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841 | Get behind me, who? | Matt 16:23 | Aixen7z4 | 97444 | ||
He said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan!" Do you think you know why Jesus spoke to Peter in that way? Have you ever spoken to someone in that way? Have you ever been tempted to turn to someone and say, "Do that, Satan!"? It is evident that we are influenced by both God and Satan in what we think and say and do. You are thinking of David, and Judas Iscariot, and Ananias and Sapphira, and now, Peter. And isn't it sad? Jesus had recently said to Peter, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah" (Mat 16:17). And now he seems to be identifying him with Satan. I have asked several questions here, but the essential pair is this: Do you recognize the influence Satan in our lives, and how do you confront it when you see it in a brother or a sister? |
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842 | How do we "contend for the faith"? | Jude 1:3 | Aixen7z4 | 97162 | ||
And is it not too late now? Jude seemed to be so concerned about the coming in of false doctrine, he put aside a discussion of salvation to deal with it. And even today it seems there are so many false doctrines to contend with, we hardly have time to talk about salvation. Can we effectively contend for the faith today? In that day it was the church to keep false dctrine out. But by this time it has taken root and infested and permeated the church. Is that stating it too strongly? Now it seems that anyone trying to root out false doctrine is, in a sense, on the outside, and reaching in. What many have tried to do is to start a new church and then to keep it pure. But what they are really starting is a new denomination and they are immediately infected with the sin of sectarianism. They are not able to keep the small group pure, and the larger church is left to go from bad to worse. Does Jude's exhortation apply to the church of today at all? Or is the church, as J.N. Darby says, beyond repair? Nevertheless, Paul says that Jesus has made provision "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish". And Jude commits the church unto him that is able to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. So let it be. |
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843 | How do you say "repent" gently? | Acts 3:26 | Aixen7z4 | 97159 | ||
And how do you warn them with love? Of Course, John Reformed is correct to point out that we must preach Isaiah 1:20 along with verse 18. But we can point out that God does not want anyone to perish (2Pe 3:9). Punishment is his "strange work" (Isa 28:21) and he takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Eze 33:11). He does not force us; he gives us choices. But he encourages us to choose what is good for us (Deu 30:19). "You will be devoured with the sword" may sound harsh and I do not say we should avoid it. But we may temper it with words of love and entreaty. Our God is a consuming fire (Deu 4:24; Heb 12:29) but he is also love (1 john 4:16; 1 John 4:8). |
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844 | Why not sentences | Rev 22:18 | Aixen7z4 | 97095 | ||
The original writings were, I assume, in the form of sentences. That is the way thoughts are expressed in every language. There is a question why the editors did not decide to assign one verse to each sentence. Some sentences are broken up into verses. John 13:2,3,4 are one sentence. Granted the sentence is long, but so is Ester 8;9, and it is left as one verse. The chapter divisions are also curious as there are very long ones (John 6) and very short ones (Malachi 4). Even more interesting is the fact that a chapter can end with a comma (Acts 21). That can be somewhat disconcerting, The idea of paragraphs seems to be a good one, but that makes it more difficult to locate the verse numbers. Bibles that have verses looking like paragraphs usually add a "¶" to indicate paragrahs transitions. We should be thankful for the people who do these things to help us. They are monumental tasks and I suppose the quirks may be due to phenomena such as fatigue and loss of concentration. If we can live with the locations of the letter keys on a QWERTY keyboard, I suppose we can live with quirky subdivisions of words. We should be aware that these divisions are not like the original writings especially in the fact that they were not inspired. The problem with quoting verses is that we may think that each one is a complete thought. It is not. Someone has pointed out that Philippians 2:5-8 is one sentence, and one thought. How many of us read read the passage and dote upon the fact that Jesus thought that way (humbly) and miss the point that we should do the same. That was the intent of the author, and the author, lest we forget, is the Holy Spirit. The original writings were, I assume, in sentences, and we would do well to read our Bibles that way. |
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845 | HOW MANY PROMISES? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 97089 | ||
True, DarcyA, they are so many. Someone has said there are over 700. But you are also correct in saying that we need to define the term. Promises are everywhere in he Bible, but it is important to know who is making those promises, and to whom. It is also reasonable to say that the Bible is one promise. Or maybe we should say there are two: The Old Covenant and the New Covenant. Or perhaps we can say that there are 66, since each book of the Bible makes its own big promise. If there is only one promise, what would it be? I wonder. John says (1Jo 2:25) "this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life". But as you have noted, there are so many others. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. |
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846 | How do you say "repent" gently? | Acts 3:26 | Aixen7z4 | 97087 | ||
Surely you are correct, J.R., that "Repentance is essential" (Luke 13:3), and that it is "not a work which we manufacture" (John 1:13). One must also agree with Debbie that it takes "the Holy Spirit working in someone" (John 16:8). And now this seems to be a good common meeting ground where a Calvinist and an Armenian can witness to someone together. They can both tell them that God is commanding them to repent (Acts 17:30) and that it is he who is giving them the desire (Phil 2:13) and the privilege (Acts 11:18) and the ability to repent (Lam 5:21). It does seem that we should be able to present this is a pleasant, attractive, appealing way (as in Isaiah 1:18). They may not always accept the opportunity to do it (as in Isaiah 30:15) but they would not be able to blame us for being too harsh. |
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847 | How do we "contend for the faith"? | Jude 1:3 | Aixen7z4 | 96938 | ||
Please know that this writer did look for discussions of this verse before posting. He is aware of threads entitled "About the Forum" and "why I need to contend for faith?" The question here is how do we do it, and the suggestion is that we have to find another way, other than arguing. Speaking of traditions: I trust we can distinguish between the traditions we received from the world (Col 2:8;1Pe 1:18) and those we received from the apostles (2Th 3:6;2 Peter 3;2). These latter would actually constitute "the faith" that Jude is asking us to defend. |
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848 | How do we "contend for the faith"? | Jude 1:3 | Aixen7z4 | 96933 | ||
How do you "contend for the faith"? Jude says that it is an urgent necessity. The need comes up when a new doctrine when a new doctrine comes along that is contrary to what we have received in scripture. In context, Jude is noting the doctrine that the grace of God allows us to lead immoral lives. It seems that paul had been accused of teaching this and he had made it clear (Romans 6) that they had misquoted him. On the contrary he had taught that the grace of God teaches us to deny ungodliness (Titus 2). But now that doctrine was being preached and the church was to contend for the faith, apparently to keep such doctrines out. It may be fair to say that other false doctrines have come into the church since that time. So we may be called to contend for the faith again. Since "the servant of the Lord must not strive" (2 Tim 2;24) then how do we do it? How do we contend for the faith? |
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849 | How do you say "repent" gently? | Acts 3:26 | Aixen7z4 | 96932 | ||
How do you explain the concept of repentance to a person who is not saved? The word "Repent" may seem harsh and demanding; it may even have connotations of condemnation. And yet, it has its place in a presentation of the Gospel. It is, along with faith, something that God requires if a person will be saved. How do you break this news gently, say, to a friend? I say this to encourage us to not leave it out if we find that it's unpleasant. A person who professes faith without exercising repentance may find himself with an empty profession. We may not want to give someone a false assurance of salvation. And yet, I say, the word "Repent" seems harsh. How do you present it? Peter seems to be saying in Acts 3 (Note verse 26) that God is turning us to himself. Yes, the very thing he is asking us to do, he is helping us to do. The Old Testament saints seem to have understood this as they prayed "Turn us again, O God" (See Psalm 80 and 85, for example). It occurs to me that when a person is willing to listen to the Gospel it shows the Holy Spirit is inclining his heart away from sin and toward God. We might ask the sinner to recognize this, to be thankful for it, and to cooperate with it. |
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850 | What did the disciples understand? | Mark 10:30 | Aixen7z4 | 96737 | ||
Talk about surprises! I agree with you. Like you, I would hate to think that I had given every cent I have to the poor and they didn’t understand the message of Christ. But CDBJ, we are not talking about doing that. We are talking about the fact Jesus promised to give believers these things. You may have decided to not preach that part of Jesus' message to people who do not know him. (In context, Jesus was talking to those who had already believed). But when they do come to know him they may read that and they may ask us what it means. That is what happened. What do we tell them? I hope we will tell them, "Mi casa es su casa. My house is your house". As we have opportunity, we should do good to all men, especially to those who are of the household of faith. With them, we should practice hospitality and other forms of sharing. So being affectionately desirous of them, let us be willing to impart unto them, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because they are dear unto us. We do not need bleeding hearts, but we do need soft hearts. So be kind one to another, tenderhearted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. We will be helping to fulfil his promises as well. If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well. |
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851 | Does that make it clearer? | Mark 10:30 | Aixen7z4 | 96734 | ||
ma maison est votre maison la mia casa è la vostra casa mijn huis is uw huis Spread the word. |
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852 | The Holy Spirit was guiding them? | Mark 10:30 | Aixen7z4 | 96732 | ||
I would like to think that we are guided by the word of God, and whatever we do, we should be able to relate it to the word of God. If, on the other hand we see something in the word of God, we should enquire how it is to be put into practice on our lives. When you meet a new believer who seeks an application for the word of God, it would be nice if we can show him how we have applied it. If we want to be teachers we should also aim to be models. They understand it better when they see it. That makes it clearer. |
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853 | The Holy Spirit was guiding them? | Mark 10:30 | Aixen7z4 | 96731 | ||
I would like to think that we are guided by the word of God, and whatever we do, we should be able to relate it to the word of God. If, on the other hand we see something in the word of God, we should enquire how it is to be put into practice on our lives. When you meet a new believer who seeks an application for the word of God, it would be nice if we can show him how we have applied it. If we want to be teachers we should also aim to be models. They understand it better when they see it. That makes it clearer. |
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854 | Does that make it clearer? | Mark 10:30 | Aixen7z4 | 96728 | ||
No Señor, I am not seeking your lands or your house or your money. Matter of fact I would like you to know that there are three extra bedrooms in this house that I live in and think of as his house, and you are free to stop by and use them any time you are in my town. I think you could have sid "Mi casa es su casa" and stopped there. I hope we can get rid of that fear that someone is after our land and house and money. Actually they are not ours at all, but the Lord's, and I suspect that he wants us to share them. |
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855 | The Holy Spirit was guiding them? | Mark 10:30 | Aixen7z4 | 96722 | ||
I understand you to say that the actions of the early disciples were born out of necessity and were not necessarily related to any specific teachings from the mouth of Jesus. Or perhaps you are saying that the Holy Spirit was teaching them all things, and bringing all things to their remembrance, whatsoever he had said unto them. He was guiding them? |
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856 | Is that where the houses are? | Mark 10:30 | Aixen7z4 | 96721 | ||
I'm considering it. I'm considering it. I am wondering if it is OK to use our imagination that way to embellish the word of God that way. But that is besides the point. Isn't it? Our brother does have a vivid imagination and writes beautifully. I suppose that events could have unfolded as he imagines. I can go along with him. You mentioned that he is a part of the House Church movement, and I can go along with that. But now I wonder where all of this is leading and how it might be related to the idea of sharing. Do the folks in the House Church movement share their possessions? Do they feel that "my house is your house"? Is that where we should look for the houses that Jesus promised? |
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857 | What did the disciples understand? | Mark 10:30 | Aixen7z4 | 96716 | ||
I am surprised that you would not even consider the idea of sharing. What I mean is that you do not seem to think that the idea that Jesus was referring to our sharing what we have is even worth considering. Where do you think the early disciples got the idea that they should share? |
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858 | Where are the houses Jesus promised? | Mark 10:30 | Aixen7z4 | 96676 | ||
Jesus said, "... but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life". Someone said to me recently that he cannot see how Jesus fulfils this promise. He is willing to give up everything in order to serve the Lord. Is it true that he will receive a hundred times what he had before, in this life? I told him that the Lord does that every time. I thought he would understand when I said that my house was his, and that my brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands were his, as was what belonged to ninety-nine other Christians. But he knows believers who do not share and I am not sure he believed me. It seems that the early believers understood this as we read that "all that believed were together, and had all things common; ... and the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common". Now, please do not mention "communism" in your answer. But if you do not believe in sharing please tell us how you would explain Jesus' promise. |
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859 | Is this a discussion group? | 2 Tim 2:23 | Aixen7z4 | 96526 | ||
I like very much the way the site describes it. Would it help to cut and paste and include that description in my sentences here? It's supposed to be a free resource in an open access environment for all users to ask questions, give answers, and experience spiritual growth as a result. For the learner, it's to be a 24-hour source of evolving Bible study notes with which to contrast and compare. For the teacher and scholar, it's an opportunity to freely share your knowledge. How to differentiate between the student and the learner, it is not clear. But this is potentially a place of great spiritual blessing. |
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860 | Is this a discussion group? | 2 Tim 2:23 | Aixen7z4 | 96523 | ||
I wonder if you ever considered having a plurality of moderators. | ||||||
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