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1 | Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 | 1 Cor 15:28 | cuhigher | 228250 | ||
I've been looking at Revelation and comparing it with 1 Cor 15.24-28 and there seem to be some contradictions. I don't really believe they are contradictions but I just don't understand. Example: Rev 11.15 and he shall reign FOREVER AND EVER.. But 1 Cor 15.25 for he must reign, TILL HE HATH PUT ALL ENEMIES UNDER HIS FEET. Also Rev 21.8 but the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is THE SECOND DEATH. Compare with 1 Cor 15.25,26 for he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE DESTROYED IS DEATH. And Rev 22.2 ...the leaves of the tree were for the HEALING of the nations. But in ! Cor 15.28 ALL THINGS shall be SUBDUED unto him... that God may be ALL IN ALL. If all things are subdued to Him and God is all in all, how could there be any need for healing? He is completely holy and whole. |
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2 | ordo salutis | Rom 8:31 | cuhigher | 193422 | ||
Dear Doc, Thanks for the tip re posting follow-up questions. And thank you very much for the thoughtful answers to my questions. I just love how you support everything with Scripture. You are a great resource and blessing to the members of this forum, and to many others I’m sure. Again, I agree whole-heartedly with what you’re saying. I guess I’m just not making my question clear enough… or maybe I’m not thinking clearly myself. But in your original post on this topic, you listed both the Reformed and Arminian versions of the ordo salutis. In Reformed thinking (based on Romans 8:29-30) the ordo salutis is 1) election 2) predestination 3) gospel call 4) inward call 5) regeneration 6) conversion (faith and repentance) 7) justification 8) sanctification 9) glorification In Arminian thinking the ordo salutis is 1) outward call 2) faith/election 3) repentance 4) regeneration 5) justification 6) perseverance 7) glorification I’m wondering why it matters if one believes, for example, that there are 7 steps or 9 steps to glorification? Or why does it matter if regeneration is #4 or #5 on your list, or mine? In other words, how does subscribing to the Reformed view affect one’s relationship and day-to-day walking with the Lord – differently – than if one subscribed to the Arminian view? Maybe it’s a dumb question, but I hope that makes a bit more sense. Thanks. |
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3 | ordo salutis | Rom 8:31 | cuhigher | 193366 | ||
Thanks Doc, I sure agree. What I meant though, is what does it matter if you believe there are 9 steps or 7 steps to glorification? What does it matter if regeneration is #4 or #5 on your list? How does it affect our relationship and day-to-day walking with the Lord? |
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4 | Ac 2:17 | Acts 2:17 | cuhigher | 193346 | ||
Thank you canawedding for your reply. Could you please explain your point? Thanks. | ||||||
5 | Significance of -Ordo Salutis- | Rom 8:31 | cuhigher | 193339 | ||
Dear Doc, I picked up on this post from your response to Val re jun barabara's question about being born again. Could you paraphrase it in more simpler terms? And from a practical day-to-day perspective of following Christ, why would it be important for a believer to understand this theological distinction? Thanks. |
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6 | I will pour out of My Spirit | Acts 2:17 | cuhigher | 193185 | ||
Thank you Morant61, Searcher56 and canawedding for your replies. canawedding, could you expand on what you're saying? Thanks. |
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7 | learning about the holy spirit | Rom 8:5 | cuhigher | 193102 | ||
Hi Janice - this is actually part 2 of my response to your question. Just scroll down a bit if you want to read part 1 first. ------------------------------------ So Janice, ASK – SEEK – KNOCK – PERSIST! You are on threshold of a most amazing journey into the heart of your God! We cannot begin to fathom the infinite wonders of Who He is, and of His incredible love for us!! (Prov 2:1-5) Get yourself a concordance, or if you’re online you can search this site or go to Biblegateway.com, and begin to look up and imbibe the Scriptures pertaining to the Holy Spirit. And don’t forget to ask HIM to be your Teacher and make the written word come alive in your heart! Here are a few passages from the Gospel of John to get you started. John 14:16-18 AMP And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever-- The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless]; I will come [back] to you. John 15:26,27 AMP But when the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who comes (proceeds) from the Father, He [Himself] will testify regarding Me. But you also will testify and be My witnesses, because you have been with Me from the beginning. John 16:12-14 AMP I have still many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them or to take them upon you or to grasp them now. But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]. He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you. Remember that from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you to this through the Gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. May His grace and love, and the fellowship of the His Holy Spirit be with you and your family! (2 Thess 2:13,14; 2 Cor 13:14) cuhigher |
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8 | learning about the holy spirit | Rom 8:5 | cuhigher | 193099 | ||
Dear Janice, It’s so wonderful and precious to your Lord that you have such a desire to know Him and strengthen your faith. Jesus gave us the wonderful Holy Spirit for just this purpose! After He ascended back to the Father, He sent the Holy Spirit to be our closest friend and helper, and it is His fervent desire that we come into a richness and depth of intimacy with Him that will excite and thrill our souls, and empower us to live out our days on earth for His glory. The Holy Spirit Himself inspired and guided the writers of Scripture, and without His active involvement in our lives it is absolutely impossible to understand the written word of God or to live victoriously through the challenges and testings of this life. Everything we receive from the Lord is a gift and comes by His grace. However, it is very important to realize that the depth of relationship we experience with Him is largely determined by the degree that we are willing to pursue Him. Yet I must emphasize that this pursuit cannot be done through our own human effort, rather we must be completely dependent on Him. I’ve found that one of the most important keys to experiencing and living moment-by-moment in the Presence of God, is to ask Him to teach us “REST” and “WAIT” on Him. Reading the Bible and communicating with Him out of the depths of one’s heart are of course essential to developing one’s relationship with Him. However, there are sadly many Christians who religiously do these things but have very little experiential knowledge of the Holy Spirit. I would suggest that you begin and end your times of coming apart with the Lord with periods of simply being still and quietening your soul, and learning to rest and wait for Him. Many who have done this for the first time have been very pleasantly surprised and delighted at how He began to reveal Himself to them. Being still and waiting is not easy for most of us. However, if we are persistent it will be much more than worth the effort. (Heb 11:6) “BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psa 46:10) The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside THE STILL AND RESTFUL WATERS. (Psa 23:1,2 AMP) "He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet THOSE WHO WAIT FOR THE LORD WILL GAIN NEW STRENGTH; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary." (Isa 40:29-31) May believers today are seeking for more of the Holy Spirit and power of God in their lives but fail to remember that when God first sent His Spirit to the church on the day of Pentecost, Jesus said that the prerequisite for His coming was that they must “WAIT FOR THE GIFT MY FATHER PROMISED.” (Acts 1:4) I have found that another important key to knowing and experiencing the Holy Spirit is that we ask Him to teach us to set and keep our DESIRE and FOCUS on the things of God and His Kingdom. Again, this is something that is done by faith. “…those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the DESIRES of the Spirit SET THEIR MINDS on and SEEK those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.” (Rom 8:5 AMP) “Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us, LOOKING AWAY [FROM ALL THAT WILL DISTRACT] TO JESUS, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection].” (Heb 12:1,2 AMP) And of course there is no substitute for simple faith and loving obedience to the Word of God. “And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit is also, Whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him.” (Acts 5:31-33) "The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.]" (Jn 14:21 AMP) more... |
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9 | I will pour out of My Spirit | Acts 2:17 | cuhigher | 193091 | ||
Dear Tim, Thank you very much for your response. May I ask a few follow-up questions? 1. You stated that Peter said that the events of the first Pentecost were the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy. As far as I can tell, Joel did not mention a single or specific day in this passage, but rather said that it shall be “in the last days… I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit… before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.” How can this be reconciled? 2. Joel’s prophecy begins in Ac 2:17 and continues through verse 21. Was Peter saying that this entire passage was fulfilled on the first Pentecost? 3. Is it possible that the first Pentecost was just the beginning of the fulfillment of this prophecy? 4. You said that it is certainly “possible” that God will yet again pour out His Spirit in some remarkable way. My understanding is that our God does not will that anyone should perish, but that it is His desire that everyone should come to repentance and be spared eternity in the lake of fire. If we ourselves are in tune with His heart – and desire what He desires – is there a reason why we should not be actively standing in faith, and crying out to Him to see such an unprecedented outpouring of His Spirit to draw the unsaved to Himself? 14But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. 15"For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day; 16but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel: 17 ‘AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS; 18EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT AND THEY SHALL PROPHESY. 19'AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE. 20'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME. 21'AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.' |
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10 | I will pour out of My Spirit | Acts 2:17 | cuhigher | 193058 | ||
Some Christians believe that before the return of Christ there is yet coming a massive outpouring of the Spirit of God, such as the world has never seen. Others believe that this will not happen since the Bible speaks of a great falling away in the last days. I came across the vision at www.etpv.org/1996-97/thegiant.html and would like to ask how you believe its contents lines up with Scripture. Thanks. |
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11 | Ray Comfort | Gal 3:24 | cuhigher | 192982 | ||
Thanks Doc - I felt I heard the ring of truth as I heard him speak. I thought the tract was also very good - straight forward, to the point. Do you know of any place online where I can read or hear some of the old time Law-Gospel preaching? Thanks. | ||||||
12 | Ray Comfort | Gal 3:24 | cuhigher | 192967 | ||
I've been listening to a couple messages by Ray Comfort - Hell's Best Kept Secret and True and False Conversion. Has anyone heard of brother Ray and would you recommend his teachings? www.livingwaters.com |
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13 | What about the pastor? | 1 Sam 16:7 | cuhigher | 192958 | ||
Thanks Hank for your reply. I quoted 1 Sam 16:7 because it was used as a justification for the immodest attire, and Rom 13:10 because I believe it shows that someone with a right spirit would not knowingly dress in a way as to cause their brother to stumble. Follow-up question: what would be your take on a pastor who allows immodestly dressed women to lead worship and teach young children in the church, because he insists that even though they need to mature they have a heart to serve God, and he doesn't want to offend them? |
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14 | What's happening in the heart? | 1 Sam 16:7 | cuhigher | 192954 | ||
Rom 13:10 Love does no harm to its neighbor. 1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. My question is regarding immodest attire being worn by women who consider themselves to be Christians. It seems that by the time she is an adult, any young woman (Christian or not) would well know that the majority of men are very vulnerable to sexual sin/temptation. I've been told that it's possible for women to continue to dress in a sexually provocative manner even when their heart is right. Agree or disagree? |
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15 | Disregard or confront? | 1 Pet 4:8 | cuhigher | 192931 | ||
Thanks Doc... that does help. So sad about popular Christendom... For whoever wants to save his [higher, spiritual, eternal] life, will lose it [the lower, natural, temporal life which is lived only on earth]; and whoever gives up his life [which is lived only on earth] for My sake and the Gospel's will save it [his higher, spiritual life in the eternal kingdom of God]. Mark 8:35 -Keep looking up! cuhigher |
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16 | Disregard or confront? | 1 Pet 4:8 | cuhigher | 192926 | ||
Appreciate your insights on how these two passages compliment each other. When should we disregard and when should we confront? Thanks. 1 Peter 4:8 Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others]. Luke 17:3 Pay attention and always be on your guard [looking out for one another]. If your brother sins (misses the mark), solemnly tell him so and reprove him, and if he repents (feels sorry for having sinned), forgive him. |
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