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501 | Forgiven for spending to much? | 1 John 1:9 | Robert Nicholson | 27934 | ||
Dear fellow believer: After we are saved we have a conscience which is more sensitive toward sin. The important thing is to grasp the truth of 1 John 1:9 where we see that he forgives ALL our sins. Choices that we made before we were saved can haunt us afterward even though we are forgiven. There may be things which we need to make right in order to be peace within ourselves. Brother, I can say I know how you feel as I gone through bankruptcy due to a business failure which I tryed to correct, but it went totally out of control. What does a Christian do in this case? Take this problem to God and tell him honestly about you problem. The important thing is to totally honest about your situation to all involved persons. Make sure you hire a good bankruptcy person to represent you fairly. Remember, the one who sees the sparrow fall, cares so much more for you. You are going through a time of testing which the Lord promises his grace to help us through. In my own case it was a learning experience which brought me closer to God and has caused me to value the things which are important in life. May you feel the presence of God as you face this difficulty. If I can help you more, please email me. In Christ Robert |
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502 | The Substitute! | 1 John 2:2 | Robert Nicholson | 34252 | ||
Makarios: Amen to your post. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1 Peter3:18) This sacrifice was once and for all. He satisfied the claims of a Holy God against sin. The sin question as far as God is concerned has been dealt with at Calvary. His atonement for sin is offered to the whole world. All who are unsaved of part of the world before we were saved, and thank God for his unconditional love and grace which provides for all a way to be forgiven of their sins and at peace with God forever. When Christ died upon Calvary's cross, my sins were all future and it was all my sins that be bore in his own body on the tree. The reaction of sinners to the atoning work of Christ does not diminish in anyway way the work which he has accomplished. Such love surpassing human thought That thou blest Lamb of God Should bear sin's curse And interpose, thine own most precious blood. |
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503 | Why exclude the ressurrection of Christ? | 1 John 2:2 | Robert Nicholson | 34258 | ||
I think we often study the sacrifice of Christ for our sins on calvary and when we were saved we accepted his substitutionary work on our behalf. When we trust Christ we realize that this is not a dead saviour whom we trust, but one who not only died for us, and was buried and that on the third day God raised him from the dead. The resurrection of Christ is the absolute foundation to all the blessings which we have in him. As you have pointed out that in 1 Cor. 15:17-19 "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, you are yet in your sins. Then they also which have fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only, we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable" In others words if Christ was not triumphant over death then he is not whom he claimed to be. If we are trusting in a dead Christ, we are still dead in our sins. In addition, those who trusted him and have died are lost. Finally, if our hope does not go beyond this life, we are miserable, all we have is another dead religion. Oh the triumphs of Christ! V.20 "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept." Because he lives, we live,; because he was raised from the dead bodily, we also will be raised at his coming. Our hope which goes beyond this life is anchored safe within the veil in the saviours blood and we watch expectantly for the time when we will be in his personal presence for ever. Momma, I think that you could probably explain the two aspects of the Lordship of Christ. However, I will try. In Phil.2:9 Wherefore God hath highly exalted him and given him a name above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. And every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the Glory of God the Father." You have mentioned the devils tremble and so they should. They know he is Lord and satan and his minions know there time is short and they will be judged by him. They know there is absolutely no escape. We read in Romans 9:10 "If thou shalt confess with the mouth the Lord Jesus (or Jesus as Lord) and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved" When God by his spirit reveals to us our lost condition and need. We turn to Christ as both Saviour and Lord. When we rest upon him by faith for our salvation we are saying "he died for me, my sins were borne by him on the cross. I accept him as my Lord to be the leader of my life by his spirit. I believe Lordship for the Christian is turning my control over to Christ and allowing him to be my life. As we live in him and obey him we are changed more and more into his image. God bless Robert. |
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504 | One sacrifice for sins forever ! | 1 John 2:2 | Robert Nicholson | 45036 | ||
Dear friends: I have been enjoying the words of the woman of Tekoah found in 2 Samuel 14:14 "For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him." It would appear that from this verse we are made to understand our mortality, our weakness and that their is nothing special in us that God should favour us. Yet God in his grace has "devised a means whereby his banished be not expelled" That means is found in the sacrifice of his Son who provided the way and means that those who are banished by sin be not expelled forever. "And he is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours only but for (the sins) of the whole world. 1 John 2:2 What we read here is very deep truth. I believe it sets before us the sacrifice of Christ from a God-ward side. The sacrifice of Christ has satisfied God's holy throne against sin. The sin question as viewed from the throne of a holy and righteous God is settled through the sacifice of his Son. In the old testament times we see proitiation as the mercy seat, wherein once a year the priest entered for the people, not without blood, and sprinled the mercy seat with the blood which covered the sin of the people for another year. Because of the blood they had a seat of mercy rather than a seat of judgment. This of course, was a type which represented the sacrifice of Christ when he would offer himself without sin unto God once and for all. What does propitiation mean? It means that a holy God is satisfied with the sacrifice of the lamb of God for our sin. His throne of righteousness is satisfied. The sacrifice of Christ is what God's holy throne demanded and nothing less. Through Christ God now has a ground upon which he can righteously grant pardon or forgiveness to lost sinners. Is this not God's side of salvation? His throne is fully satisfied with Christ and his work on the cross, even if all reject him as saviour? This should humble us before God? Especially, when we realize that God by his grace has offered forgiveness to those who accept Christ through faith. Christ died for all. Forgiveness is offered to all.( Romans 3:22) However, forgiveness is only realized by those who will accept God's terms which is to acknowledge our need (repentance) and to rest by faith in Christ, in other words we must rest where God has rested. Robert |
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505 | What's the "seed" that keeps u from sin? | 1 John 3:9 | Robert Nicholson | 69697 | ||
rebxar: A person who "is born of God" has been made a new creature in Christ. Christ dwells in us by his Spirit giving us new desires and the power to overcome sin. I believe that "His seed" refers to the Spirit of God dwelling within our hearts which will guide us, which convict us, who will teach us what God desires of his children. Romans 6:17 to 18 teaches that "we were the slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you" In other words the Gospel of Christ. In Christ we are "made free from sin, you have become servants of righteousness. We have a new master. We who were slaves to sin are now made saints in Christ. However, we know that until Christ comes we will contend with the old nature which is reckoned to be dead and as such we will sin. However sin should be the accident and will not be habitually practised if we allow the Spirit of God to speak to our hearts and guide our lives. Peace in his Name. |
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506 | What gospel does he preach? | 1 John 4:1 | Robert Nicholson | 35076 | ||
Dear Liza7girl: The marks of these false prophets are: a) They do not believe "that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh" 1 John 4:3 In other words they do no believe that Christ is God manifest in the flesh. b) They love the world or the spirit of the age and the world heareth them V.5 In 1 John 2:15 those who love Christ are told "love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. In other words, Christ should always be first in our lives. What would their gospel be? It is not a gospel which brings about conviction and change in a person. Since they deny that Jesus is the enternal son of God, they are not enpowered by the holy spirit. Their preaching may be about a the wonderful example of Jesus, but they will never understand the power of his death and glorious resurrection. They preach a dead Christ. Today we see this in many versions, in which people will supposedly acknowledge a historical Christ and have many ways of explaining away the siginficance of our sin, our saviour, our life in him, his coming again, the resurrection of the dead and judgement to come. Their gospel never makes humankind accountable to God. It encourages them to become self-reliant. Their message however, is popular, they love the world, they speak of wordly things; things which other people of the world love to hear. Instead of telling people what God through Christ can do in their lives; their message is one of self promotion and living without God. They are religious in their ways and skilful, similar to the coming counterfeit Christ who will bring this world to ruin. The main test of a person according to John is based on that great question "What think you of Christ, whose son is he?" God bless Robert |
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507 | im a belever how do i know if im possess | 1 John 4:4 | Robert Nicholson | 41262 | ||
Phebe: When we trust Christ as our saviour, we are born from above by his Spirit who comes to live within us. That is why I referred you to 1 John 4:4 where it tell us "greater is he that is in you (Holy Spirit) than he that is in the world. (satan and his helpers) Demons will not dwell where Christ dwells. We can see this demonstrated in Matthew 8 when Jesus cast out the demons from the man of Gadara "they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?"(Matt. 8:29) There are evil forces in the world, but the Lord Jesus has given us the victory to overcome them. My advice is to prayfully read John's Gospel and get to know the Lord Jesus better, let him fill your heart with love and hope. Pray to him and ask for deliverance for the fears which you may have within. May God bless you in your life. Robert |
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508 | Why does the Amplified include this? | 1 John 5:8 | Robert Nicholson | 43556 | ||
brother searcher The Darby translation reads "the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree in one." I believe that "in the earth" is in contrast to V7 "in heaven" However, most marginal readings omit in or on the earth. It is also interesting to note that verse 7 was inserted at a later time. Robert |
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509 | eternal security | 1 John 5:11 | Robert Nicholson | 43062 | ||
Dear Scribe: I agree with most of your post. However, I believe that eternal life is exactly that, "eternal". We have many promises in scripture which teach us that when we as a lost sinner are brought to Christ by the Holy Spirit, that when we rest, believe, or trust in him "we have everlasting life" We are born from above and indwelt or sealed by the Spirit of promise. Your question regarding the security of a professing Christian who carries on in serious moral sin without out apparent guilt of repentance would suggest to me that he does not have the Spirit of God dwelling in him. As you have stated we can fall into sin, but if we are born from above we cannot rest there. The point which you have made between the accidental sin of a Christian and the wilful sin of a Christian pose an important point. A Christian who is indwelt by the Spirit of God will produce certain fruit in their lives. If indeed their lives are addicted to sin, we would question the reality of their Christian profession. Do you not think that when we are saved: a) we are forgiven and delivered from the penalty of sin. b) That by his Spirit God gives us power to be preserved daily from sin. d) That eventually, we will be delivered from the presence of sin when Christ comes. Robert |
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510 | eternal security | 1 John 5:11 | Robert Nicholson | 43206 | ||
dear farout: I rejoice in the truth of eternal security. However, we know that Christians can not live in sinless perfection as long as we have to contend with the World, the flesh and the devil. Nevertheless, it should be our exercise before the Lord that we would allow his Spirit to give us wisdom and strength to avoid the pollutions of the world. I know from my own experience that a Christian can get cold and away from the Lord. Yet deep down in my soul I always had a sense of his presence and conviction for those things which were not pleasing to himself. Peter is a good example of one who denied the Lord as he sat afraid at the worlds fire. However, when the Lord looked on him, that look melted Peter,s heart and he wept in bitterly in repentance. We know that Peter went on to be a great soldier of the cross and in contrast to the man who was once afraid of being associated with Christ; he was horribly martyred for the sake of the one he loved. I agree with you last paragraph. We must rest on what God in his word declares and not become obsessed with our own subjective opinions or feelings. I love the words of an old hymn: "On Christ salavation rests secure, The rock of ages must endure, Nor can the faith be overthrown Which rests upon the living stone! Praise his precious name Robert |
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511 | Is your salvation genuine? | 1 John 5:13 | Robert Nicholson | 27482 | ||
"This is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life and he that hath not the So hath not life (1 John 3:11-12) I rest upon the finished work of Christ revealed to through God's word and I plead nothing other than the precious blood of Christ which was shed on calvary for my sins. Not only are my sins forgiven, but he lives within my heart and gives me power to live for him and I know that one day he will deliver those redeemed by his precious blood from this world altogether. My Savior summerises it best "I give unto my sheep eternal life and they shall never perish" John 10:28 |
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512 | Can fallen spirit filled saints repent? | 1 John 5:13 | Robert Nicholson | 41258 | ||
Doggiegrace: I do not believe that a person who is "in Christ" by being born again can ever be lost eternally and that even if they fall, the father is always willing to forgive us and restore us into full fellowship with him. This is underlined by Paul in Romans 8:33-39 "33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." In John 10: 28 Jesus said "I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand" Regarding the sinning saint. In 1 John 1:8 "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. In Hebrews 6 1-8 we read of apostates and how that after they have been given light, they have turned from it. I do not believe these people were ever born again. In contrast to the apostates of v 1-8 in verse 9 it is written "But, beloved we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation..." I realize that this topic is seen from other views. peace in his name Robert |
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513 | Help!! | 2 John 1:10 | Robert Nicholson | 74208 | ||
Greetings Dabmci One of the greatest commandments is to "Love our neighbor as ourself" I believe that this would include showing kindness to my neighbor who knows not Christ. If my way of life with my family reflects Christ, than we can spread the gospel by inviting him into our house. The verse you may be looking for has to do with those who would come into your house teaching false doctrine. "If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:" (2 John 1:10)KJV In other words if we cannot allow a false teacher to influence our household. In addition, we do not even bid him Goodbye since this shows us having fellowship with "his evil deeds" 2 John 1:11 Hope this helps In Christ Robert |
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514 | Help!! | 2 John 1:10 | Robert Nicholson | 74226 | ||
Dear brother Taleb: Excellent thoughts. I agree that if a person is well grounded in the word of God and able to discern between false and sound doctrine that at times when people come to our door spreading what we see as a false message, that we do have an opportunity to present the truth of God's word. In my personal experience I have had the privilege of presenting the gospel to a young JW who has been coming to my door. He claims to have learned much about the scriptures during our discussions. However, each time he returns one can tell that he has been given advice by the older wiser members. In the scriptures we have many warnings to God's people regarding false teachers who can creep in unawares and try to undermine the truth of Christ. In fact as I'm sure you are aware is that the wicked one attacks the person of Christ in such a way that one could be stumbled. Thank God that he has given us his Spirit within. As John writes "Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world". "We are more than conquerers in him" Your brother in Christ Robert |
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515 | Is it because we are afraid that the per | 2 John 1:10 | Robert Nicholson | 74260 | ||
Brother EdB: I believe we need to heed warnings which a clear such as 2 John 1:10. At the time this verse was written there was false teaching and the danger that those who were not mature in the faith of being mislead. I believe in this day an even greater danger is there since many are coming up with false gospels and false doctrine which on the surface may appear correct and yet its roots and motives are to undermine the truth of Christ. Robert |
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516 | Does the Blood Still Work? | Revelation | Robert Nicholson | 37790 | ||
Elizabeth: I believe that the church is taken away before the tribulation. (1 Thess.4:16) I tell you this so that you will understand where I am coming from. In Rev. 12 we read of the woman about to give birth. I believe that the woman represents the 12 tribes of Israel. We find in v. 4 that the dragon (satan) is ready to devour the child as soon as its born. This I believe is referring to Christ at his birth as Herod waited to destroy him. In Verse 5 "She brought forth a man child" this speaks of Christ at his birth. "who was to rule all nations with a rod of Iron" That is God's ultimate purpose for Christ. "her child was caught up to his throne" Christ did not rule at that time, rather he died, arose and was taken up to the throne of God. V.6 "The woman fled into the wilderness" This would reminds us of the dispersion of Israel after the death of Christ. "Where she had a place prepared of God" A remanent of Israel will be perserved, she will be protected from the beast. In V. 14 "The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time" God is going to protect those whom he has saved out of the great tribulation. In Chp.14:1 we find that they have the "his father's name written on their foreheads in contrast to the lost who have the mark of the beast.Chp. 13:16 In Rev. 13 we are in the last stages of the great tribulation. You are correct that God has allowed the beast to have power over all on earth. Keep in mind the remanent (the woman) are protected. It is here that we see the fate of those who have turned against God and refused Christ. In V.14 "he deceives them" by his power and demands their total worship and controls them with his mark. In 2 Thess. 2:11-12 we read "For this cause shall God send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrigheousness." You are correct that these people are beyond the cleansing power of the blood of Christ. In Rev. 14 we see those who have been saved from this terrible time of judgment. I believe we have two groups who are saved; a) The church which is his body. All those who have trusted him in this time of grace. This includes the old testament saints who have died in faith. b) A large remanent of Israel along with a great multitude from every tongue, kindred, tribe and nation. Rev. 7: 4-10 There will be people on this earth who have never rejected the gospel of Christ who will be saved along with the remanant of Israel. When Christ comes in power and glory with his saints we have an earthly company saved out of the great tribulation who enters into the earthly kingdom and a heavenly company (the church) who rules with Christ over the earth. These are very difficult scriptures to understand and I do not pretend to have all the answers. God bless you Robert |
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517 | Which John in Revelation? | Rev 1:9 | Robert Nicholson | 74140 | ||
Greetings Dat: The seven churches of God in Asia would know the person writing to them. His name is mentioned 4 times and he refers to himself as "a servant of Christ" chp 1:1, "a brother and companion in tribulation chp 1:9 and that he was exiled to the island of Patmos "for the testimony of Jesus Christ" chp. 1:9. It is interesting that the Lord Jesus told his dsiciple John (who became the Apostle John) that after he was gone to heaven he would send his Spirit who would "show you things to come" (John 16:13b) Although the Bible does not tell us clearly that this is indeed John of John's gospel, Church HIstory reveals that the Apostle John was a leader at the church of Ephesus after the death of Paul. As such John exercises pastoral care over the churches of Asia Minor. Several of the early church fathers wrote about John's exile to Patmos by the Roman emperor Domitian about A.D.95 It would appear that God choose to reveal the deep trues of the Son of God in John's Gospel and in his epistles. It would seem reasonable that he would reveal to his servant "The Revelation of Jesus Christ" Rev. 1:1 In Christ Robert |
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518 | 7 Churches in Rev., which is yours like? | Rev 1:11 | Robert Nicholson | 36369 | ||
Greetings Love Fountain: What a great question! I do not want to sound negative, but I believe that Laodicea meaning (rule of the people) represents many churches today. We find that this church is "rich and increased in goods" and think "they have need of nothing" Rev. 3:17. More importantly, in this church Christ is no longer in the center of the church, but is outside the door V20 imploring individuals to open the door and he will come into them and sup with them. I agree that all seven represent 7 actual churches, and 7 conditions of the church and 7 times in history relative to the professing church. It would be wonderful if we could live in the condition of Philadelphia, a time of brotherly love and when a great door of opportunity was opened as those men of God in the Post Reformation period spoke the word of God in truth and love; a time when thousands came to Christ. God bless you Robert |
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519 | Love Him then work for Him | Rev 2:5 | Robert Nicholson | 72318 | ||
Greetings cloud: I agree that christians must guard against becoming distracted with the labor and forget about our "first love". As you have pointed out the people in the church of God at Ephesus were doctrinely correct, the labored to the point of exhaustion, but they had left their first love. Their labor appeared to be motivated by a sense of duty rather than a labor of love. When we were first saved, nothing was to much to ask for the Lord, we wanted to honor him and to please him because of our love and devotion to him. However, after a few years, it is possible to carry on doing things for the Lord because we know we should, rather than acting out of love. You mentioned the "lampstand". The Lord tells us in Rev.1:20 what the lampstand is: "the seven candlesticks (lampstands) which thou sawest are the seven churches". Each local church had a testimony which the Lord will remove if they do not repent of the faults he finds in them. Christ dwells in us by his Spirit and as such we are as lamps in a dark world. We can look at it from the aspect of our personal testimony and from a collective testimony ie. the local church. It is humbling to realize that God in his grace has choosen these earthen vessels to display himself to the world around us. Peace in his most excellent name Robert |
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520 | Still confused about who multitude is | Rev 7:7 | Robert Nicholson | 65987 | ||
Chusarcik: During the great tribulation God will turn to Israel as a nation and a large remnant will be saved (sealed). However, there will be a "great multitude, which no man could number of all nations, and kindreds and tribes and people" V9 I believe this group represents those gentiles who have not disobeyed or heard the gospel and as it goes out to Israel the blessing goes over the wall. The question is often asked "What about those in the day of grace who have never heard?" I believe this is an answer to that question. I hope this helps Robert |
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