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1 | Can you define Arminian? | Bible general Archive 1 | lovetosign | 17873 | ||
Hello and Greetings! I encourage everyone to study these points about Calvinism and Arminianism strongly before just deciding one way. I myself am a "Calminian", I don't agree with either one all the way. But take a look for yourself. T - Total Depravity U - Unconditional Election L - Limited Atonement I - Irresistible Grace P - Preservation of the Saints T.U.L.I.P - This is the Acronym for the Calvinist Perspective, for an in depth view of this perspective see: http://www.prca.org/pamphlets/pamphlet_41.html This site explains it quite well! A letter from John Wesley explains the Arminian perspective quite well along with the calvanist too. http://gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/arminian.stm Another goodie: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/(type a tilda here)gvcc/theology_notes/Calvin_and_Arminius.html This website looks at the Arminian perspective IN DEPTH: http://members.aol.com/RSICHURCH/reform1.html I encourage you to look at both in Prayer and decide for yourself. Or, as I have done, take from one and take from the other. Either way, KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE! And hey, let's not get too dogmatic! *grin* Remember it has been an issue for hundreds of years. In His Grace, Lewis. |
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2 | TAKE CARE OF PASTOR AND BE BLESSED | 1 Tim 5:17 | lovetosign | 17869 | ||
Hello! Another scripture to look at is 1 Corinthians 9:9-14. Paul draws from Old Testament scripture to support people who earn a living from presenting the Gospel. If we will be blessed is not discussed. But I would think that if scripture supports paying people who work full time in the minstry, I imagine God will bless our obedience in this matter. Hope this helps. In His Grace, Lewis. |
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3 | Vs/ref of a great friendship btwn 2 men? | Bible general Archive 1 | lovetosign | 17866 | ||
Greetings! David and Jonathan had a wonderful relationship. Starts in 1 Samuel 18. Wish I could go more in depth. They probabally had one of the closest friendships in the Bible. Hope this helps! In His Grace, Lewis. |
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4 | You can fall away, can you come back? | Bible general Archive 1 | lovetosign | 17774 | ||
Hello Zecharia7! Good Question! I will see if I can give you some ideas on how to "digest" this seeming difficult passage. First, let's take a look at the person who fits the criterium of this passage (I use NASB, NIV works too): v.4 1. who have once been enlightened 2. have tasted of the heavenly gift 3. partakers of the Holy Spirit v.5 4. tasted the good word of God 5. [have tasted] the powers of the age to come 6 have[ing] fallen away My primary arguement would be for these 6 situations is in the form of a question: Which of these experiences are defined as Salvation? Enlightenment? tasted of the Heavenly Gift? Partakers in [the work of] the Holy Spirit? Tasted the Good Word of God? Tasted the powers of the age to come? I think that there may be a stronger connection with people who go to church, but have never made the connection with their heart. They get very comfortable and people just associate the with being Christian. If this person then falls away, how can they come back? To what would they come back to? Can they repent to Jesus whom they never truely accepted in the first place? No, instead because they have called themselves Christians and have fallen away, they put the name of Christ to shame. It reminds me that all Christians should be sure of thier salvation as Paul says: Philippians 2:12: "Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling," (NIV) I was not raised as a Christian but accepted Christ When I was 22 yrs old. I wonder how many people, who consider themselves Christians, have worked out thier salvation critically. Now, what I am NOT saying is that we should all doubt our salvation. Insted, critically take a look at our lives and ask ourselves if we really have that living growing dynamic relationship with Christ. If not. Why? Have you worked it out with God? With fear and trembling in the presence of God? I have been there (Not the pentecostal tremors). I have thought of what it means to follow Jesus and just how unworthy I am to get this salvation and I stand in AWE! Chief of sinners I come before God. Don't we all? Shouldn't we? Another arguement against this particular theology has to do with judgement. The Bible speaks many times to restore our brother. If the person is unrepententent, continue to reach them, then remove them from the fellowship of believers if they continue to remain in sin. Then it says to treat them as you would a non-christian. How then do we do that anyway? As an evangelical Christian should... with he Gospel. I do not know how this would fit into the faling away theology. In the falling away theology, the person loses thier salvation and are Damned to go to Hell forever, without the hope of salvation. Whew, what a judgement call! Jesus said we will be judged according to the measuring stick to which we measure others. When it comes to judging others as one who has "fallen away", i'm not touching it. I prefer to my choice over Judging the soul of another who once proclaimed Christ. I look forward to your reply. God's Blessings! Lewis. |
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5 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | lovetosign | 17772 | ||
Hello Tim! Cool. Check out what you think and let me know. Remember that particular post was in reply to Rextar. I thought that was your perspective because of your reference in response to Mike. I look forward to your response. Tongues is an area that I have studied quite deeply. If you have ideas on other postings I made I would love to hear them. In His Grace, Lewis. |
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6 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | lovetosign | 17767 | ||
Good Morning Tim, Sorry for the confusion. The category was "tongues: are there 2 kinds?", you can open the sub-directories and see some responses. You mentioned that the Spirit groaning is Tongues in Romans 8. Your response started "Greetings Mike! The answer to your qu..." I responded to Rextar whom was of the same opinion. I gave a brief response (considering the text). A few levels lower. I thought the response might be helpful to you. I hope you find it. Have a great Sunday worship! In His Grace, Lewis. |
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7 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | lovetosign | 17760 | ||
Greetings Retxar, I saw your response and decided to maybe shed some light on the subject. It is good you mentioned Context. Context is King. Let's look at the scriptures (NIV). We have every body groaning and we need to figure this one out! Romans 8:22-27 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ***Ok, first childbirth pains are referring to the second coming of Christ (see Matthew 24:8, and Mark 13:8) These scriptures explain the groaning being events that happen on earth. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. ***We as Christians await the coming of Christ too. This states why we groan in our inner being: We are waiting for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Our bodies are not redeemed, our souls are. When Jesus comes back our bodies will be redeemed too. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? ***We are saved in this hope (Faith) we are saved. We are redeemed in the Jesus that we cannot see, but we trust him. 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. ***We do not have it, so we wait patiently 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. ***In the same way we groan for the coming of Jesus, the Spirit of God groans. He intercedes to the Father for us to a deeper level that we cannot understand. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. ***And all of the interceeding is done according to God's will. This is kinda short, I will go more in depth if you want, but do not link tongues into this passage. Responding in Christian Love. In His Grace, Lewis. |
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8 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | lovetosign | 17759 | ||
Hello Tim, I encouage you to look at other responses to tongues to answer some of your questions. If you could respond I would be very appreciative! In Christ, Lewis (Lovetosign) |
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9 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | lovetosign | 17758 | ||
Hello Charis, I appreciate your response. You are keeping me on my toes! I type all of this in the Spirit of Love. When you respond, scripture helps me to better understand. That is what I have done here to clarify some of my points. You mentioned that my first point should read: "In the Spirit does not *necessarily* mean tongues." Let's take a look: The phrase "in the S(s)pirit" occurs 7 times in the New Testament(NIV): **Luke 1:17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah." **Ephesians 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. **Colossians 1:8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit. **Revelation 1:10 On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard ... **Revelation 4:2 At once I was in the Spirit, and .... **Revelation 17:3 Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. **Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain... Granted These are all in the NIV version, There are some additions in the NASB, but I will list only some as many are repeats: **1 Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise if you bless in the spirit only, how will the one who fills the place of the ungifted say the ""Amen'' at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying? **Ephesians 6:18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, ... **1 Peter 4:6 For the gospel has for this purpose ... they may live in the spirit according to the will of God. Ephesians 6:18 would seem to fit into this category, but 1 Cor 14:14 "For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful." Which means you don't know what you are praying about. If you pray in tongues you cannot make specific requests as it says to do in Ephesians 6:18. Instead I would think the scripture says praying in the Spirit means making various requests before God. 1 Cor 14:6 in the NASB is the only one that *could* apply to your statement, but there could be other possibilities besides the meaning of tongues. Which other scriptures link "in the Spirit" and "tongues"? I would be interested to study them. I do, by the way, have many wonderful Brothers and Sisters in Christ in the Pentecostal movement and Baptist Movements. I do not knock them, but even they admit, sometimes people get carried away. I suppose the "too bad you don't have it" gift "idealolgy" is based on experience than scripture. I guess I have heard too many stories of manipulation to get people to speak in tongues. I hear more people brag about speaking in tongues than any of the other gifts. I have yet to hear "Wow! we really had someone tonight who could really TEACH!" I suppose they have used the term "annointed" speaker though. Does this mean the same thing? I guess I think it gets too much spotlight. I think this is also the reason why Paul has such a good set of guidelines for its use [tongues]. Maybe they had the same problems back then. You mentioned also, "...and true, because you pray may not necessarily mean you shall receive this gift, but to 'give up' on it, or any other gift is irresponsible." When do you recieve the gifts of the Spirit? Does scripture support praying for them? It appears that God gives them according to His plan, not our prayers:Hebrews 2:4 God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will (NIV) You mentioned,"...but don't stop desiring all the gifts of God!" Keep in mind: 1 Cor 12:29-31 "Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues?Do all interpret? (this is a rhetorical question whose answer is no.) But eagerly desire the greater gifts. NIV (paranthetical added) When then do we stop asking for more and more gifts? God already has told us that we will not have all the Gifts of the Spirit. I do believe in the active use of ALL of the Gifts of the Spirit (Corporately not individually). We will all be active in different parts. That is what makes us individual and different and all part of one body with different things to do. (see I Cor 12:14-27) Because we are of that one body there should be no division. Why? Because until Jesus gets here we are in this big mess together, Charis! Instead let us discuss scripture and rejoice in knowing Him! None of what is discussed above should be dividing points. I do, however, believe in backing what I say with scripture. I hope I have done that. In God's Wonderful Grace, Lewis. |
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10 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | lovetosign | 17720 | ||
Hello and Greetings in the Lord. I have studied this gift and I have come to a few conclusions: 1. In the Spirit does not mean tongues (as generally pentecostal friends try to context it. see Lk 1:17, Col 1:8,Rev 1:10; 4:2; 17:3 if you can apply tongues to the praying verse you have to apply it to these others too.) 2. The gift of the Spirit "tongues" in 1 Cor 12 has not gone away (as generally some of my Baptist friends would tell me. No, 1 Cor 13 does not mean that the tounges will cease, not unless you take away knowledge and prophecy too [let's honest with the text]) 3. You can not pray to get the gift.(does someone has a scripture for this?) 4. It is NOT the least of all the gifts (where do people get this idea?) Just because it is listed last with interpretation in 1 Cor 12? 5. Not everyone has the gift (1Cor 12:29-31 "Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? But eagerly desire the greater gifts" This is a rhetorical question to which is the answer: no., But desire the greater gifts segue to 1 Cor 13 the "Love" Chapter) There is the gift of speaking in tongues. We know that there is one that is public (many times abused) and has strict guidlines for its use (see 1 cor 14:27), There also is mentioned praying in a tongue, in which our Spirit prays, but is mentally unfruitful. Whether you pray in a tongue is none of my business, and whether I do is none of your business. If you tell others that you do, why? If tongues is used in public, test it to the guidelines in 1 Cor 14. Generally tongues is a "too bad you don't have it" gift, rather than one of genuine Love: "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal" (1 Cor 12:1) Love should be the ultimate goal of any of the Gifts of the Spirit. Keep in mind:1 Cor 14:18-20 "I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults." - NIV. If you have the gift, good, if you don't, don't worry. |
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11 | Could the books ref 2 books of the bible | Rev 20:12 | lovetosign | 17719 | ||
Hello, I would maintain that the Book of Life is the book which the names of the Beleivers in Jesus Christ are written (see Philippians 4:3, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 13:8) I believe that we as Believers will be judged. When we die (are dead) our judgement will be different in that we will be judged not according to our sins, but according to our deeds. Those things that were done with a pure motivation to glorify God. As the scripture also states that we will be judged "according to thier deeds." |
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