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461 | Interpret John 8:24 | John 8:24 | Beja | 234565 | ||
Andy, Since it seems to matter what other people thought of Tim's answer, I thought he answered very well. In Christ, Beja |
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462 | Was all law and prophecy until John? | John 8:50 | Beja | 225235 | ||
Our times. An ongoing fullfillment being accomplished through the gospel. | ||||||
463 | wHO ARE SHEEP FROM ANOTHER FOLD | John 10:16 | Beja | 224727 | ||
Inquisitor, I think its pretty hard to offer proof for any interpretation of this. The reason being that Jesus simply assumed they knew who He was talking about so didn't qualify it. But I think Brad is exactly right. After you read the scripture enough sometimes it becomes pretty apparent what their categories of thought are. "This flock" in this passage obviously refers to the Jews. The contrasting category in their minds is the Gentiles. In Christ, Beja |
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464 | can a christian lose their salvation? | John 10:28 | Beja | 228541 | ||
Lionheart, I agree, though we must keep the order clear. We do not follow him as Lord in order to receive him as savior. But our following him as lord is part of the salvation which we are given through faith. God frees us from the guilt of sin and progressively frees us from the grip of sin through granting repentence. Act 5:31 "He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." The reason there is no salvation without repentence is because that repentence is part of the salvation! Ofcourse, I say none of this as a criticism. Nothing said in the thread has said otherwise, I just mean to make the point abundantly clear for readers so as to avoid any chance that they missunderstand and think that our obedience reaps salvation, a very fatal error indeed. In Christ, Beja |
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465 | Love is not a feeling | John 13:1 | Beja | 219719 | ||
Dear Yen, Its with a bit of hesitancy that I've chosen to write this in response, and to be perfectly honest my primary motive in writing it is so that John does not have to respond in the midst of being offended at what you just wrote, but rather another brother may respond. To be to the point, I've watched a series of your posts, scripture references, sarcasms and subtle statements all be ment for a single purpose, to insult somebody. Rather than recap other posts lets simply let this post speak for itself. First, you put things into John's mouth that he never said. You claimed you found other quotes from "your favorite Author, and Psychiatrist." Second you said that you can see, "that he is in your estimation, a perfect example of the type of person that could truly express the kind of love as taught by Jesus, in the Bible." Did John make either of these assertions? No, rather you inserted them into his own mouth simply because he stated one quote by the man which he thought to be well phrased. But more than that, why did you put these words into his mouth? So that you could then attack John via shaming the man he quoted. Perhaps you would respond that your intentions were purely noble and only that you intended to gently teach the lesson that we should be careful who we quote. But anybody who intended to do that could have easily pointed out the flaws in the man he quoted with kindness and simply offered that John not tie himself too tightly to this man's thinking. That is not what you did, rather you worded your post so that when you refuted Scott Peck, you could do the greatest possible shame to John. Your "politeness" that you paint your posts with does not hide the venom they contain. To my brother, John. You have every right to be offended. So does Christ each and every time we offend him with our sin. Yet his glorious grace overlooks our sin, and so let us immitate him by ignoring our own right to be offended, and loving in kind where it is not deserved. Let your peace be that your brothers see clearly such posts for what they are, but more importantly that our Lord does. In Christ, Beja |
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466 | Clarifying "handing over the kingdom" | John 13:3 | Beja | 222378 | ||
1 Corinthians 15:24 claims that a day will come when Christ will hand over the kingdom to the Father. I can't help but wondering in what sense the kingdom is handed over. It can not be a complete end to the rule of Christ, because we know from many passages such as Daneil 7:14 and Luke 1:32,33, Isaiah 9:6,7 that this isn't the case. Unless we should understand it to be teaching that the kingdom is the eternal thing but not the rule of Christ. I'm less inclined to believe that. But it must in someway be a handing over of the kingdom, for it certainly means something! Does anybody have a very helpful commentary on this? In Christ, Beja |
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467 | stay connected to thevine | John 15:5 | Beja | 219813 | ||
A good look at this passage will show a clear answer I think. First, we need to understand all the vine imagery is a rich metaphor for what Christ is trying to teach in this passage. And what he is trying to teach is in verse 4 where He says, "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me." So staying connected to the vine is abiding in Christ. So, lets shift the question. How do we abide in Christ? Continuing in the same passage two verses are key. Verse 10 states, "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love." So first, we abide in Him by keeping His commandments, by doing the things He taught us to do. Another important verse in the text is verse 7. It states, "If you abide in me, and My word abides in you..." Now, this is not as expressely stated as in verse 10, but Christ seems to be saying the two go hand in hand. We in Him, and His word in us. So another part of abiding is that we let His word richly dwell in us. We cling to His teaching, we meditate on it, and we especially cling to the gospel. I think this answers how we stay connected to the vine. We obey Christ, doing the things He taught us to do, and we cling to the gospel. Hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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468 | How do I abide in His love? | John 15:10 | Beja | 226190 | ||
To the thread as a whole, I highly encourage the orginal poster to not contact Philip and to leave their discourse open on the forum so that any errors may be rebuked. This is for our safety that we might not be taught false doctrine. I warn you, that what Philip is teaching is false. However, there is a kernal of truth to it, that makes it having a momentary seeming of truth. But in the same fashion there is a mixture of heresy that can cause it to be fatal. What Philip is correct about is that a Christian should never under any circumstances make peace with sin. At no point should we look at any particular sin and accept its presence in our lives because "we are all sinners." No, fight every manifistation of sin in your life all the time with the strength of God working in you and through you through His Holy Spirit. Now that being said, the dangerous error that Philip teaches is that a saved individual never sins. This is a very dangerous error. Part of the difficulty of correcting Philip however, is that he so quickly strings wrongly understood verses together that it would be near impossible in this venue to correct him on every mistaken verse he is using. So I shall choose one that he himself listed and show how he is in error concerning that verse, and then if he would like to slow down and discuss any single particular verse of his choosing in more detail, I will be happy to. He cited 2 peter 1:10. Now I affirm that a Christian is doing and growing in the things listed in 2 Peter chapter 1. However, the error Philip teaches is perfection. Is that how Peter sees what he is saying? Let us look at just two verses previous. 2 Peter 1:8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now look at what Peter says, if you are INCREASING. That is what describes a christian. But if they are increasing then they can not yet be perfect! Peter in verse eight clearly does NOT have in mind Christians being already perfect in all these attributes. Now how then does Philip pass off Peter, just two verses later, as demanding perfection when he states, "for if you do these things, ye shall never fall"? He has taken Peter out of context and used it to promote something that was nowhere near what Peter was intending to say. And such he does with a great many verses, all of which a dilligent student can show to be error. Peter meant (as he clearly said!) that as we do and grow and strive to mature in these things we will be fruitful Christians! Now, I will state how dangerous his error is. This false doctrine forces one into either one of two errors. The first, is that in order to believe one is saved they must believe that they are sinless. However what does scripture say of the man who believes they have no sin? 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Now this is without a doubt a present tense statement. A person that is unaware of their own sin is devoid of truth! And we should not be surprised since it is the job of the Holy SPirit to convict and make aware of sin. In order than to fall into this lie, we must quench all convictions of the Holy Spirit which strives to point out our falts for our ongoing sanctification. However, perhaps one would argue that this verse speaks of those who are yet to receive any knowledge of Christ, as if John were not here speaking of those who profess to know Christ. But this is easily seen to be mistaken as well, for what then is the apostle saying? That those who are outside of Christ yet aware of sin are in the truth and the truth in them? Hardly. For scripture firmly attests in multiple places that those who are going to destruction find themselves ignorant of the truth. (2 Cor 4:1-6, and 1 Cor 1:18.) So we see then that one characteristic of a true Christian is a painful awareness of our own sin. Let us not surpress the Holy Spirit in that affect and fall short of its sanctifying work, for indeed there is a holiness without which no person shall see God ( hebrews 12:14). Now the other error is equally if not far more deadly. Perhaps one buys into the doctrine of perfectionism, yet they are fully aware of their own sin. They find themselves believing that without their own perfection there is no grounds for believing that Christ died for them! How aweful that state is. For now they have been forced to believe that Christ has not effectually died in their place due to their failing to be perfect! And believing that Christ has not merely died for sins, or another, but rather believing Christ died for ME is the very means of salvation, then this doctrine serves only to upset the faith on which we stand and condemn us to hell. Stay clear of this error! In Christ, Beja |
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469 | Is these quotations contradictions? | John 15:19 | Beja | 219810 | ||
This in fact is not a contradiction. And to prove this we need go no further than the passages themselves. Simply read previous verses in John 7 to see who he is talking to in that passage. In john 15:19 the problem is resolved if you simply read the verse in its entirety. Please do look these up yourself, and it would be beneficial to develop that habit of looking at context, but to finally answer...The world cannot hate its own who do not believe, but will certainly hate Christ's who do believe. In Christ, Beja |
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470 | God, Are You There? | John 16:8 | Beja | 207292 | ||
Let me begin by saying I highly doubt you shall receive any answer more in the spirit of Christ and the New testament than what mister "Wild olive shoot" gave to you. Mine his post for every thought in it. However, I would like to add to what you have been given by Him in whatever little way I can. First, the heart of your question seems to my mind to be that you see something in the way your husband is behaving or talking that, if real, you believe you ought to have. And if you don't have it, perhaps you are doing something wrong. Working on the assumption that this is the heart of your concern I will make two points. This first point is that usually when somebody uses such language he simply means this: I feel very strongly about this and I believe those feelings are from God. It is not to say that he is actually hearing voices, or that he has some special revelation. He is simply following his heart so to speak. Hopefully he is measuring this very carefully against God's word. We must follow our consciences but we must let God's word correct us on all points of our belief. Second, how can you have what you perceive him to have. The best answer I can give you on this is Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and you will find me when you seek me with all your heart. This is so often how God works with us. He waits for us to seek him with all our heart and passion. The best thing you can do is to reach the point in your own heart where you can honestly say this: I am going to spend the rest of my life seeking You whether I find you or not, because You are the only thing worth it. Set your heart fully on this and seek Him in any way you can, reading his word, praying, acts of love and kindness specifically done for Him that you hide from others so as not to receive praise from men. Anything you can do, seek Him fully with all your heart. When you do this whatever happens you can be sure you are EXACTLY where He wants you. And from there leave yourself entirely in His hands, to bless to whatever extent He sees fit. Take simple peace knowing you are where He wants you, and He will not long leave you alone when you seek Him with all your heart. I can offer you this one comfort. The few times in my life I have persued Him so completely have been the moments that preceeded my most dearest times with Him. Set your whole heart on Him, and He will find you. |
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471 | what role did the holy spirit play | John 16:8 | Beja | 232042 | ||
Catlove, Indeed it does have the feel of a Bible Study question. It's one of those questions that asks as if expecting a simple one or two point answer when in truth all of the new testament is laying out a glorious answer that would take a lifetime to really appreciate. Please take no offense to Azure asking. On this forum we have a serious problem with homework questions being posted very often when it comes time for exams in seminaries and bible colleges. The regulars on the forums have long since considered it our moral duty not to aid students in something their professors would not approve of when they clearly wish the students to discover their own answers form scripture. The forum has had this conviction long before I stumbled across it. To answer your question I'll give as brief of answer as possible, a proof text, then some further reading. Answer: The Holy Spirit is the cause of every single drop of our growing in Christ likeness or doing anything that is actually pleasing to God. He is not just involved. He is the CAUSE. Philippians 2:12,13. If I had to give one passage to prove this, then I would suggest this one. Further reading: Romans 8, Also contrast Peter in the Gospel (pre-pentecost/pouring out of the Spirit) and in Acts (After pouring out of the Spirit.) Others may add to this list. I'm sure I'll think of some very key passages after I've already posted! But understand that God is the author of everything good that comes about in us, or outside us so that He may have the glory in all of it. The Father has ordained every good thing that happens, Christ has purchased all good things for us, and the Holy Spirit, which Christ has poured out upon us, powerfully works all these things in us and for us. In Christ, Beja |
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472 | being christ like not taken advantat of | John 16:33 | Beja | 226306 | ||
Lidiagg, Depending on what you mean it would require different answers. If you mean how do we avoid being weak minded doctrinally so as to avoid false teaching from the world then I would point you to Ephesians 4. Eph 4:11-14 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; So what you are to do is to faithfully place yourself under solid biblical teaching, and diligently study the word of God with fellow believers. However, should you mean how do we hang onto all of our worldly possessions when so many people are out to trick and scam us then I would say to you that we likely shall not. Our lord himself says this. Mat 5:39-42 "But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also. Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you." In Christ, Beja |
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473 | Judas paradox | Acts | Beja | 221471 | ||
alyzza, Was the cross God's will? Yes. Acts 2:23 What if no one would have wanted to betray him? God was in control of this and it had to be fulfilled as written. John 13:18 It could not have failed to come to pass. God is in control of all things. Since it had to happen, did Judas and those who carried out his crucifixion make it to Heaven? No. Matthew 26:24 If they had chosen otherwise would we have been saved? This question assumes that God was not in control, but rathe hoping his plan played out. God is in control of all things and works all things according to the counsel of His will. Eph 1:11 Hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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474 | Acting according to the will of God. | Acts | Beja | 221501 | ||
Alyzza, God is able to use sinful actions to His own good purposes. One great example of this is Joseph's story in Genesis. If you recall, his brothers sold him into slavery. This ended with himm in egypt where God placed him in authority and warned them of the famine coming over the whole earth. Joseph said this about it in Genesis 50:20, "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive." So while God used their sin to bring about a good thing, that does not change the fact that what his brothers were doing was sinful. The cross is the same type of situation. Everybody who was crucifying our Lord was intending evil, but what they did not know is that they were playing right into the hand of God who meant it for good. So they are still fairly condemned for their actions, even though God intended it to happen. In Christ, Beja |
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475 | Jesus asking for forgiveness | Acts | Beja | 221508 | ||
Alyzza, I'll give you a biblical answer to this. But I can't promise either that you will like it or that it will settle your mind. In Romans chapter 9 it discusses just such a thing as this. Romans 9:17 introduces the situation of Pharaoh in Exodus, "For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth." This refers to in exodus when God specifically gave Egypt its great power and this Pharoah specifically his position, then God actually hardens his heart to make sure that Pharaoh opposes God, all so that God can drastically judge him through many wonders. Paul continues in verse 18, "So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires." Look how clearly Paul states that God is free to raise up and use individuals as objects of God's wrath! Then Paul rhetorically asks the very question we all want to ask in the face of such a thing. Romans 9:19 "You will say to me then, 'why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?" Scripture asks this very question about the very same thing you are asking. If ever there was a passage to find your answer it is here, yes? But look how Paul answers the question. Romans 9:20 "On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, 'why did you make me like this,' will it?" What a response! Paul's response is essentially, that God has every right to do whatever He pleases with us! So you asked me, "should I stop beating myself up over this?" My answer is this: will you let God be God? Are you willing to in light of what scripture is saying confess that He not only does this, but will you confess with scripture that He has the right to do it? Many who grasp this aspect of God's sovereignty for the very first time are terrified by it. Let me tell you how I think scripture wants us to respond to it. 1. Submission. Whether we like it or not, God is God, and we bow to His authority even when it scares us. 2. Terror. It should very horrifying to us as we consider the plight of those who will bare God's wrath. Romans 11:22, "Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness" In the words of C.S. Lewis, "God is not a tame lion." And grasping his sovereignty over the souls of men should be terrifying to us. 3. Intense gratitude. Those who have been delivered by the blood of Christ, and been granted to see the glory of God in the face of Christ (2 cor 4:6) should be awed by the grace that has been shown to them if not overwhelmed by it. God's sovereignty over the souls of man is not comfortable! It is humbling to the very core of our being, it is terrifying beyond what we can grasp, and it is grace beyond what we can imagine. Praise be to the Father who has shown us such undeserved mercy in Christ Jesus! In Christ, Beja |
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476 | HOW DID EKKLESIA BECOME CHURCH? | Acts 1:14 | Beja | 229963 | ||
Buzzard, Isaiah 29:20,21 Be careful, beloved. In Christ, Beja |
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477 | SIN | Acts 3:19 | Beja | 228516 | ||
waterlily, Allow me to answer you question in three parts. 1.) First, I disagree with the popular opinion that all sins are equal. Christ clearly didn't think so. Joh 19:11 Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin." There are a few other passages of a similiar stripe but we'll let this one suffice. Some sins are worse than others. 2.) However, we are not to take that to mean that some sins will send you to hell while others won't. All sin is a transgression against the law of God and therefore make us a transgressor. Jas 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. Jas 2:11 For He who said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," also said, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER." Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. Now this is one of the exact passage many use to say that all sins are equal to God. However, that's not what the passage is saying. The point is whether you violate one law or another, big one or small one, any law your violate has placed you in the category of a transgressor of the same comprehensive law and therefore subject to judgement. So we I think some sins are worse than other, but all lead to judgement and condemnation by a just God. 3.) We are instructed to flee professing Christians who are unrepentant sinners, not unbelievers. 1Co 5:9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; 1Co 5:10 I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. 1Co 5:11 But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler--not even to eat with such a one. Now, where I do agree with the previous post in answer to your question is that we must consider the fact that: 1Co 15:33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals." So your friend, while he has the christian liberty to find lodging with unbelievers, ought to consider his options and consider if he actually ought to do so. In Christ, Beja |
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478 | smile.amazon.com | Acts 3:19 | Beja | 243866 | ||
Justme, I'm just pondering, but I can't think of anywhere that scripture puts such a burden or obligation on us. As I search my memory for passages that would shed light on this, my mind goes to Paul giving believers permission to eat meat sacrificed to idols. He seemed to teach they need not burden their conscience with worry about "supporting" the practice. Feel free to eat the meat was the suggestion. Perhaps its apples to oranges, but I still can't think of any passage that would require somebody to meet up to Christian ethics before a christian may do business with them. In Christ, Beja |
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479 | smile.amazon.com | Acts 3:19 | Beja | 243875 | ||
EdB, Either that verse says I'm not allowed to do business with anybody but Christians, or it was never meant to apply to retail purchases. I suspect the second option. In Christ, Beja |
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480 | smile.amazon.com | Acts 3:19 | Beja | 243877 | ||
EdB, No I do not. My personal opinion is that such thinking greatly hastened the collapse of American Christianity. We are called to purge sin from the church, not to police the broader culture. 1corinthians 5:9-13. In Christ, Beja |
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