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441 | God loves the Elect or the World? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 76641 | ||
Sorry, question in wrong place. | ||||||
442 | 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? | ||||||
443 | 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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444 | What about the unreacheed peoples? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 76748 | ||
Do you have a point? | ||||||
445 | 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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446 | Is confession necessary for salvation? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77016 | ||
I agree. Confessing to a priest is unnecessary. In another vein, we should all confess to one another, the priesthood of believers (1 Peter 2). Good day. |
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447 | Is confession necessary for salvation? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77019 | ||
I agree to the things you've stated. Since God has communicated to all men of his divine nature and invisible attributes (Romans 1:18-20; Psalm 19:1) it is reasonable to conclude that He expects a particular response. It starts with the 'groping' to seek and find that Paul speaks of in Acts 17. This yearning and searching, a part of man who is incurably religious, leads him to the one true God. Upon finding God, is a person required to confess? What other alternative is there? The only alternative is to not confess. That is unimaginable when what is at issue is the death of the Son of God. When a man believes that Jesus died to rescue man from sin, how can he hold that in? To not confess would be equal to not believing. Romans 10:9,10, and favorite of posters here, says that 'confession' leads to salvation. Rom 10:9 that 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; Rom 10:10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, RESULTING IN SALVATION. God bless you, disciplerami |
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448 | Is confession necessary for salvation? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77020 | ||
Romans 1:18-20. Hello Friend, Do you still insist that they didn't hear? Or must we rely on a legalistic requirement that 'hearing' (Romans 10:9-17) can only be through the use of the auditory nerves? Do you deny that they heard when Paul says in Romans 1:18ff that they 'understood' and Psalms says "the heavens are telling of the glory of God." Oh, how the Creation testifies to the glory and power of God! Don't you agree? I'm certainly glad that I, when an awful sinner, 'heard' His message [communicated in the creation, a silent testimony of his love, power, and wisdom] even before I opened the Bible. Let's not resist the truth, for who knows what darkness might overtake us! Remember, what Romans 1 is really saying? God made himself evident (19), but men rejected Him (21), suppressed the truth (18) and chose rather to worship the creature rather than the Creator (25). And then, the depraved mind followed (28)! Wow, instead of the depraved mind leading hostile man to sin, Paul says that the choice to reject God LED TO the darkened mind. As a consequence to their rebellion, it says, "And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them." "ALTHOUGH THEY KNOW THE ORDINANCE OF GOD......." The original question: "Is hearing necessary for salvation" is an emphatic yes. God has made sure that they heard the messge, both general and specific, so in the end they are without excuse if they believe not. Maybe I've read you all wrong, if so, please correct me. May God bless you, Disciplerami |
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449 | Are we saved with change of heart? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77021 | ||
Yes Robert, I agree. The belief cannot be separated from the confession. Let me demonstrate by the use of two passages: John 3:36 "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." Heb 3:18 "And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief." Belief without confession is not saving belief. Confession without belief would be a scam. What's happening on the inside of the man must be demonstrated on the outside. They are connected. If I'm standing in the road with a 4,000 pound automobile coming at me, I move. I believe, therefore I move. They cannot be separated. Like the apostle said, "I believed, therefore I spoke." 2 Cor. 4:13 |
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450 | Are we saved with change of heart? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77023 | ||
Dear Friend, Why quibble over a few moments? This dissecting of belief from confession only serves to deemphasize obedience to Christ. Jesus emphasized obedience. "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." "Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven." Here's my take. Let emphasize FAITHFUL OBEDIENCE to Jesus Christ. A person who is washed in the blood is not likely to trust that a few words rolling off of the tongue saved him. He knows that his blessing of eternal life is a gift: unearned, undeserved, but there it is. Salvation is when the faith and the evidence of it meet. Paul was an apostle to bring about the "obedience of faith"; this he says twice in the Roman letter. Faith to faith, first to last, is obedient to God. Good day. |
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451 | disciplerami, are they saved or lost? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77111 | ||
Please restate, the sentence structure is broken and hard to understand. | ||||||
452 | Are we saved with change of heart? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77112 | ||
Oh yeah?! Well what if he dies just moments before the guy standing at his door was to preach the saving message of the Gospel to him? What then, huh? If God "is patient, not wishing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance," then why sit and quibble over hypothetical 'what ifs' when God has stated clearly: You must hear to believe, and if you believe, to be saved you must repent, confess and be baptized. If the person's heart is right, he will be saved. Have a good day! Disciplerami |
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453 | How does a right heart save? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77240 | ||
Rom 10:9 that 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; Rom 10:10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. How does a right heart save? Paul says, "if you believe in your heart, you shall be saved." Salvation follows a right heart. |
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454 | Are those who never heard saved or lost? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77241 | ||
Until a person hears, believes and obeys the Gospel (2 Thess 1:7-9; 1 Peter 4:16,17, must obey the Gospel too) he is not saved. But as I've stated before, the first message we 'hear', understand and know (Psalm 19:1; Romans 1:18-20) is from the Creation. This message sparks the natural spiritual inclination of each man and causes him to seek and grope and find the Creator. Ultimtely, his search will lead him to the Gospel. When he has heard and obeyed it, he will be saved. Searcher, you are good asking questions, and you are good at posting others people's work, and you are good at sending people off to the netherland of old posts, but where is your work, where is the evidence of your deep study? That's what I would like to see. I have given you plenty to think about and respond to, but you give very little. We all must conclude that you are still wrestling with these things. Have a good day. I am sincere when I say, may God bless you as you seek His will. Disciplerami |
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455 | Is hearing necessary for salvation? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77269 | ||
John, The statement "God has decreed that they shall be saved" is wrong. What God has decreed is that everyone who conforms to His divine will shall be saved. Where you say, "Those who have not recieved the Spirit of God, are without the means of understanding those things that God has freely given" is incorrect. Paul says in Romans 1:18ff that even the lost sinner is guilting, because they understood and suppressed the truth. "They consider them foolishness". That right, they do. But what is the remedy? Preach the Gospel to them, appeal to them the Christian evidences, challenge their thinking, their mindset. They can come to their senses (like the prodigal) and be saved. The nature they are born with dose not prohibit them from seeing the truth. We just need to preach and teach it to them. Everyone may come to Christ and drink of the water of life. Jesus promise of "whosoever will" refutes the idea that only some are saved by Sovereign decree. Again, it is God's sovereign decree that His Son taste death for ALL (Heb 2:9), because God loves ALL (Jn 3:16) and desires that ALL be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:5). That's God's decree. The lost man can decide discern spiritually, and the saved man can decide to discern things carnally. Have a good day. Disciplerami |
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456 | Do you have answers to my questions? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77271 | ||
Will you answers the points that I may know where we go from here? Thank you, Disciplerami |
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457 | Do you have answers to my questions? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77289 | ||
This is not an answer? You said you have no more breath, but here you are. Please answer the points on Morant61's explanation of Acts 2:38 Ds;jkadflkjaf |
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458 | Is hearing necessary for salvation? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77415 | ||
Hello John, I certainly believe what Paul wrote, and I as well, glory in the wisdom of God. Paul said, "For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." We both believe the truthfulness of this statement, but difference we have is how did those "saved" get into the saved column; because they too were at one time in the "perishing" column. The "root" you mention is the result of the individual, though perishing he may be, humbly receiving the "word implanted" (Jas 1) which is able to make him "wise unto salvation." The "root" that withers is the result of other factors. As the parable of the soils indicates, the plant dies because of concern over riches or because of persecutions. Christians endure the same challenges that others do, plus some, and it is incumbent upon each to "lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles" and "run with endurance the race that is set" before them (Heb 12:1ff). Jesus endured the things He endures so that "we might not grow weary and lose heart." Implied in this statement of the Hebrew writer is that we just might grow weary and lose heart. I do not believe that the soveignty of God denies the person the ability to accept or reject spiritual truths. Thanks very much, Disciplerami. |
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459 | Is hearing necessary for salvation? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77631 | ||
Greetings John Reformed, I will grant that you see our sides fairly clearly. I do think the Gospel is a lifepreserver that God has tossed out to all men. However, the analogy isn't exact because what is the other alternative for the drowning person? The way you have depicted it, everyone would be pulling on the preserver. But everyone doesn't take it because there is an alternative. The man who is drowning in sin thinks something else looks pretty good and rejects God's help. If there were no alternatives, everyone would take the God's salvation. When Paul talks about the war in his own body, the war between body and soul, he speaks of the challenge that we each face (Romans 7). The bad news for man is that he is in a body that needs but also wants. He needs food, but he wants too much. Paul said, "who will set me free...?" Romans 8 gives the answer. God has done through Christ what the Law could not do. The righteous requirement of the Law was perfection and God through faith [the kind of faith demonstrated in Paul's words of chapter 7, 'the thing I do, I hate; that which I want to do, I do not do'] is able to make sinful men perfect. He goes on to say that the mind set on the flesh is death, the mind set on the spirit is life. Here is where we can't agree. HOW is the mind set on the flesh or on the things of the Spirit? You see the total depraved nature of man and insist it is God who does the ‘setting'; I see God appealing to man with ample evidence so that even the most hardened can be made soft. Both ways get people saved, but which way is right? Both ways get people saved by the grace of God, but which way jives with the rest of the Scripture? Why does the Holy Spirit fill Scripture with the conditional statements; why the imperatives: the 'thou shalts', the must, the demands; why the warnings of hell and hopes of heaven; why the vocative laments: the hopes and wishes and desires. Why does God speak to man at all in Scripture if the facts can't phase the hardened sinner? From your perspective/belief, you must grant that no one would ever be saved, no one would ever grab the 'preserver', no one would ever 'set his mind on the Spirit' unless God personally put it in their hand and plucked them to safety. Nothing, not the truth of Scripture, not the glories of heaven get even a spark from the depraved man. In my way of thinking, these are very powerful messages, ones that can overcome the fog of error and lies that surround the sinner. I see the difficulty you have in accepting a Gospel that is made available to all, but assured only to those smart enough to take it. It's a risk. But God takes risk. When God made a Garden with choice, God took a risk. It was an experiment, if you will, to see if man would choose good over evil. Man with freewill chose to disobey God: that was part of the nature given him. When God flooded the earth, it was a risk. He didn't make or spark or place desire in Noah to obey and build the ark. That was Noah; he was righteous and blameless. God found the only eight people on earth who still loved Him and so God provided them a way of salvation. The sovereignty of God provided that if Noah built an ark, man would be saved. Noah didn't build the ark because of an ALL CONTROLLING SOVEREIGN GOD put it in him. Think about it, we don't marvel at the faith of Noah because God made Noah build the ark, we marvel because WHAT a FAITH he had! continued... |
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460 | Is hearing necessary for salvation? | Rom 10:17 | disciplerami | 77632 | ||
continued... I choose to believe that our nature is such, that with sufficient evidence, man can be held accountable for making his choices. It is overwhelming evidence that God exists. Therefore, those who go the godless, atheistic path deserve no pity. They, in essence, have looked God in the face and turned away. Every sinner stands before the two paths. The one is fun and easy for a while with the promise of punishment at the end. The other is straight, narrow, and difficult with the promise of eternal blessings at the end. Men know the choice: some say I'll take the easy path now and later switch to the straight and narrow when I won't have to walk it so long. Men know the punishment and rewards. Too bad that they choose the immediate over the long-term. The good news is that we all can watch the fleeting, passing pleasures of this life and come to our senses. We can note our mortality and act upon our longing to live forever. Making the choice to turn from the world and to God is sort of like a young man who looks at the girl of his dreams. Asking her to marry will mean responsibility, committment, sacrifice and rewards of love and children and friendship that a single man can never know. If he chooses not to marry, he chooses the freedom, and materialism: the selfish, short-term, lonely path. The man makes a judgment about values, about what is worth more? You can't have the rewards without the sacrifice. This lesson Jesus taught us. Part of following the Savior is the requirement that we count the cost of being a disciple. The rich young ruler had the potential of being saved, but he made a value judgment--Jesus loved him, so it doesn't make sense that he turned away because God didn't give him that extra bit of desire. The young man made a choice on his own. Jesus stipulated that only those who deny themselves and carry the cross could follow Him. You must believe that the cross carrier is the one that God placed the desire in, and I believe that the cross carrier is the one who considered the merits of both paths, and chose to follow Christ. Just as a man can make a choice to invest in long-term versus short-term, any man can weigh the evidence [hear the purity and promises of the Gospel versus condemnation for sin] and make an intelligent, spiritual decision to become a Christian. Thanks for the thoughts you shared. Disciplerami |
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