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Comment on Mark 6:5 – Why could Jesus not do any mighty work there if He is all powerful? by Bill Francis

Bill Francis — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:02:12 +0000

Jesus is God. God can’t fail his own word. He can’t violate the freedom of choice he gave us to believe,trust, and depend on Him,or doubt and reject Him, with the promised consequences that are sure to come from our free decesion regardless of which one it be.

The writer said that Jesus laid hand on a few sick and heal them.

That’s miracle, He didn’t do more because there were no more bilevers than those he cured.

He could not force and will not try to force anyone to believe Him. Had He done so, He would had being taking away His people’s fredom of choice.

Comment on Matthew 27:5 – Did Judas die by hanging or by falling headlong? by rfroese

rfroese — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:48:59 +0000

This answer is not plausible. If Judas had hanged himself and then fell headlong the “inspired” author of Acts would have stated that Judas hung himself. Why would he leave something so important out? And if he was inspired, why would God even allow the author to leave this out knowing that some people would consider this a contradiction. It appears to be a constradiction to me, and the answer provided is not very compelling. Would God really expect us to accept such a poor answer?

Comment on Exodus 12:29-30 – How could an all-loving God strike the firstborn of those Egyptians who were not responsible for the decisions of Pharaoh? by Rfroese

Rfroese — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:11:15 +0000

The Bible says that God hardened pharaoh’s heart. So there is no way that ordinary people had any influence on Pharaoh’s decision. Most Egyptians would have been poor peasants just trying to scrape a living from the land and feed their families. They would have had little time for anything else. They did not deserve this kind of treatment. Have you ever known someone who has lost their child. It is a horrible thing. But why the animals? What did they do wrong?

God also instructed Israel to steal the Egyptian’s pocessions before leaving. But I suppose the 10 commandments hadn’t been delivered yet, so how would anyone know it was wrong to steal.

Comment on Genesis 4:17 – Where did Cain get his wife? by Emerick Blackburn

Emerick Blackburn — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:01:18 +0000

Could the land of Nod(Genesis 4:16) be the dwelling place of the fallen angels?Why is it that we are left to wonder where he did get his wife?Weren’t they the only people on earth or was there others? Thank you.

Comment on Did Jesus ever address Mary as “Mother” as He addressed God as “Father?” by Peter

Peter — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:05:53 +0000

Not in the same way (at least not recorded in scripture) however he did acknowledge her and made sure of her care.

John 19:25-27 (New International Version)
25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Dear woman, here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

Comment on How do I change my thinking? by Peter

Peter — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:45:25 +0000

Hi Shawna and congratulations on what must already be real changes for you to recognise the difference.

It is what we believe that shapes what we think and therefore do – if what you believe has recently changed then so in time will your thoughts and actions – don’t rush them as pretending to be different and hoping it will work is worse than being honest with God and recognising you are not “there” yet ( me – I’m not sure I’ll ever be “there” but I still trust Jesus)

The bible says that we should make our thoughts captive to Christ – this is a discipline (maybe that’s why we are disciples not just followers). To do this we need to recognise what Jesus has done for us and in us and what he expects of us.
This does not happen quickly – ask any “old” person in a church and they will all tell you “the older I get the more I realise there is to learn”

Know this
1 John 1:8,9
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

We all blow it (no matter how hard we try – and trying hard is often the downfall because we are then relying on what we can do rather than what Jesus has done) but we have many promises like the one above that Jesus who is faithful is able to keep us “in him” and through his sacrifice for us present us righteous to His Father.

Press on – read – fellowship – pray – all these things help to bring about change that is spontaneous and real – trust Him – He is faithful to us even we are less than faithful to Him

Peter

Comment on Genesis 3:8 – If God is present everywhere, how could Adam and Eve hide themselves from the presence of the LORD? by Rfroese

Rfroese — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:33:16 +0000

The Biblical story of Adam & Eve is quite an obvious myth. As far as I can tell not many people take this story literally anymore. They certainly shouldn’t. Given the best evidence we have, which is scientific evidence, there could not have been an actual Adam & Eve. So given this is a myth, it doesn’t seem very meaningful to ask about something that never actually happened. God never actually did have to look for Adam & Eve.

Comment on Where were we before we were born? Were we with God like the Mormons believe or did we not exist until we were conceived? by LYF

LYF — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:03:08 +0000

I found a clearer explanation of the first point I was trying to make…

By rejecting the concept of premortal existence, it must be assumed that the spirit or soul of man springs into existence at conception or birth. If the above scriptures are to be interpreted literally, particularly Ecclesiastes 12:7, and as the parallel linguistic construction (or comparison) that it is, then dust returns to dust, as it was before creation (or before life), and spirit likewise returns to its former uncreated condition (as it was before this life), which if preexistence is false, means that our spirits return to their uncreated condition (as in without life as well). Thus, the problem is that the scripture could just as easily be used to justify a doctrine of there being no life after death, which is clearly against Christian belief.

Comment on Where were we before we were born? Were we with God like the Mormons believe or did we not exist until we were conceived? by LYF

LYF — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:54:16 +0000

Oh and Ecclesiastes 12:7 explains more fully Ecclesiastes 3:21- “Then shall the dust return to the Earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” How can something return to a place it had not been before… we know our bodies return to the dust because that was their origin, our spirits likewise RETURN to God, the place where they were before our bodies were formed from the dust.

Comment on Where were we before we were born? Were we with God like the Mormons believe or did we not exist until we were conceived? by LYF

LYF — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:37:48 +0000

Your second verse says that God gives us the breath of life at the beginning of our existence on this earth, you then go on to say that the breath of life leaves us and goes up to God (rejoins God) at death. You conclude that we did not exist before this Earth… um, not logical.
Basic Christian theology is that after our deaths our spirits rejoin God, as you say, after our death’s the breath of life leaves our bodies and rejoins God. However, if the breath of life rejoins God after our deaths, yet we continue to exist and live on with him in heaven, then the fact that the breath of life does not join our bodies until our lives on earth, does not prove that our “breaths of lives” did not dwell with God before entering our bodies, just as they dwell with God after leaving our bodies.