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581 | Does knowledge out weight truth | 2 Tim 3:7 | Lionstrong | 7523 | ||
Hi Ray, Thanks for your answer. I think this Study Bible Forum is a good place for such searching. We can post our thoughts on whatever verse we're meditating on. Others in the forum can then read our thoughts and make those thoughts profitable by either giving further teaching on the subject from Scripture, or reproving, or correcting, or giving further 'training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. (2 Tim 3:16,17) |
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582 | Paul's extra-biblical teaching inerrant? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Lionstrong | 8129 | ||
Greetings, Steve; ................... If you mean that Paul taught no other doctrines except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified (1 Cor 2:2 ), then I agree with you, Steve. If you mean that he may have taught some strange doctrine that is foreign to Scripture, then we need to reexamine Acts 20:27. |
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583 | Can we figure out God's truth? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Lionstrong | 166375 | ||
In answer to Arnie's question, "Can we figure out God's truth?" (ID# 445779) I answered: Dear Arnie, Yes, we can figure out God's Truth from the Bible by our selves. But KNOWING God's truth will not save us from the wrath of God. Knowing is not the same as believing. It's only by believing God's truth that saves us. And FAITH (believing) is the gift of God. We cannot get faith by our selves (Ephesians 2:8,9). The wrath of God is revealed against people who know the truth about God, but who do not honor God although they know the truth about him, but rather they hold or suppress that truth in unrighteousness. (Rom 1:18 and following) I know some believers think that an unbeliever can't understand the Bible or the preaching of the Word without the illumination of the Holy Spirit. But it is knowledge that makes us accountable to God not free will. The Pharasees very well understood what Jesus was preaching. That's why their condemnation was greater. Not only were they self-righteous, but they understood the claims of Christ and did not believe. Knowledge is the prerequisite to faith (Rom 10:9FF). God made man in his image, that is, with a reasonable soul. With these reasonable souls we can think, understand and learn and love. Our fallen nature does not keep us from knowing and learning the truth. It keeps us from handling the truth properly. In our fallen state we hold the truth in unrighteousness. It's not that we haven't learned it. So the problem is sin, not knowledge. Sin keeps us from believing and handling the truth rightly; it does not always keep us from learning it, although sometimes, maybe often, it does. Only Jesus can save his people from their sins. (Mat. 1:21) He is the Author and Finisher of our faith. (Heb 12:2) Peace, |
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584 | What is God's covenant with believers | Hebrews | Lionstrong | 46663 | ||
Dear John, The WCF is talking about the Covenant of Grace, not to be confused with the covenant God made with the "church under age." All believers, before and after the work of Christ, are under the Covenant of Grace. The Old Covenant given by Moses to the OT Church fits under the umbrella of the Covenant of Grace. It is that different administration of the Covenant of Grace the Confession talks about. Hope this helps. Peace, |
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585 | Is incomplete temptation real temptation | Heb 4:15 | Lionstrong | 4886 | ||
I agree with you RWC. The man Christ Jesus was truely tempted. To be tempted is to be exposed to that which you find desirable though wrong. You are not sinning if you are tempted. The sin is when you say yes in your heart to the temptation. The man Christ Jesus was truely tempted, but by the power of the Spirit, who fully dwelt in Him, He said no to the temptations. But I don't believe "emptied himself" means Jesus' devine nature was any less devine. After all Col 2:9 says, "For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form." It means, I believe, that his human nature was not a mixture of the devine, as our confessions say. His human nature was not only fully human, but it was only human. I guess you could say Jesus' human nature was "empty" of the devine. Jesus could fully represent us because his fully human nature was only human, not more than human. It was not mixed with his devine. How's that for an explanation? Lionstrong |
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586 | How can Jesus be tempted if He is God? | Heb 4:15 | Lionstrong | 5059 | ||
RevC: "would it be honest for him to say, "There is no one besides Me?" You misquote the verse, Isa 44:6-8. It does not say, there is no one besides Me. It says, there is no God besides Me. Since there is only one living and true God, there is no God besides him. He is the eternal Triune God. There is no other God besides the Father, but there are in fact two other Persons besides the Father. Lionstrong |
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587 | Learning from Suffering | Heb 5:8 | Lionstrong | 8914 | ||
Meditations on Sanctification He Learned from Things He Suffered This is our example of growing in obedience! As a true man Christ was ignorant, that is, he could learn because he didn't know everything, and he could learn to obey God more. Now, for me it is a move from disobeying more and obeying less to disobeying less and obeying more; for Christ, from obedience to more obedience. If the Sinless had to learn odedience from the things he suffered, how much more saved sinners!? |
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588 | Is this person saved? | Heb 6:4 | Lionstrong | 7531 | ||
Just a short side note (not intended to take this thread too far afield), Steve: ....................................................................................................... Although all sins deserve God's wrath, some sins are worse than others. For example, God shows Ezekiel (chapter 8) that the sins of Judah were a greater abominations than those of Israel. ...............So, yes, corrupting good morals by running with the wrong crowd (1 Cor 15:33) is a greater sin than not submitting to the governing authority's traffic law (Rom 13:1). But I agree with you that both are sins against God. |
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589 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 12550 | ||
Like Paul's description of the nature of love in his letter to the Corinthians, the passage in Hebrews is about the nature of faith. It is not a definition of faith just a Paul's description was not a definition of love. First, one somewhat confusing issue is English. It's easier to see in Greek. Faith is the noun form of the verb believe. So faith is either the act of believing or the object of what is believed. To believe means to accept as true an understood proposition (statement). And saving faith is to accept as true the understood propositions of God as revealed in the Scriptures concerning the redemptive work of Christ. Acts 16:30 and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" Acts 16:31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." Peace, Lionstrong |
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590 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 34256 | ||
Charis, What I mean by "description of the nature of faith" is that this verse tells us ABOUT faith, but it does not tell us its meaning. "A dog is man's best friend" is (aside from the truth of this statement:)) telling us something about dogs, but it is not a definition. A definition would be something like, "a hairy four-legged mammal that barks and bites mailmen." When God tell us that faith brings assurance and conviction of our hope in Christ, He is in deed telling us something about saving faith, yes, but He is not giving us a definition of this important term. He is saying that this ought to be the EFFECT of true saving faith. This agrees with what Paul says in Rom 5:1-5. True faith results in hope. Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. The test of a definition is to substitute the word with the definition. Try it, and you'll see that Heb 11:1 does not fit. It wasn't meant to; it is not a definition. If this verse were a definition then faith is a certain kind of assurance and a certain kind of conviction, which does not fit the way Paul uses the term in his epistles. While these things accompany saving faith (like good works) they are not what saving faith is. Peace, Lionstrong |
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591 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 34298 | ||
Thanks for your response, Charis Maybe you don't see that what's given in Heb 11:1 is not a definition. OK. Maybe later. In the meantime, Peace, Lionstrong |
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592 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 34299 | ||
Thanks, CDBJ But what's your point with respect to the topic of this tree? Peace, Lionstrong |
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593 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 34301 | ||
Yes, Elder, I agree, But what are your thoughts on the definition of faith? Peace, Lionstrong |
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594 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 34449 | ||
Thanks, CDBJ, Faith is you cannot say; only God can reveal it to you. You say it is not rational. Is it, therefore, irrational? You say it is not empirical. Does that mean one cannot show his faith by his works? Faith is....? Albeit, revealed by God, Peter did give an answer. Can you, brother? Peace, in the Lamb Lionstrong |
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595 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 34450 | ||
Agreed! The object of saving faith is God and the promises of God's Good News! Rom 4:17-22 (as it is written, "A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU") in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, "SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE." Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb; yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform. Therefore IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS Praise God for the gift of faith (Eph 2:8,9) Peace, Lionstrong |
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596 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 34604 | ||
I would say I was "pushing" your definition :), proding you to say more, and you have! Thanks, CDBJ. I truly misunderstood you to mean that these means of perception were exclusive of each other, that a choice to used one is a rejection of the others. What you meant was that we all, in the course of our life, will employ each of these means of perception: rationalism (you spelled it with a capital R, but I think you were refering to the process of reasoning, not the philosophy), empiricism (not the philosophy, but experience), and faith (accepting God's revelation, I take you to mean. No, actually I don't know what you mean by faith, which is the point of this tree!). So, so far what I've gotten from you is that faith has something to do with perception. It is a means of perception. Yes, I can see that. Did you have 2 Cor 5:7 in mind: "for we walk by faith, not by sight--?" If this is your definition (faith is a means of perception), please sharpen it. How is THIS means of perception different from the other two, rationalism and empiricism? Yours for less twisting (not the dance!), Lionstrong |
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597 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 34615 | ||
Thanks CDBJ! Now, is faith always or necessarily something that can't be proven? Can I have faith in something that can be proven? For example, is it a misuse or misunderstanding of faith to say, "I believe two plus two is four?" Or to put it another way, if something can be proven, does that proof then put it outside the perception of faith? Peace, Lionstrong |
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598 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 34718 | ||
CDBJ, When you say, “…faith in and of it's self doesn't mean anything…” you, of course, overstate your case, for faith does have meaning and has a meaning. Paul argues strongly and extensively for this particular means of justification as opposed to works as the means of justification. So, to put such importance on faith must mean that it is significant. If what you’re trying to say is that faith is not AS important as WHAT is believed, then I am in total agreement. Jesus honors true faith in God, however small it may be. He does not snuff out the smoldering wick of faith (Mat 12:20) and responds to the faith the size of a mustard seed (LK 17:5,6). But when we tell our neighbor to “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved,” it DOES matter what we mean by faith. For some define faith in such a way that what it turns out to be is nothing but works. To others, faith is only exercised when reason or proof is lacking, or it’s an irrational “leap in the dark.” So while faith is not as important as its object, it IS important to know what we mean by it. So far we’ve talked some ABOUT faith, but I still haven’t gotten you to give me a definition of faith, other than give the verb form of faith (believe). (Also, I’m not a Greek scholar, so your lesson on Greek grammar was lost on me.) So again, going back to the top of the thread, Define faith. Thanks for your perseverance, Lionstrong |
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599 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 35253 | ||
Hi Hank, You write, "I think we need not resort to esoteric or philosophical definitions or discussions of faith..." Why do you say this? Do you think this is my aim? I've already stated my reason for Heb 11:1 not begin what is given in Scripture as a definition of faith. Rather than repeat what I've already written, I would direct your attention further up the tree. Thanking you for your interest in this topic, Peace, Lionstrong |
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600 | Is Creation a Scientific Fact? | Heb 11:3 | Lionstrong | 59837 | ||
Greetings Searcher! Read your first web site reference. Dr. Humphreys does not claim give a scientific proof for creation, although the article is titled in that way. What he claims to give is a high probability for creation. Will read the other refs as I have time. By scientific I mean conclusions that are reached by modern scientific experimentation and which can be expressed in mathematical formulation. Concerning understanding that the worlds were prepared by the word of God (Heb 11:3), modern science is totally incapable of comming to such a conclusion. We can understand this only by believing what God has revealed about creation. Peace, |
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