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341 | Where to find Bread | Luke 3:18 | EdB | 243262 | ||
I assure you that when one beggar tells another beggar where to find food it isn't with patience. It is done with excitement! When a person is first freed of sin he doesn't use patience to tell others he wants everyone in the world to be free. Most old church "saints" stand back and shaking their head at his exuberance, watering his parade until they finally get him as "patient" as them. Throughout the Gospels we never once see an Apostle being told to be patient after they were filled with the Holy Spirit. In fact just opposite they preached when patience would have been wisdom to man. No when a beggar finds food he shares his find with other with excitment and celebration. The greatest evangelist I know we're given a view and sense of hell. They rush into the world and tell any that will listen they have found the escape route. They are the type as they say "you would have shoot them to shut them up." They don't look for reward, pay, fame they want to tell others that Jesus is the way. They never use patience to do that. |
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342 | The Seriousness of Sin | Ps 1:5 | EdB | 243261 | ||
Scripture has the correct and strongest view of sin. It is the idea we can be involved with sin and still be holy that has weakened man's true view of sin. Scripture never suggests that yet man in his "wisdom" has made holiness God's problem while man is free of all responsibility. In the story of prodigal son we see a man make decisions to live with the hogs. It wasn't until he decided to take responsibility and turn back to the father that his life changed. |
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343 | Baptists | 1 Cor 11:2 | EdB | 243260 | ||
I think every denomination believes and teaches that. History is easy to manipulate if you snip here add there and ignore this and emphasize that. |
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344 | A work of God's Free Grace | John 17:17 | EdB | 243259 | ||
Where does the Book of James fit into that concept? And how? | ||||||
345 | You Can Easily See the Difference | 2 Pet 1:21 | EdB | 243251 | ||
This excellent! And something many forget or ignore to their destruction! | ||||||
346 | No Agreement on the Definition of Libert | Acts 20:29 | EdB | 243248 | ||
Wow if Lincoln did say that he missed it. The story says nothing about the definition of Liberty. I speaks pnly to the sheep's and wolf's perspective of the shepherd. Their definition of Liberty was never discussed. |
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347 | Evangelical Defined | Acts 21:8 | EdB | 243241 | ||
Others define evangelicals as more conservative as compared to mainline or more liberal groups. Others define Reformed (Calvinist) and non Reformed (evangelical). That is the definition I tend to go with. I tend to see Calvinist (Reformed), Mainline ( liberal) , Evangelical ( conservative). I see the Evangelical as made up of Full Gospel, Fundemental, Pentecostal. Reformed denominations seem to have the word Reformed in the name, Reformed Presbyterian, Reformed Baptist etc. Mainline are the churches like United Methodist, Presbyterian, Southern Baptist, Wesleyan, Lutheran and etc. I see rhe Evangelical Churches like, Full Gospel, Bible Based, Independent Baptist, Most Pentecostal, and etc. There is also the orthodox churches such as Angelican, Episcopalian, Greek/Russian Orthodox, Catholic and etc. It is hard to group them the biggest differences I see are Liberal versus Conservative or Fundemental, Calvinist and non Calvinist, Pentecostal and non Pentecostal. Whole scripture versus New Testament only, Trinitarians versus oneness or Jesus only. I think the 6 points above would better define a Christian not what Christian theology they follow. |
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348 | Giving All to Christ our Only King | Ps 25:3 | EdB | 243238 | ||
Messy interesting word! This was murder committed by those that claim Sola Scriptura. Yet Scripture never suggests such action. That is my point Sola Scriptura is only claimed when it will serve the purpose of the one that claims it. The concept of Sola Scriptura itself is without support in the very scriptures it claims are the only guidelines to follow. Do I think we should ignore Sola Scriptura? No! But rather than use it as a weapon it should be used to resolve denominational disputes, instead of justifying splitting and forming a new denomination. Jesus prayed for the unity of the church and Sola Scriptura is used to justify divison within the church by those that refuse to seek unity instead of their theological position. |
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349 | Giving All to Christ our Only King | Ps 25:3 | EdB | 243237 | ||
I totally agree mysticism of hearing voices and seeing visions is wrong. The Holy Spirit may give us dreams or visions as scripture says Acts 2:17 but what is revealed will ALWAYS be within the boundaries set by scripture. No mysticism involved only God's will. |
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350 | Pray for the Lost and Misled in Africa | Ps 12:2 | EdB | 243236 | ||
I have not doubt men do try to exploit others on every continent ion the name of Christ. Do I condone it? Absolutely not! How will it be viewed in the future? Unless the rewriter of history change our history as they have the history of the Reformation I would expect such behavior to be condemned in the future as it is now. I do pray for the misled, here in America and everywhere I the world. I especially pray that those that have been told they can live in as the world and still be saved, that they can't lose their salvation will have their eyes open to the truth. |
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351 | Calvin's Letter to Men Facing Martyrdom | Rev 17:6 | EdB | 243235 | ||
I took no elevated view of Servetus I merely pointed out Calvin's ability to talk on martyrdom from a participants point of view. Since he was very much a factor in Servetus' martyrdom. Wonder what Hermenutical method Calvin used to justify burning a man to death? |
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352 | Calvin's Letter to Men Facing Martyrdom | Rev 17:6 | EdB | 243232 | ||
Calvin was well equipped to write about men facing martyrdom since he made Michael Servetus one. He also violated Sola Scriptura by condemning Servetus to the stake. On October 27, 1553 John Calvin, the founder of Calvinism, had Michael Servetus, the Spanish physician, burned at the stake just outside of Geneva for his doctrinal beliefs!(1) Hence, the originator of the popular doctrine of "once saved always saved" (known in certain circles as "perseverance of the saints") violated the cry of the Reformation -- "Sola Scriptura" -- by murdering a doctrinal heretic without Scriptural justification.michael servetus This event was something John Calvin had considered long before Michael Servetus was even captured, for John Calvin wrote his friend, Farel, on February 13, 1546 (seven years prior to Michael Servetus' arrest) and went on record as saying: "If he [Servetus] comes [to Geneva], I shall never let him go out alive if my authority has weight."(2) Evidently, in that day John Calvin's authority in Geneva, Switzerland had ultimate "weight." This is why some referred to Geneva as the "Rome of Protestantism"(3) and to John Calvin as the "Protestant 'Pope' of Geneva."(4) During Servetus' trial, John Calvin wrote: "I hope that the verdict will call for the death penalty."(5) All this reveals a side of John Calvin that is not well-known or very appealing, to say the least! Obviously, he had a prolonged, murderous hate in his heart and was willing to violate Scripture to put another to death and in a most cruel way. Although John Calvin consented to Michael Servetus' request to be beheaded, he acquiesced to the mode of execution employed. But why did John Calvin have a death wish for Michael Servetus? "To rescue Servetus from his heresies, Calvin replied with the latest edition of his 'Institutes of the Christian Religion,' which Servetus promptly returned with insulting marginal comments. Despite Servetus's [sic] pleas, Calvin, who developed an intense dislike of Servetus during their correspondence, refused to return any of the incriminating material."(6) "Convicted of heresy by the Roman Catholic authorities, Servetus escaped the death penalty by a prison break. Heading for Italy, Servetus unaccountably stopped at Geneva, where he had been denounced by Calvin and the Reformers. He was seized the day after his arrival, condemned as a heretic when he refused to recant, and burned in 1553 with the apparent tacit approval of Calvin."(7) In the course of his flight from Vienne, Servetus stopped in Geneva and made the mistake of attending a sermon by Calvin. He was recognized and arrested after the service.(8) "Calvin had him [Servetus] arrested as a heretic. Convicted and burned to death."(9) From the time that John Calvin had him arrested on August 14th until his condemnation, Michael Servetus spent his remaining days: michael servetus " ... in an atrocious dungeon with no light or heat, little food, and no sanitary facilities."(10) Let it be noted that the Calvinists of Geneva put half-green wood around the feet of Michael Servetus and a wreath strewn with sulfur on his head. It took over thirty minutes to render him lifeless in such a fire, while the people of Geneva stood around to watch Michael Servetus suffer and slowly die! Just before this happened, the record shows: "Farel walked beside the condemned man, and kept up a constant barrage of words, in complete insensitivity to what Servetus might be feeling. All he had in mind was to extort from the prisoner an acknowledgement [sic] of his theological error -- a shocking example of the soulless cure of souls. After some minutes of this, Servetus ceased making any reply and prayed quietly to himself. When they arrived at the place of execution, Farel announced to the watching crowd: 'Here you see what power Satan possesses when he has a man in his power. This man is a scholar of distinction, and he perhaps believed he was acting rightly. But now Satan possesses him completely, as he might possess you, should you fall into his traps.' michael servetus http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/michael-servetus.htm#4 |
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353 | Giving All to Christ our Only King | Ps 25:3 | EdB | 243222 | ||
Interesting story. Showing the divison in the Body of Christ. Young Protestant girl murdered by other Protestants because of differences in scripture interpretation. Two Protestant denominations in direct opposition over their interpretation of scripture to justify one to murder another. Interesting! |
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354 | Questions to ask while Reading the Word | Neh 8:18 | EdB | 243217 | ||
Sonofmom I quite agree! I onced preached a message on a subject I felt was unrelated to salvation. After the service a man came to me and told me I preached at him that day and that he was so convicted that he had given his heart to the Lord. This man faithfully followed Christ from that day forward and everyone saw the change in him. In fact the change was so dynamic his wife gave her heart to Lord a few weeks later as did the rest of his family. I have gone back over the tapes of that service and for the life of me I find nothing that should have brought the man under conviction as he claimed it did. All I can say is praise God! God's word is alive both spoken and in scripture and it will not return void. However God gave no such promise to man's words. |
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355 | Questions to ask while Reading the Word | Neh 8:18 | EdB | 243214 | ||
This statement in your quote may be misleading. "What is meant in the context of all Scripture. Scripture is rational, it never means one thing one day and another thing another day." Actual I often find the same scripture speaking to different aspects of my life at different times. Scripture is commonly referred to as the living word, as such it must be viewed as dynamic in it's addressing different aspects of the readers life. Just a thought! |
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356 | Hysterical, Sensational, Sentimental | Mic 3:11 | EdB | 243213 | ||
Probably the same since there is nothing new under the sun. The ills that existed then exist today. Perhaps more frequently and perhaps more blatantly, but they are the same ills today as they were then. | ||||||
357 | What Makes a Doctrine Biblical? | Prov 13:13 | EdB | 243210 | ||
In fact what makes doctrine Biblical is convincing enough people that scripture supports the doctrine and then forming into a movement, denomination, school of theology that supports that doctrine. Yes all doctrine should conform to scripture, but we all know each denomination holds to a doctrine that we may or may not agree with. How does that happen? Because the door was opened for each man to decide for himself was scripture was actually saying. Today I read scripture that says Jesus is the only way to salvation. Yet there are those that would go to stake because they believe scripture supports other ways. Likewise with many many many other doctrines, creeds, teaching, theological positions. Look at the various doctrines on abortion, divorce, alcohol usage, tattoos, living together, homosexuality. In many cases positions held are in direct contradiction yet each believe they used proper handling of scripture to reach their position. There is no tie breaker, no authority on earth that declares this doctrine correct and that one wrong. Each man is left to his own interpretation of scripture to decide. And FRANKLY many faithful, honest, dedicated Christians are not capable of making that decision. Proof! The many followers of doctrine we consider wrong. :-) |
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358 | Twisting scripture with quotes | Matt 28:19 | EdB | 243209 | ||
I totally agree! My concern is the practice of presenting a doctrine from one school of theology through the use of quotes in such a way that readers are led to the false conclusion that it represents the only valid position. Lockman has cautioned all posters not to post denominational/theological bias. Fact! There are many schools of theology that are contained in the definition of "Orthodox" Christianity. Reformed - Evangelical Dispensationalism - Non Dispensationist Cessationist - Pentecostal Millennialist - Amillennianalist Calvinists - Arminiamists Trinitarians - Oneness Tribulationlist - Non tribulationlist Pre, Post, and Mid Trib Perterist, Historicist, Spiritualists, Futureists Baptism be immersion baptism by sprinkling Infant Baptism - Adult only Baptism in the name of the Trinity - Jesus only Jesus spiritually died on the cross - Jesus only physically died The list goes on and on. Fact! We have Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Nazarene, Catholic, Pentecostal, Wesleyan, Church of Christ and many others, on this forum. To present a doctrine from one particular school of theology through the use of a quote as the only acceptable point of view or the only accepted theological stance is disingenuous. Likewise to deny the fact that almost every school of theology came into being because of differences of interpretation of scripture is ignoring the facts. I totally agree scripture clearly shows the way to salvation and developing doctrine external to scripture is wrong. That said. Almost every denomination/ school of orthodox Christianity holds to doctrine they insist is supported by scripture but differ significantly from other denominations and schools of theology. And that quite frankly divides the church. Not to mention the differences on divorce, abortion, homosexuality, drug and alcohol use, women in pulpit, divorced pastors, homosexual pastors, and again the lists goes on. There has always been dissention within the church but the church was united enough to come together in a council and set down accepted doctrine in a creed, confession of faith, or formal doctrinal statement. However that unity was lost when all human restraint was thrown off and it was decided that each man could decide for himself what scripture was saying. Thus we have what we have today numerous ( you pick a number) denominations each claiming to be Bible based, Bilble lead, scripture confirming entities each saying they have the right understanding of scripture that the others have missed. What the "World" sees is lack of certainties confusion, disunity. |
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359 | Twisting scripture with quotes | Matt 28:19 | EdB | 243206 | ||
A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not advanced by that opponent. The so-called typical "attacking a straw man" argument creates the illusion of having completely refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition by covertly replacing it with a different proposition (i.e. "stand up a straw man") and then to refute or defeat that false argument ("knock down a straw man") instead of the original proposition. This technique has been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly in arguments about highly charged emotional issues where a fiery, entertaining "battle" and the defeat of an "enemy" may be more valued than critical thinking or understanding both sides of the issue. Allegedly, straw-man tactics were once known in some parts of the United Kingdom as an Aunt Sally, after a pub game of the same name where patrons threw sticks or battens at a post to knock off a skittle balanced on top. Many discussions on the forum of late are generated by quotes of noted Biblical scholars. However the truth is many Biblical scholar's theology is in opposition to each other. Some post a quote as if the quote Is the final answer to a theological question. When in fact the quote is nothing more than quoted author's opinion. Different schools of theology have existed since the beginning of the church. These differences come because not all scripture is interpreted the same by every reader. The one that does not agree is usually accused of twisting scripture. However that is a two way street as each points at the other. Another way to attempt to defeat differences in opinion is to charge the opposition of straw man arguments again usually a two way street. Problem different interpretations of scripture do exist! Question did Jesus expect this to happen? I think he did that is why he charged he disciples to remain in unity and to teach others what Jesus had taught them. We see in Acts when differences arose the disciples came together to resolve them. Paul was fairly clear saying if anyone teaches something different than did the were false teachers. The question is how what did Paul teach? Many take this part of Paul,s teaching and ignore others. Again a charge that can be brought against both sides of such discussions. |
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360 | Harmonizing the Word Hermeneutically | Deut 19:21 | EdB | 243203 | ||
Already did :-) | ||||||
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