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1 | What do YOU think, fellow Berian? | 1 Thess 5:23 | EdB | 14331 | ||
Bill, Your looking to get hung! For some reason which I do not totally understand if someone quotes an “expert” you are to take it as gospel even if the person quoting knows full well other “experts” disagree with that stated position. If you question the expert you are then characterized as being anything from prideful to mocking education. |
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2 | What do YOU think, fellow Berian? | 1 Thess 5:23 | Bill Mc | 14337 | ||
Ed, thanks for your comment. I have already been accused of being both prideful and ignorant. I did agree with the ignorant accessment, that is why I ask questions. But my allegiance is to Christ and His Word alone. I am just curious as to what has happened to critical thinking in the Christian community. I.e. many Christians will say that Christ has forgiven all our sins - past, present, and future, then they will turn right around and say that, as a Christian, you must continue to confess your sins to get more forgiveness. These cannot both be true unless you redefine forgiveness into sub-categories such as judicial, parental, experiential, positional, practical, etc. on and on, which scripture never supports. If truth is truly true, it will stand up under the closest scrutiny. Truth is what God says. And God says that His Word is truth and that Christ is full of grace and truth. I am not trying to be adversarial. I am trying to get some of my questions answered in a way that departs from platitudes and Christian cliches. Fortunately, I cannot be hung. I have already been crucified with Christ :) In Christ, Bill Mc |
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3 | What do YOU think, fellow Berian? | 1 Thess 5:23 | EdB | 14341 | ||
Bill I think the focus is on repentance, when Peter was asked what must we do to be saved he said repent and be baptized. There is a teaching that says we must bring our actions under the blood of Jesus, especially our sins so that they may be forgiven. I’m not so sure that they need to be forgiven, for as you said Jesus died for our sins past present and future. But by repenting or confessing we are reaffirming that Jesus is Lord of our lives. The actual act of confessing and asking forgiveness really becomes an act of submission. Submitting ourselves once again to the Lord or Lords and the King of Kings. I think Christianity gets all tied up in semantics and word definitions. One time I mentioned pleading the blood of Jesus, and you would have thought the world slide to a stop. Where was that in Bible? Is that scriptural? Etc. When I plead the Blood of Jesus I’m really rehearsing and proclaiming my position in Christ. Much like David did when he went out to meet Goliath and rehearsed what God had delivered him of. I’m stating the fact that since I’m under the blood my High Priest Jesus Christ is standing ready to defend me before God. That no power in this world is greater than the power within me. I’m not asking that mystical covering of blood flow over me to protect me but rather to assure myself of Who I rely on. |
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4 | What do YOU think, fellow Berian? | 1 Thess 5:23 | Bill Mc | 14349 | ||
Ed, understood. I see your meaning. I may not use the same words, but I do understand about reminding yourself of your position in Christ. Sometimes our experiences and emotions lie to us (as well as the Evil One himself) and we do need to remind ourselves of who we are in Him. I may not use the same terminology, but I can relate to the concept and I frequently renew my mind through scripture concerning my new identity in Christ. Paul expresses a similar idea, "God has reconciled you through the death of His Son...so be reconciled (it's a true fact so appropriate the truth to your experience). This is not name-it-and-claim-it theology because God Himself is the initiator. We are only availing ourselves of what is already true in God's eternal realm into our realm of experience. Anyway, God bless and keep growing in the grace and knowledge of the Lord. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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