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541 | God is not the author of evil. | Job | Emmaus | 99201 | ||
Colin, OK, I'll try. God's call to fallen sinful man itself is a grace. In calling us, our hearts are illuminated by the Holy Spirit with the conviction us of our sinfulness. This conviction is itself a grace that disposes us and allows us freely to consider God's call and the Gospel and to freely choose our own sinful desires or repentance and surrender to God's grace. Thus by God's predisposing grace we receive the freedom to attain to hope which leads to repentance, faith and the grace of justification. So that grace follows upon grace unto justification and salvation. Or we freely reject God's approach to us in favor of our own unrestrained desires, so that sin follows upon sin unto our destruction. What else is the preaching of the Gospel but a grace from God. And what is the point of preaching the Gospel if it does not liberate man to the point of being able to freely choose what God is offering. The truth of the Gospel is itself a grace that sets you free to choose. Otherwise the Gospel is not preached but imposed. That is my weak effort to summarize. Emmaus |
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542 | Job DID charge God foolishly? | Job 1:22 | Emmaus | 47227 | ||
Lionstrong, Obviously Job was not of the Protestant or Reformed tradition or the Catholic Tradition for that matter. It is not even clear that he was a Hebrew. Nor do I think the Protestant or Reformed tradition has the corner on faith in the saving sufficiency of Christ's work on the Cross and in the Resurrection. I don't think the commentary I passed on was even attempting to address that point. The article wasn't long enough to exalt emotion over reason. It did admire and commend the passion of Job's relationship with God in prayer. Whatever else Job's faults may have been,he was not lukewarm to be spit out. Other than that your analysis may be as valid as any other. I was merely passing on the commentary with the thought that Baptistbred might find it of interest. Emmaus |
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543 | Psalms 14 and Romans 3 | Ps 14:5 | Emmaus | 59457 | ||
John, You said: "My own interpretation is that the generation of the righteous refers to believers. The true children of Abraham who were accounted righteous on the basis of faith. Rom 4:13 "For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith."" I think you are right on the money here. But if there is a generation of the rightoeus among the Jews, then also among the Gentiles since 3:9 lumps them together. Of course we also remember that Abraham was a Gentile and had Gentile offspring. But how would the faith of Abraham and his offspring be manifested other than by "the obedience of faith," and all this before the Law and any "works of the Law" were delivered? By grace to be sure, flowing from the atonement of Christ, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. But grace is a gift that, once accepted, produces a fruitful obedient faith, without "works of the Law," but with works of faith that manifests the righteousness of faith by God's grace in Christ. What do you think? Emmaus |
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544 | Psalm 22 beautiful, sad, amazing | Ps 22:14 | Emmaus | 135607 | ||
Jesus was praying this Psalm on the cross. Matthew 27:46 See also a reference in John 18:24 |
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545 | Does Psalms 22 stand up to the skeptics? | Ps 22:16 | Emmaus | 53022 | ||
Tim, Unrelated to this thread, I am sending you an e-mail. Did not want you to delete it as a suspected visus carrier. Emmaus |
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546 | Does Psalms 22 stand up to the skeptics? | Ps 22:16 | Emmaus | 53023 | ||
Joe, Unrelated to this thread, I am sending you an e-mail. Did not want you to delete it as a suspected virus carrier. Emmaus |
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547 | How do you put this into practice? | Ps 46:10 | Emmaus | 100373 | ||
Mommapbs, I have to admit that I am more of a Martha than a Mary. But when I am able to be still and mediatate in silence on a pasaage of Scripture or some aspect of God's presence I do gain insight. For some quite time seems to come naturally, for others of us we have to fight against our natural tendency to make time to silent in the presence of the Lord. So I try to make time for silent prayer, but it is always a struggle to stop struggling, so to speak. Emmaus |
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548 | Night Prayer | Ps 55:17 | Emmaus | 129393 | ||
"Protect us Lord as as we stay awake; watch over us as we sleep, that awake, we may keep watch with Christ and asleep, rest in his peace." "May the Lord grant a peaceful night and a perfect end to us and to all our absent brothers and sisters. Amen" |
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549 | Boasting: Blowing or tooting...? | Ps 75:10 | Emmaus | 118781 | ||
Ray, I was answering your first question which asked who the "I" in Psalm 45:10 was. Now you are asking who the "I " in verse 5 was. I think verse 5 may be more ambiguous about whether it is the Psalmist or God, but the message is the same, just as it is in 2 Cor 10:17 , which you quoted, where Paul is speaking, although his message is the word of God. Emmaus |
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550 | Prophetic perfect tense in other verses? | Ps 102:16 | Emmaus | 100327 | ||
Candy Lee, Scripture clearly teaches that Jesus is greater than any angel and could not therefore be Michael the angel. Heb 1:5-6 For to which of the angels did He ever say, "YOU ARE MY SON,TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? And again, "I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME"? And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, "AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM." Emmaus |
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551 | Where does Scripture say this? | Ps 102:16 | Emmaus | 100374 | ||
Candy Lee, Jude 9 says "the angel Michael, when he argued with the devil in a dispute over the body of Moses did not venture to pronounce a reviling judgeent upon him, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you." If Jesus is Michael why would He not rebuke the devil, whose Master He is? Doen't make sense does it? And it is not supported in Scripture either is it? Emmaus |
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552 | The Sovereignty of God | Ps 103:19 | Emmaus | 124801 | ||
Kalos, An interesting thread and important questions. Of course it is God's grace that actually frees the will so that it can do the good. It is God's light that shines in the darkness so that we can see our way and God's way. And yes God does sometimes give some of us, maybe all of us a kick in the pants to move us in the right direction. But it seems that for some mules, even a 2 x 4 to the head does not get their attention. Your discussion of platitudes and cliches brings to mind two books: Platitudes Undone, by G.K. Chesterton http://www.mycatholicstore.com/christtheking/platun.html and Half-Truths: What's Right (And What's Wrong) With the Cliches You and I Live by by Montague Brown http://www.leafletmissal.org/catalog/half_truths_2673228.htm Emmaus |
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553 | Death to self! | Ps 116:15 | Emmaus | 65137 | ||
mommapbs, Regarding death to self in the spiritual sense I have always loved the statement of John the Baptist to his followers about his relationship to Jesus. " He must increase and I must decrease." John 3:30 Emmaus |
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554 | Is anything in the bible proven untrue | Ps 119:160 | Emmaus | 67448 | ||
Joe, You are as sharp as a tack on this one. Of course tacks can be painful for those they come into contact with. Sometimes they are accused of being tactless tacks. On the subject of ateos, I thought you might enjoy todays entry from a service I subscribe to: Subject: American Minute - November 21st American Minute with Bill Federer November 21st The French author Voltaire was born this day, November 21, 1694. He was celebrated for his wit, brilliancy and his hatred of Christianity. According to Yale President Timothy Dwight, Voltaire had "formed a systematical design to destroy Christianity and to introduce... a general diffusion of... atheism." Bruce Barton, an American advertising executive, wrote: "Voltaire spoke of the Bible as a short-lived book. He said that within a hundred years it would pass from common use. Not many people read Voltaire today, but his house has been packed with Bibles as a depot of a Bible society." Emmaus |
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555 | days numbered before birth | Ps 139:16 | Emmaus | 80545 | ||
Ray, Thanks for the comment. I enjoyed that Psalm. Another Psalm, not on the same subject that you may find of interest is Psalm 69, which one note tells me is the most quoted Psalm in the New Testament. Emmaus |
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556 | God is Sovereign | Ps 145:10 | Emmaus | 138133 | ||
Doc, Yesterday, today and tomorrow, Family Live today has a talk by John Piper on the God Centeredness of God and what that means to us in making our lives God centered.You and anyone else interested can listen to the talks on the Family life Today website. Familiy Life Today is in my opinion the best thing on radio for practical help in living the Christian life. http://www.fltoday.com/ Emmaus |
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557 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | Emmaus | 125264 | ||
suzybeezy, Here is the original source for the seven deadly sins. Pope St. Gregory the Great (540 - 604 A.D.) Moralia in Job, Book 31, chapter 45 "The leader of the devil's army is pride, whose progeny are the seven principal vices. While there are vices which attack us in an invisible warfare under the leadership of pride, some behave like officers and others like troops. For not all faults occupy the heart from the same quarter. But while the greater and less frequently occuring faults can overcome a mind not on its guard, the lesser but more numerous faults pour in en mass. And once pride, the queen of vices, has fully conquered a heart, she soon hands it over to the seven principal vices, or to her generals. The army follows these generals for there is no doubt the that persistent multitudes of vices follow them. We will better be able to demonstrate this if we ennumerate these leaders and the army. Certainly the root of all evils is pride, of which Scripture says, "Pride is the origin of all sin" ( Eccleciaticus or Sirach 10:15). The first of her progeny are certainly the seven principal vices which come forth from the virulent root, namely, vainglory, envy, anger, sloth, avarice, gluttony,lust. And because he is grieved at our being held captive by pride's seven vices, our Redeemer wages a spiritual war of liberation for us, filled with a spirit of a sevenfold grace." cited in The Companion to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, by Ignatius Press, San Franciso, 1995 from: Gregory the Great. Sermons. in A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, 2nd series, edited by Philip Schaff, D.D., L.L.D., vol 12, 1895. Wm. B. Erdmans Publishing Company Emmaus |
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558 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | Emmaus | 125266 | ||
suzbeezy, Here is a little more on the topic. "The Capital Sins or Vices According to St. Thomas (II-II:153:4) "a capital vice is that which has an exceedingly desirable end so that in his desire for it a man goes on to the commission of many sins all of which are said to originate in that vice as their chief source". It is not then the gravity of the vice in itself that makes it capital but rather the fact that it gives rise to many other sins. These are enumerated by St. Thomas (I-II:84:4) as vainglory (pride), avarice, gluttony, lust, sloth, envy, anger. St. Bonaventure (Brevil., III, ix) gives the same enumeration. Earlier writers had distinguished eight capital sins: so St. Cyprian (De mort., iv); Cassian (De instit. cænob., v, coll. 5, de octo principalibus vitiis); Columbanus ("Instr. de octo vitiis princip." in "Bibl. max. vet. patr.", XII, 23); Alcuin (De virtut. et vitiis, xxvii sqq.). The number seven, however, had been given by St. Gregory the Great (Lib. mor. in Job. XXXI, xvii), and it was retained by the foremost theologians of the Middle Ages." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14004b.htm Emmaus |
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559 | how do i pray and leave it with the lord | Prov 15:22 | Emmaus | 36720 | ||
MRkornman, I have been there. What worked for me was this. For about two week prior to quiting I constanly reminded myself of all the downside effects of smoking: cost, lung cancer, hazard to other family members, going out in the cold to smoke, the smell on clothes and in the house and on and on. The day I quit I dealt with one urge at a time and concentrated each time on all the benefits of quiting: better health for me and family, sleeping better, food tastes better and so on. I also allowed myself to eat and did gain weight but after three months went on a diet and lost it all. I also found it helpful to replace the old bad habit with a new one even something as simple as chewing gum which is not addictive and easy to quit. I had to take asprin for a few days for the withdrawal headaches. After that it is all psychological. After two weeks the urges become less and less frequent. That is how I quit. My father who had smoked for 30 years went to a clinical psychologist who specialised in this area with hypno therapy and he quit without any withdrwal symptoms at all and never started again. The psychologist spent several hours in the initial interview getting great detail about when and in what circumstances my father smoked and how he felt at those times and how he felt when he tried to stop previously. In the second session which lasted several hours he placed my father under hypnosis in a conscious state and dealt by suggestions with in great detail with all the details he had previously gathered in the first session. Don't give up, you can do it and you will feel better and enjoy life more when you do. Emmaus |
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560 | Don't understand Jesus's view on alcohol | Prov 20:1 | Emmaus | 85279 | ||
Tim, It would seem to me that the simple way to answer at least the question about the wine used at the Last Supper is to ask: What did the Jews then and now use in the celebration of the Passover? A hint to the answer: it has not changed. Does a Kosher Passover wine contain alcohol? You have to buy it in a liquor store. Emmaus |
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