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1 | What is your identity in Christ? | Ex 1:1 | Bill Mc | 12929 | ||
Well said, Joe. Untrue, but well said. The church fathers which you so highly regard "rested" their cases upon Sola Scriptura. As you know, Martin Luther was converted due to the fact that a man is justified by faith alone in Jesus Christ, and not works (keeping the Law). But, brother, since we are on the subject, let's look at a quote from Spurgeon: "According to this gracious covenant, the Lord treats His people as if they had never sinned. Practically, He forgets all their trespasses. Sins of all kinds He treats as if they had never been; as if they were quite erased from His memory. O miracle of grace! God here does that which is certain aspects is impossible to Him. His mercy works miracles which far transcends all other miracles. Our God ignores our sin now that the sacrifice of Jesus has ratified the covenant. We may rejoice in Him without fear that He will be provoked to anger against us because of our iniquities. See! He puts us among the children ; He accepts us as righteous; He takes delight in us as if we were perfectly holy. He even puts us in places of trust; makes us guardians of His honor, trustees of the crown jewels, stewards of the gospel. He counts us worthy, and gives us a ministry; this is the highest and most special proof that He does not remember our sins. Even when we forgive an enemy, we are very slow to trust him; we judge it to be imprudent to do so. But the Lord forgets our sins, and treats us as if we had never erred. O my soul, what a promise is this! Believe it and be happy. - Charles H. Spurgeon Even Spurgeon believed in a PRACTICAL, not positional forgiveness. He said that God ignores our sin now the the new covenant was ratified. Maybe Spurgeon's NT was thinner than yours... I still feel that you misunderstand my position. Let me try, one more time, to clarify it. At salvation, conversion, the new birth, we are MADE, in our spirits (our identities), holy, righteous, acceptable, saints, because of our exchange with Christ. He became sin for us, we become the righteousness OF God (not our own) in Christ. We now, as Christians, get to live out through our souls and bodies what we have been made spiritually (you would probably call this practical sanctification). This 'living out' is a process of having our souls (minds, wills, emotions) renewed through Scripture and the Holy Spirit to conform us outwardly to the image of Christ that we have already been made inwardly in our spirits. Brother, you have tried to redefine every Scripture I have mentioned into practical and positional qualifications. So you are dismissing them out of hand. You're implying that, "Yes, God sees me as positionally righteousness but that's not what I really am." Further quoting of Scripture is pointless if you don't believe them anyway. And, Joe, if you're going to redefine the Scriptures, then further discussion is, unfortunately, unprofitable for us both. But, I think no less of you. You know your Scriptures. I admire that. Unfortunately, I confess, I don't know very many. Though I have been a Christian for 30 years, most of that time has been spent listening to others interpret it for me instead of relying on the Holy Spirit and other Scripture to reveal it to me. So, practically (hey, I used that word), I have a way to go. So, I may be ignorant but arrogant? Anyway, I guess until I'm better equipped, I'll not debate this particular issue with you, brother. In the meantime, I'll search my thinner NT for where God describes His church as a fat, lazy, impotent element of soceity. Interesting view...maybe in Revelation cahpters 2 and 3... In Christ, Bill Mc |
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2 | What is your identity in Christ? | Ex 1:1 | kalos | 12935 | ||
To Whom It May Concern: Anyone who thinks Reformer Joe redefines, distorts, dismisses or disbelieves the scriptures just doesn't know what he is talking about. Such a one is very much mistaken. (It was said to Reformer Joe: "Brother, you have tried to redefine every Scripture I have mentioned into practical and positional qualifications. So you are dismissing them out of hand. You're implying that, "Yes, God sees me as positionally righteousness but that's not what I really am." Further quoting of Scripture is pointless if you don't believe them anyway. And, Joe, if you're going to redefine the Scriptures, then further discussion is, unfortunately, unprofitable for us both.") --JVH0212 |
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3 | I'm sorry, Readers, and Reformer Joe | Ex 1:1 | Bill Mc | 12951 | ||
I'm sorry, Readers and Joe, if my comments about Reformer Joe came across as an insult to him or his doctrinal beliefs. That was not intended. I do not personally know him, but I was not attempting to undermine the body of work that Joe has contributed to this forum or call his character into question. I know it could be taken that way. We do need to learn from each other. I was seeking to get Joe's reasons for his interpretation of the words 'sanctification' and 'the Law.' We, if you have been following this thread, obviously disagree on a few things. But we are still brothers in Christ, and, Joe, if you're reading this, I'm sorry. We are all entitled (and responsible) for our interpretations of Scripture. I was seeking to accertain where the concept of positional/practical truths is taught. Perhaps I missed something, I don't know. None of us are infallible. But I would urge everyone to be a 'Berean' and search these things in the Scriptures to see if they are so. And to let God's Word speak for itself. I'm sure Reformer Joe would agree. |
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4 | I'm sorry, Readers, and Reformer Joe | Ex 1:1 | Reformer Joe | 12980 | ||
No offense taken, Bill. What I would like to know is that if I have interpreted Scripture erroneously, what is your interpretation of the Scriptures I presented? I especially refer to those which are in answer to your statement that "God does not want us to be righteous." I am always open to correction, but you need to be detailed in showing me just how I have misapplied the list of Scriptures I gave in my post, rather than just implying that I am pulling something out of thin air in my use of them. Thanks! --Joe! |
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