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8281 | Is there middle ground? | Romans | EdB | 7877 | ||
I came across this quote and I had to append it to the forum after all the discussion on Election – Free Will and Calvinism - Arminianism “… in Romans 9, which deals with one of the thorniest theological problems in the Bible: predestination. It comes on very strongly on the side of divine election, which may lead you to conclude that Paul was a Calvinist and not an Armenian. I, however, believe he was both. You see, I believe that in most of the great theological controversies that have separated the Church, there has been light on both sides. Each side quotes the Scriptures that support them and ignores the Scriptures that are against them. I personally believe that it is logically possible to find an interpretation that affirms both truths. I believe it is the inevitable choice you have to make if you believe the whole Bible.” Quote by Derek Prince in the Summer 2001 issue of Christians for Israel Today. Could we all search for that middle ground Derek Prince talks about? I like his last sentence it is something you have to do if you believe the whole Bible. |
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8282 | Where there is no vision, people perish? | Prov 29:18 | EdB | 7875 | ||
Excellent answer Mark Sutton. A word study of the word “vision” will lead the student to the word “revelation” and eventually to the meaning “God’s Word”, “God’s law” or “God’s restraint”. In other words, “without God’s Word or Law (restraint) the people will perish” I believe Amos 8:11-12 expounds on this idea "Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD. 12"People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will go to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, But they will not find it.” |
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8283 | Is the Word-Faith movement biblical ? | John 10:27 | EdB | 7871 | ||
This is getting messy. Let’s separate Word of Faith from valid Christianity. Word of Faith borders on the metaphysical, in that they teach nothing becomes anything until it is spoken. Hence if your sick and you refuse to say your sick you will not be sick. If your car blows up it is only a false manifestation from Satan to defeat you and the car is not really blown up until after you say my car just blew up. They base this on the teachings of F.F. Bosworth and E. W. Kenyon. Kenyon in particular and Bosworth both daubled in the metaphysical before advancing their thoughts on the Christian world. Kenneth Hagin then developed their teaching into what I would call the Word of Faith movement. He claimed never to be sick because he would never allow the false manifestation of sickness brought on by Satan to become real by his voicing of them. In other words if your leg falls off it really didn’t fall off it is just an illusion of Satan to get you to confess your leg just fell off. Neat huh! Then they add to all this mix the fact that God wants you healthy, wealthy and just down right peachy. The only way any problems can come into your life is if you allow them by failing to speak positively or speak something negative into being. Then to sort of cinch it all down they say the only two things that can block your positive confession is the lack of faith or unconfessed sin. Therefore if anything bad does happen to you they always have an out. Either you lack faith or are a sinner. Kind of like catch 22. Your leg falls off, you can’t move, but you can’t call for help because if you say your leg fell off it really will. And since you can't confess it back on your either in sin or you lack mountain moving faith. This all works really well for headaches and such but when a real disaster comes into your life you pretty much look like a fool standing there saying my child didn’t died, it’s all a false manifestation of Satan, while they are throwing dirt on your child’s coffin. Then as you walk away from the cemetery your fellow church members whisper amongst themselves that child would have lived if only you had more faith or would have confessed the sin that was in your life preventing God from moving. This does happen folks! This is not to say God does not heal today, this is not to say God is not in the miracle working business, nor is this to say we shouldn’t have a positive outlook. What I am saying is we have to have our faith in God not in what we speak. |
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8284 | You answer one question with 3 more? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 7825 | ||
Here I go walking where angels fear to tread, between JVH0212 and Lionstrong :-). Let’s defend or attack dispensationalism on something other than Dr. Scofield. Dr. Scofield’s life pretty much attests to the fact he wasn’t real interested in some of the 10 commandments (not that mine is so much better). In fact it was to his best interest to go with dispensationalism. I think the question here needs to be asked was dispensationalism as presented by Dr Scofiled true or was it convenient? Being a dispensationalist myself I have a keen interest in the answer. |
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8285 | Is the Word-Faith movement biblical ? | John 10:27 | EdB | 7820 | ||
I too have been a part of the Word of Faith movement and I agree wholeheartedly with Mark’s advice, “move on”. Your own observations of the Word of Faith are right on. They have a formula on how to get God to perform according to their will. Never once do they allow God to be sovereign. By their teaching God is at our beck and call and He must perform according to a set standard. Two excellent books on the subject are “Christianity in Crisis” and “Counterfeit Revival” both are written by Hank Hanegraaff. Anybody that has not read those books and are in the Word of Faith movement are doing themselves and truth a big disservice. These books will open your eyes to the things that are going on behind the scenes that have been hidden from you. Things like “big names” going out the country to get medical treatment so they aren't discovered. The same people that are telling you to have faith for a healing because God HAS to perform. |
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8286 | Steve explain worship more? | John 4:24 | EdB | 7817 | ||
Steve your response fascinates me. You need to expand on the names of God. If we look in the Old Testament we see the people call God various names at various times in various stages of worship. If we read the Bible we know God considers names to be important, yet we seldom use the names scriptures give us for God. Steve as far as bowing or laying prostrate before the Lord you are absolutely right, but in most churches outside charismatic any form of outward worship is frowned upon. Most people view it as an attention attracting attempt to get oneself recognized as more spiritual than they. No wonder God calls us stiff necked. Steve you said to worship properly it takes time. Isn’t that a problem in our society we are instant people we don’t have time. We rush to work, rush at our work, rush to get home, rush to get supper, rush to get the kids to bed, rush to this, that, or another thing. Taking time??? Boy that is deep I wonder how God would react if His people started taking time for Him. That last sentence was tongue in cheek for those that want to get mad. :-) Steve I read your other response on the same subject I will request a copy of your document. Thanks for the offer Ed |
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8287 | How did He get into closed rooms? | John 20:19 | EdB | 7814 | ||
Nolan let me add if I have my facts right your a Brethren, I'm more than familiar with them and their teaching as I once attended and was baptized a Brethren. So there is no way I would suggest you were a JW. Your question just kind of made me wonder what you were asking. I probably should not have said what I did, but again it wasn’t aimed at you I was just trying to shut the door before any falsehood got in. | ||||||
8288 | How did He get into closed rooms? | John 20:19 | EdB | 7813 | ||
Nolan I did not label you anything! Nor did I infer you were a JW. I did say I hope you weren't suggesting Jesus was merely a spirit which happens to be a falsehood many including the JW teach. My choice of words were probably wrong and for that I apologize to you. As to your second remark if you will reread what I said you will see I gave you an honest answer. In fact it is the same answer you gave in your third paragraph. I only did it in a lot less words. Nolan I’m sorry for any misunderstanding, I just wanted to respond to your question in such a way that no opportunity was given for someone to come along and teach a falsehood saying Jesus was just a spirit etc, etc, etc. |
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8289 | How did He get into closed rooms? | John 20:19 | EdB | 7773 | ||
Nolan that's simple He is God and can do anything He wants. Why ask the question? I hope your not suggesting in anyway that he had to be a ghost or spiritual being to accomplish this. I think that is the falsehood the JW's teach. |
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8290 | What is worship, according to the Bible? | John 4:24 | EdB | 7763 | ||
Steve I would like to hear more on what you have to say about worship. I feel this too is a something the church is missing. How do you see it being done? What needs to change wthin the church? How does our thinking have to change? |
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8291 | Is there anyone else who has input? | Acts 5:34 | EdB | 7762 | ||
That's how I interpreted your responses and they weren't directed at me. I won't deny what Steve said could be accepted as a challenge but why do we have to let it become that? He picked a bad word in 'most' and I'm certain he wasn't necessarily aiming at your church. By the way Steve did start a new thread on worship and what he meant. Read what he has to say you may or may not agree. | ||||||
8292 | Steve explain worship more? | John 4:24 | EdB | 7742 | ||
JVH0212 why all the hostility? Steve made a point that to him worship is the act of prostrating oneself or at least bowing to the floor in submission. He further said that he sees the words commonly translated as worship to really mean worship through service. Now let me ask everyone that says he is wrong, do you believe many people in the church today worship in humble submission to God? Or do most worship only if they feel okay, the music is just right, this is a song they like, and etc. I will say that Steve’s idea could get dangerously close to works but I think we all understand the difference between that and what Steve is describing. JVH0212 you keep using the argument that to challenge a particular translation we must show or prove to have a superior education. Again I submit there are over 100 Translations of the New Testament and each feels they provide a better translation than they one that preceded them. Language is not cut and dried. I have a friend who is a Greek Orthodox priest that speaks fluent Greek and only uses an original language Bible. We get into many discussions. He would be the first to tell you there are passages where he is not sure what the writer was exactly saying. Body language, inflection, facial expressions are all used to clarify what the user of Greek really means. Now my question to Steve is what exactly do you see as needed for true worship to occur in the church today? |
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8293 | Is This Supposed To Be an Answer? | Acts 5:34 | EdB | 7727 | ||
Hank cool down let him explain himself. I can feel the temperature rising and none of us know what he meant by his comments on worship. | ||||||
8294 | Is there anyone else who has input? | Acts 5:34 | EdB | 7726 | ||
Great idea let us know where it is | ||||||
8295 | Is there anyone else who has input? | Acts 5:34 | EdB | 7725 | ||
Hank let's not get into defensive mode let's find out what he is saying and go from there. Let us be peace makers |
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8296 | Tell me more about your worship | Acts 5:34 | EdB | 7724 | ||
Let's say he was stupid thinking he could justify what he was doing in any way. | ||||||
8297 | Was Jesus actually in the tomb 3 days? | John 19:31 | EdB | 7723 | ||
Steve you have your Jewish days and nights mixed up, a Jewish calendar day starts at 6PM and run through to the next day at six PM. Example our Thursday which runs from midnight to mid night would encompass part of a Jewish Thursday night 12-6am a Jewish Thursday day 6am-6pm and part of a Jewish Friday night 6pm –midnight. In your example it would be Jewish start of calendar day Thursday 6pm-6am Day 1 Thursday 6am-6pm crucifixion with death occurring at 3PM Night 1 Friday 6pm-6am Day 2 Friday 6am-6pm Night 2 Saturday 6pm-6am Day 3 Saturday 6am-6pm Night 3 Sunday 6pm-6am Day 4 Sunday 6am-6pm Resurrection probably occurring before 6am. Tradition tells us it happened this way Jewish start of calendar day Friday 6pm-6am Day 1 Friday 6am-6pm crucifixion with death occurring at 3pm. Night 1 Saturday 6pm-6am Day 2 Saturday 6am-6pm Night 2 Sunday 6pm – 6am Day 3 Sunday 6am -6pm Resurrection occurring early after 6 am. We seem to be missing a least one night. For Jesus to fulfill the Old Testament Christology found in the Passover he had to died 4 days after his triumphant entry into Jerusalem. His entry was the 10 th of Nissan which it was, the day set aside for the “selection of the lambs”, his death would have to come on or just before the evening of the 14 th day the beginning of Passover. See Exodus 12. If we hold Jesus’ triumphant entry to be Palm Sunday then he had to died 4 days later which would be our Thursday, just before the beginning of the Jewish day Friday at 6PM which also would be a Passover “Sabbath” day. Followed by Saturday the weekly Passover making Sunday the first day the ladies could go to the grave to fulfill they need to further prepare Jesus’ body. Now let all those that tell you they are not influenced by church traditions tell you why this has to be wrong. Also see this same discussion by searching on Matthew 12:40 |
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8298 | Tell me more about your worship | Acts 5:34 | EdB | 7702 | ||
Steve wow! You have my interest what do you mean by your statement, “For example, most of the church teaches wrongly about worship. They misdefine worship.”? Maybe we want to take that part of the discussion to another thread but I sure would like to know exactly what your referring to here. Second part you said you found a minister counseling a married man and his fiancé on their upcoming wedding. You infer the Pastor mistakenly thought it was okay. Steve if you find a minister who is counseling a married man and another woman on marriage I think you can safely say the minister either knows exactly what he is doing or he was too stupid to be a Pastor. Nobody that has ever read the Bible can be that ignorant of God’s thoughts on the subject. I think the fact he called someone else to verify what you had told him proves the latter. I’m not be mean here just honest, if the man didn’t know that what he was doing was against everything God intended marriage to be, he was way to stupid to be allowed to pastor a church. Tell me more about your ideas on worship |
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8299 | Nolan where was the leader in all of thi | Acts 5:34 | EdB | 7701 | ||
Nolan if I can paraphrase what you said, in the case of these two nominal Christians their need for acceptance overrode the warning signs they sometimes saw. How did the leader play into this, would he soothe their concerns or was he unapproachable and therefore intimidating, or did he control and manipulate them into submission? What I’m looking for the role of the leader in all of this. You already said he was teaching junk, was that all? Many times people think to be a false teacher as spoken about various places in the Bible you have to be teaching heresy, I submit you can also be a false teacher by how you influence people. Some false teachers intimidate, control, manipulate, and exploit people to accomplish their desires. |
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8300 | Nolan were these new converts? | Acts 5:34 | EdB | 7677 | ||
Were these other people new converts? Or were they drop outs from some other church? If they were new converts I would love to know more. Did they have a desire for more of God or did the false teacher fill that need? Did they ever question their teaching? | ||||||
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