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1 | Can you mean this? | Rom 5:6 | JonnyRay49423 | 6403 | ||
I am a Calvinist and just because I believe I am one of the elect does not mean I do use the "means of grace"-Because I know I can be deceived by the devil causes me to study the Bible-to stay under sound biblical preaching-to be under the oversight of godly elders-I also take comfort in knowing satan has not authority over me-when the Lord saved me I came under His kingly rule-He is my prophet,priest and king. The Lord purchased me by His precious blood and will not allow satan to deceive me-I have been redeemed and belong to the Lord. The purpose of salvation is to bring glory to God-also God will be glorified by satan and the reprobate in hell. God's mercy is seen in that He determined to save some by the cross death of His only-begotten Son the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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2 | Can you mean this? | Rom 5:6 | jim | 6404 | ||
Where did all of the different groups come from? In the beginning Peter who was the spokesman for the church preached the first message. At that time there were Jews and Romans in Isreal, He told us how to get started in our relationship with God and it seems they followed that teaching and then someone decided that something needed to be changed. It seems like that which ever group is in charge they make the rules for other groups to live by. For instance History is full of groups slaying others because they did not beleive like them, power can be dangerous. We all callourselves some name but know this one thing God just has ONE Church. Search the scriptures for they speak of Jesus and Eternal Life Jim | ||||||
3 | Can you mean this? | Rom 5:6 | EdB | 6420 | ||
That is a very interesting question. One that probably should have been asked 500 years ago. Basically your right Peter set the course if you will, then in about 300 AD Christianity was declared the state religion of Rome and all kinds of weird and unholy doctrine started to come in. Around this time in 350 AD the Bishop of Rome declared himself the head of the church and things started going down hill even faster. Finally in the 1500's the corruption of the church was so rampant that finally a man stood up and said enough. Soon men from every thought and persuasion where shouting to be heard. What you said about power was also true, the ones in power decided what was correct. Not through reason but rather by force. Many men on all sides burned at the stake. Today we are much more civilized we don’t burn people we call them heretics, we ridicule them, debase and mock them, and we even call them lost. How sad it all is when we look at what Jesus wanted. He told us to go make disciples, to be his witness and to share the Good News with the rest of the world. Instead we argue if should baptize infants or not, whether we should sprinkle, dip or drown. We fight about salvation through election or free will, then we argue whether we can loss our salvation or not. And everyone claims to be hearing from God on whatever point it is they stand upon. Maybe we should take a lesson from Acts 15 and let the Apostles decide. By that I mean maybe we should be re-reading first century church history and doing and teaching exactly what they did. If the question we ask isn’t answered by scripture or early church history then maybe we are asking the wrong question. Think about it, before the reformation fractured the church Christianity controlled most of the civilized world. I’m not saying the church at that time was correct, I’m saying they had unity of purpose which the church does not have today. |
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