Results 1161 - 1180 of 1806
|
||||||
Results from: Notes Author: stjohn Ordered by Verse |
||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
1161 | Would his heart not be humbled? | Romans | stjohn | 191906 | ||
Hi Parable, thank you for the encouragement. God bless John |
||||||
1162 | What of the Law applies to me a believe? | Romans | stjohn | 200916 | ||
Dear propsan; You wrote: "after some studies, do not consider myself a gentile." May I ask, what do you consider yourself? God bless John |
||||||
1163 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 204971 | ||
Dear Tam: That was a very good post-!! Most excellently put! God bless John |
||||||
1164 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 204996 | ||
jamison, how bout, Luke 23:43 when Jesus replied to the thief, are you going to tell us it too was just a dream? "And He said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." | ||||||
1165 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205011 | ||
Jim: I didn't say wether any were correct, please do not read into what I said. There seem to be a problem reading into, what is not there. John |
||||||
1166 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205013 | ||
Very eloquently said my dear Brother, Hank, as usual. And a resounding, AMEN! God bless John |
||||||
1167 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205025 | ||
Colt... speaking of Hebrews, you wrote, "Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham and Sarah ALL DIED vs 11:15" (sic) This is the actual verse in question, "And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return." Heb 11:15 Reading from the verse and in the context we find it, there is no mention of death, especially that of Enoch. Who is mentioned in verse 5 "By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death;" Heb 11:5 Verse 5 is quite expressly clear, in speaking of Enoch, he did NOT see death! What part of verse 5 do you not understand? Your claim is absolute nonsense! Please desist from misrepresenting what Scripture actually says. The claim that anywhere in Hebrews or anywhere in the Bible that Enoch died is absolutely false! You speak of truth, but you do not tell the truth. Shalom John |
||||||
1168 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205028 | ||
No, not better, you are still completely disregarding what was already said in verse, 5 | ||||||
1169 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205064 | ||
Given the fact, that it was spoken from the lips of God himself, should give you, just reason enough, to take head of His counsel. Can you show evidence in Jewish history of your assertions? By the way your arguments have not swayed me one iota, to me at least, they are, weak tea, at best. Shalom "I have endeavored in my ministry, to preach to you not a part of the truth, but the whole counsel of God: but I can not harmonize it, nor am I anxious to do so. I am sure all truth is harmonious, and to my ear, the harmony is clear enough. But I can not give you a complete score of the music, or mark the harmonies of the gamete, I must leave the chief musician, to do that." -- C.H. Spurgeon |
||||||
1170 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205094 | ||
nice try..... I can barley taste the tea. Give it a rest, will you, please? | ||||||
1171 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205098 | ||
Good post, Val: Not to be redundant, but it most certainly would be grammatically inconsistent, with the rest of Scripture, Jesus never says anywhere else; Truly I say to you (today) but in that verse. God bless John |
||||||
1172 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205100 | ||
So beautifully put, my dear Sister: I am truly moved, Indeed, when I see the dear saints on this forum, come together in defense of His Holy Word. Sola Scriptura! Is it not our battle cry? I can not say in words how truly gratfull, and honored I feel, just to be a small part. Thank you too, Val. Shalom and God bless John |
||||||
1173 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205189 | ||
Dear Brother, Jeff: Interestingly, I was thinking the same thing about the color of the sky! I hope you don't mind my alining myself in, "sharing the footsteps" with yours.... :-) God bless John |
||||||
1174 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | stjohn | 205192 | ||
oops! | ||||||
1175 | The sacrifice of thankful servitude | Romans | stjohn | 215357 | ||
"The problem that all of humanity faces is the wrath of God, which is entirely justified because the Gentiles know God according to general revelation and the Jews know God according to special revelation, yet both have failed to truly acknowledge God, since they have violated His law. Since everyone is under sin and God’s wrath, the only way out is the gospel: the announcement that in Christ God has provided a righteousness that satisfies His holy requirements. Christ has absorbed God’s wrath in His death and justifies the wicked by His resurrection. All of this is received through faith alone, apart from works, as the examples of Abraham and David demonstrate. Yet God has not only secured our salvation from the condemnation of the law, but also from the dominion of sin and death. Baptized into Christ’s death and resurrection, we are made new creatures. However, we continue to struggle throughout our life with indwelling sin and the only hope we have is to look outside of ourselves to Christ, with the indwelling Spirit testifying in our hearts to our free adoption and keeping alive within us the hope that not only we but the whole creation will share in the final redemption. In the light of all of this, nothing can separate us from God’s love. But how can we trust this gospel if God has been unfaithful to His earlier promises to Israel? Well, God has always maintained His prerogative of election even among the physical descendants of Abraham. Salvation is not a matter of physical descent or of human decision or effort, but of God’s mercy alone. God has been faithful to His promises because even now an elect remnant is being saved from among Jews and Gentiles, and after God adds alien Gentile branches to the Tree of Israel, He will finally bring in the fullness of the Jews as well. In view of these mercies that stagger our imagination, we can now offer not the dead sacrifices of animals for atonement but our own bodies as living sacrifices for thanksgiving and praise. In that light, stop judging each other about 'things indifferent' and get on with the business of loving and serving each other." --Michael S. Horton |
||||||
1176 | Luther on Romans and Law | Romans | stjohn | 215363 | ||
"You had better follow the order of this epistle. Worry first about Christ and the gospel, that you may recognize your sin and his grace. Then fight your sin, as the first eight chapters here have taught. Then, when you have reached the eighth chapter, and are under the cross and suffering, this will teach you correctly of predestination in chapters 9, 10, and 11, and how comforting it is… In chapter 12 he teaches what true worship is, and makes all Christians priests. They are to offer not money or cattle, as under the law, but their own bodies, with slaying of the lusts. Then he describes the outward conduct of Christians, under the spiritual government, telling how they are to teach, preach, rule, serve, give, suffer, love, live, and act toward friend, foe, and all men. These are the works that a Christian does; after all, faith takes no holidays.... This Epistle is really the chief part of the NT, and is truly the purest gospel. It is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but also that he should occupy himself with it every day, as the daily bread of the soul. We can never read it or ponder over it too much; for the more we deal with it, the more precious it becomes and the better it tastes." --Martin Luther | ||||||
1177 | Calvin on Romans | Romans | stjohn | 215364 | ||
"With regard to the excellencies of this Epistle, I know not whether it would be well for me to dwell long on the subject; for I fear, lest through my recommendations falling far short of what they ought to be, I should do nothing but obscure its merits: besides, the Epistle itself, at its very beginning, explains itself in a much better way than I can. I will therefore simply lay out the argument of this great letter. For it can never be sufficiently appreciated that when anyone gains a knowledge of this Epistle, he has an entrance opened to him to all the most hidden treasures of Scripture. The whole Epistle is so methodical, that even its very beginning is framed according to the rules of art… For having begun with the proof of his Apostleship, he then comes to the Gospel with the view of recommending it; and as this necessarily draws with it the subject of faith, he glides into that, being led by the chain of words as by the hand: and thus he enters on the main subject of the whole Epistle -- justification by faith; in treating which he is engaged to the end of the fifth chapter. The subject then of these chapters may be stated thus -- that man’s only righteousness is through the mercy of God in Christ, which being offered by the Gospel is apprehended by faith. To begin, he must first convince men, asleep in their sins and the flattery of self-righteousness, of their guilt. Not only the pagans are arraigned, but they who boast in the law are brought to God’s tribunal, exposing the fictitious holiness of ‘saintlings.’ Having deprived all of any of their own righteousness before God, St. Paul then lays down his main subject -- justification by faith." --John Calvin | ||||||
1178 | The Gospel of Christ | Romans | stjohn | 217562 | ||
Dear David, Well said, son... In reading your post, It brings me to thinking of the young Martin Luther, and his struggles with Romans 1:17. The man being embedded in romanist theology had quite a hard time coming to the doctrine of grace, and realizing that righteousness is gained apart from works. Through hard study of Rom 1-3, understanding the true nature of sin and mans total depravity, young Luther just about drove the priest in the confessional crazy with his continuous confessions. He'd no sooner then leave the both and turn around to confess something that he'd forgotten, or even a thought that had perhaps just come into his head that was sinful to his conscience. I'll bet that priest was one man who was very relieved that Luther had embraced his theology of righteousness through faith and not works, like, twenty-five trips to the confessional or fifty hail Mary's for penance! (Rom 5:15) I suppose my point is, a good understanding of Romans can give us so much peace of mind and spirit. Putting aside our tendency to externally legalize our walk with God, gives us the liberty to enjoy God and live out the Gospel in love, peace, contentment of heart and mind, and true, unspeakable joy in the Lord! (Rom 11:29) Thanks again for a good post, David, I really appreciate your contribution to the forum. :-) John |
||||||
1179 | The Gospel of Christ | Romans | stjohn | 217573 | ||
David, I think you'd do yourself well in straitening out the double identity issue. Lockman may revoke your right to post if you don't. Please familiarize yourself with the TOU before you post again, if you haven't already done so. It looks like Doc beat me to the punch and sent you the link to John Piper's website. :-) Do listen to his bio on Luther, John does an excellent job! You may also enjoy reading a short bio on Luther at the link below, It's less then 30 pages, so it's not very comprehensive, but it does have some pretty good info. Enjoy! http://www.tlogical.net/bioluther.htm John |
||||||
1180 | The Gospel of Christ | Romans | stjohn | 217577 | ||
John 3:11-12 | ||||||
Result pages: << First < Prev [ 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 ] Next > Last [91] >> |