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1 | Is limited atonement needed in Calvinism | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206216 | ||
achoo4 John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. Note that, "that whoever believes in Him shall not persish". God loved the whole world, but only those who believe do not perish. 1 John 2:1, 2 My little children, I am writing these things so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. Note that; the Advocate is for the saved, the unsaved cannot avail themselves of the Advocate because they have not accepted Him. "He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only but also for those of the whole world." John 1:12 - John says as many as received Him, not all but to many. Mathew 22:14 - Jesus says many are called but few are chosen. John 6:37 - Jesus says all that the Father has will come, it does not say all will come it says the ones who will come. Acts 13:48 - Luke says that as many as had been appointed by God to eternal life believed. 1 Tim 4:10 - Yes God died for all men, especially for believers. Romans 9:22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? He died for all of them, but not all will be saved. 1 John 2:2, Only the saved have an advocate with the Father, the unsaved have not partaken of the heavenly grace to avail themselves of the privelege of forgivenss of sins until they repent to Jesus and call Him Lord. Limited Atonement is definitely necessary to Calvinism. And Arminianism has that Unlimited Atonement it necessary to it. The problem with Limited Atonement as that is taught in Calvinism is that God does say in the Bible without a doubt in the Greek that Jesus died for the whole world, for the sins of the whole world, as a propitiation, and that He desires for all men to be saved. There is another way to look at the process of salvation; you can have Unlimited Atonement without veiwing that the way Arminians do, as that God willed that all be saved, but that He does not save some because they chose to reject Him. That Arminian belief poses a major problem with the sovereignty of God; it says that God chooses us because we choose Him, which is Biblically backwards, wrong, and erroneous. Another way to view Unlimited atonement outside of Arminianism is to see that while God did indeed have Jesus die for the sins of all people, the whole world, God only decides to save some based on His choice and His choice alone, and by His choosing He sends the Holy Spirit to work on the unbeliever of His choice to choose God by their own free choice once they have been convicted of sin by the Holy Spirit. This allows for the fact that man has a limited ability to have free choice, like a bird which has the ability to be free to fly, but has a broken wing and cannot fly though it be free, it must be healed, and then be able to choose to fly. This is neither Arminianism, nor Calvinism, both schools of thought which take one set of scriptures to make a point, or system, without balancing the other scripture which bear on the problem. However, it is much safer to adhere to the majority of Calvinism as it comes closer to a true interpretation of scripture than does Arminianism which trods heavily upon the sovereignty of God. The scriptures state over and over again that God's will is that many will be saved and not all. So then we cannot confuse God's desire that all men be saved, and that God sent Jesus to die for all men, with God's will that only some of all Jesus died for will be saved. blessing abound, bowler |
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2 | Why is the Christian Church so divided? | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206345 | ||
Cody Mac I agree that if two do not agree they cannot walk together. When looking at church history there seems to be a lot of times where differing beliefs dived men into different camps just like you say. Men have been willing to kill for what they believe, even those who called themselves Christian in the halls of history. I would not equate divisions over theology as the same as racial divide though. Races historically clashed over land and human rights issues, while churches clashed over matters of spiritual belief about how to practice being a Christian, or what entails being a Christian. blessings abound, bowler |
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3 | Why is the Christian Church so divided? | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206390 | ||
Immanuelsown I totaly agree with you that the only place this seems to be true is in the church that where two don't agree they don't walk together, but out there for money people disagree strongly about all kinds of things but come together on making the money. That is one very big reason why so many can't get past the church and what they see going on in the church to go ahead and take the offer of salvation, which is hypocritical actualy because they will do the same thing to get the money. The church is united in Christ and is not truly divided, saw that on another note and really liked that:), but that may be more a spiritual reality than a visible one in a lot of churches. As you mention, and I agree, the use of gifts has caused one type of division bewtween denominations. Another thing that has caused division between denominations is how to view Baptism and the Lord's Supper, whether as sacrament or as ordinance. I was very intrigued by your view of the forum here as a microcosm of the church. It made me think about the literal church being the whole spiritualy undivided body of Christ, as also being the virtual church as the church outside of the building inside this forum because as scripture states - Mathew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst. Then according to that scripture this forum is where two or more than three have gathered. Where ever the members of Christ are, consitutes the church (which is never the building, but the members meeting), there is the church literaly. In that sense whatever divisions appear to be here in the forum, actualy in the life of the body of Christ do not exist, as there is no true divisions in the body of Christ. blessings abound, bowler |
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4 | Why is the Christian Church so divided? | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206412 | ||
Cody Mac No problems, no harm no foul. Ephesians 4:3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. blessings abound, bowler |
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5 | Following Jesus | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206433 | ||
NightJay0044 First things first as they say! You need a church home first, because you repented of your sins and took the salvation of Jesus Christ. This is your Minnesota Yellow Pages on line, you will find your county in here and start searching for a church - http://www.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Churches/S-MN/ The Bible says in Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. The church is a body of believers and each believer has a function as a member of the body of Christ - there is the pastor teacher who is there to teach you about Christ and the Bible and to lead you as a member of the body. The Bible says in 2 Timothy 2:5 that the believer is like an athelete who must compete according to the rules. You have to start from the beginning in your walk of faith in obedience to the rules Jesus and the aposltes have laid down in the Bible. Acts 2:38 says repent and be baptized. Baptism is a symbol of your dying to sin and rising to be a new man in Christ - being reborn, a symbol of that you were born again. You go down into the water as a symbol of Christ's death and going down into the grave, and you come up out of the water as a symbol of Christ rising from the dead to erase your sins. That is why it is a symbol, very important. There are churches that do not believe it is just a symbol, they believe that it is the actual taking away of sins by getting baptized in the water. I would say based on this that you should be baptized again and would like you to think about what baptism means and decide for yourself, now that you are a grown man, if being sprinkled with water as an infant qualifies as the symbol of going down into Jesus death and coming back up as the symbol of being born again. Baptism is not a requirement of being saved, but it is a requirement of being true to the commands for a believer in the Bible. But you have to be in a church as a prospective member intending to remain with them in order to do so. You can witness the simple gospel of salvation to anyone, anytime - we are all called to do this. Try memorizing Romans 10:9, 10 as part of your witnessing in order to give the lost the most basic information about how to get saved after you tell them why they need to be saved, that they are sinners. You may find that this is something you will have to do on your own, not all churches are busy going out in groups doing this, although some do. The expectation is that everyone will do this in their everyday lives when they meet or talk to people, strangers or those you know, doesn't matter. If this is very important to you, it might be a consideration in choosing a church home. You asked what Jesus wants you to do? I think He is already leading you as you seem to be thinking about getting a church home and of spreading His word, doing His work. Jesus wants us all to do lots of things the best way to find out what is to read the whole New Testament and as you go through make a list of the things you see Jesus and the apostles telling every believer to do. I will help you out here, but don't take this as a short cut okay? You have to be held responsible for having a personal relationship with Christ from your side through prayer, fellowship, worship, and study. You can continue that right now by studying. John 15:12, Mathew 22:37-40, 1 John 3:16-19, 1, John 2:15-17, James 1:5-13, Titus 2:1-15, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, 2 Thessaolonians 3:6-13, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-21, 2 Corinthians 13:5-8, Mathew 28:19, 20 There is so much more there about what to be doing to follow Christ, but it is up to you to go study and to go to a permanent church to learn what it all is, to follow Christ. That is a life time's worth of study and Christian growth my brother, you will never stop finding out what Jesus requires of you by living out His words. Here is another one for you to ponder about what the disciples of Jesus did or did not do about gathering together and going to "church" - try studying the Bible to find out when the church started and what they did or did not do about gathering togther, as what they did is the model for why there is a church and why we go there. Here is a clue for you to help you out - go get a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, which you can get at any major books store for 20 dollars (its huge and its worth the expense) and start looking up single words about that last issue I mentioned, like disciple, gathered, church, house, temple, preached, teaching, laid hands on. This tool works by showing you every verse of the Bible where the word appears. See what you find out about what was really going on about evangelizing and going to "church". Amen brother, welcome to the body of Christ! blessings abound, bowler |
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6 | What is holines | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206549 | ||
flow Saint are "called out ones", we are called out of the evil world and the Holy Spirit works on us and makes us holy. Ephesians 5:26 so that He might sanctify her, having washed her by the washing of the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. God is busy washing us with the word, His holy word, and this cleans us up, by the power of the Holy Spirit. If you want to be holy, be washed clean by studying and applying the word of God to your life with much prayer and God will complete a good work, which He started in you to make you holy in His sight. blessings abound, bowler |
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7 | difrence between old and new testament | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206555 | ||
Hennie That is a very big question. The Old Testament is a lot of things. It is the whole history of the begnning of mankind with God. It is the history of the begnning of the fall of man. It is the history of the first Gentiles, the first Israelites, the first Hebrews, and the first Jews, which last three are not quite all the same thing, although each flows from the other. It is the history of the Gentiles, the first Israelite Patriarchs, the Iraelites as captives and freed, as wandering and finding the promised land, as under Judges then under kings, as both faithful to God and as rebellious. It is the history of the genealogy of Jesus. It is the history of the Law and the Prophets. It is the history of the major prophets and the minor prophets. It is the history of God revealing Himself in creation and by miraculous revelation so that everyone would choose to worship Him and be saved by faith. It is the history of the Jews and their relationship with God. The New Testament is the history of Jesus Christ and the Genitile and Jewish world receiving the offer of salvation. It is the history of the birth and life of the first century church. It is the revelaion of Jesus Christ as God. It is the revelation of the meaning of history from the time of Jesus to the the end times of the earth. It is the fulfillment of OT prophecy of the coming and work of Jesus Christ. It is the history of the change from the old covenants in the OT to the one new covenant in the NT of salvation by Jesus blood. It is the final revelation as sctipture from God to bring people everywhere to salvation in Jesus Christ. We live according to the NT because it contains the message of salvation and a model of how to live in that new salvation and we live according to the specifications in the the new covenant not according to the specifications of the old covenants. The old covenants required the ability to uphold every part of the law, which man could not do. If you are guilty of one law, you are quilty of all law, therefore you cannot be saved by the law. You are saved apart from the law by faith alone, by grace alone, and not by any works. Read Romans 3 through 8 to understand this part about how we are saved. Read Hebrews 11 to understand that no one ever got saved in the OT or the NT without faith, it was always by faith, that did not happen only in the NT. But as Hebrews 11 says, we have obtained what promises those in the OT did not receive. They were promised better things than what they received, yet we have received what they were promised - they received approval by faith, but we have been given better promises. They did not have Jesus as their advocate in heaven interceding for them for every sin as a high priest. They did not have Jesus as their king and enter directly into His kingdom at the moment of belief. They did not have Jesus as their prophet and receive the promises He prohesied that we receive. They are still saved, but we have been saved under a better more effective covenant and that is why we live by the NT and not the OT. Why go backwards to attain that which has not the power to save and to justify and to sanctify and glorify as what Jesus has given us? There is no longer any need to live as if we were under old covenants which do not have the power to save, or to justify, or to sanctify, or to glorify. We are free indeed, free in Christ, we have the liberty of Christ and no longer have the condemnation of the law, we are no longer waiting for the prophecies of salvation to come true, they are here. Live according to Christ Jesus, purpose to know nothing eccept Christ and Him crucified. You need nothing else, the old has passed away, the new is here, drink it, eat it, here is His body and blood. Take the new covenant and leave off the old. blessings abound, bowler |
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8 | What is considered work on the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206707 | ||
doclinda2 stJohn is absolutely right. Colossians 2:16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day - things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; the the substance belongs to Christ. Romans 14:5, 6a One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord. We are no longer under the covenant of the Law, we are under the new covenant of grace in the blood of Christ Jesus. There is liberty in Christ. A good book to read on this aspect of being free from the Law is all of Galatians especially chapters 3-5. According to Paul you are not dishonoring God by gardening or whatever else on Saturday. Another way of looking at this thing about the law is to try to understand that there were the Ten Commandments and then about 600 more laws in the OT to be keeping. No one could keep them all, and if you fell in one, you fell in them all and were automatically guilty of all. But now, righteousness has been put to our account with God by the blood of Jesus, fulfilling the whole requirement of keeping the whole Law. So keep on worshipping, praising, meditating, and honoring Him to His glory and don't worry about keeping laws. blessings abound, bowler |
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9 | What is considered work on the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206712 | ||
stJohn Thank you John, all glory to my Lord and savior Jesus Christ for if in anything I have edified you, or anyone else I give praise to God only, and count myself an unworthy son. God's blessings to you John for your most kind words and extention of brotherly unity. 2 Peter 1:2, 3 Blessings abound, bowler |
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10 | To jehovah the earth belong | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 206713 | ||
chisenga Your question is a bit unclear there. Perhaps you are asking about the Sabbath Day? Or maybe you mean Sunday the "Lord's Day"? Or maybe you are aksing about the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord when the Lord will take back the earth? Please be more specific so someone may understand you and help you. 1 Corinthians 12:25 So that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. blessings abound, bowler |
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11 | Phonetic meaning of Welcome | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 207070 | ||
seirra I do believe I have seen this done before. However, the way you are going about it is backwards, as one usually starts with a verse, and then takes the first letters of key word and makes a single word that typifies the whol verse (these are rare finds). I can not think of even one off the top of my head. Some of the instances in which I have seen what you are talking about being done actually are not from Bible verses, but from Bible concepts. Like "Faith" - Forsaken All I Trust In Him. What you are interested in is Bible accronyms, you might try googling it. Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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12 | when you die. when do you go to heaven | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 207115 | ||
ljcarr I would like to add my one cent. 2 Corinthians 5:8 We are of good courage, I say, and prefer to rather to be ansent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Philippians 1:23 But I am hard pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better. I could be very wrong but it seems to me that Paul is not only saying where he wishes to be, he implies that as soon as we are gone from here we are with the Lord. Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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13 | Looking for Bible as Literature Resource | Bible general Archive 4 | bowler | 207264 | ||
Admonit Doc made a really excellent choice there. I have another one I purchased just the other day by the exact same authors - "How to Read the Bible Book by Book", by Gordon D. Fee, and Douglass Stuart. The one Doc reccommended does get into quite a bit of information about what types of literature there are in the Bible and how to interpret them. The second book, which is actually meant as a follow up companion of the first book, gets into the content of each book, contains overviews of each, and a quick walk through of the sections of each book identfying key concepts for each. The first book is really important, but the two of them used together might make a very good frame work for disucussing the "genre" of each book of the Bible. You have the types of literature in the first book. Then you have each Bible book in condensed form in the second book, with major sections outlined as to type of content, which the students could use to "identify" what types of genre each book of the Bible falls under on their own, or in class. Interesting stuff you are doing! I admire teachers who are interested in dividing the word of God, even in a secular setting, such as your self! Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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14 | Still punishable today | NT general | bowler | 206210 | ||
topper Romans 8:1 Therefore there is not no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. John 3:18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Your sins are forgiven, your eternal dues for sin have been paid and you will not undergo eternal punishment. Your sins are no longer to be punished. But the effects of your sin to you and others does not get erased; if you kill someone, God forbid, you still go to jail and undergo an earthly punishment and the person you killed is still dead. However, there is the judgment for the believer of the deeds they did, whether good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 1 Corinthians 3:12, 13, 14, 15 Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. According to these verses the believer will undergo a judgment at the "bema seat" of Christ and there the good deeds and the bad deeds done in the body will be either burned up, or rewarded, but the believer will be saved regardless of the outcome. blessins abound, bowler |
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15 | Were the disciples saved, Born Again? | NT general | bowler | 206215 | ||
Immanuelsown Question - how could it be possible for the disciples to go out and do the works of Jesus if they were not already saved? It takes the power of God to perform healings, cast out demons, perform the miracles, which the twelve, and then the seventy, were sent out to do, and did accomplish. Many will want to argue or dispute that the disciples were saved before Jesus went on to the cross. But how would it be possible for them to to do the works of God without the power to do so? All people are either in the kingdom of the devil, or in the kingdom of Jesus. All people either operate by the power of the devil, or by the power of Jesus. Once you believe in Jesus and get saved you come out of the kingdom of Satan, no longer held and operating by its power and are in the kingdom of Jesus, of God. Jesus says to Nicodemus in John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." How does one become born again? One is born again of the water and the Spirit. You have to be naturaly born first and then spiritualy born second in order to be "born again". John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. Ephesisans 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation - having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise. According to Paul as soon as you hear the message of your salvation, and you believe, you receive the Holy Spirit. Jesus said you have to be born of water and of the Spirit in order to be born again. Some confuse the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost to confer power to witness the gospel and to start the church with the activity of the Holy Spirit to save souls. The term "born again" that Jesus uses is Jesus saying, you were born once through your mother's womb (by water), now you have to be "born again" a second time by the Spirit to enter the kingdom of God. Not everyone agrees that water here refers to the water of the womb because of Acts 2:38, but one is not saved by being baptized, so it is unlikely that Jesus was referring to being baptized by water to be saved. It is also unlikely because Jesus did not come to baptize with water, He came to baptize with the Holy Spirit. John 13:10 Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you." This was to signify that Judas was unclean, but that the rest were clean. Many take this to mean that the disciples were clean of sin, saved, born again. blessings abound, bowler |
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16 | Were the disciples saved, Born Again? | NT general | bowler | 206229 | ||
Steve I understand you. Why then, does Jesus say "born again" as it if it is for the second time? I am thinking of Nicodemus asking, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter into his mother's womb again, can he?" And then Jesus repplies right away about being born of water and the spirit in answer to Nicodemus asking about being birthed again. Which goes to Jesus saying before hand, "you must be born again", as if one has to be born a second time. Hence, water as first birth, spirit as "born again", the second birth. Just cruious on your thouhgts here. But I respect your point there. blessings abound, bowler |
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17 | Were the disciples saved, Born Again? | NT general | bowler | 206238 | ||
Steve More so than to hear more about my predeliction to my present stance. I think it would be far more profitable to hear what you think about what the water means? As I have no more on my own thoughts on this, and you know mine, I would be more interested on yours? blessings abound, bowler |
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18 | Were the disciples saved, Born Again? | NT general | bowler | 206243 | ||
CDBJ I like this particular analogy you make here because it fits within a theme of things being born and because one has to be washed with the word in order to receive the spirit. blessings abound, bowler |
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19 | Were the disciples saved, Born Again? | NT general | bowler | 206244 | ||
John I can agree with this on several levels - the water of life as the word, the water as a sanctifying work of the word, the speaking of spiritual and not temporal things. blessings abound, bowler |
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20 | difference between the two Marys | NT general | bowler | 207041 | ||
Athila Mary the mother of Jesus - Luke 1:26-38 - Mary was a virgin visisted by the Holy Spirit who conceived in her Jesus and was from Nazareth. Mary the Magdalene - Luke 8:2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses; Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out. The two Mary's - Mathew 27:56 Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother (Salome) of the the sons of Zebedee. There is a third and a fourth Mary - John 11:1, 2 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha, It was the Mary who annointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. John 19:25 Therefore the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Jesus had brothers and sisters- Mathew 13:55 - Is this not the carpenters son? Is this not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And not His sisters, are they not all with us? Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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