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21 | Definition of "Perfect Will of God" | Ps 115:3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 195097 | ||
Hi Lionheart, Your response didn't seem critical to me. Maybe you can read my response to Brad and add some insight... |
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22 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 195101 | ||
Hi Doc. 1. Would answering #5 be considered off-limits since it does pertain directly to the understanding of a Biblical passage? 2. If the issue regarding the "divine decretive and preceptive will" is a subject that is off-limits, why, may I ask with no intention of disrespect, was the issue brought up by you in the first place? 3. If discussed in this forum, would it be permissible for you to direct me to is so that I may review the discussion (without any intention, on my part, to post responses to it or bring it up again on this forum)? Thanks... |
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23 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 195123 | ||
Azure, Oops! I sometimes wonder why I wear glasses. Doc, please accept my apologies for the mix-up and, Doc, thanks for your reply, anyway. Searcher, let me be clear, however, that I am not presenting my questions on the basis of Arminianism-Calvinism debate. My questions are based on the posts read and reponses I receive for my questions. |
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24 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 195422 | ||
Hi Doc, Appreciate your response although, being a parroted response (noted with all due respect), it does fail to answer the specifics of my questions. 1. I assume your answer is essentially, “yes”? 2. I cannot see where your response specifically address the question: If, as you suggest in your answer to #1, God decreed that the man would rob the bank, does that mean God also decreed this man to go against his preceptive (i.e. revealed) will? 3. It seems your answer affirms that a child’s rape is God's "decretive will." However, I don’t see where my further questioning is answered by #1, that is, God having decreed the rape of a child and having laid the command, "thou shalt not rape children," nevertheless, never intended for the man who raped the child to obey it? Or, to put simply, did God also decree that a man disobey the divinely revealed will against rape? 4. I don’t see how I am mistaking “determinism” with “sovereignty.” My question has really no bearing on the divine sovereignty. It does question the compatibility of God being true in his dealings with man in light of Him openly commanding and expecting someone to do one thing while simultaneously secretly decreeing and intending he do the opposite. 5. Your answer seems to be that your view of the divine decree is not supported in any way by Deut 29:29, it showing only that “some information is God’s business alone, not man’s”. |
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25 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 195553 | ||
Doc, I don't see how this long response relates to my question. While your comments are off the subject, allow me to respond. My older brother (at the time he wasn't a Christian) gave me good advice many years ago and I have held to it: "If you can't explain it, you don't understand it." I sometimes have the opportunity to tell other believers to not just read the Bible or know it but own it. I tell them, it's not your Bible (with the emphasis on "your") until you, by faith (1) are able to get out of it and understand it for yourself what God is saying to you, and (2) experience the presence of God in the course of living it out." The Bible is not just to be read but also owned. My Bible is my Bible not because I bought it, take time (however short) to read and study it, have an intellectual (however lacking) grasp of it, “a bunch of dead guys” told me what it means, or I memorized and adhere to a particular creed, but because (1) God speaks to me through it and, (2) opportunities are opened to experience God through it. I love books. I love to read. I just finished reading, "Power Through Weakness," by Savage. Now I'm reading, "Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear." At the same time, I'm studying Muller's, "God, Creation, and Providence in the Thought of Jacob Arminius" (that's heavy reading for me!). I'm also studying the "Book of Hebrews" with some commentaries, including Bruce and Lane's (the latter is an awesome read). Sometimes I get into a (bad?) situation where I'm spending more time reading my books rather than the Bible. All that to reiterate, "I love books!" But I'm not going to read my books the way I read the Bible. Creeds may be helpful but it’s not the Bible. "Godly and scholarly divines of the past" may have their value but they are not divinely-inspired instruments of learning in the sense equivalent to those who gave us the Bible. I don't believe what I believe because Calvin or Arminius, the Baptist Creed, Westminster Confession, or the Remonstrant, FF Bruce or William Lane said this or that; I believe what I believe because God speaks to me through the Bible. Other people and books may help clarify certain things in the Bible, creeds may be a useful device to facilitate memory, but they are not determinative of what I believe. JW's often respond to questions by rote as if they have a teleprompter in front of them. As a result, they fail to give answers directly related to the questions. From my point of view, if I just throw up what someone else says, I'm acting no better than those who have joined a cult. You are correct to say, "Nowadays we can garner to ourselves all kinds of teachers who will support our preconceptions, scratching our itching ears" (that you said "we" leaves me to assume you also are susceptible). This may occur when one, rather than giving the Bible its rightful place, lines it up alongside creeds and the teachings of others. You also said, “I've studied the various confessions of the church at the feet of well qualified university and seminary professors. My understanding isn't simply a matter of subjective opinion. It was proven through a variety of academic venues formally validating my comprehension.” Unfortunately: (1) No amount or degree of learning can guarantee freedom from errors; (2) No belief held is absolutely objective; (3) To study the “various confessions” is not the same as studying the Bible. Since you advise, “We can discuss it again after you do some reading,” and my library is filled with books I haven’t yet read, I will refrain from asking you directly any more questions so as not to take up your time. |
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26 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 195554 | ||
Doc, Actually the first line of my post above (#195553) should read: "I don't see how YOUR long response (referring to #195490) relates to my question." I mention this for clarity...just in case... |
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27 | Mans appropriate relation to animals? | Prov 12:12 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187321 | ||
CDBJ, I don't think Tony necessarily stretches the text. In any case, that the Bible does say that there will be a "new heaven and a new earth" suggests to me that there will be animals. Also, somewhere in the Hebrew text it does read that the lion will lie down with the lamb (and there seems to be no indication it is figuratively speaking). Admittedly, the Bible does not say that we will specifically live with the same animals we owned on earth in heaven; but I don't think God, who is Father, will begrudge one that wish (James 1:5). |
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28 | Is lifestyle change proof of salvation? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 186586 | ||
John, I'm sorry, I do not understand how this point - true or not - is related to or answers my question. |
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29 | Is lifestyle change proof of salvation? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 186604 | ||
Again, I apologize but I don't follow the connection your making to my question. | ||||||
30 | An audible voice proves one is saved? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 186666 | ||
Azure, I apologize but I cannot see where your response specifically answers my two questions. |
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31 | Is their assurance for the future? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 186667 | ||
Hank, Stanley defines assurance this way: to "put beyond all doubt." However, how does one put their salvation beyond all doubt when: 1. the heart is deceitful and no one can understand the true condition of their own heart. 2. there are many examples of those who believed they were saved and later on rejected God. 3. it is admitted that one may both "walk the walk and talk the talk" but not really be saved. Unless I missed it, Stanley does not cover these issues. Stanley does seem to suggest that once saved, your future is on automatic, that is, going to heaven is inevitable; once saved, one may, for example, rape a child later on in life and, while remaining unrepentant, yet still go to heaven. He may not say it in these words but that's what it boils down to when he says, "There is nobody, not even yourself, who can take Christ's God-given gift of salvation away from you"; or, also when he says, "If you have Jesus, you have life. Eternal life. Not temporary, but eternal." |
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32 | Feelings demonstrate the facts? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 186771 | ||
AF, If you are correct that "emotions can be deceiving", it seems they are not good ground for assurance. Therefore, it seems would seem MacArthur began his essay on assurance on an erroneous assumption; and an erroneous assumption generally leads to erroneous conclusions. Thanks for the book reference but I have so much reading to do on my plate, as the saying goes, "so many books, so little time." |
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33 | E-Security only for true believers? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 186986 | ||
ebrain, I did not say that Matt 7:21 referred to genuine Christians. I did say, "eternal security is provided for those who are genuine believers." |
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34 | Experience assures salvation? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187079 | ||
It does not seem that the questions are difficult to understand. In addition, if genuine faith requires an assurance that one is saved, it is not unreasonable to expect an answer; moreso, and answer would be vital. | ||||||
35 | Experience is evidence? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187080 | ||
That "Jesus Christ is the only way into Heaven" is not being questioned; assurance of salvation is. It is one thing to know the way, another thing to know that one is truly in the way, and still another to know that one will never go out of the way. |
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36 | Is perseverance certain? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187085 | ||
Then the question still remains unsanswered. | ||||||
37 | Spirituality is evidence of salvation? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187242 | ||
Is that a "yes" or a "no"? | ||||||
38 | Looking into the heart for assurance? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187243 | ||
How do the taste of french fries demonstrate evidence of salvation? | ||||||
39 | Perfection? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187245 | ||
Yes, it can be but at times it is the price one must pay if he/she is to be faithful to the Cross of Jesus. In any case, I think the line after begins, "Two can be as bad as one." |
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40 | Is perseverance certain? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187248 | ||
If perseverance is not certain, then it seems that salvation is not certain; that is, there is no assurance of salvation. | ||||||
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