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1 | Joe, is your reasoning not circular? | Rom 10:17 | Bill Mc | 20351 | ||
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2 | Faith apart from reading the Bible? | Rom 10:17 | Bill Mc | 20320 | ||
Dear Steve, Of course people can come to faith in Christ apart from reading the Bible for themselves. Otherwise, the illiterate and the blind could never reach a point of putting their trust in God. God reveals Himself through many different ways. For some, He may use creation to initially draw men to Himself. For others, He may use the Bible itself, other religious writings, or other people. God does indeed draw men to Himself. In fact, the 'truest' revelation of God is not the Bible itself but the Christ of the Bible. He alone is the exact representation of God. Not even the OT was a true representation. Jesus told the Pharisees that they knew the letter of the word but missed the Spirit behind it. I believe that anyone who is truly seeking God will eventually have the Bible in their life in some form becuase it is through the Bible that the Truth, Jesus Christ, is revealed. Don't be afraid of being accused of 'heresy' here on this forum. I made a statement yesterday that I believe that if a man only had the ability to read and a Bible, that, because of the Holy Spirit's work as the teacher, that person could come to true saving faith and learn all he would need to know. Because of that statement, I was then informed that my viewpoint was also that which led to the start of Jehovah's Witnesses. What it all boils down to, brother, is that the legalists want to control you and your relationship with God rather than trusting that God is indeed revealing Himself to you and that He is the author and completer of our faith. The very ones that hold staunchly to God's complete sovereignty are the ones who will tell you to do it THEIR way or it just ain't good enough. Keep standing firm and don't let other attempt to squeeze your or God into a box. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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3 | Is there any practical difference? | Bible general Archive 1 | Bill Mc | 20132 | ||
Dear Tim, Thanks for posting your question. As I have been 'labeled' as having no 'label' in the C and A debate (this forum, ya gotta luv it!), this is not an answer to your question. If both C and A listed their core beliefs, as implied in anothor post, I would probably line up more closely with one over the other. But as this is not the goal of this string, I thought that I would offer some 'practical' areas for this question. How does your belief in Calvinism or Armenianism affect: Your personal relationship to God? How accepted you feel that you are to God? Your prayer life? Your Bible study? Your worship of God? Your ability to share the gospel with others? Your efforts to disciple others? Your fellowship with other believers? Your involvement in the local church? Your involvement in missions? Your manifestations of the gifts of the Spirit? The fruit of the Spirit in your life? Thanks for the opportunity to ask these questions. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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4 | Did Satan wait to tempt Jesus? | Matt 4:2 | Bill Mc | 20049 | ||
Dear mylene, Searcher56 has explained those related passages very well. I just had a couple of other thoughts to share. As you know from precept, letting scripture interpret scripture is very important. And, without getting into any 'theomatic' discussions, the number 40 is frequently used in the Bible as a time of testing. It rained for 40 days and nights when the earth was being flooded. The Israelites scouted out (tested) Canaanland for 40 days to see what the conditions were there. Of course, after refusing to enter, they were 'tested' in the wilderness for 40 years, 1 year for every day spent in Canaanland. Moses was on the mountain for 40 days and nights before God gave him the 10 Commandments. Goliath 'tested' and taunted Israel every morning for 40 days. So, along with what Searcher has posted, I think that the 40 days and nights were a time of testing and temptation for our Lord. I hope this helps. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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5 | healing | Ps 103:3 | Bill Mc | 19873 | ||
Dear James48, I believe that there are two aspects to the answer to your question, brother. One aspect is that all sins, those committed before the cross and those committed after the cross, were judged at the cross. The verdict was that all mankind was guilty and, in mercy, Christ took the punishment. Heb 9:15 tells us that all the sins committed before Christ sacrifice at Calvary were in 'forbearance.' It was kind of like a credit card. Old Testament believers could experience forgiveness, but it wasn't paid for yet. We too experience forgiveness but, for us, the price has been paid. The bottom line is that forgiveness for sins is a spiritual issue. That issue was dealt with at Calvary once-for-all. On the other hand, healing of physical diseases is not turly a spiritual issue. Our bodies are still unredeemed, still fallen as it were. The same is true of this old world we live it. The law of entropy is still in full effect. And, with few exceptions, our bodies return to the dust from which they are made. Disease is a part of that process unfortunately. Any healing that God grants to these mortals bodies is a band-aid at best. They are all headed for the grave. Can God and does God heal diseases? Yes, He does. There are numerous examples in the Bible where God has healed diseases instanteously (leprosy, the issue of blood, blindness, lameness, etc.). Some were healed gradually. Some were never healed for various reasons. But it is not correct to assume that if you are not healed, then there is unconfessed sin in your life or that God is punishing you for sin. If you are a believer, God exacted all punishment for sin upon Jesus Christ. God's ultimate reason for healing us, James48, is to bring glory and honor to Himself. He makes the decisions as to when, where and through whom He does that. Having said all of that, there is certainly nothing wrong with beseeching the Lord for physical healing. In James 5:14, God says to call for the elders to pray over the sick. Does God allow some to suffer? Yes, He does. Paul describes many who were martyred for the sake of the gospel. And he says that all these things conform us to the image of Christ. 2 Cor 4:7-11 says, 'But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.' There is an ultimate healing coming. Christ assures us of this. For the believer it is a new redeemed body waiting in heaven for us. I hope this helps you, James48. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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6 | Does God hate or love sinners, or both? | Rom 5:8 | Bill Mc | 19776 | ||
Dear Ray, I freely admit that I did not put much work into my answer. Searcher56 is posting questions in which he is seeking to prove HIS point that we are still under Old Testament law. My proof is one of the responses that he gave to your answer to a recent question. Search56 himself writes: "Second, we are not free from the OT Law, just its punishment ... as already pointed out in other post." Such a statement is not only false, it is misleading. Rather than upholding the Law, it demeans it. To say that a law has no punishment makes that law meaningless and of no effect. If the speed limit is 65 MPH, and no one is ever given a ticket for breaking that law, then a 65 MPH speed limit becomes meaningless. How can one say that you MUST not go over 65 MPH, but if you do, then their is no punishment for it? One cannot enforce a law if there is no consequence for violating that law. The Bible says, "Thou shalt not murder." But if a murder is commited, then punishment should be executed. To say that there is no punishment for murder invalidates the law. This is the atrocity of those who would uphold OT Law as completely binding on believers today. They will make ignorant statements like, 'We are not free from the OT Law, just its punishment,' thinking they are upholding the Law when, in truth, it is a subtile attempt to destroy it. The wages of sin is ALWAYS death. To insist anything else cheapens the sacrifice that our Lord made on the cross. To insist anything else demeans the true purpose of the Law to show us exceedingly sinful that we might come to Christ. There are plenty of posts on this forum that offer solid scriptural proof that believers are under a new law and a new covenant. There are plenty of posts that offer definitive proof that the OT Law has passed away. But some on this forum choose to ignore that solid scriptural evidence by quoting the OT. That is their choice. But they seek to disturb the body of Christ, His church, by mixing law and grace. Paul says in Gal 5:12 concerning those who would try to put the church back under the Law: "I wish that those who are troubling you would (not just cut off enough to be circumcised but finish the job and) mutilate themselves." - His words, not mine. Christian, if you are led by the Spirit, then you are not under the Law - Gal 5:18. And the inverse is equally valid, if you are under the Law, you are not led by the Spirit of God. You get to choose. You can't have both. Choose wisely. No longer under Law, Bill Mc |
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7 | Should the rapist marry their victim? | Deut 22:29 | Bill Mc | 19707 | ||
Steve, Yes, we should all indeed live under Old Testament law and rip the New Testaments out of our Bibles. To answer your question properly, in the light of Old Testament revelation, allow me to quote Deu 22:28,29 - "If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered, then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days." This is the law. Trying to find fifty shekels of silver could be a challenge but the search would serve as a good deterent to crime, would it not? So, to answer your questions from Deu 22:27,28: Should we force the rapist to marry their victim? Yes. -Should this be law in our land? Yes. -This was God's idea, so is it bad? No. My reason? God said it so it must be true. Evidently there is no reason to search anywhere else. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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8 | Does God hate or love sinners, or both? | Rom 5:8 | Bill Mc | 19706 | ||
Steve, Once again your sharp eye has caught a grave contradiction in the scriptures. This is a very worth-while endeavor, showing that the Old Testament and New Testament are not in agreement. Keep up the good work. How did the Lord miss these when He had the scriptures written? He sure could have used your help. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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9 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Bill Mc | 19705 | ||
Steve, Very interesting. You are correct. Lev 16:29 says that the day of atonement is a permanent statute. And vs. 31 implies that the sabbath is a permanent statute. And vs. 34 again says that the animal sacrifices indeed are a permanent statute. Hebrews is evidently wrong. If Christ had known about these verses, He probably never would have died. He should have stayed in the temple when His parents went back to Jerusalem. Then maybe He would have read these verses and discovered that He didn't need to die after all. What a shame! Congratulations! You have found the one verse in the Old Testament that completely invalidates the New Testament and what Christ has done. It must give you a great deal of satisfaction to prove God and the Bible wrong. Thanks for enlightening us. Now we can all get off this New Testament kick and get back to our animal sacrifices. Free at last, Bill Mc |
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10 | Propitiation: Forgiveness or Provision? | Eph 3:6 | Bill Mc | 19225 | ||
Lionstrong, Thanks for the clarification. Now I understand. I believe that all sins were forgiven at the cross, both believers' sins and unbelievers' sins. The forgiveness that we HAVE (posess) was provided at the cross (back then). The forgiveness that OT saints experienced from animal sacrifices, was provided at the cross - Heb 9:15. I don't believe that anyone will go to hell because of their sins (breaking God's law). I believe that they will go to hell because of their unbelief in Jesus Christ and what He accomplished. But again, Lionstrong, forgiveness is not salvation. You are not saved by being forgiven. You are not saved by being reconciled. You are saved by the indwelling life of Christ in you - Rom 5:10, Rom 8:9, John 10:10, the new birth, being born again, being made a new creation, all different words for the regeneration that God causes to happen to believers. Salvation is being saved from the wages of sin (death) by the gift of God, eternal life in Jesus Christ - Rom 6:23. Forgiveness of sins was necessary so that we could have ETERNAL life. If your sins were not forgiven, the first time you sinned after the indwelling of God's Spirit, He would have to leave you. But because sins were, and now are, forgiven, He will never leave us or forsake us. And all of this is experienced through faith. God says that it is true, so I believe it. So the defining issue after the cross, despite all our wrangling of words, is not whether we are forgiven or not. The question to be asked is, 'Are you in Adam or in Christ? Are you born again of not? Is Christ's Spirit in you or not? Are you a new creation or not? Are you spiritually dead to God or alive to God through Jesus Christ?' I hope this answers your question. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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11 | Propitiation: Forgiveness or Provision? | Eph 3:6 | Bill Mc | 19210 | ||
Lionstrong, I guess that I don't understand your question. Why do you perceive that my statements are diametrically opposed? I don't see a conflict. So let's let God respond, "...That God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them...therefore...we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God." His words, brother, not mine. Reconciled, Bill Mc |
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12 | Propitiation or Faith? | Eph 3:6 | Bill Mc | 19206 | ||
Lionstrong, God's provision for forgiveness is Christ's redemptive work. God so loved the world (everyone) that He gave His only begotten Son (as propitiation) that whosoever (anyone who chooses) believes in Him (by faith) shall not perish but have eternal life (through Christ's resurrected life in us) All sins, except unbelief in Christ's work, are forgiven because Jesus' blood provides the payment for sins - Heb 9:22. With His blood being shed, Jesus proclaimed that forgiveness, "Father, forgive them..." God provided it. But we must receive it. You can't receive something by faith if you don't believe in it, can you? Let's say you were dying from cancer. But a brilliant doctor finally discovers a cure for cancer and mailed you a letter saying that he was sending you the cure. So he mails you the package with the cure in it. But when you got the letter you said, 'Ridiculous, there is no cure for cancer.' So when the cure arrives at your house (that the doctor provided), you simply throw the box in the trash because you don't believe the doctor's letter. If he was truthful and had discovered the cure, you would die needlessly. Not because the cure wasn't provided but because you hadn't received it by faith. Likewise, God has provided forgiveness and salvation for all men. Forgiveness was provided at the cross by Christ's blood. Salvation is provided by Christ's resurrection, eternal life. But not all men have received it by faith. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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13 | The future of loved pets | Genesis | Bill Mc | 19109 | ||
Dear CDBJ, I'm sorry for the loss of your pet. Pets are usually better companions and more loyal to us that humans are. In fact, all of nature declares God's glory and I think some pets exhibit a facet of the kind of unconditional love for us that our heavenly Father has in abundance. But, unfortunately, we find no references in the scriptures concerning our beloved pets having eternal life (or eternal punishment, either, thank God). The creation account in Genesis does tell us that animals are 'souls' i.e. they have intellect, emotions, and will (ask any pet owner). So they do have one of man's attributes - a living soul. But there is no record of someone's pet entering eternal life. Are there animals in heaven? Well, there certainly appear to be. But there is no indication that I have found that they were once beloved pets. There are some really strange sounding creatures around the throne. Are these representative of other 'alien' races that God has created, but never fell? I don't know. We just don't have much info here. I'm not saying the following as an easy fix. There is no easy fix to the death that all creation is subjected to. It is all part of the original curse. But what I can tell you is that though you grieve now, in heaven you will have no need for or even miss your pets. God will wipe away all our tears and He will finally be all in all. I'm not trying to be insensitive to your pain here. I know it hurts. But you have to admit, CDBJ, that it is better to have loved and lost than never to have been loved at all. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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14 | How can i keep my faith running on high? | Rom 10:17 | Bill Mc | 18610 | ||
Dear Kent, Yes, Satan can sometimes have a field day (or week, year, etc.) with us. But, my friend, the secret to the Christian life is not the amount of your faith. The secret is WHO your faith is in. Faith is only the conduit by which we access the power of Christ. Faith, by its very nature, requires an object. Everyone has faith in someone or something. The object of the Christian faith is not faith, but Christ. It is believing what God says is true. Faith is accepting God's viewpoint no matter what we may think, feel, or want. Christians put their faith totally in Jesus Christ - what He accomplished and what He will continue to do through us as His body. Satan was defeated at the cross by Christ. His major weapon, death, was taken away from him. Christ came to give us LIFE and life more abundant. So, Kent, you, by yourself, can never put Satan under your feet. But we can go to Christ as our head and He ever lives to make intercession for us. Satan will accuse us, not only to ourselves, but to God. But for the Christian, there is no condemnation because the Spirit of life in Jesus Christ has set us free from the law of sin and death. Brother, its not our faith that needs to be renewed, its our minds. And this is done through the work of the Holy Spirit taking the things of Christ (in the Bible) and making them known to us. This 'known' is not just an intellectual knowledge, it is an intimate knowledge. It is believing Christ at His word and knowing that you know. Faith is merely the means by which we accept it because we can't sense it or see it. I pray this helps you. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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15 | how do we receive all the blessing:ch.28 | Deuteronomy | Bill Mc | 18587 | ||
Dear sandeep, The short answer is, "You don't." Those blessings were for Israel, along with the curses. If you want blessings as a believer in Christ, here are a few: Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Phil 4:19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 2 Pet 1:3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. How's those for blessings? Especially 2 Pet 1:3 -If we are in Christ, God has granted to us EVERYTHING we need for life and godliness. Can't beat that! Israel was never IN CHRIST. We, as the body of Christ, are. You don't need to go searching the Old Testament for blessings. Search the limitless knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and His love for you. Blessed in Christ, Bill Mc |
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16 | When was Saul of Tarsus saved? | Heb 9:22 | Bill Mc | 18191 | ||
Dear DLD, I believe that Paul's sins, along with the sins of the world were forgiven at the cross. This is where the once-for-all sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins was made. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not holding men's trespasses against them 2 Cor 5:19. I believe that Paul RECEIVED this forgiveness that Christ provided at Ananias' house when Paul received the Holy Spirit - Acts 9:17; Rom 8:9. Everyone's sins (acts of wrong doing) were forgiven at the cross. But, as you know, we need to receive it by faith. It is the same way with salvation. God provided salvation for the whole world at the cross but not everyone has received it. As it was with Paul, it is with us. When we, as sinners, come to God and confess that we've sinned, God is faithful and just to forgive us (because of Christ's sacrifice) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness - 1 John 1:9. If there was any more forgiveness to be provided for you (or Paul), according to Heb 9:22, Jesus would have to shed His blood again. Obviously, that is not going to happen. I pray that this has answered your question. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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17 | Doctrine of Election, Yes or No? | Eph 3:6 | Bill Mc | 18124 | ||
Dear kiss, The doctrine of election is NOT that God has elected some people and not others. It does not concern the you's and me's but, rather, the Jews and Gentiles. Does God know who will respond to His offer of salvation? Yes. But He also says the whosoever will may come. The doctrine of election means that God has predistined that the Gentiles would come to God and be conformed to Christ's image the same way that the Jews would - by faith. See these scriptures: Romans 9 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, 4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. 5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen. 6 It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." 8 In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring. John 1 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- Romans 1 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. Ephesians 1 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- 11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, Ephesians 2 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)-- 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. Ephesians 3 2 Surely you have heard about the administration of God's grace that was given to me for you, 3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. 4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5 which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. 6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 4 4 There is one body and one Spirit-- just as you were called to one hope when you were called 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Romans 8 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. Ephesians 3 6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. I pray that this helps you. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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18 | Please explain. | Rom 8:16 | Bill Mc | 18072 | ||
Hi Delaro, God's Holy Spirit comes to indwell the believer at salvation - John 7:39; Rom 8:9,11; 1 Cor 3:16; 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Tim 1:14. When we become believers by putting or faith and trust in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is joined to our human spirit - 1 Cor 6:17. Therefore one of the things that the indwelling Spirit of God does is to give the believer the assurance that he, indeed, is a child of God - Rom 8:14; Gal 3:26; Gal 4:6,7; 1 John 3:1,2. And, accordingly, He does that by illuminating the above verses to our hearts. I pray this answers your question. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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19 | Where did our souls come from? | Bible general Archive 1 | Bill Mc | 18055 | ||
Dear BillyK, The Bible does not give clear, concise definitions of soul and spirit. Sometimes the terms are used interchangeably. Sometimes there seems to be a distinction. So, the best we can do is to research the scriptures and decide for ourselves what we believe. Tim has a very valid view and his opinion has merit. My view is slightly different but I think that it also has merit. Here is what I believe about Gen 2:7: We know that God created the plants and animals before man. As I understand it, these animals were called creatures and had what we would call souls, Hebrew word nephesh. This means that they had intellect, will, and emotions - behavior to varying degrees depending the the complexity of the creature. God created man with an animal body and a soul (behavior) but according to Gen 2:7, I believe that God, at man's creation, breathed His divine life (Spirit) into him. This made him a 'living' - alive to God - soul. So, not only did man have a body and soul (like the animals) but God gave man His life essence so that man could respond to God with love and fellowship. The animal world does not share this attribute. They have no spirits and cannot relate to God. When man sinned, this part of him, his spirit died to God. What I mean by this is that God withdrew His divine life from man the day that Adam and Eve disobeyed and they spiritually died. Thankfully, through our Lord's life, death, burial and resurrection, God can once again restore His divine life to His creation. This is why the NT often says that we, as believers, have been made alive to God - Rom 6:11; Rom 8:10; 1 Cor 15:22; Eph 2:5 and Col 2:13 - 'When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,' This 'new man' - the new creation in Christ - is created in righteousness and holiness - Eph 4:24. So our spirits are once again united with God's Spirit and alive to God, and, per my interpretation, man can, once again, be a 'living soul' with God's Spirit and life inhabiting him. Note: this is only my opinion so I, obviously, cannot support this with specific scriptures other than what I have shared. A new creation in Christ, Bill Mc |
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20 | Possible Lockman Forum Improvements #2 | Bible general Archive 1 | Bill Mc | 17986 | ||
Sir Pent, your solution sounds reasonable and beneficial. I think number 1 is a good idea. I think number 2 is a great idea - stick with the subject at hand as much as possible. (Could I do this? I'm willing to try.) I don't mind if certain people want to get on the forum and discuss Armenianism and Calvinism but I think that there is a time and a place for it. It could be made a primary question (already is to a certain extent) and post all relative arguments pro and con there. Then post a "for further explanation, search for 'Armenianism/Calvanism' to the right." That would go a long way to keep the posts on the topic. And lastly, I think number 3 is an excellent idea. Those who may be new believers or seekers or even skeptics need to see us united on the essentials. (Of course, then some want to argue as to what the essentials consist of :)) I would be willing to follow this guidelines. Thanks for your thought and consideration, Sir Pent. In Him, Bill MC |
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