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21 | need information on galatians Chapter 6 | Heb 3:12 | peacebestill | 209195 | ||
Doc Okay having waded through three pages of stuff in your name on ordu salutis I found one single post by you that hits around my set of questions to you; Number 165860 where you discuss the process of sanctification to around which my questions centered? So having also taken the time to read through two of the pages on antinomianism with out finding your name, although I admit I did not dive below the serface to see if you answered anyone, I find that unprincipled principle that some believe a person is saved if their faith is not accompanied by attendant works. Now, having established that I do understand what you mean by this post to me here I would have to say this to you about what you wrote me and about what I meant in my statements to you and was asking about; Seeing as how we know that one does not get saved by any works of one's own and that it is a work of God, of the Holy Spirit of Jesus and the Gospel and is a work of grace and not the keeping of the law - The work of sanctification is of the work of the Holy Spirit, and our good works showing evidence of our faith is the result of the work by the Holy Spirit and not of our own merit. Is it not so? So then, my questions had nothing what ever to do with a person being saved and walking off into the sunset as a continual sinner at all, and them me or anybody claiming THEY'RE SAVED! My questions pretained to a category of true believers who got saved by grace, of whom Peter and Barnabus were prime examples, in Galatia who fell after receiving that grace by dabbling with being law keepers. As well being that Peter and Barnabus were indeed saved and remained saved despite that fall; I was asking you specifically if you felt that "giving up grace" was an eternal result of having left of that grace in practice, or if the result was really "a temporary fall from grace"? I was also asking you in what sense does one "throw grace completely out"? I was also asking you if you think that the "throwing away grace completely" is "losing salvation", or "never had it"? I appreciate your post and pointing out opposite poles by my questions were being asked from the stance that Paul was writing to believers who got saved by grace and that once saved you are always saved... With the added unvoiced thought that the Holy Spirit does the work of regeneration on saved sinners, not us, we are dirty and He takes His time and cleans us up, and so we have the picture in Galatians of sinners who are indeed Christians who He will indeed clean up regardless that they stumbled in faith 101. (?) I am more interested in what you think than what I think, I only hope this time I was more rather clear... Would you lean more toward the Augustinian version of sanctification, or the Reformed version as described here? (Scroll down please in the link.) http://www.sharperiron.org/showthread.php?t equal sign 1207 I am goint with elements of both... Here is the scripture I am standing on; Titus 3:4-7 But when the kindness of God our savior by His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis fo deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of the regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. So that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Here is the other verse I would stand on in this; 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveleiled facce, beholding in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory, to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. peacebestill |
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22 | how can we minister to homosexuals | Bible general Archive 4 | peacebestill | 209144 | ||
Jeff I am a litte concerned... When one presents the gospel there are certain vital elements that cannnot really be left out if we are to give the message straight. I am not making an assumption here that you do not do what I am about to say, but it seems as if you would prefer not to tell a sinner that they are on their way to hell... I would think that the first element of a presentation of the gospel would be the need for salvation - people are sinners they should be told they are sinners. The next elememt would be how God feels about sin. God plans to punish all sinners with a terrible judgment and wrath. If they do not get saved they will most certainly go to hell. And we do know for certain that unbelievers as long as they remain so are definitely going to hell. So how in the world do you avoid that part of the message? If you say to someone you are a sinner without telling them the consequences, don't you think that you do them a diservice? The next element would be the message of salvation by faith alone in Jesus Christ. Jesus says in John 3:14-21 that when people hear the word of the gospel and do not believe in Him to eternal life, they have been judged already. Our job is to give people the gospel and let the Holy Spirit do His work to convict them of sin to repentance, or to shut them up under unbelief unto eternal damnation because they reject Jesus. We are just messengers, but if we do not get the message straight and have the fortitude to give it straight how are we doing our jobs for Jesus? Hell is part and parcel of the message and we do know that the Bible says homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God. How can we truly say we do not know who is going to hell? I think there are some clear Biblical instances where we do. 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10. peacebestill |
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23 | need information on galatians Chapter 6 | Heb 3:12 | peacebestill | 209143 | ||
Doc, I agree with you one hundred percent about the law making grace of no effect. Question; but in what sense? Question; if a person "wants to give up grace" for legalism do you see that as "losing salvation", or rather as "never had it"? I do not think that is what you are saying here, but am wondering what you see is to be the result of "giving up grace"? Next question; is grace something that can be "nullified truly on the eternal level" after having been saved, or would you see that as the "effects of grace temporarily nullified" after having been saved? I am thinking of the fact that Paul is addressing Christian believers in Galatians who have left off the concept of faith unto salvation by grace for the law unto salvation by works? Believers such as Barnabus and Peter whom we know were saved and remained so? Galatians 5:7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? They seemed to have been running well and fell and turned to the law, meaning they were saved for real and then messed up... Question; how does Galatians 3:23 address that "grace gets completely thrown out" for the already saved who messed up by turning to the law? I thought it was referring to the law serving to shut up all to the faith later to be revealed, not belivers who strayed after the faith was taken by them after it was revealed to them. peacebestill |
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24 | Jesus and the ruling Powers | Bible general Archive 4 | peacebestill | 209125 | ||
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25 | major teachings about the kingdom | NT general | peacebestill | 209124 | ||
dmention I do not agree with everything this link said, but you might find it useful... http://www.truthortradition.com/modules.php?file equal sign article and sign name equal sign News and sign sid eqaul sign 613 Here is a sermon on the last week. http://mynameisbrandon.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/seeing-jesus-again-for-the-first-time-sermon-the-last-week/ I think a good way to view the last week is to see how the OT prophecies of the Savior Messiah King are being fulfilled, and to see how Jesus acts as king and how His murderers fit into the picture of who gets into the kingdom, and how Jesus as Messiah and king returns triumphant over death to lead those in His kingdom to do His will and what His will is. I agree, there seem to be a whole lot of very homework questions flying around lately. Might I suggest using the search feature up to the right and top of the page? And might I suggest doing estensive Goggle searches to see what is availalbe out there? It is understandable that one could be very stumped in doing homework, but the same ground work others have done to answer the questions of those in school need to be done by those going to school. That being said, if this was not a homework question I do apologize... Which is why I did give you a real answer, just in case... :-) peacebestill |
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26 | need information on galatians Chapter 6 | Heb 3:12 | peacebestill | 209121 | ||
sheltona Perhaps the reference in Galatians you were looking for is in Galatians 5:4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. - NASB. The Greek is a bit different there according to what I have been taught. A rough retranslation could be according to one pastor I had is this - No effect from Christ who any in law are being justified, of favor you fall out. So rather than being severed from Christ perhaps it is that Christ is of no effect to those who try to be justified by the law. Not to say that salvation is of no effect, but think about the process of sanctification? When you try to get righteousness through law keeping you are kind of putting a halt on the process of sanctification because that rests on being justified by faith and not by the law. And rather than understanding that one who does this has fallen from the gift of grace that is salvation, it may perhaps mean that one falls OUT of favor with Christ, not loses their gift of grace which is their salvation. In looking at Galatians 6:1-8 the only thing that could possibly be misconstrued to mean losing one's salvation is that reference to restoring one who had a trespass? As if they had lost their salvation? All Christians sin, the point of this one part of the verse in 6:1 is that we ask Jesus for forgiveness, but sometimes someone who sees another caught in trespasses has the job of pointing the fallen one to Christ for forgiveness of sins and a restoration to the fellowship of the saints if that was cut off, or the person has not been attending. Really the fact is once saved always saved, and there is no such thing as losing your salvation. There are problematic passages like Hebrews 6:1-8 and Hebrews 10:26. In Hebrews 6 a lot of people miss what it says in verse 8 - that the people being described in strong language in verse 1-7 actualY ARE CLOSE TO BEING CURSED AND THEIR WORKS ARE GOING TO END UP BEING BURNT UP. But they themselves will be saved. Hebrews 10 is much harder to make out. But in verse 27 is says a judgment having the fury of fire will be consuming the adversaries of Christ. What is missing is the writer saying that the fires of hell will be consuming the adversaries of Chrsit. Try thinking in terms of Peter being rebuked by Christ where Christ calls Peter "Satan", at that moment Peter is being an adversary of Christ, for however breif a moment. And Peter's works as a believer at that moment in time will most definitey be consumed by a fury of fire later, at the Bema seat where jugments for the believer are rendered. It says in 1 Corinthian 3:11-15 that if a man has bad works that those works will be burnt up and he will be saved as though through fire. It says in Hebrews 10:31 that it is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the Lord. That makes me think about a couple of things and one of those things is David, who sinned, and who choose to fall into the hands of the Lord. You see it is not only unbelievers who God takes in hand and whose sins get addressed, it is also the believer too. And God does, although He forgives sin, often make the believer live out the consequences of sin. In some instances God will remove a believer early in life by death. In other instances He may do some other drastic thing to a believer who sinned becuase He is a holy God who will take vengeance for sin and He will repay, He promises to repay. How terrifying a thing to trample on the Holy Spirit and to fall into the hands of the Lord for judgment while still alive. peacebestill |
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27 | What main scripture book of romans? | Romans | peacebestill | 209117 | ||
gapeach Your first question was asking about the theme, which as someone said to you is Romans 1:16, 17 that is the "main scripture" for Romans in a sense... But perhaps you are thinking of if there is a main portion of scriptures that kind of defines Romans? In most books of the Bible the book will be divided up into several major sections, so there is really no such thing as one major portion of scripture per say that would be the defining one in any Bible book. Although some books are so small, you could say that about those books, but Romans is not short and Romans is a theological treatise of sorts being set forth by Paul to the church at Rome in anticipation of him coming to them to preach the gospel. Here is the break down for you of Romans, but like people keep saying to you, you really, that is if you are, should not be trying to do homework in here. That may be an assumption on my part that you are, but if you are not I apologize, but if you are 2 Timothy 2:15 please. The greeting Romans 1:1-7 The introduction Romans 1:8-15 The theme of the whole book Romans 1:16, 17 The need for the Gospel Romans 1:18-3:20 The doctrine of Justification Romans 3:21-5:21 The related and co-doctrine to Justification of Sanctification Romans 6-8 The nation of Israel Romans 9-11 The application for the church and the individual believer Romans 12-16 Do you see how there cannot really be a "main" scripture for the book of Romans outside the theme? The entire book of Romans breaks down that one theme by treating it theologically as interrelated parts of one whole from the perspective of 1:16, 17. If I was really pressed hard to try to pick one portion of Romans as a portion that best describes Romans I would go with 3:21 through all of 5. But do you see how very large a portion that ends up being? A single verse outside of the theme just does not hit on it. Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Come to think of it that would not be bad either, but it leaves out a whole lot of stuff about why that is so. peacebestill |
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28 | Praises Inhabited By Presence of Lord? | Ps 33:1 | peacebestill | 208776 | ||
John Oh pure joy John! Thank you! Inhabitest! No wonder I couldn't find it... peacebestill |
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29 | Praises Inhabited By Presence of Lord? | Ps 33:1 | peacebestill | 208773 | ||
I have heard the phrase round about, "the praises of the saints are inhabited by the presence of the Lord". I have tried without success, to find where in the Bible this concept comes from in a verse, or a paragraph, and not having found it in the Psalms am at a loss as to where this phrase, or idea comes from specifically? peacebestill |
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30 | Reflections on Is 61:3 | Is 61:3 | peacebestill | 208771 | ||
Yeshim There is an artist my sister likes called Crystal Lewis a gospel singer. She has a song based on this one verse and the first two verses called Beauty for Ashes on an album of the same name. Quote, Crystal Lewis, Beauty for Ashes; He gives beauty for ashes, strength for fear, gladness for mourning, peace for despair. When sorrow seams to surround you, when suffering hangs heavy on your head, know that tomorrow bring wholeness and healing, God knows your need, just believe what He said. The beauty of ashes is that out of them arises the will of God. The oil of gladness comes after mourning. In the middle of fainting if you praise the Lord He will lift you up and you will be called righteous that He may be glorified. peacebestilll |
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31 | Where do angels sing in the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | peacebestill | 208715 | ||
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Sons of God in the beginning of Job refers to angels going up to the throne of God in heaven. Many have tried to say it does not because the same phrase is used in Genesis 6 and there would be a connotation that many do not like. However, men cannot and do not go up into heaven and present themselves to God, angles do. See Job chapters one and two for that part, that sons of God refers in Job to angels. So when we get to Job 38:7 we have that the angels are present when the foundation of the world is being laid down, and they are singing. peacebestill |
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32 | what is the Foundation Gate's significan | 2 Chr 23:5 | peacebestill | 208694 | ||
smalltinygirl I only found one clue, which is not much of a clue. In 2 Kings we have a reference to the same thing in 11:6 it calls this gate the Gate of Sur which the word Sur just means temple gate. So where in Chronicles it is capitalized, not capitalized in kings it is some specific temple gate or other, which is why they capitalized it in Chronicles, it is a specifc temple gate only no one knows what the significance of it was. The only other problem is that it is not clear whether the gate of Sur was the Foundation Gate or whether the Foundation Gate was a gate where the young Joash was made king. Confuse you now? Me too.:-) peacebestill |
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33 | why did Amaziah hire Israelites to help | 2 Chr 25:7 | peacebestill | 208693 | ||
smalltinygirl It is really hard to tell from just reading the scriptures surrounding this verse you have there, but I will try. Judah was seen this time as being more faithful to God than Israel in the North. But we do know something for sure, Amaziah took a census before being ready to go to war. That means he made some sort of assessment about how many men he needed to fight the Edomites, the men of Seir. Amaziah had 300,000 men of war and decided that that was not enough. Now, we have no idea how many Edomites, the men of Seir there were, but Amaziah was concerned that 300,000 would not be enough to do the job. So since he had no more men of war he could get from Judah, he hired some out of Israel, 100,000 to feel satisified that he had enough men to go to war. What is unclear from this account or from the other one about the same thing in 2 Kings 14 is if the talents were paid to the men who were warriors or to the king of Israel, Jehoahaz. You have to ask the question at this point; since the scripture does not say these men defected Israel and got paid can we assume they did? Well perhaps if they had the scriptures would have said that they did defect, but it does not so it is safer to assume they did not and that the talents were paid to King Jehoahaz. About the kingdom split; where does it say any people from Israel defected to Judah? It says that Rehobaom fled to Jerusalem and gathered the house of Judah and Benjamin to himself; but according to 2 Chronicles 10:15 the turn of events was according to the will of the Lord that is was done so. And again in 11:4 the Lord says this thing is from Him. So we shouldn't really look at Judah as defecting, especailly since in all its history Judah was still with the Lord in more times than Israel. In fact in 25:7 the man of God tells Amaziah that God is not pleased for the army of Israel to go with him, but that is probably because Israel was not at that time with the Lord. So according to the text the answer to your question is not crystal clear, but it is most likely they were hired by Amaziah from their king. peacebestill |
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34 | Responsibility in the original text | Ezra 10:4 | peacebestill | 208606 | ||
Azure Thank you muchly Azure! Ephesians 1:3 peacebestill |
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35 | Responsibility in the original text | Ezra 10:4 | peacebestill | 208605 | ||
rolff Thanks for the link. GreekBibleStudy.org http://www.greekbiblestudy.org/ The Greek Resurgence Project http://www.zhubert.com/ blueletterbible http://cf.blueletterbible.org/ Ethereal Library http://ccel.wheaton.edu/ Precept Austin http://preceptaustin.org/ Scripture4all http://www.scripture4all.org/ The Online Bible http://www.onlinebible.net/ 2 Timothy 2:15 peacebestill |
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36 | Does this 'star' relate to Wormwood in 8 | Rev 9:1 | peacebestill | 208601 | ||
Thomas8 The Wormwood in 8:8-11 is an actual heavenly body from the universe sent by God to fall to earth and pollute a third of all the waters, as in a metor or something similar. The star in 9:1 is actually Satan himself, see verse 9:11; his Hebrew name is Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon - these are some less well known names for Satan. Notice that whoever this is in verse 11 has authority over the things that come out of the abyss. Some theologians say these are demonic forces, or actual demons, the locusts and the scorpions and that Satan, as he is the ruler and king over all demons, is the one who is over whatever these things are because of the names Abaddon and Appolyon. peacebestill |
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37 | Responsibility in the original text | Ezra 10:4 | peacebestill | 208600 | ||
Minister Bows44 You are much welcome, any time. peacebestill |
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38 | Responsibility in the original text | Ezra 10:4 | peacebestill | 208599 | ||
Minister Bows44 I forgot to ask, do you have the Esword? http://www.e-sword.net/ If you don't have this one, just go scrolling down the past the stuff that cost money and make sure you get the KJV plus, which has the Strong's attached. If you have or like this tool, and want some other tools, like Greek tools? :-) I will be glad to give you those links too. By the way if you have an neat Bible Study tools please share in return? :-):-):-) I love to study and study tools really help a lot. 2 Timothy 2:15 peacebestill |
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39 | Responsibility in the original text | Ezra 10:4 | peacebestill | 208597 | ||
Bows44 This is from the KJV and the NASB. Ezra 10:4 Hebrew number 5921 al, the charge - number of hits for the number in the Esword; 6,555 - but the meaning and usage varies a great deal. I Chronicles 9:31 Hebrew number 530 n'tsach, of fidelity - number of hits for the number in the Esword; 49, the meaning is about the same. Numbers 4:16 Hebrew number 6486 p'quddah the charge of - number of hits for the number in the Esword; 32, but the meaning varies. 1 Timothy 5:22 the word responsiblity is no where in the original Greek text in this verse, it was added to make the English more grammatically correct as a noun connecting to the word sin. The word responsibility appears no where else in the New Testament in English. This is from the ESV. Exodus 38:21 Hebrew number 5656 abdowah service - number of hits in the Esword; 146, but the meaning varies. The Septuagint, the Greek version of the New Testament in PDF form, has three hits for the word responsibility, but it is very arduous to look through the whole Septuagint to see where the numbers are highlighted because the search feature does not reflect the Greek numbers only highlighted text does. Here is a link for that - http://www.biblicalgreek.org/links/lxx.php Try using the search feature in the PDF document after you download the free Septuagint and you will see what I mean it is a bit to look through to see after the first highlight what the numbers of the three hits are. The three English instances where the word responsibility appears in the Septuagint are; takes responsibility watch responsibility their responsibility peacebestill |
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40 | What do you think regarding these develo | Luke 2:40 | peacebestill | 208588 | ||
jesusservant It means that as He grew up He grew up in all aspects, the wisdom of God, He grew taller in like any man grows, He gained the respect and honor with men and God. These are all aspects of Jesus being fully man. He was fully God too, but these things in this verse only describe that He was fully man. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. peacebestill |
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