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101 | image of God | Gen 1:26 | Lionstrong | 54669 | ||
14 Is God still creating man in His image? Answer Gen 5:3 Lionstrong Thu 09/13/01, 9:28pm ...continued from part one. Is God still creating man in His image? Part Two Some Christians make a mistake in thinking that because man is a sinner he is nothing. No, it is the greatness of man the image of God that makes sense of all the trouble God has gone through to save him. And it is what makes a man’s loss so tragic. “AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER?” 1 Pet 4:18 Let me close by quoting what a group of many pastors have written to summarize what the Bible teaches about man. Notice that they speak of corruption of our nature and loss of righteousness, but not obliteration of the image of God: “After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls, endued with knowledge, righteousness and true holiness, after his own image, having the law of God written in their hearts, and power to fulfil it; and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change. Besides this law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures. “Our first parents being seduced by the subtlety and temptation of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin God was pleased according to his wise and holy counsel to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory. “By this sin they fell form their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body. “They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation. “From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions. “This corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated, and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, yet both itself, and all the motions thereof, are truly and properly sin. “Every sin, both original and natural being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth is its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner, whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God, and curse of the law, and so made subject to death, with all miseries spiritual, temporal, and eternal.” Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter four, section II, and chapter six. Peace, Lionstrong |
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102 | image of God | Gen 1:26 | Lionstrong | 54667 | ||
Is God still creating man in His image? Answer Gen 5:3 Lionstrong Thu 09/13/01, 9:24pm Dear Bill, Is God still creating man in His image? Part One I understand your question even though your wording isn’t quite right. If I were to answer your question as it is written, I would say no, God’s work of creation ended on the sixth day. But your question is, is fallen man still the image of God? Man, though fallen, is the image of God. Granted, the image is thoroughly corrupt, but it is still the image. Again I emphasize that what defines man as man, what distinguishes him from the animals and the rest of creation is that he is the image of God. No matter how tainted, man is the image of God. He has lost his holiness and righteousness in the Fall, but he did not cease to be what he is. He became a sinner; he did not become non-man. God defines man, even after the fall, as his image, “Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God he made man.” (Genesis 9:6) Let me put it another way. The image of God is not something that is part of man, something that man houses in his being. The image of God is WHAT MAN IS. It’s not part of man; it’s what man IS. I Corinthians 11:7 says that man “is the image and glory of God…” It is dangerous to deny to any man the image of God, no matter how evil he is or heinous his crimes. It is on the basis of the denial of the image of God that American slavery, worldwide abortion and stem cell research are justified. If man is a species of animal, it IS justified! But he’s not. He is not a species; he is not an animal; he is not a machine; he is the image of his creator, though the image is spoiled. The value of man, the only basis for the real value of man, is that he is the image of God. And the image of God is not only the basis for the value of man, but it is also the basis of justice (Genesis 9:6). And, most crucial, it is the basis for our redemption in Christ Jesus. At the Fall, man did not cease to be man; he ceased to be holy. At the Fall, man sought to satisfy his desire for knowledge and wisdom illegitimately. It plunged our race into sin and darkness. Our redemption in Christ restores that image to its original holiness, righteous and truth. Col. 3:10, 11 says, “…and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him-- a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.” Eph. 4:24 says, “…and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” continued... |
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103 | image of God | Gen 1:26 | Lionstrong | 54665 | ||
Hello Evangeline, What follos are several post I've made on this subject. I ask you patience in reading them. Man, the image of God Note Gen 1:27 Lionstrong Mon 06/4/01, 6:44pm In Western culture one truth that needs emphasis is that man is the image of God. Western culture is under the influence of non-Christian world-views that say that there is no absolute truth. A scientific perspective that teaches that all reality can be reduced to scientific formulas, including man also sways our culture. In this scientific view there is nothing outside the mechanical laws and formulas, including man. Man is reduced to a bundle of psychological, sociological, and chemical conditionings. In contrast to this, the Bible teaches the wonderful truth that man is indeed outside of the mechanical laws and formulas. Man is not an intelligent animal, or is he some kind of biological computer. Man is neither animal nor machine. He is the image of his personal Creator God, the God of the Bible. As the image of God, man is capable of rational communication with his Maker, purposeful action, and wholehearted love. The issue is the value of man. If man is just a machine or an animal, then it’s ok for him to be treated that way. Abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, racism and tyranny are justified. The value of man also has implications for the Gospel. If the value of man is that of an animal or machine, then it makes no sense that Jesus should sacrifice Himself for such. But as the image of God himself, the salvation he has in Christ makes perfect sense! what is his image? Answer Gen 1:26 Lionstrong Mon 06/18/01, 5:15pm "...the first verse to be quoted, and for the purpose of showing that Scripture defines the image as knowledge and righteousness, is Colossians 3:10. The definition is derived by noting that the new man is such because God has renewed him after the image in which he was originally created. Ephesians 4:24 mentions righteousness, but Colossians has knowledge only. Its previous context speaks of "the old man with deeds." Then comes a contrast with "the new man." In what consists the renewal that makes the old man the new man? The verse says, He is renewed "to knowledge." He is renewed to knowledge according to the image of the Creator. That is to say, the image of God, in which image man was created, is knowledge. Of course this does not mean that Adam was omniscient: yet he had some knowledge, and this is not said of the animals. Since this knowledge comes by the act of breathing into Adam the spirit of life, the knowledge must be considered, not as the result of observation, since Adam had not yet observed anything at all, but as the apriori or the innate equipment for learning.... "The image must be reason because God is truth, and fellowship with him--a most important purpose in creation--requires thinking and understanding. Without reason man would doubtless glorify God as do the stars, stones and animals; but he could not enjoy him forever. Even if in God's providence animals survive death and adorn the heavenly realm, they cannot have what the Scripture calls eternal life because eternal life consists in knowing the only true God, and knowledge is an exercise of the mind or reason. Without reason there can be no morality or righteousness: These too require thought. Lacking these, animals are neither righteous nor sinful. Gordon Clark. "The Biblical Doctrine of Man." pages 14 and following. continued... |
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104 | Explanation of all the races? | Gen 10:32 | Lionstrong | 54652 | ||
Hello msbbic, And welcome to the Forum. The only logical answer (if one is not a racist) is that the diversity of human beings started with our first parents. We have bodies, right? just like other warm-blooded creatures that share the environment in which God made us to live. Man’s uniqueness is not his body but his soul. “And God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, man became a living soul.” (Gen. 2:7) With no other creature did Jesus do this. Our soul is the stamp of the image of our Creator. Although Man himself is not an animal, (which in our day this must be said very strongly) Man’s body is mammalian, and thus we share the characteristics of mammals including the diversity within each “kind.” (Gen. 1:11, 12, 21, 24, 25) In the dog “kind” we call that diversity breeds; in mankind we call it races. If God had not destroyed all mankind, except for eight people, in the Flood there probably would have been a greater diversity of races today. As it is, we only have the diversity that came from the eight who remained after the Flood. In my opinion, again, this is the only non-racist, biblical answer. Racist try to find human diversity in the “mark of Cain” (Gen. 4:15) or in the curse of Canaan (Gen. 9:25), but these explanations don’t square with the universal grace we find in the Gospel of Christ, nor the wonderful diversity of mankind we see today. Acts 17:26, 27, “and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us….” Col. 3:9-11, “Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him-- a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.” Peace, |
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105 | Ref. on animals having no spirit? | James 2:26 | Lionstrong | 54120 | ||
Ps 148:1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! Ps 148:2 Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! Ps 148:3 Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light! Ps 148:4 Praise Him, highest heavens, And the waters that are above the heavens! Ps 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created. Ps 148:6 He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away. Ps 148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps; Ps 148:8 Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word; Ps 148:9 Mountains and all hills; Fruit trees and all cedars; Ps 148:10 Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and winged fowl; Ps 148:11 Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; Ps 148:12 Both young men and virgins; Old men and children. Ps 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven. Ps 148:14 And He has lifted up a horn for His people, Praise for all His godly ones; Even for the sons of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise the LORD! Hi Ashley! And Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! Generally speaking spirit and soul in the Bible mean the same thing. Animal souls are non-rational. Therefore they cannot literally worship God. Worship requires a rational mind. Because man is made in the image of God, his soul is rational, and therefore capable of and morally responsible for worship. (Gen. 1:26, 2:7 Ex 20:4-6) But God made all things through Christ for his own glory, therefore all things praise God in their own way. (Rom. 11:36, Ps. 148) Back to soul and spirit. They both mean the inner, non-physical part of man. (Mat 10:28) This inner man is the person and lives on after physical death, either with the Lord Jesus or waiting in hell till judgement day. (2 Cor 5:6-8, Phil 1:20-23) At the resurrection body and soul will be reunited. (Acts 24:15) Those acquitted of the guilt of their sins by the blood of Christ will forever be with the Lord. (1 Thess. 4:14-17) Those whose names are not found in the book of life will be thrown body and soul into the lake of fire. (Mat 10:28, Rev 20:13-15) Final note: The Forum is made up of many people who call themselves Christians. We represent many points of view here. So you must be like the noble-minded believers of Berea and check out what we say with Scripture to see if those things are so. (Act 17:10,11) Peace, |
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106 | What is truth? | John 18:38 | Lionstrong | 53337 | ||
Dear Hank, If what one is looking for is universal agreement on what truth is, one will not find it. God sees his Word as truth: John 17:17 "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. And God sees Himself as truth: Ps 31:5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth. John 14:6 Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. Our secular Western culture, which has rejected the Word of God, is forced to accept a relativistic view of truth. This leads one to an irrational or pessimistic view of life. Nonetheless, even though we know where to find truth, God's Word, it does not mean we will agree on what truths are found in that Word. We all make mistakes. And by the humility that the Spirit gives we can struggle over the Word together, sharpening each other (Prov. 27:17), reproving, correcting and teaching (2 Tim 3:16,17) each other in the truth, that we may glorify God by serving Him in truth. Peace, p.s. I've written on the subject of truth before (on which we've disagreed :)), but please review those notes. |
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107 | Am I following God's lead? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 52886 | ||
Dear Vume, I don't mind the question, but it is personal, and I prefer not to use the Forum for personal correspondence. Please address this question to my e-mail address found in my personal profile. To access a personal profile, click on the author's name. Peace, |
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108 | Is it not FAITH that pleases GOD? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 52672 | ||
Dear Vume, I'm not sure what you mean by substance. I realize that in the KJV Heb. 11:1 says faith is the substance of things hoped for. But this is not a definition of faith. God is telling us something about true saving faith but He is not here giving us a definition. It's the same as in Eph 2:8,9 where it says faith is the gift of God, again, not a definition of faith, but it tells us where faith comes from. It comes from God as a gift. But you are right, Vume, when you say that one must already believe some aspects of the revealed mind of God (the Holy Bible) in order to understand or believe other aspects of His mind that He has revealed to us. For example, some people don't believe or understand that God would go through all the trouble of sending His only Son to save sinners. This is because they don't understand or believe what God has revealed about the intrinsic value of Man as created in the image of God. The Bible is the only revelation of God's mind. And this revelation is not a random, haphazard collection of unrelated truths. The Word of God forms a coherent, unified, non-contradictory system of truth. This is why some aspects of the Mind of God must be understood or believed before others can be understood or believed. But again, faith is NOT action. Saving faith is MENTALLY grasping and holding on to the certain truths revealed by God in His Word. Saving faith RESULTS in action. Faith is the ROOT (maybe what you mean by "substance"); action is the FRUIT. Peace, |
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109 | Where is faith from? | Heb 11:1 | Lionstrong | 51767 | ||
Dear Charis, As I said elsewhere, Heb. 11:1 is not a definition of faith, but I won't rehash that here. To respond to your question, faith comes from God. It is His gift. It is not something we get apart from His operation in our hearts. We were dead in sin, and He had to make us alive, that is, give us new hearts (regeneration) capable of believing His word, and then He gave us faith in His word. In ourselves we were incapable of believing the Gospel. The gift of faith is attributed to the work each member of the Trinity: the Father: Rom 12:3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Eph 2:9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. The Son: Heb. 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. And the Holy Spirit: John 16:8 "And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; Is it the same for all believers? The content of what God has given us to believe is the same (Eph 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,). How much of what God has given that we believe varies; He’s given to each "a measure of faith." Jesus emphasizes that we can't use how little faith we have as an excuse for not doing great things, but in so saying he is affirming that we can have varying amounts of faith. Matt 17:20 And He *said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. Can we receive more? Yes! It's called God's work of sanctification. Abraham is a good example: Rom 4:19 Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb; Rom 4:20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, Rom 4:21 and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform. Peace, |
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110 | Is salvation that difficult? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 51179 | ||
As important as witnessing is, our number one purpose is not to love man (in terms of leading our neighbors to Christ), but God and to glorify Him. If love of Him is not first priority and His glory our aim, then evangelism loses its proper foundation and becomes meaningless Christian game playing, something to keep us busy while we're here. As God's glory is our aim, we need to discuss, debate, know, teach, and preach the whole counsel of God, not just the atonement, which is the heart of the Gospel. Yes, Our discussions on the forum can lose focus, but neither should we become myopic. Jude 1:2,3 May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you. Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. Acts 20:27 "For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. peace, |
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111 | which nation actually resembles God? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 50974 | ||
Dear Assurance, I extend to you my Welcome! Although you are correct about man resembling God, your idea that the resemblance is man’s body is not on target. It is the inner man, not the outer man, that is the image of God. God does not have a body; He is spirit. And it is man’s spirit that bears God’s likeness, not his body. We all resemble God more and more as we grow in holiness by the power of the Holy Spirit on the basis of the finished work of Christ on the cross. We won’t fully resemble God as we ought until our Savior God Christ Jesus returns. I John 3:2, “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.” (This is not talking about Jesus’ body, but his character.) Peace, |
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112 | where does God dwell | Is 57:15 | Lionstrong | 50662 | ||
Dear Handy, God is everywhere. God "IN" everything is more an Eastern idea. The biblical view is that everything is in God! 2 Chr 2:6 "But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to burn incense before Him? Is 66:1 Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? Ps 139:7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? Ps 139:8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Ps 139:9 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Ps 139:10 Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. Acts 17:28 for in Him we live and move and exist,... Peace, |
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113 | where does God dwell | Is 57:15 | Lionstrong | 50660 | ||
Is 57:15 For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, "I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite. Peace, |
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114 | has the world always existed? | Gen 1:1 | Lionstrong | 50560 | ||
Dear IJELUB, You ask, "Has the world always existed? or did it have a beginning? if it began, what is your belief about how it began?" Your question is a good and fundamental question. It is one that the Bible (God’s propositional communication of real truth to man) addresses several times and in several ways. Your question is fundamental because something must have always existed; something must be eternal. The answer the Bible gives differs fundamentally with the answers of all other religions and philosophies. Secularism, atheism, or the scientific worldview teach that time, space and energy have always existed, and that the chance combination of these impersonal factors have produced the wonderful beauty and complexity of the universe. Such views leave us with no reasonable explanation for personality. love, meaning, purpose, or morality. The gods of all other religions of the world take something to make something else. Here you have two things that are eternal, the gods and “stuff.” The personal and impersonal are equally eternal. Here you have a dualism and the problems associated with it. In the Bible you have no dualism in eternity. In the Bible you have One eternal only and it is personal, the personal triune God of the Bible, the Lord God Almighty, the one and only true and living God. He shares eternity with no one and no-thing. When the Father created the heavens and the earth through the Son, he did not “step out on to space” as some poets have written. There WAS no space to step out on to! We childishly picture God hovering in space and creating worlds. Wrong picture! In fact, there should be no picture in your mind at all, not only because God is invisible, but because at creation there was no space! All there was, was God! “For in Him we live and move and have our being.” Before the Invisible Eternal God created space and everything else, all there was, was God. And unlike the gods of the world’s religions, God did not take something to created the heavens and the earth. There was nothing to take! Then how did he do it? He commanded it into existence. “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.” And God created the world for a purpose. As the above quoted evangelist went on to say: "The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all life and breath and all things; and He made from one, every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times, and the boundaries of their habitation, that they should seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His offspring.' "Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man. Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead. " Acts 17:24-31. I invite you to take advantage of the Bible study tools available to you on the Study Bible Forum, and do a word search and study of create, made, make, form, fashion, etc., and how there terms are related to God. Peace, |
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115 | Can an All Powerful God commit Sin? | Bible general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 49165 | ||
To answer this question one must know what sin is. Sin is any lack of conformity to or transgression of the law of God. There is no law above God. In giving the law, God was not handing down to man something that was binding upon himself. Man by law is accountable to God. God is accountable to no one. There is no law binding him to obedience, and no law above him. He answers to no one. Ps 115:3 But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. The only thing the God of truth (Ps. 31:5) cannot do is lie. (Titus 1:2) God is righteous, apart from any internal or external standard of righteousness. He is not righteous because of anything, and nothing constrains him to be righteous, and there is nothing toward which he strives to maintain his righteousness. Just as he is the "I am that I am," he is righteous because he is righteous. God cannot sin, because whatever God does is right. Let me put it in the negative, no matter what God does, it is right. What is right is determined by what God does, not by some internal or external law. He is absolute sovereign and he does whatever he pleases. To deny that God's law to man is arbitrary is to bind God by a law and make him subject to it. God cannot do nonsense. He cannot be God and non-God. He cannot be and not be. Can God do anything man can do? No, because for God there is no law. Therefore he cannot sin. God knows all things. Therefore he cannot claim ignorance. God is all-wise. Therefore he cannot make stupid mistakes. These inabilities are not contrary to omnipotence. They are contraries to nonsense. Peace, |
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116 | Can you help me with some research? | Luke 23:56 | Lionstrong | 49155 | ||
Dear Scribe: Copied and pasted from www.pcanet.org: THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH CHAP. XXI. - Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day. 1. The light of nature sheweth that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all, is good, and doth good unto all, and is therefore to be feared, loved, praised, called upon, trusted in, and served, with all the heart, and with all the soul, and with all the might. But the acceptable way of worshipping the true God is instituted by Himself, and so limited by His own revealed will, that He may not be worshipped according to the imaginations and devices of men, or the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representation, or any other way not prescribed in the Holy Scripture. 2. Religious worship is to be given to God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and to Him alone; not to angels, saints, or any other creature: and, since the fall, not without a Mediator; nor in the mediation of any other but of Christ alone. 3. Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship, is by God required of all men: and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son, by the help of His Spirit, according to His will, with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love, and perseverance; and, if vocal, in a known tongue. 4. Prayer is to be made for things lawful; and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter: but not for the dead, nor for those of whom it may be known that they have sinned the sin unto death. 5. The reading of the Scriptures with godly fear, the sound preaching and conscionable hearing of the Word, in obedience unto God, with understanding, faith and reverence, singing of psalms with grace in the heart; as also, the due administration and worthy receiving of the sacraments instituted by Christ, are all parts of the ordinary religious worship of God: beside religious oaths, vows, solemn fastings, and thanksgivings upon special occasions, which are, in their several times and seasons, to be used in an holy and religious manner. 6. Neither prayer, nor any other part of religious worship, is now, under the Gospel, either tied unto, or made more acceptable by any place in which it is performed, or towards which it is directed: but God is to be worshipped everywhere, in spirit and truth; as, in private families daily, and in secret, each one by himself; so, more solemnly in the public assemblies, which are not carelessly or willfully to be neglected, or forsaken, when God, by His Word or providence, calleth thereunto. 7. As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in His Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment binding all men in all ages, He hath particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto him: which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, which, in Scripture, is called the Lord's Day, and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath. 8. This Sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering of their common affairs before-hand, do not only observe an holy rest all the day from their own works, words, and thoughts about their worldly employments and recreations, but also are taken up, the whole time, in the public and private exercises of His worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy. Peace, |
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117 | Were does it say all babies go to heaven | 2 Sam 12:23 | Lionstrong | 49076 | ||
Dear DIM, Were in the Bible does it say that all babies go to heaven if they die? It does not. Another responder said that by inference the Bible does say all babies go to heaven, but he gives no biblical premises that logically infer such a conclusion. King David was a believer and the children of believers are holy. (1Cor 7:14) God makes no such statement with regard to the children of unbelievers. When Israel conquered the cities Canaan, the children were not spared. It was also argued that because a baby cannot think, repent and thereby be saved from their sins, it goes to heaven. This statement contains assumptions that are false. One false assumption is that we become sinners when we willfully sin. The truth is we all became sinners in Adam and in him we are already condemned (Rom. 5:12ff). As hard as it may sound, there is no basis in Scripture for the teaching that all who die in infancy go to heaven. If any infants are saved, such as John the Baptist was, it is NOT because they are innocent, but because God is gracious in Christ. Peace, |
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118 | Alone and loneliness? | Gen 2:18 | Lionstrong | 49017 | ||
Dear Momma, Paul wished that all believers were gifted by God to be celibate, just as he and Jesus were. (1 Cor. 7) Celibate believers can devote all their time to the work of the Lord, instead of splitting it between the Lord and their spouse. And like Jesus and Paul, celibate believers would not be alone working with a team. I think it's a shame that believers while waiting for a spouse, waste their singleness when they could be fruitfully using their time for the Lord. Lonely Marriages? I take this to mean an estranged couple. If they are both believers, then they need asked the Lord's help to love each other. And if they are not both believers and the unbeliever wants to leave, then... 1 Cor 7. Peace, |
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119 | ROMANS 8: 1-2 | Rom 8:1 | Lionstrong | 48242 | ||
NO CONDEMNATION By faith in Christ, on the basis of his sacrificial propitiatory work on the cross, you have been reconciled to God (made friends). At one time you were at enmity with God and His wrath rested upon you. You were a guilty sinner under the sentence of condemnation, waiting for Judgement Day. Now, in Christ, there is no condemnation; you’re friends. Have you ever had a friend? A good friend? A best friend? Sometimes, even in the best of human friendships there are “little condemnations.” There are areas in which even our best of friends do not measure up, that they fall short, not only in their personality, but also in their personal morality. They meet with not only our disapproval, but also our secret condemnation. We don’t tell them, of course, in order to keep the peace, but nonetheless non-acceptance, rejection is there. And have we suspected that even our best friend had some secret reservations about us? Here is the great thing about reconciliation with God! In Christ we have a friend who, though holy, undefiled, and hating all manner of sin in any form, does not condemn us in any way, secret or otherwise! In His Word by means of His indwelling Spirit he confronts us openly and honestly with our sins. He deals with our sins with whatever amount of gentleness we require. But he NEVER condemns us, holds it against us, or rejects us! He’s a friend that’s closer than a brother (although he is our brother too) who never leaves us nor forsakes us. What a friend we have in Jesus! Peace, |
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120 | Did God created people before Adam | Gen 1:1 | Lionstrong | 48105 | ||
Dear Marg, Acts 17:26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, Yes, we are all descendants of Adam and Eve. This revelation from God is wonderful, in contrast to evolution, which gives no basis for the unity of the human race, and hence, no equality among men or inalienable rights endowed by their Creator. Since evoloution operates on the basis of chance, the people in Africa could have evolved from a different set of monkeys than those in Asia, the Middle East, or Europe. Peace |
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