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261 | On Prayer | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 190630 | ||
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262 | On Prayer | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 190631 | ||
Wow, thanks. didn't know it could be done like that. also, thanks for sharing about your prayer life. |
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263 | Keep the Sabbath Holy? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 190972 | ||
onlyme, What I appreciate about your postings here is that you truly appear to have a question that your trying to learn the answer to. What puzzels me at the same time is that you seem to have your mind set on being in conflict with the traditional position of the Christian church and unaccepting of the Sriptural support. Same is true for your inquiring about the 4th commandment. Keeping in mind the sovereignty of God, His holiness, and never-changing attributes- will you please provide Scriptural reference to support your statement: "The Ten Commandments were created for the Israelites who were being rebellios and causing enough anger in God that he nearly destroyed them all." I don't find that in Scripture. Furthermore, the statement seems to suggest that you already had your mind made up before asking: "does the 4'th commandment pertain only to the time period and the audience at the time of the commandments, meaning the Israelites of Moses' day, or does it pertain to all Christians for all time?" Please clarify. God bless, Jeff |
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264 | Keep the Sabbath Holy? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 190991 | ||
Hello again and thanks for the response. Based on your belief that there are "so many different flavors to choose from..." regarding Christian tradition I simply disagree; and see your thinking as perhaps the center of your difficulty. Agreeably, today there are many different denominational “flavors” but the truth of Scripture is, and always will be- unchanging. When I mentioned "traditional Christianity" I assumed, perhaps mistakenly, that you had a background in church history and orthodox Christianity. I apologize for that. Now that I have a better idea of where you are at, I believe I have some feedback that may be helpful. We most of us have the experience of some exposure to church attendance growing up and (to agree with you on some level I think) we all have learned various contradictory things. So when I refer to tradition I am speaking to those truths of Scripture long-held and taught by the church. The teachers of our history whose writings and commentaries have been studied and critiqued and found to be in-line with Scripture, relying on the truth of Scripture alone as their foundation. I might throw out a few names here but that would defeat the purpose of what follows. We have to keep in mind here that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the church. When we realize that, we can have confidence that He has stayed true to his word (Isaiah 55:11, John 14:26). There comes a time in every serious bible student’s life when he/she realizes that he/she has a certain amount of beliefs (learned in the home, church, and social environment) that are not in agreement with, or at least are not decisively supported by Scripture. For me it was marked by a period of time that would be best described as faith-shaking and panic. Perhaps that’s where you are now, perhaps not. In any case, I believe the lesson learned, if learned at all, is eventually the same for everyone. Our doctrine does not show the Scriptures to be true, but rather, the Scriptures alone must determine our doctrine. When we study for ourselves we will NOT likely be “…tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; “ The interesting thing is that the more we learn from God's word the easier it is to recognize a teaching that doesn't line up. I hope it's comforting to know that there is not a "which Christian Chruch" issue to be considered. There is only one Christian Chruch, that of which Christ is the head. With that perhaps you will be less interested in the opinions of others. God bless, Jeff |
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265 | How did Christ escape inherent depravity | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 191113 | ||
Thanks inGodITrust for keeping it simple and too the point. An interesting point is- how often the very simple and clearly presented truths of God's word are so easily missed or not comprehended. This case is a good example of how important it is to consider the lineages when they are given in Scripture. Like the whole of Scripture, it was put there for a purpose. God bless, Jeff |
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266 | deuteronomy 6 v 5, | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 191187 | ||
Organgeman- Welcome to the forum! :-) The body should be obvious- flesh, bone, etc. Regarding soul and spirit please type in soul and spirit in the search function (upper right of screen). The topic has been discussed in depth and you will find a lot of information. If what you find doesn't answer your question please repost a new question. God bless, Jeff |
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267 | meaning of in the name of the farther so | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192163 | ||
Duplicate! | ||||||
268 | what do matthews 28-19 mean | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192165 | ||
Duplicate! | ||||||
269 | unanswered prayers | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192179 | ||
Hello TWH. To start I would have to respond to your question with a question. After you prayed and asked the Lord to help you quit smoking, have you removed a cigarette from it's pack, put it in your mouth, and lit it up inhaling? When we ask the Lord for help with these kinds of personal things what is it that we truly want Him to do? What role do we play? Jeff |
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270 | Confused? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192183 | ||
Believer- my lunch break is about over so I will give a quick answer and then check back later this evening to see if you have received feedback from others. You are on the right track friend. Don't loose heart; don't be discouraged. The Lord saved me many years ago and many years ago I was EXACTLY where you are at. Couldn't make sense of it all. Not to worry. The Scriptures are the living words of God. They do not change in meaning or intent from one generation to the next. Trust in that as you continue. You are doing exactly the right thing in reading and studying for yourself- praise the Lord for that. Don't be set back by apparent contradictions. Currently your focused on two different things. The Old Covenant and the New Covenant are not indications that the principles, character, etc. of God have changed. Take a look at the Ten Commandments. It is just as wrong (for example) to murder today as it was in OT times. There is no New Testament command to give 10 percent of anything. The principles of giving, however, are the same. This is just food for thought at this time while you wait for further feedback which I assure you will come. God bless, Jeff |
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271 | Living in Sin | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192205 | ||
Dear believer- No sin is beyond the forgiveness of Christ. Ga 3:2222 (NASB) But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe." The very word of God declares us all sinners. 1 Pe 2:24(NASB) 24and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. This person who is so close to you does not have the capacity to rearrange her life and better prepare herself to be in line to receive the free gift of salvation through Christ Jesus (as do none of us). We are called to Christ while we are still sinners, not after we have sufficiently rid ourselves of certain sins. Ro 5:7-8 (ASV) 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die. 8But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Nothing we can do to get closer to right. It's all Him or it's all sin. Hope this helps. God bless you and be thankful he has given you a burden for another's salvation. Jeff |
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272 | Praise in worship: emotion that counts? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192231 | ||
Sister- You are already aware that you might receive a wide range of "opinions" regarding this issue so let me offer my own in brief. I do not know the praise group leader and do not pretend to know her motives. With that said, it is my understanding that praise and worship is exactly that. Praising and worshiping our Lord and God. I would not agree that the purpose of praise and worship is, or ever should be, for the purpose of "uplifting" the "emotion" of the congregation to the peak or otherwise. I'm not saying that we should resist enthusiasm during praise and worship. In that case we may actually be resisiting the Spirit's moving in the place. But if our focus and goal is to be uplifted or the uplifting of others, that is better defined as entertainment and not praising and worship (in my opinion). I believe the elder is appropriate in calling for a meeting in order to both assess the motivation for changing something as well as appropriately considering the change if it is decided to be appropriate. It may be that the praise and worship leader is self-centered and somewhat impressed with herself and her singing and/or other musical talents. The grandstanding before the sermon may not be enough to facilitate her need for attention and the spotlight. Before and after? On the other hand, this person may be so in love with God and so inspired to praise Him that she is hardly able to restrain herself. Which ever the case- would adding more time to praise and worship (by way of music and singing) compromise the focus on sound preaching from the Word? In my own Baptist denomination it is the norm to have a song (by the congregation) after the preaching of the word. We call it the "Invitational" and the purpose is to allow anyone convicted by the Spirit through the preaching of the word to go forward in public to make a confession of faith or reconcile with God at the alter figuratively. By figuratively I mean that God is no more at the front of the church near the pulpit than He is at the back near the standing usher. But not to get off track-I have always understood this time after the serman to be a time of personal evaluation and individual responding to the message of God's word and the Spirit's conviction. Not a revved up succession of the prior praise and worship. Of course, this doesn't mean we do it right either. With that said, generally speaking, I would always be cautious to ensure that nothing prevaile over the sound teaching of the Bible. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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273 | Praise in worship: emotion that counts? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192247 | ||
Doc- I didn't read where Azure's post included anything about their focusing on how things are done in the West; but your response was absolutely wonderful. The quote from Calvin and your own thoughts on the matter deeply addressed thoughts and questions I have always had fluttering around in my mind. Though those thoughts have never been a hindrance, I am glad to have your insight (and that of John Calvin) to help sort through them. Very well explained! Thanks and God bless, Jeff |
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274 | Hypocrite and refused to be saved same? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192390 | ||
jesusfreak- Just a thought and response to your post here. I'm not sure why you and others might interpret this passage as teaching "excommunicating"? There is nowhere in Scripture that I am aware where Christians are given the authority to "excommunicate" another Christian. I am well aware that certain groups have somewhere along the continuum taken upon themselves such authority and or assigned it to the church- but I don't find it in Scripture and certainly not in this passage. If the Lord has saved one and included him/her into the family, there's no hope (even if some would desire it) that any man might expel them. Please refer to Romans 8:31-39. I believe the lesson here is one of Paul's teaching the spiritual truth of these issues. That is, a christian is certainly capable of sinning and even for a time allowing sin to prevail. The church has a scripturally supported responsibility to apply discipline to these situations (see Matthew 18:15-17ff). See also 2 Thess. 3:6-7. My understanding is that we are to love our brothers/sisters in Christ to include exposing sin and following a responsible method of helping him/her to correct it. What Paul seems to warn against is a temptation to try and change another. We have to keep in mind that it is only the Father who calls and the Spirit who draws and creates the change within us. The biblically supported discipline carried out by the church is strictly limited to the holding up of the standards of truth in Scripture alone. If the sinning Christian is unwilling to respond to that, a man certainly has no power over him. Beyond the scriptural approach, the matter should be left to God. We can not pull a man from his sin, but perhaps the resulting destruction caused by that sin might turn his heart back toward the Lord. Furthmore, I can say with some certainty that there is no time frame (be it 'a few months or in some cases a year') in which the process should be held in consideration. Rather, there is a clear sequence of events (again refer to Matt chapter 18). We can't be in the business of setting periods of time in which we will tolerate the sin and then finally divorce the person from the family. Hope this is somehow helpful, Jeff |
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275 | Hypocrite and refused to be saved same? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192413 | ||
tron- welcome to the Forum! I understand this to mean that we are to not attempt to do what only God can do. We hold to our responsibilities in discipline only to the degree established by Scripture. The church isn’t ours, it is Gods. How do you, I, or anyone else “excommunicate” someone from it? We can’t. If one is not saved, he/she is not a true part of Christ’s church. If he/she is saved, that person is forever a part of Christ’s church. So where does that leave us? We carry out the discipline as prescribed by Scripture. If a person is unwilling to respond appropriately it is a spiritual matter that is beyond our control. In other words, it’s in God’s hands alone. 2 Th 3:6 (NASB) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us. We may be dealing with semantics here regarding the word “excommunicate”. In the more traditional use of the word I understand it in terms of divorcing the member from the family if you will. In a more literal sense of withholding some degree of membership rights I would be more in agreement with jesusfreak. I understand the gist of what Paul was saying in the following manner. We should first agree that Paul is referring to Christians as he referred to them as “brothers”. Next we agree, I believe, that these brothers have received corrective redirection but have not responded in accordance with the principles of Paul’s teaching and other Scripture. Certainly, in this case, I agree that there would be a degree of “withholding” regarding, perhaps, assistance, roles and responsibilities that these “unruly” Christians might otherwise have access to (as 2Th 3:10 plainly stipulates). I have that same rule in my home. My adult children have been granted the privilege of calling my house their home under the condition they are either working and contributing, or full-time students. Without one of these being true, they are not welcomed to live here long-term (of course other things such as sickness, etc. would be exceptions). They might lose certain privileges but would not cease to be part of the family and in every other point included, loved, and cared for. Idleness is a significant theme here as is in Paul’s writing. So, in my understanding it is more than a simple ignoring them, it is as much an effort to not become like them. Not condoning and not approving of the inappropriate behaviors, nor passively allowing them to continue. I believe most of us would agree that there would be a conceivable situation where the local church would be appropriate in insisting a member not participate in functions and/or even attend. I believe that this would be what Paul speaks too when talking about “turning one over to Satan”. Again, is this discussion a matter of semantics? If so I’m partly to blame. My experience with the term “excommunication” has to do more with a certain legalistic “denomination” who literally, officially divorces members from the church by virtue of a self-imposed authority not attributed by God and Scripture. My attempt here is to not allow that to be considered scriptural on the forum. I hope I have been more specific in explaining my understanding on this matter. God bless, Jeff |
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276 | Hypocrite and refused to be saved same? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192414 | ||
Cheri- I just posted to tron and that might be sufficient as a response to this post of yours as well. I believe you and I are understanding this in the same way. Jeff |
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277 | What do you do when your feel good ..... | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 192492 | ||
Pray for them. | ||||||
278 | Pushed out and Exposed | Bible general Archive 2 | jlhetrick | 150859 | ||
Is this a trivia question? | ||||||
279 | How should we take the Bible? | Bible general Archive 2 | jlhetrick | 154938 | ||
Hello Doc, Where are you coming from with this statement? You wrote: "We spend more time trying to figure out how to obey as little as possible and have our own way as much as possible. We even read the Scriptures -- when we bother to read them at all -- with an attitude of how much is in it for me, and what is the least I have to do. If we are honest, everyone of us struggles with this." It saddens me to read this. You used the "pronoun" WE but I hope you were not referring to yourself and/or Christians. What you described here is not the character or the way of a true converted person. Sure "our" sin nature still exists and sure many, and even perhapse all, of the characteristics you described can and do exists in every christian, but hoepfully as the exception rather than the rule. I'm sorry but I just don't see how this broad statement about Christians (as it appears you are referring to Christians) as being helpful in answering Diomede's question. Your numberes list was helpful and thanks for that. Jeff |
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280 | How should we take the Bible? | Bible general Archive 2 | jlhetrick | 154944 | ||
Thanks for the reply Mark, I agree with everything you wrote here for the most part. I could not respond to your post the way I did to Doc's. Your post represents the truth about the majority of Christians in this country (in my opinion). I will not, and can not try to defend even myself regarding the "lazy" approach to Christianity the majority of Christians (in this Country) take. I know I should be giving more back to Him and I know that I will never succeed at doing all I should in this life to further the Kingdom of God. But I keep working at it (sometimes harder than others). This is not what I took issue with in Doc's post. In the section of his post that I quoted it read to me like he was likening Christians to the pagans in Romans 1:18-32. I simply don't agree that Christians are, as a rule, "inventors of evil" Romans 1:30 which is how the statment came across to me. That "we" are looking for ways to be disobedient. Perhapse it is our differences in experience related to our individual churches and fellowships. Perhaps I totally missed Doc's point and/or misunderstood what he was writing. But, I'll have to stand by my feedback until I know different. Jeff (always open to correction and redirection) |
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