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821 | Is salvation an ongoing event | 1 Cor 1:23 | jlhetrick | 172181 | ||
Hello Bereaniam, Consider the verse in the context it is presented. Continue to read paying particular attention to vs 23 and 24. Here, Paul is pointing out how the truth of Christ is received. That is, to those who are perishing, it is foolishness. "Being saved" here refers to those who are called (vs 24). This verse taken in context, is focusing on God's power (see again vs 18). So, when Jesus said "it is finished" (John 19:30). What He meant was, It is finished. Along these lines, also consider Sanctification. This IS a thing of ongoing process. Sanctification- God setting the believer apart for Himself: positionally at salvation, progressively throughout life, and ultimately when the believer arrives in His presence in heaven (67). (from Basic Theology, Copyright © 1986, 1999 by Charles C. Ryrie.) Will wait together for the understanding of others. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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822 | Judas | Luke 23:43 | jlhetrick | 172166 | ||
kalos, Great posts; and great example of Bible study. It's interesting how most of the questions can be simply made to go away if we take the time to do a little work. Once, when teaching through the book of Romans at church, the issue came up regarding eternal security. Inevitably, Hebrews 6:4-6 was brought up; boldly I might add, and by an Elder that faithfully attended my class. Now,I had always believed that Judas was never saved but he had still: "Been enlightened" having seen the works of God in Jesus Himself; “tasted the goodness of the word of God" in the hearing of Jesus himself; and "shared in the Holy Spirit" as one sent by the Lord in Matthew 10:1 Interestingly enough, the passage in Hebrews and my belief regarding Judas was the very next thing in my notes. So it seemed to flow, the discussion right along with my notes. You ever had that experience, when your teaching or sharing and BOOM!, it just seems that your gently pulled back a step and the Lord takes over. It's like you can here yourself speak outside yourself. Anyway, it was flowing along and then he got me, the elder, he likes to get you like that. "How do you know Judas wasn't saved and how do you know Judas didn't die and go to heaven". I didn't have an answer. Have you ever had that happen. Believe you have a strong scriptural agrument only to have a question that you can't answer bring doubt? Well thank God for that Elder. I had all the motivation I needed to do the work to resolve this question. The next Sunday I shared the information with the Elder who had gone home and done the work himself coming up with the same conclusion. 1 Peter 3:15 (NIV) 15 But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. Again, thanks for the bible study, Jeff |
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823 | Authority to Ask God for One's Needs | Phil 4:19 | jlhetrick | 172155 | ||
Hello Kalos, A thought provoking question. I'm not necessarily comfortable with the wording. "authority" and "freely" seem to suggest a tone of "Word of Faith". The bible gives good examples of the proper attitude of prayer as well as those where one's prayers may be answered with a NO. To begin with, as you know of course, all request should be with an attitude of understanding that God's will should (not to mention will) prevail over our own. Romans 1:9-10 (NASB95) 1:9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you, 10 always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you." Paul is very much aware here that his prayer may or may not be answered, "if perhaps now at last".. And of course, the most famous prayer spoken by our Lord as he taught the desciples made a point to stipulate... "Matthew 6:10 (NASB95) 6:10 'Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. What we want, and even what we think we need, will not always be in the will of God. Paul certainly learned to appreciate this. 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 (NASB95) 12:7 Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me." Often people will quote a very famous verse James 1:6 and use it to argue that we can ask for anything and receive it if only we do not doubt. James 1:6 (NASB95) 1:6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. But they fail to render it in context with Scripture as a whole. I will leave it at that for now and watch the replies of others. Thanks for helping us to think, Jeff |
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824 | People of God or angels | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 172153 | ||
yes I would, and that is one of my favorite verses to keep in mind. Hope it's one of everyone's favorites. Jeff |
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825 | who is satan? | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 172146 | ||
Thanks Kalos, Your one of those that can always be counted on to put things back into perspective; either through your own words or doing the work of researching others. God bless, Jeff |
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826 | People of God or angels | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 172144 | ||
Hello Lionheart, I'm glad my posts were helpful as yours have been to me so many times. I understand, I am currently participating on two different forums at the same time. Your timing was perfect though. Just as I clicked to post on one forum, I was notified of your response. God bless, Jeff |
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827 | People of God or angels | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 172140 | ||
Hello Lionheart, Perhaps these references might help shed some light on this. "As kings, therefore, transact their most important affairs in a solemn council or assembly, so God is pleased to represent himself as having his council likewise; and as passing the decrees of his providence in an assembly of his holy angels. We have here, in the case of Job, the same grand assembly held, as was before in that of Ahab, 1 Kings 22:6-23; the same host of heaven, called here the sons of God, presenting themselves before Jehovah, as in the vision of Micaiah they are said to stand on his right hand and on his left."—Adam Clarke's Commentary "Job 1:6 - A day - A certain time appointed by God. The sons - The holy angels, so called, Job_38:7; Dan_3:25, Dan_3:28, because of their creation by God, for their resemblance of him in power, and dignity, and holiness, and for their filial affection and obedience, to him. Before - Before his throne, to receive his commands, and to give him an account of their negotiations." (John Wesley's Explanatory Notes) "Job 1:6 - sons of God This scene is in heaven. Compare (Job_2:1-7)." (Scofield Reference Notes) "Job_1:6-12. Satan, appearing before God, falsely accuses Job. sons of God — angels (Job_38:7; 1Ki_22:19). They present themselves to render account of their “ministry” in other parts of the universe (Heb_1:14)." (JFB Commentary) "Job 1:6 - Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord,.... This is generally understood of the angels, as in Job_38:7 who may be thought to be so called, because of their creation by the father of spirits, and their likeness to God in holiness, knowledge, and wisdom, and being affectionate and obedient to him; as also on account of the grace of election, and confirmation in" (John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible) I would like to ask for clarification if I may. You responded to Jamie with "Your scriptural support here is solid" would you please point me to the Scripture references that support Jamie's references to: "After Satan and those who fell with him were shut out of heaven, and he realized that he had forever lost all its purity and glory, he repented, and wished to be reinstated in heaven. He was willing to take his proper place, or any position that might be assigned him. But no; heaven must not be placed in jeopardy. All heaven might be marred should he be taken back; for sin originated with him, and the seeds of rebellion were within him. Both he and his followers wept, and implored to be taken back into the favor of God. But their sin--their hatred, their envy and jealousy--had been so great that God could not blot it out. It must remain to receive its final punishment." Thanks and God Bless, Jeff |
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828 | How Can be a satan in heaven? | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 172137 | ||
Are you Ellen White. Or do you mean you wrote the original 1858 Edition? Or do you mean you were quoting someone else's work? In which case you did not offer quotation marks nor reference. From "Terms of Use" Formum Rules * Postings must be Biblically based and not opposing to the authority of the Bible, Christianity, or the deity of Jesus Christ. Cult hogwash and links are not permitted. Your website has a forum. This one is reserved for the truth of Scripture only as I understand the rules imposed and enforced by Lockman. Jeff |
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829 | How Can be a satan in heaven? | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 172129 | ||
Hello Tim, If your following, thanks again for the great hint/tool (171787). Jeff |
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830 | How Can be a satan in heaven? | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 172128 | ||
Hello Jamie, I hope you have read the forum rules. This is a Christian forum intended for Christian bible study. You plagiarized: "After Satan and those who fell with him were shut out of heaven, and he realized that he had forever lost all its purity and glory, he repented, and wished to be reinstated in heaven. He was willing to take his proper place, or any position that might be assigned him. But no; heaven must not be placed in jeopardy. All heaven might be marred should he be taken back; for sin originated with him, and the seeds of rebellion were within him. Both he and his followers wept, and implored to be taken back into the favor of God. But their sin--their hatred, their envy and jealousy--had been so great that God could not blot it out. It must remain to receive its final punishment." I will not post the site from which you copied and pasted this as not to promote such a thing. No where in the bible is there any such rediculous teaching. Be advised, no false teaching will be tolerated on this forum. Not by the forum members, and certainly not by the Lockman Foundation. First warning, Jeff |
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831 | How Can be a satan in heaven? | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 172127 | ||
Hello again softcom, Remember that Satan was created to serve God. He was an angel in Heaven and cast down after sin was found in him. Isa 14:12-15 12 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! 13 You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." 15 But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit. NIV After he sinned against God, he was cast down. But he continues to have some acess to heaven. Job 1:6-7 (NASB95) 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." Remember, God created Satan (as He did all things). Satan was an angel in Heaven under God's control and authority. Satan sinned against God. God cast him down. Satan is still an angel. God still has complete control and authority over him. Job 1:6-12 is a great passage that illustrates Satan's total dependence on God. That is, he does not move without the permission of his creator. In this passage I understand Satan as coming before the Lord for a purpose. Notice that the "sons of God" (angels) are coming to "present" themselves before God, Satan is doing the same. God asks "from where do you come", not because he doesn't know, but because Satan is required to give account to God. The rest of the passage demonstrate how God uses Satan to further build on Job's faith, endurance, and character. Satan seems to think he is getting away with something, but he is not. He only is allowed to do exactly what God permits. This includes some access to Heaven. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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832 | Praise and Testimony | James 5:14 | jlhetrick | 172109 | ||
Hey Tim, Thanks for the praise report. We know that God can and sometimes does heal those who are sick. Praise Him when He chooses to do this and when He chooses not to. Thanks be to God on both occassions. Hey, do you know the purpose of the annointing with oil? How does it fit into the healing seen in James 5:14? God bless, Jeff |
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833 | can 2nd cousin date | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 172032 | ||
Hello cocwih, I will respond with another question. Why do you ask? A certain adage goes something like this. If you have to ask if it's sin, it probably is. Please don't take this as a YES it refers to and a NO they can't date and marry. But I will say, a 2nd cousin is definately a blood relative. To get you started, Jeff |
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834 | god shouldn't send people to hell. | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 172030 | ||
Dear Ocelot, I can appreciate that there are points that contribute more to division than to profitable study. I agree that those things are not worth the debate. I've still got Friday to go and then I'll be done with my week too. Hope you have a great weekend as well. Jeff |
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835 | god shouldn't send people to hell. | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 172026 | ||
Dear Ocelot, Thanks for responding back. You have helped me to understand the point of your previous post, thanks. I do appreciate that there are some who have a different view of the issue of Hell and eternity. I believe that we both agree that different views, while being respectfully debated, in the end, are irrelevant. The truth is the truth and my belief one way and yours another does nothing to change that. I am confident that you will agree with that statement and will leave it at that. My response, however, was not meant to focus on our obvious differences in what we believe the Bible teaches about the eternal state of unbelievers. My response was meant to be focused on the way you handled Muzka’s apparent outrage. I believe that Muzka clearly needed redirection, not support and encouragement to continue on course. We may disagree here as well. Muzka’s post did not reflect that he/she did not believe the Bible teaches that believers will spend eternity in torment. Just the opposite. It reflected that he/she believes that the unsaved will spend eternity in Hell, being “tortured”. He/she expressed outrage and offered the opinion of “80 percent of the entire pop” that “torture is WRONG” (emphasis added) as the legitimacy for wanting to “argue with God over the issue”. Furthermore, Muzka intends to do so. Muzka went on to say “I just don't feel that sending people to hell for whatever reason gets them there is just too much of a punishment.” I was surprised that you seemed to have missed this or ignore it, which ever was true. For the sake of unnecessary argument, take the issue of eternity and the unsaved out of the picture and consider. Muzka’s entire position and entire approach is so far off the mark that redirection of some sort is unmistakably necessary. Others, particularly Doc, offered that redirection so I did not. Muzka’s reliance on “feelings” (including the majority vote) falls far short of any understanding of the sovereignty of God, the justice of God, and the issue of man and sin. Would you agree that beginning to understand these issues are of greater importance than that of what we believe to be the eternal state of the lost? Perhaps a better question (as Doc pointed out); can one even begin to make sense of the eternal judgment of the unsaved before having some knowledge of the character of God? To his/her credit, Muzka did seem to ask honestly if this was a wrong way to feel. The answer is, absolutely. It is not necessarily wrong to question things from the perspective that one doesn’t understand it. But to apparently understand it, and disagree with it, and want to present his/her argument in opposition to a Holy, Sovereign, Righteous God, is in every way-shape-and form wrong. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to further express my thoughts on this. Your brother, Jeff |
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836 | Show me the money | Phil 4:19 | jlhetrick | 171966 | ||
Hello Barb, You responded to the offered responses to you with:"Your answer implies one must be poor to be born again. Does God want us to be poor?" At the time of that post, only two had responded to you, Mark and Ocelot. Neither of them offered opinion, thought, or feeling. They offered scripture, straight out of the word of God. How can you possibly debate that? You offered a quote from a very famous false teacher. I would respond to his statement that you quoted as follows: When John said we should prosper, Mark and Ocelot have used the word of God to define prosper from God's perspective. I urge you to find a church that teaches the Bible and make great efforts to steer clear of those who would twist and manipulate scripture for profit. with love and sincerety, Jeff |
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837 | god shouldn't send people to hell. | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 171964 | ||
Dear brother Ocelot, It is not important that your belief on this issue is "in the vast minority". What matters is that your "belief" is in conflict with God, and His word. Your entire post here is dissapointing. Please refer back to Muzka's post. This person is saying very bluntly that he/she plans to "argue" with God when he/she dies. What an unfortunate event that you would reply with anything supporting to such a statement. Furthermore, you point Muzka to a website to "help explain" why you "believe this". Dear sir, lets let the Scriptures speak on the issue. If you want to point someone to a place where they can learn some "amazing facts" please point them to scripture. And if someone is bold enough to want to "argue with God", better to stay far from such a person and their "feelings" about Hell. I publically call on you to repent of this behavior. With sincerety, Jeff |
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838 | Dr. B. Biblical support Angels can't sin | Eph 4:9 | jlhetrick | 171873 | ||
Hello drbloor, Does this have anything to do with my post? "guy with horns"??? Not sure what you mean. I read back over my post and didn't find any reference to the guy with horns. I did see one in a movie once though. I will look into that word though. I have very little knowledge of the Hebrew language. I'm thankful for and to others who have that knowledge and have been able to provide us with materials that we can do word studies when needed. I must admit, in spite of my not being a scholar of the Hebrew language, I was still surprised that I did not know that Satan was a Hebrew word. I thought it was an English translation. Thanks for the enlightening. Still, I can't find a correlation with my post. Sincerely, Jeff |
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839 | who is satan? | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 171863 | ||
Hello again softcom, Excuse me, but I forgot to answer one of your questions. You asked "From where did he come? John 1:1-3 (NASB95) 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. The Word was and is Jesus Christ. Satan was created by God. God bless, Jeff |
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840 | who is satan? | Gen 1:1 | jlhetrick | 171862 | ||
Hello softcom, Welcome to the forum! Satan is someone much more than an angel who was cast out of Heaven for wanting to be like God. Actually, he was cast out after declaring that he WOULD BE like God (Isaiah 13:13-14) He is the one who deceives (Genesis 3: 1-7, 2Corinthians 11:14,) He has blinded the mind of unbelievers (2 Corinthians 4: 3-4). He is the tempter (Matthew 4:3) He is the one who accuses believers (Rev. 12:10), he is the adversary of believers (1 Peter 5:8). We could go on and on as the bible speaks a great deal about Satan, the Devil, the Father of Lies. But the most important thing we should know about him, is that he has been defeated by our Lord Jesus Christ (Genesis 3:15, John 19:30, Revelation 20:10) Hope this helps, Jeff |
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