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301 | Unbelieving spouse sanctified? | 1 Cor 7:14 | disciplerami | 76963 | ||
Hello, I think you make a good point, how can the spouse and children be sanctified and unsaved? "How do you know, O wife, whether you wills ave your husband?" I think the best answer is that the spouse is not saved, but the potential for the spouse being sanctified is highest if the Christian mate stays. "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife...." Real world experience tells us how true this is. If or when that spouse becomes a Christian, it is through the believing mate. It's the best answer I have. If you have some thoughts on this, I would like to hear them. Thanks and good day. |
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302 | Searching for the truth | Bible general Archive 1 | disciplerami | 76962 | ||
Hello EdB You write the following: "How did sin come into being? Since God gave us the ability to rebel or not follow His desires He in effect created sin." I would say that God created sin, but sin is the opposite of going God's will. What would it mean to 'do God's will' if there were no alternative? So He gave us free will. God, in the way he created us--as well as the angels-- created the opportunity to do evil and good. Although it is His sovereign will that we obey, It is not by His Sovereign will that we obey: it is His love that constrains us (2 Cor. 5:14): God put all things in place at the very beginning for man to have fellowship with Him, but also to choose to disobey. I agree with you that love, faith, and hope would have no meaning if we were overtly guided/impelled to do these things. My love for God can only be defined as love if I by free will choose to love. I have seen all of the debates between the Works people and the Faith alone people. And I find that the Bible depicts something in between. The interplay between God's grace and man's faith (Eph.2:8,9), when properly stated, allows that God's soveriegn will prevails in the end, and it allows man's free will to be intact unto the day of judgment. Everyone will be held to give an account for the things he has done, and God will be righteous and merciful in His judgment. Good day. |
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303 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 76960 | ||
Hello John, Take your time, I look forward to receiving your response. To answer the one question. Paul followed a typical pattern by giving introductions and then getting to his point. Not everyone at Corinth needed chastizement. At the least, Chloe's people were probably doing ok. It was the one's who Chloe's people informed Paul of, who needed the correction and would be characterized as 'natural.' Have a nice Sunday. Disciplerami |
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304 | Whose baptism? | John 13:6 | disciplerami | 76947 | ||
I realize this is an old post, but I have to correct something you've said here, you wrote: "Counted as rightous is not the same as being rightous." You are mistaken. The word means counted or credited. It calls to mind an account, with debits and credits. To Abraham's account, was credited righteousness. On the basis of His faith, not works, God counted Him righteous. The only reason this could be possible was because of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 9 says, "15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant." Jesus death is not only for those committed on this side of the cross, but it also reaches back to save those faithful who lived before the cross. |
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305 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 76928 | ||
Hi John, this response is very much appreciated. The only issue I differ with from the first paragraph is where you say, "Paul's asessment of the spiritual condition of the saints at Corinth does not agree with his asessment of the spiritual condition of "natural man" in 2:14." I disagree because Paul’s assessment of the Corinthian church is dire. As you point out, there is division in the church. This division is a carnal, fleshly activity. The splintering along party lines [I'm not sure that the division was only over baptismal formula, i.e whose name was pronounced, etc] was caused by not following the Word of God. In chapter 4:6, Paul says he only figuratively used his and Apollos' name (in chapter 1 and 3:22,23) to show that the word of God should not be exceeded. I would make the case that people who are 'templess of the Holy Spirit' [and much evidence shows that the spirit indwells] are quite capable of defiling the temple [chapter five points to the ‘man who had his father’s wife.’ It was really happening, but he action by Paul and the church seems to have brought the man to repentance. See 2 Corinthians 2:6; 7:10,11). Paul wrote in his first epistle, "Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her?...But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him....Or do you not knnow that your body is a temple of the Holy spirit who is in your, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body." This is all connected. The family of God has gone to seed. It has turned back to the world and is in serious spiritual trouble. Chapter Six begins with a chastizement over their going to court: brother against brother. His rebuke: "I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,..." The church looks really bad at this point. With your final paragraph, I have no problem, except for a clarification. In fact, I might say the very same words as your have them there, but I might mean something slightly different. Semanatics are a scary endeavor, so hopefully what I'm about to say will be well grounded in truth. Salvation in Jesus Christ is the result of the all powerful choice of God, as you stated. 1 Corinthians 1:30 is an excellent verse. I have no doubt that the Corinthians who were reading this epistle were Christians [some might be in danger of losing their salvation; I know, that one may send our conversation off in the wrong direction], but, they need to repent. Let me put it like this: it is the all powerful will of God that Christians live holy, sanctified lives ('for this is the will of God, your sanctification' 1 Thes.4:3), but rather than forcing Christians into this mold, He pokes, prods, pricks, exhorts, chastizes, appeals, and warns. His children in Corinth need to heed the warnings of the past: 1 Cor 10:1-6 "For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved." There is an implied, if not explicit, message that the Corinthians really need to turn their ship around. May God bless you, Disciplerami |
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306 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 76914 | ||
Your welcome. Thanks for saying so. I also appreciate the way John and I have been able to discourse. Have a good day. |
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307 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 76884 | ||
Hi John, Thanks for continuing this dialogue with me. I mean no offense to you. Let me try again on the passages you quote. The scripture in question: “now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.” – 1 Cor. 2:12-14 The 'we' of verse 12 is talking about the apostle Paul and others who delivered the message to the Corinthians. In 2:1, he says, “and when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech…” In verse seven, he says, “but we speak God’s wisdom in a MYSTERY, the hidden wisdom which God predestined…” Still defending his authority in chapter 4, he says, “let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the MYSTERIES of God. In the beginning of chapter 3, as well, verse 1 says, "and I, brethren, could not speak to you AS TO SPIRITUAL MEN, but as to MEN OF FLESH, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still FLESHLY. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not FLESHLY, and are you not walking like mere men? For when one says, "I am of Paul,' and another, "I am of Apollos..." Now, smack dab in the middle of this defense of his authority and a chastisement of the fleshly Corinthian church, he says, "But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised." Now check out verse 15: “but he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.” Compare this with 4:3-5, “but to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself. For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord. Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.” Verse seven he refers to them ‘boasting.’ John, I don’t have to remind you that the Corinthian church needed a lot of work. I believe that Paul is trying to preach the truth to the Corinthians, but some of them were challenging his authority. They were still fleshly, acting like ‘mere men.’ It was necessary that the step back and do an appraisal of their judgments up to that time. This would require a spiritual appraisal of these matters, and a real effort to get past their carnal ways. Your thoughts please, Good day. |
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308 | Church Leadership in Crisis | Bible general Archive 1 | disciplerami | 76866 | ||
Treat them as you would any other member. Those who cause trouble are to be dealt with. If the Leadership won't do that, the Leadership should step down. Acts 20 says the Elders are to watch out for and guard the flock. Rom 16:17 Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. Good day |
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309 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 76860 | ||
Dear John, I think there is an assumption on your part that a lost man cannot spiritually discern things. Just as the Corinthians were not thinking spiritually, and needed to be given milk, so a lost man can choose to see things from a spiritual perspective. Cornelius did not need to first be regenerated or supernaturally enlightened in order to seek God. The Word of God, the divine message that is proclaimed in the heavens, is enough to get the natural man to thinking spiritually. It's amazing how close we are, but we not as close as I would like. Have a good day. |
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310 | Is repentance necessary for salvation? | Romans | disciplerami | 76847 | ||
Greetings, Acts 3:19, Peter tells the people to repent and return "THAT YOUR SINS MAY BE WIPED AWAY." I believe that repentance is necessary for salvation. Acts 2:38 agrees, where repentance is with a view to forgiveness of sins. On the day of judgment, will the unrepentant be saved? Pretty clearly, not. Good day. |
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311 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 76846 | ||
Dear John To everything in your first paragraph, I agree. I agree with everything in the second paragraph until you say, "They were both born spiritually dead and therefore both must have sinned sometime or other in their lives." I find nothing to support this position. My thought would be that they were innocent, having the same nature as Adam, until they sinned and fell under the same curse that came upon their parents. Continuing: You write, "I believe Abel recieved something which Cain did not:" This I do not follow. Why couldn't Abel choose to follow God's directions by offering the right sacrifice in faith, and Cain choose to disobey, offer the sacrifice of personal choice, and be displeasing to God on that basis. Otherwise, if God gave Abel something that He did not give Cain, that would not be fair. See, I don't think Cain or Abel or Adam needed anything more, or lacked anything, to make the choices they did. Question: if you believe that God gave Abel something more than he gave Cain, what would you use to support this position. You don't believe Abel was without sin, do you? To the following, I disagree: "Their parents had been created spiritual beings as well as natural beings. Cain and Abel were not." ALL men are spiritual beings, created in the image of God; not just the first man and woman. The problem for all men is when they do as Adam, and choose to disobey God. That is when all men fall under the condemnation of sin. You write, "Until you can show that spiritually dead creatures are capable (in and of themselves) of faith, I cannot accept that they are capable of any spiritual good." I could offer plenty of examples to illustrate the 'spiritually dead' people are capable of doing spiritual good. Cornelius is a good example. We might argue as to when Cornelius was saved, but we would have to conclude that it was AFTER Peter spoke words to him "by which you will be saved" (Acts 11:14). So how do you account for the actions of Cornelius before this time? Acts 10:2 says he was "devout", "one who feared God", "gave alms to the people", and "prayed to God continually." These things are 'spiritually good' and caused God to hear his prayers. I would appreciate your thoughts. Good day. |
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312 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 76844 | ||
Hi Tim, I'm struggling to find the answer to the following statement you've made in the previous post: "My understanding is this: Christ's atoning work on the cross covers the guilt of original sin. Thus, no one is condemned for Adam's sin," There is something in this that is causing me to pause. I've never heard anyone say before that Christ's death on the cross covers the guilt of original sin. Typically, the atoning death of Christ is not qualified in such a way. His work atones for sin, but where the Bible says it atones for original sin, I don't know. The end result of what you believe is that children are saved until they reach an age where they willfully sin? Do I have that right? That is my position as well. How we come to the same conclusion is through different means, but the end is the same. The differences between us seems to be one of semantics. You believe that a child is born with a sin nature: as you see it, this is the nature of Adam after the fall. I believe that a child is born with a nature that can sin: as I see it, this is the same nature Adam had before the fall. We both agree that all men will sin and fall short of the glory of God. And further, you write: "...His grace covers our guilt until such a time as we can choose to obey or disobey. Once we reach that point, we all (because of our sin nature) will choose to disobey..." I'm glad to see that you allow that whatever nature you see that child has, you see that it allows it to choose good or evil. My only differene would be that the child may at times choose to do good and sometimes it chooses to do evil: life is full of choices. For the evil it chooses, it falls short of the glory of God. It then needs a Savior. Because it also still has the freedom of choice, when it hears the Gospel and believes it, God forgives the young person for his or her faith. You've probably heard this all before, but I would appreciate if you read it again. If you see a chink in the argument, please point it out. Thanks for listening to my point of view. Good day. |
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313 | Is repentance necessary for salvation? | Acts 3:19 | disciplerami | 76839 | ||
Greetings Snipper, Yes, Repentance is necessary for salvation. A person who is unrepentant will not go to heaven. |
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314 | Can you hear what you see or heard? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 76754 | ||
I hear what you are saying. And I think you hear too. So why can't we agree that HEARING is necessary even if the initial message is HEARD in the Creation. Psalm 19:1 "THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING OF THE GLORY OF GOD; AND THEIR EXPANSE IS DECLARING THE WORK OF HIS HANDS." Surely, you can no longer persist in this. Paul says in Romans 1, 'they are without excuse.' The reason is because they cannot say they did not know, they did not hear. Good day. |
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315 | Have you been baptized right? | 1 Cor 12:13 | disciplerami | 76753 | ||
Let me argue with something in your post: Among the options cited: "(1) The baptism referred to here is physical only, and eij" has the meaning of “for” or “unto.” Such a view suggests that salvation is based on works—an idea that runs counter to the theology of Acts, namely" Wrong. "Such a view" DOES NOT suggests that salvation is based on works. Also, the Greek word EIS, is always prospective, never retrospective. The english "because" does not accurately depict the direction of EIS. "salvation is entirely a gift of God, not procured via water baptism (Acts 10:43 [cf. v. 47]; 13:38-39, 48; 15:11; 16:30-31; 20:21; 26:18);" No doubt, salvation is a gift, but it is received at the point of baptism. Give God the glory! |
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316 | What about the unreacheed peoples? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 76748 | ||
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317 | Are there 'unreached people groups'? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 76747 | ||
Once again, you miss the entire message. Is this your typical manner to make charges without giving evidence? I've read a number of your posts and I see its nothing personal. What did I twist? People 'hear' in more than one way. Right or wrong? I am left to conclude that you don't want to answer the questions put to you. You ask "how could they hear without a preacher." Paul's inspired word in Romans 10 is not intended to limit the method of spreading the Gospel the mouth of men. Surely it is not news to you that God's truth is transmitted in more than one way, is it? I'm not arguing against preaching, you are! You are perfectly satisfied to speak of the human concept that people will leave this earth, hearing nothing, clueless of the truth, and still they go to hell. Your words: "there are still poople who have not heard .. yet they are w.o excuse (Rom 1:18-20)" You are wrong. I'm fear that the following point is going to go straight over your head, but I will make it for the sake of others. The Eunuch 'heard' before Philip came to him. He was searching while he was unsaved [gasp, could it be?]. Because he was already spiritually inclined, God sent someone to preach to him. Yes, ultimately, a man needs to hear the message of Jesus Christ and His Gospel. Cornelius is another perfect example of what I'm talking about. It was his kindness, his prayers that got God's attention. When a man searches, asks, seeks, knocks: God makes a way for him to hear. The people you refer to who never heard the Gospel, do you believe God wouldn't have got the saving message to them if they were searching? When the man from Macedonia needed someone to come and preach, God sent Paul. This is too simple to miss. I wonder if you don't have something else causing you to get hang up. I don't know, perhaps you don't want to get to the real point. I'll not judge your motive. The following is not debatable: Hearing precedes Believing: Believing precedes Regeneration: Therefore Hearing comes before Salvation. To answer Sniper's question, yes, HEARING IS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION. "If anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask of God" (Jas.1) I hope this has been a help to you. Good day. |
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318 | Baptism in the Holy Spirit? | 1 Cor 12:13 | disciplerami | 76725 | ||
O.K. fair enough. The Galatian passage I refer to being 'immersed' into Jesus Christ. Is that speaking of Holy Spirit Baptism into Christ? As I stated, I think he is referring to water baptism What about the Colossian passage? The 12th verse says they were raised out of the immersion THROUGH THEIR FAITH in the working of God. Being 'raised' (see also 3:1) is seen as the new birth. How does 'faith in the working of God' fit into a discussion of Holy Spirit baptism? Colossians 2:12 depicts a burial and resurrection through faith. I really am curious to know how that, or if that, leads you to think of Holy Spirit baptism? Thanks Tim, Have a good day. |
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319 | Did Jesus die for the whole world? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 76680 | ||
Thank you. Since "God so loved the world", is God's gift of grace offered to all the world? Did Jesus die for the whole world? | ||||||
320 | Have you been baptized right? | 1 Cor 12:13 | disciplerami | 76676 | ||
Good point. Have you been baptized "for the remission of your sins?" - Acts 2:38 |
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