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261 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | Country Girl | 125067 | ||
I would have to side with the fact that babies were NOT part of the household because they could believe, repent or confess the name of Jesus. This is further endorsed by the probable fact that the jailer was most likely an older man and thus all his kids would have been mature enough to have obeyed the gospel. Just my opinion. Blessings to you all. Country Girl |
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262 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | Country Girl | 125069 | ||
Sometimes I feel like a nut: I left an important word, see below. I would have to side with the fact that babies were NOT part of the household because they could NOT believe, repent or confess the name of Jesus. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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263 | Whats the laws purpose? | Romans | Country Girl | 124453 | ||
This is just an excerpt from Romans, Chapter 7 but I would recommend that you read the whole chapter as Paul does an excellent job of explaining this subject. Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET." 33 Rom 7:8 But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead. 34 Rom 7:9 I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; 35 Rom 7:14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. 36 Rom 7:16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. The primary purpose of the law as I see it is to help us identify exactly what sin is and how repulsive it is to our God, read verse 7 again. Then we should be properly motivated to do whatever it takes to get it out of our lives. Of course, that's not possible, especially without the Lord's help. But whatever amount of sin we have in our lives, as long as we're His child, receiving His gift of salvation and staying within His Fellowship of Light as portrayed in 1 John we're in good shape to go to Heaven. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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264 | What was the Reformation? | Rom 1:17 | Country Girl | 126001 | ||
It seems to me that at least there's always the possibility that the Gospel or God's Word can be "lost" in one way when a whole generation of God's people forget about its basic importance in our lives just like the ways of Judiasm was temporarily forgotten before King Josiah found them in the archives in 2 Ki 22. Jesus emphasizes this point in the parable of the lost coin or the lost prodical son. His main point in both is that they were found. We must always remember, as it's been said before "apostacy can take place in any one generation." It only takes the forgetfulness of mankind which isn't too difficult to imagine, especially if we were to lose all this modern technology due to some world-wide catastrophic event. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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265 | What was the Reformation? | Rom 1:17 | Country Girl | 126018 | ||
This subject has been hashed over pretty well on the Forum in the past. Just insert the words, Reformation and Restoration into the QuickSearch. One of the best discussions imo was that involving Kalos, Rowdy and EdB. It started with Post no 122859. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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266 | The Devolution of Man | Rom 1:23 | Country Girl | 127732 | ||
I'm moved to remember Pr 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Pr 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Seems particularly powerful that God repeats Himself with this advice. Do we learn? 1 Cor 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Cor 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Cor 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 1 Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness" Humanism, what an awful stage of thinking for our planet to develop in face of all the history we have at our fingertips. Knowing all of what we know about the rise and fall of all the great empires/nations of the past and we still insist on following their footsteps to our own destruction. Can we turn it around and reverse this path? I do sincerely hope so. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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267 | w/o the Law would man be concious of sin | Rom 3:20 | Country Girl | 130208 | ||
I'm no expert in this matter but we do know that mankind lived for a long time without a specific code of written law from God or anyone else for quite some time, at least from Adam to Noah's time. God felt they had violated His laws sufficiently enough that the "whole world was thinking of evil continuously" and destroyed that world with the flood. Apparently, our conscience has some basic rudamentary principles of right and wrong by which people will be judged IF they know absolutely nothing about the Bible, God or Jesus. Rom 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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268 | Do you have to be baptized to be saved? | Rom 6:3 | Country Girl | 128894 | ||
It seems we're being just a little hasty to conclude this topic when the Bible has so much more to say about the matter. Among them: 1 Pet 3:18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand--with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. I agree with you in that some verses in the Bible SEEM to give support to your conclusion but when one does a thorough and complete search for every verse on this subject, it appears the Bible is in conflict but we all know that can't be. So rather than take a chance or gamble on those verses that seem vague in contrast to all the others that clearly state baptism is required like that above, I would recommend an attitude of "erring on the side of caution." What does that phrase mean? When we get to Heaven after being baptized into God's family, we can then ask God and if He says "No, there was no need for you to be baptized to be a christian, that's just a confirmation after the fact." as you've stated in your post. But on the other hand, IF it is correct like I'm saying that Christ does expect us to humble ourselves and get ourselves baptized in total submission to His Last Will and Testament, then all those who approach Judgment Day without that qualification are undone and unprepared. God just might say something like "I warned you that you would be judged by My Son's Words and He told you to repent and be baptized." Given these two scenarios, emphasizing it's Judgment Day and no turning back, which side would you want to make an error? Please be assured there is a tremendous multitude of folks throughout the world who believe just this way. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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269 | Do you have to be baptized to be saved? | Rom 6:3 | Country Girl | 129171 | ||
As I mentioned in my post, it seems the verses you've cited at the very least support the idea of questioning the requirement of baptism which I guess you're saying is one of the required acts after being saved. While the verses I've cited give clear and convincing proof that baptism is very important and critically required. So I can only encourage you to study all the scriptures cited throughout the Bible as I mentioned in my previous post, AND encourage you to pray on this matter. We do have very strong assurances that God will judge us in accordance with ALL of His Son's Words. Blessings to you, my friend. Country Girl |
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270 | Thought this would help also ::) | Rom 6:23 | Country Girl | 130196 | ||
I'm not able to understand this post. Did you mean to link this to another post as an answer with this scripture? Please explain. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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271 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129617 | ||
I just checked out Mr. Perkins' chart and read his notes or at least as many as I could understand. (Nice music.) I realize there's great controversy about the action of baptism and exactly where it figures into this process but I must admit I can't understand how he could leave it out of the chart altogether and not address it at all. The Bible clearly puts quite a bit of emphasis on this vital step in the Salvation process so I must ask the question. Are you endorsing this website, chart and related notes from Mr. Perkins as being complete and total in reflecting the whole Plan of Salvation from our God? Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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272 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129640 | ||
I guess you've done a wonderful job of showcasing my point. The word baptism or some derivative thereof is cited in 87 different verses of the Bible, all in the NT. Just to keep things in perspective, the word repent and its derivatives are in the Bible, including both the OT and the NT, a total of 70 times. As my kids used to say, "Duh, what's wronng with this picture? I don't want to belabor the point as I'm sure you've got it by now. It almost seems someone has pulled a big scam on people in deceiving them into believing against this vital step in the Salvation process. But as you say, "people are rarely moved from their perspective." I guess we can only pray that people will re-study the topic and make certain that I'm only citing the truth with this post. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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273 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129668 | ||
I realized when I posted that statement there would be several who wouldn't agree with the sentiment of my post. Please believe me, I really am trying to be objective, thus my citation of the number of times those words appear in the Bible. I might remind you that just a few hundred years ago, you and I would be in a serious amount of trouble in some countries for just reading the Bible and in more serious trouble still for speaking out against the Catholic church. I remind you of this fact to say just because a particular fact does NOT enjoy the popularity of the majority, that doesn't make it any less of a fact, especially when it's from God Almighty. Yes when I look over all those 87 verses, I'm reminded of the tremendous value christians put on that part of the Plan of Salvation or Process. One of the best I can recall is Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. Gal 3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Gal 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. I can understand how some folks interpret other scriptures to exclude the importance of baptism. What I can't understand is how a true Bible scholar such as Mr. Perkins can leave it completely out of his chart altogether. What would be your guess as to how this deception was perpetrated on Bible students? Blessings to you, dear friend. Country Girl |
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274 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129729 | ||
You seemed to have skipped right over the most important portion of this topic. The main difference between the 82 citations of circumcision and the 87 citations of baptism is the fact that many, many of those verses with baptism are directly linked with salvation as the one I quoted from Galations. Let's try to stay focused on the subject, shall we? Baptism is one of the things we're commanded to do but the Bible is at the very least just as clearly in favor of putting baptism before salvation as those few verses that seem to leave it open for interpretation. So again it seems to be prudent and err on the side of caution. Since you brought up circumcision, think of it this way: Did a man converting over to the Jewish faith in the Bible become a Jew before or after he was circumcised? I guess you see my obvious comparison, the ritual of circumcision to the ritual of baptism. Seems rather powerful...come to think of it, I really appreciate your bringing circumcision into this discussion. Thanks. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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275 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129752 | ||
I didn't mean any offense so I'm glad you didn't register any. I guess the most repulsive things about the Catholic organization is the idea that the Pope is any more than just another mere man. Even elders and deacons in the Lord's church are just members of mankind like we all are and as such we ALL must obey God since He created us. Some of the other atrocities were indulgencies and similar actions that they perpetrated in the past. I guess I would have to plead ignorance on their current positions on these issues but they too must bring themselves into total submission unto the Lord in ALL aspects of Christianity. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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276 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129753 | ||
I didn't mean any offense so I'm glad you didn't register any. I guess the most repulsive things about the Catholic organization is the idea that the Pope is any more than just another mere man. Even elders and deacons in the Lord's church are just members of mankind like we all are and as such we ALL must obey God since He created us. Some of the other atrocities were indulgencies and similar actions that they perpetrated in the past. I guess I would have to plead ignorance on their current positions on these issues but they too must bring themselves into total submission unto the Lord in ALL aspects of Christianity. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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277 | God the Son as a confession of faith | Rom 9:5 | Country Girl | 126620 | ||
I believe very strongly in the Trinity or the Godhead. Although the word Trinity is not in the Bible, the concept is very clearly documented throughout His Word. So it's very difficult to describe or even understand the details of this arrangment. We know Them as God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Also in the same way we don't know the actual mechanics or the "how" details about Jesus being completely human and 100 percent God at the same time. We just know he was both. As with so many aspects and details about Christianity, there's going to be a bunch of questions that have to wait until after Judgment Day for authoritative answers. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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278 | Worship/Service? original context Greek | Rom 12:1 | Country Girl | 127546 | ||
So what is the practical difference between these two interpretations? What does your preferred word of "service" mean to our christianity? Could this be related to "works of faith" as described in James? If not, why not? Please expound. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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279 | Worship/Service? original context Greek | Rom 12:1 | Country Girl | 127727 | ||
So, wouldn't you say that James has some good words to add to this concept of service or ministering to others in the body, performing acts of kindness in the name of our Lord. Of course we should be willing to do these acts not for the attention of men but for the sake of our God because we owe Him our very lives. James teaches us IF we have this kind of true faith, we'll be compelled to act like this. Thus we really can't expect to be pleasing to our God unless we are do our best to perform these little acts of kindness in response to our faith. This is NOT to say that we can hope to EARN our way to heaven as we're tempted to do. We must fight against that kind of thinking and keep ourselves completely humble and submissive, just a slave bought and paid for with Jesus' dear blood. What do you think? Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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280 | How do you know you are saved? | 1 Cor 2:11 | Country Girl | 123516 | ||
I would say Acts 2 gives a pretty good forumula. It's simple and straight forward. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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