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281 | how do you explain to someone that does | 2 Cor 4:6 | Lionstrong | 224337 | ||
The contents of the Bible ARE facts and reason. They are not irrational nonsense. And biblical faith is not a blind irrational leap in the dark. If you meant what you said about explaining the truth of the Bible, then it's a matter of God giving you grace and wisdom to do the explaining. But if what you really meant was, "How do I get him to BELIEVE the truth of God's word?" then give up. You can't get anyone to believe the Bible because faith is the gift of God. Eph 2:8, "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;" What we do is explain the truth of God's word and then ask the Lord to cause them to believe His truth that we've explained to them. An unbeliever is not an unbeliever because he does not understand the facts revealed in the Bible (of course he must understand them). He is an unbeliever because he does not BELIEVE the facts of the Gospel. Faith (believing) in Christ is the gift of God. Ps 65:4 How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You To dwell in Your courts. |
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282 | What is meant by walk by faith? | 2 Cor 5:7 | Lionstrong | 55933 | ||
Welcome to the Forum mgjudge! We are made in the image of God. Therefore, as personal beings we think, act and feel, just as our Creator does. No other creature did God create this way, except Man. But although we are the image of God, we are not God. We can know the truth, but we don't or can't know everything. Only God knows everything. With our limited knowledge and ability we cannot gather enough information to understand life or know how to live it. God knows everything, and he has graciously revealed in his Word, the Bible, what we need to know about life and how to live it. The man who rejects the Word of God, the Bible, may try to live by what he can figure out about life on his own. This is living by sight. The one who believes God's Word, the Bible, lives by what he could have never figured out by himself. He lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4). This is living by faith and not by sight. Peace in the Lamb, |
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283 | Paul or All? | 2 Cor 5:20 | Lionstrong | 62966 | ||
Sorry Should read, "How do you know if the "we" stands for Paul and his company alone or all believers?" | ||||||
284 | How does God say to keep his law? | Gal 3:3 | Lionstrong | 153959 | ||
Gal 3:3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? You are right Andrea, We are to keep God's law. The question is how. Let me give you the answer and then explain it. God says that we are to keep his law by Grace through Faith in the power of the Holy Spirit. The Law is holy, righteous and good. (Rom 7:12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.) It teaches us what sin is. (Rom 3:20 ... for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.) It also teaches us the good works God requires of us. (Rom 7:19, 22 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.... For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man...) The Law leads us to Christ. (Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.) But we both know that keeping the law cannot save us from the wrath of God nor give us eternal life. (Gal 3:21 Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.) The Law has its place, but its place is not to save us. Only God can do that. Only God can make us just. (Rom 8:3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did... Rom 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.) If we try to keep God's Law apart from Christ, then we are under the Law's condemnation. (Rom 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.) Only by faith in Christ alone are we no longer under the Law's condemnation. (Rom 6:14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.) When we believe in Christ, He gives us God the Holy Spirit. (Rom 5:1,5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,.... 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.) So, it is only by the Grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit that we are to keep God's Law. Eph 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works..." |
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285 | Haters of the other folds | Gal 3:28 | Lionstrong | 61662 | ||
Gal 3:28, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Rev 7:9, "After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;" We don't discriminate against Muslims. Believers here and abroad tell the gospel to Muslims that they might believe and be saved from God's wrath. So, Elder, why do you accuse Christians of discriminating against Muslims? Peace, |
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286 | Is Drugs mentioned in the Bible? | Gal 5:20 | Lionstrong | 142536 | ||
Yes, the verse that I recall is: Matt 27:34 they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink. I don't like Lionheart seeming to make a necessary connection between drugs and witchcraft. Drug is a broad term, and good things can be used for evil purposes. Luke the physician and author of Luke and Acts probably used drugs in his practice. Drugs are not by there very nature evil, but man is! |
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287 | Any comments of this daily reading? | Ephesians | Lionstrong | 5071 | ||
And aren't we glad? If God is kind to those who are wicked or unthankful (translation: us) then we are certain he will love us for trying to be like him. This statement is false. God does not love us on the basis of our deeds, because all our deeds are tainted with sin. He loves and saves us in Christ (Eph 1 and 2) not on the basis of our works, but on the basis of His grace. Lionstrong |
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288 | Covenants and Dispensation? | Eph 1:10 | Lionstrong | 7791 | ||
(note: this is in response to Charis' note under, "The Christian and the Law of God" , Tue 06/19/01, 7:56pm) ........................................... ..................................................................................................................... Hi, Charis, .................................................................................................. I started this thread with the hope to make it easier for those who were interested in the subject to get information. If one does a search of covenant or dispensation, he will see that a lot has been said about these topics in many places in the forum. I think this illustrates the fact of how the truths of Scripture form a system such that one truth touches many others. ........................................................ ..................................................................................................................... We see how the issue of the Sabbath leads to the issue of the Law of God as a whole, and now this issue to the issue of covenants and dispensations............................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................... Now to your questions, Charis: As I said in the opening remarks at the top of this thread, I don't feel qualified to adequately defend covenantal theology, though I believe it's right. In response to your points on the essence of dispensationalism: covenantal theology agrees with the first point, that God's purpose in history is his own glory. .......................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................... As to the second, like dispensationalism, covenant theology is a way of looking at the whole of Scripture and understanding (interpreting) it. .......................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................... With respect to the third point, covenant theology sees in God's covenant with Abraham, and, farther back, God's covenant with Christ, the unity between the Old Testament people of God (Israel) and the Church . By faith in Christ we are children of Abraham (Rom. 4:16), heirs of the promise (Gal. 3:29), the people of God (Rom. 9:25), and counted among true Israel (Rom 9:6; Ehp 2:12; Gal. 6:16). This is to say that Israel is the Old Testament Church and the Church is the New Testament Israel. ...................................................... .................................................................................................................... This is not to deny that God has plans for Israel according to the flesh as he says in Romans, but it is to affirm that the New Testament people of God are one with the Old Testament people of God, one Church universal. (Heb. 12:23) ............................................................... ..................................................................................................................... There is much more that can, should and has been said on these important Biblical topics, but I will leave them to develop (hopefully) further down this thread. ........................................................................... ..................................................................................................................... Finally, about the meaning of "followers" of Scofield. Nothing pejorative was meant. He was referenced as a popular representative. |
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289 | Holy Spirit - receive it or be filled wi | Eph 1:13 | Lionstrong | 149479 | ||
John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. This is not in answer to your question, but you referred to the Holy Spirit as "it." The Holy Spirit is not a thing; he is a person. |
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290 | How to recieve the Holy Spirit? | Eph 1:13 | Lionstrong | 153317 | ||
Rom 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Rom 5:2 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. Rom 5:3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; Rom 5:4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; Rom 5:5 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. Davis, First, as this passage above teaches, all believers in Jesus are given the Holy Spirit as a gift (who is a person, not a thing. Notice the pronoun "who" above.) As Brad pointed out, it is by Him we are "sealed" for salvation. It is also by Him that we are washed (baptized) and regenerated (born again) and renewed. Titus 3:5,6 says, "He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior," The Romans passage above also points out the big three evidences of the presence of the Holy Spirit, namely, faith, hope and love. Read it again. These big three are also repeated in the very passage where the Apostle Paul teaches the relative UNIMPORTANCE of tongues, 1 Cor 12 and 13, which concludes with, "But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love." The real evidence of the indwelling Holy Spirit is a life of faith, hope and love. As Titus 3:5,6 says you cannot get saved without the Spirit and Romans says that you cannot BE saved without the Holy Spirit: "However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him." (Rom 8:9) So you don't receive the gift of the Holy Spirit sometime AFTER you're saved. God through Christ gives you the Holy Spirit WHEN you're saved. The Holy Spirit does not give everyone the gift of tongues. You DON'T have to read 1 Corinthians 12 and 13 very carefully to see this. He gives different gifts to different believers so that we can all use our different gifts to build up one another. Eph 4:11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, Eph 4:12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; Don't get caught up in seeking sensational experiences as proof of God in your life. God has not called us to a life of sensationalism (1 Tim 2:2 ... so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.) A life of quite obedience is the way to experience God and be assured of his salvation. Listen to what Jesus says, "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." (John 14:21) And loving God is impossible without the indwelling of His Holy Spirit. Peace, |
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291 | Are Catholics saved because of religion? | Eph 2:8 | Lionstrong | 3210 | ||
Thank God, because we're saved by His grace through faith, Yes, some Catholics are saved, and some Protestants are still lost. Jesus did not speak against being very religious, He spoke against hypocricy and practicing your religion to be seen by men (Matt 6. The Bible dosen't teach that when one is saved that he necessarily knows it, but God does command us to "make our calling and election sure" which means an ignorant or disobediant believer may be unsure of his salvation.(II Pet 1:10) |
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292 | Faith a gift? | Eph 2:8 | Lionstrong | 219417 | ||
The Amplified version is wrong on this point. The "this" refers to what comes immediately before it, "faith" and not to salvation. So, Paul is saying that we are saved by grace through faith and that this faith is a gift from God. Just because believing (faith) is a mental "action" does not mean it can't be a gift from God. Repentance, too, is an action, but it is a gift of God's grace as well. Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life." 2 Tim 2:25 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, So, Huron, I agree with your understanding of this verse. |
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293 | Doctrine of Election, Yes or No? | Eph 3:6 | Lionstrong | 18151 | ||
Dear Kiss, I re-post this for your consideration. This is in contrast to Brother Bill's answer. In the meantime, I'll try to find an answer to the charge that election makes us robots, and I'll leave you with this question: How? How does election as explained below imply that we are robots? Peace, Lionstrong. And welcome to the Forum!!! What does Bible teach on election? Answer Bible general CalvinsticSouthernBaptist Mon 04/2/01, 5:48pm The Bible teaches that election is always unto salvation. As Charles Spurgeon put it, "Salvation is all of grace, damnation is all of sin." Knowing before the foundation of the world that man would fall in the Garden and then be totally unable to contribute to his own salvation from sin, God determined to save a remnant of fallen humanity. These He chose, or elected, in Christ, a multitude too great for any man to number, to spend eternity with Him. These He sent His Son to die for on the cross as their substitute and pay the total penalty for their sins(God being just He can never ask for payment for these sins a second time). In time, these hear the Word of God and the Holy Spirit gives them a new nature through the new birth, and they immediately respond with repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ. Their salvation is started by God and they are kept by God in a saved state and will persevere in holiness until they are before the throne of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Some Scripture references: John 6:44(human inability), Ephesians 1:3-14(God choosing), 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14(God's choice and calling), John 17:2(Christ gives eternal life to God's elect), Acts 13:48(ordained to believe), John 10:15(Christ's death on behalf of His sheep), Mark 14:24(Christ died for many - His elect), John 3:5-8(the new birth by the Holy Spirit), Acts 20:21(man's immediate response to the new birth), John 10:27-30(eternal life guaranteed for Christ's sheep), Romans 8:31-39(eternal life guaranteed for God's elect), Romans 8:28-30(the golden chain of God's grace). |
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294 | Lionstrong, who is the world? | Eph 3:6 | Lionstrong | 18877 | ||
The Love of God, the World, and Salvation Dear Bill, I guess the question is how can the salvation of God be limited to the elect only when the Bible says he loved the world. (Jn. 3:16) Didn’t Jesus die to save the world? (1 Jn. 2:2) Then why do I believe that the Bible teaches Jesus died for a select few, to put it in its worst terms? Well, I also believe that God loved the world. Am I holding to a contradiction? Do I believe that in order to be a truly spiritual Christian I have to believe contradictions? After all, you know, some say that God is not bound by “human logic.” “My thoughts are higher than yours,” (Isa. 55:9) and the wisdom of the world is foolishness to God (1 Cor. 3:19), and all that. Is spiritual rationality worldly irrationality? No, it isn’t. God indeed has thoughts that are higher than ours, but he has shared some of those thoughts with us. We call those shared thoughts the Holy Bible. Yes, he has thought that are higher than ours, but whatever the unrevealed higher thoughts are, they are not irrational. God is not crazy. And we’re made in his image. That’s why we are rational creatures, and that is why we can understand communication from God, his propositional revelation, the Scriptures. So, God’s word does not have contradictions, and irrationality is not an attribute of spirituality. Orthodoxy has given a good summary of the logical options of whom Jesus’ death atoned for (orthodoxy, Wed 05/16/01, 3:53pm). But some believers have an inexplicable antipathy towards logic, as if what they call spiritual truths suspend the constraints of reason. Some even foolishly suppose that the debate is won by the number of verses a position can rack up; who’s ever side collects the most verses wins (EdB, Fri 06/22/01, 1:53 am). Or maybe having lived so long with irrationality before being saved, some believers have been genuinely challenged by thinking validly form biblical premises to their necessary implications. Now for these bruised reeds (Mat 12:20) maybe another way of explaining limited atonement would be helpful. But for those who have a problem with what they call “human logic,” no amount of reasoning from Scripture will suffice to convince them that their position is inconsistent even with the doctrines to which we mutually agree. But I think that there is peace, comfort, security, and godly fear in knowing that the Triune, Personal, Eternal God of the Bible is the Absolute Sovereign over the salvation of the world. I think the real problem some believers have with this biblical truth is getting over the psychological hump, not of God choosing some people for salvation, but of God choosing NOT to save some people form their sins and his wrath. They feel that it is unfair of God not to TRY at least to save everyone, to give everyone a chance at least to be saved. Doesn't a man have rights? Limited atonement, in their minds, seems to speak against the goodness of God. I would question their idea of the justice and the goodness of God and the rights of man. Although the concept is easy to understand, it is still for some hard to accept. So, in an effort to find some seemingly biblically defensible alternative, they try to construct the notion that God does not condemn sinners to everlasting fire, or that he does not foreordain some to destruction. Rather, all sinners choose the lake for themselves by rejecting God’s gracious offer of salvation. Thus, these believers would vindicate the goodness and justice of God. This position is neither biblically defensible nor logically valid. The biblical answer to the question did Jesus die to save the world is yes, in saving his people from their sins (Mat. 1:21), Jesus has indeed saved the world. One would have been sufficient, but the number will be beyond our ability to count. (Rev. 7:9) Finally, I don’t understand your use of 1 Tim. 1:15, “sinners, not just the elect.” As if the elect weren’t sinners. At least some of them. :-) Peace, Lionstrong |
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295 | Lionstrong, this is not universalism. | Eph 3:6 | Lionstrong | 19178 | ||
No, Bill, You write, “Salvation is not just being forgiven for sins (unrighteous acts),” and “It [propitiation] is forgiveness for all sins (unrighteous acts) for all people for all time.” Then you write, “Therefore everyone in the world for all time is forgiven for their unrighteous acts but not for unbelief in Christ. Unbelief in Christ cannot be forgiven - it must be repented of. This is the world's sin (not sins, plural)…. This is what God's wrath will be poured out on as 1 Thess says, unbelief in Christ.” I’ve discussed this distinction between sin and sins before (Sin and Sins? (?) Lionstrong Tue 04/24/01, 8:34pm), and I find as little biblical justification for it now as I did then. If unbelief is a sin (unrighteous act) and all sins (unrighteous acts) are forgiven, how are your statements not contradictory? Peace, Lionstrong |
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296 | Lionstrong, this is not universalism. | Eph 3:6 | Lionstrong | 19293 | ||
"Therefore everyone in the world for all time is forgiven for their unrighteous acts but not for unbelief in Christ." Dear Bill, If men are lost for the sin of unbelief only, then why does the Bible say that men are lost for other sins besides unbelief? For example, why dosen't Jesus say, "you will in your sin of unbelief" instead of, "you will die in your sins." (John 8:24) Peace, Lionstrong |
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297 | What does Ephesians 4:29 mean? | Eph 4:29 | Lionstrong | 9695 | ||
Eph 4:29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. The Letter of James and the book of Proverbs have a lot to say about the use of our mouths. Unwholesome words fall into three categories: profane, obscene, and vulgar. Profane language is a direct violation of the third command to not use the Lord's name in vain. Obscene language is sexually immoral use of words, and vulgarity is toilet talk. But this passage goes beyond foul language. It requires us to think before we speak (or write). Whether it is a joke, a word of comfort, a rebuke, or chitchat it is to be done in love with God as our audience and our neighbor's good as our goal. |
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298 | What does "emptied Himself" really mean | Phil 2:7 | Lionstrong | 5055 | ||
This is my post copied by request from a discussion under Heb 4:15: 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' divine nature was any less divine. 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 divine, 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 divine. Jesus could fully represent us because his fully human nature was only human, not more than human. It was not mixed with his divine. How's that for an explanation? Lionstrong |
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299 | Paul wanted to be a martyr? | Phil 3:10 | Lionstrong | 3951 | ||
No, Paul did not want to be a martyr. A martyr is someone who is killed in a cause. Paul and the other apostles taught the value of Christian suffering. God uses the fire of suffering in/with Christ to refine the dross out of us and to make us as pure as fine gold. The Paul's Philippians 3 resolve should be our resolve too. Rom 8:17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. 1 Pet 4:1 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 69 1 Pet 4:13 but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation. 1 Pet 1:7 so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; Lionstrong. |
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300 | Strong AND gentle? | Phil 4:5 | Lionstrong | 33574 | ||
Hi Charis, In my understanding of gentle, ONLY the strong CAN be gentle. God himself would be the ideal example of this. An illustration I use is this: A jar with a hard to open lid, a man and a child. A child would use all of its strength to get the lid off, but when the lid finally gave way he would not have the control to stop his jerk reaction, and spill the contents of the jar. The man on the other hand has the strength not only to open the jar, but to do it gently enough so as not to let the lid fly and the contents spill. Believers have great strength in the Lord and in his word. Therefore we can be and must be gentle as we deal with opposition. 1 Pet 3:15 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; Peace, Lionstrong |
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