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21 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 101465 | ||
justme Soryy about that. Thanks |
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22 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102275 | ||
Dear Tim Another good example of God's interactions being conditioned upon man's response to him is: Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, "The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard. Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will change His mind about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you." Jer. 26:13 (NASB) If the people would amend their ways and become obedient then God would choose to be favorable to the people. But if they failed to meet the conditions then God's would bring about misfortune. Nevertheless, the outcome of whether God would resort to plan A or plan B was up to the response of the people. Blessing to you friend New Creature |
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23 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102290 | ||
Dear John God's eternal plan will prevail. He has no alternative plans. I'm sorry you misunderstood me concerning that. As I read Scripture I notice that God is able to predict future events accurately and with certaintity. God alone is able to speak from an eternal perspective. God knows the beginning and end of all things. Nothing can catch Him off guard or by surprise. Before creation, God knew the outcome of all things. In Scripture God often speaks from this eternal perspective. Often He says: "I will" meaning God decress whatever He wills, will come about, regardless of any action or inaction of his created beings. These "I wills" are called Unconditional Covenants. Other times God says; "if my people will do such and such, then I will do the following" (see 2 Chr. 7:14 for example) Such instances are called conditional covenants, because the people can expect a favorable outcome on God's part if the people hear and obey by following the demands laid out by God. But if they choose to disobey, the outcome will be unfavorable. Nevertheless, God from eternity knew what choice the people would make regarding the conditional covenants, even before they made their choice. God was never surprised by the choices the people made using their God given freedom. Also, none of the choices anyone has ever made, have in any way altered God's eternal plan. Somethings in Scripture are just spoken in the present tense of the timing or occurence of the event. Or in real time. As we read Scripture we are reading about past choices people made, and not in real time as they were presented to the people by God's spokesman (i.e. Jeremiah) who lived during the actual time of the events mentioned. However in God's mind these events had already occured before creation. His plan always prevails. His plan willnot and cannot be thwarted. Let me be clear on that. It is because God is Sovereign and in control that He is able to give His creatures such freedom in the areas of conditional covenants. Blessings friend New Creature |
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24 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102403 | ||
Dear John You asked "Does God's ability to " predict future events accurately and with certaintity" come from His foreseeing of what will occur, or, because He fore-ordained the events themselves?" Sometimes a question must be asked of a question. This is one of those instances. Question Did God fore-ordain sin? Blessings friend New Creature |
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25 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102416 | ||
Dear John In my previous post to you, I asked whether God fore-ordains sin? In your reply you responded by stating; "God is not the author of sin, but, He has ordained that the sinful acts of man (which He fore-ordained) work together for ultimate good." So now I must ask you. How can God who according to this statement of yours fore-ordain the sinful acts of people, and yet somehow not be the author of sin? Blessings friend New Creature |
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26 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102429 | ||
Dear John you quoted Easton as saying "The origin of sin is a mystery, and must for ever remain such to us." I personally don't think the origin of sin is such a mystery as Easton makes it out to be. Since God created his beings and gave them the freedom to obey or disobey or rebell, then the origin of sin is no longer a mystery. Satan and his band of followers CHOSE to rebell, and then incited our earthly ancestor's to use their God given freedom to disobey, therefore by these acts of disobedience, sin entered the world, and we now all have been born with an inherited sin nature. That being the case in no way means God is the author of sin, even though he allows or permits it's entrance into the world. Blessings friend New Creature |
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27 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102499 | ||
Dear John Concerning your question does God fore-ordain the wicked deeds of men? According to my understanding, to say that God fore-ordains the wicked sinful deeds of men, would be to say that God is the author of sin, which I don't believe He is. God created all His creatures, and gave them the ability to choose to either obey or disobey. Concerning the origin of sin - Lucifer was the first to use His freedom to rebel and many other angelic beings joined Him in the rebellion. That is why in the New Testament, Satan is called the father of lies. He incited the human race to CHOOSE to disobey God and then all their ancestor's became infected with the fallen or inherited sin nature. We all (me and you and all others) have been born with this fallen sin nature. It seems to me that you believe that God fore-ordained the sinful acts of men. Is that so? Blessings New Creature |
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28 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102527 | ||
Dear John Thanks for the CAPS. I didn't miss the point you were trying to stress. I was merely attempting to establish whether or not you believe that God fore-ordained the sinful acts of man, or whether He fore-knew what would take place. In one of my previous replys to you I stated my belief in the matter which was and still remains as follows. God did not fore-ordain the sinful acts of man, to believe so would mean that I believed that God must also be the author of sin. I do however believe that God in His omniscience fore-knew everything that would happen before it came to pass. I also stated that I also believe that the actions or inactions of God's creatures can never in any way alter God's purpose or divine plan. I was trying to build a basis with you in order to continue further conversation by establishing your beliefs on the topic. Blessings friend New Creature |
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29 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102560 | ||
Dear John You asked what do I believe about Acts 4:28-29 Acts 4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, I believe that the determination of God to do something, even the predesting of things is based on His foreknowledge. By that I mean I believe foreknowledge precedes any predesting.(see Rom. 8:29 for example) I have been open and honest with you concerning my beliefs which are based on Scripture, yet you refuse to answer my question as to whether or not you believe God fore-ordained the sinful actions of men. I have not even concluded that I am positively right on the subject, nevertheless, that is my understanding based upon my understanding of Scripture. So now it's your turn to answer a question Did God fore-ordain the sinful actions of men or not? Blessings friend New Creature |
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30 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102570 | ||
Dear John; you asked - "Whats wrong with simply accepting what the verse says, which is that the wicked actions ot those responsible for the crucifixion carried out God's plan even though they thought they were doing it for their own evil reasons." My reply is nothing, I also accept what the verse says. However if you believe that God is omniscient, then it follows that He foreknows all things before they happen. Being omniscient and foreknowing all things in my understanding does not mean God fore-ordained the evil actions of men. It only means He foreknew about the wicked deeds of men, and even permitted the evil acts of men, knowing beforehand that His divine plan would in no way be altered by the actions or inactions of men. By giving His created beings the ability to choose to obey or disobey makes man responsible for his choices. To believe God fore-ordained the evil actions would mean God must be responsible for mens wicked deeds. Thats what I believe. Not because of any single verse of Scripture, but because of the entirety of what I read from Scripture. So whats wrong with believing that God created His beings with the ability to choose good or evil? I cannot at this time agree with you that God fore-ordained sin, since God is not the author of sin. In other words if God fore-ordained sin, therby becoming the author of it, then that would mean that God Himself is a sinner, which of course He isn't Blessings friend New Creature |
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31 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102590 | ||
Dear John All I can say is, that when FOREKNOWLEDGE precedes any FOREORDAINING (such as in Rom. 8:29 and 1 Pet 1:2) then the difficulty of understanding all this disappears, at least to me. The problem is trying to explain it to someone else. I sat here for an hour and tried to think about how I would answer you, and discovered that I doubt that I could give you any satisfactory explanation without writting a book. And I doubt you would care to read any book I could contrive. Just look in Scripture to see how FOREKNOWLEDGE precedes FORE-ORDAINING. P.S. I still disagree with your belief that God fore-ordains sin. Do you truly believe that God is the author of sin? Blessings friend New Creature |
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32 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 102690 | ||
Dear John From this reply from you I was going to ask you another question, but I see brother Tim already proposed the same question to you that I had in mind, so I will wait to read your response to Tim Blessings friend New Creature |
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33 | about taking someone to court | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 103043 | ||
Did you intend this for joel or for me? If for joel then you may want to repost it to joel | ||||||
34 | Pledge, "under God", WWJD? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 105984 | ||
If you want Scriptural support for civil disobedience, I will give you two examples. One from the Old Testament and another from the New Testament. Ex 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: Ex 1:16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. Ex 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and DID NOT AS THE KING OF EGYPT COMMANDED THEM, but saved the men children alive. (Capitalization mine for emphasis) In Acts 4, Peter and John were commanded not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. Then in Acts 5, we see the Apostles disregarding the previous orders, and they are found again teaching in Jesus name. The Apostles rule was; "We must obey God rather than men!" Acts 5:29. We are citizens of Heaven and as Seward whom I quoted in my previous reply said: "There is a higher law than the Constitution" We owe first allegiance to God. We are in this world, but not of this world. We currently are sojourning on enemy territory. Finally civil law is instituted mainly for the ungodly, not the righteous man, in Christ. 1 Tim. 1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, If you want Scriptural support for civil disobedience, I will give you two examples. One from the Old Testament and another from the New Testament. Ex 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: Ex 1:16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. Ex 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and DID NOT AS THE KING OF EGYPT COMMANDED THEM, but saved the men children alive. (Capitalization mine for emphasis) In Acts 4, Peter and John were commanded not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. Then in Acts 5, we see that the Apostles disregarding the previous orders, and they are found again teaching in Jesus name. The Apostles rule was; "We must obey God rather than men!" Acts 5:29. We are citizens of Heaven and as Seward whom I quoted in my previous reply said: "There is a higher law than the Constitution" We owe first allegiance to God. We are in this world, but not of this world. We currently are sojourning on enemy territory. Finally civil law is instituted mainly for the ungodly, not the righteous man, in Christ. 1 Tim. 1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 1 Tim. 1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 1 Tim. 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; If you want other Biblical examples of civil disobedience I would be glad to provide you with them. Shalom New Creature |
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35 | Pledge, "under God", WWJD? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 106025 | ||
I agree Thats why I repeated the Seward quote which stated; "There is a higher law than the Constitution" Concerning whether or not the phrase "under God" should be removed or not, I personally don't see where this nation is "under God" This nation has rejected God, and has in too many instances put his law behind their backs. Abortion is the law of the land. Homosexual marriage is being legalized. While their are individuals in the Nation who have submitted theirselves to God, the majority have not done so. Lets face it the true religion of this Nation is Secular Humanism which enjoys tax exempt status, and is the only religion which receives tax support in the public school pulpits to teach evolution as if it were fact. New Creature |
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36 | Pledge, "under God", WWJD? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 106071 | ||
Tim; While the Constitution prohibits the government from establishing a state religion, the state already has established a national religion, against the establishment clause of the First Amendment. The religion which the government has established, supports and gives tax exempt status to, is the Religion of Secular Humanism, which is a non-theistic religion. If anyone doubts that Humanism is a religion, reading the "Humanist Manifesto's will remove any doubt. Therefore the State is definetly in violation of the "establishment clause" Also consider the following: "since the theory of evolution is based on many inferences that cannot be “proven” beyond a doubt, evolution then is really a doctrine of faith, religious faith" (state of Arkansas Act 590 of 1981 - Balanced Treatment of Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act - Section 6) "Religious evolutionary atheistic humanism does not have Sunday schools as we know them. It has effective Monday through Friday schools which are change agents for humanism. It passes no collection plates, for every citizen pays for it through government taxation." (unknown) "John Dunphy, wrote in the Humanist magazine: “I am convinced that the battle for humankinds future must be waged and won in the public school classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as proselytizers of a new faith. They will be ministers of another sort, utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit to convey humanist values in whatever subject they teach. The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the new. The rotting corpse of Christianity, and the new faith of humanism.” God Bless you Tim New Creature |
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37 | Pledge, "under God", WWJD? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 106174 | ||
Parable you said; "No one here is persecuted for their faith." So from what you believe would you classify the following cases as individuals being persecuted for the faith? In Texas, a U.S. District judge decreed that any student uttering the word "Jesus" at his school's graduation would be arrested and locked up. "And make no mistake," announced Judge Samuel B. Kent, "the court is going to have a United States marshal in attendance at the graduation. If any student offends this court, that student will be summarily arrested and will face up to six months incarceration in the Galveston County Jail for contempt of court." In Missouri, when 4th-grader Raymond Raines bowed his head in prayer before his lunch in the cafeteria of Waring Elementary School in St. Louis, his teacher allegedly ordered him out of his seat, in full view of other students present, and sent him to the principal’s office. After his third such prayer "offense," little Raymond was segregated from his classmates, ridiculed for his religious beliefs, and given one week's detention. in Bowling Green, Kentucky in February 2002 the Logan County Public Library fired library employee Kimberly Draper, for wearing a cross pendant to work. Brenda Nichol, who works as an Instructional Assistant in the Penns Manor Area Elementary School in Clymer, PA. was suspended for one year without pay after refusing to remove a one-and-a-quarter inch cross pendant that she had been wearing on her necklace. Shalom New Creature |
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38 | Pledge, "under God", WWJD? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 106177 | ||
Tim Good points you make Just one thought if I may add it Government is to suppose to maintain a position of neutrality towards religion, neither prohibiting it, or promoting it. New Creature |
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39 | New church? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 106975 | ||
Ed Thanks for your reply My wife plans on staying at the old church, because she enjoys the social functions, and friendships she has built there. Unlike myself, she places a higher priority over the social aspects of the gathering than I do. I place my priority on worship first. Thats not to say I don't enjoy social functions, I do. Actually I still keep in contact with, and occasionaly get together with those from my old church with whom I have built relationships with. Also my wife doesn't have an acute hunger or thirst to feed upon God's word. As for me, I hunger and feed spiritually upon God's word, and can't imagine going a day without spending time alone with God in His word. Whenever I try to talk with my wife about God's word or worship, she shows little or no interest. However if I mention an upcoming social event at church, then she becomes interested and desires to become involved in helping. I agree with you that God should be directing me, not my wants, or desires. And that is exactly what I believe I have been doing, seeking God's will and leading. The problem is, I believe that my wife is merely seeking her wants, desires, and happiness, in the social events and relationships with others. From this information, can you provide any further steps that I could possibly take besides prayer? Grace to you New Creature |
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40 | New church? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 106997 | ||
Ed I as well as others from church, have been praying for my wife many years now, I will continue to do so, and live before her the life that pleases Christ to the best of my God given ability. Thanks again Ed God Bless you |
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