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941 | blaspheme the Spirit | 2 Cor 5:17 | New Creature | 52495 | ||
Thank you John, I see that what you posted is so. I just find it very interesting that my NASB says "should" instead of "would." I wonder what edition the change was first made | ||||||
942 | blaspheme the Spirit | 2 Cor 5:17 | New Creature | 52460 | ||
John Thanks again. Just one last note. The translation I was using is also the NASB, and the word in Eph. 2:10 is should not would. At least thats what my NASB says. So I question you on that. Everything else you said I agree with you on God bless you Shalom |
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943 | blaspheme the Spirit | 2 Cor 5:17 | New Creature | 52444 | ||
John, once again I thank you for your very helpful reply. Let me just make a couple of comments on what you posted. You said, "Despite sins and doubts and trials and failures, if we still cling to Christ and look to Him as our only hope, that is the assurance of our salvation." Should I take the "if" in that statement and consider it a conditional phrase? Whose responsibility is it to "cling to Christ?" And is "clinging" the same thing as abiding? Lastly I think it may merely be a typo on your part, but you changed the wording of Eph. 2:10. You posted it as follows, Eph 2:10 "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." It actually should read, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." the difference is between the word "would" and "should" Concerning works which you mentioned, I would just like to add my comments, just so you know I don't believe in salvation by works. I believe we are "saved by grace through faith - not by works" I think Eph. 2:8-9 makes that clear, while at the same time James makes it clear that a faith if it has no works (as evidence) is dead, being by itself. James speaking of Abraham said, "faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected. From those scriptures I am led to believe that true saving faith will always manifest itself or give evidence of it's genuineness by the fruit it produces. Is that the way you see works playing out in the believers life also. Thank you and Shalom |
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944 | blaspheme the Spirit | 2 Cor 5:17 | New Creature | 52409 | ||
John; Thank you for your reply. It got me thinking about other verses of the Bible. When you quoted 2 Cor. 5:17, "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature," John 15:6 immediately came to mind, which says, "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned." By using 2 Cor 5:17 which you quoted, and John 15:6 which I think needs to be considered also when we speak or mention our being "in Christ" On the one hand we read of the one who is "in Christ" , while on the other hand we read of the necessity of abiding or remaining "in Him" In this I see there is the responsibility on our part to persevere in the faith. Don't we have to daily "present our bodies as a living sacrifice?" Rom. 12:1 present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Shalom |
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945 | blaspheme the Spirit | Not Specified | New Creature | 52378 | ||
my question(s) concern the phrase "blasphemy against the Spirit" which is mentioned in Matthew 12:31-32 Question 1 - is this something that a saved person or an unsaved person commits? Question 2 - Wouldn't it be necessary to first know, or have the indwelling presence of the Spirit within you before you can blaspheme Him? |
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946 | blaspheme the Spirit | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 52391 | ||
my question(s) concern the phrase "blasphemy against the Spirit" which is mentioned in Matthew 12:31-32 Question 1 - is this something that a saved person or an unsaved person commits? Question 2 - Wouldn't it be necessary to first know, or have the indwelling presence of the Spirit within you before you can blaspheme Him? |
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947 | blaspheme the Spirit | Matt 12:31 | New Creature | 52388 | ||
my question(s) concern the phrase "blasphemy against the Spirit" which is mentioned in Matthew 12:31-32 Question 1 - is this something that a saved person or an unsaved person commits? Question 2 - Wouldn't it be necessary to first know, or have the indwelling presence of the Spirit within you before you can blaspheme Him? |
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948 | blaspheme the Spirit | 2 Cor 5:17 | New Creature | 52394 | ||
my question(s) concern the phrase "blasphemy against the Spirit" which is mentioned in Matthew 12:31-32 Question 1 - is this something that a saved person or an unsaved person commits? Question 2 - Wouldn't it be necessary to first know, or have the indwelling presence of the Spirit within you before you can blaspheme Him? |
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949 | a sin leading to death | Not Specified | New Creature | 52377 | ||
In 1 John 5:16 there is mention of "a sin leading to death" Is the death that is referred to physical or spiritual? | ||||||
950 | a sin leading to death | 1 John 5:16 | New Creature | 52382 | ||
In 1 John 5:16 there is mention of "a sin leading to death" Is the death that is referred to physical or spiritual? | ||||||
951 | baptismal regeneration - true or false | NT general Archive 1 | New Creature | 51479 | ||
You stated "There's no record that anyone else received holy spirit before they were baptized" I would just like to say that I personally received the Holy Spirit first and then became baptized afterwards, just like in Acts chapter 10. Not only that but thousands upon thousands like myself experienced the same order of events in their new found faith. Are we to say that the people in Acts chapter 10, or the many people today who have experienced an Acts chapter 10 conversion, were not truly converted? Through our inward witness we Acts chapter 10 converts know that we now belong to Him just as Romans 8:16 and other such verses say; Romans 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: Maybe your experience differed from others, but don't discount the conversion of others whose experience differs from yours or others. Lets not limit the operations of the Holy Spirit. |
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952 | baptismal regeneration - true or false | NT general Archive 1 | New Creature | 51437 | ||
Dear stokeyhk The case you stated is true however that was not always the case through-out Scripture, for clearly in Acts chapter 10 we read of those who received the Holy Spirit before being baptized. I will post the text for you. Ac 10:44 ¶ While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. We need to make sure we take each situation mentioned in Scripture, and then come to a proper understanding. |
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953 | thou hast left thy first love | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 51032 | ||
Robert; By your response, I think we both would agree then that there is such a thing as a false profession. Speaking of false professor's didn't our Lord Jesus mention them in the following verses? Matt. 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. |
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954 | thou hast left thy first love | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 50989 | ||
Thank you Robert for your helpful reply. In your reply you said "I believe the lampstand is the Lord's presence in their midst" That leads me to ask; If the lampstand is removed from their presence, does that mean that the Lord's presence departs from their midst? And without the Lord's presense are they not merely "organized religion" What you stated reminds me of the following quote I post for you. “When the Holy Spirit withdraws, ... he sometimes allows the forms which he has created to remain. The oil is exhausted, but the lamp is still there; prayer is offered and the Bible read; church going is not given up, and to a certain degree the service is enjoyed; in a word religious habits are preserved, and like the corpses found at Pompeii, which were in a perfect state of preservation and in the very position in which death had surprised them, but which were reduced to ashes by contact with the air, so the blast of trial, of temptation, or of final judgement will destroy these spiritual corpses.” (Pastor G.F. Tophel) Love and Peace |
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955 | sin unto death | Not Specified | New Creature | 50981 | ||
The small group Bible study I am involved in, is about to discuss the following two verses. I would appreciate the various opinions concerning the questions I will ask concerning these two verses, from as many of you as possible. I did a community search on this but did not see all these questions answered, which I believe are necessary in order to get a correct understanding of what is meant by these verses. 1 John 5:16-17 If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. My questions concerning these two verses are as follows 1) Who is the intended audience of 1 John? 2) Is the death mentioned in these two verses physical or spiritual? 3) Is the word "brother" in verse 16 refer to a believing brother - yes or no? 4) what is this "sin unto death" refer to? 5) Is the article "a" before the word "sin" found in the Greek? Love and peace to you |
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956 | sin unto death | 1 John 5:16 | New Creature | 50992 | ||
The small group Bible study I am involved in, is about to discuss the following two verses. I would appreciate the various opinions concerning the questions I will ask concerning these two verses, from as many of you as possible. I did a community search on this but did not see all these questions answered, which I believe are necessary in order to get a correct understanding of what is meant by these verses. 1 John 5:16-17 If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. My questions concerning these two verses are as follows 1) Who is the intended audience of 1 John? 2) Is the death mentioned in these two verses physical or spiritual? 3) Is the word "brother" in verse 16 refer to a believing brother - yes or no? 4) what is this "sin unto death" refer to? 5) Is the article "a" before the word "sin" found in the Greek? Love and peace to you |
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957 | thou hast left thy first love | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 50971 | ||
Are some people doing what they do without the fire (fire to me meaning, without the empowerment of God's Holy Spirit). | ||||||
958 | evidences of true saving faith | Not Specified | New Creature | 50943 | ||
What are the marks or evidences of true saving faith within the individual? |
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959 | evidences of true saving faith | Rom 12:3 | New Creature | 50952 | ||
What are the marks or evidences of true saving faith within the individual? |
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960 | thou hast left thy first love | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 50942 | ||
So your saying they were merely going through the motions of churchianity and religiousity, without the empowerment of God's Holy Spirit. Is that correct? | ||||||
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