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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: prayon Ordered by Verse |
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821 | What is the law of liberty? | James 2:12 | prayon | 12007 | ||
As Christians we are saved by grace, not faith and not by keeping the old laws, but as Christians, we are required to obey Christ. God's grace does not cancel our duty to obey Him, it gives it a new basis. It is not longer an external set of rules but it a "law of liberty". | ||||||
822 | what about | James 2:14 | prayon | 58775 | ||
Greetings dasev, Mark 16:17 states: "and these signs will follow those who believe: In my name they will cast our demons; THEY WILL SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES; ....." The word never dies. It is still as strong today as it was then. prayon | ||||||
823 | how we ofend others with our mouths | James 3:3 | prayon | 33473 | ||
Greetings wkmaloff; The bible tells us that "the toungue gets out of control. They are restless and evil and always spreading deadly poison." James 3:8. "It only takes a spark to start a forest fire. The tongue is like a spark. It is an evil power that dirties the rest of the body and sets a person's entire life on fire with flames that come from hell itself." James (3:5b-7) We not only can offend others with our mouths but the bad words that come out of our mouths can make us unclean also (Matt 15:11). The words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God (Matt 15:18). We must truly be careful of what we say at all times. We can hurt others with what comes out of our mouths. We can speak curses on others with our mouths. We can destroy a soul and we can even lead others away from God with our mouths. The words that come out of our mouth should always be acceptable to God and honor Him. prayon |
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824 | Is dressing like someone - submission | James 4:7 | prayon | 175289 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum! NO! Absolutely not! Submit: To yield, resign or surrender to the power, will or authority of another; with the reciprocal pronoun. Submission: 1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another. 2. Obedience; compliance with the commands or laws of a superior. Submission of children to their parents is an indispensable duty. 3. Resignation; a yielding of one's will to the will or appointment of a superior without murmuring. Entire and cheerful submission to the will of God is a christian duty of prime excellence. (definitions from Websters Dictionary). We are to be obedient to the pastor and submit to the authority that God has placed in him. But submitting does not mean imitating or copying. The only person we are to imitate is Jesus Chirst (Eph 5:1) Hope his helps. prayon |
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825 | A woman of discretion embraces - | 1 Peter | prayon | 21798 | ||
smileysue, First Peter tells us that we must be submissive to the unbelieving husband so that he may be won over by our actions. Paul goes on to tell us in 1Cor 7:12-16 that we are not to divorce the unbelieving spouse because the husband is made holy through the believing wife and vice versa. In Isaiah 3 I dont believe you can count how many items they had. What the author was stressing was that the women of Judah had placed their emphasis on clothing and jewelry rather than God. They dressed to be noticed, to gain approval and to be fashionable. They were being self centered and self serving. smileysue, when you have quetions about more than 1 passage please put it in 2 different questions. It makes it easier to give a better answer. Thanks prayon |
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826 | Is a Pastor and Bishop the same thing? | 1 Peter | prayon | 52414 | ||
Pcarr, in some churches a bishop is over a pastor. He may be responsible for the churches in a certain district and be their representative. prayon | ||||||
827 | Who is Peter writing to his 1st Epistle? | 1 Pet 1:1 | prayon | 89161 | ||
Greetings Zelos4u, Peter is writing to the pilgrims of the Dispersion in various areas. The pilgrims were strangers that were not in their own country. When Rome burned by order of the emperor Nero and because of the persecution many of the Christians fled to other lands. Because of this persecution Peter sent them a letter to encourage them. prayon |
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828 | what is following His Footsteps to you? | 1 Pet 2:21 | prayon | 60638 | ||
Greetings inheavenseyes, I agree with Makarios but I want to add that Christ was an example that we need to imitate. We are called to suffer without flinching, if need be, for we see in Jesus the greatest example of one who suffered unjustly without striking back. We will at sometime have to endure some sort of persecution. Christ-like behavior on the part of the believer in the midst of such trials results in the strengthening and perfecting of the Christian on earth. Christ set a pattern for us to follow that in suffering or persecution we are to have Christ's patience and love in dealing with the trial before us. prayon |
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829 | My wife filed for separation; what can I | 1 Pet 3:1 | prayon | 25064 | ||
Greetings BJK Chriss! That would be an impossible quesion to answer not knowing the situation or reasons that she left. I can tell you that with God anything is possible. I would suggest that you pray that God will open your eyes to the entire situation and give you the wisdom to proceed in the way that He would want you to. If you want to write me my address is in my user info. I could probably be more specific if I knew more. God Bless You. prayon | ||||||
830 | what does 1 Peter 3:3 mean? | 1 Pet 3:3 | prayon | 2340 | ||
When you consider verse 4 with verse 3 it is saying that you should not try to draw people to you with lots of jewelry, fancy hair styles, or fine and/or extravagant clothes. Instead let people be drawn to you by by what is important to God - your meek, gentle, humble spirit and loving nature. There is nothing wrong in wearing jewelry as long as you wear it so as not to draw attention to yourself because of the jewelry. It along with all other outward appearence items should be worn humbly, modestly and tastefully. | ||||||
831 | Noah and his family | 1 Pet 3:20 | prayon | 6046 | ||
Genesis 6:13 says that God was determined to make an end to ALL flesh, however, Noah had found favor with the Lord (Gen 6:8). God instructed Noah to take his household, Noah, his wife, their 3 sons and the sons wives, into the ark, for Noah alone was righteous before God (Gen 7:1). Genesis 7:23 tells us that the God blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, human beings and animals...only Noah was left and those in the ark. It was a physical salvation. We now know that this did truly take place in the physical because God has allowed the ark to be found on the top of Mt Arafat. prayon | ||||||
832 | A SIN TO FILE BANKRUPTCY | 1 Pet 4:10 | prayon | 129624 | ||
Greetings, Since there is no scripture that I know of I will tell you what I believe. I believe that it lays with the reason for the bankruptsy. Sometimes we get into a hardship because of something that was beyond our control - such as a medical problem, loss of a job, disability or other situations beyond our control. When those situations arise, if we have been good stewards of our finances I do not believe that it is a sin to file a bankruptsy. However if one is filing because of greed, carelessness or the like then I believe that we are responsible for our debts. I hope that helps. prayon | ||||||
833 | 1 John passages interpretation | 1 John | prayon | 60654 | ||
Greetings, In 1John 8 the water is referring to Jesus baptism. Water and blood constitute the external objective witnesses to who Christ is. They refer to the baptism and death (blood). In 1John 3:4-8 When we are born again we become a member of God's family. It is inconsistant for a member of God's family, who should bear the family likeness to practice sin. In doing so he would be denying the family likeness and repudiating God's will. John does not say that the one who abides in Christ does not commit a single act of sin, instead he declares no one who dwells in Him is practicing sin. He may, and does, commit individual acts of sin, but he does not habitually live a life of sin because sin in incompatible with the believer's position in Christ. Sin unto death is any premeditated and unconfessed sin that causes the Lord to determine to end to the believers life. It is not an indivdual sin like murder or lying, but whatever sin is the final one in the tolerance of God. Again John is indicating here that no one who has been born of God habitually engages in sin. In this last verse John is highlighting the importance of adherence to the fundamentals of the faith. He is referring here to the false teachers that withdrew from the brotherhood with which they had formally been associated. The false teachers upheld the world's philosophy as superior to God's revelation as demonstratedd in their perversion of basic Christian teaching. John warns the children of Christ to protect themselves from their false beliefs and practices. Faith in Jesus and dedication of one's life to Him make one an overcomer. In 4:17 the judgement referred to is the time when we stand before dthe judgement seat of Christ. (answers taken from Everyman's Bible Comentary and MacArthur Study Bible) prayon |
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834 | forgiveness confirmed? | 1 John 1:1 | prayon | 61172 | ||
Greetings GJH, Suppose you owned a business and you had an employee that had just told you that he was going to quit. Now this employee was your best employee. He worked long hours without high wages. He did overtime to get the job done and never charged you a cent. He was one of those employees who went above and beyond the call of duty. What would you do to get this employee to stay? Would you tell him just about anything to stay? Well when you were not walking with God you were walking with Satan. He does not want to loose you back to Jesus. He will do and say anything to get you to doubt your faith in God. He is truly a deceiver. He will deceive you in all ways. You do not have to and probably won't experience anything "definative" to confirm your relationship. The bible tells you that your relationship has been restored! You are forgiven and your slate has been wiped clean! You must believe and know in your heart that God has forgiven you and the angels in heaven are rejoicing your return. Never doubt God. God is not a God of fear. Fear belongs to Satan. Do not allow Satan to get a foothold in your life by getting you to question God. Claim your Joy!!! prayon |
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835 | Should a preacher be revered | 1 John 2:20 | prayon | 165453 | ||
Greetiings Mcp05, According to the definitions below the answer is no. We should be respectful and obedient to our pastors but we should by no means worship or idolize them. They are servants just as we are but with a different calling on their lives. Revered REVE'RED,1) Regarded with fear mingled with respect and affection; 2) To regard with awe, deference, and devotion. 3) profoundly honored; "revered holy men" 4) worthy of adoration or reverence Synonyms: revere, worship, venerate, adore, idolize Hope this answers your question. prayon |
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836 | sin unto death | 1 John 5:16 | prayon | 50993 | ||
Greetings new creature, 1John was not written to any particular person or church. It was sent as a pastorial letter to several Gentile congregations as well as all believers everywhere. It was written by John about 85-90 AD. Commentators differ widely in their thoughts whether this is a spiritual or physical death. The contrst to the phrase "there is sin leading to death" with "there is sin not leading to death" signifies that the writer distinguishes between sins that lead to a physical death and those that do not. That is not to identify a certain kind of mortal or not mortal sin, but to say not all sins are so judged by God. John, in this verse, was refering to those who had left the Christian fellowship and joined the antichrists. This situation, I believe, refers to the spiritual death since once they went against Christ they had lost their way to salvation. I could not find any conclusive evidence whether the "brother" is a believer or not. However, I believe that it is refering to a believer since we are told to watch over our brothers in Matt., (Sorry couldn't fnd the verse). There are a number of interpretations of what "sin unto death" means. The most common view is that which sees the sin unto death as the sin of a Christian which results in physical death rather than spiritual death. (1Cor 11:30). Sin unto death" could be any premeditated and unconfessed sin that causes the Lord to determine to end a believer's life. It is not one particular sin like lying or homosexuality, but whatever sin is the final one in the tolerance of God. Failure to repent of and forsake sin may eventually lead to physical death as judgement of God(Acts5:1-11; 1Cor 5:5;11:30). As for you last question I will leave that to someone else - I have no idea... (ref: Life Appl Bible; MacArthur Study Bible; Everyman's Bible Commentary) prayon |
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837 | Jude 1:9 and Zec 3:2 | Jude 1:9 | prayon | 104532 | ||
yes it does. Jude is telling here how Michael deferred to the ultimate sovereign power of the Lord. He followed the example of given in Zech 3:2 which gave the illustration of how Christians are to deal with Satan and demons. prayon | ||||||
838 | read and understand the question | Revelation | prayon | 1396 | ||
I have done a lot of studying of the book of Revelations. I have found that the best book is by Hal Lindsey. He explains it verse by verse in great detail. I am sorry but I cannot remember the name. I am sure any Christian bookstore will be able to tell you. | ||||||
839 | Who is the Bride of Christ? | Revelation | prayon | 1417 | ||
Jesus Christ refered to the faithful church as his bride in the New Testament. The Old Testament prophets (including John the Baptist), the tribulation martyrs, and the hosts of Heaven are the guests of the bridegroom. |
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840 | What are the seven seals? | Revelation | prayon | 1419 | ||
Paul in his vision on the island of Patmos states that he "saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back it was sealed with seven seals." (Rev 5:1) The seven seals were all forms of judgement and are the first of three seven-part judgements. Each seal is opened by Christ and sets in motion the events that will an end to human history. The contents of the scroll reveal mans corrupt and perverted morals and show Gods authority over the events of human history. The seven seals contain the following: Seal 1: A white horse with the rider carrying a bow and a crown. It came out to conquer. Seal 2: A bright red horse - it's rider was allowed to take peace from the world. Seal 3: A black horse with the rider holding a pair of scales in its hand. The scale symbolizes a scarcity of food. Seal 4: A pale green horse, its rider's name was Death and Hades followed with him. They will kill 1/4 of the worlds population. Seal 5: Tells of the cries of the slain tribulation martyrs. They were each given a white robe and told to wait a little longer. Seal 6: Opening of this seal will produce a mighty earthquake, the moon will become red, the stars of the sky will fall, and the sun will darken. The sky will vanish and every mountain and island will be moved. Seal 7: There will be 1/2 hour pause before the judgement of the 7th seal. 7 trumpets were given to 7 angels standing before the throne. Another angel came and was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of the saints. Then the angel took the censer filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth and there was thunder, lightning and an earthquake. Seals 1-6 are found in Revelations 6, Seal 7 is found in Revelation 8. |
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