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201 | Is Your Conversion Genuine? | Job 13:23 | BradK | 225153 | ||
Warren: What of faith! Rom 4:3 tells us, "For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." Getting baptized is a work. It has no salvific merit whatsoever nor anything to do with "the right reason". I am saved because of (faith in) the completed work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross! (1 Cor. 1:30) Are you Church of Christ? Rom 11:6 says, "But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace." (NASB) Please provide scriptural proof and/or basis for your statements! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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202 | Heaven, seconds after death? | Acts 7:59 | BradK | 225144 | ||
Warren: Hmmm... seems a Campbelite, works-based theology. I have to respectfully, but strongly disagree with your view of salvation! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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203 | Paul call them Brethren in 1 cor 3:1 | 1 Cor 3:3 | BradK | 225134 | ||
Hello Warren, You stated, " once u become a christian u stay a christian but that does not mean you are going to heaven"??? This sounds a bit like an oxymoron! How is this so? Can you support this from scripture? Speaking the Truth In Love, BradK |
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204 | Heaven, seconds after death? | Acts 7:59 | BradK | 225123 | ||
Hello Warren, Welcome to the Forum. When you mentioned that "not everyone is going to Heaven only those who do will of the father who is in heaven", how do you define this? Is salvation by grace through faith? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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205 | Lying justified? | Josh 2:5 | BradK | 225075 | ||
Hello MJH, Am I understanding your words correctly, "Rahab was considered righteous because she lied." ? This would amount to gross speculation! Scripture says in Heb. 11:31, "By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace." It is her faith that justified her, not her lie! Her lie is nowhere even mentioned! Nothing from scripture could support such a notion! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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206 | Justification By Faith Alone | Gal 2:16 | BradK | 225055 | ||
Justification Is by Faith, Not Works. "...nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified." (Gal. 2:16) Gal 3:11 "Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." Gal 3:21 "Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law. Gal 3:22 "But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe." BradK |
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207 | Will Jews make it to heaven? | Rom 9:1 | BradK | 225030 | ||
Hello Inquisitor, Do these verses from John really warrant a response? What must I interpret? Is this really necessary? The response to Jesus words are not the determining factor of our salvation!! Period! Here is the question: Is salvation by grace through faith? Or, is salvation based upon my response and/or keeping of certain commands? Salvation by grace through faith is an essential, therefore non-negotiable doctrine of scripture! It is imperative that we correctly understand it and it's implications and that we also correctly portray the message of Scripture. Can I be frank with you? I find it short of amazing that in your some 4 months on this Forum, you've contested the doctrines of: Salvation by Grace and Original Sin. You've disagreed with myself and by far most- if not all- of us whom you've come across. Don't you find this a bit odd? I do. Can you honestly tell me you have such a thorough understanding and grasp of scripture and it's doctrines that you're above further learning? That is how it appears from my perspective. Prov 19:20 "Listen to counsel and accept discipline, That you may be wise the rest of your days." (NASB) Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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208 | Will Jews make it to heaven? | Rom 9:1 | BradK | 225025 | ||
Inquisitor, You've asked and answered this point before and I still strongly disagree! You are once again on this merry-go-round of saved-by-faith, kept-by-works mind set. What you proposing is a dichotomy! You are obviously missing in your understanding of the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith. BradK |
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209 | What is "entering into God's rest?" | NT general | BradK | 224969 | ||
Hello inquisitor, You made 2 statements: 1. You said, " "IF this Book were ever seized by those Romans and correctly interpreted, it would have meant even more severe and unrelenting persecution. Thus the need for this "disgused" form of issuing a message to this poor, practically defenseless christians. The most excellent example of this kind of coded message..." What proof do you offer for this speculation? Do you honestly believe Revelation was written, "disgused"(sic) to confuse Rome? I find this more than a stretch... My friend, Revelation was not written as some "kind of coded message"! Where do you get this from? the purpose of the book is detailed in the first verse: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John" (NASB) 2. You also said, "Now to us as modern Bible students, we can see that God was clearly referring to the Roman Empire when He used this code word, Babylon." How do we know this? What basis would you offer to support this contention? May I please -once again- urge you to do your study and avoid gross opinions and speculation! Your answers are not only hard to follow but they show a lack of sound biblical exegesis. If you don't know something it is always better to either avoid responding and just offering opinions or spend time in checking a good, solid Commentary upon which to base your reply:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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210 | What is "entering into God's rest?" | NT general | BradK | 224968 | ||
Hi Ariel, I shouldn't have been so rushed in my reply:-) Let me clarify: The believer's present destination is Heaven- Phil. 3:20; Our ultimate future home is to be the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:1-2) Rev. 21:2 "And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband." (NASB) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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211 | What is "entering into God's rest?" | NT general | BradK | 224963 | ||
Hello Ariel, Paul tells us in Phil 3:20 "For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;" BradK |
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212 | acts of loving kindness | Proverbs | BradK | 224940 | ||
Hello Inquisitor, Your response doesn't answer the question because it fails to address the text of Prov. 31:26! The ESV reads, "She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue". The Bible Knowledge Commentary notes, "In keeping with the theme of Proverbs, this woman is praised for her wisdom and faithful instruction. The instruction probably refers to her teaching her children and her servant girls." What does your response have to do with Prov. 31:26? If I may, as far as I think, it is better to provide and well-thought answer that exegetes the text, thereby serving to instruct and clarify! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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213 | Why the children? | Num 33:55 | BradK | 224888 | ||
Hello Inquisitor, I have to admit I'm a bit puzzled by your assertions regarding "Innocence of Children". Quite simply, scripture either teaches the doctrine of original sin or it doesn't! I see no compelling evidence- as it were- in 224842. First, your appeal to an "age of accountability" regarding Romans is not an appeal to scripture (Rom. 4:3), but rather appears to be an example of speculation! I find no such "age" described in scripture regarding one's accountabiltity to sin. Where is your proof from scripture? Second, your examples of the OT passages are completely lacking in context are they not? Do these verses teach a childs' sinful nature is thereby alleviated? I think not. Frankly, none of these passages supports or otherwise circumvents the inherent sinful nature (seed) we're ALL infected with. In short, they don't give a "pass" to the Adamic nature within a child. (cf Rom. 5) This is not intended to further any "interest" or "debate" as much as it is to clarify and correct incorrect doctrine. Please rethink what you're saying as it does not accord with scripture! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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214 | Paul | 2 Tim 2:15 | BradK | 224886 | ||
Hello do you frog, I'm busy at work currently, but will post some info that may be helpful to you later this evening:-) Spekaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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215 | Why the children? | Num 33:55 | BradK | 224879 | ||
Hello Inquisitor, The Doctrine of Original Sin is difficult to understand mainly because man has such a low view of scripture! It matters not what any of us 'think'- What does the scripture say? (Rom. 4:3) Jesus said, "thy Word is truth" so we know scripture cannot contradict itself. Therefore, logically, there cannot be "Innocence of Children" and Original Sin! Where are the supposed many sciptures that support this concept! To what scriptures do you refer? "The universal reign of death over persons of all ages indiscriminately, with the awful circumstances and attendants of death, prove that men come sinful into the world. — It is needless here particularly to inquire, Whether God has not a sovereign right to set bounds to the lives of his own creatures, be they sinful or not; and as he gives life, so to take it away when he pleases? Or how far God has a right to bring extreme suffering and calamity on an innocent moral agent? For death, with the pains and agonies with which it is usually brought on, is not merely a limiting of existence, but is a most terrible calamity; and to such a creature as man— capable of conceiving of immortality, made with an earnest desire after it, capable of foresight and reflection on approaching death, and having an extreme dread of it — is a calamity above all others terrible. I say, it is needless elaborately to consider, whether God may not, consistent with his perfections by absolute sovereignty, bring so great a calamity on mankind when perfectly innocent. It is sufficient, if we have good evidence from Scripture, that it is not agreeable to God’s manner of dealing with mankind so to do." [Jonathan Edwards- GREAT CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN DEFENDED.] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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216 | Justification By Faith Alone | Rom 4:5 | BradK | 224758 | ||
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE ROM. 4:5 "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness". "The following things may be noted in this verse: 1. That justification respects a man as ungodly. This is evident by these words, — that justifieth the ungodly; which cannot imply less, than that God, in the act of justification, has no regard to any thing in the person justified, as godliness, or any goodness in him; but that immediately before this act, God beholds him only as an ungodly creature; so that godliness in the person to be justified is not so antecedent to his justification as to be the ground of it. When it is said that God justifies the ungodly, it is absurd to suppose that our godliness, taken as some goodness in us, is the ground of our justification; as, when it is said that Christ gave sight to the blind, to suppose that sight was prior to, and the ground of, that act of mercy in Christ; or as, if it should be said that such an one by his bounty has made a poor man rich, to suppose that it was the wealth of this poor man that was the ground of this bounty towards him and was the price by which it was procured." 2. It appears, that by him that worketh not, in this verse, is not meant one who merely does not conform to the ceremonial law; because he that worketh not and the ungodly, are evidently synonymous expressions, or what signify the same, as appears by the manner of their connexion; if not, to what purpose is the latter expression, the ungodly, brought in? The context gives no other occasion for it, but to show, that by the grace of the gospel, God in justification has no regard to any godliness of ours. The foregoing verse is, “Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.” In that verse, it is evident, gospel grace consists in the reward being given without works; and in this verse, which immediately follows it, and in sense is connected with it, gospel-grace consists in a man’s being justified as ungodly. By which it is most plain, that by him that worketh not, and him that is ungodly, are meant the same thing; and that therefore not only works of the ceremonial law are excluded in this business of justification, but works of morality and godliness. 3. It is evident in the words, that by the faith here spoken of, by which we are justified, is not meant the same thing as a course of obedience or righteousness, since the expression by which the faith is here denoted, is believing on him that justifies the ungodly. — They that oppose the Solifidians, as they call them, greatly insist on it, that we should take the words of Scripture concerning this doctrine in their most natural and obvious meaning; and how do they cry out, of our clouding this doctrine with obscure metaphors, and unintelligible figures of speech? But is this to interpret Scripture according to its most obvious meaning, when the Scripture speaks of our believing on him that justifies the ungodly, or the breakers of his law, to say, that the meaning of it is performing a course of obedience to his law, and avoiding the breaches of it? Believing on God as a justifer, certainly is a different thing from submitting to God as a lawgiver; especially believing on him as a justifier of the ungodly, or rebels against the lawgiver." [Jonathan Edwards] |
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217 | A chat about commentaries | Heb 13:7 | BradK | 224757 | ||
A Chat about Commentaries "In order to be able to expound the Scriptures, and as an aid to your pulpit studies, you will need to be familiar with the commentators: a glorious army, let me tell you, whose acquaintance will be your delight and profit. Of course, you are not such wiseacres as to think or say that you can expound Scripture without assistance from the works of divines and learned men who have laboured before you in the field of exposition. If you are of that opinion, pray remain so, for you are not worth the trouble of conversion, and like a little coterie who think with you, would resent the attempt as an insult to your infallibility. It seems odd, that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves, should think so little of what he has revealed to others." (C.H. Spurgeon) |
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218 | day of the lord | 2 Tim 2:15 | BradK | 224706 | ||
Hello 1914, FYI- I'm not the one seeking clarification:-) As stated, I am not exactly sure what the poster is asking! Simply stated, "day of the Lord" covers a lot of ground. So, without it specifically phrased as a question, I can't answer. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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219 | Proverbs 3:5 | Bible general Archive 4 | BradK | 224601 | ||
Hello Kathy, The Deity of Jesus Christ would mean that he is co-equal with God, the second Person of the Trinity. Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man- God incarnate! How then would we understand John 1:3, " all things were made through him...", and Col. 1:16, "For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth...". these are clearly references to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of John 1:1. The issue of His Deity was debated and decided at the Council of Nicea in 325 AD! The view of the Watchtower Organization is not new, but merely embraces Arianism. As a note: If "thei o tes" is referring to the quality of being a god, then you embrace polytheism! How many gods are there? Speaking the Truth In Love, BradK |
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220 | what does GOD think of us? | John 3:16 | BradK | 224600 | ||
Hello Kathy, Welcome to the Forum. You stated, "So, if we repent of our sins and work hard not to repeat them, we will enjoy forgiveness." Where do we find this in scripture? Does not Eph. 1:7 explicitly say, "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace" (NASB) (Also, cf. Eph. 4:32, Col. 2:13, 3:13) If you don't mind me asking, I read your profile and noticed your use of "Jehovah" and that (one of) your Bible versions is the New World Translation! Are you also a member of the Watchtower Organization? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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