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321 | wjhat are the qualifications being | John 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149696 | ||
“Even Jesus- as God in the flesh- did not counter satan with His "experience" in Matt 4. He quoted the WRITTEN word! That's a pretty strong endorsement as to its' authority”. And the Written Word Jesus spoke of was the New Testament??? In all my learning, since there was no New Testament for Christ or the Apostles to refer to, they spoke of the Old Testament and the oral teachings they themselves had rendered as the word of God. When they spoke of the Word, it was not only the written word to which they speaking. Romans 10:17 (NASB) So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. 1Peter 1:25 (NASB) BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER " And this is the word which was preached to you. Faith comes from hearing, which is an oral communication. And 1 Peter tells us the word was preached, again an oral communication. So where does it mention that the written word will supplant the oral teachings of Christ and the Apostles? Just something to think about. WOS |
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322 | wjhat are the qualifications being | John 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149700 | ||
"The Protestant principle that the Church should always be striving to conform to Scripture. So should all Christians!" Doc, I whole-heartedly agree with this. We must continue to search Scripture for in God's revelation to us we find the truth. We must realize that truth and live it out in order for us to live and serve in a manner worthy of God. However, many individuals don't see the reformation as such, rather it is viewed as a separation. Martin Luther was seeking to separate from the Church he was seeking reform. But how could the “true church”, that is one headed by Christ, built on the foundation of the Prophets and the Apostles, go astray? So did Luther in demanding reform admit that Christ failed in leading His Church or that the true Church wasn’t in existence? Evidently, his protest for reform, to keep the Church, not to separate from it or abolish it, shows his respect for the Church as being true. My fear is in the establishing of doctrine instituted by men who were not directly commissioned by Christ Himself for teaching doctrine with the authority of an Apostle. The Millerites and their misinterpretation of the Second Coming is an example of what, man without the authority of Christ can do to Scripture. That is, to install teachings and doctrine that contradict the Word, which Sola Scripture denounces as it dictates God’s word, The Bible, is the final authority, not mans. How can man simply look at Scripture and decide they can know the mind of God? God in His infinite wisdom does not reveal all to us, just what He deemed necessary. With all of that said, I profess that I do look to Scripture as the final authority. But I dare not add anything to it as doctrine. All doctrine must in fact, be supported by Scripture but to take the text and use it out of context to support a doctrine instated by man is a very dangerous and unscriptural act of placing man’s knowledge above God’s. With that said, I thank you so very much for your comments and instruction. They have proven to be very effective and productive for me. WOS |
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323 | wjhat are the qualifications being | John 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149702 | ||
If a person says "I don't know where in the Bible that is, but I experienced it, and the Spirit in me confirms it," that person is on dangerous ground. We don't confirm truth or base our beliefs on subjective feelings. The Spirit confirmed it with Paul. Are we not privy to the same Spirit? Romans 9:1(NIV) I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 4:3-5 (NIV) 3I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. 5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. WOS |
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324 | wjhat are the qualifications being | John 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149755 | ||
Okay, I'm lost now. Don't take this the wrong way, I'm probably just missing the point. But what does your reply have to do with th question I posed? What is the reference to a capitalized "Their". WOS |
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325 | wjhat are the qualifications being | John 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149756 | ||
But even the Gospel of John tells us that it is not complete. It would simply be impossible to record everything. I believe it is the completed revelation to us from God. But the Spirit works through us in more ways than just the written word. That's my point. Don't limit God. Who are we to know the mind of God. WOS |
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326 | wjhat are the qualifications being | John 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149759 | ||
Point very well made. And with that I'll muzzle myself. Thank you Brother. WOS |
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327 | wjhat are the qualifications being | John 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149768 | ||
Longed winded maybe:), but I look forward to hearing from you. However, I have stated in an earlier post that maybe it was time for me to be quiet on the subject, so if I do by chance want to respond... I'll speak softly. WOS Doc, if you would enlighten us a little more concerning Luther. How can one be sure what Luther penned was in fact correct? I guess this is for me to better understand. As I've said, Doctrine instated by man, without apostolic appointment from Christ is a touchy subject with me as I’m sure it is with many others. In fact this forum may not be the proper place to discuss since we seem to be getting back to denomination divides. But in any case, thanks for you responses. "Sound doctrine always divides. It breaks our heart, but sound doctrine always divides." At least until we obtain the full measure of Christ. Ephesians 4(NIV) 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. |
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328 | wjhat are the qualifications being | John 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149956 | ||
1 Corinthians 2 - Real Wisdom From God David Guzik Study Guide for 1 Corinthians Chapter 2 3. (12-16) How we can receive this wisdom a. It comes only by the Holy Spirit, who already has been received by every believer b. Christians combine spiritual things with spiritual words; they use words and concepts taught only by the Holy Spirit c. The natural man (psuchikos), lives as if there were nothing beyond this physical life; it is the kind of life common to all animals i. There is nothing inherently sinful in "natural" life, but it is utterly devoid of spiritual insight ii. The natural man is unsaved; too many Christians still think like natural men, refusing to spiritually discern things d. Paul is not saying that every Christian is above any challenge (after all, much of this letter is criticism); but he is saying that no natural man is equipped to judge a spiritual man e. Isaiah 40:13 refers to the mind of Yahweh; but Paul has no trouble inserting "Christ" for "Yahweh"; because Jesus is Yahweh! C. Observations 1. This has been one of the most misapplied passages of the Bible; almost every form of spiritual elitism has appealed to it, claiming that they have special spiritual insight or revelation other Christians lack 2. Paul will distinguish between different classes of Christians in chapter 3; but so far, he has been contrasting those who receive the "foolish" wisdom of God with those who reject it (saved and unsaved) 3. Paul is challenging the very issue of our day: We think we're so smart; but God's wisdom, given by revelation, rules Guzik, David. "Study Guide for 1 Corinthians Chapter 2." Blue Letter Bible. 1 Mar 1996. 10 May 2005. |
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329 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173834 | ||
So wrong my friend. James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. Romans 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Romans 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. WOS |
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330 | once saved always saved? | John 6:39 | Wild Olive Shoot | 178053 | ||
Dear Gunner, Do not place your sins, past present or future, above what Christ accomplished for you on the cross, what His blood has purchased. Do not in the same, take this as a “license” to sin. Paul addressed this in the 6th chapter of Romans: Romans 6:1,2: 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Paul answered as someone regenerated would, “God forbid.” Some who is not regenerated might very well render a “yes” in answer to the question. Romans 6:3-14: 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Stand in His grace. WOS |
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331 | john 8 when he bent down and wrote with | John 8:8 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187012 | ||
Scripture doesn’t inform us, therefore, we don’t know. I will add, that if it were something God wanted us to know, He would have informed us. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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332 | Questioning Apostasy | John 10:28 | Wild Olive Shoot | 207588 | ||
Dear Rolff, I'm sorry. There was only one question, I simply asked it twice, maybe for emphasis, once at the beginning of the post and then again at the end. The question was asked in response to the statement made in the post it was attached to, that said, "on that note I question the doctrine of apostacy". (sic) Let me rephrase and asked only once: In light of the scripture posted with the initial question I had, how can one truly question apostasy? Stand in His grace, WOS |
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333 | Questioning Apostasy | John 10:28 | Wild Olive Shoot | 207651 | ||
Son of god, I’m not wanting to debate the once saved always saved, the very reason I responded as a question to change the topic. My question was specific to your comment that you question apostasy when it is very clearly spoken of in scripture, more than a few times. If your answer is that when scripture speaks of apostasy that it refers to only the unsaved, well then, that was all I wanted to know. My concern was that you seemed to object to something that is without a doubt confirmed with scripture, for there is a falling away. Is what you are saying then, that you don’t necessarily question apostasy, but rather to whom it applies in scripture? Surely, apostasy is a fact. And you contradict yourself simply by claiming to question apostasy and then immediately say “those that fall away were never saved in the first place”. If you question apostasy, how could you believe there is a falling away? That’s kind of like saying I don’t believe in the boogie man when he is not scaring me, see what I’m saying? Stand in His grace, WOS |
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334 | Theological Term: Conversion | John 12:40 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151662 | ||
Doc, 1 John 3:9 would then apply to us in our state of glory based on (1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith)? Or do we take that verse in slightly different context to support the quote from John Owen? (He removes all obstacles, overcomes all oppositions, and infallibly produces the intended effect.") Or is the “intended effect” Owen refers to actually our state of glory in which the Holy Spirit enables us to obtain through the ability of increased knowledge and the resulting increased effectual faith to (renounce and forsake sin and, instead, to walk in obedience to Christ)? I think you’ve answered my question regarding that particular verse, if I am grasping correctly. Am I? WOS |
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335 | Don't Be So Open Minded | John 14:6 | Wild Olive Shoot | 204268 | ||
As of late there has been a bit of discussion concerning the consideration of other’s views even if they aren’t rooted in truth. That we should tolerate those views and maybe even go as far as learning them and understanding them to see them in the proper perspective. I thought the following article presented a solid look at how this should be handled. I wanted to share. Below is an excerpt, the entire article can be found at the web address below. “Our enemy’s supreme deception is in his attempt to convince us that he doesn’t exist. Toward that end, he has launched his assault against us with every weapon in his carefully fashioned arsenal. Perhaps his greatest success is in persuading us that being open-minded is a good thing. For it is precisely when we accept the notion that open-mindedness is a Christian virtue that we fall into the same devilish trap by which our first parents were ensnared. Once our minds are open to open-mindedness, all ideas, no matter how absurd, can come and go as they please — with our sanction. We thus become headless and brainless philosophers who just want to get along. One such philosopher and self-proclaimed theologian has written: “So I believe we have radically to rethink our understanding of the place of Christianity in the global religious picture. And we have to face the fact that it is one path amongst others, and then reform our belief-system to be compatible with this. This is the big new challenge that theologians and church leaders have yet to face. We have to become consciously what are called religious pluralists.” This is the mantra of religious pluralists: Liberate your mind, lose your faith, and feel the love.” - Burk Parsons http://www.ligonier.org/tabletalk/2008/6/1065_Dont_Be_So_Open-minded Stand in His Grace, WOS |
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336 | Praying to the Holy Spirit? | John 14:14 | Wild Olive Shoot | 206280 | ||
Someone is not paying attention.:) Here is some help for you bowler and welcome to the forum, but you will have to read the rest yourself. Stand in His grace, WOS 30. Prayer for Love Toward God The Addressee of This Prayer Let us now consider the Addressee of this prayer. Who is meant by "the Lord" here? We answer unhesitatingly, the third Person of the blessed Trinity, the One who is designated "Lord" in 1 Corinthians 12:5, and "the Spirit of the Lord" in 2 Corinthians 3:18. First, this is clear from the fact that in our present verse He is definitely distinguished from "God" and "Christ," so that reference is here made to the Eternal Three. Second, this fact is borne out by what is here asked of Him: "The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into patient waiting for Christ." Now it is the distinguishing work of the Spirit to develop our graces and to regulate their exercise. As "the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us" (Rom. 5:5), so love is called forth into action by Him. Third, since the Spirit is co-essential and co-eternal with the Father and the Son, He is worthy of our homage. Nowhere in Scripture is there the least hint that one Person in the Godhead must be excluded from the praises which we give to the Lord. On the contrary, the Spirit is to be publically owned and equally honored with the Father and the Son. This is clear from Matthew 28:19; to be baptized in His name is an act of worship. It is evident again from the place accorded Him in the Christian benediction (2 Cor. 13:14). We are expressly commanded to "worship and bow down . . . before the LORD our maker" (Ps. 95:6). That the third Person is included in that command is plain: "The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life" (Job 33:4; cf. Job 26:13 with Ps. 33:6). Instruction is given to pray to "the Lord of the harvest" (Matthew 9:38). During the days of His earthly ministry Christ sustained that office, as appears from His choosing the apostles and sending forth the seventy. But since His ascension, the Holy Spirit fulfills that ministry (see Acts 13:2, 4; 20:28). The Spirit now calls and equips the "laborers," assigns them their work, and blesses them in it. http://www.pbministries.org/books/pink/Gleanings_Paul/paul_30.htm |
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337 | No Fruit? | John 15:8 | Wild Olive Shoot | 205492 | ||
Dear lookinforacity, Please tell us then how you take the verses in light of 2Timothy 3:16: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: Should we simply dismiss it? If we can’t apply the scripture in question to ourselves, to whom is it applied and how does it instruct us? Please elaborate. What is the different light shed on what our brother Steve posted? Stand in His grace, WOS |
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338 | Is this disciple following Jesus, Judas | John 21:20 | Wild Olive Shoot | 178713 | ||
Edd, Perhaps then, Judas was the writer of John’s Gospel account, for no man at the table knew why Christ spoke what He had to Judas, except the author of John. John 13:23-29: 23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. 24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. 25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? 26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. 28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. 29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. Clearly, it was John whose head was on Christ’s bosom and was so privileged to hear the heartbeat of God. WOS |
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339 | Help! Unclean vs clean meat? | Acts | Wild Olive Shoot | 205573 | ||
Colt, Whatsoever thing goes into the belly cannot defile the man for it is purged there, in the belly. What does that imply to you? Only the dirt from our hands is cleaned??? That food, unclean food can actually enter our heart and defile us??? That dirt can defile us??? Come now, logic has to play a part here does it not? Whatsoever thing enters does not affect the heart. You have no ground to stand on here friend. Is it that difficult to see? Stand in His grace, WOS |
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340 | An Exegete of Acts 2 | Acts 2:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 159156 | ||
I’m going to offer my opinion on this whether it is warranted or not. Personally, I disagree with your assessment of Doc and what he offers to the forum and will confidently state there are far many more that would also disagree with you than agree. It’s obvious that Doc has come to his standing and belief based on years of diligently searching Scripture for the truth and has formed his opinions based on those studies. His knowledge and elucidation of what he has learned to others, has proven to be nothing less than helpful in my search for the truth and I’m sure he has been more helpful than not to many more. I say this knowing that I have at times disagreed with Doc on certain subject matter but even so, I would never disregard what he says and would do myself wrong if I did not honestly consider his views. (Just to let you know, in my humble opinion, he has proven worthy and correct time and time again) There are many others using this forum that have known Doc much longer and could state from their experience of how his activity on the forum is helpful. One will find criticism whenever one looks for it. One will also find offense when opinions differ. That’s just life isn’t it? It’s all about the perspective one has when discussing a certain topic. I have found Mark’s post to be as helpful as Doc’s, I just haven’t personally conversed with Mark as often as I would like to. Differing opinions and thorough discussion of a topic is helpful to most forum members, I would assume, as it allows one to research, study and learn and form their own opinion. What kind of world would we live in if we couldn’t form our own opinions and then respectfully share those with others? I guess I’ll leave my two cents at that. I think both Doc and Mark have proven to be nothing less than beneficial to the forum, or at least in my short experience with it. To be honest, I’ve seen harsh criticism on the forum, not siding one way or another as to whether or not it was called for, but Doc’s posts are what I would consider, mild mannered, compared to some. You stated: “What I do believe is that pride sometimes stands in the way of one ever excepting that he/she may be wrong or from excepting that he/she may not know.” Pride will also stand in the way of one accepting another’s personal views that disagree with their own and can even lead to rash and harsh criticism when we feel we have been belittled, when in fact, that may not have been the case. Respectfully, WOS |
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