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4781 | who is chosen? | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 128804 | ||
Joh 10:26-27 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: Mat 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Geof, if you are saved, you are one of the elect. If you are not saved, study the Word, and call upon God to have mercy. If He saves you, you are one of the elect. |
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4782 | does God give email address to reveal | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 128801 | ||
I agree with Tim. You can't go wrong, though, if you realize that God will never tell you anything that is more of personal message for you, Geof, than what He has provided in scripture. I'm not saying that to discard the Divine personal message idea altogether. I'm saying it to emphasize just how utterly unique the message of the Bible is... truly, it is for you! | ||||||
4783 | Christ's body and blood | 1 Cor 11:25 | DocTrinsograce | 128798 | ||
There are three perspectives on this: Transubstantiation: Roman Catholics believe the elements in communion change into the body and blood of Christ by a miracle during Eucharist. Non-Transubstantiation: Protestants generally believe that this is symbolic only. It was a strong distinctive during the Reformation for which many protestants were killed. Consubstantiation: A third view that is predominantly Lutheran takes a kind of middle road approach. Of course in each view there is a lot more specific details, but I think that answers your question. |
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4784 | once saved always saved? | 2 Tim 4:18 | DocTrinsograce | 128794 | ||
Yes. | ||||||
4785 | doctrinal differences | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 128792 | ||
Theologicaly, Roman Catholics and Anglicans are pretty similar. Puritans were/are Calvinists. The primary differences between these two groups stem out of what are known as the five solas. See www.fivesolas.com Calvinists affirm the five solas. Their distinctives in the famous acrostic TULIP. See http://fafner.dyndns.org/kelbell/calarm.html Insert a tilde between / and k |
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4786 | Were angels created on day 2 or 3? | Prov 3:5 | DocTrinsograce | 128766 | ||
Brother Mark, these are good observations. Frankly, I've always rather fancied that angels were created prior to the Earth's creation. But I can't back it up scripturally. I'm rather curious, too, for that matter, how many species of angels there are. We only have two that are named. But Revelation seems to have a bit wider variety. Its interesting to speculate about. |
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4787 | once saved always saved? | Jer 32:40 | DocTrinsograce | 128573 | ||
Welcom to the forum, Mess46! :-) Psa 37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. Psa 94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. Psa 145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. Heb 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 1 Pet 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. |
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4788 | explicate reason, mind, soul, will, fles | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 128566 | ||
Only God can identify the dividing lines between these things. We cannot, although we can define each. Jer 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. |
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4789 | supernatural power from God | 1 Cor 1:18 | DocTrinsograce | 128565 | ||
There is no power more greatly manifested than when we are saved. | ||||||
4790 | ICor7:7 meaning? "wish all were as I"? | NT general Archive 1 | DocTrinsograce | 128527 | ||
Here he is speaking of his continency. According to John Gill, Paul wishes this for others "that they might not be in any danger from Satan's temptations, and that they might be more fit for and intent upon the service of Christ." | ||||||
4791 | Our confession of sin and God's response | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 128485 | ||
Pia, God cannot ignore sin, nor can He accept it, nor can He eliminate His ability to perceive it. There are limits on God the stem out of His nature. He cannot be contrary to His nature. Nor can He do anything it does not please Him to do. If God ignored sin, then He would no longer be just. If He accepted sin, then He would no longer be holy. If He blinded Himself to sin, then He would not longer be omniscient. God cannot be other than He is. The quandry that you have uncovered, stems out of a problem that modern evangelicals have over the words forgiveness and justification. God does more than forgives sin. By grace (granting us what we do not deserve), through faith (given us as a gift), our sin (the only thing we bring to the equation) is paid for by the Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary. Not only is our sin of the past paid for by this sacrifice, but any future sin as well. (God always provides in advance of our need.) Thus, God's justice is satisfied and His holiness remains perfect! (This is the sheer brilliance of God's eternal purpose.) This work of God is complete, entire, finished, perfect, and fully adequate. We can't add one tiny thing to it. Now, taking all of this in, we need to clearly understand something: Repentance is not something you do once and then forget about. Repentance is a life long process! We know that when our lives change, nothing can adequately repay our God for the debt that was paid. Furthermore, as He enables us to change our lives, we can't even depend on our righteousness as something that might make us more acceptable to Him. Read again the parable that Jesus told in Luke 18:9-14. It is about the Pharisee and the Publican praying in the temple. In verse 14 Jesus says that the Publican went away justified. What made the difference? The difference was that the Publican agreed with God, acknowledged his need for mercy. The focus was on God's holiness and man's failure and need. I had a preacher friend who used to say, "The Gospel is not the ABCs of our faith. The Gospel is the A through Z of our faith." The scripture says, "As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him" (Col 2:6). |
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4792 | principle of Biblical interpretation | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 128480 | ||
Hi, Geof. This is a good question. Properly interpreting scripture is studied in a branch of theology called hermeneutics. The different approaches to the scriptures are examined in a discipline called presuppositionalism. You would do well to familiarize yourself with former, and at least glance at the latter. Both will give you a great many tools which you will discover lead to far more treasures of scriptural knowledge. | ||||||
4793 | Explain the mark in Rev 13 | Rev 13:15 | DocTrinsograce | 128478 | ||
I don't really have a lot to add to what many others will tell you. However, just to add a bit of balance. There is nothing that can be done in the flesh that will insure your acceptance of God any more than there is anything that can be done in the flesh that will insure your damnation. The body is flesh, the soul is spirit. Please don't freak out that you might have "accidently taken the mark of the beast." Most of the stuff about 666 is just superstitious palaver based on a couple of out of context verses. | ||||||
4794 | Apocrypha or Dead Sea Scrolls Helpful? | Rom 9:13 | DocTrinsograce | 128477 | ||
Hi, Ted! I bet you didn't think you had opened up such a cornucopia of conceptions, conclusions, and conjectures! Your questions are very good ones, however, and they deserve answers. As has been stated, however, we are all somewhat limited in our ability to articulate our perspectives on this subject because of the position that the forum founders take themselves on the issue. However, I think they would permit me to say that scripture (the 66 book canon of orthodoxy) is fully sufficient and adequate for all questions of doctrine. In fact, most of us would say that it is the only certain, rock solid, source for doctrinal truth. It is the foundation of our faith. Everyone of us approaches the Bible with presuppositions. We can't help it, it is part of being human and having a brain. The problem is, which presuppositions are right and which are wrong. We believe in absolute truth, so it is illogical to assume that contradictory views are always reconcilable. I would strongly suggest you carefully study some of the great scholars of the past on these subjects. Remember, they must always ground what they say in scripture, or they are merely speculating. Pray and ask God to draw you to the truth. Balance the views and see which of the perspectives jives most closely with the whole of scripture. God bless you in your search for the truth! |
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4795 | How would you explain these verses.... | 2 Tim 3:12 | DocTrinsograce | 128476 | ||
Ishmael and Isaac represent the two kinds of offspring of Abraham. The first, the natural (fleshly) offspring of Abraham's union with Hagar. The second, the supernatural (spiritual) offspring of Abraham's union with Sarah. In these we have a picture of the two covenants contrasted, representing legalists and true believers. The things of the flesh are always at odds with the things of the spirit (Romans 8:7). Therefore, those of the world will always persecute God's elect. The children of God are a constant reminder to the children of the world that they are accountable to a Creator. | ||||||
4796 | What happens when a believer dies? | Heb 9:27 | DocTrinsograce | 128399 | ||
The believer does not face judgement. For the believer, judgement has already occured! It occured at Calvary. Upon death, we go directly to be with our Lord. 2 Cor 5:8 "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." | ||||||
4797 | Santa Clause or Jesus Christ? or both? | Deut 5:6 | DocTrinsograce | 128393 | ||
Hi, Jalan... I thought I'd throw in my two farthings. :-) Please forgive me for answering anecdotally, but sometimes anecdotes show things in a pretty clear light. (Not anywhere on the same level as the scripture, of course!) My mother taught my eldest sister the traditional Santa Clause line. Ultimately, of course, mom had to let her know that Santa had not, after all, been the source of her gifts at Christmas. My sister, though still quite young, thought all of this over. A little while later she came to my mom and asked, "Then is Jesus a lie too?" |
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4798 | Two covenants....... | Romans | DocTrinsograce | 128392 | ||
At the moment, I can think of no better place in scripture that states this than Romans chapter 4. Paul, in this chapter, explains how Abraham was saved by grace, through faith, just as any that God chooses to justify. The author of Hebrews states the same thing in the latter chapters of that book. He states it most succinctly in the last verses of chapter 11. |
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4799 | Children of promise | Gal 4:28 | DocTrinsograce | 128390 | ||
Abraham was promised that he would have through his son many descendants. At the same time, he was promised spiritual descendants when he was told that he would be the father of many nations (Genesis 17:4). As believers Abraham is the father of us all. Isaac was born as a consequence of this promise that God made to his father, not through any efforts of Abraham. In fact, Abraham and Sarah were far beyond the age for child bearing. Isaac was conceived by the power of God. In the same way, we are born again, not through normal means (John 1:13), but because of the promise to Abraham, through the Lord Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:16). Acts 17:28 "For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring." |
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4800 | Keeping the law? | 2 Thess 1:9 | DocTrinsograce | 128388 | ||
Actually, it doesn't say anything about "those who attempt to be justified on the basis of keeping the law." The antecedent of "these" are the people mentioned in the previous verse: "them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." We cannot say from the text how these people sought to justify themselves. Now, this does not preclude the possibility that this group contains people who seek to justify themselves by the law, but we cannot state this emphatically. If I may be so bold, I suggest that you use books such as Romans (in particular chapter 3) and Galatians to scripturally establish your stated premise. | ||||||
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