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181 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | gracefull | 91523 | ||
Hi angel9, We are righteous before God through FAITH in Jesus.Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: We are justified by FAITH in Jesus. Galatians 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. The process of sanctification is the process of growing up in Him according to His purpose for each of us and is the product OF already being under His grace. Grace is the WOMB we are in as we grow up and develop into the image of Jesus. When we deliver, we will see Him face to face! God bless |
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182 | release and faith | NT general Archive 1 | gracefull | 91519 | ||
Hello fran1946, Thank you for the response. This is a very important topic as all the provisions of the will Christ has given us (the New Covenant) must be received through faith. And as you pointed out..beginning with the new birth into the kingdom of God. Purhaps some have difficulty with the concept of 'receive by faith' because we do not add faith in what or who.. I believe we receive all the promises of the New Covenant through faith in the Word of God which is His will and testament to us, and without faith which works or acts we receive nothing even though it has been provided. God bless |
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183 | release and faith | NT general Archive 1 | gracefull | 91518 | ||
P.S. Thank you radioman for sharing your thoughts. God bless |
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184 | release and faith | NT general Archive 1 | gracefull | 91517 | ||
"My answer is: Yes, God would have been able to do what He did even if the people did not have faith. God's power and ability are not dependent on anything in man. For example, if the Lord had kept His promise to Abraham throughout the generations based on the faith of the Israelites, they never would've survived as long as they have" Explain this statement scripturally. What promise are you speaking of? The one I see promised his seed would continue forever.. Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Acts 13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: Romans 4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, The promise to Abraham regarding his seed extended to Christ and then with Christ birthed the body of Christ...both Jew and Gentile who are of faith are Abraham's. "God is perfect and complete in Himself. He needs nothing from man. He needs nothing -- period. If He did, then He would not be perfect and complete in Himself." It is misconception that the WOF teaches that God is not sovereign. I have had lengthy conversations regarding this. The difference in what you are sayong and what I am saying can be summed up in this statement. You say God is sovereign regardless of His Word, and I say God is sovereign through His Word. The Word of God is all we have to base our faith upon...if we base our faith on anything other than the Word, we are subject to great misconceptions of God's nature and will. God states throughout the Bible and especially the New Testament how every move He makes in the earth with mankind is through FAITH. Had Abraham not had the faith to act on the Word God spoke to him, he would not have not been the father of the promise. God would have sought another who would believe Him and act upon His Word. Yes, His will would have been done but not through Abraham... Acting upon God's Word by faith is OBEDIENCE, acting on the Word by faith is OBEDIENCE. God speaks His Word...Do this and be blessed, or do that and be cursed...We choose to place faith either in the promised blessing and step in faith into the promised blessing, or we choose to place our faith in the curse and step into the promised curse. Is God's will fulfilled when we reject Christ? No, scripture tells us it is the will of the Father that all be saved 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Will all of God's prophesies be fulfilled? Absolutely...but God will accomplish it through men and women of faith. The question is...Who will believe His Word as Peter did...when he challenged Jesus "If it is you, beckon me to come". There is a powerful statement here...Peter knew when Jesus spoke a command he would be empowered to accomlish the task...apart from the Word spoken into our spirit by the Holy Spirit and us responding by faith...we can receive nothing from God, and not because it is not His will, but rather because we did act by faith in the Word. Yes Radioman, we are brothers and sisters in Christ and will always be. We are here to grow.. God bless |
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185 | release and faith | NT general Archive 1 | gracefull | 91430 | ||
God, through the avenue of His Word mixed with faith. God bless |
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186 | release and faith | NT general Archive 1 | gracefull | 91429 | ||
Yes, and His WORD is His will. What God SAID He will do. The men of faith were acting in response to God's Words...had they not, His WORDS to them would have not been fulfilled. God indeed does not NEED man, but according to the Word He chose to covenant WITH man so He is bound by His Word. God bless |
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187 | release and faith | NT general Archive 1 | gracefull | 91421 | ||
That really is the bottom line of the matter is it not? So Abraham would have received a son whether he had faith or not? What prompted him to obedience? Would Noah have escaped the flood had he not had faith in God's Word and built the boat? I would have expected this response from John Reformed. Needless to say, I totally disagree. Faith(that works) in God's promises from Adam and Eve to Mary and Joseph paved the path for Jesus to enter this world. God bless |
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188 | release and faith | NT general Archive 1 | gracefull | 91408 | ||
I realize your post contains much more than this simple statement...but we have discussed all this in the past and your questions have not changed and neither have my answerw, so I am leaving that alone. but I do have one question regarding the following statement... "But, their faith did not produce the fulfillment of the promises. God did that!" Would God have been able to fulfill His promises in these people's lives had they NOT had faith? God bless |
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189 | Ask for a cold, and ye shall receive it? | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91403 | ||
Sorry Ken, My handle is 'graceful' as you can see under the author column. Click on the name and you can read my profile. I was reading down the thread and came to your post and there was an abrupt halt. Your post left questions so I just thought I would ask for some scriptural references to give me insight into what you are saying. God bless |
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190 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91401 | ||
Hi Ed, I am done with this thread...I just read through it and see that not only have you and I made zero progress..neither has anyone else...no one is benefiting from this. In response to the above post...I believe Isaih 53:4 is speaking of spiritual, soulish, and physical healing. In regard to the communion, I believe the communion was being desecrated, treated unholy and without discernment of the sacrifice of Jesus, which included physical healing. "Let us just say healing was as you say in the atonement, and we live 85-120 years sickness free, what effect would that have on us in eternity? Let's say God will give us anything we want and we live those years in the lap of luxury what effect on us will that make in eternity?" It would mean God's children are walking in the fullness of His will at least in that area. It is a promise to be received. The only reason it is such a predominate issue here on the forum is that so many do not believe. Some believe as you and some do not believe He heals at all. That is not what I believe. God bless |
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191 | WHERE IS YOUR COMPASSION? | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91399 | ||
"His intrepretation. Now I started to believe those silly scriptures just might have another meaning than the ones that I had been taught all those years" That is the key out Pastor. I actually read scripture and cried out to God, " You are saying this, but in the Christian circle I am in I see this..." I prayed and said, God, if this is all there is..pretty paper around an empty box, I want to come on home. The scriptures introduced me to a compassionate teacher of wisdom, healing, and deliverance; a very NON RELIGIOUS person who demonstrated the will of God. I am leaving this thread now. I just backed up and begin to read down through it and I realize we are, forgive the old phrase but it is very appropriate, 'spitting in the wind'. God bless |
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192 | Ask for a cold, and ye shall receive it? | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91395 | ||
"The software in this forum is a total confusion to me. Please bare with me until some light shines in." We can 'bare with' because we all have experienced it and still do! God bless |
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193 | Ask for a cold, and ye shall receive it? | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91394 | ||
Hi Ken, This is an insufficient answer. We are here to learn and scripture is necessary for communication. This is probably why there was no response. We would be interested in a few of your source scriptures. God bless |
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194 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91366 | ||
You explained it in such a way that I understand what you believe. But Yes, I do believe physical healing has been proveded once for all, but we as believers have been taught to accept sickness and even to embrace it as some kind of gift from God..therefore we do not accept this very clear promise. Isaiah 53 says ,"He was wounded for our transgressions," Does this mean we no longer transgress? "He was bruised for our iniquities," Do we still commit iniquities? " The chastisement needful to obtain peace was upon Him" This is the renewed relationship with our Father, the rejoining of hands...and most of us recognize and hold fast to this one. "By His stripes we are healed." Are is not past tense but present but just for arguments sake, let's say past tense... Yes, healing has been provided but are some of us still sick? Yes Why? For the same reason we still commit sin and iniquities and do not walk in a relationship as we could and should and are sick.. because we accept them as unavoidable and as mere 'human' fact. Scripture tells us we are to submit our members (physical body) to righteousness...crucify the works of the flesh..progressively move toward holiness and away from sin. The same is true for healing... Healing has been provided in the same manner as salvation..unrefutable...we receive that by faith and do not allow anyone to rob us of this truth... But healing we do not accept, thus we do not hold tight to the promise because we do not believe it. The Hebrew word MEANS MADE WHOLE (spirit soul and body) and human reasoning does not alter that fact. Ed, you said you believe James 5:13-15 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Does scripture say 'shall raise him up' or does it say 'might raise him up if it is the Lord's will'.... In response to your next observation...this proves God knew we would be sick...yes, and He also made provision for sin when we sin although He said 'sin not'. God is not ignorant of our humanity, but has made provision for our spirit to take authority over the flesh as the Holy Spirit enlightens us to the Truth. God bless |
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195 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91363 | ||
Hello Ed 1.Since communion is the act of 'rememberance' of the Lord's body and blood sarificed for us..body and blood...what does the Word say concerning the body of Christ Jesus? He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement needful to obtain peace was upon Him and BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED. To discern this His body broken for us is to discern the fullness of His sacrifice..Notice it does not say they failed to discern the body and the blood...Many discern the blood of the New covenant but do not discern the body. I realize He is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Believers do not comprehend the full provision of that sacrifice. I realize this is going to 'fly all over you' but if you really LISTEN you will realize that this does not 'contradict' the mainstream teaching on the communion but merely prompts us to think deeper into the New Covenant. It in no way denies the atoning death of Jesus for salvation. It is sort of like Christ leaving us His will, and we only accept the first line...the fact that it is our will...but fail to see into the depth of the will...I believe healing is provided in that will and the only condition is to believe. Now you and I may not agree on the term 'believe'. Many thing mental axxent to what scripture says is believing...it is not. Mental assent is not faith that ACTS. God bless God bless |
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196 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | gracefull | 91360 | ||
John, I do not agree. Faith is believing what God said and acting accordingly. Again 'Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. God speaks, we believe, we obey...we receive. I am sorry I do not have the time to elaborate but if you review my previous posts you can certainly assertain why this is my belief. God bless God bless |
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197 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91358 | ||
"Graceful you know this just isn't true. Some of these men have gone to jail for their abuses of money." Some have gone to jail for fraud...but that was not what you said... "Your right God did provide for us physically he just didn't guarantee He would heal us when we told Him too." I agree. He heals when we BELIEVE. God bless |
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198 | release and faith | NT general Archive 1 | gracefull | 91354 | ||
I believe you are correct in your understanding of the term 'release your faith'. Faith without coresponding action is dead faith. In the book of Hebrews chapter 11, the 'hall of fame' of faith as it is called note that every person mentioned DID something with the Word of God. They OBEYED the Word of God and saw God perform miracles in their lives. The ultimate fulfillment, Jesus, however, they did not see in their living years. Faith must be sown to produce, otherwise it is like seed in a package, seed that will never produce. Often we mistake 'hope' for faith. We may hope God will do a certain thing but faith applied to the promise enables the Holy Spirit to produce the result. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. God bless God bless |
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199 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91280 | ||
Ed, Where in 1Cor. 11:30 does it say God makes us sick? It says many are sick among you and some have fallen asleep BECAUSE they did not discerning the Lord's body. NOT DISCERNING THE LORD'S BODY....they became sick and some died...so why would not discerning the Lord's body cause illness and death! Isaiah 53 "is your forgetting God is sovereign as seen in the whole Bible." That does it. I have past by (and addresed) this topic more than once. We are going in circles on this merry go round and I am moving on to something productive. God bless |
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200 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | gracefull | 91277 | ||
Ed, I do not have time today to discuss your entire post but would like to hit one small point.. You said, "If as MacArthur suggests this passage was in fact saying we are physically healed of all sickness and disease Rev 21:4 would be rendered less important. Furthermore if we are HEALED then we should never get sick again. Yet we both get sick from time to time and we certainly know other great and famous Christians that get sick." The PROVISION OF healing just as the PROVISION of salvation must be RECEIVED bu faith... God bless, |
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