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181 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129753 | ||
I didn't mean any offense so I'm glad you didn't register any. I guess the most repulsive things about the Catholic organization is the idea that the Pope is any more than just another mere man. Even elders and deacons in the Lord's church are just members of mankind like we all are and as such we ALL must obey God since He created us. Some of the other atrocities were indulgencies and similar actions that they perpetrated in the past. I guess I would have to plead ignorance on their current positions on these issues but they too must bring themselves into total submission unto the Lord in ALL aspects of Christianity. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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182 | God the Son as a confession of faith | Rom 9:5 | Country Girl | 126620 | ||
I believe very strongly in the Trinity or the Godhead. Although the word Trinity is not in the Bible, the concept is very clearly documented throughout His Word. So it's very difficult to describe or even understand the details of this arrangment. We know Them as God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Also in the same way we don't know the actual mechanics or the "how" details about Jesus being completely human and 100 percent God at the same time. We just know he was both. As with so many aspects and details about Christianity, there's going to be a bunch of questions that have to wait until after Judgment Day for authoritative answers. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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183 | Worship/Service? original context Greek | Rom 12:1 | Country Girl | 127546 | ||
So what is the practical difference between these two interpretations? What does your preferred word of "service" mean to our christianity? Could this be related to "works of faith" as described in James? If not, why not? Please expound. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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184 | Worship/Service? original context Greek | Rom 12:1 | Country Girl | 127727 | ||
So, wouldn't you say that James has some good words to add to this concept of service or ministering to others in the body, performing acts of kindness in the name of our Lord. Of course we should be willing to do these acts not for the attention of men but for the sake of our God because we owe Him our very lives. James teaches us IF we have this kind of true faith, we'll be compelled to act like this. Thus we really can't expect to be pleasing to our God unless we are do our best to perform these little acts of kindness in response to our faith. This is NOT to say that we can hope to EARN our way to heaven as we're tempted to do. We must fight against that kind of thinking and keep ourselves completely humble and submissive, just a slave bought and paid for with Jesus' dear blood. What do you think? Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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185 | "All things belong to you" means what? | 1 Cor 3:21 | Country Girl | 128045 | ||
I read over my original post. I guess I must have been a blonde that day as it does look a little cryptic. Repeated for reference: 1 Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS"; 1 Cor 3:20 and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS." 1 Cor 3:21 So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, 1 Cor 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, 1 Cor 3:23 and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God. I was trying to say that the Greeks were famous for being very modern and innovative thinkers (philosophers) in their world. They thought they were the cream of the crop when it comes to a modern progressive world of thinkers and running a modern government. I lived in Athens, Greece for four years and have visited Corinth several times. They were both great cities two thousand years ago, much like many of our modern cities in this country. When I read these words from Paul, my mind reverts to the 7 letters from John in Revelation. There most of the 7 congregations received rather strong chastisement to look at themselves and re-evaluate their ideas on real and genuine Godliness as they had NOT reached it. Yes, all of us here on earth, we all have every blessing from God as Paul tells the Corinthians but we must be on constant guard, lest we lose what we have, including our very own salvation. Our relationship with God is such a fragile thing from our perspective. God of course doesn't move or vary in this relationship. We as humans are the ones who are fickle and want to have our desires fulfilled. Instead, God would like to see us grow and mature, matching our priorities to His and thus grow less dependent on fulfilling those desires and instead see that He takes care of ALL our needs and will fulfill those wants and desires that are in accordance with His Will. Quite often our physical possessions get in the way between us and our God and prevent this kind of good, spiritual growth. We must realize our most precious possessions are those that are spiritual like our relationship with our spiritual forefathers and our incredibly precious relationship with God and His Son. I hope this is a little more clear. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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186 | One God, One Jesus Christ | 1 Cor 8:5 | Country Girl | 130272 | ||
So cutting to the bottom line: Do you actively and sincerely confess that Jesus IS indeed the only living and begotten Son of God Almighty, the one and only Savior of the World. Jesus Christ is the one single way we (you and the rest of the world) can be assured of going to Heaven. Without this confirmation or confession on your part, you're going to keep on running into a lot of flak and bad or negative response to your posts here on the Forum. We really CANNOT apologize for taking that stand as it's very clearly announced up front to ALL participants before registering to join the Forum. We do hope and pray that you can confess His Name as Lord and Master. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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187 | One God, One Jesus Christ | 1 Cor 8:5 | Country Girl | 130313 | ||
Sounds like a "win-win" to me. Now, have you been baptized for the remission of your sins, in accordance with Acts 2? Praise the Lord. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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188 | One God, One Jesus Christ | 1 Cor 8:5 | Country Girl | 130369 | ||
Your answer seems to be carefully crafted. I'd like to make certain. Have you been baptized as described in Matt 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Matt 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Matt 28:20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Also Jn 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. I'm not getting the strong confirmation that you understand how critical and totally important it is to recognize that Jesus Christ is every bit as important and powerful throughout this whole process of Salvation and getting to Heaven as God, His Father. If we can't get that confirmation from you, then there's not much more we can do for you. However, go in peace with God's blessings. Country Girl PS: Yes, I was baptized at 13, for the remission of my sins, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. |
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189 | One God, One Jesus Christ | 1 Cor 8:5 | Country Girl | 130377 | ||
That's good to hear. One cannot be too cautious about this subject, you know. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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190 | searching for the truth | 1 Cor 11:3 | Country Girl | 125502 | ||
I would like to think you're on the right track, but then I thought I'd contribute. In my opinion, God looks at this issue rather simply and expects us as His children to look at it just as simply. Since the very first, from Cain and Able to King Saul, all the way through the Law of Moses and the rest of the Bible, it's always been a simple matter of obedience or submission to God's way. Saul found that out, just like Cain, Nadib and Abihu, Ananias and Saphira did and many, many others. Each person has to make up his own mind by reading the whole Bible and drawing his own conclusion. Is it going to be God's way or does a person insist on seeing it his way and offer God a counter proposal? Anything else other than God's way is unacceptable. Now that's NOT to say that there is no Grace, Mercy or Forgiveness for indeed, thanks be to God there is, but God doesn't want us taking it for granted. We must do our dead level best to obey as much as we can, then His Grace will cover the rest. Just like we as parents want our kids to obey us in their role as obedient children, God wants the same. Just like Jesus portrayed with his approval of little children coming to Him. There's nothing we could possibly do to come up with to substitute for simple obedience to God's Will. Would you not agree with that? Hoping for a positive response and blessings to you. Country Girl |
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191 | searching for the truth | 1 Cor 11:3 | Country Girl | 125503 | ||
On the other hand, I would point out, it is JUST as important and required that the man in this relationship live up to his vow and lay down life literally if that's what it comes to, in order to keep his wife and serve her just as Christ did for His beloved bride, the church. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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192 | searching for the truth | 1 Cor 11:3 | Country Girl | 125647 | ||
I do pray for God's richest blessings on men like you. Country Girl | ||||||
193 | searching for the truth | 1 Cor 11:3 | Country Girl | 125685 | ||
I would like to agree with the overall gist of your message however, I would have to say you didn't go back early enough. It seems to me that the church started to slowly decline and the planting of seeds of apostacy soon after the last Apostle died as Paul predicted. We saw in the Garden of Eden, in the condition of the world just before its destruction and in virtually every large collection (nation) of mankind since then, that we don't have it within ourselves to live up to God's Perfect Standard, as endorsed by His Word, Pr 14:12. Without God's or Jesus' physical presence in our lives, every day, every hour, we just can't adhere to God's Perfect Level of Godliness in our lives, so it was inevitable that the church would go defective as compared to Her Perfect Condition when the Apostles were guiding Her every move. But without that divine Guidance from the Holy Spirit, the church was certainly headed for the apostacy. I'm thinking God knew that all the time. He never meant for mankind or the church to have the benefit of His Son's physical presence in the world. He sent His Son for the primary purpose of saving the world from our sins by dying and manking the Perfect Sacrifice. But Christ's life also set the Perfect Standard for us to follow, mostly by studying His Words, His Deeds and imitating His life in general. That's where God's Grace and Mercy comes in. Where we ALL fail so miserably to make that mark or anywhere even close to that of our Lord, our God and Father covers us with His Love and Mercy. Only by the Grace of God, can any of us ever hope to make it to Heaven. Yes, I must agree there is no one group of people here on earth who have ALL of what it takes to make the perfect church, mainly because there's no one person who can even come close to Christ's standard of imitating God and His amazing Love and Compassion to an Infinite degree. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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194 | searching for the truth | 1 Cor 11:3 | Country Girl | 125748 | ||
I've been following all of the posts on this thread as the topic is very interesting but I'm hoping all of you can tackle a somewhat related subject. What do we as modern christians mean when we use the words such as spiritual gifts, speaking in tongues and all other miraculous powers? How do we determine if they're from God or not? What do we use for a standard for that evaluation in today's world? Can we be certain? I'm hoping to get responses from as many of you as possible from the Forum. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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195 | searching for the truth | 1 Cor 11:3 | Country Girl | 125867 | ||
A little lengthy but well said. I tend to agree. Blessings to you. Country Girl | ||||||
196 | searching for the truth | 1 Cor 11:3 | Country Girl | 125871 | ||
I hope that your posted suggestion is made with "tongue in cheek," in jest. I think almost everyone likes to think the world is a better place since most of the developed world at least have access to a copy of the Bible sometime in their lifetime in a language they can understand. We have to remember that along with Christ's main mission of saving the world, he knew the high costs He was demanding for the Christ-like lifestyle would mean division for some folks, even between family members. So there's always going to be controversy in this world, until at least it ends with Judgment Day soon thereafter. Our job as christians here on earth is to glorify God as best we can and spread the Good News of His Son's Gift of Salvation. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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197 | searching for the truth | 1 Cor 11:3 | Country Girl | 125991 | ||
I too am most grateful for your posts to the Forum as you have a keen mind and are so devoted to studying God's Word and to the unity of the Lord's Body. If it's one thing I've learned about human beings, it is that we tend to be reactionary. Our basic instinct is to react to the circumstances and the actions that are placed (mostly by God) in our presence. Very, very rarely do we as humans act in a pro-active state and even rarer still do we act pro-actively in a Godly cause. So what I'm saying the Reformation AND the Restoration were both reactions from great men who saw the inadequacies of their current world and sought to improve upon them. All of us could benefit from the words of Paul by re-reading Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Thus we all must resolve to wake up every day, reforming and restoring our soul to re-commit ourselves to living that actual life of sacrifice to our Lord. It takes work, real genuine dedicated work to remember this when the world tempts us...why it even shouts at us "to leave that spiritual stuff behind, come join us and have some fun instead." I appreciate your plea for unity but alas I also know it's a difficult goal to actually reach. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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198 | searching for the truth | 1 Cor 11:3 | Country Girl | 125993 | ||
If I may, I thought I'd take a shot at handling your question. The Bible examples of the church's handling problem really is the best way. When a brother notices a serious "wrinkle" in his brother's or sister's spiritual life, then he/she should approach that person in love and genuine concern for their soul as cited in Matt 18:15-16. Then you know the procedure from there, it gets elevated eventually to the church leadership, preferbly the elders. The most difficult and vital ingredient in this process MUST be the genuine Agape type love and fellowship that must exist between the erring christian and this group of christians. If that love and fellowship doesn't really mean that much either of those parties in this process, then the whole practice of this discipline process breaks down and doesn't work very well. But ultimately it is the responsibility of the eldership of that local congregation to watch out for that group of christians. An eldership has some responsibilities to be kind and INFORM another congregation of a brother that they have disciplined and excluded from the fellowship BUT again ultimately the eldership of that other congregation has its own responsibility to its congregation so we see how important it is to have and maintain elders. That's one of the reasons for so much disunity and lack of growth in the Lord's church in America today is our tendancy to no longer follow the examples and commands as laid out in God's Word. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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199 | Statement or Question | 1 Cor 11:14 | Country Girl | 129739 | ||
Thanks for the advice. I think you're right. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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200 | speaking in tongue | 1 Cor 12:13 | Country Girl | 125341 | ||
Mr. EdB has posted an excellent explanation of spiritual gifts, including speaking in tongues but it seems to me there's just one thing missing. Correct me if I'm mistaken as I might be but isn't the following true? There's not one single instance in the NT other than in Acts 2 with the establishment of the church and Acts 10 with Cornelius, where people in the NT received this miraculous powers ONLY with the laying on of hands by the Apostles? As a matter of fact, Acts 8 makes this very plain. There, people were baptized and became christians and then only after the laying on of hands by the Apostles did they received these kinds of miraculous powers. The baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 and 10 was done for very specific reasons, 1) to establish the church and 2) to endorse the sharing of this Gospel message with Gentiles as well as Jews, respectively. Since we have no more living Apostles amongst us, it's difficult to believe in the modern manifestation of miracles from common men and women, even christians in today's world. Again, I may be mistaken, if so please feel free to correct me. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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