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1 | Is depravity inherent at conception? | Not Specified | restate | 191013 | ||
While all are positionally guilty of man's original voluntary transgression in that all sinned in Adam, are all the descendants of man conceived with a sinful nature, or is depravity incurred by each individual as he or she experiences the knowledge of evil by voluntary transgression in response to temptation? Restate |
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2 | Literally or hyperbole? | Not Specified | restate | 191031 | ||
Hey BradK, I see that you take Psalm 51:5 literally. Would you do the same for the 8th. verse?: "Let me hear joy and gladness;let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Psalm 51:8. If this is also to be taken literally, which of David's physical bones had God crushed? The bible is replete with hyperboles like these that are meant to be taken in the spirit and emotion in which they were written. David's anguished cry is probably either a deliberate and obvious exaggeration emphasizing his great conviction of his sin or his supposition that because he had become so grievous a sinner, he must have been conceived that way. If the 5th verse is to be taken literally, it must refer to the fact that David's mother was a human adult and therefore "in sin" like anyone of accountable age, all of whom have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (...in sin did my mother conceive...). Ephesians 2:3 was written to us adult sinners saved by grace, whose natures have been set on fire by our own actions and tongues, which are set on fire by hell, not by the genes and chromosomes passed on by procreation. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and formed in the belly by God with a good and upright nature in his image and likeness. But even in the womb, temptation begins to misshape the innocent human psyche with fear and selfish impulses from demonic suggestion and sounds and emotions coming through the womb wall. So that in time, depravity becomes natural, and the natural man cannot receive the things of God.... So we become the children of wrath by incurring a second nature, as we are corrupted by voluntarily yielding to temptation, just as our first forbears did in the garden. Let's exhonorate God of the charge that he is, has been and will continue to, create billions and billions of babies with wicked and sinful natures at enmity with himself, at their very inception. Thanks for the reference to Jonathan Edwards' treatise. I'll look that up. Restate |
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3 | How did Christ escape inherent depravity | Not Specified | restate | 191099 | ||
Hey BradK and Doc, To restate part of my first question, "While all are positionally guilty of man's original voluntary transgression in that all sinned in Adam...". Romans 5:12. However, we must distinguish the universal positional, legal sentence of death and damnation incurred solely by Adam and Eve's transgression as distinct from the corruption of every cognizant person's character. Only the preordained sacrifice of Christ, (1st. Peter 1: 19, 20), enables God to justly promise that the descendant will not be damned for his or her ancestor's sins, (including Adam's), and to charge each one for his own transgressions only, so that the soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4,20). It is an interesting idea that David's bones may have been literally crushed as in Psalm 51:8 - or did you mean that you take the 5th. verse verbatim but spiritualize verse 8? If there is no response to a point that is made, does that mean it has met its burden of proof? Here is a question that I've never heard a credible answer for: If carnality, or spiritual death, is inherent, how did Christ, the seed of the woman Eve escape being infected? (Genesis 3:15). Yours in the Kingdom of Christ, Restate |
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4 | Male seed sinful, but not female ovum? | Not Specified | restate | 191118 | ||
Greetings, InGodITrust, I've heard before that depravity is passed down through sinful sperm and that women have sinless ovum, even though they are the daughters of Eve who was first in the transgression in Eden and therefore brought an arguably greater judgement on her own gender than Adam did on his (1st. Timothy 2:13-15). I appreciate you reminding me of it, and it really would be a help if you - or anyone - would give me a scriptural reference for this doctrinal tenet; or maybe someone has another way by which Jesus could have been conceived sinless if depravity were inherent at conception. Come back? Restate |
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5 | How many magi? | Not Specified | restate | 191180 | ||
How many magi visited the Christ Child in Matthew 2? | ||||||
6 | Why sold? Why not kidnapped? | Not Specified | restate | 191224 | ||
Why did the Lord plan that Joseph be sold by his own brothers (Genesis 37:28)? He could have been found and kidnapped by the Midianites as he searched the countryside for them (verses 14-17). Restate | ||||||
7 | How did Christ escape inherent depravity | Bible general Archive 3 | restate | 191101 | ||
Hey BradK and Doc, To restate part of my first question, "While all are positionally guilty of man's original voluntary transgression in that all sinned in Adam...". Romans 5:12. However, we must distinguish the universal positional, legal sentence of death and damnation incurred solely by Adam and Eve's transgression as distinct from the corruption of every cognizant person's character. Only the preordained sacrifice of Christ, (1st. Peter 1: 19, 20), enables God to justly promise that the descendant will not be damned for his or her ancestor's sins, (including Adam's), and to charge each one for his own transgressions only, so that the soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4,20). It is an interesting idea that David's bones may have been literally crushed as in Psalm 51:8 - or did you mean that you take the 5th. verse verbatim but spiritualize verse 8? If there is no response to a point that is made, does that mean it has met its burden of proof? Here is a question that I've never heard a credible answer for: If carnality, or spiritual death, is inherent, how did Christ, the seed of the woman Eve escape being infected? (Genesis 3:15). Yours in the Kingdom of Christ, Restate |
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8 | Male seed sinful, but not female ovum? | NT general Archive 1 | restate | 191119 | ||
Greetings, InGodITrust, I've heard before that depravity is passed down through sinful sperm and that women have sinless ovum, even though they are the daughters of Eve who was first in the transgression in Eden and therefore brought an arguably greater judgement on her own gender than Adam did on his (1st. Timothy 2:13-15). I appreciate you reminding me of it, and it really would be a help if you - or anyone - would give me a scriptural reference for this doctrinal tenet; or maybe someone has another way by which Jesus could have been conceived sinless if depravity were inherent at conception. Come back? Restate |
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9 | Male seed sinful, but not female ovum? | NT general Archive 1 | restate | 191129 | ||
Yo, Doc, In ordinary procreation a human spirit is created at the moment the body is conceived ("Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit." John 3:6), but the spirit of Jesus was never created. He has always existed at the right hand of the Father. Therefore, Christ must needs have been conceived of a virgin. He alone came down from heaven (John 3:13). At his incarnation he laid aside all his prerogatives of omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence to become the spirit of a man-child in one of the virgin's ova. The Roman church does have a doctrine called "the immaculate conception". They are talking about Mary herself being conceived immaculately, as her mother was supposed to have been cleansed in some way before conceiving Mary, thus making her fit to conceive the Christ when she grew up. As you say, this "Maryolatry" is totally outside of scripture, and it is therefore discredited as a biblical doctrine. All such ideas are superfluous, since they are creations of man, trying to doctrinally prevent Jesus from inheriting something that is not inherent in the first place, namely a fallen nature. We should be able to see that if a fallen nature were inheritable, then Jesus would have been disobedient as well. To restate, depravity is not imbedded in the nature of good and upright babies created in the image and likeness of the Father of spirits (Hebrews 12:9). Rather, all, except for the Lord Jesus Christ, sin and fall short of the glory of God in response to temptation and we thus incur a carnal nature just like the first two of us did, by experiencing disobedience. Come back? Restate |
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10 | Male seed sinful, but not female ovum? | NT general Archive 1 | restate | 191154 | ||
Thanks for the tip, Brother __( ? )_! I'll have to read some Charles Finney. Would you please direct us all to the particular Finney sermon or book chapter which I am so poorly restating? If you'd signed this missive I'd know which of my correspondents you are, and I could tell you why your answer didn't seem complete to me and therefore seemed to invite a more complete reiteration. I apologize if my reply did not make clear the reason for that. I have a few respondents on this forum with such interesting and educational views on particular points I've made that I keep explaining, which does require a little repitition. I don't think I'm alone in that on this forum either. If I bore you, just ignore me, okay? Restate | ||||||
11 | Male seed sinful, but not female ovum? | NT general Archive 1 | restate | 191158 | ||
Steve and Hank! Now those are "come-backs", I'll say! I appreciate the education, Guys. I've looked up the heresies y'all mentioned, and was linked to two others plus the orthodox view, the Chalcedonian Creed, with which I agree, except for calling popes "holy fathers" and Mary "the mother of God". I thought the comments I'd made would have established that I believe that Jesus was and is both fully God and fully man, although I did fail to mention that he had two natures in one person; and I can see how the wording was misunderstood. Thanks for pointing it out. I can use that precaution in other venues in which I'm involved. Any other contributions will also be appreciated. As to whether Christ had a human mind, if he hadn't, he couldn't have grown in wisdom as is stated in Luke 2:52, for he would have already had all wisdom at conception when his Spirit was incarnated. His two natures were evident as his two wills were exhibited in his prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane, "Not my will but thine be done." His human nature willed to live, but his divine nature willed to obey the Father even unto torture and death, if there was no other way. Let me restate an earlier question of mine: If a sinful nature is inherent in all the seed of the man Adam, HOW was it not inherent in THE SEED OF THE WOMAN, Jesus Christ? We all know he had to be sinless to qualify as the innocent sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. But, that only explains WHY he SHOULD not inherit a sinful nature - if it were inheritable at all. Now, somebody please tell me HOW he escaped this alleged natural inheritance with which all other humans are supposedly conceived. Mary and all her mothers before her are daughters of Adam - and of Eve, who was first in the transgression in Eden; so surely Mary would have passed her sinful nature on to her firstborn son, if it had been transferable, even though he was not sired by a man. I still haven't seen a jot or a tittle of scripture that shows that carnality is bred through men but not through women. Some have said it's because Eve, having been deceived was not responsible. Sounds like a condescending male chauvinistic blonde joke to me. Eve may have been blonde, but she was not a dizzy, dinggy blonde. As God's final genesis creation, she was a masterpiece of intelligence and wisdom, as well as beauty and personality. Had to be! Come back? Restate |
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12 | Male seed sinful, but not female ovum? | NT general Archive 1 | restate | 191174 | ||
Thanks Doc, for the reference. Maybe I'm biased, but I don't think my treatises lack scriptural backing at all. I've been told by much wiser men than I that my writing is well researched, scriptural and understandable. I'm no special fan of Charles Finney, and I certainly don't pattern my ideas from his. Frankly, I've never understood who were the civil authorities he claimed Jesus died to satisfy. Plainly it was to satisfy God His Father's wrath against sin. However, unless one is the owner of this site, I suggest we try to disprove scripturally what we disagree with instead of belittling those with whom we disagree, implying they are being unbiblical, without specifically addressing the scripture passages they present. What I appreciate in the terms and conditions are the plainly stated rules requiring courtesy; and almost everyone who has addressed me has been courteous, kind and helpful - even instructive. I've learned from y'all. All I ask is to be shown specifically in scripture if I'm wrong or if I've misspoken my true position. God knows, I want the truth if it kills me - or worse, convinces me! Restate | ||||||
13 | Why sold? Why not kidnapped? | Gen 37:28 | restate | 191226 | ||
Why did the Lord plan that Joseph be sold by his own brothers (Genesis 37:28)? He could have been found and kidnapped by the Midianites as he searched the countryside for them (verses 14-17). Restate | ||||||
14 | Why sold? Why not kidnapped? | Gen 37:28 | restate | 191251 | ||
Amen Steve, Scripture does not say directly, but Proverbs 25:2 says: "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter." And are we not kings and priests in the kingdom of Christ, ministers to one another in thought and word as the Lord illumines us and scripture interprets scripture? I think Joseph's brothers were brought to a place of repentance through the enormity of their betrayal and were forgiven and made humbly worthy to be the patriarchs of the nation Israel. Restate Restate |
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15 | Why sold? Why not kidnapped? | Gen 37:28 | restate | 191297 | ||
Lionheart, I believe you are referring to this sentence: "And ARE WE NOT kings and priests in the kingdom of Christ, ministers to one another in thought and word as the Lord illumines us and scripture interprets scripture?" When I say "ARE WE NOT", I don't mean "WE ARE NOT", but "YES WE ARE!"; and I agree it works very well indeed. It does work, and I was, in my own clumsy way, trying to work it. Did I spot my problem for you? If it was something else, please tell me what it was. Restate |
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16 | Why sold? Why not kidnapped? | Gen 37:28 | restate | 191303 | ||
Hi Steve, I'm sorry you didn't think that it was wise of me to ask a question to which I thought I had an answer; but I'm not so puffed up as to think I know for certain what was in the mind of God in his plan for Joseph's brothers. You said, in effect, that you didn't think the answer was in scripture, but how was I to know that no one else on the forum had a better answer than mine. Of course nobody else volunteered one, probably because they wanted to see if you approved of the question first, since you seem to be the interpreter of the terms and conditions. I think my question was dealt with in an expository manner right through the story of Joseph. So since you seem to agree - in effect - that I did have an answer to a question that was not being answered, how can you say that no wisdom was contributed to the "expository repository" by the question's having been asked. Maybe I should apologize for taking up space lionizing J. Vernon McGee, since everybody apparently already knows what a man of God he was; and all agree, I'm sure, that age did not keep him from sanctified scriptural speculation. I'm 72, but I hope I'm never so old that the Word of God doesn't stimulate my thought processes. Sorry, I guess this could be construed as "group discussion". You know though, I seem to remember a question or two that Jesus asked to which I'm quite sure you will agree he knew the answers. I refrain from discussing those now in deference. Restate | ||||||
17 | Situations in Joseph's life? | Gen 37:28 | restate | 191306 | ||
Hey Bruce, (alias Hellboy666), In reply to your profile statement: "sry if my name abuses or worriez u in any way but its just a name wif some different letters and 1 number repeated 3 timez. i "adopted" the name from the movie "Hellboy" coz i liked dat movie very much!" In reply, let me say, sry bt yr name abuzez me and worriiez me wifout mezur. It's not jst a name wif sum difrnt ltrs an any ole nmbr repeated 3 times, as I'm sure you've been wisely instructed before, if you've been profiled here very long at all. As you say you're not a true Christian, but must you use the name/number of the biggest Christ-hater who will ever live? You might as well call yourself Judas Iscariot. He and the antichrist are both called "Son of Perdition" in scripture. Please Bruce, take another forum name. Meanwhile, I hope you'll give us the one constant in Joseph's life because he was such a constant, true fellow I can't narrow his constants down to only one. . Restate | ||||||
18 | Situations in Joseph's life? | Gen 37:28 | restate | 191311 | ||
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19 | Situations in Joseph's life? | Gen 37:28 | restate | 191329 | ||
G'day to you too, Searcher, I admit that I was egotist enough to think that a blog on Joseph might have been in response to recent submissions, but the date on that one didn't register. This whole forum is still new to me. However, who knows whether or not Bruce is still reading forum submissions. He actually said he was not a true Christian, and I thought it my duty to add my admonition to the ones that I was sure he'd been given by wiser heads and hearts, such as yours and Hank's, if he'd been on the forum for any length of time, as I said to him. Was I wrong? You did try to help him when he was active, didn't you? If he was studying the bible at all, I wanted to encourage that. If he was trying to get us to do his homework for him, I didn't think that would be good for him, (The question he posed sounded like he took it from some kind of lesson plan, didn't it?); so I tried to put the ball back in his court, so to speak, answering in his own style to show him how contrived it was. I certainly hope such a soul winning effort is not a topical study or a group discussion outside the purview of our forum. You see, like you, I'm a searcher too. Restate | ||||||
20 | Is depravity inherent at conception? | Ps 51:5 | restate | 191020 | ||
While all are positionally guilty of man's original voluntary transgression in that all sinned in Adam, are all the descendants of man conceived with a sinful nature, or is depravity incurred by each individual as he or she experiences the knowledge of evil by voluntary transgression in response to temptation? Restate |
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