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301 | Luke, Jesus, and the good theif | Luke 23:40 | Ken hepting | 100629 | ||
[Why did Jesus tell the good theif that He would see him in Heaven "that day" whe in the Apostle's Creed we say that Jesus "decended to the dead" for three days. Jesus was resurrcted on the third day and stayed for 50 more before ascending into Heaven. How do you reconcile those two staements?] Jesus didn't go the Heaven but to paradise and set the captives free. Paradise--The good side of hell where there is no terror or torment. A place where the righteous/blameless went when they died because they died in their [Adamic] sin since Jesus had not yet died on the cross that they could enter Heaven. |
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302 | Was this man saved without Baptism | Luke 23:40 | Ken hepting | 100639 | ||
I believe as you do Searcher, but one baptsm IS necessary. I want you to know which one is. If I tell you you may might forget...:0) All the other "baptisms" are a result of this one. | ||||||
303 | Was this man saved without Baptism | Luke 23:40 | Ken hepting | 100663 | ||
[When we are saved we are baptized by the Holy Spirit, inwardly ... it is automatic (Romans 6) ... then we have the option of the outward baptism.] I'd have an easier time of this if you said we received Christ and Him by means of the Holy Spirit at the time of new birth; Our being born again. [See John 20.22] But that isn't a baptism into something but a receiving of a divine nature. Jesus then baptises us with the Holy Spirit per Acts [2] for the purpose of becoming His Church. Are we baptised into the Body of Christ at the new birth? I believe so but Paul in Romans 6 links the two as normal Christian experiences. The first one as a necessity to being a part Christ and the second unto the ability to becoming a son. See: John 1:12 (NASB-U) But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, Unfortuately not all seek to become...Only to be saved. |
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304 | Was this man saved without Baptism | Luke 23:40 | Ken hepting | 100680 | ||
[We were all baptized. It is completed. Not one is left out. Your interpretation of John 1:12 as a gradual process from belief to sonship is invalid.] Nope..From glory to Glory He changes us. 2 Cor. 3:18 (KJV) But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. "When any person is converted to God, then the veil of ignorance is taken away. The condition of those who enjoy and believe the gospel is happy, for the heart is set at liberty to run the ways of God’s commandments. They have light, and with open face they behold the glory of the Lord. Christians should prize and improve these privileges. We should not rest contented without knowing the transforming power of the gospel, by the working of the Spirit, bringing us to seek to be like the temper and tendency of the glorious gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and into union with Him."....Matt. Henry Notice Henry is saying "when a person is converted"...Not just saved. A saved person is made innocent. Now he must be made pure. Surely his theology is ok in your estemation? I think you are invalid, Steve. You don't know what imputation and impartation mean. If you do then you should see that one is immediate and the other as you can handle it. |
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305 | Was this man saved without Baptism | Luke 23:40 | Ken hepting | 100693 | ||
That's right, I did. That's how I read him in an objective way. You read him your way. I think I'm right and have proven it so in my own life. [What do you think Matthew Henry meant when he said "converted?" A few clear sentences will do better than a long string of murky ones, Ken, if you please. --Hank] I'll do my best, Hank. Converted can't mean "just saved" because too many "saved" aren't. Is that deep enough not to be "murky"? Too many "saved people" who claim to be His Church are going to be in for rude awakening at Rapture time. It might well be the "Greatest Awakening". If you still think I'm wrong about that consider that Jesus is coming for Church without "spot or wrinkle".....Know any? |
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306 | Was this man saved without Baptism | Luke 23:40 | Ken hepting | 100751 | ||
Matthew Henry's theology is good. If you understood it, you would realize that he equates salvation with conversion, even as I do. Well then you if you understand him you should realize we are saved to be converted into something we weren't before we were saved, right? I mean one can't even see it before he's saved, right? That's the implication of MH's wording. He speaks of one succeeding in the journey, not failing. It is a journey in your thinking, isn't it. [Therefore the change from glory to glory is as a son along the entire course of our Christian lives. It is not a change unto future sonship.] Hmmm...? That's interesting... John 1:12 (KJV) But as many as received him, to them gave he power TO BECOME the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: |
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307 | Was this man saved without Baptism | Luke 23:40 | Ken hepting | 100752 | ||
Incidently Oswald Chambers is good too if you understand him. | ||||||
308 | Was this man saved without Baptism | Luke 23:40 | Ken hepting | 100753 | ||
I believe MH deserves another reading. "When any person is converted to God, then the veil of ignorance is taken away." ...Meaning: when the job is finished that he/she is fully converted "The condition of those who enjoy and believe the gospel is happy, for the heart is set at liberty to run the ways of God’s commandments. They have light, and with open face they behold the glory of the Lord." ..Commandments...things to be followed and adhered to that we become what?...Perfected? "Christians should prize and improve these privileges." ...Until what happens?...Perfection? Matthew 5:48 (NASB) "Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. .... "And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing"...James. "We should not rest contented without knowing the transforming power of the gospel, by the working of the Spirit,....... [is he going to say a journey?] ..BRINGING US to seek to be like the temper and tendency of the glorious gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and into union with Him."....Matt. Henry Into what? UNION did He say? Is that anything like "Joint heirship"" |
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309 | Truthfinder: Is Jesus God? | John 1:1 | Ken hepting | 90988 | ||
That's an intense question, Hank, that I believe requires an intense answer. But then I'm not the "truth finder"....Ken | ||||||
310 | Truthfinder: Is Jesus God? | John 1:1 | Ken hepting | 90989 | ||
That's an intense question, Hank, that I believe requires an intense answer. But then I'm not the "truth finder"....Ken | ||||||
311 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 90867 | ||
What makes you think you must born again to be saved? | ||||||
312 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 90899 | ||
Isn't believing Christ for salvation su....Completed should read:'Isn't believing Christ for salvation sufficient?' Now would you care to re-respond to the question? |
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313 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 90900 | ||
But that has to do with seeing the kingdom of God not one's salvation. Please make the distinction between seeing the kingdom and the provision for salvation that requires nothing from you/us except to receive it.. Think of the many people who have never heard the name of Christ yet will be in Heaven....See Rev. 20.12 This is no trick question. | ||||||
314 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 90904 | ||
Hank, I well understand why you believe that. I did for many years that left me with alot of questions no one seemed to be able to answer. I can see now where one doesn't have to be a disciple to be saved yet I wouldn't give much for ones claim of salvation if he/she wasn't pressing in to become a "son". Where's the love affair with Him if that isn't happening? But that's what discipleship -new birth-new nature- is all about and the necessity for Jn 3.3,5. Notice how Jesus responds to Nicodemos when Nic asked Jesus about eternal life. Jesus went right over the question to the reason He came to Earth. ie., reveal the Kingdom of God and Father's provision for our entering into it. Salvation is something we have nothing to do with. We are condemned to the cross. But 'sonship' is a different matter. "If any man will..." My faith takes me to Jesus to be made whole -see Mk 5.25-The woman with the issue of blood. Her faith took her to Him. By it she was made whole. Jesus declared that. Then it ends there. Now He says if you "abide in Me and I in you anything you ask in my name will be given you". So we can see that abiding is the condition, obviously a variable now in need of perfection, for entering His kingdom, not for being saved. Not only that but once you abide in Him you become a kingdom of ONE; an individual as Jesus so we can't hold to the 'wwjd' because we aren't Jesus. We are still who we are, Hank and Ken. God has a different plan for us than He did for Jesus and yet we must be corporate to reveal His Body and His universal Kingdom with Him at the head. Much allegiance has to be displayed in our lives when we see this."Let every "*saved" man work out his own salvation - *kingdom life". Otherwise we're traitors. We can also now see where our works must reveal Him but they must be works originating in Him and not from self effort. "If any man will..." *-emphasis mine JN 17.2 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one. God shares His Glory with no one...so how come He shared it with us who follow after Him? What then is this new birth experience but the taking into ourselves, the Glory of God. Jesus said: "Learn of Me... take My yoke" |
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315 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 90959 | ||
Your answer is "NO" Absolutely and positively NO. __Just believing in Christ isn't sufficient for salvation. Oh my. You've got some explaining to do. __Saton himself believes in him. Yet Satan himself most assuredly has not confessed his sins or asked for forgiveness. Satan believes Him alright but salvation is never for him regardless of what he believes. ___Just believing in something dosen't make us a member of that something. Ok. I believe and ask. Hows that? Ok, Georg, I can understand why you say that but upon closer scrutiny lets observe a few things. #1. The woman with the issue of blood, Mk 5.25. This typifies ones salvation where Jesus says to her 'your faith has made you whole'. No where does it say she then followed Jesus. So it can be assumed she receives from Him wholeness/salvation without following afterwards. #2. He who believes and is baptised shall be saved. But what about being "born again"? Scripture again at this juncture makes no distinction. Matt 10..And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. Again, no menetion of the born again experience. Now it can also be assumed, rightly or wrongly, that they were born again but the point is no mention of being born again as a requirement for salvation. This we do know: you must be born again to see and enter the kingdom of God. That's certain. Now I wouldn't hold out much hope for one who claims Jesus as his savior WITHOUT claiming Him as Lord but the scripture states that there will be those who are saved 'as by fire' or By the skin of their teeth as I see it. Again salvation is something that doesn't require me to choose to follow but only to accept as a gift then Jesus say's "If any man WILL follow me...." Now we are given a choice. Jn 6.65,66.. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. This all has to do with entering into the Kingdom of God and NOT salvation. Begin to read the scriptures in that light and it will become a new book. Very exciting! |
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316 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 90986 | ||
If Salvation was the main issue for God bringing Jesus into this world why did he, after 30 yrs., goe through 3 1/2 more just to redeem man? Think about it before you start your criticisms. He could have gone straight to the cross. If you say 'well He had to accomplish a few healing tasks to prove who He was' I ask why..if redemption was the main issue? "Historic christian orthodoxy rejects the idea that baptism (or any work) is necessary for salvation. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone is Basic Bible 101." And I agree with Historic Christian orthodoxy 101 in rejecting the need of 'water' baptism as necessary for salvation but what does that have to do with need for being 'born again' to satisfy Jn 3.3,5? However, water baptism does carry a much deeper meaning than what we are commonly taught to accept, but not for salvation and Jn3.3,5 has nothing to do with salvation. "Those who perservere to the end do so because they have been born again. They are new creatures created "in Christ". Really? "In Christ"? Then why the need to perservere? Is that what Jesus did...perservere? 'New creatures' carries with it a divine nature that possesses a heavenly vision not unlike what Jesus experienced. It's part of the Born Again experience that doesn't demand discipline of that sort though perservering in Christian life does have everything to do with overcoming self to become a son pleasing to the Father..Read Rev. 1-3. "Your casting of Mk 5:25 as a verse dealing with salvation is mistaken. Clearly it is a verse dealing with healing. The woman believed that Jesus had miraculous healing power, but so did many others who followed Him. The problem was that they were not prepared to accept that He was God incarnate." I said it "typifies" how salvation is accomplished. Try to follow: "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God". This was accomplished in her which took her to Jesus. He healed her typifying salvation by making her physically whole. We do that when we come to Jesus for our salvation, right? Now who faith are to live by if we CHOOSE to follow Him? His or ours? If His then the Born again experience is opened up to us. If ours, we stay in "self-mode", alienated from the kingdom of God. I trust I've been more clear. |
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317 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 90987 | ||
Hank, I see what you're saying and I agree with your observations concerning the woman. I hope you'll read what I just posted and try to draw something from that that will help. I like your question-s and If I need to do more typing, no problem, Ken | ||||||
318 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 91018 | ||
Try this as a paraphase: Hearing Nicodemos' question asking about eternal life Jesus gives it 'small' attention and goes to the heart of why He really came to Earth. i.e, to usher in the kingdom of God; to unlock the door to it. He knew that the understanding of redemption would be forthcoming as a necessity for understanding His Fathers Kingdom. Man could not affect the reality of what the cross did. i.e,. redeem them, but they can decide to what degree the effect of the outcome of the cross can have on their lives..."IF any man desires to be in Me....he will follow, etc., then I will respond to that because of My disposition in him."-new nature by the new birth exp. Keep in mind, Hank, the effect of the cross wasn't imediately known as far as what happens imediately after you die. When Nic asked his question he wasn't supposing any need for being perfected in himself, a kingdom issue, but rather he wanted to know what provision was Jesus suggesting He had that he, Nic, didn't know about that he might be comforted in the matter. The cross wasn't being discussed here. After all, here is a man who knew the law and was one of the few who supposed Jesus for who He said He was. So we can rightly state that Nic's eternal security was ALREADY assured because of his 'believing' Jesus. Keep in mind the foreknowledge of God here. All that was needed was for the cross to happen. With that Jesus moves on to His prime purpose for coming and the explaining the necessity for the new birth experience in a BELIEVER'S life. Many people will be in heaven who have never experienced it. Question: Will they be Jointheirs? I don't know. I don't think so. Look up what jointheirship is. It's different than just being an heir. Paul tell us to "work it out". Oswald Chambers say's that in the process of working it out, you 'become'. That is God's will for our lives, as believers. Jn,7.17 If any man will do *process of becoming* his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. Jn 14.26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. |
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319 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 91043 | ||
"During the first 30 years Jesus was growing and learning from the Father. In the fullness of time and according to the eternal purpose of God He began His mission; He lived in perfect obedience to the commandments so that His righteousness might be imputed to those whom the Father sent to Him." Whew!...scripture for that, please make it relate to that and nothing after. |
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320 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Ken hepting | 91044 | ||
"Is your theology concerning kingdom of God unique to you, or is it taught in your denomination?" No. It is taught in the Bible, It is mentioned 33 times in the NT as it's theme, and greatly overlooked by puritanical Calvinists. |
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