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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: ngkh Ordered by Verse |
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81 | Why God allows such tragedy | Rom 8:28 | ngkh | 140834 | ||
I have asked the following question before in my early days of being a christian and studying the Bible. "Why did God kills" i.e. re Amalakites,etc and have accepted the probable reasons explained then. Perhaps they really deserve to be wiped out. I am asking the same question again with the recent events happening in South East Asia i.e. the high number of death in the tsunami tragedy. If God is so full of grace and that He loves us so much that I believe Him to be, why is He allowing such massive deaths to happen? Please teach me how to explain to a non believer that God loves us that he sacrificed His son for our sins but then he still allowed such tragedy to happen. When I saw a news footage of a man on CNN who lost everything, wife, kids, house, I asked myself. Why? |
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82 | Why God allows such tragedy | Rom 8:28 | ngkh | 140871 | ||
Thank you EdB. You've made me realised again how easily I will point fingers at others but myself and how easily I can doubt. However, as my search continues, I believe I am being led to his Grace about giving too. Luke 6:38, Proverbs 11:24-25 Thanks again to all who shared. |
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83 | Aren't we in the age of GRACE? | Rom 8:28 | ngkh | 141050 | ||
Thank you pastor for your insights. However, I thought with the coming of Christ, Paul said that we are no longer ruled by law but by grace. And if I understand correctly, Grace is undeserved favour and if we believe in Lord, grace is FREE. No works required for they would be dead works. We only need to believe and have faith that God loves us, blessings instead of harms shall come to us. Galatians 3:10-14 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”[c] 11Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”[d] 12The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”[e] 13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”[f] 14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Roman 8:1-4 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,[a] 2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature,[b] God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering.[c] And so he condemned sin in sinful man,[d] 4in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. Galatians 3:25 25Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. I am confused here. If the people who died or suffered in tsunami tragedy are in their wicked ways, I would agree with the scriptures you have quoted. But I'm not sure the scriptures you have quoted will apply in this case. I can accept EdB's explanation but I'm afraid I can't agree with yours. Unless, I am wrong in my belief. |
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84 | Sorry | Rom 8:28 | ngkh | 141059 | ||
Dear Pastor Glen, I am sorry if I have mistook your earlier sharing. I felt the scriptures posted earlier involved 1) sinning 2) blaspheming the Lord, 3) did not repent which means that laws are broken. And if they did, they now face the wrath of God - all the victims including children in the tragedy deserve this for they all have sinned and did not repent. As for EdB's sharing, he made me realised what I did. I was judging God. I now felt that I was wrong for judging God in trying to seek an explanation why the event took place the way it did and by His Grace I hope He will forgive me for having such thoughts. I still am unable to comprehend this matter but when I read your earlier post. It gave me a picture that all of them deserve the wrath - the Indonesians, Sri Lankans, Indians, Thais as well as Europeans whom I believe are Christians too for they have not repented. We will never know if those dead Christians are what 1John 2:3 said they are, will we? That's why I could not agree with you. Pls correct me if I misundertood further. Even your new post mentioned repentence, disobedience, evil. |
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85 | Sorry | Rom 8:28 | ngkh | 141103 | ||
Dear Pastor Glen, Perhaps I am still trying to see things in my own logical carnal mind or I thought I have completely surrendered myself but in actual fact have not so. Again I may not have humbled myself completely before Him for I stll question when something crops up which I felt is not right. Proverbs 3:5 and 6 had always been in my mind and it crops up to me quite often in my 18 months walk with the Lord. But then again, I find it very difficult to accept certain events as they are. My apology if I have in any way offended you. |
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86 | Aren't we in the age of GRACE? | Rom 8:28 | ngkh | 141160 | ||
Hi Doc, Allow me to share some thoughts about my understanding of grace. If I'm not wrong or if I understood a Pastor's message correctly according to Romans 8:1-4, as we have faith in God, so shall He have the holy spirit in us to guide us. Thus the holy spirit in us will sort of take over and therefore we will not live according to the sinful nature. For e.g. the following was my experience. Before I came to the Lord, at times when I was presented the bill after a meal, I noticed that the restaurant had left some items out. Did I call the waiter to inform him of the error. I am ashamed to admit that I quickly paid the bill and thought how lucky I was. However, same scenarios happened again now after being a christian. With no hesitation, I have always informed the waiter of the error and paid what ever is due. Was I afraid of the law? I don't think so. The law was never in my mind. I believe the holy spirit in me told me to do what is right. By living in the age of grace, I believe it means that the holy spirit is in us now when we believe and by Jesus blood, even when I have sinned in the past, I've got a clean slate the moment I said my sinners prayer and by growing in Him, the holy spirit will dwell in me that I no longer have to think about the law for as Paul had said the law shall have no dominion over me. Question is, do I truly believe that the holy sprit is in me? I believe it does. But then again, why am I at times questioned God when I believe that the spirit is in me? If I questioned God which means my faith level is only at this height, does it mean that the spirit I have is only in my head? I don't know. Perhaps Pastor Glen will be kind to help me out on this. As per my church's theme for this year. "Grow yourselves to grow others". I wondered on how on earth do I grow. After 18 months, I still have yet to read the bible from cover to cover and there are so much things I want to comprehend. |
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87 | Aren't we in the age of GRACE? | Rom 8:28 | ngkh | 141263 | ||
Yeap, God is good to me. I felt His lead from the 1st day the seed was planted. I get answers almost immediately in the strangest ways via scriptures when I tried to fight. Incidents that I put off as coincidences initially were too much for me to ignore. Incidents that fall into place one by one that finally lead me to sinners prayer. I really know what God's timing means. Thank you all for all the sharing. Learned a lot these few days of postings. God Bless. |
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88 | Aren't we in the age of GRACE? | Rom 8:28 | ngkh | 141289 | ||
Thank you for the lead, Pastor Glenn. However, I'm not sure that I understand Romans 7:25 25Thanks be to God–through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. Does it mean that its alright to question and eventhough I would like to be in Gods laws its ok to be sinful because I'm a natural sinner? which is contradictory to Romans 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. If the Spirit is in me, I should not have this sinful nature but if I am going to sin (which everyone is expected to) then the spirit is not in us. Do you follow what I am trying to say? We can be or at least I think I am in both situation but the Roman 8:9 clearly stated otherwise. Would you classify questioning and doubting God a sin? |
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89 | Why God chooses ? | Rom 9:11 | ngkh | 159011 | ||
Why did God choose ( show preference)? 1) Isaac against Ishmael 2) Jacob against Esau 3) Joseph and his brothers which lead to more than 2 thousand years of fighting and it seems no end to it. Does not God knows what the actions of the rejected will be? |
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90 | Thanks Doc but.... | Rom 9:11 | ngkh | 159017 | ||
Thank you Doc. I think you might have mistaken me for another person. I'm not Rig. Its John. Anyway, does it mean that God can discriminate whosoever He wishes even if the poor discrimated fella had done no wrong?Does that not amount to forsake? |
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91 | Thanks Doc but.... | Rom 9:11 | ngkh | 159024 | ||
Heh,heh. Thought I knew Romans. Aparently not. Will heed your advise. Thanks again | ||||||
92 | what Bible says about poison your body | Rom 12:1 | ngkh | 159623 | ||
Hi Tay, I was a smoker for more than 25 years and before the Lord took away that desire last year, I was advised by the following scripture about quiting smoking or even suicide. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. Hope this help. God Bless. |
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93 | is smoking a sin? | 1 Cor 6:12 | ngkh | 161246 | ||
Hi Brenda, The advice I've got when I was a smoker then is 1Cor6:19-20 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. Thus we know smoking is bad for our body and will we not dishonor God if we defile our body? Anyway, God is good. He took away my 25 yrs habit in one evening outside my church 1 year ago and I never took another one since then. No yearnings, no withdrawl symptons. I believe with the prayers from my fellow bros and sis and of course His grace was I able to kick the habit just like that. I suppose getting rid of my habit was one of His ways towards my change. I did not try, He just took it away. Praise the Lord. |
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94 | Paul discourages marriage? | 1 Cor 7:1 | ngkh | 142087 | ||
In NIV, Paul wrote 1 Corinthian 7:1-2 1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry.[a] 2But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. Did he meant that we should not marry since "it is good not to marry" but we can compromise and marry because of our immoral self and is this the reason why catholic priests and brothers are not allowed to marry? |
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95 | Priests not allowed to marry | 1 Cor 7:1 | ngkh | 142329 | ||
Hi Doc, Thanks for your input. I'm ever more confused. If Paul meant that without a spouse, the person can serve the Lord better thus the Catholic priests and brothers are not wrong to remain unmarried as they have sworn to priesthood or brotherhood following Paul in 1 Corinthian 7, but they contradict 1 Timothy 4 which assumed that they are deceived by demons just because they are not allowed to marry. BTW, I have updated the profile but I don't really know what info is required. God Bless |
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96 | SPEAKING IN TONGUES IN CHURCH?? | 1 Cor 14:26 | ngkh | 159472 | ||
My thoughts to this question. Commentaries Even an apostle could not edify, unless he spoke so as to be understood by his hearers. To speak words that have no meaning to those who hear them, is but speaking into the air. That cannot answer the end of speaking, which has no meaning; in this case, speaker and hearers are barbarians to each other. All religious services should be so performed in Christian assemblies, that all may join in, and profit by them. Language plain and easy to be understood, is the most proper for public worship, and other religious exercises. Every true follower of Christ will rather desire to do good to others, than to get a name for learning or fine speaking. (1Co 14:15-25) What Paul said is when you preach or sharing the Word, do not use a language that is not understood speaking in tongues included. But when we pray, it is between us and the Lord, and I believe praying in tongues in a spiritual language connecting to God as God is Spirit. John 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." I've never heard of a sermon spoken in tongues except when he and the whole church pray. If you would really open up your mind to the Lord and try praying in tongues, you can really feel a difference whether you have connected with God or just shooting blanks which I sometimes felt too. |
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97 | What's the Greek word 4 worship Jn 4:24 | 1 Cor 14:26 | ngkh | 159679 | ||
Thank you for moving me to seek the Greek understanding as I do not know. From what I understand from 4:24 context and the following is a passage that I obtained from the study. The verse was in reply to a question by a Samartian woman who supposed that the true God could only be worshipped in a Temple of some form. To correct her essentially materialist view of worship, Jesus declared that God the Father, being spiritual by nature, can only be worshipped "in spirit and in truth" (John 4:24). Thus true worship does not require physical devices like temples, church buildings, wooden crosses, or any of the apparatus that was used by the Jews in their temple -- true worship is to make contact with God through the spirit in man, for God is Himself spiritual by nature. There is a real diference between "a spirit" and "spiritual". A man may be spiritual whether he has a physical body or not, because the word defines his nature, not his form or substance. Thus Abraham, who is a spirit in Paradise (the spirit world), is spiritual; but when he was on earth in right relationship with God he was also spiritual. Thus to be spiritual is not to indicate whether the person possesses a physical body or not. However, by your encouragement, I am learning my first Greek but I don't think we are to kiss like a dog licking the master's hand, among other translations if one insist on using the above translation. I am only trying to highlight that true worship is to make contact with God through the spirit in man, for God is Himself spiritual by nature. How would you define the spirit in man? Can I say that God only understand English, Greek or Hebrews? Then why not tongues? Did I said that only tongues get connected? What I meant was that at times when I pray in my native language or English for that matter, I felt that the spirit was not in me (shooting blanks) when I made that prayer but when I pray in tongues, I felt the spirit in me at these times. Perhaps I might have written something that might not be agreeable to someone but like I said at the first instance, it's my thoughts and my experiences with the Lord. I am not saying that everyone should do it but I do encourage it. If you disagree, fine! I will always remember the lesson that I am constantly encouraged by the Lord. Proverbs 3:5-6 God Bless. |
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98 | interaciall marriage | 2 Cor 6:14 | ngkh | 153508 | ||
Dear Terrib, What do you think about the following verses 1Cor7:12-14 12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. I would have thought that marrying an unbeliever is ok. |
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99 | The work of God: hearing with faith? | Gal 3:5 | ngkh | 144563 | ||
As for me, I truly believe in the works of the holy spirit. John 14:15-17 15“If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever– 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. John 7:38 38Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” By truly believing, surrendering and "faithing "(no such word in english?- its like a continous tense of faith or "Pistis" in Greek if I am not wrong), I believe the Holy Spirit's guidance is in me, in my growth with the Lord when I realised what God had planned on my character building (one thing after another) by the church, blessings that came, peace,etc. In some ways, I felt a lot of Christians that I know have worked and worked for their salvation and found themselves disillusioned by the works. Would it be wrong if I were to say that, we need not try do anything at all for our salvation? If God has a task for me, I will feel the Spirits guidance when I am called to work. Thus I don't go searching for things to do to please anyone in church - not even my pastors. However, It does not mean I do not serve the Lord at all. I do when I sensed the Holy Spirit instruction either by the word or situations that arises that I will be involved in for the works will then be spiritually led and thus far, all the tasks or assignments that I've done, even when things seems hopeless, He will always prevail and things just fell into place after much prayers of course. As long as I know that whatever I am doing is for His purpose and no one else, I'll be fine. I'm also an advocate on God's timing. Eccl. 3:1 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: Thus even if things don't work out, I do not feel frustrated. Dissapointed yes but not anger. Just my own feelings. |
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100 | The work of God: hearing with faith? | Gal 3:5 | ngkh | 144609 | ||
Funny but I was once told that in each and everyone of us already reside a spirit and only when we hear the Gospel, the Holy Spirit will knock on our door, " Would you like me to come in?" Then it will be our choice. If we say no, the Holy Spirit will back off until we decide to say yes and the fellowship begins. Does this make sense? |
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