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321 | What is the apostacy? | Jude 1:8 | Rowdy | 121488 | ||
Recently, I've been studying about the apostacy from a Biblical perspective and an historical one. I'd be interested in what exactly is the common view among most Bible students on this subject. What is the apostacy? Please based your discussions on what the Bible says about it. At the very least, I assume most of you will include 1 Tim 4:1. God bless you all. --Rowdy |
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322 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | Rowdy | 121474 | ||
Of course, I have to agree. There's no question but that this "ology" is clear and straight forward. I'm just being a little conservative than I have to be when I say I prefer to use just good ole English. Just like you've stated about this silly obsession with the KJV, it's a preference on my part. I guess I'm just a little overwhelmed by the whole group of ologies when they come at you several at a time in one post. It makes me a little uneasy. Who invented this latest ology about salvation? As I'm sure you've heard, this world of us, especially America is "eaten up" with this obsession of humanism and its advocates like to think we can do without God and His Word. It's really quite disgusting to deal with and quite conceited of a fellow human being to think of the human intellect to that degree. So I like to keep things simple in my world. Yeah, believe it or not simple in spite of my propensity for verboseness. Say, that reminds me, while I've got you "on the line." Why is that the Forum is so incredibly conservative about restricting some of these threads. I've noticed along with a few others, that sometimes these threads of discussion are restricted almost as soon as the first question is posted, without at least to me a whole lot of controversy. If the Bible cites controversy like of Grace and faith with or without works isn't it proper for us as Bible students to discuss those items of controversy as God commands through His example of the Bereans? Please advise. Thanks. God bless. --Rowdy |
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323 | Rowdy, where is your Scriptural support? | Rev 7:17 | Rowdy | 121434 | ||
I've offered and cited scriptural references in support of my points before. All you have to do is insert into the Quicksearch the key words in question along with my nickname, Rowdy and you'll bring up the scriptures from my past posts. My main point with this post is to add a new thought to a scripture I've used in the past. You and several others have criticized my posts in the past but I notice as in your post above, you cite far more stuff from other men outside the Forum than you do from God's Word. Seems interesting. Anyway, the concept to which I'm referring is "better safe than sorry." Like I've been saying in previous posts, there are several scriptures that deal with a controversial issue like this one about Grace. I'll admit sometimes some of these scriptures seem to emphasize Grace over other things involved in our relationship with God. But there again, there is pretty clear guidance from James 2 that emphasizes "faith without works is a dead faith." Then there's Jesus' comparison to branches and the vine and our producing fruit in John 15. So what are we to do with these seeming contradictions? I've been saying for quite some time w/several previous posts about our being judged by ALL of Jesus' Words AND those of His official representatives, the Apostles. And I've stated we should obey ALL these Words as being "better safe than sorry." Now I gotta admit for a long while, I couldn't think of specific scripture(s) to support this latter concept, in spite of using this verse a few times before, it just didn't click. Yeah, go figure. The scripture? Matt 5:29-30 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. Now did anyone in the NT heed these Words and actually eliminate a body part? The answer as you know is of course not. Nor has any christian group started advocating such a practice. So, was our Lord really serious? You bet. If it actually came to making such a choice; living our lives whole and go to hell or go to heaven and leave a body part while here on earth, I quite certain all christians would gladly do without that body part. So a modern nickname to such a concept as Jesus is setting forth might clearly be known as "better safe than sorry." In this line of reasoning, when the Bible portrays two or more different points about a particular subject, one more conservative than the other, my common sense tells me to do my best to do both of them and be certain of pleasing our God. But now, we have clear guidance from our Lord endorsing this very principle. Again, I would urge that all christians obey ALL Christ's Words and those of the NT writers as being blessed by the Holy Spirit. Hope this is clear and God bless. --Rowdy |
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324 | Rowdy, where is your Scriptural support? | Rev 7:17 | Rowdy | 121383 | ||
Hank, dear Hank, as patient and longsuffering as you think you are with me, please believe me I am trying to be even moreso with you. So you'll either just have to forgive me or kick me off the Forum along with the others. I can only suppose you've notice how I've started imitating the style of your post with my name at the end of every one. It makes it so easy to look up one's own posts. I'm sure you knew this but just in case you or someone else might need to know... All you need to do is insert the key words (in this case: conscience, judge, Rowdy) into the Quick Search and up pops all my posts on the subject. You see my dear friend, I too grow weary of repeating over and over again the same scripture and see the points of my posts ignored again and again. BUT in an effort to be a team player, I just looked and wrote down the best post of mine on the subject, numbered 118862. In it I cite the prime scripture in support of my main point. I did notice that quite often you lodge an occasional post, making a statement like I have without scripture. So I guess we're all guilty of being just a little lazy. But I'll forgive you. God bless. --Rowdy PS: From my perspective I too have a job to do in trying to correct misconceptions of the Bible teaching/doctrine and I find that I must obey God rather than the dictates of men. I'm sure you remember that came from. Hint: Acts and Peter. |
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325 | Rowdy, where is your Scriptural support? | Rev 7:17 | Rowdy | 121367 | ||
Tim, I do hope you're not trying to say that because these don't say exactly say what you want it to say, that this basic guidance doesn't apply to the whole world. Why else was the Bible written? Yes, my friend that's exactly what God is looking for a response from the whole world to His Word. He even addresses those that DON'T actually have an opportunity to read a Bible, for they will be judged without it. They'll be judged like the hundreds of people (possibly thousands) who will be judged without God's written Word but by what God installed in them at birth: their conscience. So, yes indeed the whole Bible does apply most emphatically to the whole world. Now of course, I should remind you that the NT out-ranks the OT in current authority as there are just a few things that are obselete in the OT, i.e. worship on the sabbath, the practice of easy divorce for men, sacrifice of animals for our sins, etc. I do hope you'll pray on this and reconsider your position. God bless. --Rowdy |
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326 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | Rowdy | 121365 | ||
I think I can say Amen to your statement. However, instead of the word "theology," I would prefer to just call it "being a christian." The "ology" words, most all the Greek words which end in "y" make it sound as if we're depending on man's wisdom. I know, I know you didn't mean to say that. It's just one of my hangups. But good response and God bless. --Rowdy |
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327 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | Rowdy | 121363 | ||
I do sincerely appreciate your response. I do also regret we won't be seeing your ideas on those other points. It should be a good discussion, fruitful and productive for all good Bible students. IF you do happen to see some future opportunity to respond to any portion of this thread, please feel free. Looking forward to a long association with you on this wonderful Forum. By the way, I went to the very first post 001 and noticed the date and some of the names of the first few participants, some of whom are still with us. Can you tell me the story of the person who first started this wonderful ministry of the Forum? I consider myself blessed to have found it. I'd appreciate it. If you need to refer me to someone else, that will be fine. God bless. --Rowdy |
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328 | Rowdy, where is your Scriptural support? | Rev 7:17 | Rowdy | 121360 | ||
This is easy as I'm sure you already knew for Jesus says Luke 19:22 "He *said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? John 12:48 "He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day. and then in Matt 16:19 "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." Matt 18:18 "Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. also in 2 Tim 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; I think there's more but that should be enough. After all, the Lord is God Almighty and if He says it once, it's good enough for christians, correct? God bless. --Rowdy |
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329 | Is it necessary to be a member? | Acts | Rowdy | 121340 | ||
The only other guidance I can think would come from Acts 2 where the Lord started the pattern of adding folks to the church. Throughout the rest of the NT, we see that responsibilities AND vital benefits come with that addition. We should be reminded of the multitude of the "one another" passages, too many to list here but inserting that phrase into the search function is adequate. That's all I can think of. I guess some would say that's not much but as I see it, God is God and doesn't have to repeat Himself. The few times He does repeat Himself is a bonus for us and even then we humans are inclined to take them apart and critique them so as to look for discrepancies. How sad? Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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330 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | Rowdy | 121338 | ||
Tim, Hank, Mammapbs and BradK and anyone else who believes in this philosophy of salavation through Grace only, without works or being fruitful in God's vineyard, please explain to me the following. 1) First of all, why bother to participate on the Forum? Why not just kick back and enjoy life? Take a vacation and count your blessings. Sure, go to worship when you can and it's convenient to you but no real sweat there either. You've been guaranteed your Home in Heaven, right? 2) Please expalin to me the reconciliation of the parable of Jesus with the story of the vine and His being the branch AND your NOT being fruitful in contrast to the scriptures. 3) Please explain to me how you plan to prove to Christ, to God or to anyone else including Judgment Day IF you're NOT fruitful as shown in John 15:8. 4) What was Christ talking about in Rev 2:10 by our being faithful? Wonder if one of you is NOT faithful sometime in the future, what then? How is this guarantee fulfilled then? 5) Finally, how do you plan to get around the fact that we'll all be judged by ALL of Words of Christ AND ALL of the Words of His official representatives, as written down in the NT? There are other questions but believe it or not, I'm trying to restrain myself. Please explain these answers to these questions as I've asked before with scriptures in support. I'd really appreciate it and God bless all of you. --Rowdy |
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331 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121313 | ||
I can only remind you of a few things I didn't include in my previous post. In spite of all the bad stuff Christ went through, there was one single thing that made Him angry and that was the abuse of His Father's Temple so we should align ourselves with our Lord's priorities. Further we can gather much from his parable in Matt 13. There the Lord provides one of His most famous parables about the wheat and the tares growing up together AND He provides a bonus, His very own interpretation so we can't possibly misunderstand. We really must remember that God's Word is subject to interpretation and some people focus on those scriptures that emphasize Grace. Yes, I tend to agree with you on this subject but we must let God's Truths seep into other people's consciences at their own rate of speed. One more point and I'll hush. God's Word is a sword and its power to divide right and wrong should be used judiciously. We also should remember Jesus' last reaction when one of His disciples drew a sword in His prescence. He had Peter put the sword away and healed his victim's ear. God's Word reveals itself to people when they open both their hearts and minds. Our job is to just keep showing God's Truths in our lives so as to reflect that about which they're reading. I do hope you'll reconsider about your position. Usually, it's the bigger person in such a scenario to realize their need to be more like God and be patient like our Father in Heaven. But regardless of your decision or that of the Forum, I pray for God's richest blessings on you during this phase of your life. --Rowdy |
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332 | i dont understand | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121256 | ||
You might say it can be compared to washing and re-washing our soul and our conscience in the cleansing blood of our Lord, like that depicted in the Jewish practice of sacrificing animals. His blood and God's Grace is the ONLY thing that can possibly enable you, me and the rest of the world go to Heaven. I'm inferring a lot from the last four words, "but not all of you." But there again, it could be the Lord's main point here in this story is a simple demonstration of His INFINITE humility. Savior of the whole world about to go through the most horrible event in His entire existance, be separated from His Father and take on the sins of the whole world, a world that doesn't love or even like Him. And He takes time out to wash these guys' feet. What a God!! What humility!! What do you think it means? God bless. --Rowdy PS: I seem to always forget...Welcome to the Forum. Good to have you on board. |
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333 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121255 | ||
As a friend, I would only encourage you to consider Hank's words as wise counsel. I read the post in question and it does seem you've come down a little harder than is warrented. When I re-read how incredibly patient our Lord was with his disciples, even after He went to the cross, dying for THEIR sins (as well as yours and mine) these disciples still wanted to make Him an earthly King. So you can see that all of us humans need a great amount of patience and forebearance (that means bear up under). I'm quite certain there are some things in your life of which the Lord is quite ashamed just like there is in my life. It's absolutely ONLY by the Grace of God that any of us make it to Heaven. I don't think any of us even come close to the righteousness as exhibited by Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Melchazidek, the Apostles or any of the other heros in the Bible. Personnaly, I think it's literally impossible because of all the modern distractions of our progressively sinful world, but that's just my opinion. Finally, I would urge you to pray and see if God endorses mine AND Hank's words. I feel sure you'll end up regretting saying those words. I know I did, after the few words of anger and frustration I've posted. I do enjoy sparring with ALL of the Forum's participants, including you so I don't want to see you go. I do hope this message helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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334 | A man of God? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 121253 | ||
I would have to let you be the expert on capitalization of key words throughout the Bible, as you've devoted a rather large amount of your time and effort to the subject. I'm afraid I'll just continue being a student and hopefully a man of God as best I can. Again, I rely heavily on God's Grace as most all of us do. For that I am so eternally grateful. But you do give one pause to think and consider. God bless you, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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335 | meaning of according to the flesh? | Rom 8:13 | Rowdy | 121238 | ||
I'm sorry, I didn't do a very good job of reviewing your post and see your second question. The answer is very clear from the Bible. God's Word teaches very clearly in Acts 8 that christians can sin often in their lives and must repent to maintain the fellowship with God as cited in 1 John 1. We must be faithful till death as cited in Rev 2:10. You'll get a wide variety of opinions on this subject but I would urge you to study ALL of God's Word and don't take a chance on an innovative interpretation of God's Word. God will judge us on Judgment Day by ALL of the Words contained in the WHOLE NT, as per Jesus and His authorized representatives, the Apostles. Again, study all of this topic by inserting the key words in the search function on the right of your screen for a complete, balanced picture of God's Will on the subject. God bless. --Rowdy |
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336 | meaning of according to the flesh? | Rom 8:13 | Rowdy | 121231 | ||
To me, it simply means to give more thought to the ways of the world which leans to temptation to sin moreso than to "think on Heavenly things" as encouraged by the whole Bible. A person who suspects they're thinking too much on the flesh must devote him/herself to reading and studying (two very different approaches) of God's Word AND they must increase their prayer life. It's also a good idea to spend as much as possible of your personal time with christians instead of spending it with unbelievers. This close association with christians will increase the tendancy to repeat visually what we're reading about in our Bibles. That's why it's so vital to be a part of God's family and planted in a congregation and faithfully attend meetings and fellowships together. I know this so very well because I've tried both and failed miserably at the art of spending time with unbelievers with the intent that I would rub off on them. Instead the great tendancy is they rub off on us. We must see ourselves as "sanctified by God, a royal priesthood." That means we're set apart from the world; we're still in the world but we should see ouselves as not being of this world but transform ourselves by renewing our mind by reading over and over again God's Word. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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337 | A man of God? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 121226 | ||
In answer to your question, I like to think we can be united but only with much prayer, discussion and a whole lot study of God's Word. As you know so well, there's a tremendous amount of diversity in this, our God's world and we all are naturally and humanly inclined toward our own way so we must see ourselves as seeing things God's Way. Now the toughest thing for us as His children is which things/topics in the Bible to agree on and which of those are left for us as options. That's the 100 billion dollar question or some other huge unimagineable sum. I'm glad we can agree on this topic and you did bring up some excellent additional points. God bless you, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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338 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121222 | ||
Thanks for the encouragement. I just count myself as a broken vessel, kept together only by the Grace of God, and part of a great team here on the Forum. God bless. --Rowdy |
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339 | Church requirements for helping others? | Gal 6:10 | Rowdy | 121205 | ||
I've been reading your original question and most of the responses which have been pretty good advice. If you'll take some advice from this old man, I'd suggest that you allow all these words settle into your mind and try to mellow out. Yes, I have to agree with you, most kids in America seem to not know what good manners are all about; they also seem to suffer from a lack of responsibility and respect for their elders. But when you've lived a few more years after your own kids break your heart a couple of times with some big mistakes, kids who you thought were raised with more sense than that, you'll grow a little more mellow. I used to be quite the strong believer in discipline but nowadays I don't know what I'd do what with the fact you can land in jail if you spank your kids in public, something I did when it was needed. Thankfully, our world even here in America comes and goes in cycles and hopefully the pendulum is swinging back toward God. (I pray that it does.) Meanwhile, I can only cite the fact in our congregation, we're having similar problems with unruly kids and neglegent parents so we talk about it at men's meetings and resolve to strive for improvement. Yes, God expects us to grow, even us grown-ups but it's amazing He's so patient, kind and willing to let us do this growing up at our speed. He still forgives us even when we mess up our lives something just awful. So the least we can do is forgive our fellow man when they let their kids go and be kids for a little while longer. I would recommend that you go back and re-read 1 Cor 13 and remember all the mistakes and stupid things you've done in your life, maybe even thank your parents for not killing you like they may have been tempted. If in your case, the kids really are getting out of hand, I can only suggest your bringing it up somehow in discussions with the whole congregation BUT with the kind of love as cited in that 1 Cor 13. Hopefully, you'll win some friends who will agree with you, especially if it's as bad as you say it is. But you'll also run into some hardheads who love to spoil kids a little too much. Remind them of 1 Cor 14:40 which really should apply to almost everything in our lives. Well, I've said enough, probably more than enough but God bless you in your struggle to grow and mature in Christ. --Rowdy |
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340 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121173 | ||
But we do know how to repent to the best of our ability and clear our conscience as best we can, leaving the rest to the Grace of God. I acknowledge all the scriptures that have been given but I must admit, as I've stated before I believe Jesus is going to judge us all by ALL of the Words of the NT. This includes the verses from 1 John 1, Rev 2:10 and 2 Pet 2:22. We enjoy all the benefits as you, Hank and BradK have mentioned if we comply with these other verses as we can't escape them on Judgment Day. Hank, I'm sorry that you see this as being a never ending wash cycle. But how in the world do you think anybody here on earth could possibly qualify for something as good as Heaven otherwise? God bless. --Rowdy |
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