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41 | Ninevah did. | Rom 1:18 | userdoe220 | 20548 | ||
Just baiting the forum. Trying to get some activity :-) | ||||||
42 | Reformed and Arminian Gospel Preaching | Rom 1:18 | userdoe220 | 20546 | ||
Which one is reformed and which one is armenian? | ||||||
43 | Ninevah did. | Rom 1:18 | userdoe220 | 20506 | ||
I must have selected the wrong option button. I meant to hit note. Well, since my intent was not that obvious I will state it a little clearer. My intent is to stir up the forum a bit :-) on the question of Ninevah's repentance found in the book of Jonah. Did Ninevah change God's mind through their act of repentance or did God determine all along that Ninevah was going to repent and decided to dupe Jonah into thinking that His judgement was coming immediatley? Tough question that has come up in many of Sunday School classes. |
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44 | Ninevah did. | Rom 1:18 | userdoe220 | 20484 | ||
Ninevah did. | ||||||
45 | response | Rom 1:18 | userdoe220 | 20483 | ||
I am just answering your question, "How can I say to a person that God has a wonderful plan for their life?" It is simple...If they bow their knee to the Lordship of Christ, God will unfold a wonderful plan for their life--Salvation! I agree with every passage you qouted, but yet none of the above passages prove the micr-management of God's creation. Lets look at each of them in context. Matt 10:29...Sure God knows when 2 sparrows are sold for a cent, but that doesn't mean God decreed the selling of those sparrows from the beginning of eternity or controlled/bartered the price of them. This whole passage, in context, is Jesus instructing us that God knows what we are going through--he is not ambivous to our troubles. Luke 12:6,7 Same point as above different book. God cares for his children and is worried about their welfare--John Calvin would say that this passage is "Anthropormorphic". This is a passage of how God cares for his children! This does not mean that God has pre-determined the catastrophes that have fallen upon man from the beginning of time! That we are acting out the great cosmic script created from the beginning of eternity. As far as your O.T. reference goes, Sure, if a nation willingly chooses to reject God's plan, in the O.T. judgement will follow! Look at the prophetic passages Jeremiah, Hosea, Jonah etc., the sole responsibility of judgemnt and judgement sustained is placed on the offenders not some eternal script the nationis acting out hiding under the mis-understood doctrine of Soveriegnty (God did not pre determine that Israel would sin and be dispersed in 7xx bc. They of their own free will chose to reject God, therefore God acted upon what he told them would happent in Dt. 28 and 29). The passages you used above have nothing to do with soverignty as you understand it. It has everything to do with God's knowledge--and I will dare to say affection--for his children. It does not mean he will magically remove us from the situation and get us out of the probelm--although he has done that--but it does mean that he will be there with us emphathizing with us through the problems we face in life. Finally, I would agree with you that God can have a specific plan for a particular individual--Judas Iscariot comes to mind. But that does not mean that God dictated every event of Judas' life and neither does he dictate every event of our life. I know poeple who have felt that God had called them to the mission field. I believe that is a divine plan from God. However, God has not dictated how they perform ministry in that Country. I don't think in God's cosmic script in the sky created before time that he said "on Dec 24, 1999 they are going to do this skit and...Yeah! lets only have 2 families show up. That should teach them a valuable lesson on humilty." End scene 54 act 2. |
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46 | Thanks, but... | Psalm | userdoe220 | 20400 | ||
In the epistles, Paul and other authors responded to issues in the church that was brougt to their attention. The reason why musical instruments never came up is because it was never an issue. I have a few questions to ask you and those who happen to believe this way. Why are you (they) throwing out the book of Psalms and other O.T. worship passages that include musical instruments? Where in the N.T. does it tell you to exclude passages in the O.T. that include musical instruments? Didn't James qoute the O.T more than 30 times in his short book? Doesn't the book of Hebrews, Matthew, I and II Peter and other N.T. books qoute heavily from the Bible of their day--O.T? How about the writings of the Ante-Nicean Fathers (early church fathers)? They qouted heavily from O.T. passages. By the way, musical instruments are mentioned in the N.T. Rev 5:8-9 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song: NIV I hope this gives you a number of things to think about. |
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47 | A Wonderful Plan? How do you know? | Rom 1:18 | userdoe220 | 20314 | ||
First, the verse you throw out—and probably most that you use to backup that God as micro-managed the universe—refers to a nation not to a particular individual. Isa 14:21-32 This passage reverts more particularly to the fall of historical Babylon in 539, and the permanent extinction of her power and posterity. As a confirmation beforehand of this promise concerning Babylon, the Lord foretold the more immediate disaster to the armies of Assyria (the suzerain of Babylon at the time) in Palestine (v. 25), which took place upon Sennacherib's invasion of 701 B.C. All these disasters to neighboring nations would demonstrate the irresistible power of the one true God, the God of Israel (vv. 24,27). (from The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1962 by Moody Press) God can have evil/good plans in store for a nation and bless individuals within that nation He is judging. Look at Jeremiah’s life. He was mightily used of God (Great plan for his life), yet suffered the fate of exile with his brethren, Israel. Second, if the Gospel is for all people—I am one that believes it is—than God does have a wonderful plan for those who choose to bow their knee to the Lordship of Christ! That plan (pre-determined destination in life Eph 1) is ultimately the changing of that individual into the likeness of Jesus Christ. What better plan can be promised to an individual? So, yes, I can with full assurance tell someone on the street that “God does have a wonderful plan for their life.” |
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48 | Revelation told by the stars? | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 19541 | ||
I have also heard Robert Shuler say something similar to what Perry is teaching. I don't buy into it but, if you do want to find out more about this, Robert Shuler has produced a book (It may be a teaching series) on the subject. I am sure you can find it on his website. Like I said in the post--so I don't get stoned--I don't really buy into it. I think it is more speculation than anything else. |
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49 | An Arminian Consensus in the Forum? | 1 John 2:2 | userdoe220 | 19304 | ||
Armenianists are not Universalists. The only point, as an armenian, I would accept would be the first one. No Armenian that I know teaches that: 1.) Christ's death results in the forgiveness of all men. 2.) Christ's death results in the forgiveness of every man of all sins except one. 3.) Christ's death results in the forgiveness of all men, but they will stile go to Hell if they don't believe. I have never heard an Armenian teacher or Theologin teach the above three points. Armenianist do teach teach that Christ's death extends the offer of forgivness to all men not just to a few. We do not believe that Jn 3:16 is Jesus "speaking in terms so that the unlearned can understand" but, Jesus meant what he said..."The Whole World." Christ's sacrifice is offered to everyone and everyone has the ability to accept or reject this offer. The last three points hint of universalism. |
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50 | Who will claim the reward? | Col 1:1 | userdoe220 | 19224 | ||
As long as he is the judge and jury in the competition he is safe and his money is in no danger. I could make the same statement (opposite his beliefs) and as long as I was the judge and jury, I would make sure my money was safe and sound. You might ask how? 1.) Throw me a scripture in the O.T. concerning the Sabbath I would take a dispensational approach and nullify it. 2.) There are no passages in the N.T. that enforce Sabbath worship for N.T. believers. If you show me one, I will just say it does not apply. Money safe, period. Claims like those carry no weight with me. |
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51 | Pre exilic old testament prophets | OT general | userdoe220 | 19089 | ||
Pre-Exilic Obadiah Joel Amos Hosea Jonah Micah Isaiah Nahum Zehpaniah Habakkuk Jeremiah Wow! The Lord Sure was patient and Longsuffering! Exilic Prophets Ezekiel Daniel Haggai Zechariah Malachi I hope that helps. I got this information from Toward and O.T Theology Walter C. Kaiser, Jr Zondervan Pulisher House 1991 |
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52 | When did the day of worship change? | Acts | userdoe220 | 18916 | ||
I know writing is an artfrom that I do not fully possess. I know that comments, although not intended to be rude, can be interpreted as such when read even thought that was not the authors intent. I have been accused of being "short" with people when I respond, because sometimes I do so hastily--I work 50 plus hours a week at EDS and sometimes I will fire off a note without doing a whole lot of proof reading. There is no rush on the response. The weekend is coming up and I have a number of things I have to get done so, I will unlikely have an opportunity before Monday to come back to the discussion. Got to run schwartzkm |
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53 | When did the day of worship change? | Acts | userdoe220 | 18905 | ||
I will check out the website. Sounds interesting. I will have to get back to you later on the rest. |
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54 | When did the day of worship change? | Acts | userdoe220 | 18897 | ||
I don't see how the location of the Book of the Law and the Tables of the law means one is moral and the other is not or one is still binding but the other is not. The Jews understood--and I am going to use a modern understanding of the Law just to prove a point--the Moral, Civil, and Ceremonial aspects of the Law as Moral. The wouldn’t agree with the statement you just made—10 commandments are moral the ceremonial aspects of the law are not moral. You can't say the 10 commandments are moral therefore it applies today but the ceremonial and civil aspects of the Law are not moral! If your whole basis for the 10 commandments applying to the life of the believer is because it is moral the whole law must apply--Ceremonial and Civil. Why? Because the Jews understood the whole law, not just the 10 commandments--to be morally binding to the believer. Ceremonial aspects of the Law was how a person worshipped God. That is why I believe the Sabbath is ceremonial...It deals with the believers life of worship. I hope you can see there is a difference between killing, coveting, adultry and a day set aside to acknowledge God and rest. |
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55 | When did the day of worship change? | Acts | userdoe220 | 18894 | ||
In Acts 20:7 the Greek phrase that is used is Mio Ton Sabbaton Mio equals First Ton equals Day and Sabbaton(pluaral) equals Weeks I don't see a problem with the way the NASB/KJV/NKJV/RSV Greek linguists translated this passage. Just because you see the word Sabbaton, does not automatically mean the Sabbath day. Lets look how the author you ar qouting Greek translation skills pan out in other passages in the N.T. Mark 16:1-2 16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. “Sabbath”, in this passage, is the Greek word SABBATOU Which is in the singular and the expression that is used to designate the Sabbath in Scripture. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb “First Day of the week” uses the same Greek sentence Construction found in Acts 20:7: Mia Ton Sabbaton which is again correctly translate first day of the week as it is in Acts 20:7. If I used your argument, verse 1 and 2 would have occurred on the same day which the context of the text would not allow. Why? Verse one states “when the Sabbath day was OVER” (emphasis added is mine). So Mia Ton Sabbaton was used, as it is used elsewhere in scripture, to designate the first day of the week. I choose to let scripture interpret scripture. Acts 20:7 is not a difficult passage to understand at all as the author of the article you pasted states in the beginning. In light of Mark 16 it becomes clear that Mio Ton Sabbaton is the phrase used to designate the first day of the week, Sunday. The question I must ask is why did the author of your post go through such linguistic Gymnastics to have Paul not preaching on Sunday? Because it would violate his understanding of the Sabbath. It would mean that it is now OK for believers to worship on the Lord’s day. I really did enjoy your post and it caused me to dig back into the Greek Text and do some research; however, I would like to hear your thoughts penned in your own words. Could you please respond to the scripture in Collossians. I am anxious to hear how you understand those passages in the light of your view on the Sabbath. Thanks for your time and effort you have placed in this dialogue. I have really enjoyed it. Schwartzkm |
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56 | When did the day of worship change? | Acts | userdoe220 | 18892 | ||
If you want me to read someone elses writing and it is on the Internet, just provide me a link and I will be happy to read it. I prefer to read your beliefs in your own words. |
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57 | When did the day of worship change? | Acts | userdoe220 | 18891 | ||
3. What proves too much proves nothing at all! B. Paul understood that Moses had prophesied Jesus coming. To "give heed to Jesus" is to KEEP THE LAW of MOSES! Think of it as the law of Moses’ own self destruct mechanism. Moses told the Jews to keep his law UNTIL Jesus came. Then they were to ignore the Law of Moses and listen only to Jesus. In that way, a Christian who exclusively obey Jesus could be said to be keeping the Law of Moses. This is what Paul means by the following verses: · Acts 3:22 "Moses said, 'The Lord God shall raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed in everything He says to you. 'And it shall be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. · Acts 24:14 "But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law, and that is written in the Prophets; having a hope in God · Rom 3:31 "Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law" · Acts 26:22 "And so, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place; that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He should be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people When Paul says that he "kept the Law", he was referring to the fact that Moses and the prophets foretold of Christ. and that being a Christian was foretold in the law. In a very real sense it was the Jewish non-Christians who refused to heed Jesus who were in fact REJECTING WHAT MOSES SAID! |
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58 | When did the day of worship change? | Acts | userdoe220 | 18890 | ||
here is my cut and paste argument: Proof Apostle Paul did not keep the Sabbath these 84 times: A. The Bible no where says that Paul or ANY Christian kept the Sabbath according to the commandment after the resurrection. 1. What we do have are frequent examples of Paul preaching to nonChristian Jews in THEIR synagogue on THEIR Sabbath day, that they are lost without Jesus! Should this surprise us? Do Sabbatarians Pastors "keep Sunday" if they preach in a Christian church on the first day of the week? B. These passages speak of Paul preaching to the non-Christian Jews in their synagogues. 1. None of these passages, or any other in the New Testament, ever speak of Christians worshipping on the Sabbath day. 2. If Paul preaching to Jews on the Sabbath day proves he kept the Sabbath, then it also proves Paul kept synagogue worship as well! C. If Paul "kept the Sabbath" because he preached Christ to non-Christian Jews on THEIR Sabbath day in THEIR synagogue: 1. then Paul also kept all the other ceremonial laws that the non-Christian Jews practiced while he was there as well. 2. then a Seventhday Adventist pastor "keeps Monday" just because he preaches to Muslims in their Mosque on Monday that they are lost without Christ! 3. then a Seventh-day Adventist pastor "keeps Sunday" just because he preaches to a church of "Sunday keeping" Christians on "Sunday" that they are breaking the Sabbath law! 4. What proves too much proves nothing at all! Adventist False Argument #2: "The fact that the Bible mentions Paul preaching on the Sabbath proves we must keep it" False Argument #2 Refuted: 1. Just because the very first preaching of the Gospel occurred on the day of Pentecost, does not mean Christian must keep Pentecost! Acts 2:1 thru 38 2. Paul also rushed to get back to Jerusalem on Pentecost: Acts 20:16 3. Pentecost always fell on a Sunday 4. Does this mean he was keeping Pentecost feast? 5. No! It provided him a great opportunity to teach. 6. No where after the resurrection "keeping the Sabbath according to the commandment" Adventist False Argument Number3: "Paul kept "the Law", therefore the Sabbath is still binding!" (Additional Sabbatarian proof texts: Acts 21:20-28; Acts 24:14; Acts 26:22; Rom 3:31) False Argument Number3 Refuted: A. Look closely at what Paul said: Acts 21:20-28 "And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law; and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. "What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come. "Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow; take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses in order that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law. 1. Acts 21:20-28: forsake Moses and circumcise equals keeping the Law 2. If Sabbatarians are right, then they better start also practicing circumcision |
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59 | When did the day of worship change? | Acts | userdoe220 | 18889 | ||
Where did you cut and paste this from? I don't mind discussing each individual point one at a time but when you cut and paste a whole article it makes it very difficult. So, I will cut and paste an article for you to respond to. For those reading this thread. Could you please try to summarize your beliefs in your own words. Don't cut and paste large articles that cover a myriad of points. I too can cut and paste with the best of you but choose not too. I find it makes the discussion more meaningful and personal for everyone on the thread |
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60 | Only seal and horse in same verse Rev6:5 | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 18858 | ||
I guess he is too deep for both of us :-) | ||||||
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