Post by Cindy on Jun 25, 2015 10:31:51 GMT -5
I'm glad you were able to log back on!
Not counting your last sentence this is 572 words. Not very long at all hon.
This is good but there are a few things I want to make sure you understand. I put the parts I'm commenting on in your post in bold.
First, Jesus did not fulfill every prophecy made of Him in the Old Testament. There are many prophecies in the Old Testament about His Second Coming and He has not fulfilled those yet. So what He fulfilled were all the prophecies of His first coming. The reason the Old Testament is not clear about there being two different times He would come is because it all depended on whether or not Israel would accept Him as their Messiah. If they had, there would have only been one coming. Because they didn't, there will be two.
Ok the above is clear
You also forgot about the hint I gave you about Romans 15:14, like Barbara did. See my reply to her to see why it is important.
I will and I will answer on this
Have you read what Barbara wrote about this chapter? Did you read it before you wrote this?
No, I first wanted to see what I can get without help, but I believe that it is the language barrier also that makes it difficult to be more detailed
I don't think you understand what I'm asking you to do. Either that, or you are not getting very much out of what you are reading, which says to me that you are simply reading it and not studying it. What other resources did you use to help you when you studied this chapter? I told you that you could use any that you could find. If you were a pastor giving a sermon about Romans 15, don't you think that you would have studied that chapter as hard as you could and looked up everything you could find about it, and talked to the Lord about it a lot before you gave your sermon? That is what I asked you to do. Honestly, writing 1000 words after doing all of that, is very little. Normally people would write a LOT more then that. If you really did study it as hard as you know how to, and looked it up on line or read other sermons or commentaries about it, read what Barbara wrote, or spoke to others, even your pastor about it, and prayed about it, then you did well and will get better with time. Only you and the Lord can know that for sure. Before you go any further though, I would like to hear your reply to this.
I knew you were going to say you didn't read Barbara's post or my reply to her before doing your own.
Reading that would have been no different then looking it up in a commentary, so it's something you should have done since you had the time. What other resources did you use to help you when you studied this chapter? Are you just reading it, or are you actually studying it for the whole week or longer?
Please lets make it a little more easier if that's possible.
I don't want to be behind
No, I'm not going to make it easier. The whole point of this is to be sure that you understand what the Bible is teaching and so you can realize that you don't constantly need someone else to tell you what it means. Growing up is hard, whether it's growing in the world's knowledge or God's Word. You went to school and you must have had to write papers about many subjects in school. I know you must think I'm being really hard on you, but I'm trying to get you to grow and realize who your real teacher is - it's not me, it's the Lord. I know it's not easy, but it's not impossible either.
You won't be behind because you're not going to do the same thing as Barbara. Your next assignment will be the 3rd chapter of Colossians. (Colossians 3) The directions are the same as before: You have one week to study and pray about that chapter; you should use any resources you can find that explain what it's saying to us. You can talk to your pastor about it, or to anyone else you want to. Then, when you're ready, write a sermon of 1000 words or more talking about this chapter.
Why can't you write it like Barbara did? There's nothing difficult about it, it's no different then what I write every day or what you would say aloud to someone you were explaining it to.
Not counting your last sentence this is 572 words. Not very long at all hon.
This is good but there are a few things I want to make sure you understand. I put the parts I'm commenting on in your post in bold.
First, Jesus did not fulfill every prophecy made of Him in the Old Testament. There are many prophecies in the Old Testament about His Second Coming and He has not fulfilled those yet. So what He fulfilled were all the prophecies of His first coming. The reason the Old Testament is not clear about there being two different times He would come is because it all depended on whether or not Israel would accept Him as their Messiah. If they had, there would have only been one coming. Because they didn't, there will be two.
Ok the above is clear
You also forgot about the hint I gave you about Romans 15:14, like Barbara did. See my reply to her to see why it is important.
I will and I will answer on this
Have you read what Barbara wrote about this chapter? Did you read it before you wrote this?
No, I first wanted to see what I can get without help, but I believe that it is the language barrier also that makes it difficult to be more detailed
I don't think you understand what I'm asking you to do. Either that, or you are not getting very much out of what you are reading, which says to me that you are simply reading it and not studying it. What other resources did you use to help you when you studied this chapter? I told you that you could use any that you could find. If you were a pastor giving a sermon about Romans 15, don't you think that you would have studied that chapter as hard as you could and looked up everything you could find about it, and talked to the Lord about it a lot before you gave your sermon? That is what I asked you to do. Honestly, writing 1000 words after doing all of that, is very little. Normally people would write a LOT more then that. If you really did study it as hard as you know how to, and looked it up on line or read other sermons or commentaries about it, read what Barbara wrote, or spoke to others, even your pastor about it, and prayed about it, then you did well and will get better with time. Only you and the Lord can know that for sure. Before you go any further though, I would like to hear your reply to this.
I knew you were going to say you didn't read Barbara's post or my reply to her before doing your own.
Reading that would have been no different then looking it up in a commentary, so it's something you should have done since you had the time. What other resources did you use to help you when you studied this chapter? Are you just reading it, or are you actually studying it for the whole week or longer?Please lets make it a little more easier if that's possible.
I don't want to be behind
No, I'm not going to make it easier. The whole point of this is to be sure that you understand what the Bible is teaching and so you can realize that you don't constantly need someone else to tell you what it means. Growing up is hard, whether it's growing in the world's knowledge or God's Word. You went to school and you must have had to write papers about many subjects in school. I know you must think I'm being really hard on you, but I'm trying to get you to grow and realize who your real teacher is - it's not me, it's the Lord. I know it's not easy, but it's not impossible either.
You won't be behind because you're not going to do the same thing as Barbara. Your next assignment will be the 3rd chapter of Colossians. (Colossians 3) The directions are the same as before: You have one week to study and pray about that chapter; you should use any resources you can find that explain what it's saying to us. You can talk to your pastor about it, or to anyone else you want to. Then, when you're ready, write a sermon of 1000 words or more talking about this chapter.
I read Barbaras answer. I don't think there was something I didn't understand, except of the hint, but there is no way I could have written tho like this, like a sermon
Why can't you write it like Barbara did? There's nothing difficult about it, it's no different then what I write every day or what you would say aloud to someone you were explaining it to.
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