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1781 | Romans 6:4 sanctification or salvation? | Rom 6:4 | Hank | 131404 | ||
Huron: The most common exegesis of this Romans 6:4 (see also 6:3) passage is that Paul was using baptism in a metaphorical sense, much the same as in the phrase 'immersed in his work'; therefore, water baptism is not being referred to. See also 1 Cor. 6:17; Gal. 3:27; 1 Peter 3:21; 1 John 1:3; 1 Cor. 10:2. Baptismal regeneration/justification is not Paul's thesis here at all. --Hank | ||||||
1782 | when was our sin debt paid | Rom 6:9 | Hank | 121453 | ||
tgc: Christ paid the sin debt in full on the cross. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having been JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him." [Romans 5:8,9] --Hank | ||||||
1783 | when was our sin debt paid | Rom 6:9 | Hank | 121459 | ||
tgc: No doubt you are aware of the mass of false teaching that is flying around these days about when the sin debt was paid. This heresy, promulgated by various charlatans, notably those of the Word of Faith movement, teaches that Christ's shed blood on the cross was insufficient, saying in effect that Christ lied when He said on the cross "It is finished." The full price for sin was not paid, according to this blasphemous teaching, until Christ spent three days in the torment of hell slugging it out with Satan. It's difficult for me to see how anyone could fall for a lie so big and black as this. --Hank | ||||||
1784 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | Hank | 35503 | ||
Centurian, please allow me to offer a remedial mini-lesson from English 101. "Heart" in scriptural contexts and in current English is frequently used metaphorically to describe one's innermost character, feelings, or inclinations, the essential or most vital part of something, the emotional or moral as distinguished from the intellectual nature. To my knowledge there are no scriptural contexts, and certainly none that speak of man's relationship with Jesus Christ, that treat the definition anatomically, i.e., pertaining to the organ that circulates blood. Perhaps this little study in word usage will enable you to review and revise your concept of what people are really saying when they use a phrase such as "accepting Jesus into one's heart." --Hank | ||||||
1785 | How much of Torah is to be followed? | Rom 7:4 | Hank | 192957 | ||
Hi, Tal - Now that you evidently have investigated what Wikipedia has to say on the issue, please read the 7th chapter of Romans to see what God has to say about the Law. --Hank | ||||||
1786 | why create us as sinful creatures? | Rom 7:7 | Hank | 168821 | ||
calmira: Interesting questions and herewith a brief linguistic observation that may or may not be apropos. Oftentimes creation is said when procreation is meant. God created one man only and one woman only, viz., Adam and Eve. All other human beings, and this includes you and me, are descendents of Adam and Eve and are the products of procreation. God did not create Adam and Eve with an inherent sin nature: they were not sinners until they committed sin when of their own volition they disobeyed God's commands. ..... Consider Romans 5:12, "Wherefore, as by one man [Paul is speaking of Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." This is what theologians properly call 'imputed sin.' The meaning of 'impute' is 'to ascribe to or reckon.' The imputation of sin occurred back there in Eden when the sin of Adam was charged to the account of every person, that is, to the seed of Adam from which we all have sprung. But someone will say, "But I'm not responsible for what Adam did!" The imputation of sin is not an arbitrary charging of people with sins for which they are not naturally responsible, but is charged to all because we all are connected with Adam's race. But God did not impute the sin of Adam to the race and stop there. He also offers to do the same thing with the righteousness of Christ. Let's look at another verse from Romans 5, verse 21: "That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." ...... One of the sine-qua-non fundamentals of the Christian faith is the vicarious Atonement, the substitutionary death of our Lord the Christ. Jesus died as a substitute for sin! Romans 5:8 is a powerful verse of Scripture: "But God commendeth his love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." What more marvelous demonstration of God's love than this? ..... No, dear believer, God did not create us as sinful in the first place. Man became sinful through disobedience to God. God imputes the sin of Adam to the race to be sure. But He also offers to do the same with the righteousness of Christ, imputing the righteousness of His Son to the account of the believer, causing the record of sinful man to be as good and as perfect as Jesus Christ's. Imputed righteousness is the ONLY remedy for imputed sin. ..... I hope this helps to cleanse the water a bit instead of making it all the more muddy! God bless. --Hank | ||||||
1787 | what is the translate of romans 8:2 | Rom 8:2 | Hank | 111142 | ||
A translation of Romans 8:2 appears in all non-Greek New Testaments that have ever been hand copied or printed since Paul wrote it. Here's how the King James Version translators tackled it: "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." ..... A modern German version of Romer (i.e. Romans) 8:2 reads thusly: "Denn hat gilt fur ihn ein ganz anderes Gesetz als das, das durch die Sunde in denn Tod fuhrt: namlich das Gesetz des Geistes, der durch Jesus Christus zum Leben fuhrt und uns von jenem Gesetz befreit hat." So, as you can see, both say about the same thing. Thanks for your carefully considered question. --Hank | ||||||
1788 | Why is 'offering' in italics | Rom 8:3 | Hank | 133906 | ||
BradHeath - From the Preface to the New American Standard Bible: "Italics are used in the text to indicate words which are not found in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek but implied by it." ..... From the Preface to the New King James Version: "Words or phrases in italics indicate expressions in the original language which require clarification by additional English words, as also done throughout the history of the King James Bible." This translation practice is not uncommon and is not confined to Bible translation. In Latin, for example, we could be asked to translate the simple sentence, "Britannia insula est." We would not translate it, "Britain island is" although that's literally what it says in the Latin. We would translate the sentence "Britain is an island." Thus, in order to achieve clear and natural English style, we have rearranged the word order and added a word, the indefinte article "an," which is not present in the Latin but implied. --Hank | ||||||
1789 | Who then can be saved | Rom 8:6 | Hank | 5226 | ||
The person whose mind is set on things of the flesh is dead spiritually (compare 1 Cor.2:14; Eph.2:1). The mind set on the Spirit has life and peace. This describes every true Christian, who is very much spiritually alive and at peace with God (See Eph.2:5). You ask, Can a carnal man be saved? If the answer were to be no, then no one could be saved, because we are all carnal, all of the flesh. Yes, the carnal man can be saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus. But the unregenerate carnal man who rejects Christ's offer of salvation will be condemned. --Hank | ||||||
1790 | filled with holy spirit? | Rom 8:13 | Hank | 121155 | ||
Leonore: I understand that you have been a Christian since October, 2003 and that you are eager to learn what the Bible teaches so that you may grow in the faith. Moreover, I'm keenly aware that your question about the Holy Spirit was directed to WalkingTalkingBible, but it seems to me that you would welcome responses from other Forum members also. What follows in this post is an article that appears in John MacArthur's Study Bible (Word Publishing). It is called "God the Holy Spirit." Although fairly concise, it is one of the best and most orthodox treatises on Holy Spirit theology I've ever seen. It is generously laced with spiritual references and I urge you to follow up on all these references. Read and study them carefully. Your rewards will be enormous ...... Here is the article; it is sound doctrine: "We teach that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, eternal, possessing all the attributes of personality and deity, including intellect (1 Cor. 2:10-13), emotions (Eph. 4:30), will (1 Cor. 12:11), eternality (Heb. 9:14), onmipresence (Psalm 139:7-10, omniscience (Is. 40:13,14), omnipotence (Rom. 15:13), and truthfulness (John 16:13). In all the divine attributes He is coequal and consubstantial with the Father and the Son (Matt. 28:19; Acts 5:3,4; 28:25,26; 1 Cor. 12:4-6; 2 Cor. 13:14; and Jer. 31:31-34 with Heb. 10:15-17) ..... We teach that it is the work of the Holy Spirit to execute the divine will with relation to all mankind. We recognize His sovereign activity in the creation (Gen. 1:2), the incarnation (Matt. 1:18), the written revelation (2 Peter 1:20,21), and the work of salvation (John 3:5-7). ....... We teach that a unique work of the Holy Spirit in this age began at Pentecost when He came from the Father as promised by Christ (John 14:16,17; 15:26) to initiate and complete the building of the body of Christ. His activity includes convicting the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ, and transforming believers into the image of Christ (John 16:7-9; Acts 1:5; 2:4; Rom. 8:29; 2 Cor. 3:18; Eph. 2:22). ...... We teach that the Holy Spirit is the supernatural and sovereign agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). The Holy Spirit also indwells, sanctifies, instructs, empowers them for service, and seals them unto the day of redemption (Rom. 8:9-11; 2 Cor. 3:6; Eph. 1:13). ....... We teach that the Holy Spirit is the divine teacher who guided the apostles and prophets into all truth as they committed to writing God's revelation, the Bible (2 Peter 1:19-21). Every believer possesses the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit from the moment of salvation, and it is the duty of all those born of the Spirit to be filled with (controlled by) the Spirit (Rom. 8:9-11; Eph. 5:18; 1 John 2:20,27). ....... We teach that the Holy Spirit administers spiritual gifts to the church. The Holy Spirit glorifies neither Himself nor His gifts by ostentatious displays, but He does glorify Christ by implementing His work of redeeming the lost and building up believers in the most holy faith (John 16:13,14; Acts 1:8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11; 2 Cor. 3:18). ....... We teach, in this respect, that God the Holy Spirit is sovereign in the bestowing of all His gifts for the perfecting of the saints today and that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles in the beginning days of the church were for the purpose of pointing to and authenticating the apostles as revealers of divine truth, and were never intended to be characteristic of the lives of believers (1 Cor. 12:4-11; 13:8-10; 2 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 4:7-12; Heb. 2:1-4)." --Hank | ||||||
1791 | filled with holy spirit? | Rom 8:13 | Hank | 121156 | ||
Duplicate question. | ||||||
1792 | filled with holy spirit? | Rom 8:13 | Hank | 121157 | ||
Leonore: In my Post 121155 I used the term "spiritual references." I meant to say "scriptural references." --Hank | ||||||
1793 | Do All Things Work Together For Good? | Rom 8:28 | Hank | 11296 | ||
Oh, but Steve, my brother, who among us knows the mind of our Mighty God, who can scan His perfect plans, who can fully fathom the depth of His purposes in our lives and in the lives of others? I have read the testimony of our dear sister prayon and am led to reflect upon the deepest sorrow that has ever befallen my wife and me: the loss by a drunken driver of our son some dozen years ago...... It was hard then, and it is hard still, to make of this tragedy "everything working for good" -- yet I know that David our son was saved by the blood of the Lamb and is in His presence at this very moment..... David loved to play the drums, and he was terrific at it. David died in April and the Christmas of that year was particularly difficult. But I shall never forget that every time during that Christmas season when I heard the song, "The Little Drummer Boy" I said to God, my eyes filled with tears, "Lord, you must have needed a little drummer boy in heaven to praise the Lamb." ..... If this sounds maudlin to anyone, perhaps it is. But it's easy to be sentimental and hard to be objectively cool about losing a son..... And having lost a son, my wife and I can be far more empathetic toward and comforting to other families whom tragedy strikes. --Hank | ||||||
1794 | predestined or free will | Rom 8:29 | Hank | 62548 | ||
Buffjock52, welcome, and I am disturbed and deeply troubled to read that you feel your firm foundation is "being washed by acid rain." ....... I hold the position and believe with all my heart that God so loved the world that He gave His one and only, unique Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. (See John 3:16) That inludes you, Buffjock. .... The subject of which you speak is one that has been debated for years, and no other subject that I can think of has been more greatly misunderstood by so many. In view of the "acid rain" description you have given to your dilemma, and its implicit urgency to you to find understanding, I strongly suggest that you schedule a conference with your pastor and seek his counsel before striking out on your own to solve your problem by yourself -- or asking this forum -- to do it. The reason I say that is this: This is a complex issue. On this forum's archives you will read an enormous number of posts that debate the issue that you are grappling with and if you are not a seasoned student of God's word, as I would venture to surmise, you are far more likely to become even more confused rather than enlightened, for there are literally hundreds of posts on this very issue that are stored in this forum's archives, and they are not all by any means in harmony with each other. Some of my colleagues on the forum may disagree sharply with my advice to you, but I am speaking from my experience and from what little wisdom God may have bestowed upon me during the more than 50 years that I have been a Christian and an avid student of His precious word. May the Spirit lead you, beloved, into all truth. --Hank | ||||||
1795 | Wo hardend Pharoh's Heart | Rom 9:1 | Hank | 92073 | ||
Teresa: There are 18 references in Scripture to the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. Nine of them attribute it to God's actions and nine to Pharaoh's. The obvious conclusion is that Pharaoh was not a puppet in the hands of God who pulled all the strings. Pharaoh had an opportunity to obey God's command and spurned it. --Hank | ||||||
1796 | Where does Paul show his love for Jews? | Rom 9:3 | Hank | 102442 | ||
Go back a chapter and read Romans 9:1-5. --Hank | ||||||
1797 | Apocrypha or Dead Sea Scrolls Helpful? | Rom 9:13 | Hank | 128465 | ||
Ted, hello again. It puts people like Tim, Brad, Searcher and me at a disadvantage when we attempt to respond to your posts but know nothing about you or your beliefs. Would you please consider filling in the user profile about yourself? You can assess this for yourself and for any other member of the Forum by clicking on to the user name on any post. You can get some idea of the kinds of things you might want to include about yourself by reading any of ours. Thanks, Ted, and welcome aboard. --Hank | ||||||
1798 | Explain the "devoted" in Joshua. | Rom 9:16 | Hank | 68238 | ||
Hank reporting to Hanks1: Hello, do you read me? :-) [I assume we aren't really kinfolk!] .... Hanks1, I cited Romans 9:16 as the scriptural reference to my answer because it reminds man that God is sovereign. There are a literal host of questions that begin with "Why does God" or "How does God" do this or do that which are not within our scope as finite creaures to be able to know or give answer to. Romans 9 and Job 38 and following help us see God -- and ourselves -- in proper perspective. --Hank | ||||||
1799 | what is predestination? | Rom 9:17 | Hank | 126348 | ||
orie: The English noun "predestination" does not occur in the Bible. The Greek verb translated "predestine(d)" occurs six times in the New American Standard Bible, in Acts 4:28, Romans 8:29,30, 1 Cor. 2:7 and Eph. 1:5,11. The word means to determine before or ordain. On these minimal facts entire systems of doctrine, especially soteriological doctrine, have been built. The word "predestine" (or predestinate, predestination) is closely related to three other more frequently used biblical words: 1. to determine; 2. to elect; 3. to foreknow. Each of these represents several Greek and Hebrew words. Study of these words shows that for a study of predestination the key, but by no means the only, passages are Romans 8, Ephesians 1, and 1 Peter 1. A wise plan is to keep the following passages from Acts in mind while studying what Scripture says about predestination, determination, election, and foreknowledge: Acts 2:23; 10:41,42; 11:29; 17:26; and 22:14. ......... Predestination should not be thought of or used as a club with which to belabor Calvinists! It is by no means an exclusively Calvinist doctrine. It is every bit as Augustinian as it is Calvinist, and indeed, predestination is a biblical doctrine and MUST be a part of any theology which assumes an omnipotent and omniscient God. Without attempting to resolve disputes which go back even before Christianity -- the Greeks argued about it too -- it can be said, broadly, that predestination as usually defined implies that some will be saved (the "elect" in Calvinist terms) and some will not; that God knows which are which; and that nothing an individual can do will guarantee his "election." To which, at many a sophomore bull session, the scornful reply is, What's the point, then, in living a "good life"? Some will be saved, some won't; God knows who -- and only God; and since it's already been decided, one might as well give up; what difference will it make? ...... The orthodox theologian, well versed in Scripture, answers: Ah, but you confuse God's knowledge with God's will. God MUST know, if He is assumed to be omniscient, who is to be saved. But He does not will an individual's salvation or damnation (2 Peter 3:9; John 3:16; Revelation 22:17); these result from the individual's free moral choice. It is heresy to believe that God predetermines one's salvation and another's damnation. (2 Peter 3:9). This amounts to a belief in fatalism, a pagan doctrine. ........ To put it another way, God, who is all-powerful, cannot, by definition, be held to a bargain. One cannot "earn" salvation" by good works; for this proposes, in effect, a denial of God's absolute power, His sovereignty. No one is privileged to say to God at that inevitable hour, "You must let me in, for I have lived a good life." Salvation -- admission to God's heaven -- has to be entirely up to God (Philippians 2:13; Ephesians 2:8:10). God's omnipotence cannot be denied. ...... It is easy to see why practically everybody at one time or another has argued the paradoxes implied in predestination. But it might be added that predestination is not only a biblical doctrine, but that it is, in a sense, among the noblest of doctrines. For it places the emphasis not on human goodness as a lever to insure future paradise but on the sovereign grace of Almighty God. The motive to live a life of godliness thus is transferred from self-centeredness in order to gain salvation (not possible at any price human beings can pay) to God-centeredness in order to glorify Him. --Hank | ||||||
1800 | Whats up with Judgement, calvinists plz? | Rom 9:21 | Hank | 61353 | ||
Recognizing that you are new to the forum and welcome to it, I would strongly suggest that you use the Search feature and type in Calvinism. The reasoning behind my suggestion is this: The debates on Calvinism have been and, very unforunately for the general good of this forum, continue to be hashed and rehashed over and over to the point of becoming ridiculously repetitive and hence unproductive. Debates on the so-called "5 Points" (TULIP) of Calvinism have waged for centuries among seasoned and learned theologians and have for the most part failed to be resolved. There is no reason to believe that we of the forum, most of whom could not meet the criteria to be called seasoned and learned theologians, will be able to effect any meaningful consensus either. --Hank | ||||||
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