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441 | Does "abstain" include more than eating? | Acts 15:29 | JCrichton | 123878 | ||
Hi, knucklehead! You totally missed my point! I respect your opinion... my point is that God has determined that the animals are eatable (and yes, that was meant as a metaphor for people which the Jews concidered uncleaned--not uncleaned animals!)... it is not the blood that makes an animal pure or impure; it is God's command (read Genesis--Garden of Eden) that sets limits or raises them! Jesus tells us that there is great joy in Heaven for just a single sinner that repents and turns back to God... this suggest that God is constantly appraising our corporal existence. So it falls to reason that God cares for our well-being even in the flesh! A transfusion of blood (or a human organ transplant) is as close as we can come to offering our own life for our brethren, which is following Jesus example! I can only pray that the Holy Spirit enlighten you so that you can come to the full understanding of the Word! God Bless! Angel |
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442 | why did paul and barnabas fall out | Acts 15:38 | JCrichton | 123136 | ||
"I think the Lord has a special set of goals distinctive to each of us" Hi, Rowdy! This is so true: There are many different forms of activity, but in everybody it is the same God who is at work in them all. (1 Corinthians 12:6) I also find that the early Church was put through the "ringer" not only to test the Apostles' and disciples' mettle but also in order to bring the Word to the gentiles. While Satan saught to extinguish Faith in Christ, the Holy Spirit directed, guided, and strengthened the believers and equipped with the various gifts that were needed to promulgate the Truth. I see Paul, more spiriturally mature then Barnabas and Mark, having a clear conviction and eager to continue the mission; while Mark, younger in the Faith, may have had doubts and fears that caused him to be ambivalent. Since God makes good things happen... the Holy Spirit would not allow a schism to destroy the Church; instead of animosity building a barrier amonst Paul and Barnabas, two teams were formed, where once there was just one, and each team continued to bring the Word of God to the world! The difference between Paul's and Barnabas's disagreement and the Church's various schisms is that they were lead by the Holy Spirit and were able to place their ego back on the Cross, while we seek to be obedient only when our ego is satisfied--which in truth is not obedience at all! God Bless! Angel |
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443 | were infants baptized? | Acts 16:15 | JCrichton | 148780 | ||
Hi, EdB! Excellent post! It amazes me how much time and divisiveness goes into the arguments Christians conjure up in order to separate ourselves from other Christians! I may be a simple man... but, how old was John the Baptist when the Holy Spirit touched him and his mother and allowed them both to recognize their God?... so why do we attempt to limit the Holy Spirit by generating the various formulas that simply serve to create schism in the Body of Christ?... Christ did not called us to love those in "our" group; He called us to be His disciples and to demonstrate to the world that we are His by loving one another and by being one with one another as we are one with Him! God Bless! Angel |
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444 | Why do some denominations Baptise babies | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 122203 | ||
"Please prove that Acts 16:33 includes infants or very young children." Hi, Hank! Show me where it says, in the Bible, that households in Jesus' time were devoid of childrend and infants and show me where it says, again in the Bible, 'baptise only mature adults of x age, young adults of x age, but do not children or infants.' God Bless! Angel |
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445 | Why do some denominations Baptise babies | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 122219 | ||
Hi, kalos! Otherwise, what are people up to who have themselves baptised on behalf of the dead?... (1 Corinthians 15:29) So you would interprete that the dead are ok but not children--oh, wait, only the adult-dead! God Bless! Angel |
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446 | Why do some denominations Baptise babies | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 122230 | ||
Hi, Hank! Evasion of issue? How can my post not guide you into the issue? Christians were baptizing themselves for their dead loved ones, why did Peter, Paul and the rest of the Apostles not forbid them that practice since the dead could not be preached to but by Christ, and since the dead could not give even the simplest sign that they had Heard and Believed? Are we to wait untill people are professional sinners to bring them into the fold of Christ? How is being old enough to give tithing a guarantee that a person has matured enough to be part of the Lord? And when Chirst said "let the children come to me," was he being facetious: let them in but only to the back of the synagogue? When people bring their preconceived notions into reading the Scriptures a plethora of faith variations surges--yet there is but One Spirit, One Lord, One God, One Faith! When we put limits on God's Ability and Grace, aren't we usurping His Glory? I pray that the Holy Spirit enlightens everyone who faithfully searches and thirsts for Christ! God Bless! Angel |
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447 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 125257 | ||
Hi, Huron! Part 1 of 3 I understand your views. It would be wonderful to find in Bible the answers to every single question that we may pose in a language that would be both concise and explicit and that would conform to our particular ideologies! This is hardly the case, though... I think the purpose of this seeming deficiency in the Biblical text and language is to force us to depend on God, instead of relying on our own finite wisdom. Let's take the name "Christian" as an example of this dependency on God: Acts introduces the idea in one single verse: 11:26 . There is no augmentation on this event. It is simply expressed and dropped. Every single Apostle and every single disciple accepts "Christian" as their identifying name: Christ-ian. They do not question the fact that Jesus never referred to them as Christians; neither do they question the introduction of such Name! They are simply lead by the Holy Spirit to accept this innovative Name that brings Christ’s words into effect: Let anyone who can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches: to those who prove victorious I will give some hidden manna and a white stone, with a new name written on it, known only to the person who receives it.” (Revelation 2:17) Anyone who proves victorious I will make into a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and it will stay there for ever; I will inscribe on it the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which is coming down from my God in heaven, and my own name as well. (Revelation 3:12) Was there any hint by Christ Jesus that His disciples would one day be called “Christians?” The closest we can come to the disciples’ name being changed is when Jesus addressed Simon Bar-Jona and changed his name to Cephas. Yet, without the slightest notion that they would be known as Christians, there is no Biblical account that the Apostles and disciples had lengthy debates nor constant communication before adopting “Christians” as their official Name. Could you imagine the Holy Spirit revealing to us today that we are to be known as Christians? Could you imagine the myriads of zealots that would come creeping out of the woodworks demanding that their “choice” (just look at the hundreds of “Christian” denominations) be the official name for those who follow Christ? If we were to speculate on the incident at Antioch, I am sure that today's Christian could write many books on how and why! Yet, not a single book, unless there’s direct Divine intervention, would reveal the facts of what truly transpired during Paul and Barnabas mission at Antioch, and what the disciples (Apostles included) thought about it and how quickly they accepted the Holy Spirit‘s revelation on this particular matter! I personally believe that the Apostles and disciples simply allowed Jesus’ Word to guide them; they were able to understand that it was the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit who was sent to guide and instruct the Church (John 16:12-13), who revealed this new Name! He, the Holy Spirit, has the ability to use both Apostles and disciples, both the initiated and the nonbelievers, to bring forth the various designs and policies that are to govern the Church (John 11:47-52). The Word of God is transcendent: what was true then is true now! I choose to accept the Scripture for what it says instead of what I or others want it to say. I believe that the Holy Spirit did not need to have the Apostles write down every single thought and idea several times over in order to give it significance. |
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448 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 125258 | ||
Part 2 of 3 There were teachings that needed to be hammered-in because there were so many theologies being disseminated amongst the believers that it was necessary to repeat them often. Yet, there were those teachings that were so crystal clear that not even a single notation on them appears in the Bible: Peter said, ‘Ananias, how can Satan have so possessed you that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land? While you still owned the land, wasn’t it yours to keep, and after you had sold it wasn’t the money yours to do with as you liked? What put this scheme into your mind? You have been lying not to men, but to God.’ (Acts 5:3-4) Clearly, Peter never heard Jesus say that the Holy Spirit is God--well not in those precise words! But Peter and the rest of the disciples did hear Jesus say that the Holy Spirit, whom the world cannot receive, will come to the believers and will make his abode, along the Father and the Son, in us! Peter believed that we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit is God! The flawed view that exacts that Biblical text must reveal everything in the particular formula and the precise wording that we seek has curtailed our spiritual growth and has limited us to the finite understanding of the Scriptures. This is why there are those who profess to be “Christians” while simultaneously rejecting Christ as their Lord since they seek to divorce Christ from His Divinity. Still, that same flawed view keeps others from believing in the Holy Trinity--their main argument is that the word “trinity” is not written in the Bible! This fallacy is so entrenched in their minds (and possibly egos) that they refuse to accept any Biblical teachings that demonstrate that God exists in three Divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! (John 14:16-17, 23; Matthew 10:19; 1 Corinthians 12:3, 12:4-11...) As attested by the hundreds of denominational congregations (and the number keeps rising) our finite understanding seeks to adapt the Bible to the world's doctrines; sadly, those young in the Faith digest anything that is professed as innovative--regardless of the reason behind the phenomena or the lack of adherence to the Word of God. It seems that all reason/logic is thrown out and that the mere pursuit of novelty is its own reward! We may not want to believe what the Word says and the Scriptures may not reveal everything in an unabridged format, but, if we yield our will to God’s, the Holy Spirit, Wisdom and generosity combined, reveals to us everything we need to know--as He desires us to come to understanding! 1 Corinthians 15:29 Otherwise, what are people up to who have themselves baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, what is the point of being baptized on their behalf? (Personal Bible) Following are various translations from Bible Gateway: New International Version (NIV) 29Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? New American Standard Bible (NASB) 29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? Amplified Bible (AMP) 29Otherwise, what do people mean by being [themselves] baptized in behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? New Living Translation (NLT) 29If the dead will not be raised, then what point is there in people being baptized for those who are dead? Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again? King James Version (KJV) 29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? |
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449 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 125259 | ||
Part 3 of 3 English Standard Version (ESV) 29Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? Contemporary English Version (CEV) 29If the dead are not going to be raised to life, what will people do who are being baptized for them? Why are they being baptized for those dead people? New King James Version (NKJV) 29 Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? 21st Century King James Version (KJ21) 29 Else, what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead? American Standard Version (ASV) 29 Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? Worldwide English (New Testament) (WE) 29 Another thing, what good is it for people to be baptized for dead people? If dead people are not raised, why are some people baptized for them? Young's Literal Translation (YLT) 29 Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead? Darby Translation (DARBY) 29 Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if [those that are] dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them? New International Reader's Version (NIRV) 29 Suppose no one rises from the dead. Then what will people do who are baptized for the dead? Suppose the dead are not raised at all. Then why are people baptized for them? New International Version - UK (NIV-UK) 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptised for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptised for them? I am not a linguist nor do I have access to copies the original text (scrolls), but from reading 1 Corinthians 15:29 (which ever version you prefer) I can only conclude that there were believers being baptized on the behalf of their dead loved ones; and, again from this verse, I surmise that the Apostles were not only aware of this particular practice but they did not prohibit the performance of these baptisms since the Biblical passage speaks on the assertion of the resurrection and not against the practice of baptism on behalf of the dead! God Bless! Angel |
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450 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 125261 | ||
Hi, Country Girl! Query: How many hours of preaching were required before baptizing people onto the Faith, several hours, dozens, hundreds? How did the disciples know that all who were preahed to understood and believed? Would there be a distinction on the amount of time required from those who were "slow" learners as opposed to those who were "fast" learners? These questions are not to confound but to enlighten... we must not determine for the Holy Spirit who is spiritually aware and who is dense! Jesus said that many who were last would be first (mostly in reference to the Jews and the Gentiles) but He also made this comparison in reference to those who are as children, trusting and eager to learn, and those who are wise in the ways of the world and can never be taught--they already know all (Masters of the Law, Pharisees, Sadducees...). What Jesus did was innovative so the very first disciples would be grown adults; but Jesus never rejected children as being inmature and unable to receive the Holy Spirit! (Matthew 18:3-4; 19:13-15) God Bless! Angel |
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451 | What does Romans 2:12 mean? | Rom 1:19 | JCrichton | 118918 | ||
""In essence, God provided guidence to the Jews, via Mosaid Law, and the non-Jew through nature." Hi, Steve! I do not think that my statement claimed that Jews are saved by obedience to the Law and that non-Jews are saved by the whims of nature... My statement addresses the fact that we have no excuse, Jews and non-Jews, for not getting to know God. The Jews had the Mosaic Law while the non-Jews had nature to make them aware of God. Neither the Law nor nature have the ability to save us (grant us eternal life)--this was never my argument. Thank you for your input. God Bless! Angel |
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452 | What does Romans 2:12 mean? | Rom 1:19 | JCrichton | 118962 | ||
Hi, Steve! I understand! I have found myself in that same situation... people introduce a question or a statement only to contradict any response that do not support their personal views--even when the Bible is the only source being cited! God Bless! Angel |
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453 | Does a person who never hears about Jesu | Rom 2:14 | JCrichton | 152141 | ||
Hi, Doc! If I get you correctly... no one unless the Gospel is preached to them can get to know God? And from the post (151940) cited I gathered that all are sinners will die according to their sins... and only those who believe in Christ will be save according to God's mercy... so there's a limitation to God?... I mean according to the material presented, a death mute who lives in the wilderness of say Peru, Latin America, will surely die because God is not able to teach his/her spirit about Jesus... The fact is that God's Spirit saves! It is He whom Jesus sent from the Father... and there's nothing that can keep the Holy Spirit from teaching a human heart, mind and sprit! I live in one of the wealthiest nations in the world... perhaps the greatest producer/disseminator of the Bible in the world, and in spite of that catchy phrase on the currency... many boast of not only not believing but defying God! Surely, these people have rejected the Holy Spirit... but even them are wanted by God for He desires that none shall perish! Should we be more concern with the fate of a fictitious character or the reality our individual/collective failure to bring Christ to the world through personal witnessing (love one another...) ...part of our Christian obligation is to pray that the message of Christ is brought to all men (including those instances when some may be ignorant of Christ). God Bless! Angel |
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454 | Does a person who never hears about Jesu | Rom 2:14 | JCrichton | 152205 | ||
Hi! So you're saying that there's a number of people who God has predestined to be Saved by Christ and then there's a number that, even if they were born of believers, would perish no matter what they did? And if this is your theology, do you then cast off the Old Testament with all of God's revelations? God Bless! Angel |
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455 | Does a person who never hears about Jesu | Rom 2:14 | JCrichton | 152207 | ||
Hi, Doc! "You wrote, "If I get you correctly... no one unless the Gospel is preached to them can get to know God?" Yes, that is correct. No one can know the Father except through the Son." So the Gospel and the Son are analogous... that is Jesus does not exist outside of the Gospel? "How that can possibly limit Him is quite honestly beyond my ability to understand" That was precisely my point! The Holy Scripture is not a script which God has to adhere to... the Holy Scripture is there for our instruction and edification! To claim God will save only certain number of people and these only through a prescribe format--that is limiting God! "Note that you chose the word "able." Where has anyone said that "God is not able?"" When you prescribe that only through the Gospel (which implies someone preaching to that man) could we get to know God and abide in God... this all implies that God is dependent upon man to bring man to Him; instead of the other way around... Jesus did not say: those who are brought to the Father will the Father then bring to me and I will not reject them... Jesus said: those who the Father send to Me, I will not reject! He was speaking even before the Gospel had been written... ergo, God has the Power and Authority to bring to Salvation (Jesus--resurrection and life) all whom He pleases! "Angel! Think BIGGER! There is nothing that He cannot do!" Again, my point, exactly! I do not think that there's limitations to God... but Salvation is not dependent upon missionaries! If you follow the proposed escenario, you will note that there was no middle-man interjected... God is able to touch human existence in the middle of nowhere as well as in the middle of a crowded train without the assistance of a single person! It is the Holy Spirit that searches the hearts and the most intimate places of man... not another man; and it is the Holy Spirit who convicts us of our sins and of Salvation! God's Holy Spirit operates beyond the confines of the Bible... directly in the pure existence of creation! "(Go ahead, try to find a single verse in Scripture where it says the Holy Spirit saves.)" You started out so good: God is God... but then reverted to "show me" Jesus is resurrected by God, through whom? And through whom are we to be resurrected? There isn't one single Scriptural passage that denies that the Holy Spirit resurrected Jesus and that our hope is that He who resurrected Jesus will in turn resurrect us in like manner! (Romans 8:11; Romans 6:5) So please do not confine yourself to the single written value of text... go beyond that (back to God is God--1 Corinthians 12:3) and view my words accordingly... "if you are more interested in protecting or promulgating your position" What is the position I am seeking to protect? That Christ died so that all may be saved? Did not say that! That everything is God? Did not say that either! That salvation comes to a few selected by some? Did not say that! That the Holy Spirit is the means by which God Saves? Scripture says that! That Jesus is not the Savior? Never said that! That God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit can be divided into seperate and distinct beings? Never! That a hypothetical situation where a person is not exposed to missionaries or the Bible and that that person goes straight to Hell? Well, no! God is Omnipotent and can go beyond humans and technology directly to an individual and convict Him of the Truth! You say it is not Biblical?... then you've never heard of Saul! (No, not the pseudo kind of Israel!) Further clarification: "God is love and only love..." who keeps saying that? I certainly have never claimed so! God is Omnipotent, capable of great Love, great Mercy, and great Judgment! "(e.g., the exclusivity of Christ, roles of the Members of the Trinity, universalism, etc" These are simply labels which makes it easier for the human mind to cope with God's unsearcheable being! Though each member of the Holy Trinity is salient at specific moments in Insrael's history... they are intertwined eternally in Oneness that cannot be separated into blocks or bits of God: "I and the Father are One!" (John 10:30) No one can say Jesus is Lord, if not by the Holy Spirit! (1 Corinthians 12:3--paraphrased) God Bless! Angel |
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456 | Does a person who never hears about Jesu | Rom 2:14 | JCrichton | 152253 | ||
Hi, Kalos! This is where I gathered such information: "All that God intends to save....will be saved! Every name that was written in the book of life before the foundations of the world will see our Lord for eternity." ...it may not translate the same way in your mind... but in my query I am asking for clarification: is there a set number of people predestined to be saved and, arbitrarily, is there a set number of people who will be discarded? Now, I may have misunderstood the intent of the above cited passage, but that does not mean that I am stating that "we "know" he meant." If you say that there are "x" quantity of odd-numbered buses and I repeat your statement saying that you said that there are "x" quatity of even-numbered buses I would be crediting you with my own though and not yours... conversely, if I ask you, are there then "x" quantity of even-numbered buses?... I am using your base information to further the argument--I am neither attributing to you my belief nor am I dismantling your position! "All that God intends to save....will be saved!" That statement, to me, resounds to the notion that God deliverately will cause people to be damned in Hell... since that is my understanding from that statement, I though I would ask for clarification... If you are protesting because I worded my query in a fashion that is not familiar, then please offer an alternative mode of rendering my query. God Bless! Angel |
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457 | Does a person who never hears about Jesu | Rom 2:14 | JCrichton | 152254 | ||
Hi, Hank! Is this sarcasm or one of those crystal clear anecdotes?... either way I don't get it! God Bless! Angel |
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458 | Does a person who never hears about Jesu | Rom 2:14 | JCrichton | 152257 | ||
Hi, Doc! "Quite frankly, that is a very heretical statement! What you are saying is that God can tell us one thing and then do another." Not so... I am saying that God did not reveal all that He is and all of His Ways... the Holy Scripture is not a measuring device nor a contractual obligation which binds God, as the old whiches and warlocks themes, to do as prescribed by our understanding. When we seek to apply something to God because that is what we understand, we are not acting of pure enlightenment... we are acting of pure finite understanding... this happened frequently with Israel... God's own people loved to quote Scripture and to apply them as they understood it... we have a tremendous example in Ezekiel 18 and in the woman caught in "pure adultery" that was brought to Jesus... another perfect example is the passage that is still quoted by many in today's society ("an eye for an eye"); just because something is written down it does not mean that God is limited to the expressed text according to our definitions! God is not intent on fulfilling our wishes... He is intent in rescuing us from death, in Jesus Christ! "You need to look closely at the orthodox views of Scripture, so that you can know more clearly what you are rejecting." I will never reject Scripture... man's interpretations of Scripture is another matter... where some see a God bent on saving an exclusive predestined few while condemning a whole mess of other people... I see man's rejection of God and his rebellious whims leading him away from Christ and into Hell--God is not be the cause of man damnation; man's rebellious disobedience is! "If God is the capricious being you describe, then we are all in deep trouble. We can count on nothing. Indeed, we can know nothing." Again, your terminologies! Seeking to have a prearranged contract where God is fully obligated to save some people while these same people do not even have to acknowledge God's Authority... now, that is capricious! Just as we cannot empty an ocean into a bathtub, neither can we empty God into the confines of the Holy Bible! That is my statement, worded differently here! God Bless! Angel |
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459 | Does a person who never hears about Jesu | Rom 2:14 | JCrichton | 152311 | ||
Hi, Doc! So you are saying that Hebrews 8:10 was simply an exercise in futility? Nowhere in Scripture does it say that God is limited by Scricpture or anything else... the hypothetical was: if a person is so remotely removed from all of humanity where he/she does not get to know Christ through the Gospels, would that person be condemned? My position is that God knows no limitations... that what we are made aware by others (preaching; Bible; television, radio, etc.) is not the completeness of God, but that which was revealed... it is the Holy Spirit who brings the fullness of God; even then, He reveals to those whom He desires according to what He determines from their heart and spirit... The whole Bible is not a list of limitations or a form of margin for God... God chose to reveal some things to us through the Holy Scripture--this in no manner limits what God can or will do or not do! God Bless! Angel |
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460 | Does a person who never hears about Jesu | Rom 2:14 | JCrichton | 152314 | ||
Hi, lb! The hypothesis was can man be saved by God outside of the knowledge of Christ (someone preaching; receiving a Bible and studying the Bible; television and radio evangelism...); my reply was that God can save even the most unfortunate individual who has never been exposed to any missionary functions... It is the Holy Spirit who scrutinizes our being not a priest/pastor/preacher... it is God Himself that searches us; the Bible as well as the ministers are aides to God not limitations to His Power and Authority... My personal belief is that Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life; that He is the only Way to the Father; that outside of Jesus there's no Salvation! "So you're saying that there's a number of people who God has predestined to be Saved by Christ and then there's a number that, even if they were born of believers, would perish no matter what they did? And if this is your theology, do you then cast off the Old Testament with all of God's revelations?" When we read the Holy Scripture and we formulate a theology, we cannot remove a portion of Scripture because it is old or antiquated or deemed not applicable... God is God: He is Eternal: in Him there's no change! So when God speaks through His prophets and He states that He does not want anyone to die (the second death: spiritual death: eternal damnation...) He means it! He is not going to set up a system where arbitrarily some will be saved and others discarded (Ezekiel 18--read the whole chapter, but pay close attention to the very last three, 18:30-31). It is not God's desire that any shall perish! It is man's choice not to accept Salvation (John 1:1-14; 3:14-21) If we say that God chooses those who are to be saved and those who are to be damned, we are making ourselves judges over the Word and we are setting an expiration time on God's Word! Today as then God cares not for our damnation but for our Salvation! The choice, as with Adam, has always been ours: we can choose Life (Jesus) or death (eternal damnation)... but to suggest that if I choose death, it is God's predestination for me... that is an excellent excuse to disobey God, choose death, and then claim that it was my fate... Few people in our history (Salvation History) have been decreed to do what God has commanded... the average human is free to choose life or death! God Bless! Angel |
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