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Q1. (1 Timothy 3:2-12) What kind of leader do you believe Paul is indicating for us with the phrase "husband of one wife"? Why is a leader's family an important indicator of leadership potential or problems?
1. It is a leader devoted to his ministry. having a husband of one wife is an indication that this leader is faithful to his wife. Faithfulness is one of the aspect of a good leader..
2. If, a leader who cannot handle his family nicely or cannot control, or not obeyed by his own wife and children he is not a good leader. and he is not qualified to be a leader or overseer of the church. leader must be the one to lead, not he is to be lead.
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Dear friends, since this is a topic in which various Christ-loving groups disagree, let's be especially careful to state our views with Christian love and gentleness. Denomination bashing and unloving attitudes are cause for suspension of Forum privileges.
Q5. (1 Timothy 2:11-15) How should Paul's instructions about women teaching and leading in the church be applied in the twenty-first century? How do you support your view?
In my own personal view women could teach and lead in the church, in our time. the Paul instruction to the Ephesus woman not to lead it is because women that time has no educational knowledge, that is why they are easily to deceive by the false teaching. in 21st century church mostly women are well educated and gifted.
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Q4. (1 Timothy 2:9-10) How did women dressing in fancy clothes threaten to compromise the church's witness in Ephesus? How do we apply the principle of Paul's directive in twenty-first century churches without instituting a new legalism?
Woman wearing fancy clothes could threaten to compromise the church it is because of some reasons, can destruct to other during service, some could say some comment causing them to sin,
I think as a Christian we have to wear modestly. be presentable because we are to fellowship with our King. it is true God is not looking in outside appearance but in the heart, What Paul want is either you are poor or rich dress modestly. meaning clean. because we are representing God.
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Q3. (1 Timothy 2:8). What problem among the men of the congregation is Paul referring to in this verse? What is so serious about worshiping with the opposite of love in your heart?
They cannot worship God with a true worship because of what is inside their heart. they can't even pray due to uncleaned conscience.
Like what Matthew said in 5:23-24 before we can worship God with true love, we must first confessed our sins and forgive those who sins against us. to worship God truly, we must put Him in our mind, heart alone nothing more.
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Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?
Christ send into this earth to be a mediator between God and man. because we are separated from God by our sinned. Christ died for us, He is the lamb to be sacrifice for the cleansing of our sins. He is the payment, He is the ransom for all of us.
I think He fulfill it both through shedding of His blood and praying for us until now.
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Q1. (1 Timothy 2:1-4) Why does Paul emphasize salvation of
all mankind in this letter? What does this suggest about the practice of
evangelism in the Ephesus church?
god wants all to be saved. for this thing to happen Paul urged everybody to pray. Prayer is the most powerful thing to do and it pleases God.
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Q1. (1 Timothy 1:3-7) What were some of the results of false doctrine in the church at Ephesus? How does doctrinal controversy hurt the spirit of a church? How does it prevent growth? How does it keep the church from its mission?
There will be a division, strife, controversy and immature christian because there understanding of the law twisted.
Doctrinal controversy will result divisions of church, will cause critics.
it will prevent growth because false doctrine, teaches different teaching it is not accordance with the word.
The church focus was destructed, and the direction is diverted so its mission was compromised.
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Q3. (Romans 8:31-32) What is the significance of the statement: "If God is for us, who can be against us?" Who might our enemies be? What is the evidence presented that God is for us? How does this statement make you feel? How does it affect hope? How does it allow you to act? What might: "...graciously give us all things" refer to?
"If God is for us, who can be against us?" means that we believers are triumphant in all things. our enemies? the worst enemy is ourselves, then those people around us, then the world. the evidence that God is for us, He involves in our dilemma, so that His plan be accomplish. and this plan is by handing over His Son in our behalf. with Christ, God will give us all things graciously.
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Q2. (Romans 8:29) What does it mean to "be conformed to the likeness of his Son"? In practical terms, what does that involve in our lives? Why does Paul support this statement with ideas of our destiny? Why does he support this with ideas of brotherhood with Jesus?
For me it means you have to like Jesus, in act, in nature, in words. as Paul said we must imitate Christ. it is not i who lives,but Him who raised from the dead lives in me. it is our destiny to be like Jesus, to act like Him. God's plan for us is to be like His Son, that our character be change so that we will take the family resemblance and the people around us will see that we are Brother's and sister in Christ.
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Q1. (Romans 8:28) What is the actual promise contained in verse 28? What does this promise mean? Put it in your own words. What are the two qualifications to the recipients of this promise? How does verse 28 give you hope?
The actual promise in verse 28, is that God works in us for the good of those who loves Him. It means that His plan and His purpose in our life be done.
To those who express continually love for God for both in attitude and in action, and to those who are responded to God's effectual calling for His plan and purpose.
It gives me hope, because it gives me also assurance that God works always in my life for my salvation.
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Q4. (Romans 8:24-25) What are the characteristics of a person who has lost hope? How does this person typically conduct his life? How does this differ from a person who holds an eager expectation of a better future? What is the "Christian hope"? How should it motivate us and affect our lives now?
Characteristic of those person who lost hope, depression, unhappy, feel that the world is against them, sometimes it's lead in taking up his life. the person with eager expectation of a better future, continue doing what he think good for his future, happy for what he is doing, never complain, he love what he has. the Christian hope, is the hope of glory, the indwelling of the Spirit of God in us that will guarantee to each believer - the future hope - Glory. we have to reach forward to those things w/c are ahead. trust in God.
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Q3. (Romans 8:26-27) How does the Holy Spirit act as a Helper or Mediator or Intercessor in verses 26-27? What similarities do you see between the Holy Spirit's ministry here with Jesus' teaching of the Spirit's ministry as Counselor/Comforter/Paraclete in John 14:16 and 15:26)? Why do you think we tend to take the Holy Spirit for granted or fail to understand His ministry to and through us?
The Holy Spirit is the one who will teach us what to ought to pray, the Holy Spirit also will act as intercessor for us to the Father, He will groan (pray) for us. the similarities of the Holy Spirit and Jesus teaching in Jn 14:16 ang Jn. 15:26 the H.S send to in us to help us to do the work of Christ, and to be the witness. we take the Holy Spirit for granted because we don't listen to His leading, we ignore His purpose into us, by doing those we fail to understand the real work of the Holy Spirit through us.
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Q2. (Romans 8:17-22) In what ways was suffering Jesus' lot in life? Why do we suffer? Why does all creation seem to be suffering? What will signal the end of that downward cycle of suffering, decay, and death? Is there anything good to look forward to in this present life?
Jesus was send by the Father into this world in the likeness of a sinful nature, but free from sinning by nature and by acts. God send Jesus to suffer to die in behalf of creation(human). that is why suffering is lot in Jesus life.
Because of the fall, because of the sinned of Adam and Eve, we are also destined to suffer. also being Christ follower, and baptized with Christ. suffering is in us.we suffer because of our faith to Jesus. we must share in Christ suffering.
it has take Jesus death to freed us from bondage of sin, so it will take Jesus return to take or break the cycle of suffering, decay, and death.
if we just continue focusing our eyes unto Jesus.
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Q1. In Romans 8:14-21, 28, how many times is the idea of being sons and daughters of God alluded to? What are the promises made to these sons and daughters? What do we learn about our future and our role in the future of all creation?
It's alluded about seven times.
1. Those are led by the Spirit of God, these are the son's of God
2. but you receive the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry Abba Father.
3. The Spirit Himself bear witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
4. if children, then heirs - heirs of God
5. ...waits for the revealing of the son's of God
6. delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
7. we knows that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called (children) according to His purpose
The promise is that we are all heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs of Christ Jesus. that we may also glorified together. we are also subjected in hope through Christ. we will free from the bondage of corruption,
That we creation are subjected in futility, but because of Christ Jesus who subjected it in hope, because we the creation itself will be delivered, freed from any bondage of corruption.
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Q5. (Romans 8:13-14) What does it mean to "mortify" or "put to death" the deeds of the body by the Spirit? What would it look like to watch a person do this? What does it mean to be "led" by the Spirit? What does this look like in actual practice? How do "putting to death" and being "led" by the Spirit fit together? How much of this is the Spirit and how much is us?
It is means we don't need to obey our sinful nature, by killing the sin that is in us. a person doing this, he is like a person who freed from prison. living his old life inside the cell. hating doing sin. he is a happy person. he is a person submitting his life to Christ righteousness. to be led by the Spirit means doing what the will of God is. if we will not obey our sinful desire is putting it to death, to do it we must led by the Spirit of God, and that Spirit must live in us. for greater is He who is in us, than who is in the world.
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Q4. (Romans 8:12) Do we have to sin? Are we compelled to sin? Is it possible to live for two hours of wakefulness without sinning? Four hours? One day? Two days? Where do we Christians get such a defeatist attitude towards sin? From Scripture?
We don't need to sin, and we are not compelled to sin even though we are sinner's nature. but we are freed from that bondage of sin through the grace of God in Christ Jesus. in my own opinion yes, well i think it is impossible to live without sinning, but for two hours, one day can be. but what John say in 1 John 1:8 "If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves....". because as the Bible say we have an obligation, to live in righteousness.
We Christian get our defeatist attitude towards sin is something from the people surround us, to wrong teaching. from scripture we get is strength to fight back against that attitude (defeatist). what the 2Tim. 3:16-17 say "all Scripture.....profitable for doctrine,reproof,correction, and instruction in righteousness; so that the man of God will be perfect, thoroughly equipped in every good works."
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Q3. (Romans 8:9) Is it possible to be a Christian without the Holy Spirit residing in us? What is the difference (if any) between the indwelling of the Spirit and the fullness of the Spirit? How do we remain "full" of the Spirit?
It is not possible to be a Christian without the Holy Spirit residing in us. as the Bible said "Anyone does not have the Spirit, is not belong to Christ."
Indwelling means that the Holy Spirit is residing in us. it's inside us. Holy Spirit dwells in us after we receive Christ in our life. filled or full is when we speak in tongues. and it is empowering the believer so that we can do all what God's want us to do.
Continually doing God's will. remain us to be full of the Spirit.
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Q2. (Romans 8:5-6) Exactly what does it mean to set your mind on the things of the Spirit? How do you do this? How can you recognize when the things you're setting your mind on relate to your sinful nature? How much of this is deliberate? How much is habit? What part does the Holy Spirit have it this? Or is this primarily right living by force of will?
To think in Spirit is to to think what God's will in us, to do what is pleasing to God's eye. By loving our neighbor's, Have patience, being humble and so on. by reading His Word daily, by proclaiming the Word that the Lord gave in us. Psalm 68:11
We recognize those thing if the Holy Spirit talk to us and tell us that the things set in our mind is related to our sinful nature. sometimes thought, suddenly or unconsciously, i find myself thinking fleshly desire, allowing myself to be tempted by sin. i know that i have a tendency in deliberately think in fulfilling my desire. maybe this is the result of my year in wickedness.
The Holy Spirit is the one who will convict me if I'm doing the thing not pleases the Father.
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Q1. (Romans 8:3-4) Why can't obedience to the law save us? What is the weak link? What then does it take to save us?
Obedience to God's law can't save us, because we cannot follow it perfectly, we cannot fulfill what the law is asking for us. our sinful nature is the weak link. to save us we need a man who is no sin, and that is Christ Jesus who bore our sins.
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Q4. (Jeremiah 17:9; Matthew 15:18-20; Romans 7:24) What is the doctrine of "total depravity"? Put it in your own words. Does it mean that none of God's original goodness shows through? Then what does it mean? Why does modern man tend to believe that man is basically good? How does this differ from what the Bible teaches?
Total depravity is the fallen state of man as a result of Original Sin. The doctrine of total depravity asserts that people are by nature not inclined to love God wholly with heart, mind, and strength, as God requires, but rather all are inclined to serve their own interests over those of their neighbor and to reject the rule of God.
Most of modern man cannot accept that they are bad, they think they are good, because of what the 10 commandments said. they think helping, giving make them a good man.they think following the 10 commandments make them good, but what they don't know if they missed one of it they've sinned.
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Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?
What does the law do well?
The law gives us the knowledge of what is wrong.
What does it do poorly?
The law could not save us. as what Paul said when the law came sin's sprang and he died. in 1 Corinthians 15:56b "....the strength of sin is the law."
Why is the law powerless to save us?
The law is a law, and he has no power to save us from our sinful nature. only the grace of God can.
What is the problem here?
the problem is in us, like what Paul said it is not from the law is the problem, but in us. because eventhough we are living by grace still we are sinning, we did not think what Christ Jesus did at the cross for us.
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Q5. (Romans 7:14-25) Christians disagree about who is the "I" in Romans 7. Is Paul referring to himself or others? What is your opinion? (We won't all agree here, but we'll learn what the issues are by taking and arguing for a position -- lovingly).
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Initially Paul is the one who writes this letter, when he is writing this letter he is talking about himself, what he experience being the regenerated person and unregenerated person. but he is addressing this letter to the people (believers and non-believers) in Romans. and also to us now.
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Q1. (Romans 7:5) Paul uses the word "flesh" (or NIV "sinful nature") many times in chapters 7 and 8. In your own words, what does Paul mean by "flesh" in these verses?
To be in the "flesh" means to be under the control and domination of sin.
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Q5. (Romans 6:18-22) In Paul's analogy in these verses, is there a place of independent freedom apart from "slavery" to sin or to Christ? Why do we long for this kind of independent freedom? Why do we hesitate to firmly take sides and make our allegiance clear to all?
There is no independent freedom. for we are slaves of the one we obey. either sin or righteousness. if we obey righteousness we are not free, for we are slave of righteousness. there is no in-between.
I think it is one of our nature, longing for that kind of freedom, because we human believer or not has a tendency to decide by our own. we think that we own ourselves.
We hesitate because we don't know where we gonna make our allegiance, if it is eternal life or death.that is why Paul contrast the eternal result of two different allegiance. being freed to sin,means slave to God, the immediate fruit produced is consecration, the final outcome of belonging to God is eternal life. now the compensation paid by sin is death, sin pays wages to those working on it. the wages paid is death.
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in 3. Selecting Leaders in God's Household (1 Timothy 3; Titus 1)
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Choosing a leader must be carefully watch. because the church will depend into this leader. that is why choosing a leader needs to be lift up to God, and let God be the one to assign.