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81 | Origin of God? | Gen 1:1 | Rowdy | 121771 | ||
It sounds like to me you need to go to the website Apologeticspress.org and get some assurance and confidence in the existance of God. After that, I can only suggest continued reading of God's Word. IF you truly are sincere and looking for God, you'll find Him in the scriptures. If on the other hand, you're looking for something else, you'll probably find it too, if you look hard enough. Whichever the case, I pray for God to bless you in your search. --Rowdy PS: Oh yes, pray to God for guidance and do so constantly. |
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82 | (Censorship the tools of the devil.) | Luke 3:23 | Rowdy | 121753 | ||
Just pure curiosty on my part: "pratisis" is practices and "ecxtendid" is extended, correct? I too am intested in more details on this line of discussion. Can you elaborate? I assume that these were just typos or Bumpas's off day. We all have those. Just watch us. God bless. --Rowdy |
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83 | Wisdom vs Wisdom | OT general | Rowdy | 121735 | ||
It's thought that Solomon wrote 3 books and wrote several of the Psalms. It appears he wrote the Song of Solomon early in his life when he was giving his life to pleasure with a multitude of women and wives. He probably wrote some Psalms and Proverbs relatively about the same time. Whereas it is thought he wrote the Ecclesiastes late in his life. You remember God promised him a long life and one of unsurpassed riches and wisdom. God kept his promise about riches and wisdom but Solomon didn't keep his relationship sacred like his father David. So it appears Solomon grew melancholy because he had allowed himself to experience every form of sin known to man along with all the attempts at being Godly. I think the book of Ecclesiastes is especially appropriate for us as modern people on earth today, as it speaks to people who are incredibly successful and have reached a high point in development by human standards but yet seem to be lacking something. That something is God. I've touched on this subject as have several others. We're all worried that our country is following the footsteps of previous nations who left their God, i.e. the Roman Empire. Hopefully, we can turn this situation around and rediscover our Godly roots as a nation. God bless. --Rowdy |
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84 | Rowdy, Was there easy divorce in the OT? | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121730 | ||
You're testing me now, right? You're testing my patience, trying to exhaust my perseverance and motivate me to give up, right? All good Bible students know the answer to your questions. Matt 19:1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. 2And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there. 3The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?" 4And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning "made them male and female,' 5and said, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? 6So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." 7They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?" 8He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery." When are you going to address the points in my statements and the scriptures in support instead of all this game of distractions? Can we not agree to act as christian gentlemen and respect each other and give each other an honest effort in responding. I await a more thorough response. God bless. --Rowdy |
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85 | Disciples will not die | Matt 16:28 | Rowdy | 121663 | ||
I would definitely state that our Lord meant every word of this verse as He did most everything He said. This prophecy was fulfilled in Acts 2 with the establishment of the church or the Kingdom of God. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
86 | Thanks, and here's another question. | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121661 | ||
In addition to the good advice, you've received, I thought I throw in something from a father of a young boy literally addicted to this problem. Maybe just a little history. My older son started at the sweet age of 16 at the habit of calling 900 and 800 numbers and listening to the sweet whispered nothings from girls so as to satisfy his lusts and ran up a bill of literally thousands of dollars in phone bills. I called the phone company after receiving these bills and assured them no one in my family was capable of doing such a thing; this was done before I found out it was my son. A few months later, after he turned 17, he started doing it again and we had words. I offered to take him to the gym and put the boxing gloves to work because I was just about ready to kill him. His mother, my wife was the only thing that saved that boy from some serious pain as far as I was concerned. You see when he was 16, I went to bat for him and finally got that huge phone bill resolved in our favor, but he promised me that he wouldn't do that again. So as you can imagine, he's been in therapy every since. Once a week, he goes to a group session and they talk about their weakness and ways of dealing with their addiction. That's right, I called it correctly an addiction. Hopefully, you should be able to find such a group in your community. If not, we'll pray for you. By the way, my son is now married, has been for more than two years. He and his wife have problems now and again but they work through them with God's help and maybe just a little assistance from me and his mother. We're trying our best to stay of their way and let them grow up on their own like my parents did. It's tough but it can be done. Well, I really hope this helps you because it's quite humbling to me. God bless. --Rowdy PS: I almost forgot to mention. The fault doesn't all fall to my son. I too had my problem with pornograph magazines and thus I infected my own son with this problem. The only reason I share this with you is so you WON'T go through the same grief with your children. |
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87 | What does Sold out mean to each one? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121660 | ||
I don't think the phrase "sold out" is anywhere in the Bible as I just tried searching for it but the modern concept certainly is in the Bible, four times that I can recall. 1) Esau sold out his birthright for a pot of beans to his brother in Gen 25. 2) Jacob's 10 (w/o Reuben's blessing) sons sold out their brother, Joseph to the Midianite traders to get rid of him, in Gen 37. 3) Judas sold out his Lord and Master, Jesus to the Jewish Priests for 30 pieces of silver, Matt 27. 4) Ananias and Sapphira sold out their souls to Satan for a certain sum of money and to share in the fame of Barnabas, Acts 5. So these verses cite stories of folks who sold out something. What does the phrase really mean to them? It seems clear that they took something that really was a gift from God but they were stewards of the gift (like you and I are of today's world) and sold it for a very cheap price. Every time the seller ends up regretting making such a deal and they find out the true value and still get stuck paying the ultimate price for "the wages of sin is death." One can only hope to be given the opportunity to repent like Esau and Joseph's brothers were given. The big question for most of us: will we actually repent before or after Judgment Day. We're ALL assured that everyone's knee (including Satan's) will bow at the Lord on Judgment Day. What does this phrase mean to you? God bless. --Rowdy |
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88 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121657 | ||
I think I've done that very clearly... "As I stated in my post, I don't wish to abolish the OT but merely recognize It for what It was and this is the Law of Moses, notice the use of word Old vs. New. Even the group who organized the current Bible known as the canon recognized the Old Testament was obsolete as that expression must have originated with them." Now will you please answer my questions? What questions? The same ones I posed to Countrypreacher and anyone else who would like to participate in the discussion. I really do want to carry on the dialouge here but it takes two. Tell me what you think. God bless. --Rowdy |
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89 | life purpose? | OT general | Rowdy | 121637 | ||
I can think no better human example than Joseph from Genesis. For at a young age, he saw God had great plans for him, and in spite of all the trials and tribulations that came his way, he never lost his faith in God. I've copied a small portion below just to show how truly he was a man of God but you really must read the whole story yourself to get the full perspective. Especially powerful was his avoiding sin with Potipher's wife when she tempted Joseph. Gen 50:18 Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, "Behold, we are your servants." 19 But Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in God's place? 20 "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. 21 "So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones." So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. 22 Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father's household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. Another great example to us all, showing great courage and patience is that of Job, from the book, same name. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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90 | Called According To HIS Purpose-Ministry | 2 Tim 2:15 | Rowdy | 121623 | ||
So can we hope you're going to fill in the blanks and tell us more about your background in your profile? You gain access to your profile by going to "Update User Info" on the left side of your screen. God bless. --Rowdy |
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91 | Old testament proofs/prophesy of Christ | OT general | Rowdy | 121528 | ||
In the back of my Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, I have a list of such OT prophecies and their fulfillment verses in the NT. But I have an idea that such a list is available from the publishers, Nelson Publishers. God bless. --Rowdy |
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92 | Old Testament/New Testament | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121524 | ||
Kalos' advice is quite sound except for the following Col 2:13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. 16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. You see in accordance with Matt 28, God has now given ALL authority to His Son and thus ushered in a new era or dispensation called Christianity, where instead of being given the option of an easy divorce, a spouse must have actual evidence of adultery before divorcing. Instead of merely avoiding murder as per the Ten Commandments, we now must love our enemies and forgive them instead of seeking retribution as "eye for an eye, or tooth for tooth." Now instead of offering animals for sacrifice and clear us of our sins, we must worship the Perfect High Priest who once and for all was sacrified for ALL people everywhere instead of just the nation of Israel. The covenant of Christianity has better promises with a clear picture of Heaven when there no such provision in the Old Law. In Christianity, we ALL have immediate access instead of our going through another human being to intercede for us. There are a few other differences between these two eras, Judiasm and Christianity but I think these are sufficient. Now I need to emphasize I'm not saying we can dismiss the OT entirely. As Kalos has stated so eloquently, the OT is quoted extensively throughout the NT as Jesus was the fulfillment of the prophecies contained in the OT. What I am saying is that the OT has no place in our lives to speak with AUTHORITY about religious issues, especially with regard to the differences we see between the OT and the NT. Jesus and Jesus alone is the Authority as His Words AND the Words spoken and written by His official representatives, the Apostles were blessed as being authoritative by Jesus Himself and the Holy Spirit. Thus the OT is a wonderful and majestic document, compelling in its teaching and history, showing us how God dealt with His children then and giving us a glimpse of how He'll deal with us in our future. The OT helps us understand the NT for that's where most of the NT writers originated. Thus their background and their secondary motivation is better understood. BUT their primary focus and motivation was the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Just as in the transfiguration, we MUST give our sole attention for authoritative matters to Jesus and Jesus alone. So we can learn a great deal from the OT but we must see ourselves as men and women of God and for God, and learn to graduate to the NT. For it is that portion of God's Word, where we find out the current requirements to become a christian and save our souls from Hell. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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93 | Rowdy, where is your Scriptural support? | Rev 7:17 | Rowdy | 121360 | ||
This is easy as I'm sure you already knew for Jesus says Luke 19:22 "He *said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? John 12:48 "He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day. and then in Matt 16:19 "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." Matt 18:18 "Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. also in 2 Tim 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; I think there's more but that should be enough. After all, the Lord is God Almighty and if He says it once, it's good enough for christians, correct? God bless. --Rowdy |
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94 | Is it necessary to be a member? | Acts | Rowdy | 121340 | ||
The only other guidance I can think would come from Acts 2 where the Lord started the pattern of adding folks to the church. Throughout the rest of the NT, we see that responsibilities AND vital benefits come with that addition. We should be reminded of the multitude of the "one another" passages, too many to list here but inserting that phrase into the search function is adequate. That's all I can think of. I guess some would say that's not much but as I see it, God is God and doesn't have to repeat Himself. The few times He does repeat Himself is a bonus for us and even then we humans are inclined to take them apart and critique them so as to look for discrepancies. How sad? Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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95 | i dont understand | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121256 | ||
You might say it can be compared to washing and re-washing our soul and our conscience in the cleansing blood of our Lord, like that depicted in the Jewish practice of sacrificing animals. His blood and God's Grace is the ONLY thing that can possibly enable you, me and the rest of the world go to Heaven. I'm inferring a lot from the last four words, "but not all of you." But there again, it could be the Lord's main point here in this story is a simple demonstration of His INFINITE humility. Savior of the whole world about to go through the most horrible event in His entire existance, be separated from His Father and take on the sins of the whole world, a world that doesn't love or even like Him. And He takes time out to wash these guys' feet. What a God!! What humility!! What do you think it means? God bless. --Rowdy PS: I seem to always forget...Welcome to the Forum. Good to have you on board. |
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96 | meaning of according to the flesh? | Rom 8:13 | Rowdy | 121231 | ||
To me, it simply means to give more thought to the ways of the world which leans to temptation to sin moreso than to "think on Heavenly things" as encouraged by the whole Bible. A person who suspects they're thinking too much on the flesh must devote him/herself to reading and studying (two very different approaches) of God's Word AND they must increase their prayer life. It's also a good idea to spend as much as possible of your personal time with christians instead of spending it with unbelievers. This close association with christians will increase the tendancy to repeat visually what we're reading about in our Bibles. That's why it's so vital to be a part of God's family and planted in a congregation and faithfully attend meetings and fellowships together. I know this so very well because I've tried both and failed miserably at the art of spending time with unbelievers with the intent that I would rub off on them. Instead the great tendancy is they rub off on us. We must see ourselves as "sanctified by God, a royal priesthood." That means we're set apart from the world; we're still in the world but we should see ouselves as not being of this world but transform ourselves by renewing our mind by reading over and over again God's Word. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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97 | A man of God? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 121169 | ||
You're correct, there were only two verses where that specific phrase appears which are 1 Tim 6:11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 2 Timothy 3:17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. Since both of them are from Paul and they're directed to Timothy, we can infer that Paul considered him to be such a person or a man of God. So what were the qualities about Timothy that made him stand out and be selected by Paul for such an honor. We also know that Paul considered him to be "son of the faith" as indeed, Paul saw him as his only son on this earth. We know that Timothy had Godly parents and we know that he was a student of God's Word. He was endowed with miraculous powers from the laying on of Paul's hands but of course that's not really applicable to us today. We know that Timothy submitted himself as a grown man to being circumcised when he didn't have to but he did this with the same attitude of Paul. He apparently wanted "to be all things to all people to win some." From this I think it's a perfectly solid conclusion that to be a man of God is to "imitate Paul as he imitates Christ" from 1 Cor 11:1. So a man of God must spend much time in prayer to God; he must spend time in study of God's Word; and he must spend time dispensing in his life, what he reads in God's Word, like the Apostle Paul did before him. Finally, a man of God like Paul should be able to say throughout most of life Phil 1:20 according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. 21For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. Did I leave anything out? What do you think about this subject? God bless. --Rowdy |
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98 | Purpose of Prayer? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121166 | ||
I can only quote as follows from Jesus Himself Matt 6:5 "When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 6 "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 7 "And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. 8 "So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. As you can see in verse 8 and that's the main point of my post as I've been taught: Since the Lord already knows what we want AND need, prayer really doesn't do that much good directly for Him. Although I can't think of a specific scripture that would say as much, I've been taught that prayer is really intended for our benefit. In principle I think we can draw on the example from God's giving of the Ten Commandments. Of those 10 wonderful commands, only the first four were directed to God for His direct glory, the latter six were really for the benefit of mankind so we could and would be motivated to glorify God. When we as human beings take the time and make the effort to pray to God on a regular basis, we build up our relationship with Him just as we do with our earthly parent. In so doing, we think about what we are saying and invest a considerable portion of time and effort in seeing the accomplishment of our requests. So what am I saying here? I'm glad you ask. I'm saying that just as our earthly parents expect us to fend for ourselves as much as possible, our God expects us to grow up spiritually, and realize we really have very few needs that go unmet and our desires really should be held to a minimum. Thus as our thinking AND our priorities align themselves closer and closer with God's kind of thinking and priorities, we realize He's taken very good care of us and will continue to do so throughout our lives. Of course this is based on our continued maintenance of this dialouge/relationship with Him AND maintaining a healthy relationship with His other children, our fellow christians. To understand this basic principle, one has to remember that God doesn't really need ANYTHING from us. He's all-powerful in every way imagineable. (I know you know this but sometimes we all forget.) People that spend much of their lives in prayer are the closest to God for they are the ones who also study His Word to seek out the answers. You see most of God's answers are in His Holy Book; I don't think we're going to get a lot of answers from God anywhere else. I'd be the last person in the world to absolutely eliminate this option but I think that God (again) really expects us to grow up and not rely on a special, specific and individual response to our prayer. He wants us to grow and realize He's the Father of this whole world and everything in it. You, me and all the other people in the world, we're just His creation. To quote a phrase: "He made us and He can take us out." We have to realize our puny place and rank in this gigantic world of God's, most especially His spiritual world. As I've said there's bare minimal amount of scripture I can offer in support of this statement but then you're used to that from me already, huh? Good question, there fella. Good to hear from you. I miss your responses to my posts. God bless. --Rowdy |
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99 | what this meen | Eph 5:19 | Rowdy | 121071 | ||
We must read God's Word in its context. That means several things, including the following: 1) Who wrote the book? What is his intent? What is he dealing with? 2) To whom was it written? What is their background? 3) Where was it written? Under what conditions? 4) When was it written? What were the dominant factors in that timeframe? Some of the questions might not be so easy to answer for instance, the book of Job is very tough to figure out in this regard. Now as to your question, in the first century you remember psalms, hymns and songs were nothing like you and I enjoy today. Those folks knew nothing about four part (or any part) harmony. Most of them didn't have a clue about playing a musical instrument and most didn't get training on singing either. Most songs, especially in the religious OT realm were chants or so it is thought, like those found in the Song of Solomon and the Book of Psalms. I do think it is important that our songs that we sing in the worship assembly reflect good sound Bible principles and truths from His Word. Secondly, we should sing those songs with understanding so as to encourage us to be faithful to God's Word. Thirdly, we should worship in spirit and in truth but also we should act like God's children and behave decently and in order like Paul tells in 1 Cor 14:40. Our number one priority in worship is to please God and comply with His pattern that we see in His Word and not be tempted to please ourselves. In this regard, we should pay heed to Samuel's words to King Saul in 1 Sam 15:22 Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. You see, the way God sees it, He knows that worship on our terms comes easy. He wants us to worship Him on His terms in accordance with His pattern. That's the real test of sacrifice, our willingness to submit our will to that of our God and Father. For us to worship God on anyone else's terms is like worshipping an idol of our fashioning. In this instance, we're inclined to reshape the Lord's church to our liking and the same with our worship. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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100 | Cleanse Conscience? Dead Works? | Heb 9:14 | Rowdy | 121058 | ||
I've been dealing with this issue for the last several weeks with several different folks on the Forum so I'll take a shot. In my mind, we should see our conscience as being a vital part of that Image of God which He created in all of us, Gen 1. You probably have already heard of the passage as follows 1 Tim 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. In a similar manner, we can salve our conscience into believing that we can retire from our ministry, carrying the cross Jesus gives to each of us. We must never fall into this kind of self-deception for it will have dire consequences including a very hot reception after Judgment Day. I would define dead works as those we've done in the past and living works as those going on in our current and present ministry. I'm convinced that each christian should take up his/her cross and serve Christ in whatever capacity they're qualified to fill. They must use their talents to the best of their ability and be fruitful in the Lord's vineyard as depicted in John 15. James also deals with this matter on a very practical level. Faith without works (read as current, on-going works) is dead. Mankind has a great tendancy to want to retire from a long period, possibly even a lifetime of work and "rest on our laurels." We must avoid that temptation as we're commanded to be faithful till death, Rev 2:10. Don't get me wrong, works from our past can be an excellent place to discuss how we could have done better but we MUST move on and tackle new goals, setting our sights on things ahead like Paul said in Phil 3:12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, Now if anyone deserved to retire from his service to the Lord, it had to have been Paul and we see this amazing amount of dedication while in prison, bound in chains. What a man! So you see our Lord keeps our conscience fully functional and hard working, reminding us when we do wrong or even when we think about it IF we're doing our part and keep that vital part of the fellowship with God active and alive as described in 1 John 1. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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