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21 | Superior Hope | Heb 11:40 | tgc | 127359 | ||
Ancient, I can only imagine how you are feeling after yesterday. I tried to follow the thread through the day yesterday and still have a headache. However I wish to offer you this to think on. I know you have been beat to death with the verse Forsake not the assembling of the brothers. But with that verse in mind think about the following. If assembling together or going to church is not a command then why is this verse in the Bible also the following passages would tend to backup the idael that this is a command. For example if not a command why would Paul spend so much effort in his letters to the Corinthians about the order of the services? Why would Paul spend the time and effort in both Timothy and Titus laying out the make up of church leadership? Why would scripture be so replete with instruction for the unity of the church? Why did Paul go around starting new churches and training men to lead them? Why the seven letters to the seven churches in the book of Revelation? These are just some questions to think on. I want you to know that I also have seen the kinds of things you talk about in your post and to be frank it makes me sick. But this does not change what God has written in His Word. As a matter of fact God in His Word has told us this day would come, read the book of Jude. Because somethings are wrong in the church we do not give up on it. fter years of serving in a quote traditional church God put on my heart a passion for church planting or being a part of starting new works. After this He gave me the opportunity. I really belive that this was a response to prayer. I now worship with a group of people who are really seeking to serve God and do His will. Our slogan is Real Relationships, Real Issues, Real Hope. Our mission statement" We exist to Glorify the Father by being a Fire That consumes the World woth the Love Of Jesus Christ, by sharing love with people who need help." The reason I share that part with you is to try to restore in you a hope. God is working through His church even though apostates have slipped in.and as I have said this did not take him by suprise. My brother take heart and give heed to God's Word. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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22 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 127304 | ||
New Creature, Sorry not to get back to you sooner. The reason I give the list the order I do is because I think it is really hard to seperate salvation and regeneration. The way I understand it when a person comes to the point of repentance and calls on the Name of the Lord and is saved at that point salvation occurs and when salvation occurs one is given a new heart or regenerated. In this man has no hand,it is all the work of Christ. The next step in the process is santification where we are conformed more to Christ likeness everyday. There are some who would link this with regeneration making it also an ongoing process I however hold to the ideal that regenerstion and salvation are basically happening at the same time. Let me close with this to maybe backup my position. In Romans 10:13 Paul writes " For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved." This would lead me to belive that salvation happens at the very moment that one calls on the name of the Lord. Then in 2 Cor. 5:17 Paul states, " Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold all things are become new." In short my understanding is this, if we are instantly saved when we come to Christ in repentance, then we would instantly be in Christ and when we are in Christ we are a new creation or regenerated. I hope this answers your question. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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23 | This is a genuine Miracle!!! | Psalm | tgc | 127297 | ||
justme, I can not start to tell you the wonderful feeling that came over me as read the post concerning your healing. Thank you for the way in which you have shared this so that all of us can share in the blessing that God has granted to you, your family and all of us on the forum that learn from your great post. Let all give praise and honor for this to our Lord and Savior Jesus. Also I personally want to thank you for what you wrote in your profile about sending so much time on the forum and negelcting face to face ministry. Yes I was guilty of that and through what you wrote God showed me my error thank you again for all you add. my family and I will continue to lift you up in prayer. Again we rejoice with you and yours in this great healing of The Lord. In The Love Of Christ, Tom |
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24 | Define Christian entertainment | John 14:12 | tgc | 125924 | ||
Well said Doc We cannot rely on our feelings. With that said I think I know what Edd is talking about , I think what he is refering to is that when he leaves a time of corporate worship he wants to know that he has met with God. I think this is a longing all of share. I to have felt the f;ustration that Edd speaks of then I really read the first two chapters of the book of acts and real meditate on what is there with this in mind and speeped in prayer we looked for a group of belivers who shared this same passion The Lord did provid and now we do have a real time of worship together with other belivers. I belive that a big part of this comes from the small groups we have that meet in homes. People are more themselves in this setting and we really seek God in prayer and through the stidy of His Word. Yes Edd I will be lifting you up in prayer. I hope some of my rambling helps. In The Love Of Christ,tgc | ||||||
25 | is jesus god | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 125690 | ||
Doc Trinsograce, I thank you for the kind words. But if you have an answer to a question on the board let go with it. It maybe that your style of communicating reaches someone better than someone else's. We should all have the same goal to bring Glory to our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ not ourselves. May God Bless. In The Love Of Christ,tgc | ||||||
26 | Define Christian entertainment | John 14:12 | tgc | 125689 | ||
Very well said Angel. Today it seems the brighter the lights the louder and more upbeat the music the more Godly it is suppose to be. We seem to have forgotten that if Christ be lifted up HE will draw men to Him. Your view of the misuse of Paul's writtings is insightful to this let me add I have heard it said Jesus hung out with sinners and did not say anything about whst they were doingso why should we. Again an extreme misuse of scripture. I wonder how will we ever get back to true worship of God in spirit and truth. Any thoughts? In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
27 | A note of thanks | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 125665 | ||
Bro. Hank , justme, Angel, and all the others who have been so helpful to me on my work concerning Christan Unity and Conflict Resolution. The help you have offered has been a God sent. To that end I am writting to let you know that I have posted the outcome of this work on Christians Interactive.com. As I write this the work is awaiting a modorateor so that it can be posted to the board. I only write this so maybe if any of you choose to take a look at the work and give me your feed back which I really want you can. Again thank you for all of your help. TO: justme, My brother my family and I are lifting you up daily in prayer. Thanks for your example you are setting by he way you are going through this time in your life. Please let us know how you are. In The Love of Christ, tgc |
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28 | jehovahs witnesses | Bible general Archive 2 | tgc | 124823 | ||
victora, you are welcome to have your say but the fact remains the JW's and the watchtower organization are a cult. As to your referenceto Colossians 1:15 The translation of 1:15-17 has posed a problem for many who study this important passage about Jesus' relation to creation. This text of Scripture avers the same teaching about Jesus as found in John1:1, namely that He preceded creation and is the cause of all creation. some advocate an unorthodox view from this passage in saying that Jesus was in reality the first creature that God the Father created and that Jesus then was used by God to creat all other creation. They do so by arguing that firstborn of all creation Translaeting v.15 over as of means He was first thing created and that the subsequent verses should be translated all other things have been created through Him and He is before all other things. The difficulty of this attempt to deny Jesus Christ His stature as Creator is that 1. of all creation in the greek is a genitive case @. the meaning of begotten and 3. the fact that the Greek word for other does not occur in the text at all. First in the statement speaks of Christ's priority to creation and sovereignty oover all creation.The words of all creation are the object of firstborn rather than firstborn being the object of of all creation. Second begotten is not the same as creation the words are clearly distinguished in the passage. God begets the Son but the Son creats the world. When a man begets he begets a man when God begets He begets God and this from eternity. Creation on the other hand is not the same as God. Third to put other in the passage if foreign to the discussion of the text and is merely an attempt to explain away the meaning of the text that Jesus the Creator created all things. From the Nelson Complete Study System product number 2885. That should handle ths Colossians question. To deal with the passage in John Christ is refering to his human nature to go a little futher with this lets look at John 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him because He not only broke the Sabbath but also said that God was His Father making Himself EQUAL with God. No matter how much some folks two thousand years later want to say that Jesus never claimed to be God Scripture proves this wrong.For more clarification on this issue let us look to Philippians 2:5-11 " Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God but made Himself of no reputation taking the form of a bondservent and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those in Heaven and of those on earth and of those under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. How much clearer could the diety of Jesus Christ be. He HImself makes Himself equal to God because He is God. For this reason the denial of Jesus Christ as God among many others there is no salvation in JW theology at all it is simply a fast track to Hell regardless if you belive in Hell or not. The Jesus of The JW's is not the Jesus revealed in the Bible that is why the Jw's had to go back and rewrite the KJV version of the Bible to make it fit there own ideals. They can not claim they translated this as it has already been proven in a court of law that the people on the translation committee could not read the original lanuages. Good deeds will not get one to Heaven, unbelisf in hell will not keep one out of hell. Only belief in Jesus Christ as revealed in the Bible repentance toward God and surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ will get one to Heaven anything elese will end one up in hell. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
29 | The Sovereignty of God | Ps 103:19 | tgc | 124803 | ||
justme, I did not intend to group all seminaries into one catagory what I was commenting on is that unforunately it seems many have gone down the path to liberialism. As I am back in school myself I see this first hand with some of the professors I speak with. Yes I agree ther are still some very good seminaries out there Some I can think of are Masters in California Northwest Baptist, just to name a couple. However let me note that there are other options than trditional seminary with places such as Stephen Olford's Center for Expository Preaching a great learning experience if you ever have the chance. again I am not speaking in total aginst seminaries but rather stateing what I am seeing the in the field and brother it is scary. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
30 | The Sovereignty of God | Ps 103:19 | tgc | 124785 | ||
Bro. Hank, I really tried to tone down my first reply to this question but with some of the new post I think it is time to go a bit deeper. Concerning the sovereignty of God it seems to me from talking to young pastor who are just coming out of school that even in our seminaries this ideal is put down. The students are taught not to do or say anything that could upset the applecart and to label as deviseive anyone who does teach such a doctrine. You see that today what passes for Christan teaching is little more than guilt relief. Do not talk about sin do not talk about hell do not talk about personal responsiblity just concentrate on what makes people go home and feel good. Yes the Word Faith Movement is a major problem eroding the church from within but a bigger problem is the fact the gospel for the most part has been changed or silenced in most of today's churches.. The gospel today is that God will make you have a wonderful life take awy all of your problems and all you have to do one time is just say I am a sinner and I am sorry nothing elese. Directly in opposition to what Christ Himself taught. He said count the cost there would be persecution there would be hard times the world would hate us even as it hated Him, look at our fellow brothers and sisters in other countries who are giving up their lives for the sake of the gospel see how much of this easy beliveism garbage you can feed them. God is sovereign He is in control He did say this day would come remember the church at Ladodicea, this does not take Him by suprise. And yes ther is still a faithfull remenant you have named a few of the men who stand in the gap and proclaim the Word of Truth To this list I would add Bro. Alan Barganier and the late J. Veron McGee whoes tapes are still heard daily on many radio stations. In closing let us remember this that Jesus Christ is the King Of Kings and The LordOf Lords He is the First and the Last He started this and He will finish it let us all look foward to that great day when God's sovereignty will be made manifest to all and every knee will bow and every tounge confess Jesus Christ as Lord. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
31 | "beheading" in modern times? | Rev 20:4 | tgc | 124779 | ||
justme, I am sorry to hear of your suffering my brother please be assured that my entire family will be holding you up in prayer not just tonight but until I read that you have recovered. If you do not mind I would like to share this prayer need with my Sunday School class tomorrow morning. May the God of all comfort hold you close. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
32 | The Sovereignty of God | Ps 103:19 | tgc | 124774 | ||
kalos, I reallt thought you where above cheap personal shots like the one you made in your last post however if that is your way so be it. First of all the fact that God is a perfect gentelman can be backed with scripture. Consider for a moment the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve had a choice and choose to disobey according to the logic in your arguement this was planned and carried out by God and they had nothing to do with it. I am sure you can see the flaw in this reason. When God came into the Garden He called out to Adam He did not go straight ot him He waited for Adam to come to Him again a choose Adam made. Concerning Paul did God interven in his life YES Did God force him to carry out the ministry that became Paul's life no. Paul chose to submit his will to that of God's. The same arguement can be made with the calling of each of the aposles, they all had a choice. As to Nebuchadnezzar yes God intervened in his life but He did not force salvation on him that would have been his choice. I relize you come from a calvenist standpoint which smacks of legalism check out Calvin's list of dos and don'ts sometime. Remember not everyone is a tulip picker some of us many of us except the clear teaching of scripture as to the freewill choice of men in connection to God. It should also be noted that freewill in no way takes away from God's sovereignty as a matter of fact I think it highlights it. But of course this comes from one you see as being unskilled and sloppy. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
33 | The husband of only one wife? | Titus 1:6 | tgc | 124469 | ||
justme, The situation with Dr. Stanley at FBC Atlanta is a sad one he did offer his resignation and the church rejected it. But that aside hear me out please. I do not know if you have ever had the misfortune of being deivoriced I hope not and I also do not know if you have ever served in the ministry. I can answer yes on both counts. I never said that it was unscriptual for that man to stay in the pulpit. What I am saying is that he really should step down when one goes through a divorice it is signs of a deeper problem and all of this stays with you no matter what you do this includes the pulpit. When you bring these problems with you into ministry it effects everyone you are ministring to. As the pastor you are to promote unity within the church and divorice is all about disunity. To shows this point let me tell you a story, about 25 years ago the church I grew up in dealt with this issue and the pastor stayed in the pulpit now 25 years later the church is still tring to recover from the damage done back then. As much as I love that pastor it would have been far better if he had stepped down and left the church united rather than in schambles. I relize I am probly rambling and Iam sorry but this subject hits very close to home and is the reason I will never serve as a senior pastor. Although God has given me a great ministry working in evangelism outreach. Please try to understand where I am coming from. Sometimes we must take Paul's word when he says All things are lawful for me but not all things are good. yes I am parapharsing. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
34 | What are the essentials | NT general Archive 1 | tgc | 124261 | ||
Mommapbs, I certainly agree that the reciteing of the creeds is a beautiful ceramony and the information in the creeds is taught it is very revealing and helpful in bible study but I think that if we are going to repeat creeds as part of the wqorship service it should be only on occasion amd should never take the place of straight up Bible teaching. XRing please go back and read how this thread staeted Hank responded to a question I ask about Church Unity however I do agree with your statement that reciteing the creeds should not take the place of bible study in the church. Finally Hank thanks for your help again you have got me started when I was at a sticking point. God Bless You All In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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35 | Jesus brothers. | Matt 12:46 | tgc | 123869 | ||
Emmaus, As far as verses speaking of Jesus's siblings how about? Matthew 13 : 53-58 Mark 3:31-35 Galatins 1:18-19 . These are just a few verses that pop to mind. But to say there is nowhere in the Bible that talks about Jesus's brothers and sisters is not at all correct as these passages show. In the Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
36 | Jesus brothers. | Matt 12:46 | tgc | 123868 | ||
Emmaus, As far as verses speaking of Jesus's siblings how about? Matthew 13 : 53-58 Mark 3:31-35 Galatins 1:18-19 . These are just a few verses that pop to mind. But to say there is nowhere in the Bible that talks about Jesus's brothers and sisters is not at all correct as these passages show. In the Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
37 | Jesus brothers. | Matt 12:46 | tgc | 123867 | ||
Emmaus, As far as verses speaking of Jesus's siblings how about? Matthew 13 : 53-58 Mark 3:31-35 Galatins 1:18-19 . These are just a few verses that pop to mind. But to say there is nowhere in the Bible that talks about Jesus's brothers and sisters is not at all correct as these passages show. In the Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
38 | Give me a little mor help on the hair ? | 1 Cor 11:1 | tgc | 123866 | ||
broreggie, The answer provided by signmanbob appears to be a very good one. The key to this passage lays in the last verse of 1 Cor. 11. Verse 16 sats " But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churchs of God. " Long hair or short hair it really does not matter. Christ was not thinking about hair as He hung on the cross, He was paying our sin debt and as long as we come to Christ on His terms He could care less how our hair is styled. With this said the points made in signmanbob's post about appriate dress at church is right on. If for no other reason than respect for Christ. My answer is not intended to be harsh but so many people get tied up on this passage without considering the last verse of the chapter which really sums it up. I hope this helps. In The Love Of Christ, tgc | ||||||
39 | references to church unity | Eph 4:3 | tgc | 122537 | ||
Good evening Hank nad followinghim, Just a note to again say thanks for your help with this question. I am about to wrap up my lesson preperation and have found your words of help and encouragement most edifing. As soon as the lesson plan is in it's final form I will post onthe sister site to this one ChrisitansInteractive.com What I found going through the scriptures was that grouped together they make a more powerful lesson than I ever could tring to comment on each one. Again thanks for eveything guys. God bless you both. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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40 | What is rotten fruit? | Matt 7:17 | tgc | 122416 | ||
bstudent3, the lie of the Watchtower is letting you down in the light of the many reponses from God's Word . You have now drop any pretense of biblical reference and gone on a political rampage. As I have already shown you the stinking rotten fruit is the lies spread by the Watchtower society. The cancer it brings into the world. I personally have written a post to you sharing the truth of God's Love and his plan for salvation but you have refused not me but our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. So now I will have to take the advice of Jesus Christ himself and not cast my pearls before swine. I sincerly hope oneday you will wake up to the reality fo the lies you are following and come to Jesus in repentance trusting Him for your salvation His way not that of Charles Taxe Russell. I challenge you to look into the history of your organization and see it for what it is Jevoah's False Wittness. tgc | ||||||
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