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1241 | Vessels prepared for destruction? | Rom 9:22 | CDBJ | 70408 | ||
I am not saying that I disagree with you, but with all that Calvin knew and as smart as he was he was never able to convince his counter part that he was wrong or off base; so how do you suppose that those that hold to this view can intend to do it either? I learned a long time ago that it’s like fighting a loosing battle when it comes to push this issue. I guess that I will leave it up to the ones that are smarter then John Calvin and Jacobus Arminius because neither one was able to convince the other and they were both a lot smarter then I’ll ever be. Good luck Joe, and I did say luck, which I don’t believe in either! |
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1242 | Vessels prepared for destruction? | Rom 9:22 | CDBJ | 70410 | ||
I always like being board with the facts the hard part is being sharp enough to remember them for future use. Nice job with the answer Joe, well this old man has to go blow some zzzz’s, talk at you later. CDBJ |
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1243 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 25206 | ||
EdB, where does it say that we are to ask Jesus into our hearts? That's like asking Him into a sewer. That will do the same thing for you as walking an aisle; bad advice!! CDBJ | ||||||
1244 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 25207 | ||
I would rather not say! CDBJ | ||||||
1245 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 25268 | ||
My thoughts don't really count. What must be believed is what the Bible says. The verses that we use must not be ones that suffer so much from anachronisms that they don't make sense any longer. Romans 10:9 is a good example of the problems that we can run into. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. There are many that don't have the ability to speak, be it for one reason or another; dose that mean that they can't be saved? Then there was the born again believer that had a heart transplant; does that mean that he is not saved now? All of these are issues that must comply with truth. I have heard the expression so many times that it makes me bilious, he has a head belief not a heart belief: this expression come about because a particular person didn't fit into the one's mold who was making the comment. The way of salvation when boiled down in the purest form, cause all the dross to come to the top, thus making the truth of God's word consistent. The book of John expounds verse after verse with out add-ons; that one must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. Until this happens one is not saved! Receiving Jesus is an automatic result, when one believes in Him. John 1:12 KJV But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: The word EVEN was added for clarity but now days it clouds the issue. John 1:12 NIV Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- |
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1246 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 25271 | ||
If I gave you the impression that I was bragging on him I am sorry. The only one that I brag on is the Lord Jesus Christ!! | ||||||
1247 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 25279 | ||
We started off with the technicality of an alter call and my comments were given as such along with the issue of asking Jesus into your heart. Now you try to make me look like the nastiest person alive with your maudlin sentimentalism. I am sorry but if you don't want the truth don't make the statement that requires it. CDBJ | ||||||
1248 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 25390 | ||
Hi EdB, would like to expatiate on the statement of asking Jesus into ones heart and why I said what I did. There are many that think that being saved is something mechanical that we must do; when in fact according to God's protocol everything is done for us. The truth is most of those that ask Jesus to come into their hearts are saved before they ask him to come in. He doesn't come into ones heart as it were because they ask. He has already come into them because they have believed in Him and they know He will save them, other wise they wouldn't have ask Him to come in to them in the first place. They have faith in Jesus as the Son of God and what He did for them. Where the problem comes in is that believers try to convince someone that they are saved just because they ask Jesus into their heart and they might have done this without truly trusting in Christ. The person that we have to convince is saved, isn't saved, because the Father hasn't revealed to them who Jesus is. Matthew 16:15-17 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. When we tell a person to just ask Jesus into their heart, if they do it because we tell them to, all they did was jump through our psychological hoop; and if they did this without trusting in Christ they are as lost as they can get even after they do it! They don't bother seeking God with their whole heart any longer because the figure that they are saved because they did what was demanded of them. Before they know it, WOMO, this place is far too hot to be heaven. If you want to do unbelievers a real favor do as Paul did. 1 Cor. 2:1-2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 2For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Teach unbelievers all you can about Jesus and his death and let the Holy Spirit do His work. This was one of the hardest lessons for me to learn and there are still times when I try to Bible whip people into the kingdom. CDBJ P.S. About the apology, there is really none needed, I failed to make my point clear and besides all that, I am not sitting around in burlap and pouring ashes over my head yet; Sometime I get a little carried away. In love CDBJ |
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1249 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 25392 | ||
Hank, I was just thinking the same exact thing. If I didn't know better I would think that we were all T.V. news reporters! CDBJ |
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1250 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 25578 | ||
We will continue to make mistakes until the Lord takes us home. It happens to me a lot it seems that the only time I open my mouth is to change feet. I think we could all learn a lesson from Paul about mistakes that we have made. Philip. 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. |
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1251 | Witnessing our faith to non-believers? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 30210 | ||
Tell you son-in-law to get the little books of John. They are very inexpensive and the message of salvation is why the book of John was written. John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31But 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. Just to have someone parrot something that one tells him or her to do isn't going to save them. They have to learn about Jesus before the can trust in Him and that is what the book of John can do. It expounds on the person of Christ. It is hard to believe in someone that you don't know anything about! I hope this helps, CDBJ |
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1252 | Who can Baptize you? Does it matter? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 72133 | ||
Greetings Taleb, to the Forum, could you expatiate somewhat on (your definition) of the word religion? Also what, in your estimation, does it mean to have a relationship with God, and what experience have you had along these lines? I noticed that you didn’t bother to fill out a personal profile when you joined the forum. It always helps to know a little about those that we converse with; and what transition of the Bible do you enjoy the most? Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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1253 | Who can Baptize you? Does it matter? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 72211 | ||
Greetings Taleb, I thought maybe I detected a smattering of something in your last post that lead me to believe that you might be part of the seed of Abraham physically as well as buy promise? Well at any rate it would appear that you are going to fit into this forum quiet well and I am sure we will enjoy some of your comments. I once heard a good definition for the word religion that came from a man who has spent more time studying in the Greek and Hebrew then I am years old and it kind of stuck with me. He said, and I quote; Religion is man by man’s best efforts trying to gain the approbation of God, by performing good works and man get all the credit. He then stated that Christianity is different in that God is doing all the work and man just receives by faith what God has done, and this on a non-meritorious bases by grace and God gets all the credit and praise. I am pretty sure that you won’t find this in any dictionary but it worked for me and it carries a Biblical connotation. I am sure that with you background that you will be a helpful member on the forum when we get into the language problems. Some people like to have everything broken down into, case, voice, mood, tense, etc. What I would like to find is someone that is good with etymology and customs. Well I must rush off for now so I don’t fall asleep in church in the morning. Yours in Christ, CDBJ |
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1254 | Who can Baptize you? Does it matter? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 72914 | ||
Go to the left side of the forum and click on (update user info) then scroll down to personal profile and fill in info. You can click on the name of any person in a thread, (Author), and read about their personal profile. Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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1255 | Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 73091 | ||
The thief on the cross was baptized along with every true believer in Jesus Christ, or do you find fault with the following. Ephes. 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: The one that really counts isn’t even wet, it’s dry! CDBJ |
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1256 | Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 73112 | ||
I don’t think that people understand the significance of what John the Baptist said. He was speaking to a crowed of people that contained believers as well as unbelievers and every one there was going to be baptized by Christ, by one means or the other. Matthew 3:11 B he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Luke 3:16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: Rev. 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. Rev. 20:14-15 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Now there is an extremely dry baptism! This is going to cause a comment; I wonder if the fire is just sprinkled on them or are they immersed? CDBJ |
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1257 | Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 73113 | ||
Nice post Tim, the topic of Baptism has been discussed probably more then any other on the forum but I am still learning when something new is pointed out: thank you! CDBJ | ||||||
1258 | Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 73184 | ||
I think that you are agreeing with me and you don’t even know it. I didn’t say that the baptism of fire was for believers; the fire is for the unbelievers that baptism of the Holy Ghost is for believers only! Everyone that has ever lived will get one or the other. There is no middle ground you are either in God's family or you are out. The only way that Ephes. 4:5 could be true is because it is done for us. Ephes. 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Are you going to try and prove to the forum that water baptism unifies? We have been down that road so many and it is always a dead end. The only way Ephes. 4:5 works is if God does the work, which he does with the baptism of the Spirit, for believers only! Anything that we do only adds confusion and separates. Type in Baptism in the search section on the right side of the forum home page and you will see what I mean. If it matters as you stated and I quote, “The one that matters is in water and very wet.” then it has to be the same for all believers and that just won’t fly: the thief on the cross. I will say it again the only one that matters is dry and it is the baptism with the Holy Ghost. If you don’t have the baptism of the Spirit there is no way that you will make it to heaven know matter how many time you have be water baptized or no matter how wet you got in the process. 2 Cor. 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2 Cor. 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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1259 | Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 73205 | ||
Lets just drop this Baptism thing because next week you will probably want to push the necessity for circumcision, and I don’t think I am going to last another round on these subjects. Galatians 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith along with water baptism which worketh by love. Just sign your name to this and we will try to get all the Bibles changed to reflect your openion. Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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1260 | Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 73230 | ||
God’s protocol for man’s salvation has remained constant from the time man stepped outside of God’s plan in the garden until this very day. All of the Old Testament believers had to have faith in God’s perfect sacrifice the same way that we do today; they looked forward to it and we look back. That perfect sacrifice was God’s solution for us and it centers on His Son Jesus Christ. That is why we have, John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. There was no water baptism mentioned! Hebrews chapter 11 is dedicated for the purpose of expounding on the essence of faith. The only thing that any human has to have in order to be saved is the ability to think i.e. to reason. Once they come to this point then they are accountable for their decisions; no water necessary. Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. The plan of God for man is total trust in the work of God’s Christ. Anything that we can do, other then use our minds to consider it, by relying on God and what he did for us through Jesus, nullifies faith. It is not faith plus anything, no mater what the postulate might be. The essence of faith eliminates everything that might be hanging on the fringe other wise faith isn’t faith. The word faith and or believe, as it was originally used, is a transitive verb example, John 3:16. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. What a transitive verb does is to place all the emphasis on the object of the verb; the verb, believe in the English is the Koine Greek verb PISTEUO. Faith or believe is no better then the object of the faith. Whenever anyone adds something besides faith to the object, Jesus, for salvation, like water baptism, it negates the action of the verbs object and nullifies the results. Faith demands singleness of thought on the object that God designates i.e. his perfect Son. God is not impressed with anything that we do physically he is only impressed with what his Son did. Water baptism in conjunction with faith for salvation is like sitting in a jet going 600 mph and you decide that you want to help so you try to get outside so you can help by pushing. The worst part is the results are going to be the same! God doesn’t need our help to save us he just wants us to trust him! In essence those the are depending on something they do, water baptism, along with what Jesus did, are not fully trusting in the finished work of Christ and accordingly they aren’t saved, by faith only as the definition demands. A person could be welded into a steel box in the middle of the desert and as long as they are still cognizant of God’s plan of salvation they could be saved even if it were the last thing they did; now that is by grace through faith, no access to water! John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: [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. Now if people what to add water baptism to what John knew to be truth, according to these last two verses, they are going to have a real shock when they take their last breath. I hope they get with God’s program before it’s too late. There are numerous passages mentioning baptism in conjunction with the verb Pisteuo or it cognate. Those that are putting their salvation on the line with these passages of Scripture better learn what it means to reduce something down to it’s common denominator as in a parenthetical phrase. Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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