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121 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100357 | ||
1 John 4:13 (NASB-U) By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. I have five other versions that agree with this one. |
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122 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100348 | ||
[God does not want you to do the work.] Yes He does. He just doesn't want us doing our thing. Jesus didn't do His own thing and He is always our example for our attitude.. [He wants you to be HIS instrument of righteousness. An instrument does not play itself. God is the musician we are the instruments.] I well understand. Thank you [When we are baptized with the Holy Spirit?] When are we baptized in the Holy Spirit? How do we know we are? [we have the Spirit of God which knows the mind of God living inside of us] How do we know that in a practical way that we can be certain that when we function we are functioning in Him as He desires? |
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123 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100345 | ||
Hi Ray! Sure, lets see some things. It might be easy. [Your quote of Watchman Nee in part said, "God has given us His Holy Spirit, and when love is needed the fruit of the Spirit is love;".] Ok, but God is Love, is He not? That's His name. So when Jesus said this: John 14:26 (NASB-U) "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. How can it be that you should differentiate on the issue of the [S]pirit? [I personally differentiate between the Giver and the gift. The Spirit and the holy spirit.] Contextually they are one in the same. [So my interpretation and change from his quote would be "God has given us His holy spirit, and when love is needed the fruit of the Spirit is love;"] He gives more of Himself to us that we reveal Him in the matter. Remember He is Love. How'd I do? |
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124 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100341 | ||
I can accept that except I believe God wants us to work through Him and not the other way around. Get my drift? Hence the need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Jesus does that. Then we are to seek to have the mind of God in everything....Just like Jesus, the man. | ||||||
125 | A couple of questions | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100339 | ||
[I do not follow how the Scripture you provided tells me that "all are saved".] Refusal of the message brings damnation, isn't that correct? Suppose one lives a blameless life without the written law to guide him or the knowledge of Jesus who saves him, what do you think his punishment should be? [Romans 1 says much the same thing as 1 Thess 2:12. Romans 3 reminds us that no one seeks God and ALL have sinned. The penalty for sin is death (damned?)Romans 6:23 IN ADAM, all die but IN CHRIST - all are made alive (1 Cor 15:22)and if we are made alive IN CHRIST, we must have been dead in our sins first.(Eph 2:1)] Are you alive in Christ? What are doing about it that you're not experiencing what He says you should be, i.e., Abundant life? If you, a professing Christian, claiming to be alive in Him, aren't experiencing "abundant life" do you think there might a problem somewhere? You should be already experiencing that without someone to tell you. If I come and tell you about it, you have a choice to make, don't you? You say "born again" to be saved yet many have died [maybe billions] without ever hearing His name who lived blameless lives, what about them? [ALL are dead in their sins but not ALL are IN CHRIST.] Christ didn't come to just save those "in Him" who hear the gospel and receive it. He came and saved all men who died in their sin [from Adam] who lived a righteousness as best they knew how given they had nothing to go by. He places them also in Himself. Remember where there is no law sin [the penalty for being born in it] is NOT imputed. [Jesus told us plainly, you MUST be born again. This is ALL of God's doing; He baptizes us INTO CHRIST upon our confession of faith.] I believe it is the Holy Spirit who baptizes us into Christ. [I do not see how we "all are saved" apart from a personal choice. Because of Christ's propitiation for sin, all CAN be saved,(1 John 2:2) but as you have reminded us from God's Word - not all will chose Him.] I can't agree more....But if they never hear the word....And if when they do, accept it WE are to make disciples of them....not gettum saved... the assumption should be that they already are so when we go in it should be to confirm what God has, maybe for years, been doing in their hearts. This is why having the mind of God is so important. That's why Pentecost happened. If they reject the gospel we preach...Too bad. I hope I'm clear on this mommapbs |
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126 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100333 | ||
Sure. But if you desire of Him and become what He desires, what is our responsibility? If we don't know how to accomplish the task what should we recognize about ourselves that needs to be rectified? | ||||||
127 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100316 | ||
Yeah! That's the ticket. The key to success in this is that we LOVE Him: Matthew 22:37 (NASB-U) "...... 'You shall LOVE THE Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' Why? 1 Cor. 8:3 (NASB-U) but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him. |
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128 | ?self effort 2 B holy now vs befor saved | Phil 3:9 | Ken hepting | 100314 | ||
One more thing, Pam. I don't believe J.I.Packer had the right slant on some of his critigue in that article which left him open to misread and make wrong determinations. You must remember he is a Calvinist and they are closed on alot of sound thinking and good interpretation of the scriptures. Calvin was warped [as others we count on to kmow better] and yet spoke remarkable truth at times. | ||||||
129 | ?self effort 2 B holy now vs befor saved | Phil 3:9 | Ken hepting | 100309 | ||
No worries, Pam. On this one I just didn't want to barge in an "pontificate" like I have been known to do. I read the article "Wesleyan - Keswick Models of Sanctification" here on the net. I confess I knew nothing of Keswick and it spoke volumes to me about what I believe to be correct/incorrect. I'm not unsure as a result of my reading but rather am most convinced why there are so many denominations. I don't hold with all of what John Wesley espoused either but through it all we have history to show us that God used it all to bring about His purposes. I'm becoming more persuaded God allowed all the differences to happen to narrow down the field to those who seek Him because they really Love Him, not for religious reasons. |
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130 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100304 | ||
Grace and not "graces" Grace is consquencial to the abiding presence of Christ within you. Remember He is all in all. Notice how God says this to Paul in Paul's situation where he needed some sort of "deliverance from pain" grace: 2 Cor. 12:9 (NASB-U) And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ* may dwell in me. *All of the "Grace"[Christ Himself] 1 Cor. 12:4-5 (NASB-U) Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same *Spirit. [5] And there are varieties of ministries, and the same **Lord. *Grace **Grace, again How'd I do, John? |
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131 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100291 | ||
I prefer this by Watchman Nee: God will not give me humility or patience or holiness or love as separate gifts of His grace. He is not a retailer dispensing grace to us in doses, measuring out some patience to the impatient, some love to the unloving, some meekness to the proud, in quantities that we take and work on as kind of capital. He has given only one gift to meet all our need .. His Son Christ Jesus, and as I look to Him to live out His life in me, He will be humble and patient and loving and everything else I need -- in my stead. Remember the word in the first Epistle of John: "God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath the life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life" [1 John 5:11,12]. The life of God is not given us as a separate item; the life of God is given us in the Son. It is "eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" [Rom. 6:23]. Our relationship to the Son is our relationship to the life. It is a blessed thing to discover the difference between Christian graces and Christ; to know the difference between meekness and Christ, between patience and Christ, between love and Christ. Remember again what is said in 1 Corinthians 1:30: "Christ Jesus ... was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption." The common conception of sanctification is that every item of the life should be holy; but that is not holiness, it is the fruit of holiness. Holiness is Christ. It is the Lord Jesus being made over to us to be that. So you can put in anything there: love, humility, power, self-control. Today there is a call for patience: He is our patience! Tomorrow the call may be for purity: He is our purity! He is the answer to every need. That is why Paul speaks of "the fruit of the Spirit" as one [Gal. 5:22] and not of "fruits" as separate items. God has given us His Holy Spirit, and when love is needed the fruit of the Spirit is love; when joy is needed the fruit of the Spirit is joy. It is always true. It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it is a hundred and one different things, God has one sufficient answer .. His Son Jesus Christ, and He is the answer to every human need. |
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132 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100288 | ||
["but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;" 1 Peter 3:15] Great verse of scripture that points to the Holiness of Christ that needs to be exhibited by chaste living and not something from self-effort;.... Burning oil instead of wick. |
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133 | ?self effort 2 B holy now vs befor saved | Phil 3:9 | Ken hepting | 100257 | ||
Do I have your permission to address this, Pam? | ||||||
134 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100256 | ||
Hi Hank!....Yes I understand your question. Lets consider a few things for purpose of learning, growing and understanding and not just for debate and the need to protect some previously held handed down opinion from someone who embraced something 1200 yrs old from someone who didn't have it all together either. As the father says to his child, "I may not be right but I'm never wrong." I realize that's not the case here, my friend. Lets look and gain and not lose, ok? #1. The commission.... Matthew 4:23 (KJV) And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. Matthew 9:35 (KJV) And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. Matthew 24:14 (KJV) And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Mark 1:14 (KJV) Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, Luke 16:16 (KJV) The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. Notice this verse:..Matthew 28:19 (KJV) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: It says "teach". It doesn't anywhere say 'get people saved'. But teach what? Salvation? The other verses say it is to teach the gospel of the kingdom of God. How can this be when people aren't saved?.. Only the saved will hear. But that's what I'm beginning to see, Hank, only the saved will hear. i.e., those who 'hunger and thirst after righteous, they will be filled" with a 'saving Grace'. With those, when Jesus is explained, they accept the account of what He did. Disciples are to proclaim Christ and let the Holy Ghost do the convicting that leads to one's salvation. Those that don't hear and accept the message bring damnation to themselves. The assumption here, that I see, is that everyone is saved to begin with and don't realize Jesus did it. I liken it to: [assume a man who is blameless in God's sight] If I'm given a million dollars and don't know that I have it I'm broke. If no one ever tells me in my life that I have a million dollars, I will remain broke all my life but in reality [behind the scene] I'm rich though I never knew! If I die, I die a rich man! Now someone comes along and tells me I am rich; I have a million dollars and it's in a certain bank account. Now what do I do? What would you do? Go and investigate or call him a liar? This stranger makes one previso. He's tells me I must claim the million before I die or die without it; a poor man. Now lets see who is being sent [with credibility] to proclaim the "Good News" about Christ and His invitation to follow Him. [The million dollars, if you will] Jesus spoke this to His "disciples"...not new born babes. He made friends out of servants. Friends love God per the 'great commandment'. [Re-read John 15-17 several times. Ponder what Jesus says carefully.] This was my beginning at an understanding of the "pearl of great price" and the "treasure in the field". When I saw it it got up close and real personal. I saw this .... Matthew 11:12 (NASB-U) "From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force. In other words, one must get angry with himself, his yo-yo Christian walk, and get on with becoming a friend of Jesus; Someone He can trust; Someone desirous of the meat of His word [Himself] and not milk any longer. The Beatitudes, at this point, become the constitution and bylaws because one is now stepping into the kingdom of God and that's what they are in there and it's only in there that they can be made effective. Ok, so we have determined it was disciples He was speaking to and these disciple were His friends; they came through the tough times and now understood the issues and what He came to do. He gives THEM the great commission. After all is said and done he tells disciples to go, tell, teach and make. Acts 2 was very necessary for that was the the receiving of the power to function; To do.. Read Acts 1. Then also 1 Corth 14. |
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135 | How do you "share the Gospel?" | Matt 28:18 | Ken hepting | 100228 | ||
You're reading one my favorite books, Makarios. It's probably the one that began to get me on target after many years of floundering. I soon bought his books and then got into the one that really sent me flying; George Mcdonald. I highly recommend to anyone serious about "becoming a son" and going beyond just being saved to buy and read all of Chamber's works, Geo.McDonald, who was one of Chamber's mentors, and then get a hold of a copy of "Ultimate Intention" by DeVern Fromke. The sequel is "Unto Full Stature". Both can be had on the net. I have been attending and teaching a UMC down here in NC. If it wasn't for the priviledge of teaching some hungery young adults, I'd leave. The burden to speak of and teach the kingdom of God message is heavy upon me. I'm free to do so there even if only to a few. I'm more and more of the opinion that being saved and being "born again" can be two seperate issues in ones life. God bless you in your work and walk, Ken "Bring son's into Glory/making all things new" by O. Chambers.....A life changer for me! |
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136 | Are you quite sure about that? | Eccl 11:6 | Ken hepting | 100205 | ||
[Do you think that seeking that type of relationship would help us to more clearly discern the will of God? Is it that we need to have a closer walk with him?] I thank you for your kind remarks and yes to your question because it is the will of God that you become. He wants genuine sons and daughters to share His kingdom and not a bunch kids who need to be bottle fed ...continually. Have ever heard of Oswald Chambers? He's the author of "My Utmost for His Highest", the most popular daily devotional read today? Here's an excerpt: http://www.myutmost.org/index.html AFTER OBEDIENCE - WHAT? And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . ." Mark 6:45-52 We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. We must never put our dreams of success as God's purpose for us; His purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not. The question of getting to a particular end is a mere incident. What we call the process, God calls the end. What is my dream of God's purpose? His purpose is that I depend on Him and on His power now. If I can stay in the middle of the turmoil calm and unperplexed, that is the end of the purpose of God. God is not working towards a particular finish; His end is the process - that I see Him walking on the waves, no shore in sight, no success, no goal, just the absolute certainty that it is all right because I see Him walking on the sea. It is the process, not the end, which is glorifying to God. God's training is for now, not presently. His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. We have nothing to do with the afterwards of obedience; we get wrong when we think of the afterwards. What men call training and preparation, God calls the end. God's end is to enable me to see that He can walk on the chaos of my life just now. If we have a further end in view, we do not pay sufficient attention to the immediate present: if we realize that obedience is the end, then each moment as it comes is precious. Hope this helps. |
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137 | ?self effort 2 B holy now vs befor saved | Phil 3:9 | Ken hepting | 100204 | ||
["If you were full of the Holy Spirit you would be as Christ, would't you?" No.] Really? I said "as" Christ, not Christ. So you should ponder who you might be. You're not making much sense here. We sing a chorous that goes "From Glory to Glory He's changing me, changing me. His Likeness and image perfected in me ,the life He has shown to the world." 2 Cor. 3:18 (NASB-U) But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. "Who would be living and having His way in you if you were? Hmmm..Who is it that presently has his way with you?"] Since you say you don't know who would be dwelling in you to have His way leads me to believe you are something "extra-Christian" or "sub-Christian".. [I prescribe less bumper sticker theology...too many slogans get in the way of Truth.] I wonder if you can discern any kind of truth, Joe, Sorry but I think your dogma handups have muddied your waters.. |
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138 | Are you quite sure about that? | Eccl 11:6 | Ken hepting | 100197 | ||
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139 | Are you quite sure about that? | Eccl 11:6 | Ken hepting | 100196 | ||
I understand what do you are driving at. My reasoning has to do with Jesus, as a man, being tested...Not unlike Job to some extent and certainly not unlike Adam who failed. If He is our example then it stands to reason we will encounter much the same kind of testing that we be approved unto God, faithful true and able trusted. When we fail at that endeavor we have an advocate with the Father who contunually makes intercession for us in our behalf. If it can be seen in that light you will experience joy and not sorrow when things seem to go wrong in life. A learning proccess to be sure. 1 John 5:4 (NASB-U) For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Faith carries with it JOY. |
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140 | ?self effort 2 B holy now vs befor saved | Phil 3:9 | Ken hepting | 100193 | ||
Ok...I see I'm not clear even to myself on this one. Who's faith saved/healed her? Her faith. Now who was it that did the actual healing/saving? Jesus, correct!? Who saves/heals us? How do we get to Him? How did she get to Him? Then what do we do, walk away as she did after she was healed? Most of us have done that. What happened to her? We don't know do we? This we know. She was healed/saved ...Once..If she had hung around she would learned that she needed to take Jesus into herself and live BY Him, by HIS FAITH, as Paul learned to and told us how to do it. In this way she would have had life and had it more abundantly! I hope she came around to that discovery in Him. You want to overcome sin and such in your life? Then that's what you will also learn how to do. Clear enough? I hope s |
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