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461 | A Christian View of Science | Acts 17:28 | Lionstrong | 48504 | ||
Dear Parable, 2 Cor 5:7, do you quote this verse to mean that Scripture teaches that faith is irrational? Faith (the act of believing an understood proposition) by its very definition cannot be irrational. Biblical faith requires reason. We must understand the Gospel before we can believe it. (Rom 10:11-17) Just because the things we believe are invisible does not make our faith irrational (except to the world, but their reasons for concluding that our faith is irrational are invalid or they start with the wrong premises). Second, Phil 4:7 says the peace of God transcends OUR understanding, not logic. It does not teach that God's peace transcends logic; it transcends the limits of our ability to understand it. Because calculus transcends a first grader's understanding, does it mean that calculus is beyond mathematics? Logic is the structure of God's mind. God did not create it and then gift man with it. It is eternal because God is eternal. We are rational because we are created as the image of a rational God. The centurion was commended by Christ for his great faith because he logically reasoned to a valid conclusion (that Chirst did not have to come with him because Christ had the authority to command reality) and believed it, a faith demonstrated by the request he made of Jesus.(Notice his premise and conclusion.) (Mat 8:5-10) Peace, |
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462 | Is there middle ground? | Romans | Lionstrong | 21568 | ||
Dear Ed, While in many issues where contradictory views are held, I suppose, both views CAN be false even though it is logically IM-possible for both to be true. But in the case of the contradictory views held by Reformed and Arminian believers, while it’s true that they cannot both be true, it is also true that they CANNOT both be false either. ...... The Bible teaches that God has planned for certain things to come to pass, most importantly the death of Christ for the sins of his people. In this case of God’s sovereign plan Arminian and Calvinist believers CAN’T both be wrong. For them both to be wrong would mean that NOTHING happens according to the plan of God, Instead of the Arminian “some” and the Calvinist “all,” we would live in a world of total chaotic chance, if both views were false. ......... Sorry I was so long in answering your post. Peace, Lionstrong, a.k.a. LooseCannon | ||||||
463 | Is there middle ground? | Romans | Lionstrong | 21576 | ||
I'm sorry Ed, you apparently don't know what the problem is. You wrote, "You say that C and A believers can't both be wrong. Why not?" Reformed believers teach that the plan of God includes EVERYTHING that happens. My Arminian brethren say no, it's only some things. Ed, where is the middle ground between all and some? And if they are both wrong, then NOTHING happens according to God's plan. ....... You write, "Couldn't either be to far to the left and the other to far to right and the truth lies in the middle?" No, Ed. There's nothing to the right of "all," and the only thing to the left of "some" is "none." And there is no middle between "all" and "some." If there is, tell me. What is in the middle of God has planned all and God has planned only some? Don't throw away reason in order to reconcile our two camps! Truth is more important than brotherly harmony. When Jesus comes, you'll see who was true to God's Word, but in the meantime, maintain and continue to find biblical support for your convictions. ......... We both agree that the Word of God is truth. By the grace of God we can be thankful that we have that! But in the sovereign plan of God he has ordained that intellectual weaknesses caused by sin to remain. This is why there are differences of opinion among true believers in Christ. But I think that it is to the glory of God that by the power of the Spirit of Jesus that we continue to love each other even as we explore each others' differences and by his grace begin to become one mind on more and more things before Christ comes. .. Peace, Lionstrong | ||||||
464 | God AS God | Romans | Lionstrong | 27470 | ||
Yes, there are stupid questions. Just look at some of mine! :) Peace, Lionstrong |
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465 | Reformed and Arminian Gospel Preaching | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 20256 | ||
After saying that he was not ashamed of the gospel, this is how Paul begins his gospel presentation. If I may paraphrase: "God is angry at you and has a terrible plan for your life if you don't repent and believe the Gospel." How does this compare to the syrupy, unbiblical "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life" presentations? Peace, Lionstrong |
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466 | A Wonderful Plan? How do you know? | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 20447 | ||
Matt 10:29 "Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ......... Luke 12:6 "Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. ........... Luke 12:7 "Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. ............ Micro-manage? You hide your unbelief in the Sovereignty of God with words of negative connotation, Brother Schwartz? I prefer to think of it as the Sovereign providence of an almighty God demonstrating intense personal interest in every detail of his wonderful creation, even down to the number of hairs on your blessed head. .............. Is 14:27 "For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?" ............... A nation, not an individual? So what are you saying, Schwartz, my friend? A nation can’t frustrate God’s plan, but a single man can? ................ Peace, Lionstrong |
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467 | A Wonderful Plan? How do you know? | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 20461 | ||
Matt 10:29 "Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ......... Luke 12:6 "Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. ........... Luke 12:7 "Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. ............ Micro-manage? You hide your unbelief in the Sovereignty of God with words of negative connotation, Brother Schwartz? I prefer to think of it as the Sovereign providence of an almighty God demonstrating intense personal interest in every detail of his wonderful creation, even down to the number of hairs on your blessed head. .............. Is 14:27 "For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?" ............... A nation, not an individual? So what are you saying, Schwartz, my friend? A nation can’t frustrate God’s plan, but a single man can? ................ Peace, Lionstrong |
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468 | Reformed and Arminian Gospel Preaching | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 20769 | ||
Dear Schwartz: Reformed: Christ died for his people only. Therefore the Gospel is not "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life." It is "Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand." Peace, Lionstrong |
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469 | Reformed and Arminian Gospel Preaching | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 20775 | ||
Dear Hank, What is unbiblical about this statement from a reformed perspective? I take it that you are not reformed. So, if you do understand that we teach that some are foreordained to suffer God's just wrath for their sins, you would not agree that such is the biblical case. ...... And I'm not asking you to agree, Hank. But the reformed believer in Christ, not knowing who the elect are, cannot in all honesty tell his neighbor that he knows that God has a wonderful plan for his life. You should at least understand that position, Hank, even if you don't agree. The reformed believer in Christ, out of obedience and love for God and his neighbor, will warn his neighbor of the wrath to come, and tell him is only refuge from the coming storm is in the Cleft of the rock. If he would but take shelter there, he will be saved. The reformed believer, out of obedience and love for God and neighbor, will then pray the Holy Spirit to replace his neighbor's a heart of stone with a heart of flesh (repentance) and thereby make him willing and able to receive the Lord (faith) in whom alone there is forgiveness, righteousness and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, adoption, and eternal life. Again, I'm not asking you to agree, Hank, but don't you understand? ....... Peace, Lionstrong |
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470 | Reformed and Arminian Gospel Preaching | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 20780 | ||
Dear Hank, What is unbiblical about this statement from a reformed perspective? I take it that you are not reformed. So, if you do understand that we teach that some are foreordained to suffer God's just wrath for their sins, you would not agree that such is the biblical case. ...... And I'm not asking you to agree, Hank. But the reformed believer in Christ, not knowing who the elect are, cannot in all honesty tell his neighbor that he knows that God has a wonderful plan for his life. You should at least understand that position, Hank, even if you don't agree. The reformed believer in Christ, out of obedience and love for God and his neighbor, will warn his neighbor of the wrath to come, and tell him is only refuge from the coming storm is in the Cleft of the rock. If he would but take shelter there, he will be saved. The reformed believer, out of obedience and love for God and neighbor, will then pray the Holy Spirit to replace his neighbor's a heart of stone with a heart of flesh (repentance) and thereby make him willing and able to receive the Lord (faith) in whom alone there is forgiveness, righteousness and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, adoption, and eternal life. Again, I'm not asking you to agree, Hank, but don't you understand? ....... Peace, Lionstrong |
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471 | Ninevah did. | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 20840 | ||
Jon 4:2 He prayed to the LORD and said, "Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. Dear Tim, Thanks for your response. God told Jonah WHAT to proclaim. God did not tell him THAT he was going to give the Ninevites repentance at the preaching of this proclamation. However, Jonah had a strong suspicion that God was, knowing the merciful character of God. So, Jonah, being the good Calvinist, knew that God accomplished his end by means of the means. So knowing the means by which faith comes is by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ, Jonah tried to thwart the suspected purpose of God by removing himself as the means by which the Ninevites would hear. So, no, God did not lie about his intentions, because he never revealed them to Jonah. So, God did not change his plan to give the Ninevites repentance, which Jonah had rightly suspected was God’s plan all along. The same is true in Reformed preaching of the Gospel. Not knowing the “wonderful” plan God may have for our neighbor’s life, we do not tell them what we don’t know, but in love we do warn them of the wrath to come and where they can find refuge. If God, who has mercy upon whom he will have mercy, has mercy on our neighbor, our neighbor by the effective irresistible working of the Holy Spirit will repent and find shelter in Jesus. Peace, Lionstrong |
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472 | Ninevah did. | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 20944 | ||
Num 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Mal 3:6 "For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. Dear Tim, can you say “anthropopathism?” God is immutable. So whenever you read Scripture where it says God changed his mind, or repented or relented it is an (now say it with me) anthropopathism. Re-read my post, dear Tim. The focus is not as you say on whether or not Jonah knew that Ninevah would repent. The focus was on Jonah’s SUSPECION of God’s plan to grant repentance to Ninevah. Your misreading my post demonstrates, maybe, the Arminian tendency to make God’s plans dependent on man’s will. The whole book is predicated on the plan of God to grant repentance to the Ninevites. Jonah understood that his proclamation might have the unspoken “if” clause. That’s why he didn’t want to go! But he wasn't told to preach the “if” clause. I would even hazard to suggest that if God had told Jonah to include the if clause or if he told Jonah his plan to grant them repentance, Jonah’s abhorrence of Ninevah would have caused him to accept death from the hand of God rather than go. Jonah was not afraid of the sting of death, evidenced by his willingness to die in order to save the ship. So, God did not reveal his intent to Jonah, and Jonah went with the hope that his message had no hidden “if” clause. Peace, Lionstrong |
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473 | Ninevah did. | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 20967 | ||
What God meant, Brother Tim, Is for Nivevah to repent. Again, Jonah 3:4 is the content of what God told Jonah to SAY. God did not tell Jonah what he was going to DO. Jon 3:2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you." Do you see? The proclamation was not a lie, it was a warning stated in the form of a coming event. Although it’s not recorded in the first chapter, apparently God had told Jonah what to say at that time also. The message was the same: Ninevah will be destroyed. But why do you think he ran? Jon 4:2 He prayed to the LORD and said, "Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. 4:3 "Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life." Jonah suspected that the plan of God was not of judgement but of mercy, that his proclamation was not a message of prophecy but of warning. So he ran. Yes, something did indeed change. But it wasn’t God’s mind. It was the hearts of the Ninevites, changed by the merciful almighty power of God at the preaching of Jonah! Now, I’m surprised that you asked my about the immutability of God’s actions. It’s a no brainer. If God doesn’t change his mind, then he doesn’t change his mind about what he’s going to do. Like Jonah, the Reformed preacher of the Gospel (to bring the discussion back to the topic of this thread) has confidence in the mercy of God. He knows that God has ordained a means to his ends, and the means to faith (of which Christ alone is the author) is the proclamation of the Good News. This Good News starts off with the bad news, “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,” not, “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.” Peace, Lionstrong |
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474 | God repented | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 21070 | ||
Now don't blow a gasket Hank, But it seems that when you're tired of a topic, you think everyone else is too. I've enjoyed reading the thread, and evidently there's still a lot of interest in this subject. So as long as the Lockman servers can take it, let the show go on! Peace, Lionstrong |
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475 | Ninevah did. | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 21101 | ||
Gen 22:2 He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you." Dear Tim, Did God intend for Abraham to sacrifice his son? Or did he really intend for him to sacrifice his son, but changed his mind when he saw that Abraham was really going to do it? And I think I've already answered your questions, but you are reading Jonah out of context. The context of Jonah is the rest of the Bible, which teaches that God does not change his mind. So, Jonah's proclamation read in context is a warning, not God's intention. Peace, Lionstrong |
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476 | God repented | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 21105 | ||
I’d rather write you personally, Hank, but you haven't posted an e-mail address. I'm sorry that my cannon balls offend you, but it's not your forum. I don't understand. If you are not interested in a topic, why comment on it at all? If I've committed no sin, but simply wrote something that you, for whatever reason, feel should not be discussed on the forum, why do you bother to cut it off. It's not your forum. If I'm not sinning in something I post, why won't you give me the freedom to post it unherassed? I simply do not understand this possessiveness you have of the forum. It's not your forum. Peace, Lionstrong |
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477 | God repented | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 21137 | ||
I'm sorry for your limited view of God's Word, Hank. ......... Jesus is Lord of all. I view any subject upon which the Bible touches as legitimate for discussion on the Forum. The study of animals is not the exclusive domain of unbelievers. God has revealed something about them upon which a believer can build his study of them. Granted the subject is trivial compared to God, his Son and man, but I'm thankful that God's word says so much about the world in which we live. ........ I welcome disagreement, but not mocking. ....... Peace, Lionstrong | ||||||
478 | Truth | Rom 1:18 | Lionstrong | 27291 | ||
John 18:38 Pilate *said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, "I find no guilt in Him. Just curious, Nolan, But how is "What is truth?" the "same exact question" as "what KIND of Truth [did] God Revealed to Man in the segment"? Peace, Lionstrong, a.k.a. LooseCannon |
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479 | Is God somehow responsible? | Rom 1:20 | Lionstrong | 71265 | ||
Tim, You wrote to Joe, "I could agree with you my friend if there were one verse which says that God does not desire to save someone! Then, we would have to make a choice based upon two apparently contrasting verses. However, their isn't one!" Please consider these passages: Matt 13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?" Matt 13:11 Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. Matt 13:12 "For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. Matt 13:13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Matt 13:14 "In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, 'YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; Matt 13:15 FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.' Mark 4:10 As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. Mark 4:11 And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, Mark 4:12 so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN." After reading these two parallel passages answer: Why did Jesus speak to the crowds in parables? John 12:37 But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him. John 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?" John 12:39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, John 12:40 "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM." John 12:41 These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him. Who blinded their eyes and why? Matt 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 2 Luke 10:13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. What would it have taken for the people of Tyre and Sidon to repent? If God had desired to save them could he have provided those miracles through some prophet? Peace, |
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480 | Is God somehow responsible? | Rom 1:20 | Lionstrong | 71267 | ||
I posted this to Tim. Would like your feed back. These post do not appear on the home page. So you would not see it otherwise. Peace, Tim, You wrote to Joe, "I could agree with you my friend if there were one verse which says that God does not desire to save someone! Then, we would have to make a choice based upon two apparently contrasting verses. However, their isn't one!" Please consider these passages: Matt 13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?" Matt 13:11 Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. Matt 13:12 "For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. Matt 13:13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Matt 13:14 "In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, 'YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; Matt 13:15 FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.' Mark 4:10 As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. Mark 4:11 And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, Mark 4:12 so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN." After reading these two parallel passages answer: Why did Jesus speak to the crowds in parables? John 12:37 But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him. John 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?" John 12:39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, John 12:40 "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM." John 12:41 These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him. Who blinded their eyes and why? Matt 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 2 Luke 10:13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. What would it have taken for the people of Tyre and Sidon to repent? If God had desired to save them could he have provided those miracles through some prophet? Peace, |
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