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5641 | Adams sin? | 1 Pet 1:2 | DocTrinsograce | 163919 | ||
Dear Brother Mark, Nope. At least, I did not intend to say that "people will be judged guilty of Adam's sin." When Adam fell, the whole human race fell (Job 14:4; Psalms 51:5; Romans 5:12-19; 6:20; 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22, 45, 49; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 2:14-15). It is what makes us utterly odious to a holy and righteous God. My sin is simply a natural manifestation of that corrupt nature (Matthew 15:17-20; Luke 6:43-45). Do you ever sing "Rock of Ages?" See the line that goes "Be of sin the double cure." Ever wonder what Augustus Toplady meant by the phrase "double cure?" By one man death entered the world (Romans 5:12), by one Man life entered the world (Romans 5:17). (see also Romans 5:19) I inherited the corrupt nature from Adam. However, I also have personally committed acts of rebellion which merit death (Ezekiel 18:4b, 20a; Romans 3:23; 1 John 3:4). The atonement of Christ accomplished two things ("cures" as Toplady put it, in 18th century English): (1) the remedy for the corrupt nature I inherited from Adam and (2) the remedy for the sins I've committed. Christ not only took care of the corrupt fruit, He took care of the corrupt tree! :-) Imputation is a doctrine also found in Isaiah 61:10, Jeremiah 23:6, Romans 3:22, 5:12-19, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:21, etc. Like justification, it is a forensic term. In Him, Doc |
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5642 | ? laws prior to Exodus/Moses | 1 Pet 1:10 | DocTrinsograce | 202691 | ||
Yes! The more light we have, the worse humans look and the better God looks. Knowing my own wretched, miserable, faulty, failed, inadequate, sinful nature... I'm sure I'd have been worse than Father Jacob! Trouble is, I have far less excuse! What we should be doing when we read of their failings, is seeing ourselves in that same light. When we see their successes, we should be seeing only our gracious and merciful Lord! |
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5643 | ? laws prior to Exodus/Moses | 1 Pet 1:10 | DocTrinsograce | 202716 | ||
Hi, PDAL... We'd have a fundamental disagreement there. The sin nature becomes weaker and weaker in a process called Progressive Sanctification (see post #189339), hence the continuous pursuit of holiness (Philippians 3:12; Hebrews 12:14; etc.). However, the belief in sinless perfectionism cannot be supported Scripturally. The old divines summarized this Biblical doctrine this way: "The corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated; and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, yet both itself, and the first motions thereof, are truly and properly sin. (Romans 7:18,23; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8; Romans 7:23-25; Galatians 5:17)" (1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, chapter 6, paragraph 5) In Him, Doc |
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5644 | ? laws prior to Exodus/Moses | 1 Pet 1:10 | DocTrinsograce | 202828 | ||
Hi, PDAL... Let's start with thinking through the presuppositions. I'm not trying to be argumentative. Let's just be sure our starting points are solidly Scriptural: You wrote, "Death reigned as king over all men." (sic) Also, you said, "Spirtually dead men still have a spirit." (sic) See if you can provide the Scriptural basis for these ideas. Your conclusions depend on the initial ideas being correct. We'll work forward from there, if you like. In Him, Doc |
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5645 | ? laws prior to Exodus/Moses | 1 Pet 1:10 | DocTrinsograce | 202943 | ||
Dear PDAL, By this argument, death still reigns, for every one of us will die, should the Lord tarry. One needs to be extremely careful not to add to the Scriptures. The Word itself will give us the authority to draw analogies and types. Doing so is at the root of most errors and heresies. Furthermore, we do not draw doctrine from narrative. We draw doctrine from didactic (teaching) passages. In Him, Doc |
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5646 | ? laws prior to Exodus/Moses | 1 Pet 1:10 | DocTrinsograce | 202952 | ||
Dear PDAL, Human beings were created to be living breathing beings. Drawing this distinction between spirit and body -- even worse, confusing human spirit with the Holy Spirit -- is a teaching with its roots in a heresy called gnosticism. John dealt decisively with this false doctrine in his gospel and first epistle. You wrote, "Paul had all the doctrine any man could have,he counted it all as dung..." (sic) PDAL, I don't think you understand what doctrine really is. The word doctrine means teaching. We are called to the true teaching. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his DOCTRINE: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (Matthew 7:28-29 KJV) Jesus answered them, and said, "My DOCTRINE is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the DOCTRINE, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." (John 7:16-17 KJV) But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of DOCTRINE which was delivered you. (Romans 6:17 KJV) Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to DOCTRINE. (1 Timothy 4:13 KJV) Take heed unto thyself, and unto the DOCTRINE; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. (1 Timothy 4:16 KJV) Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his DOCTRINE be not blasphemed. (1 Timothy 6:1 KJV) The gospel is about truth, PDAL (John 8:32). Faith comes by hearing the Word. The Greek is logos, where we get our English word logic. The Holy Spirit never operates outside of the Word of God (Hebrews 1:1-2). I am not sure where you are getting these strange teachings. Fortunately, "those who go astray in spirit will come to UNDERSTANDING, and those who murmur will accept INSTRUCTION" (Isaiah 29:24). The more I hear, the more I see the truth of Paul's words to Timothy, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." (2 Timothy 4:3-4 KJV) In Him, Doc |
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5647 | did Jesus preach in hell | 1 Pet 1:11 | DocTrinsograce | 238340 | ||
Hi, Jasper... Did you read McLaughlin's entire article? In Him, Doc |
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5648 | The Importance and Value of Dogmatics | 1 Pet 1:12 | DocTrinsograce | 190313 | ||
"Dogmatics is often caricatured as the unholy science that reduces the practices of piety to lifeless propositions. But far from it: dogmatics is that delightful activity in which the Church praises God by ordering its thinking towards the gospel of Christ. Set in the midst of the praise, repentance, witness and service of God's holy people, dogmatics -- like all Christian theology -- directs the Church's attention to the realities which the gospel declares and attempts responsibility to make those realities a matter of thought." --Dr. John Webster | ||||||
5649 | Truth Matters | 1 Pet 1:21 | DocTrinsograce | 234095 | ||
"In face of this modern nihilism [a philosophy that life is without meaning], Christians are often lacking in courage. We tend to give the impression that we will hold on to the outward forms whatever happens, even if God really is not there. But the opposite ought to be true of us, so that people can see that we demand the truth of what is there and that we are not dealing merely with platitudes. In other words, it should be understood that we take this question of truth and personality so seriously that if God were not there we would be among the first of those who had the courage to step out of the queue." --Francis A. Schaeffer (1912-1984) | ||||||
5650 | Can you prove eternal security? | 1 Pet 1:23 | DocTrinsograce | 141235 | ||
Wow, and you complimented me on my teeny, weeny answer! I'd say that the sincerity that you mention originates from God, too... :-) You've covered a lot of ground here... good stuff, brother Mark. | ||||||
5651 | Can you prove eternal security? | 1 Pet 1:23 | DocTrinsograce | 141343 | ||
Brother Mark, While I agree with your conclusions, I am uncomfortable with arguments that are based on changes in the audience of a book of scripture unless the author explicitly states that that is what he is doing. For example, 1 Peter 3, Peter addresses various people: e.g., wives (v1), husbands (v7), everyone (v8), and later in the epistle the elders (5:1). I do not find such changes of address by Paul in Galatians. Of course, maybe I've missed it somewhere. Just my two, very humble, cents. Sorry if this is off topic, but it does seem to be an important point of exegesis. In Him, Doc |
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5652 | Can you prove eternal security? | 1 Pet 1:23 | DocTrinsograce | 141354 | ||
Sound exegesis is not something that we arrive at suddenly. Nor is it something that we will ever come to do perfectly. I listened to the Bork hearings in their entirety. (How often do you get to sit at the feet of a professor of constitutional law and hear him expound upon that incredible document?) The politicians would ask him questions about specific legal cases. He critiqued them on their own merit, repeatedly pointing out that his arguments did not reflect agreement or disagreement with the conclusion of the case in question. Instead, he explained the strengths and weaknesses of the mechanics by which the cases were argued and decided. Exegesis is similar. How we handle the scriptures is extremely important. Improper handling often leads to improper conclusions which leads to false doctrine. Even when it is all said and done, there is plenty of room for discussion and disagreement! Our methods need constant refinement and improvement. It is a continual learning process. I hope that you understand that I was not finding fault with you personally, brother. In Him, Doc |
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5653 | Logic on Fire! | 1 Pet 1:25 | DocTrinsograce | 241773 | ||
"What is preaching? Logic on fire! Preaching is theology coming through a man who is on fire. A true understanding and experience of the Truth must lead to this. I say again that a man who can speak about these things dispassionately has no right whatsoever to be in a pulpit; and should never be allowed to enter one." --Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) | ||||||
5654 | Comparison | 1 Pet 2:1 | DocTrinsograce | 177749 | ||
"Consider, for example, the magnificent comparison between the true saints and those merely puffed up by the experience of vigorous but fleeting emotions. Hypocrites are likened to meteors which flare up suddenly in a blaze of light trailing showers of many sparks, but soon falling back to earth, their light dissipated; all is over in a twinkling. The true saints are like the fixed stars; they shine by a light which is steady and sure, a light which continues to show itself over time and through infinite space." --Jonathan Edwards | ||||||
5655 | God's Description of a Christian | 1 Pet 2:3 | DocTrinsograce | 236828 | ||
"If I am to live as a son of God, I must be a son, and I must know it. Otherwise my life will be an artificial imitation, a piece of barren mechanism, performing certain excellent movements, but destitute of vital heat and force. Here many fail. They try to live like sons in order to make themselves sons, forgetting God's simple plan for attaining sonship at once, As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God' (John 1:12). "The faith of many among us is, alter all, but an attempt to believe; their repentance but an attempt to repent; and, in so doing, they only use words which they have learned from others. It is not the love of holiness that actuates them, but (at best) the love of the love of holiness. It is not the love of God that fills them, but the love of the love of God. "God's description of a Christian man is clear and well-defined. It has about it so little of the vague and wide that one wonders how any mistake should have arisen on this point, and so many dubious, so many false claims put in. A Christian is one who 'has tasted that the Lord is gracious' (1 Peter 2:3); who has been 'begotten again unto a lively hope' (1 Peter 1:3); who has been 'quickened together with Christ' (Ephesians 2:5); made a partaker of Christ (Hebrews 3:14); a partaker of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4); who 'has been delivered from this present evil world' (Galatians 1:4). "Such is God's description of one who has found his way to the cross, and is warranted in taking to himself the Antiochian name of 'Christian,' or the apostolic name of 'saint.' Of good about himself, previous to his receiving the record of the free forgiveness, he cannot speak. He remembers nothing lovable that could have recommended him to God; nothing fit that could have qualified him for the divine favor, save that he needed life. All that he can say for himself is that he 'has known and believed the love that God hath to us' (1 John 4:16); and, in believing, has found that which makes him not merely a happy, but a holy man. He has discovered the fountainhead of a holy life." --Horatius Bonar (1872) |
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5656 | Our Continual, Absolute Need of Christ | 1 Pet 2:7 | DocTrinsograce | 225070 | ||
"The sense we have of our continual and absolute need of Christ, has a tendency to engage our affections to Him. At our first conversion, when we were turned from darkness to light -- we saw ourselves lost -- and that none but Christ could save us. We felt the wounds of a guilty conscience -- and we knew that He alone could heal them. We trembled before the offended Majesty of God -- and we were persuaded that He alone could deliver us from the wrath to come. We saw that there was no remission of sin, no reconciliation with God, no salvation -- but through Jesus. Hence He became, at that period -- all in all to us. "We still see the absolute necessity of this precious Savior in every respect, so that without Him we can do nothing, as He Himself has told us. We have need of Him... when we are dark -- to enlighten us; when we are dull and lifeless -- to quicken us; when we are weak -- to strengthen us; when we are tempted -- to support us; when we have fallen -- to raise and restore us; when we are disquieted with fears -- to encourage us; when we are full of doubts and perplexity -- to comfort us and give us peace; when we are staggering at the promises through unbelief -- to increase our faith. "If Jesus Christ is precious to us -- the bent of our souls will be towards Him. We shall choose Him above and beyond every other object, as our most desirable portion, and exceeding great reward. "If anything in this world is chosen by us as our chief good -- our hearts will run out in strongest affections towards it. We shall look for our felicity in that object, be it what it may; that object therefore, and not Christ, will be most precious unto us. "If our regard for the Redeemer is supreme, as it ought to be -- our whole hearts will go out after Him in the most intense longings, and with the most ardent desires. The heart of a believer is restless, until it obtains -- a solid hope and persuasion of Christ’s love, a growing conformity to Him, and sincere delight in Him. The soul rests and acquiesces in Him alone, and is not happy without the enjoyment of some tokens of His love. The language of such a one is, 'If I have Christ for my friend, and my everlasting portion -- I have all. When His face is hidden, and His comforts withdrawn, I seek Him with restless desire, and often cry -- O that I knew where I might find Him!'" --John Fawcett (1740-1817) |
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5657 | Illustrations | 1 Pet 2:9 | DocTrinsograce | 210231 | ||
I think she was asking about Biblical illustrations -- i.e., illustrations in the Bible itself -- not illustrations about Biblical subjects. | ||||||
5658 | is this gentiles? | 1 Pet 2:9 | DocTrinsograce | 225071 | ||
Whew... quite a stretch. | ||||||
5659 | Worshippers of the Supreme King | 1 Pet 2:10 | DocTrinsograce | 213050 | ||
"We Christians are nothing else than worshipers of the Supreme King and Head, under our Master, Christ. If you examine carefully, you will find that nothing else is implied in that religion. This is the sum of all that we do; this is the proposed end and limit of sacred duties. Before Him we all prostrate ourselves, according to our custom; Him we adore in joint prayers; from Him we beg things just and honorable, and worthy of His ear. Not that He needs our supplications, or loves to see the homage of so many thousands laid at His feet. This is our benefit, and has a regard to our advantage. For since we are prone to err, and to yield to various lusts and appetites through the fault of our innate weakness, He allows Himself at all times to be comprehended in our thoughts, that while we entreat Him and strive to merit His bounties, we may receive a desire for purity, and may free ourselves from every stain by the removal of all our shortcomings." --Arnobius of Sicca (2??-330? AD) | ||||||
5660 | Attention,Meditation,Obedience,Endurance | 1 Pet 2:13 | DocTrinsograce | 175417 | ||
"Obedience is fostered in an atmosphere of loving accountability. Most often that accountability. Most often that accountability is provided from God-ordained authority in our lives at home, at church, at school, and at work. First Peter 2:13-25 teaches what spirit a believer ought to have toward authority -- whether good or bad. It specifically says that authorities are 'sent by [God] for [1] the punishment of evildoers, and for [2] the praise of them that do well' (v14). Authorities are to both enforce and encourage. "Think with me for a moment about the effect that correction administered in a godly fashion has upon a person. First, the rebuke or penalty gets the offender's attention. Second, with the proper kind of confrontation, it can cause him to stop and think. Third, it reinforces what the offender is supposed to be doing. And finally, the surety of a penalty will be motivator to persevere in disobedience the next time he is tempted to disobey. Did you notice that in each of these four effects of correction is one of the basic disciplines of wisdom -- attention, meditation, obedience, and endurance? Parents, pastors, and others who are unwilling to correct those they lead in a biblical fashion are abandoning one of God's most important tools for developing the disciplines of wisdom. No one becomes wise who has not become skilled in using all these tools through much practice." --Jim Berg (1999) |
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