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1 | Where is the Cross? | Matt 16:24 | City not deserted | 58101 | ||
Thank you for the challenge Brother (or sister) . I bear wittness to it and accept it. Let me encourage you that you are not the only one experiencing this mighty Call of our Lord. May all who experience the tug to fullness in Chrsit Pursue him for all they are and carry there cross through every temptation and Joy. Nothing can stand in the way of the pursuit of fullness. Luke 11:9 So I say to you, Ask and [Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation: The idea of continuing or repeated action is often carried by the present imperative and present participles in Greek.] keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on knocking and the door shall be opened to you. Love you Brother (or sister), Matt |
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2 | Where is the Cross? | Matt 16:24 | City not deserted | 58100 | ||
Thank you for the challenge Brother (or sister) . I bear wittness to it and accept it. Let me encourage you that you are not the only one feeing this mighty Call of our Lord. May all who feel the tug to fullness in Chrsit Pursue him for all they are and carry there cross through every temptation and Joy. Nothing can stand in the way of the pursuit of fullness. Luke 11:9 So I say to you, Ask and [Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation: The idea of continuing or repeated action is often carried by the present imperative and present participles in Greek.] keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on knocking and the door shall be opened to you. Love you Brother (or sister), Matt |
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3 | Do you have to go to church and on sun.? | Heb 10:25 | City not deserted | 58023 | ||
Hank, Thanks for your response. I appreciate your thoughts. When I look at this verse - Romans 12 Living Sacrifices 1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual[1] act of worship. It speaks to me of a life given up to God. Sacrificing all that I am to the Lord. And Paul clearly says that this is worship to the Lord. You Wrote - If I should see you before or after worship services, greet you, shake hands with you, and chat with you, this is a form of fellowship, but not worship in any sense. I think It is worship. You didn't have to shake my hand or chat with me, It is Christ within you compelling you to fellowship, and as you are obediant to that God is glorified and worshiped through your actions. That is how i see it. I hope this might encourage you. May Christ dwell in you richly. Matt |
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4 | Do you have to go to church and on sun.? | Heb 10:25 | City not deserted | 57959 | ||
Brother Hank, Thank you for your thoughts. I am interested to know what what you feel the difference is between Corporate worship and Christian Fellowship? I am not setting you up for anything I am not like that, I am just truly curious as to your thoughts or anyones for that matter on the difference between these two things. Bless you Brother! Matt |
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5 | Do you have to go to church and on sun.? | Heb 10:25 | City not deserted | 57935 | ||
"We are dazzled by the brilliance of your answer, but..." First of all if you feel your sarcasm is appreciated or makes you look good, you are sorley mistaken. It demeans our brother Packer and is not mature or productive in any way that I can see. You Wrote- One person alone (singular) is NOT the church. The church is corporate. The church is the body of believers (plural). Playing word games will not change the truth of the Word One person may not be the coorperate Church, but one person is a joint and part of the cooperate Body of Christ as well as represents the Body of Christ to others. If we are limited to using Church only in the context of the body in it's entirity our vocabulary is in need of an extreme overhaul. You wrote- "On the other hand, on Sunday or Wednesday or whenever the local assembly meets, it normally meets at the church building. It does not meet weekly at the golf course, the lake, or the ballgame." I completely disagree with this statement! If you are part of the body of Christ and you go golfing with your Brother in Christ. IT IS CHURCH. Packer is right on. If we are the church how can we escape church activity??? Everything I do as a believer represents My Lord and is directly part of his buisness or His body's (church) activity. Mowing my yard is a church activity because I do not leave the Lord out of it. Church (Activity in the body of Christ) is going on all over this world at all times on Golf Courses at the Lake at ballgames and at my house on a monday night. I try and assemble with my brothers and sisters every chance I get. And it doesn't matter where I am or what I am doing. It is Church. No wonder so many people I know are fed up with people acting one way at the "Church Building" and differently in the work place. Because man brought seperation to Church and Life. Church is my life. Matthew 18:20 For wherever two or three are gathered (drawn together as My followers) in (into) My name, there I AM in the midst of them. |
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6 | Is church membership required? | Heb 10:25 | City not deserted | 57927 | ||
Then how is it that usually after someone gets saved or has attended a local body for some time the are encouraged to take a class and become a member of the church? When they accepted Christ did they not enter into his body already? This is what i was talking about in my first post that you responded to in the first place. This is the mindset I was saying needed to be destroyed. |
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7 | Is church membership required? | Heb 10:25 | City not deserted | 57921 | ||
I am not argueing the need to gather with fellow brothers and sisters in the lord. It is essential and Gods desire that we meet and Love and encourage and edify each other and worship the Lord together. "It is only in the context of the local assembly that these things can most effectively take place." Please be more specific about this statement. Do you mean in a building were there is order of service and a pulpit and a pastor? Or do you simply mean when you are with your brothers and Sisters in the Lord? Also you still have not adressed the issue I bring up of Man being qualified to accept people into the body of Christ. |
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8 | Is church membership required? | Heb 10:25 | City not deserted | 57914 | ||
Kalos, I am sorry if you feel Man has the right to offer membership into the body of Christ. If this is not how you feel somewhere we have our wires crossed and I am willing to figure that out. Bless you brother. |
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9 | Is church membership required? | Heb 10:25 | City not deserted | 57913 | ||
Ken, That is a good question, and has got me thinking. These are my thoughts and I am not firm one way or the other so if someone has some scripture concerning this I would love to see it. Anyway, It seems to me that as God is our creator and he made us with the purpose of being his "Holy Temple" Saved or unsaved it seems that we will be that temple even as bad as some may abuse it. Then again I just ran across this verse Ephesians 2:19 Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God's own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God's [own] household. So this seems pretty clear that when you enter into the kingdon THEN you become part of his household. Unless being his temple and being part of his household is different. ;) |
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10 | Is church membership required? | Heb 10:25 | City not deserted | 57908 | ||
Kalos, It would probobly be easier and much more graceful to just ask me for some scripture to back up what I said, Just for future refrence your statement came off a little rude. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God's temple (His sanctuary), and that God's Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you [to be at home in you, [Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Holy Bible.] collectively as a church and also individually]? 1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own, 2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement [can there be between] a temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in and with and among them and will walk in and with and among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. |
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11 | Are we prepared? | Rev 19:7 | City not deserted | 57883 | ||
I am actually not talking about salvation. That is not the issue I was bringing up. I was asking about the state the church (bride) is required to be in before she is ready to be wed. I realize that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, but I don't read anywhere where it states - All continue to sin and Fall short...etc.. In fact everywhere I look in Paul's inspired writings is pointing to a perfection to be had. Not a perfection that we attain, but a perfection that comes with true intimate knowledge and love with the trinity. And with an obediance to the Fathers commands. Many of us have settled on "I'm just waiting for Jesus to come" When He is waiting on a pure and holy bride to come forth from the ashes of humanism. Ephesians 4 13[That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [[1] full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him. Everyone is looking to the world to see how close we are to the Lords Return... I am looking at the state of his body, and I say Brothers and Sister -We have a long way to go. Even so Come Lord Jesus. |
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12 | what I want to know is it mental consent | Gen 12:1 | City not deserted | 57652 | ||
James 2 19Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder. |
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13 | oops! another question :) | Bible general Archive 1 | City not deserted | 57362 | ||
Yes I believe our Lord did make that statement. I believe he was actually talking about the enemy when he said that, but I believe it goes both ways. It is a bitter pill for the church to swallow, but for the Bride to become spotless and glorious it must be understood and action must be taken to unify the body of Christ. 17You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Rec 3:17-18 I actually found out that the Eyesalve he is talking about there is more like a plaster that would harden on your eyes and cause you to not be able to see physically whatsoever... |
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14 | oops! another question :) | Bible general Archive 1 | City not deserted | 57285 | ||
If you follow the history of Denominations it seems that most of them start out with some authentic move of God, but how quickly people set up camp around that move or revelation or manifistation that the lord gives them. It seems that they start worshiping the very thing God has given them instead of continuing on in the worship of the Lord himself. When the lord moves on only a small remnant that truly longs for him comes forth while the rest have built alters around there beliefs and doctrines. And then time does it's ugly work and forms inaccurate mindsets and traditions through generations of denominational teaching. Then as the lord moves in the small remnant they all to soon have to make the same chioce of moving or setting up a new denomination (which the root word is division...no suprise eh?) | ||||||
15 | Does this apply? | Col 3:11 | City not deserted | 56595 | ||
Searcher, Thanks for taking he time to answer this question. I work at the headquarters of a certain Pentecostal Denomination, and it seems they definitely seperate themselves from everyone else by certain issues and mindsets. It is truly sad and I feel it is major loss of power within the Body of Christ, I guess it just frustrates me that I am tied to these people through Christ, yet they choose to seperate themselves. I have temptation to seperate myself from them, But the Lord will not allow it. I long for the day that ALL of the People who love Christ would come together in unity. Surely then we would be closer to a beautiful spotless bride worth coming back for. |
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