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1 | What are your views of once saved always | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 90020 | ||
Pastor Floyd, Welcome back. I read your OSAS post and your profile. I sometimes think that one of the reasons for Overseers/Elders in Christ’s Church is to give the rest of the flock the wisdom that is drawn out of 35 years of Bible study and walking with God. |
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2 | A different translation...HELP | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 89689 | ||
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3 | Without vision, people perish. Passage? | Mic 3:6 | johnbakas | 88608 | ||
How about this: Prov 29:18 18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; NKJV Prov 29:18 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. KJV Prov 29:18 18 Where there is novision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law. NASU Prov 29:18 8 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law. (from New International Version) Prov 29:18 18 Where there is ignorance of God, crime runs wild; but what a wonderful thing it is for a nation to know and keep his laws. TLB COMMENTARY ON THE ABOVE VERSE: Prov 29:18 See here, I. The misery of the people that want a settled ministry: Where there is no vision, no prophet to expound the law, no priest or Levite to teach the good knowledge of the Lord, no means of grace, the word of the Lord is scarce, there is no open vision (1 Sam 3:1), where it is so the people perish; the word has many significations, any of which will apply here. 1. The people are made naked, stripped of their ornaments and so exposed to shame, stripped of their armour and so exposed to danger. How bare does a place look without Bibles and ministers, and what an easy prey is it to the enemy of souls! 2. The people rebel, not only against God, but against their prince; good preaching would make people good subjects, but, for want of it, they are turbulent and factious, and despise dominions, because they know no better. 3. The people are idle, or they play, as the scholars are apt to do when the master is absent; they do nothing to any good purpose, but stand all the day idle, and sporting in the market-place, for want of instruction what to do and how to do it. 4. They are scattered as sheep having no shepherd, for want of the masters of assemblies to call them and keep them together, Mark 6:34. They are scattered from God and their duty by apostasies, from one another by divisions; God is provoked to scatter them by his judgments, 2 Chron 15:3,5. (from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1991 by Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.) |
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4 | Thank you Tim Moran for the welcomw | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 88526 | ||
Thanks Tim Moran for the nice welcome. Yes, I have been on this great board for some time, mostly as someone who learns from all the excellent posts like yours. I appreciate your walk with the Lord very much. | ||||||
5 | God's sovereignty, part 3 of 3 | Ex 4:21 | johnbakas | 88499 | ||
Dear Reformer Joe and John Reformed, Your posts are two of the most important I have ever read. Here’s why: 1. For children of God seeking to know more about God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, a key truth is the sovereignty of God. It can be the real issue behind other commonly-discussed questions. When a follower of the way sees the sovereignty of God, the issues such as election, perseverance of the saints, and suffering, for example, become easier to understand. 2. I heard an instructor at a seminary whose final assessment of new pastors was to sit and listen to their first sermons and classify the new pastors into one of two groups – the Big Godder or Little Godder camps. After all their education and training, this instructor listened for one important characteristic that he felt was the predictor of their future walk in the ministry: Did they have a big view of God or a little view. Those with the big-God view were the ones he felt had attained the best education and were set on the right course. 3. The ability to move from thinking “I have free will,” to “I have free will," but God may control that will to serve His purposes,” is a step in overcoming the philosophy of this world and its delusions. Without that change of mind, the world of the flesh may maintain its hold on the mind and heart. 4. Your analysis illustrates an element of proper Bible study methods — read all the passages concerning a subject and then let the text control the conclusion no matter how it seems to contradict with what we were taught in school about our relation to the world, but such reading should also be done in prayer and under the teaching of the Holy Spirit. |
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6 | God's sovereignty, part 2 | Ex 4:21 | johnbakas | 88498 | ||
Reformer Joe, I read your posts stating: BY JOE: "So, can God not only tempt Adam and Eve, but ordain the act of sin which they commit?" “This goes back to a semantic difference (addressed previously on the forum) in our understanding of the word "ordain." Correct me if I am mistaken, but you seem to hold that God ordaining something means in all cases that God is the most immediate agent in that event coming to pass. That is not our understanding of the term as used in our confessions. “Taking the account of the Fall as your chosen example, we would agree that God created Satan knowing he would rebel. He created the world knowing it would become corrupted, and He created the garden knowing it would only be a temporary residence for those created in His image, whom He knew would succumb to the temptation once it was presented to them. He created all of the agents and all of the bait involved in the Fall. Christ knew in eternity past that His incarnation, earthly obedience, and crucifixion, resurrection, and glorification was not "plan B" from a divine perspective. Adam and Eve had an uncorrupted (but corruptible nature) and acted freely against God's revealed will to them, but in doing so did not take God by surprise, nor did they undermine God's eternal plan, which had to have been to redeem humanity (unless we take an open theism view). God did not immediately cause the Fall, nor did He sin. However, I think we both agree that He put everything in place knowing exactly how it would turn out. “And that is why the Reformed perspective widens the definition of God's decree and ordination. God has created and governs all things, having already incorporated human and angelic obedience and disobedience into His decree. “Another example from my recent Bible study: the Philistines decide to attack Israel precisely when Saul is closing in on David, causing Saul to break off the attack. So should David be thankful to God or the Philistines that he has been preserved? If God did not ordain the sinful actions of the Philistines (i.e. attacking His covenant people), then how can David thank God for sparing him and keeping His promises to him? “All throughout Scripture, we see that God ordains sin (and by this I mean SPECIFIC acts of rebellion against God, not just allowing "sin in general") to occur to accomplish His purposes, without sinning Himself. From Absoloms coup d'etat as fulfillment of prophetic judgment against David's adultery, to the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions to chastize and judge his adulterous people, to the very crucifixion of His Son, God's hand was at work through the volitional acts of sinful humans: "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know-- this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death."--Acts 2:22-23 “Who delivered Jesus over to die? The Jews or God the Father? Humanly speaking, it was those who hated Christ. Divinely speaking, it was precisely according to God's PREDETERMINED plan. Did God the Father kill Jesus? No. Did he ordain that this sin occur in 1st century Judea by means of crucifixion? Absolutely. “God doesn't sin, but ordains that the wickedness of men and Satan be used and directed in ways that ultimately give the Lord all the glory.” |
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7 | God's sovereignty | Ex 4:21 | johnbakas | 88497 | ||
John Reformed, I read your posts stating: BY JOHN: “Hello Searcher, “Before Moses even left for Egypt God told him that He was going to harden Pharaoh's heart. “Ex 4:21 The LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. “Searcher, I'm a bit confused here. Are you saying that if Pharaoh had not hardened His own heart that the outcome would have been different? Because God clearly told Moses what He was going to do and to what end. In other words God (as in Acts 4:26-28) is telling us in His Word that which was to occur had been fore-ordained. “Rom 1:26 in context is a biblical principle which applies to all of fallen mankind. I just don't understand how it effects the question at hand. “It seems to me that Pharaoh’s hardening his own heart could be the manifestation of the hardening that God had fore-told to Moses that He was going to perform. “As an illustration: God told someone that He was going to cause John to write this post to Searcher. Then, I "happen" across your post and feel a desire in my heart to reply. Now...Who is ultimately responsible for my writing to you? “I would say God... for who can resist His will? (Rom 9:19) John” |
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8 | Proof of Christ | Bible general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 81830 | ||
I am writing to commend Radioman2 who wrote: "Christianity is based on the HISTORICAL FACT of the resurrection of Jesus Christ." This is perhaps the greatest fact in the universe, the other first fact being that the God of the Bible exists. Radioman2 deserves a big salute for posting it. Stormcrow47, if you are a new Christian, you are asking proper questions about Christianity, what are the factual foundations? If Stormcrow47, you are a new Christian, you should not be put off by some answers you may get like, “you are a bad person to ask about facts, just have faith you idiot” (and I don’t think I saw any of this in any of the responses to your question - so I don’t want the previous posters to feel I am critical of their excellent posts, and all of them were super and right on point). If Stormcrow47 is not a Christian, then your question is even more valid, and I encourage you to carefully analyze everything you think you know about the world, especially the assumptions on which that knowledge is based. Even a non-Christian can arrive at the intellectual insight that the God of the Bible must exist. That, of course, does not make one a Christian, but once there you are not far from the Kingdom. The other major part of this topics is: How do Christians know that these are facts? We know by the knowledge given by the Holy Spirit. Both the reality of Christianity (the hard facts) and the knowledge of those facts puts every Christian in the position of NEVER having to state to a nonbeliever who challenges the factual proof of Christianity, “Well, I know you live by facts, and all I can say is that I just live by faith.” Christians live by faith, but that faith is also based in facts. God exists and Jesus was resurrected. Thanks Radioman2. |
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9 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | johnbakas | 76796 | ||
John Reformed, Grace and peace to you and your sister's family for the loss of the little child. When I read questions about “do children go to heaven when they die?” it reminds me of the Syrophoenician woman and the woman caught in adultery. Of the many lessons in these two events, the ones that come to mind are that when we “talk theology,” it's good to run any doctrine through two final tests: 1) Does it exemplify God’s sovereignty, mercy, and justice? (your post talked about this principle), and 2) Does it allow us to wrap parents in the hope of Jesus who was resurrected from the dead? With those two truth-tests standing ahead of all doctrines we hear in the debate about children going to heaven, it seems that the answer to the question becomes clear. Children go to heaven. And that truth takes its place along side the other great mysteries of God. In my own journey on this issue, the question of children and heaven is not a question about how well I could articulate a logical and factual account of the capacities and abilities of children, but how well I understood the love of God. The Rose Still Grows Beyond the Wall By A.L. FRINK Near a shady wall a rose once grew, Budded and blossomed in God's free light, Watered and fed by the morning dew, Shedding its sweetness day and night. As it grew and blossomed fair and tall, Slowly rising to loftier height, It came to a crevice in the wall Through which there shone a beam of light. Onward it crept with added strength, With never a thought of fear or pride, It followed the light through the crevice's length And unfolded itself on the other side. The light, the dew, the broadening view Were found the same as they were before; And it lost itself in beauties new, Breathing its fragrance more and more. Shall claim of death cause us to grieve, And make our courage faint and fall? Nay! Let us faith and hope receive: The rose still grows beyond the wall. Scattering fragrance far and wide, Just as it did in days of yore, Just as it did on the other side, Just as it will forevermore. |
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10 | Which is more important:Knowledge/action | NT general Archive 1 | johnbakas | 74679 | ||
Beva and CDBJ, Hold on Nelly, Let me get this straight Beva, when my Dad used to ask me when I was a teenager, “Which do you want to do, go to the beach or to a movie,” I really could have done both? Ah shoot. |
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11 | I want to know abraham family tree. | Gen 49:29 | johnbakas | 73048 | ||
Hey! I like this family tree of Abraham (the url set out below) even better than the previous URL I posted. The previous post was very good, this might be easier to follow, it was for me at least. OK, here is another URL to a family tree of Abraham: http://www.logon.org/_domain/abrahams-legacy.org/al-famly.html Peace and joy to your heart, John Riverview, Florida, USA |
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12 | I want to know abraham family tree. | Gen 49:29 | johnbakas | 73047 | ||
The Zondervan NASB Study Bible is the one I was referring to in my previous post. Sorry, I should have been more specific. It has a family tree of Abraham near the end of Genesis. | ||||||
13 | Did Eve know about the tree of life? | Gen 3:22 | johnbakas | 72771 | ||
Dear Pastor Glenn, Thank you very much for your answer. That's where I came out too, but you gave me a whole new and better way to analyze the question -- their faith and spirituality. Thank you again. John Riverview, Florida, U.S.A. |
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