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441 | Whose glory is being sought? | 1 Sam 4:3 | DocTrinsograce | 242870 | ||
I like how Ed put it. We do not judge God by what He does, we judge Him by Who He is. | ||||||
442 | what happened to OT people who died befo | Luke 16:19 | DocTrinsograce | 242860 | ||
This might be helpful: https://carm.org/how-were-people-saved-who-died-before-jesus Remember, that our Lord's atonement was not a matter that was restricted by time. It was a sacrifice in time with the intent to redeem all of His sheep! |
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443 | how many did God forgive the Israelites | Jer 32:30 | DocTrinsograce | 242857 | ||
...and even before! I was thinking just recently of the enormous patience our God showed Cain. |
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444 | Thanks EdB | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 242847 | ||
Hi, Ed... Which Apocryphal book contains the good information about worship? I rather enjoy the ones that tell tales of Daniel as though he were an ancient Sherlock Holmes. Bel and the Dragon is particularly a good story. In Him, Doc |
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445 | The WORD for today | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 242835 | ||
Have a blessed and happy New Year, Ed! | ||||||
446 | The WORD for today | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 242833 | ||
And what a pasted year it was indeed! | ||||||
447 | A Sanctified Day | Rev 3:22 | DocTrinsograce | 242811 | ||
"Neither is there any ordinary means of gaining strength and grace in the inward man like this, of due observing the sabbath. For this is God's great mart or fair-day for the soul, on which you may buy of Christ wine, milk, bread, marrow and fatness, gold, white raiment, eye salve, -- even all things which are necessary, and which will satisfy, and cause the soul to live. It is the special day of proclaiming and sealing of pardons to penitent sinners. It is God's special day of publishing and sealing your patent of eternal life. It is a blessed day, sanctified for all these blessed purposes." --Henry Scudder (????-1659?) |
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448 | Time is Short | James 1:11 | DocTrinsograce | 242810 | ||
"Once time is forfeited and lost it can not be regained." --Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) |
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449 | PLZ ANSWER IM YOUNG AND HAVE TO KNOW!!!! | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 242807 | ||
This also strikes me as Russellite teaching. You have read the Terms of Use? Every post you make you are affirming those Terms of Use, including Christian doctrines that are very non-Russellite indeed! | ||||||
450 | is Gen 2.1 a parabolic image | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 242806 | ||
Hi, Polycarp... The "gap theory" is what you are referring to in your post to awesome73 -- a post, by the way, that is some 18 months old. This creation theory is not held by orthodox Biblical Christians. Indeed, I can only think of one theologian who was a proponent of it who was relatively conservative: Donald Grey Barnhouse, if memory serves. This is also commonly taught by Russellites (Jehovah Witnesses). It is also called by various other names: the ruin theory or reconstruction theory. Are you a Jehovah Witness? In Him -- Jesus our Lord -- Doc |
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451 | Our Contribution | James 1:24 | DocTrinsograce | 242778 | ||
"The problem comes when we never get around to talking about the hard part of the good news... What's wrong with us required much more than a hug [consolation], it required a cross... We'd rather feel as if we're victims of a cruel world than admit we are contributors to the world's cruelty, lost sinners who perversely love our lostness, clinging to our treasured sins like a drowning man to an anvil." --Frederica Mathewes-Green |
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452 | DO YOU EVER ANSWER ANY BIBLE QUESTIONS? | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 242774 | ||
If you did, it might be like Habakkuk 2:2, so take off for the hills! |
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453 | Counted for Me in His Obedience | Rom 10:3 | DocTrinsograce | 242749 | ||
"I think the temptation for some Christians today is to say, 'Of course Jesus perfectly fulfilled the law, but that was just to qualify Him to die on the cross.' They don't see that His perfection is of course qualifying for His sacrifice to be perfect on the cross. It's much more than that. "People don't really think through that if all He did was take away sin, then all we are is a bunch of zeroes and that leads very easily into the kind of preaching that says, 'Christ has taken away your sin and now it's up to you to start building up some positive righteousness.' "Instead, the glorious gospel is, not only did He take away all my sins but He reckons to me the full perfection of His holy life, so that not only do I have nothing counted against me but I have everything imaginable counted for me in His obedience." --Robert Godfrey |
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454 | is the book of enoch part of the gospel | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 242739 | ||
Dear Frankie, Actually, what you wrote is almost word-for-word from the Watchtower Online Library. If you are a Russellite, I am amazed, because in signing up and posting, is affirmation of your agreement with the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Chalcedonian Creed, etc. All of which are anathema to Jehovah Witnesses. So by signing up, you not only witnessed to the world your embracing of these creeds, and you also witnessed this to your fellow Russellites. I will never understand how you cults think that lying and cheating will persuade anyone to follow your lead. In Him, Doc |
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455 | is the book of enoch part of the gospel | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 242737 | ||
Hi, Frankie... Welcome to the forum! It is often very helpful for us to have comments from different sources. Indeed, it can be very helpful! However, if we quote someone, without a citation, then we leave people to assume that it was we ourselves who wrote the words. This is considered to be in very bad form in the secular world. For believers we know that it is even more serious, because it is a direct violation of the 8th commandment. If you think about it, it is also something of a violation of the 9th commandment. We want your participation in the forum, but we want to hear what you have to say, something of your own, not something plagiarized from someone else. We would very much appreciate it if you would participate with us in a way that honors our Lord and reflects His character. In Him, Doc |
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456 | SEEKING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 13:10 | DocTrinsograce | 242729 | ||
Ma'am, click on your name. There will also be a link to update your profile. State in your profile which church you attend. Tell us some other things about yourself. We want to know, so that we can more rightly pray for you. | ||||||
457 | SEEKING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 13:10 | DocTrinsograce | 242728 | ||
Here are a few notes from my seminary class in hermeneutics that might be of value, specifically dealing with sound parabolic interpretation: Definition: A parable is a brief story drawn from human life or nature, not related to an actual event, but is true to life and, concerning the listeners, is given for the purpose of teaching a spiritual truth. CHARACTERISTICS OF PARABLES 1. Parables teach a truth using the technique of similarity or illustration. 2. Parables are usually very short, thus they are intended to be easily remembered. 3. Parables can be described as simultaneously very simple and very complex. 4. Parables use earthly things as teaching instruments. 5. Parables have only one primary point. 6. Parables typically are composed of three parts: (1) the setting (cultural context); (2) a story; and (3) a spiritual application. 7. Parables are intended to teach faithful disciples. 8. Parables are intended to hide the truth from the disobedient. GUIDELINES FOR INTERPRETING PARABLES 1. Study the setting and the cultural background. 2. Read the story in its natural meaning. In other words, take it literally. 3. Determine the one central truth taught in the story. Learn to separate the unimportant details from the important issues. (Note that this isn't always an easy thing to do.) 4. Check to see if Jesus or other Scriptures interpret the parable for you. (Note: If Jesus gives an explanation, DO NOT look any for another!) 5. Check to see if the interpretation or point of a parable is dealt with in a doctrinal section of the scriptures, particularly the epistles. (This principle is called the Analogy of Faith.) 6. Check with good commentaries. (Use the commentaries to verify that your interpretation is not too far off from what is understood in Christian Biblical orthodoxy.) 7. Look for specific applications of the point of a parable to your own life. Apply what you discover to your life in a specific way. IMPORTANT NOTE: Solid interpretation must ALWAYS precede application. You cannot apply what you do not understand. |
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458 | SEEKING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 13:10 | DocTrinsograce | 242725 | ||
Hi, Jeanine... Welcome to the forum! Based on your comment, "This [parables] was in an effort to help the listener understand the point more clearly." (sic) How then do you handle the following passage from Matthew? "And the disciples came and said to Him, 'Why do You speak to them in parables?' Jesus answered them, 'To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.'" (Matthew 10:10-13) In Him, Doc |
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459 | Christ Himself the Christians' Armory | Eph 6:24 | DocTrinsograce | 242724 | ||
"Christ Himself is the Christians' armory. When they put on Christ, they are then completely armed from head to foot. Are their loins girt about with truth? Christ is the truth. Have they put on the breastplate of righteousness? Christ is our rightÂeousness. Are their feet shod with the gospel of peace? Christ is our peace. Do they take the shield of faith, and helmet of salvation? Christ is that shield, and all our salvation. Do they take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God? Christ is the Word of God. "Thus they put on the Lord Jesus Christ; by his Spirit fight the fight of faith; and, in spite of humans, of devils, and of their own evil heart, lay hold of eternal life. Thus Christ is all in all. --John Bunyan (1628-1688) |
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460 | Be Fearers of God | Mal 3:5 | DocTrinsograce | 242720 | ||
"Doctrine: It is an indispensable duty incumbent on Christians to be fearers of God. 'Fear thou God' (Ecclesiastes 5:7). 'That thou mayest may fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD' (Deuteronomy 28:58). This goes to the very constituting of a saint. One can no more act as a Christian without fear, than he can act as a man without reason. This holy fear is the fixed temper and complexion of the soul; this fear is not servile but filial. There is a difference between fearing God, and being afraid of God; the godly fear God as a child does his father, the wicked are afraid of God as the prisoners is of the judge. This divine fear will appear admirable if you consider how it is mixed and interwoven with several of the graces." --Thomas Watson (1620-1686) |
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