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FASTING - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
Fasting—Does It Draw You Closer to God? (w09 4/1 pp. 27-29; Watchtower Online Library)
Is Fasting for Christians? (Search For Bible Truths)
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Savior - Links to Information
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Savior - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
Isa. 43:11 / 2 Pet. 3:18 Jehovah only Savior; Jesus Savior (Examining the Trinity)
Title Confusion Trick "Saviour" (Is. 43:11) (Examining the Trinity)
A short exchange on "savior" and Isaiah 43:11 (IN Defense of the NWT)
Savior - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
Isa. 43:11 / 2 Pet. 3:18 Jehovah only Savior; Jesus Savior (Examining the Trinity)
Title Confusion Trick "Saviour" (Is. 43:11) (Examining the Trinity)
A short exchange on "savior" and Isaiah 43:11 (IN Defense of the NWT)
Beard - Links to Information
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BEARD - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
BEARD (Insight-1 pp. 266-267; Watchtower Online Library)
Should Christian Men Today Wear Beards? (Search For Bible Truths)
Jehovah's Witnesses - Are Wearing Beards Discouraged? (Defending Jehovah's Witnesses)
"Would it be proper for Christian men to wear a neatly trimed beard? We all know in biblical times Christian men had them including Jesus." (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)
Appearance (Physical) (Search For Bible Truths)
BEARD - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
BEARD (Insight-1 pp. 266-267; Watchtower Online Library)
Should Christian Men Today Wear Beards? (Search For Bible Truths)
Jehovah's Witnesses - Are Wearing Beards Discouraged? (Defending Jehovah's Witnesses)
"Would it be proper for Christian men to wear a neatly trimed beard? We all know in biblical times Christian men had them including Jesus." (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)
Appearance (Physical) (Search For Bible Truths)
Should Christian Men Today Wear Beards?
During Jesus' time on earth it was customary to wear beards. Christians came first from a Jewish background, and Jewish men wore beards. Beards were a sign of maturity, wisdom, and piety.
Today Christian ministers, like the early Christians, are concerned with neatness and cleanness, but they strive to dress inconspicuously, so that their appearance does not in any way detract from the dignity or the effectiveness of the message they bear. (2 Cor. 6:3, 4) In recent years in many lands a beard or long hair on a man attracts immediate notice and may, in the minds of the majority, classify such a person undesirably with extremists or as rebels against society. God’s ministers want to avoid making any impression that would take attention away from their ministry or hinder anyone from listening to the truth. They know that people are watching true Christians very critically and that to a great extent they judge the entire congregation and the good news by the minister’s appearance as a representative of the congregation.
Also see:
Jehovah's Witnesses - Are Wearing Beards Discouraged? (Defending Jehovah's Witnesses)
"Would it be proper for Christian men to wear a neatly trimed beard? We all know in biblical times Christian men had them including Jesus." (JWQ&A)
Appearance (Physical) (SFBT)
Today Christian ministers, like the early Christians, are concerned with neatness and cleanness, but they strive to dress inconspicuously, so that their appearance does not in any way detract from the dignity or the effectiveness of the message they bear. (2 Cor. 6:3, 4) In recent years in many lands a beard or long hair on a man attracts immediate notice and may, in the minds of the majority, classify such a person undesirably with extremists or as rebels against society. God’s ministers want to avoid making any impression that would take attention away from their ministry or hinder anyone from listening to the truth. They know that people are watching true Christians very critically and that to a great extent they judge the entire congregation and the good news by the minister’s appearance as a representative of the congregation.
Also see:
Jehovah's Witnesses - Are Wearing Beards Discouraged? (Defending Jehovah's Witnesses)
"Would it be proper for Christian men to wear a neatly trimed beard? We all know in biblical times Christian men had them including Jesus." (JWQ&A)
Appearance (Physical) (SFBT)
Born Again - Links to Information
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BORN AGAIN - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
BORN AGAIN - What Does It Mean? (w09 4/1 pp. 1-2; Watchtower Online Library)
Born Again (Search Results From the Watchtower Online Library)
BORN AGAIN - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
BORN AGAIN - What Does It Mean? (w09 4/1 pp. 1-2; Watchtower Online Library)
Born Again (Search Results From the Watchtower Online Library)
Canaan - Links to Information
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CANAAN (Land) - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
CANAAN (Son of Ham) - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
CANAAN (Insight-1 pp. 399-406; Watchtower Online Library)
Why Canaan was punished? (Genesis 9:20-27) (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)
CANAAN (Land) - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
CANAAN (Son of Ham) - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)
CANAAN (Insight-1 pp. 399-406; Watchtower Online Library)
Why Canaan was punished? (Genesis 9:20-27) (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)
Torment / Ba·sa·ni´zo
(Also see TORMENT - Links to Information; INDEX; Watchtower Online Library.)
The Greek word ba·sa·ni´zo (and related terms) occurs over 20 times in the Christian Greek Scriptures. It basically meant “test by the proving stone [ba´sa·nos]” and, by extension, “examine or question by applying torture.” Lexicographers point out that in the Christian Greek Scriptures it is used with the sense of ‘vexing with grievous pains; being harassed, distressed.’—Mt 8:29; Lu 8:28; Re 12:2.
The Bible used ba·sa·ni´zo in a number of instances. For example, a manservant afflicted with paralysis was “terribly tormented” (NW) or “racked with pain” (NE) by it. (Mt 8:6; compare 4:24.) Also, Lot “used to torment his soul” (Ro) or “was vexed” (Mo, RS) by the lawless deeds of the people of Sodom. (2Pe 2:8) The word is even used in regard to the difficult progress of a boat.—Mt 14:24; Mr 6:48.
The Greek noun ba·sa·ni·stes´ occurring at Matthew 18:34 is rendered “jailers” in some translations (AT, Fn, NW; compare Mt 18:30) and “tormentors” or “torturers” in others. (AS, KJ, JB) Torture was sometimes used in prisons to obtain information (compare Ac 22:24, 29, which shows that this was done, although ba·sa·ni´zo is not used here), so ba·sa·ni·stes´ came to be applied to jailers. Regarding its use at Matthew 18:34, The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia observed: “Probably the imprisonment itself was regarded as ‘torment’ (as it doubtless was), and the ‘tormentors’ need mean nothing more than jailers.” (Edited by J. Orr, 1960, Vol. V, p. 2999) Thus, the mentioning in Revelation 20:10 of ones who will be “tormented day and night forever and ever” evidently indicates that they will be in a condition of restraint. That a condition of restraint can be spoken of as “torment” is indicated by the parallel accounts at Matthew 8:29 and Luke 8:31.
Some commentators have pointed to Biblical instances of the word “torment” to support the teaching of eternal suffering in fire. However, as just indicated, there is Scriptural reason to believe that Revelation 20:10 does not have that sense. In fact, verse 14 shows that “the lake of fire” in which the torment occurs, actually means “the second death.” And though Jesus spoke of a certain rich man as “existing in torments” (Lu 16:23, 28), Jesus was not describing the literal experience of a real person but, rather, was setting forth an illustration. Revelation provides a number of other instances where “torment” clearly has an illustrative or symbolic sense, as is evident from context.—Re 9:5; 11:10; 18:7, 10. - Insight, Vol.2, "Torment"
The Greek word ba·sa·ni´zo (and related terms) occurs over 20 times in the Christian Greek Scriptures. It basically meant “test by the proving stone [ba´sa·nos]” and, by extension, “examine or question by applying torture.” Lexicographers point out that in the Christian Greek Scriptures it is used with the sense of ‘vexing with grievous pains; being harassed, distressed.’—Mt 8:29; Lu 8:28; Re 12:2.
The Bible used ba·sa·ni´zo in a number of instances. For example, a manservant afflicted with paralysis was “terribly tormented” (NW) or “racked with pain” (NE) by it. (Mt 8:6; compare 4:24.) Also, Lot “used to torment his soul” (Ro) or “was vexed” (Mo, RS) by the lawless deeds of the people of Sodom. (2Pe 2:8) The word is even used in regard to the difficult progress of a boat.—Mt 14:24; Mr 6:48.
The Greek noun ba·sa·ni·stes´ occurring at Matthew 18:34 is rendered “jailers” in some translations (AT, Fn, NW; compare Mt 18:30) and “tormentors” or “torturers” in others. (AS, KJ, JB) Torture was sometimes used in prisons to obtain information (compare Ac 22:24, 29, which shows that this was done, although ba·sa·ni´zo is not used here), so ba·sa·ni·stes´ came to be applied to jailers. Regarding its use at Matthew 18:34, The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia observed: “Probably the imprisonment itself was regarded as ‘torment’ (as it doubtless was), and the ‘tormentors’ need mean nothing more than jailers.” (Edited by J. Orr, 1960, Vol. V, p. 2999) Thus, the mentioning in Revelation 20:10 of ones who will be “tormented day and night forever and ever” evidently indicates that they will be in a condition of restraint. That a condition of restraint can be spoken of as “torment” is indicated by the parallel accounts at Matthew 8:29 and Luke 8:31.
Some commentators have pointed to Biblical instances of the word “torment” to support the teaching of eternal suffering in fire. However, as just indicated, there is Scriptural reason to believe that Revelation 20:10 does not have that sense. In fact, verse 14 shows that “the lake of fire” in which the torment occurs, actually means “the second death.” And though Jesus spoke of a certain rich man as “existing in torments” (Lu 16:23, 28), Jesus was not describing the literal experience of a real person but, rather, was setting forth an illustration. Revelation provides a number of other instances where “torment” clearly has an illustrative or symbolic sense, as is evident from context.—Re 9:5; 11:10; 18:7, 10. - Insight, Vol.2, "Torment"
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