Instead what we see are religious moon - bats using cherry - picked
bible verses as justification for hatred and bigotry.
Your favorite
bible verse as a headline can make for a great conversation starter.
Not exact matches
Second there are plenty of people who come to their faith
as it were through something more than
bible verses its called critical thinking people can critically think their way to the idea that they are rather small beings in a relatively huge universe and that they realize that they can't know everything and leave some things including the nature of the universe to faith and acknowledge it
as faith if that's how they see the world fine is there anything particularly wrong with that?
Theres a childrens
bible song
verse: «For the
Bible tells me so...» Might
as well say: «For Dr. Seuss tells me so...» or «For the National Enquirer tells me so...»
If you want to take the position that the god of the
bible is loving then you must cherry pick it, - leaving out such
verses as these.
None of your
verses addressed the challenge Millard gave you which was to show us where the
bible itself defines fornication
as sex outside of marriage.
Besides, Jesus discussed hell far more than he discussed heaven, and most Christian do believe it because the
bible discusses it
as a real place for real people on real pages in real scripture
verses.
You do realize,
as soon
as someone sees you quoting
bible verses, they ignore your post right?
There are stories and
verses in the
bible that would lend to this
as well... There is also a village in France the celebrates the birthday of Jesus» daughter Sarah, every year.
I urge you all to read the
bible, specifically the book of The Revelation, Chapter 1,
Verses 12 - 18, which describes Jesus Christ,
as told by the Apostle Paul.
A
verse can completely backfire and mess up the rest of the
Bible, permanently damaging that
bible AND the shooter
as well
as the intended target (I assume you've seen movies or action clips where a gun explodes).
I was so excited after opening my
bible and saw that
verse I failed to immediatley grasp the problem i was in.Before long i had a plan to sell my house and buy a piece of land and somehow i lost everything and i am now staying in a squatter camp
as a tenant.
He doesn't just use
bible verses, he goes back into the history of the topics (pagan rituals, Santa, etc)
as well.
Faithful, you need to cite the chapter and
verse,
as well
as the version of the
bible you're using.
If you are any kind of student of the
bible at all you know that any position can be substantiated or refuted by simply selecting
verses out of context and presenting them
as if they stand on their own.
Then he could go back to cutting and pasting lucid arguments from apologist sites (that is meant
as a joke) and / or those oh so clever
bible verses, just
as boring.
While the old testament and the
bible (
as in the new testament) refer to the creation of the heavens and earth (
as well
as the Quran for Muslims), I find it humbling that the Quran went even further to attest to the WAY this creation took place (in other words the Big bang theory is a testament to this
verse).
I volunteer at a homeless NPO and
as much
as I enjoyed the first part of the post, I do not agree with leaving
bible verses and the implication of forgetting about sharing Jesus out completely... I understand the reasoning and that people have been hurt, but to leave Jesus out of the equation unless they ask doesn't sit well with me.
I refute the literal
verse of the
bible as it applies to whom we love and how one condemns.
using the
verses from
bible to verify the validity of
bible and thus proving it
as word of god doesn't work..
Yahweh in hebrew means my Lord and is a common reference meaning supreme God.In the
bible satan is referred specifically
as the adversary in hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league
as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people
as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known
as he
as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two
verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that way?
Not most importantly that since the
bible is the most heavily researched book in the history of the world by wide orders of magnitude, scholars have thoroughly examined textual criticism issues such
as this, and the Christian can rest assured that: — the
bible we have is over 99 % original text — none of the
verses under issue affect the Christian message of salvation through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross at all, not even the smallest amount.
Many
verses in the
bible both imply and state outright that we should practice religion
as followers of Christ, including James 1:27 which outlines what pure religion is.
and people that quote
bible verses don't comprehend that it's no different than using the Koran
as their reference.
I've been reading Jeremy's blog for around a fortnight now and I've become an avid fan.I'm Godfrey from India.The insights on the love of God in this blog are astounding and I'm so happy that there's no hostility towards different interpretations of the
bible so
as to reflect the love of christ and comprehend every single
verse in terms of God's love.I love Jeremy's insight and Glory to God.I believe that every action of God is borne out of love and he is the source of love which sustains life.
It's been said for so long, and so strongly, ofcourse with
bible -
verses which «subscribe» this, that its hard to break free and know that I'm worth just
as much
as men.
this is just my own personal theory, but I suspect the reason Jesus cursed the fig tree that He did, was because he was probably tired, and hungry to the point of low blood sugar or hypoglycemia, and it made Him irritable... naturally, He was walking around in a body like ours,
as it is said, like us in every way but sin... everybody tries to read something woowoo theological into it but maybe He was just tired and hungry, and irritability is a symptom for a number of conditions, but especially blood glucose or migraine issues... maybe He had migraines... I get those myself... just my theory, so the two
Bible scholars that keep coming on here shouldn't shoot
bible verses at me... just sayin... Good «toon, David
as I'm sure you have no idea what that caveat is (since you never read the
bible and just got this concept from infidels.org or something similar), it will be a good homework assignment for you to find the
verses in the
bible, and post the entirety of same here..
The majority are content to read a
verse here or there
as doled out to them in
bible study or at a sermon.
It makes perfect sense now and this interpretation is consistent with other
verses in the
bible such
as Heb 5: 7 - 8 and John 12:27.
Markos, all you are doing is taking these
verses out of context.the four
verses that you mention are constantly used by people who hate islam to distort the true meaning.First of all, you need to post the entire chapter and it's interpretation to put it into context.You can't just take one
verse out of a chapter with a couple of hundred
verses and use it
as proof that islam is a violent religion.The quran was revealed in small segments during the life of prophet muhammad and wasn; t revealed all at once.There is a long story to these
verses which could require an entire page to tell.look it up.EVERY RELIGIOUS BOOK HAS TEXTS THAT CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.I am sure that if I look in the jewish torah, talmud or even the
bible especially the old testament, i'll find many texts that I can take out of context.
They have come to this conclusion because they see the
bible as linear, every
verse is
as authoritative and truthful
as any other
verse.
I shall not bore anyone with the cliff notes
bible unless they really really want it, but I can assure you Chad, I am very well
versed in both the Hebrew and Greek scriptures
as I was a pastor in Ohio for over a decade along with having read it through in multiple translations.
You might want to address your last point, not to me but to Jeremy,
as I was expressing my understanding of Jeremy's position, which clearly is, there are
verses in the
bible he rejects, and if you believe in them you are an idolater.
The research becomes the
bible and just about every idea can be backed up by research,
as folks do with
bible verses.
Of course, whining is not weakness,
as it leads to quoting
bible verses and prayer.
If you could get in heaven because of your good deeds, why would JESUS had to have gone to the cross, you will not go to hell because you sinned, the
bible says we all have sinned, you will go for rejecting GODS free gift, his son, JESUS, SEE, HE TOOK YOUR PLACE IF YOU EXCEPT HIS OFFER BUT IF NOT YOU PAY FOR ALL YOUR SINS, KIND OF LIKE COURT, BETTER TO TAKE AN ATTORNEY THAN REPRESENT YOURSELF, sorry for caps, GOD loved you so much he sent his son to die for you
as payment for sin, you will answer to GOD for everything you do, JESUS lived a perfect life which was accepted by GOD for payment of sins, thats up to you if you except it, is
bible vs man made religions, thats alot of commeon since, there are man made laws you go by or suffer for, plus, there are so many religions you can make one up to best suit you, it do nt work that way, plus, excepting JESUS is the best way to heaven, why would you think you caould live perfect your whole life, you cant, the devil will use religion to lead
as many people away from CHRIST
as he can, even in the garden, eve was decieved.if the
bible is not true than no man has anyright to even say whats right or wrong, things some people do they think is fine and so on, is stealing your car wrong, why, who said, and why are they right, think about it, salvation is simple, man makes it hard, other religions say you have to earn it, fine, if they live that good, they should except JESUS, why not except him, my way is through JESUS, if thats wrong, what have i lost, other ways are thru something or anything else, what if they are wrong, high price to pay for opinion, what if your son took someoneles punishment, and it cost him his life, how would you feel, think about GODS feelings, you cant take a few
verses from man religion and get anywhere, read the
bible, if you believe theres a GOD in heaven, please do nt reject his son, all very good questions, thanks, i do nt want to be a problem, i just want you to be in heaven someday, i cant be good enough to there there on my own, so i looked to the perfect one, JESUS, you do nt worked to get saved, you work because you are savd.you get get back out in sin and backslide, but, if your really saved, the LORD lives inside you, it will bother you to do certain things, but you can get numb to it, plus, the
bible says, you are not your own, you were bought with a price, JESUS BLOOD, free to you but cost him his life, GOD will chastise for repeated sin, you are his child, just like with your children, spend some time alone with GOD, ask him to show you, would love to talk to you guys over phone, i cant type, you can tell, theres so much more i can say please call me [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED] or email is [EMAILREMOVED]