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221 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198654 | ||
Thanks for the encouragement Brother! By His Grace, Steve |
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222 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198653 | ||
Amen Brother John! Just thinking out loud here..., His forgiveness glorifies Him! It shouts to the world the depth of His love and compassion for His creation and mercy over His people. It shouts to the world His sovereign abundant grace is not equal to mankind's sin, oh no, but rather more then enough! It renders evil defenseless, for what argument does it have if He says, regardless, I have paid the debt, you have no rule over them for they are no longer a slave to you, they are Mine! I will redeem them, I set them free! For my namesake, to my glory I forgive them! Ah the joy of His forgiveness and to the glory of God! Steve |
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223 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198647 | ||
Steeno, Where do we go from here? I find it pointless and meaningless and even dangerous to think we can honor God and edify one another with the opinions of man. I have no desire to argue over God's word. He is HOLY (1 Peter 1:15-16)! And His word is TRUTH (John 17:17)! It is not mine to lord over nor claim authority over. I have given you my understanding based on His word. In return you offer the opinions of man with no Scripture reference for edification. Read again! I offered much more then one verse in which you accuse me of "hanging" my "hat" on. Am I the one who has thrown out "a whole slew of other passages"? It is an interesting thing in light of what has been written in this discussion that you would accuse me of these things. Most are familiar with 2 Timothy 3:16 which says "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness" (NASB) But it should never be missed the importance of verse 17! 2 Timothy 3:17 (NASB) "so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." Steve |
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224 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198626 | ||
Greetings again Dr. Steeno! Sorry for the delay in responding. Long days on the job I have been so blessed to have! You said "Why would one have to ask for what they already have?" From scripture we clearly see there is a need to! For the Lord Himself said ""Pray, then, in this way..."(Matthew 9 NASB) ... "And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." (Matthew 9:12 NASB). And in Luke 11:4 (NASB) "And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us..." It must be noted, the Lords instruction is not instructing one to pray for salvation. This is instruction for a child of God "Our Father who is in heaven ... (Matthew 6:9). Again, from scripture (1 John 1:8, Romans 7:14-25, ) we know we still sin! In 1 John 1:9 if there is need to confess our sin there is need for forgiveness. Again, 1 John 2:1 (NASB) "...And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous". John 13:10 (NASB) "Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean..." Clearly, a Christian can and does still sin! If we have been born again, our salvation secured (Which I believe by the way), why then would we need to seek forgiveness when we continue to stumble and sin? As I understand it, we can stay right there in 1 John 1 to get a good idea of why? 1 John 1:5-7 (NASB) 1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. In Him there is no darkness! 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 1:7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. Note in verse 6 the claim to fellowship and what it is we do not practice (Truth) when we "yet walk in the darkness". Ah, "but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship" with Him! What fellowship has light with darkness? I hope this helps clear up anything I may have confused you on! Steve |
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225 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198476 | ||
Greetings Dr. Steeno, And welcome to the Study Bible Forum... And to your question, Absolutely! I for one firmly believe it to be true! And you? Steve |
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226 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198456 | ||
Greetings Brother, If God were insulted, it would be by the sin and I would think never by the repentant heart seeking to restore a right relationship with him and asking for forgiveness. I find no biblical support the Lords instructions on prayer found in Matthew 6:12 and Luke 11:4 are applicable only until His death and resurrection and/or limited to a period of time. It is interesting that if the Lord intended Matthew 6:12 to be limited in it's application that he would comment even further in verses 14 and 15 and that we would find this teaching elsewhere (Mark 11:25; Luke 6:37; Ephesians 4:32; Col. 3:13; Matthew 18:35; James 2:13). Steve |
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227 | salvation | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 198439 | ||
Greetings Brother! The Lord Himself, in His instructions on prayer directed that one ask for forgiveness. Matthew 6:12 (NASB) And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Luke 11:4 (NASB) And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation. How can it be that it would be an insult to Him to then ask Him? Asking for forgiveness of sin is in fact confessing you have sinned is it not? Steve |
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228 | How? | Mark | humbledbyhisgrace | 198232 | ||
Yes Yes Yes Dear Sister! Excellent advise to this young one and all who read your post!!! I love it! Young and old alike need to be told this and seek to follow Him :-) Praise God He has placed His servant in the place you are to point the young ones to Him! Steve |
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229 | Predestination | Eccl 6:10 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197605 | ||
Understand! Just keep in mind (as we all should), the common ground we seek should be His truth! Not ours but His!!! I do understand your point. Unfortunately, some are unable to discuss even His word without pride getting in the way. It is a SAD thing! You would think we would all be sitting around amazed at what is before us, awed at His wisdom and glory and humbled to find even the valley is too high for us! God bless, Steve |
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230 | Predestination | Eccl 6:10 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197553 | ||
DFP, Mamre is correct in that we must accept all of scripture. All of scripture is from God and although we may find some hard to understand and in some cases hard to accept, we are never given the option of picking and choosing. It is far better for us to stand before Him humbled and asking Him for wisdom. (James 1:5) God bless, Steve |
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231 | Predestination | Eccl 6:10 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197552 | ||
Mamre, Perhaps then you could love her enough to expound on the passages she has offered as her understanding of the subject! After all, it is included in the "WHOLE counsel of God" :-) Steve |
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232 | Predestination | Eccl 6:10 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197534 | ||
:-( Also from the heart! Steve |
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233 | Predestination | Eccl 6:10 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197523 | ||
Greetings Val! Unfortunately, this topic is one that for some unknown reason to me is not easily discussed by most without pride getting in the way. Unfortunately, the passage you offer neither proves or disproves either view on the subject. But your statement leading off the post does reflect what I'm saying about pride. At least it comes accross that way! :-( I only draw your attention to this to encourage you not to allow yourself to fall victim like so many have in the past. I've watched you post to the forum for some time now and it seems obvious to me you love the word and most of all the Lord God and you enjoy sharing and discussing His word with others. Always keep in mind dear sister it is His word and no man or woman ever has a position to lord over it! When others do, leave them to it and pray they come to understand how precious it is! For God Himself said "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." (Isaiah 55:11) May His word convict our hearts and humble us before Him a people desperate for His salvation, understanding and wisdom and may our hearts remain humbled before Him and may our words, actions and thoughts be honoring to Him! From the heart, Steve |
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234 | where is "HOLY GHOST/SPIRIT in old test | Gen 1:2 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197163 | ||
Greetings Julie, Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! Would you please provide scripture reference to this teaching? " When any 'angel' comes into a story in the bible, this is really just a beautiful way to say they heard the Holy Spirit speak to them, for an angel is 'a messenger'- one who sends messages from God. Who do you think 'sends messages from God' if it is NOT the HOLY SPIRIT, Himself? And what is a message of God but the truth?" Thanks! Steve |
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235 | mathew 10:11 | Matt 10:14 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197083 | ||
Thank you for your words of encouragement Doc! Steve |
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236 | mathew 10:11 | Matt 10:14 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197076 | ||
Dear Sister Cheri, My objective was not to "shoot" your answer down as you say but rather to discuss His word and seek His truth for the benefit of you, me, anyone else reading along and most of all to His glory! If I have come across as anything else I apologize! Also, sorry if I have not been able to answer the original question to your satisfaction. For me it seems clear in the text itself hence my first response to the original question. What more could I say to explain it then what is actually written in scripture? Anyway, as most of us so feebly try to expound on scripture and end up mudding the waters I guess that is what I have done for you. Again, not my intent! However, I have answered the original question and to you have attempted to point out the answer in the actual text (in context) of the passage. If you are unable to see that you have brought in the law and set mankind's obedience to that law as the standard of a house worthy of Christ then I don't know what else to say. I am not the one to help you see it but I tried :-) God bless, Steve |
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237 | mathew 10:11 | Matt 10:14 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197067 | ||
Cheri, I’ve considered your thoughts on this but I would still disagree. I understood what you said. Again, I say the context speaks for itself. Regardless of what term you use, being worthy has nothing to do with one following the law. Isn't introducing the fact someone is worthy because they observe the law contradictory to the very message they were sent to preach? Take a look at verse 11. They were to exetazo (examine, seek out, inquire thoroughly) who was worthy. Are we to believe that Christ would send them with the message he sent them with to examine, seek out, inquire thoroughly who follows the Torah? This in and of itself would seem to me to contradict the very message they were sent to preach. For the “Kingdome of Heaven” was at hand! Were they sent out by the power of Moses to bring this message to the lost sheep of the house of Israel? Was it by the power of the law that they would “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons”? If the apostles were to take back their blessing of peace and shake off the dust of their feet when they were not received AND their message was not heeded then it seems this also would be the standard of measure used to determine which house was worthy for them to stay. Steve |
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238 | mathew 10:11 | Matt 10:14 | humbledbyhisgrace | 197034 | ||
Greetings Cheri! I don't know what else to say??? The immediate context seems to speak for itself. What I don't see in the passage is anything at all about the "Torah-observant person or household". Matthew 10:11-15 (NASB) 10:11 "And whatever CITY or village you enter, inquire who is WORTHY in it, and stay at his HOUSE until you leave that CITY. 10:12 "As you enter THE HOUSE, give it your greeting. 10:13 "If THE HOUSE is WORTHY, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is NOT WORTHY, take back your blessing of peace. 10:14 "Whoever does not RECEIVE you, NOR HEED YOUR WORDS, as you go out of THAT HOUSE or THAT CITY, shake the dust off your feet. 10:15 "Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that CITY. Emphasis added to the above passage is mine Steve |
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239 | Becoming a Branch sprouting from Jesus | John 13:7 | humbledbyhisgrace | 196989 | ||
Greetings Carol, Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! They were made clean by His blood! (Revelation 1:5) Read verses 13-16 to get a better understanding of what He was doing / teaching. The text does not allow for your interpretation. God bless, Steve |
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240 | Where does Cain's wife come from? | OT general | humbledbyhisgrace | 195685 | ||
That changes nothing! Again! No! It absolutely does not say what you have said! There is no 8 day creation taught in scripture. Simply read Genesis chapters 1 and 2. Also, see Genesis 4:1 and you will see that God's word teaches that Adam is the father of Cain. These teachings of 8th day creationist are so ridiculous I'm left wondering if your objective is not to intentionally deceive and mislead. Steve PS. Try reading it in something other then the Hebrew bible. Perhaps it will not be as confusing to you. |
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