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301 | DENOMINATION | Eph 4:4 | New Creature | 144737 | ||
Aixen eluded to 1 Cor. which I consider an excellent text to study about division. The cause of denominatiolism arises from at least two sources. 1) False doctrine 2) Supposed false teaching. Denominationalism is unavoidable. It was unavoidable, but the right thing to do that the Reformation Period was to be a time of separation from the false teaching of the established church and hiearchy of it's day. Peter warned believers: "But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you." (2 Pet. 2:1) The false teachers as the verse above says will be "among you" believers. We see the same thing in the text below which Paul spoke to the elders of Ephesus. Act 20:28 Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood. Act 20:29 I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock; Act 20:30 and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Act 20:31 Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears. Matthew also warned believers: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves." (Matt. 7:15) |
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302 | Baptism or No? Our Forefathers said... | Eph 4:9 | New Creature | 134097 | ||
Rowdy; I have read your posts, and just thought that I would pass along to you, what I heard Alistair Begg recently said concerning "baptism" He said; Our baptism portrays what Christ Jesus performed. And concerning regeneration he said: Our regeneration is totally the work of God alone. There is nothing we can submit to, to bring about our own regeneration. We can't say "excuse me, could you please regenerate me." I realize you will disagree with that, but I just wanted you to consider what he had to say on this. We can ask to be baptised, but we cannot ask or request, or submit to anything which could possibly bring about our own regeneration. We remain passive in regeneration. Since we are dead in tresspasses and sin (Eph 2), we do not even recognize our need to be baptized. Those who are in a spiritually dead state, cannot submit to something or even make the initial move towards salvation, unless they have first been made alive spiritually. It is at this point that they can recognize their need. And only then. Just my widows mite worth Blessings New Creature |
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303 | How do I find a fellowship? | Eph 4:11 | New Creature | 45992 | ||
I can understand what you are saying. I too have been saddened by denominationalism. In my personal experience, I find to many Bibical reasons why I refuse to attend most denominations. The creeds and statements of many to me seem to exhalt some man's teachings above God's word. I have found that non-denominational churches better. Even in the church i presently attend and am a member of, I find that I don't agree with every individual on every matter. But I find that we have the freedom to dicuss those things we don't all think alike on, such as the timing of the rapture, free will, whether the atonement is limited or unlimited, whether once saved always saved is Bibical or not. The thing I find is that we all agree on the essentials of our faith, Jesus virgin birth, Jesus atoning sacrifice, his death, his resurrection, etc. etc. The preaching focuses on the essentials, and in the Sunday school classes we have the liberty and freedom to differ on the non-essentials, without being considered as odd. |
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304 | can women preach | Eph 4:11 | New Creature | 144736 | ||
Can they ever. My wife preaches to me everyday |
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305 | tongues | Eph 4:14 | New Creature | 153970 | ||
holocalumba is a combination of two words. holo - An interactive program which allows the user to visualize the affect of complex maps, calumba - is a root which is an herbal medicine that is used for poor digestion Piece that together and see what you said |
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306 | To whom Christ died? | Eph 5:25 | New Creature | 70485 | ||
2 Corinthians 5:15 says it plainly "He died for all" this verse says; "Christ died for all" all here as elsewhere in the Bible is without exclusion. |
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307 | Is "Once Saved Always Saved" scriptural | Phil 1:6 | New Creature | 98854 | ||
Becky "our assurance of salvation comes from evaluating the inward and outward evidence of our own faith against the characteristics of true faith found in Scripture. Paul makes it clear that we are to examine ourselves in regard to our faith" 2 Cor. 13:5 "The same Saviour who said, "I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish" (Jn. 10:28) also said, "Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able." (Lk. 13:23-24) The same apostle Peter who said, "In his great mercy he has given us new birth . . . into an inheritance that can never perish" (1 Pet. 1:3-4) also said "Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure" (2 Pet. 1:10) The apostle Paul who said nothing "will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Rom. 8:39) also said, "I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize" (1 Cor. 9:27) "It is written, 'He who endures to the end, the same shall be saved' (Matt. 10:22). So whatever precedes the end is only a step by which we ascend to the summit of salvation." Cyprian (200-258 A.D.) You can also study verses such as John 15:6 Heb. 3:12 Heb. 6:4-6 Heb. 10:26-30 2 Pet. 2:20-22 which do not support the "once saved, always saved" theory Or you can study verses such as John 10:28 Rom 8:38-39 for verses that others use to support the "once saved, always saved" theory God bless you New Creature |
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308 | Work our your salvation because God.... | Phil 2:12 | New Creature | 136065 | ||
I personally see a simple answer to this question. Once we become saved, the Christian walk is our responsibility. 1 Thess. 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more Actually to "walk" is a command, to follow up in obedience to the command is our responsibility. It is even possible for one to refuse to "walk in the light" 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin The above verse has the conditional word "if" which can be either positive if we walk in obedience, or in a negative aspect if we refuse to walk in obedience. To make a long anwer short. We must choose to willingly co-operate with God, God never forces us to obey and walk in the light. Thats a daily choice each of us has to make. Co-operate is the key word. Synergism is another word often used for co-operate Synergism in the sense in which I use the word simply seeks to reconcile two paradoxical truths: the sovereignty of God and man's moral responsibility. New Creature |
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309 | Phil. 4:13 Bible study notes. Plz help! | Phil 4:13 | New Creature | 97613 | ||
Barnes' Notes on the New Testament Philippians 4:13 Verse 13. I can do all things. From the experience which Paul had in these various circumstances of life, he comes here to the general conclusion that he could "do all things." He could bear any trial, perform any duty, subdue any evil propensity of his nature, and meet all the temptations incident to any condition of prosperity or adversity. His own experience in the various changes of life had warranted him in arriving at this conclusion; and he now expresses the firm confidence that nothing would be required of him which he would not be able to perform. In Paul, this declaration was not a vain self-reliance, nor was it the mere result of his former experience. He knew well where the strength was to be obtained by which to do all things, and on that arm that was able to uphold him he confidently relied. Through Christ which strengtheneth me. See Barnes "John 15:5". Of the strength which Christ can impart Paul had had abundant experience; and now his whole reliance was there. It was not in any native ability which he had; not in any rigour of body or of mind; not in any power which there was in his own resolutions; it was in the strength that he derived from the Redeemer. By that he was enabled to bear cold, fatigue, and hunger; by that he met temptations and persecutions; and by that he engaged in the performance of his arduous duties. Let us learn hence, (1.) that we need not sink under any trial, for there is One who can strengthen us. (2.) That we need not yield to temptation: there is One who is able to make a way for our escape. (3.) That we need not be harassed, and vexed, and tortured with improper thoughts and unholy desires: there is One who can enable us to banish such thoughts from the mind, and restore the right balance to the affections of the soul. (4.) That We need not dread what is to come. Trials, temptations, poverty, want, persecution, may await us; but we need not sink into despondency. At every step of life, Christ is able to strengthen us, and can bring us triumphantly through. What a privilege it is, therefore, to be a Christian--to feel, in the trials of life, that we have one Friend, unchanging and most mighty, who can always help us! How cheerfully should we engage in our duties, and meet the trials that are before us, leaning on the arm of our Almighty Redeemer ! Let us not shrink from duty; let us not dread persecution; let us not fear the bed of death. In all circumstances, Christ, our unchanging Friend, can uphold us. Let the eye and the affections of the heart be fixed on him; let the simple, fervent, believing prayer be directed always to him when trials come, when temptations assail, when duty presses hard upon us, and when a crowd of unholy and forbidden thoughts rush into the soul, and we shall be safe. (a) "through Christ" John 15:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9 |
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310 | Deceptive philosophyis about what | Colossians | New Creature | 166847 | ||
The best example of a deceptive philosophy would be evolution. Evolution is false science. 1 Tim 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called |
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311 | Does it include all suffering? | Col 1:24 | New Creature | 44798 | ||
Cheryl; I thought I would send this comment your way. I hope it helps you. I know it did me when I first read it. "Those who are suffering, or those who seek to counsel the sufferers, are all too quick to name sin as the standard cause for the distress. The very nature and circumstances of Christ’s sufferings exposes as utterly false the present-day notion that Christian’s who suffer are always sinning or out of God’s will. If Jesus, who was the perfect, sinless Son of God, suffered so much, then how can Christian’s who are so imperfect expect to escape all sufferings? The answer is that we cannot, as 1 Peter 2:20 - 23 demonstrates. Such a theology of nonsuffering, if carried to it’s logical extreme, must claim that Jesus was out of God’s will when He died on the cross." (Notes taken from the book; The Power Of Suffering - By John MacArthur Jr.) |
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312 | Seeking out suffering? | Col 1:24 | New Creature | 45145 | ||
2 Tim. 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. If we are not suffering persecution, could the reason be because we are not living godly? also consider the following verses on suffering: 1 Pet. 2:19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: |
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313 | It's never effort-free with God! | 1 Thess 5:23 | New Creature | 135122 | ||
Dalcent you asked: "is there scripture conclusively proving God doesn’t sanctify in the after life." To which I counter with: Can you provide any Scripture that would indicate that "sanctifcation is continued in the individual in the after life? |
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314 | What is the apostacy? | 2 Thess 2:3 | New Creature | 121517 | ||
Apostasy “The falling away from the faith. It is a revolt against the truth of God’s word by a believer. It can also describe a group or church organization that has "fallen away" from the truths of Christianity as revealed in the Bible.” (CARM) | ||||||
315 | What is the apostacy? | 2 Thess 2:3 | New Creature | 121522 | ||
Apostasy Part 1 of 2 Apostasy (Gk apostasia) appears twice in the NT as a noun (Ac 21:21; 2Th 2:3) and here in Heb 3:12 as a verb (Gk aphistemi, translated “turn away”). The Greek term is defined as a falling away, defection, rebellion, abandonment, withdrawal or turning from what one has formerly turned to. (1) To apostatize means to sever one’s saving relationship with Christ or to withdraw from vital union with and true faith in him. Thus, individual apostasy is possible only for those who have first experienced salvation, regeneration and renewal through the Holy Spirit (cf. Lk 8:13; Heb 6:4—5); it is not a mere denial of NT doctrine by the unsaved within the visible church. Apostasy may involve two separate, though related, aspects: (a) theological apostasy, i.e., a rejection of all or some of the original teachings of Christ and the apostles (lTi. 4:1; 2Ti 4:3), and (b) moral apostasy, i.e., the former believer ceases to remain in Christ and instead becomes enslaved again to sin and immorality (Isa 29:13; Mt 23:25—28; Ro 6:15—23; 8:6—13). (2) The Bible issues urgent warnings about apostasy, designed both to alert us to the deadly danger of abandoning our union with Christ and to motivate us to persevere in faith and obedience. The divine purpose of these warning passages must not be weakened by the view that states, “the warnings are real, but the possibility of actual apostasy is not.” Rather, we must see these warnings as speaking to the reality of our probationary period, and we should regard them with alarm if we want to attain final salvation. A few of the many NT warning passages are: Mt 24:4-5,11—13; Jn 15:1-6; Ac 11:21—23; 14:21—22; lCo 15:1—2; Col 1:21—23; lTi 4:1,16; 6:10—12; 2Ti 4:2—5; Heb 2:1—3; 3:6—8,12—14; 6:4—6; Jas 5:19—20; 2Pe 1:8—11; un 2:23—25. |
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316 | What is the apostacy? | 2 Thess 2:3 | New Creature | 121523 | ||
Part 2 of 2 (3) Examples of actual apostasy can be found in Ex 32; 2Ki 17:7—23; Ps 106; Isa 1:2—4; Jer 2:1—9; Ac 1:25; Gal 5:4; lTi 1:18—20; 2Pe 2:1,15,20—22; Jude 4,11—13; see article on THE AGE OF THE ANTICHRIST, p. 1872, for comments on apostasy predicted to occur within the professing church in the last days of this age. (4) The steps that lead to apostasy are as follows: (a) Believers, through unbelief, fail to take the truths, exhortations, warnings, promises and teachings of God’s Word with utmost seriousness (Mk 1:15; Lk 8:13; In 5:44,47; 8:46). (b) As the realities of the world become greater than the realities of God’s heavenly kingdom, believers gradually cease to draw near to God through Christ (Heb 4:16; 7:19,25; 11:6). (c) Through the deceitfulness of sin, they become increasingly tolerant of sin in their own lives (lCo 6:9—10; Eph 5:5; Heb 3:13). They no longer love righteousness and hate wickedness (see Heb 1:9, note). (d) Through hardness of heart (Heb 3:8,13) and rejecting God’s way (3:10), they ignore the repeated voice and rebuke of the Holy Spirit (Eph 4:30; lTh 5:19—22). (e) The Holy Spirit is grieved (Eph 4:30; cf. Heb 3:7—8 and his fire put out (lTh 5:19) and his temple violated (lCo 3:16). He eventually departs from the former believers (Jdg 16:20; Ps 51:11; Ro 8:13; lCo 3:16-17; Heb 3:14). (5) If apostasy continues on its course unchecked, individuals may eventually reach the point when no second beginning is possible. (a) Those who once had a saving ex-perience with Christ but deliberately and continually harden their hearts to the Spirit’s voice (Heb 3:7—19), continue to sin willfully (Heb. 10:26), and refuse to repent and return to God may reach a point of no return where repentance and salvation are no longer possible (Heb. 6:4—6; see Dt 29:18-21, note; 1Sa 2:25, note; Pr 29:1, note). There is a limit to God’s patience (see 1Sa 3:11—14; Mt 12:31—32; 2Th. 2:9—11; Heb. 10:26-29,31; lJn. 5:16). (b) This point of no return cannot be defined in advance. Therefore, the only safeguard against the danger of ultimate apostasy is found in the admonition: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts” (Heb. 3:7—8,15; 4:7). (6) It must be emphasized that while apostasy is a danger for all who drift from the faith (Heb. 2:1—3) and fall away from God (6:6), it is not made complete without constant and willful sinning against the voice of the Holy Spirit (see Mt 12:3 1, note on sin against the Holy Spirit). (7) Those who by unbelieving hearts depart from God (Heb. 3:12) may think they are Christians but their indifference to the demands of Christ and the Spirit and the warn-ings of Scripture points otherwise. Because of this possibility of sell-deception, Paul urges all those claiming salvation to “examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves” (2Co 13:5, note). 8 Those who genuinely become concerned about their spiritual condition and find in their hearts the desire to return to God in repentance have sure evidence they have not committed unpardonable apostasy. Scripture clearly affirms that God does not want anyone to perish (2Pe 3:9; cf. Isa 1:18-19; 55:6-7) and declares that God will receive all who were once under saving grace if they repent and return to him (compare Gal 5:4 with 4:19; 1Co 5:1—5 with 2Co 2:5—11; see also Lk 15:11—24; Ro 11:20—23; Jas 5:19—20; Rev 3:14—20; note the example of Peter, Mt 16:16; 26:74-75; Jn 21:15—22). Reference - Full Life Study Bible, Zondervan Publishing House Grand Rapids Mich, editor Donald Stamp. Pg 1918 |
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317 | What is an apostate? | 2 Thess 2:3 | New Creature | 167035 | ||
In a Christian sense, and apostate One who has abandoned one's religious faith Apostasy; Apostate apostasiìa, “a standing away from”): I.e. a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection. Not found in the English Versions of the Bible, but used twice in the New Testament, in the Greek original, to express abandonment of the faith. Paul was falsely accused of teaching the Jews apostasy from Moses (Acts 21:21); he predicted the great apostasy from Christianity, foretold by Jesus (Mat 24:10-12) which would precede “the day of the Lord” (2Th 2:2). Apostasy, not in name but in fact, meets scathing rebuke in the Epistle of Jude, e.g. the apostasy of angels (Jude 1:6). Foretold, with warnings, as sure to abound in the latter days (1Ti 4:1-3; 2Th 2:3; 2Pe 3:17). Causes of: persecution (Mat 24:9, Mat 24:10); false teachers (Mat 24:11); temptation (Luk 8:13); worldliness (2Ti 4:4); defective knowledge of Christ (1Jo 2:19); moral lapse (Heb 6:4-6); forsaking worship and spiritual living (Heb_10:25-31); unbelief (Heb 3:12). Biblical examples: Saul (1Sa 15:11); Amaziah (2Ch 25:14, 2Ch 25:27); many disciples (Joh 6:66); Hymeneus and Alexander (1Ti 1:19, 1Ti 1:20); Demas (2Ti 4:10). For further illustration see Deu 13:13; Zep 1:4-6; Gal 5:4; 2Pe 2:20, 2Pe 2:21. “Forsaking Yahweh” was the characteristic and oft-recurring sin of the chosen people, especially in their contact with idolatrous nations. It constituted their supreme national peril. The tendency appeared in their earliest history, as abundantly seen in the warnings and prohibitions of the laws of Moses (Exo_20:3, Exo_20:4, Exo_20:23; Deu_6:14; Deu_11:16). The fearful consequences of religious and moral apostasy appear in the curses pronounced against this sin, on Mount Ebal, by the representatives of six of the tribes of Israel, elected by Moses (Deu_27:13-26; 28:15-68). So wayward was the heart of Israel, even in the years immediately following the national emancipation, in the wilderness, that Joshua found it necessary to re-pledge the entire nation to a new fidelity to Yahweh and to their original covenant before they were permitted to enter the Promised Land (Josh 24:1-28). Infidelity to this covenant blighted the nation's prospects and growth during the time of the Judges (Jdg_2:11-15; Jdg_10:6, Jdg_10:10, Jdg_10:13; 1Sa_12:10). It was the cause of prolific and ever-increasing evil, civic and moral, from Solomon's day to the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities. Many of the kings of the divided kingdom apostatized, leading the people, as in the case of Rehoboam, into the grossest forms of idolatry and immorality (1Ki_14:22-24; 2Ch_12:1). Conspicuous examples of such royal apostasy are Jeroboam (1Ki_12:28-32); Ahab (1Ki_16:30-33); Ahaziah (1Ki_22:51-53); Jehoram (2Ch_21:6, 2Ch_21:10, 2Ch_21:12-15); Ahaz (2Ch_28:1-4); Manasseh (2Ch_33:1-9); Amen (2Ch_33:22). See IDOLATRY. Prophecy originated as a Divine and imperative protest against this historic tendency to defection from the religion of Yahweh. In classical Greek, apostasy signified revolt from a military commander. In the roman catholic church it denotes abandonment of religious orders; renunciation of ecclesiastical authority; defection from the faith. The persecutions of the early Christian centuries forced many to deny Christian discipleship and to signify their apostasy by offering incense to a heathen deity or blaspheming the name of Christ. The emperor Julian, who probably never vitally embraced the Christian faith, is known in history as “the Apostate,” having renounced Christianity for paganism soon after his accession to the throne. An apostate's defection from the faith may be intellectual, as in the case of Ernst Haeckel, who, because of his materialistic philosophy, publicly and formally renounced Christianity and the church; or it may be moral and spiritual, as with Judas, who for filthy lucre's sake basely betrayed his Lord. See exhaustive articles on “Apostasy” in the Jewish Encyclopedia. (ISBE) |
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318 | 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 WHO? | 2 Thess 2:7 | New Creature | 180942 | ||
Hi cuddle 2 Thess 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way. Until the restrainer be taken away. The "he" of this verse refers to the restrainer. katecho Thayer Definition: 1) to hold back, detain, retain 1b1) that which hinders, Antichrist from making his appearance He that hinders the Antichrist from making his appearance could not be referring to anyone else but the Holy Spirit under my current understanding of this verse. Blessings NC |
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319 | What verses proove the bible is true???? | 1 Timothy | New Creature | 44185 | ||
Here are a few verses the truth of the Lord endureth forever. Psalm 117:2 God... keepeth truth forever. Psalm 146:5-6 Every word of God is pure;... Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Prov. 30:5-6 the word of our God shall stand forever. Isaiah 40:8 I will show thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth. Daniel 10:21 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Matthew 24:35 (also in Mark 13:31) thy word is truth. John 17:17 the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it, not as the word of men but as it is in truth, the word of God. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Hope these help you |
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320 | How to correct ungodly co-workers? | 1 Tim 1:9 | New Creature | 59258 | ||
TP I use to have tracts on my work desk. The name of the tract was - "God's last name is not damn" When people would come over to talk to me, they would notice the tract on my desk, and then be more sensitive around me about taking the Lord's name in vain. It worked for me, without having to say a word to them. Who knows. It might work for you. Look in your local Christian book-stores, tract section and see if this tract is available. If you don't find it, ask the owners if they could locate them for you. |
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