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181 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134644 | ||
Emmaus, I see. So just as Jesus was sacramentally present in material flesh, He is present in consecrated things -- bread, wine, water -- and is active within them and through them. I see better why Catholics read the Bread of Life Discourse in John 6 literally; however, because Jesus also says "Do this in remembrance of Me..." at the last supper, is it also biblically possible that He meant us to understand the bread as symbolic of His flesh? Colin |
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182 | Literal or Symbolic? | Revelation | flinkywood | 134630 | ||
Agape, If Jesus is Michael, is Jesus a spirit-brother of Satan? Colin |
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183 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134629 | ||
Emmaus, By "Jesus is both the sign and the means of grace and salvation", is this what Catholics mean by the sacraments conferring the "grace that they signify"? Is Christ at work in the material sacraments in the way He was at work in the material flesh? Colin |
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184 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134626 | ||
Emmaus, I see, Jesus is the Sacrament of God working in and through matter. Could you explain Jesus as a Sacramant? Colin |
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185 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134625 | ||
Emmaus, I see, Jesus is the Sacrament of God working in and through matter. Could you explain Jesus as a Sacramant? | ||||||
186 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134624 | ||
Tim, so is original sin distinct from "concupiscence"? Colin |
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187 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134599 | ||
Emmaus, A man chained to a wall of a dry cave can be saved through confession of faith just as well as a believer dunked in the River Jordan, right? Help me understand "the ordinary insrumental means of appropriating grace". As I understand Protestant theology, the act of faith, a gift we receive through God's grace, is sufficient in that it is an act of the heart in no need of intrumentation. Protestantism holds, if you'll that though God does work through things to get to us, these things are not necessary for us to get to God. Colin |
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188 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134591 | ||
Tim, Does Protestantism distinguish original sin from those quotidian sins of the flesh -- lust, envy, greed, etc.? Colin |
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189 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134552 | ||
Emmaus, The debate is less about what Catholics understand baptism to be than about what they understand it to atually do. As far as I know, Protestantism has no theology of "original sin", so the relation of water to washing to being born is not clear. Do you agree? If so, could you explain original sin and its relation to baptism? Colin. |
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190 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | flinkywood | 134278 | ||
That's one heck of a post Emmaus, baptism is the circumcision of Christ. Colin |
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191 | Who did sin, that man, or his accusers? | Rom 7:13 | flinkywood | 133980 | ||
Ray, I know Ray Comfort. He's an interesting character, nutty, very likeable. He's also an extremely effective evangelist. Here's his site http://www.livingwaters.com/listenwatch.shtml Colin |
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192 | How does mercy triumph over judgment? | James 2:13 | flinkywood | 133961 | ||
Rowdy, I'll correct my previous post by saying that God's justice is an aspect of His mercy, not vice-versa. It's very hard for me to understand, but somehow all of His eternal virtues, wrath included, are aspects of His love. Colin |
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193 | How does mercy triumph over judgment? | James 2:13 | flinkywood | 133919 | ||
Mommapbs, I meant to distinguish God's mercy from His judgment by thinking of the former as intrinsic to His eternal nature and the latter as a decision rendered, a completed act; God's judgment, i.e. His capacity for judging, renders judgment. Justice, on the other hand, is the fairness of the judgment combined with the appropriateness of the penalty. In that sense mercy becomes an aspect of justice. Looking at the agonized Jesus on the cross you might be tempted to say, "It ain't fair!" But even the thief and the heathen soldier recognized God's mercy inherent there. Lithified: to make or become rock. Colin |
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194 | How does mercy triumph over judgment? | James 2:13 | flinkywood | 133870 | ||
Mommapbs, Mercy is an eternal virtue of God, whereas His judgment is temporal. I imagine that in His kingdom judgment will have seen its day and God's mercy will suffuse the atmosphere. Is God’s judgment merciful? In Romans 2:4 Paul stresses that God's kindness is meant to lead us to repentance. In Romans 9:14-18, Paul further develops this theme by denying that God's election is unjust. In v.15 he quotes Exodus 33:19, "And He said, I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion." Paul means to show that God’s justice is outweighed by His mercy, as demonstrated by His sparing the children of Israel after Moses' agonized plea following the apostasy of the golden calf. Even though God foreknew Israel's sin, their abandonment of Him, He still had mercy on them; and even though God promised a future punishment, He still hearkens back to the Covenant, His blood promise to Israel, reminding Moses that without His covenant oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Israel would be toast. By citing Exodus 9:16 (Rom 9:17), Paul shows that Pharaoh’s hardness was part of God's plot to reveal His power to the world. The citations of His dealings with Israel (v.19) and Pharaoh during the Exodus (v:17), demonstrate that God's desire has always been to show mercy for as well to preserve a righteous remnant (Rom 9:23-24), while the rest remain hardened (Rom 11:7,25). Hardening is not a preordained state that causes a person to sin, but a disciplinary measure for stubborn, hard-core resisters like Pharaoh (Exodus 7:14; 8:15). We are given a choice. We rebel. God entreats us, warns us and wants to show us mercy. If we ignore His entreaties, at some point, bang!, we be lithified. I don’t know whether mercy triumphs over judgment in any absolute sense this side of Heaven since both are dispositions of God towards us. Thus the cross is a triumph of God’s mercy meant to lead us to repentance so that we may not be judged according to His wrath. Colin |
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195 | What is a repentance from dead works? | Heb 6:1 | flinkywood | 133693 | ||
Rowdy, If I take Moses, Abraham, Mary, Paul, Peter, Simeon as just a very few examples, I think I have a decent chance to please God. He is my Dad, after all. Colin |
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196 | What is a repentance from dead works? | Heb 6:1 | flinkywood | 133674 | ||
Rowdy, so loving works done in Christ are pleasing to God? Colin |
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197 | What is a repentance from dead works? | Heb 6:1 | flinkywood | 133673 | ||
Mommapbs, thanks for your reply. Colin |
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198 | What is a repentance from dead works? | Heb 6:1 | flinkywood | 133620 | ||
Rowdy, Is doing for the least of these (Matthew 25:40) no more than a filthy rag? Colin |
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199 | What is the biblical def of apostle | Luke 6:13 | flinkywood | 133259 | ||
Doc, at most, moist. Colin |
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200 | What is the biblical def of apostle | Luke 6:13 | flinkywood | 133242 | ||
Doc, I agree that Peter, the impetuous stumblebum, was perhaps the unlikeliest leader in Christendom, yet the Bible amply attests to his authority, an authority recognized by the aposotles as given him by Jesus (Matt 16:19) and exercised only by the Grace of God in the Holy Spirit. Casting lots (Acts 1:26) wasn't foolishness or gambling, but a time-honored means of discerning God's will (Lev 16:7-10; Proverbs 16:33). In the nascent Church, those eligible for apostolic office had to have witnessed Jesus' ministry in full and were charged with testifying to His resurrection (Acts 1:22). (Note that it is Peter who stands up to declare and authorize the means and ends of this particular election). Why does Matthias subsequently disappear from the narrative of Acts? Quien sabe? But it appears that the number 12 is a meaningful symbol to this startup Church (the restoration of the 12 tribes of Israel), though the necessity of maintaining 12 fades, evidently, after the death of James in Acts 12:2. Paul is an obvious exception to the incipient rule of apostolic candidacy; but isn't that the kind of exceptional surprise God likes to pull from time-to-time? Colin |
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