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1641 | Is Salvation lump sum? | Heb 7:25 | stjohn | 219963 | ||
Dear Beja, Thank you for your well done post. And to Doc as well. I'm on the same page and it has always seemed so since I first believed and read through the Bible. Grace and grace alone has given me a perspective not too muddled by an early life with understanding /misunderstanding, nor association with any instruction in the Scriptures that had been effective in the development my doctrine, false or otherwise; so by grace I believe I've been allowed to see truth for what it is without having to be reprogramed. Glory to God for His mercy. I boast in Christ and Christ only. I'm not saying I know it all nor that I ever will, and I have been wrong quite a bit, but praise God He seems to eventualy lead me to the truth and teaches me humillity in the proses. Something I am in great need of, by the way. This thread on Salvation has reminded me of a quote by the preacher being critiqued, the most eloquent C H Spurgeon. I hope you enjoy it. I read it quite often for inspiration on something I also am in grate need of, i.e. reminding me to be always grateful for His loving mercy. " Having all his life long carried their sicknesses and sorrows, he bore the burden of sin to the place of its annihilation, and by his death he made an end of it. Apart from the atonement, the chosen of God, like other men, lay under sin; the black cloud was over all the race, but Jesus took the dense mass of all the transgressions of his people, past, present, and to come, and obliterated the whole, even as a cloud is blotted out from the face of heaven. Jesus took the whole incalculably ponderous load, all charged with tempest as it was, and bore it all upon those shoulders, which must have been crushed to the earth had they not been divine: on the tree he bore that sin and the wrath which was due to it, feeling all its crowded tempests in his own soul, until in that moment when he had borne all, and ended all, he sent up the victorious shout of "It is finished." Then shone forth the unclouded glory of boundless love; then was gone forever the threatened storm; then righteousness sprang out of the earth, and peace looked down from heaven, and the reconciled ones might well exclaim, "Sing, O heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel." Sin was put away, transgression was cast into the depths of the sea, and loud o'er all rang out the jubilant challenge—"Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? Who is he that condemneth, now that Christ hath died?" I scarcely need to sketch that experience, for, my brethren, you know it well. Oh, the blackness of the darkness above; oh, the horror of the tempest within, in the dreadful hour of conviction of sin, when my weary soul longed for nothingness, that it might escape from its own hell. Oh the dread of the wrath to come. I saw all God's indignation gathering up to spend itself upon me, but glory be to God it spent itself elsewhere! ... "The tempest's awful voice was heard; O Christ, it broke on thee! Thy open bosom was my ward, It braved the storm for me. Thy form was scarred, thy visage marred, Now cloudless peace for me." C. H. Spurgeon John |
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1642 | Is Salvation lump sum? | Heb 7:25 | stjohn | 220069 | ||
doda, if the folks here at SBF have learned anything form your inane rambling it is -by example- the meaning of non sequitur. All I can honestly say at this point is... Huh? | ||||||
1643 | Is Salvation lump sum? | Heb 7:25 | stjohn | 220070 | ||
Amen, Pastor! Sometimes it is time to realize that, it is time to throw in the towel :-( . A good and very well done effort though, and God bless you for trying! John |
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1644 | Restoration 70 AD or 1948AD | Heb 8:8 | stjohn | 204222 | ||
Hey Doc: It amazes me that there are still so many believing in modern Israel as a fulfillment, without looking close enough at it, to see what's really going on there! I guess two plus two must be five! God bless John |
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1645 | Do you know a way to get into the Bible? | Heb 8:10 | stjohn | 206068 | ||
Brother, Hank: That is a puzzle! In infancy, what do we know but the desires of the flesh? --"For then I knew but to suck; to repose in what pleased, and cry at what offended my flesh; nothing more."-- St Augustine (354 - 430) |
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1646 | How were non Jews saved B.C.? | Heb 11:13 | stjohn | 199749 | ||
Thanks, Dave, Do please, pray, and for all the others as well, I pray every day, at least I try to. She doesn't often allow me to talk about God, but seems to be softening as time goes by, and I continue to pray. God bless John |
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1647 | How were non Jews saved B.C.? | Heb 11:13 | stjohn | 199825 | ||
Dave, Amen to that. Thanks, for the encouragement.... your prayers,... and, the reminder! :-) One of the area's that He is working on in me is being quick to act and slow to speak! A big job by the way! :-) Also one of my favorite songs is a children's song. (He's still workin on me.) He's still workin on me, to make me what I ought to be. It only took a week to make the Moon and the Stars, the Earth, and the Sun, and Jupiter and Mars. How loving and patient He must be, cause He's still workin on Me! There ought to be a sign, hanging on my heart, don't judge me yet, there's an unfinished part. How loving and patint He must be, cause He's still workin on me! God bless John p.s. would that be Medford OR.? or MA., NJ., MAS., NY., or WI.? answer by e (bottom of my profile) if you don't care to say in open view, or of course, not at all. :-) I'm in Jo. Co. by the way. |
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1648 | Faith and Joy | Heb 12:2 | stjohn | 225323 | ||
"The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience the Holy Spirit is active, and has taught us in the flash of a moment the deep secret of joy. You will have as much joy and laughter in life as you have faith in God." — Martin Luther |
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1649 | Resisting Sin | Heb 12:4 | stjohn | 199507 | ||
An excellent quote one of my favorite authors, and very appropriate verse to go along with it! Thanks again Doc! :-) And oh how true it is.... the deepest truths are not for the squeamish! |
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1650 | what's your preference | Heb 12:6 | stjohn | 202754 | ||
Dear Gospelcompilation: Please read the terms of use, if you have not done so already. You still have not provided scriptural support for your, forgive me for saying, but, dubious assertions. Maybe you didn't see this at the top of the home page? "IMPORTANT: DO NOT POST TO THIS FORUM until you familiarize yourself thoroughly with its guidelines. Click on "About the Forum" and read the instructions contained therein, including the section "Terms of Use." Be very sure that you understand and agree to comply with these guidelines. Failure to do so may result in revocation of your privilege to post." Opinions are just that, opinions, and we all have them. But this forum strives to keep them to a minimum, if you please. If you make yourself familiar with the terms of use and try to abide by them, you are more them welcome to stay and study the Bible with us. As it stands, you can see already, I am sure, by the negative responses to your posts that you have made a little bit of a stir. So, please comply with these terms, and I hope to see you around the forum! :-) Thank you, God bless John |
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1651 | Define the true church. | Heb 12:23 | stjohn | 217179 | ||
rakpak, do you mind telling us what translation you're using? In Isa 1:18 you have substuted YHWH for the word, God. I have seen this translated as, God, Yahweh, and even, Jehovah, but never as YHWH. |
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1652 | Are Catholic members consider Christian? | Heb 12:23 | stjohn | 217180 | ||
Dear Bother Doc, It never ceases to confound me how so many can erroneously think of truth as something subjective, that can be seen from conflicting winds of doctrine or independent from orthodoxy. That quote of Spurgeon is one of my favorite quotes too, and one in which we can surly see much truth. I don't understand how we can in certain areas of doctrine, almost completely discount what has been written by men who have been so overwhelmingly excepted as sound in there doctrine and who fear God, and show it, time and time again in reading the history of their lives and in their exposition of God's word. But instead they will search out what they want form every sources they can find, giving little regard to whether it's been scrutinized and excepted by orthodox Christians. Ex 18:21 Thank you for an excellent post! John |
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1653 | Define the true church. | Heb 12:23 | stjohn | 217185 | ||
Would you please be a bit more clear? Are you saying that you have translated the Bible? | ||||||
1654 | Define the true church. | Heb 12:23 | stjohn | 217187 | ||
That's incredible. Have you made other changes as well? Fill us in please. | ||||||
1655 | Define the true church. | Heb 12:23 | stjohn | 217194 | ||
Dear rakpak, Am I to presume that all the modern translations have words that have been added? Pray tell, what words have been added that the translators somehow all missed? Could they really all have been wrong? Did the Holy Spirit show you these, 'words' or did you figurer it out all on your own? John p.s. By the way, my name is John, you don't have to call me stjohn, you may, however, call me John the baptist, i.e. southern baptist. :-) |
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1656 | Define the true church. | Heb 12:23 | stjohn | 217197 | ||
Hi Rakpak, I'd just gone out to watch some fireworks. Didn't mean to run out on you but I remembered at the last minute our Church was putting on a show. So then we'd probably call the NAS, KJV, NKJV, HVS, ASV, NASB, NLT, ESV, YLT, RSV, etc. ect. all mistranslations. Is that right? Did William Tyndale, the translator and writer of the first printed English Bible, really translate and write the way he did for traditions sake, and or, Bible sales? I've read an abridged biography of Tyndale, and I don't remember seeing that in there. Do you suppose it's in the long version of his Biography? Why don't you just use the Hebrew Names Version? Why write a whole new translation? John p.s. I don't really hang a denominational name on myself, though I do belong to a Baptist congregation. |
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1657 | What is faith? | James | stjohn | 183719 | ||
More on faith from Nelson's bible dict. FAITH - a belief in or confident attitude toward God, involving commitment to His will for one's life. However, intellectual agreement to truth is found in James 2;19' where demons believe in one God but are not saved by this kind of (faith/belief). Saving faith; is a reliance in, and commitment to, Christ. Obedience is also part of it, if we believe; we are to obey, "I know whom I have believed and I am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day"(2Tim.1:12) peas stj. |
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1658 | lest by any means they exalt themselves | James 1:2 | stjohn | 212937 | ||
"It would be a very sharp and trying experience to me to think that I have an affliction which God never sent me, that the bitter cup was never filled by his hand, that my trials were never measured out by him, nor sent to me by his arrangement of their weight and quantity" (1) "I dare say the greatest earthly blessing that God can give to any of us is health, with the exception of sickness ... If some men, that I know of could only be favoured with a month of rheumatism, it would, by God's grace mellow them marvelously" (2) "I am afraid that all the grace that I have got of my comfortable and easy times and happy hours, might almost lie on a penny. But the good that I have received from my sorrows, and pains, and griefs, is altogether incalculable ... Affliction is the best bit of furniture in my house. It is the best book in a minister's library" (3) "'Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit, saith the Lord.' Instruments shall be used, but their intrinsic weakness shall be clearly manifested; there shall be no division of the glory, no diminishing of the honor due to the Great Worker ... Those who are honoured of their Lord in public have usually to endure a secret chastening, or to carry a peculiar cross, lest by any means they exalt themselves, and fall into the snare of the devil" (4) (1) The Anguish and Agonies of Charles Spurgeon, p. 25. (2) An All Round Ministry, p. 384. (3) The Anguish and Agonies of Charles Spurgeon, p. 25. (4) The Anguish and Agonies of Charles Spurgeon, pp. 163-164. Charles H. Spurgeon |
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1659 | lest by any means they exalt themselves | James 1:2 | stjohn | 212940 | ||
Azure... Again you bless me with your grace. Thank you my sister. Yes, the Cross! That wonderfulley beautful, lovely Cross of Christ! I can think of no better place to be on this side of the grass then at it's foot! Psalm 25:7 John "The tempest's awful voice was heard; O Christ, it broke on thee! Thy open bosom was my ward, It braved the storm for me. Thy form was scarr'd, thy visage marr'd, Now cloudless peace for me." C H Spurgeon |
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1660 | Scripture alone? | James 1:5 | stjohn | 191905 | ||
Hello Parable, Sorry;... but,.. when are you going to follow the rules that you set down for the game? "Instead of answering a question with a combination of scripture verses and commentary, either one's own or from other sources, answer in verse only. That is, nothing but scripture would appear in your response, period." In your responses you have yet to site even one verse. God bless John |
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