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Faith Issues - Tasbeha.org Community https://tasbeha.org/community/categories/faith-issues/p62/feed.rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:27:15 +0000 Faith Issues - Tasbeha.org Community en-CA Soul v.s. Spirit https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5555/soul-v-s-spirit Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:32:41 +0000 desertnurse 5555@/community/discussions
Taylor]]> Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5553/blasphemy-against-the-holy-spirit Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:33:38 +0000 5553@/community/discussions

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is not a sin amongst other sins. It refers to the unrepentent pursuit of ANY sin--it is not a type of sin, it is a method of dealing with sin. Someone who is disposed towards same-sex attraction, yet who struggles with the Grace of God to resist homosexual lusts and acts in every shape and form that such lusts and acts may be manifest is not committing blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

So, let's say if someone commits the same sin EVERY day - is that blaspheming against the Holy Spirit?

]]> Isiah 61:10 https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5552/isiah-61-10 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:53:19 +0000 5552@/community/discussions
I delight greatly in the LORD;

my soul rejoices in my God.

For he has clothed me with garments of salvation.

and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,

as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels
]]> The Eucharist https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5423/the-eucharist Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:39:44 +0000 desertnurse 5423@/community/discussions
Taylor]]> More Questions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5524/more-questions Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:51:32 +0000 mikeforjesus 5524@/community/discussions
and why did Christ say casting out demons can come out by nothing but fasting and praying yet He gave the twelve disciples authority to cast out demons and heal all kinds of sickness and diseases even while He was alive.. but He said can the friends fast while the bridegroom is with them? they will fast when the bridegroom is taken away from them (when He dies).. did He mean only that they will not fast alot like the disciples of John and the Pharisees but not that they will not fast at all and maybe alot but not as much as the disciples of John and the Pharisees?

]]> Random q https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5532/random-q Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:54:28 +0000 christianity 5532@/community/discussions
btw, Adultery in the heart is like when christ said "anyone who looks at someone with lust has already committed adultery."

and lastly, i just want to say that i don't want anyone to say i'm gay because i'm not. This has nothing to do with me, just one of my coptic friends]]> I have decided to delete some of my posts https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5528/i-have-decided-to-delete-some-of-my-posts Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:07:19 +0000 mikeforjesus 5528@/community/discussions
When I pray to God sometimes I know He is my Father and I can trust Him.. I believe He will notice my pain and help me in due time..if not let me perish alone.. Sometimes when I pray and am close to God I feel confident that I know God and do not doubt that He has answers though I do not know them now and sometimes they come to me in a peaceful manner

I do not have to post all my questions online where there is no monk, priest, bishop or pope who can fast and ask God..

You can delete this post too after sometime

Just really pray for me

Pray that I am not condemned for not knowing certain things and that I do not believe they are important if they are not important and to know what to do and do what I should do when I am tried..

]]> JOB ..? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5194/job Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:23:57 +0000 copticcross3 5194@/community/discussions 1. he's God, and our saviour / he GAVE us salvation
2. He helps us with our lives/ GIVES us stuff
ughhm i don't know how else to put it...but don;t you generally love someone becaus eof what they give you/do for you!? ...]]> 2 Corinthians Chapter 6 v 14 https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5525/2-corinthians-chapter-6-v-14 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:46:21 +0000 5525@/community/discussions

2 Corinthians 6:14 which says "14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?(ESV)."

Now obviously we are not supposed to completely cut ourselves off from non-believers, so the question is to what extent does this command carry?

How do others here interpret this?]]> Does God Change!? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5490/does-god-change Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:34:07 +0000 5490@/community/discussions
Can someone help answer these.

God created Adam and Eve. Their offspring "married" one another. Brother marrying sister etc... and having kids.

Why then did God make it a sin to marry your siblings afterwards??? It means God's opinion has changed??

Secondly, there were symbols of baptism in the Bible that the Israelites went through (eg. circumcision, crossing the red sea etc) -but what good are symbols?? What was the point in having "symbolic" sacrements??? What good is that? Its not the real deal!?? Is it?

The book of Leviticus (and similiar books) are all "do's and don'ts" ) - these books basically form the core of the Jewish TORA. Their contents shows a discontinuity in God's opinion:

For example, someone who sins a certain sin should be put to death. This is now against His will. We are called NOT to judge anyone. Yet, it was His commandment that we do judge before, and even execute/put to death murderers, idolaterers and adulterers??

God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because He couldnt bear their sins (they were into homosexuality etc...). Why then does He leave us in our current state where Homosexuals can not only be married, but even ordained as Bishops in some CHurches??? Why Change so ??? Surely, it would be fair to treat everyone equally??!

If the answer is because His Mercy endures forever, then why did it not endure for the Sodomites?? If they failed to repent, and He destroyed them for this reason, then OK. But not only have we become nations of adulterers, and idol worshippers, we've legalised it. Everything that appears to be Sacred and Holy to the Lord; the exact opposite is now legalised and encouraged: Polygamy, homosexuality, fornication, etc.

Can someone here enlighten me?
THanks,

]]> LYING DURING CONFESSION https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5464/lying-during-confession Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:19:08 +0000 5464@/community/discussions
Hence, the following topic concentrates on the effects of lying during confession. What if we confess things and are NOT totally open/honest about it?? What happens!?? Do we drop down dead also like Ananias and Saphira?]]> French Orthodox Church https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5496/french-orthodox-church Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:03:52 +0000 5496@/community/discussions Can someone here tell me if there is the "French Orthodox Church"? Like we have the British Orthodox Church that is under H.H Pope Shenouda, is there an equivalent for France?

Thanks]]> Two Heads https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5515/two-heads Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:21:27 +0000 PopeKyrillos 5515@/community/discussions

PK]]> Branch or seperate Tree https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5509/branch-or-seperate-tree Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:51:33 +0000 desertnurse 5509@/community/discussions
Do you see the Coptic church, the Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholics as separate trees?

or how do you see your church in regards to others??

Taylor]]> Theotokoc https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5450/theotokoc Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:27:30 +0000 Enough 5450@/community/discussions Is St. Mary sinless... perfect??? i dont think so right??? no one is Perfect but God alone right?
clarification needed please and thank u
God Bless,
Enough]]> End of the World https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5499/end-of-the-world Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:14:47 +0000 stgeorgebrooklyn23 5499@/community/discussions Ok, God said that the end could be at any hour. But b4 the end of the world, doesnt Anti Christ come, and lives as a normal person till hes 28/30 or w/e, and then say he is Christ for 3 years? to sum it up..
Revalation 13:16-18
"He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to recieve a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads. and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or or the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom, Let him who has understanding calculae the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666."
So this is a wierd question, but wouldnt we know this is the end of world, that it is near, since he comes for 3 years and does- ( Revelation 13:16-18 )??]]> PREGNANCY & COMMUNION https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5402/pregnancy-communion Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:22:38 +0000 5402@/community/discussions
A Coptic Orthodox woman who is pregnant can have communion (she's not bleeding anymore) - but surely that means also that her baby in her womb is also receiving communion. But the baby is not yet baptised. Isnt that wrong?

What do u suggest Mina ??? ]]> Where does God find us? And where do we find God? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5453/where-does-god-find-us-and-where-do-we-find-god Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:02:30 +0000 desertnurse 5453@/community/discussions

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I also believe that it is a good thing to question God. There is a Jewish saying that says, "You can either be for God or against God, but not without God." As we wrestle with God, and question God, we enter into dialog and even into a more mature relationship with God. By holding God accountable and finding that God always holds up with flying colors, we see how God calls us into relationship where we are. God does not expect us to be saints, but rather finds us where we are and loves us where we are. God then does his amazing work of working in our very souls, and we are then called to God, by God, for God.
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hey Taylor,
if am not mistaken this is my first reply for this post...am not going to write much since everything i would ask or say was already said.
just wanted to ask one question thoo. about what u said:

Quote from: desertnurse on Today at 21:51:16
God does not expect us to be saints, but rather finds us where we are and loves us where we are.

yes God doesn't expect us to be saints but doesn't He love us to be with Him as He paid our dues for us?!!!
also of course He loves us....that's why He saved us.....but wouldn't only be right to be with Him where He is instead of where we are?!!!
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Excellent point!!!

I think that in that light I might elaborate: God finds us where we are. That is not to say that we have no where else to go. We then begin to grow. It is a statement of how God comes to us. In Protestant Christianity, there is a deep feeling of God doing all the work. Even our faith is a gift from God. Our faith is not our work, but a gift from God and therefore God's work. God then finds the sinner where the sinner is and calls, "Come, follow me." It is at this point that many of us fall into relationship and communion with God. There is also a feeling that God allows us to suffer but suffers with the sufferer.
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Please add your thoughts!!

Taylor]]> Miraculous Icon weeping Oil in Port Said? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5397/miraculous-icon-weeping-oil-in-port-said Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:38:42 +0000 Hezekiel 5397@/community/discussions
I heard that in Port Said,there is an Icon of our blessed Virgin Mary weeping oil. This has been occuring everyday. Does anyone know the name of the church and if there is a website about the church?

Any info is appreciated,

Hezekiel]]> The Shawl of Abuna Abdel Messih El Manahari https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5491/the-shawl-of-abuna-abdel-messih-el-manahari Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:22:37 +0000 Hezekiel 5491@/community/discussions
I used to think that Abuna Abdelk Messih was the same as Abuna Abdel Messih el Habashi (The Eritrean) . But I was wrong. I found out that Heaven has 2 Abdel MessiH's.Now,I heard that the Blessed Shawl or Scarf of Abuna Abdel Messih el Makari will soon be in Town. Does anyone know the story of this blessed Shawl? I heard that many people were cured by touching it. Anu miraculous stroies to share?

Best regards,
]]> Endurance, trials, other.. https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5480/endurance-trials-other Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:09:26 +0000 mikeforjesus 5480@/community/discussions
http://www.coptichymns.net/module-library-viewpub-tid-1-pid-417.html

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Endurance:
Endurance is a characteristic of the narrow gate. In the spiritual life it has many elements:

* Bearing tribulations, without grumbling
Some may complain, grumble, cry, or weep whenever they fall in tribulations. But St James the Apostle says, "My brethren count it all joy when you fall into various trials" (James 1:2). Bearing tribulations is an aspect of entering by the narrow gate, which leads to various virtues and rejoicing in the Lord. For the Lord in such cases provides a solution for all our tribulations and gives us a blessing and a crown.
How beautiful are the words of St Paul the Apostle, "God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it" (1Cor 10:13).

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Does this mean we can not complain to God that some trials are hard and that we are weak and we need help..
Whats wrong with that?

I also want to ask what did the LORD mean when He said to lay up treasures in heaven where moth does not destory and thieves do not steal... I know it means to do good deeds... but is it true no thief can still what you have done? I do not think it is true .. for some people were righteous a lot of their life and were wicked at the end and their former good deeds will not get them to heaven..

I also want to ask what did the LORD mean when He said the master said to the wicked and lazy servant.. you should have at least deposited my money to the bankers so that I should receive back my own with interest?

I also want to know if some people got away with not doing good deeds... if they were saved just by humility.. how many good deeds do we need to do.. why are there so few who will be saved?

There was the story (?) about the monk (in the sayings of the fathers or desert fathers maybe)who was not afraid of death and the other monks said to him.. how come you are not afraid of death .. we all know you were not faithful in your duties or something.. or maybe that he did not labour much or something.. and he said all his life (Im not sure if he said all his life or since he became a monk or something else) he has tried to obey Jesus' teaching "judge not that you be not judged" and he depends on that.. But I guess maybe I have more of a problem with judging then I think..

]]> What does this mean!?? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5462/what-does-this-mean Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:59:42 +0000 5462@/community/discussions
I delight greatly in the LORD;

my soul rejoices in my God.

For he has clothed me with garments of salvation.

and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,

as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels

------------------------------------------------

What does all this mean?

Thanks]]> drinking https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/298/drinking Thu, 27 May 2004 22:11:34 +0000 wfhanna1 298@/community/discussions Communion in the Hand vs. Communion in the Mouth https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5342/communion-in-the-hand-vs-communion-in-the-mouth Sat, 19 May 2007 10:09:05 +0000 gregorytheSinner 5342@/community/discussions I fully agree with this, but recently I was on a British Orthodox (a member of our Holy Church, were their Metropolitan is a full member of the Holy Synod) website were I read some text, that stated that the priests deliver the Holy Body to the Reciever in their hands (as the Roman Catholic Church) based on the words of Abba Cyril of Jeruslem, who stated that the Holy Body should be recieved with the hands forming a "throne."

Is it just me or does this bother anyone else (specaily the fact that the BOC is under our Church's Supervision), I mean if I were to go pray in a British Orthodox Church, I dont think I'd let the Priest place it in my hand?

Any opinons, remarks, or explanations?

God Bless]]> Is smoking a sin? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/953/is-smoking-a-sin Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:45:10 +0000 953@/community/discussions THINGS IN COMMON... https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/734/things-in-common Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:41:30 +0000 LovingHeartAngel 734@/community/discussions
but...umm..
what things are two people (engaged/planning on getting engaged) supposed to have in common????
***(besides same religion..)]]> Question Regarding Psalm 50 https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5466/question-regarding-psalm-50 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:47:53 +0000 PopeKyrillos 5466@/community/discussions
"Cast me not away from your presence and do not take away your holy spirit from me."

David was before the day of Pentocost so how did he have the holy spirit?

PK]]> Cannibalism https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5439/cannibalism Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:14:47 +0000 5439@/community/discussions
What can I answer him?]]> Shadrach, Meshach & Abed-Nego https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5409/shadrach-meshach-abed-nego Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:42:19 +0000 torab 5409@/community/discussions when they were thrown into the fire and so on...
my question is...who is Asarja (Daniel 3:24,25)
and another question...they are a lot of english written bibles...and in none of them i found asarja...

ah .... u all know the praise "Aripsalin" which is in Daniel chapter 3...i dint find it in any english written bible...

a bit strange, isnt it?

pp4m

Aripsalin]]> Adam and Eve's Sin https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5442/adam-and-eve-s-sin Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:46:34 +0000 stgeorgebrooklyn23 5442@/community/discussions
Why do we STILL have Adam and Eve's sin in us though our parents were baptized and got us. Would'nt we only have the sin if they werent baptized? Because when they are baptized,they get rid of that sin, and later in life we, the children, stil have the sin... its either i forgot the answer to this question or i never knew. Any ideas?]]>