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- 16:59, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+864) . . N 15:4 What are the things that were written before for our learning? (Created page with "====15:4 What are the things that were written before for our learning?==== Paul is referring to the Old Testament scriptures here. Even though we live under the new covenant...") (current)
- 16:59, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-2,964) . . 15:1-3 What are the "infirmities of the weak" referred to here? (current)
- 16:58, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,647) . . N 14:22-23 What is the actual meaning of what Paul says here? (Created page with "====14:22-23 What is the actual meaning of what Paul says here?==== What Paul in effect is saying here is that whatever we believe about the things discussed in Ch 14 up to t...") (current)
- 16:57, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+3,048) . . N 14:10-12 What is the Judgement Seat of Christ? (Created page with "====14:10-12 What is the Judgement Seat of Christ?==== (CP also 2Cor 5:10). The judgement seat of Christ is not to be confused with the great white throne judgement (CP Rev 2...") (current)
- 16:57, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-4,510) . . 14:1-9 What do we learn from what Paul says here? (current)
- 16:54, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . 13:11-14 How are we to understand what Paul says here? (→13:11-14 How are we to understand what Paul says here?) (current)
- 16:54, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2,386) . . N 13:11-14 How are we to understand what Paul says here? (Created page with "====13:11-14 How are we to understand what Paul says here?==== In view of the imminence of Christ's return Paul is impressing upon Christians here the importance of loving ou...")
- 16:53, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,611) . . N 13:8 Does this prohibit Christians buying anything on credit or borrowing money? (Created page with "====13:8 Does this prohibit Christians buying anything on credit or borrowing money?==== No, money as such is not in view here. What Paul is saying continues on from his inju...") (current)
- 16:48, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-3,937) . . 13:1-2 Is this teaching that Christians have to obey every law of the state without question? (current)
- 16:47, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+682) . . N 12:20 What does "for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head", mean? (Created page with "====12:20 What does "for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head", mean?==== Christians must never exact vengeance upon anyone who has wronged them. Instead the...") (current)
- 16:46, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+600) . . N 12:18 How is this statement to be understood? (Created page with "====12:18 How is this statement to be understood?==== Christians must do all they can to promote peace and tolerance in the world (CP Mt 5:38-42; Mk 9:50; Lu 6:27-29; Ro 14:1...") (current)
- 16:46, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+796) . . N 12:5 What does Paul mean that "We being many are one body in Christ"? (Created page with "====12:5 What does Paul mean that "We being many are one body in Christ"?==== Paul uses the human body with its many members as an analogy to illustrate his point that the ch...") (current)
- 16:44, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,269) . . N 12:3 What exactly is Paul telling us here? (Created page with "====12:3 What exactly is Paul telling us here?==== The first consequence of being transformed by the renewing of our minds is a new self-understanding. Christians are not to...") (current)
- 16:44, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . 12:2 What is God's will? (→12:2 What is God's will?) (current)
- 16:43, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,895) . . N 12:2 What is God's will? (Created page with "====12:2 What is God's will?==== God's will is His word, the Bible. The Bible is the revealed will of God. It contains everything we need to know for Christian living. The mo...")
- 16:43, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-4,804) . . 12:1 What does Paul mean that we are to present our bodies a living sacrifice unto God? (current)
- 16:42, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,229) . . N 11:33-36 What do we learn from what Paul says here? (Created page with "====11:33-36 What do we learn from what Paul says here?==== This is called a Doxology in the contemporary church - a formula of praise to God in prayer. After outlining God...") (current)
- 13:42, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,254) . . N 11:32 What does it mean that God has concluded them all in unbelief that He might have mercy upon all? (Created page with "====11:32 What does it mean that God has concluded them all in unbelief that He might have mercy upon all?==== We learn from this that human disobedience in whatever form doe...") (current)
- 13:41, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,978) . . N 11:29 Does this mean that the gifts and calling of God are without repentance for all Christians? (Created page with "====11:29 Does this mean that the gifts and calling of God are without repentance for all Christians?==== No! The gifts and calling of God are without repentance only in rela...") (current)
- 13:41, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+3,455) . . N 11:17-24 How are we to understand what Paul says here? (Created page with "====11:17-24 How are we to understand what Paul says here?==== Paul uses the analogy here of the branches of a wild olive tree being engrafted to a cultured olive tree which...") (current)
- 13:40, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,682) . . N 11:16 Who does "the firstfruit" refer to here? (Created page with "====11:16 Who does "the firstfruit" refer to here?==== Some Bible scholars believe that the firstfruit and the root referred to here represent the Jews who have already accep...") (current)
- 13:39, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+5,952) . . N 11:13 Are Apostles still in the church today? (Created page with "====11:13 Are Apostles still in the church today?==== Apostles, from the Greek word Apostoloi, means ones sent, messengers. In the New Testament church apostles are placed fi...") (current)
- 13:38, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,535) . . N 11:7-10 How are we to understand what Paul says here? (Created page with "====11:7-10 How are we to understand what Paul says here?==== This is the crux of Paul's discussion in V1-6 (CP V1-6). National Israel, who pursued after righteousness by the...") (current)
- 13:37, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,155) . . N 11:4 Is the figure seven thousand here literal or symbolic? (Created page with "====11:4 Is the figure seven thousand here literal or symbolic?==== (CP also 1Ki 19:14, 18). Whether the figure seven thousand in these scriptures is literal or symbolic is ir...") (current)
- 13:36, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,080) . . N 11:2 What does the word "foreknew" mean here? (Created page with "====11:2 What does the word "foreknew" mean here?==== It means simply that God knew Israel as the nation He chose in order for His purposes in the earth to be fulfilled in Jes...") (current)
- 01:53, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,820) . . N 10:18-21 Had the gospel already gone out into all the earth at the time Paul wrote this? (Created page with "====10:18-21 Had the gospel already gone out into all the earth at the time Paul wrote this?==== Yes! World in V18 means the known world of that time, which was the extent of...") (current)
- 01:52, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+14) . . 10:14-17 Does this mean that everyone has to hear the gospel to be saved? (current)
- 01:51, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+4,201) . . N 10:14-17 Does this mean that everyone has to hear the gospel to be saved? (Created page with "====10:14-17 Does this mean that everyone has to hear the gospel to be saved?==== Yes! V14-15 and 17 are very clear on this point - it is the gospel alone that saves. Of cour...")
- 01:50, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,840) . . N 10:12-13 What do we learn from what Paul says here? (Created page with "====10:12-13 What do we learn from what Paul says here?==== This is one of numerous scriptures in the Bible that clearly refutes the teaching in the church that before anyone...") (current)
- 01:50, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+3,422) . . N 10:9 Why is the resurrection of Christ so important to Christians? (Created page with "====10:9 Why is the resurrection of Christ so important to Christians?==== The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead is not just a tenet of the Christian faith;...") (current)
- 01:49, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+3,340) . . N 10:6-11 How are we to understand what Paul is saying here? (Created page with "====10:6-11 How are we to understand what Paul is saying here?==== In the previous verses, Ro 9:30-10:5, we saw that the Jews tried to establish their own righteousness by wo...") (current)
- 01:48, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-13,633) . . 10:4 What does it mean that Christ is the end of the law? (current)
- 01:48, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2,685) . . N 9:30-33 What do we learn from Paul's summing up here of Israel's rejection by God? (Created page with "====9:30-33 What do we learn from Paul's summing up here of Israel's rejection by God?==== This is the conclusion to Paul's teaching on election in Ch 9 in which he explains...") (current)
- 01:47, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,810) . . N 9:25-29 What is the meaning of what Paul says here? (Created page with "====9:25-29 What is the meaning of what Paul says here?==== In V25 Paul is referring to both Jews and Gentiles - not just Gentiles only - for this is Hosea's prophecy of the...") (current)
- 01:47, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2,112) . . N 9:22-24 Who do the vessels of wrath and the vessels of mercy refer to here? (Created page with "====9:22-24 Who do the vessels of wrath and the vessels of mercy refer to here?==== The word vessels here means objects. The term fitted to destruction means ready, or ripe f...") (current)
- 01:46, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,314) . . N 9:19-21 What do we learn from what Paul says here? (Created page with "====9:19-21 What do we learn from what Paul says here?==== Once again this has nothing to do with the personal salvation of individuals as some in the church would have us be...") (current)
- 01:46, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . 9:14-18 What exactly is the meaning of all that Paul says here? (current)
- 01:45, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+3,588) . . N 9:14-18 What exactly is the meaning of all that Paul says here? (Created page with "====9:14-18 What exactly is the meaning of all that Paul says here?==== Again, this does not mean as some in the church teach that salvation is prepared for those only on who...")
- 01:44, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2,489) . . N 9:10-13 Does this not prove that God arbitrarily chooses whom He will save and whom He will not? (Created page with "====9:10-13 Does this not prove that God arbitrarily chooses whom He will save and whom He will not?==== No, the same teaching as in V7-9 concerning Isaac and Ishmael applies...") (current)
- 01:44, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,612) . . N 9:7 How is the phrase, "But in Isaac shall thy seed be called", to be understood? (Created page with "====9:7 How is the phrase, "But in Isaac shall thy seed be called", to be understood?==== In saying this Paul was repeating God's words to Abraham in Gen 17, that His plan of...") (current)
- 01:43, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,922) . . N 9:5 What profound biblical truth is Paul affirming here? (Created page with "====9:5 What profound biblical truth is Paul affirming here?==== This is yet another proof of the deity of Jesus - that Jesus is God. Sadly though, few Bible scholars comment...") (current)
- 01:42, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-16,039) . . 9:1-3 What do we learn from this passage of scripture? (current)
- 01:41, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2,796) . . N 8:35 Whose love is Paul referring to here - our love for Christ or His love for us? (Created page with "====8:35 Whose love is Paul referring to here - our love for Christ or His love for us?==== Most Christians believe that it is Christ's love for us that Paul is referring to...") (current)
- 01:41, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+794) . . N 8:33 Who is the "elect" referred to here and how many "elects" of God are there in scripture? (Created page with "====8:33 Who is the "elect" referred to here and how many "elects" of God are there in scripture?==== The elect referred to here are Christians. There are four elects of God...") (current)
- 01:40, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+4,087) . . N 8:28-30 What exactly does this passage teach? (Created page with "====8:28-30 What exactly does this passage teach?==== This is one of the most debated passages of scripture in Christendom. V28 is generally used to teach that God works thro...") (current)
- 01:40, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+949) . . N 8:26-27 What do we learn from what Paul says here? (Created page with "====8:26-27 What do we learn from what Paul says here?==== This is a continuation of Paul's teaching from V17 (CP V17-25). We learn from V23 here, that Christians themselves...") (current)
- 01:39, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+3,202) . . N 8:19-21 What is Paul teaching here? (Created page with "====8:19-21 What is Paul teaching here?==== The whole creation - all nature - comprising both the animate and the inanimate world, is waiting for the glorification of the sai...") (current)
- 01:39, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+998) . . N 8:17 What is the suffering with Christ that Paul refers to here? (Created page with "====8:17 What is the suffering with Christ that Paul refers to here?==== These are the sufferings all Christians are called on to endure for Christ's sake (CP Mt 10:38; Mk 10...") (current)
- 01:38, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+890) . . N 8:12-16 How are we to understand what Paul says here? (Created page with "====8:12-16 How are we to understand what Paul says here?==== Born again Christians are accepted into God's family through their faith in Christ and have the same inheritance...") (current)
- 01:37, 10 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+816) . . N 8:11 What does the phrase "quicken your mortal bodies" (KJV) mean here? (Created page with "====8:11 What does the phrase "quicken your mortal bodies" (KJV) mean here?==== The word quicken in this context means give life to. Paul has in view here the future resurrec...") (current)
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