Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 384

Sybilr, great comment. Yes God created us male and female to be coupled together. The woman as a helpmeet as you have said and to reproduce and replenish the Earth.

Genesis 3:16

"Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."

King James Version (KJV)

Hi Mara, it's because that's what the Bible says. For example, the Word is Jesus and John 1:1 clearly says the Word was God. Scripture says he's always existed and is a creator among many other powers.

The frequently asked questions page has this as one of it for lots of scripture references on this topic:

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God bless.

why do some people say "god is jesus" or "jesus is god" ?

What are the 7 Spirits mentioned in Rev 3:1?

This is prime example that no matter how much money we give to churches, we cannot enter in Heaven unless we are born again. Cain was living sinful life; therefore, God rejected his offering.

Please , don't allow that small annoyance to dissuade you from reading the Bible . You don't need to know and understand everyone's name , I've been reading the Bible for very many years and I don't know everyone's name and all the meanings of them and it has in no way hindered my enjoyment and instruction . My honest opinion ? If you are that easily put off then maybe you weren't that commited in the first place ? I'm sorry if that feels like a criticism , it wasn't meant to be one . Reading the Bible once might give you a basic understanding , for me though it's a life long relationship . Once you pick it up on one day , you will be picking it up every day for the rest of your life so there's no drastic rush to understand it all first time round . Be patient , relax and enjoy it , take your time over it and think about what you have read every day after you have finished reading it . It really is a treasure to be kept close to your heart .

Psalms 35:1, Psalms 56, Exodus 14:14, Psalms 37

Hopefully these are encouraging

Psalms 37, Psalms 94, 2Chronicles 7:14, Psalms 2,

Philippians 4:6-8,

Hopefully these encourage you

James 1:5, Psalms 31:3, Psalms 32:8, Psalms 25:9, James 3:18, Isaiah 26:3, Psalms 35:1,

Hopefully these are helpful & encouraging

2Timothy 3:12, Romans 8:26-39, 2Thessalonians 1:4-6,

Hopefully these are encouraging & helpful

This site has the Strongs Exhaustive Concordance within it's study features.

So, when you're reading a scripture like Matthew 1, you can tap that scripture, scroll down & find how to pronounce the names. I've found many are easier to pronounce in the original language instead of English translated names.

The book of Luke, is one of my favorite books, perhaps you'll enjoy reading Luke 1, better?

Hopefully this is helpful

Amen when trials drive us closer to the Lord. The Lord is great and greatly to be praised.

Proverbs 18:24

You are loved. Matthew 5:11

Thnx I want ppl to feel love for Him thru my prayer/response. Was accused of stalking so w/said lie, I stop & prayed in His word more. Sent this to Sammi "God knew we'd continue to twist, add, take away from & mangle His word so He sent His ONLY son to be the last sacrifice EVER needed & Jesus last words "it is finished" said it all. John 3:15-21 not just 16 like the world teaches. The world teaches parts of the bible & rarely ever Gods will for us. 'Gods will is for all to love Him with all their being (heart, mind, soul & strength) & your neighbor as yourself (helping anyone in need & praying for our enemies)'. If the world did this it wouldn't be in the shape its in. Making up rules, changing laws & slowly but surely making it all seem that evil is of God. It is NOT, it is of satan & the false preachers are teaching wrong to suit their evil ways, making it seem it is of God. As long as it is putting your hard earned money in their pockets making them & satan prosper (& they don't care about us) as you end up homeless, I know I'm living proof. Not dropping names yet if your listening to a huge fancy church, I can almost guarantee they are not for truth yet for themselves. *A few good ones are: Justin Peters, Voddie Baucham, John Macarthur*. Definitely not anyone screaming the Lords word at you, pretending to heal ppl (cause if they could nobody would be in a wheel chair) or they ask for your money. God doesn't need your money &...and there is ONLY 1 way to heaven.! Jesus is the ONLY way!! Tithe is from your heart as you feel led & God will guide you of your time needed to help those in need as well. Preachers need to help in America more too.! Qs: If they are ALL helping other countries (& have been for years) why then do these countries still go without?? Only God can heal, people. Women are to teach the ladies & & children, not men.! Abuse of any kind is not of God either.! I pray to all to read daily, study as God said to & learn His word the way He intended".

The names are very difficult to understand and I believe if it was a way for someone to pronounce the names in English a person could receive a better understanding and be more encouraging in reading the scriptures.

Hello Eaganstjohn

Since you mention the "oil", then you are refering to the parable of the 5 wise and the 5 unwise virgins.( Matthew 25:1-12)..

Firstly I must say that I have never heard something like what your pastor teaches about that.

The explanation depends on what one believes, i.e. whether salvation can be lost or not.

I am going to speak on behalf of those who believe that salvation is not secured until our final departure from this life. For the other case I will leave it to somebody else to answer.

Again there are two cases:

1. The rupture of the church occurs before antichrist makes his appearance on earth. In this case the 5 unwise virgins are left out of the rapture and have to go through the great tribulation. So their fate (salvation) depends on their decision to receive the beast's mark or not. (This is my belief as well).

2. Rapture occurs at the very end of antichrist's reign on earth. In this case the 5 unwise virgins are left out of the Marriage, that is they loose their salvation.

Matthew 25:31-46 is refering to the final judgement. In this case the "not doers of His Word" (the slothful servants) are heading to hell, (verse 41) "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:"

GBU

Hello Sammi.

Indeed Elijah becomes Elias in NT, like Isaiah becomes Esias. Since the New Testament was written for greek speaking people the authors of the 4 gospels used the greek forms of those hebrew names.

So at a time the apostles asked Jesus ( Mark 9:11-13), "And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?" Jesus answered to them , "And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him."

Jesus is refering to the prophesy written in Malachi 4:5-6, "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."

And He tells His disciples that Elias has indeed come, he was actually John the Baptist. Jesus' words "as it is written of him" are refering to Elias coming before Jesus and restoring things for Him, not to what happened to him.

Texsis, how are you? I haven't been seeing your posts for a bit. I am missing your prayers and posts. Where art thou?

Yes , I agree . Many these days seem to equate Godliness with gain . We must try to remember Jesus's warning about the deceitfulness of riches .

Bible Study for all of us; essential doctrine for Salvation:

Mark 16:16,17

Luke 24:47,48

John 3:1-6

Acts 2:38

1 Peter 3:21

Acts 19:1-6

Acts 10:44-48

Acts 5:32

1 Corinthians 14:2,22,39

Acts 2:4

Acts 1:8

John 21:15,16

Added to my first comment:

Yet I have found no other Preacher preaching on this.

My pastor preached that not all Christians will be allowed to enter New Jerusalem. That in Matthew 25 when talking about those "with oil," it's talking about those who are saved and served the Lord (doers of his word). And those "without" oil are are saved but did nothing for the Lord (slothful servants). The slothful servant still get to go to heaven but never allowed to enter New Jerusalem, because they did nothing for God.

I love that God told Noah exactly how to build the Ark. Even up to the type of wood to use and how many floors and rooms. I love that he told Noah to bring his children and their spouses onto the boat both male and female. Then he said go bring a male and female of every other creature onto the Ark. why do you think he wanted a male and female? Of course so they could reproduce to replenish the earth when the water receeded. God didn't say bring all males or all females on to the Ark. Because he knew it would take both to reproduce and replenish the earth. It tells us in the beginning that God male then female as a help mate. Then because of sin she was to bear children. From then on the earth started to be replenished. It took both male and female to reproduce. If God had not made a female who Adam named Eve do you think we would have been here today? I love Genisis.

Yes Jesse, you are right. I thought Herod died of old age, but no he died due to a horrible illness.

Wow, I just read and listened to the bible with new eyes and new ears. I know now that the God of love I believe in, is the same God of love in this time of Genesis. I did not live back then. I live now. I saw God's love and caring for man in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Off topic perhaps, is my wondering about the word "the" I am building a case in my mind that "the" means "true God is Love, not false gods. And it's all okay. It is okay back in the (God love)time of Genesis and it is true now. Another name for God is Love. Another name for God is Life. Life then and Life now. Does this make any sense?

I believe the psalmist is speaking about when we are going though ,what I call DRY TIMES with God. There will be days we will question our salvation ,our worship,our crying out to the Lord! In these times the Lord sometime wants to see what we are going to do? Our we going to keep studying the word, worship, keep raising our hands to HEAVEN or just give up ? Remember the book of Job, can we be like Job?Well for me ,I have been though a lot of dry times over 42 years. I almost went back . Family, job situations, marriage. But the song writer said "trouble does not going to last always". When hard times come we go on a fast from the TV,from the pleasures of this world . Do God's work all the time, not sometimes. Look at this ,this way. When we our at work, things don't always go our way, we don't always get off on time,that associate that never agrees with you on this day ,worse than ever, that doesn't stop us from going to work! I said that to say this don't give up on Christ, he made the ultimate sacrifice,giving his Life on the Cross. John 10:10 That we may have Life and that more abundantly, In JESUS Remember True Christians don't give up to the world,we give in to JESUS.I believe in " 2 Corinthians 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair ;" 1 Corinthians 10:13

"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." But we must remember this scripture in " James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: Now let's remember also that God loved us first. I leave you with this study your Bible showed thyself approved. Don't slack in God's work,also don't be caught with your work undone. Have A Blessed New Year with Jesus on your mind All the Time.

Carol,

Here is part 2:

Another reason why he (Herod) gave the order to have them put to death when he died was so that the Jewish people would have somebody to mourn over because he knew that they would not mourn over him.



That is the kind of man he was. That's how paranoid he was over his "ruler-ship."



Now, can you imagine if a group of men came into town and said "Where is He who is born king of the Jews?"



Now here's how Herod died, and if you research the accounts of his death, you will see that he died a horrible death. He was riddled with disease and here's the circumstances:



Herod's wife's name was Miriam. After he had her put to death, he missed her. He would see various women and think that they were her. And eventually he went down and got involved with prostitutes.



There was one in particular that he thought was his wife, and he called her by name, and he had relationships with her.



He caught diseases from that relationship, which literally, if you would read the account, it was a pretty bad death. He died in 4 B.C. He died a horrible death!



So you can imagine his paranoia about Jesus as these wise men came into town asking where is he who is born King of the Jews.



Herod's thoughts were "I'm the king of the Jews. What are you talking about?" This man Herod, he went crazy. This was Herod the great, Herod the king.

Carol,

I can share a little on Herod the king that we see in Matthew Chapter 2, information about him, and also how he died.

Here are some important facts about Herod the king:

He's also known as "Herod the great" in times of history. This man was an Edomite.

He was not a Jew. And yet at the same time, through the Roman government, he took control over the Jewish people.



In order to win them over, he would help them. He would actually take gold from his home and from his palace and have the gold sold and the money brought in to feed the poor.



Not only did he help the poor, but he would have athletic fields built and he would have various activities going on to help the community of the Jews so that he would win their favor.

The flip side of Herod the great was that he was crazy. A crazy man can only be nice for so long. But he was paranoid over his reign as king. And so you can imagine what is taking place in Matthew Chapter 2.



Herod was so paranoid over people plotting against him that he had three of his sons put to death because he thought they were plotting against him.



He had his first two sons killed, Alexander and Aristobulus. And later he killed Antipater who was supposed to take the throne. He had his wife put to death because he thought she was plotting against him.



Numerous members of the family, if he saw them together and thought that they were speaking together against him behind his back, he would have them put to death.



He died approximately a year after the Lord was born. And in knowing that he was about to die, he had a decree made that all of the leaders in Jerusalem would be rounded up and placed into a holding area.

And at the moment he died, they would all be put to death so that he would know that no leader would succeed him to the throne.

I need to send a part 2, and I will also share with you how he died.

Unfortunately, many believe that to "produce good fruit" means to gain financially and/or gaining a large flock around them. I believe that by producing good fruit is increasing your love for God and showing that in both one's personal and public life whether it is meant to be seen by everyone or not. "Producing Good Fruit" or "Show One's Fruit" can twist and turn many minds and can lead to intense debates.

Alex1939...Lemme give ya my understanding of what the good fruit is...1st off we know that Mary's good fruit was a baby Christ...And Gal.4:19 Paul is saying My lil Children of whom i travail in birth till Christ is formed in you...That Good seed can form Christ in anybody that hears ( understands )...And Jesus tells us the Kingdom of God is as a man who sows seed in his field...The world being the field as our hearts our minds etc...Peter said that hearing and understanding the word was the key to being bornagain...We have to keep in mind that we are gonna be bornagain in the Spiritual realm thus there is a Spiritual Child in our future...Thats y Jesus was saying that which is born of the spirit is Spirit...So this good fruit is a baby Christ the H.G. the Child of Promise...Rev.12:10 Proves that the good fruit is a Baby Christ...The H.G...Simply b/c the sower of that good seed is Christ the bridegroom...That GREAT promise was multiplication of his seed...Thus he has to know us...There can not be any regeneration or multiplication of his seed unless he knows us...Not Anybody can understand this mystery...Thats y he tells us these things are HID from the wise and prudent but only revealed unto babes...Our fruit, our new innerman the H.G. That has to be born in us GBU.

The Kingdom of God and the good fruit ( the manchild ) are 1 and the same...Thats y he is saying unless you receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child you will in no wise enter there in...The Kingdom of God comes by hearing his good seed the word.. .She brought forth aman Child that is gona rule all nations...Then Rev.12:10 says now is come Salvation and the Kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ ( the manchild ) That is gonna rule all nations...Thats y he always refers to himself as the Son of man...Simply b/c mankind has to bring forth fruit unto God which is the H.G. That Child of Promise...The multiplcation of Christ in humanity...After the book is opened and we sing that New SONG.