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181 | Is belief in the bible needed to be save | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 160833 | ||
Hello hetfield, It appears that you are honestly seeking the truth here and I hope I'm right. Otherwise you would only be trying to stir controversy. Assuming you are in search of the truth let me address your post. Basically, you state that you do not believe that the bible, particularly the New Testament, is the word of God. The problem I have with your premise is that you only use the New Testament to support your belief. The scripture you referred to were all New Testament. I find it peculiar that you would do this. I believe it is important that each of us have reasonable evidence for what we "believe". You are asking for others to give that evidence but you state your own belief without offering evidence of any kind. If you are truly seeking then you must be willing to honestly evaluate the evidence. This can only be done by a real study of the New Testament which must include it's relationship to the Old Testament. What you will find among many things, is that it and the Old Testament both affirm each other. There are others that can articulate this much better than I, but the best approach I believe is for you to begin an honest study for yourself. You say you believe in God. Start your study with prayer and ask Him to show you the truth. More specifically, you asked if it is necessary to believe the bible is the word of God in order to be saved. I would ask, if salvation is not found in the bible, where would one find it? Is the New Testament to be included? Well, the Old Testament does not offer a savior, but only the promise of one. The finished work of the Savior is found in the New Testament, therefore, it must be more than just accurate and reliable. It must be absolute and trustworthy. Otherwise, we can not be sure that the promised savior was and is Jesus Christ and that he has come, died, rose, and ascended finishing the work that does save us. Simply put, witout the New Testament, we have no salvation, but only the promise of a savior to come. So, yes, we must believe the bible is the word of God because without it we have nothing to believe in. But it is not believing this that saves us, it is trusting in the truth and the gracious gift of God through Christ that it teaches us about that saves us. I hope this is helpful, Jeff |
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182 | Jesus' birth | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 163992 | ||
Hello Seedling, Brother Tim gave a logical and possible answer to your question, informative too. Another thing to think about is that Luke may have simply left some of the history untold. This is a very real possibility. Consider the four gospels. They are the record of Jesus' birth, ministry, death, and resurrection (as you know) yet the details vary from each. An example would be what the gospels tell that Jesus said during His crucifixion. Mark said that Jesus said "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" John reports Jesus saying "it is finished" Which did He say? The answer is both. Why didn't both writers include it all? Who knows. One heard and the other didn't, one focused more on this over that? Who knows? Jeff |
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183 | is suicide a sin? | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 178783 | ||
Hello David, Welcome to the forum. Why do you ask? Jeff |
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184 | Who are Abraham's offspring? | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 179162 | ||
Galatians 3:29 (NASB77) 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise. |
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185 | Who are Abraham's offspring? | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 179164 | ||
Galatians 3:29 (NASB77) 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise. |
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186 | giving of the holy spirit | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 179773 | ||
Hello gdh, Welcome to the forum. Actually, it's not at immersion or at the laying of hands of ministers that a believer receives the Holy Spirit. We receive the Spirit, and all of Him that there is to receive, at the very moment God saves us. None of Him before, and no more of Him at any time after. When God saves a person, He sends forth His Spirit into our hearts. Galatians 4:6 (NASB95) 4:6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" When God saves us we are sealed with His Spirit as a promise, guaranteeing our salvation. 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 (NASB95) 1:20 For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us. 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, 22 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. Ephesians 1:3-14 (NASB95) 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him 10 with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him 11 also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, 12 to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory. You requested that the responder show all pertinent verses; unfortunately, there are far too many and the amount of text that can be entered in any one post would not allow for it. Hope this is sufficient, Jeff |
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187 | Verse"Quitters not worthy o'heaven"HELP | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 180278 | ||
Hello 2Tim, Your probably thinking about this passage: "Heb 6:4-6 4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace." NIV But in your question you say the person is a christian. A ture Christian is someone who is saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Such a person, I believe, could never turn away. The grace of God and the promise He makes in His word, sealed with the Holy Spirit is sufficient to ensure this. You might think of Judas Iscariot. He was certainly enlighted having walked with Christ. He "tasted the heavenly gift.." and "shared in the Holy Spirit" and "tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age.." Remember. Judas walked with Christ, heard Him teach and was even sent out, apparently, as one of the twelve sent out to preach and they cast out demons and healed the sick (Mark 6:7). The Scriptures are clear that Judas wasn't saved, however, so he was not a Christian. He must have believed on some level and even had a degree of faith; but he never accepted and surrendered to Christ. His faith was not a saving faith. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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188 | ... | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 180745 | ||
Hello Wars, Welcome to the Forum. A church is a building; especially for Christian public worship (Webster) As Christians we also refer to the entire body of believers in Christ as THE church. That is, the Church established by Christ and not man; made up of all persons who have been called by God and saved. Christ is the head of the Christian Church and His word, the Holy Bible is the authoraty from which church doctrine is established. While the true Church (body of believers) has many different denominations (i.e., Methodist, Baptist, etc.) none of those denominations is the church any more than any human person is. Hope this will help. Jeff |
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189 | What did Paul say that his teaching was | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 181200 | ||
Hello brosamuel, Proclamation of Christ. See Colossions 1:28. Jeff |
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190 | Where is the donkey and lamb at nativity | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 181271 | ||
Hello Fransico, I have to admit I'm curious why you ask. In any case, tradition is something that is established over time. It doesn't necessarily have to be theological per se. Christmas istself is a good example. We don't know the actual day or month of Christs' birth, but we celebrate it on December 25th. When Joseph and Mary traveled to be counted it is fair to assume that they took along with them their animals to include a donkey that Marry most likely road upon. Ther was no appropriate sleeping quarters for them and they were required to sleep in the place where animals would be kept. Most likely, they slept with their own animals and perhaps the animals of other travelers. As for tradition, I believe that presenting the various animals in the nativity appropriately represents the conditions in which our Lord made His entry into our world in the flesh. If nothing else, it should help us to appreciate the humility that He took upon Himself in order to become the ultimate sacrifice. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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191 | where kingdom of heaven is withing you | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 183929 | ||
Hello Kathy, Welcome to the Forum :) Your thinking of Luke 17:21. I would encourage you to read the verse in context with the surrounding verses in order that you don't misunderstand the saying as it is most often misunderstood and quoted out of context to mean something that it does not mean. A clue is to pay careful attention to WHO Jesus was speaking to when he made the statement. Some translations translate it differently than the KJV does and probably more accurately. For example, the ESV does not say "the kindgom of heaven is within you" but translates entos humon as "in the midst of you". Who did Jesus make the statement to and what do you believe He meant by it? God bless, Jeff |
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192 | Why do some believe while others do not? | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 185806 | ||
Hello hobbs, As you likely know, this question will likely move quickly to a debate of the doctrine of election which the forum already contains numerous posts on and need not be repeated needlessly. I'm not sure I agree with your statement that "most American evangelicals believe that one is free to believe the Gospel or not...." but without stats it's not a provable point anyway. If you do have stats to support that statement those would be interesting to see. In any case, because the doctrine of election has been one of personal struggle for me to grasp, I have relied on a couple of simple, straightforward statements in Scripture. John 14:3 KJV 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 6:44-45 ESV 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Who can come to the Father unless through Christ? No one according to Scripture. Who can come to Christ unless he is drawn by the Father? No one according to Scripture. Who can resist God if he/she is called by God? Perhaps the meat of your question. My belief as I understand the Scriptures is that no one can or in any case, no one will; "Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me." Ephesians 2:8 (ASV) 2:8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Any faith that is a product of my free will to believe is not a saving faith as I understand Scripture; but only that faith which is "the gift of God" is a true saving faith (lest it be called my own work). It's true that Scripture says that "...whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16); but it also says that whosoever believes does so through the faith that has been given by God "as a gift". I believe that Scripture teaches that God's act of creating men was very deliberate. I also believe that His act of saving some is very clearly, just as deliberate. Hope this helps. God bless, Jeff |
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193 | Paul more confident in writing? | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 192200 | ||
Crayon- Welcome to the Forum. You might be thinking about the following passage. If so, you might reconsider what it is actually saying. 2 Co 10:1-2 (NASB) Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent! 2I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh. My understanding here is NOT that Paul found it "easier" to write than to speak face to face. Rather, He had customarily been in his greatest strength (that is the strength of Christ) in his face to face dealings with the church at Corinth. That is, he had acted in "meekness"- Christ's meekness. In the face of adversity my thoughts are that a very few Christians truly act in meekness. No, most (as I have experienced it) behave rather defensively and even irrationally (guilty as charged). In this passage, Paul is being bold in his writing and basically warning of the potential that he may not be so meek face to face, as had been the case, on the next face to face meeting. It was being said of Paul that he and those with him walked in the flesh and that Paul's motives were not spiritual as represented by his "bark" being without "bite" in the opinion of some. Furthermore, it was by the standards of the flesh that some judge Paul. In other words- the arrogance and self-confident way that some others presented was considered as strong and authoritative. Not at all what the Christ-reliant Paul presented. 1 Co 2:1-5 (NASB) 1And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. 3I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, 4and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. Oh how the church might benefit today from more who are willing to forfeit their own accomplishments to rely fully on that of our Lord. Paul's presentations had been NO PAUL and ALL Christ crucified. Others were apparently drawn too and impressed by the apparent wisdom of men and their boasting. Read the following chapter of the same book. I don't get Paul weak in person and strong on paper. I get Paul admonishing those who favored the impressions of men over the presentation of Christ in true humility. In any case- Paul was more than qualified in every respect and apparently found it necessary to boast in the flesh as a way of demonstrating that his worldly qualifications ranked with any and superseded most. His true strength was in counting all of that as nothing and relying on the power and authority of Christ alone. He was, in a sense, a parent correcting a child. Those who would receive his letter and consider it prayerfully would be no doubt ready to receive him in love and thus all would be spared the conflict of a face to face confrontation that might never be resolved. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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194 | Joseph at crucifixion? | NT general | jlhetrick | 206133 | ||
KIT...- Welcome to the Forum. Joseph isn't mentioned in Scripture after the trip to Jerusalem when the Lord was 12. Jeff |
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195 | Were the disciples saved, Born Again? | NT general | jlhetrick | 206137 | ||
Not sure which disciples you mean, but if your speaking ot the 12 apostles see the following. Acts 1:24-2:4 24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show of these two the one whom thou hast chosen, 25 to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place. 26 And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. 2 And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. ASV God bless, Jeff |
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196 | Joseph's Death? | NT general | jlhetrick | 206138 | ||
Kit...- is it ok to call you Kit or would you rather the whole username?? Inquiring minds.... yes, yes, yes.... me too. Some do "assume" that Joseph may have deceased since Mary is mentioned several times after and he is not. But in the abscense of documentation, assumption is all we're left with. I'm not aware of any secular records that mention the time and manner of Jospeh's death (though some of the more scholarly here might be). Jeff |
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197 | Explain freedom as result of submission | NT general | jlhetrick | 209981 | ||
ededmondsn- Welcome to the forum! I want to start with something here and hope that I’m able to make the point without confusing you on the issue. I’m not sure if this is happening in your case or not, but I want to point out that we err if we first start with a presupposition, for example, “what I know in my heart about this freedom” and then set out to prove it with Scripture. Instead, we should strive to know what Scripture says and keep that in our hearts. With that said, I’ll point you to Romans 8:2 as a good place to start in searching out what Scripture says about freedom in Christ. Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. At a minimum, I suggest you go back now at least to the beginning of Chapter 7 and read through chapters 7 and 8, keeping verse 8:2 in thought. Once you've done this come back to the thread with questions/comments to further the study if necessary. God bless, Jeff |
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198 | is this the work of the devil or cults? | NT general | jlhetrick | 215381 | ||
Hello- actually, the bible speaks plenty about mental health. And yes, the mental health is directly related to one's spiritual condition. Double-minded equals narcissism? NO! Narcissism would be more related to sinful vanity. Being double minded involves a self-centered approach no doubt; but it speaks more specifically to wavering, doubting... on again of again... perhaps seeking to do good while chasing after the desires of the flesh. In essence, it might well be summed up as chronic disobedience. Jeff |
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199 | was peter a roman | NT general | jlhetrick | 238179 | ||
Hi, and welcome to the Forum. Peter was a Jew who lived and ran a fishing business in Bethsaida of Galilee, Israel. Tradition has Peter spending the later part of his life in Rome and being crucified there but whether he was ever made a Roman Citizen I can't say. I assume that information might be found somewhere in historical records if one was interested in spending the time and energy researching it. |
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200 | women married 5 times lord go sin no mor | NT general | jlhetrick | 238634 | ||
You may be mixing up a couple of different stories but see John 4 and start reading at verse 7. | ||||||
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