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341 | sin :it's complete meaning. 72hours of | James 4:17 | Reformer Joe | 26714 | ||
Sin is any lack of complete conformity to the law of God, or any transgression of the law of God. --Joe! |
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342 | fall of Jerusalem | Matt 24:2 | Reformer Joe | 26307 | ||
A.D. 70 --Joe! |
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343 | is the bible the inerrent word of God? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 26248 | ||
Yes. --Joe! |
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344 | Islam believe christ except for what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 26243 | ||
Islam holds that Isa (Jesus) is one of a long line of prophets leading up to Muhammed. They do not believe that He is the Son of God. They do not believe that He was crucified (and therefore not risen from the dead). They do not believe that He lived a perfect life. They do not believe that salvation comes through faith in Christ alone for the forgiveness of our sins. Therefore, Muslims are dead in their sins and storing up the wrath of God for the day of judgment. --Joe! |
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345 | Matthew Chap.4 verse 2 | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 25826 | ||
Joe: I would think that the Lord's supper would supersede your fast for a couple of reasons: 1. Even though it is eating and drinking, it isnot so much for physical nourishment as it is for spiritual nourishment. In many Christian traditions, communion is considered a means of grace, which serves to strengthen one's faith. Therefore, the Lord's supper could actually help your fast in a very real and spiritual way by "feeding on Christ by faith." 2. I don't know about your communion service, but the actual physical nourishment I get from the bread and wine is so little as to be inconsequential. Like Hank said, I don't think there is a specific passage on whether to partake of the Lord's supper during a fast, but I do not think that you would be eating and drinking judgment unto yourself. Of course, if it troubles your conscience, you are not morally bound to partake of it. Hope this helps! --Joe! (not you, the other one) |
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346 | Do you have a say in being adopted? | Eph 1:11 | Reformer Joe | 25739 | ||
Oops...sorry...misread your post! Here is how the Westminster Shorter Catechism interprets Scripture: Q. 31. What is effectual calling? A. Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel. Q. 32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life? A. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them. Q. 34. What is adoption? A. Adoption is an act of God’s free grace,a whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God. Effectual calling is God persuading us and enabling us to embrace Christ. One of the results of us being called is adoption. --Joe! |
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347 | Do you have a say in being adopted? | Eph 1:11 | Reformer Joe | 25737 | ||
How does an infant give consent? --Joe! |
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348 | what do you think about monday | Col 2:16 | Reformer Joe | 25611 | ||
Buffalo: There are several problems with suggesting a "personal Sabbath." First of all, God instituted a particular day for the Sabbath in the Old Testament, and the historic Christian understanding is that Sunday is now the Christian Sabbath. There was never any room for picking your favorite/most convenient day and naming it your own Sabbath. Seondly, while we are not saved BY the church, we are most certainly saved INTO a church. God did not ordain a loose confederation of Christian "free agents" who have the right to "have church at home." That is simply a contradiction in terms, because the church is not a service, but rather a body of believers, the bride of Christ who has been called to function together for the spreading of the kingdom of God. If you are not connected to a local congregation which faithfully encounters the word of God, fellowships with one another, participates in the Lord's Supper and baptism, and practices church discipline; then you are not in God's will for your life. "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near." --Hebrews 10:23-25 Can one be saved without church attendance? Sure, but it is pretty clear that one cannot be truly a follower of Jesus Christ apart from active ministry within His church. One's spiritual gifts are not for himself/herself, but for the church. When one neglects to participate in the ministry and fellowship of Christ's church, the church is actually ROBBED of something. Every believer in Christ is an important part of the body of Christ. Read 1 Corinthians 12. We are indeed justified as individuals, but we are members of the body, not able to function effectively by ourselves (whether we will admit it or not -- 1 Cothinthians 12:15-16). Pursuit of Christ-likeness is intended to be in the context of His church. I would encourage you to pray about it and obey God in this manner. The cost may be high, but the rewards are greater. --Joe! |
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349 | Parable fo the Good Samaritan - Evaluate | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 25564 | ||
Brian: How about this interpretation? Luke 10:25 -- A man asks Jesus how to inherit eternal life. Luke 10:26 -- Jesus turns the question back on him. Luke 10:27 -- The mean, a teacher of the law, quotes Dueteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18 as a summation of God's law, implying that this is his understanding of eternal life. Luke 10:28 -- Jesus wholeheartedly agrees. Those who fully comply with God's law will live. Luke 10:29 -- The man (probably elated at such an "easy" path that he undoubtedly saw himself as attaining), wanted to JUSTIOFY HIMSELF by clarifying who his "neighbor." It seems apparent that his attitude is defining how little he can do in order to gain this eternal life. After all, if one's neighbor is narrowly defined, the road to heaven is that much easier. Luke 10:30-35 -- Jesus relates the story of a man beaten and left for dead by robbers and abandoned by his own kinsmen, who happen to be the "clergy" of the time, just like this lawyer. It is a Samaritan, who traditionally would be classified as persona non grata, who stops (possibly at risk to his own safety), bandages the man, put him on his own animal, takes him to an inn, gives the innkeeper two months' rent and says that if anything else is needed, that the Samaritan will financially compensate upon his return. Luke 10:36 -- Jesus answers a very different question from the one that was asked of Him. Instead of answering "Who is my neighbor?", He asks, "Which one of the three passers-by was a neighbor to the person in need?" The answer is obvious. Luke 10:37 -- The man answers correctly and Jesus tells him to go and do likewise. Conclusion: If we consistently treat every human being who crosses our path with the same self-sacrifice and compassion that the Samaritan demonstrated for the victim here, abandoning all thoughts of our own safety, going miles out of our way to render aid, thinking of our own finances as completely inconsequential in the interests of a stranger who has never even spoken to us (and under most circumstances, would have never spoken to us in the first place), and making sure that his/her future needs are taken care of by you personally, then you are fulfilling God's law. Raise your hand if that is your attitude toward every human being who comes across your path... The moral of this parable? It has nothing to do with tolerance and acceptance of false religions (which the Old and New Testaments expressly forbid). This parable teaches that we never even come close to fulfilling the commands of loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and loving our neighbor as ourselves. The lawyer's pride in trying to shoot for the minimum of what the letter of the law states is blown apart by Jesus' shocking example. To comply with this law to the extent Christ did is something we have not done and will not do. Therefore, the lawyer is condemned, just like we are. (Romans 3:10-18) Compliance to God's law is unattainable by humanity in its fallenness (Romans 8:7-9). We have all fallen short of God's glory (Romans 3:23), which requires God's grace to justify us completely (Romans 3:24), because we will NEVER justify ourselves by our works (Ephesians 2:8,9), but rather by faith alone (read: "trusting only") in Christ's fulfillment of the law of God in his sinless life, substitutionary death, and bodily resurrection on their behalf (Romans 5:6-8). What do you think of THAT interpretation? --Joe! |
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350 | episcopal church | 1 Cor 12:14 | Reformer Joe | 25462 | ||
Some good, some bad. I think that the best ones are those which adhere to the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England from whence it came. It would be a good thing to ask the priest. http://web.singnet.com.sg/[TILDE]kohfly/articles.html *Replace [TILDE] with the little squiggly thing that goes above the Spanish "n" (above the tab key) --Joe! |
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351 | Church growth measured by numbers in pew | Acts 2:41 | Reformer Joe | 25005 | ||
Momma: You ask if church growth is measured by the numbers in the pews. According to human beings, that is often the case. It seems that in your case the number of people attending your church is on the rise. I don't know if basing new building construction on "projected growth" is terribly wise, however. It sounds a little like the parable of Jesus in Luke 12:16-21 where we have the guy building bigger storehouses for his grain, not knowing that his life will be taken from him. The point of the parable is in the final verse: "So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." --Luke 12:21 So I guess the question would be whether the church is being presumptuous in whether this growth is of God (as in a true increase in numbers due to more people responding in repentance and faith to the gospel of Christ) or to people simply liking something "extra" (neat contemporary something-or-other or the fact that their ears are tickled by something any unsaved person would delight in as well). I too am in a church that has experienced a great deal of growth recently, and I praise God that it is not because of any "cosmetic changes" to the service, but apparently due to the faithful proclamation of the whole counsel of God. It isn't part of a denomination where people "come forward," but the principle is the same. The question is whether there will be as many people there in six months' time, and whether the people are there because it makes them comfortable or it makes them Christians. You are the member there, so it would be a situation your Holy-Sprit guided self can evaluate better than us. :) --Joe! |
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352 | Empty inside being a Roman Catholic? | James 2:17 | Reformer Joe | 24789 | ||
Hello, Catrose: I would recommend two books that are excellent for examining how one can delight in one's relationship to God and make it a vital part of one's life. They are both by John Piper. The first and longer one is called "Desiring God" and it is destined to become a classic in the order of Mere Christianity and Pilgrim's Progress, in my opinion. The other, shorter version just came out, and it is called "The Dangerous Duty of Delight." Both have as their premise that we are most satisfied in life when we are doing what we were created to do: glorifying God. It is a worthwhile and doctrinally sound book which I would encourage you and your husband to read together with the Bible, which is God's prime means of communicating His truth and changing hearts and lives. I pray that your husband may become a partaker of the joy that only comes from a thriving relationship with Christ. "How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his DELIGHT is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night." --Psalm 1:1-2 --Joe! |
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353 | Is this the 'Complete Christian'? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 24369 | ||
Brian: I agree with all of them. The difference between Roman Catholicism and Protestant evangelicalism, however centers, on numbers 7 and 10. What is the basis of God's judgment? Our "goodness"? Romans 3:10-18 would place all of us in a pretty bad position if that is the case. How are sins forgiven? By grace plus merit and faith plus our good works and the receiving of the sacraments? Or by grace alone and faith alone in Christ's work alone? As for question number 2, none of these points addresses how one is saved. Nowhere is the salvation of some and the damnation of others even mentioned. In other words, these statements are absolutely true as far as they go, but this is not a statement of what makes one saved. --Joe! |
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354 | where is all men are not going to heaven | Matt 7:21 | Reformer Joe | 24149 | ||
Here's a few more: Psalm 1 Matthew 7:33 John 3:16-18 Philippians 1:28-29; 3:18-21 2 Thessalonians 1:9 1 Peter 3:7-9 1 John 3:14 --Joe! |
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355 | Lanny, What is your definition of sin? | Rom 6:2 | Reformer Joe | 24075 | ||
Probably his definition would be something weaker than this: Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. (Westminster Shorter Catechism, Answer to Question 14) ANY lack of conforming completely (heart, soul, mind, strength) to God's commandments or any violation of them in the slightest (in heart, soul, or mind) is sin. Who measures up? Only Christ. --Joe! |
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356 | Are we to follow the old testament? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 23770 | ||
Martha: We are not to forget about the Old Testament. Take a look at how many times the New Testament quotes the Old. Consider how many times our Lord Jesus Christ Himself referred to the Old Testament. We do not follow the rites and rituals of sacrifice and feasts and ceremonial clanliness, because Christ was the fulfillment of the Law for all who believe. However, the Old Testament is useful for Christians for many reasons: 1. The Old Testament reveals God's character as much as the New Testament does. Redemptive history begins with Genesis 3:15, and to ignore the OT is to ignore a great amount of the history of God's work to bring His elect back to Himself. 2. The moral commandments found in the Old Testament are still what should characterize the lives of those who are in Christ Jesus. It is the Holy Spirit who motivates us to love those commandments and who enables us to follow them. 3. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." --2 Timothy 3:16-17 That includes the Old Testament. Happy thanksgiving! "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow." --James 1:17 --Joe! |
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357 | Rapture question? | 1 Thess 4:17 | Reformer Joe | 23425 | ||
You can answer it by saying that maybe a pre-tribulational rapture is not a Biblically accurate event... If it is for real, I guess everyone dies, then. --Joe! |
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358 | must we eat Jesus literally? | John 6:53 | Reformer Joe | 22738 | ||
Jesus is speaking symbolically. Christians are not carnivores. There are several different ways of looking at it in the Protestant tradition. Some see it as just a "picture" or a "memorial" like they see baptism as a picture of something else. This is the view of most "low church" (non-liturgical) Protestants. Lutherans do not hold to transubstantiation (the Catholic view that the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ), but rather hold to something called "consubstantiation." According to CARM (http://www.carm.org), this is "an inclusion of one substance in another where the body and blood of Christ co-exist in the elements of the Supper...The body and blood of Christ are "in, with, and under" the elements...The transformation is effected by the Word of God and not by a priest." My Reformed tradition holds that it is more than simply a symbol of something else, but that it is a means of grace, whereby our faith is "nourished by Christ," so to speak. Therefore, communion for the believer actually DOES something, but there is no change in nature of the elements themselves, nor is the body of Christ physically present. --Joe! |
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359 | Is the devil a real person? | Matt 4:1 | Reformer Joe | 22395 | ||
I would suggest that he read the passages of Scripture which deal with the devil being a real entity (Job, Matthew 4, 1 Peter 5, etc.). Secondly, I would recommend contacting Watchman Fellowship, a counter-cult apologetics organization, regarding the Baha'i Faith and their REAL beliefs. I have heard a tape from a former Baha'i that is in their catalogue. Very informative and will give you tips on giving a Biblical response to this cult. Watchman's Web site is http://www.watchman.org Give them a call. They are friendly and will be happy to talk with you. Here are a couple of their pages for more info: http://www.watchman.org/profile/bahaipro.htm http://www.watchman.org/cults/bahai2.htm --Joe! |
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360 | application | Num 7:6 | Reformer Joe | 22393 | ||
Waldo, I don't know if you can APPLY these verses, but they are informative and God-inspired. Not every single verse has an application to our lives. Numbers 7:6 tells us that Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites, but I confess I haven't found a useful way to live out that reality in my own life. I suppose your could pray the "Prayer of..." each one of them, if you really wanted to. :) --Joe! |
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