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101 | Are you onced saved always saved? | John | khuck | 102850 | ||
George, Since I am one of, if not the blissfully ignorant to the point of downright stupidity... who is the respondent to junmeskie... I think I will respond. I will blissfully die in the foolishness that God chose to confound the wise. Begging to differ with you in that, I have not tried to push any belief or agenda on this forum. I will readily admit that I posted information that was erroneous to what "I" believe to be truth (albeit not in this thread). I am not infallible, but I do maintain my belief. I share it here, with others as I understand it and I listen to their views as they understand. Now I do not profess to be a Bible Scholar, I am just your average, run of the mill, deeply in Love with the Lord and those who choose to proclaim His Gospel, Christian. I have a great love for those who have not heard it. But would you not agree that we are not here to teach, but to encourage study of the Word and whatever we glean from this forum, would it not then become the responsibility of the readers to go back through the scriptures and test and study for themselves? As you stated, "Perhaps I am saved" LOL but of this I am sure His Grace (Mercy) is sufficient for me. Your zeal intrigues me, maybe if you add some Christ Love to it and it may not sound like a lot of clanging symbols. You are making so much noise, it's hard to hear you. (No insult intended) But you come off a little bitter ... and after all of that great apology and quest for forgiveness. Are you angry about something? If I have offended you charge it to my head and not my heart, truly it was unintentional. I ain't mad at ya :) ... and By the way my name is K. Huck. I don't know what difference that makes. LOL Let the measure of love we choose to give one to another be the Love of God. -khuck |
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102 | Are you onced saved always saved? | John | khuck | 102851 | ||
George! I agree wholeheartedly with you when you say, We must confess our sins and repent. I also agree with the point you made that Christ died once and for all. (I have even said as much in this thread. We have some common ground!!! :) I have read some disturbing post in this day and I have decided it best to drop out of this discussion with you on whether we are saved once and for all. The last post you added brought to mind something that Hank posted about the dangers of "point/counterpoint" becoming personal attacks and moving from the origin of the subject and killing the topics validity. (I hope I did not misquote Hank too much) I am by no means adept at debating and it is not my purpose for posting. I fully accept that you do not agree with the "once saved... always saved" view that I maintain. And I am ok with that :) God's Peace be upon us! -khuck |
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103 | EXPLAIM CHAPTER 3 VERSE 5 | John | khuck | 103133 | ||
Just to add a footnote: I found it interesting that in Lev 14 there are many representations of baptism written in the Levitical law. Verse one is regarding the cleansing From infectious diseases of the flesh. It bring to my mind sin. But this verse calls for blood and water to be used among other things for cleansing to take place. Sorry to interject... I just found it interesting. -khuck |
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104 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 102956 | ||
Jamieson, Fausset, Brown commentary: Of water and of the Spirit--A twofold explanation of the "new birth," so startling to Nicodemus. To a Jewish ecclesiastic, so familiar with the symbolical application of water, in every variety of way and form of expression, this language was fitted to show that the thing intended was no other than a thorough spiritual purification by the operation of the Holy Ghost. Indeed, element of water and operation of the Spirit are brought together in a glorious evangelical prediction of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 36:25-27), which Nicodemus might have been reminded of had such spiritualities not been almost lost in the reigning formalism. Already had the symbol of water been embodied in an initiatory ordinance, in the baptism of the Jewish expectants of Messiah by the Baptist, not to speak of the baptism of Gentile proselytes before that; and in the Christian Church it was soon to become the great visible door of entrance into "the kingdom of God," the reality being the sole work of the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5). John gil: except a man be born of water and of the Spirit: these are, (twnv) (twlm) , "two words", which express the same thing, as Kimchi observes in many places in his commentaries, and signify the grace of the Spirit of God. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "the Holy Spirit", and so Nonnus; and who doubtless is intended: by "water", is not meant material water, or baptismal water; for water baptism is never expressed by water only, without some additional word, which shows, that the ordinance of water baptism is intended: nor has baptism any regenerating influence in it; The baptism that John gave it is not necessary to the kingdom of heaven, or to eternal life and salvation: such a mistaken sense of this text, seems to have given the first birth and rise to infant baptism in the some churches; who taking the words in this bad sense, concluded their children must be baptized, or they could not be saved; whereas by "water" is meant, in a figurative and metaphorical sense, the grace of God, as it is elsewhere; see (Ezekiel 36:25) (John 4:14) . Which is the moving cause of this new birth, and according to which God begets men again to, a lively hope, and that by which it is effected; for it is by the grace of God, and not by the power of man's free will, that any are regenerated, or made new creatures; very pertinently does our Lord make mention of water, it being his own element: regeneration is sometimes ascribed to: to God the Father, as in (1 Peter 1:3) (James 1:18) , to God the Son, (1 John 2:29) and here (John 3:5) to God the Spirit, as in (Titus 3:5) , who convinces of sin, sanctifies, renews, works faith, and every other grace; begins and carries on the work of grace, unto perfection; |
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105 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 102961 | ||
Can you please point out where I said that the baptism of John was nonsense? Because if I did say that truly, I'd like to recant. And I apologize to anyone believing that I said something anywhere close to this. It is dangerous for you to reply to me with, "SO YOU ARE SAYING..." In effect you put words in my mouth. I am actually saying what I posted and not what you read into the post and not what you "think" I am saying. I apologize if you took it any other way. -khuck |
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106 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 102963 | ||
I am not a Christian and I am not saved. Lying in my hospital bed, the chaplain comes to me and tells me that Jesus died for my sins and that he was raised from the dead, that I may live. He witnesses the Gospel to me effectively and I accept this to be the truth. I call upon the name of Jesus asking him to forgive me, asking that I be saved. I confess my sins, and His work on the cross. Then I die... (never having been baptized). I am saved?? -khuck |
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107 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 102967 | ||
I am saved and secure in His righteousness. Thank you for your response you have made my point clear:) I was trying to dramatically prove what you wrote so eloquently. Even John the Baptist acknowledge and confessed that the baptism he gave was only the of water. He made clear that Jesus would baptize by the Spirit 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. 26"I baptize with water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do not know. 27He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie." 28This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is the one I meant when I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.' 31I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel." 32Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.' 34I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God." -khuck (A Child of God indeed) |
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108 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 102982 | ||
Thank you Justme :) What a beautiful testimony!! |
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109 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 102984 | ||
Hi Larry, I do not reject water baptism. Like you, I was baptized also by water submersion, to symbolize going to the grave and rising again in Christ. I find nothing wrong with this. Yet I am just acknowledging that this is an act of obedience on "my part". Spiritual Baptisim is an act of the Spirit and can not be given to a person, by the act of another person. John baptized with natural water, but he could not give the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. God's Peace be upon us -khuck |
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110 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 103005 | ||
Misunderstanding?? I do not believe that anyone here has stated that we reject baptism, obviously most if not all of us have been baptized in material water. The point we are responding to is Stevens "ORIGINAL" question in this thread which was, "Must we be baptized (in material water)to enter into Heaven.?" We were responding as to why it was not necessary to ensure one's salvation or enter into the Kingdom of God. We also listed the instances when it is impossible to be baptized (and still there is no danger of salvation lost or Heaven's doors being shut in your face). All these being true if you have received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. God's Peace be upon us! -khuck |
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111 | What would Jesus have you do? | John 4:14 | khuck | 103008 | ||
Hello Radioman, And thank you for the warm welcome. It helps me to feel less like I have just bogarded my way into the forum. LOL I love this forum. It causes me to study my beliefs deeper, and to research with more more depth the reasons that I believe as I do. Because of this website I have re-thought some issues, in others my belief has been solidified, and some I have had new avenues of learning and understanding opened to me. I have been studying and using Christian resources that I have saved, stored and marked on this little laptop like nobody's business. I will confess that I had to knock the dust and cobwebs off of a few. (grin) This forum has been a great help to me and I appreciate all of you who participate in it. AND I DO MEAN EVERYONE :) -kathy P.S. One day I will have the audacity to ask my little question. |
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112 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 103060 | ||
Hi Ray, Capitalizations do not really mean much to me when I am studying the word or Word (smile). I find that I tend to research the content of the verse and the context of the words. Especially since some words have multiple meanings and may mean one thing in english while meaning another in hebrew or greek. Therefore I compare commentaries and use resources that translate the language that was being used and the context in which the words were used. I will do my best to explain what and why I believe. in this post. I will start with John 4:10 (Living water) When the Lord was at the well with the woman... This commentary and of course my additional thoughts are the reasonings that makes my belief that this living water, is truly the Spirit. Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." When the Lord made the remark "If you knew the gift of God", should not gift be capitalized, since we know that Christ is the Gift of God and that He is the very Life or life that He is speaking about. *** By this living water is meant the Spirit of Grace, "Who" is not like the water he asked for in the bottom of the well, but He is like living or running water, which was much more valuable. The Spirit of grace is as living water. Under this similarity the blessings of the Messiah had been promised in the Old Testament, Isa. 12:3; 35:7; 44:3; 55:1; Zec. 14:8. The graces of the Spirit, and His comforts, satisfy the thirsting soul, that knows its own nature and needs. Jesus Christ can and will give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him; (remember He answered the woman, "you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.") because He received that He might give. Here are additional commentary notes that prove to "me" what I believe. ***Living water: is a reference to the water of life, the spiritual realities that lead to overlasting life in the presence of God. ***Living water: pardoning and justifying grace, every branch of sanctifying grace, and all the supplies of it; called Living Water, because his grace quickens sinners dead in sin, and dead in law, and in, their own apprehensions; and causes them to live in themselves, and before God; and because it refreshes and comforts, revives and cheers, and is like rivers of water in a dry land; and because it maintains and supports spiritual life in their souls; and it ever abides, and continues, and springs up unto everlasting life: for the allusion is to spring water, that bubbles up in a fountain, and is ever running; for such water the Jews call "living water"; see (Genesis 26:19) ; where in the Hebrew text it is "living water"; which we, and also the Chaldee paraphrase, render "springing water". So living waters with them, are said to be always flowing, and never cease. ***Living water:This everlasting water, that is to say, the exceeding love of God, is called "living" or "of life", to make a difference between it and the water that should be drawn out of a well: and these metaphors are frequently used by the Jews. ***Living water: that Christ gives--spiritual life--is struck out of the very depths of our being, making the soul not a vessel, for holding water poured into it from outside of it, but a "fountain" (the word use, to distinguish it from the word used "well" in John 4:11), springing, gushing, bubbling up and flowing forth inside of us, ever fresh, ever living. The indwelling of the Holy Ghost as the Spirit of Christ is the secret of this life with all its enduring energies and satisfactions, as is expressly said (John 7:37-39). "Never thirsting," then, means simply that such souls have the supplies at home, into everlasting life. I will research further the rest of your note and respond accordingly May Gods Peace always remain upon us -Kathy |
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113 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 103072 | ||
Hi Ray :) Quoting you, "For example, I would want to talk to you about why you would put in caps the word baptism and spiritual baptism. Also, I would have talked about Nicodemus and spiritual things and spiritual baptism. That is just my interest and don't let it bother you if I go overboard sometime." LOL Sometimes we all get passionate about the Word that we love so dearly, after all it gives Life :) Like Nicodemuswe we'll still find those today who are convinced of the outward miracles the Lord performs and of the history that the Word reveals, but they have not received the very thing that would make them acceptable to God's Devine Presence whereby He could receive them into the Kingdom. Not accepting God on earth, how could these pharisees be prepared to receive of the Spiritual God in heaven. Are these not one in the same God? Therefore the natural man can not be reborn of the flesh, but the spirit of a man can be renewed and must be to receive what is from God. There being many things spiritual, it would stand to reason in my heart, that this must not be just any spiritual rebirth, but the only Spirit that could regenerate a man's spirit, giving him reconcilliation to God would be God's Own Spirit of Grace. So truly the words Jesus spoke, "to be Baptized of water and spirit", was of a total rengeration of the spirit of a man. (A spiritual rebirth, if you will) If I would look at the fact that neither the words "spirit or water" are capitalized, then I look at this verse in the natural sense, and deem that Christ is telling Nicodemus that in order to be born again, that his spirit (Nicodemus') must be cleansed or washed. Therefore to be born again or to become "NEW" there must be a New baptizing with a "NEW WATER" which I believe is The Spirit of Grace, and then the old spirit must be baptized in this LIVING WATER, to be regenerated, thus one's spirit is renewed through a baptism of the spirit, that takes place through the Living Waters. (I hope that made sense) This I agree with when I use it in the context of a man and what he is and what he needs. No caps would be needed because we are only speaking in terms that a man's "spirit needs" to be "cleansed". Yet on the other hand it is by "God's Cleansing Spirit" that it takes place. Darby ***Seeing Jesus, and hearing His testimony, had produced a sense of need in the heart of Nicodemus. It is not the knowledge of grace, but it is with respect to man's condition a total change. He knows nothing of the truth, but he has seen that it is in Jesus, and he desires it. He has also at once an instinctive sense that the world will be against him; and he comes by night. The heart fears the world as soon as it has to do with God; for the world is opposed to Him. The friendship of the world is enmity against God. This sense of need made the difference in the case of Nicodemus. He had been convinced like the others. And the source of this conviction was the miracles. But Jesus stops him short; and on account of the true need felt in the heart of Nicodemus. The work of blessing was not to be wrought by teaching the old man. Man needed to be renewed in the source of his nature, without which he could not see the kingdom. The things of God are spiritually discerned; and man is carnal, he has not the Spirit. The Lord does not go beyond the kingdom-which, moreover, was not the law-for Nicodemus ought to have known something about the kingdom. But He does not begin to teach the Jews as a prophet under the law. He presents the kingdom itself; but to see it, according to His testimony, a man must be born again. But the kingdom as thus come in the carpenter's Son could not be seen without a wholly new nature, it struck no chord of man's comprehension or Jews' expectation, though testimony to it was amply given in word and work: as to entering and having a part in it there is more development as to the how. Nicodemus sees no farther than the flesh.*** Isn't God Awesome?!! -Kathy |
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114 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 103118 | ||
Bullseye! it did :) -Kathy |
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115 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 103119 | ||
Greetings Ray On the subject of Living Water vs living water I catch your drift. I understand exactly where you are coming from, and I have no qualm with it. you said in the spirit of grace or it's attributes if I am correct. Yet I still have the same thoughts... that even the Spirit of Grace is whereby we receive such attributes. :) Kathy |
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116 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 103145 | ||
Hey Ray :) If this all being so then I see no disagreement in what we believe. And as I said before, the capitalizations are really not my greatest consideration when reading the Bible. Maybe I am missing the point. It feels like you are saying, POE-TAY-TOE" and I say POE-TAH-TOE" LOL! John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the "words" that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life." Even in the verse above that you wrote, it only causes me to stand on my belief that the words are life giving. The very Godhead is Life. (IMHO) God created breathed life into man and he became a living soul. Jesus died that we may have life. And the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of life. Remind me... Why are we having this conversation again? -khuck |
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117 | Do you recall the day of your Salvation | John 12:32 | khuck | 103846 | ||
Hi Searcher, Certainly you have had one long journey! You accepted Christ exactly 1 month and 6 days before I entered this world :) Truly you can say: It's been worth having the Lord in my life I'm satisfied just living for Jesus Christ, It's been worth having the Lord in my life... I don't know what I would do without the Lord! It was the Grace of God that brought me out through the years It was the Grace of God that took away ALL my fears! ***Shirley Caesar Today in the service all of the little children came to the alter for prayer and several of them confessed that it was God who has kept them thus far!!! Thank you for sharing your testimony and helping to lift Jesus! John 12:32 "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." -Kathy |
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118 | Do you recall the day of your Salvation | John 12:32 | khuck | 103848 | ||
Dearest Noble! Indeed He has given us a new name! What a beautiful testimony. How wonderful that our Lord and Savior is now also our Friend! I guess you know what has come to my mind: John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. Noble you are always such a blessing to me and if I have not said it recently... thanks for being my friend. -Kathy |
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119 | Do you recall the day of your Salvation | John 12:32 | khuck | 103873 | ||
Dearest Hank, I am so glad that you responded to this one! :) Somehow I knew that you would, and I knew that it would touch something in my heart. (and of course the objective of such a question is to touch the hearts of those who are seeking salvation) Your testimony, is a great reminder of the unmeasurable Love, the unspeakable value, and the infinate Grace, of our Lord. It outshines every other momentus and significant event in the life of those who choose to trust and follow Him. One would have to be a true believer to appreciate a testament of Faith such as yours. Thank you so much for not hiding this one under the tub (grin) Yours in Christ, -Kathy |
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120 | THE MOST POWERFUL VERSE IN EVANGELISM | John 12:32 | khuck | 103886 | ||
(I, if I be lifted up from the earth) If we who are here on this earth, those in which His very Spirit abides will just exalt Him (LIFT HIS NAME - HERALD HIS GOOD NEWS)! (I will draw all men unto me) He will; not us, but Jesus WILL draw all men unto Himself. Dear Brother Tim... you have a taker... I will gladly exalt and magnify Him! Not only for our sake, but for those who do not know Him! God Bless you, Kathy |
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