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161 | Saved from sin? | Matt 1:21 | Aixen7z4 | 104616 | ||
I am also blessed to see the love of God for others, and to observe as they come to see God's love for them. I saw it again today with a 19-year old male. He was thinking this morning that no one cared for him and had decided not to get out of bed, but he came to church instead. When he learned how much God loved him, he wept. He decided then to repent of sin and to trust him, and it was wonderful to see. Please pray for Chris. I trust he will know from the start to the end that he has been saved from sin. |
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162 | Are you a follower of Jesus or a church? | Matt 10:32 | Aixen7z4 | 108862 | ||
Good post. Period. Righteousness comes by faith. The ones who are counted righteous are the ones who believe God. Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. The same goes for Moses and David and all the righteous of the Old Testament age and the New. So, in context of Psalm 14, some Israelites were clearly righteous. How did they get that way? Probably not (not probably, certainly not) by loving God and following the Ten Commandments as best they could. It was by faith. Romans 1:17 The just shall live by faith. Romans 4:5 To him that works not, but believeth on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Romans 3:22 The righteousness of God is by faith in Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe. Romans 3:25 God has set forth faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past. Romans 4:9 Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Romans 4:11 He received the sign, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had. Romans 4:13 The promise was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? The Gentiles have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. Romans 10:6-10 The righteousness which is of faith speaks on this wise, “That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness”. Philippians 3:9 … be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. (Hebrews 11:7) By faith Noah, became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Hebrews 11:33 Through faith (they) wrought righteousness, God declares us righteous when we trust in Christ. He accomplished death, burial and resurrection on our behalf. That work fulfilled all that God requires, and it avails for us when we trust in him. But that faith is prompted and preceded by repentance. Repentance plus faith equals salvation. Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. |
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163 | Are you a follower of Jesus or a church? | Matt 10:32 | Aixen7z4 | 108864 | ||
Michelle: Can we encourage you to simply trust in the Lord Jesus Christ? He is able to keep you. I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day (2 Timothy 1:12). He is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy (Jude v.24). |
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164 | Are you a follower of Jesus or a church? | Matt 10:32 | Aixen7z4 | 108872 | ||
My dear friend: Your question has been asked in a thousand ways on a thousand different forums. The gist of it seems to be that there is something we can do to earn acceptance with God. I will make just one effort to show that this cannot be, and it is not so. By ourselves we cannot please God. When he is in control, we do. God requires two things of us, and these combine to establish a right relationship with him. One is repentance. The other is faith. We have to come to the end of ourselves, and stop relying on our wisdom and our strength. We have to realize that we are sinners by nature and that we do not have what it takes to please God. We then cease that reliance on ourselves and turn instead to him. When we have turned to him, he requires that we trust in him. He is able to do what is necessary, and he has done it. We have to submit to him in simple faith, and trust him. When we do that, he changes us. He changes our heart. He changes our nature. As new creatures, we are able to obey him and to produce righteous acts. The good that we try to do without repentance does not count. We must surrender to God to do things his way. When we surrender, God declares us righteous, and we are saved from ourselves, from our sin, and from the eternal consequences of sin. We are then free to be righteous in our ways. We are also free to do bad things, but those are contrary to our nature. We will not continue doing them. There have been people, from the time of Abel to this day, who have put their faith in God. They are righteous, and it is because of their faith in God. This is what I understand, and this is what I have experienced. Am I saying that the righteous did not need to love God or follow the Ten Commandments in order to live by faith? I am saying, because I believe it is what God says, that when we believe God we are declared righteous and we will keep his commandments. This is a part of living by faith. It is not a means to an end. The essence of it is trusting God. We do that even when we do not know or understand. We look to him for knowledge and for guidance in what we do. We depend on him to teach us and to show us, to be patient with us, to work with us and in us, to will and to do his good pleasure. We depend on his promise that he will never leave us or forsake us or fail to guide us and protect us. Knowing all he has done for us, we love him, and we do the things that please him. |
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165 | Are you a follower of Jesus or a church? | Matt 10:32 | Aixen7z4 | 108914 | ||
I can agree. Imust agree because you mentioned hope. We have the hope of eternal life and I must consider, is it possible to lose that? It is not a wishful-thinking hope, but a hope which is firm, and steadfast, and sure. It is a hope based on the promises God has made. Is it possible to lose that? Hebrews 3:6 We belong to him and we have confidence and we rejoice throughout our lives because that hope is firm. Hebrews 6:11 And we want every one of you to show full assurance because of the hope we have. Hebrews 6:18 God cannot lie, and he has taken an oath and he has made a promise. These two things can never be changed. Those of us who have taken refuge in him have confidence because of the promises we have been given. Hebrews 6:19 The thing which we call hope is really an anchor of the soul. It is both sure and secure. It is steadfast and unmovable. Hebrews 7:19 We just couldn’t get this by keeping the law. That was hopeless. We knew we would always fail. But this “hope” that we have now makes everything perfect. It causes us to keep close to God. Can hope fail, the hope that God gives us when we fly to him for refuge? Do we lose confidence because we think that God tells lies or that God can fail? No. We have confidence in Him that he tells the truth and He cannot fail and He is able to keep us. I’ve found a friend, O such a Friend All power to Him is given To guard me on my onward course And bring me straight to heaven Are there sometimes when we lose confidence in the pilot and want to take over the controls? We shouldn’t do that, and it is not good to do that, and on the aircraft called Salvation, God does not allow that. We sit back and trust in Him. Are there times when we are too fearful to go to sleep? We should pray the Lord our souls to keep, and sleep. When we lose hope, we should go to him and to his word. The God of hope gives hope. It is true that faith does not stand alone. Now abide faith, hope, and love; these three. If we ever lose one, we can go back to God and find it. May God help us in the times when we feel hopeless that there would be Christian fellowship and counsel and teaching to sustain us. God forbid that we should turn away from him to murder or to suicide. If we turned to Him and to His word we might find that He fills us with hope. And we can pray for God’s children who lose hope, and allow Him to use us to help them. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. That’s Romans 15:13. |
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166 | Are you a follower of Jesus or a church? | Matt 10:32 | Aixen7z4 | 108919 | ||
Although it is not stated in Genesis 12, it is evident that Abraham believed God when God told him to go and he went. It was by faith that Abraham obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went (Hebrews 11:8). That faith is pointed out again in Genesis 15 and again in Genesis 22 when God said, “Now I know”. Some will say that it was only then that he was saved, as the sacrifice of Christ was prefigured. But his righteousness was declared in Genesis 15, and I submit that it had been bestowed in Genesis 11 when he obeyed and arose and went. Righteousness never did come by the law because the Law did not have that power. The law judged and condemned. It led men to look to Christ even before he was manifested in the flesh. They laid hold on the promise that he was coming and they trusted in him. When they did they were saved. In the New Covenant our righteousness depends on belief in Christ. And it was the same in the Old. Why was Abram's righteousness so long in coming? It may be it had been there without his realizing it. It may be that intellectual assurance comes with time, but justification is instantaneous when faith is exercised. There is a certain settled peace which we may not recognize at first or ever fully understand. I wonder if Abram had that peace as he left his home not knowing where he was going. That is one reason God gives us his word. And we should wait to hear what the Lord will speak, but the Lord will speak peace to his people. At the moment of faith we have that righteousness imputed. Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Sooner or later we will know it. |
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167 | Who is Jesus? | Matt 16:15 | Aixen7z4 | 117402 | ||
Sometimes "if" means "since". As in Luke 11:20; Philippians 2:1, etc., the choice of words is for effect, and not to cast doubt. Please do not misunderstand. "The fact is that Jesus is all that he ever was or will be, for he is God". | ||||||
168 | Get behind me, who? | Matt 16:23 | Aixen7z4 | 97465 | ||
So true, Makarios. Bad advice with good intentions. And that is just the point. They are acting on behalf of Satan without realizing it. And Satan uses many devices. They may even present themselves as rebuking us when we are convinced by scripture and all that we are doing the Lord's will. Please do not miss my point. I was once rebuked for picking up children for church. A brother informed me that I was being too proactive. I should let the Holy Spirit lead those children, and if he was doing that they would walk to the church. I accept that yours may be a better question, but the original one still remains in my mind. Perhaps we can attempt to answer both. How do you respond to someone when you think that Satan is using him? Do you say, "Get behind me, Satan!"? |
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169 | Get behind me, who? | Matt 16:23 | Aixen7z4 | 97577 | ||
Thank you for sharing all of these wonderful references and insights. Surely, one must be thoroughly convinced, and that by the word of God itself, that one is doing the will of God, before considering that someone who comes to rebuke them might be of the devil. We should consider that one who opposes us may not have been sent by Satan. Also, the person who agrees with us may not have been sent by God. There is scriptural example suggesting it can be either way, both and neither. I am impressed that no one but Jesus used the words: “Get thee behind me, Satan!” and after considering the matter this long I think we might be wise to leave that prerogative to him. But Peter did ask, “Why has Satan filled your heart …?” and there might be occasions when we might copy that. That might be within the scope of the command to be gentle with those who disagree with us. What if they had been sent by Satan? By being meek and gentle and patient, we might be able to instruct those that oppose us (not to say themselves) if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who may have been taken captive by him at his will. It might also give us a chance to see if we are wrong. |
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170 | Get behind me, who? | Matt 16:23 | Aixen7z4 | 97585 | ||
O, Brother Makarios, You are the one with the maturity and knowledge of the Scriptures. You always bring a blessing with your posts. I did consider that a female who came into my office with a certain walk and talk and smile had been sent by Satan. I understand that he does those things, and recalling the story of Potiphar's wife with Joseph, I partly believe it. I have mentioned a brother who rebuked me for picking up children to take to church. I was stunned by that and also by other actions from him. The sum of it caused an entire little church to crumble. When I suggested later that Satan had been using him, he agreed. He confessed that he had yielded to the evil one and repented with bitter tears. The fact is, I had been warned that the brother had a history of causing problems in the churches. He seemed to have a weakness that the evil one exploited. Yes, I believe he had been sent to us by Satan. I believe that false apostles and false prophets are sent to us by Satan. I believe Scripture tells us (especially John in 1 John) how to recognize them. When someone lies to me or to the public, I think of John 8:44 and I say it was Satan who had sent him. What do you think? Concerning Peter's statement, do you not recall the story of Ananias and Sapphira? Act 5: A certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart ... ... to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?" I hope not to lose my reputation of being level-headed, but I believe that Satan is very active in this world. Whenever there is conflict involving Christians, I look for him. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. |
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171 | Get behind me, who? | Matt 16:23 | Aixen7z4 | 97590 | ||
This seems to have taken us back to the case of Jesus and Peter. A believer may be confident that he is being led by the Lord and moving in his will. He is prayed up, tuned in, with antenna adjusted when another believer intervenes to take him aside and turn him aside. This reminds me of something in Pilgrim's Progress, but we need not choose it over scripture. I do not know whether Peter had been sent by Satan or to what extent he was there identified with Satan, but our Lord's words to him were strong. I do not know whether his salvation was in question. But something caused Jesus to look at him and say, "Get thee behind me, Satan!" I trust that after this discussion the Spirit of the Lord would have taught us to at least be careful. I agree that a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ cannot be demon-possessed. The extent to which we can be influenced by him or used by him, I would prefer not to know by experience. It says, "The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own completely." But God shows us even more kindness. So place yourselves under God's authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you. Come close to God, and he will come close to you. |
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172 | female angels | Matt 22:30 | Aixen7z4 | 122686 | ||
"The reference to the angels is as witnesses of the Holy Spirit descending onto the earth to reveal all truth"? Now I am wondering why you say that. The idea of angels witnessing the descent of the Holy Spirit, I have never heard of. Perhaps you can provide a cross-reference to it. In the passage at hand (1 Peter 1) from verse 5 on, Peter has been talking about our salvation. He says that it is a very interesting matter which prophets and angels have tried to understand. The prophets wrote about it as the Holy Spirit moved them, but they did not understand fully. At the end of verse 12 he simply says that the angels also have a desire to know about these things. Of course, it is the angels we are interested in because they are the topic of this thread. The person who started the thread is interested in their gender. Aixen is expressing the understanding that angels have no gender and no known interest in sex. (This comes in spite of the opinion of some that angels took on bodies in Genesis 6, and procreated). On the other hand, we are learning from Peter that they do have an interest in matters of salvation. The fact he mentions only their desire suggests that they are unable or not allowed to look into that matter. It is evident that the prophets were told about the fact of salvation in Christ. What they did not understand was the fact that Christ would both suffer and be glorified. They wrote about it (See Isaiah 53, for example) but they did not understand it. Even the people in Jesus day failed to understand, and it seems that resurrection was the main sticking point. In John 12:34 the people were saying, “We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up?” In Matthew 16, Peter himself was saying, “Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto you”. In Mark 9:10 they are questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. So the facts of salvation, and the manner in which it would be procured was only partially known by the prophets. Of course they have been revealed to us. Paul took lots of time to explain it in 1 Corinthians 15, and we know clearly how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. Meanwhile the prophets who wrote those scriptures searched but could not find the answers. The angels had a desire to look, but it seems they were kept at the "desire to look" stage. |
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173 | How would you answer the question? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 104933 | ||
Jesus is Lord. Amen. Anything else. Well, I'll tell you; I agree with the hymnwriter who said, "Jesus is all the world to me". Jesus is all the world to me, my life, my joy, my all; He is my strength from day to day, without Him I would fall. When I am sad, to Him I go, no other one can cheer me so; When I am sad, He makes me glad, He’s my Friend. Jesus is all the world to me, my Friend in trials sore; I go to Him for blessings, and He gives them over and o’er. He sends the sunshine and the rain, He sends the harvest’s golden grain; Sunshine and rain, harvest of grain, He’s my Friend. Jesus is all the world to me, and true to Him I’ll be; O how could I this Friend deny, when He’s so true to me? Following Him I know I’m right, He watches o’er me day and night; Following Him by day and night, He’s my Friend. Jesus is all the world to me, I want no better Friend; I trust Him now, I’ll trust Him when life’s fleeting days shall end. Beautiful life with such a Friend, beautiful life that has no end; Eternal life, eternal joy, He’s my Friend. |
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174 | What think ye of Christ? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 105036 | ||
Dear Kathy: You should know that that post was not addressed to you. Indeed, you are the last person that I would have appealed to like that because yours was the last post that expressed an appreciation for the Lord. I rejoiced to see it. I refer to your post that included: “He is the most valuable and cherished of my friends. It is hard to conceive in my mind …”, etc., and concluded with: “Don't you just Love Him???”. That was praise, and no one in his right mind would complain about it. I was inclined to respond immediately with: “O, how I love him! But I also respect. I am in awe of him, when I realize …” but I thought to give a chance to others. Review the thread yourself and see what happened after. Please be assured that my appeal was not to you. My appeal was indeed to the Lockman Foundation, supposing that they monitor this forum and even possibly allow their employees/members to participate. I have no idea who these people are, except that they publish Bibles. But it was a public appeal, meant for everyone to see. I would have hoped that unless the Foundation replied to say that the suggestion was inappropriate, that members of the forum would assume the liberty. And now, I would do anything in my power to end this discussion and get back to the original question. Nothing here deserves any more attention or mention. We need to get the focus immediately back onto the Lord. He deserves to be praised. Let us do it if we will. |
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175 | What think ye of Christ? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 105065 | ||
Amen to all that, and I'll read it again and lift my heart in praise to Him. To those who contacted the site owners: Please send them another note and tell them not to bother. I suggest we simply follow Brother Tim’s lead here and praise the Lord. Let’s leave it up to them to stop us. I don’t think they will. I like what Kathy said. Sometimes we are lost for words with which to praise him. I often have to borrow the words of others, like hymn writers, for example. Like this one: Fairest of all the earth beside, Chiefest of all unto His bride, Fullness divine in Him I see, Beautiful Man of Calvary! That Man of Calvary Has won my heart from me, And died to set me free, Blest Man of Calvary! Granting the sinner life and peace, Granting the captive sweet release, Shedding His blood to make us free, Merciful Man of Calvary! Giving the gifts obtained for men, Pouring out love beyond our ken, Giving us spotless purity, Bountiful Man of Calvary! Comfort of all my earthly way, I will meet Jesus some sweet day; Center of glory he will be, Wonderful Man of Calvary! That Man of Calvary Has won my heart from me, And died to set me free, Blest Man of Calvary! |
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176 | What do you think of Christ? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 105114 | ||
Amen. Amen. Yes, He is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Eyes have seen, ears have heard, and it's recorded in God's word, and he is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. |
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177 | What think ye of Christ? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 105115 | ||
I'd like to rejoice with you. I hope you know this song: There were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold. But one was out on the hills away, Far off from the gates of gold. Away on the mountains wild and bare. Away from the tender Shepherd’s care. Away from the tender Shepherd’s care. “Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine; Are they not enough for Thee?” But the Shepherd made answer: “This of Mine Has wandered away from Me; And although the road be rough and steep, I go to the desert to find My sheep, I go to the desert to find My sheep.” But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed; Nor how dark was the night the Lord passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost. Out in the desert He heard its cry, Sick and helpless and ready to die; Sick and helpless and ready to die. “Lord, whence are those blood drops all the way That mark out the mountain’s track?” “They were shed for one who had gone astray Ere the Shepherd could bring him back.” “Lord, whence are Thy hands so rent and torn?” “They are pierced tonight by many a thorn; They are pierced tonight by many a thorn.” And all through the mountains, thunder riven And up from the rocky steep, There arose a glad cry to the gate of heaven, “Rejoice! I have found My sheep!” And the angels echoed around the throne, “Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own! Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own!” |
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178 | What do you think of Christ? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 105359 | ||
Dear Flinkywood, The following is addressed to Hank. So please do not respond. It is not my desire that he respond either. I do believe that this desire is naïve and useless because he and/or others will respond anyway. But I will express the desire anyway. Flinky, I am a strange person, and everywhere I roam I am told so. I already know it, but I know that there are some who will take this opportunity to confirm it anyway. I would let then know it is not necessary, but they will do it anyway. I think they want to make me feel bad, or make themselves feel good, or promote and defend what they stand for. So let it be. Hank has noticed the posts I directed to the Lockman Foundation -- something about leaving the format of Bible study to enter into a praise phase. He doesn't quite understand what it is all about, but he is concerned that it is consuming lots of space on this Forum. He has urged me review the guidelines of this Forum and use prescribed procedures to direct any questions to Lockman. He states that it is altogether useless and inappropriate to post open letters to Lockman on this web site. Hank is a brother of mine and I respect and appreciate him highly, principally because I have received private communication from him and a few other people on this forum and I believe I that know him better than I do most of the others on this forum. But he does not quite understand me or my purpose in initiating this thread or trying to redirect attention to the initial post. I believe it is the purpose of people, and all of creation, to give praise to God, and the fact that someone does not understand that puzzles my mind. It is the purpose of my life, and I seek to do it everywhere. One of my many problems is that I do not express myself well. What if I said, “We have learned a lot about Christ. Why not devote one thread on this forum to expressing what we think about him”. That’s all I was saying. Please do not tell me I did not say it well. I know that. Look at the first sentence in this paragraph. Look at this thread. I am asking the question “What do you think of Christ?” to give people an opportunity to do, as you have done, to praise the Lord, to say good things about him. I see most of what has happened as an attempt to distract us from that purpose. It is in an attempt to identify this and as a last ditch effort to return this thread to that purpose that I write here. I would hope that Hank would know that I am not as daft as it may seem. And yet, it does not matter whether I am really that bad or worse. What matters is that Jesus Christ be praised. There are those who would tell me that there are better ways to do that. There are many others things they would tell or teach me. I just want them to know that I am aware of their ideas and suggestions, and many more. But I decided to do what I did anyway. I would say to Hank that that post was not really addressed to Lockman. It was an open letter meant only for others to read and to consider. It was not designed to try to change the purpose of this forum from Bible Study to praise. It was an attempt to elicit some little bit of praise to God, some little drop of honor to him, which he wants, in the midst of a vast ocean of Bible study and personal attacks, which he does not want. It was not designed to criticize the site, so please do not go there. I would do anything in my power now to get folks to get off this present discussion and to return to the top of the thread and say what, based on Scripture, they think of Christ. I would have this post to stand alone whether or not they do that. Whether or not they do that. Whether or not they do that. Let it be. It is by responding to posts like this that, in my mind, the forum is filled with useless matter. Better, I think, to say something nice about Jesus. I do not think the Lockman Foundation would object to a little bit of praise in the midst of this Bible study endeavor. But I could be wrong. That is all I wanted to say. Hank is a good man. When he thinks about it I think I think he will understand. I will be shocked if he responds again to tell me he does not understand and that this post is inappropriate. But I have been shocked before. There are believers in the lord Jesus Christ here. There must be at least ten. One has chosen to express what they think about Christ. Where are the nine? Are they involved in tussling with Aixen because he asked them what they thought about Christ? And that, my friends, is all I asked. That, my friends, is all I wanted. And let’s say what I wanted does not matter. That is what I think he wants. May Jesus Christ be praised. |
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179 | What do you think of Christ? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 105366 | ||
I would do anything in my power now to get folks to get off this present discussion and to return to the top of the thread and say what, based on Scripture, they think of Christ. Let it be. It is by responding to posts like this that, in my mind, the forum is filled with useless matter. Better, I think, to say something nice about Jesus. | ||||||
180 | What do you think of Christ? | Matt 22:42 | Aixen7z4 | 105371 | ||
I take no offense. I welcome this more pleasant tone. I think it would be good if everyone here understood each other and said nice things to each other. I wish we did not find the need to correct and redirect anyone who was suggesting that we say nice things about Jesus. Your suggestion is OK. “To every thing there is a season”. It is a response that I knew was in the mind of some, that there is a time for everything. This is a time for Bible study and it is not a time for praising Jesus. I am aware of Ecclesiastes 3. I do not think that scripture means there are some times when it is not appropriate to praise the Lord. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. I would paraphrase Paul and say, "Praise the Lord; be instant in season, out of season". I am sure there is a time for this type of discussion as well. And yet … I would do anything in my power now to get folks to get off this present discussion and to return to the top of the thread and say what, based on Scripture, they think of Christ. I am not suggesting that this forum be changed, or its purpose. I am not suggesting that only praise be posted here. I am not suggesting that we praise him only in writing. But if this discussion continues on this sub-thread, I will praise him even here. I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him when I am among the multitude. I will praise him with the sound of the trumpet. I will praise him with the psaltery and harp. I will praise him with the timbrel and dance. I will praise him with stringed instruments and organs. I will praise him upon the loud cymbals. I will praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. I will praise him even with my computer keyboard and screen, even your screen. Where would we be without Jesus? We would be without God and without hope in this world. I time past we talked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. And so, here we are, with people like Hank and Ed and Kathy and Kalos and Shalor and Flinky. These are people I don’t even know, and who, if they knew me might prefer not to know me. And yet here we are. Having not seen them, I love them. Because they love him, whom having not seen, we love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. And that is just one of the things he has done. He has done many other things. And he has done all things well. |
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