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361 | Baptized | Matthew | Beja | 232338 | ||
G. Preston, Your quotes from previous posts: "Baptism is the final cleansing of our soul after repenting" "I can share with you that baptism is necessary by Scripture for ..."completion of the cleansing process" "G-d can and will impute as He wishes...so He did on the cross. John 3;16 speaks of salvation. We must be reminded that when Christ presented himself to John for baptism...John said..."why must(not should; not may; not can!!) it be"?...Christ said ..."for completion"...of what...the cleansing process. The Bible is full of examples of what we are to do and how we are to prepare ourselves to receive eternal salvation." (which is the entirety of post 232309) "I don't believe you have accepted Christ, if you have not been baptised. The two go together, I submit. So why would anyone want to take the chance with their eternal salvation?" In answer, I would suggest that you have said so. In Christ, Beja |
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362 | How many churches will be saved? | Matthew | Beja | 241043 | ||
Hi Jasper, I tried to post once already and it didn't work, so if this duplicates forgive me. I just wanted to point out that Baptists do not derive their name from John the Baptist of scripture, but rather from their conviction concerning a post conversion baptism rather than infant baptism. Blessings, Beja |
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363 | How many churches will be saved? | Matthew | Beja | 241044 | ||
Movingon, However you may read this verse, at the end of the day "ekklesia" is in fact the word scritpure uses for "church." For example, 1 Corinthians 1:2 addresses the letter "to the 'ekklesia' of God which is at Corinth." Yes, the word does mean "assembly" but "ekklesia" remains the word constantly used for the church. On that note I wonder about your interpretation of Hebrews 12:22-23 where he tells them they have already (perfect tense) come to the "ekklesia" of the firstborn? In Christ, Beja |
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364 | How many generations betw Exodus-Solomon | Matt 1:17 | Beja | 207161 | ||
Do you have some searchable library that enabled you to gather all of this? If you did the leg work on all this in the actual books I'm impressed. If you have some program that let you perform a search for it all, I'd love to get ahold of that. | ||||||
365 | Baptized by Holy Spirit? | Matt 3:11 | Beja | 239530 | ||
Justin, With regards to being baptized by fire. I am inclined to see a stronger parallel between verse eleven and twelve. The fire in verse twelve is clearly judgment. So in eleven we see baptisms of spirit and fire. And in twelve we see the gathering of the wheat and the burning of the chaff. Now this being said there is no doubt that I am in happy agreement with the fact that tongues of fire settled upon them at Pentecost and I am also in happy agreement that the Holy Spirit works mightly upon the souls of men and that sometimes a burning passion is a quite apt description of that. I just don't think that these things are what is being referred to in Matt 3:12. Likewise the other posters will agree that there is a judgment in which God will separate the wheat and the chaff and it will be a judgment of fire. So we have a pretty substantial agreement in doctrine, we just don't agree which is being referred to here. In Christ, Beja |
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366 | The true Gospel Jesus proclaimed | Matt 4:23 | Beja | 224555 | ||
To the whole thread, Might I humbly suggest this thread has gotten pretty far from being a study of any particular scripture? In my experience this type of discussion can never be fruitful because you can never box it in. If somebody is being shown wrong in one area they simply say, "well what about this?" as they bring up a different point. Perhaps this should be brought down to the exposition of a relevent passage? And if we can't think of a relevent passage then we really don't have anything to say about it do we? From the pot to the kettle, Beja |
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367 | The true Gospel Jesus proclaimed | Matt 4:23 | Beja | 224558 | ||
123, (I tried to post this once and there was some error, forgive me if it double posts.) I contend that the gospel which Jesus Christ preached was this: That men every where repent of their sins and rather than trusting in their own righteousness trust in the attoning sacrificial death of Jesus Christ; and that this was their only means of escaping the coming judgement of God. Now let me defend this. 1.) That men everywhere should repent Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Mar 1:15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." This next one should be of particular interest to you. Just after Jesus sends out his disciples for the preaching, it reports this: Mar 6:12 They went out and preached that men should repent. 2.) That he called them to cease trusting in their own righteousness. Luke18:9-14 This story is to large to quote here but I urge you to see if Jesus did not clearly rebuke people from trusting in any righteousness of their own for justification before God. We see clearly these are the target of this parable in verse 9. Luk 18:9 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous... 3.) That they trust rather in the attoning sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. This one will be slightly more challenging to show because Jesus often concealed it in parables, but I think we can show it presuasively enough. Mar 1:15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." This gospel we clearly have defined elsewhere though I think primarily outside the gospels. But lets look at additional passages. John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.(ESV) Here we see Christ clearly as the solution to the wrath of God rather than our own righteousness. Joh 3:14,15 "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life." (ESV) Here we again not only see that belief in Jesus is the answer in opposition to our own righteousness but we also see his crucifiction as central to this. One last passage for this point: Luke 22:37 "For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors.' For what is written about me has its fulfilment." Now here he is quoting Isaiah 53:12. I know that you want 'just' the gospels in this but I think you'd not be rightly exegeting this passage without looking at the verse in Isaiah which Jesus is quoting. So here is Isaiah 53:12 Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors." Now look carefully at this. Because in Luke 22:37 Jesus clearly claimed that this verse was referring to Him. So what do we see from this to show us how Jesus himself saw His own ministry? He saw that through pouring out His own soul to death and being numbered as a transgressor HE WAS BEARING THE SINS OF MANY AND MAKING INTERCESSION FOR THE TRANSGRESSORS. Christ was teaching clearly that his death was a sacrificial substituation for us. And through his death the many are made righteous. Isaiah 53:11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. 4.) This was their escape from the judgement of God. I only offer this verse from John the Baptist, because anybody who honestly reads the gospels but once should be clear that whatever this gospel is it is the means which we are spared God's wrath. Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? I think my assertion is sufficiently established. I hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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368 | Saying we are sorry to one another! | Matt 5:1 | Beja | 240430 | ||
LovemyLord7, Take a look at Matthew 5:23-24. It doesn't use the exact words "Say you are sorry" but the principle of us taking the initiative in reconciling ourselves to those who "have something against us" meaning we have wronged them. In Christ, Beja |
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369 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 5:17 | Beja | 223131 | ||
Doc, Not sure if you would consider this part of one of those three, but if not might I add the universal accountability of mankind as violators fo the law. Or as Romans 3:19 phrases it, "so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God." In Christ, Beja |
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370 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 5:17 | Beja | 223163 | ||
Robert, It has been two days since the post which I'm responding to, but I've only just now back tracked through the thread. So forgive me if this thread would be considered dead. However, I would just like to highly reccommend to you a book by the name of "Marrow of Modern Divinity." It is a somewhat old book but it is a very simple and enjoyable read as far as those old books go. I believe if you truely want to learn about this then this book would would be worth thousands of dollars for the clarity it gives on such a crucial understanding of....well...pretty much the heart of everything. The good news is that I downloaded it free online. I think if you go to www.monergism.com (a fantastic site) and do a search for it then it will lead you to a place where you can get it free online! I hope it is as edifying for you as it has been for me. I've not yet even found the time to finish it yet from the little over half of it which I've read it would probably be one of my top ten reccommended books anybody reading this post. A MUST READ. In Christ, Beja |
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371 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 5:17 | Beja | 223194 | ||
I would so very much love to hear that verse discussed well. On the surface its not so very hard to understand but I have always felt I was missing some of the deeper meaning there in how he was trying to explain the law's function in this metaphor. In Christ, Beja |
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372 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 5:17 | Beja | 223202 | ||
Lightedsteps, What is "the word?" In Christ, Beja |
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373 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 5:17 | Beja | 223210 | ||
Lightedsteps, You stated: Many might say that the ("GLASS" - "MIRROR") is a metaphor for the law, but when we look at the passage where this metaphor is used, we see it is not speaking about the law, "but the engrafted word", therefore the mirror should not used as a metaphor for the law Having made that statement, you have essentially said that the "word" in that passage, which people look into and then forget, is not the law. If it is not the law, then you must be suggesting it is something else. What is that something else in the James passage? What is the "word" in that specific context. I hope this clarifies. In Christ, Beja |
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374 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 5:17 | Beja | 223216 | ||
Lightedsteps, You gave me three answers, it is my assumption you meant those as all references to the same thing. So when James says, "But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does." So you are saying that James is trying to get them to be a "doer of the gospel," not merely a hearer of it? In Christ, Beja |
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375 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 5:17 | Beja | 223222 | ||
Lightedsteps, Three thoughts. 1. How do we be "doers of the gospel?" 2. Do you see no distinction between doing the Law because it is right, from doing the law in order to earn salvation? How can we suggest that the Law was a perfect expression of rightousness, and God will judge lost people for not living up to it, yet once Christ saves us by perfectly fulfilling that law for us, and paying the penalty for our transgressing that law, shall we then say that having been saved we ought not to live in accordance to the Law of God, even though we are in no way attempting to earn salvation through it? 3. I highly urge you to read Marrow of Modern Divinity, it discusses these very things in great detail. In Christ, Beja |
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376 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Matt 5:17 | Beja | 223253 | ||
Lightedsteps, I certainly can't blame you for quoting him. He's certainly a much wiser man than I am. And I've enjoyed reading what he has to say about many a passage. I'll give this passage a closer look as time permits me. In Christ, Beja |
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377 | Is anger or hate the same as murder? | Matt 5:21 | Beja | 229027 | ||
Goldie Joe, I would not articulate it in that way, but here is the passage you are most likely looking for. Matthew 5:21,22 In Christ, Beja |
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378 | my future wife hits me. What do i do? | Matt 5:44 | Beja | 232661 | ||
Mingo, Perhaps you shouldn't marry her? In Christ, Beja |
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379 | Are the "people" in Matt. 13 unsaveable? | Matt 13:36 | Beja | 207816 | ||
It seems clear to me from this and your other post that you believe that those who die without Christ in this life are later restored after the second judgement and enter heaven with the saved. If I'm wrong do correct me please. You cite verses such as rev 20:13 saying that death and Hades gave up the dead. However, just two versus later he tells us that these people were then judged and thrown into the lake of fire. They won't be getting a second chance and taught how not to sin. One key to understanding correct teaching on the eternal punishment of the lost is to understand that the "lake of fire" and hades is two different places. Whatever translation you are using is calling hades, hell. The real word is hades in verse 13. This is a temporary place until hades and all who are in it are then thrown into the lake of fire. Rev 20:14-15. Matthew 25:46 says that the lost were sent away to "eternal punishment." Not a time of punishment until restored. On another note, what Bible translation are you using? |
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380 | What about these sins? | Matt 16:6 | Beja | 213467 | ||
Let me just begin by saying that scripture does not actually give explicit advice for your situation. I mean that in the sense that while it gives plenty of advice for marriage and rules against divorce, had you followed the rules in existence you would not be married to this second spouse, yet the only way for you to in a sense go back and undo this would be yet another divorce. So you are caught between looking back to see sin led you here, and now you wonder if sin itself is the way out. That specific circumstance is not singled out in scripture. However, I will give you my attempt to answer your situation as long as we are both understood that what I am giving you is my best attempt at processing all the commands God gives concerning marriage and all that I know of God to try to think within the mind of Christ to answer this question. This is my attempt, and not "Thus saith the LORD." What we know is that any divorce is a sin to the one who divorces unless their spouse actually cheated on them. These are Christ's words. Paul also in 1 Corinthians 7:10-12 says that is a wife does through sin leaves her husband that she now has two options, she may either remain unmarried, or return to her husband. First I assume this applies to a husband who leaves also. Now what I'd like you to see is that after this person had sinned in unlawfully leaving a spouse, the sin was done and now must be decided how to keep from sinning further which naturally assumes the person is wishing to do God's will after the first sin, and there is some degree of repentence. You find yourself yet one step further in sin, you committed the divorce, then you married again, but now again you must see where do you go not to sin further. The first step is that this assumes the same repentence from you. You have sinned, you have done wrong in getting to where you are, and you do need to turn to go in serious repentence for this. However, you now have found yourself in the situation that you have made a second covenant before God in marriage. You can not make your past mistakes right by committing divorce a second time. Only the blood of Christ can make that right. If you repent, and you turn to fully seek God's will in your new situation, and you give your current spouse the committment before God you didn't give your first one, God will bless your marriage. We do not fix sin with sin. Cling to your new spouse with all your life. A critique against what I have said will surely be this: does this not leave people a way to do what they want, to leave their spouse, to marry again, and then cleverly say oh well, I guess now to obey God I must get exactly what I wanted! Surely people can play games with you and I and any rules we set up, but rest assured God knows their hearts. Galatians 6:7 says, "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." So I say to you this, if it is your heart to repent entirely and turn both your life and this marriage you are currently in to God, you do well. If you seek to use this simply as a stamp of approval for your sin, God will know, and God will repay. Finally, I beg you to see no judgement of you in my post for that is certainly not my intention. Rather, fully edifying whoever should read this post, and not leading them to sin from halfly revealed truths has compelled me to portray fully the path to life and the path to condemnation within your situation. Read 1 Samuel chapter 12 for an encouraging story on God calling people on in faith when they have found that they have sinned. In love, Beja |
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