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1481 | saved and sanctified | Ephesians | stjohn | 189338 | ||
Hello dear friend, Thanks brother, I'm proud to know ya! I hope your book does well! I plan to read it as soon as I can find a copy. My teacher says I'm almost ready to read real books! ;-) God bless. In God I trust. [All others pay cash]... sorry for using your joke.;-) John |
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1482 | Who decides which marriages God honors? | Ephesians | stjohn | 200769 | ||
Hi Mainey, According to the Bible, I'd say, you are indeed in. I'm praying for you, your wife, and for your four children. May I suggest you get some christian counseling, perhaps from your paster. Beyond that I cant go, I may have already gone too far according to the, terms of use, as laid down by our gracious host, The Lockman Foundation. This is a Bible study and marital advice is not within the scope of this sites purpose. I am sorry for your trouble, my friend, but some of us, just have to carry more luggage then others. Matt 19:6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." God bless John |
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1483 | Who decides which marriages God honors? | Ephesians | stjohn | 200793 | ||
Dear Mainey, Brother Hank is right, I in no way intended to brush you off. If I appeared to tersely brush you aside I am truly sorry. Sometimes my delivery is quite clumsy, but He is still working on me, you should have known me ten years ago! :-) You can be certain, Mainey, that many here who read this are praying for you and your family, my friend. Just a note; I've known women in my life that would fantasize about something that they want so very badly, such as doing something that we could never begin to understand, and that is having children. Now I don't know, but perhaps she just couldn't hold up to the disappointment of not being able to give you a child. My wife has a friend, who is perhaps a little dizzy, but beside that, she has thought that she maybe was pregnant, and she also had a tubal legation as a young woman. I've heard some women say that just holding an infant causes them to lactate! These are truly some very strong and very emotional desires that we as men, could really never know. Anyway, I'm telling you this in hope that you will somehow find it easier to forgive her. God bless John |
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1484 | wrong and right to marry the person | Ephesians | stjohn | 206865 | ||
Dear Quvmoh: God is definitely not setting an example for us to follow in Hosea. May I suggest you read the whole chapter, and consider the context in which God gives the command to Hosea. We can see clearly that God has very specific reasons for giving this (unique) command. "In this chapter is an order to the prophet to love an adulterous woman beloved of her friend, and by this parable to express the love of God to Israel, and their ingratitude to him, Ho 3:1, the prophet's execution of that order, making a purchase of her, and a covenant with her, which set forth the captive, servile, mean, and abject state of that people, Ho 3:2, which is explained of their being deprived for a long time of civil and ecclesiastic government, Ho 3:4, and the chapter is concluded with a prophecy and promise of their conversion to Christ in the latter day, Ho 3:5."--John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. http://www.freegrace.net/gill/ God bless John |
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1485 | wrong and right to marry the person | Ephesians | stjohn | 206871 | ||
Dear Quvmoh: Thank you for clarifying. you wrote: "The point being that if God has destined for a couple to marry, then there is no "right" or "wrong" person. This includes, obviously, prayer and fellowship in the Holy Spirit." Yes, prayer and fellowship in the Holy Spirit! You are right, and The Bible does not tell us, who is the right or wrong spouse: It does tell us however, that we are to make sure we are not unequally yoked with unbelievers. The Bible is also silent on how we are to know for sure, who, this right one is or is not, but, we do know that we are to marry those who are acceptable to the Lord, in other words, we are to marry other Christians. We can be certain that God does not will unbelievers to marry, though we may see many instances where this happens, notwithstanding, this would, and does, go against what His word teaches. We cant have it both ways, as you original answer indicated. God bless John |
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1486 | wrong and right to marry the person | Ephesians | stjohn | 206894 | ||
Dear Tumbleweed: Oh, yeah, that does need some explanation doesn't it! Sorry about that, I intended to say, "God does not will Christians to marry unbelievers." In other words, It is not in the will of God, for us, as Christians, to seek marriage to an unbeliever. I hope that clears it up for you; and again, I'm sorry for my mistake, I didn't intend to confuse anyone. Thank you for pointing that out! God bless John |
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1487 | does God chose who he will save | Eph 1:1 | stjohn | 185868 | ||
Hello New.... monergism would seem to cancel out synergism. I would be interested in seeing Scripture that supports your inference. God bless. John |
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1488 | does God chose who he will save | Eph 1:1 | stjohn | 185902 | ||
Thanks brother New C. Amen! I agree with you, I wanted to see how you saw this as I didn't quite understand your question. An easy task for me! I often need clarification, as to, what is, the actual question. God bless. John |
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1489 | Die unexposed to Jesus no redemption? | Eph 1:5 | stjohn | 186439 | ||
Hello Azure, That is very interesting. I guess I'm not a real thrill-seeker by worldly standards, because thats the kind of stuff that is thrilling to me, and really perks up my interest. You said, "God has used His own way to reveal Himself to different nations in the ancient time." that really got me to thinking. Then I remembered someone talking about the numerous times that we find in the ancient history of many cultures around the world, there is a story of a great flood. Now we know that these stories must have come from word of mouth and from the time of the actual flood, Noah's flood that is. But the world would of course explain it away, as just the universally connected Imagination of man, or some such nonsense like that. Anyway, I then remembered Something I learned from (Thru the Bible Radio) Dr. Mcgee was talking about that very same thing, and how through Noah's sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, the Gospel or at least parts of it were spread throughout the whole world. And, I'm pretty sure he even mentioned that same thing that you did about the chinese word for sacrifice, and, that the further the gospel got from its true source, the more perverted it got. Anyway, just a few things to chew on. Here are some scriptures that will show support for this view. Gen 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Gen 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. Gen 9:18 Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan. Gen 9:19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. Gen 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood. 1 Pet 3:15-20 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; (in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.) Noah, according to 1Peter, must have been preaching the Gospel of salvation wile he was building the ark. See how the ancients could have known the Gospel of the Kinsmen redeemer, and the sacrifice of the Lamb? Thank's Azure. God bless. John |
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1490 | Die unexposed to Jesus no redemption? | Eph 1:5 | stjohn | 186443 | ||
Hello Edwin, I can see that as a picture of salvation as something most defiantly offered to all. God bless. John |
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1491 | Theological Term: Predestination | Eph 1:5 | stjohn | 204712 | ||
Hi Jamison: What you are referring to is called the (doctrine of election). Not that it is expressly exclusive from predestination, but they are different. You ask questions that call for speculation so I will out of respect for the promise we made when we signed on to SBF, not endeavor to answer, but suffice it to say, no, the Bible doesn't teach another possibility. Shalom and God bless John "Divine predestination means that God has a purpose that is determined long before it is brought to pass. It implies that God is infinitely capable of planning and then bringing about what he has planned, and Scripture speaks of him as doing this" --Baker's Theological Dictionary of the Bible "In summary, we can say that God has had a special love relationship with the elect from all eternity, and on the basis of that love relationship chosen them for salvation. The ultimate question of why God chose some for salvation and left others in their sinful state is one that we, with our finite knowledge, cannot answer. We do know that God's attributes always are in perfect harmony with each other, so that God's sovereignty will always operate in perfect harmony with His goodness, love, wisdom, and justice." --John MacArthur |
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1492 | Mistaken View Or False Doctrine? | Eph 1:13 | stjohn | 205289 | ||
Tam, Sorry, Yes I think it is a false doctrine. :-) Sorry I thought that was pretty clear. But Children of God can be taught false doctrine, by well meaning people they Love and trust who have also been taught the same thing, it happens all the time, and as you know, all to often, but they don't lose their Salvation. God bless John |
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1493 | Mistaken View Or False Doctrine? | Eph 1:13 | stjohn | 205292 | ||
Hi Tamara: gee thanks! That was nice, but I think the mailman must have dropped it somewhere on his route, cause it didn't make my mailbox. :-( | ||||||
1494 | Mistaken View Or False Doctrine? | Eph 1:13 | stjohn | 205299 | ||
Well, I think that's right. Somewhere in the mix there has to be a false prophet, but a child of God can be deceived, though there are some that teach that this is not so, but also, that is false. And thus a false doctrine can be fostered and even passed from church to Church, as we can see pretty easy when we just look around. But a true Child of God will hear the truth when they hear it, now they may have to hear it a bunch, depending on how hard their head is, but I think they will indeed hear it. I have known some saints that have stayed on where there was false teaching in hope to find God's own and teach them the truth, so we should never judge one because of what we may think, cause we just don't know for sure. I've even known of, but not personaly, some preasts that believed in true doctren but staid to teach. Oh and Tam, I often don't really read the short question, just the post as that is where most have the substance of their question, and in your post it was not all that clear to me that that was what you were asking, even though I thought I did sort of answer it. I guess too that I was also kind of confused because I couldn't really understand why you were asking that question (i.e. the whole of it) as your posts have reveled that you already knew that, so I was a little surprised at that as well. Sorry I get confused easy sometimes. Knowing my love of brevity, or should I say succinctness, you should know I would have rather answered the shorter one! :-) God bless John |
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1495 | Faith a gift? | Eph 2:8 | stjohn | 219420 | ||
Amen! And what a wonderful gift it is! | ||||||
1496 | ... | Eph 2:15 | stjohn | 211293 | ||
Hi Sid: In reference to your reference to Rom 2:14 here is a commentary that may help in understanding a pretty tough passage. :-) I know it sure helped me! Romans 2:14 Ver. 14. For when the Gentiles which have not the law,.... The objection of the Gentiles against their condemnation, taken from their being without the law, is here obviated. The apostle owns that they had not the law, that is, the written law of Moses, and yet intimates that they had, and must have a law, against which they sinned, and so deserved punishment, and which they in part obeyed; for these men do by nature the things contained in the law. The matter and substance of the moral law of Moses agrees with the law and light of nature; and the Gentiles in some measure, and in some sort, did these things by nature; not that men by the mere strength of nature without the grace of God, can fulfill the law, or do anything that is acceptable to God; and indeed, what these men did was merely natural and carnal, and so unacceptable to God. Some understand this of nature assisted by grace, in converted Gentiles, whether before or after the coming of Christ; others expound the phrase, by nature, freely, willingly, in opposition to the servile spirit of the Jews, in their obedience to the law; though it rather seems to design the dictates of natural reason, by which they acted: and so these having not the law, the written law, are a law to themselves; which they have by nature and use, and which natural reason dictates to them. So Plato distinguishes the law "into written and un written [q]: the written law is that which was used in commonwealths; and that kata eyh ginomenov, "which was according to custom or nature", was called unwritten, such as not to go to market naked, nor to be clothed with women's clothes; which things were not forbidden by any law, but these were not done because forbidden by the unwritten law;'' which he calls "unwritten", because not written on tables, or with ink; otherwise it was written in their minds, and which by nature and use they were accustomed to. [q] Laertii Vit. Philosoph. l. 3. in Vita Platon. source; John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. http://www.freegrace.net/gill/ |
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1497 | ... | Eph 2:15 | stjohn | 211305 | ||
Aah, sorry Sid but ...huh? Thats a little bit pedantic isn't it? He is obviously talking about mans law not God's law. Nor was he giving Plato's reflection as some sort of rule ??? focussing on minor details instead of the main theme of what is being taught isn't going to help in any case. It only clouds the water. God bless John |
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1498 | Of the Spirit's Filling | Eph 3:19 | stjohn | 183806 | ||
God bless the tung and pen and heart of Charles Spurgeon. All I can say is awesome. thanks doc; that was truly beautiful stj |
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1499 | Of the Spirit's Filling | Eph 3:19 | stjohn | 183811 | ||
Doc; thanks for respondign, and also for your gentle reminder of the masage in ephesians.. I gues I needed that! stj | ||||||
1500 | why Acts chap. 4 and 5 is not practise | Eph 4:1 | stjohn | 189831 | ||
Amen Brother Steve! Question. What's the problem with Christianity today? Answer. Christians!!!! And you don't have to tell me that I'm one of them. ;-) Oh wouldn't it be wonderful indeed, if we could only be united in the spirit as the early church was. It's high time we Christians,. got off our blessed assurance!!! God bless ya brother! John |
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