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21 | Are Christmas and Easter pagan in origin | Gal 4:10 | farout | 4798 | ||
I know that the church has joined in the pagan ways of celebrating the Birth of Christ. For one thing Christ's birth was most likely not in December. Most sad of all the sadness of gifts being almost seventy percent OF MOST BUSINESS yearly gross. How many of us spend our budget into a tail spin just to please our children, parents, and employers? I can't understand why we don't kick Santa out and call it what it is Christ's birth celebrated. Think on this, satan/santa, same letters put in a different order. Think there might be a connection? | ||||||
22 | Are Christmas and Easter pagan in origin | Gal 4:10 | farout | 35109 | ||
Quite recently I think I heard that the Jewish people at the time of Christ's birth used the aproximant conception date for celebration of their birthday. (not unique to just Jew's) So based on that December might well have been when the Holy Spirit implanted Jesus in Mary's womb. What do you think? Who knows for sure, well Mary does and we will know when we leave this tempoary place to our real home ! RIGHT? | ||||||
23 | Bibical list of deacon duties. | Titus 1:8 | farout | 38773 | ||
I admire someone that thinks, and does not agree. You have good reason to ask for substantion. This make take a while as I need to go through my old Leadership Magizines. Please do not expect a fast answer. But I will do my best. I thought the mention of Women as Decons might stir some questions. | ||||||
24 | If we ask for healing does God answer no | 1 Peter | farout | 39226 | ||
Thank you for kind words. My Dad is sir, he is 82. I am 56, just a young kid at heart. God bless. | ||||||
25 | eternal security | 1 John 5:11 | farout | 43362 | ||
Dear Scribe: In 1John 4:10,18 5:12to 20 are Core theology for me. I feared God for my first 37 years. I felt very simular to what you express. You can not love someone you are afraid of. Do you know God loves all human kind? The Fathers will is that all mankind would come to a saving knowledge od Jesus Christ. I do not think scaring someone to pray the sinners prayer is a valid conversion. I am not saying a carnal christian is not on thin ground. I am saying what you sow you will reap. My experience with Goats, and I mean live real goats has taught me much. Goats do not need the constant care or watching over them as sheep do. Goats are very self reliant, and require little from man. Goats eat anything, from poisin oak,ivy or cedar trees, what ever can be put down their mouth. Sheep are completly dependant on the shepherd! By the way goats and sheep both acknowledge their master voice. Jesus used the sheep and goats because people back then were totally fimular with these animals. Few today know much about chickens say nothing about sheep and goats. I know if sheep do not have trust and faith in the shepherd the will perish. The same is true in the spiritual life as well. I profoundly do not believe in sinless perfection. I have never heard any preacher say you can live like hell was your home and still have salvation. I am glad our loving Father knows who are his, because just as wrong are people who say a prayer and depend on that to save them, is the extreme view that we judge people to hell. Love never fails, so Paul said. I am quick to point out Christian maturity takes a life time. I question that if we share Christ with someone and they truely want to make Christ LORD, unless you are prepared to disciple them you are planting seeds on ground the birds may well eat. Sound tough? I really mean it! I have seen too many who were eager to "win a soul to Jesus" as if it were a notch on their spiritual gun. Would you agree? Please bare in mind for 37 of my 57 years I lived with fear of God and I could not understand the "loving Father" part at all. So I react out of 37 years of hell fire, and fear of God. How many others in this world are living like I was? I believe many. Gods Love and peace, farout |
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26 | eternal security | 1 John 5:11 | farout | 43419 | ||
Dear Scribe: Your tender mercy comes through your words. I too had much to fear for 37 years of being in a gospel preaching church all my life! But the thing missing was repentence. I never herd with my heart, my head heard it, but I always thought it was for the real sinners, which until the Holy Spirit so tenderly showed me, I did not see me as unsaved. God's Love broke through my fears and "Love lifted me" into the arms of my wonderful Jesus. I have not experienced that dreadful fear ever again after making Jesus Christ my LORD on March 27, 1983. I was taking a bath, when I cried out for Jesus. Right then and there I was saved, born again. On April 10, 1983 I was baptized. I went to a Souther Baptist college that summer and completed 4 years of college in 28 months while supporting my family of 4 children and my wife. I went to Seminary in 1985 in Missouri, right after graduation. I got my M.Div. on may 1989, and a MARS in 1991. I was ordained in April 13 1986 with my first church I pastored in Missouri. I say this to point out NOT ANY OF THIS DID I ACCOMPLISH WITHOUT A SUPER NATURAL HELP OF MY LORD ! By the way When I graduated from High School I had only read two books in all my life. Boxcar Children, and the Red Badge of Courage. Unbeliveable right? If God can work with me, who was rough timber, and make me into a beautifull piece of wood he can do the same for anyone who wants to. I never thought I would make it, I felt I would fail, I was afraid, I did not know if I could support our family of four children, there were so many obsticles. But by faith, my wife and I walked together. She too did the same and it took her the normal time. Was it hard? Yes ! Yes ! God was faithful and I stand amazed at His mercy, Grace, and love every day. Please, Please do not take this as anything I or my wife have done, all this was through the power of the Holy Spirit. We give all the Glory and praise to our LORD. In His Debt, farout. |
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27 | Can you lose your salvation? | Revelation | farout | 45188 | ||
I strongly disagree! The Holy Spirit seals us as proof that we shall be saved FOREVER! If we can lose our salvation then Hebrews 6:4-6 would mean that there would be no way to be resaved! John 10:22-30 in contex, means we are his and no one can take us away from Christ. Romans 8:37-39 again states NOTHING can separate us from the love of God. 1 John chapter four is a picture of the love of God and holding power. There is no such thing as sinless perfection while we are alive on this earth. 1 John 1:9 says we are to CONFESS our sins. I find no place in scripture taken in contex, that says if you lose your salvation you can be re-saved. I read about being carnal, and backsliden, and to repent, and to renew myself. Salvation is faith in Christ plus NOTHING! If my works cold not save me, and only Christ can, is Christ not able to keep me? I believe it is so important that if you are willing to led someone to Christ and do not take time to nuture then into growth, then you may well be planting a seed only to have that seed picked up by the birds of satan. If you help birth a new believer is is imparitive to nurture that spiritual baby!!!!! Peace, farout |
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28 | Thank you all ! | Revelation | farout | 96420 | ||
Godman: You have good observation. I too believe that many Christians think this is all as Scripture predicts what the end times will be. There should be some note that tells people that THIS BOOK IS LARGELY FICTION WITH SNIPPETS OF SCRIPTURE. Then we might not have so many believing that this reading is as good as God's Word. Blessings and peace. justme |
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