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921 | Can a person push God too far?? | Luke | New Creature | 55000 | ||
The words Trinity and rapture are not in my Bible either. yet I believe in them, because they are implied. The same is true that backslide is implied by the words "drift" and become "lukewarm" |
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922 | Can a person push God too far?? | Luke | New Creature | 54999 | ||
I cannot find the word backslide in the NT I also cannot find the words "Trinity" or "rapture" in the Bible. That doesn't mean I don't believe in them. But I still believe that the words "drift" and become "lukewarm" amount to the same thing. Many of the churches of Revelations had become backslidden. That is why the Lord admonished them to do the first works and repent. They had a good start, but became complacent and lukewarm. By making the statement that Christian's backslide, I am not referring to the "Eternal Security" topic. I simply believe that true Christian's have moments and even periods in their walk with the Lord where they become complacent in their faith. Christian's go through dry periods, which might also be referred to as wilderness periods. |
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923 | Can a person push God too far?? | Luke | New Creature | 54978 | ||
I believe I already did. "drift" "draw back" and become "lukewarm" amounts to the same thing as backslide does. The result of either one has the same results. Please let me ask you a question. Is it your opinion that Christians living today do not backslide? |
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924 | Can a person push God too far?? | Luke | New Creature | 54969 | ||
You asked: "Does any form of the word backslide appear anywhere in the NT? If so, could you please give the book, chapter and verse where it does." Sure. For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. Heb. 2:1 (NASB) To "drift away" is the same as backslide In Rev. 3:16 the word "lukewarm" describes a backsliding church. Rev. 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. (KJV) The term "lukewarm" is a term for those churches or individuals who have become complacent, and even apethetic. It can be used to describe the Christian who once had a zeal and was on fire for the Lord. They were hot, but now were described as being "lukewarm" and possibly on their way to becoming cold. Luke describes backslidders in this fashion as those who - "look back" after putting his hand to the plow. (Luke 9:62) KJV Heb 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. KJV ("draw back" is the same as backslide. One of Strongs definitions of "draw back" is : - "one stealthily retreating") One last verse also serves as a warning against "departing" from God. This departure is gradual. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. (Heb. 3:12) Below is what happens in the life of a backslidder and some clues in how to recognize one. Backsliding is, as the word implies, a sliding back--not a jump off a cliff Initially, the prayer life may be crowded out with other interests--even innocent pastimes: sports, hobbies, television. As we fill our hearts and lives with junk food, our hunger for the Word diminishes. And Church attendance usually slackens off. The backslidden persons sensitivity to spiritual things is not what it used to be, we may sense very little guilt. The further they stray, the more distant the voice of God becomes. Finally the Old Testament says: Mal 3:6 For I [am] the LORD, I change not; which echos the same thing we find in the New Testament where we read: Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. The same God of the Old testament is also the same God of the New Testament. |
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925 | Can a person push God too far?? | Luke | New Creature | 54948 | ||
His patience toward those who "keep on backsliding," is limited ( SEE - Jer. 15:6; Hosea 11:7) You keep on backsliding. So I will lay hands on you and destroy you; I can no longer show compassion. (Jer. 15:6) NIV Backslidding, or drifting from the faith (Heb.2:1) can also be Grieving (or saddening) the Holy Spirit (Eph. 4:30). Lukewarmness sets in, Rev 3:15-16… Continued backslidding results in the conscience becoming seared (1 Tim. 4:2) and the heart becoming caloused and hardened (Heb 3:13). Then we quench (1 Thess.5:19) (put out) the Holy Spirit's spark of spiritual life that He began within us. |
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926 | What makes Christianity different | John 14:6 | New Creature | 54947 | ||
Johnny You need to understand that there are 2 types of promises God covenants with His people of promise. 1) Unconditional promises of God - These unconditional promises of God will be fulfilled, independent of any actions of man. In the Bible a unconditional promise of God is where God says "I will" As an example of one of these unconditional convenants I provide the following verse: Gen. 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I WILL not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; NEITHER WILL I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. This covenenat has no conditions man must fulfill. What God promised here will be fulfilled inspite of any actions of man. Then there are - 2) The conditional covenants of God - In a conditonal covenant, you will see the word "IF" attached. God sets forth promises which will come about IF the people fulfill the requirements set forth by God. The following is an example of a conditional promise. 2 Chr. 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. If the people fulfill the requirements set forth by God in the first half of this verse, Then the blessings of forgiveness, and healing of their land will be the result of the obedience to the standards set forth by God. God is a covenant keeping God. But the people of God are covenant breaking people. People rather than God are to be blamed when conditional covenants do not find fulfillment God bless New Creature |
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927 | What makes Christianity different | John 14:6 | New Creature | 54906 | ||
Dear Johnny; All those who are saved are saved by faith, whether they be Jew or Gentile. There is only one way, one path to God. Through the centuries both Jews and Gentiles have, and still are receiving the free gift of eternal life which is in Christ Jesus. Not all Jews will be saved, and not all non-Jews will be saved. Those alone will be saved who trust and believe in Christ Jesus who alone is the way. "the way" is singular. In Matthew 7:13-14 we see that "narrow is THE WAY, and FEW there be who find it. The offer of salvation is extended to all, but is only given to those who receive it by faith. It's not what I think, but what does God's word say. Thats what we have to ask ourselves. Can God's word be trusted? I believe it can. You are free to disagree. God Bless you also New Creature |
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928 | What makes Christianity different | John 14:6 | New Creature | 54874 | ||
My initial thoughts concerning your question "What makes Christianity different from other religions? Don't they all lead to God?" 1. What makes Christianity different from other religions. A. Christianity is not a religion but a relationship with the Lord and Creator of the universe. All of the worlds religions try to work their way to God. 2. Don't all religions lead to God? A. No. There are many roads but only one correct path. (See Matthew 7:13-14) Jesus Himself said "I am the way" John 14:6 Jesus did not say I am a way, but THE way. Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Salvation is only through Jesus Jesus alone is risen from the dead. (This also makes Christianity different than other religions) Mohammed, Buddha, Krisha, and all other religious leaders are still dead and in their graves. |
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929 | What Chapter is the word nightjar | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 54408 | ||
I did a word search in the KJV for the word "nightjar" No such word exists in the Bible. | ||||||
930 | Eternal Security is it possible? | 2 Tim 1:12 | New Creature | 54351 | ||
Dear Robert; Thank you for that response |
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931 | why did god decide to create a woman | Genesis | New Creature | 54283 | ||
Good question God created man and rested, God created woman and no man has rested since. But seriously heres a Bibical reason Gen. 2:18 And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. |
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932 | Eternal Security is it possible? | 2 Tim 1:12 | New Creature | 54121 | ||
Dear Robert: I read your post with much interest, and would appreciate it if you would allow me to ask you one question in light of what you posted. Could you please tell me what the following verses mean, and to whom was it written? And is there a warning contained in this verse? And if so, to who? The verses are Rom. 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. Love New Creature |
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933 | When does the Holy Spirit leave you ???? | NT general Archive 1 | New Creature | 53755 | ||
Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Grieve: 3076 lupeo (loo-peh'-o) from 3077; TDNT - 4:313,540; v AV - be sorrowful 6, grieve 6, make sorry 6, be sorry 3, sorrow 3, cause grief 1, be in heaviness 1; 26 1) to make sorrowful 2) to affect with sadness, cause grief, to throw into sorrow 3) to grieve, offend 4) to make one uneasy, cause him a scruple When we grieve the Holy Spirit by sinning, He is saddened, or offended. Sin in the believers life temporary removes the believer from fellowship with his Lord. Continual habitual sinning, also called willful sin,(Heb. 10:26) hardens the heart of the believer if persisted in. We need to confess our sins (1 John 1:9) 1 John 1:6 If we say that we have FELLOWSHIP with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have FELLOWSHIP one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John was written not to the unbeliever but to those who were already believers. The conditions for walking in the light, and having unbroken fellowship with Christ, is to confess any know sin in our lives, and then the blood of Jesus continually cleanses us from all sin. God bless |
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934 | Did dinosaurs exist alongside man? | Job 40:15 | New Creature | 53754 | ||
Yes since dinosaur prints and human tracks can be found along side each other, that kind of proves it | ||||||
935 | Why do people try to disprove baptism? | John 3:5 | New Creature | 53430 | ||
The problem as I see it with many professors of Christianity is that many think that they are born-again because they have subjected theirselves to water baptism. If subjecting oneself to water baptism makes one born again as some claim, then that would mean that salvation is by works. However the truth is that being born-again is from above. Before regeneration we were dead, and a dead person does not have any power to raise itself to life. The life giving power comes from above. In the Bible John said: " Mark 1:8 - I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. So even John the Baptist announced a baptism different and more important that his water baptism. Today many are trusting that they have been born from above because of something they did. We had no part in our physical birth, and we likewise play no role in our spiritual birth. There is a huge difference between baptism and birth. That is why I believe it is so important to debate this baptism issue. It is possible that many who profess to have born again truly have not. And if not, then they need to know, because without being born again you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. (see John 3:5-7) By this I am not trying to dimish the importance of water baptism, because it certainly is of utmost importance for the believer to be baptised. I don't believe in baptismal regeneration. A person does not get water baptized to become saved, he gets water baptized because he has become saved. It's an act of obedience. |
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936 | God created satan, did he create evil ? | Is 45:7 | New Creature | 53428 | ||
Satan used his own God given free will to chose to rebel against God, and therefore is rightfully called the father of lies. John 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. |
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937 | Why did the Holy Spirit leave David? | Psalm | New Creature | 53427 | ||
In Isaiah 59:2 it says - But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear. David committed the sin of adultery with Bathsheba and then plotted to have Uriah, Bathshebas's husband sent to the front of battle, so as to die. I don't know what verse you are referring to when you say that the Holy Spirit left David. I don't believe the Holy Spirit ever completely left David. What I do think is that through sin, fellowship with God was broken. David was, as Isaiah said, separated from fellowship with God. Also if you read Psalm 51 you will read what David said. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me. Ps 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest. Ps 51:7 ¶ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Ps 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit. Ps 51:14 ¶ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: David didn't say God had taken His Holy Spirit away from him. David pleaded that the Holy Spirit might not be taken from him. He momentarily lost the joy of his salvation through broken fellowship. But through repentance, remorse,and acknowledgement of his sin, their was restoration, and a renewed right spirit within him was again given. |
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938 | is gambling a sin yes or no and why | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 53097 | ||
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, in his book The Ten Commandments said, "Gambling is stealing." He wrote: "The whole habit of gambling is of the essence of theft...It is a means by which men come into possession of property which is a violation of the laws upon which property may be held. A man who gambles puts into his pocket money for which he has done no honest work; and by the very act he robs the man from whom he receives it and violates the law of love. The gambling fever is the cause of more petty larceny and wholesale fraud than any other form of sin. There is no more insidious evil sapping away the integrity and uprightness of the nation today than this lust for possession without toil, which lies at the root of all gambling. The gambler, whether he wear the purple, broadcloth, or corduroy, is a thief in the sight of God, and ought to be so in the sight of all honest men." Gambling is also the enemy of clear sport, corrupting and degrading every sport with which it becomes associated. Our government is at loss to know how to deal with inflation and unemployment but they know how to promote and encourage gambling. Gambling is, The hope of winning unearned money. Gambling is based on the desire to get something for nothing. Its distinctive principle is gain at the expense of another who equally desires to get something for nothing. it is the cultivation of risk to profit at the expense and loss of others. Often the gambler will cheat in order to win. Habakkuk 2:6: "Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his!" If a man earns, buys, or trades for something, he has a right to the article possessed; but in gambling, when a person wins he "increaseth that which is not his." Gambling men and women do not want to work. Government lotteries encourage people to go after gain without working for it. Ezekiel 22:12: "...Thou has greedily gained of they neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at they dishonest gain which thou has made." Gambling is a blight that destroys. It performs no useful purpose and is based on greed, dishonesty and corruption. Gambling is rooted in covetousness, because one desires to obtain the fruit of anothers hard labor and toils without having to work for it,and therefore breaks the Tenth Commandment which says: "Thou shalt not covet." A "covetous man...is an idolater" (Eph. 5:5). |
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939 | dead bury the dead? | NT general Archive 1 | New Creature | 53094 | ||
Mt 8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head. 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. The scribe which came to Jesus, said to Jesus: " suffer me first to go and bury my father." It has been said that the scribes father was not yet dead. The scribe was merely stating, let me first remain with my father until the day when he dies, so that I may bury him, then I will come and follow you. So this scribe was only making an excuse for not following Jesus, and attempting to post-pone obedience. Jesus said in other places: Mt 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and: Mark 10:29-30 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. Luke 14:26 If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. (Jesus wasn't saying we should hate our relatives, but that we should not love them more that God. The Lord demands first place in our hearts) Concerning Jesus words "let the dead bury their dead" Here is the meaning: Let those who are physically alive, but remain spiritually dead bury those of theirs who die physically. It's not that the person wouldn't be buried. Those who are dead spiritually, but alive physically would see to his burial at the proper time. Hope this helps |
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940 | English translation before the KJV? | 2 Tim 3:16 | New Creature | 52885 | ||
The story is told of four ministers discussing the pros and cons of various Bible translations and paraphrases. Eventually each stated which version, in his opinion, is the best. The first minister said he used the King James because the Old English style is beautiful and produces the most reverent picture of the Holy Scriptures. The second said he preferred the New American Standard Bible because he felt it comes nearer to the original Greek and Hebrew texts. The third minister said his favorite was the paraphrased Living Bible because his congregation was young, and it related to them in a practical way. All three men waited while the fourth minister sat silently. Finally he said, "I guess when it comes to translations and paraphrased editions of the Bible, I like my Dad's translation best. He put the Word of God into practice every day. It was the most convincing translation I've ever seen." . The best Bible for you is the one that you actually read and heed. |
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