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221 | Judgement, Sheol, and Hades | Heb 9:27 | Robert Nicholson | 73656 | ||
Greetings John: Welcome to the forum and thank you for your well written comments and questions. I believe the scripture supports that there are several judgments. The Judgment Seat of Christ (1 Cor. 3:13-15)(2 Cor. 5:10) and (Romans 14:10) In the three references the people involved are believers who will be judged according to their work since they have been saved. You have referred to (1 Cor. 3:13) which is discussing spiritual builders in the church. This work will be tested by fire and only the work which abides receives a reward. In looking at the three references we will notice that motives for our work is judged. However, we find that although we suffer loss for work which does not abide we are saved. This judgment has nothing to do with judgment for sin. The people represented here are redeemed and forgiven by the blood of Christ who bore the judgment for our sins upon the cross. It is interesting to note that the believer who dies is referred to as "those who sleep in Jesus" The Judgment of the Living Nations: We know that at the end of the age the Lord Jesus himself is coming in power and glory and will judge those living on the earth that have rejected him and reward those who have been saved during the great tribulation. As promised in Acts 1:11 "this same Jesus which is taken up into heaven shall come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven" The feet of Jesus will rest upon the mount of olives from whence he left. It is at this point he will separate the sheep from the goats or the saved from the unsaved.(Matt. 25:33-46) Those who are saved will go into the millenial kingdom and those who are not saved will be cast into hades to await judgment. The Great White Throne Judgment: This is the final judgment of unbelievers who are dead to God. (Rev. 20:11-15) It is the "dead" small and great who stand before God. It is made clear that no unbeliever can escape this judgment. "The sea gave up the dead, death and hades gave up the dead which were in them."v.13 At this judgment the books are open, each is judged according to their works. The Lamb's book of life is open to show that their name is not written there. "whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire"V.15 (this is the second death) In Luke 16:19-31 Jesus holds back the curtain into hades (place of departed spirits) and shows us two men in life and two men in death. I do not believe this is a parable since Jesus names them as a "certain rich man and a beggar called Lazarus. The rich man in question is conciously suffering, has memory and a sense of his awful state. In contrast Lazarus is in Abraham's bosum a place of comfort. Hades is divided into 2 compartments with a great gulf between which prevents anyone from passing over from one side to the other. You ask why would such lost people be called up to judgment at a later day? I believe this is to show the righteous judgment of God, in that day they will agree that they are getting what they deserve. I think that your observation is correct in that God has revealed more truth regarding those who have died through Christ and through his apostles. I do not believe that the scripture supports soul sleep. The body of the Lord Jesus Christ was placed in Joseph's new tomb. He went to paradise which is the equivelant of Abraham's bosum, a place of comfort. The prophecy of Psalm 16:10 speaks of the soul of the Lord Jesus and the body of the Lord Jesus: "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell(Sheol); neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." Paul in his letter to the Corinthians speaks about our physical body as being a temporary or "tent" In other words we are not a body with a soul, but a soul with a body. In (2Cor. 5:8) "...willing to be absent from the body and present with Lord" Paul also writes "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:" Phil. 1:23) In both cases Paul gives us the sense that we "are present with the Lord" not in a sense of sleep. Finally, in Rev.6:9) we find that "the souls of them that were slain for the word of God"v.9 are crying out to be avenged. There is no hint of soul sleep here. This is a serious subject which many would mock. God is longsuffering, patient and by his Spirit he works with the souls of humans. The sin which separates humans from God for eternity is the disobedience to the gospel of his grace. Peace in his Name Robert |
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222 | as death finds you so shall the judgment | Heb 9:27 | Robert Nicholson | 137921 | ||
Greetings: Would this verse be what you are looking for? Heb.9:27 "...it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes the judgment" |
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223 | Can the blood of bulls take away sin? | Heb 10:4 | Robert Nicholson | 53062 | ||
Simchat Torah In Hebrews 10 the writer is comparing the shadow or type of the old covenant to the fulfilment of that shadow fulfiled in Christ. In V. 1-3 we find that the sacrifices of old covered sin for season and then the rememberance of sin. Thus, in V.4 we read "it is impossible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins." However, under the new covenant in Christ we find that his sacrifice was once for all v. 10 " But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God" V11 The old testament sacrifices covered sin, but the blood of Jesus Christ provided a way whereby God could forgive the sins of those who had died in faith before the cross and for those who by faith put their trust in him after the cross. Forgiveness such as this "their sins and iniquities I will remember no more" is only found in Christ alone. Praise his name Robert |
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224 | Is the consuming fire in Heb. hell fire? | Heb 10:26 | Robert Nicholson | 63391 | ||
Baddog: In Hebrews 10 1-18 we have a comparision of the Old Covenant under the law in comparision to the new covenant in Christ. In the old covenant it was impossible for sins to be forgiven and yet in Christ the Lord says "Their sins and iniquites I will remember no more" V.17 From verse 19-25 we have exhortations to the believers which should mark those who have been forgiven in Christ. V.26-31 Paul is not accusing any believer of this, but describes a hypothetical situation. "If we sin wilfully" This has the sense of deliberate disobedience to the truth. In other words if a person appears to know that Christ died for our sins and yet diliberately turns agains the truth "there is no more sacrifice for sins" Death was the judgment of God to those who despised Moses law" Do we think that the judgment of God against apostacy will be less for those who dispise and "hath trodden under foot the Son of God...?" Those who have deliberately turned against the truth have nothing to look for but the judgment of God at the most fearful level v.27 and v.31. I hope this helps a little Robert |
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225 | Robert, so is it the fire 1 of damnation | Heb 10:26 | Robert Nicholson | 63484 | ||
Brother Bob: The reason I was careful about using the word Apostate is that I do not believe that a saved person can become an apostate. I would say that the word of God supports the view that apostates will suffer eternal damnation. As I expressed in the last post, it would appear that Paul is not accusing them in Hebrews 10 but is warning them those who may be wavering between accepting the truth or going back to the sacrifices of old; that they either accept the truth (Christ) or the judgment of God. I would agree with you that the "fiery indignation" of verse is not referring to the lake of fire of Rev. 20, but is referring to as you have quoted "our God is a consuming fire" Heb. 12:29 and Deut. 4:24. In Deut.9:3 God is portrayed as "a consuming fire" who completely judges them who turns against him. Would you think that we could look at God as "a conmsuming fire" from two perspectives: (a) That those who stand before him in their sin will be judged righteously and the fire of his judgment will leave them empty handed in view of eternity. (b) Those who have been redeemed and forgiven will also stand before the Judgment seat of Christ and their lives will be judged. For them the sin question was settled at Calvary, however, the fire will try their motives and works and as explained to the builders of 1 Cor. 3:12-15 everything will be manifiest "because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is" v.13 There is no question at this judgment as to the eternal security of those being judged. For the Christian we will not end up empty handed. ", who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God."(1 Cor. 4:5) Forgive me if I have go on too long Robert |
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226 | Where is faith from? | Heb 11:1 | Robert Nicholson | 34710 | ||
brother Charis: Faith is a wonderful topic when it comes to Christ. The faith which we have placed in him is likened to a "hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;" (Heb. 6:19) What is faith as it relates to our relationship to God? Faith as found in Strongs word study is : "Conviction of the truth of anything" Faith is a noun, it is the inner conviction which we receive the moment we rest upon Christ as revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. This conviction can not be destroyed or lost if it is upon Christ alone. Some would argue, but how can you prove that what you believe is true? In other words is the Bible true in its revealtion of Christ to us? Can we depend upon it with our soul for eternity? Faith is founded on fact. These facts can be observed by the believer and the unbeliever. Unbelief does not change facts. Some again argue, you claim the Bible is true "because it says so itself" This is circular thinking. I believe that the foundation to the scriptures rests in Christ. Was he who he claimed to be? I think the starting point begins at his resurrection. Think of Thomas who demanded physical proof of Chirst's resurrection before he would believe. At this point he did not have faith in the resurrected Christ. We see the grace of God in his case when the Lord Jesus said to him: "Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing." (John 20:27) The answer of Thomas shows to us the conviction or faith which was given to him the moment he saw the risen Lord "Thomas answered and said, "My Lord and My God." Jesus said "Thomas because you have seen you have believed. Blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed. The facts of the resurrection of Christ prove that he was who he claimed to be! - the empty tomb - the undesturbed grave clothes - no body in the tomb - his bodily appearances to those he loved - the wounds of Calvary still visible - seen of over 400 people at once. - After 40 days taken up into glory - later seen by Paul on the road to Damascus What about outsiders? - the guards knew he was gone and were paid to lie. In fact his resurrection was know throughout the area. Paul in his defence before King Agrippa testified that "Christ should suffer and that he would be the first to rise from the dead" (Acts 26:23) Agrippa tried to say Paul was mad. However, Pauls answer is significant: "For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner."Acts 26:26 Agrippa, nor any of his advisors argued against the historical fact concerning the death, buriel and resurrection of Christ. The lie of the guards "his disciples stole the body while we slept"; This statement proves that something was wrong with the picture. Roman guards who slept would normally be put to death, and not allowed to spread lies. The proof of this resurrection is seen in the life of his apostles who suffered much for his sake and some were martyered in his name. Why did they do this? Because they personally witnessed the risen Christ. When God by his spirit reveals to us the truth that he died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day. Once we are convinced of this everything else falls into place. Where does faith come from? "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of (our) faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." (Heb. 12:2) Note that our is in italics Faith is not something which we can not work up on our own. It is taking God at his word as shown to us in the scriptures. "For by grace are we saved by faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any should boast" Eph 2:8 What is the difference between saving faith and faith? Many people will admit that they believe about Christ that he died, was buried and was raised from the dead. And yet they are not saved! They have never experience the inner conviction that God is true, that Christ is our redeemer and that he lives. Faith is given to us by God the moment we rest upon the truth which he reveals to us by his Spirit through his grace alone. Can we receive or attain more? I think most would admit that "it is a little faith in a great God" However, after we are saved our confidence in him becomes more settled or mature, if we feed on his word and live for him. When we have doubts, they are usually self-doubts. Our clarity of faith is dependent on the amount we are willing to "put off" those things which would distract us from him. Peace to you in his name. Robert |
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227 | Define Hebrews 11:8-19 | Heb 11:13 | Robert Nicholson | 51042 | ||
Hebrews 11 is a wonderful chapter! V. 1 "Faith is the substance of things hoped or the evidence of things not seen" In other words, faith is founded on fact, it is founded on the promises of God and it is based on what God has done before. Faith is not belief in the unknown, but rather belief in the promises of God which are known. In Heb. 11 we read of the heros of faith who "died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embrassed them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth" Heb. 11:13 The examples are given: "Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain" "Enoch who walked with God "was translated that he should not see death: and was not found" V.5 Noah moved by faith "prepared an ark to the saving of his house" V 7 "by faith Abraham when he was called" Abraham listened to God and stepped out on his promises by faith. Abraham's test took him to the point he was asked to give his son Isaac. The principle here is that God calls certain people and he wansts them to move by faith. My father used to explain faith this way: God will give you certain information, if you accept it, you will move by faith. Faith is like stepping in the dark with a flash light. Each step will illuminate where we are going. So it is with God, as we trust him by faith and step forward he will reveal his will to us. What I love about Hebrews 11: 8-19 That these people no matter how limited their vision trusted God and it is written "that these died in faith, not having received the promises, but were persuaded of them afar off, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilrims on the earth. These dear people did not understand the big picture but they trusted God with what they had; they saw the promise afar off. So it is today our faith is centered in Christ and his work and we know that we belong to him forever. Even though we see through a glass darkly, we know that one day we will see him face to face. Define Hebrews 11"87-19???? People before the cross trusted the light which God gave them which pointed forward to Christ on the cross. Today, we have the same privilege to look backward by faith to the cross and by faith we explain thanksgiving "unto him who loved us and redeemed us to God by his blood, be glory for forever"! Our faith is founded on Christ who is the solid rock who will never fail. Faith is never in the unknown; sometimes in the unseen. God bless each one in him Robert |
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228 | Should Christian's vote? | Heb 11:13 | Robert Nicholson | 65514 | ||
Greetings New Creature: First of all I do not judge my brothers or sisters as to their personal convictions on this issue. However, a few thoughts for consideration. I have quoted Heb. 11:13, one could ask what does this have to do with voting? I believe it reminds us of the Christian's walk of faith and occuppation on this earth. We read of those who walked by faith and how "they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims (exiles) on the earth" This world is not our home, we are "strangers" away from home and "pilgrims" going home. As such we are ambassadors for Christ (2 Cor. 5:20), it is our responsibility to be a postive testimony for our home country which is heavenly. Peace Robert |
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229 | On the Church | Heb 11:37 | Robert Nicholson | 64728 | ||
prayon: The following gives a paraphrase of the article. http://www.johnhus.org/beliefs/index.html |
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230 | but why the teachers of today don't beli | James 3:1 | Robert Nicholson | 55544 | ||
The Bible is right: In Isaiah 30:10 we read the request of those "who would not hear the law of the Lord" "Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:" This thought is given by Paul in his letter to Timothy in regard to people in the last days "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;" You ask the question "Why do teachers of today not teach the truth of the word of God?" In part due to the fear of man or in total indifference to God's word there are some who teach what the people want to hear. We read in Romans 1:18 "That the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all unrighteousness of men, who hold (hold down) the truth in unrighteousness. You have noted that Jesus is The "Teacher". We can rejoice that he is the source of absolute truth in a world of varibleness. To those who know him as Saviour and Lord, he has entrusted this "treasure" in earthen vessels and as such we are stewarts of his precious word and responsible in our use of it. As "we grow and grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ" he reveals his truth to us by his Spirit through his word. This is not an overnight process, but one which will be for eternity. God bless Robert Nicholson |
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231 | How can we influence who is saved? | 1 Pet 2:9 | Robert Nicholson | 27474 | ||
I do not think the scripture teaches that we are put in this world as a robot. On the other hand, I also believe in the divine foreknowledge of God. If we take a conservative Calvinistic view would we not say "the deck" is stacked. If there is no opportunity for humankind to respond to the saviour if they are "not choosen" how then can we say that God is righteous? However, knowing that God is righteous, longsuffering not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" 2Peter3:9 should we not take another look. We know God cannot lie and the Bible cannot contradict itself. 1. It is God's desire for all to be saved. 1 Tim. 2:5 "God who will have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. 2. Provision is made for all. 1 Tim. 2:6 "Christ Jesus who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time" 3. All will not be saved: "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: there is no difference. Who then does God Call? The Lord Jesus said "I am come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Luke 5:32 The son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. It would appear that God calls a certain KIND of people from the human race. Those who are acknowledged lost sinners. By his Holy Spirit he speaks to individuals, he brings circumstances into their lives, he strives with them with the purpose of bringing them to a place were they will feel their need, their burden of sin and he will open their eyes to the finished work of Christ. Those who will not acknowledge their need, who feel they are too righteous, too intelligent, or enjoy the pleasures of sin too much, eventually God will cease his calling as he did in the days of Noah he said "My Spirit shall not always strive with man" Gen. 6:3. The Lord Jesus was continually giving invitations "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. In Rev.3:20 at the end of the church age he calls "Behold I stand at the door and knock, if any man hear my voice and openeth the door, I will come into him and sup with him and he with me. Finally, Jesus valued evangelical work "Go you into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" Mark 16:16 Paul writes "...It pleased God that by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe 1 Cor. 1:21 In Christ Robert |
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232 | What is the Priesthood of Believers? | 1 Pet 2:9 | Robert Nicholson | 63148 | ||
Greetings Lionstrong: In 1 Peter 2:5 "ye also are lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices to God by Jesus Christ" Each believer is a living stone built into the spiritual house which is founded upon the chief corner stone our Lord Jesus Christ V6. As individuals we have been brought into a unique relationship to God through Christ. This spiritual relationship is in contrast to the relationship which Israel had through the Aaronic priesthood. In Christ believers have a great high priest who has entered into the holiest of all with his own precious blood on our behalf. We than as believer priests have access to God himself through the mediator of the New Covenant Christ. Heb. 10: 19-20 In Hebrews 13:15-16 "By him let us offer the sacrifice of Praise to God continually, that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased" Our responsibility is to sacifice our entire being to him, our body Rom. 12:1, our praise Heb. 13:15, our substance Rom 12:13 and our service Heb.13:6. I have heard it said that a "holy priesthood" deals with our worship and a "royal priesthood" our service. Maybe others will provide other thoughts. Robert |
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233 | We are also of the order of Melchizedik? | 1 Pet 2:9 | Robert Nicholson | 63175 | ||
Debbie: It is truly amazing what we have been brought into through Christ. As you have pointed out Melchizedek is a beautiful picture of Christ, both a King and priest of the most high God. Psalm 110:4 speaking of Christ "Thou art a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek". "For such a high priest became us, (who is) holy harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners (sin apart) and made higher than the heavens." (Heb. 7:26) I enjoy that he is described in the present tense. We are "accepted in the beloved" Eph. 1:6 and are as near as he. These thoughts cause one to bow in awe and adoration before our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Praise his name Robert |
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234 | Meaning of woman being weaker sex | 1 Pet 3:7 | Robert Nicholson | 65893 | ||
Ames: I hope I am not stepping into a mine field on this question. I enjoy the NASB rendering of this verse: "You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered" 1 Peter 3:5 I do not think that the question here is whether the woman is weaker or not, but rather has to do with the attitude of the husband toward his wife. Some translations cite physical strength as the difference. If a husband wants to truly honor his wife he will treat her like she is a weaker vessel. In other words his love and care for her will be such that he will treat as his most valuable treasure. After all "we are fellow heirs of the grace of life" I hope this helps God's blessing to you Robert |
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235 | what does this mean, is there no hope? | 2 Pet 3:9 | Robert Nicholson | 32188 | ||
Dear Angala In 2 Peter, the apostle is teaching the Christians about the last days in view of the Lord's coming in power and glory. 2 Peter 1:14, Peter appears to know that his martyrdom is near and he wants to leave them with "last words" which will strengthen them and give them assurance that God is and will always be in control. In Chp. 2, he warns them of false prophets who teach heresy and lead others away from the Lord. He assures them that such people are destitute of the truth v. 17 and that they may appear to be genuine Christians but eventually they go back to their wicked ways v. 20 Peter says that for such apostates that "it would be better for them to have not known the way of righteousness" in other words they will be judged for what they professed to be. Peter emphasizes by citing old testament examples that although it appears that God does not judge those who follow after wickedness and ignore him, that indeed he will judge the ungodly in due time. The principle is that ALL sin must be judged. A holy God cannot overlook sin. That is why he sent his only son to be made sin for us upon the cross, that he might suffer the judgement for our sins allowing those who will except his subsitutionary work to be forgiven and the possessors of eternal life. With this background to the verse which you are questioning in Chp. 3 in view of the coming of the Lord that their will be scoffers deny the truth of his coming. In v.5 - 6 they are compared to those in Noah's day who sinned against God with a high hand until God said "my Spirit shall not always strive with man" Gen. 6:3. Even though Noah was warned by God about the coming judgement and built an ark, the people around him were not concerned. The reality was the time came when God called the eight people who received his message into the ark and shut the door. We find that although God was patient with them, the ungodly who did not fear him perished in their sin. In V.7 Peter speaks of a time when God will judge ungodly people. In V. 9 he tells them that because the ungodly seem to go unjudged, "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, but is longsuffering" Again as in the day of Noah, God is holding back his wrath with the hope that those who ignore him might change their minds and come to repentance. "God is not willing that any should perish" however, there is a day coming V.10 when Christ will come in vengence upon those who have rejected him. Humans who reject the strivings of the Spirit of God, the love of God through Christ are making a willing choice to be punished for their own sins. Angala this chapter is not dealing with disobedient Christians who are safe in Christ. When we fall as Christians we know from 1 John 1:9 that "if we confess our sins, he faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. In the verse you have provided it says that "God is not willing that any should perish" In John 3:16 we read of the provision which can be ours "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. I hope this helps Safe in his hand John 10 Robert |
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236 | Forgiven for spending to much? | 1 John 1:9 | Robert Nicholson | 27934 | ||
Dear fellow believer: After we are saved we have a conscience which is more sensitive toward sin. The important thing is to grasp the truth of 1 John 1:9 where we see that he forgives ALL our sins. Choices that we made before we were saved can haunt us afterward even though we are forgiven. There may be things which we need to make right in order to be peace within ourselves. Brother, I can say I know how you feel as I gone through bankruptcy due to a business failure which I tryed to correct, but it went totally out of control. What does a Christian do in this case? Take this problem to God and tell him honestly about you problem. The important thing is to totally honest about your situation to all involved persons. Make sure you hire a good bankruptcy person to represent you fairly. Remember, the one who sees the sparrow fall, cares so much more for you. You are going through a time of testing which the Lord promises his grace to help us through. In my own case it was a learning experience which brought me closer to God and has caused me to value the things which are important in life. May you feel the presence of God as you face this difficulty. If I can help you more, please email me. In Christ Robert |
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237 | Why exclude the ressurrection of Christ? | 1 John 2:2 | Robert Nicholson | 34258 | ||
I think we often study the sacrifice of Christ for our sins on calvary and when we were saved we accepted his substitutionary work on our behalf. When we trust Christ we realize that this is not a dead saviour whom we trust, but one who not only died for us, and was buried and that on the third day God raised him from the dead. The resurrection of Christ is the absolute foundation to all the blessings which we have in him. As you have pointed out that in 1 Cor. 15:17-19 "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, you are yet in your sins. Then they also which have fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only, we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable" In others words if Christ was not triumphant over death then he is not whom he claimed to be. If we are trusting in a dead Christ, we are still dead in our sins. In addition, those who trusted him and have died are lost. Finally, if our hope does not go beyond this life, we are miserable, all we have is another dead religion. Oh the triumphs of Christ! V.20 "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept." Because he lives, we live,; because he was raised from the dead bodily, we also will be raised at his coming. Our hope which goes beyond this life is anchored safe within the veil in the saviours blood and we watch expectantly for the time when we will be in his personal presence for ever. Momma, I think that you could probably explain the two aspects of the Lordship of Christ. However, I will try. In Phil.2:9 Wherefore God hath highly exalted him and given him a name above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. And every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the Glory of God the Father." You have mentioned the devils tremble and so they should. They know he is Lord and satan and his minions know there time is short and they will be judged by him. They know there is absolutely no escape. We read in Romans 9:10 "If thou shalt confess with the mouth the Lord Jesus (or Jesus as Lord) and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved" When God by his spirit reveals to us our lost condition and need. We turn to Christ as both Saviour and Lord. When we rest upon him by faith for our salvation we are saying "he died for me, my sins were borne by him on the cross. I accept him as my Lord to be the leader of my life by his spirit. I believe Lordship for the Christian is turning my control over to Christ and allowing him to be my life. As we live in him and obey him we are changed more and more into his image. God bless Robert. |
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238 | What's the "seed" that keeps u from sin? | 1 John 3:9 | Robert Nicholson | 69697 | ||
rebxar: A person who "is born of God" has been made a new creature in Christ. Christ dwells in us by his Spirit giving us new desires and the power to overcome sin. I believe that "His seed" refers to the Spirit of God dwelling within our hearts which will guide us, which convict us, who will teach us what God desires of his children. Romans 6:17 to 18 teaches that "we were the slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you" In other words the Gospel of Christ. In Christ we are "made free from sin, you have become servants of righteousness. We have a new master. We who were slaves to sin are now made saints in Christ. However, we know that until Christ comes we will contend with the old nature which is reckoned to be dead and as such we will sin. However sin should be the accident and will not be habitually practised if we allow the Spirit of God to speak to our hearts and guide our lives. Peace in his Name. |
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239 | What gospel does he preach? | 1 John 4:1 | Robert Nicholson | 35076 | ||
Dear Liza7girl: The marks of these false prophets are: a) They do not believe "that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh" 1 John 4:3 In other words they do no believe that Christ is God manifest in the flesh. b) They love the world or the spirit of the age and the world heareth them V.5 In 1 John 2:15 those who love Christ are told "love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. In other words, Christ should always be first in our lives. What would their gospel be? It is not a gospel which brings about conviction and change in a person. Since they deny that Jesus is the enternal son of God, they are not enpowered by the holy spirit. Their preaching may be about a the wonderful example of Jesus, but they will never understand the power of his death and glorious resurrection. They preach a dead Christ. Today we see this in many versions, in which people will supposedly acknowledge a historical Christ and have many ways of explaining away the siginficance of our sin, our saviour, our life in him, his coming again, the resurrection of the dead and judgement to come. Their gospel never makes humankind accountable to God. It encourages them to become self-reliant. Their message however, is popular, they love the world, they speak of wordly things; things which other people of the world love to hear. Instead of telling people what God through Christ can do in their lives; their message is one of self promotion and living without God. They are religious in their ways and skilful, similar to the coming counterfeit Christ who will bring this world to ruin. The main test of a person according to John is based on that great question "What think you of Christ, whose son is he?" God bless Robert |
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240 | im a belever how do i know if im possess | 1 John 4:4 | Robert Nicholson | 41262 | ||
Phebe: When we trust Christ as our saviour, we are born from above by his Spirit who comes to live within us. That is why I referred you to 1 John 4:4 where it tell us "greater is he that is in you (Holy Spirit) than he that is in the world. (satan and his helpers) Demons will not dwell where Christ dwells. We can see this demonstrated in Matthew 8 when Jesus cast out the demons from the man of Gadara "they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?"(Matt. 8:29) There are evil forces in the world, but the Lord Jesus has given us the victory to overcome them. My advice is to prayfully read John's Gospel and get to know the Lord Jesus better, let him fill your heart with love and hope. Pray to him and ask for deliverance for the fears which you may have within. May God bless you in your life. Robert |
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