Bible Questions Page 62

To the church of Laodocia listen to what the Spirit says .

We are living in the Laodocian age . Of a church that thinks it is rich increased in goods and in need of nothing .

Yet in Gods eyes is poor wretched and blind and in need of eye salve .

Alongside this church is the Philadelphian church that in its own eyes is poor but in Gods eyes is rich .

There is but one church which is His body . There is then but one door .

How is it then that after the resurrection No door was a barrier to the Lord . But here he is knocking on the door of his own church and is unwilling ( you cannot say unable) to enter .

Some may think their church is the only church to which all must belong to be saved others they are part of that church which is his body and claim they are saved . The fact remains the Lord is outside knocking . While all those inside think he is inside?

God is everywhere for He is indeed omnipresent . Then who is outside? It is the Spirit of God .

The knocking on the door must be a call to repentance to the whole church . To all who are inside .

The promise however is only to those " who have ears to hear " not only that but who also " open the door " to THEM is the promise given.

Even as John 3:16 is a call to the whole world to repent but the promise is only given to those who do and believe .( in the biblical sense) .

The prosperity message ,the plethora of false prophets and apostles parading about Christendom shows we are in the last days .

If when Jesus on the way to Golgotha said to some women weeping for him " if they do this to the master when the wood is green,what will they do when the wood is dry?

Hebrews 1:1 states " hath in these last days spoken to us by His Son"

If 2000 years ago it was " the last days " then truly the wood was green . How much the more is the wood now dry and ready for the fire?

What does Bible or God say about taking your own life ? Suicide

As it was in the beginning so too is it now . For even as the devil added to the Word of God and " changed the truth into a lie" .From " thou shalt surely die" to " thou shalt not surely die" so all but two(?) modern versions of the Scriptures have been changed in such a manner as to sow confusion and misdirection and ultimately death.

For Genesis 1:1 states : In the beginning God created the heaveN and the earth ".

To ' In the beginning God created the heavenS and the earth '.

Genesis 2:1 all state heavenS. Which is right .

But if you have heavens in both chapters people are misled to think it is speaking the same thing . It is not.

For God is a God of order . For in the beginning Genesis 1:1 we have Heaven and earth . Verse 2 onwards it is only speaking of the earth .

For it was not heaven that was in darkness but the earth .For heaven needs no sun or moon for God is the light thereof .

It was not God who was in darkness but man. For God is light and in Him there is no darkness nor shadow of turning .

Further along in the order of God we have the waters that were above the firmament and the waters that were below the firmament and the firmament He called " heaven".

But this ' heaven' is clearly of the earth . and not of Genesis 1:1. Which is where Gods throne is and all the host of heaven.

There is another ' heaven' though not mentioned save indirectly . For when God " made the stars also" was that not also stated from Genesis 1:2? Thus there are the heavenS of earth as prescribed in Genesis 2 and the third heaven as in Genesis 1:1.

And was mentioned by Paul.

By such inaccurate translations and changing Gen 1:1 from heaven to heavens we have the absurd translation of a ' Students Bible'. " In the beginning God created the Sky and the earth ".

So in the beginning so too at the end from changing" IN His throne " to .ON His throne " Rev 3 .

and much else in the middle .

I thank Almighty God for the KJV.

What do horn on the altar signify?

Question? Judges 3:8 God sold them, for what???? Why, He sold them? I understand His anger, but what did He sell them for? God doesn't need money or anything for that matter.. What did He sell them for? I've noticed God sell them alot in next few chapters, which has raised a few questions, I try hard not to lean unto my own understanding, but this one has confused my inner being.

John 4:23-24.

Worshipping in truth and in spirit. Does that mean by the letter/ordinances which refers to man's efforts or is it the effectual working of the Holyspirit that lines one heart to be in agreement with God's law? Not written on tablets of stone but written in our heart.

If that's so, is it just revealing the hidden wisdom of God in the scripture? Or does the Holyspirit also cause us to love God's statutes and causes us to function in the way scripture identifies us as desciples. "One who FOLLOWS Christ teachings"

(I'm singling out mature Christian here.)

If we are supposed to be moved by the Spirit "by the instrument of faith" unto good works but yet we don't display good works, then our faith is vain/dead, then is it fair to say that if we provide works THAT IS NOT BY THE INFLUENCE of the spirit that causes obedience to God's word then our work is vain.

Would the spirit move us to not only obey Christ but also "Paul's epistles?

Every man's work shall be tested by fire. We can be caught up so much in proving our worth amongst men we may never realize we are building a two-story hay house.

If there is no spiritual growth, we can become ineffective but yet satisfied because we're proud of the work we put in. And if we're content with that we become Lukewarm or perhaps never was actually converted!

This is why we examine ourselves "Examine the motive in everything you do and the spiritual fruit in our lives NOT the two story hay house.

Many will try to present their works to the Lord " Matthew 7:22-23." The Lord will say he NEVER knew you" and you have no works to confirm because your evidence went up in smoke!

Deny ourselves and do all things in the spirit to glorify God

God bless.

I find myself against the odds of the book of Proverbs.

Is there and army in the bible that will come out of the east of 200,000,000 all on horseback? I need book chapter and verse. Thank you.

This text is EXTREMELY confusing in part because the Nephilim (which means "fallen ones") are mentioned but not really described here. In Numbers 13, however, they're described as some sort of giants. To add to the confusion, this language about the "sons of God" procreating with the "daughters of men? My question is "PROCREATING!" How can Angels and or Fallen Angels (Nephilim) take woman's into themselves and have SEXUAL relationship and these woman bare children? Do heavenly being also have intimate parts? How did the "Sons Of God" came into the daughters of men?

We as a church still should give of our tithes unto the Lord. However, I still believe that to not give the tenth does not place a person under an Old Testament curse as many would tend to believe. If a curse remained upon us because of our giving, this would nullify the the work of the cross and the atonement that Jesus afforded us. I tend to believe it puts us rather, under the Law of the sowing and reaping benefits of 2 Cor chapter 9: He that sows sparingly shall reap sparingly and He that does bountifully shall reap bountifully. But our salvation is not In jeopardy from a curse if we don't . What is your take on it?

Where did the Nephilim come from? Who are the Anakites?

What did God with Enoch?

Is outer space really a vast amount of water?

Want to know meaning of "captivity captive. Found three times in Bible.

Why do new versions of both the Protestant and Catholic Bibles eliminate verse 21 of Matthew chapter 17?

Prayer: Part 4.

Perseverance in prayer. In light of the previous discourses; the proper attitude toward God is paramount. This is why certain charismatics or anyone else "declaring" blessings is on thin ice. God blesses who He chooses and curses as well; we can see this principle in Romans 9:18. Genesis 49:25 states how God blesses universally for those who FEAR the Lord. Clearly fear of the Lord is necessary for the beginning of understanding ( Prov. 9:10 and many other texts).

The basic thought here is that if a motivation is wrong clearly one can spend all day pounding the table whether alone or with a whole crowd and not expect results. Once we can establish that we aren't aware of wrong motives; then we still stand the chance that God is going to say "no" to the request. What is fairly certain is that He will reveal either a different answer to the prayer; or He will after some length of time answer it. One fairly clear indicator of which prayer we are asking for is whether if He delayed it 20 years if we would even want to see it happen; case in point someone who we want to marry; how will they look like or act a couple decades later? If God answered it at that time we'd better not pin our hopes on superficial things alone that pass by; but on eternal character issues. Oftentimes I have found after years of time an answer just seems to occur when we have forgotton about certain issues. We should certainly be encouraged from examples of individuals praying for family members to be saved for decades where it finally happens. We should rejoice when a dictatorship is finally overthrown after a great amount of time such as Communism in Russia; or a breakthrough such as in with abortion when it can finally see a downturn after countless millions in the US have been slaughtered.

Fact Five: We should focus prayer on our enemies at least as much as our friends. It is hard to find fault for those praying for their enemies to be saved.

Is sodom and gomora still burning?

Who ARE YOU? 2 Corinthians 5:17!

You cannot approach God in your natural birth! You are still in Adam and all ethnic groups have to come to God by the blood of the cross. John 14:6.

Salvation didn't come by genealogy religion or ethnic group Salvation didn't come by anything Adam had to offer. Salvation came by the seed of the woman that's Christ.

There's your new birth.

If you belong to any ethnic group, religion, church or political party, without Christ you will be told I never knew you.

Matthew 7:21-23.

Abraham was asked to leave his father's pagan land and was promise a land flowing with milk and honey. In Hebrews it says this is the new Jerusalem. Hebrews 11:8-10.

God said he will make a nation out of Abraham. (There is no value in the pagan land in which he came and there was no value in him when he came) He had to come to God by instrument of faith to receive grace, "as do we".

We are the seed of Abraham and sons of God through faith.

Salvation didn't come by the nation of Israel. The nation of Israel demonstrated there is no good thing in the flesh.

God will put his spirit in Israel and Israel as a nation will be saved as we. Acts 15:8-11.

There will be a new fold and One shepherd. John 10:16.

God bless and good night.

Hello Towerserource111

My opinion about your dream and what it means.

It looks like it is a message from God to you (it also applies to all of us).

The dragon is obviously the devil.

The sword in your hands is the Word of God (see God's armour in Ephesians 6:13-17).

We fight devil not by using human arms, but with God's arms given to us. The fight is strong. Satan doesn't go away/fall down with the first blow. Jesus faced satan in the dessert in the begining of His ministry. That can be seen as a fight of Jesus against the devil. Jesus always faced his attacks only by using the Word of God, nothing else. Satan didn't quit after Jesus answered him the first time, he kept attacking Him even by using himself the Word of God and misinterpreting it. But Jesus was always fighting back using the Word of God. Finally satan left, he lost that fight. But he will come back sometime later on. And again, and again ..., such fights will keep going on until we finally reach the end of our christian course. Notice that satan came to Jesus when He felt hungry. He always comes to us when he sees that we are somehow volnurable, in some sort of need. He always tries to discourage us and make us go back to our old sinful lifes. So keep your faith (which is your shield against his attacks) and fight using the written Word of God. This means that in every challenge/trial/difficulty/temptation in your life do what God advices us to do in His Word, this is the only way to withstand satan's attacks and win.

What you should do then? Keep reading the Word of God (the Bible) to know how to act in every situation in your life and be always in prayers so that God gives you strength to withstand and fight back. ( Matthew 26:41 "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak"). Also in every matter in your life, do what David was always doing. He was asking God to guide him and tell him what to do. Nothing has changed since that time.

GBU

I had a dream that i was fighting a dragon . All along as the lord was behind me guiding me as fought this dragon. The lord instructed me to kill the dragon. As i spoke the word of God to this dragon it angered. I kept my faith and spoke the scripture. The dragon finally fell down and died. As i turned to the lord to celebrate the victory. He spoke to me and said " Be not Deceived ,he is aliar"..... i turned around to look back at the dragon and it started to rise up . This time i felt what it represented , Death and drugs . As the dragon rose up it grew bigger and meaner . As i saw my self standing there this time .i had the long beautiful bright shining sword in my hands . and it had power you see the power of it glowing of it was beautiful long and sharp it took both of my hands just to hold it . The Lord looked at me and said Son cut of his head.. i did just that and it sliced thru it its neck like nothing before i had seen cut so sharp clean cut. To my surprise the dragon head did not fall off i turn around and the Lord spoke to me again and said now speak my word to the beast .and as i did and the more i spoke scripture it it started to slide down where the clean sharp sword had sliced threw it. Fire started to sphew out the dragons mouth as it angered more and more . Faith believing not given any doubt i contuied to speak the scripture until itts head finally fell off and the dragon was slayed......

My question is what does this mean and what am i supossed to do and what am i supposed to pray . any one know please pray for me and my walk with God!

What is the Bible's view of Homosexuality ?

Some have said they are attracted to the same sex but they don't act on it...Is that a sin?

when is the Rapture?

what verse says: Jesus wept

According to numbers 31:17_18, the verses shown that those who know man or woman by lying (i.e sexual intercourse) with him or her should be killed, so my question here is: how did the children of israel understand if a woman is virgin or not and vice versa?

which verse says Jesus whept

Where in the Old Testament talks about Jesus?

What does the bible mean by "earthly things"?

Is the cross an idol? Or is it just a symbol for remembrance? I've heard comments from friends on both and thought I would get a larger Christian group's comments. I have crosses on my wall but am considering removing them. Thanks!

If all people were destroyed and Noah and his family were the only ones left on the earth then we all are children of Noah. That being said why are we not all Hebrew?

Leviticus Chapter 11

This chapter describes the dietary laws given by YHWH to the Israelites. I can't say that I really understand the "why" of God for choosing some animals as being clean and others as unclean. I have read many different explanations, but God really does not give the reason He had for His choices.

Also, this chapter explains YHWH's directives concerning being ceremonially unclean from the uncleanness of animals.

From what I can derive from this chapter, God did want His people to be set apart from the other peoples around them. He wanted them to follow dietary laws that would make it difficult for them to have much participation with other peoples. We, too, are to decisively forgo debasing activities with unbelievers to preserve our witness for Jesus.

I also think that God wanted His people to be obedient to Him without having a clear explanation of "why" from Him. We also, are to be obedient to the lead of the Holy Spirit without that "why" answered.

I also think that these laws must have been for preserving health and avoiding diseases that can pass from animal to man, especially parasitic infections, many being deadly. We, too, are to be feasting on the Word, which brings us health and life. WE can avoid what we hear, see, and do that we know to be evil or depict evil, or pull us away from having the Lord foremost in our minds and hearts.

And lastly, God wanted Israel to be a "peculiar people", not ordinary or blending in with the crowd. These directives would definitely accomplish this for the Israelites. It still does today for observant Jews. As Christians, are we willing to be considered "peculiar" by the world? Are we willing to look decidedly different from unbelievers. Think even about how some believers feel around separatist believers that dress alike such as: Amish, Hutterites, etc. It is easy to be a bit unnerved around this outward display of being "out of the mainstream" even in Christian circles.