Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 448

Dear Kim, I am praying with you for these things tonight. Thank you for bringing these needs forward to us. We are glad to pray for you and your family. May God give you and yours mercy and answers to Your needs. Amen.

Matthew 25:31-46, Philippians 2:1-16, Hebrews 6, Hebrews 10, John 3, Romans 8, James 2, Jude 1, 1John 4, Malachi 3, Deuteronomy 14:29, Leviticus 23:22, Exodus 23:11, Leviticus 19:15,

Hopefully these are helpful

Hello Daddy, Jesus entered the abode of the dead, which was Paradise for the righteous and Hades for the unrigheous. He did not take the keys from Satan. He already had these since He is sovereign. The Scriptures do not say that Satan ever had these keys. Aslo, Satan is not in Hades or hell. He is prowling around earth seeking to see who he can rob, steal, and kill. he was cast down to earth, not to hell.

There are those who prescribe to this "Dominion Theory". I do not. Nowhere in Scripture does it say that Satan has dominion of the earth or that he took it from Adam when Adam sinned. He IS called the "god of this world", not that he is in any true sense a god because there is only One God. But he is called the god of this earth because over the span of history, every person has sinned and thus become enslaved to our sinful nature where Satan could tempt us and devise schemes to keep us from turning to God. Therefore, to those who do not repent and turn to God in faith, Satan is their "god", whether they actually worship idols or not. He is an idol to those who remain in disobedience and unbelief and he does exercise some power over them.

But God has all the dominion. He is sovereign and Satan can only do what God allows him to do. God is his maker and can not be overthrown by Satan.

When Jesus was dead, His soul went to Paradise, as He promised the thief on the cross. He preached in both Paradise and Hades to all who had lived and died before He did so that all would hear the gospel and either be saved for their faith and rise with Jesus and be brought to heaven or remain in Hades for their unbelief and eventually be condemned to hell at the last judgment.

It has always been God who has the keys to death and hell as well as heaven. Satan never has had these. Keys represent authority. power, and dominion. God has never relinquished these to any creature. He is the ultimate and sole Soverign of all creation, both in the spiritual and earthly realm.

Hello again, Prosperity,

I am in harmony with these verses. I do think we are to keep the commandments Jesus has given us. We are not to lead anyone into disobeying His commands. And that His commandments are to be kept by those who love Him.

What I was speaking to was that no one can every earn any merit towards salvation or right standing before God from obeying Him because, even when we wish to do so and fight against sin, we will still sin, which disqualifies us from being righteous on our own.

Thankfully, Jesus is our righteousness. He has imputed to us His perfect life and had all of our sin imputed upon Him on the cross. What a scandalous exchange this is! But it wins for us a victory that is priceless and sure.

I do think that believers should make every effort to live a life of obedience in all respects. The commandments of God tell us what God knows is truly good and right. We should want to live the way the commandments instruct us to because they are all wise and good for us to obey. We should also want to obey from the heart, not just outwardly, as the commandments speak about actions. We should want to have right motives and intentions, but above all we should do everything out of love, which Jesus said was how we fulfill His commandments. Paul instructs us to do this, too. ( Ephesians 5:2; Romans 13:8-10). Every command of God that we obey is following this way of life Jesus and Paul is telling us about.

So, let love be our aim in all things, in thought, words, deeds; in motivations, desires, affections; and in what we choose not to do. Love is the answer to all of our obedience. And this love comes to us from God first which then we love Hi:16m and one another. 1John 4 is such a wonderful chapter to read concerning this.

I hope you have a good evening. And feel free to respond back to me.

Good evening,

Just finished making green tomato pasta sauce using the remaining tomatoes from our garden. Never made this before. Turned out GREAT! Even my chef son loved it.

Been praying for the election. I can't believe how our country has been changed in just 2 short years. But I do believe that God can turn things around for our country. I do believe that the U.S.A. was brought about in order to be a blessing to the world. It is my hope that we will be a country that is able to bring good to its own citizens and to other countries.

I hope others will be praying with me over the next 24 hrs.

Dear Heavenly Father, we bring before You the U.S.A. as we elect who will be our representatives tomorrow. we come before You in the name of Jesus, our Perfect Representative, and ask the You will bless our country in our elections. We ask that You will turn around the hearts and minds of so many who are bent on being rebellious to Your ways in so many areas of our lives. We ask that You will weed out corrupt government representatives and bureaucrats and that You will foil any plans to defraud citizens' votes by cheating, deception, illegal measures. We ask that every person's vote will be counted accurately and counted only once. We ask that You stay the outbreak of any violence that may present if groups do not get the results they wish for. We pray that illegal attacks and defamation of people will be turned away. We ask that there will be a victory for the upholding of human life and individual freedoms that are guaranteed in our constitution. We ask that those elected tomorrow will be moved by You to serve You in faith and in good conscience.

Father, thank You for having Your covering over our country through very perilous times and preserving our rights that come from You ultimately. Thank You for the guidance You have provided our country for centuries and for bringing about just ends to so many situations. Father, we do trust that Your hand is in this. Amen.

Amos 2:1,

Okay. I understand what you mean but why did Christ Himself say this;

Matthew 5:19

In Revelation 12:17, we see that the dragon went to make war with the woman's seed (metaphorically Israel) and they keep The Commandments.

Furthermore, in 1 John 2:3-4, John states that only those who keep God's Commandments actually know Him. The Law is still in effect. If not, how do people differentiate between right and wrong ?

Did Jesus enter any part of hell to take the keys of death and hell away from satan?

Dear Prosperity,

My understanding is that Jesus fulfilled all of the Law perfectly and fulfilled all of the prophecies concerning the first coming of the Messiah. Also, he abolished the curse of the Law for those who believe in Him. So, we are freed from having to fulfill the law perfectly and from receiving the curse of the Law for not obeying God perfectly.

Jesus said that He did not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. ( Matthew 5:17)

Colossians 2:14 says that "..you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has me made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that were against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross." is speaking of the debt of our sin (the handwritten note that keeps an account of all of the ways we have disobeyed the Law of God) being removed from us and no longer applies to us. We are forgiven completely and the sins we the debt against us that the law requires for disobedience, which is death, has been wiped out and nailed to the cross in the body of Jesus, our perfect sacrifice, who alone can remove this debt that deserves the wrath of God upon us.

Elsewhere, Paul says that the law is holy, righteous and good, but our sinful nature is against obeying the law and so we cannot ever be justified by the law. The law will always condemn us. But to live by the Spirit and not by the flesh, we will be given the power to live godly lives.

Paul was not saying that we are no longer responsible to live morally godly lives, rather, we are, by being dead in Christ and then risen in Him, we have resurrection power to live by faith, believing that anything we do that is morally right is done by the Spirit within us and not by our carnal fleshly nature. God is working in and through us by grace to live according to the Spirit who will always want us to do what is morally right and to obey God

Question to Sincere Bible Believers (1)

If Christ came and did away with The Law as some people teach, why were The Apostles celebrating Pentecost in Acts 1 after Christ had already ascended into Heaven ?

No dear Baker, prophesing is not teaching. There are two types of prophets in New Testament.

1. The gift of prophesing ( 1 Cor 12:7-11). A woman can have that gift and prophesy ( Acts 21:8-9). The gifts are given by the Holly Spirit. This gift has nothing to do with teaching, that is why in the next chapter ( 1 Cor 14:34) where Paul keeps talking about gifts, especially about speaking in tongues and prophesing, he forbids women to teach in the church. So prophesing has nothing to do with teaching (some churches have this specific belief).

2. The ministry of prophet ( Ephesians 4:11), which is something different from the gift of prophesing described in Corinthians. In Acts 13:1-3 in the church there are both prophets and teachers, which means they are different ministries. All ministers, Apostles, Pastors, Evangelists, Teachers, Prophets(once more teachers and prophets are separate ministries) are males, we don't see any woman in that position in the Gospels. As written it is Jesus who appoints ministers in the church (not the Holly Spirit who gives the gifts). All ministers can teach in the church, as well. ( Acts 15:32).

GBU

How can a person truly know they are saved before they die?

Hello, do a word study . the verse is implying calm; for the believer . it doesn't mean speechlessness. the word has several usages, the translators didn't use the appropriate cognate for our American brains . I'm thinkin, what would an old english dude say to his hysterical wife ? SILENCE ! lol

It is sad to silence women , God's Holy Spirit works through whomever God chooses it to . I know many women who understand the things in the Bible better than I do . Should I not listen to them just because they are women ? Should I not learn from them just because they are women ? What if God wants to teach me something through a woman but I say " no I can't listen to you because you are a woman " ? Should I reject God's message to me just because I don't like the messenger ? Would that not be akin to denying God's Holy Spirit ? I shall listen to God's Holy Spirit wherever I hear it . The Spirit of Truth should not be silenced . Shame on me for not listening to the message because I don't approve of the messenger .

In verse 42, had those Pharisees who loved the praise of men more than the praise of God truly been born again.

Isnt prophesying teaching ? 1 Corinthians 11:5

I'm of the opinion 1 Timothy 2:12 is saying women should not admonish , nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. since women are easily deceived as was Eve , and not Adam in the Garden

The disturbances in 1 Corinthians 14:34 is suffice to say .

I find it absurd to think women are not to teach the Gospel , nor prophesy all throughout this dispensation of time , but then are permitted to in the end times where sons and daughters shall prophesy written of in the book of Joel 2:28 .

I just think there's something more to the word "teach" in 1 Timothy 2:12 - 15 .

Hey Ray , This may not happen in 2022 . prophecy must be fulfilled before this begins . interesting times we live in for sure .

Dear Le, I will pray for your foot.

Dear Lord Jesus, we come to You and ask that You will bring healing to Le's foot in a way that will avoid needing surgery. Relieve her pain and help her to find therapeutic remedies that really work to relieve pain. Amen.

Dear Mary,

I will pray for your mom.

Dear Heavenly Father, we come to You now in the name of Jesus and ask that You will release Mary's mom from alcoholism.

deliver her from this addiction she is bound to. Lord God, drive this mom to get help and enter a recovery program. Cause this to be successful for her. We entrust her to Your care, grace, and mercy. Amen.

Thank you, S. Spencer, Appreciate your response and the Scripture to go along. Much love.

Is it better to be cremated or buried?

Interestingly this site has the 1611 version. It doesn't include that book. However I've heard of a version approximately 150+ years later that may have included that book. Is that a book added to scripture as warned about? Deuteronomy & Revelation 22:19,

By simple surface study, it seems not to be in the Bible before or after & debated as not GOD's WORD.

I myself stay away from it because some things I've heard say in it, contradict Bible scripture. If you're in question read Tobit in 1611, Philippians 2, Romans 8:14, Hebrews 1:13,14, Matthew 22:30,

I humbly recommend to you, please read the Word within Genesis to Revelation, study get to know the scriptures well, ask for wisdom James 1:5 & discerment of Truth before looking into the other, if you do at all

Hopefully these are helpful in your searching

To follow up the last response in answer to your final question. "The Unpardonable Sin" is simply Denial of the Holy Spirit/ Jesus The Christ/ God our Heavenly Father above.

Godspeed

Psalms 25:14,

Secret - consultation, intimacy, Hebrew word translation into "cowd" company of persons (in close deliberation)

Virginia G. Cantu, Actually you've got it right, important part "GOD hates evil". Proverbs 3:32, Ecclesiastes 12:14. He also will direct us, & sometimes even give us insight into His plans. Psalms 73:24, Matthew 6:6, Deuteronomy 29:29, Psalms 91:1, Daniel 2, Daniel was given the secret dream the ruler had & the interpretation meaning. Amos 3:7,

Even the secret of Christ Jesus the promised Messiah= Romans 16:24-27,

Hopefully these are helpful

Hi Ayen, I am grateful to hear from you. Please hang in there. You got a lot of great responses from Christian brothers and sisters wanting to help. Praying these lift you up.

"And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do." Luke 12:4 KJV

I think it means we don't have to be afraid of others. They don't control us.

Philippians 4:10-13 - Paul was in prison, beaten, had all kinds of hardship, people wanted to kill him, was hungry, he probably dealt with guilt from his past, he walked long distances and stayed in random places regularly. But (verse 11) he said he found the secret of being content. This means our external circumstances don't affect our emotional state of joy in the Lord or contentment as much as people commonly assume.

"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." 1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

This means to me that God is aware of our circumstance and won't let us be trapped in a situation of sin. We always have a way out.

One way to love and be fair to yourself is by challenging any negative ideas to see if they are based on truth or not. Not all thoughts are true and its ok to gently challenge them.

For example I used to think bad things about myself and the belief crippled me for some years, but I later discovered weren't true. It was liberating and felt free realizing this.

If you were to start this challenge I would start by re-examining statements you said like "I cannot get anywhere in life" or "GOD will not stop Satan's bchildren from stopping me" and ask for each: is that really true? Is there any evidence for this or what is this idea based on? Is it true for others? What if it isn't true? What is the evidence of it not being true?"

God's Word says all throughout that when women are Ruling Over and/or Leading Men/ Males. Period. It is an reprehensible and an abomination thing in the sight of God our Heavenly Father above. However, from a "Wag The Dog" perspective God Himself in His Word gave us a few examples of Women in Leadership: in OT- Gen (Eve), Ruth, 1 Kings (Jezebel), Esther; NT- Mary(s), Martha and re-mentions of those Women, along with others, in the OT.

Godspeed

How many authors of the OT?

Not sure on psalm #14 is the secret is that GOD hates evil ??

There are no passages where women were said to be preaching a sermon. Paul makes it clear as to their role in church not having "authority" over a man ( 1 Timothy 2:12). 1 Corinthians 14:34 shows where women were told to be silent in churches and ask questions at home. The fact that women are mentioned prophesying and praying in corporate worship certainly doesn't mean that nothing can be said ( 1 Cor. 11:5). The qualifier here should be noted that women were asking questions and likely causing other disturbances during a worship service. It fits in with the idea of orderly worship in what was the most disorderly church mentioned in scripture in Corinth.

There is certainly agreement anywhere that I know of in traditional and Reformed circles that women have a role in teaching children and also guiding other women in knowledge of the scriptures. This is clear from the women that Paul Himself commends such as Lydia ( Acts 16:11-15 and elsewhere). There was teaching of Godly men who were children of women as well that are mentioned. There are also rules for Christian women as well as men whose spouses were not believers in regard to staying with them if they were agreeable and in some sense; "winning them over" ( 1 Peter 3:2). The concept of submission is clear in scripture as to women; as well as husbands loving in a sacrificial manner as Christ loved the church ( Eph. 5:25). Many men would like to bypass their responsibilities in this regard.

As to any sort of public forum outside a large congregational formal worship service obviously there are gray areas. I would challenge you to find ANY female preachers that are not in some serious doctrinal error (although men are getting harder to find today as well). I have certainly read brilliant writings such as Amy Van Gerpen's book on Revelation (which may finally be complete after years of work). I don't think she does self promoting; but in my opinion it has the most detailed cross references anywhere.

Psalm 41. This passage of scripture; without much question refers to David's late stage illness as shown in 1 Kings 1:1-4. There are statements about God preserving those physically in their illnesses who consider the poor (verse 1). This may not be something that we consider today; but it is worth noting in places such as the USA that have up until now been affluent compared with much of the world.

Once again as I have established a couple times with previous Psalms it would appear that David's state was due to sinful actions earlier (v. 4). As to any specific sexually transmitted disease I won't speculate. The passage following in verses 5 through 8 do show how his enemies sought out his death; and certainly that could have been due to the many wives and or concubines that David maintained; and those relations from other nations that by default would have been intertwined in these personal affairs. Secondary to this but also related is the rivalry from Absolom and other enemies that God Himself promised due to David's sin as seen in 2 Samuel 12. He was forgiven but there were consequences to his actions.

Verse 9 certainly is a Messianic prophecy; albeit fits in with David's situation (although it is hard to tell WHO exactly it would have referred to in his case).

The rest of the Psalm once again could have application to David and at least in a general sense to Christ in regard to victory over His enemies; and favor with God as well as His place as established in heaven at the right hand of God. (verses 10-12). It finally ends with the eternal nature of God and His blessedness.

It probably doesn't need repeating at this point how the same themes here continue repeatedly; namely prophecies applicable to David and Christ; David's sufferings; trust in God's grace and trust in all His promises. The Hebrew phoenetic and poetic structure has to be delved into to be discovered; and the sound of the original songs sadly have not been preserved.