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281 | Literal or Not? | Matt 19:4 | Pastor Glenn | 92877 | ||
journey_me, You asked: "...how do we distibguish metaphors, parables, and symbols?" The bible identifies when things are not literal as when Jesus mentions creation: Matthew 19:4 And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made[19:4 NU-Text reads [created.] them at the beginning "made them male and female,'[ Genesis 1:27; 5:2] ] "When discusiing creation you are lead to believe that the bible is literal? Where is the proof that the Genesis creation story should be read as such? " Without a literal Adam and Eve creation story, the "original sin" cannot be taken litterally either. Then the need for a Savior also falls so there is no longer a need for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. "Where is the proof that the Genesis creation story should be read as such?" Where is any indication in scripture that the Genesis creation story can be read as none literal? Pastor Glenn |
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282 | Post NWT of Acts 4:12 and John 3:18? | Acts 4:12 | Pastor Glenn | 92836 | ||
Thank you very much New Creature. I already knew that you are not a JW. I have unsuccessfully searched the web for a free electronic copy of the NWT. I feel that Truthfinder's argument about the use of the word "Lord" in the place of "Jehovah" is a moot point. Since these kinds of scripture that point to the deity of Christ are present in the NWT also, then the NWT becomes a tract for the doctrine of the Trinity. I do not know whether he is ignoring this question or if he is simply taking his time to ponder it. From the NWT scripture that you quote, it is clear that even using the NWT does not take away the emphasis on "Jesus Christ"! In post ID # 88482 Truthfinder admits that the New Testament applies "Jehovah" to Jesus Christ: "And Heb. 1:8-12 reads, NWT, ” 8 But with reference to the Son: “God is your throne forever And Psalm 102:25 reads, NWT, 25 Long ago you laid the foundations of the earth itself, And the heavens are the work of your hands. Here the psalmist was talking about Jehovah God, but the apostle Paul applied these words to Jesus Christ as you say in Hebrews 1:10, 11 As it turns out, these words apply to Jesus, for he acted as Jehovah’s Agent in creating the universe just as Colossians 1:15, 16 tells us. So Jesus, too, could be said to have “laid the foundations of the earth.” Yes, all three were involved in creating the universe and man. (Let us..), God’s active force or holy, God’s Son and he himself. Truthfinder" New Creature, can you please post also the NWT of Acts 4:12 and John 3:18? Pastor Glenn |
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283 | The name Jehovah or the name of Jesus? | Acts 4:12 | Pastor Glenn | 92778 | ||
Truthfinder, The focus of the Watchtower and Tract Society on the name "Jehovah" is totally misplaced emphasis. The scriptures already have the emphasis on the name of the Son! Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Truthfinder, I have pointed out that the great conspiracy of Satan is really the "spirit of anti-Christ", not "anti-Jehovah". But, you have not responded to this point. Do you agree that scripture emphasizes a conspiracy against the Son (Anti-Christ)? 1 John 4 2By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3and every spirit that does not confess that[1] Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. How does the NWT render the above scripture? Do you agree that the doctrine of the trinity "does not" teach that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are "one person"? However, they are "one God", but also three eternally distinct persons. Is this your understanding of what we believe? I am not asking if you agree with us, only if you know and understand what we believe. The bible is clear that there is no other name given among men by which we must be saved. John 3 18"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Do you believe that you can be saved by the name Jehovah or by the name of Jesus Christ? Pastor Glenn |
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284 | Only Gospels as Authority? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Pastor Glenn | 92247 | ||
seekingtruth, Hank is right. There is no logic to your questioners' way of thinking. It is clear that they want to stay in their sins. They will resist the truth no matter what book of the bible it comes from. There is plenty in the 4 gospels that you can present, but since they already decided to pick and choose what they want to believe, it is probably futile. The Gospels are built and founded upon the "Rock of offence", the "Stone that the builders refused", the "Word" that the Old Testament prophets spoke of. Jesus Christ firmly showed himself as the fulfilment of the truths that God had told to faithful witnesses from the beginning of time. To attemp to cut off the old testament is like removing the foundation from a building. And to attempt to remove the Epistles is to take away the power of the Gospel, since the Epistles prove the power of God and the Deity of Christ simply by how living witnesses have believed the report of the Epistles and sustained Christianity for the last 2000 years. By the way here is one scripture to start with: Matthew 7:26 "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: Pastor Glenn |
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285 | Problems w/ Carnal Christian Teaching? | Rom 7:14 | Pastor Glenn | 92216 | ||
Praise the Lord Radioman2, Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Since the word of God is a two edged sword, it not only cuts when we swing it out; it can also cut us when we pull it in. What I am getting at is that the word of God is the key to cutting evil out of our thoughts and intents of our heart. I don't know about you, but I welcome His cutting me as a skilled brain surgeon removes tumors. The reason I am saying this is because, when taken as a whole, the word of God is extremely balanced against sin. When we seek out all that God's word has to say about any matter, the Word staightens us out in areas that we did not realize we even had a problem. This is why it is important to cross reference scriptures before coming to conclusions. I don't trust myself to understand how God feels about a subject until I have examined many scripture passages. Remember that God's thoughts are far to high over our thoughts: Isaiah 55 8"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. 9"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. This is why the Diocese of New Hampshire of the Episcopal Church cannot see the need for repentance. All they see is a loving Jesus with open arms. They have closed their eyes and hardened their hearts. They forget that God is also the great rightious Judge that deals justice and expects and requires perfection. They will not abandon their own thoughts as the Word requests: Isaiah 55 6Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. 7Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. I am very disturbed that more true Christians do not speak out against adultery in there own churches. Many seem to hate the self soul searching that repentance messages bring. They say "you are judging! For all have sinned and fallen short!" They say "what do you mean by shaming them? That is not loving!" Well it is "not loving" to let someone burn up when you could have told them that the house was on fire! Sorry Radioman2, but the preacher in me must speak out. God bless you, Pastor Glenn |
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286 | Problems w/ Carnal Christian Teaching? | Rom 7:14 | Pastor Glenn | 92175 | ||
Radioman2, I really enjoy the many articles that you post. So I hope that my occasional critique of them does not slow you down. I do not mean to discurage you at all. Please keep up the good work, man of God. Pastor Glenn |
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287 | Ques. re the Carnal Christian Teaching | Rom 7:14 | Pastor Glenn | 92067 | ||
No, I had not read the text of the article. I only skimmed through it. So here is some of what it says: "Consequently, if it can be established that the preponderance of Scripture teaches only two classes or categories of men--regenerate and unregenerate, converted and unconverted, those in Christ and those outside of Christ--the non-lordship position will be shown to be untenable. Before I turn to some of the errors and dangers of the "'Carnal Christian" teaching it may be wise to indicate what I am not saying. In this study of the "Carnal Christian" theory I am not overlooking the teaching of the Bible about sin in Christians, about babes in Christ, about growth in grace, about Christians who backslide grievously, and about the divine chastisement which Christians receive. I acknowledge that there are babes in Christ. In fact there are not only babes in Christ, but there are different stages of "babyhood" in understanding divine truth and in spiritual growth. I also recognize that there is a sense in which Christians may be said to be carnal, but I must add that there are different degrees of carnality. Every Christian is carnal in some area of his life at many times in his life--"the flesh lusteth against the Spirit" (Gal. 5:17). All the marks of Christianity are not equally apparent in all Christians. Nor are any of these marks manifest to the same degree in every period of any Christian's life. Love, faith, obedience, and devotion will vary in the same Christian in different periods of his Christian experience; in other words, there are many degrees of sanctification. The Christian's progress in growth is not constant and undisturbed. There are many hills and valleys in the process of sanctification; and there are many stumblings, falls and crooked steps in the pathway to the Celestial City. There are examples in the Bible of grievous falls and carnality in the lives of true believers. Thus we have the warnings of temporal judgment and of chastisement by our heavenly Father. These truths are all acknowledged and are not the point of this present study. The question we have to consider is: Does the Bible divide Christians into two categories? This is the issue at the heart of the "Carnal Christian" teaching. " So he mention different stages of "babyhood". Is he contradicting himself? I still say that he would have done a better job by including and analyzing the other scriptures that deal with babes, milk, lambs, and sheep. |
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288 | Ques. re the Carnal Christian Teaching | Rom 7:14 | Pastor Glenn | 92062 | ||
Look closely at these scriptures: Heb 5 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. 1 Peter 2 1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,[1] 3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. He built his entire article on the idea of "carnal Christians" is a false teaching. In addition to Heb 5 and 1 Pet 2, Jesus teaches Peter to feed His "sheep", as well as, His "lambs": John 21 15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah,[2] do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs." 16He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah,[3] do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Tend My sheep." 17He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah,[4] do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep. Notice: verse 15 "Feed My lambs." verse 16 "Tend My sheep." verse 17 "Feed My sheep. " Does'nt this indicate "babes" (lambs) and "spiritual" (sheep) also? You ask: "Does the omission of "these other scriptures" invalidate all his other points, too?" No, but it appears that he should have found another statement other than the alleged false teaching of "carnal Christians" or "babes" to build the points of his argument on. Because otherwise why would there be scriptures pertaining to spiritual growth? |
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289 | Ques. re the Carnal Christian Teaching | Rom 7:14 | Pastor Glenn | 92054 | ||
Radioman2, This is in no way intended as a criticism of you or your Note either; only of what appears to be an incomplete article. By the way, I noticed your disclaimer. I do not see a reference to these scriptures in his article: Hebrews 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. Hebrews 5:13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 1 Peter 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, Before making such a long article, most bible teachers try to locate as much scripture as possible concerning a subject. I just cannot understand why he did not even mention these other scriptures when most reference bibles cross references them together. I went back to check both pages, but I do not see Heb 5:12-13 or 1 Pet 2:2 anywhere. Am I wrong? I can accept correction. Pastor Glenn |
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290 | Ques. re the Carnal Christian Teaching | Rom 7:14 | Pastor Glenn | 92049 | ||
Radioman2, Notice the opening of this article: "...The "Carnal Christian" teaching is primarily based on an erroneous interpretation of a single passage of Scripture (1 Cor. 3:1-4). " This is not true. By performing a bible search using the words "babe" and "milk" we get the following: 1 Corinthians 3:2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; Hebrews 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. Hebrews 5:13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 1 Peter 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, He did not even mention the other scriptures. This indicates that the author did not do his homework before publishing his article. Pastor Glenn |
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291 | Ex-communication and accountability? | 1 Cor 5:9 | Pastor Glenn | 92002 | ||
Aspiring Overseer responded to this thread 2 1/2 years ago. The question was "When or should we avoid unbelievers?". His response was excellent: "Christians are to be in the world, but not of the world. They must associate with the world to fulfill their obligation to share the gospel. Association with Christians who are practicing sin, however, is another matter. God commands them to have no association with them, other than to receive their confession and hold them accountable to their deeds of repentance. In all areas a Christian must be discerning as to their surroundings. While they might find a person who is seeking God in a tavern or strip club, their credibility as a priest of the Most High God would be severely hampered. Thus it is prudent to "just say no" to doing certain things or being certain places. There are plenty of people seeking God in more "wholesome" venues. So the bottom line is to keep associating with those of the world as long as that association will not negatively effect you or your family. Stop association with a Christian who is practicing sin, once they have been urged to stop and they refuse. Make sense? AO" How far should the church go in holding members accountable? Do we go far enough or "too far" in "judging our church leadership? Any comments? Pastor Glenn |
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292 | What does "being a homosexual" mean? | Rom 1:19 | Pastor Glenn | 91824 | ||
Asis, I just noticed you screen name "Asis" can be seen as "As-is" or "Just as I am". God want us to come to Him "just as I am", without one plea. It is as the song says: "Just as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come! Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come!" The bigger question is, "Are we taking in what the Bible says about our behavior and our relationship with God (the spirit of the word) or are we merely making a list of behaviors we must follow (the letter of the word) to be in right standing with God?" Just look at David. Are any of us any different? " No, we are not any different. That is why we need David's kind of repentance: Psalm 51 A Prayer of Repentance To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. 2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. 4Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight-- That You may be found just when You speak,[1] And blameless when You judge. 5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 6Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice. 9Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You. 14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. 15O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. 16For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart-- These, O God, You will not despise. |
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293 | simply not aware of these scriptures? | Rom 1:19 | Pastor Glenn | 91813 | ||
Megiddo, You said: ".....it's important to remember who is speaking in some of the later books of the New Testament. Do I dispute the words...NO I do not. But there is a specific context for some fo these statements." Yes, there is a specific context for some of these statments of Paul. However, there is no doubt, he gives the specific context: 1 Corinthians 5 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named[1] among the Gentiles--that a man has his father's wife! 2And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. 4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. "Now you say we should not even keep company with them...or did you quote that scripture for another reason...because if you believe that then there is no way to approach what we would call salvation for them? " Please pay close attention to all that Paul says. It does indeed apply to all real churches of Jesus Christ. You are not denying my words, this scripture is God's word. Paul deals with your concern about the homosexuals that have not yet come to Jesus' Church. Again I say, once a person has come, the first step is repentance. If they have repented, they should not feel comfortable with a life style of sin. They must also be held accountable by their church and be willing to submit to the church's rebuke. A person that truly wants God to change them looks forward to having that testimony of how God delivered them from sin. This is how we overcome the devil: Rev 12 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Paul seeks a change in them so they may become "overcomers": 9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 10Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--not even to eat with such a person. 12For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person." "If you believe that they will not be saved as homosexuals..then there is nothing more for you to do with them...so be it...GOd will judge them....so move on...let them be...and teach your children well." Again, they do not have to remain homosexual. You seem to assume that they cannot change. But look at what Jesus said: Matt 19 25When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" 26But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." "Does that sound reasonable- or will you play God's wrath...GOd's punishment upon those you find abominable?" No. God wants to change them from the inside out. Pastor Glenn |
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294 | Flood account handed down through Shem? | Gen 11:10 | Pastor Glenn | 91796 | ||
New Creature, This is an excellent point. Noah and his sons all lived a very long time. This was plenty long enough to keep the world from forgetting everything from Adam until Abram. Imagine how different our country might be if Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and others were still alive today. Image how much demand there would be for them to teach at our universities and hold public office. Interesting. Pastor Glenn |
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295 | simply not aware of these scriptures? | Rom 1:19 | Pastor Glenn | 91793 | ||
Megiddo, You said: "...the only way you will bring them "out of darkness" is by love and mercy...not condemnation..not by shaming them as one of you said very early on in this conversation." Well, what does the bible say about how to deal with the unrepentant one. We are not speaking of those that never came to Jesus, of course we want to attract them. But, it must be made clear that a change in life stile is required: 2 Thes 3 13But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. 14And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 1 Corinthians 5 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named[1] among the Gentiles--that a man has his father's wife! 2And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. 4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.[2] 6Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.[3] 8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 10Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--not even to eat with such a person. 12For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person." You spoke of homosexuals that called themselves Christians. Why do you seem to ignore the scriptures for what you think is right in your own eyes? Or maybe you simply were not aware of these scriptures? Pastor Glenn |
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296 | God selection for His protection | Rom 8:32 | Pastor Glenn | 91668 | ||
Confusing, You said: "When he created human, again its fell it show that he is not a good creator as you can see because of that creation of him millions of people die in pain, too many people suffer because of his creation (satan) and god cannot do something to stop it." First of all it seems that you are not learning anything from studying the bible. If all you can see is God as the great big failure, then why continue here? Is there something new that you are trying to find out? There are plenty of others that do want to learn and do not keep saying the same things over and over about God's alledged failure. I rather study with those that are reasonable. By denying everything I say, you are a real disapointment. "Because he want many people to worship him he dont think of the pain and suffering that will cause of his failed creation." For those that do not repent, there is some "REAL" pain and suffering coming. Do you also blame the police and judges for murderers and robbers? Pastor Glenn |
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297 | How does any Homosexual believe they are | Rom 1:19 | Pastor Glenn | 91604 | ||
Amen graceful, As you say, it is calling "evil - good" to say sin is accepted by God. It is also calling "good - evil" to say that we should not speak out. As Jesus said, What good is salt that has lost its savour? Pastor Glenn |
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298 | How does any Homosexual believe they are | Rom 1:19 | Pastor Glenn | 91590 | ||
The excellent quote in my previously posted question: "... Paul was reminding, perhaps even warning, the Corinthian Christians that those who continued the pattern of leading the same sinful and decadent life were not going to inherit eternal salvation because it would indicate that they were never regenerated, never born again, never saved. ..." ID 87221 ...is from our very own -Hank. Pastor Glenn |
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299 | Are we over stressing the need to repent | Rom 1:19 | Pastor Glenn | 91584 | ||
Megiddo, I put a question to my children. The question was, if our house was on fire while they were watching their favorite TV show and I decided not to disturb them, would they hate me if they got burned? Their answer was yes. Well, you must see what I am getting at here. Is it showing “hate” to warn people of approaching danger? Any child understands this. We do people a great disservice by coming to them and saying “I am sorry to disturb your show, but I love you and Jesus loves you too. Would you mind coming outside with me because Jesus wants you to accept “God's gift of grace brought to us through Jesus...who died for our sins.” From a previous post o Rom 1:21 I wrote: "... Paul was reminding, perhaps even warning, the Corinthian Christians that those who continued the pattern of leading the same sinful and decadent life were not going to inherit eternal salvation because it would indicate that they were never regenerated, never born again, never saved. ..." I was reading an article that gets to the heart of the problem of dealing with repentance: "... Two men are seated in a plane. The first is given a parachute and told to put is on as it would improve his flight. He's a little skeptical at first because he can't see how wearing a parachute in a plane could possibly improve the flight. After a time he decides to experiment and see if the claim is true. As he puts it on he notices the weight of it upon his shoulders and he finds that he has difficulty in sitting upright. However, he consoles himself with the fact that he was told the parachute would improve the flight. So, he decides to give the thing a little time. As he waits he notices that some of the other passengers are laughing at him, because he's wearing a parachute in a plane. He begins to feel somewhat humiliated. As they begin to point and laugh at him and he can stand it no longer, he slinks in his seat, un-straps the parachute, and throws it to the floor. Disillusionment and bitterness fill his heart, because, as far as he was concerned, he was told an outright lie. The second man is given a parachute, but listen to what he's told. He's told to put it on because at any moment he'd be jumping 25,000 feet out of the plane. He gratefully puts the parachute on; he doesn't notice the weight of it upon his shoulders, nor that he can't sit upright. His mind is consumed with the thought of what would happen to him if he jumped without that parachute. ..." http://www.christiansinteractive.com called: "Bible and Teaching: Hell's Best Kept Secret , by Ray Comfort Posted by: JoeRick on Mar 06, 2003 - 06:10 PM" The main point of the article is that the Gospel has no strength without repentance. Actually there is no remission of sins without repentance. Pastor Glenn |
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300 | God selection for His protection | Rom 8:32 | Pastor Glenn | 91496 | ||
Confusing, You said, "In your last note you quote the verse that everything happened in the purpose of God now you said that killing of abel is not a purpose or plan of God. I am now more confuse than my "name"" No, Cain killing Abel was not God's plan, but everything eventually is turned into good for those that are called according to His purpose. Abel is living now and forever. "So do you think eating of that fruit is not a plan of God, so whose plan is that? what really the plan of God for them?" God's plan was for them to live forever without death or pain. "if they plan of God for them is different why is not happened is He not powerful enough to make it happen? what kind of Almighty is that." Now Confusing, if you have children I think you already know the answer to your own question. God gives us our own share of the blame. God does a perfect job, but we do not. If you try to judge God, He will much more judge you. Even if you do not have children, you probably have infuence on someone. God does not create evil. God created Lucifer good. Lucifer turned bad in pride. Pastor Glenn |
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