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161 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129378 | ||
I can only encourage you to keep studying dear friend. As I mentioned before when some of God's Word gives us reason to reconcile contrasting verses such as these, it seems prudent to take the more conservative view or the safer position so as to be certain like John talks about. I'm thinking we're all in agreement that we'll be judged by all the Words we see in the NT as Jesus said. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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162 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129380 | ||
I appreciate your speaking up. Sometimes, it gets lonely defending the truth. Preach on, dear friend, preach on. Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. Gal 3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Gal 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. Seems pretty clear to almost anyone. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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163 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129417 | ||
I'm glad to clarify to at least try. Yes, very definitely, I'm in full support of the idea that our Lord and Master is indeed part of the Godhead and as such participated in the creation of this whole universe as cited in John 1. However, in spite of all that awesome power, He and His Father do not want to overpower anyone into submission to Their Will. The actions we take to accept the Gift of Salvation have to be completely and 100 percent voluntary on our part. Also, I'm convinced through the scriptures I've cited earlier that we also have the complete freedom to turn our backs to the Lord AFTER receiving this Gift of Salvation. We have all the options, all the freedom all the way through our very last second in this life and then it's over and we face Judgment Day where we'll be held accountable for our sins, where we'll reap what we've sown in this life. As I've also mentioned, this CANNOT be interpreted to mean we can earn our way to Heaven. This relationship can be compared to the man that is saved from drowning at sea by a kind gentleman and then the saved man feels indebted to his "saviour" for the rest of his life. He asks his new mentor and saviour what could he possibly do to pay him back and the man says "Go and do likewise for as many people as you possibly can." In this scenario, the saved man cannot possibly earn enough to truly pay back the man that saved him but he feels indebted. Similar to the parable of Jesus about forgiving debtors, for we must also be prone to forgive as we've been forgiven our sins. Hope this helps. Blessings to you in your continued study of God's Word. Country Girl |
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164 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129418 | ||
Although this guidance is from the OT, I still think it's instructive to our age since it deals with something as old as sin and God's relationship with His us, his children. As you've alluded there's no scripture in the NT that I can find with such a clear statement as this. Ezek 18:19 "Yet you say, 'Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity?' When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live. Ezek 18:20 "The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself. Ezek 18:21 "But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. Ezek 18:22 "All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. Ezek 18:23 "Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live? Ezek 18:24 "But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die. Ezek 18:25 "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right? Ezek 18:26 "When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die. Ezek 18:27 "Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life. It certainly seems clear from God's Word that if we really are sincere about spending eternity with God our Father, we've got to get serious about getting sin out of the picture on Judgment Day. The only way to be certain of doing that is to get "clothed with Christ" by being baptized in accordance with His directives to His disciples. In answer to your second question, we hear the voice of Jesus knocking on our hearts when we read His Words. The knocking and His voice, of course gets stronger and stronger with each successive time we read His Words. Yes, I suppose a person could call it imagery or imagination but I think it's applicable to everyone who knows and studies God's Word. Let me know what you think. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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165 | Who is "he"? Why greater sin? | John 19:11 | Country Girl | 130151 | ||
Good point. I've never thought about this question to quite this depth. I'll have to study on this a while longer. Blessings to you all. Country Girl |
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166 | follow up on a new convert | Acts | Country Girl | 124879 | ||
I would have to beg to differ with you, dear friend. The Bible clearly teaches us to love one another, moreso than our own bodies. If we truly love our fellow christians, we'll will approach them occasionally as needed and see how they're doing. We're expected to act as a true brother and restore the erring with love and gentleness. There are many scriptures and many, many examples of this kind of close fellowship throughout the Bible, but hopefully you know this already. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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167 | Difference between christian/ disciple | Acts 11:26 | Country Girl | 131009 | ||
I don't know if there is a specific verse that deals with your specific question but I would offer the following scripture Luke 10:38 Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. Luke 10:39 She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. Luke 10:40 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me." Luke 10:41 But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; Luke 10:42 but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her." Notice that Jesus does NOT condemn or criticize Martha for tending to these duties of hers but he does place the proper emphasis on Mary's preference for listening and this in spite of the Jewish custom of putting all women in a servant position of life. Also your concerns identified above don't seem to violate Bible or Jesus' teachings, I do think they don't warrant but a minute of our time as they are strickly the administrative details. God the Creator of the Universe and His Son, Savior of the whole world "have bigger fish to fry" and higher priorities. Hope this helps. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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168 | Is James the first pope? | Acts 15:13 | Country Girl | 132907 | ||
I would think the following instruction from the Ruler of this Dispensation, Christ Himself is applicable: Matt 23:9 "Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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169 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | Country Girl | 125067 | ||
I would have to side with the fact that babies were NOT part of the household because they could believe, repent or confess the name of Jesus. This is further endorsed by the probable fact that the jailer was most likely an older man and thus all his kids would have been mature enough to have obeyed the gospel. Just my opinion. Blessings to you all. Country Girl |
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170 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | Country Girl | 125069 | ||
Sometimes I feel like a nut: I left an important word, see below. I would have to side with the fact that babies were NOT part of the household because they could NOT believe, repent or confess the name of Jesus. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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171 | What was the Reformation? | Rom 1:17 | Country Girl | 126001 | ||
It seems to me that at least there's always the possibility that the Gospel or God's Word can be "lost" in one way when a whole generation of God's people forget about its basic importance in our lives just like the ways of Judiasm was temporarily forgotten before King Josiah found them in the archives in 2 Ki 22. Jesus emphasizes this point in the parable of the lost coin or the lost prodical son. His main point in both is that they were found. We must always remember, as it's been said before "apostacy can take place in any one generation." It only takes the forgetfulness of mankind which isn't too difficult to imagine, especially if we were to lose all this modern technology due to some world-wide catastrophic event. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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172 | What was the Reformation? | Rom 1:17 | Country Girl | 126018 | ||
This subject has been hashed over pretty well on the Forum in the past. Just insert the words, Reformation and Restoration into the QuickSearch. One of the best discussions imo was that involving Kalos, Rowdy and EdB. It started with Post no 122859. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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173 | The Devolution of Man | Rom 1:23 | Country Girl | 127732 | ||
I'm moved to remember Pr 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Pr 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Seems particularly powerful that God repeats Himself with this advice. Do we learn? 1 Cor 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Cor 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Cor 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 1 Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness" Humanism, what an awful stage of thinking for our planet to develop in face of all the history we have at our fingertips. Knowing all of what we know about the rise and fall of all the great empires/nations of the past and we still insist on following their footsteps to our own destruction. Can we turn it around and reverse this path? I do sincerely hope so. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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174 | Do you have to be baptized to be saved? | Rom 6:3 | Country Girl | 128894 | ||
It seems we're being just a little hasty to conclude this topic when the Bible has so much more to say about the matter. Among them: 1 Pet 3:18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand--with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. I agree with you in that some verses in the Bible SEEM to give support to your conclusion but when one does a thorough and complete search for every verse on this subject, it appears the Bible is in conflict but we all know that can't be. So rather than take a chance or gamble on those verses that seem vague in contrast to all the others that clearly state baptism is required like that above, I would recommend an attitude of "erring on the side of caution." What does that phrase mean? When we get to Heaven after being baptized into God's family, we can then ask God and if He says "No, there was no need for you to be baptized to be a christian, that's just a confirmation after the fact." as you've stated in your post. But on the other hand, IF it is correct like I'm saying that Christ does expect us to humble ourselves and get ourselves baptized in total submission to His Last Will and Testament, then all those who approach Judgment Day without that qualification are undone and unprepared. God just might say something like "I warned you that you would be judged by My Son's Words and He told you to repent and be baptized." Given these two scenarios, emphasizing it's Judgment Day and no turning back, which side would you want to make an error? Please be assured there is a tremendous multitude of folks throughout the world who believe just this way. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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175 | Do you have to be baptized to be saved? | Rom 6:3 | Country Girl | 129171 | ||
As I mentioned in my post, it seems the verses you've cited at the very least support the idea of questioning the requirement of baptism which I guess you're saying is one of the required acts after being saved. While the verses I've cited give clear and convincing proof that baptism is very important and critically required. So I can only encourage you to study all the scriptures cited throughout the Bible as I mentioned in my previous post, AND encourage you to pray on this matter. We do have very strong assurances that God will judge us in accordance with ALL of His Son's Words. Blessings to you, my friend. Country Girl |
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176 | Thought this would help also ::) | Rom 6:23 | Country Girl | 130196 | ||
I'm not able to understand this post. Did you mean to link this to another post as an answer with this scripture? Please explain. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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177 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129640 | ||
I guess you've done a wonderful job of showcasing my point. The word baptism or some derivative thereof is cited in 87 different verses of the Bible, all in the NT. Just to keep things in perspective, the word repent and its derivatives are in the Bible, including both the OT and the NT, a total of 70 times. As my kids used to say, "Duh, what's wronng with this picture? I don't want to belabor the point as I'm sure you've got it by now. It almost seems someone has pulled a big scam on people in deceiving them into believing against this vital step in the Salvation process. But as you say, "people are rarely moved from their perspective." I guess we can only pray that people will re-study the topic and make certain that I'm only citing the truth with this post. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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178 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129668 | ||
I realized when I posted that statement there would be several who wouldn't agree with the sentiment of my post. Please believe me, I really am trying to be objective, thus my citation of the number of times those words appear in the Bible. I might remind you that just a few hundred years ago, you and I would be in a serious amount of trouble in some countries for just reading the Bible and in more serious trouble still for speaking out against the Catholic church. I remind you of this fact to say just because a particular fact does NOT enjoy the popularity of the majority, that doesn't make it any less of a fact, especially when it's from God Almighty. Yes when I look over all those 87 verses, I'm reminded of the tremendous value christians put on that part of the Plan of Salvation or Process. One of the best I can recall is Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. Gal 3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Gal 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. I can understand how some folks interpret other scriptures to exclude the importance of baptism. What I can't understand is how a true Bible scholar such as Mr. Perkins can leave it completely out of his chart altogether. What would be your guess as to how this deception was perpetrated on Bible students? Blessings to you, dear friend. Country Girl |
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179 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129729 | ||
You seemed to have skipped right over the most important portion of this topic. The main difference between the 82 citations of circumcision and the 87 citations of baptism is the fact that many, many of those verses with baptism are directly linked with salvation as the one I quoted from Galations. Let's try to stay focused on the subject, shall we? Baptism is one of the things we're commanded to do but the Bible is at the very least just as clearly in favor of putting baptism before salvation as those few verses that seem to leave it open for interpretation. So again it seems to be prudent and err on the side of caution. Since you brought up circumcision, think of it this way: Did a man converting over to the Jewish faith in the Bible become a Jew before or after he was circumcised? I guess you see my obvious comparison, the ritual of circumcision to the ritual of baptism. Seems rather powerful...come to think of it, I really appreciate your bringing circumcision into this discussion. Thanks. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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180 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129752 | ||
I didn't mean any offense so I'm glad you didn't register any. I guess the most repulsive things about the Catholic organization is the idea that the Pope is any more than just another mere man. Even elders and deacons in the Lord's church are just members of mankind like we all are and as such we ALL must obey God since He created us. Some of the other atrocities were indulgencies and similar actions that they perpetrated in the past. I guess I would have to plead ignorance on their current positions on these issues but they too must bring themselves into total submission unto the Lord in ALL aspects of Christianity. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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