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81 | Did Jesus pre-exist before his birth? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 76696 | ||
Dear Shadowwhisperer, Yes, Jesus did exist before he was born in the flesh. He is God and was God and ever shall be God. One of the many Scriptures that deals with this issue is John 1:1-3, 14 which states this clearly, I believe. Hope this is of help. Itiswritten. |
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82 | How do I use USER INFO? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 76702 | ||
Dear Justme, I am middle-aged and thus not well versed in computers as many of my generation fall into this category. I do not know how to do what you ask. Sorry if I offend.I feel lucky to have figured out how to participate.If someone will explain clearly [I am barely computer literate]I will be happy to comply with your request and I am certainly sorry if I offend. Itiswritten. |
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83 | Were Pharoahs in Egypt during Jesus time | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 76732 | ||
Dear Songbirdca, No. Cleopatra was a contemporary of Herod the Great who had all the young babies killed when Jesus was born. Cleopatra and Antony died before Jesus was born and she was the last pharaoh to my knowledge. I learned this from an archaeological history book which says that Herod the Great wrote a letter which is in a museum today, in which he wrote Mark Antony a personal friend of his. In this letter he warned Mark Antony to stay away from Cleopatra...that she would ruin his life. Ha! I thought that was amusing and it blew my mind to think that she was a contemporary of someone who lived up until the early years of Jesus. I had previously thought of her as from an earlier time than this. Itiswritten. |
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84 | Were Pharoahs in Egypt during Jesus time | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 76733 | ||
Dear Songbirdca, No. Cleopatra was a contemporary of Herod the Great who had all the young babies killed when Jesus was born. Cleopatra and Antony died before Jesus was born and she was the last pharaoh to my knowledge. I learned this from an archaeological history book which says that Herod the Great wrote a letter which is in a museum today, in which he wrote Mark Antony a personal friend of his. In this letter he warned Mark Antony to stay away from Cleopatra...that she would ruin his life. Ha! I thought that was amusing and it blew my mind to think that she was a contemporary of someone who lived up until the early years of Jesus.In any case I believe she was the last pharaoh to sit on the Egyptian throne. I had previously thought of her as from an earlier time than this. Itiswritten. |
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85 | Meaning of the name "Gethsemane". | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 76787 | ||
Dear Deano, Gethsemane means oil press. Itiswritten. |
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86 | 2ond most important book in your life? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 76858 | ||
Dear Billk, The second most important book in helping me with my Christian walk was "The Hiding Place," by Corrie Ten Boom. Her experience with the Lord from her childhood through her later years and through the holocaust in World War II had a profound effect in shaping my understanding of the Lord and in influencing the way in which I would begin to trust Him with my life early on in my own Christian walk...through the good and bad times. Itiswritten. |
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87 | isaiah 65:20 ? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 76990 | ||
Dear Strongfellow, I don't believe this prophecy is about heaven. I believe it speaks about the 1000 year reign of Christ Jesus on this earth when He returns. If you go back to verse 17 it speaks of a new heaven and a NEW EARTH. Once we go to heaven we no longer can die. We have already passed into the next life, so to speak. The "millennium" is a twentieth century term for this period of time spoken of in the Bible when Jesus Christ returns...what many speak of as the "Battle of Armageddon" also modern term which speaks of the end of this age [not the end of the world]. Then Jesus will rule the earth from Jerusalem and it will be the way it would have been, so to speak, had Adam not sinned. At the end of this time, Satan will be loosed for a time of testing for those who have not had the chance to make a choice, and then this world will end. However, God and His people will not end; we will be with Him forever. This is clearly spoken of in Revelation 20. It speaks of the devil being bound and it speaks of the thousand year reign of Christ. Also, remember, God is outside of time and to Him one thousand years is like a day. This is also in the Scripture in Psalm 90:4 and 2 Peter 3:8. I hope this is of some help to you. Itiswritten |
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88 | new man old looks | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77075 | ||
Dear Christian7, Please tell your friend that Romans 8:28 applies even to his tattoos. It does not matter what he did before, only what he does from now on. And remember also that this body will not go with us into eternity. I Cor. 15: 51-58 tells us about what will happen when Jesus comes. It reminds us that this body will not go on; we will be changed and that means this body will be also changed. The Just shall live by Faith [Rom. 1:17] Abraham was made righteous simply because he believed God [Rom 4:3] See also Romans 5:17-18 Remind him also that he is to mind the things of the Spirit...not of the flesh Romans 8:4. Remind your friend also of Romans 10:3-9. See also Romans 14:17 and II Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:6; Ephesians 4:24-32; Eph. 5:9-10; 2 Timothy 3:16; and Titus 3:5-9 I know that this is a lot and I hope through it your brother in Christ will be set free. Our answers are always somewhere in the Word of the Lord. I will keep you both in my prayers. Sincerely in Christ, for I believe he is merely experiencing an attack from the evil one which is designed to keep him from having fruit. We need to keep our eyes on Jesus and His Word and carry on with what Jesus would have us to be doing in learning and growing in Him that He may use us is some small way in His kingdom. And one more thing. The marks on his body will simply serve to remind him of is past sinful life. He can use this to realize it will keep him humble before the Lord and can actually open doors to persons that would not otherwise listen to the Gospel and at the same time the victories the Lord may give him will also remind him it is not himself but the Lord. It may even be a sign that the Lord will use him mightily for He has a great tool to keep him humble. I hope I have been able to be of some assistance. Sincerely in Christ Jesus, Itiswritten. |
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89 | What sin did Reuben commit? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77253 | ||
Dear Angelface, I know it has been some time since you asked this question, but I just came across it. Your answer is in Genesis 35:22. That is the sin specifically and you should read the verses around it to get the full story. I hope this is helpful. Itiswritten. |
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90 | prophecy of a prophet's reward | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77256 | ||
There are two scriptures which I have found which speak of this: Matthew 10:41 and Revelation 11:18, but they do not specify what these particular rewards are, so, I don't know if this is of any help to you. Itiswritten | ||||||
91 | Isaiah Chapter 11 | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77260 | ||
Dear Chynna, I believe you are right that this concerns the 1000 reign of Christ on this earth as it speaks of things of the earth as they should be and haven't yet been. It does not speak of heavenly things...in my opinion. I personally take it literally, but that is my opinion. Itiswritten. |
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92 | Who bacame king by killing Elah? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77267 | ||
Dear Angelface, What you are looking for is, I believe in I Kings 16: 6-10and the scriptures thereabout. Hope this is of some help. Itiswritten |
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93 | Full Armour of God | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77279 | ||
Dear Maryanne, The full armor of God comes from Ephesians 6:10-18. To my understanding I will give you what I believe the Lord showed me. Verse 12: I believe that when things go wrong, and things seem to come against us, we should not take them personally. We need to be really honest with ourselves to make sure that we have not brought it about on ourselves by our own actions...and if we have not, that we should not get mad at persons or take offense but realize that spiritual warfare may be going on and that we should pray and fight in a spiritual manner with faith and trust in the Living God and stand your ground as it says in verse 13. Verse 14 I believe the belt of truth means that we should not lie nor should we get caught up in lies (such as in our job environment, etc. and the breastplate of righteousness means we must also walk in the righteousness of Christ (in agreement with Him) which He gave us when we were born again. Verse 15: This having our feet shod with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace...being ready to move when the Lord directs because we live by His word in love which is how we direct our lives.This will make us able to recognize His leading. Verse 16, the shield of faith. Faith shields us from spiritual attack...the attacks that are mentioned in verse 12. Those attacks which try to cause fear, despair, temptation to sin. Faith protects us from falling for these things and we will look to the Lord for His protection, His provision, etc. Verse 17 - The helmet of Salvation...being saved protects our minds and our person -and the sword of the Spirit is the only WEAPON we have that we can really effectively fight with. Jesus gives us an example of this in Matthew 4:1-11. When the devil tempted him he used Scripture out of context...Jesus did not argue with him but stated Scripture in context. He fought back and won by knowing the Sctipture well enough that a scripture out of context was successfully rebutted by Scripture in context. If you know the Word of God well, it does not contradict itself. This is what I believe the Lord has shown me...I hope this is of some help to you. Itiswritten |
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94 | Diffrent between Catolic -protestant | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77296 | ||
Dear Figoyuen, I will try to help you. I was raised Roman Catholic from the time I was a child. I accepted Jesus as My Lord and Savior when I was about 28 years old while I was reading my Bible and was gloriously saved through an encounter with Him. I now find that I prefer to attend Assemblies of God or other Nondenominal churches where the Word of God is given first place, so to speak. The original church,from the time of the Apostles, was only one. They were terribly persecuted by the Roman Empire on and off for the first few hundred years and it is only by the grace of God that the Word survived. In about 300 A.D. Constantine became the first Christian Emperor who made Christianity the religion of the empire. The term "catholic" meant "universal" in those days and there was still one church which was, now that the apostles were no longer on this earth, led by several "bishops". Eventually a tug of war for power or influence or both went on between the Roman bishop and the Greek bishop in what later was called Byzantium and there was a split in the church and we then had the Roman or western Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox or eastern Church. Even later, the church became corrupted and Martin Luther, a Roman Catholic Priest wrote the "95 Thesis" calling for reform in the church. Instead he inadvertantly started the Protestant Reformation. I highly recommend "Church History in Plain Language" by Bruce L. Shelley a paperback which is an excellent, nonbiased history of how the church evolved and can be purchased for about twenty dollars- it is by Nelson Publishers. The Roman Catholic Church uses the Word of God but it tends to hold tradition as high or sometimes higher than the Word of God. Many of the traditions are good and in fact wonderful. However, some contradict the Word of God. The Word of God says that Mary would be considered blessed for all generations...I do not believe that means we should be praying to her as the Roman Catholic Church encourages. Because of the teachings of the Catholic Church, Roman Catholics feel unworthy to go to Jesus and feel, in their misguided humility, that they should go to her so that she could speak to her "Son" for them. Jesus paid the price for our Salvation, not Mary and He is the intermediary between us and the Father [I Timothy 2:5]. We lost contact with the Father in the Garden of Eden - and Christ paid the debt to repair the breach- The Catholic Bible is a little different than the Protestant Bible, but this really has nothing to do with why they have added so much to their church doctrine. All doctrine should come from the Scripture [II Timothy 3:16]. They have all the truths of the Bible but they have added much more and some of it has been given place in contradicting Scripture. The Protestant Churches accept only those Biblical books which the Jews at the time of Christ had accepted as Scripture or as canon. The Roman Catholic Church accepts those but also a number of additional ones [all Old Testament] which even they don't say are inspired by God but they are good for historical reference, such as Maccabees I and II which give us some of the history between the Old and New Testaments. I hope this is of some help to you...I believe the book I mentioned above would be much more helpful than I and would help clarify things a little better. Itiswritten. |
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95 | Why are movies like Harry Potter bad? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77314 | ||
Dear TLenard6, Harry Potter movies and books are considered bad by many Christians because they teach the principals of witchcraft and cause the reader to sympathize with Harry's character who practices deceit and disrespect and the like. It is the first time in this country or in Western society that I have heard of such a rage over a "make believe" book that promoted things that our culture never thought of as good character traits. Really the problem is they are designed for the young who are impressionable and with crime so prevalent these days, it is not a good influence. It is not that there is "make-believe" supernatural things talked about in the story but good is not portrayed as good and evil as evil. Deceit and disrespect are not good for society. However, in "Lord of the Rings" for example...there is good, there is evil, there is the supernatural. But good character traits are portrayed as good and evil character traits are portrayed as evil. This is a much better influence on young impressionable minds. This is my opinion. Itiswritten |
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96 | Why are movies like Harry Potter bad? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 77315 | ||
Dear TLenard6, Harry Potter movies and books are considered bad by many Christians because they teach the principals of witchcraft and cause the reader to sympathize with Harry's character who practices deceit and disrespect and the like. It is the first time in this country or in Western society that I have heard of such a rage over a "make believe" book that promoted things that our culture never thought of as good character traits. Really the problem is they are designed for the young who are impressionable and with crime so prevalent these days, it is not a good influence. It is not that there is "make-believe" supernatural things talked about in the story but good is not portrayed as good and evil as evil. Deceit and disrespect are not good for society. However, in "Lord of the Rings" for example...there is good, there is evil, there is the supernatural. But good character traits are portrayed as good and evil character traits are portrayed as evil. This is a much better influence on young impressionable minds. This is my opinion. Itiswritten |
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97 | is lent in the bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 80039 | ||
To Gad, There is no dirrective that you must observe lent according to the Bible. I too was raised as a Roman Catholic. I have not remained in the Catholic Church but I do understand your situation. Let me first say, you are not under pain of sin that if you do not observe lent you will go to hell or you will be considered as sinning. However, do not use the liberty you have as a born-again believer to weaken someone you may be involved with (a boyfriend/girlfriend, mother, father, friend, cousin, sister, brother, etc)that if you flaunt your freedom in Christ, you may cause them to sin. (I Cor. 8:9). For instance, if you are with someone to whom you wish to be witness, do not gobble up a desert in front of them to make your point. If they do it with you and really in their heart think of it as a sin, it is a sin for them and you will be causing them to sin. But you are not bound by it. I, for one, do not think you can leglislate good acts in a general sense. I, however, do not think it is entirely wrong to encourage a time of introspection and reflection which would cause repentance and correction in the body of Christ. Having said this, many Protestants and even many Roman Catholics may not realize what the good of this "lent" process is. For one thing it is biblical to fast and seek the presence of God. Putting down the body helps our spiritual nature rise up and become stronger or allow us to be more spiritually aware. This is not a bad thing. The way Lent is set up in the Roman Catholic Church is that it begins with Ash Wednesday. The ashes used are the burned remaining palms from the previous Palm Sunday. The priest dips his finger into the ashes and makes a cross on the foreheads of the believer to remind him/her that he/she comes from the dust of the ground and to that ground his/her body shall return. From this day on the fasting begins and is over on Easter Sunday when we all celebrate the greatest event in all of Christendom. Without the resurrection all Christianity is in vain. While believers fast, they are supposed to be dwelling on the suffering and death of Jesus Christ who paid for our sinful selves and who made us able to live forever in the next life with Him and His Father. It is a worthy exercise to have a regular time to do this self-examination. The problem is that because it is legislated by the Catholic Church on a regular basis, many ignore it or have forgotten the meaning behind the outward actions they are taking. I hope these comments somehow are helpful to you. Itiswritten. |
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98 | are saudi arabians from Ishmael's line | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 80257 | ||
Dear Restoration, All the Arabs are descendants of Ishmael. That does not mean all who follow the religion of Islam are descendants of Ishmael. Iran are mostly of Persian descent. This would make them of European stock (so to speak), and some of these Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, have people of mixed origins. There are many who follow Islam in Africa and Indonesia and many of the Island people. These are not usually of Arab stock. But technically, those of pure Arab descent are from Ishmael. Itiswritten. |
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99 | God not around sin how satan go to him | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 80266 | ||
Dear glazedoughnut, I don't believe that the Bible tells us that God CANNOT be in the presence of sin. It does say that no MAN CAN SEE GOD (AS IN GOD THE FATHER) AND LIVE, so that our sinful flesh cannot continue after coming into the conscious presence of a full revelation of HIM. (Ex. 33:20-23)And God does not care to look at sin or be in the presence of sin. However, God is limited by nothing. So, I do not believe that it is true that God CANNOT be in the presence of sin. He went down and looked at man in his rebellion concerning the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:5) and He (Genesis 6:6 and 6:7)repented that he had made man on the earth and decided to flood the earth and destroy almost all that He had created. He even spoke to the serpent. And even in the beginning He spoke directly to the serpent and to Satan in Genesis 3:14-15. No, God is not limited by evil. He is master of all and for this short time He allows the devil to speak to Him.(Rev. 12:10-11) I hope I have answered clearly as I am having a little trouble with my connection. I hope this is helpful. Itiswritten. |
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100 | "Stations of the cross" only Catholic? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 80387 | ||
Dear Dmaldona, I am a born again Christian who has been formerly raised as a Roman Catholic. As far as I know The stations of the cross are only observed by Roman Catholics. It is a beautiful tradition and a worthy exercise in that it calls the believer to meditate on the suffering and death of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, but it is not biblically taught so it would be foreign to most Protestant (if not all) denominations. I do not know if the Eastern rite (such as the Greek Orthodox Church) has this tradition...it is possible. If there are any born again Christians in this forum who are originally from the Greek Orthodox tradition, I would be curious to know if they also have such tradition. Itiswritten. |
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