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81 | Humble birth | Luke 2:7 | Jensen | 26881 | ||
Hello SRN...There may be no significance beyond the historical fact. If you will permit me to offer an opinion....As you probably know, not everything in the Bible has to have a secret meaning, just waiting to be uncovered after 2000 years. There are no codes, no numerologies, no Gnostic secrets. Except in those secrets that we discover about ourselves, the Bible speaks plainly in large measure. We do not know for sure, from any source, where Jesus was born; stable or cave? The Bible says "manger" in the verses you gave. Our traditions have placed the birth in a stable....But not the facts! If we were certain, well then you might have a good question. I know people who have slept in their cars and trucks because the Inn was full. Holiday Inn of course.:) Sometimes a stable is just a stable. God Bless....Jensen |
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82 | desipel dont recognice JESUS ,before af | Luke 24:16 | Jensen | 41236 | ||
Dear true believer....Welcome to the Forum :-)....Your question is a little confusing to me. What scripture verses are you concerned with? There were the men on the road to Emmaus that "were kept from recognizing Him" that would be one answer. If you can be more specific you will receive a lot of help from others on the Forum. God Bless....Jensen |
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83 | Where is it found? | John 8:12 | Jensen | 41231 | ||
JN 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV) God Bless....Jensen |
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84 | Why was Stephen Stoned? | Acts 6:14 | Jensen | 45550 | ||
Dear Sercher...Welcome to the Forum Acts 6:14 "For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us." The Law became obsolete for salvation purposes. Stephen preached that Jesus paid all with His death on the Cross. These Freedman preferred the Law. After all, they could and did add to it and could and did subtract from it and, therefore, to some degree control the people. God Bless....Jensen PS. The same goes on today in Christian churches. |
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85 | Finding Mentoring Relationships? | Acts 18:26 | Jensen | 21209 | ||
Dear ONERICHWOMAN....Other mentoring relationships may be found between older and younger women, and also between women and children. Titus 2:3-5 "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God." Prov 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." I can not offer advice on your concordance search but you may want to invest in a Topical Analysis of the Bible. Mine is by Elwell and is published by Baker. God Bless....Jensen |
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86 | Geography of the Forum! | Acts 21:39 | Jensen | 34428 | ||
Jensen...Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. USA..Go CANES and anyone playing the Gators | ||||||
87 | how do you become saved | Romans | Jensen | 20169 | ||
Hi Rochelle...Welcome to the Forum:).. " Let's Go Soul Winning" was written back in 1962 by Dr. Jack Hyles. I will sumerize the book in a way that may help. Let's assume that the person believes in God. If not let me know and there are other question sets we could look at. But your question seems to indicate that the person recognizes God in some way or other. Q1. Do you know that if you died today you would go to heaven? Q2. Would you like to know? Q3. If I could show you how you could know, would you do it? You know what the person needs to do to be saved. Now here is a Bible map that will take you where you want to go with the person. First go to Romans 3:10 and underline the verse. Right beside it write the next verse 3:23. Go to 3:23 and underline it. Write the next verse beside it. Write 5:12 and then 5:8, and then 10:9-13 in the same manner. 1) Show her that she is a sinner. Use Romans 3:10 and 3:23. 2) Show her the price of sin. Use Romans 5:12 and 6:23. 3) Show her that Jesus paid the price. Use Romans 5:8. 4) Review the main points to be sure she understands. There are only four things you must know to be saved. First you must know that you are a sinner(3:10). Second, you must know the price of sin (5:12) and (6:23). Third, you must know the Jesus paid the price. Fourth, if we will receive that price as our hope for heaven and recieve Him as our Savior from sin, He will make us His children and take us to Heaven when we die. That's the review. Ask if you may pray. Ask her to pray. Always pray a simple prayer. "Miss Judy would you just say these words and mean them in your heart...'Lord, be merciful to me a sinner...forgive my sins and save my soul...I now receive Jesus as my Savior'?'." Now read 10:9-13. Now ask " If you were to die today do you know that you would go to Heaven." I hope this helps:-) God Bless....Jensen |
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88 | how do you define faith? | Rom 3:3 | Jensen | 20966 | ||
Dear Mensa..Welcome to the Forum :-)... Faith has a twofold meaning in the Bible. (1) "trust," "reliance" (Rom 3:3), and (2) "fidelity," "trustworthiness." Unbelief, or the lack of faith in the Christian gospel appears everywhere in the New Testament as the supreme evil. Not to make a decisice response to God's offer in Christ means that the individual remains in sin and is eternally lost. Faith alone can save him. God Bless....Jensen |
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89 | Gap and Pre-Adamic Man theories | Rom 5:12 | Jensen | 19789 | ||
Dear Lambo...All of the thoughts you threw out are valid concerns. Your main concern however, considering the experience you had with your past church, is probably weather or not you can trust the teachers of your new church to line up with Scripture. That is something that we all must constantly check. But I just want to address one of your thoughts. The subjects being taught in your class are the "gap theory" and "pre-adamic man" theory. If there was a great "space of time" after creation that would mean that Adam and Eve, when they walked in the Garden, were actually walking on a graveyard. It would mean that death, which came about because of sin, had entered the world before Adam an Eve. If that is what they are teaching I do not think that the teaching lines up with the Bible because RO 5:12 says "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned--.." So when did death enter the world. It entered when sin entered the world according to the Word of God. Here are some sites that you may want to check for this subject and some of your other thoughts as well. www.answersingenesis.org www.icr.org www.creationscience.com God Bless....Jensen |
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90 | age of accountablity | Rom 10:1 | Jensen | 20511 | ||
Dear ABeliever2...Welcome to the Forum...:)... While there is no "age of accountability" discussion in the NT, Rom 10:1 is a prayer of intercession for the unsaved that may apply. Also, other prayers of intercession are 1Tim 2:1-6 "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-- 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men--the testimony given in its proper time." I realize that prayers of intercession have little to do with the age of accountability. I had the thought that your main concern was for the very young, or unborn, child. Will they go to heaven if they die before they are old enough to be "born again."? Perhaps we should look to God's Mercy. Here is a comforting verse from Nehemiah (9:31)that may apply,"But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God." Also Titus 3:5 " he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,." I confess that, if not for the Mercy of our Lord, I do not see how any child who has not reached the age of accountability, who has not confessed with his mouth that Jesus is Lord, will ever enter heaven. God Bless....Jensen |
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91 | Reliability of the Bible? | 1 Cor 15:3 | Jensen | 40873 | ||
Dear Cheryl....The Verse you refer to is 1 Cor 15:3"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve." But the verse does not suggest that Peter was the first to see Him risen. Or that the second to see Him were the apostles. (What about the two He met on the road before appearing to the apostles.) It is really very simple. As to the other charges your questioner put to you,....well what exactly is the question. It is easy to condemn an entire book or two of the Bible. Especially if you do not present any evidence. The only scripture mentioned has been shown to support other scripture where there was a "women at the empty tomb". Do not listen to these self-proclaimed debunkers. Examine what they say. God Bless....Jensen |
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92 | Christ is risen | 1 Cor 15:3 | Jensen | 40875 | ||
Dear Patrica...You offer only two choices....72 hours or 4 days. What about 48 hours plus 1 hour up to 24 hours. 1CO 15:4 "... that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures," So three days was the amount of time Jesus took to be raised. As to the number of hours within that three days....well we can speculate. Remember that part of a day still counts as a day. God Bless....Jensen |
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93 | Where was satan when he first sinned? | 2 Cor 12:2 | Jensen | 41139 | ||
Dear Scribe....And if Satan sinned in heaven then....which or what heaven? As you see in 2 Co 12:2 Paul seems to be distinguishing between heavens. So…in which one did Satan first sin? I’m not sure of the significance beyond intellectual gymnastics, but it is an interesting question. God Bless….Jensen |
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94 | New Covenantals and Covenantals | Gal 3:15 | Jensen | 20444 | ||
Dear Ronnie...Welcome to the Forum:).... Here may be a start. These few verses kind of sum up the different beliefs I think you mean. Of couse there is a lot more said in the Bible, but I hope this helps. GAL 3:15 "Brothers, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.(Paul here is talking about a contract between two people. If you do this I will do that) 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise." The older covenant depends on the Law. The newer covenant depends on Grace. One is the Law while the other is a promise. Paul is addressing his opponents who were not ready to admit that Abraham was justified by faith in God's promise. Paul has just said earlier.... Gal 3:2 "I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?" We are free from the Law and it serves only to show us we are hopeless sinners in need of a Savior. Our new covenant promise of salvation is because of our faith in Jesus. God Bless....Jensen |
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95 | Predestination | Eph 1:4 | Jensen | 41671 | ||
Dear New Creature.... Predestination, to be properly understood, is best described by analogy. Let me offer this. If I begin to read a book but do not want to read the whole book...say a murder mystery...and I want to know who the murderer is, I would turn to the last chapter. Then, also in the later chapters I would know what the various characters did, or did not do. I can know the outcome of each character without starting in the beginning of the book and going, page by page, through the whole book. I am outside of the time frame of the book. I can look at any part of the book and know, without writing anything new in the book, the actions of each character. Likewise, God is outside of our time frame. He knows what we will do because He can "read" any part of my life, like a book character. But that does not mean that God made us come to Christ. The opposite is true. If predestination is true then there is no freewill. God Bless….Jensen |
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96 | Ex-Mormons turned Born Again? | Eph 5:23 | Jensen | 44394 | ||
Dear DD1961…… You knowingly marry a man who denies Jesus is Lord and you now want help to convince him of his error? Why would he listen to you? Are you now a practicing Christian? Does he look to you as a role model? Does he see a difference between you and the rest of the world? If you are still blaming your present situation on your past husband than he has no model to follow. You are responsible for your current situation, not your past husband. You admitted as much with your adultery story. Live the Christian life from this day forward and your Mormon husband may want what you have. It is far more likely, however, that he will convince you of errors in your Christian beliefs. EPH 5:23 Should give some pause. "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. You must study the Bible and the Book of Mormon to show him how his own Book is dead wrong. I suggest you visit the equip.org web site. God Bless….Jensen |
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97 | Why is the man the head of the home? | Eph 5:33 | Jensen | 31941 | ||
Dear just...You wrote "The man is the head, the woman the body because God said. Anything with two heads is a monster. Read Eph 5:22-33"......there is nothing about a two-headed monster in this passage. Please let the Scripture speak for itself. No hyperbole needed. God Bless....Jensen |
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98 | What does satan want? | Eph 6:11 | Jensen | 20964 | ||
Dear Casiv... Satan lives in heavenly places. Eph 6:11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. These verses also speak of the powers of this dark world. Plural. Satan was the model of perfection (Ezek 28:12) but is now fallen (Isa 14:12) and has limited access to God (Job 1:6). Satan's purpose and work is to oppose God (John 14:30, Acts 13:10, Acts 26:17,Rom 16:20, 2Cor 6:15, 1 John 3:7) and Satan"s intends to ruin believers (Luke 22:13, Rev 12:17, 1 John 5:18) and to establish his own kingdom (Isa 14:13, Matt 12:25, Luke 4:5, Luke 11:18). He does all this by accusing (Job 1:60), by afflictions (Luke 13:16), by deception (Gen 3:1, John 8:44), by hindering (1 Thess 2:18) and by perverting (Acts 13:10). He also schemes( 1 Tim 3:7) and stalks (1 Pet 5:8). He steals (Luke 8:12), tempts (Matt 6:13, Mark 1:12, Luke 4:1) and now Satan stands condemned (John 16:11). I hope this helps you. Just some straightforward Scripture, no smoke and mirrors :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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99 | Do we go right to heaven when we die? | Phil 1:23 | Jensen | 41660 | ||
Dear Muffy...Welcome to the Forum :-)... Notice what Paul writes here..."If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body."(NIV) Sounds to me that upon the death of Christians they will "be with Christ" as to the judgement...well we already are found guilty and deserve to be seperated from God for eternity. That is what you also thought so we agree. But there are, apparently, various "levels" of heaven. In Matt 11:11 Jesus says.."I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." So eventhough our sins have been paid for, we will still have a judgement. When may be a matter of speculation and interpretation found, I believe in Revelation. Others here at the Forum will give additional understanding. Or you can search "rapture" or "judgement" here at this site. God Bless....Jensen |
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100 | If a marriage fails | Col 3:19 | Jensen | 38582 | ||
Dear cboyer….Welcome to the Forum :-)…....If your question asks whether the man, a Christian, is biblically more responsible for the success of a marriage than the woman, a Christian, I would suggest that the evidence says yes. It is the role of the man to be the spiritual leader of his house. Leading his family in a biblical manner would, by definition, exclude a reason for a marriage to fail and to perhaps end in a divorce. To have a marriage fail would mean that the man failed in his biblical role. And a reason for divorce is not the failure of the woman in her biblical role, but her failure may hasten his failure. But, above all, God does not “look down” on this Christian pair. Rather, He sees the Blood of His Son. If the question is simply hypothetical then I hope my reply will help. But if you ask in order for the Lord to provide solace in the comfort of His alliance in the matter, or even fodder for a sharp tongue, I suggest you be still and pray for the persons you have in mind. COL 3:18-19 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. God Bless….Jensen |
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