 20:24." I very much like the tattoo but now in retrospect I see it more as a mark of the ignorance I had at the time, an ignorance of what pleases God. I proceeded as if marking my body was how he'd be pleased for me to express my love for Him when doing His expressed will was how I had been told in His word to love Him. I hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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100 | people on the other side of the mountain | Genesis | Beja | 228064 | ||
Mariaan, Can you give the passage in question? In Christ, Beja |
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