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21 | GOD willnotput moreonusthenwecanbear | 1 Cor 10:13 | Reformer Joe | 87761 | ||
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22 | Can someone explain sanctifacation | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 86370 | ||
Justification: God declaring us righteous by virtue of what Christ accomplished by His sinless life and death in our place. Sanctification: The process of God making believers more righteous, setting us apart more and more as instruments for his glory, causing us to hate sin more and more and delight in joyful obedience to Him. Romans 12 speaks to us about not being conformed to the world but transformed by the renewing of our minds. That is sanctification. First Thessalonians 4 tells us to be sexually pure, not like "the Gentiles." That is sanctification. Separation from worldly use for a holy, God-honoring purpose is sanctification. It is a process that began the moment you trusted in Christ and will be completed the day you stand before the Father. --Joe! |
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23 | What is "Hope"? | Rom 5:5 | Reformer Joe | 85101 | ||
I think a good working definition for biblical hope is "an eager anticipation of the arrival of the blessings God has promised to us in the future." It is more than just wishing or crossing our fingers that things will be all right, and it is not a trust in uncertain things (i.e. in something that God has not promised us as part of our future). In the Old Testament, the faithful remnant of Israel in captivity (like Daniel) looked forward to the end of their captivity. God promised that their exile would last 70 years, and those who believed in God's promises prayed and eagerly expected the time when they would return home. That is hope. For Christians today, we read: "For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself." --Philippians 3:20-21 I understand hope to be this "eager awaiting" of Christ's return and our glorification. Paul even refers to the second coming as a "blessed hope" (Titus 2:13). Therefore, I think that faith is the confidence in God's trustworthiness, and hope as the Christian's eager waiting and longing for his trustworthy promises to be fulfilled. I think that you have asked a very good question, and I am eager to see how others weigh in on it. --Joe! |
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24 | communion: symbolic or something more? | 1 Cor 11:29 | Reformer Joe | 84965 | ||
There are four principle views on the Lord's Supper: 1. The memorialist view that you mentioned 2. The Roman Catholic view of transubstantiation 3. The Lutheran view of consubstantiation 4. The classical Reformed/Calvinist "real presence" view I personally have my problems with the first view because of verses like the one you have mentioned. It seems that in communion, just like in baptism, something more than just a memorial takes place. Paul says that our partaking of the elements is a participation in Christ's body and blood. Sounds more than a mere "picture" to me. I do not hold that the Scriptures warrant a transubstantiational view. The elements are still referred to as bread and cup, not the actual substance of Christ's physical body. In addition, Jesus' human nature is just as finite as our own, so I think that saying that everyone participating in the Eucharist right now is physically partaking of Christ's flesh and blood would be contrary to the New Testament and the church's own Definition of Chalcedon. Likewise, I hold that the Lutheran idea of Christ's body being "in, with, and under" the elements to be somewhat novel. It seems pretty confusing, and we see no evidence at all of such a view prior to Luther. Calvin and some of the other Reformers held that there is a union between the elements and the body and blood of Christ. In other words, the two are linked in a special way (just like the water in baptism is linked to God's sanctifying grace), but one does not become the other. That avoids either extreme (i.e. either a "bare memorial" or a substantial transformation of the bread and wine) and also poses the least amount of biblical difficulty, as far as I can see. That is why I believe that I am partaking of the divine life of Christ through the sacramental union between the sign (bread and wine) and the things that they signify (the body and blood of Christ). --Joe! |
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25 | Predestination question? | 1 Tim 2:4 | Reformer Joe | 84508 | ||
No, because the Bible teaches predestination and even uses the word (Romans 8:29-30; Ephesians 1:5,11). Each of these verses must be taken together with the rest of Scripture to see what they say when taken together. --Joe! |
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26 | "Lost books" of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 84452 | ||
Obadiah can be pretty hard to find sometimes, but I eventually locate it. Is that what you mean by "lost books"? --Joe! |
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27 | T or F? "God is a gentleman." | Matt 13:1 | Reformer Joe | 83405 | ||
"But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases." --Psalm 115:3 --Joe! |
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28 | Verification on Charles Taze Russell | Col 2:9 | Reformer Joe | 82592 | ||
Which part needs verification? The part about the Watchtower saying that Russell never claimed to be the wise and faithful servant, or the part about Russell himself claiming to be that servant? --Joe! |
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29 | Are we at the mercyof Gods moodswings? | 1 Pet 2:24 | Reformer Joe | 82547 | ||
You wrote: "That reminds me of a story I heard of God aand Jesus sitting in heaven. God turns to Jesus and says what shall we do today? and Jesus says well lets heal this one give this one cancer make that one rich and take that ones home. That will cause them to worship us big time." Very simplistic view of the interaction between the Father and Jesus. Did they share some peach cobbler after this exchange? Toss some horseshoes? The fact is that God has brought individuals to Himself by means of unpleasant circumstances. Both Scripture and church history attest to this fact. Mocking God's sovereign interaction with humanity because you are not omniscient enough to fully grasp it is quite immature. "God says He is no respecter of persons so how can He heal at the same time as caausing sickness?" Where does Scripture say that God is not a "respecter of persons"? According to the context of that statement, in what regard is God not a respecter of persons? --Joe! |
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30 | What is God's covenant with believers | John 11:25 | Reformer Joe | 82453 | ||
Chapter 7 of the Westminster Confession of Faith explains it thusly: ---------------- II. The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam; and in him to his posterity, upon condition of perfect and personal obedience. III. Man, by his fall, having made himself incapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleased to make a second, commonly called the covenant of grace; wherein He freely offers unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ; requiring of them faith in Him, that they may be saved, and promising to give unto all those that are ordained unto eternal life His Holy Spirit, to make them willing, and able to believe. --Joe! |
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31 | Are habitual sinners still Christians? | 1 Cor 6:11 | Reformer Joe | 81974 | ||
"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God." --1 Corinthians 6:9-10 While we never will be sinless until we are glorified, God's work of sanctification in ALL believers works true behavioral change. If someone is living an unrepentant homosexual lifestyle, one could biblically question that person's state of salvation. A good book on this issue is called _The Same-Sex Controversy_ by James White and Jeffrey Neill. http://www.discerningreader.com/samsexconjam.html --Joe! |
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32 | Do I need facts, or just faith? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 81861 | ||
In order to have faith, that faith must have an object, a truth-claim. When I say that I believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I am saying that the resurrection was a historical reality. When the Muslim asserts that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammed is his prophet, he is making the claim that Allah did indeed appoint Muhammed as the "seal of the prophets." Now, which truth-claim reflects reality? Or, to put it the way the skeptic does, what makes Christians so sure that they are right? Muslims have faith, so who are you to say they are wrong? Evidence does not eliminate faith. God did not leave us to blindly guess (or FEEL) what He is really like or if He even exists. --Joe! |
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33 | How was Jesus slain 'before' ? | 1 Pet 1:20 | Reformer Joe | 81598 | ||
"I am just puzzled about the concept of Jesus being slain 'before the foundations of the world'. If I understand this right, I am hearing that He was already in the process of being slain before the world was ever formed. What exactly is meant here by this Scripture and what is it really saying?" Even though Christ was put to death in human history, at a specific place and time, the act has always been a part of the eternal decree of God. It was as certain of an event as Jesus' second coming, as far as God's eternal purpose is concerned. Additionally, the redemption purchased by Jesus on the cross benefits all of God's people from the Fall to the end of the age. Jesus died for Abraham's sins and David's sins just as surely as He did for mine, despite the fact that they lived before the Crucifixion. --Joe! |
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34 | Jesus of history | 1 Cor 15:14 | Reformer Joe | 81597 | ||
If you mean the Christ of the historic, orthodox Christian faith, there is no distinction. --Joe! |
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35 | Where in the Bible ? | Joel 2:13 | Reformer Joe | 81283 | ||
Hosea 6:6, Matthew 9:13 --Joe! |
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36 | He does not wish for any to perish... | 2 Pet 3:9 | Reformer Joe | 81249 | ||
A covenant theology perspective on Scripture eliminates the "problems" with the predominant Reformed understanding of this verse. Peter can be addressing the covenant people of God with the implicit understanding that not all of God's covenant people are true believers (and therefore objects of God's patience). --Joe! |
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37 | salvation and Cath Church | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 81245 | ||
"I keep trying to ask the Bible Answer Man on the radio, but keep getting busy signals." For a Protestant view on Catholicism, I would recommend looking into Alpha and Omega Ministries: http://www.aomin.org "I ask these questions not in an inflammatory way, not to induce any sort of anti-Catholic rhetoric, but it seems amazing to me that so many people for so many centuries could be so wrong." Well, the number of adherents does not mean that the beliefs themselves are true. Look at the Muslim world. Look at liberal Protestantism. While there are significant differences between Catholicism and Protestantism, both have existed for centuries at this point, and at least one of these branches of Christianity has to be in error. Catholics hold that the Protestant Reformation was a turn from the truth. Protestants hold themselves to have returned to the essential truths that the RCC gradually drifted from over the centuries. In addition to studying Scripture, I would recommend a good book on church history, such as Bruce Shelley's _Church History in Plain Language_ to examine the path that led to where the church is today. --Joe! |
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38 | CAIN'S OFERING NOT ACCEPTED | Heb 11:4 | Reformer Joe | 81184 | ||
Obviously God had given Cain and Abel different instructions than he gave the people of Israel. We simply are not given the reason why God didn't accept Cain's offering. It is important to note that the agricultural offerings in Leviticus were not to atone for sins like the animal sacrifices were. In my opinion, this had something to do with the Genesis 4 situation, but ultimately it is just speculation on our part. --Joe! |
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39 | what sould i do? | 1 John 1:5 | Reformer Joe | 81141 | ||
Hello, SHYCARR. If you do not mind me asking, why do you say you love God and Jesus, but don't show a love for God's people by worshiping with them? Biblically speaking, God has set things up so that in order to become more like Jesus Christ, we must be in communion with other believers. There is no biblical precedent for "solo sanctification." Take a look at these passages: Ephesians 4 Romans 12 1 Peter 2:9-10 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Hebrews 10:23-25 Simply put, the ritual of going to a church saves no one, but God has orchestrated things in such a way that the church is essential for Christian growth. It is where we hear the word preached, pray corporately, exercise the spiritual gifts God has given us for the benefit of God's people, bear one another's burdens, contribute to the needs of the saints and to the extension of God's Kingdom, confess our common faith, celebrate the Lord's Supper, confess our sins together, and corporately sing in praise of our God. Those are not solitary activities, and it is disobedience to God to neglect the communion of saints. You may have been saved as an individual, but the consistent testimony of Scripture is that every Christian is saved INTO the church. "I no my relationship with GOD is still intact" How do you know that without any frame of reference? "in fact i feel iv leard so much more about GOD not attending church" How have you learned more apart from church? "I love GOD and Jesus" If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. --John 14:15 "with thier help i keep myself sinless as posibale" The Holy Spirit works through His people (the church) in order to accomplish that in your life. Your neglecting the communion of saints itself is a sin. "often i find myself alone but effective on my wolk" How so? "i don't feel that everything that churchs do are right so I basicly dissconect myself from it." Of course everything they do isn't right; they are made up of people like you and me. That is no excuse for disobeying God by "disconnecting" oneself from church. One must wonder whether someone who seems to despise God's people so much is one of them herself. "What sould I do?" Find a good church where God's word is proclaimed, where baptism and the Lord's Supper are celebrated, and be the member of Christ's body that God saved you to be. There are tons of good churches in my denomination, so I will offer that as a starting point: http://www.pcanet.org May God's blessings through communal worship be yours. --Joe! |
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40 | is sadaam hussien the anti-christ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 80461 | ||
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