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101 | Jesus' thoughts on child abuse | Matt 18:6 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187523 | ||
Jesus had a child on his lap when he said this. It would not be wrong to take it literally and connect it to the topic of child abuse. KJV: "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were thrown in the depth of the sea." |
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102 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187475 | ||
Regeneration is the presence of Christ entering by the Holy Spirit into the one who turns to God in faith. However, what that change entails in a metaphysical sense the Bible gives no instruction and, therefore, it is beyond me. Whatever regeneration entails, it is not because man is physically or spiritually unable to believe God or obey the law but because: (a) man refuses to trust God, and (b)he cannot obey the law in a manner that God approves. Both cases are the result of his fallennes by virtue of Adam's transgression and their continued participation in such fallenness. I admit, there is a change; but that transformation is due to the presence of the Holy Spirit entering within the one believing and entails, as far as I can tell, no physical change in the substance of the heart or the spirit. Of course, when Christ comes, all things will be made new and, in that day, there will occur some sort of physical transformation (mainly by the total extraction of sin?) of heart and spirit. In 1 Cor 2, we do learn that man is incapable of spiritual discerment but it is not the result of your interpretion of the text since it goes beyond what the text actually says, at least, as I read it. I already discussed where your interpretation of the phrase, "God may grant them repentance," is mistaken, which the TEV clarifies. Eze 36:26 refers to Israel as a nation and it is primarily in that context it ought to be interpreted. As such, the language is metaphorical with respect the transformation of the heart from stone to flesh. The "new spirit" is due to the promised presence of the Holy Spirit. Again, this is with respect to Israel as a nation and not individuals. To extend the text to mean individual persons, however, poses no problem. It is still metaphorical, as far as the heart is concerned. No one's heart is stone, at least, to my knowledge. The "new spirit" primarily involves the entrance and domination of the God's Spirit dwelling within man's (keeping in mind that we are not told how He will do it, only the fact that He will). If you are speaking of a moral and spiritual change without suggesting a physical transformation of the heart or a change of substance of the spirit, I can agree; otherwise, I do not. From my reading of the Bible, what you suggest is unwarranted by the Bible verses cited. |
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103 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187457 | ||
Doc, 1. I respectfully submit that you read and assume too much into a person's comments. 2. I respectfully but strongly contend that unless (a) these men are infallible in their interpretation of Scripture, and (b) they have the power to judge me to hell, I (a) am not obligated to agree with them, and (b) need not fear to make the determination that they are erred. As such, your comment seems to have no bearing on the issue being discussed, at least, as far as I am concerned. |
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104 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187456 | ||
1. I fail to see where the context of the verse undermines how I have understood it. It rather further supports and clarifies my position. Nowhere is a change in the substance/nature of the physical/spiritual person shown to be involved. 2. There are unbelievers who have understood what the Bible says but refuse to attach any significance or value to it in their lives. They refused, not because they did not understand but because they did not believe it had any relevance in their lives. 3. There is no arguing we pray for God to change a person's heart, but the kind of change you suggest is not, as far as I can see it, in the Bible or even in the verses you cited thus far. |
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105 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187454 | ||
Tim, Oops, sorry... |
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106 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187441 | ||
Tim, How do you see I have incorectly defined repentance (although, I cannot see where I gave one)? |
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107 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187440 | ||
Tim, How do you see I have incorectly defined repentance (although, I cannot see where I gave one)? |
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108 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187439 | ||
Doc, I Cor 2:14 in no way says or can be correctly interpreted as saying that "God does something physical to man's natural or spiritual substance." As I read it, all it says is that the man, as a sinner, does not value God's word and, therefore, rejects it because he has no spiritual apprehension of it's significance; that is basically it. Is 64:6a states that the transgressor's righteousness, in comparison to God's standard of righteousness, are unacceptable. Nothing here about change of nature as you suggest. The same goes for Titus 1:16; 2:14; 2 Corinthians 7:10, and Acts 11:18. Your interpretation to me has no bearing on the verses you cited. If Packer is suggesting what you have stated, I respectfully submit that my reading of the Bible shows he also is misinterpreting the verses. |
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109 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187438 | ||
Regarding your note on "repentance": 1. Act 5:31. "grant repentance", again, speaks of God giving sinners the opportunity to repent. 2. Rom 2:4. "kindness of God leads to repentance," which again considers God giving sinners the opportunity to repent by not exacting punishment swiftly: "kindness...forbearance...patience". 3. 2 Tim 2:25. See (1) above and my previouse note. Again, what is granted here is not "repentance" itself but the opportunity to repent. As the NAS translates it, I had never understood it as God giving "repentance" itself as if it were a thing of some substance; but it was always understood as giving opportunity. To me that's the natural and obvious understanding of the text. It is like when someone says, "I grant you freedom," it is not giving "freedom" as if it were a thing of substance, but as allowing the person to go on his own. The problem is not so much translation but interpretion. Repentance is involved in the process of conversion but it is something God commands men to do; it is not some thing that he puts in them to do. It is an change of attitude and lifestyle in response to God's kindness that the sinner must make. Please do not take offense but, if I understand your response correctly, as far as I can tell from my reading of the Bible, the interpretation you suggest goes far beyond the meaning of the verses cited; at least that seems to be where the problem lies: in interpretation, not translation. |
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110 | E-Security only for true believers? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187429 | ||
Before I became a believer, as I was reading the Bible, I came to understand many verses, which understanding I still hold to be true today as a Christian. | ||||||
111 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187428 | ||
1. You say, "Unrepentance is not a habit or an attitude...therefore, God must change that nature." Are you suggesting that repentance is an impossibility unless God does something physical to man's natural or spiritual substance? Or, that repentance is some form of physical/spiritual substance that God places into a man in order to "change that nature"? 2. 1 Cor 1:27-28 merely describes the character or condition of those when chosen and who made the choice; it does not say how that choice was made. 3. Are you suggesting that the TEV is not a reliable translation. In the TEV preface of the NT: "The primary concern of the translators has been to provide a faithful translation of the Greek text." It would seem their aim is the same as the NASB or ESV translators. I also prefer the NASB in my studies but refer to that version where I feel the translation gives the better meaning that is intended. Therefore, what God is giving is not "repentance" itself but the opportunity to repent. 4. To answer your question: God is grants men the opportunity to change, that is to repent. Whether they repent or not is up to them. I can only suggest that your question presupposes an erroneous concept of what is repentance. |
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112 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187390 | ||
Regarding 2 Tim 2:25, what do you mean when you say, "Apart from God's "granting" no one has any desire to repent." Three observations: 1. To, as you seem to suggest, grant one the "desire" to repent does not necessarily follow that he/she will repent. 2. It doesn't say God grants them the "desire" to repent but that "God may grant them repentance". 3. TEV translates it: "God may give them the opportunity to repent". This is my understanding of the verse. |
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113 | What was the purpose of the law? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187389 | ||
See my note ID# 187370. | ||||||
114 | What was the purpose of the law? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187370 | ||
I neglected to answer your question in my initial response. It seems there are no verses that directly support my view but I do see a few immediate verses like Acts 9:5, 20, 22, 27, and connected with verses like Phil 3:6b. Again, I am agree that Paul was repentant and recognized himself as a sinner. All I am saying is that this repentance and recognition was not necessarily through the Law (as normaly should have been given the purpose of the Law) but through his encounter with Jesus revealed as Messiah. |
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115 | E-Security only for true believers? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187369 | ||
I am not questioning whether or not genuine believers are eternally secure. My question is how does one know that they are saved in the first place or, in other words, how does one determine with infallible certainty that they are genuine believers? | ||||||
116 | What was the purpose of the law? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187368 | ||
First, let me reiterate, I am not saying Paul was not repentant. I am saying that his repentance for sin was based upon the conviction that Jesus as Messiah; that is, Paul realized he was a sinner when he realized Jesus is the Messiah. There is no Rom 7:42. I do not see how 1 Tim 1:15 contends against my understanding of Paul's conversion experience. |
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117 | What was the purpose of the law? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187367 | ||
I am not saying that the apostle was not repentant but his repentance of transgression was based upon the conviction that Jesus is Messiah, at least, that is my understanding as I read the relevant verses in the NT. However, although I agree that Paul was repentant, I don't understand what you mean by, "Paul had been granted the gift of repentance". |
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118 | What was the purpose of the law? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187366 | ||
My apologies, but how does your reponse relate to my comment? | ||||||
119 | Mans appropriate relation to animals? | Prov 12:12 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187321 | ||
CDBJ, I don't think Tony necessarily stretches the text. In any case, that the Bible does say that there will be a "new heaven and a new earth" suggests to me that there will be animals. Also, somewhere in the Hebrew text it does read that the lion will lie down with the lamb (and there seems to be no indication it is figuratively speaking). Admittedly, the Bible does not say that we will specifically live with the same animals we owned on earth in heaven; but I don't think God, who is Father, will begrudge one that wish (James 1:5). |
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120 | What was the purpose of the law? | Gal 3:23 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187319 | ||
Hopalong, My reading of the Bible conveys to me the perspective that Paul did not come to salvation convicted of sin but what "knocked him off his high hoss and left him dead and lying in the dust" was the conviction that Jesus is Messiah. |
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