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81 | Seeing things? | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 200077 | ||
Dear Val, The problem with this sort of thing is that the ignorant masses deem such experiences as carrying greater weight than the Word of God. Of course, we do not live by visions or dreams and visions, we live by every word of God. Imagine what Peter saw on the Mount of Transfiguration: And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him." When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified. (Matthew 17:1-6 ESV) Talk about seeing things! This wasn't a dream or vision, it was real life! None of this dead "family member" stuff. Peter saw two of the greatest prophets of all time (v3). More than that, he saw Christ transfigured before his very eyes (v2). Then, as if that wouldn't have been blessing enough, he actually heard the audible voice of God Himself (v5)! Peter even suggested in the heat of the moment, that they could build three tabernacles (v4). No seminars or lecture series needed to draw people! Everyone would come flocking to this place! If you and I had had this experience, you must agree that it would have been the single most incredible event of our lives! Nevertheless, how does Peter talk about this experience near the end of his life? For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased," we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. (2 Peter 1:16-18 ESV) First he emphasizes that this wasn't just a vision, but a first hand experience for which he offers testimony. That's at the roots of Christianity -- the belief in the witness of the "great cloud of witness" to the things done by God. Not visions and dreams. Rather, real life happenings. Many of us might well envy Peter for such an experience. However, Peter follows this description with a very interesting statement: And we have something MORE SURE [certain, dependable, steadfast, firm], the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place. (2 Peter 1:19a ESV, emphasis mine) Peter is saying, in essence, "Sure, I had this incredible experience, and I'm here to tell you about it. But you know what? Scripture is far more dependable than even the things you see and here!" Another thought: Notice that the supernatural experiences in Scripture all draw attention to God. They always served to bring glory to the Lord, focusing entirely on Him. It sounds to me that this woman you know is using her experience to draw attention to herself. That may be an overstatement. However, the vision certainly does not focus on God. Indeed, there appears to be more of a focus on family. Which brings me to my final point: Cults, heresies, and all manner of false doctrine abound when people attempt to garner eternal truth from some other source than Scriptures. Here is how I look at my own dreams: If they confirm the Scripture, they are redundant and superfluous. If they contradict the Scripture, they are to be rejected outright. If they are about something the Scripture does not discuss, they are unnecessary. There is nothing more personal, pertinent, practical, necessary, immediate, certain, and sufficient than the Word of God. Everything God wants me to know He will communicate through the Scriptures by the illumination of the Holy Spirit. In Him, Doc |
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82 | Seeing things? | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 200104 | ||
Me too... Wish I could get them Bluetooth enabled, though, so I could listen to sermons directly from my PDA. I heard of a person who had a near death experience. He saw a brightly lit tunnel. When he arrived at the end he heard a voice say, "Take a number." |
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83 | Help me we my marriage. How to care? | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 200149 | ||
God bless you. Those reading this post will be praying for you, your husband, and your marriage. | ||||||
84 | Tramsfiguration Jesus have return 2 Heav | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 200254 | ||
I always thought it was tantamount to an order to shut up. You can't hear much when you are running your mouth about stuff you don't understand. It must have certainly driven the message home for Peter! Just my two mites... |
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85 | Tramsfiguration Jesus have return 2 Heav | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 200346 | ||
I'm still puzzled as to why the question would come up at all. Christ could have gone anywhere He pleased whenever He pleased. | ||||||
86 | Tramsfiguration Jesus have return 2 Heav | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 200377 | ||
Yeah, hypothetical questions don't usually lead anywhere useful. | ||||||
87 | What does God say about being a mother? | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 200651 | ||
That organization is a cult. It is in utter opposition to sola Scriptura, Trinitarianism, and many other doctrines required for participation in this forum. Desist posting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_International |
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88 | Hebrew and Greek Old Testament | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 200958 | ||
Dear tdc, Please note that neither ancient Greek nor ancient Hebrew had punctuation. Even the space between words is a modern invention. In Him, Doc |
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89 | Hebrew and Greek Old Testament | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 200963 | ||
Hi, tdc... They got the "vowelization" wrong, too. Vowels weren't introduced into Hebrew until the 13th century. :-) In Him, Doc |
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90 | could raised from the dead be spiritual | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 201267 | ||
Ah, yes ma'am! In that passage Paul is using the Biblical metaphor of death. To extend that metaphor, when Adam sin, it killed the entire human race. Ephesians up to this point is about God's eternal purpose. He is building a temple, a dwelling place for Himself. However, He has two main problems: Dead people (2:5a) and divided people (2:12). So first He makes dead people alive (2:5b-6a) and then He draws divided people together (2:13b-19). I love this epistle. Thank you for reminding us of its contents. In Him, Doc |
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91 | could raised from the dead be spiritual | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 201271 | ||
Hi, Brother John... Often interpreters have used parenthesis as a way of marking what is called a gloss. A gloss is a note made in the margin to help explain the original text. They were generally added off to the side, but later people had such confidence in their value the gloss ended up drifting into the text itself. Examples of this sort of thing include Deuteronomy 3:9 and 1 Samuel 9:9. However, I don't believe anyone has ever suggested that that is what is happening in Ephesians 2:5. Instead, the parenthesis are, I think, simply added by the translators to help us understand Paul's sudden assertion. He does that throughout this epistle. It is as though he can barely contain his excitement about what God is doing. He suddenly shifts into praise and prayer. You almost get the impression of him pacing back and forth as he dictated to Tychicus, and almost becoming effusive at times! I hope that was helped a bit. In Him, Doc |
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92 | Did satan know the out come of Jesus' de | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 201340 | ||
Hi, literal... Verse 8 says "princes of the world." However, this is generally understood as speaking of "the ecclesiastical rulers of the Jewish church state... the priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, the Rabbis and learned doctors." (John Gill) The this world is in contraindication of the world to come. An unwarranted interpretative leap would be necessary for this verse to apply to Satan. In Him, Doc |
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93 | Help for discouraged parents? | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 201415 | ||
Dear justme, It is a straw man argument to assert that I am denying the value of Godly counsel. When a person says, "There are areas that Scripture is slient on." (sic) They are denying the sufficiency of Scripture. It contradicts sound Christian doctrine. Horatio Spafford did not come along to fill some area where Scripture "was silent." One may simply read the words of "It is Well with my Soul" to see that Spafford found sufficiency in Christ alone. You will find no praise for counseling therein. Spafford points unwaveringly to the cross. I am not saying that counseling ought be dispensed with altogether. Any Godly counselor, pastor, or teacher will always, always, always bring to bear the truth of the Scripture into the life of counseled. The comfort with which we are comforted has absolutely no other source. All other human means are band-aids at best, and horribly counter productive and damaging at worst. I respectfully submit, without apology or qualification, that "the Holy Scripture is the ONLY sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience." There are many inadequate, partial, doubtful, fallible, and uninspired means out there. Only Christ is the solid rock. "All other ground is shifting sand." So what does Spafford counsel? "Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, let this blest assurance control, that Christ has regarded my helpless estate, and hath shed His own blood for my soul." May the Lord mercifully grant grace to the poor hurting ones who are seeking human remedy to see the one and only Way. But may the Lord mercifully forgive us -- who have been recipients of God's grace -- to ever demean its value and power by suggesting explicitly or implicitly, by word or deed, that it is anything less than the one certain cure for the fallen human condition. Oh fearful thought! Lord have mercy! In Him, Doc |
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94 | Help for discouraged parents? | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 201439 | ||
Dear justme, You are superior to me in chronological years, in ministerial years, in magisterial years, and in ecclesiastical years. You have been in study far longer than I've even been a believer. While you were serving our Lord, I was a deeply practiced sinner, despising Him. Certainly it is not my place to find fault (1 Timothy 5:19) but rather to submit (1 Peter 5:5a). Please forgive me for those times in which my zeal pushes the limits of good and rightful deference. In Him, Doc For those reading, please let us clarify: The gospel is not just our ticket into heaven. Yes, it is about salvation, but it is more than just a matter of getting saved. Think about and understand sin. There are three broad categories by which sin is identified in Scripture: (1) Transgressions: Sin is violation of God's law, resulting in a legal failure, for which the only justice is death; i.e., it is a legislative problem. (2) Disobediences: Sin is willful, self-assertive, defiance of the person and authority of God; i.e., it is a relational problem. (3) Iniquities: Sin is personal, ethical uncleanness or filthiness; i.e., it is a moral problem. We are sinners by choice and by nature. The sinful condition is contracted at conception (see Psalm 53). Sin extends to every aspect of human life. It destroys our standing with God and man, it taints our thinking, it sullies our character, it twists our affections, and it brings decay and death to our bodies. It is the root cause of all spiritual, moral, ethical, emotional, cognitive, social, and physical problems. We can and must accept personal responsibility for sin and its consequences. It can not be blamed on heritage, chemistry, pathology, environment, or society. To do so is a denial of the clear message of Scripture. The gospel is the good news of God's redemption of sinful men. Salvation, therefore, fully addresses the legal, personal, and relational issues of sin. Christ pays the price for our sin, but we are also released from its power. In a mysterious act of the Holy Spirit, we become new creatures, desiring to please our Lord and Savior. We act differently, we think differently, we feel differently, we desire differently, and we live differently. As we draw closer to glory, we grow more and more like Jesus and love Him more dearly. Consequently, the solution to all our problems, is the gospel. Any other solution fails to address the root cause of our problems. Hence, we can say with the Psalmist, "Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard, who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip. For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs; you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance." (Psalms 66:8-12 ESV) |
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95 | ten commandments are they valid today | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 202169 | ||
Dear Cheri, You wrote, "I have sat and listened to a Lutheran, a Methodist, a Baptist, a Church of God, and a non-denominational pastor preach a sermon on the above passages. We christians love the promises of God but we sure do get squirmy when it comes to hearing what He expects His people to look and act like." (sic) By implication, the five sermons you heard were "squirmy" when it comes to application of God's Law. Would you please describe how they each equivocated on the subject? In Him, Doc |
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96 | ten commandments are they valid today | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 202208 | ||
Hi, TWLAVISTA... I was going to offer some references, but given that sweeping perspective of the entire spectrum of theology, I'll just direct you to this forum: http://christianforums.com/f424-dispensationalism.html Although I can't guarantee that they will all share your antinomian perspective, some of them might share your approach to logic. So are you still beating your wife? ;-) Avoiding the left and right trenches, I remain, humbly... In Him, Doc |
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97 | ten commandments are they valid today | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 202211 | ||
Dear TWLAVISTA, No, the reference was to a classic, unfair presupposition. Your assertion that Calvinists and Arminians are legalists is that sort of unfair presupposition. Some Calvinists are legalists. Some Arminians are legalists. To paint them all as legalists is an over generalization. The use of the word "entrenched" is intentionally inflammatory, representing what is called an ad hominem fallacy. I'd encourage you to learn the distinction between legalism and antinomianism. Then examine whose doctrine is characteristic of each. After that, you'll be in a better position to generalize with greater impunity. Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:29-32 ESV) In Him, Doc |
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98 | ten commandments are they valid today | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 202244 | ||
Dear TWLAVISATA, Per Ephesians 4:29-32, I most certainly forgive you. Finding ways to write consistently with the character and righteousness of our Lord, truthfully and graciously is a continuing challenge for us all. You are quoting Martyn Lloyd-Jones, preaching on Romans 6. Immediately following that comment, he said "Nobody has ever brought this charge against the Church of Rome, but it was brought frequently against Martin Luther; indeed that was precisely what the Church of Rome said about the preaching of Martin Luther. They said, 'This man who was a priest has changed the doctrine in order to justify his own marriage and his own lust', and so on. 'This man', they said, 'is an Antinomian; and that is heresy.' That is the very charge they brought against him. It was also brought George Whitfield two hundred years ago. It is the charge that formal dead Christianity -- if there is such a thing -- has always brought against this startling, staggering message, that God 'justifies the ungodly.'" Charles H. Spurgeon, a Baptist, wrote, "Distinguish between the great Truth of God that salvation is all of God, and the great lie that men are not to be blamed if they are lost. Be well assured that salvation is of the Lord, but do not lay damnation at God's door! Be not ashamed if men call you a Calvinist, but hate with all your heart Antinomianism." I've written on the forum regarding Antinomianism and legalism. Both are to eschewed as utterly incompatible with sound doctrine. In Him, Doc |
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99 | What does the bible say? | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 202323 | ||
Hi, Brad... The Bible is God's redemptive history, His self-revelation through time, in which His great glory is made manifest from creation through restoration. Someone a lot smarter than I wrote: "Redemptive-history is a translation of the German term Heilsgeschichte (heil meaning 'sacred' and geschichte meaning 'history' or 'story'). History understood as God's self revelation to mankind in the person of Jesus Christ, through whom God purposed to love a people as His own, even to the point of sending His Son in their likeness, being tempted and suffering death on the cross, bearing the full penalty of their sins, that they may live in Him through His resurrection from the dead. The life, death, and resurrection of the Savior, being the means of God's redemptive purpose, was foreshadowed in all of history, specially revealed in the Bible, that those who follow after Christ by His death to the age of His resurrection might know God as faithful to His promises, and have complete access to fellowship with Him without fear of condemnation." I thought that was a good "Nut-Shell" of Scripture. In Him, Doc |
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100 | Mass Conciousness/networking mind's | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 202377 | ||
Hmmm... that sounds familiar! Shall we clods stick together (Job 38:38)? :-) |
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