よくある聖書の質問２０（トピック）
以下は、毎年最も多く質問される20のトピックです。各トピック内には、そのトピックに関する質問と回答へのリンクがあります。Third Millenniumは、追加のトピックや回答を Knowledge Database に掲載しています。 1. 性 同性愛者の愛は？ オーラルセックスは罪か？ 不貞 不自然な行為 性的ファンタジーとマスターベーション 自己虐待？ ホモセクシュアリティまたは不親切…
同性愛を実践する者も天国に行くことができるのか？ “よくよく自分を吟味しなさい。ほんとうにクリスチャンだと言えますか。クリスチャンとしてのテストに合格していますか。自分の内に住まれるキリストと、そのあふれる力とを、いよいよ強く実感していますか。” (2 Corinthians 13:5, JCB)
これは神学の多くの側面を巻き込む複雑な問題であり、クリスチャンは常に同じ答えを出すわけではありません。しかし、私の見解では、これは本質的に「罪人が天国に行くことができるか」というより広範な問題の特定のバージョンです。私は、実践している同性愛者の中には天国に行く人もいるが、すべてではなく、一方で地獄に行く人もいると信じています。 同性愛は罪です - 忌まわしい罪です! しかし、これは不倫…
礼拝の七つの型
通常、誰かがこれを指すとき、彼らは以下のことを求めている（Strongのヘブライ語辞典から）： 1. ヤダー 礼拝のために手を伸ばすこと。礼拝と賛美において自分を捧げること。主に手を上げて、親が子供を抱き上げるように、絶対的な降伏の意味を持つ - 「私を抱き上げてください、私はあなたのものです」。…
キリストと共に天の場所に着席するにはどうしたらいいのでしょうか。まだ地上に座っているのに。 “神はあらかじめ選んだ人々を招き、そして彼らの罪を赦し、義（正しい者）と認められた人々には、さらに栄光を与えると約束してくださいました。” (Romans 8:30, JCB)
ご質問ありがとうございます。簡単な答えは、すでにキリストとともに「栄光を与えられて」（ローマ 8:30）おり、キリストとともに「よみがえらせられて」（コロサイ 3:1）いるのと同じです。専門的な話を避けて、説明します。 ３つの聖書箇所をすべて見て、パウロの主張の強さと全体像を簡単に理解しましょう： ローマ 8:30…
アダムとエバは堕落前に子供をもうけたか？
ご質問ありがとうございます。私は、 アダムとエバが堕落前(※創世記での出来事)に子供がいなかった理由をいくつか挙げたいと思います。 第一に、聖書は、アダムとエバが神が創造した最初の人類であったと教えています。すべての人類はアダムとエバから出ており、彼ら以前に別の人間の集団が存在したわけではありません。アダムとエバは、物語の模範として選ばれたのではなく、彼ら自身が最初の人類でした。 ルカは…
人類は堕落前や洪水前に肉を食べたのか
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What commandment(s) did Adam violate in the Fall?
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The Old Testament Tithe?
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Were all Job's children killed or not? Job 1:2; Job 1:18-19; Job 19:17
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Did it rain before Noah's Flood?
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Calivinism vs. Roman Catholicism
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Abram and Moses Dates of Birth
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Is there humor in the Bible?
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Grain...dying...fruit? What does John 12:24 mean?
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Who purchased Joseph, the Ishmaelites or the Midianites?
Genesis 37:28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites , who took him to Egypt. Genesis…
Wasn't hell made for the Devil and his angels and not real people?
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The New Testament Tithe?
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Muhammad the Messenger? - Isaiah 42
Isaiah 42:1 (KJV) Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Isaiah 42:11 (KJV) Let the…
What are the 613 commandments in the Law?
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Can your briefly explain election in Romans 8:29-30?
I apologize, but this answer even in a very brief form is rather long. But in attempting to keep it as simple as possible: Romans 8:29-30 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be…
When was Hell created?
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An Eternal Hell is for Real - The Heresy of Annihilationism?
Thanks for your question. This is a humbling issue. The Doctrine of an Eternal Hell is very clearly taught in such historic documents as the The Westminster Confession of Faith (33 - Of the Last…