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21 | baptism requied or not, by immersion | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 18964 | ||
I refer you to Romans 3:21-24 and Romans 5:9. Justification and salvation comes only as a gift of God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Baptism, whether by imersion or splashing (the gentiles in Acts 10:47 were probably splashed since they seemed to be inside Cornelius' house) is just an outward sign of an inward decision. Baptism in the NT can be compared to circumcision in the OT in that it was an outward sign or seal of being the people that God would reveal Himself through. For this I refer to Romans 4:11. Abraham was justified because he believed God (Gen 15:6). At the time he was justified he was uncircumcised. Likewise the believer is justified, saved and redeamed by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ at the moment of decision. If the believer should die before getting baptised their everlasting life in Heaven with Jesus is assured. Jesus commissioned His disciples to baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit(Matthew 28:19)as an outward seal to the union and commitment of the believer to God before the world (Matthew 10:33). True baptism, like true worship, is a baptism of the heart in spirit and in truth (John 4:23) Because any true believer is going to have a strong desire to obey our Lord, he or she would want to partake in the two rituals that our Lord Jesus gave us of baptism and communion to show their commitment and love for Him to others. |
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22 | Jesus and 888? | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 23971 | ||
I've heard that before. I think it came from that "Bible Code" | ||||||
23 | Is is right to call money a seed? | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 23973 | ||
It's the "LOVE" of money that is the root of all "KINDS" of evil (not all evil) 1Tim 6:10 I agree that money is not what Jesus intended when He talked about sowing seeds. It's a shame that pastors trying to biblically undergurd a costly project will distort the meaning of scripture. |
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24 | Does sexual lust have roots in money? | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 24011 | ||
Hi Casiv, I didn't mean to seem like I was jumping on you. I didn't notice that Steve had corrected you until after I had submitted the entry. Then I thought "Whops" If the love of money is the root of "all" evil then how do you feel that sexual lust would fit into that picture? Hmmm. For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1Jo 2:16 God bless you, Bob |
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25 | Does sexual lust have roots in money? | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 24247 | ||
Thank you Casiv for your response, When I'm a little more rested I will look closely at what you've said here. God bless you, Bob |
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26 | Renewal AGAIN to repentance? | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 25105 | ||
I believe what they are talking about about in Hebrews 6 is once we have been saved lets continue to grow in Christ and not keep bouncing back to needing repentance for the same sins over and over again. A believer is to get off the milk and on to the meat. 1Cor 3:2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, (NASB copyright 1995 Lockman Foundation) We will all continue to sin as we grow, but we must try not to keep repeating the same sins that brought us to Jesus in the first place or we will never experience growth. A person must trust Jesus in their heart not just lip service. If they do, then they are saved. If they are so weak in their will that they continue in sin, if their faith is in Jesus they are saved. They will go home empty handed, because, other than receiving the gift of eternal life, their life will have been wasted. This is not what Jesus would have for our life. 1Cr 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. I have a friend who studies the Bible and loves Jesus but continues on and off in alcoholism and sometimes worse. I have no doubt that he is saved. It is just sad that I believe he has the potential of being very effective for the Lord, but can't get off the starting line. God bless you, Bob |
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27 | "Once Saved Always Saved" | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 25205 | ||
When I was reading what you wrote I kept thinking "What happened to one mediator?" 1Ti 2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; |
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28 | Parable fo the Good Samaritan - Evaluate | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 25565 | ||
Amen! Beautifully said, Mommapbs! I believe another falicy in the statement presented is: "Samaritan – from a community, which was considered, at the time, to be the equivalent of satanic religion (John 8:48, demonstrates the general opinion of Samaritans). This could be compared to modern day attitudes towards Muslims." This is a false statement because there is no comparison. The Samaritans were "considered" devels and outcasts by the Jewish because they had intermarried with pagan women and feared not only the Lord but pagan gods. 57. Why Jews Exclude Samaritans 7 Why are Samaritans (kuthim) excluded from entering Israel? --Because they were mixed up with the priests of the high places. Rabbi Ishmael said: "They were righteous proselytes in the beginning." Why are they excluded? --Because they marry illegitimate women but not a brother's widow. 32 They also feared the LORD and from among themselves they appointed all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places. 33 So they feared the LORD but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from which they were deported. 34 And to this day they do according to the preceding manner. --- Hebrew Bible, 1 Kings 17:5-6, 24-34 When will they be accepted? --When they deny Mount Gerizim and confess Jerusalem and the resurrection of the dead. After this, he who robs a Samaritan is like one who robs an Israelite. --- Babylonian Talmud (supplement), Kuthim 2.7 Although the Samaritan people were rejected by the Jewish in reality neither were saved or lost until they had the opportunity to accept or reject God's anointed one, Christ Jesus the Lord. In the case of the Moslims by the mere doctrins of Islam and the Quran, they have made the conscious decision to reject Jesus as the Savior and the incarnate image of God, thus bringing about their own distruction. 1Jo 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 1Jo 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 1Jo 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [[but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also]. Islam is a satanic religion because it rejects Jesus, thus God is not their Father but Satan is. There is no other choice. It has nothing to do with whether we "consider" it to be or not, the Bible says it is. Jhn 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. |
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29 | Parable fo the Good Samaritan - Evaluate | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 25570 | ||
Worth copying and saving on my hard drive to read again in the future to remind me of my need for more of Him. Bob |
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30 | "Once Saved Always Saved" | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 25734 | ||
It makes perfect sense to me. The problem is that the Catholic church claims that salvation is attained partly through faith in Jesus and partly through tradition of the church. This places the church, the pope and all it's other officials next to Jesus as mediators to God Almighty. A pretty lucrative place to be, I suppose. Phl 1:17 the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. Since we must all "work out our own salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil 2:12) I choose not to follow false or shady doctrins put together by organizations of men, but only the Bible as God's infailable word. Rejoice in the Lord who is near, Bob |
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31 | "Once Saved Always Saved" | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 25735 | ||
Joe, What really impresses me is not how the first century church was, but the vision of how the apostles, esp. Paul, knew it should be. Bob |
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32 | "Once Saved Always Saved" | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 25738 | ||
If you are saying the apostles were not Catholic, you very correct. The first Catholic was the emperor Constantine who proclaimed himself "pontifex maximus" :). Bob |
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33 | "Once Saved Always Saved" | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 25740 | ||
Norrie, I was reading your other post about your problem brother. I just want to encourage you, also, to keep praying for him. It is such a powerful tool we have so readly available to us. God bless you and rejoice in Jesus, Bob |
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34 | "Once Saved Always Saved" | NT general Archive 1 | Bob Y. | 25745 | ||
I believe the Lord's supper is also done to remind us that He is alive within us by the Holy Spirit. We "eat" His flesh and "drink" His blood to remind us of His presents in the temple of our bodies. I can understand why the early Catholic church didn't want people reading the Bible. God bless you, Bob |
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35 | When did God create angels? | Gen 1:1 | Bob Y. | 23845 | ||
The six day period is a division of time. When people refer to the preadamic period, I believe they are refering to a dimension of existance before the creation of time. Time was created as part of a package: time, this world and this universe. Time restrains our existance and envirement it does not restrain God. God is eternal or without beginning and end. He is not idle now, one would have to assume He was not idle before He created time, space and this world. I believe this is what "Loveiskind" is refering to and is supported in scripture. God bless you. |
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36 | how can I eat flesh | Gen 9:4 | Bob Y. | 25373 | ||
I agree that Christians are not bound by any diatary OT laws, but it's interesting that James does discourage the eating of blood in Acts. Act 15:19 "Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles, Act 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood. Maybe it is because as Christians we have to be conscious of how others view us. |
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37 | how can I eat flesh | Gen 9:4 | Bob Y. | 25742 | ||
Hi Retxar, I agree with you but the way I look at it, you were not off base since the law was "revealed" to Moses but existed from the beginning since God revealed the law to expose man's sin or the fact that man was already breaking the law. "for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin." (Rom 3:20) God might have been giving Noah a little preview. Rejoice in Jesus, Bob |
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38 | how can I eat flesh | Gen 9:4 | Bob Y. | 25743 | ||
It's God again watching out for us because it is also safer in relation to our health, also. Bob |
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39 | Shall the image of Jesus be lifted up? | Ex 20:4 | Bob Y. | 24648 | ||
I believe we need to look at Numbers 21:8 "Then the Lord said to Moses..." What seems to us to be "simply" mounting a bronze serpent to a pole had the dramatic results because it was an act commanded by God. Jesus does not say that His image be lifted, but that HE be lifted (by our words and actions)so that whoever hears our words, looks upon our lives and believes, will be healed just as those who looked at the bronze surpent lifted on the pole were healed. Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. If Jesus had wanted an image of him to be physically lifted up, He would have left us an image. As it is, no one really knows what Jesus lookes like. Many times He is portrayed as a frail white Englishmen. I doubt if this would be accurate. In churches that are predominantly white, He is portrayed as white, in churches that are predominantly black, He portrayed as black. I have seen in Greek churches Him portrayed as Greek. It is all irrelavent considering God could incarnate as any race He desired since He made all races and is not a respecter of men. All we accomplish by making images of Jesus and placing them in public places is to make certain groups uncomfortable and take the focus away from where it needs to be, on the salvation provided by Jesus in the Gospel. |
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40 | Shall the image of Jesus be lifted up? | Ex 20:4 | Bob Y. | 24656 | ||
Kalos, I agree with you to an extent. Jesus did say this to indicate how he would die, but He also said this to indicate how the lost would come to know Him. Strong's shows that the word used for "lifted up" in this verse is: 5312 hupsoo (hoop-so-o) from 5311; TDNT - 8:606,1241; v AV - exalt 14, lift up 6; 20 1) to lift up on high, to exalt 2) metaph. 2a) to raise to the very summit of opulence and prosperity 2b) to exalt, to raise to dignity, honour and happiness What I'm talking about is not to "recrucify" Him but to exalt and glorify Him, lifting Him up in our lives as a light in a world filled with darkness. Luk 11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. God bless you, Bob |
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