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21 | Why does Jeremiah think he was deceived? | Jer 20:7 | wdc | 28673 | ||
Hey Nolan and Searcher, I preached on this passage a few years ago, here is my understanding on it. Jeremiah was upset obviously, everyone is against him, people want to kill him, etc, because he is doing what God told him to do. Basically he is feeling sorry for himself. He keeps remembering what God told him when God called him to prophesy. (Jer 1:8) Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. See also Jer. 1:10, (Jer 1:18) For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. (Jer 1:19) And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. He remembers all these things, and he is wandering what went wrong, why hasn't God done these things? In the midst of his dispair and depression, he accuses God of deceiving him. He was not really deceived, he didn't understand what God had planned. He was questioning God, just like we do sometime. Does this make sense? later...wdc |
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22 | Why would God fight against His people? | Jer 21:5 | wdc | 28674 | ||
Hello again, God did this to these people just like He caused those He delivered out Egypt to wonder in the wilderness and die. He did it because they rejected Him and did evil in His sight. He had prepared great things for them, but their rebellion caused them to miss out on the blessings of God. God had already warned them that if they rebelled, that they would not receive the things He had promised them, but would receive judgment. See Deut. 28:2 and 15. (Deu 28:2) And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. (Deu 28:15) But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: later...wdc |
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23 | what's the difference in these two | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12646 | ||
Thanks Bill, This is very helpful. I have thought for a long time that the four gospels were more Old Testament than New, I don't where the line would be drawn between, maybe more in Acts chapter 2. But anyway, your answer helps explain some things. Thanks again. later...wdc |
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24 | Heb. 8 and Jer. 31 | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12716 | ||
Bill, Thank you for your answers. It is clear that you have studied and understand what you are talking about. That is what I am trying to do, understand what I am talking about. I agree with your belief on this subject of the New Covenant, that it applies to us as well as to Isreal, I am just trying to understand why I believe it rather than just saying that's what I believe. There are so many times in the Bible, especially with Paul, that something is taken from the O.T. and applied to us, that seems to me is specfic for application to the Jews, yet Paul applies to Christians and I get confused. I understand that Paul was inspired in what he wrote and that much of what he wrote he received by revelation from Jesus, and so I accept it and believe, but I still want to understand it. There are statements in the Bible like 2 Cor. 1:20 and some others that seem to me to complicate matters sometime (I think I said what I meant to say there). Another example: in the O.T. God promised Israel that if they obeyed Him in the promised land, that He would provide for them peace, prosperity, and health. Obviously they did not obey and missed out on the promises. I think the reason for doing this was that the rest of the world would see Israel's God and want to worship Him also and then Israel would missionaries like they were supposed to be in the first place. But in the N.T. we only get these things "if it is God's will". If the new covenant is under grace, and we recieve all things in Christ, all the promises are yes in Him, why is that only applied to salvation, peace and joy, and not prosperity and health also. God's promise to the righteous man is long life full of blessing. I am righteous in Christ, 2 Cor. 5:21, should not these things freely come upon me by grace? I am not of the health and wealth camp, I am just trying to understand, so please don't label me. Apparently I am having trouble rightly dividing the word of truth. later...wdc |
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25 | what's the difference in these two | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 12718 | ||
Thank you Joe. later...wdc |
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26 | Old T. and New T. | Matt 10:5 | wdc | 13022 | ||
Thank you Bill, It is answers like this that keep me coming back to the forum. I may print this out and preach it next Sunday, with your permission of course. Your statement "Man has ALWAYS been saved by faith in what God says" is so simple, yet so profound, at least to me. Rom. 10:17 "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." This how I live my life. I don't understand everything about God, His ways, or the Bible, (and that doesn't stop me from trying to understand), but I do my best by the Holy Spirit to follow what He says. Even the parts I don't understand, I try to do. (For example, love your enemy.) Basically all I have is that He tells me He loves me and will save me if I call upon His name. I understand the principle of progressive revelation, that God reveals more to us we go along, and I know that is what He has done in the Bible. And I know that one day I will know all that I need to know, "For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known." In truth, I know all I need to know right now, I just need to trust it and do it. Anyway, thanks for your help. I will be looking for more of your posting. In Christ, wdc |
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27 | You can lose your salvation | Luke 23:26 | wdc | 2750 | ||
Dear rc, Your arguement about when did you stop sinning is typical. We did not get saved by stopping sin in our lives, we got saved by faith, acknowledgeing our sin and accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior. We got saved like Rom. 10:9-10 says, by believing in our hearts and confessing Him with our mouths. That is by faith. Since we did not receive salvation by not sinning, it stands to reason we cannot lose because of sin. We got saved by faith and the only way we can walk out of God's hand and care is the same way, by losing faith. I believe the Bible teaches the security of the believer, not once saved always saved, and yes, I am a Baptist by name, but I am Bible first of all. I believe the Bible is very clear that all that we do is to be done by faith in the name of the Lord. One of the other forum members pointed out John 15, and it does say that we must abide in Him to remain in Him. I also read you other posting, "21, and it shall come to pass", those are excellant verses of how we receive salvation, but say little past that. Also remember that eternal life is not length of life but quality of life, John 17:3 "and this life eternal, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ..." That is what eternal life is, yes it includes living forever in heaven, but the real meaning is knowing God. Revelation bears this out with the discussion on the second death being seperation from God. Faith in God's Word is what got us to salvation, and faith in God's Word is what will see us through. Your brother in Christ. later...wdc |
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28 | You can lose your salvation | Luke 23:26 | wdc | 2751 | ||
I need to add something to this I left out. This in no way gives license to sin. If we are saved by faith, believing God's word, we will live according to God's, by the power of the Holy Spirit within us. God gives us His Spirit, His presence within us, to guide us and empower us to do His will. We live in His power by faith that He will keep His Word and strengthen us to do His will. I am saved today because of what Jesus did on the cross, and I will remain saved because I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. God saved by faith and He will keep me by faith. I refuse to walk in sin because His presence in me draws me to Him and I follow that leading by faith. All that I do, I do in the name of the Lord to glorify Him, and I live daily in confidence and in His peace and joy because His word says He is able to do more than we can ask or think, so I know He will keep me. I don't have to worry about my salvation because of His word. As for those that seem to lose it one day and than repent and have it again the next, will I doubt their authenticty, the Bible nowhere teaches a salvation or a life like this. later...wdc |
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29 | You can lose your salvation | Luke 23:26 | wdc | 2753 | ||
Your comment "He sees us as righteous ONLY when we live for Him" is not scriptural. He sees us as righteous ONLY as we stand in Christ by faith. 2 Cor. 5:21 "for He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." Our standing before God is always based on what Jesus has done for us and in us, not what we have done or are doing for Him. That would be salvation by works, and nowhere does the Bible teach this. Our fellowship with Him depends on what we do, but not our standing. later...wdc |
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30 | Define "praying in the Holy Spirit" | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28264 | ||
I don't see tongues mentioned in Joel's prophecy. I see prophesy, dreams, and visions, but no tongues. Anybody care to explain this? later...wdc |
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31 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28275 | ||
Dear fellow believers, I have just finished reading all the post on this subject in this thread. The one thing that stuck out to me above all, and there were good arguements both ways, is that those that argue for tongues had no scripture in context to back them up, only experience, and when asked for specfic answers and verses, avoided the question. Those that posted oppositions to the practice of speaking in tongues as we see it today used scripture and scripture only for their defense. When they were asked a question, they gave scripture. THAT SAYS A LOT TO ME. My thoughts on this? I'm glad you asked. Paul specifically says that everyone does not have and will not receive the gift of tongues. And if Jesus had intended that speaking in tongues be the evidence of the baptism/filling of the Holy Spirit, He would have said so. And He didn't. I understand the evidence of the baptism/filling of the Holy Spirit to be Acts 1:8 "and you shall be witnesses to Me..." Further scripture, John 16:13-14 (John 16:13) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. (John 16:14) He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. The Holy Spirit only glorifies Jesus, the Holy Spirit, as best as I can understand, will never lead someone to seek Him or what He can do, but will lead us to Jesus, help us to seek and know Jesus. I am setting here trembling inside as I type this, because I feel so unequal to many of you. After reading your postings, I am in awe of your wisdom and knowledge of scripture. But I felt I needed to share my observations and maybe help someone like me. In Christ. later...wdc |
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32 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28670 | ||
Hello, What about this verse in Rev. 22:18-19 (Rev 22:18) For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: (Rev 22:19) And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. How does God take away his part out of the book of life? The only way I know of is to erase or strike his name out of the book. I think about it like this. God loved the world so much that He gave His Son (John 3:16), and He is not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9), so before the foundation of the world, God wrote everybody that was to be born into the book of life. The only way our name can be taken out of the book of life is to die in your sin, that is, die without accepting Christ as your Lord and Savior. I have never heard anyone else say this, but I have thought about it for a long time. We tell people that when they accept Jesus, their names are written in the book of life, but I can't find that in the Bible, only that our names are written in the book before the foundation of the world, and then that they can be taken out of the book, see Rev. 22 again. What do you think, later...wdc |
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33 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28677 | ||
Kalos, What is the point of this? later...wdc |
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34 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28692 | ||
I see your point. If I had read closer I would have seen that. Isn't it amazing how our eyes sometimes see what we think is there. Thank you, I will study it further. later...wdc |
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35 | When will I speak/pray in tongues? | Acts 2:6 | wdc | 28718 | ||
Kalos, The Greek word used for life/tree in the Strongs is G2222, zoe, it is translated life. How do they get tree out of zoe? later...wdc |
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36 | Jesus' name baptism? | Acts 2:38 | wdc | 4751 | ||
JVH, I just wanted to say,,,well I'm not sure how to say it. Thank you for your postings and ministry. I thank God for this forum, because it has allowed me to meet people like you and Charis, and a few others. later...wdc |
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37 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12717 | ||
I didn't turn it around, I asked a question. Here is another question. Where does it say that this only applies to messianic promises? It looks like to me that Paul is talking about physical promises of deliverance from his enemies in verses 9 and 10, and promises that God would see him through on his journey in verse 16. I'm not argueing either, I'm trying to understand. later...wdc |
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38 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12737 | ||
Ed, Sounds like you have a MaCarthur study Bible, I use one too. Your aswer is good, but it still doesn't explain why the promises in the N.T. only pertain to spiritual blessings and in the O.T. they include physical. Does it make us less "spiritual" then them to be concerned with physical things? If God promised those things in the O.T., why not in the N.T.? If the new covenant is better than the old, why were most of the people that walked with God in the O.T. rich and in the N.T. the were basically poor? This is just a question. My purpose in life is not to be comfortable, comfort leads to complacency. My purpose is to serve Him and spread the gospel message to a lost, dying, God rejecting world. My purpose leads me to much Bible study and meditation, and that leads to many questions. My daughter, a Bible college graduate, (I'm not, I am uneducated except for some correspondance work I did) tells me I take things to literal. I don't know any other way to take the Bible except at face value. I have to principles that guide my study, praying for wisdom from the Holy Spirit and that the Bible will interpret itself if we let it. Hearing from other people, like those of you that use the forum helps too, because it allows me to hear thoughts and ideas I would not have heard and been opened to otherwise. So I thank you for talking to me. Looking forward to hearing to hearing from you. later...wdc |
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39 | 2 Cor. 1:20 | Romans | wdc | 12748 | ||
Thanks for your input. I think we are on the same page, I just understand it as well as you do yet. Pray for me in my search. later...wdc |
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40 | The Gospel the sole means of salvation? | Rom 1:16 | wdc | 103374 | ||
Pagans are not damned without an oppurtunity to believe. My understanding of Rom. 1:14-21. God reveals Himself to all mankind through various ways. v. 16 the gospel v. 20 in creation (I understand this to mean that if any man will just look around, he will come to the conclusion that this world did not happen by chance, that there is a master creator. God says He has revealed Himself in creation, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:" I believe that every person is born with the knowledge that he and this world did not just happen, he is born with a longing in his heart for more, or something else, and that something else is what died in man when Adam sinned, the spiritual part that communed with God. As sinners, whether in some dark remote part of the world or in America, we are dead in our trespasses and sins and cannot communicate with God as such. I believe the whole passage hinges on the last part of verse 17, from faith unto faith. The righteousness of God is revealed from faith unto faith. When anyone, even someone that has never heard the gospel, acknowledges that this world and himself did not just happen, but there must be a God or supreme being that controls it all, that is the first step of faith. And I believe God obligates Himself to that person to give him more revealtion, leading eventually to the gospel of Jesus Christ. God may use a missionary, a book, a tract, radio, who knows, because God is not limited in His power nor creativity. But I believe that God does obligate Himself to that person that takes that first step of faith. The problem comes in verse 21, many choose not to believe what they see. They ascribed the world to false god's, to some big bang or evolution, or something of their own vain imagination. When they knew God, had that first knowledge of Him that comes from what God has revealed to them, they did not worship Him as God, and therefore they damn themselves. On the other hand, I believe it is our part to make sure they hear. As Paul says, we debtors, verse 14, we must tell them. This is my understanding of this passage and how the gospel works, even in places where they have not heard. wdc |
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