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121 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93537 | ||
JibbyJee: It's easy enough to see where you're coming from and why you think that anyone who disagrees with Calvinism is a heretic. The lawyer-turned-theologian who developed the system of soteriology that bears his name had his own way of dealing with those who disagreed with his views. They were branded "heretics" and exiled or something worse. John Calvin, the autocrat, often mistook his own will for the will of God. Many Calvinists have remained true to the example he set and call heresy any doctrine that does not line up with 5-Point Calvinism. Is your vision so blurred and your perception so warped that you cannot conceive of non-Calvinists, such as New Creature and myself, along with the majority of users of this forum, as being anything but heretics? Why don't you conserve the energy you use trying to convert non-Calvinist Christians (yes, there is such a thing as that) to your brand of Calvinism and use it to preach to sinners who don't know Christ? Or would that be a foolish undertaking since they may not be of the elect anyway? Too bad God didn't think to put a mark on the elect so you Calvinists would know who to preach to. When Calvinists or any other group get to the point where they think theirs in the only game in town, it's a sad day for Christianity. I've had my say and am finished. Since you came as close to an apology as it appears you are capable of, I will stay away from the abuse button for the time being, but if you continue on with your know-it-all attitude and your name calling on this forum, be assured that there are a number of regular users of this forum who will not tolerate it and will not hesitate to take remedial action. --Hank | ||||||
122 | no patience and abrasive... | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93539 | ||
Thank you, George, for your thoughtful response. I'll be happy to weigh in again, as you requested, but at my age we'd better reduce the time frame from a year to six months :-) Grace to you, George. --Hank | ||||||
123 | Spiritual Maturity and Marriage | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93568 | ||
Greeting, Emmaus. Perhaps a note on the light side would do no harm. Someone once observed that marriage is a fine institution, but who wants to spend the rest of his life in an institution. And I've seen marriages in which both parties to it looked more dejected than Al Capone must have looked when he was a citizen of Alcatraz. But I've been "institutionalized" for some 44 years and have never considered applying for parole. I doubt that my wife has either, but if she has, it's one of the best-kept secrets of the age. Perhaps I'm just getting old and grumpy -- although I kid myself into believing I'm getting mature and wise -- when I look around at some of these young couples these days. They shack up with no thought of assuming the commitment and responsibility of marriage, they lease a car, rent a house, rent the furniture to go in it, call it a "trial marriage" and tell the world they are settling down and establishing their roots. Often as not these "marriages" last about as long as a snow cone in the inimical sun of an Arkansas summer...... And in my many years I've had occasion to see a number of marriages wherein one party to the marriage was a Christian and the other was not. Without exception, one could tell that something was missing in all those unions. Truly it reinforces one's conviction that God not only instituted marriage and laid down certain practical instructions for its success. but that He also knows exactly what He's talking about. But then man wants to be as wise as God -- and thinks he is. Adam and Eve thought they had it all figured out back there in the Garden until their bubble burst and they found out what a mess of things they'd really made. And here we are, countless generations later, still up to the same stunts that Adam and Eve tried to pull off and failing just as miserably as they did. We delude ourselves into believing that we have better ideas on marriage -- and better ideas on everything else -- than God ever dreamed of having. As the folk song says, "When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?" You can wake up from you nap now, Emmaus. I'm finished for now :-) Your brother in the Lord, --Hank | ||||||
124 | E-Mail Notification Problem | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93664 | ||
Some of you may be experiencing a problem in receiving e-mail notification when your post is responded to. This is to let you know that I have reported the problem to the folks at Lockman Foundation. I'm sure they will correct the problem shortly. They have always been quick to respond to technical glitches in the past. --Hank | ||||||
125 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93694 | ||
JibbyJee: What is your problem, besides being a hyper-Calvinist? As Radioman said to you earlier, you have succeeded in insulting members of this forum who have been on it since its inception, and you continue to do so. No one thinks of himself as being part of what you erroneously call the "Forum Elite." Quite frankly, were I not leaving on vacation tomorrow, I'd put together a collage of your insults that you've hurled at practically everyone who has disagreed with your theology and post them on the forum and send a copy to Lockman for their disposition. I know I speak for a number of other users when I say to you enough is enough. Learn to act respectfully and charitably toward your fellow users on this forum or pack your bags and get out. --Hank | ||||||
126 | Number of writers who wrote the bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 94805 | ||
Aixen: Compilations of the sort you mention exist, wherein attempts have been made to match biblical authors with their writings. Various lists abound, but there is no definitive list and no unanimous agreement among scholars. Three categories emerge: books whose author is certain, books whose author is probable, and books whose author is unknown. Of all books that comprise Scripture, however, the Author is God regardless of whose human hands penned the words. That's the important thing. --Hank | ||||||
127 | is it wrong to date or marry outside of | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 94885 | ||
Hi, friend Radioman -- So Freddy Price drives a Rolls Royce because he believes he's following in Jesus' footsteps. But how does dear Freddy know what kind of car Jesus drove? I don't know what Jesus drove, but Scripture tells us about the disciples -- they drove a Honda Accord, but they had only one and had to share it. Acts 2:1 tells us "they were all with one accord in one place." .... OK, so I've used this old joke on the forum before, but at my age I have an excuse for repeating myself. At my age I have an excuse for repeating myself. --Hank --Hank | ||||||
128 | Sound Advise??? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 94959 | ||
That's a fine post, Makarios, and a moving testimony. I'm so thankful that the Lord continues to raise up young men like you who are firm in the faith. My heart rejoices in the knowledge that through young hearts like yours the word of God perpetuates itself from generation to generation. Our Lord said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away." Be of comfort and good cheer, young friend, and keep up the good fight of faith. My admiration of you knows no bounds. --Hank | ||||||
129 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95082 | ||
Hello, Vehoka -- Perhaps you would like to get better acquainted with the Word-Faith Movement. I invite you to go to www.biblebb.com/files/WRDFAITH.HTM .... I am a Baptist too, [SBC], but knowing as I do with what heretical and blasphemous teachings the leaders of this movement are leading thousands astray, I have no hesitancy whatever to expose this movement for what it is. The Bible condemns false teaching in no uncertain terms. As a disciple of Jesus Christ, I cannot stand at ease while His gospel is being distorted, perverted, and re-written by craven wolves dressed in sheep's clothing. I have said on this forum many times, and I will say it again: Many of the problems that our churches and our nation are facing today could have been averted, or at least ameliorated, if professing Christians had stood up like good Christian soldiers should stand, instead of saying, "Oh, it's all right what they do. Jesus loves them just the same. It isn't my burden to interfere with their lives." .... Well, they've interfered with our lives because we Christians have been too mealy-mouthed and namby-pamby to offer any resistance. Our children can't pray in public schools. We stand by helplessly while millions of babies are murdered before they see the light of day. Sodomy is now legal in the United States. Homosexual marriage is the next target. Word-Faith preachers are teaching people that the Cross counts for nothing and that puny man can blackmail God into providing him health and wealth. If we lull ourselves into lethargy by believing that Jesus was a fuzzy-wuzzy Casper milquetoast and so should we be, it's time to read Matthew 23 again. .... Radioman, along with other users of this forum including myself, put out messages exposing the false teachers of the Word-Faith Movement for but one reason: It is our hope and fervent prayer that God will use us to warn innocent people of the terrible dangers they incur upon themselves when they fall prey to such blatantly false teaching as these people engage in. --Hank | ||||||
130 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95090 | ||
Hello, again, Vehoka -- May I quote from your last post: "Darcy: Sweetheart...there IS a way to show one the error of his way without blasting." And now I quote from Jesus Christ: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him as much a son of hell as yourselves." (Matthew 23:15) .... Now, Vehoka, I invite you to do two things: [1] Inform yourself of what Word-Faith teachers are really teaching people. [2] Read Darcy's post again. .... Then decide for yourself who is doing the "blasting" as you call it. Is Darcy in her post? Is Jesus Christ in His discourse in Matthew 23? --Hank | ||||||
131 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95092 | ||
Vehoka -- If you are a good Baptist and, pardon me, I have no evidence to the contrary, then you know that God does not judge you by your heart (whatever that means -- good intentions, I presume). He saves you by grace through faith in His beloved Son, Jesus Christ, who shed his precious blood on the cross as redemption for our sins. --Hank | ||||||
132 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95100 | ||
Hello, Darcy -- You're likely aware of it already, but you received some bad advice tonight from another forum user, albeit I'm convinced this user gave it with all good intentions. The advice was: "You must do it as you feel God is leading you." The fatal flaw in this advice lies in the word "feel." Christians are not instructed in the word of God to rely on their feelings. What a Christian "feels" he should do is not the same thing as obeying what God commands him through His word to do. Man does not "feel" his way to justification; he does not "feel" his way to sanctification. God by His grace justifies. The Holy Spirit by His indwelling sanctifies. And the regenerate believer is taught by the revealed word of God to know what the will of God is. God does not leave His children at the mercy of their feelings. --Hank | ||||||
133 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95133 | ||
apostoloB -- Having read your long post, I disover that I could easily construct a series of questions from virtually every sentence. But even though it is Labor Day, I won't assign myself so much toil as that. Instead, I have chosen to quote a small portion of your post, for the sake of handy reference, and follow up with a few questions. ...... You wrote: "It wasn't until men began translating the bible...that there were difficulties with understanding what God has said...When you operate in the spirit, there is no need for translation." ...... Questions: The Jews of the Old Testament had no translation, but did they have any difficulties with understanding what God said? And the Judaisers who stirred up trouble for Paul in the book of Acts. Was translation the culprit? And what about the false doctrines that plagued the early apostolic church -- was it brought about by translation? ..... You say that when you operate in the spirit, there is no need for translation. Yet I notice that you quoted some Bible verses in English. Why? Are you fluent in biblical Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic? Did you initially learn about Jesus from a Greek manuscript or perhaps from a Greek-speaking tutor? ..... Now, Jim, I'm not ridiculing you or your post. But doesn't it seem fair enough for me to be accorded the same option to question some of your statements as you exercised in making them? --Hank | ||||||
134 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95139 | ||
Hello, EdB -- Since the old "pioneer days" of this forum, you have been singularly faithful, persevering, and resourceful in your attempts to educate the readers of this forum on the teachings of the WOF Movement, exposing their lies and deceptions in the light of Scripture. I commend you highly for your untiring efforts. No one can read your posts about the word-faithers and be ignorant of the threat they pose to orthodox Christianity. I've been meaning for some time to post a note of thanks and appreciation to you for your valuable contributions to this forum, and this seemed as good a time as any to carry out these intentions, even though it is small payment for the debt of gratitute this forum owes you. Again, thanks Ed. --Hank | ||||||
135 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95141 | ||
Hello, Radioman -- Well, it does cause one to wonder why God ever bothered to write His Bible in the first place. And look at all the time, not to mention the cost of expensive writing materials, that the human authors wasted in taking down what the Spirit inspired. Why, Moses should have stayed in Egypt and behaved himself, Matthew should have stuck with tax collecting (they were better paid than writers in those days -- still are). And think of all the tents -- more than enough to keep Barnum and Bailey Circus out of the rain forever -- Paul could have made while he was writing his heart out to those foolish Galatians and other ingrates. And Peter could have caught enough fish to keep the Fulton Fish Market supplied for years. ..... Isn't it ironic that anyone would have the temerity to say that all we need is to be led by the Holy Spirit, the same Holy Spirit who wasted His time giving us the Bible? --Hank | ||||||
136 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95143 | ||
apostoloB -- Thank you for your response. May I first point out that being born again and baptized in the Holy Spirit is a redundancy. It is impossible to be regenerated and not baptized in the Holy Spirit. .... In reply to your question, I have been a regenerated believer for 54 years. You observe: "I would be interested in knowing where you are coming from." So would I be interested in knowing where you are coming from. --Hank | ||||||
137 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95152 | ||
justme -- I appreciate your kind words. You bear such glad tidings concerning your health report. My heart rejoices. Continued good wishes both to you and Mrs. justme. Praise to the Lamb! --Hank | ||||||
138 | The Problem with WoF in a nutshell | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95158 | ||
Hello, Truthfinder -- "Know then thyself, presume not God to scan. The proper study of Mankind is Man. -- Alexander Pope. .... Perhaps that fits in here somewhere, though I'm not sure exactly how :-) --Hank | ||||||
139 | Thanks for being here, y'all. | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95372 | ||
oldironman (Mark) -- What an inspiring post! Thank YOU for being here too, Mark. And what a joy it is that you have found help by reading the posts of this forum. It places upon each of us a mantel of responsiility to conduct himself circumspectly, to honor God and His Christ, and to handle His word of truth properly and accurately. There are many fine and trusworthy users of this forum who are genuine, regenerated Christian believers. Unfortunately there are some who post from time to time whose input is not trustworthy. So there is a matter of exercising caution. You can usually tell by the negative responses of the trusthworthy who the untrustworthy are. So, welcome, Mark, and let us know how we can help you grow in your walk with the Lord. May God bless and keep you under His loving wing. In Christ, --Hank | ||||||
140 | cronology of names in bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 95582 | ||
Makarios - I dare you to ask EdB to pronounce Mahershalalhashbaz after all the struggle he had last night with anthropomorphism :-) --Hank | ||||||
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