Results 581 - 600 of 1740
|
||||||
Results from: Notes Author: CDBJ Ordered by Date |
||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
581 | Decisional regeneration? | Acts 2:38 | CDBJ | 169769 | ||
Hi Tim, I’ve talked to people who said they were saved because they went forward in a Billy Graham crusade. Some assume they are saved just because they’ve jump through someone’s psychological hoop; walking an aisle raising a hand etc. I like the eunuch’s answer to Philip. Acts 8:37 (B) And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Peter had the right answer as well. Matthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. John 20: 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. The key to eternal life, is believing in the Jesus the Son of God, just as the Bible says but the problem, as I see it, is in the word believe. People don’t fully understand what it means to believe in Jesus Christ because the word believe, in the English, doesn’t convey what the word in the Koine Greek meant, as you well know. CDBJ |
||||||
582 | Paul our pattern to follow, not Jesus? | Luke 24:46 | CDBJ | 169686 | ||
Hi WOS, me again. You give a might convincing line of evidence but I’ll stick my neck out and say that the Lord has a plan for each and everyone of his children’s lives, and like snow flakes, no two will be the same. I could sight a bunch of Scripture but you probably know them better then I do anyway. I just hope people can see the love of Christ in my life and that God will use me to accomplish the task for which He has called me and that I can finish MY race with out being disqualified. Someone once quipped the following and it kind of rang a bell in my head; “What you do, speaks so loud, that I can’t hear what you are saying.” Another one that I like is, “If you were ever arrested for being a believer in Jesus Christ, could they find enough evidence to convict you?” Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Have fun, CDBJ |
||||||
583 | Paul our pattern to follow, not Jesus? | Luke 24:46 | CDBJ | 169685 | ||
Greetings Bereaniam and welcome to the forum. It looks like you are doing pretty well on you postings. Being a newcomer to this topic I must say you have my curiosity up. You made the following statement, “I am insisting that we don't have keep some of the Laws He kept when He walked this earth as Jesus of Nazareth.” Which of the laws are you saying we “must keep”, and why must we keep them? Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. CDBJ |
||||||
584 | Paul our pattern to follow, not Jesus? | Luke 24:46 | CDBJ | 169681 | ||
Greetings WOS There were many things that Jesus did that ruffled the feathers of the "self righteous religious" bunch. I wonder where all this is going? CDBJ |
||||||
585 | Info on Satan's beginning and fall | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 169532 | ||
I’m sorry if I offended you please! Please don’t blame the whole forum for something that I did. Maybe you could share with one like me, who doesn’t have all the tact in the world, how you personally became a Christian? Again please pardon my intrusion, CDBJ |
||||||
586 | Does the bible support reincarnation | Titus 3:5 | CDBJ | 168865 | ||
Hello Edd, It’s obvious that you have avoided answering my simple question directed toward you and have established a presidency now with another forum member; that of which I will follow. 1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Sorry to have bothered you, have a good day, CDBJ |
||||||
587 | Does the bible support reincarnation | Titus 3:5 | CDBJ | 168727 | ||
Hi Edd, Since you already knew the answer to your own question, as you have stated in the following verse, why did you bother asking? 2 Tim. 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. Here is a question that only you have the right answer. Q. Have you personally come to the place yet in your biblical knowledge where you can say for certain that you have eternal life? 1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life. CDBJ |
||||||
588 | can we get baptized twice | Bible general Archive 3 | CDBJ | 168722 | ||
Hi BobbyF, I think the shortest answer to your question would be the prerequisite for water baptism which doesn’t imply infants or adults but a personal understanding of the person and work of Jesus the Christ. Acts 8:36-37 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? [37] And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. The Scripture doesn’t expatiate on the age for baptism but the ability to comprehend exactly who Jesus is and what he did as the Messiah. Have a great day, CDBJ |
||||||
589 | ... | Is 43:10 | CDBJ | 168625 | ||
Wow Eagle, am I glad you posted that! Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. The words “should not serve” in the English is translated from the Koine Greek verb, DOULEUO, and it carries the meaning of being a slave to or being in bondage to sin. Praise the Lord; we don’t have to let sin control our lives anymore. Philip. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. With this in mind we aren’t supposed to get a swell head either, because as soon as we do we get knocked off of our perch and we have to come crawling back to the Lord to have the mess straightened out. 1 Peter 5:5 (B) for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. It’s interesting to note in I John, that we as believers don’t “practice” improving our old sin natures! Have a great day, CDBJ |
||||||
590 | Sins Forgiven | Col 2:13 | CDBJ | 168624 | ||
Hi WOS, Did you personally hear that sermon: just kidding? I believe the key to staying in fellowship is, Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Couple this with, 1 John 1:7-8 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. [8] If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. It always pays to keep “short accounts” with God and not put off the use of I John 1:9 Even knowing all these things, oft times our old sin natures rear up their ugly heads and we need to get back in fellowship. My old sin nature thinks it’s a race driver and he really like to take control in bad traffic especially when other people do dumb stuff; says I. Yours in the Lord, CDBJ |
||||||
591 | ... | Is 43:10 | CDBJ | 168621 | ||
Hi Eagle, and welcome to the forum. I liked your post but could you please verify, with Scripture, where the following actually took place, as you have posted? “My Adamic Nature died with Him on the cross” And then if it isn’t too much trouble, explain why Paul had all of the problems that he claimed in the following: “assuming” that he didn’t “still have” an old sin nature “plus” a new nature. If we didn’t retain the old nature in our bodies and let it dictate to us now and then, i.e. by sinning: how would it be possible to grieve and quench the Holy Spirit and sin at all for that matter? Romans 7:21-25 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good. [22] For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, [23] but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. [24] Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? [25] Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. It’s obvious that we are all in this same tent; until the “new creation” is delivered from these old messed up bodies, that we are trapped in, up until such time as the soul is separated form these bodies, i.e. physical death or the rapture, which ever come first. Have a great day, CDBJ |
||||||
592 | Sins Forgiven | Col 2:13 | CDBJ | 168620 | ||
Greetings, So if I am hearing you right God will forgive us because we forgive others? Why did God have to send His Son in the first place then, if to be forgiven, all we had to do is forgive others of there sins against us? In effect, with your logic, the world didn't need a Saviour, just an attitude of forgiveness and things would be peachy keen for mankind and that would have made us acceptable in God’s sight! Am I to believe that God is actually impressed with my sincerity in my confession of sin, or the fact that His Son actually died for the sin that I’m confessing? And where on a scale of 1 to 10 does the sincerity actually kick in and count, when it comes to God forgiving me? Maybe at 4.97 the forgiveness really starts to work! Or maybe I could be highly optimistic and just assume that all I needed to do is what God says in the first place, and claim the following as being reliable and truthful. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Maybe, just maybe, God forgot to tell me about the sincerity part when I exercise and claim the promise of I John 1:9 I hate to appear facetious, but do you get my drift. CDBJ |
||||||
593 | Sins Forgiven | Col 2:13 | CDBJ | 168598 | ||
Greetings, A question with regards to your answer, “when we sin we ask for forgiveness”. This statement was made right after you quoted the following verse. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Why would you bother to ask God for forgiveness for your sin when God already said that He would forgive it you would just “confess it”? The word “confess” or HOMOLOGEO in the Koine Greek doesn’t mean to ask for anything, it means to cite, as in a courtroom case, and own up to the guilt. It’s not necessary to ask God for something that He has already said He give us another way. The forgiveness is conditional on our owning up to the sin, not our asking God if he will forgive it. The responsibility is in our willingness to do what God says and that’s confess the sin. He God is faithful, which means He will do it every time. The way he can do this is because His Son Jesus as already paid the price that was demanded of the sin. That’s way God can be just and yet be the justifier of the one that believes in Christ! Have a great day, CDBJ |
||||||
594 | Why is "literal interpretation" the best | 2 Tim 2:15 | CDBJ | 168538 | ||
Greetings John, Let me see if I’m hearing you right. Are you saying that the following verse is a reality? Ephes. 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; And are we to assume that this reasoning is due to, Ephes. 4:11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, That’s interesting but a closer observation, considering the Koine Greek, turns on a little different light. In Ephes. 4:14 and the words “be no more” suggest a different slant. The English is translated from the words, “meketi oman”, which is a subjunctive, present, active, 1st person, plural. The subjunctive mood is the mood of potential or probability. The present tense is generally continuous action at the present time. The active voice simply means that we as believers have to produce the action. The 1st person plural means, “we”. If it was in the indicative mood, I would say you were right, but it’s not a reality or certainty, it’s a “potential”. Paul is emphasizing that it is a “potential”, but the only way to achieve it is through the intake of Bible doctrine under the teaching of those that have the gift to communicate and by doing so on a consistent basis. i.e. study, study, study under one that has the gift. Paul further “warns” that there are false teachers that can and will lead believers astray and these men are so cleaver that it’s easy to be deceived if one is not well versed in Bible doctrine. I don’t mean to be boring, have fun, and have a great day, CDBJ |
||||||
595 | Why is "literal interpretation" the best | 2 Tim 2:15 | CDBJ | 168528 | ||
Greetings John, The only way it will not be total absurdities is if one knows the whole realm of doctrine which is nearly impossible and that’s why Paul gives the warning. Ephes. 4:13-14 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: [14] That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; Most of the Biblical derivations that we see today where brought about by well meaning “believers” that got off on a tangent. The best interpretation of Scripture are other Scriptures. i.e. Psalm 119:160 (A) The sum of thy word is truth; Even as clear cut as the gospel is, there are still those that are mixed up on the requirements that God demands for eternal life. I think a lot of that might be do to the English language and the fact that the Koine Greek can’t be understood sometimes with a word for word translation into the English. That's where the Amplified Bible sure comes in handy! Have a great day, CDBJ |
||||||
596 | Why is "literal interpretation" the best | 2 Tim 2:15 | CDBJ | 168510 | ||
Greetings hobbs, Wouldn’t you think that Psalm 36:7 would be a figure of speech in the form of an idiom? A good example in the New Testament, 2 Cor. 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. I hope that by asking you this question, I’m not putting you between a rock and a hard place? Have fun, CDBJ |
||||||
597 | Why baptize Jesus? | Mark 1:9 | CDBJ | 168167 | ||
Hello RequestedInfo, You seem to be pretty well versed on the Bible. Have you, in your spiritual understanding; come to the place yet where you can say that God sees you as righteous as He is? 2 Cor. 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. How do you account for God actually having blood, if, “as you say”, Jesus wasn’t God? Acts 20:28 "Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. Everyone who stands before God in judgment will be standing in front of Jesus. John 5:22-23 "For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, [23] in order that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. Be very careful friend, there is a lake of fire, whether you want to believe it or not, and those that discredit God aren’t going to enjoy eternity! CDBJ |
||||||
598 | Repent or believe, which is first? | Bible general Archive 3 | CDBJ | 167639 | ||
Hi Kalos, I more then agree!! CDBJ |
||||||
599 | Are these essentials for Salvation? | Bible general Archive 3 | CDBJ | 167534 | ||
Hi Samantha, I think we carry the sorrow thing a little far. God isn’t impressed with our sorrow for sin; the only thing that impresses God is what Jesus did for those sins on the cross. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. “He is faithful”, which means he will do it every time. And He is “just to forgive us of our sins” because Jesus paid the price demanded for those sins, not because we feel sorry for them. Everything points to Christ and the quicker we learn that lesson the better off we’ll be!!! Don’t let feeling get in the way of mercy and grace. Have a great day, CDBJ |
||||||
600 | Are these essentials for Salvation? | Bible general Archive 3 | CDBJ | 167503 | ||
We don’t stop repentance, as it were. It’s just that the object is different for the unbeliever and the believer. The unbeliever turns from the way they’ve been going and doing a 180 degree switch they turn toward the Living Word; Jesus Christ for indwelling and salvation. Repentance for the indwelt, saved believer, is turning from a sinful or carnal way of life toward the Written Word, or the Bible, for fellowship, and God control. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. As believers in time we are always 100 percent one or the other. We are either under the control of the Spirit or we are under the control of our old sin nature, called the flesh; and the war goes on! No such thing as a little bit of each!! Many misuse the following verse as though it were pointed at unbelievers, when actually it’s pointed at believers for fellowship and control and the eliminating of the discipline process that follows carnality. Rev. 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. This invitation, to get back in fellowship, is accomplished by opening the door with the function of 1 John 1:9 coupled with the intake of Bible doctrine on a routine basis. “Not open for debate” Have a great day, CDBJ |
||||||
Result pages: << First < Prev [ 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 ] Next > Last [87] >> |