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21 | is man still being created in God's ima | Gen 1:26 | ChristLifer2001 | 45045 | ||
Lady K, Technically, no, man is no longer being "created" except spiritually at salvation. Adam was the only man ever truly created - spirit, soul, and body. Every man since then has been "born" of human parents, not created by God. Now to the other part of your question. Only Adam was created purely in the image of God. He reflected the traits of his creator. Christ alone now reflects the exact representation of God but He was not created. :) After Adam fell, this image was still there but it was marred. He no longer accurately reflected his Creator. He spiritual died the day he ate from "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" and became separated from the life of his Creator. Please notice Genesis 5:3. There Moses states that Seth was born (not created) in Adam's fallen image, not God's image. And so it has been down through the ages. We must be careful on this issue because of it's importance to our culture and beliefs. If we say that man no longer bears the image of God, it would seem to justify abortion, euthenasia, etc. On the other hand, if we say that man still bears the accurate image of God, then everybody is A-okay and therefore does not require redemption. So it is important to make the distinction - fallen man still bears the image of God but it is no longer accurate. Only by being born-again can man once again, reflect the attributes of His Creator. It is Christ in us that allows us to become what God's design for man is, children of God, created to contain and reflect Him. Hope this helps. ChristLifer2001 |
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22 | Looking for verses regarding addiction? | Rom 11:32 | ChristLifer2001 | 45043 | ||
Jewel, As Searcher56 has said, wise biblical counsel should be sought out. You don't need to be told to continually "repent" and you don't need to be Romans 8:28'ed to death. What you need is someone who is trained in the area of biblical Christian psychology. Exchanged Life Ministries excels in this area and through biblical counseling, they can help you along with the Holy Spirit to understand addictions - what they are, where they come from, and how to have victory over them. As to the answer to your question, Paul talks about addiction in Romans chapter 6. He lays out the fact that Christians are now dead to sin and alive to God. Christ has set us free from the penalty and power of sin. But this does not mean that we can't persist in sin. Therefore, in verse 16 he says that if we go on presenting ourselves to sin, we will become slaves to it. Sin is addicting. And it is pleasurable - for a season. This is not God's design for our lives but it does happen. There are answers for you, Jewel, it is not God's will that you remain addicted. But it is a complex series of events that have led you where you are and quoting a verse or two will not, in itself, set you free. It is the truth behind God's words that set us free, not the words themselves. So please seek out some solid biblical counseling that can help you discover the roots of your addictions i.e. why you first turned to these things for comfort, escape, dependence, etc. Until you and the Holy Spirit get to the root, you will be forever trying to stop the action without changing the errors in your belief system that causes the action. Jesus said that the truth would set us free. The inverse of that is that error will bind you. He is the truth, He desires to set you free, and when He does it (as opposed to your doing it), you will be free indeed. If you check this website www.aelm.org you will find a list of ministries in different states that can help you. Hope this helps. ChristLifer2001 |
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23 | God forgive no matter what | 2 Cor 5:8 | ChristLifer2001 | 44563 | ||
ChristianLuv, After the cross, there is only one sin that God will not forgive - the sin of rejecting the Son of God as your Savior. Forgiveness of sins is found in Christ and His work alone. Therefore, rejecting Him is forfeiting the forgiveness of sins that He offers. This is why Hebrews 10:26 says, "For is we go on sinning (not believing in Christ) willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth (the gospel message), there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, (though these Hebrews had the gospel preached to them, they were tempted to go back to the temple and offer their Old Covenant sacrifices to cover their sins) but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. The person who has rejected Christ has, according to verse 29, trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the (new) covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace. This is the post-cross unpardonable sin. The sin of unbelief in Christ's sacrifice cannot be forgiven, it must be repented of. If we have not accepted Him and His once-for-all sacrifice, then we must or suffer eternal separation from God. Hope this helps. ChristLifer2001 |
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24 | How to receive God's blessings he gives | 2 Cor 5:8 | ChristLifer2001 | 44497 | ||
ChristianLuv, If you have received Christ, you have already received God's blessings. Everything we need is found in Him. Please consider these verses: Rom 8:32 - He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Eph 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. Phil 4:19 - And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 2 Pet 1:3 - seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. Peter makes it clear that knowing Christ in His fullness gives us everything we need for life and godliness. What more could God give you than Himself? ChristLifer2001 |
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25 | Where are the "Seven Thunders"? | Mark 9:1 | ChristLifer2001 | 44374 | ||
Searcher56, The seven peals of thunder are found in Rev 10:2-4. However, John was not allowed to write about them. Curiouser and curiouser, huh? ChristLifer2001 |
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26 | God forgive no matter what | 2 Cor 5:8 | ChristLifer2001 | 44364 | ||
ChristianLuv, There is only one thing in this universe that provides the forgiveness of sins - the blood of Jesus Christ - Heb 9:22. Repentance does not obtain forgiveness, confession does not obtain forgiveness, asking God to forgive does not obtain forgiveness. Sounds heretical doesn't it? As Christians, we receive the forgiveness provided by Christ's blood when we accept Him as our Savior. The problem lies with folks misunderstanding of what repentance is and what provides forgiveness. Repentance means changing your mind about God and how you can have a relationship with Him. It does not mean "to stop sinning." If repentance meant the cessation of sin, none of us have ever or could ever truly repent down here on earth because we all still do sin. There are basically two ways people try to get to God. For Gentiles, if they are even concious of God, they try to get to Him by being good i.e. religion. For Jews, they try to get to God by keeping the Law. Neither way will suffice. Christ alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to God (or stays in a relationship with God) except through Him and what He has done. So any other way of getting to God needs to be repented of. We need to change our minds about how a sinful man can be justified before a holy God. There is only one way. And, as I said, it is the blood of Christ alone that provides the forgiveness of sins. Period. It is our faith in that blood - not our actions - that avails us of that forgiveness when we receive Christ. Therefore, the issue really is, not will God forgive, but has the person who keeps on practicing his sins really placed his faith in Christ? Only God and that person knows the heart. But if a person continues to enjoy sinning and persisting in that life-style, then there is serious reason to question what they understood the gospel to be. The Holy Spirit indwells all true believers and sin grieves Him. It is inconsistent with His nature and it is inconsistent with our new natures as Christians. A true Christian who continues to willfully sin will be miserable in doing so. It goes against the new creation that he is in Christ (2 Cor 5:17) and he will reap consequences of his sin (or he will hurt others with it). So it is not a question of repentance or forgiveness, it is a question of does this person understand what happened to him when he received Christ? Christ's presence in us will set us free from sin's power as we realize that we died to it - Rom 6. But most Christians only know of Christ's death only. They don't know that they were crucified, buried, and risen with Christ. They don't know that they are now seated in heavenly places with Him. They think that the gospel is a self-improvement program when it is really a self-denial program so that Christ may be all-in-all. Hope this helps. ChristLifer2001 |
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27 | Is the Sabbath to be kept holy? | Ex 31:14 | ChristLifer2001 | 44348 | ||
Terri, No, the Sabbath is not relevant today. Why? 1. It was given to the OT Jews. 2. It was part of the Law which we, as believers, are no longer under. 3. We have entered a permanent Sabbath rest (Heb 4:1) where every day is a day of resting in Christ's completed work. Colossians 2:16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- Hope this helps. ChristLifer2001 |
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28 | how many times should we repent. | 2 Pet 3:9 | ChristLifer2001 | 44334 | ||
Dear Elder, To repent, in the simplest definition, means to change your mind about something. Most of the time in the OT, repentance was changing the mind about sin. This was the purpose of the Law, to show people that they were sinners and not holy like God. In the gospels, John the Baptist's message of repentance was to change your mind about how you were justified by God i.e. turn from trying to keep the Law to accepting the Lamb of God as your justification. After Christ's death and resurrection, repentance is often associated with how we (sinful men) can get to a holy God. There is only one way - through Christ. So in that sense, there is only one repentance - turning from whatever system or religion we use to get to God to God's only provision - Christ - 2 Pet 3:9. There is also a repentance in the way of changing your mind about sins. This can be a daily thing but it is not a prerogrative for coming to God. God, in Christ, has forgiven all of our sins so they no longer stand in the way between us and Him. They do, however, still have consequences that we can suffer and they can grieve and quench the Holy Spirit's working in our lives. But while we are in these bodies of flesh, we will never perfectly repent of every sin. If we could, we would have no need of a Savior. Hope this helps. |
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