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101 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 93417 | ||
Dear Hank; Excellent point about the volumes of books Calvin wrote to attempt to explain away the proper intention and meaning of certain parts of Holy writ. It would be easier and proper for us to believe that when scripture says "whosoever" it means exactly that. If I said to a classroom full of students, "whoever wants to go on a bus trip may" then all in the classroom who want to go can. In my sentance, I addressed everyone in the classroom without exclusion, even if some of those in the classroom decide against going on the bus trip. "Whosoever" means whosoever, not something else. We are not to alter God's word by adding to it or subtracting from it in anyway shape or form. God doesn't stutter God said what He meant, and meant what He said. Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. (1 Pet. 1:2) New Creature |
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102 | Inability To Fully Understand God | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 96638 | ||
Tom Here are some verses that address your question no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun, because, though a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. Ecclesiastes 8:17 There is no searching of his understanding. Isaiah 40:28 My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord... my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past finding out! Romans 11:33 Grace to you New Creature |
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103 | I am doing a small group bible study | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 101139 | ||
kitty Try the following web-site http://www.lovethelord.com/books/Genesis.html |
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104 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 101457 | ||
Scott My personal conviction is as follows: Since God's word says, "Thou shalt not kill" Exodus 20:13, then the killing of ones self by any form or method of suicide is self murder. I personnaly wouldn't want to committ suicide to find out later (in the next life) that the last act I committed in life was an act that God was displeased with. While we are living God gives us living grace, especially in difficult moments When it comes time for us to die, then God will likewise provide dying grace. But our times our in His hands, not ours. If you, or someone you know is considering suicide, I would reconsider, and not follow through with any attempts to KILL ones self. New Creature |
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105 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 101465 | ||
justme Soryy about that. Thanks |
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106 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 101466 | ||
Scott My personal conviction is as follows: Since God's word says, "Thou shalt not kill" Exodus 20:13, then the killing of ones self by any form or method of suicide is self murder. I personnaly wouldn't want to committ suicide to find out later (in the next life) that the last act I committed in life was an act that God was displeased with. While we are living God gives us living grace, especially in difficult moments When it comes time for us to die, then God will likewise provide dying grace. But our times our in His hands, not ours. If you, or someone you know is considering suicide, I would reconsider, and not follow through with any attempts to KILL ones self. New Creature |
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107 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102275 | ||
Dear Tim Another good example of God's interactions being conditioned upon man's response to him is: Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, "The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard. Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will change His mind about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you." Jer. 26:13 (NASB) If the people would amend their ways and become obedient then God would choose to be favorable to the people. But if they failed to meet the conditions then God's would bring about misfortune. Nevertheless, the outcome of whether God would resort to plan A or plan B was up to the response of the people. Blessing to you friend New Creature |
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108 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102276 | ||
Dear John Reformed Consider the following text Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, "The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard. Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will change His mind about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you." Jer. 26:13 (NASB) Blessing to you friend New Creature |
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109 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102290 | ||
Dear John God's eternal plan will prevail. He has no alternative plans. I'm sorry you misunderstood me concerning that. As I read Scripture I notice that God is able to predict future events accurately and with certaintity. God alone is able to speak from an eternal perspective. God knows the beginning and end of all things. Nothing can catch Him off guard or by surprise. Before creation, God knew the outcome of all things. In Scripture God often speaks from this eternal perspective. Often He says: "I will" meaning God decress whatever He wills, will come about, regardless of any action or inaction of his created beings. These "I wills" are called Unconditional Covenants. Other times God says; "if my people will do such and such, then I will do the following" (see 2 Chr. 7:14 for example) Such instances are called conditional covenants, because the people can expect a favorable outcome on God's part if the people hear and obey by following the demands laid out by God. But if they choose to disobey, the outcome will be unfavorable. Nevertheless, God from eternity knew what choice the people would make regarding the conditional covenants, even before they made their choice. God was never surprised by the choices the people made using their God given freedom. Also, none of the choices anyone has ever made, have in any way altered God's eternal plan. Somethings in Scripture are just spoken in the present tense of the timing or occurence of the event. Or in real time. As we read Scripture we are reading about past choices people made, and not in real time as they were presented to the people by God's spokesman (i.e. Jeremiah) who lived during the actual time of the events mentioned. However in God's mind these events had already occured before creation. His plan always prevails. His plan willnot and cannot be thwarted. Let me be clear on that. It is because God is Sovereign and in control that He is able to give His creatures such freedom in the areas of conditional covenants. Blessings friend New Creature |
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110 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102403 | ||
Dear John You asked "Does God's ability to " predict future events accurately and with certaintity" come from His foreseeing of what will occur, or, because He fore-ordained the events themselves?" Sometimes a question must be asked of a question. This is one of those instances. Question Did God fore-ordain sin? Blessings friend New Creature |
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111 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102416 | ||
Dear John In my previous post to you, I asked whether God fore-ordains sin? In your reply you responded by stating; "God is not the author of sin, but, He has ordained that the sinful acts of man (which He fore-ordained) work together for ultimate good." So now I must ask you. How can God who according to this statement of yours fore-ordain the sinful acts of people, and yet somehow not be the author of sin? Blessings friend New Creature |
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112 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102429 | ||
Dear John you quoted Easton as saying "The origin of sin is a mystery, and must for ever remain such to us." I personally don't think the origin of sin is such a mystery as Easton makes it out to be. Since God created his beings and gave them the freedom to obey or disobey or rebell, then the origin of sin is no longer a mystery. Satan and his band of followers CHOSE to rebell, and then incited our earthly ancestor's to use their God given freedom to disobey, therefore by these acts of disobedience, sin entered the world, and we now all have been born with an inherited sin nature. That being the case in no way means God is the author of sin, even though he allows or permits it's entrance into the world. Blessings friend New Creature |
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113 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102499 | ||
Dear John Concerning your question does God fore-ordain the wicked deeds of men? According to my understanding, to say that God fore-ordains the wicked sinful deeds of men, would be to say that God is the author of sin, which I don't believe He is. God created all His creatures, and gave them the ability to choose to either obey or disobey. Concerning the origin of sin - Lucifer was the first to use His freedom to rebel and many other angelic beings joined Him in the rebellion. That is why in the New Testament, Satan is called the father of lies. He incited the human race to CHOOSE to disobey God and then all their ancestor's became infected with the fallen or inherited sin nature. We all (me and you and all others) have been born with this fallen sin nature. It seems to me that you believe that God fore-ordained the sinful acts of men. Is that so? Blessings New Creature |
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114 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102527 | ||
Dear John Thanks for the CAPS. I didn't miss the point you were trying to stress. I was merely attempting to establish whether or not you believe that God fore-ordained the sinful acts of man, or whether He fore-knew what would take place. In one of my previous replys to you I stated my belief in the matter which was and still remains as follows. God did not fore-ordain the sinful acts of man, to believe so would mean that I believed that God must also be the author of sin. I do however believe that God in His omniscience fore-knew everything that would happen before it came to pass. I also stated that I also believe that the actions or inactions of God's creatures can never in any way alter God's purpose or divine plan. I was trying to build a basis with you in order to continue further conversation by establishing your beliefs on the topic. Blessings friend New Creature |
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115 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102560 | ||
Dear John You asked what do I believe about Acts 4:28-29 Acts 4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, I believe that the determination of God to do something, even the predesting of things is based on His foreknowledge. By that I mean I believe foreknowledge precedes any predesting.(see Rom. 8:29 for example) I have been open and honest with you concerning my beliefs which are based on Scripture, yet you refuse to answer my question as to whether or not you believe God fore-ordained the sinful actions of men. I have not even concluded that I am positively right on the subject, nevertheless, that is my understanding based upon my understanding of Scripture. So now it's your turn to answer a question Did God fore-ordain the sinful actions of men or not? Blessings friend New Creature |
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116 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102570 | ||
Dear John; you asked - "Whats wrong with simply accepting what the verse says, which is that the wicked actions ot those responsible for the crucifixion carried out God's plan even though they thought they were doing it for their own evil reasons." My reply is nothing, I also accept what the verse says. However if you believe that God is omniscient, then it follows that He foreknows all things before they happen. Being omniscient and foreknowing all things in my understanding does not mean God fore-ordained the evil actions of men. It only means He foreknew about the wicked deeds of men, and even permitted the evil acts of men, knowing beforehand that His divine plan would in no way be altered by the actions or inactions of men. By giving His created beings the ability to choose to obey or disobey makes man responsible for his choices. To believe God fore-ordained the evil actions would mean God must be responsible for mens wicked deeds. Thats what I believe. Not because of any single verse of Scripture, but because of the entirety of what I read from Scripture. So whats wrong with believing that God created His beings with the ability to choose good or evil? I cannot at this time agree with you that God fore-ordained sin, since God is not the author of sin. In other words if God fore-ordained sin, therby becoming the author of it, then that would mean that God Himself is a sinner, which of course He isn't Blessings friend New Creature |
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117 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102590 | ||
Dear John All I can say is, that when FOREKNOWLEDGE precedes any FOREORDAINING (such as in Rom. 8:29 and 1 Pet 1:2) then the difficulty of understanding all this disappears, at least to me. The problem is trying to explain it to someone else. I sat here for an hour and tried to think about how I would answer you, and discovered that I doubt that I could give you any satisfactory explanation without writting a book. And I doubt you would care to read any book I could contrive. Just look in Scripture to see how FOREKNOWLEDGE precedes FORE-ORDAINING. P.S. I still disagree with your belief that God fore-ordains sin. Do you truly believe that God is the author of sin? Blessings friend New Creature |
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118 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102690 | ||
Dear John From this reply from you I was going to ask you another question, but I see brother Tim already proposed the same question to you that I had in mind, so I will wait to read your response to Tim Blessings friend New Creature |
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119 | about taking someone to court | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102995 | ||
Dear joelk In one of your previous posts you described the owner of the business as a Christian. Here your description of him seems conflicting to how you previously labeled him. Here you said of him; "The man who owns the business is a very wealthy man ... close friend to the president of U.S. ... lots of power .. not too likely he will give me the time of day." That seems odd. In your previous post you said there was an issue about job discrimination against you. Here you state that you were fired because you witnessed to a fellow employee during lunch and away from work. If that is the case then you should seek recourse from the courts because you were fired unfairly. If that is the only reason you were fired you can report such an incident to a Christian legal organization such as the ACLJ, but their are many others as well. Let us know how things work out for you. Peace to you New Creature |
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120 | reply for new creation ... thank you | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 103011 | ||
joelk It just seemed odd to me that in your initial post you described the owner of the company as a Christian, then in your next post you stated that he probably wouldn't give you the time of day. I am not doubting your statements, I'm just trying to put the puzzle together with the pieces you have made available to me. If the man is a Christian as you claim, then I am sure he would give you the time of day, and I'm also sure that if you expressed your concerns to him in a written letter that he would look into your situation. Also in this your third post you now say that you were told that you were fired for lack of sales something you left out of your previous posts. In your first post you stated that you were being discriminated against in the workplace. Then I find out in your next post that you stated that you were fired from your job because you witnessed to a fellow employee, and now in your most recent post you state that you were told that your firing was due to lack of sales. As you can see, new information about your firing is coming forth with each new post from you. But if you feel you were fired because you witnessed to a fellow employee during lunch, then contact the ACLJ on the web. They can be found at: www.aclj.org ACLJ stands for, American Center for Law and Justice, they defend the rights of Christian's Peace to you New Creature |
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