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5761 | How will the Day of the Lord appear? | Obad 1:15 | DocTrinsograce | 130712 | ||
Go to www.e-sword.net and you can get a computerized version of these tools. A lot easier than using books, frankly. :-) | ||||||
5762 | what is involved in restoring....... | Gal 6:1 | DocTrinsograce | 130688 | ||
Using a deceitful method to lure the person into a situation in which you get them to read the scriptures is ungodly. I cannot imagine Christ using the method you espouse. | ||||||
5763 | Fruit vs. Works: the same or different? | Gal 5:22 | DocTrinsograce | 130687 | ||
It is needful for it is commanded. If they find they are lacking they can do only what any unconverted person can do, call upon the Lord for mercy. | ||||||
5764 | Does God judge nations directly? | Obad 1:2 | DocTrinsograce | 130686 | ||
Dear Reighnskye, thank you for your confidence in my abiltity to answer. However, I have to decline. Although many Baptists believe in a millinial reign of Christ, I am not quite so pursuaded. I tend to waffle on the issue, having found nothing to demonstrate to me clearly that this event is not simply symbolic. I apologize. | ||||||
5765 | what is involved in restoring....... | Gal 6:1 | DocTrinsograce | 130602 | ||
So you pray, then you palter? Perhaps you did not think your answer through, Roger. "Direction from the Lord" would never include deceit. Even if you could somehow arrange it that you really were preparing a lesson, there is no real intent to use their thoughts, instead you are being manipulative. Finally, do you think it wise to appeal to their pride in all of this? I do not find fault with the passages you cite. I object to your application. Machiavelian measures are incongruous and incompatible with Christian ethics. The method of approach in Galatians 6 calls upon us to be meek and to carefully consider ourselves (search our conscience) lest we are also tempted. (Perhaps this dissembling would come to mind.) Perhaps Paul's instruction to Timothy, would also be valuable: 2 Timothy 2:24-26 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. If our objective is to get others to acknowledge the truth, how can we sacrifice truth in that process? If we do so, we have only compounded the sin. |
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5766 | Too many questions? | Eph 4:18 | DocTrinsograce | 130581 | ||
I was at a seminar once where the speaker said, "Remember, there are no dumb questions." I immediately raised my hand and asked, "Are there any dumb questions?" The leader looked at me for a moment and then resumed, "Remember, there is only one dumb question." :-) | ||||||
5767 | Is hell eternal? Or is it temporary? | Matt 25:46 | DocTrinsograce | 130573 | ||
No disrespect, but this sounds like it came out of the gospel according to Shirley McLain. The scripture does not teach salvation by good karma. | ||||||
5768 | what is involved in restoring....... | Gal 6:1 | DocTrinsograce | 130549 | ||
Good post, Aixen. Knowing or being involved in such a thing requires special caution. Let us not forget the rest of that admonition in Galatians 6:1 where Paul says it should be done "in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted." Each of us, given the right circumstances, could easily fall into any sin that we see others involved in. This is why we do these things in meekness... fully acknowledging our complete reliance on the Lord Himself. | ||||||
5769 | Purpose of attending church? | Acts 2:45 | DocTrinsograce | 130543 | ||
Everyone takes the first century church as a model of churchly perfection. Whereas it is true that God was establishing His church with unprecedented manifestations of power, we must not read more into it than we ought. The church was immature, and had every kind of problem we face today, as evidenced by the epistles. Furthermore, the church always works within the context of a culture. Cultures are, because they are men's creations, tainted with sin. Nevertheless, many cultural "norms" are not in and of themselves immoral or inexpedient. We have a rich, occidental culture. In Acts 2 they were members of a poor, semitic culture. These differences along with all of our (and their) complex histories, would cause something like communal living to strike us each in different ways. |
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5770 | homosexuality | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 130514 | ||
GB, you wrote: "Would you not say that it is likely that those guilty of the lifestyle of the sodomite could be "possessed"?" You cited Eph. 6:12 as the reason for the above conclusion. I'm curious about something. Ephesians 6:12 is definitely talking to Christians (vs. 10 "finally my brethren", vs. 11 "put on the whole armor of God"). Are the lost "wrestling against principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, spiritual wickedness"? I don't think they are wrestling with them. I think they are being influenced by them. So in answer to your question above, I certainly wouldn't lump the whole group together and call them possessed. However, I would lump them all together and call them lost. Still on Doc's computer, Mrs. Doc |
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5771 | does one need to be baptised to be saved | John 3:5 | DocTrinsograce | 130475 | ||
In case you are interested, Wycliffe translated John 3:3 Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen, he may not se the kyngdom of God. Tyndale translated it as follows: Iesus answered, and said unto him: Verily verily I say unto thee: except a man be born a new, he cannot see the kingdom of God. The Geneva Bible states: Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Verely, verely I say vnto thee, except a man be borne againe, he can not see the kingdome of God. |
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5772 | homosexuality | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 130472 | ||
GB, Romans 1 gives the root causes for the sin of sodomy. Examine it closely and you will see that this sin is actually rooted in the mind. There are no mention of demonic activity. I am sure that such activity exists, but man, all by himself, can get pretty messed up. | ||||||
5773 | Advantages of Affliction | Ps 119:71 | DocTrinsograce | 130440 | ||
This passage reminds me of an old Jewish anecdote concerning a conversation between a student and a Rabbi: "What is the source of your wisdom, Rabbi?" asked the student. "Good choices, son," was the reply. The student then inquired, "And how did you come to make such good choices, sir?" "By experience," the Rabbi answered. "And how did you receive such experience, Rabbi?" persisted the student. The Rabbi smiled, "Bad choices, son, bad choices." I do not mean to make light of sin and affliction, nor the chastening of the Lord. On the contrary, I stand in awe of how my God is able to transform something as useless as the efforts I have made in my own strength, into something that is of eternal value. Thank you, Lord, for your chastening! Indeed, the more I know your Fatherly ministrations, the more I discover the peaceable fruit that you promised. |
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5774 | does one need to be baptised to be saved | John 3:5 | DocTrinsograce | 130437 | ||
Hi, Tim... Thank you for the encouragement! I agree with you... this verse is not talking about baptism any more than Luke 17 is talking about the rapture. Sometimes people don't deliberate over a passage, but too quickly take someone else's interpretation. I know because I've done it! :-) I rather suspect the "born again" translation might have had some sort of outside influence. I wonder how the Geneva Bible translated this verse? |
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5775 | Fruit vs. Works: the same or different? | Gal 5:22 | DocTrinsograce | 130379 | ||
One must be careful about reasoning from the particular to the general. The tares of John 13 share the fate of the unfrutful branches in John 15. Nor should the unfruitful seed of Mark 4 be construed as being connected with the saved. Fruitlessness is indicative of the lost (Eph 5:11), just as fruitfulness is indicative of the saved (John 15:5, 8). If eternal life could be added and dropped at will, could it even be called eternal life? (John 3:15, 10:28, Romans 6:23, 1 John 2:25) Regardless, in answer to your question, yes, believers ought to endeavor to make their election and calling sure, carefull and fearfully judging themselves to be sure that they are members of the house of faith. |
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5776 | follow-up question. | Is 9:6 | DocTrinsograce | 130376 | ||
Thank you, Ray. Mia culpa. I should have made the reference Matthew 20;15a. I was using the KJV. | ||||||
5777 | does one need to be baptised to be saved | John 3:5 | DocTrinsograce | 130375 | ||
Thank you, Tim. It is beneficial to wrestle with the Word along with other believers. I tend to get impatient with opinion spouting, but probably because I tend to do that myself from time to time! But contending over scripture has its own rewards. I appreciate the spirit in which you posed your comments. I'm sure you noted I was speaking broadly, trying to account for the most common orthodox protestant perspective in answering Toeknee's question. Now, switching to my personal perspective (which holds no great authority), I will write on my own behalf, giving account only for my own conclusions: At one time I used the interpretation that you mention. It does, indeed, seem to "flow" (sorry, I like the pun) that way in the rest of the passage. I began to doubt, however, when I realized that if "born of water" is a figure of speech that Christ is using for natural birth, then it stands alone both in scripture and secular writings. Not that this might alone be sufficient to discount the possibility. However, it is sufficient to send a person searching the scripture. I began to suspect it might mean baptism, after all, because of the various passages where the apostles advocated baptism for the newly saved (Acts 2:38, 2:41, 8:12-13, 8:36, 38, 9:18, 10:47-48, 16:15, 33, 18:8, 22:16, Gal 3:27). Jesus is, after all, pretty explicit in Mark 16:16. Nevertheless, as you also suggest, how could Christ be talking about the ordinance of baptism at this point in His ministry? Not that baptism would have been a foreign concept to Nicodemon ben Gorion. Baptism had long been used by Jews as a symbolic cleansing for proselytes. In fact, that was largely the point of John the Baptist -- something not lost upon the Jews -- for by requiring baptism he was stating, "You Jews have disobeyed the Covenant to the extent that you are no longer the children of Abraham, you have become Gentiles to be treated as repenting proselytes!" It was then, however, that I discovered the connection of "living water" between John 4 and Isaiah 12:3. This, in turn, caused me to look at the use of water and washing in scripture and its connection to regeneration. Note the following scriptures: Ephesians 5:26, Titus 3:5, 1 Corinthians 6:11, John 13:10. Finally, I considered Ezekiel 36;25-27, where Ezekiel predicts salvation, bringing the element of water together with the Spirit in this awesome work of God. Albert Barnes (1798-1870) commenting on Matthew 3:11 "By this is clearly intended that the heart must be changed by the agency of the Holy Spirit; that the love of sin must be abandoned; that man must repent of crime and turn to God; that he must renounce all his evil propensities, and give himself to a life of prayer and holiness, of meekness, purity, and benevolence. This great change is in the Scripture ascribed uniformly to the Holy Spirit," Thus, this passage of John 3:5 harmonizes better with the rest of scripture if the water mentioned here, in conjunction with the activity of the Holy Spirit, is speaking of the entire work of regeneration. This would fit also with John 6:6, as John is careful to show us that we are not saved by the will of man, but by the divine will of God, in accordance to His eternal purpose. It also makes wonderful sense when the use of water is taken in context by Nicodemus' activities in the temple. Thank you, Tim, for letting me pontificate. :-) I just have to include the words of this hymn by William Cowper: The Lord proclaims His grace abroad! “Behold, I change your hearts of stone; Each shall renounce his idol-god, And serve, henceforth, the Lord alone. “My grace, a flowing stream, proceeds To wash your filthiness away; Ye shall abhor your former deeds, And learn my statutes to obey. “My truth the great design ensures, I give myself away to you; You shall be mine, I will be yours, Your God unalterably true. “Yet not unsought, or unimplored, The plenteous grace I shall confer; No—your whole hearts shall seek the Lord, I’ll put a praying spirit there. “From the first breath of life divine Down to the last expiring hour, The gracious work shall all be mine, Begun and ended in my power.” |
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5778 | Importance of Inerrancy | Gal 3:16 | DocTrinsograce | 130175 | ||
This verse should remind us of the importance of the doctrine of inerrency of the scripture in the original language. Here, Paul, bases a large and significant theological point on whether a specific Hebrew word from Torah is singular or plural! | ||||||
5779 | A SIN TO FILE BANKRUPTCY | 1 Pet 4:10 | DocTrinsograce | 130173 | ||
Looks like Ed has found the way that doesn't involve the sinister thought or deed! But Hank... Borneo? I wouldn't think of that as a place with a "Shangri-la." Anyway... with the credit limits I'd probably get, though, we'd only make it as far as Pflugerville, Texas. :-) |
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5780 | HOW IS FAITH OF GOD? | Heb 12:2 | DocTrinsograce | 130166 | ||
"Faith is believing- placing our trust- in what God has said in his Word, and acting as though it is, in fact true!" Great definition, Brad! I'll have to start adding your stuff to my collection of quotable quotes! |
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