https://tasbeha.org/community/categories/faith-issues/p78/feed.rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:23:54 +0000 Faith Issues - Tasbeha.org Community en-CA https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3057/should-i-always-trust-my-foc-and-other-questions Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:27:01 +0000 mikeforjesus 3057@/community/discussions
Is it okay to pray like this? I would ask how do you know if God made the priest alone or satan? but then I think some people might say well satan would not want this person to confess. In this case I might agree but what if you pray a prayer similar like this for instance? if you want to get married? you say "LORD God, if You want me to marry this person let her say hello to me when I walk past her"
Can you pray like this to God? is it wrong?


(sometimes I use ? to mean that im lost if I should use that word I think)


But I want to ask another important question... Should I always trust my FOC? What if he is giving wrong advice and I dont know it? should we always believe God will speak through him if we pray to God that he does speak through him? If your priest believes in some heresys (not meaning my priest does) should we still believe God will speak through him for us?

Maybe I dont always want to think much about whether my FOC's advice is right or wrong because I want to do something else.. like read a spiritual book.. I dont want to be troubled about one matter for a long time?

I think other people here might have similar questions on their heart.

God help us all!
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3066/are-all-of-gods-people-today-prophets Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:24:00 +0000 JesusisKingofKings 3066@/community/discussions
27And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

28And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

29And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

From
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers 11:27-29;&version=9;

? ? ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3073/do-baptised-catholics-have-the-holy-spirit-also Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:33:07 +0000 mikeforjesus 3073@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3067/mark-7-25-26 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:49:56 +0000 JesusisKingofKings 3067@/community/discussions
25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

From

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark 7:25-26;&version=9;

What do you think?
Was she greek or syrian or phoenician or all of them or what?
I think I dont know countrys and geography well...
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3064/can-someone-explain Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:40:08 +0000 JesusisKingofKings 3064@/community/discussions
From
http://www.orthodox.net/gleanings/almsgiving.html
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2808/how-do-you-know-when-your-impulse-to-do-something-good-is-from-god-or-the-devil Sun, 27 Nov 2005 04:19:14 +0000 mikeforjesus 2808@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3018/mark-5-19-and-other-questions-orthodox-study-bible Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:10:50 +0000 mikeforjesus 3018@/community/discussions
"5:19 Jesus allows an exception to the messianic secret: this man may tell others. Perhaps in Gentile territory misunderstanding of Jesus' mission was not so much a problem, because the Gentiles had no preconceptions about the Messiah."

Maybe not quoted exacly I hope it is?

Anyway I dont think I understand this.. can someone please try to explain??
Also do you think this man lived with his friends?.. do you think his parents may have died?
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3045/not-just-the-clergy-should-preach Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:35:32 +0000 JesusisKingofKings 3045@/community/discussions If so when should we not?

Do you think by doing this it could take away another virtue we have?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3050/should-you-forgive-even-when-the-offender-does-not-repent-and Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:10:18 +0000 JesusisKingofKings 3050@/community/discussions
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3030/seven-prayers-are-required-of-every-orthodox-believer Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:44:50 +0000 JesusisKingofKings 3030@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3037/psalm-37-1-8 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:27:18 +0000 youstina04 3037@/community/discussions would you explain this part for me
Psalm 37:1-8

especially Verse 4,5,6,7

what this part telling me to do
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1194/need-guidness Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:05:26 +0000 bentelkenesia 1194@/community/discussions +
My beloved sisters & brothers in Christ
a spiritual books from our church the coptic orthodox church
does anyone knows a website that i can download a spiritual books from it


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2994/peace Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:42:42 +0000 mikeforjesus 2994@/community/discussions
27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

From
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John 14;&version=9;

I think I should know this by now.. but whats the difference between the peace God gives and that which the world gives?...

someone who has an anxiety disorder and depression.. and who has been a christian for some years.. can this person have the peace that God gives still? should the depression go completely and the anxiety when one has Gods peace?


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2915/concubine Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:34:46 +0000 mnc_hnn 2915@/community/discussions http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges 19;&version=31;

hi, i was reading in the book of judges and found that thing talking about a man give his 'concubine' which i realized it's a woman to the evil ppl to protect himself? and i don't really understand it, the link above ^ has the chapter plz if u can help...

GBU]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2963/habakkuk Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:29:15 +0000 youstina04 2963@/community/discussions does anyone know who is he
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3011/can-someone-explain-this-to-me Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:38:18 +0000 mikeforjesus 3011@/community/discussions
From

http://www.orthodox.net/gleanings/vainglory.html

And this is a sad truth to me I think..


"The sun shines on all alike, and vainglory beams on all activities. For instance, I am vainglorious when I fast; and when I relax the fast in order to be unnoticed, I am again vainglorious over my prudence. When well-dressed I am quite overcome by vainglory, and when I put on poor clothes I am vainglorious again. When I talk I am defeated, and when I am silent I am again defeated by it. However I throw this prickly-pear, a spike stands upright. St. John Climacus, "The Ladder of Divine Ascent," (Boston: Holy Transfiguration Monastery, 1978), STEP 22: On the Many Forms of Vainglory"

From

http://www.orthodox.net/gleanings/vainglory.html

]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/282/caao-caiaiae-aeoicie-cau%C3%98n Sun, 23 May 2004 18:45:03 +0000 jesus servant 282@/community/discussions
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ÞÕÉ ÔÝÇÁ ÇÓØÝÇäæÓ ÇÈä ÏæãÇÎæÓ Ýì ÑÓÇáÉ ÇÎÑì[/right]]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3010/romans-8-9-spirit-of-god Sat, 07 Jan 2006 07:11:44 +0000 mikeforjesus 3010@/community/discussions
9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

What does this mean? Dont you have the Holy Spirit even when you commit habitual sin? .. thats being in the flesh I think...

You get it from church sacraments I think...

I think the Holy Spirit might of left me after I commited a very bad habitual sin for a long time.. and I think it came back to me..]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3008/mark-4-33 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:17:42 +0000 mikeforjesus 3008@/community/discussions
33And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

From
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark 4:35;&version=9;

What does this mean? as they were able to hear it?

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http://www.obeygod.com/doyoutolerateevil.htm

the site itself I think may be protestant? but I think we can still benefit from it.. maybe other pages from obeygod.com are not good to read (I dont know havent seen other pages?).. just this one??
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2986/unforgivable-sin Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:28:19 +0000 mikeforjesus 2986@/community/discussions
This comes from the orthodox study bible page 92!

I didnt think thats what orthodox believe.. well then I might have commited this sin.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2970/alcohol-consumption Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:20:30 +0000 matt88 2970@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2956/o-jacob-committed-adultery-o Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:38:17 +0000 2956@/community/discussions
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 32 So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben;[a] for she said, “The LORD has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.” 33 Then she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon.[b] 34 She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.[c] 35 And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she called his name Judah.[d] Then she stopped bearing.

1 Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die!”
2 And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3 So she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she will bear a child on my knees, that I also may have children by her.” 4 Then she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.[a] 7 And Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.[b]
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as wife. 10 And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said, “A troop comes!”[c] So she called his name Gad.[d] 12 And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed.” So she called his name Asher.[e]
14 Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?”
And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.
17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.[f] 19 Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.[g] 21 Afterward she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” 24 So she called his name Joseph,[h] and said, “The LORD shall add to me another son.”


Okay so i gave u the reference if u'd rather read it in your bible.. but i posted it also...

so Jacob committed adultery with 4 different women, so how come he wasnt punishment and it was no big deal.. i mean two of them were his wives, but the other two his wives maidservants.. and i think the wives asked him to, but isnt it still adultery...]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2951/is-it-true Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:25:32 +0000 Child of Christ 2951@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2969/the-fear-of-god Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:46:55 +0000 2969@/community/discussions
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2971/should-we-not-fast-at-a-wedding-if-we-are-friends-of-the-bridegroom-and Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:17:18 +0000 mikeforjesus 2971@/community/discussions
18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.


23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

28Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath


So do you think noone should be fasting at a wedding when there is no church fast?... and still should they not fast if there is a church fast?


And what does verse 21 and 22 mean?

Why in verse 28 is it written? Son of Man and not Son of God?
Is it related to verse 27?
and why does He say? "Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath" ?


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2967/justified-by-faith-works-both-something-else Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:11:41 +0000 mikeforjesus 2967@/community/discussions
Romans 4

1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

From
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans 4:1-5;&version=9;

There are many other verses in the bible I think that support the belief that one may once have accepted Jesus Christ as their LORD and repented of their sins.. but were not saved? at the end...

But when I read from this part of the bible? It seemed to me like one is saved even if they dont end up doing works?

Pray for me against this heresy?


4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

Does this mean the person only does works because he should do ito show God he/she is thankful and is expected from him/her? / does it mean Christ will reward the worker in heaven but by faith the person is saved through grace which heaven is itself a reward? or what does this verse mean?

This part of romans could just mean abraham was not justified because he was circumcised... but I think it may mean more than that or something different..


6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

9Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

10How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

12And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

FROM
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ro 4:1-12;&version=9;


Also what does verse 11 mean?

Pray for me against this heresy..

]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2912/2-thessalonians-3-6-18 Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:46:11 +0000 mikeforjesus 2912@/community/discussions
and are there people who follow this today (ofcourse it seems so but are there many? )? does it mean dont eat with lazy busybodies or keep company with them?

2 Thessalonians 3 (King James Version)
6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

8Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

13But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

15Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

16Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

17The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2921/foc-for-confession-vs-foc-for-advice Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:59:13 +0000 2921@/community/discussions