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1601 | Holy Spirit convicts of sin? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 215064 | ||
Hi Mike, I'll get back to you with more, but for now, look at 1 john ch 1, John is talking to believers here as well, and the confession of sin he is dealing with is for sanctification NOT salvation. And to answer the last question; yes! I take my sins to the cross as often as they are made known to me by the indwelling Holy Spirit. It is a joy to know that when we mess up (and we all mess up) God will continue to forgive and sanctify us to be more and more like Him. Being a Christian is a process, it's not a done deal that we are no longer going to mess up from time-to-time. John |
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1602 | Holy Spirit convicts of sin? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 215079 | ||
Hi Mike, In answer to your question regarding sin "who is reminding you of yours?" Again I would direct you to read Psalm 51 wherein David says, "my sins are ever before me" this would surly indicate that David, the, "man after God's own heart" did not forget his sins. And I would say that thats a very good idea. He who forgets his own sin is more apt to repeat them. John Darby another respected Bible commentator says in his commentary regarding John ch 16:7-11 "No doubt every one shall answer for his sins; and the Holy Ghost makes me feel them." John Darby You said that Matthew Henry was wrong about John 16 and you are contending that the righteousness is that of ourselves. John Gill writes, Verse 10. "Of righteousness, because I go to my Father",.... The "righteousness" here spoken of, does, in the first sense of the word, design the personal righteousness of Christ. Jamieson Faussett Brown writes on sin, in John 16 verse 9 v 9. Of sin, because they believe not on me--As all sin has its root in unbelief, so the most aggravated form of unbelief is the rejection of Christ. The Spirit, however, in fastening this truth upon the conscience, does not extinguish, but, on the contrary, does consummate and intensify, the sense of all other sins." On Righteousness in John 16 verse 10 v10. "Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more"--Beyond doubt, it is Christ's personal righteousness which the Spirit was to bring home to the sinner's heart." And once again going back the original question on righteousness. John Lightfoot writes, v10. "Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; [Of righteousness, etc.] That this righteousness here mentioned is to be understood of the righteousness of Christ, hardly any but will readily enough grant: but the question is, what sort of righteousness of his is here meant? whether his personal and inherent, or his communicated and justifying righteousness? We may say that both may be meant here." So I would perhaps rethink my convictions that the righteousness of which the Spirit convicts is certainly not our own, but that of Jesus Christ. Does the Holy Spirit convict the Christian of sin? It is the testimony of countless Christians that this is indeed the case. And in my case, if the Holy Spirit should stop convicting me of sin I would drop to my knees and plead to God to give it back to me, so that I would know my sins, and repent of them, so that I may walk in His ways. There is no Scripture that I know of that specifically says the Holy Spirit convicts the Christian of their sin. But the council of Scripture does imply it, and the testimony of spirit lead Christians confirms it. Again I would urge you to read 1 John ch 1 John |
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1603 | Holy Spirit convicts of sin? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 215086 | ||
Hi Mike, Where does it say condemn? I think you are misunderstanding the word convict where is is used in this context. It would be as accurate to use the word convince, (as I believe some translations do, or in the one you used it says, reporove) in this sense, because you are correct, the Church is indeed not condemned. But the Holy Spirit simply points things out to us, that we would otherwise not consider sin. Does that help? If not, we can try it another way if you like. John |
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1604 | Holy Spirit convicts of sin? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 215090 | ||
Hi Mike, I don't really know what being under the law has to do with being aware of and being sorry for our sins. I think your last statement pretty well sums it up. When we sin, we are aware of it as Christians because of the Holy Spirit working on our conscience. Non-believers don't have that working for them, so we are given a 'heads-up' if you will, by the Holy Spirit. It's part of the sanctification process. It's really a good thing! And a wonderful relationship between us and our loving Father! When we sin, the Holy Spirit convicts us of it, we confess our sins, God forgives us and, shows us a better way, by us knowing Him and His heart through reading the Scriptures. Yes, we walk in righteousness, but we still mess up and, we need to confess our sin when it is revealed to us. As you said, confession, for sanctification. I hope that helps. John |
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1605 | MEANING OF ON THE VERGE OF A BREKTHROUGH | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 215488 | ||
Dear Job, Well. Job, I must say we are not at all equipped to answer such a question. There is no way we could know what you are thinking about or what it may mean to you. I hope you figure it out though. Job, this is a Bible study, not a chat-room or advice website, so please, if you have a question that concerns the Bible, you are more then welcome to ask or discus it here, but please keep it about the Bible and the study of the Bible in your future posts. And please take your keyboard off caps-lock, writing in "CAPITAL LETTERS" is hard to read. Thanks. John |
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1606 | MEANING OF ON THE VERGE OF A BREKTHROUGH | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 215498 | ||
Dear Job4210, Sorry if you thought I was offended, I was not offended at all. And welcome to the forum! I do hope and pray that you have your breakthrough, and that it is something that honors our Lord. I too would like to commend you for praying with your son, that does indeed set a very good and godly example for him. keep praying my friend, and never give up! God bless John |
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1607 | Paul’s missionary work created a controv | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 216536 | ||
Dear grafted in, Would you mind providing Scripture that shows that the "Vision" (I'm assuming the vision you are speaking of is from Acts 11:5-10) does not have anything at all to do with food? I'd like to know why Peter is told to "kill and eat" if it is not? And why would the Holy Scriptures be so confusing to say "kill and eat" as this seems it is most surly about food; if it is not? And Peter's response in v8 is quite telling: "But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'" Now, we know this also is mainly a massage to Peter that the Gentiles are not to be neglected in giving out the Word, and the good news of Salvation in Christ, but, "nothing to do with food" this is a bit hard to swallow. Sorry about the pun. :-) Then, we also have this from the mouth of Paul, in the second chapter of Galatians, in regard to Peters hypocrisy; in that he first was eating with the Gentiles and then withdrawing from eating with them, because of his fear of what the Jews might think of him. Gal 2:11-14 "But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For prior to the coming of certain men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, fearing the party of the circumcision. The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, "If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?" Read the whole of this chapter, (in fact, read all of Galatians) it will help you in your understanding of just went on there, and how the 'vision' did indeed have something to do with food, and not just about the people. Chapter and verse, please, beyond Heb 13:8 ? That verse is not a, cache all, end all, verse, by any means. John |
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1608 | Paul’s missionary work created a controv | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 216546 | ||
Yes, peter was a man capable of mistakes, but what was the mistake? It was regarding his "HYPOCRISY" -like so many today- regarding eating the food that gentiles eat (which is not kosher by the way) and then when the Jewish "food snobs" showed up, he refused to eat with them! Did you actually read Galatians? Or perhaps, you read it like so many other judaizing food snobs, with your eyes closed? Sheesh! There have been many evangelists that would have had little effect on indigenous people had they not ate what they ate! Having to rely on the kindness of natives for food; had they been judiazing food snobs, they would have starved to death before they could have given them the Word of God! John |
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1609 | Paul’s missionary work created a controv | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 216548 | ||
Yes he did overcome, so why didn't you? If you think my language is harsh, read what Paul says about Judaizers. Gal 1:8-9 "But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!" And, Gal 5:12 "I wish that those who are troubling you would even mutilate themselves." The mutilation Paul is talking about is castration, by the way. Not a very pretty picture for those who try to judaize the Holy Word of God! And not very nice either, is it? I'd say mine was rather mild in comparison to what we see regarding judaizers who wish to put themselves and others under the law, written in the Holy Writ, my friend. Gal 3:1-3 "You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Gal 3:10 "For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO PERFORM THEM." Those who are going to keep 'any part' of the law, better keep ALL of it, or they are condemned already. If you want to talk about cheep shots. Many of those who are the ones who cheapen the Word of God, are those who do so with their Judaizing. John |
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1610 | Paul’s missionary work created a controv | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 216550 | ||
Well, I'm so glad to hear that you have arrived. :-) The only thing you have missed my friend, is that NO one ever kept the law nor was or is anyone able to keep it, save Christ himself. And by the way, I never implied that there is hatred for Jews but only for false teaching and the Judaizing of God's Holy Word! Which you are guilty of by the way. Thank God for His mercy! Gal 3:23-25 "But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus." The Law was our tutor, our teacher. Our tutor now, is Christ, who instructs us through the Holy Spirit. "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you." John 14:26 If you insist on the last word you may have it, I don't have time nor inclination to argue with nonsense. If you want to read Galatians with blinders on, I cant do anything about that. :-( John |
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1611 | Animals in heaven? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 218281 | ||
Hi flinky, Sir, you may wish to take a closer look at that passage. "And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven." 2 Kings 2:11b, this verse says nothing at all about animals in heaven, the chariot of fire and horses of fire only separated the two of them as they went along. The whirlwind is what took Eligah to heaven, not the chariot of fire. We should also note that they were, "of (fire)" indicating that they were not actual horses and it was not an actual chariot, even if it had been the means by which Elijah had ascended to heaven, which, by the way, it was not. :-) John |
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1612 | Animals in heaven? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 218283 | ||
Me too.. :-) | ||||||
1613 | Animals in heaven? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 218289 | ||
Hi Yedida, Well, I didn't say there wasn't 'any' verses that would show there may be animals in heaven, just that that one didn't. You are absolutely right! There are actually many verses in Revelation that speak of horses in heaven, there is also a red horse (Rev 6:4), a black one in v5, and an ashen horse in v 8, also in chapter 19 we see whole armies riding on white horses! I don't know how many times we see animals in heaven in the Scriptures -specifically Revelation- but its a lot! :-) John |
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1614 | Animals in heaven? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 218293 | ||
when my wife accidentally ran over our dog, I was unable to console her sorrow, so I assured her that the dog was in dog heaven, and added, (since she hates cat's) that: "there is no cat heaven by the way, only cat hell" She stopped crying for just long enough to crack a smile. :-) | ||||||
1615 | Animals in heaven? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 218315 | ||
Paul Washer put it something like: Eternity of eternities, and we will yet to have even got our arms around the foothills, of the mountains of His Glory. | ||||||
1616 | Who opposed Jesus' ministry? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 218510 | ||
Dear tigerwillow, Welcome to the forum! Here at SBF we will quite often get questions from students who have been given what looks very much like reading assignments. Though we do wish to help them, we do not wish to do their work for them. And I'm sure their teachers would appreciate that. Would you please join us in our efforts to guide these students by encouraging them to do their own research. Thanks very much. John |
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1617 | Is NASB better than other translations? | 2 Tim 2:15 | stjohn | 219229 | ||
Azure, I enjoy idioms, so I keep an extra eye out for them. Oh my, but keeping an eye out would be very painful! And who has an extra eye, and what would we do with it except keep it out? We don't have an extra eye-socket to put one, even if we had one! :-) John |
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1618 | Theology of Glory versus the Cross | 2 Tim 3:13 | stjohn | 195160 | ||
Doc, Mr Osteen's origination (I'm not calling it a ministry) also looks a lot like a fulfillment of 2Tim 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. Also, Luke 6:39 I read recently that when Mr. Osteen visits a town, you have to get tickets to see him! I would think we can safely say, that is just wrong! God bless John |
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1619 | Theology of Glory versus the Cross | 2 Tim 3:13 | stjohn | 195161 | ||
oops! that's organization, not origination, hope I didn't confuse anyone. God bless John |
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1620 | Theology of Glory versus the Cross | 2 Tim 3:13 | stjohn | 195165 | ||
Hi Cheri, You may want to have a look at this excerpt from, www.forgottenword.org/osteen.html "Even though John Osteen "insisted" that GOD TOLD HIM (emphasis mine) he was going to preach into his 90s, he professed healing on his death bed to no avail. He told his parishioners that God was going to give him new body parts and that he was going to be healed. He passed away against his own beliefs that he would not for years to come." That is called false prophecy, and we all, I would think know, what God thinks of false prophets. Is 9:15. Jer 5:31. Jer 6:13. Jer 14:14. Jer 23:14. Jer 23:25..Jer 23:26. Jer 27:15. Lam 2:14. Ezek 13:9. Ezek 22:28. Matt 7:15. Matt 24:11. Matt 24:24. Mark 13:22. Luke 6:26. Acts 13:6. 2 Pet 2:1. 1 John 4:1. Rev 16:13...... etc. Here is the link again, www.forgottenword.org/osteen.html God bless John |
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