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4221 | Is there no volition? | John 15:4 | kalos | 583 | ||
Thank you for a terrific note. Now I feel I understand better where you are coming from. Your letter helps me to better see the world in which you live and your practical concerns. Forgive me if I have offended you. In your current note you express genuine concern for the body of Christ as well as the unsaved. I must agree with your observations on where the average person is at and which approaches to evangelism are appropriate and which are not. I seem to have completely misunderstood you and didn't see your admirable spirit and attitude. This is not idle flattery on my part. I am not a flatterer. You deserve credit for a keen mind and a good heart. I will be the first to admit an incorrect perception of you. Thank you again for your current note to me. I will keep it and treasure it. You sound like a person I'd like to be friends with. God bless you richly. As far as the desire to serve, obey and honor God with a clean and godly life, I agree with you 100 percent and admire your stand for right living and pleasing God. From now on, I'll be looking for your questions and notes with great interest. | ||||||
4222 | Is there no volition? | John 15:4 | kalos | 566 | ||
The Bible does indeed say "...work OUT (emphasis mine) your salvation." However, it does not say: "...work FOR your salvation." ...Re Heb 12:1, we don't win our salvation in a race. ...I thank you for condescending to explain things to this dear fellow. My previous reply answered the question 'How do you abide in Christ?' (not what is someone's pet theory for or against the doctrine of election?) You wrote: "Your note indicated that faith, obedience, etc. were fruit of the Holy Spirit, that we had no volition in the matter." Apparently, that's what you inferred, not what I indicated. ...Thank you for telling me what I believe. If I need further clarification on what I believe, I'll be sure to ask you. ...Why do you insist that I said our works are only a result of God's election? I never used the word or the concept of election with regard to works. What I said was good works are evidence of genuine saving faith. Good works are the result, not the cause, of our salvation. When did I EVER mention good works in relation to the word election????? You want "a little credit for abstaining from sin . . ."? I think not. If one makes the choice to abstain from sin after coming to know Jesus, what credit is that to him? The only reason a believer would have the ABILITY to abstain from sin is because of the shed blood of Jesus and the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Credit for us? It is not apparent to me that James was wrong. What I said was "James and Romans do NOT contradict each other." It would be idiotic for anyone to assert that one portion of inspired Scripture was "wrong" and another was "right." We may not agree with each other, but I'm no idiot. Niether are you, for I can tell that you have a keen, inquiring mind. I mean that sincerely. I don't ridicule your questions and answers. Why do you ridicule mine by calling them "nebulous, prehistoric, and eschatological terminology"? If one cannot quote "dead people," then let's stop quoting Moses, Isaiah, Peter, James, John, Paul, Martin Luther, Charles Spurgeon, Dr. Scofield, Andrew Murray, Oswald Chambers, etc. Or I could quote a certain living author that has studied the Bible 30 hours a week for 30 years in the original languages. Such study does not involve intellectual exercises or word games. Nor is it about gaining Bible knowledge so that one can win arguments. Is there not the slightest possibility that he may, just may, know a little more about the Bible than MOST professing Christians and churchgoers? ...You say: "Does that mean that if you don't know it, it's not sin?" If ignorance were a sin, then most of us would be without hope. You say: "...God...desires that we choose to continue that walk from our volition." That is correct. I couldn't agree with you more. Yes, God did send His Spirit to help us, comfort us, and encourage us. He also commands us to be "filled with the Spirit." Filled means controlled and empowered by. (Look it up in Vine's Expository Dictionary or any Greek word study, unless of course Vine is regarded as just another ignorant heretic.) So God commands us to be controlled and empowered by the Spirit. Hopefully replies to this message (if any) will focus not on what I did not say or what I meant. Hopefully they will focus on what I SAID. Likewise, we know what the Bible means BY what it says. |
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4223 | What does Bible teach on election? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 555 | ||
Thanks for your answer. I agree with you completely. No one should read their favorite 3 verses on election and then jump to a conclusion about the subject of election. It does require careful investigation. . . . Also I thank you for your kind offer to share your notes with me. If you can think of a way to get in touch with each other by email -- without posting our addresses for the whole world to read -- I would appreciate it. This problem has me stumped and I can't think of a solution. Once again, thanks for a well-stated, well-thought-out answer to my question. |
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4224 | How is this done? | John 15:4 | kalos | 517 | ||
You are correct when you say this is done by the Holy Spirit. However, faith, obedience, fellowship, etc. ARE the fruit of the Spirit. We only BEAR the fruit; it is the Holy Spirit who PRODUCES it. Neither we ourselves nor our good works can ever PRODUCE the fruit of the Spirit. Be careful not to confuse the works of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit. | ||||||
4225 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | kalos | 480 | ||
Thanks for removing this pending question off the board. I ought to have taken care of that, but I didn't. | ||||||
4226 | Is repentance required? | Ex 20:13 | kalos | 473 | ||
To repent is to change one's mind; to change the way you think and act. Don't take my word for it -- look it up in any Bible dictionary or English dictionary. It involves more than a feeling of remorse. It also involves more than just an admission of guilt. A person could admit that he sinned without ever changing the way he thinks and acts -- without ever turning from the sin and toward Christ. | ||||||
4227 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | kalos | 373 | ||
I have to strongly disagree with your statement: "We of the NT can claim righteousness as an eternal reward of our faith..." . . . Righteousness is imputed to us when we are saved. And we are neither saved nor made righteous "as a reward of our faith." We are saved BY grace THROUGH faith. Ephesians 2:8-9 God's Word Translation: "God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God. It's not the result of anything you've done, so no one can brag about it." . . . We are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Our faith does not save us or give us righteousness in the eyes of God. Only the grace provided by the shed blood of Jesus Christ can save us. See Rom 3:28 . . . Eph 2:9 Living Bible "Salvation is not a reward for the good we have done." Moreover, salvation is not a reward for ANYTHING we have done. . . . The only righteousness that we have is the righteousness of Christ Himself, which is IMPUTED (put into) us. Rom 4: 1-8 NASB What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." 4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7 "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED. 8 "BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT." |
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4228 | How do you then interpret the verses... | Luke 8:13 | kalos | 366 | ||
I agree with you 100 percent on the very sound advice you give in your second paragraph. I would offer the same advice to anyone. Regarding your questions in this and other messages, I will soon try to answer some of them. As far as my offering any sound evidence, I've done all I can. I'm sure I couldn't provide evidence any sounder than that provided by John MacArthur and Baker's Dictionary. More later. | ||||||
4229 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | kalos | 360 | ||
There seems to be some misunderstanding. I did not reply to the question regarding Balaam. I replied to the question: Just as if I had never sinned? 1 Cor 6:11, which doesn't even mentioned Balaam. | ||||||
4230 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | kalos | 320 | ||
You seem to have missed the main point of my answer, which is: when we are justified by faith we are DECLARED RIGHTEOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. . . . I agree with you that we are not without sin in our experience. 1 John 1:8 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." Sanctification is two-fold, part of it being a progressive process which continues throughout our lives on this earth. . . . (See also the topic "Justification" found in Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology for a fuller treatment of this subject. Baker's Dictionary is available online at bible.crosswalk.com) | ||||||
4231 | Gabriel not named as the archangel. | 1 Thess 4:16 | kalos | 229 | ||
Neither here nor anywhere else in the Bible is Gabriel named as the archangel whose voice is heard at the resurrection. | ||||||
4232 | Once salvation is lost, it's always lost | Heb 6:4 | kalos | 226 | ||
" . . . logically v. 4 implies that if salvation were to be lost, it would be impossible for that person to be born again, lose it, and then be born again again. This much is clear: whoever openly and consciously rejects Jesus Christ is unregenerate even if he seemed to have been saved ealier." Whether he had lost his salvation or never had it to begin with, "either way, the result is identical." (note at Heb. 6:4ff, NRSV Harper Study Bible) | ||||||
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