Bible Questions & Answers
If you have a specific question you would like to ask, send it to Dan Allen jd03325@gmail.com You must give your name and e-mail address.
When I answer your question I will not show your name or e-mail address when I post your question to this blog.
I will make every effort to answer your questions within 3 days.
Each answered question will include a Scripture reference for the question. I urge you to read all scriptures from your Bible accepting only what the Bible teaches.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QUESTION: Since some in the church today are still babes, are not gifts
still necessary for maturation?
ANSWER: No! Christians today become mature by partaking of the meat of the
word of righteousness (Hebrews 5:11-14; I Peter 2:2).
STATEMENT: I find it very difficult to agree that there was a time when the truth
was only in part and that gifts ended when it (the New Testament) was
completed. The word of God has always been perfect, since God is perfect.
RESPONSE: Clearly, the New Testament was not given in it’s totality on the day
of Pentecost, but rather it was given and written over a period of years during the
first century. Once it was completed, it became the perfect (complete) law of
liberty (James 1:25). Upon the New Testament being totally given, confirmed and
written, the need for gifts (confirmation of the word) no longer existed! Certainly
we agree that God is perfect in all that He is and does. We also agree that as
God, through the Holy Spirit, guided (led; indicative of progression) the apostles
into all truth, it was (and is) perfect (without flaw). In 1 Corinthians thirteen,
however, the word “perfect” does not denote “sinlessness” or “without fault” It
simply means “complete” or “mature.” In verses eight through eleven, this word
(perfect/complete) is contrasted with that which is in “part;” that which is to be
done away. What was it that was known in part (vs.9)? When would the part be
done away (vs.10)? According to verse ten, the part would be done away when
the complete (perfect) was come! With the coming of the “complete” law of
liberty, Christians would no longer have to know in part, because they would now
have all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him
who hath called us to glory and virtue (II Peter 1:3), through all scripture which
would make the man of God complete, furnished unto every good work (II
Timothy 3:16-17). It cannot be successfully denied that the gifts were indicative
of that which was in part and, further, that which represented childhood or
spiritual immaturity/incompleteness (I Corinthians 13:8-11). To the contrary,
however, some today, who falsely claim the ability to perform miracles (gifts),
represent these as being indicative of spiritual maturity. They do so in opposition
to God’s Word and Will!
STATEMENT: We still need the Holy Spirit to teach us today in the same way
He taught the apostles.
RESPONSE: This allegation is not biblically based. The apostles were guided
into all truth. All truth has been recorded by inspired men once for all (Jude 3). It
is only through this truth that we become complete/mature (II Timothy 3:15), and
only through it can we be saved (James 1:21). If the above allegation was true
(with the Holy Spirit teaching and guiding us as He did the apostles) there would
be no need for Christians to study the Bible today. In fact, what need of the Bible
would we have? That this is clearly false can be seen in many scriptures, e.g., II
Timothy 2:2; II Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 5:12-14; et al.
