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461 | Saved by faith? | John 3:5 | Rowdy | 113854 | ||
I'd like to think I can agree with you IF you mean to say both are required along with obedience in following the directives of our Lord. Remember Satan and his demons believe in God and tremble. Our biggest difference between them and us is our opportunity to obey. They gave up their opportunity and have already been consigned to Hell. God bless you, friend. |
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462 | The law cannot be altogether invalid... | Matt 5:19 | Rowdy | 113853 | ||
I have no problem at all bringing these two documents, OT and NT together in PERFECT harmony. The OT was very much applicable to God's people before His Son came to this earth. Now that Jesus has come, died and has been resurrected, his Last Will and Testament comes into full effect. I would like to compare these two different systems of teachings/doctrine to the contrast between the different theories concerning this planet called earth. Hundreds of years ago, people believed all over the world that this planet was flat because of misconceived theories from the past although there were a few exceptional people who didn't think so. One fellow took another look at the comings and goings of ships on the sea and noticed as they approached the shore their masts grew taller and taller. His name was Columbus and did more thinking and research and soon concluded that the earth was round and not flat. Now we all know the history since that time. In the same way, God's people thought that the Messiah would come to earth and set up an earthly kingdom. In spite of God's ocassional reference to His intent to share His family membership with the whole world, the Jews were obsessed with keeping God to themselves. We see that yet again in the NT when the christians in Jersusalem didn't disperse into the world until the persecution started. But now that we know through the Apostle Paul and with some assistance from Peter's dream, we all know God's mystery from the creation was for the whole world, including us gentiles to be given the opportunity to become part of God's family. Thus the OT was fulfilled with Jesus nailed to the cross and the NT takes over with God's seal of approval as Jesus has been granted all power and authority to rule during this dispensation. I hope this helps clarify this issue and God bless. |
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463 | Rowdy, what did the Spirit do in the OT? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Rowdy | 113844 | ||
I'm not aware of any specific scriptures that depict the Holy Spirit acting separately from the Godhead in the OT but I'd be interested in that to which you are referring. God bless. | ||||||
464 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | Rowdy | 113805 | ||
I just looked up the following website and confirmed at least a few other people with a similar view of baptism as mine. http://www.riveroflifeworship.com/baptism.htm I must admit, I do think we're spending entirely too much time on such an elementary subject that seems so clear from the whole of God's Word. I emphasize we must take all of God's Word on all the many different subjects discussed on this Forum or any other Biblical discussions. But I still pray for God's blessings on you. |
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465 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | Rowdy | 113741 | ||
I think you and Hank both might be interested in my recent post to Searcher and CDBJ; the number is 113740. It's sad most on the Forum won't see this thread but I'll settle for this. God bless you, my friend. | ||||||
466 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | Rowdy | 113681 | ||
Don't you think this is one reason why the Devil tempted (successfully) King James into having the KJV Bible abused this way. King James didn't want to humble himself and submit to God's plan of salvation. Back in the 16th century, the Greek word, baptizo (sp?) had one single meaning: immersion. King James ordered his Bible scholars to "interpret" the word baptizo into something else and allow him some other way of getting into God's family of good, obedient christians. Either his way or they would lose their heads. This is fairly common knowledge in historical documents. So, their conclusion (solution) was to come up with the Anglicized word "baptize." Why? Indeed, why would so many people from the past, present and future discuss this tremendous controversy so much except at the temptation from the Devil? Do you think maybe, just maybe he thought "If I can't kill God's Son, if I can't kill His church, maybe I can deceive mankind into thinking they can change God's Plan of Salvation. They'll think they're in the family of God, listening to my only slightly perverted version of God's Word, just like I changed things just slightly with one word in the Garden of Eden." You may be thinking I'm placing far too much emphasis on this baptism business and I guess I'd have to agree with you EXCEPT this is what I see from God's Word. He placed tremendous emphasis throughout the OT on blood and set us (mankind) up to understand likewise in this dispensation. I'm not saying that we should rely on baptism as being a item of work on our part. I am saying that God wants us to see this as the point in which we contact His Son's blood in faith. We should see in accordance with Rom 6 that we put away the man of sin with Jesus' burial and rise up as a new creature with our sins forgiven then and afterwards by His Son's blood. You and most all the participants know the scriptures and know the phrase "remission of sins" is always associated with baptism and not with any other step of salvation. Tim, please understand, I'm not saying you are deceiving people or are in a team effort with the Devil. I am saying that Satan is an incredibly good liar and takes deception to an art form in excellence. What do you think? Please respond and God bless you. |
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467 | Answering Baptismal Regenerationalist | 1 Pet 3:21 | Rowdy | 113679 | ||
I'm sorry but I must differ with you on this subject. We are certainly not saved by faith alone. James makes this very clear in Chapter 2. One must read the whole Bible, "rightly dividing God's Word." Tell me...based on your statement, "by faith alone that we are saved," you seem to leave out other important steps of salvation such as repentance and confession. Are you actually trying to say that or did you leave them out by oversight? Anyway, I'd have to disagree with you regardless of your answer. We MUST see ourselves as in need of obeying ALL of God's commands so as to qualify for the Holy Spirit's gift of salvation. I keep on saying these kind of statements but no one can show me in God's Word where a person is actually saved or is actually pronounced a christian after showing his faith only. I've issued this challenge once before and would like to reiterate it to you: Can you cite a single verse in the Bible where it specifically says the words "faith only" or where a person is described saved or is pronounced a christian after showing his "faith only" without baptism or any other act of obedience to God? I've mentioned this comparison before. When does a couple get to enjoy the full legal status of marriage? AFTER the ceremony is performed or the documents are signed and processed by the court appointed official of the respective state in which the marriage takes place. As we all know, there is some small variances from state to state. My point is: the legal recognition of that marriage is very important in a court of law. If one partner of that couple dies before that legal point of marriage is consemated, there is no marriage, no transferance of property, no other benefits derived from the marriage attempted. In our world of sinful short sightedness, we recognize the importance of such relationships and the point of time of that legal recognition. Don't you think it's going to matter to the God of our universe when we "put on Christ?" When we recognize the tremendous cost and give up total control of our lives to our God, all people agree this is a major watershed in one's life. Every christian I know remembers vividly when and where they were baptized. They remember the circumstances or at least most of them. It's the point in your life when you know you've obeyed every one of God's commands and can approach God both in prayer and on Judgment Day with every confidence that you've complied with His Son's whole Last Will and Testament. Before that point, everything is academic and worthy of discussion. When someone hesitates or puts a significant amount of time before being baptized, they are taking a chance they might not live another minute or maybe even face the Lord's second coming. Now, you're going to say "What about the thief on the cross?" or "What about the person that dies of a heart attack just before being baptized?" Those kind of questions are basically left up for God. We can speculate and we can discuss those issues as long as you like but the bottom line is, we don't have an authoritative answer. This I know, we must obey God to be found pleasing in His sight. I'm still interested in your response, especially to the challenge. I pray God blesses you in your study. |
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468 | Is astrology forbidden? | Bible general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 113593 | ||
I also thank you very heartily. As you and Mammophs may have noticed, I'm not very good about research. I've studied the Bible most of my life but I do like to discuss God's Word and His Will with His children, including myself. I am always grateful for those around me who have a talent for research and know who to take advantage of resources to their maximum effect such as you've done above. If there's one thing I've learned over my lifetime of world travel, I have learned to appreciate the tremendous good through teamwork and diversity in God's world. I pray for God's richest blessing on you and everyone else on the Forum. |
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469 | Was cornelius saved by spirit | Acts 11:15 | Rowdy | 113590 | ||
Just wanted to give this thread some balance. Acts 8:18, 1 Tim 5:22, 2 Tim 1:6 and Heb 6 make it very clear that all the Apostles had the ability to bestow a miraculous measure of the Holy Spirit by laying on of hands. God bless. | ||||||
470 | Did Jesus have to die? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 113545 | ||
I just this moment came back from seeing the movie with my wife and was compelled to post another thought to this thread. I kept thinking about your question, "Why did Jesus have to die such a horrible death?" Couldn't God have thought of some other way. I thought God could have sent Him to another time peiod of our planet's history, one that would have executed him far more painless, like this century in an electric chair or hanging. But no, our Lord died THE MOST HORRIBLE form of execution ever devised on this planet, one that took hours, sometimes days for men to die on a cross. Yes, I'm convinced that God literally had to send His Son to die for us...that was THE ONLY way we (you and I) could possibly meet God some day in Heaven. I do agree with you. It's a great movie and is very good powerful testimony from Mr. Gibson to those in the world that don't believe. We can only hope that they will study God's Word and any other historical document needed to conclusively seal this knowledge that God does want all mankind in Heaven. God bless and I appreciate your encouraging words to this Forum. |
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471 | connection: baptism and holy spirit | Acts | Rowdy | 113544 | ||
Only in an effort to give this discussion some balance, let's not forget Cornelius and his group (in Acts 10) received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the miraculous powers to go with it BEFORE they were baptized and became christians. Thus the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the baptism of the Gospel are two separate relationships. One carries with it miraculous powers and the other does not. The only other way it was imparted unto disciples/ christians was the "the laying of hands" of the Apostles as you've mentioned. Now that we have God's Word in Its complete form, there's no more need for miraculous acts from human beings to confirm Its coming from God. We have historical testimonies from secular historians to document that fact. God bless. |
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472 | Is astrology forbidden? | Bible general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 112465 | ||
I'm not certain as to what position you're taking: for or against astrology, zodiac, etc. Please elaborate. Thanks and God bless. | ||||||
473 | where Paul studied after his conversion? | Gal 1:12 | Rowdy | 112386 | ||
Just for your future reference, I think you'll find the gateway website to be particularly useful since you have access to the internet. It has many of the more popular versions and a good search engine. It'll help you find those passages in the Bible as long as you can remember one or more of the key words. It quite often recalls dozens of different scriptures with the same word(s) but then you just "shop" through them all until you find the particular one for which you're looking. It's great. God bless. | ||||||
474 | Why don't we address God as Yahweh? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 112374 | ||
I have to agree with the overall gist of your statement. We absolutely MUST approach God, our Father with the utmost in respect and reverence but I also believe there's nothing with developing a very close and personal relationship with Him. I agree with you. When I hear about people praying to God, in public and addressing Him as "Buddy" I cringe in horror. Basically, my post was motivated from the perspective of being able to refer to God with virtually any legitimate name in any language on earth that means the same thing. I'm hoping that there is a similar Noun or Pronoun meaning the same as God in all those languages. God bless you and thanks for your post. |
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475 | Meaning "dead faith" doesn't save? | James 2:24 | Rowdy | 112360 | ||
VERY Good illustration. If you don't mind, I'd like to use that in my next Bible lesson on this subject. It's quite powerful, just like our Lord's parables. One more reason to join and participate in this Forum. God bless you. | ||||||
476 | Does James 2 contradict Romans 4? | James 2:24 | Rowdy | 112359 | ||
All I can say is Amen. | ||||||
477 | Why don't we address God as Yahweh? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 112355 | ||
I can only respond with a few I just found such as: Hebrews 13 7Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. We all know our God's thoughts and ways are far above our thoughts and ways, even farther than we are above the insects. So I'm quite confident if we approach Him as our Father, he'll respond just like we respond to our children when they approach us with proper respect. I know, I'm appealing more to common sense than scripture that I call upon. But I just did think of something else from Galations, Chapter 4: 1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, 2but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. 3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. 4But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" 7Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. I don't think Christ meant for Himself to be the only One to be able to call His Father "Abba," which is an Aramaic term of endearment but it's conclusive with Paul's words to the Galations. As you may have already noticed, I'm not quite as much of a stickler for having scriptures for everything pertaining to God's Word. I like to think that God being a God of reason and logical good order, he allows us to infer certain things from His Word. As long as a position or an opinion is not in conflict with God's Word, I tend to think open-mindedly about it. BUT please allow me to also say I sincerely appreciate Bible students such as yourself for it's you folks who keep people like me out of trouble and remind me where we get such liberties. I hope all this is clear, at least somewhat and God bless. Let me know what your response might be, especially if you have scriptures in support of your position. Thanks for the reminder. |
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478 | Does James 2 contradict Romans 4? | James 2:24 | Rowdy | 112350 | ||
Thanks, I didn't know that. I had thought most of my christian life Martin Luther died with the idea christians could go to Heaven on faith alone. It's good to know he truly was a student of the Bible. I guess we've all got some studying to do for our final exam. Thanks again and God bless. | ||||||
479 | Does James 2 contradict Romans 4? | James 2:24 | Rowdy | 112337 | ||
I too, must commend you on a job very well done. This makes it clear why Martin Luther considered James to be the "straw epistle" and thus relegated it to the very back of his Bible. He didn't want to deal with this thorny issue as you've done so eloquently. | ||||||
480 | Meaning "dead faith" doesn't save? | James 2:24 | Rowdy | 112336 | ||
I must commend you on a job very well done. | ||||||
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