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101 | info on marriage how to treat each outh | Col 3:18 | Curtnsally | 33207 | ||
Any woman married to a man who follows this advice: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her" has nothing to worry about. If we think about the relationship of the church to Christ, I think we get an accurate portrayal of God's plan for marriage. Christ is the head of the church. The church willingly submits to the authority of Christ. Why? Because we know that Christ loves us and wants the best for us. The church is actively engaged in the work of Christ, and He wants it that way... just as the wife is actively involved in the work of family. Of course, this model breaks down if the husband does not love his wife as prescribed in Scripture... which occurs more than we like to admit. When this happens, we tend to blame the model, but the real culprit is faulty execution. The model exemplified throughout Scripture is that of the wife undergirding her husband... a team, seeking together to glorify God. While this doesn't jive with modern pop culture, I don't think our culture has shown us a better way. If anything, the failure of marriage in our culture proves Scripture to be right. Proverbs 31 is worth a look. |
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102 | info on marriage how to treat each outh | Col 3:18 | Curtnsally | 33230 | ||
Just a thought... (initiated by SRN's comment)... what does convenience have to do with anything? Whether a thing is convenient or not has no bearing on our lives as Christians. God does not call us to a life of convenience, does He? Jesus' life wasn't very convenient... nor Pauls', nor the disciples' ... what right do we have to convenience? Back to the subject at hand, I think that God's plan is often simple in concept, but difficult in application because of our sinful nature. This applies to marriage as much as any other part of our life. Could you expand on what you mean when you say that these passages "must be taken in context". Does that mean in the context of the whole of Scripture, or in context of our society, or in the context of the setting of that particular verse? |
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103 | info on marriage how to treat each outh | Col 3:18 | Curtnsally | 33443 | ||
Hi Ben I read your profile and have a question... are you up for a discussion on predestination and free will? Not argumentative, but open debate for the advancement of understanding? Let me know... as I have been looking for someone with some theological training in their background. In Him Curt Russell |
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104 | info on marriage how to treat each outh | Col 3:18 | Curtnsally | 33468 | ||
. Great! I am very comfortable agreeing to disagree on this topic particularly, but others will have to speak for themselves. I have to jump off for now but will get back with some points to ponder. Blessings Curt |
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105 | info on marriage how to treat each outh | Col 3:18 | Curtnsally | 33498 | ||
Hi Ben I opened a thread for our discussion. The question is posted with the header "Thoughts on Romans 9". I was trying to avoid a header with "free will or predestined"... lol. I'm sure my question will ultimately throw down the gauntlet for a lively debate, but I couldn't see any way to have a sidebar discussion on this forum. We'll just have to try to keep ourselves and others civil in the process. Oh well... here we go! Blessings Curt |
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106 | What's RIGHT about Gender-Neutral | 2 Tim 2:15 | Curtnsally | 33509 | ||
Hank Hank Hank tsk tsk Can you name one other area of life where men are gender neutral? lol ;-) Curt |
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107 | Satan's will or God's will | 2 Tim 2:26 | Curtnsally | 32002 | ||
Can't argue too hard with your point, however, I think it is a miscalculation to say Satan has no power over us. If that were true, we would not sin. Paul often talks about the bondage of sin, and I believe this is what he refers to here. To refine the thought, I think that Satan does have limited power over us, but that God's power is greater, if we call upon Him. Certainly, Satan has a will to do evil and he never rests at trying to ensnare us in that desire. Paul is teaching Timothy how to help people escape the bondage of sin. Also... at this time, there was clearly dissention among the ranks on theological issues. Paul wants Timothy to gently correct these issues. In this, he encourages Timothy to be kind (thus attractive) to all people to gain a voice for teaching and and correction to help them free themselves (through faith) from the bondage of sin. Paul reminds Timothy to: "be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will. Thanks for the welcome! Blessings Curt |
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108 | Satan's will or God's will | 2 Tim 2:26 | Curtnsally | 32134 | ||
Excellent point, and I think I will stand corrected, or at least refined. I don't think we actually disagree, except in semantics. When I think of Satan's "power" over us, I think in terms of temptation, not in terms of my response to temptation. ie, He has the power to tempt, not to force. You seem to postulate that the power to tempt is not really power over us. I believe it is, but that we have no excuse because God gives us a greater power. Hence the verse which I am sure you are well familiar: I Cor 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. If we must bear temptation, it must be a force in our lives, hence a power, BUT, it is a power that we can withstand because God is faithful and provides us the strength to overcome. Our free will is not a choice of overcoming Satan on our own... I don't think we can, thus the need for a Savior. We overcome Satan by choosing to draw on God's strength as a provision... a way out. Thanks for a thoughtful response! Cheers Curt |
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109 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | Curtnsally | 32132 | ||
I did not see your post as graceless, and welcome challenging thoughts, whether we agree or disagree. I, like most here, am a seeker foremost of the truth. I viewed your comments as an assertion of the same. Thanks for the welcome! Cheers Curt |
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110 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | Curtnsally | 32170 | ||
Absolutely! "In the beginning, God...." thus the "when" is established. And I believe that 100 percent. As to evolution, in the study of living things, there is no question that things evolve. That is a far cry from the ill-conceived notion that somehow all living things were created through evolution, which is a non-starter both theologically and in the fossil record. We must be careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water. Just because some non-believers in the scientific community try to (wrongly) assert creation through evolution, we should not assert that there is no such thing as evolution just to prove them wrong. Living things have evolved (primarily within species, I believe), but God created them first. Science and theology are both a search for the truth, and in God's world, they are in perfect harmony. When we seek truth, we should reconcile what we see in science with what we know theologically. If they don't match, we need to review our thinking to see where we are wrong. We should not for for bad or contrived truth on either side, but seek to reconcile both as best we can, not by rewriting but by digging deeper. Blessings Curt |
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111 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | Curtnsally | 32211 | ||
Absolutely... and I believe this is where both scientists and believers get confused. Some scientists try to take micro evolution and turn it into creation. Some Christians try to disavow all evolution as a communist plot. This is, I believe, a serious mistake... for it is untrue, and leads unbelievers to think we are goofy... not very helpful in evangelism. I don't think we have to commit intellectual suicide to be Christians, and further believe that God gives us wisdom to understand the knowledge we collect. To the extent that we can explain the consistencies of Scripture and scientific knowledge (which we know must jive), we gain credibility, in evangelistic service to our risen Savior. We are called to be winsome witnesses. The beauty of our faith is that we don't have to be ostriches. We can examine truth from every angle and know that God makes it all work together. To the world, we can be like Daniel interpreting the dream... piecing together scientific truth and theological truth in one glorious story. Cheers Curt |
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112 | Church on sunday, why? | Heb 10:24 | Curtnsally | 32228 | ||
I read your post, and wondered whether tammylou was asking "why do we go to church?" (which is what you responded to, or "why do we go to church on Sunday particularly?" (Which is what I thought she asked... but I could be wrong). Anyway, you gave a great answer to the first.... just wasn't sure if that was the intent of her question. Cheers Curt |
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113 | Will unbelievers be raised from Sheol? | Rev 21:8 | Curtnsally | 31797 | ||
Thanks for some great thoughts! Question... If God reveals Himself to all people, are there really any unreached people? If Paul attests that all are without excuse, then one would think that there must be a means of faith provided with God's revelation to all, otherwise they would have an excuse. I don't think we have enough information to know how God does this, but we often don't know how God does things. We just trust that He does. There are many OT Scriptures where people trust God for their salvation (Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah among others), all looking forward to, but without specific knowledge of, Jesus. Similarly, Jesus does not condemn the woman caught in adultry (John 8:3 et al), though she did not know Him or show a relationship with God in her life. I believe that John 14:6 means that salvation comes only through the substitutionary payment of our debt by Christ, and that this is the all-sufficient means of God's grace. How God reveals this to every human, I do not know. A continuing theme throughout Scripture (OT and NT)is that the righteous shall live by faith, and salvation is only by faith. I am not convinced that God is bound by our understanding of His ability to reveal Himself. I am certain that however He does it, Christ is the only means of salvation for the sinner. I also, for the record, believe that God is relational, and that He desires for us to share in the joy of delivering the Good News to the world. Thus, the Great Commission. But this is a long way from saying that the eternal life of those living in remote places is dependent on our success as missionaries. I ask... is Jesus dependent upon disciples to carry the message? Jesus answers in Luke 19:39-40... "Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples. But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!" God is God, and we don't always understand His limitless capabilities. I thank Him for His grace and that He paid the price for my sin. For others, I pray that I'm not just one of the "lucky chosen". |
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114 | Will unbelievers be raised from Sheol? | Rev 21:8 | Curtnsally | 31807 | ||
Hank Thanks for your note, and kind comment. I think we (you/me/Ed) are on the same page, and I don't disagree with your last comment about the inseparability of the Trinity. One could reverse your theory, though, by saying that belief in any part of the Trinity constitutes a belief in all (particularly if there is no knowledge of the Trinity). I wonder if the real question is whether or not God reveals the nature of the Trinity to every person... of just the existence of God??? Of course, we're treading on the end of the speculation continuum when we get this far out! Clearly anyone who denies Christ or the Holy Spirit denies God. But for the ignorant heathen who has no knowledge of the Trinity, or for the person who lived in OT times before the revelation of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, is not faith in the One God sufficient? Scripture, I believe, says yes. I'm not a universalist nor unitarian, believe me, but I do believe Scripture leaves room for God to save whom He chooses. We just can't comprehend His maginitude. Being a good Presbyterian, we could really juice up the discussion by weighing the Scriptures on "free will" versus "election" ... Cheers! Curt |
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