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381 | forgiven without repenting? | Eph 4:32 | jlhetrick | 156624 | ||
Hi Mike, I agree with Lionheart and Doc. The willingness to forgive a brother is a result of the condition of your own heart and should not depend on the willingness or actions of your brother. As Doc pointed out: “God Himself, and the Lord Jesus Christ, set the example of extending forgiveness to us before we ever get around to being repentant.†This statement represents the awesomeness of God’s grace, that He was willing to extend forgiveness to us even while we were still sinners. In fact, it is because of this that we are able and do repent. When faced with this fullness of grace and love we are compelled to respond in some way. Regardless of how we respond, by repenting or continuing in our sin, it has no effect on God’s character. It doesn’t lessen or minimize His grace nor His love. Sometimes we may hesitate to extend forgiveness because we fear the other will not repent or even accept our forgiveness. Pride is one reason we might deal with it in this way. But if God waited on us to repent before offering forgiveness, this gift of grace would a) depend on us and not God, and b) possibly never happen in the first place. So with grace and love offer forgiveness to your brother and in that same grace and love, be patient with him as he decides how to respond. Jeff |
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382 | husband chosing his wife over all else? | Eph 5:25 | jlhetrick | 181197 | ||
Hello Frank, Nowhere. The bible doesn't teach that. When a husband and wife have children, they are responsible for the welfare of those children and for bringing them up in the ways of the Lord. A husband is responsible for taking care of his family, not choosing between them. Why would you ask? Hope this helps, Jeff |
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383 | Hebrews 2:1-4 | Phil 1:6 | jlhetrick | 232063 | ||
The simple answer is God. See Philippians 1:6 | ||||||
384 | should be the kind that was shown us byj | Phil 2:5 | jlhetrick | 183769 | ||
Hello GHellen, What translation are you reading from? In none of the translation I checked did I find the word "should". NASB "Have this attitude... KJV and NKJV "Let this mind be in you..." ESV "Have this mind among yourselves...." HCSB "Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus" I searched other translations as well and didn't find the word "should".. ? Jeff |
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385 | should be the kind that was shown us byj | Phil 2:5 | jlhetrick | 183770 | ||
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386 | Had God allowed Jesus to sin would He be | Phil 2:7 | jlhetrick | 170384 | ||
Hello saint-george, Even a basic understanding of scripture will reveal that Jesus did not "give up His diety". Jesus was and is God. He has always been and will always be God. In the incarnation, Jesus did not give up His diety. He continued to be God. What He did, was to give up His "glory" for a time. If you do a basic study of Christ incarnate, you will see that the scriptures affirm that He continued to posses all of the attributes of God. The scriptures declare His full diety, even during the time on earth as a man. some examples to get you started: Eternality: John 8:58 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am. ASV (see also John 17:5 Omnipresence: Matt 28:20 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. ASV (See also Matt 18: 20) Omniscience: John 4:29 29 Come, see a man, who told me all things that (ever) I did: can this be the Christ? ASV (see Matt 16:21, Luke 6:8, Luke 11:17) Omnipotence: Matt 28:18 18 And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. ASV (also see Mark 5:11-15, John 11:38-44). Hope this helps, Jeff |
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387 | Sanctification when and how? | Phil 2:10 | jlhetrick | 198469 | ||
LJ777- Generally speaking "sanctification"refers to the process through which God makes a believer "holy". I can't say for sure when the process begins but again speaking generally it is safe to say that it is underway at the time a person is saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Of course, if we were to get very detailed and specific (which time and space doesn't allow for here) we can consider that working of God that is occurring prior to that point in time when He ultimately causes our will to agree with His resulting in our being justified in Chirst. Because the process is entirely the work of God, it is not something we can "stop" and "start" over again. That is, God is in complete control of it and sanctification is accomplished independently of our own efforts. Put simply, I can do nothing to make myself holy and neither can I do anything to ultimately frustrate God's decision and working in me to make me holy. Finally though, I do understand the referenced passage, Phil 2:10-16 to suggest that we can frustrate the process when we willfully disobey God; that is to say we can make the process more troublesome for ourselves through disobedience. In verse 12 where Paul commands to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" he is careful to explain in the same sentence that it is actually God Himself who is doing the work. The fear and trembling, as I understand it, is the caution to always seek God's will and cooperate with His plan and guidance. Otherwise, we find ourselves out of His will and in need of correction and discipline, Rev 3:19 for example. Try doing a word search in the "Search" box in the upper right of your screen. Try searching topics including "sanctification" and "justification". Hope this was helpful as my lunch break is nearly over. God bless, Jeff |
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388 | philippians 3 | Phil 3:10 | jlhetrick | 184037 | ||
Hello PJ, Welcome to the Forum and I hope you don't mind my shortening your handle :) I'm assuming you read the verse in context of it's surrounding verses and chapter :) The question was answered very well by Paul in my opinion. First of all, the "importance" of Paul knowing Christ was and is the same as it is for every believer. Without knowing Him as personal saviour Paul, you, me, and everyone else is eternally lost. As for what Paul had to "do" that too is the same for each of us. Paul had to believe. The problem with the explanation though is in the language. We say Paul had to believe as though this was an effort of Paul's doing that resulted in his knowing Christ as Saviour. So we are guilty of misguiding others when we attempt to simplify it in this way. Paul certainly did give a a whole lot in coming to know Christ. A whole lot of "rubbish" as he himself put it (v8). But this giving up did not RESULT in his coming to know Christ, but rather, his coming to know Christ resulted in his GIVING UP the customs and rituals of religion. As for "choosing" this, it's debatable but I'm of the opinion not. The Bible teaches that God is sovereign and that He chooses us, not the other way around. It is His efforts and the work that He does through His Spirit that calls us to Himself and allows us to "know" Him. We do not even have the capacity within us to believe outside of it being given to us. Nothing at all that we can do can effect that. If salvation is through faith in Christ, and that faith depended on my choices and/or efforts, well that would be salvation by works which the Bible clearly denies. See verse 9 Paul teaches that righteousness "comes from God on the basis of faith". And that faith is in Jesus Christ. Then there is the tendency to think or believe that we have the responsibility of mustering up enough faith. But Paul, earlier in the same letter, clearly teaches that even that faith through which we believe is not that of our own, but given us by God. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;" (Eph 2:8) NASB Hope this helps and God bless, Jeff |
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389 | philippians 3 | Phil 3:10 | jlhetrick | 184040 | ||
Hello again PJ, You may get some longer explanations but let me quickly refer you to the verse your question concerns (I'm at lunch and don't have a lot of time right now). I believe you are on the right track with your question and I believe the answer is yes and yes or perhaps better stated... both. In the verse you ask about Paul, I believe, states clearly the answer to your question. To my knowledge and understanding, the Bible only has one teaching regarding the "power of His resurrection" that is salvation for the believer. So Paul is talking about salvation. Paul goes on to say "...AND the fellowship of His suffering, BEING CONFORMED TO HIS DEATH" (emphasis added) I believe this to be Paul's reference to what is kown as "sanctification". That is, the process that is worked in us by the Holy Spirit as He conforms us to the image of Christ. We still need look no further than this book for the answer. Phil 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. (NASB) Hope this helps, Jeff |
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390 | preventing us from an abundant life | Phil 4:11 | jlhetrick | 181314 | ||
Hello Susan, Welcome to the Forum, To my understanding, the Scripture doesn't teach that we have "abundant life" but rather "life" and through Christ, "life more abundantly". John 10:10 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. KJV We have to be careful in how we understand the words. You might say it's just semantics, but it's really more than that. My understanding of "life more abundantly" speaks first of eternal life. It is true also that our life on earth, after our conversion, is much more abundant. The peace and assurance of knowing God personally is the best example in my opinion. Others too might argue that this "life more abundantly" includes (some even argue refers to) material things. This teaching, however, is contrary to the contextual teaching of Scripture. Of course God does bless some with material possessions, and so does the world and it's ruler lavish material goods on the unsaved. The Scriptures also teach that the Lord blesses the righteous and the unrighteous with material needs (Matt 5:45) With some, it's difficult if not impossible to know which camp they call home. A very good example of one who had life more abundantly after being saved is that of the Apostle Paul. Materially it is plain that he was basically poor and living hand-to-mouth. Spiritually, his abundant wealth has reached for nearly two thousand years and counting. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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391 | Authority to Ask God for One's Needs | Phil 4:19 | jlhetrick | 172155 | ||
Hello Kalos, A thought provoking question. I'm not necessarily comfortable with the wording. "authority" and "freely" seem to suggest a tone of "Word of Faith". The bible gives good examples of the proper attitude of prayer as well as those where one's prayers may be answered with a NO. To begin with, as you know of course, all request should be with an attitude of understanding that God's will should (not to mention will) prevail over our own. Romans 1:9-10 (NASB95) 1:9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you, 10 always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you." Paul is very much aware here that his prayer may or may not be answered, "if perhaps now at last".. And of course, the most famous prayer spoken by our Lord as he taught the desciples made a point to stipulate... "Matthew 6:10 (NASB95) 6:10 'Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. What we want, and even what we think we need, will not always be in the will of God. Paul certainly learned to appreciate this. 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 (NASB95) 12:7 Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me." Often people will quote a very famous verse James 1:6 and use it to argue that we can ask for anything and receive it if only we do not doubt. James 1:6 (NASB95) 1:6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. But they fail to render it in context with Scripture as a whole. I will leave it at that for now and watch the replies of others. Thanks for helping us to think, Jeff |
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392 | where is God was pleased w/ Jesus' cruxi | Colossians | jlhetrick | 238636 | ||
Start reading in Colossians 1:13 | ||||||
393 | want your opionion | 1 Thess 4:15 | jlhetrick | 209363 | ||
Jack, not trying to be short here... opinions offer very little and regarding this topic really nothing at all that would be positive. Jesus gave two important teachings on this. Azure quoted one... No one knows. The other can be found in the book of Matthew as well. There will be signs. Opinion doesn't count... so what do we know? We know we don't know when. We know today is closer than yesterday was. We know that we need to be prepared. No one is trying to shut you down regarding your question, it's just that these topics come up from time to time; and in this format they are never beneficial and almost always problematic. There is literally so much to know and learn from what Scripture does say that it's hard to imagine that we would spend time speculating on what it doesn't. Don't get me wrong, I've done it as many here have. It's just that I wish I had the time back to do all over again. I would immerse myself in what's there and hopefully head down fewer bunny trails. God Bless, Jeff |
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394 | Will there be a partial rapture? | 1 Thess 4:17 | jlhetrick | 153388 | ||
Hi Kalos, I do not believe in a “partial rapture”. I have never heard this taught and do not find anything in scripture to support it. Rom 10:9 (KJV) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. We are not saved by our faithfulness but by what we have faith in and therefore believe. Furthermore, we don’t even posses the "faith" to believe in and of ourselves. In other words, we can not produce that faith. It is God who gives us the faith through which we are capable of believing in the first place. Rom 12:3 (KJV) For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. So: 1) we are saved when believing in Jesus Christ for salvation. 2) this believing comes through faith. 3) this faith is not of ourselves but given by God “in measure” (so that no man can boast of it). Therefore, I do not believe there is such thing as an “unfaithful” Christian. If one is a true Christian one has believed and confessed Jesus Christ through faith given him/her by God. This faithfulness from God is sufficient Jeff |
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395 | Power of Michael the Archangel? | 2 Thess 2:7 | jlhetrick | 181097 | ||
Hello Brian, Just a quick question while your waiting for Kalos. Wouldn't it be "in the name of the Lord" that Michael the archangel would do any and all rebuking? I couldn't imagine the angel using any other name to position his authority. Just curious by your question, Jeff |
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396 | Conflict between business and pastor | 2 Thess 3:8 | jlhetrick | 182701 | ||
Hello Brian, Your question can only be answered out of personal opinion, I don't think you can qualify your position at all with scripture. Some are capable of much more than others. Some have the energy, drive, motivation, focus, and discipline to accomplish more in a day than some might in two or three days. If you know of a man who is both pastoring a church and running a full-time business you might have a good opportunity to serve the Lord through stepping up and doing more to support him. Perhaps you already do that but if not you might consider it. I would be willing to bet that he would be greatly appreciative. From personal experience and what I have heard from others, I'm sure this pastor would appreciate being relieved of many duties so that he can do those he is called to more efficiently. If he's in the same position as many other pastors, he's doing his work at the church and 80 percent of the work the rest of the church should be doing. A conflict of interest? Jeff |
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397 | Can you define or explain II Tim 4:7? | 2 Timothy | jlhetrick | 192495 | ||
Hello Doris- Welcome to the Forum! A couple of things are helpful in understanding the verse; context and history. Looking at history first-it is traditionally held that Paul was in fact martyred (be-headed) shortly after having written this letter to Timothy. The letter was written in prison and Paul likely knew from his captors as well as the Spirit's witness to him that his time was finished on earth; "...the time for my departure has come." (vs. 6). Looking at the context we see Paul speaking to those things that represent a life lived faithfully in Christ. Not being ashamed of and enduring suffering for the gospel (1:8); retaining and guarding the soundness of the treasure of God's word (1:13,14) being strong in Grace (2:1) are just a few examples from what was earlier written in the letter. Chapter 4 begins with a ceremonious charge to Timothy of what is expected of him as well as a specific warning of what it will look like for those who would not hold to the standard and truth of the gospel. The "fight" in vs. 7 is that familiar to all Christians. The battle of our flesh as it wars against the spirit and the struggle to not be swayed by those things that comfort the flesh. When Paul says that he fought the good fight, finishing the course having kept the faith he is speaking to all these things. He is not bragging, but encouraging Timothy (and us) that the Spirit of God is able to bring us through whatever experiences we might have in this life on earth. In the wider context of Paul's writings there is no mistaking how he was able to say these things. He clearly teaches that the accomplishments and success to the end was the result of God's grace and by the power of His Spirit alone. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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398 | Scripture on Bible being inspired by God | 2 Timothy | jlhetrick | 208548 | ||
You may be thinking about 2Timothy 3:16 | ||||||
399 | Salvation Eph: 30; 1:13,14 | 2 Tim 1:12 | jlhetrick | 165793 | ||
Hello Sara, Just asking for clarification on your question. You wrote: "Can you lose your Salvation if not what is Ephesians 4:30 and then Ephesians 1:13 and 14 talking about?" Did you mean to say: Can you lose your salvation and if SO what are the verses talking about? I ask because the verses you referenced support the position that salvation is something that can not be lost. Look at the language in Eph. 1: 13 and 14 "after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise" "Which is the earnest of our inheritance" "until the redemption of the purchased possession" "unto the praise of his glory." And 4:30 "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit," "by whom you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption" These verses suppport that the work that God has accomplished in the person of Jesus Christ, is permanent. They do not hint at the possibility of losing salvation (though other verses isolated out of context can be used to support the argument of a very fragile salvation earned by works). Anyway, Just wanted to know if you had a typo in your question. Jeff |
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400 | Using Love as Jesus | 2 Tim 2:15 | jlhetrick | 160519 | ||
Hello Nightjay, Sorry your post was not treated with respect, it's only your first month on the forum so get used to it. You asked for "some examples" and not a complete expository so, perhapse a simple, even trite answer may be what you are in need of. Examples that might be too often heard by some may be new to others and very helpful. Don't worry, you don't have to be a bible scholar to use the forum and benefit from it (although there are those types on the forum who believe differently). The best example of how Jesus would use His love for people today can be understood by what He has already done. He would die for us. We know that He would because we know that He did. He would heal the sick because He has compassion and though some will disagree, God still heals people. He would be mistreated and forgive His abuser without retaliation. He would respect others as created beings made in the image of God even when disagreeing with and redirecting their wrong position on issues. If you asked Him a question I don't believe He would consider it unworthy to be answered nor do I believe He would feel the need to offer a manuscript with deep theological articulations. Though it is speculation, it is possible to believe that He would answer you with kindness and love and as simply as He would know that you would need in order to understand. He might then point you to the bible and encourage you to study the issue for greater understanding. What would He say: He has already said it and it applies just as much today as ever. Read Matt. chapter 5 to get a good understanding of what Jesus has said to us and expects from us. Jesus, by His own example and words has already done and said all that He has in order to teach us what is most important and what many seem to be in most need of. Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Hope this is helpful for "some examples". Jeff |
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