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1 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | mark d seyler | 128985 | ||
Hi Doc Trinsograce and Country Girl, I consider this passage in view of 1 John 2:19 "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us." This church of Loadicea has become almost entirely composed of those who are spoken of by John, those who are not of us, those who would eventually go out and be made manifest. But Jesus is not going to wait for that. When our Father chooses, Jesus will call out His own, leaving a completely apostate church behind, which He will spit out of His mouth. Meanwhile, in the time that remains, He knocks, seeking to be invited into those that claim His name, but do not actually have fellowship. I have never thought of Jesus outside the door bringing judgment because He wants to come in for fellowship. This is just how I understand this passage, but it seems to be in harmony with the rest of His Word. Love in Christ, Mark |
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2 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129001 | ||
Quoted for context: 1 John 2:18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. 1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. There's a slight difference between the folks cited by John and those in Jesus' letter to the Laodiceans. Basically, it boils down to the hypocresy as described by Jesus. The church there was trying to stay popular with the world and yet be in Christ's army against sin. Whereas John was apparently talking about people who had already clearly shown their alligence to the devil as being called part of the antichrist is pretty strong language. But like I stated before and Christ stated as much about the Laodiceans. On Judgment Day, there will be two groups, those decidedly and emphatically in Christ's body and all others in the other group. So to be lukewarm is very, very dangerous ground indeed. That's been my point all along. When it comes to major principles and truths in God's Word, we cannot afford to be wishy washy and take a chance with vauge scriptures on a particular topic when there are other scriptures on that same topic that clearly dictate one way, the Lord's Way. Blessings to you, dear friend. Country Girl |
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