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261 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 128373 | ||
Rowdy Thanks for the reply Just as a final note, I also didn't include the Biblical term "reconciled' which like baptism is likewise a specific action commanded to individuals. 2 Cor. 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. My sole purpose in my initial question was put forth to the community members to detect where those in this forum would list "regeneration" when listed with other events, or Bibical terms.The survey I conducted and am conducting was not intended to debate all the essentials of salvation. That is where my intent and interest was and is. Maybe you could propose a list of your own for the forum to categorically put in order as we each personally understand God's word. Bod Bless New Creature |
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262 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 128334 | ||
Hello Rowdy; The list I compiled was never intended to be an all- inclusive list of all the Biblical termonology. I could have added quite a few other things to this, such as justification, sanctification, and reconciliation, etc. But I purposely wanted to keep the list short so as not to make my question more complicated than would be necessary. God Bless you New Creature |
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263 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 128333 | ||
Brother Tim; Once again I thank you, and as always I appreciate all your help in assisting my understanding of God's word. God Bless you friend New Creature |
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264 | Is this an adequate description? | Matt 12:32 | New Creature | 128237 | ||
Stultis the Fool I believe that the individual mentioned in Heb. 10:29 1)insulted the Spirit of grace. To me that means He has in some way dishonored the Holy Spirit. 2) The passage also says: "he was sanctified" that looks like in the past tense. And I don't think it can be said that unbelievers are ever sanctified in the same way as is intended in this verse. 3)Therefore God is not please with such an individual, and will mete out sever punishment to him. So I would say yes; It's much the same as is stated in 2 Pet. 2:20-22 |
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265 | Who committs the unpardonable sin? | Matt 12:32 | New Creature | 128199 | ||
Stultis the Fool Thank you for your response. I don't disagree with what you stated. |
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266 | Who committs the unpardonable sin? | Matt 12:32 | New Creature | 128118 | ||
Hank; Thanks for your thoughts on this, however, I didn't list Heb. 6:4-6 as a reference. |
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267 | Who committs the unpardonable sin? | Matt 12:32 | New Creature | 128094 | ||
hello once again tgc; you said: "Here we go again this should be fun and informative" I hope so. I sure come up with some beauties don't I? I personally am not dogmatic in my answer on this. I hope to have those who understand Scripture better than I do, to help me come to a correct understanding on this. God Bless New Creature |
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268 | Who committs the unpardonable sin? | Matt 12:32 | New Creature | 128088 | ||
I would like to run the following question past those participating in this forum. The question is concerning the "unpardonable sin" Who is it that is capable of committing the "unpardonable sin?" A. Unbelievers only B. Believers Only C. Both A and B Here are a few points of Scriptural reference in which blasphemy is mentioned. Lev. 24:16 Num. 15:30-31 Matthew 12:31-32 Mark 3:28-30 Luke 12:10 Acts 18:6 One other possible reference might include 1 John 5:16 |
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269 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 128061 | ||
Hello again Tim Thank you brother Tim, for helping me SEE my way through this. Your reply has been very helpful to me, and will be used to help me gain a clearer understanding of Scripture in future uses of the word "see." Thanks you once again; New Creature |
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270 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127979 | ||
CDBJ Thank you for the input. I currently find myself in agreement with your reply, and can add nothing to it. God Bless you CDBJ New Creature |
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271 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127970 | ||
tgc; Thank you for helping me understand you position. Hopefully we can discuss this some more, if any further thoughts on this topic arise among us. It was nice to become aquainted with you. I look to seeing and hearing more from you in the future. God Bless you New Creature |
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272 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127968 | ||
Hello Tim; Thanks for you input. I just want to run one more thought past you. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. From the word "see" in the following verse. Is that in reference to spiritual sight? And if we cannot see the kingdom of heaven, until given spiritual eyes, and other spiritual senses such as "ears to hear" which are not mentioned, but I think could be included along with sight. Then isn't this somewhat of an indication, that spritual sight must be given at the time of the event we call the new birth? And if we are spiritually blind previously to the new birth, wouldn't we merely stumble in the dark without finding Jesus? This is another reason why I am leaning towards the idea, that regeneration possibly precedes faith. God Bless you brother New Creature |
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273 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127964 | ||
Hello again tgc; Let me see if I understand you correctly. To sum up what your saying in a sentence, would the following statement be a correct reflection of your view? salvation precedes the new birth God bless you New creature |
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274 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127962 | ||
Hello again CDBJ; I have been thinking about this topic for some time now, And as an off the top of my head thought the following came to me. In the Bible it says: John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. In that verse is mentioned sight. In this case I think what is being referred to is spiritual sight. The verse states that we cannot SEE unless we have first been born again. If I'm not mistaken, "born again" can also be called the new birth, or regeneration. So is it possible that since we do not obtain spiritual sight until our being "born again" that other spiritual senses such as "ears to hear" must be acquired in the event we call regeneration. The reason I ask, is because, I still am thinking that it is not possible to hear God's call to us, drawing us to himself until our new birth takes place. That is why I am leaning towards the possible idea that regeneration precedes faith. I just want to run these ideas past as many individuals as i can for their input. God bless New Creature |
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275 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127946 | ||
Hello CDBJ; Good question. The question that begs to be asked is: Does "regeneration" precede "faith?" or Does "faith" precede "regeneration?" Answering this question might help us solve this mystery Grace and peace New Creature |
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276 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127918 | ||
Greetings once again tgc: I found your reply most interesting. Below I have numbered and listed comments you made, and have provided my comments on them in return. The first comment of yours that stood out was: 1)"Regeneration : When Christ renews ones heart and gives that person the new nature or if you will the point a which the new man is born. This is entirely the work of Christ and man has no hand in it." With that I agree. Next you stated: 2)"The Bible teaches that salvation comes by grace through faith." Yes that is clearly stated in Eph. 2:8-9. But is there any place in the Bible that says, "regeneration" comes through faith. If what you previously said was true, and which I believe it is that; "regeneration, is entirely the work of Christ and man has no hand in it." Then is it possible to exercise faith to bring about "regeneration" The word faith and believe are interchangeable in Scripture, and since we are commanded to believe (1 John 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ) or have faith in Christ, then I only see where faith is necessary for salvation, but not necessary for "regeneration." And since we both agree man has no hand in regeneration, then at the same time we cannot be commanded to be "regenerated" If being regenerated was to be commanded, then we would have to obey and that would mean that in obeying we actually did have a hand in it, since obedeince to any command is active rather than passive. And we would be found contradicting ourselves in what we previously stated. Next you stated: 3) "Yes I belive an unregenerated man can respond to the Gospel." In my understanding of the unregenerate, they are spiritually dead, (Eph. 2:1-10)and unable to respond to any call. Even Lazarus had to first be awakened from his dead condition before he could obey the call of Jesus to "come forth" (John 11:43) I don't see where the dead can even hear let alone respond to anything. Next you stated: 4) "The Bible goes on to tell that faith comes by hearing the Word of God." I agree. But is there any place in the Bible where it says "regeneration" comes from hearing? I think we need to see the difference between "faith" and "regeneration" The last statement of yours that stood out was: 5) "all who come to Christ have an unregenerated heart." Once again can those who are spiritually dead until being regenerated, be able to come to Christ? In my previous example of Lazarus, we have seen that before Lazarus could come to Jesus, he had to first be brought to life. I think this is the same thing we see concerning being made alive physically can also be said about being made alive spiritually. I hope to hear from you soon. God bless you and thanks for the great reply New Creature |
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277 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127654 | ||
Dear tgc; In my previous post to you, I asked if you could possibly provide me with your definition of "regeneration." Could you at this time desfine what you mean by the term "regeneration?" Secondly you used the following Scripture; In Romans 10:13 Paul writes " For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved." I don't disagree with the Scripture you provided, but it may be helpful to our discussion if you could answer the following question. Do you believe an unregenerated man can call on the Lord, or even desires to do so? Grace to you New Creature |
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278 | Who did the devil murder? | 2 Pet 2:4 | New Creature | 127455 | ||
Norm; good question. Ge 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat Ge 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof THOU SHALT SURELY DIE. When Satan tempted Eve in the garden, and she gave into the temptation, and disobeyed God, the death her and Adam faced was spiritual death, and would also be subjected to a future physical death. So I think in that sense he was a murder from the beginning. Everyone born from that day forward are born in a spiritually dead condition. There probably is more meaning concerning this than I have in this brief comment spoken of. New Creature |
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279 | The ordo salutis | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127451 | ||
Dear Doc; Thank you for the interesting reply. You listed the "ordo salutis" from the viewpoint of two separate theological camps. In the reformed camp the inward call is listed before regeneration. It seems to me that any inward call to those who are spiritually dead would be useless. Wouldn't it make more sense if the inward call came after "regeneration?" The dead cannot hear, can they, so why list an inward call before regeneration? Next in the Arminian camp the events in order as you listed them seem, at least to me to be an impossible order of events. In that list regeneration comes after repentannce. How can an unregenerate spiritually dead man repent. The dead can do nothing until they have been acted upon by a life giving power outside their ownselves can they? Or am I mistaken? my widows mite worth New Creature |
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280 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 127065 | ||
Norm; In the order you listed the events, as you believe they occur, I noticed you put regeneration near the bottom of the list. You then gave a brief definition of "regeneration." You said "regeneration" is a spiritual birth. What I see is that what precedes the state or condition of spiritual birth, is spiritual death. So if before we become spiritually alive, or born, how is it possible that someone in a condition of being spiritually dead can be open and receptive to the Holy Spirits ministry and work of conviction? Can the dead be aware of any convicting work? New Creature |
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