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1 | when will the rapture take place | NT general Archive 1 | Jeff W | 141564 | ||
Hello Mark, I do not believe that this is a question of what I believe nor of what anyone else believes. This is a matter of what the bible clearly states. If you notice in all the popular rapture verses: 1 Thess 4:1-17, and 1 Cor 15:51-52, and also Matthew 24:29-31 clearly define a certain timeframe: at the last trump. The trumpet shall sound. This is a definite clue as to when the "rapture" will happen. This is from the bible only, not me, nor commentary. This is elementary. The only reason we are told to watch and be READY is because anything can happen to us at any time. This is not evidence of some sneaky thing happening. Besides those who are in Christ will not be overtaken as a thief 2 Thess 5:4. Let's stick with the bible, and let the Holy Spirit reveal the truth to our hearts. God Bless you Jeff W |
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2 | WHERE are they taken? | Luke 17:36 | Jeff W | 140984 | ||
Hello Tim This sounds good to me. Justified in a sense of being right in what one is doing. Happy New Years to you too God Bless you Jeff W |
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3 | How can anyone be saved? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Jeff W | 140981 | ||
Hello Kalos, I could get into quite a discussion about the translation committee, led by Wescott and Hort, who were arrogant enough to re write the Greek text and now it is known the Wescott and Hort text, where most of the modern translations are translated from, but I won't. I am a KJV man only. I believe the Holy Spirit reveals the Word to us, it has little if anything to do with our wisdom. I used to use 10-20 bibles at our bible studies, but found that my choice of which verses sounded good to me was the interpretation I would put on it, so consquently I use KJV and rely on the Holy Spirit, and interactive studies like these to reveal what God wants for me at the time. The important thing to realize is that we must walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit, just like Paul wrote in Col. 2:6 and John wrote in 1 John 2:6. Funny, they are both the same verse number.:) God Bless you Jeff W |
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4 | WHERE are they taken? | Luke 17:36 | Jeff W | 140980 | ||
Hello Kalos, Thank you for sharing. There are three verses that many skeptics will use to prove that the bible contradicts itself: Romans 3:28 Galatians 2:16 James 2:24. These verse seem like they do contradict each other to the eye of the flesh, but from a Christian standpoint you and I know the bible does not contradict itself. We also know and can agree that our good works cannot "save" us, but the whole context of Ephesians 2:8-10 is capped by verse 10 which balances out the statement that we are "saved" by grace alone. We are created to do good works, but in our flesh we cannot do these. it takes something foreign to our human nature to give ue the desire to do good, and that is the gospel. When I see Jesus on the cross, dying for my sins, this causes me to want to do what is right, and this is where convictions come from, through the Holy Spirit of course. This is also why Paul wrote that the cross is the power of God. 1 Cor 1:18. The power that eminates from the cross is the convicting power of the Spirit which causes us to obey. Romans 1:5 tells us that grace was given for obedience, and God's grace is manifested at the cross which is the power, and the gospel. God Bless you Jeff W |
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5 | when will the rapture take place | NT general Archive 1 | Jeff W | 140978 | ||
Hello Edb I do believe you are one of His people, I know I am. I also know that all those who are walking in Christ's righteousness will be found written in the book. To base the pre-trib rapture on this is pretty slim, especially with all the proof pointing to post trib. God Bless you Jeff W |
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6 | WHERE are they taken? | Luke 17:36 | Jeff W | 140976 | ||
Hello EdB You said "Too, many are trying to sell the idea we can live like hell itself and still be sons and daughters of a Holy and Righeous God." I'm sure glad somebody noticed.:) I belive this is the reason the church is in such a condition, too many professors are buried alive under water, and are still living after the flesh and arguing that this is a Christian walk. God Bless you Jeff W |
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7 | WHERE are they taken? | Luke 17:36 | Jeff W | 140947 | ||
Hello' I tend to take what the bible states literally on many issues, except prophecy of course. And when James states that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only, well I believe what he wrote through inspiration before I would hear some modern day commentary. Primitive Godliness is what we desperately need today, but I will probably get an arguement about that too, like almost all my posts into this forum. I can't believe how someone can twist what someone else states and make it say the complete opposite. I am not accusing anyone, but we all must have the love of Jesus in order to get along, and if we cannot agree, and get along here how can we be together in the hereafter? Even when I totally agree with what someone states I get an argument. This is not 1 Cor 1:10 God Bless you Jeff W |
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8 | when will the rapture take place | NT general Archive 1 | Jeff W | 140945 | ||
Hello, I have been looking all over for this post. I'm not very knowlegable in this forum yet. Check out this verse again: "and thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book." Are the Jews the only ones who are found written in the book? God Bless you Jeff W |
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9 | How can anyone be saved? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Jeff W | 140944 | ||
Hello, It seems like no matter what I write in this forum, even if I agree totally I always get an arguement. I am not here to argue, nor to show how much I know. I know nothing except what the Lord has revealed through me. Romans 16:26 tells us that we were given the gospel, which is the message of calvary, FOR OBEDIENCE, this is plain english to me, it doesn't need any commentary. I know we have to obey God and all His commandments, but our obedience will not save us, only the grace of God, at the judgement, when He dismisses our case. This is what "saves" us. In you opinion what is the gospel? 1 Cor 15:1-4 gives us a good idea, but where is Paul going with this? What does it mean that Christ died for our sins? Does this take away from our obligation to obey God's laws? Just because we break a law does that do away with it? If you went in front of a judge and he dismissed your case you have just been saved by grace, but what happened to that law? If you are going to quote a verse use the whole thing, Romans 8:1 ends with "who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit." This is a very important piece of information that BTW has been left out of the modern translations. God Bless you Jeff W |
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10 | Will sin enter heaven? | Rev 21:17 | Jeff W | 140884 | ||
Hello Nic, I think you might have me mixed up with someone else, because I agree with you 100 percent. We must obey the law. There are some here that are writing and telling me we do not. Jesus did come to fulfill the law, but who really understands what this means. It seams like you have a good grasp on that principle. In matthew 5, the sermon on the mount, Jesus magnified the law, and this is what I believe He meant when He said He came to fulfill the law verse 17-18. But when we read juat after that context, starting verse 21 He states "ye have heard. . ." verse 22 He states "But I say unto yo. . ." again in verses 27-28 also 31-32 also 33-34 also 38-39 also 42-43. When the Holy Spirit revealed this to me it was like scales falling from my eyes. I always known that obedience is the fruit of faith, and it is necessary for salvation, but when this proof text hit me in the face I was over joyed. Jesus not only reiterated what was, and has been from the beginning, He made it more, He magnified them to give us a better grasp on what it means to love God with all our heart, and our neighbour as ourselves. God Bless you Jeff W |
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11 | WHERE are they taken? | Luke 17:36 | Jeff W | 140882 | ||
Hello Tim I have had the priviledge to study with many people with many diverse opinions about doctrine, and one of the most widely used excuses for not having to obey is: "there's none righteous" so we don't need obedience. I have been to many different denominational discourses, and there are whole denominations that believe something similar to this. Another one is: "the law was 'nailed to the cross'", so we don't have to obey it, and they use Colossians 2:14 which is way out of context for their erroneous views. To say we don't need obedience for salvation is cutting it close there Tim. The book of James, which BTW Martin Luther wanted to remove it from sacred scripture, gives us some statements that sound pretty contradictory to all of Paul's writings, but while we are in Christ He gives us great understanding about what Paul writes in Romans 3:20 and Galatians 2:16 compared to James 2:21-24. I believe that we are not "saved" by our works but we can sure be lost without them. God Bless you Jeff W |
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12 | what will happen to isreal and palistine | Ezek 38:11 | Jeff W | 140881 | ||
Hello, From these verse where does one get all the ideas that Israel is the nation that will be doing all the things that are supposed to happen. The temple being destroyed, and rebuilt. The seven year "tribulation" period. The anti-christ (counterfeit)? I read more about Babylon in Revelation than any other kingdom. God Bless you Jeff W |
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13 | Will sin enter heaven? | Rev 21:17 | Jeff W | 140880 | ||
Hello Tim, I like this explaination. I have never stated that we will never sin, but when we are sanctified we are walking in Christ's righteousness, but if we backslide, and fall into willfull sin again we need to be justified and walk in sanctification again. Paul puts it very well in 2 Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." Every step of the way, when we are in Christ we are fully sanctified, walking in all the light that the Lord has shed on our path, just like the blade and the ear and the mature grain in the ear, it's perfect every step of the way. God Bless you Jeff W |
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14 | Will sin enter heaven? | Rev 21:17 | Jeff W | 140879 | ||
Hello You asked: "What (SPECIFIC) scripture tells us that we must KEEP the law?" Jesus stated in John 14:15 very plainly (Specific): "If you love me keep my commandments." You asked: "What (SPECIFIC) scripture tells us that we will STOP sinning (this side of heaven)?" Jesus stated, not me (Specific): "Go, and sin no more. . ." John 8:11 5:14 These are plainly stated verses from our Lord and Saviour. They do not need any explaination, nor commentary by a theologian with a phd. I ask you where does it state in the scripture that we do not have to keep the law? You gave me Romans 1:5, one of my favorite verses, What do we have to obey? I do believe that I asked the original question: "Will sin enter heaven?" Nobody has answered that yet. God Bless you Jeff W |
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15 | Will sin enter heaven? | Rev 21:17 | Jeff W | 140798 | ||
Hello, Your question was; you wanted me to give you scripture that tells us that we must obey. I believe I gave you plenty of refernces of the hundreds there are that tell us we must obey God. I do not know what you mean by spiritual ping pong, but the doctrinal principles involved in this issue are a matter of salvation or not. I asked you to send me one verse that tells us we do not have to obey God. Am I missing something here? BTW I love to share Jesus with all who desire to be teachable. I want to learn just as much as anyone else who has a great desire for truth. We all should benefit from each others knowledge, and not lean on pre-conceived ideas that we have been raised our whole Christian life with. The Word of God is limitless and we can let the Holy Spirit teach it to us if we would let Him. God Bless you Jeff W |
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16 | WHERE are they taken? | Luke 17:36 | Jeff W | 140797 | ||
Hello, Ephesians 2:8-9 "For but grace ye are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; Not of works, lest any man should boast." This is the reason sanctification and conversion are the most perverted doctrines. I have asked many many people what this means, and many of them have no idea. To say we are saved by grace does not mean we are free to break the law, it does not mean that we do not have to obey, it does not mean we just have to sit around and hope that we slide into heaven "safe" just under the wire, because what is stated in verse 10 gives us a great obligation, which is also a condition to the promise of being "saved" by grace. "We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works. . ." Good works are essential to salvation. Jesus commission to His disciples "Go ye therefore". The bible is all about action, and to even say that "I'm 'saved' by grace" leaves a message in my mind that works are out of the question. I know we are saved by grace but what does that mean? God Bless you Jeff W |
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17 | How can anyone be saved? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Jeff W | 140715 | ||
Hello, We cannot be "saved" by obeying the gospel, but rather the gospel gives us obedience, causes us to obey all of God's commandments. Romans 16:25-26 God Bless you Jeff W |
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18 | WHERE are they taken? | Luke 17:36 | Jeff W | 140714 | ||
Hello, I did not intend to get into a discussion about this verse. I just wanted to show how, to me the Word of God could be so for reaching that our puny little brains couldn't even scrach the surface of it. :) These comments, study notes, are, well, what can I say. . . The way I read John 3 10-13 is as Jesus is talking to Nicodemus, Nicodemus trys to play stupid, but Jesus cuts to the chase and Nicodemus' small talk is laid bare by the wisdom of Jesus. Jesus tells him "If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things." Then Jesus tells Him a heavenly thing that, to me is so over nicodemus' head that I could just picture the look on his face when Jesus told him "no man ascended up to heaven. . ." God Bless you Jeff W |
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19 | Will sin enter heaven? | Rev 21:17 | Jeff W | 140713 | ||
Hello, First of all I would like to biblically define what sin is. 1 John 3:4 tells us: "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth the law, for sin is the transgression of the law." I only use KJV. If sin is the transgression of the law, well the first question would be which law? In 2 John 5-6 we read that it was the commandment that we have heard from the beginning. . . Also we are told in Revelation, the last book, to keep the commandments of GOD. Rev. 14:12 and 12:17 and 22:14. We are to obey the law, Jesus stated "If you love me keep my commandments" John 14:15 Jesus also tells us in Matthew 19:18 to obey the commandments. James equates the commandments with the royal law in chapter 2:8-12 he also calls it the law of liberty. I could quote verses like these all night. To say that we are not to obey the law is doing what Jesus tells us about in Matthew 5:19. You might want to really pray about whether or not to obey God or man, and whoever tells you wou do not have to obey God I would run away from that person or commentary, and snuggle up to the Word of God. I have given you a couple of verses that tell us we have to obey the commandments. Please show me one that tells us we do not have to. God Bless you Jeff W |
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20 | WHERE are they taken? | Luke 17:36 | Jeff W | 140708 | ||
Hello, I hear ya! Be ready is the main theme of all the warnings on the second coming. But we are also told that those who are ready will not be overtaken as a thief in the night. 1 Thes. 5:4 BTW Peter is the one who tld us to be ready always to give an answer to everyone that asks you for a reason of the hope that is in you. 1 Peter 3:15. :) This doctrine of the "pre mid post rapture", which is farily new, is one of the most perverted doctrines, next to the doctrine of conversion and sanctification. The devil knows where to attack God's people. The sabbath is another one. God Bless you Jeff W |
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