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381 | Is God Lord over all except human will | Matt 22:14 | New Creature | 86104 | ||
John From the following statement in your reply; "It is a mistake to believe that fallen mankind just needs to be presented with the facts concerning the gospel, and then are free to make a choice based upon the desire of their hearts. For one thing, their hearts are wicked and their desires evil. That desire being to embrace Christ or to reject Him. "...no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." John 6:65 and Matt 15:19 "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders." Can I conclude that you personally believe the gift of salvation can be rejected as well as received New Creature |
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382 | Is God Lord over all except human will | Matt 22:14 | New Creature | 85872 | ||
John I thank you for being willing to reply to my questions. We may not agree with particular meaning of Scripture. Nevertheless, I hope you find this question and answering as a spiritual exercise in properly dividing the word of truth. I will wait for your response concerning John 1:9 New Creature |
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383 | Is God Lord over all except human will | Matt 22:14 | New Creature | 85825 | ||
John I find Scriptural support for my statement - "not willing for any to perish" 2 Pet. 3:9 You failed to support the following statement you made with Scripture - "Even if "any" refers to any in a universal sense and not to "any" in the sense of the elect, God must be willing in another sense FOR people to perish because it happens. Therefore, it may not please Him that they perish but He does not prevent it, which He could if He pleased." All the other statements I made in my previous reply were supported with Scripture. You also appeared to disagree with such Scriptural statements that Jesus draws all men to Himself. Unless you alter that statement to say Jesus draws some men to Himself, your interpretation appears faulty to me. If all men do not receive the light, then John 1:9 needs to be removed from the Bible also. So how do you work around such verses without modifying the plain meaning? New Creature |
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384 | Lent. Why don't Catholics eat meat? | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 85458 | ||
Emmaus It was not my intention to get into a long drawn out argument on this subject. Once again I only offer my personal thoughts and opinions on the matter. I am of the opinion that neither the Catholic church, nor Webster, science or even myself for that matter, is the final authority on this subject. This I know Strip away the hide of cattle and underneath you have flesh and bones and blood and internal organs. Strip away the feathers from fowl, and underneath you have flesh, and bones and blood, and internal organs Strip away the scales and skin of a fish and underneath you find flesh and bones and blood and internal organs. Go to a grocery store, and you have to go to the MEAT section of the food market to purchase the above mentioned MEATS. Go to a restaurant and look at the main entree on the menus. Included are the various main entree's - pork, beef, lamb, chicken, fish, etc. The prices vary on the menu, depending on which meat you seclect to go with your potatoe, and veggies. Go to a wine store and they will tell you which wine goes good with the various MEATS mentinoed above. I very well may be wrong, but I still maintain my personal opinion on the matter. I respect others differing opinions on this subject as well. New Creature |
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385 | Lent. Why don't Catholics eat meat? | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 85401 | ||
Emmaus Turning to my trusty Webster dictionary, I find two definitions for meat: 1 - Food 2 - The flesh of animals, especially of mammals. Checking on the definition of animal, the first definition is: any living organism except a plant or bacterium, typically able to move about. So ---- based on my interpretation of Webster's definition, it looks like fish is meat. New Creature |
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386 | Lent. Why don't Catholics eat meat? | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 85400 | ||
Emmanus As wonderful as that reasoning may sound or no matter how it may appeal to many. It still doesn't alter the fact that the flesh of a fish is every bit as much meat as is chicken is. |
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387 | Am I once and forever saved? | John 3:16 | New Creature | 85395 | ||
DAIRYLEADER5 I don't disagree with what you said New Creature |
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388 | same English word - different Greek word | 2 Tim 3:16 | New Creature | 84753 | ||
Asis Thanks for the commentary - I will use it to do further studies on this subject. You have been very helpful Thank You New Creature |
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389 | Can You Answer All Ten? | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 81475 | ||
Hank Thank You Good Verse to support your answer :) |
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390 | Always Saved?? | Heb 6:6 | New Creature | 78484 | ||
Tim Excellent point Grace be to you New Creature |
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391 | Always Saved?? | Heb 6:6 | New Creature | 78483 | ||
dear sniper The answer to that question can be found in my post which you responded to. But if you want me to save you the time of returning to that post. My answer is yes, I do believe that all are born with a sin nature Grace to you New Creature |
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392 | Always Saved?? | Heb 6:6 | New Creature | 78432 | ||
John Since God judges in righteousness, and since His desire is that not one perishes. And since God's love is unlimited. And since all are born with an inherited sin nature. For God to damn some to hell for their inability to respond in faith, would mean God is unjust rather than just, and that would also make God the author of sin. No I do see any place in Scripture where God passes by some and damns them for their inability. I rather see in Scripture that those who are damned have their ownselves to blame because they rejected the free gift of salvation that has been provided for all who respond in faith. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:18 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. John 3:38 Grace to you New Creature |
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393 | Always Saved?? | Heb 6:6 | New Creature | 78418 | ||
John You said - "Why do some recieve Him and believe on His name, but others reject Him and do not believe? My answer is based on Scripture. Rom 9:18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. Ok then If He hardens whom He desires, and if no one can resist Him, then you need to address the following question. On the day of judgement will God Judge those whose hearts were hardened, because of their inability to have been given a heart able to respond in faith. Cause thats where the senario you are laying out appears to finally and eventually lead. Grace to you New Creature |
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394 | Always Saved?? | Heb 6:6 | New Creature | 78384 | ||
John I do not disagree with you when you state that God chose us. God truly does initiate our salvation. What is often left out is man's responsibility to repent and believe. So we do personally have a choice to make. God does not repent or believe for us, even though He enables us to be brought to the point where we must either receive Him or reject Him. To all who receive Him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. John 1:12 Grace to you New Creature |
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395 | He does not wish for any to perish... | 2 Pet 3:9 | New Creature | 76871 | ||
"All that occurs within the universe is within the permissive will of God. Neither men nor angels nor devils can go beyond the limits of God’s permissive will. But it is by no means true that all that occurs is in accord with the perfect will of God. It is evident that there are two aspects of the will of God with respect to sin: His permissive will allows it; but His perfect will forbids it and will bring all sin into judgement Numerous Scriptures reveal God’s perfect will to “have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:4); but the fact that not all men are saved reflects God’s permissive will. If a man is saved, it is in accordance with God’s perfect will that all men should be saved; if a man is lost; it is in accordance with God’s permissive will that men, being free moral agents rather than mere puppets, may refuse to obey Him. The latitude between God’s perfect will and His permissive will is the area within which men function with freedom as responsible moral intelligences, accountable before God in solemn judgement. As moral intelligences created in His image, men must of their own free will concour in God’s redemptive process" Quoted from the book "Life In The Son" by Robert Shank |
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396 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | New Creature | 76525 | ||
Joe Concerning my comment on 1 Tim. 4:1 you replied "The fact that other verses address false faith doesn't mean that this passage doesn't." Once again I maintain and stand firm in my stance, that; 1 Tim. 4:1 is addressing true possessors and not mere professors. Until someone proves to me otherwise. Concerning the wording "the faith" I once again stand firm in my personal belief that "the faith" that Paul had in view in the context in at least this verse is the faith in Christ Jesus. Also I don't see what difference it makes whether we say "the faith" is corperate or personal, since it really must be both. The fact is there is only one true saving faith, and I believe that is what Paul is referring to here. You also said " Certainly there are some among us who say it without truly believing it, but the confession of the faith stands even in the face of individuals wandering from it, giving evidence of not being truly regenerate." I agree with you there. What we will disagree on is whether or not a person who was truly saved can forfeit his salvation. I personally believe that salvation can be forfeited, because of what many portions of Scripture says about that topic. Heb. 6:4-6 for starters, which I am sure you are fimilar with. Other verses in Hebrews which indicate and warn of this possiblity are Heb. 2:1-3; 3:6,14 4:1,11,14; 10:23,26-29,35-38; 11:13; 12:25 and thats only the book of Hebrews. The same sense is given in far to many other portions of Scripture which I could, but didn't list at this time. Grace Peace and Love New Creature |
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397 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | New Creature | 76271 | ||
John First let me say that I respect your beliefs, even if I don't see it the same way as you do. Secondly you asked "At least you are consistant. Many who believe that man saves himself by accepting Christ deny that they are then able to reject Him. I wonder, do you believe we will be free to rebel after we are glorified as well? Or does glorification make us into puppets or robots?" I don't believe that those who enter glorification will rebel. I can't say as whether or not that freedom will have been removed at that time. I do know that nothing that defiles will be allowed to enter the kingdom of heaven. And I do read of the 1/3 of the angels that were at one time in His very presence which seemingly had the freedom to remain faithful or rebel. What I disagree with you is your view of election, of angels or individuals. "If you desire a brief statement on my view of election the following quotes I found are quotes that I tend to agree with. "As stated earlier, we believe that soteriological election is corporate and not particular. [For two thorough studies on this see The New Chosen People and Elect in the Son.] Jesus Christ and those "in Christ" (i.e. the Church) are the elect. Also, in the Bible, God’s foreknowledge always precedes His choosing. We think that exegetically this means exactly what it says, to know before the fact (i.e. foreseen faith). It never signifies, intrinsically, to predetermine, or to love, or to favor beforehand; but always to foreknow or prerecognize. [See the word study on this and other key words in God’s Strategy in Human History.] And to know something either in advance or after the fact is clearly not the cause of its happening (i.e. believing in or rejecting Christ). In Romans 8:28-30, it is not the purpose of the apostle to show or declare the surety of any particular individual’s passing through the stages of this scheme, but to show the indestructible and absolute surety of the scheme itself. The ark in Noah’s day was unconditionally predestined to outride the deluge, but it depended upon each person’s choosing to enter and remain within the ark as to whether he or she would be saved." (source unknown) Finally concerning relationships - My belief is that they are bi-lateral, not unilateral. He in me, and I in Him, (John15)there is an interconnectedness in this personal relationship which we have with our Risen Lord Jesus Christ. Grace Peace and Love New Creature |
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398 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | New Creature | 76228 | ||
Are you implying now that we have become saved we have no responibilty? You probably are in agreement with the saying - "Just let go and let God" which I personally believe is unscriptural. Study the word believe in Scripture and you will see that believe is a verb in most instances, implying action. Now that we believe, we need to CONTINUE an ongoing attitude of belief. Do you believe that we should not any longer exercise our faith? Now that you are saved should we be passive in our faith? I believe we should be pro-active in our faith. We see from Matt. 7:21 that; only those which DO the will of the Father shall enter heaven. Notice the word DO. I believe that implys the genuine believer must be DOING His will. That is the difference between mere professors and those who are possessors Grace Peace and Love New Creature |
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399 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | New Creature | 76227 | ||
While all that is true, 1 Tim. 4:1 is not speaking of those who simply appear to be in the faith, but of those who actually are in the faith, and their departure or apostasy from that faith is real. The verse says: they shall, not might deppart from the one true faith. So this is not the verse to attempt to imply a mere profession of faith, there are other verses like the ones in Matthew 7 to do that. This is addressing possessors, not mere professors only. It is said of the them "they shall depart from the faith" If I said "John shall depart from the airport, you would clearly understand that in order for John to depart from the airport, it is first necessary that John be in the airport. In order to depart from the faith, the person needs to first be in the faith. And if some shall depart from the faith, then the possiblity of others departing from the faith remains a real possibility. Once saved, we are not puppets, or robots. Our freedom of choice has not been removed once we become saved. Only a Sovereign loving God, could still allow us to retain such freedom. Praise His Holy Name Hallelujah God Bless New Creature |
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400 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | New Creature | 76216 | ||
John I don't mean this to sound cruel or mean. But it appears at least to me that you are diluting the intended meaning of Jude 21. Even when you make the quotes "I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,". That is true. But is that the whole of the matter or only the half? I believe those quotes are accurate. It's true that God will never forsake us or leave us. The other half, which some never take the time to ask is. Can the believer ever forsake Him, or leave him. I think Heb. 6:4-6 makes it absolutely clear that it is not God that forsakes or leaves us, but us, that forsake or leave God. If we are admoished to "keep ourselves in the love of God" why the warning, if the possiblity of being separated, from his love is impossible, imagined, or hypothetical as some believe? Just by simply looking at Jude 6 I could ask: were the angels who adandoned their abode, created evil? Did not God say that everything He created was good? So if it was created good by God, and was initially good, how did it become bad? I read where it was the angels who 1) did not keep their own domain 2) abandoned their proper abode, and now are reserved in bonds impending judgement. And how about the other 2/3 of the angels who did not abandon their abode? How was it that they remained in God's love and the other 1/3 did not? It wasn't God who abandoned them, they abandoned God, and they were at one time in His very presence, how much more likely is it for someone like us who have never been in His presence in the same sense as these angels to abandon the God who never Himself abandons anyone? Blessings New Creature |
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