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2461 | define repentance | Bible general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 35517 | ||
1 John 1:7-9 but if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. The word walk is a great word in the Greek PERIPATEO, it is one foot out in front at a time. If you try to stop with one foot up in the air while you are moving it will through you off balance. When we get off balance and sin then we need the rest of the I John 1:9 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Repentance has two objects one for the unbeliever and one for the believer. The risen living Word for the unbeliever and the living written Word for the believer. Revelation 3:20 is for the believer or child the God is trying to get his act back together. Rev. 3:19-20 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. We try to do our best but we still have the old sin nature along with our new nature. Romans 7:24-25 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Won't it be nice when this is over and we are out of here! CDBJ |
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2462 | Tribulation before rapture? | Matthew | CDBJ | 35512 | ||
It isn't the mid point it is the end. The object of the great tribulation is being removed. The world is thrown into panic by great disturbance in the heavens. Every one on the earth is looking up because of all the trouble. Believers are told to look up, the unbelievers will look up and see the Lord coming the they will be scrambling into the rocks and caves to hide from him. Joel 2:10 Before them the earth quakes, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon grow dark, And the stars lose their brightness. Acts 2:20 'THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME. Rev. 1:7 BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Even so. Amen. Joel 2:31 "The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. The key is in the word BEFORE. Rev. 6:12-17 And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. 14And the sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15And the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; 17for the great day of their wrath has come; and who is able to stand?" All the great tribulation up to this point has been focused on the believer by the adversary. Rev. 12:12 "For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time." The short time is his last days to torment believers. |
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2463 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | CDBJ | 35508 | ||
Dear believer57, I really appreciate your response to my question but I feel bad now because you evidently didn't catch the wording, (lets say for sake of discussion), I am not questioning the message of what you are saying, I am questioning the function or action that you said one must do to be saved. I am very sorry if I mislead you into thinking that I am not a member of the elect. I have been save for over 36 years now I just said that I haven't read in the Bible where an unbeliever is supposed to ask Jesus into his heart, or life, technically speaking. The verse that you mentioned in Revelation 3:20 is so misused when presenting the salvation message. Christ wasn't even talking to unbelievers at this point but believers that were out of fellowship. He comes into unbelievers for salvation not to sup as with a believer for fellowship. A lot of believer have the Spirit but He is quenched in their life. Jesus wants to restore the closeness and have fellowship with them. God doesn't rebuke children that aren't his! The word repent for the unbeliever it toward Christ the living word, the word repent for the believer is toward God's living written word, the Bible. Rev. 3:17-20 . 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. The message of Christ at this point is toward those in the church not outside. One of the best books for the presentation of the good news about Jesus is the book of John; in fact that was why it was written. John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. What I am trying to point out, and evidently failed to do, is to eliminate the false notion that one can ask Jesus into their heart or life. One can receive Christ into their life but not just by asking, that would be works! The word believe is the key, when a person believes in Jesus with the intensity that the Greek word PISTEUO conveys receiving Christ is something that is automatic. Ephes. 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, People aren't saved because they walk and aisle or jump through some ones psychological hoop or by quote some magical phrase. They need enough information to put their confidence and trust in Jesus and the only way this can happen is by hearing God's word about His Son. Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. The Greek idiom, heart, sure has messed up a lot of well meaning people. If one would think of the heart as that of a tree as being the very core or center, they would be closer to the real meaning; the inner most being. Jesus mentioned this to the woman at the well. John 7:38 (NASB) "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.' " There are a lot of so-called believers out there that think just because they did something that they are saved. They don't know enough about Jesus to know what he did for them but they sure are trusting in what they did by raising their hand in a service or making some kind of a decision to walk an aisle. A good example would be the thief on the cross next to Jesus, what did he do that brought on the response from Christ that the thief would be with him in paradise? I hope that I haven't confused you, if you would like to I will go in it in more detail. If you think the idiom of heart is a problem, you aught to see what they though the seat of the emotions was, the kidneys! Sorry about the mix up, CDBJ |
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2464 | define repentance | Bible general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 35498 | ||
Thanks for the response, sometimes I think that I just put things in the forum for the exercise but I suppose everyone runs into that problem. | ||||||
2465 | In Heaven a-way from pain | Ps 23:4 | CDBJ | 35462 | ||
I hope it is a help, it is all based on Scriptureas except for being able to speak back to those that have been leftin this world of trouble.Paul had a glimpse and this is what he said as a result. 1 Cor. 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. |
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2466 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | CDBJ | 35461 | ||
Let me see if I am hearing you right, just to get the record straight, lets say for sake of the discussion, that I don't the Bible form a boy scout manual, and you come up to me on the street and say to me, hay buddy, if you ask Jesus into your heart you can be saved: And I wonder what ever being saved is? I say ok, I'm all for saving stuff,I got a friend that's a real packrat maybe I can be one up on him. Ok Jesus come into my heart; now does that mean that I just did something that's worthy enough for me to get eternal life? On your authority you just promised me eternal life and by the way what authority do you have, how much weight do you push around here? And will God back you us or are we both going to fall in a ditch of trouble? |
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2467 | Tribulation before rapture? | Matthew | CDBJ | 35452 | ||
The tribulation is actually cut short by the rapture according to everything that I see. The moment after the Lord takes us up from the Earth he is going to pour out his wrath on those left behind. Just like in the days of Noah and Lot, the believers were removed then WHAM. 2 Thes. 1:6-10 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you 7and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. 8He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power 10on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. The (when) at the beginning of verse 10 gives the timing of the rapture and the beginning of God's wrath on the earth. |
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2468 | tribulation vs. wrath | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 35449 | ||
I think that a lot of people miss the boat on the Olivet discourse the key was that believers, namely the disciples, ask the Lord a question. They knew that he was leaving and they wanted to know with great concern when he would be coming back. Matthew 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? Jesus actually told them what they could expect to happen and the things that would be going on just before his return. The believers that would be going through this great tribulation should be looking up when these things begin to happen. No one knows the day or the hour but they sure can know the season. Paul must have taught the same thing that Christ did in Matt.24. because he said that the believers weren't in the dark like the unbelieving world will be in the last days. 1 Thes. 5:1-5 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. The peace and safety isn't enjoyed by the believers in these verses, it is the unbelievers that are saying peace and safety. The believers are going through tribulation. |
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2469 | Tribulation before rapture? | Matthew | CDBJ | 35446 | ||
zach, the coming of the Lord in the Greek isn't a verb but a noun, it isn't an action but an event. Just emphasizing the words (the last trump in this event) and how the trump plays out, in other Scriptures and you will see it is what we commonly call the rapture. Check out the trump!! Matthew 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 1 Cor. 15:51-52 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 1 Thes. 4:15-17 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. This sure sounds like the rapture to me no matter which way you slice it. CDBJ |
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2470 | define repentance | Bible general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 35398 | ||
Repentance as described in the Greek of the New Testament is not the same as one might think in the English. 2 Cor. 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. Godly sorrow can bring about repentance but true repentance isn't sorrow. Repentance come to us from the word METANOIA in the Greek. It is a compound word from META, meaning to change and NOIA, thinking. With regards to salvation as mentioned in the verse, it actually means to change your thinking about the person of Jesus Christ and once you do this never to change your thinking again. If you are only sorry as the world is sorry, you will end up separated from God for eternity. When people are sorry for their sins, God is not the lest bit impressed with their sorrow. The only thing that God is impressed with, when it comes to sin, is what His Son did on the cross. Therefore if you want to do something that will really count with God put all your faith and trust in what Jesus did for you on the cross. Faith and repentance are two sides of the same coin and it all point to Christ. |
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2471 | Are all at the white throne judg. lost? | Not Specified | CDBJ | 35262 | ||
Revelation 20:11 speaks of the great white throne and the assumption is that all that are judged at this judgment will be the lost. If that is the case why is verse 15 of chapter 20 even recorded? Rev. 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. Rev. 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. |
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2472 | Are all at the white throne judg. lost? | Revelation | CDBJ | 35298 | ||
Revelation 20:11 speaks of the great white throne and the assumption is that all that are judged at this judgment will be the lost. If that is the case why is verse 15 of chapter 20 even recorded? Rev. 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. Rev. 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. |
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2473 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | CDBJ | 35254 | ||
Centurian, I agree with you on what you had to say about the heart but then you said that we must invite Jesus into our life. I can't find any Scripture to back up either view; where we are told to invite Jesus into anything, be it our life or our heart? | ||||||
2474 | DID JESUS EVER MARRY OR HAVE THE TEMPTAT | Bible general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 35188 | ||
I think that the verse that must be in question is found in Hebrews. Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. The verse doesn't say all situations, it says all points. We must remember that temptation isn't a sin unless given into. I John tells us that there are three way by which we can be tempted that are a part of the world system. 1 John 2:15-16 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. The three ways pointed out here are lust of flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. You can see that Satan knew these and used them on Jesus in the book of Matthew when Christ went through his great temptation. See if you can pick out these three in the following verses? Matthew 4:1-11 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. In these verses alone Christ was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin. Actually when we commit personal sin it all starts through one of the three categories. Notice also the way that Jesus combats the temptation, through the knowledge of, and use of God's word. 1 Cor. 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. This doesn't say that God is going to take the temptation away but that we will be able to bear it the same way Christ did. 2 Tim. 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. I hope this helps, CDBJ |
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2475 | What is the Greek word? | Bible general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 35182 | ||
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2476 | Should Benny throw the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 4:1 | CDBJ | 35078 | ||
How has Mr. Hinn improved your relationship with Christ, and would you not have the relationship that you now have with Christ apart from Benny Hinn? Do you think that you are letting your emotions dictate to your soul through Mr. Hinn rather then the knowledge of Bible doctrine? You don't have to answer me on these question but they are question that you should be asking yourself. CDBJ | ||||||
2477 | Bad Arguments Against Calvinism | John 15:16 | CDBJ | 35047 | ||
Well I know I didn't dream it up because i'm not that smart, there must be someone on the forum that has heard of this theory. | ||||||
2478 | Bad Arguments Against Calvinism | John 15:16 | CDBJ | 34998 | ||
Hank, you mean that you have never heard of the concept that man was created to (resolve the angelic conflict). The theory goes that after Lucifer sinned, along with one third of the angels who decided to follow him, a court hearing took place in heaven and they were all found guilt and were sentenced to go to the lake of fire. Satan decided to appeal the sentence saying that a loving God couldn't cast his creatures into such a place. There was a stay of execution so that God could prove otherwise, thus we have the creation of man. I am sure that Tim Moran could probably fill you in on all the details he is pretty good at some of this deep stuff, but that is a short summation of the concept; don't ask me where it comes from because I have a real pat answer, I don't know! It is said that every time someone believes is Christ it is an expression of resolve and the devil knows that he has an appointed time left. The following might fit the last part. Rev. 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. CDBJ ??? |
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2479 | Bad Arguments Against Calvinism | John 15:16 | CDBJ | 34973 | ||
We might as well bypass the fist parents and take this back to the angels because we will be there sooner or later with the free will! | ||||||
2480 | Bad Arguments Against Calvinism | John 15:16 | CDBJ | 34971 | ||
We know that God is omniscient, therefore he knows who the winners are; wouldn't it be against His character to elect or chose the losers because the elect of God are already more then winners in Christ. The future with God is just as perspicuous as the past! 1 Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Ephes. 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: John 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. God knows the future as well as the past and he doesn't waste his time or even come close to jeopardizing his character! God knew from eternity past how we were going to react to the message of his precious Son even before this big ball we are standing on was here. We have free will, God just knew what we would do with it and he doesn't pick losers. |
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