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261 | Go out in the highways and thebyways!!!! | Bible general Archive 1 | Pastor Glenn | 67501 | ||
EdB, Thank you for you well balanced comments. Prayer is definitely the key here. This week I plan to attend the funeral of an elderly pastor that suffered many things through the years. About 30 years ago God cured him of throat cancer. Then, about 25 years ago, an arsonist burned their church completely down! They had very little or no fire insurance. They were granted the sharing of a neighboring church while they raised funds to rebuild. After a few years they did rebuild a very nice building. Since I am only 43 years old now, I was not up on much of the details. I was not part of his congregation, but I know it must have been very difficult to keep the small flock together. This is why it is so hard to judge from the outside looking in. Thanks again for your comments to Mae64. God Bless, Pastor Glenn |
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262 | Is anything in the bible proven untrue | Ps 119:160 | Pastor Glenn | 67472 | ||
Wow Joe, A spanish word for atheist! I thought that his question at ID 67242 gave him away. Why try to pretend? Why not just come out and say "I am an atheist, please answer my question..."? retxar really did an excellent job on answering his question here though. God Bless, Pastor Glenn |
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263 | Can we loose our salvation | Bible general Archive 1 | Pastor Glenn | 67406 | ||
Hank, Here is a paragraph that I think is not well reasoned with scripture: "There is one idea which has occurred to us. It has struck us as a singular thing, that our friends should hold that men can be converted, made into new creatures, then fall away and be converted again. I am an old creature by nature; God creates me into a new thing, he makes me a new creature. I cannot go back into an old creature, for I cannot be uncreated. But yet, supposing that new creatureship of mine is not good enough to carry me to heaven. What is to come after that? Must there be something above a new creature—a new creature. Really, my friends, we have got into the country of Dreamland; but we were forced to follow our opponents into that region of absurdity, for we do not know how else to deal with them." http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0075.htm He seems to forget that though we are new creatures in Christ, we still have the old nature that is not dead yet. He also sees no distiction between: A. Sin, confrontation, repentance B. Sin, confrontation, nonrepentance Pastor Glenn |
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264 | Can we loose our salvation | Bible general Archive 1 | Pastor Glenn | 67371 | ||
New Creature, This is an excellent assembly of scripture. Of course the question is always whether a person was truly saved before he falls away. A better question is: How do we know that we are truly saved ourselves? 1 John 3 Sin and the Child of God 4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. 7Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. The Imperative of Love (1) 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. 11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, 12not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous. 13Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother[3] abides in death. 15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. The Outworking of Love 16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19And by this we know[4] that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. 20For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. 22And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us[5] commandment. The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error 24 Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. I wanted to put only vs14 here but it was all just too good to cut out. But you already know this since your are a New Creature. God Bless, Pastor Glenn |
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265 | Operate on faith or endure? | Heb 11:1 | Pastor Glenn | 67364 | ||
graceful, This is pure scripture. God bless, Pastor Glenn |
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266 | What is the people sin? | NT general Archive 1 | Pastor Glenn | 67361 | ||
Amen Borgain. | ||||||
267 | What is people sin? | Luke 15:7 | Pastor Glenn | 67359 | ||
confusing, I am glad to attempt to explain these things according to the bible. You seem to think that it would have been better that God had not created man. Man is a victim, not of God against Satan, but of man's own rebellion against God. Man is a victim of his own selfishness. God created man for His very honourable purposes: Hebrews 2:6But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? 7You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. 8You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. 9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, After becoming a Man Himself, it is God's plan to bring us into His family for all eternity! It is helpful to look to the end of the story: Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2Then I, John,[1] saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." 5Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me,[2] "Write, for these words are true and faithful." 6And He said to me, "It is done![3] I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7He who overcomes shall inherit all things,[4] and I will be his God and he shall be My son. Pastor Glenn |
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268 | Is anything in the bible proven untrue | Ps 119:160 | Pastor Glenn | 67304 | ||
Excellent Retxar! Romans 3:4 Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: "That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged."[Psalm 51:4] |
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269 | What feature of their births did they do | 1 Sam 1:20 | Pastor Glenn | 66886 | ||
Searcher, Wow, youare right. That is so thorough. You are a treasure to this forum because you treasure the word of God. Acts 17:11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. Pastor Glenn |
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270 | Homosexuality and Christianity? | Leviticus | Pastor Glenn | 66566 | ||
Defender, You said, “Why are homosexuals nt accepted - is it true that their sexuality is a result of their genes? Does God accept homosexuals? Can homosexuals be Christians? Answer: Because of Leviticus 18:22 chritains beleive that this small statement, is more truer than genetics and science, they beleive homosexuality is a choice that can be changed! But if god created us in his image, he created us the way we are, and god love all of his creations! “ The bottom line for “heterosexuals” (let alone homosexuals) is that all sex acts is a choice. God did not create us in our present state. Our present state is with a “sin nature” that is the result of the “fall” of mankind. Sin nature gave us a selfish, lustful, and rebellious attitude to the things of God. Defender, the real question is whether we want to shed our sin nature by being “born again”. (Read John chapters 3 and 4) You said, “There have been 27'000 editions of the bible as far as i know, and in my beleive, each edition may have been altered to say what was the current moralistic view of the people, also there are a lot of words in the hebrew and greek that can not be fully translated into todays english! “ “The bible has many contradictions, so it would be worth while researching the bible, the torah and make up your own mind, then that is your beleive and yes you can call yourself christian and be homosexual if thats what you beleive in! I myself do beleive homosexuality is ok, mainly for the scientific prove that keeps unfolding, and for the fact that god created us in his image! “ If you do not believe the bible is accurate enough, then studying it is useless for you. But, I tell you that it is extremely accurate! Now the deeper question is whether we want to be saved from our sins and be changed by God from the inside out. He did it for me and He will do it for you if you invite Him to! Pastor Glenn |
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271 | Called and sent by God or just "went"? | Acts 6:5 | Pastor Glenn | 66503 | ||
Excellent. Very well said EdB. Here is another scripture that I left out: Romans 10:14How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" Pastor Glenn |
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272 | Did Jesus suffer in hell when he died? | Luke 23:46 | Pastor Glenn | 66376 | ||
justme, You are right, the bible should not be shoved at anyone, but why do you shove CRI books at me? I have not disagreed that WOF is false doctrine. I have kindly asked you to tell me about the book as to whether or not it covers the scripture of Mark 9:38-41. Instead of responding to my question you jumped in on my response that was addressed to Hank and call me "stuburn and ignorant". You said, "...Hank has a more elequent way of saying in one sentence what takes me a page to do. " Well, all the more reason to let Hank answer his own posts. Pastor Glenn |
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273 | Did Jesus suffer in hell when he died? | Luke 23:46 | Pastor Glenn | 66375 | ||
Joe, You said, "...You are likening a Christian ministry to the Pharisees and to those who hate and oppose God. " No, I was likening CRI with Paul's christian ministry and how he was careful not to oppose God by speaking evil of the high priest. Please read Ray's post here if you do not understand: "...When the high priest Ananias commanded someone to stike Paul on the mouth, Paul was led to speak out against him, not knowing that he was God's high priest. So in a sense he was fighting aginst God and so he said, "I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, "You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people." So he pursued a different argument. ..." We all need to be careful of what spirit we are of: Luke 9:54And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?" 55But He turned and rebuked them, and said, "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. 56For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them." And they went to another village. James 1:19 So then,[1] my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Pastor Glenn |
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274 | Did Jesus suffer in hell when he died? | Luke 23:46 | Pastor Glenn | 66366 | ||
justme, You said "...Perhaps being a pastor they might give you a bookand much materials! For me, at this point you are looking rather stuborn and ignorant. Two qualities that will retard your ministry and wind up limiting you on how to defend your faith against false teachers. You deceide for your self. I don't think I am making any headway with you on this. I would like you to see the truth crisp and clear. Perhaps you fail to see you have cloudy spiritual vision. I wont bother you to bring pearls up again. justme" "...stuborn and ignorant..."? Well, the only book that is really worth shoving at someone is the bible "pearls" itself. If you accept only those that agree with everything you say and every book that you like, then you have a problem. This is the "studybibleforum", not the "CRIforum". Pastor Glenn |
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275 | Jesus' faith teaching vs Word of Faith? | Matt 14:29 | Pastor Glenn | 66363 | ||
EdB, I felt that you were trying to read my mind while ignoring what I wrote. It was very disturbing. I accept your apology. Pastor Glenn |
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276 | Is baptism a work? | NT general Archive 1 | Pastor Glenn | 66332 | ||
cwade, After reading your personal profile, I pray that more of us on this forum will grow up to have the same prayers for this forum as you do. Your profile ouses with love and meekness. Some measure whether other christians' growth by how well others follow their doctrine, but the scriptures say to measure it by our level of love and the fruit that we bare. (I like pasting related scriptures directly into my posts, rather than counting on the readers to have time to look them up): 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. This scripture is very humbling when we start to get lifted up in pride. We can often stray by thinking that our religion, denomination, or great biblical knowledge sets us above everyone else. But I like what Paul said: Philippians 3 3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, 4though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so: 5circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. God Bless, Pastor Glenn |
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277 | Which teaching | Matt 14:29 | Pastor Glenn | 66111 | ||
Meredith, As you mentioned, the faith of the woman of Canaan, was great. And notice that she was an outsider. But she didn't let that stop her from coming to Jesus. Her faith brought healing to her daughter. Here is another example of an outsider with faith: Luke 4 27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian." “…but only the Syrian; for none besides had faith to apply himself to the prophet for a cure. Christ himself often met with greater faith among Gentiles than in Israel. And here he mentions both these instances, to show that he did not dispense the favour of his miracles by private respect, but according to God's wise appointment.” http://www.gospelcom.net/eword/comments/luke/mh/luke4.htm It is bad when outsiders can come to God and trust Him more than those of us that attend every church service, while being fearful and unbelieving about everything that God wants to do in our lives. God Bless Pastor Glenn |
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278 | Jesus' faith teaching vs Word of Faith? | Matt 14:29 | Pastor Glenn | 66026 | ||
dennis, I thought that maybe EdB was waiting for me to state "I DO NOT" believe also. See my post at ID# 65355. I don't know what else can be said to him. Pastor Glenn |
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279 | Which teaching | Matt 14:29 | Pastor Glenn | 66018 | ||
EdB, You end your post with, "...I’m at a lost to understand why you seem to defend WOF ." I fail to see what you mean by that. How do I "seem" to defend WOF? Before you answer read: "About Postings Postings should be biblically based and whenever possible include supporting Bible references. Postings are not to be intended as a personal attack on the authority of the Bible or on other users of this forum. They are not to be submitted as an effort to foster divisiveness, ill-will, dissension or disruptions to this forum. Pushing ones own personal and denominational views Please limit, to the best of your ability, the known denominational biases that produce potential strife and undue conflict. Please avoid interjecting obvious denominational biases, especially when urged by peers to cease. Otherwise, it becomes a battle of wills, and only tears down morale and causes division. If we are notified that this situation is occurring we will review it and act as necessary. " |
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280 | Which teaching | Matt 14:29 | Pastor Glenn | 65994 | ||
Amen graceful, Strong faith in God helps us to keep things in perspective. Whenever we get afraid, we should ask ourselves if we are doubting God's ability to bring us through. |
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