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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: rancher Ordered by Date |
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1 | How to "Call on the name of the Lord"? | Acts 2:21 | rancher | 1841 | ||
The example prayer IS a good prayer, but I just can't think of any place in scripture where anyone prayed to be born again or become a child fo God. The book of Acts is kind of the "book of conversions", in it we have lots of examples of people becoming Christians - am I missing an occasion where someone "called on the name of the Lord" by praying? I know if sounds like I am nit-picking, but after all, Jesus said "Not everyone who says to Me "Lord, Lord...." (MAT 7) I think it is importatnt that we call on the name of the Lord His way an not our own way. |
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2 | How to "Call on the name of the Lord"? | Acts 2:21 | rancher | 1837 | ||
I did visit www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html as you suggested, and the "simple plan" sounded good and scripturally accurate until I got to the prayer. I can find no example of anyone, after Jesus' resurrection, calling on the name of the Lord by praying such a prayer. Surely, if such a prayer is part of God's simple plan of salvation we would see some examples of it. There must be something more to "calling on the name of the Lord".... |
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3 | How to "Call on the name of the Lord"? | Acts 2:21 | rancher | 1822 | ||
How, exactly, does one "Call on the name of the Lord"? | ||||||
4 | Living together and not married (Part 2) | Bible general Archive 1 | rancher | 1821 | ||
Is the question about living together or about a sexual relationship? If the former, then look up passages about avoiding temptaion, appearances to others and your influence, etc. If the latter, then there is plenty! |
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5 | This is why...? | Bible general Archive 1 | rancher | 1820 | ||
JVH0212 is right about the need to use the right definition for words like "chosen", but we also need to understand the context in which they are used. Please look carefully at Galations and Romans. To a large extent, these books are dealing with the problem of the judiazing teachers of Acts 15. The gentiles to whom Paul was writing were made to feel like "second class Christians", at least as compared to the Christians with Jewish heritage. I think Paul used the terms "chosen" and "elect" as often as he did to underscore to the gentile Christians that they were special too. It is the same sentiment he was expressing in 1CO 12:13: "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit." Notice that Paul goes on to encourage the Galatian and Roman Christians to live their lives righteously, like special "chosen" people are supposed to. In light of the overwhelming evidence that it is up to man to "choose" to follow God (to convince man to do so is the purpose of the Bible and even the sacrifice of Christ), in light of that evidence, it is clear that "predestined" and "chosen" do NOT mean that God decides for us. I think that the terms apply to a CATEGORY of people - God determined that those who would "call on the name of the Lord" would be saved - He did not predetermine who it was who would call on His name. |
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