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181 | continued pursuit, or saving faith | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 213745 | ||
Hello Beja, Cutting to the chase with regards to your question: You stated; “Or do you think this is drawing out the fact that for salvation you must not only have faith that He exists but you must also have faith that He will carry out His promised reward of "salvation." What He promises he is able to perform to the uttermost. If He did the most for us at salvation, now that we are His children, shall He not now do much more then the most! My answer is yes that is what I believe. Now to this part of the question: “Do you think that this refers to something after salvation in the sense that after we are saved we must continue to believe that he is worth further pursuit.” I don’t believe that particular verse, Heb. 11:6 is suggesting a particular action after salvation BUT if my faith in Him doesn’t result in a continuous trust in His promises, i.e. the content of faith I will be one miserable believer. I think the happiest people in this world are true believers in Christ; then on the other hand the most miserable people on this earth are also believers in Christ that live their life out of fellowship. I don’t see faith as something that grows or the necessity for it. What needs to grow is the content of our faith. 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. I haven’t even enlarged my faith, per se, to the size of a mustard seed yet but what I fear is that I might neglect to claim by faith, any of the promises that my Father has for me. Hebrews 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. My salvation through faith in Christ Jesus only makes me eligible to enter into God day by day rest, claiming by faith His numerous provisional promises that provide God’s perfect rest in my life. This stresses the need for a daily intake of Bible doctrine, i.e. assimilation of God’s precious Word not just reading it. I think this answer is more in keeping with the KISS objective that’s needed on the forum but I'm guilty of starting to problem. CDBJ |
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182 | continued pursuit, or saving faith | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 213714 | ||
Hi Beja. This is exactly how I arrived at the conclusion. It’s from my Interlinear Bible and here it is verbatim. Verb: Participle Tense: Present Voice: Middle or passive deponent Case: Accusative Gender: Masculine Person: ---- Number: Singular The word “cometh” PROSERCHOMENON Definition from Strong’s proserchomai, from Greek 4314 (pros) and Greek 2064 (erchomai) (including its alternate); to approach, i.e. (literal) come near, visit, or (figurative) worship, assent to (as soon as he) come (unto), come thereunto, consent, draw near, go (near, to, unto). Now you know the rest of the story, have fun anyway. Like I stated, it was my take on it, but it wasn’t exactly a guess, CDBJ |
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183 | this is a qustion ask for a bible study | Psalm | CDBJ | 213708 | ||
Hi Dale and welcome to the forum. We are to fear no evil. Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. This verse is only possible after one has had a living personal relationship with God’s Messiah. The one we call in this age Jesus the Christ the Son of God, for when one places their faith in the finished work of Jesus, i.e. dying for their sins, he promises to indwell them. And here is why we need not fear. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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184 | Woman in pants | Deut 22:5 | CDBJ | 213698 | ||
I don't care if someone comes to church in a barrel if they are there for the intake of Bible doctrine! Ephes. 4:14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, CDBJ |
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185 | is a christian allowed to drink | 1 Cor 6:10 | CDBJ | 213548 | ||
Hi Doc, It amazes me how believers can twist the scriptures with regards to the intake of wine and the likes yet not even give a second thought to the fact that they are so far over weight that they’re committing suicide by putting to much food down their gullet. We are killing ourselves as a nation and don’t even consider it to be a sin to any degree. A pet peeve, being 10 pounds over weight, CDBJ |
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186 | is a christian allowed to drink | 1 Cor 6:10 | CDBJ | 213530 | ||
When Christ asked his decuples who they thought he was, Peter gave the right answer and that, according to Christ, brought Peter to the place of blessedness because he was a believer at that point; nothing more and nothing less. Matthew 16:15-18 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Faith in the fact of just who Jesus is, God’s Messiah is what brings one into the blessedness of salvation and as a result their believing this fact places them into the body of Christ, i.e. the church. Don’t get salvation mixed up with discipleship. The topic of discussion in James was in regards to there being only one God not the fact of who Jesus is as the Messiah. Could you please point out in the Bible where it says, as you imply: “when one is willing to surrender to Christ as Lord and Saviour”, thou shalt be saved? CDBJ |
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187 | is a christian allowed to drink | 1 Cor 6:10 | CDBJ | 213524 | ||
Greetings Val, I wonder if John neglected to add your information to the verses in the following? John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. “Surrendering your life to Him to follow Him as Saviour and Lord by this belief in Him is how one is saved.” One of you must be wrong or parenthetical, CDBJ |
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188 | Love for all, judge not anyone | OT general | CDBJ | 213168 | ||
Greetings, Is it your opinion that if one could keep all of the Ten Commandments that they would be entitled to eternal life with God? If that is the case how can it be said that Abraham had it when the Law didn’t come until four hundred and thirty years later. Galatians 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. Col. 2:16-17 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. CDBJ |
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189 | God always gets what he desires? T or F | 1 Tim 2:3 | CDBJ | 213167 | ||
Greetings Norton, I’ve got you by 10 years so I guess we are both still kids compared to Abraham. My favorite group of verses in the whole Bible is found in the following book of 1st John. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Now there is something that we can take to the bank because God promised it! The word believe in the English doesn’t convey the full intent of what the Greek word, PISTEUO, meant in the original language of the New Testament. It meant to put all of one’s trust in who Jesus is, being the one sent from God, the Messiah or Christ, to save all those that would fully trust and rely on the work God performed through His Son. And God’s mercy in action does it for us when we trust in The Son. Ephes. 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. The only thing we can boast about is God’s Grace and His fantastic gift of salvation, and He is the one that gets all of the credit! Here is a great verse that shows us that God Himself accomplished the work. Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, (NOTICE ) which he hath purchased with his own blood. I sure hope you enjoy the forum, CDBJ |
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190 | God always gets what he desires? T or F | 1 Tim 2:3 | CDBJ | 213138 | ||
Hi Norton, I didn’t realize that you wanted to include verse 4 into the parameter and that is where I got hung up. 1 Tim. 2:3-4 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. The word from which we get the word “desire” in the NASB is translated from the Koine Greek word THELO or the actual form used which is THELEI. Here is the definition as founds in, (Strong’s Greek and Hebrew Dictionary) thelo, Greek 2309, Strong’s thelo, thel'-o; or ethelo, eth-el'-o; in certain tenses theleo, thel-eh'-o; and etheleo, eth-el-eh'-o, which are otherwise obsolete; apparently strengthened from the altnate form of Greek 138 (haireomai); to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas Greek 1014 (boulomai) properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e., choose or prefer (literal or figurative); by implication to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebrew to delight in :- desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, -ling [ly]). The thought, that is carried by Paul, in 1 Tim. 2:3,4 is also brought out by Peter in the following verse. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. Repentance is the key here which represents a turning away from the direction one has been going and turning to God’s Son Jesus Christ with and undivided faith in what Jesus has accomplished on the cross for man’s salvation. Have you come to this place yet in your experience with the Saviour or is this something that you are still working on? Sorry about the mix up, CDBJ |
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191 | God always gets what he desires? T or F | 1 Tim 2:3 | CDBJ | 213137 | ||
Hi Doc, I’m not smart enough to consider that option; all I did was pull up the specific verse mentioned. You are right and now with this in mind I need to try and answer Norton. Thanks for the boost, sometimes I go brain dead, CDBJ |
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192 | God always gets what he desires? T or F | 1 Tim 2:3 | CDBJ | 213126 | ||
Greetings Norton, We just won’t worry about what others think! When I looked at the verse, this is what I came up with and that’s what stimulated my original question to you. 1 Tim. 2:3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, The word desires isn’t even mentioned in the verse. For some reason we still don’t fine ourselves on the same page? Don’t give up on me yet; I’m sure we can get this all together. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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193 | why so much space on tabernacle details? | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 212685 | ||
Greetings, That's the object! With out a living human spirit and the guidance or teaching of the Spirit we can’t understand God truth. The most important issue for one who is truly a born again Christian is that they remain in fellowship so that they can be taught. The exercise of I John 1:9 is the best way to insure the fellowship problem. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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194 | Iam having some questions | John 17:1 | CDBJ | 212438 | ||
Greetings, I have read your comments on the modus operandi of those that have trusted in Christ for their salvation, But am I comprehending you correctly, i.e. that it is "your understanding" of scripture that while we are yet still in the flesh, that we who are saved, can not commit sin? 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; The following verse carries the connotation of desirability along with plausibility and the solution; should the third class condition of the “if clause” tend to raise its ugly head. CDBJ |
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195 | ... | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 212152 | ||
Greetings messenger, It would be of interest to those on the forum if you could manage to reveal a little something about yourself in the user section listed under Actions on the left side of the home page. I welcome you to the forum and I hope it is as useful to you as it has been for the most of us, as well as being a blessing. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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196 | Am I ignorant | 1 Cor 12:1 | CDBJ | 212052 | ||
Greetings, “Assuming” that your assumption is true with regard to the continuation of just even the first part of Eph 4:11, i.e. the apostles; what is the prerequisite to be an apostle and could there be a person alive to fulfill it? Acts 1:20-22 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. 21Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. Verse 22 puts a halt to the possibility. “a witness with us of his resurrection” Even if there were apostles, they couldn’t improve on God’s "completed Cannon of Scripture" or don’t you believe that God’s perfect written Word is totally sufficient coupled with the working of God the Holy Spirit? CDBJ |
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197 | How to follow, walk in the Spirit? | Gal 5:16 | CDBJ | 211469 | ||
The Koine Greek word for filled of Ephes. 5:18 is the present tense, passive voice, imperative mood of PLEROO. We are command, as believers to be constantly filled with the Spirit. The passive voice means we receive the action of the verb, i.e. we do something then God does something for us when we confess or sins. Ephes. 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; If we confess our known sins God is faithful and just to forgive us! John tells us of fellowship, and darkness, this is being in a state of carnality or under the control of our old sin nature which is a condition of sin in our lives. 1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: As a child of God we “can’t” loose our salvation but we can sure be out of fellowship as a result of sin in our lives. Everything that we do while in a state of carnality, under the control of our old sin natures, falls under the catagory of human good and it will turn out to be wood hay and stubble at the judgment seat of Christ. All that we do while under the control of the Holy Spirit will be gold, silver and precious stones. Often time’s people are dictated to by their emotions more then they are sound Bible doctrine and as a result they fail to hear the truth of God’s Word after responding to the message of the gospel. As a result they log more time in carnality then they do in fellowship or being filled with the Spirit. This type of condition expresses it’s self with wide emotional swings. They go from emotional highs to depressing lows due to a lack of residual doctrine residing in their soul. They end up, even as believers, being an emotional wreck and they wonder why! Have a great day, CDBJ |
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198 | Author's reference of 'we' and 'us' | Bible general Archive 4 | CDBJ | 211421 | ||
Greetings again, The reason for my question: It happens most often that students, in order to shirk their responsibility of personally digging into the Word of truth that they seek the knowledge of the study forum’s users in order to ease their responsibility and we like to shy away from such irresponsibility. I’m sorry for the pause in your quest for scriptural understanding but I hope you see the necessity for doing so. I hope you enjoy the forum as much as I have, CDBJ |
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199 | How to follow, walk in the Spirit? | Gal 5:16 | CDBJ | 211363 | ||
Greetings, At the very moment we are saved we are both indwelt and filled with the Spirit. We as believers in Christ can never loose the indwelling of the Spirit, Hebrews 13:5 (B) I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. But the filling of the Spirit is another subject, we can loose the filling. Ephes. 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; The word filled in the Koine Greek is the word “PLEROO” and it's in the imperative mood which is a command, meaning we must do something. PLEROO carries the conation of filling up a “deficiency”, i.e. The deficiency is in the control of our bodies, the same way that wine takes control when one has had more then they should. What puts God out of control and grieves Him is when we commit sin and put our old sin natures in charge or control. The only way to put The Spirit back in control and be filled is to exercise the option of, 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This filling of the Spirit last only until we sin again and it is best to keep short accounts because, outside of Him we can do NOTHING. John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. This is being filled and controlled by the Spirit. Paul had this battle in Romans Chapter 7:15-25 Have a great day, CDBJ |
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200 | How does God judge and who? | Obad 1:16 | CDBJ | 211172 | ||
Hello BJ, I don’t know of any sins that we have to be obedient to per your question. “what sins people don't have to worry about being obedient to” We as Christians must be obedient to God’s Word or we will find ourselves out of fellowship which leads to the following action. Ephes. 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 1 Thes. 5:19 Quench not the Spirit. CDBJ |
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