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1541 | Speaking in tongues? Use by women? | Gal 3:28 | BradK | 122402 | ||
WTB, Thank you for your response and clarification. 1. I'm not "judging" that your arrogant and superior, but your words come across that way. I may be wrong, if I am, them please accept my apology:-); 2. I've never said or even implied that you're lying. We may disagree but that in no way makes you a liar any more than me. I do not think you're lying! It boils down to a matter of interpretation. 3. Rest assured that I'm secure in my salvation! I do know God, and I have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ in accord with John 17:3 and 1 John 5:11-13: "“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." "And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life." 4. My faith is in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, not just the "words" of scripture or "theologians" as the warning of Christ in John 5:39-40 refers. 5. I totally agree that God has a purpose for me- I believe I'm fulfilling it currently. However, I would have to disagree that His "purpose" necessarily intimates "signs and gifts". Consider, Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." God's word is Living, and It does have the ability to change my life and others as we believe it, and allow it to dwell richly in us! So, His Word is not just Rhema, but Logos! Many godly believers, who did not believe in the "sign gifts" accomplished much for the kingdom and were used in a mighty way:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1542 | Only for the early Church? | NT general Archive 1 | BradK | 122397 | ||
Ray, Amen and well said about us not possessing God or His Holy Spirit. I quite agree! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1543 | Speaking in tongues? Use by women? | Gal 3:28 | BradK | 122394 | ||
WTB, Well, I can tell you didn't get the spirit of what I said ,and that's fine. However, you're coming across with an attitude of spiritual superiority and arrogance. This is not necessary:-) For one who apparently claims to be so spiritual as yourself, you also exhibit a great deal of sarcasm. That is your choice, of course. But, is that really "walking in the Spirit"? The bottom line is this: Many good believers- of which I consider you one- have arrived at different conclusions based on their study and understanding of scripture. That doesn't make one wrong. Orthodoxy is not agreement on every point of scripture. Even though I strongly disagree with you and others on the "sign gifts"- particularly tongues and the "baptism of the Holy Spirit" I certainly don't consider you heretical, aberrational, or outside mainstream Christianity. I would hope you'd allow me the same grace and latitude in keeping with Romans 14:1. Finally, please don't be so presumptuous and ASSUME I'm missing something, or I'm less spiritual, and not really knowing God. You're not the only one God is working through:-) You don't have a corner on the truth any more than I do, nor is your view of scripture necessarily THE correct one. Allow for some grace, and learn that it's OK to agree to disagree. I'm not challenging your right to believe as you do. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1544 | Speaking in tongues? Use by women? | Gal 3:28 | BradK | 122379 | ||
jcsav, I'm confused! Could you explain exactly what the difference is? What is the scriptural basis for the distinction between being "filled with the Holy Ghost" and "speaking in tongues"? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1545 | Speaking in tongues? Use by women? | Gal 3:28 | BradK | 122356 | ||
sheila, While I don't doubt your sincerity or the experience you had, I offer these 3 points: 1. We need to make sure that our faith is founded on fact, not emotion-laden experiences ( not that they're all bad); 2. We have received the Holy Spirit in accordance with 1 Cor. 12:13, "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit." 3. I don't see how your reference to Matt. 13:11 relates contextually or otherwise. I just don't see a Biblical mandate to "Pray and ask God for this GIFT"- it is something we already have! I believe it a matter of yielding to that life of Christ in us (Gal.2:20). Out of curiosity, where does God tells us that "if you are serious he will provide"( the Spirit)? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1546 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | BradK | 122141 | ||
Rowdy, For the sake of the Forum, I'm going to side with Steve on this. Your post hardly warrants a response in my mind- and I'm being nice:-) You answer off-the-cuff, without any certainty, and most of the time, I can't honestly discern what on earth you're talking about or where you're coming from. I'm not alone on this either! Brother, no one- least of all myself- wants to limit your right to post on the Forum. However, I have to honestly wonder, when you've had so many different individuals trying to tell you that you're not making sense, it seems reasonable to me that one would heed the advice. I for one, do not know everything- far from it. But, I also don't just jump out there, flinging answers willy-nilly! Take care to post what you know tempered with reason and due diligence. Others are coming on this Forum looking for answers. We all have a responsibility to post sound, biblically based responses, citing sources to support what we say. We should refrain from haphazard guess-work as it is not becoming of any serious student of scripture- myself included! We only learn if we listen and if we sincerely consider and apply what other more learned men of God have to say. There are a number of such individuals on this Forum currently. Seek them out my friend:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1547 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | Matt 13:40 | BradK | 122137 | ||
Rowdy, The only direct Biblical reference to be "fallen from grace" is Gal. 5:4 : "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace." Properly translated, it means "You have become void from Christ", our connection to Him has become void by our endeavoring to be justified by the law. Further, The Commentary Critical says, "fallen from grace—Ye no longer “stand” in grace (Ro 5:2). Grace and legal righteousness cannot co-exist (Ro 4:4, 5:11:6). Christ, by circumcision (Lu 2:21), undertook to obey all the law, and fulfil all righteousness for us: any, therefore, that now seeks to fulfil the law for himself in any degree for justifying righteousness, severs himself from the grace which flows from Christ’s fulfilment of it, and becomes “a debtor to do the whole law” (Ga 5:3). The decree of the Jerusalem council had said nothing so strong as this; it had merely decided that Gentile Christians were not bound to legal observances. But the Galatians, while not pretending to be so bound, imagined there was an efficacy in them to merit a higher degree of perfection (Ga 3:3). This accounts for Paul not referring to the decree at all. He took much higher ground. See Paley’s Horae Paulinae. The natural mind loves outward fetters, and is apt to forge them for itself, to stand in lieu of holiness of heart." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1548 | Pearls of Wisdom from the pen of bumpas5 | Eph 4:14 | BradK | 121769 | ||
Rowdy, FYI- you're not missing anything, my friend. This individual has had numerous aka's and has been repeatedly kicked off the Forum due to anti-biblical nonsense, etc. As said in the Wizard of OZ, "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain". Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1549 | Questions for the KJV-Only cult | 1 Thess 5:21 | BradK | 121738 | ||
jcsav, Thanks for your response and clarification. We're in agreement! BradK |
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1550 | do u ask for the holy ghost? | Rom 8:26 | BradK | 121701 | ||
Disciple1968, We're actually indwelt by the Holy Spirit according to 1 Cor. 2:12 "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,". Notice the "have received"- a past completed action! Also, Ephesians 1:13 says "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise," It is important to note that believers today are indwelt with the Holy Spirit. It does not come and go. Now, we can "grieve the Holy Spirit, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption" (Eph. 4:30). However, believers are commanded to "be filled with the Spirit" on a continual basis per Eph. 5:18. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1551 | Questions for the KJV-Only cult | 1 Thess 5:21 | BradK | 121638 | ||
jcsav, Without trying to be curt, you offered a rather simplistic answer that ignores much. I'm not minimizing the role of the Holy Spirit as teacher, comforter, etc. But, let's be honest. In Acts they did not have the completed Canon of Scripture. We do. What God has left us with is His entire "instruction manual", so that ALL scripture is profitable for teaching, etc. Now the Holy Spirit helps us to understand (1 Cor. 2:11), but it is the completed Word of God by which we know, understand, and believe. I wouldn't be so passe on translations because there are some differences. You're correct if we go with the original text, however, few of us have the expertise to do so. The TNIV would be a prime example of a not-so-good translation (I do have a copy). Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1552 | 40 Days | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 121536 | ||
following him How do you arrive at "40 years of Christ living on earth?" Just curious as to your scriptural basis, if any. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1553 | Purpose of Prayer? | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 121475 | ||
tgs, I'll enter into the topic here with a section from Oswald Chambers, "If Ye Ask". I think it defines very well the purpose of prayer. "Prayer alters CIRCUMSTANCES through me It is only when a man flounders beyond any grip of himself and cannot understand things that he really prays. It is not part of the natural life of a man to pray. By “natural” I mean the ordinary, sensible, healthy, worldly-minded life. We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life if he does not pray; I question it. Prayer is an interruption to personal ambition, and no man who is busy has time to pray. What will suffer is the life of God in him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer. If we look on prayer as a means of developing ourselves, there is nothing in it at all, nor do we find that idea of prayer in the Bible. Prayer is other than meditation; it is that which develops the life of God in us. When a man is born from above (rv mg), the life of the Son of God begins in him, and he can either starve that life or nourish it. Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished. Our Lord nourished the life of God in Him by prayer; He was continually in contact with His Father. We generally look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves, whereas the Bible idea of prayer is that God’s holiness and God’s purpose and God’s wise order may be brought about, irrespective of who comes or who goes. Our ordinary views of prayer are not found in the New Testament. It is not so true that “Prayer changes things” as that prayer changes me, and then I change things; consequently we must not ask God to do what He has created us to do. For instance, Jesus Christ is not a social reformer; He came to alter us first, and if there is any social reform to be done on earth, we must do it. God has so constituted things that prayer on the basis of Redemption alters the way a man looks at things. Prayer is not a question of altering things externally, but of working wonders in a man’s disposition. When you pray, things remain the same, but you begin to be different. The same thing when a man falls in love, his circumstances and conditions are the same, but he has a sovereign preference in his heart for another person which transfigures everything. If we have been born from above (rv mg) and Christ is formed in us, instantly we begin to see things differently—“If any man is in Christ, there is a new creation“ (rv mg). The good of praying is that it gets us to know God and enables God to perform His order through us, no matter what His permissive will may be. A man is never what he is in spite of his circumstances, but because of them. Circumstances, as Reader Harris* once said, are like feather beds—very comfortable to he on top of, but immensely smothering if they get on top of you. Jesus Christ, by the Spirit of God, always keeps us on top of our circumstances." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1554 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | BradK | 121248 | ||
WTB, First of all my dear sister, it is not my intent to debate or argue with you:-) Please feel free to check out my user profile as it may give you a better idea of who I am. Second, where on earth do you get the idea that I'm taking sin lightly, or what my relationship is with Him? You don't know, and your snide remarks and conjecture are not at all necessary. You're reading way too much into what I've said. Please refrain from making such unsupported statements like "it satisfies my flesh". You do not know my heart or what I do in ministry outside my business. Why such a hostile attitude? Come on. I desire to know Him and to serve Him just as you do- believe it or not:-) Again, please read my profile IF you'd like to know me better. FYI- before I became a believer I was a hard-core recreational drug user, snorted coke, free-based, and slept around occasionally. Now, thank God, I don't live a life REMOTELY like I formerly did (1 Cor. 6:11). Are we clearer on this? I hope so. Lastly, I don't take sin LIGHTLY, nor is grace cheap, nor is faith cavalier. I've said these things before! In fact, God took sin so seriously, that He sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ to the cross to make payment (ransom) for it! I believe in the finished work of Christ and all that He accomplished through his death, burial and resurrection. My sincere best wishes to you, sister in the ministry that God has called you to. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1555 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | BradK | 121117 | ||
WTB, If I may interject here:-),Colossians 2:13 provides ample reply: "When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions," (see also, Col.3:13, Eph. 4:32) As to Romans 6:1, most certainly verse 2 is the reply, "May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?" Reading the entire context of the chapter provides us as believers the understanding of us being united with Him in His death, burial, and resurrection. Note verses 10 and 11: "For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus." Contrary to what you are proposing ( and I think I do understand), the biblical teaching is that Christ has paid the complete penalty for our sin. If we must do anything further, i.e. repent, then I do not see that His payment was sufficient! Note Hebrews 10:12, 18: "but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God," "Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin." The sacrifice of Christ on the cross was wholly sufficient for my sins as well as those of the world. If I have to do anything to further merit His forgiveness, then Christ must go back to the cross of necessity- something that is impossible! Do I not "In Him (we) have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace?" Chose to believe it or not, my sister, But I walk by faith, not sight:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1556 | Do our works keep us saved? | 1 Cor 12:13 | BradK | 120703 | ||
WTB, "Faith keeps us saved"? Where does scripture tell us this? However, by your statement, you seem to negate the sufficiency of Christ's atoning sacrifice. He either saves us to the uttermost, or He doesn't.(Heb. 7:25) I know that I'm saved because of the all-sufficient work of Christ on the cross, and by the fact that I've placed my faith in Him. Further, scripture tells us plainly so in 1 John 5. My friend, the doctrine of Eternal Security that you're vilifying is not one of cavalier or flippant faith ( as I mentioned before). I'm not saved to see what I can get away with. That's foolish, of course. But I am His workmanship, created unto good works that I should walk in them. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1557 | Can anyone explain? | 1 Cor 12:13 | BradK | 120702 | ||
WTB, Two statements you make appear unclear. Possibly you can elaborate:-) "Everything we will know about God will be revealed to us by the Holy Ghost." " Sometimes, people who call themselves saved are only justified by what they think the Bible says. The Holy Ghost is the teacher and without Him, the Gospel remains "hidden" I want to be fair and not take either of these out of context. Hopefully you're not suggesting that the Word of God doesn't teach us or that we don't learn about God by it? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1558 | Can anyone explain? | 1 Cor 12:13 | BradK | 120677 | ||
Bruce, Nice to hear from you. Amen to what you said. John 19:30 would summarize and explain what is mean by being complete in Him! BradK |
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1559 | Can anyone explain? | 1 Cor 12:13 | BradK | 120656 | ||
WTB, Thank you for your response. In what sense am I complete in Him? Well, first of all ,never did I say "feel" complete. Our faith is based upon fact- the Word of God. I believe the promises in God's Word. I call these identification truths- I am now identified with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection! So, to be complete in Him is to be complete in all He accomplished in the forementioned acts. Christ now (presently) lives in me. This is a fact of scripture, not a feeling! Second, I'm not talking a cavalier or flippant faith, but again, one based on His Word! How about Eph. 1:3, am I , or am I not "Blessed with all the spiritual blessings in the heavenlies, in Christ?" His Word says I am:-) Whether one "feels so" or not, is not the issue! Let me ask you (rhetorically if you choose), what do you mean when you say "Don't be deceived - God is more than what theology teaches, He's real!" I'm not deceived. How much more real can you get than, Gal. 2:20, Christ living in us! My friend, theology is merely the study of God. We understand about God primarily through His Word, don't we? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1560 | Can anyone explain? | 1 Cor 12:13 | BradK | 120545 | ||
WTB, Hank beat me to the punch, but my question is much the same: How does being baptized differ from "the filling" or indwelling! Secondly, what is not clear about 1 Cor. 12:13? Also, if I'm complete in Him (Col.2:10) and Christ lives in me as Galatians 2:20 says, how much more of Him can I get? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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