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2601 | WHO pays the wage? | 1 John 1:9 | Mommapbs | 134777 | ||
Dalcent - Let us agree to disagree. mommapbs |
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2602 | Salvation by Grace and . . .? | 1 John 2:2 | Mommapbs | 34164 | ||
Greetings again Markarios! You wrote:"You have to believe that Jesus is Lord, repent of your sins, and confess Him as Lord of your life, and you will be saved!" How does your statement compare to Romans 10:9? "if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;" How does your assertion compare to Ephesians 2:8-10? "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;not as a result of works, so thatno one may boast.For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." Where does "Lord of your life" fit into the picture of salvation by grace? Did the thief on the cross make Jesus the "Lord of his life?" How? Was he saved or not? I look forward to your responses! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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2603 | Why exclude the ressurrection of Christ? | 1 John 2:2 | Mommapbs | 34185 | ||
Thank you Reformer Joe! Why would Paul assert that belief in the ressurrection is important? (See also 1 Cor 15)How come this seems to be excluded from the posted formula for salvation? (I don't mean to stir the pot, but this kind of bothers me.)Since Paul attaches sigificance to believing that "God has raised Him from the dead" in the plan of salvation, could it be that it is important to know not only WHO you believe in but also WHAT you believe about Him? Also, it would be good to clarify what the difference is between Jesus as Lord and Jesus as Lord of one's life. Refer to Matthew 7:21-23 and James 2:19 Even the demons know Jesus is Lord and tremble! This is an awesome truth! Blessings in Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith! Momma |
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2604 | "a thorn in the side"? or Not? | 1 John 2:2 | Mommapbs | 100650 | ||
Greetings George! Please elaborate a bit by how YOU see this happening - thanks! You wrote: "the Church today is being choked out by the tares and their desire to appease them?" mommapbs |
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2605 | "a thorn in the side"? or Not? | 1 John 2:2 | Mommapbs | 100674 | ||
Greetings George - thank you for the clarification. So would you say that the church should not be focusing on "seeker friendly" hooks? Is it wrong to be focused on about "getting 'em in" and "getting 'em saved"? mommapbs PS: BTW, my church is considering eliminating their pew Bibles because the Scripture for each sermon is printed in the bulletin notes and on the AV screen during the message. Sad, isn't it? |
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2606 | "a thorn in the side"? or Not? | 1 John 2:2 | Mommapbs | 100696 | ||
How did Jesus minister to the people? He went to them. When the people saw Him or heard about Him from others, then, by their choice, they went to where He was. Zacheeus even went up a tree. So should it be in our churches - we are Christ's ambassadors; we represent Jesus where ever we go. And yet so many believers think that their job is to just get people to come to church so that they will hear the Gospel from the preacher. If we as believers can not present the simple Gospel to our friends and co-workers right where THEY are, is there something wrong? Is Evangelism a corporate directive? To me, it is a personal one. Jesus didn't say go and bring the world in - He told us to go out into all the world . . . and tell others about Him! mommapbs |
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2607 | "a thorn in the side"? or Not? | 1 John 2:2 | Mommapbs | 101015 | ||
GeorJoy - just today I had the wonderful privilege of telling a dear young woman about Jesus. I have been wondering why God has placed me in this place (a private laboratory), and over the last few weeks I see that He is at work there. I would identify some people there as "believers", yet I also perceive that they are in need of encouragement and discipleship in their faith. As the Lord opens the door, I pray for courage to "speak His Name!" Thanks in advance for praying with me on this! mommapbs |
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2608 | How do these passages relate 1 John 2:4 | 1 John 2:4 | Mommapbs | 51417 | ||
"And this is His commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. Those who obey God's commandments live in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Holy Spirit lives in us." 1 John3:23-24. When I asked Jesus Christ to be my personal Savior from sin,I was "born again" or regenerated by the BAPTISM of HOLY SPIRIT (see Titus 3:5). I have obeyed God's command to believe in the name of Jesus. It is ALL from Him and through His Grace that I am saved. "And Jesus Christ was revealed as God's Son by HIS baptism in water and by shedding HIS blood on the cross - not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit also gives us the testimoney that this is true. So we have these three witnesses - the Spirit, the water and the blood - and all three agree." 1 John 5:6-8 (EMPHASIS, mine) "And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life and this life is in HIS Son. So whoever has God's Son has life; whoever does not have his Son does not have life." 1 John 5:11-12 (EMPHASIS, mine) I have been obedient to God's command. I believe in the testimony that God has provided. I have believed and I have been baptized into His name by the Holy Spirit. As an outward expression of my belief and a desire to follow the example set my Jesus, I too have entered the waters of baptism, but NEVER would I entrust my SALVATION to bathwater! I KNOW WHOM I have believed, and am persuaded that HE is able to keep that what I have committed unto Him against that day! (2 Tim 1:12) |
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2609 | h | 1 John 2:4 | Mommapbs | 51431 | ||
Grace and Truth: this exchange of views on baptismal regeneration has gone on for days. Clearly, there are those on this Forum who subscribe to positions that differ from yours.From your posts, I understood your agenda in asking this question and chose to answer accordingly. 1 John 2:4 says, "If someone says, "I belong to God," but doesn't obey God's commandments, that person is a liar and does not live in the truth." Are you suggesting that those who do not agree with your interpretation of Mark 16:16 (only those who believe and are baptized, meaning water immersion, will be saved) are disobeying God's command? Are you willing to go so far as to call those who do not subscribe to this brand of theology "liars?" |
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2610 | Water baptism is that something we do or | 1 John 2:4 | Mommapbs | 51432 | ||
We do not "do" or "submit" to water baptism. I CHOSE to identify with Jesus Christ when I entered the waters of baptism as a public testimony of my FAITH in Him! |
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2611 | Water baptism is that something we do or | 1 John 2:4 | Mommapbs | 51436 | ||
I respectfully disagree. Whatever we do in the presence of anyone other than God is very public. "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst." Matthew 18:20 The only thing that is ever truly private is within our hearts - and even that is always before an Audience of One! (1 Chronicles 28:9) |
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2612 | How do these passages relate? | 1 John 2:4 | Mommapbs | 51447 | ||
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2613 | Lust of flesh, lust of eye, pride of lif | 1 John 2:15 | Mommapbs | 138542 | ||
Greetings. Take a look at Gen 3:6. "When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; . . ." Do you see the "lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life here?!! For more insight, read the notes associated with this verse. Imo, when we love the world in this manner, we love from the flesh, from our carnal sin nature. (See Romans 7-8) We are to love God above all else (Mt 22:37). When we love God, we will respond to the world and to others in the same way that God does. "For God so loved the world . . ." For it is Christ in us who loves; we are but the conduit. Imo, all too often, sin plugs up the holes that God desires to flow through! Imo, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life is the same as loving the world or the things of the world ahead of God. When it's all about me, or all about you, instead of God, it is sin. The original sin was pride; all else flows from this. Both sin and pride have "i" in the center! When we choose to love from our heart (see Dt 30:6, Ez 36:26), from our spirit in Union with Christ, we will love as God desires (Apart from Me, you can do nothing John 15:5) and bring glory to Him. Blessings, mommapbs |
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2614 | John15:18-25 Glalatians1:4, 6:14 | 1 John 2:17 | Mommapbs | 77105 | ||
Hi Sweet! You sure have asked a lot of questions! How about filling out your user information profile? It is my firm belief that we, as created beings have an eternal destiny. Where we will spend it has been the subject of much debate that I prefer not to enter into! I believe that the world or "kosmos" in the references that you have cited refers to the collection of individuals apart from Kingdom of God. The "world" had a beginning; and although its influence will cease, the world (those who reject the Son) will spend eternity in utter darkness. Mt 8:12; John 12:46 mommapbs |
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2615 | what is antichrist? | 1 John 2:18 | Mommapbs | 106385 | ||
Hi again wps! Yes, there will be a literal person. The "spirit" of antichrist is also very evident in the world. I am interested in your definition of a "Christian." What we believe about antichrist does not determine our standing before God; what we believe about His Son, Jesus does. See also: 1 John 2:22; 4:3; 1 John 1:7 mommapbs |
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2616 | Drawing the line | 1 John 3:17 | Mommapbs | 72814 | ||
Greetings! Please consider the following passages: Acts 2:42-47 and Gal 6:1-10. The result of a body that is operating in the Spirit of Christ will manifest these characteristics. There is a difference between help and enabling. Paul also said that if a man will not work, he should not eat. Read the passage in 2 Thess 3:3-10. In all things it it the heart attitude that counts. How your church responds to the one in need will be more important than what it does. In the "God's Word" translation, Proverbs 23:6-7 says: "Don't eat with people who are stingy (NASB renders this as selfish); don't desire their delicasies. 'East and drink,' they say, but they don't mean it. They are always thinking about how much it costs." Prayfully consider what is in your own heart first and ask God to reveal to you how you should respond to needs He lays upon your heart. I suspect that perhaps precedent is an issue here but God did not limit His Grace to us and His love knows no boundaries. God knows what we need and gives it to us. Perhaps your church is being called to be "His Hands"? Seek Him first!See Luke 12:16-44 I trust that God will speak through His Word so that you will be able to discern how HE desires you to respond to this situation. Rememeber that there are many needs that can't be met in a monetary way. Blessings, mommapbs |
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2617 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Mommapbs | 141594 | ||
Greeting Aixen7z4, Doc and Pastor Glenn - I'd like your input on Incarnational reality (Col 1:27) and practicing the presence of God in our daily lives - I suspect this might be a corollary to "loving His appearing" as mentioned earlier in this thread. I liked the article Doc linked to - How do I know I love God? We read in John 14 that loving Jesus is obeying Him - to me this has the potential for becoming legalistic or "religious". I suspect that obeying Him without the love that He demands (Love the Lord your God with all your heart - what does this look like?)is often lacking in our "works." I've been thinking about "Incarnational reality" for a while now . . . How does the presence of Christ IN us affect our thoughts and actions (or how should it?). . . Unlike David, we need not long for His presence for He is always with us - yet in the dark night of the soul, I admit I have felt pretty alone . . . If He is IN Me and I am in Him - what causes me to think that He is absent at those dark times? Is practicing the presence of God (ie Br. Lawrence)the answer? What scriptures support this? Comments? Blessings, mommapbs |
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2618 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Mommapbs | 141595 | ||
Greeting Pastor Glenn, Doc and Aixen7z4, - I'd like your input on Incarnational reality (Col 1:27) and practicing the presence of God in our daily lives - I suspect this might be a corollary to "loving His appearing" as mentioned earlier in this thread. I liked the article Doc linked to - How do I know I love God? We read in John 14 that loving Jesus is obeying Him - to me this has the potential for becoming legalistic or "religious". I suspect that obeying Him without the love that He demands (Love the Lord your God with all your heart - what does this look like?)is often lacking in our "works." I've been thinking about "Incarnational reality" for a while now . . . How does the presence of Christ IN us affect our thoughts and actions (or how should it?). . . Unlike David, we need not long for His presence for He is always with us - yet in the dark night of the soul, I admit I have felt pretty alone . . . If He is IN Me and I am in Him - what causes me to think that He is absent at those dark times? Is practicing the presence of God (ie Br. Lawrence)the answer? What scriptures support this? Comments? Blessings, mommapbs |
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2619 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Mommapbs | 141596 | ||
Greetings Doc, Pastor Glenn, and Aixen7z4, - I'd like your input on Incarnational reality (Col 1:27) and practicing the presence of God in our daily lives - I suspect this might be a corollary to "loving His appearing" as mentioned earlier in this thread. I liked the article Doc linked to - How do I know I love God? We read in John 14 that loving Jesus is obeying Him - to me this has the potential for becoming legalistic or "religious". I suspect that obeying Him without the love that He demands (Love the Lord your God with all your heart - what does this look like?)is often lacking in our "works." I've been thinking about "Incarnational reality" for a while now . . . How does the presence of Christ IN us affect our thoughts and actions (or how should it?). . . Unlike David, we need not long for His presence for He is always with us - yet in the dark night of the soul, I admit I have felt pretty alone . . . If He is IN Me and I am in Him - what causes me to think that He is absent at those dark times? Is practicing the presence of God (ie Br. Lawrence)the answer? What scriptures support this? Comments? Blessings, mommapbs |
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2620 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Mommapbs | 141641 | ||
A dear friend, now with the Lord, once observed: God holds us in His hand, but when it becomes "dark", we are reassured because at times like these His other hand has closed over us - we are held tightly in His love. Blessings, mommapbs |
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