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1 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198439 | ||
Greetings Brother! The Lord Himself, in His instructions on prayer directed that one ask for forgiveness. Matthew 6:12 (NASB) And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Luke 11:4 (NASB) And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation. How can it be that it would be an insult to Him to then ask Him? Asking for forgiveness of sin is in fact confessing you have sinned is it not? Steve |
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2 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198456 | ||
Greetings Brother, If God were insulted, it would be by the sin and I would think never by the repentant heart seeking to restore a right relationship with him and asking for forgiveness. I find no biblical support the Lords instructions on prayer found in Matthew 6:12 and Luke 11:4 are applicable only until His death and resurrection and/or limited to a period of time. It is interesting that if the Lord intended Matthew 6:12 to be limited in it's application that he would comment even further in verses 14 and 15 and that we would find this teaching elsewhere (Mark 11:25; Luke 6:37; Ephesians 4:32; Col. 3:13; Matthew 18:35; James 2:13). Steve |
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3 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198476 | ||
Greetings Dr. Steeno, And welcome to the Study Bible Forum... And to your question, Absolutely! I for one firmly believe it to be true! And you? Steve |
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4 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198626 | ||
Greetings again Dr. Steeno! Sorry for the delay in responding. Long days on the job I have been so blessed to have! You said "Why would one have to ask for what they already have?" From scripture we clearly see there is a need to! For the Lord Himself said ""Pray, then, in this way..."(Matthew 9 NASB) ... "And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." (Matthew 9:12 NASB). And in Luke 11:4 (NASB) "And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us..." It must be noted, the Lords instruction is not instructing one to pray for salvation. This is instruction for a child of God "Our Father who is in heaven ... (Matthew 6:9). Again, from scripture (1 John 1:8, Romans 7:14-25, ) we know we still sin! In 1 John 1:9 if there is need to confess our sin there is need for forgiveness. Again, 1 John 2:1 (NASB) "...And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous". John 13:10 (NASB) "Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean..." Clearly, a Christian can and does still sin! If we have been born again, our salvation secured (Which I believe by the way), why then would we need to seek forgiveness when we continue to stumble and sin? As I understand it, we can stay right there in 1 John 1 to get a good idea of why? 1 John 1:5-7 (NASB) 1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. In Him there is no darkness! 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 1:7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. Note in verse 6 the claim to fellowship and what it is we do not practice (Truth) when we "yet walk in the darkness". Ah, "but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship" with Him! What fellowship has light with darkness? I hope this helps clear up anything I may have confused you on! Steve |
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5 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198647 | ||
Steeno, Where do we go from here? I find it pointless and meaningless and even dangerous to think we can honor God and edify one another with the opinions of man. I have no desire to argue over God's word. He is HOLY (1 Peter 1:15-16)! And His word is TRUTH (John 17:17)! It is not mine to lord over nor claim authority over. I have given you my understanding based on His word. In return you offer the opinions of man with no Scripture reference for edification. Read again! I offered much more then one verse in which you accuse me of "hanging" my "hat" on. Am I the one who has thrown out "a whole slew of other passages"? It is an interesting thing in light of what has been written in this discussion that you would accuse me of these things. Most are familiar with 2 Timothy 3:16 which says "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness" (NASB) But it should never be missed the importance of verse 17! 2 Timothy 3:17 (NASB) "so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." Steve |
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6 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198653 | ||
Amen Brother John! Just thinking out loud here..., His forgiveness glorifies Him! It shouts to the world the depth of His love and compassion for His creation and mercy over His people. It shouts to the world His sovereign abundant grace is not equal to mankind's sin, oh no, but rather more then enough! It renders evil defenseless, for what argument does it have if He says, regardless, I have paid the debt, you have no rule over them for they are no longer a slave to you, they are Mine! I will redeem them, I set them free! For my namesake, to my glory I forgive them! Ah the joy of His forgiveness and to the glory of God! Steve |
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7 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198654 | ||
Thanks for the encouragement Brother! By His Grace, Steve |
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8 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198704 | ||
For a little biblical perspective on the matter, see Deuteronomy 8:4, Matthew 4:4 and Isaiah 55:8-9. Steve |
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9 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198737 | ||
Steeno, Perhaps it is your cryptic way of discussing scripture. The intent of this forum is for bible study not controversy. We are not interested in the philosophies of men! We need only look at the world today and see where that gets us! Enough is enough! Steve |
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10 | PRESERVATION is it true? | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 199375 | ||
Greetings budderfligh! Not to worry! Many times people will stop in and not take the time to read the Terms of Use. The age thing is one of the hard ones because no one wants to discourage them. However, our host has their reasons and from what has been seen from most underage posters I would have to agree it's a good idea. I can understand your position! I get excited when anyone seeks to study the word! Regardless of their age! :-) You did great by encouraging them and urging them to press on! Praise God and may He bless your ministry that He will be glorified to many! Steve |
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11 | Anything asked will be given | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 202341 | ||
Ian, It seems to me the key to your understanding this is "faith". So let me ask you this. What is your "faith" in if you are praying for something that is not in God's will? Our faith in ourselves is useless! The faith spoken of is not if you have enough faith i.e. believing you can heal the sick and/or move the mountian just because you believe you can. Faith in God is the only faith of any value! The below is taken from http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Gods-Attributes/The-Sovereignty-of-God/ God is sovereign over the entire universe: Ps 103:19; Rom 8:28; Eph 1:11 God is sovereign over all of nature: Ps 135:6-7; Mt 5:45; 6:25-30 God is sovereign over angels and Satan: Ps 103:20-21; Job 1:12 God is sovereign over nations: Ps 47:7-9; Dan 2:20-21; 4:34-35 God is sovereign over human beings: 1 Sam 2:6-7; Gal 1:15-16 God is sovereign over animals: Ps 104:21-30; 1 Ki 17:4-6 God is sovereign over "accidents": Pr 16:33; Jon 1:7; Mt 10:29 God is sovereign over free acts of men: Ex 3:21; 12:25-36; Ez 7:27 God is sovereign over sinful acts of men and Satan: 2 Sam 24:1; 1 Chr 21:1; Gen 45:5; 50:20 "It is not merely that God has the power and right to govern all things but that He does so always and without exception." - John Piper Steve |
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12 | Anything asked will be given | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 202349 | ||
Ian, The "traditional safety clause" as you put it that I use is the word of God as revealed. I'm good with using that and that alone! If you need more then that good luck! Also, what does and does not hold water with unbelievers is irrelevant to the truth. Certainly we are not to gauge our understanding of truth nor how it is taught based on those who are blinded to it. If it has become personalized to you then it is due to your struggle with God's word not me. This by the way is evident by the rejection of what is clearly revealed in the context of the passage you speak of. Way else would one struggle with this? Because they choose to pull a phrase from one scripture and exclude the context. This will always lead to a struggle in our understanding His word because we start assuming and making it up as we go! This holds true for Colin as well! Simply look at the false teachings run amuck in the church today. So much of it is because of this very reason. Steve |
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13 | a personal relationship with god | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 202461 | ||
Ah, but your recommendation is a good one! Steve |
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14 | Specify religion Jesus Christ an angel. | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 203379 | ||
Sorry, in my hast I said vial and I should have said vile. Sorry about that! Hope that clears it up :-) | ||||||
15 | Specify religion Jesus Christ an angel. | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 203384 | ||
That's funny! And I must report, that was not the worst mistake just the most recent :-) |
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16 | Acts 13:1 | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 203834 | ||
Jamison, As you search this out, here is a brief Christian orthodox view by Ra McLaughlin of the subject at hand. "The Bible uses different language in different places to describe what happens to us when we die. Often it refers to death as 'sleep' (e.g. Psalms 13:3; John 11:11-14; Acts 13:36; 1 Corinthians 11:30; 15:6,18,20,51; Ephesians 5:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15; 5:10) -- this is the regular way Kings and Chronicles refer to the deaths of kings. In all these cases, 'sleep' is simply a euphemism for 'death.' It is not to be taken literally, as if it indicated 'soul sleep.'" "John 11:11-14 provides a good example of 'sleep' as 'death' rather than as 'soul sleep.' When the disciples misunderstood Jesus' reference to Lazarus' death as 'sleep,' he corrected them not by saying that Lazarus soul was asleep, but rather by stating that Lazarus was dead." "One of the more confusing passages in this regard is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, where Paul speaks of the dead in Christ as being asleep, and as rising only when Christ returns. This may at first give the impression that they are rising from sleep when Christ returns, and that prior to that they are not with him. However, 'rise' (from the Greek anistemi) is not the normal word the Bible uses to describe those who cease to sleep -- 'awake' is. 'Rise' generally refers to the simple act of standing up, but it also refers frequently to the general resurrection when our bodies will rise from the grave (Mark 9:9; 9:10; 12:25; Luke 16:31; 24:46; John 20:9; Acts 10:41; 13:43; 17:3,31). In these cases, the point is not that our souls wake up or rise, but that our bodies do. This being the background of the language of 'rising' (anistemi) in the church, the Thessalonian church would have understood 'rise' (anistemi) in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 to refer to the bodily resurrection, not to awaking from soul sleep." "There is no explicit teaching in Scripture that outlines any doctrine of 'soul sleep,' but it is an inference drawn from the metaphor/euphemism of death as 'sleep.' The Bible does explicitly teach, however, that our souls are immediately present with the Lord upon our deaths. For example, Jesus told the thief on the cross that the thief would be with him that day in paradise (Luke 23:43). Further, Paul explicitly taught that to be absent from the body was to be present with the Lord -- he mentioned no third alternative such as soul sleep (2 Corinthians 5:6-9). Moreover, we have actual examples of people who died but did not experience soul sleep: Moses and Elijah (Matthew 17:3; Mark 9:4; Luke 9:30-31); perhaps Samuel (1 Samuel 28:3-20); and of course Jesus himself (e.g. Luke 23:43). Some would add the debatable example of Abraham, Lazarus and the rich man in the parable of Luke 16:19-31." "When we die, it is fair to speak of us 'sleeping' insofar as we are no longer walking the earth, and insofar as our bodies are not active. In our sleep of death, however, we are conscious and active in the presence of Christ." --Ra McLaughlin Steve |
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17 | No last names of people - why not? | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 204899 | ||
LVK, You ask was there any suggestions in dealing with this? Yes, there is! Listen to them!!! They are in your face as you say because they love you! Interesting how you view them isn't it? You view them as a problem and they view you as someone that does not have what they have and they want to share it with you. Why? Because they have been touched by God! They know intimately the peace and joy they have in their relationship with their Creator! They want you to have this also!!! You said “I'm not a born again Christian”. I understand the difficulty for you then with those in your face as you put it. This is a good thing actually! It's because your not at peace with where you are now (i.e. spiritually dead in your trespasses and sin). Your tormented and every born again believer knows that because they too were there at one time. Romans 3:23 says we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. In Romans 6:23 we see the wages of sin is death. And we also see that the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. NOTE THAT IT IS FREE! And this free gift IS eternal life IN Christ Jesus our Lord! Romans 5:8 teaches us that God proved His love for us because Christ died for us while we were sinners. He did something for you that you never could nor ever will be able to do for yourself. It had to be done because of what you did, not what he did. You sinned! Yet you are His creation and He loves you. So He took your place and paid your debt that you might be saved! And now He waits for you to acknowledge that and turn from you sin and come to Him. Remember, He offers it freely to you! Romans 10:9-11 (NASB) 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." Steve |
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18 | Creeds and Confessions Needful? | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 205879 | ||
Praise God! |
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19 | Debating on the word with atheist | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208321 | ||
Greetings sapian59, Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! One good site with lots of info on Apologetics is the CARM web site http://www.carm.org/ There is a section on this site called Bible Difficulties that might help you in the area you are asking about. Something to keep in mind! Your enemy is very clever! Your foe is blind! Both fear and hate the truth! But you, You have the truth of God's word. Stand firm in it and do not be deceived! Many if not most of the time one will try and present you with questions and/or statements cleverly devised to trip you up. Consider the questions/statements, evaluate it with the clear teaching of scripture, then stay with what the scripture says. Many times a Christian will feel like they have to respond and answer every silly question someone has. But they need only speak what God's word actually says! Let the non believer wrestle with it. In other words, when you present them with God's word, they will try and lead the conversation as far from the truth as possible. Refuse to move from it! Also, keep in mind 1 Corinthians 2:14 (NASB) "But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised." Keep this in mind and don't find yourself at a place where you are trying to convince them. By that I mean trust in God's word and the power of the Holy Spirit not your own abilities to convince. If the natural man is to ever accept the things of God, God Himself will have to intercede (1 Corinthians 2:11-13). One last thought! Isaiah 55:11 (NASB) "So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." God bless, Steve |
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20 | Debating on the word with atheist | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 208408 | ||
Greetings Sapian, Considering your recent experience, I thought you might like this quote from the Bible Knowledge Commentary in reference to 1 Corinthians 2:14 "Like a deaf critic of Bach or a blind critic of Raphael is the unregenerate critic of God’s Word."—Bible Knowledge Commentary Steve |
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