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121 | Fallen 'Partakers of the Holy Spirit?' | Heb 6:6 | zach† | 34928 | ||
Part 3 "But if a child of God could fall away, and grace could cease in a man's heart—now comes the third question—Paul says, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO BE RENEWED. What did the Apostle mean? One eminent commentator says, he meant that it would be very hard. It would be very hard, indeed, for a man who fell away, to be saved. But we reply, "My dear friend, it does not say anything about its being very hard; it says it is impossible, and we say that it would be utterly impossible, if such a case as is supposed were to happen; " (Spurgeon) In the above statement from Spurgeon he mentions that such cases of falling away as "supposed cases" and not actual. To that I disagree, believing their are actual cases. (zach) "God has cast them away; after he has failed in saving them by these, what else can deliver them? " (Spurgeon) God isn't the one who casts people away. People cast God away (zach) "And if already the Holy Spirit hath failed," (Spurgeon) The Holy Spirit doesn't fail. It is man that fails. (zach) "do we read that Christ will ever die for those who crucify him twice? But the Apostle tells us that if believers do fall away, they will "crucify the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." (Spurgeon) Scripture doesn't actually say exactly what Mr.Spurgeon says it says in the above quote. What it actually says is: "and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify TO THEMSELVES the Son of God, and put Him to open shame (NASB) I prefer the NASB for this verse because I see no justification in the Greek for the word "if" which is found in the KJV (Check it out for yourselves) It is to themselves, not others that they make the crucifixion void, and if they turn their backs on Christ and His offering of Himself then no other sacrifice can be offered, because the one time offering of the body of Christ is sufficient, and is a continual offering for both initial and final salvation for those endure unto the end. Perseverance involves endurance. Mt 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. --- and other like verses (zach) "What next? There must be a second incarnation, a second Calvary, a second Holy Ghost, a second regeneration, a second justification, although the first was finished and complete—in fact, I know not what. It would necessitate the upsetting of the whole kingdom of nature and grace, and it would, indeed, be a world turned upside down, if after the gracious Saviour failed, he were to attempt the work again." (Spurgeon) In the above quote Spurgeon talks as if a person falls away then the "Saviour failed" If a person fails that doesn't mean the Savior failed, the failure again rests on man not Christ Jesus. (zach) "So, my hearer, could it be possible that grace could work in thee, and then not affect thy salvation—that the influence of Divine grace could come down, like rain from heaven, and yet return unto God void, there could not be any hope for thee, for thou wouldst be "nigh unto cursing," and thine end would be "to be burned." (Spurgeon) No M. Spurgeon God's word WILL NOT return void. The offer will be extended to others. When the Jews rejected the Lord, God then turned his attention to the Gentiles. God's word will accomplish what it was sent to accomplish. The fullness of the Gentiles will come in and then God will again return His attention to the Israel (zach) "There is one idea which has occurred to us. It has struck us as a singular thing, that our friends should hold that men can be converted, made into new creatures, then fall away and be converted again. I am an old creature by nature; God creates me into a new thing, he makes me a new creature. I cannot go back into an old creature, for I cannot be uncreated. But yet, supposing that new creatureship of mine is not good enough to carry me to heaven. What is to come after that? Must there be something above a new creature—a new creature." (Spurgeon) I have listened many times to an explanation of eternal security based upon the analogy of sonship. "My child is born into my family and he will always be my child. He cannot be unborn. Whether obedient or disobedient, he will always be my child." This reasoning avoids the central issue. The question is not whether a child can be "unborn" but whether it can sicken and die. Doctors do not admonish parents about the dangers of their child being "unborn" but rather about proper care of the child to keep it from dying. In fact if the baby is not fed it will soon die. In the same way, Jesus said, "Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you." John 6:53 (zach) |
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122 | Fallen 'Partakers of the Holy Spirit?' | Heb 6:6 | zach† | 34927 | ||
Part 2 "And they had gone further still. They had attained the summit of piety. They had received "the powers of the world to come." Not miraculous gifts, which are denied us in these days, but all those powers with which the Holy Ghost endows a Christian. These, we say, whatever may be the meaning of the text, must have been, beyond a doubt, none other than true and real Christians." (Spurgeon) "WHAT IS MEANT BY FALLING AWAY? there is a vast distinction between falling away and falling. Falling is not falling away. Let me explain the difference; If he fall, God will lift him up again; but if he fall away, God himself cannot save him. For it is impossible, if the righteous fall away, "to renew them again unto repentance." (Spurgeon) I agree with Spurgeon that there is a vast difference between falling and falling away. Even believers occassionaly fall into sin. Falling away is complete rennunciation of ones previous held faith. (zach†) "Moreover, to fall away is not to commit sin. under a temporary surprise and temptation. A Christian may go astray once, and speedily return again; and though it is a sad, and woeful, and evil thing to be surprised into a sin, yet there is a great difference between this and the sin which would be occasioned by a total falling away from grace." (Spurgeon) Personally I think to fall into sin is sin, but can be confessed and forgiven. To fall away is sin which will not be forgiven. It is what Spurgeon above called "total falling away from grace." (zach) I do believe that there are some Christians who, for a period of time, have wandered into sin, and yet have not positively fallen away. (Spurgeon) I agree with this above statement of Spurgeon's, however I would add that, I believe those who have "wandered into sin" are "grieving the Holy Spirit" with their sin (Eph 4:29) And are in danger of drifting away from the faith if they continue in persistant willful sin.(Heb. 10:26) (zach) "Again, falling away is not even a giving up of profession." (Spurgeon) I disagree with Spurgeon in the above quote. In Heb. 4:14 we are told "let us hold fast our profession." To not hold onto profession is to not hold onto faith. Of course there is a difference between mere professor's and possessor's but thats a topic for another time. (zach) "Simon. He had fallen, but he had not fallen away; " (Spurgeon) I agree with the above quote. (zach) "But some one says, "What is falling away?" Well, there never has been a case of it yet, and therefore I cannot describe it from observation; but I will tell you what I suppose it is. To fall away, would be for the Holy Spirit entirely to go out of a man—for his grace entirely to cease; not to lie dormant, but to cease to be—for God, who has begun a good work, to leave off doing it entirely—to take his hand completely and entirely away, and say, "There, man! I have half saved thee; now I will damn thee." That is what falling away is. It is not to sin temporarily. A child may sin against his father, and still be alive; but falling away is like cutting the child's head off clean. Not falling merely, for then our Father could pick us up, but being dashed down a precipice, where we are lost for ever. Falling away would involved God's grace changing its living nature. God's immutability becoming variable, God's faithfulness becoming changeable, and God, himself being undeified; for all these things falling away would necessitate." (Spurgeon) Spurgeon says there has never been a case of "falling away" yet. Well again I must disagree. He also says: "There, man! I have half saved thee; now I will damn thee." To that I add, God never half saves anyone. Rather it is man who only goes half way with God to actually obtaining final salvation, he stopped short. Heb 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. God is not to blame neither is He at fall for the one who departs or falls away. Spurgeon also says: "Falling away would involved God's grace changing its living nature. God's immutability becoming variable, God's faithfulness becoming changeable." And we know from Scripture that God does not change. Heb. 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. It is man's attitude in neglecting so great salvation that has changed. Heb. 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; (zach) |
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123 | Fallen 'Partakers of the Holy Spirit?' | Heb 6:6 | zach† | 34925 | ||
Hank and Joe also; Part 1 In my previous comments concerning quotes of Spurgeon, I didn't at that time go into lengthy detail, but now feel the need to at this time. The name of the message which I obtained my previous Spurgeon quotes from and the site where the mesage can be found is be included. Following are portions of Spurgeons message entitled Final Perseverance, and some of my thoughts concerning statements made by Mr. Spurgeon. I'm sure you won't all agree with my comments, especially if you are of the Reformed faith, but nevertheless, I also believe whatever conclusions each of us draw on this message, we can still all agree we all are His. I will add Spurgeons name to quotes gleaned from his message, and add my name to comments to portion of his messsage. This will have to be sent in several parts to this forum. Hope you find the time to read the entire reply. Final Perseverance A Sermon (No. 75) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 23, 1856, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0075.htm "We come to this passage ourselves with the intention to read it with the simplicity of a child, and whatever we find therein to state it; and if it may not seem to agree with something we have hitherto held, we are prepared to cast away every doctrine of our own, rather than one passage of Scripture." (Spurgeon) "First, then, we answer the question, WHO ARE THE PEOPLE HERE SPOKEN OF? If you read Dr. Gill, Dr. Owen, and almost all the eminent Calvinistic writers, they all of them assert that these persons are not Christians. They say, that enough is said here to represent a man who is a Christian externally, but not enough to give the portrait of a true believer. Now, it strikes me they would not have said this if they had had some doctrine to uphold; for a child, reading this passage, would say, that the persons intended by it must be Christians. If the Holy Spirit intended to describe Christians, I do not see that he could have used more explicit terms than there are here. How can a man be said to be enlightened, and to taste of the heavenly gift, and to be made partaker of the Holy Ghost, without being a child of God? With all deference to these learned doctors, and I admire and love them all, I humbly conceive that they allowed their judgments to be a little warped when they said that; and I think I shall be able to show that none but true believers are here described." (Spurgeon) . "First, they are spoken of as having been once enlightened. .. I cannot consider a man truly enlightened unless he is a child of God. Does not the term indicate a person taught of God? It is not the whole of Christian experience; but is it not a part." (Spurgeon) "Having enlightened us, as the text says, the next thing that God grants to us is a taste of the heavenly gift, by which we understand, the heavenly gift of salvation, including the pardon of sin, justification by the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ, regeneration by the Holy Ghost, and all those gifts and graces, which in the earlier dawn of spiritual life convey salvation. ...... we cannot think that the Holy Spirit would describe an unregenerate man as having been enlightened, and as having tasted of the heavenly gift. No, my brethren, if I have tasted of the heavenly gift, then that heavenly gift is mine; if I have had ever so short an experience of my Saviour's love, I am one of his; if he has brought me into the green pastures, and made me taste of the still waters and the tender grass, I need not fear as to whether I am really a child of God." (Spurgeon) "we do assert (and we think, on the authority of Scripture), that no man can be a partaker of the Holy Ghost, and yet be unregenerate. Where the Holy Ghost dwells there must be life; and if I have participation with the Holy Ghost, and fellowship with him, then I may rest assured that my salvation has been purchased by the blood of the Saviour. Thou need'st not fear, beloved; if thou has the Holy Ghost, thou hast that which ensures thy salvation; if thou, by an inward communion, canst participate in his Spirit, and if by a perpetual indwelling the Holy Ghost rests in thee, thou art not only a Christian, but thou hast arrived at some maturity in and by grace. Thou hast gone beyond mere enlightenment: thou hast passed from the bare taste—thou hast attained to a positive feast, and a partaking of the Holy Ghost." (Spurgeon) "the Apostle goes to a further stage of grace. They "have tasted the good word of God." I say again, if these people be not believers—who are?" (Spurgeon) "And they had gone further still. They had attained the summit of piety. They had received "the powers of the world to come." Not miraculous gifts, which are denied us in these days, but all those powers with which the Holy Ghost endows a Christian. |
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124 | Is Limited Atonement a "scandalous" Doc | NT general Archive 1 | zach† | 34913 | ||
Brother Tim; as always Thank you :) In Christ zach† |
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125 | Is Limited Atonement Bibical? | NT general Archive 1 | zach† | 34912 | ||
Benjamite; Thank you for your reply. In that reply you stated; "I do, however see strong Biblical support for the other four points." which to me would indicate that you claim to be a 4-point Calvinist. And thats well and fine, if thats true of you. I personally think if one point of TULIP crumbles then the whole TULIP topples. However my wish is to remain focused on the Limited Atonement part of TULIP. But nevertheless I will make one brief statement concerning the "I" in TULIP which you also briefly mentioned which stands for "Irresistable Grace" I believe God by His grace does draw us to Himself, but does not drag us to Himself. God's prevenient grace is sufficient, but not irresistable. In Acts I see where those who were uncircumcised in heart, meaning lost in unbelief were able to resist the Holy Spirit ..... let me post this one verse and get off my soap-box. Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, YE DO ALWAYS RESIST THE HOLY GHOST: as your fathers did, so do ye. My contention is not just one point of Calvinism is unscriptural, but I personally find fault with much of that particular teaching which I won't go into more detail about at this time. I also understand that others, who are better versed than I am on this difficult subject which has been debated for hundreds of years, will have something to say concerning my reply. Nevertheless, I want to be open and remain teachable In Christ zach† |
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126 | Is Limited Atonement a "scandalous" Doc | NT general Archive 1 | zach† | 34908 | ||
Brother Tim; What a great post, and how wonderful are the Bibical truths which you expound. Concerning the individuals "receiving the gift of reconciliation I often use the word "appropriate" which to me means we must take for ourselves the free gift of salvation which is being offered and extended to each individual. Do you think the word "appropriate" is proper? In Christ zach† |
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127 | Does faith require maintenance? | NT general Archive 1 | zach† | 34906 | ||
Emmaus; Thank you for that well thought out answer. You mentioned the obedience of our faith which is found in: Luke 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? and also in: Rom. 16:25 ¶ Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations FOR THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: - and found elsewhere in scripture also. What is your opinion of the following quotes? "Only he who believes is obedient. Only he who is obedient, believes." (Bonhoeffer) "Brethren, I would point out that obedience is taught throughout the entire Bible and that true obedience is one of the toughest requirements of the Christian life. Apart from obedience, there can be no salvation, for salvation without obedience is a self-contradictory impossibility." -- A.W. Tozer In Christ zach† |
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128 | Does faith require maintenance? | NT general Archive 1 | zach† | 34904 | ||
Wigglesworth; Thank you for that wonderful and insightful answer. I appreciate it very much, however I note that you said: "Just walk with His Spirit, and talk with Him, and fellowship with Him and don't resist Him." Many I talk to say He can't be resisted. I agree more so with your statement which I just quoted from your post. So I would like to ask you if you tend to agree or disagree with the following statement The Holy Spirit operates in us as we co-operate with Him. If we refuse to yield to Him, His fruit cannot be borne in us. In Christ zach† |
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129 | Do not quench the Spirit | 1 Thess 5:19 | zach† | 34891 | ||
Ray; Thanks Let me ask this: Is the Holy Spirit God in us? 1Cor. 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? In Christ zach† |
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130 | Is 1 John 1:9 applicable to Christians? | 1 John 1:9 | zach† | 34890 | ||
I know I am stepping in here very late but nevertheless please allow me to post my thoughts on this topic, for what it's worth. Let me start in 1 John 1:7 1John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us (continously) from all sin. who is the we that is addressed here? I believe the we is believers in Christ Jesus. It is only as we believers continually walk in the light that fellowship with Christ is maintained. Sin in a believers life brings broken fellowship. And in order to restore that broken fellowship we need to get right with God. Isaiah 59:2 says: "sin separates us from God. This separation is not separation from His love, but from fellowship with the Fatherand the Son. Continuining on. It is only as we walk in the light that fellowship continues and then the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. Next verse... 1John 1:8 ¶ If we say that we have (present tense) no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Again I ask who is the "we" in this verse? Is it not the author and us believers also, we being a plural pronoun. We know by experience that once we become Christian's we still sin, although we are not to make a habitual practice of sin. We are to confess it with the desire to turn from it. next verse.... 1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Once again I conclude we is us believers (plural pronoun) The negative and opposite wording of this verse could read: If we don't confess our sins, He has not promised to forgive us of unconfessed sin, or cleanse us from any unrighteousness. At this point I think I must add, we don't confess to a priest, we confess to God. It is God we have offended and grieved with our sins. David said: against Thee only have I sinned,and done this evil in thy sight:" (Ps. 51:4) Final verse.... 1John 2:1 ¶ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: this helps clear this up for me. the text says: these things I write that you sin not. And IF any man sin we (us believers again) we have an Advocate with the Father which is Jesus Christ. So draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. RESIST THE DEVIL, and he will flee from you when you are tempted. Being tempted is not sin, we all will be tempted. But giving in to the temptation is sin. In Matthew 4 Jesus set the example for us when He resisted the Devils temptations, it was after He resisted that the devil fled from him. In Christ zach† |
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131 | Does faith require maintenance? | NT general Archive 1 | zach† | 34886 | ||
Please excuse my ignorance in asking so many questions But I feel compelled to ask this one also to see what imput this forum can provide me with. So please bear with me once again. Fenelon I believe is attributed with the quote: "Let go, and let God" But in 2 Tim. 4:7 it didn't appear to be Paul's philosophy of the day when he stated: 2Tim. 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: In this I see 3 "I haves" of Paul, he said: 1) I HAVE fought the good fight. I also cross reference this with the following verse: 1Tim 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I think Paul was saying we have been enlisted as soliders in the army of Christ, theres a real battle thats being waged. Do we have to take up the armor and get dressed for battle, or does God dress us? Do we follow Him into battle? 2) I HAVE finished my course -- here is the second I have of Paul from this verse 3) I HAVE kept the faith. I know that believers are kept by the power of God through faith. (1 Pet. 1:5) So do these kept verses contradict each other? Does faith require maintenance on the part of those who have it? In Christ zach† |
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132 | What is Free Will? | Bible general Archive 1 | zach† | 34878 | ||
Brother Tim; Wow thats great stuff can I have your permission to print this for further reference? Thank you Tim In Christ zach† |
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133 | Do not quench the Spirit | 1 Thess 5:19 | zach† | 34875 | ||
What exactly does it mean in 1 Thess. 5:19 when it says: "Do not quench the Spirit" I find the following from Strongs concerning the word "quench" 4570 sbennumi (sben-noo-mee) a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb; TDNT - 7:165,1009; AV - quench 7, go out 1; 8 v 1) to extinguish, quench 1a) of fire or things on fire 1a1) to be quenched, to go out 1b) metaph. to quench, to suppress, stifle 1b1) of divine influence So from this definition of "quench" what can we conclude that this "quenching of the Spirit" actually means? In Christ zach† |
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134 | Fallen 'Partakers of the Holy Spirit?' | Heb 6:6 | zach† | 34827 | ||
Joe; I will try to relocate the entire message from which I collected these quoutes, and once I find them, I will attach them here zach† |
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135 | what is the greek word for "taketh away" | 1 Cor 11:32 | zach† | 34777 | ||
dear sharon; I will let you wade through this: Different Bible Versions rendering of John 15:2 and 15:6 King James Version - taken away in verse 2 and cast forth in verse 6 Amplifed Version - cuts away in verse 2 and thrown out in verse 6 New American Standard Version - takes away in verse 2, and thrown away in verse 6 NIV Version - cuts off in verse 2, and thrown away in verse 6 Contemporary English Version - cuts away in verse 2 and thrown away in verse 6 New King James Version - takes away in verse 2 and cast out in verse 6 The Living Bible Translation - lops off verse 2 and thrown away in verse 6 Revised Standard Version - takes away in verse 2 and cast forth in verse 6 Todays English Version – breaks off in verse 2 and thrown out in verse 6 Gideons International Bible Version - cuts off in verse 2 and thrown away in verse 6 Weymouth Translation – takes away verse 2 and thrown away verse 6 Youngs Literal Translation – take it away verse 2 and cast forth verse 6 Darby – takes it away verse 2 and cast out verse 6 World English Bible – takes away verse 2 and thrown out verse 6 Websters Bible – taketh away verse 2 and cast forth verse 6 Basic English Bible – takes away verse 2 and becomes dead verse 6 J.B.Phillips New Testament Version - removes in verse 2 and broken off in verse 6 The Jerusalem Bible Version - cuts away in verse 2 and thrown away in verse 6 The Greek word for take in John 15:2 is "airo", which means "to lift, (see Gen. 40:19 N.I.V.) carry, take up or away. It is also use in John 1:29 of Christ as "the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world," and the same use of the word can be found in 1 Cor. 5:2 which reads: "And ye are puffed up, and have not rather morned, that he that has done this deed might be taken away from among you." (Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words) In John 15:2 the word away is used in connection with various verbs such as "take away" and is translated "away with" implying a forcible removal for the purpose of putting to death. (Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary Of Old And New Testament Words) In Christ zach† |
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136 | Rev 3:16 lukewarm | Rev 3:16 | zach† | 34776 | ||
heisthe; Thank you for your reply; I can't find any fault in your comments In Christ zach† |
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137 | Rev 3:16 lukewarm | Rev 3:16 | zach† | 34774 | ||
Fountain; hank you for your reply; I am pondering over the interesting statement you sent me in that commentary which stated: "This spirit of indifference is the most tragic thing that can happen to a church." Thank you In Christ zach† |
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138 | Who are the sons and daughters? | Gen 6:4 | zach† | 34772 | ||
reekid and everyone; In the non-Cannoized book of Jasher, there is much light shed upon the topic of the "sons of God and the daughters of men" Let me give a few verses to illustrate; Jasher 3:23.And in some time after, when the kings and princes and the sons of men were speaking to Enoch, and Enoch was teaching them the ways of God, behold an angel of the Lord then called unto Enoch from heaven, and wished to bring him up to heaven to make him reign there over the sons of God, as he had reigned over the sons of men upon earth. Jasher 4:18.And their judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke the Lord; and God saw the whole earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon earth, all men and all animals. God said to Noah in Jasher 5:32.And thou shalt choose for thy sons three maidens, from the daughters of men, and they shall be wives to thy sons. If you desire to check out the book of Jasher which is a book mentioned in Joshua 10:13 and also in 2 Sam 1:18 it can be located at the following web address http://www.ccel.org/a/anonymous/jasher/home.html But please read it cautiously if at all. In Christ zach† |
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139 | Self or Others? | Matt 7:14 | zach† | 34767 | ||
Dear brother charis; I think the NKJV rendition of this verse helps me to better understand this verse. The NKJV words it this way: Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. I think Luke 13:23-24 is a good cross reference which to me sheds light on the verse in question; Luke 13:23-24 says: Lu 13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. So from these two separate texts my thoughts begin to gravitate toward a remnant that are saved. Scripture also refers to a remanant in Luke 12:32 except here it calls them a "little flock" Let me post this verse. Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Now lets jump back to Matthew 7:13 where it says: Mt. 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: So we see that it's the many that are traveling on the broad (wide) road leading to destruction, and the Few (or remnant, little flock) Mt. 7:14 that are going down the less traveled narrow and difficult path or road which leads to life. I would appreciate your comments in return In Christ zach† |
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140 | Self or Others? | Matt 7:14 | zach† | 34766 | ||
True Friend I accidentaly posted my note to your reply when I actually meant to attach it as an answer to charis sorry zach† |
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