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421 | What was James then referring to? | Rom 4:1 | Rowdy | 119517 | ||
I have to agree with Tim. Nicely done. Yes, indeed it is like a marriage of two into one. God's Grace in man can only produce works of faith to prove that faith and Grace actually exists in the man. Otherwise how could we hope our Father will be able to distinguish us as His children from the rest of world? God bless. --Rowdy |
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422 | other bible refrences | Rom 5:7 | Rowdy | 123053 | ||
I would think one of the best contrasts in this regard would be the story of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10. God bless. --Rowdy |
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423 | tortoise, How does Rom 8:1 relate to OT | Rom 8:1 | Rowdy | 112222 | ||
I can see that you've put some study into this topic but I'm afraid I still stand firmly committed to the truth plainly revealed by Peter and John. I'm not exactly certain how you derive your conclusion from the scriptures above...it seems a little convoluted. But I think a passage from James 2 is much more clear as follows: 14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your[4] works, and I will show you my faith by my[5] works. 19You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe--and tremble! 20But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?[6] 21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."[7] And he was called the friend of God. 24You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. 25Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? 26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Please don't draw the wrong conclusion...I AM NOT saying we can work or earn our way to Heaven. Quite the opposite, but our Lord will be looking for proof that we really are in His family and not just saying "Lord, Lord." We all know from Jesus' own words that alone won't get you anywhere but if we truly love God and His Son, we MUST obey Him and we MUST SHOW that obedience. So you see, the overall net result of the words from Christ, Peter, James and John is that we MUST become part of God's family. We MUST live a faithful life of a christian, repenting of our sins at least daily and we MUST act like we're following Christ's example AND the examples of His official representatives, as described in God's Word. God bless. |
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424 | meaning of according to the flesh? | Rom 8:13 | Rowdy | 121238 | ||
I'm sorry, I didn't do a very good job of reviewing your post and see your second question. The answer is very clear from the Bible. God's Word teaches very clearly in Acts 8 that christians can sin often in their lives and must repent to maintain the fellowship with God as cited in 1 John 1. We must be faithful till death as cited in Rev 2:10. You'll get a wide variety of opinions on this subject but I would urge you to study ALL of God's Word and don't take a chance on an innovative interpretation of God's Word. God will judge us on Judgment Day by ALL of the Words contained in the WHOLE NT, as per Jesus and His authorized representatives, the Apostles. Again, study all of this topic by inserting the key words in the search function on the right of your screen for a complete, balanced picture of God's Will on the subject. God bless. --Rowdy |
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425 | Who cares to discuss this verse? | Rom 8:19 | Rowdy | 115650 | ||
Although we can't understand the full depth of this chapter as it seems to be quite explosive in its implications, I do think that God and His creation show a wonderful quality. Just as the heavenly bodies show the tremendous design and beauty of His creation, they also show His wisdom and patience. I do think that here, Paul is referring to christians of all time from then to now and to the last day of this existing creation. Appreciate your digging this up and God bless. |
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426 | John 3:1-7 how can you say it's not true | 1 Cor 1:17 | Rowdy | 111397 | ||
I'd like to offer my opinion as to why there is this seeming contradiction. If one does a thorough and serious study of the life and teachings of Apostle, you have to come away with a strong conclusion that he most certainly did believe in baptism for the remission of sins and I think it can be inferred correctly that baptism for this reason is required to obey God's terms of His plan of salvation. However, we still have Paul's statement to deal with. Basically, I think by this time in Paul's life, he has recognized he has a very short time to live upon this earth and is also recgnizing his main talent is to spread to good news of the Gospel to all the world and let others do the baptizing and teaching thereafter. He is merely recognizing priorities just as we do in today's world. He was also delegating as his right to do so. Remember, Paul could see into the future and knew there would be a period of the apostecy, when men would fall away from the church. He was most traumatized over this as shown in his last gathering with the elders in Ephesis. One more thing and I'll hush. There's seems to be a great tendancy for us as men to demand all kinds of extra details such as this kind of explanation from God about all these kind of controversies in His Word. We seem to forget that God expects us to grow up as spiritual beings and realize some of this CAN be figured out on our own. We don't need to argue about it, at least NOT to the length of time and the degree of hurtful words I see posted on this Forum. I agree, this kind of bantering over such small matters doesn't do us or the Lord's church any good. Thanks for "listening" and God bless you all. |
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427 | Just brainstorming. Any lightning? | 1 Cor 2:2 | Rowdy | 115749 | ||
Thanks for your contribution. It's just great to be alive and to be headed for Heaven, wouldn't you agree? God bless. | ||||||
428 | Just brainstorming. Any lightning? | 1 Cor 2:2 | Rowdy | 115823 | ||
I'm not there yet but I understand it's a wonderful feeling when we can say like Paul, "to die is gain but to live is Christ." My father talks like that now. He's lived a full life, most of it in the Kingdom and is looking forward to going Home to his maker. | ||||||
429 | r u released from marriage if mistreated | 1 Cor 7:12 | Rowdy | 111647 | ||
I must respond by saying I'd be the last person in the world to advocate a woman staying in a situation as described above and take any kind of physical or sexual abuse or to tolerate the same for her children. However, a separation of a husband and his wife should not be done quite as easily as some people do. I would urge that all reading this exchange study God's Word and exhaust all options, do everything in your power to maintain the bond of marriage as blessed by God. Remember mankind should never consider such a union of marriage to be fairly easy to break up. AND in the final analysis, again the innocent party (here the wife) CANNOT consider marriage to another man UNLESS her first husband broke that bond of marriage by committing adultery. I don't see how there could be any other way to interpret God's Wor on this matter but I'd be interested in your responses. God bless. |
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430 | What is your opinion on this? | 1 Cor 7:19 | Rowdy | 132271 | ||
Amen, and preach on, dear friend!! Thanks for the additional support and scripture. God bless you and all those who actually hear AND obey His Words. Rowdy |
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431 | Is Holy Communion for baptised believers | 1 Cor 11:27 | Rowdy | 109314 | ||
Brother, I have to say Amen. All the examples of salvation show a little haste in getting the person being saved in the water. God bless you. | ||||||
432 | Is Holy Communion for baptised believers | 1 Cor 11:27 | Rowdy | 110305 | ||
I haven't read Yancey's book you've referred to but I have read some of his other books. It sounds difficult to believe that he could write a book that would go counter with God's Word, especially to the degree and the tenor of your message. Getting beyond all that, can you quote from the Bible any scriptures to support your conclusion. I tried to look over your statement and contrast it with the scripture above, 1 Cor 11:27 to come up with your conclusion but was unable to do so. Could you do us a favor and state your conclusion about this matter in one short, simple sentence? And then back it up with scripture for support. Thanks. God bless. |
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433 | Why would we be undone? | 1 Cor 11:30 | Rowdy | 120423 | ||
Hank, I must admit I thought you were the biggest proponent of sticking to the Bible and quote Bible scriptures whenever possible. But I keep on getting messages from you and seeing your other statements throughout the Forum, several of which don't have a hint of any scripture but instead talk of terms I've never seen. Please define this new word "soteriology" as it certainly isn't in the Bible. And please cite scriptures in support of this concept. Please do one more favor for me and respond to the points I've made with scriptures in my Post Nos 120368 and 120278. You and BradK seem to be dodging these points and the scriptures related to them. I was hoping to have gained more ground in this thread of discussion by now. It seems we're not getting anywhere off the ground at all. I'll try one more time. Please believe me when I say I don't understand the actual mechanics of how God makes Grace in His plan blend in with the concept of works as defined by James and by Jesus in Matt 25 or the fruit that He DEMANDS in John 15. All I know is that we WILL most definitely be judged by all the words of the NT as they've all been blessed by the Lord Jesus Christ as Sovreign of this dispensation. That means yes, very definitely Grace will be extended to all of God's children BUT we must prove we have that faith when we get to Heaven. We can't just say "Lord, Lord, I became a christian and went to worship every Sunday of my christian life," and hope that will get us through the Pearly Gates. So in this scenario, works is just confirmation (proof) of the Spirit from within us. Otherwise, the most evil person in the world could just before he dies, lay claim to the name Jesus and expect to go to Heaven. If he lays claim to that same gift of Grace as you and I, how's our Lord going to know other than looking for evidence of true repentance, acts of obedience throughout his life, etc. Do you have specific verses to address these concerns and reconcile these points? I anxiously await your reply and God bless. --Rowdy |
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434 | Why would we be undone? | 1 Cor 11:30 | Rowdy | 120633 | ||
Thanks for the recommendation. I might check it out. In the meantime, can you recommend a website to me with a brief summary statement about this subject? No rush. Thanks again for your thoughts. God bless. --Rowdy |
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435 | Why would we be undone? | 1 Cor 11:30 | Rowdy | 120634 | ||
Kalos, this statement seems to be saying you believe in predestination. Do you actually believe we don't have a very real and genuine opportunity to direct our lives and the ultimate place for our eternal souls? I must admit I believe very strongly against such a concept. If we were predestined from the very begining, there wouldn't be any real point to our being created. In my mind, there wouldn't be anything very glorious about God creating a bunch of beings who have already been "pigeon holed" into their ultimate destination for eternity. Why would God want to send His Son to save us from our sins when he clearly knows that the majority won't accept this gift of salvation? Yes, I know He predicts the "broad and wide gate" to Hell but I don't think He's already eliminated our option to go there if we choose to. I do hope to hear that this is an erroneous conclusion on my part and that you don't really believe in predestination. If you do believe in predestination, I do hope you are basing your belief in more scriptures than what you've offered here. Almost everything depicted in Revelation is so difficult to interpret correctly since so much of it is figurative and/or symbolic for something else. God bless. --Rowdy |
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436 | Why would we be undone? | 1 Cor 11:30 | Rowdy | 120686 | ||
Can you tell me which specific scriptures support this concept of Soteriology I've cited mine in an earlier post, referred to as the "5 steps of Salvation." I must admit. You guys had me fooled. All this time, so many of you have been so harsh with your criticism of my posts without scriptures and yet you, Hank and others are doing the very same thing AND you keep on bringing in discussions based on some man's concepts and doctrines. Well, I do hope this will be the end of such harsh treatments of my posts. I do look forwawrd to seeing the scriptures about this Soteriology. God bless. --Rowdy |
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437 | Holy Spirt w/ evidence of tongues? | 1 Cor 12:10 | Rowdy | 114777 | ||
Very well put. Very concise and to the point. Amen, dear friend. God bless you. | ||||||
438 | Should we ask God for the gift of tongue | 1 Cor 12:11 | Rowdy | 111625 | ||
I have to agree wit Kalos and Searcher. Nowhere in the Bible do we have an example of the gift of the Holy Spirit to include any miraculous powers other than through the laying of hands of the Apostles. As a matter fact, there are examples of people like Simon the Sorcerer who wanted to buy those kind of powers and was harshly criticized for it. The main reason for the miraculous powers such as speaking in tongues was to confirm the word as being from God Almighty. Since we have the Word of God and know it to be His, there's no need for these kind of miracles to be directly relayed by humans. Instead the few miracles in the world come directly from God or possibly the Devil. There are scriptures to support these statements but I think they've been posted to the Forum in the past, which can be recalled by use of the Search Engine. God bless. |
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439 | Can anyone explain? | 1 Cor 12:13 | Rowdy | 120644 | ||
I would have to disagree with you, dear friend. It is not clear that ALL believers (of whom I consider myself) have been baptized by the Holy Spirit. I will agree that I have the Holy Spirit living within me and have received His gift of salvation. Yes, a hearty AMEN. So, I must repeat myself but I'll be a little more clear this time. So, in addition to all the scriptures about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we also see a multitude of scriptures about the watery baptism and this in direct contrast to the guidance in Eph 4:5. Thus, we conclude we have either 1) an obvious contradiction in the Bible, which we know can't happen OR 2) there's another correct interpretation. Again, I can only present what I've been taught all my christian life. So, the Bible very clearly does teach there were two baptisms but yet we should only practice one according to Eph 4:5. I would suggest for your objective evaluation as well as ALL those on the Forum, the baptism of the Holy Spirit was quite a bit different from the watery immersion as described in Acts 8 and Rom 6. The watery baptism is something that is fairly clear and easy to understand, straight forward from the many verses in God's Word describing it. However, in stark contrast the baptism of the Holy Spirit is not quite so clear and not described by quite so many verses. To me and to a great many christians across the world, it seems the only logical conclusion that the baptism of the Holy Spirit was something that was enjoyed by a select few and I would say it had to have been the Apostles in Acts 2 and Cornelius and his household in Acts 10. On these 2 occasions the Holy Spirit empowered these folks with miraculous powers, the like of which has never been repeated. The Apostles clearly throughout Acts were called upon to "lay their hands on a few" and impart this gift of miraculous powers for the purpose of endorsing the message of the Gospel as coming from God. But as alluded to in 1 Cor 13, this age of miracles directly from men died out when that final person died. It is my firm belief that this is what was meant by "baptism of the Holy Spirit." On the other hand, the watery baptism as described throughout the book of Acts is simple and easily accomplished throughout the world, in any century. Through faith, we come into contact with Jesus' blood as alluded to in 1 Jn 5:8. In my opinion and many, many others, this is the only way to reconcile the two clear pictures of baptism in the Bible with the ONE baptism in Eph 4:5. Would you have any response to the above argument? I pray you'll consider the matter with an open mind and an open heart. God bless. --Rowdy |
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440 | Do our works keep us saved? | 1 Cor 12:13 | Rowdy | 120719 | ||
I've discussed this topic at length quite a bit with several scriptural references. I really would like to get your response to all the points I made there in, Posts 120368 and 120278. Feel free to take your time and respond to a couple points at a time. I guess I have to admit I got a little "long winded" on the one with 7 points. Anyway, looking forward to your perspective on the matter. I'm in a better mood today, as with all Sundays. Sometimes the ole grind just gets me down and I just got to suck up my pride and give it over to the Lord. God bless. --Rowdy |
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