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101 | Who committs the unpardonable sin? | Matt 12:32 | tgc | 128093 | ||
New Creature, Here we go again this should be fun and informative. I would have to answer A only. Yes I am one who belives in the eternal security of the beliver but more than that I firmly belive the unpardonable sin is to reject what Christ did for us on the cross. This is the ultimate blashemy of the Holy Spirit rejecting the conviction He puts on ones heart and rejecting Christ payment for ones sins. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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102 | tgc will reply to this question? | Matt 12:32 | tgc | 128323 | ||
Good Afternoon Stultis, I am glad to see I was missed last night...LOL. In answer to your question I belive that Steve has done an excellent job in his post and the only thing I would add is especially in the Matthew passage 12:32 if you back up to verse 22 and read foward to verse 32 and consider the context that only an unbeliver will fit. In The Love Of Christ,tgc | ||||||
103 | Your thoughts? | Matt 12:32 | tgc | 128336 | ||
Stultis, I figured this would be your reply, so I have been preparing to answer. After looking at several commentaries and reading through the passage you mention several times this is what I came up with. First of all there is a natural break in the quoted passage at verse 25. Here the author ends one discussion and starts another with verse 26, it is from 26 forward that deals with the subject which we now discuss so I will limit my comments to 26-31. The best verse for verse break down I have found is in the Nelson Complete Study System product number2885, and is found on page2093-2094 in the notes. !0:26 sin willfully: The reference here is not to an occasional act of sin( which can be confessed and forgiven ; see 1 John 1:8-9) but to a continual rejection of God. The Old Testament speaks in Num. 15:30,31 of committing willful sin. A person who sinned presumptuously was to be cut off from the people. To sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth is apostasy. If a person rejects God’s provision for his or her salvation there is no other remedy for sins (see Num.15:29-31), since forgiveness of sins can only be found in Christ’s perfect sacrifice. !0:27 With no hope of forgiveness all that one can expect is judgment, described here as a fiery indignation. Those who choose to disobey God become His adversaries ( see James 4:4) 10:28-29 The specific sin in the Old Testament that required two or three witnesses was idolatry ( see Deut. 17:2-7) The judgment for idolatry was death by stoning. If idolatry was punished by physical death, how much worse punishment should someone receive who treats the word of Christ with disrespect or distain? Counted the blood…a common thing means the blood of Christ is treated as no different from the blood of an ordinary man or the blood of an animal sacrifice. Insulted the Spirit of grace is a reference to the Holy Spirit the agent of God’s gracious gift of salvation. Anyone who commits these acts will be judged with a punishment worse than physical death. 10:30-31 The author quotes two passages from Deut.32 to support his claim that judgment belongs to the Lord and God’s people are not excused from God’s judgment. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God because there is no other sacrifice for sin than Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross only a fearful expectation of judgment All sin not covered by the blood of Christ will result in great loss at the judgment seat. Can a christan backslide yes and will God deal with that yes but He will deal with that person as a parent deals with a child and yes that can sometimes be quite severe up to and including physical death. But God will not cast that child away from Him for in that child He sees His Son and the righteousness that comes through Christ Jesus. Hope this speaks to your question. By the way I have not quoted word for word from the above mentioned source but the bulk of this is from said source. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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104 | Your thoughts? | Matt 12:32 | tgc | 128389 | ||
New Creature, No it is not possible for that child to disown God. Let me qoute just two passages of scriptures that lead me to belive this way. First John 10:28-29 NKJV 28 "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 "My Father, who has given [them] to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of My Father's hand. Breaking these two verses down lets see where it leads us. Who gives eternal life? Jesus what is the promise of eternal life to the belivers? they shall never perish nor can ANYONE snatch them out of My hand. Who does the hand belong to? Jesus Who has given these belivers to Jesus? God the Father. Who is greater than the Father? No one Who can take belivers out of God the Fathers hand? No one Our salvation begins and ends with Jesus we can do nothing to save ourselves and once we are saved by grace we can do nothing to keep our salvation it all Jesus. The next passage I want to look at is Romans 8:26-39 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit [is,] because He makes intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to [His] purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? [It is] God who justifies. 34 Who [is] he who condemns? [It is] Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [Shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. This passage really speaks for itself and ther is no need to go in to a breakdown of it. Really this passage just strengthens or adds to the previous taking the same thought worded in differnet way but saying the same thing. Hope this helps. In The Love Of Christ,tgc |
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105 | Jesus brothers. | Matt 12:46 | tgc | 123867 | ||
Emmaus, As far as verses speaking of Jesus's siblings how about? Matthew 13 : 53-58 Mark 3:31-35 Galatins 1:18-19 . These are just a few verses that pop to mind. But to say there is nowhere in the Bible that talks about Jesus's brothers and sisters is not at all correct as these passages show. In the Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
106 | Jesus brothers. | Matt 12:46 | tgc | 123868 | ||
Emmaus, As far as verses speaking of Jesus's siblings how about? Matthew 13 : 53-58 Mark 3:31-35 Galatins 1:18-19 . These are just a few verses that pop to mind. But to say there is nowhere in the Bible that talks about Jesus's brothers and sisters is not at all correct as these passages show. In the Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
107 | Jesus brothers. | Matt 12:46 | tgc | 123869 | ||
Emmaus, As far as verses speaking of Jesus's siblings how about? Matthew 13 : 53-58 Mark 3:31-35 Galatins 1:18-19 . These are just a few verses that pop to mind. But to say there is nowhere in the Bible that talks about Jesus's brothers and sisters is not at all correct as these passages show. In the Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
108 | Philippians 2:12 - Fear and trembling | Matt 22:14 | tgc | 127497 | ||
AHN, There are many ideals running through this post first understand this you are correct when you make the statement that church membership will not get one into Heaven. Only coming to Jesus Christ in humblr repentance confesing your sins to Him and asking Him to forgive your sin then accepting Him as Lord of your life will get you or anyone elese to Heaven. As far as predestination is concerned there can be no real debate on if God predestines or not He does. The question is on what bsases does He predestine. I would personally argue that it is on His foreknowledge of what choices an indivual will make. There are many who would disagree with me on this and I am sure you will hear from them. With that said let us look to the scriptures You quoted much from the book of John in your post so we will begin there. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; John 3:15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. John 3:18 "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:14-18 NASB Note that twicw in this short passage the word whosoever is used "whosoever belives will be saved" sso to me that makes it clear everybody gets a chance at salvation. So I would say that those who answer the call of Christ are the elect. As I said before this is based on His foreknowledge. To show this point lets look at thebook of Romans chapter 8:28-30 from the NKJV 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to [His] purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified Here Paul gives us a list of what God does for the beliver and if you notice it all starts with those He foreknew. The one point you are 100 percent correct on is there is nothing we can do to get right with God only the finished work of Christ in attonement can put anyone right with God and then through a foreign rightousness not of our own but through Christ Jesus. As to Romans 9:15 God promises that He will have mercy on all who come to Him in the rightousness of His Son Jesus Christ. For a reference read Romans chapter 8. ]As for church attendence that has been a hotly debated topic the last few days on another thread that has also been restricted but in the thread Edb makes some great points concerning this topic I would encourage you to check them out for yourself. I can not come to agree with the last part of your post about being in church is a way to keep from being saved on this I would encourage you to much prayer and to seek out a healthy well balanced church to attend. We all need that support structure in our lives as belivers. Although some may argue there is no such thing as a lone ranger christan. I hope this helps. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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109 | Would you? | Mark 16:15 | tgc | 121587 | ||
My Fellow Worker In Christ, Aixen7z4 If you wish to share the whole gospel anywhere anytime I AM WITH YOU. No matter where it is. tgc |
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110 | Would you? | Mark 16:15 | tgc | 122159 | ||
Greetings Aixen7z4, Somehow I missed this post until today. You speak much truth in this post I will admit I love to take part in intellectual discussions, however I do check the board everyday to see if their is someone posting a question concerning salvation. My friend do not be discouraged in doing God's work.And remeber there is a place for intellectual debate remember iron sharpens iron. With this said I'm of the opion all of us on the forum who are disciples of our great Lord Savior and God Jesus Christ should give any post concerning salvation foremost attention. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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111 | How could God send anyone to hell ? | John | tgc | 141442 | ||
The answer to this question is that God does not send anyone to Hell. We choose that for ourselves by rejecting Jesus as our Lord and Savior. For a scriptural backing to ths just look at John chapter 3 verses 1-21. This is Jesus discourse with Nicodemus on the matter of salvation. To show that God does not accept man on man's terms but only on the terms of Christ Himself just look to Acts chapter 17 :16-34 this is Paul's adress to the Areopagus where he discusses these matters with the people of Greece and therir religous system. Then there is the ovious that if we could just have any belief system we want it really doesn't matter then what good was the Cross. To see the biblical view of religous systems other than that which was brought by Jesus check the books of 1 John and 2 John. This is just a very basic scetch that I have given much more could be said some exceelent works have been written on this issue from those such as Hank Hengraffe, Norman Giesler,Josh McDowell, and others some titles that come to mind are When Skeptics Ask, When Critics Ask, and The Bible Answer Book just to name a few. Also last term in school we where in the writtings of John and had to write a lesson plan out of these my paper was based out of John chapter 3 and I would be glad to email to you if you like as it is to large to post. Hope this helps. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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112 | How could God send anyone to hell ? | John | tgc | 141522 | ||
Well there has to be a first time for everything Doc, as far as I can remember this is the first time we have disagreed. Now understand that I agree with you in that we are saved from God's wrath through Jesus. I agree with you that that the worst thing that could happen to a person is to stand naked in ones own works and their own strength before a Holy and Rightpous God. I would also agree that a very good question is how could God allow us in to His heaven. The answer to this is grace. The reason Jesus came was to make it possible for us to be united with God through the rightousness of Christ. God put together a plan from before the foundation of the world to redeem all those who would belive through faith on the name of Jesus. God has revealed Himself through Natural Law, Creation, the prophets, Through The Incarnation of Jesus, the Holy Bible, His church. God has made every opportunity for man to repent and belive in the name of Jesus and He has clearly informed us of what it means to reject Jesus that is seperation from Him for all eternity in hell. So if God has went to such great lengths such as the cross then man has to make a choice to either accept Jesus and msake Him Lord and Savior or rejecrt Him and pay the cost of that rejection. I fail to see how this view in anyway minimizes man's guilt or demeans the Holiness of God in anyway. I would argue just the opposite that it clearly and definitely highlights man's guilt and man's helplessness to do anything about that guilt before a just and holy God and that only through the devine intervention of God can man have any hope. I would also argue that it highlights God's holiness in that He wqorks through creatures that can choose to accept or reject Him and not through robots preprogramed. This arguement is not to protect God but to glorify Him in all His majasty. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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113 | How could God send anyone to hell ? | John | tgc | 141551 | ||
I guess I am dense in that I do not see how this statement would deny the Truth of Heb.10:13. If one rejecrs Christ and stands alone in front of a Just and Holy God then what a fearful thing it would be. I hate to even imagine anything of the sort. However this goes back to our choice of accepting or rejecting Christ as Lord and Savior He as done all the work neccessary for aour redemption and made the choices very plain now we have to choose Him or hell. I just do not understand how this could be considered unsound doctrine. Doc, I have the upmost respect for your views and opions as you have so well expressed them here on the forum, I enjoy very much just stopping by and browsing the forum to see what you and a few others have been discussing so please do not feel that I in anyway am tring to be disrespectful to you but again I just do not understand your view. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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114 | How could God send anyone to hell ? | John | tgc | 141685 | ||
Doc, you have no need to aplogize for anything, you have simplely stated your position from an understanding of scripture which is different than he way I understand it. I only wish to understand your point of view as I have much respect for it. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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115 | Hebrews 6:4 -Am I a useless cause? | John 11:25 | tgc | 121013 | ||
Dear Friend, part one Let me refer you to just a few verses thar might help you. The first is John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that WHOSOEVER belives in Him should not parish but have everlasting life. Look at the capitalized word whosoever and ask yourself what does this word mean. Very plainly it means that anyone who comes to Christ wil be saved. Let us look a little deeper at this. From here we will go to the book of Romans chapter 3:23"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." What is the Glory of God? It is Jesus Christ or absoulet perfection. Needless to say all of us fall short at this point.Romans 6:23 "For the wagesof sin is death but thegift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." We have alraedy established the fact that all have sinned now we see the result of that sin death. An important note here is that there are two kinds of death there is spiritiual and physical. Physical death is something we are all anquainted with So what is spiritual death well that is seperation from God. But if we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior that wall of death is broken down and we can be with God. Romans 10: 9-10 " that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and belivein your heart that God has raised Him from the dead you will be saved. For with the heart one belives unto rightousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Here the important question is what does the scripture mean when it refers to the heart? What I have come to believe is that the heart of man is that part of man that is created in the image of God. There are four parts to this the intellect the emotion the soul andthe free will. |
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116 | Hebrews 6:4 -Am I a useless cause? | John 11:25 | tgc | 121015 | ||
Dear Friend part 2, Through these four parts God works with us to draw us to Him. With the intellect we can hear Gods word and understand the ramifications. Through the emotions we can feel conviction. With our free will we choose how we respond. Of course the soul is that part of us that lives on after the body has died awaiting resurrection. If you can come to grip with these truths and come to the point that you relize that there is nothing you can do about your sin only Christ can handle that then confess this to Him and accept the free gift He has for you making Him Lord of your life then the salvation issue is settled. As for falling away and losing your salvation that is not going to happen brcause your salvation i not based on you it is based on Christ finished work ion the cross. For an example of this look at the life of Peter one minute he is being patted on the back by Jesus the next Jesus is calling him satan. Mat. 16:13-16 and Mat.16:22-23 Also remember that Peter is the one who denied Christ three timesMat. 26:69-75 , but look at how the resurrected Christ restores him John 21: 15-19. The only way you are a hopless cause is if you reject Jesus Christ as the Lord of your life. please see part 3 |
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117 | Hebrews 6:4 -Am I a useless cause? | John 11:25 | tgc | 121016 | ||
Dear friend part 3, Jesus Himself said that the only unforgiveable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. That is a life of continually rejecting the convicting power of the Holy Spirit in your life and rejecting the finished work of Jesus on the cross. You are not hopeless just go to Christ in repentance that is turning awy from your sin and to Christ make Him the Lord of your life and seek daily to take up your cross and foloe Him. I do not pretend that this is easy but if you seek a relationship with Christ through His Word and get hooked up with a healthy well balanced church where you can experience the love of Christ in pratical way you can find hope. I sincerley hope this will help and I want you to know I will be holding you up in prayer. In the love of Christ, tgc |
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118 | Define Christian entertainment | John 14:12 | tgc | 125689 | ||
Very well said Angel. Today it seems the brighter the lights the louder and more upbeat the music the more Godly it is suppose to be. We seem to have forgotten that if Christ be lifted up HE will draw men to Him. Your view of the misuse of Paul's writtings is insightful to this let me add I have heard it said Jesus hung out with sinners and did not say anything about whst they were doingso why should we. Again an extreme misuse of scripture. I wonder how will we ever get back to true worship of God in spirit and truth. Any thoughts? In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
119 | Define Christian entertainment | John 14:12 | tgc | 125924 | ||
Well said Doc We cannot rely on our feelings. With that said I think I know what Edd is talking about , I think what he is refering to is that when he leaves a time of corporate worship he wants to know that he has met with God. I think this is a longing all of share. I to have felt the f;ustration that Edd speaks of then I really read the first two chapters of the book of acts and real meditate on what is there with this in mind and speeped in prayer we looked for a group of belivers who shared this same passion The Lord did provid and now we do have a real time of worship together with other belivers. I belive that a big part of this comes from the small groups we have that meet in homes. People are more themselves in this setting and we really seek God in prayer and through the stidy of His Word. Yes Edd I will be lifting you up in prayer. I hope some of my rambling helps. In The Love Of Christ,tgc | ||||||
120 | Is speaking in tongues a necessity ? | Acts 2:4 | tgc | 122041 | ||
Jilliebean, justme is exactly right. Many in certain movements do make the claims you have spoke of. But let us look to God's Word for the answere. First let us consider tongues look up 1 Cor. 12 and13. You will find listed many gifts and Paul makes it clear that not everyone has the same gifts rather each one of us has different gifts so minstery can be carried on. If we all had the same gifts then there would be alot of things not getting done. The one gift we should all share is the gift of love. This is the one that will last. Many people go to church looking for an experience some big emotional event however God's voice is usually heard as a still small voice. As far as slain in the spirit there is no place in the Bible that this is supported. If you look up the references that the people who promote this use you will find that it is always the enemies of Jesus falling away from Him not belivers. An example of this is the mob in the Garden that falls back When Jesus answeres I AM. The phenomenon of slain in the spirit can be traced back to Maria Beulah Woodworth-Etter who died in 1924. She figured out that by working people into an altered state of mind and playing off their emotions and working off the effect of the fact people came looking for just such an experience this can be pulled off. For more information on this subject you can go to www.equip.org or pick up a copy of Hank Hanegraaff's great book Counterfeit Revival. I hope this Helps. In The Love of Christ, tgc | ||||||
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