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321 | The Name /One Lord | Matt 28:19 | Hank | 181921 | ||
shing - If what you are telling me is what you really believe, then pray tell me what you're doing on a Bible forum. Three things are emerging from your participation on Study Bible Forum. The first is that it is quite apparent that you feel you don't need us. The second is that it is equally apparent that you don't pay the slighest attention to what your correspondents have been trying to teach you. The third is that you lack sufficient understanding of basic scriptural doctrines to be able to teach others. ...... Therefore, it is highly recommended that you become a reader of the Forum instead of a contributor to it or at all events that you confine your contributions to sincere questions that more knowledgeable members of the Forum very likely will be able to help you with. We have no intention of debating such fundamental doctrines as the Triunity with you or anyone else on this Forum. And we'll condone no more outbursts such as the one you made to humbledbyhisgrace. ..... One final observation: Concerning your inane statement "All I need is the Holy Ghost and His word," this doesn't make sense in light of Jesus' Great Commission or of the numerous references to preachers and teachers throughout the New Testament, chiefly in the Pauline epistles. --Hank | ||||||
322 | Were Ananias and Sapphira believers? | Acts 5:5 | Hank | 181683 | ||
Edwin - It comes as a surprise to me to learn that the "tone" (whatever that means) of my contributions to this thread gives you the impression that I hold that Ananias and Sapphira were not believers. I have not said they were not believers, and I have not said that they were believers. My argument throughout, which apparently I've failed to make clear, has been simply that Scripture does not say whether they died as regenerate believers; therefore, neither can we assert that they were or were not. Please be assured that I take no pleasure in saying that it is my view that you, sir, read into the biblical text, as you did into my posts, things that simply weren't there. ...... A Happy New Year to you also. I live in a region of the United States where it's customary to eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. The feast is, so 'they' say, supposed to bring one prosperity. My wife and I dined on the legumes yesterday and enjoyed them. It remains to be seen whether we will prosper as a result, and certainly we're making no financial plans based upon it. But we find them delicious, nutritious and cheap -- three perfectly good reasons to enjoy them. With corn bread and onion, of course. --Hank | ||||||
323 | What sort of New Year’s Resolution... | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 181654 | ||
Kalos (John) - Happy New Year to you, dear friend and brother in Christ. Concerning resolutions it behooves us to bear in mind that man's best-laid plans have a way of going awry, as Jesus reminds us by the parable of the rich fool in Luke 12:16-21. Therefore, resolutions ought to be made, if at all, in view of our total dependence upon the providence of God and, as followers of Christ, in accordance with His will. --Hank | ||||||
324 | Were Ananias and Sapphira believers? | Acts 5:5 | Hank | 181642 | ||
Apollos - Yes, I incline to view the passage in much the same way as you do, that we can't justify our being dogmatic about the soteriology of Ananias and Sapphira, because the Bible really doesn't tell us. In my readings of Scripture over many years I find that there are other characters in the Bible about whose eternal resting place the word of God is essentially silent. We may sometimes draw a fairly strong inference, or hazard a somewhat educated guess, that this one probably was saved or that that one probably wasn't, but we come up short of proof on which to base anything but a qualified 'perhaps.' God does not reveal all things, nor does He give us a roster of all the characters in the Bible in alphabetical order, listing beside each name whether they were saved or unsaved. But there is no doubt in my mind that the Bible makes it abundantly clear what sinners such as I must do to be saved. In lieu of guessing about the salvation of Ananias and Sapphira, might it not be better to take care to make our own calling and election sure as we spread the gospel to lost sinners? It seems to me a better use of time. Thanks, Apollo, for your contribution. Since I agree with your conclusion in this matter, I therefore believe you're quite right! :-) --Hank | ||||||
325 | Were Ananias and Sapphira believers? | Acts 5:5 | Hank | 181602 | ||
Edwin, tell me please, if you know, with whom lies the burden of proof? With him who makes an assertion or with him who challenges it? Show me from Scripture that Paul did not own shares of Wal-Mart stock. --Hank | ||||||
326 | Were Ananias and Sapphira believers? | Acts 5:5 | Hank | 181600 | ||
rj - In reference to Ananias and Sapphira, you say "...it was a blessing for them that God took them to Heaven." .... Aren't we assuming a great deal more than the text says here? You make this statement in the wake of what you call "doing a little further studying" -- but you show us no sign of any fruits of your study, such as, for example, concrete proof with which to back up your assertion. Opinion, no matter how long one has studied about it, is opinion still. What I'd like to see from you and ebrain both is positive, unimpeachable, incontrovertible, irrefutable and biblically sound proof that these two people, Ananias and Sapphira, were indeed regenerate believers who went to heaven when they died. If you can show it, please do. If you cannot show it, please don't guess at it. One man's guess is as good as another's, and neither one is worth very much. --Hank | ||||||
327 | No one wants advice | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 181531 | ||
For years it's been my conviction that the brightest and most informed people on earth are those who have the sagacity and keen insight to agree with me. --Hank | ||||||
328 | Circumcision reduces HIV rates by half | Gen 17:11 | Hank | 181283 | ||
Jeff, you ask, perhaps rhetorically, "How close are we and other cultures to being like Sodom and Gomorrah?" .... To use an old Ozarks expression, we're within hollering distance I believe. I make no secret of the fact that I am slightly past three score and ten year old and in my lifetime thus far what a change I've seen. While it should be of concern to all people, it should not be alarming to followers of Christ. The Bible is not silent on this subject. We know on the authority of God's word that they who follow Christ will indeed prevail. But until we are called home to glory we must indeed not be slack in our work in the vineyard or our walk with Jesus Christ. Indeed in these perilous times the clarion call rings out still: "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life" (1 Timothy 6:12KJV). And to continue in season and out of season to "Preach the word" (2 Timothy 4:2). In this same passage Paul told Timothy that "the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts, shall heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables" (2 Timothy 4:3,4,KJV). And that, ladies and gentlemen of Study Bible Forum, has come to pass in our time, I surely do believe. --Hank | ||||||
329 | Circumcision reduces HIV rates by half | Gen 17:11 | Hank | 181279 | ||
Parable - A 50 percent reduction in incidence of HIV infection among males who get themselves circumcised is good news, but only half as good as a 100 percent reduction among those who engage in sex according to God's plan: one man united in marriage to one woman. Both Jeff and WOS have pointed this out quite ably in response to your posts. ..... My point is that man has tried but failed to devise a scheme for "safe sex," but God laid it down succinctly and for all time in Genesis 2:24. We don't need a lot of "scientific studies" to validate God's plan for the sexual behavior of humankind. --Hank | ||||||
330 | Circumcision reduces HIV rates by half | Gen 17:11 | Hank | 181277 | ||
A second Amen!, WOS. How I love to see the topic of discussion get back to theBible! The other -- the medical part -- we can read, if we're so inclined, on WEB MD. But on SBF folks deserve to know what the Bible says about a topic, and your post is therefore a step in the right direction. By the way, it's always good to hear from you, brother. --Hank | ||||||
331 | Homosexual are picked on in the church? | Rom 3:23 | Hank | 181257 | ||
You are in clear violation of the guidelines set forth by the owners of this web site. You are therefore disqualified to post to Study Bible Forum. Any post that you make for this point forward will be deleted from this web site. Your posts have been deleted, not because anyone is scared as your charge, but because the content of your posts is most unsuitable on a Bible study forum. | ||||||
332 | What translation do you prefer and why? | Heb 6:6 | Hank | 181015 | ||
That Beza fellow really got around. Could we venture that he was as Beza as a bee? --Hank | ||||||
333 | What translation do you prefer and why? | Heb 6:6 | Hank | 181011 | ||
New Creature - Quoted from your post 181003, commenting on Hebrews 6:6, "The word 'if' is believed to have been inserted by Calvin's successor, Theodore Beza, in an attempt to lend support to the doctrine of perseverance of the saints." .... Documentation, please. By whom it is believed that Beza corrupted the text, and what proof do they have to offer that he did? ..... Hebrews 2:1-4 bears a striking resemblance to the matter under consideration in Hebrews 6:4-6. The word 'if' is not crucial in the passage and, taken in the broader context of the Hebrew letter -- and yes, of the entire NT teaching on soteriology, it doesn't materially affect the doctrine of the eternal security of the regenerate believer in Christ. The doctrine of the perseverance of the saints, not unlike all other orthodox doctrines, never hinges on a single verse or an isolated segment of Scripture. Here is a sampling of passages that attest that salvation is eternal, that eternal life is indeed and unmistakably eternal: 1 Peter 1:4,5; John 10:27-29; Romans 8:35-39; Phil. 1:6. There continues to be are those who insist on making this Hebrews 6:4-6 passage mean that believers can lose their salvation. But if they do try to read such a meaning into the passage, they must be prepared to admit, accept and teach that the passage would then also say that one could never get his salvation back again. It would therefore become tanatamount to committing an unforgivable sin. This sort of interpretative mishandling of the passage leads to all sorts of theological blunders and dead-ends. --Hank | ||||||
334 | Isn't adultrey grounds for divorce? | Hosea | Hank | 180992 | ||
elisa... Your full user screen name is...well, interesting. Would you mind explaining how you came to choose this name for use on SBF, and what significance it may have? --Hank | ||||||
335 | wandering eyes | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 180926 | ||
Dear Sour - A segment from your post: "To me that is the most important pursuit in this lifetime. Happiness is what it's all about." ..... Now a segment from the Book of Ecclesiastes: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." (Ecclesiastes 12:13, KJV). ..... I'd like for you to show the Forum where the Bible teaches that happiness is man's most important pursuit in life and is, in fact, what life's all about. ..... And, by the way, you have registered onto a Bible study forum, which holds a high view of God's truth and a much lower view of man's opinions. --Hank | ||||||
336 | If I were to die tommorrow | Luke 23:43 | Hank | 180722 | ||
quinbenn - "Whenever possible, postings should include supporting Bible references." (Excerpt from Forum guidelines, found by clicking "About the Forum" under "Resources" at the left of the home-page screen). A warm welcome to Study Bible Forum and we hope that your experiences here will be a blessing to you and to others who use this web site. --Hank | ||||||
337 | Stephen performed miracles too? | Acts 6:8 | Hank | 180498 | ||
Yes, J. Vernon McGee has an engaging style. He was a Texan who left the country and went to California, you know :-), but he retained his melodic Texas drawl -- at least we Southerners think it's melodic. Dr. McGee had a way of stripping away all the high-sounding rhetoric and getting down to the brass tacks. He's helped me to see more clearly some passages that other would-be expositors in their apparent efforts to be profound succeeded in being merely complex, casting more clouds than light on a passage of Scripture. Another expositor whom I look to quite frequently is John MacArthur, who has earned a great deal of admiration and respect among a host of Bible students. ..... I believe it is of primary importance to choose one's Bible commentators and expositors with upmost care. While there is much that is both worthwhile and sound that people like Spurgeon, McGee and MacArthur have to teach us, there is also much terribly false doctrine that is being bandied about, and we are indeed wise to avoid it like the plague. I could name some of these false teachers and their works, but I won't attempt to put them in a post, one consideration being lack of space. Each post is limited to a few thousand characters, and an exhaustive list of false teachers operating today would require a far greater space! --Hank | ||||||
338 | Stephen performed miracles too? | Acts 6:8 | Hank | 180497 | ||
Yes, J. Vernon McGee has an engaging style. He was a Texan who left the country and went to California, you know :-), but he retained his melodic Texas drawl -- at least we Southerners think it's melodic. Dr. McGee had a way of stripping away all the high-sounding rhetoric and getting down to the brass tacks. He's helped me to see more clearly some passages that other would-be expositors in their apparent efforts to be profound succeeded in being merely complex, casting more clouds than light on a passage of Scripture. Another expositor whom I look to quite frequently is John MacArthur, who has earned a great deal of admiration and respect among a host of Bible students. ..... I believe it is of primary importance to choose one's Bible commentators and expositors with upmost care. While there is much that is both worthwhile and sound that people like Spurgeon, McGee and MacArthur have to teach us, there is also much terribly false doctrine that is being bandied about, and we are indeed wise to avoid it like the plague. I could name some of these false teachers and their works, but I won't attempt to put them in a post, one consideration being lack of space. Each post is limited to a few thousand characters, and an exhaustive list of false teachers operating today would require a far greater space! --Hank | ||||||
339 | Stephen performed miracles too? | Acts 6:8 | Hank | 180494 | ||
Hi, Jeff - Is it any wonder that Charles Haddon Spurgeon has been called "The Prince of Preachers"? This gifted man of God had a great number of important things to say on a broad band of subjects, and he had the rare ability to say them with exceptional felicity. His words which for many years stirred the hearts of thousands in that London tabernacle echo still in the hearts of God's people in our time. His prose sings. It is like poetry set to music. O for a thousand Spurgeons in the pulpits of today! --Hank | ||||||
340 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | Hank | 180356 | ||
Edwin - Having read your post on "soul sleep" and the responses of your peers to it, it occurs to me that you are obliged, in view of these responses and the guidelines of Study Bible Forum, to sort from your responses those statements which have a firm foundation in Scripture and those which are merely your own opinion and, in order to avert the risk of leading our readers astray, to label them as one or the other I'm certain you are aware by now that sola scriptura is the pivotal phrase upon which Study Bible Forum turns; hence, ideas and opinions that wander afield from Christian orthodoxy are not looked upon with a great deal of favor. --Hank | ||||||
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