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1 | Did our first baptism 'not take'? | NT general Archive 1 | newoldstock | 183471 | ||
Hi Kalos, It is nice to be back here and visit with folks like you and Doc again. Your answer is good and so is Doc's (accept for maybe the Ethiopian bible part :-))I will go over your answers with my wife. I agree most with this answer of yours. I will also discuss it with an elder or the pastor as Doc has suggested. God Bless, newoldstock. |
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2 | Why should I talk to my local congrega? | NT general Archive 1 | newoldstock | 183455 | ||
Hi Doc, Your question of why do I want to be a member there is a good one. The church, pastor, sermons, deeds are wonderful. The only problem that I have is the rebaptizm. Assuming that our first baptism was for real and was a 'believer's baptism', why should we be baptized again because the church does not accept the method by which we were baptized? Is not this causing your brother to stumble? Is this not arguing over the more minor points and missing the Main Thing? It isn't just this church that feels that way. Many baptist churches share this view. My stepson and I have gone through the new member class and I am now a member because I have been immersed. My stepson is being baptized by me in 2 weeks. My wife did not join with us. She loves the church but has a couple of reservations. The #1 probably being immersed when she has already been baptized via sprinkling in the Methodist church. She has accepted Jesus as saviour and lord and is definitly saved. She feels that her first baptism was sincere and sees no need to be now immersed because this church requires it for membership, therefore unless God can change her mind, she will continue to be an attendee while her adult son and I are members. Have all Methodists, Presbyterians, Catholics, Lutherins, etc. been baptized incorrectly? Are they really saved? I hope that this sheds some new light on my question. God bless, Jim. | ||||||
3 | Your thoughts on 40 Days of Purpose? | 2 Tim 4:2 | newoldstock | 158767 | ||
Very well expressed, Hank. I teach the Wild About Wednesday bible study at my UMC and I am the only teacher in our church that goes verse by verse and sometimes word by word through the bible. I am now teaching 1John through Jude. Most of the other classes teach grief mgt., single again, growing old aint for sisies, world religions, and feel good stuff. At one point a few years ago, I tended to break the first commandment by making a god of Christian books written by men. I read every new book to such an extent that I neglected God's Holy Word. As I told you a while back, I became also so obsessed by which Bible was the best version that I spun my wheels and got no where. BTW, at one point, I got so obsessed by the Internet and this forum that I was spending less time with God and His Holy Word. That is why I have been on hiatus for quite a while. The Holy Spirit straightened me out. I say "Back to the Bible". Amen |
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4 | Your thoughts on 40 Days of Purpose? | 2 Tim 4:2 | newoldstock | 158720 | ||
Hi Hank, Amen to the expositional preaching! I think that your thoughts are right on with this. I would rather read and/or hear what God wrote than what a man wrote anyday. Thanks, Jim |
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5 | ESV Bible evaluations? | Leviticus | newoldstock | 146030 | ||
Steve, it is interesting to see that you have stayed with the ESV, as you were one of the main posters back in 2002 discussing it.I believe that you had a Navaho translater friend who did not like it. He preferred the Message, if I remember correctly. | ||||||
6 | ESV Bible evaluations? | Leviticus | newoldstock | 146024 | ||
Thank you, ED. I appreciate your views. Jim | ||||||
7 | "He shall be called a Nazarene."? | Matt 2:23 | newoldstock | 145474 | ||
Prayerwarrior, I do not believe that David Guzik's interpretation (b) is correct. God bless, Jim |
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8 | "He shall be called a Nazarene."? | Matt 2:23 | newoldstock | 145471 | ||
I can't believe that this string is resurected after all this time! I'm baaaaaack. Yes, there is a big difference between Nazarite and Nazarene and this verse still perplexes me, but I know that my Lord Jesus is in control and not old Jim so some day He will clear it up for me. Amen. | ||||||
9 | Can one who commits suicide be saved? | Ex 20:13 | newoldstock | 106163 | ||
This has been a very interesting sub-thread. The UMC that I left after 20 years of membership had 2 pastors that believed that all people would have a chance after death to accept Christ. They believed that all would be saved. It is called Christian Universalism and is the main reason that I left that church. | ||||||
10 | God chose what man to escape his enemies | Gen 1:1 | newoldstock | 103878 | ||
I am sorry that I did not give you verse backup earlier. I posted the answers quickly before dinner and did not have time to look them up for you. They are: Ex 2:3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.(AND) 2 Cor 11:33 and I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and so escaped his hands. God Bless, Jim |
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11 | man's tradition | Bible general Archive 2 | newoldstock | 102692 | ||
This is a very good example. Thanks, Jim. | ||||||
12 | How did alter calls or invitations start | Bible general Archive 2 | newoldstock | 102629 | ||
Shalor, thanks for that copy of publication from Word of Life Baptist Church, Pottsville, PA. That was a big help in my quest for an answer. I have searched with due diligence and can find no biblical sanction for the modern alter call. BTW, what is your take on the 're-commitment' or renewal alter calls to restore the joy of your salvation? Ps 51:12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. |
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13 | Pologomy Allowed? | Ex 21:10 | newoldstock | 102448 | ||
Please also note that the guy who brought it up-headdoc, also dropped it right after he proposed it! Strings live on even after the originator drops them. Monogamy is God's best for us, but selfish humans had to "muddy the water". | ||||||
14 | True Disciples - eternal importance | Luke 14:26 | newoldstock | 101464 | ||
Dear Aixen,the NASB puts Mark 9-20 in brackets and both it and the NIV note that "the earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20". I usually use the NKJV or the KJ and did not notice this before. I am also not so sure that the context limits these verses just to the 12 Apostles and their converts. Just so that all of you understand me, however, I do believe and have faith in the Bible as the Word of God. But mainly we must have faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord. Thanks for your answers. God Bless. Jim | ||||||
15 | how can i get the powers of the holy spi | NT general Archive 1 | newoldstock | 100990 | ||
These signs below are a result of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in Believers. Therefor the Holy Spirit gives us POWER to perform these signs. Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Mark 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. Mark 16:17 "These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; Mark 16:18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." Mark 16:19 So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. Mark 16:20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.] [And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. ] |
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16 | how can i get the powers of the holy spi | NT general Archive 1 | newoldstock | 100958 | ||
The Holy Spirit gives POWER to witness. Acts 1:8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth. | ||||||
17 | Informed opinions of the ESV please? | Bible general Archive 2 | newoldstock | 98170 | ||
I only discovered this forum about 1 1/2 months ago and I love it. Most of the discussions are honest and forthright. I especially want to personally thank Makarios, Hank, and EdB. Your well thought answers, time, patience, grace, and biblical references have truly been an inpiration to me. This fine forum is blessed by you three. Amen. Jim | ||||||
18 | Informed opinions of the ESV please? | Bible general Archive 2 | newoldstock | 98168 | ||
Ed, your advise here seems sound, so I will follow it, however you are the one who orignally said "As a teacher you should instruct your people that the NIV they carry was published by a company that will go to any length to sell a book, even if it means changing the word of God." Would not your original advise be even more of an issue than confronting the Pastor? Should the flock be lead away from the recommendation of the shepard? Please be assured that I am not trying to "hammer" you on this point and I mean no offence. This is all in Christian love. | ||||||
19 | Informed opinions of the ESV please? | Bible general Archive 2 | newoldstock | 98145 | ||
Ed, as a further note, the pastors recommended these specific bibles, but have said that any bible version is o.k. with them as long as it is Read. The UMC that I left has about 1,800 people attending Sunday services. It has 4 pastors and probably 35 teachers. They each have their favorite bible and recommend it. One of the lady teachers recommends the Living Bible. The older folks will read only the King James. The NIV has seemed to be a pretty good compromise. | ||||||
20 | Informed opinions of the ESV please? | Bible general Archive 2 | newoldstock | 98141 | ||
Ed, you bring up again a rather interesting point. The pastors of my previous UM church used and recommended the NRSV, which I do not like based on Isaiah 7:14 and Gen 1:2 and many other instances and the pastor of my new church uses the NIV because of it's clarity and universal acceptance. If you can help me with evidence to support the Zondervan deception, I will discuss it with my pastor. Jim | ||||||
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