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101 | Do demons exist today? | Bible general | EdB | 243788 | ||
Sorry I was that I was not clear. My question was, what defines a Christian the name or a behavior within them or the fact they have closed all e trances into their being except those that Christ Himself opens. To clarify I believe there actions both Christians and non Christian can do that give Satan access into their lives. I am not talk about sinning as such but rather things that open our spirit being to attack. Example while messing with the occult is sin it also opens our being giving entrance to Satan. Likewise consulting a medium, tarot card readings, ouija boards, drugs, alcohol, and so forth. I believe to truly be a Christians we must be active in protecting the portals of our mind giving access to only to the things of God. I hope that clarifies what I was trying to say. |
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102 | Do demons exist today? | Bible general | EdB | 243784 | ||
Interesting discussion. 2 Cor 11:3-4 seems to suggest that possession of a believer is possible. I think the question then becomes what is a Christian? Is it a name only or does it require a person to close all entrances to their being except that which is opened only by Christ? Wow seems like Christians have a lot to do. |
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103 | The Church Visible and Invisible | Acts 12:1 | EdB | 243782 | ||
Rather than talk visible and invisible let us use the terms physical and spiritual as nothing is invisible to God or to the Holy Spirit that dwells within each Christian My concern is the physical church and the spiritual church has allowed itself to associate with sin. 2 Cor. 6:14-17. Far too often our desire to maintain a physical church deceives the spiritual church into allowing compromise into it. This should never happen. The world mocks the church today because of what it sees within the physical church. It sees compromise and all forms of hypocrisy and sin. The question is, is it possible for any of us to step into and out of this sinful union and then truthfully declare we are unaffected by that association? 2 Cor. 6:14-17 clearly states that we can’t. First Timothy chapter 3 and Titus 1:7-9 give us the qualifications for church leadership, I believe any and all violations of these qualifiers band that person from being a teacher or leader within the church, no exceptions. Their pontifications should not be received nor given any attention. To do so requires us to wink at their sin and puts us squarely in the conviction of 2 Cor 6:14-17. Yes the church is to pull sinner from the muck and mire of sin but no where is it remotely suggested that church gets into that muck and mire. To do so is the definition of dysfunctional and this is exactly how the world sees the physical church today as being dysfunctional and floundering like the rest of humanity. We say there is hope in Christ but the world sees little hope in the physical church. We can declare the spiritual church is pure but is it? In light of scripture association with sin will effect the spiritual church as well. Enough talk of all things great and small it is time the church returns to the place it was called, to holiness. 1 Thess 4:7, Heb 12:14, 2 Cor. 7:1. |
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104 | The Covenant with Father Abraham | Luke 1:73 | EdB | 243781 | ||
Interesting discussion by Hodges on covenants but he neglected to mention that both covenants were Blood Covenants sealed and confirmed in blood. The covenant made with Abraham effected every aspect of Abraham’s life from the changing of his name from Abram to Abraham to the requirement that he circumcise himself and all his household. The Children of Israel became partakers of the covenant being of the bloodline of Abraham and also through the fulfillment of the requirement of circumcision. Blood Covenant goes far beyond our present day understanding of covenants. A blood covenant never broken or disregarded. Dr Livingston who researched the blood covenant process in Africa reported that in over 238 covenant that he witnessed none, not one, was ever broken or discarded. Relatives of a covenant makers would go as far as killing their own to prevent the covenant from being broken. Blood Covenants interestingly are found in every known culture ever discovered, which to me suggests a divine hand in the propagation process. It actually defines the covenant makers and their families. The New Covenant is made in the Blood of Jesus between Son and Father, man becomes partakers in this covenant through belief in it’s existence, as in Jesus died for our sins thus becoming our savior, which causes us to make Him Lord and Master of our lives. In Blood Covenant making, the witnesses (families, friends and mutual partakers of the covenant) came into covenant relationship through the drinking of the covenant wine mixed with the blood of the covenant makers. We too become sealed partakers of the New Covenant when we drink of the communion wine which Jesus proclaimed was His blood of the New Covenant. As Covenant members we are bound to keep the covenant, giving our lives to Christ as required by the covenant just as Abraham gave his life and his family’s life to the Old Covenant. This is why we are cautioned in 1 Cor. 11:27-30, the covenant process is the essence of our Christian lives and must be held in high regard, not something to be trivialized or dismissed as just a ritual. This aspect of the New Covenant gets lost, forgotten and frankly sweep under the carpet often times when the Covenant itself is spoken of. Scripture tells us we were BOUGHT at a price, it is no longer our lives but God’s who demands we glorify Him. 1Cor. 6:20. It defines us as God’s bond servants, bought and owned by God Himself. |
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105 | The Church Visible and Invisible | Acts 12:1 | EdB | 243774 | ||
"The great and worldly-wise people take offence at the poor and mean form of our church, which is subject to many infirmities, transgressions, and sects, wherewith she is plagued; for they say the church should be altogether pure, holy, blameless, God's dove, etc. And the church, in the eyes and sight of God, has such an esteem; but in the eyes and sight of the world, she is like unto her bridegroom, Christ Jesus, torn, spit on, derided, and crucified. Martin Luther Jesus was innocent He was torn, spit on, derided, and crucified without cause, unfortunately today's church is not innocent. To our shame we present to the world a blemished view of Christ, and we often do it because of piety to things not of God. |
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106 | Nothing Illegal or Blameworthy | Deut 12:32 | EdB | 243750 | ||
Always interesting. Notice the emphasis on fasting, something rarely mentioned in today's church. Authorship aside it contains principals that every Christian should strive to live by. Sad so many ignore those principals in the name of societal changes. |
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107 | God created | Gen 1:1 | EdB | 243748 | ||
Ending for the next to last sentence. When you stand on the Word of God Satan is defeated. |
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108 | God created | Gen 1:1 | EdB | 243747 | ||
An incredible way to look at GOD When GOD solves our problems, we have faith in HIS abilities. When GOD doesn't solve our problems HE has faith in our abilities. God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs. . . . . -those of the canary in 14 days; -those of the barnyard hen in 21 days; -eggs of ducks and geese in 28 days; -those of the mallard in 35 days; -The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days. (Notice, they are all divisible by seven, the number of days in a week!) God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant. . . . -The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. - No other quadruped is so made. - God planned that this animal would have a huge body too large to live on two legs. - For this reason He gave it four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily. -The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first. - A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How wise the Lord is in all His works of creation! -Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the rind. -Each orange has an even number of segments. -Each ear of corn has an even number of rows. -Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains. -Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row a odd. Amazing. -The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather. God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day. Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed. The lives of each of us may be ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way for His glory, if we will only entrust Him with our life. If we try to regulate our own life, it will only be a mess and a failure. Only God, who made our brain and heart, can successfully guide them to a profitable end. I pray God blesses you in ways you never even dreamed. I didn't think twice about forwarding this one. When you carry "the Bible" Satan has a headache; when you open it, he collapses; When he sees you reading it, he loses his strength, and when you stand on the Word of God, Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point. |
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109 | No examples | Matt 28:1 | EdB | 243712 | ||
Is it possible you are looking for something that does not exist? Where did you see the statement? Who made it? Did you ask them to support the hypothesis they presented? Did someone on this forum make it? Personally I think the concept as you stated it is false and therefore is impossible to defend. I know of no one on this forum that would or could defend within the criteria you stated. |
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110 | No examples | Matt 28:1 | EdB | 243710 | ||
Please check out this site to answer your idiom question http://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Topical.show/RTD/cgg/ID/1055/Three-Days-Three-Nights.htmM But more importantly cHeck out http://tzion.org/articles/threedays.html. To resolved the whole question about Jesus in the grave three days and three nights. | ||||||
111 | No examples | Matt 28:1 | EdB | 243708 | ||
Cole209 If you are looking for scripture support of the 3 days and 3 night as a explained by Jewish idiom I think you are probably searching for something that does not exist. However there are many other explanations of how that could occur and these have been discussed at length in the forum archives. |
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112 | No examples | Matt 28:1 | EdB | 243707 | ||
Cole209 Perhaps I misunderstood I thought you were looking for possible solutions to 3 days and 3 night in the tomb. If you are Matt 13:40 is another scripture to search on in the forum database. Again there are many discussions on the subject in forum archives. It this isn't what you are after perhaps you need to explain exactly what you are looking for. Do some research on the what "The Sabbath" or the "The Great Sabbath" refers to in Jewish vennactular as opposed to the more common Sabbath day. |
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113 | Worldly Extremes | 1 John 2:11 | EdB | 243688 | ||
Doc You said and I quote So, your Spirit Filled love of us will certainly forgive us for trying to use language as precisely as our God and our Lord Jesus and the Apostles have done. We do not find any others providing a better pattern. There is no need to forgive you for using language precisely, where we must forgive is when you try to use that language as a facade to belittle or mock any theology in opposition to yours. You are a crafty wordsmith and you have the ability to shut most people up before they even have a chance to discuss something that you deem is beneath you. Some have complained but most simply leave the forum shaking their heads saying what is the point. This is what I object to. To me even Reformed theology has some virtue but not in your hands and the way you use it. That is what I object to and what I must keep trying to forgive. |
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114 | An Old Contra-Biblical Doctrine | John 16:14 | EdB | 243687 | ||
Doc You said and I quote. "Well, as Christ said, so eloquently, your wisdom will be proved by her children. You may have difficulty in presenting such people as evidence. However, I am utterly delighted to have found Pentecostal pastors who are sound in doctrine as well as in practice. I had become fearful that your example was all that would be found anywhere in the midst of your particularly perspective.†Doc be honest had I said the same about you the post would have disappeared never to be seen again. You have no idea of my doctrine, all you have ever seen is me trying to insure a fair and equal representation of the all denominations and orthodox theologies. To do this many times I have had to come against Reformed theology and your persistence to quote it as though it were scripture. Of that I will admit guilt but for you to stand there pretend to be able to judge my doctrine is nonsense because you simply have no idea. |
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115 | An Old Contra-Biblical Doctrine | John 16:14 | EdB | 243686 | ||
Hi, Ed... And in your emotional and experiential and low view of the Scriptures, how will you be able to make men obedient disciples. As you assert that Reformed theology is wrong -- without even knowing the history or the logic or the word behind it -- what tool have you found to be superior to the very Word of God? Romans 14:4 (NASB) 4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? … Where do you get off saying in my emotional and experiential and low view of Scripture? Where is that coming from? You apply labels like Christmas stickers not to discuss butin attempt to intimidate and belittle another. I know the history of Reformed theology, I know the logic, and I know the handling of the word by Reformers to make their position. What I have found is if I read Scripture literally without any manipulation of word, definition, context or cherry picking I see the Reformed theology does not line up with what I read. Reformed theology must always be defined and explained it seem like it can never be taken at face value. Man’s logic must always be used to reason it out instead of allowing the words of scripture stand on their own. You said The proof of your success will be men who walk consistently in the fruit of the Spirit. I cannot comprehend the AOG position that places such a low priority on discipleship that way. How in the world does anyone even deal with John 14 and 15 in such a fashion. What?? For a person to manifest the fruit of the Spirit is a disciple of Christ. I don’t see this as a low priority on discipleship. I see it as fruition of successful disciple making. Galatians 5:22-26 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. One explained to me, citing the AOG position paper, that the denomination believed that all the "sign" gifts could be manifest in complete absence of the fruit of the Spirit. Ask him where in the position papers it says such a thing. For you to repeat that is like me saying Reformed theology teaches pedophilia, which it does not! It is total nonsense and no where in any position paper is it even suggested. |
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116 | Worldly Extremes | 1 John 2:11 | EdB | 243685 | ||
My dislike is not of nouns or language in general I object to labels that demean, denigrate and mock others because they do not agree with our theology. Labels are rarely used to encourage or edify. When we wield scripture or our words at a lashing sword to slice the feet out from our brethren, then we are not doing to others as we would have them do unto us. Yes Jesus did label the difference was Jesus is the truth not an opposing opinion held by mere man. Further Jesus never called us to judge or label he called us to love even our enemies. Romans 14:4 (NASB) 4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. |
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117 | Man-Centered Theology | Rom 11:33 | EdB | 243684 | ||
God is always the center but the gospels are an account of man's experience in the presence of the Lord. Just as todays religious experience is. This aspect of Christianity is often forgotten by those that have not experienced God. They talk as experts but in fact they speak of things they don't know and never experienced. To say we can't experience God is to say God can not do what He chooses to do. No where in scripture does God ever say man can no longer experience God. So why discount experience? Because it does not agree with a certain theology? |
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118 | God's logic is lost to man | Rom 11:33 | EdB | 243683 | ||
Romans 11:33-35 (NASB) 33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! 34 For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? 35 Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN? God's logic is lost to man. |
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119 | Church Fathers? Part V | Mark 7:9 | EdB | 243680 | ||
Excuse me it was in this thread you said we must use logic to understand Genesis 1-3 Let me say this I understand Genesis not by my logic but by the illumination of the Holy Spirit and I want it no other way. |
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120 | Church Fathers? Part V | Mark 7:9 | EdB | 243679 | ||
Isaiah 55:8-9 (NASB) 8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. 9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts. I think trying to make a statement about God’s logic in comparison to man’s logic is a huge over step. God’s logic so far exceeds ours that there is no comparison. We can on base on our logic and things we believe are true but God’s logic is based on fact. No I don’t think you do understand the anti-intellectual aspect of some in the church. You may have heard it expressed and formed your opinion about it but I don’t think you understand at all. Man imagination is tainted with sin, as is his thinking and his logic. Many times that tainted intellect if you will devises thoughts that sound good to man but are path to death. Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV) 25 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. In another post I believe you said we must use logic to understand Genesis 1-3. I pray that is not how you read scripture. I pray you read scripture not with your minds eye but with Holy Spirit opening your spirit eye. Faith can not be found in logic or intellect faith must come into the spirit birthed by the Holy Spirit. No offense but it sounds like your passion is more for your intellect than for closer relationship with Jesus. I never expect to instruct a Reformed person anymore than I would expect to instruct any from another denomination. What I try to do it get that person to allow the Holy Spirit to instruct them to the truth that only the Holy Spirit can impart. Man can not change the heart of another man only God can do that. To much is quoted these days by men that deny the full ministry of the Holy Spirit, and rather than seeing this failing within themselves they beat their chest and talk of the their mastery of logic and superb intellect. Or they allow others. Yet men that are in the trenches, touching and changing lives mostly do so in total anonymity, certain having never been quoted. The most powerful churches/preachers in the world today are the ones no one ever mentions. I am not suggesting we put on minds in neutral, to reject education, to seek ignorance. What I’m saying is many times our minds, our intellect, our logic stands in the way of us realizing the truth the Holy Spirit is trying to reveal to us. I once had a student come to me and explain that after 4 years of Bible College, 2 year of graduate work and a year in Seminary that he viewed the Bible as a technical manual. He had been so trained to think, to reason, to express, to rationalize that he lost all connection to the living word as living word. It was dead as any other text book he carried. He might have treasured the poise or thoughts but it was just another book to him. |
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