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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: John Reformed Ordered by Verse |
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1761 | Does this mean that it is wrong to ask? | Rev 17:16 | John Reformed | 59800 | ||
Dear Pastor Glenn, Strike my last paragraph. You did post me first. My apologies, John |
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1762 | Does this mean that it is wrong to ask? | Rev 17:16 | John Reformed | 59860 | ||
Pastor Glenn, You asked: " Who really was it that held the Christian Missionaries hostage in Afganistan last year? And who really destroyed the twin towers in New York? Or did these things really happen? I will answer your last question first. Yes it really did happen. The christian missionaries were held by the ruling goverment of afghanistan, the Talaban. And, the Twin Towers were destroyed by Al-qaeda. Like all unregenerate people, they do the bidding of their father, the devil. It is only the grace of God that prevented you or I or any other son of Adam from being party to the hi-jacking. These are the human agents responsible for this evil act. Now, I think you will agree that the worst atrocity ever commited by the hand of man was The Crucifixtion of The Lord of Glory. It was perpertrated by Romans, Jews and other Gentiles. But the Bible says it happened because it was God's eternal plan for the salvation of His people. Acts 4:27-28 "For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur." God pre-destined the calamity in New York. Not for the evil motive the terrorists had but for His own good purpose. Amos 3:6-7 "If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it? Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets." Pastor Glenn, you used several scriptures (1 John 4:3, 2 John 1:7 and 1 Cor 13:12). These passages tell us the identity of the spirit of anti-christ. What do we need in addition to them? Nothing except the enlightment of the Holy Spirit. Is 45:7 "The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these." I now ask: Of what importance is vain speculation? If God wants me or you to know the identity of anti-christ or the ten kings or any thing else, He will make it quite clear. We will find the answer in His Word and not in the newspapers. John |
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1763 | Does this mean that it is wrong to ask? | Rev 17:16 | John Reformed | 59878 | ||
Dear Ed, It is wrong because it makes the church look like a naive group of fanatics. If the media were to take all the wrongheaded claims made by our supposed "leaders" and subject them to the scrutiny of history, they would have a field day. And they would have all the evidence they need to charge that we don't know what we're talking about. Let's stick to the Scripture. It is on that foundation that we can stand solidly. Speculation is based on what? Not the Word alone but a mixture of Word, worldly news reports and human reason. A great recipe for a foundation of sinking sand. I am sick, sick, sick of the endless speculations about who is the anti-christ or the harlot or the ten kings etc. etc. ad nauseum. Face it folks WE DON"T KNOW! And by speculating we may even find ourselves bearing FALSE WITNESS against groups, nations or individuals. Worst of all speculation does not glorify Christ but gives the enemy handfuls of filth to be used to denigrate Him. Eschatology is a very difficult and controversial area of theology. I think it a mistake to base evangelism on the end times. It is meat that even the fathers among us chew very carefully. Our commision is to take the gospel message throughout the world. That alone should keep us busy enough. John |
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1764 | Does this mean that it is wrong to ask? | Rev 17:16 | John Reformed | 59879 | ||
Hi Hank, I wish I would have put it the way you did. I should take my own advise once in awhile and keep my own dander down. John |
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1765 | Does this mean that it is wrong to ask? | Rev 17:16 | John Reformed | 59936 | ||
Dear Pastor Glenn, Please cite a statement from anyone involved in this discussion who advocates the disregard of prophecy. John |
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1766 | Temple and No Temple? | Rev 21:22 | John Reformed | 62250 | ||
Dear Mommapbs, Matt 12:6 "But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. 1 Cor 3:16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? Am I on the right track? Brother John |
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1767 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | John Reformed | 91144 | ||
Dear Gracefull, I believe it is an error to look at faith as if it is a force of some kind that man may release or with-hold according to his will. This error has more to do with new-age mysticism than it does with biblical christianity. Biblical faith is trusting in God to the exclusion of things seen; "for we walk by faith, not by sight. John |
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1768 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | John Reformed | 91255 | ||
Gracefull, Can a spiritually dead person possess the spiritual attribute of faith? If he can, than one could say a physically dead person may possess the physical attribute of thought. My point is that God is the mover and shaker of all things that occur. We are His sevants and it is He who is at work in us to accomplish His good pleasure. We are NOT independent contractors. We are but clay in the hands of the potter. He moulds His people into vessels of honor. If our faith is weak we must pray for God to strengthen it. John |
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1769 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | John Reformed | 91383 | ||
Yes Gracefull, Faith does come by hearing the word of God and we are to act in accordance with it. But let us not forget that it is Jesus who is the "author and finisher"; We are His workmanship. Heb 12:1,2 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God Fixing our eyes on ourselves and our own ability to exercise our faith? No! Fixing our eyes on Jesus! Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. There are those who place man in the center, saying that the promises of God are made ineffective by a weak or wavering faith. When the sick are not healed, the blame is cast on the sick man's unbelief. How can this be? Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith. I believe that God is at the center. Eph 3:20 "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us". If it is not our faith or God's ability to heal the sick person, then why has he not been healed? I believe that the answer may be found in God's eternal purpose for His creation. We are limited in our understanding of why things occur as they do. God, on the other hand, is unlimited; He knows the end from the beginning, and He does all things in accordance to His good pleasure. Is 46:10 "Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';" I have to stop here. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on what I've written thus far. God Bless John |
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1770 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | John Reformed | 91407 | ||
Dear Hank, John Calvin made the statement that man is an "idol factory". When I first read his remark, my mind turned to the the examination of the "natural" man. It is clear that the unregenerate are constantly manufacturing gods that suit their own desires. Even the professed atheist makes a god of his own intellect; declaring that he has freed himself from the superstition of the masses, Nevertheless, he merely worships the creature rather than the Creator. This was no revelation to me. I was unregenerate myself, and I know what it is like to hate God and to consider spiritual things as foolish and incomprehensible. But CHRISTIANS! How is it possible for US to fall for heretical doctrines that diminsh God and inflate man? I don't know the answer. I do think that, despite wrong-headed pre-suppositions, many of those who follow false doctrines, are not mere professors but are indeed truely adopted children of God. What saddens me is the chaos and confusion that results from our attachement to error. We love Jesus; We love our church home; our pastor and brethren and we love our traditions, but when confronted with doctrines which are foreign to our accepted beliefs (whether founded on Scripture or not) we bristle with anger. We are so concerned with protecting the things we love, that many times we ignore or refuse to recieve even God's Word. I do not exempt myself from my own criticism. I'm as bad as the next guy; Maybe worse. I find my solace in Christ's righteousness imputed to me, a wicked sinner, whose own righteousness is but filthy rags. He is my Rock and my strong fortress, to Him I will run and find safety. My heart goes out to those who have yet to find out how miserable and weak they are. They still believe they can please God by pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps. Thank God for Paul's words in Romans 7! He did not put his faith in his own faith. He admitted his absolute and unconditional dependence on Jesus and what He had done in Paul's stead. He placed his faith in Christ! I apologize for rambling. I'm feeling rather overwhelmed today. Your Brother, John |
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1771 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | John Reformed | 91534 | ||
Dear angel9, If you mean that we mis-use our intellect by forcing God's Word to conform to it, rather than it being conformed to God's Word...I would agree. Thanks for the note and... God Bless, John |
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1772 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | John Reformed | 91557 | ||
Dear Angel9, You need to be more explicit if you want a considered reply. What results are you looking at, and, will you be offering any conclusions. John |
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1773 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | John Reformed | 91807 | ||
Dear angel9, I sympatize with your frustration. It does seem as if the church in America is hung up on "self-gratification". As proof, all I have to do is look at my own attitude and performance! Have I lived up to the same standard I expect from others? I hate to say it, but I must confess, I fall far short of what I believe a christian soldier should be like. Perhaps there are many in my own congregation who feel the same as I do. We want to do good, but we find that we are powerless to change ourselves. I wonder if God is not doing a work. It may be He is allowing us to come to the end of our own supposed sufficency, so that when we have come to the end of our own rope, we will cry out to Him to give us the grace to change. 2 Chr 34:27 "Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD. In the book "Pilgrims Progress" by John Bunyan, the main character "Christian" falls in to a miry swamp called the Slough of Despond. He struggles to free himself, but the burden of sin on his back prevents his escape. God mercifully sends a Helper to pull him out. The helper tells Christian that God had placed a set of steps in the swamp and that he could have gotten out if he had availed himself of them. Those steps, Helper tells him, are the "Promises of God". Your Thoughts? John Reformed |
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