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541 | Heaven/hell - those never hearing gospel | Rom 10:12 | Beja | 223856 | ||
rclouviere, Paul gives us a pretty clear answer in Romans. He says in chapter 10 that all who will call on him will be saved. But then he asks a series of rhetorical questions in which he tries to make clear the need for people to preach the gospel. Romans 10:14,15 "How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, 'howbeautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!'" verse 17 "So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." So Paul says that somebody must preach the gospel in order for them to hear, and they must hear in order to believe, and must believe in order to call, and must call in order to be saved. A person might ask how this is fair to judge those who have not heard the gospel. Paul addresses this in the very first chapter from about verse 16 on to the end of the chapter. His summary is enough about God is evident in creation that they are without excuse. This does mean they understand Christ and the gospel through creation, it means rather they should know enough about God to not sin and therefore they are morally accountable. I'll admit that this is a terrifying notion but it remains the biblical answer to your question. In Christ, Beja |
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542 | is water-baptism needed for salvation? | Eph 2:8 | Beja | 223842 | ||
Godinus, Why stop reading Peter there? Keep reading the very passage you quoted, verse 9 says, "obtaining as teh outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls." Then later in verse 23, for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is through the living and enduring word of God. He goes on in this discussion of being born again through the word to say in chapter 2 verse 7, "This precious value then, is for you who believe" And I can hardly believe anybody would dare use Romans to justify baptismal regeneration. Romans 5:1,2 "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand." Romans 3:24 and following say, "being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. (and on to verse 26)...for the demonstration, I say of His righteousness at the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. In Christ, Beja |
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543 | is water-baptism needed for salvation? | Eph 2:8 | Beja | 223839 | ||
Godinus, I understand what you are saying. However, while I probably have no chance to convince clsx2, there are literally hundreds of people who frequent these forums to read them but never ever post. Among those people are some that read a post such as clsx2's and wonder how to respond to a verse such as what he referred to. Sometimes even when I have no expectation to persuade the person I'm speaking to, I post for the sake of the silent readers. In Christ, Beja |
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544 | is water-baptism needed for salvation? | Eph 2:8 | Beja | 223836 | ||
Godinus, You said that we should not be concerned so long as we can agree on two things. 1.) That we are all saved. I am very hesitant to affirm that anybody who is depending on something which we do, is in fact a saved person. 2.) That arguing doctrine causes division. I agree that it does, but if you are implying by that that we should cease to argue doctrine then I disagree entirely. It is very important that we understand what scripture teaches. Give me a divisive search for truth rather than a happy unity in heresy any day. Though admitedly a happy unity in truth is the goal. To answer your questions. 1.) Corresponding to what? Noah and his family being brought safely through the waters of the flood. That should be pretty clear though how it corresponds to it is certainly less simple. 2.) The brackets signal an interruption from the train of thought. In this case, Peter is saying that baptism now saves us, but he interupts his train of thought to make sure that we all know that when he says this he does not mean the dunking in water. In Christ, Beja |
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545 | was jesus ever, "wanted dead or alive"? | Matthew | Beja | 223833 | ||
bryan, I encourage you to read the gospels and get back to us on what you discover regarding that. In Christ, Beja |
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546 | is water-baptism needed for salvation? | Eph 2:8 | Beja | 223831 | ||
clsx2, Let's not forget that the very same man who was speaking in acts 2, Peter, later clarified that when he indicates baptism saves he does NOT refer to the actual act of baptism but rather what it represents which is the appeal to God for a good conscience on the basis of Jesus Christ (Faith.) See 1 Peter 3:21,22. In Christ, Beja |
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547 | do you belive in woman minister | 1 Tim 2:1 | Beja | 223781 | ||
Glomo, You may need to flesh out your question a bit more. Do I believe women ministers exist? I do believe they exist. Do I think they ought to exist? It depends on what you mean by minister. If you mean an elder of a church then I believe then they ought not to be. However, what various people on this forum thinks is less than irrelevant. The real question is what scripture says, to which I would refer you to 1 Timothy 2. In Christ, Beja |
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548 | Is God one person? | John 1:1 | Beja | 223776 | ||
Integrity, This is called modalism and it was rejected by christians a long time ago. Ironically I think one of the best passages in refuting it is one of the ones they site, John 1:1-3. In Christ, Beja |
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549 | who is the writer of the book | Rev 1:1 | Beja | 223726 | ||
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550 | who is the writer of the book revelation | Rev 1:1 | Beja | 223724 | ||
RDellius, Its in the first verse of the book. In Christ, Beja |
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551 | Is it OK to danc on Good Friday? | Eph 2:1 | Beja | 223700 | ||
MoQSwan, There is nothing in scripture about dancing on good fridays. However, I must say that I find an interesting inconsistency in your post. You seem so very worried about being specifically in God's will with regards to this question, yet you feel free to follow your own feelings in spite of what scripture says in other areas. Hebrews 10:24,25 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some Scripture clearly commands us to be active in attending church. Also scripture clearly affirms that the gathering of the church is a place where God's presence is there in a unique way. Ephesians 2:19-22 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Keep in mind the concept of the temple is a special place where God and man meets. And now that is in the church. So what I wonder is, if you are willing to throw out all of scriptures teachings in this regard for the sake of your feeling, "God resides in everything and not just merely a church," then why worry so very much over precise details of what scripture says in regards to dancing? In Christ, Beja |
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552 | Did Jesus come for the gentiles only? | Col 3:11 | Beja | 223643 | ||
Clreid, Colossians 3:11 Ephesians 2 Romans 11 Just about any book in the new testament probably has something somewhere that refutes this also. In Christ, Beja |
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553 | Crusifixtion a sacrafice? John 3:16 | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 223623 | ||
Integrity, 1.) How could I be taking it out of context when I cited the entire post? What more context could there be? 2.) If you do not have time to look up scripture and cite scripture, then perhaps you shouldn't try to teach/explain it? Perhaps using your time you DO have to read scripture rather than put forward theories. 3.) You DID strongly suggest that the PHYSICAL death of Christ did not provide atonement. I'm following your posts just fine. You seem very reluctantly to truely own up to anything you are saying. The facts remains that this thread was begun by you for the purpose of asking what the real sacrifice of Christ was since it wasn't the physical death. Anybody reading this can go back to the original post and see it is true. One of the great things of this forum is that you can't pretend you didn't say something. Your words are there for everybody to see. So you can't initiate a discussion like this and then feel mistreated because we ask you to back up ideas with scripture. Studying scripture is the entire point of this forum. Suggesting theories to think about in absence of scriptural support, or thinking outside the box in that sense, is groundless, unedifying, and dangerous. This is what I truely hope you understand from this thread. I hope you find this forum to be a fruitful place of digging into scriptures, not a place to think outside the box. In Christ, Beja |
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554 | Crusifixtion a sacrafice? John 3:16 | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 223618 | ||
CDBJ, I'm very grateful that you brought Jesus' statement of it being finished up. I wish I had thought of it sooner. That certainly seems to debunk any mysterious punishment in hell being needed during those three days our Lord was in the grave. However, here is the verse: Joh 19:30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. I think it is much more reasonable that since Christ said this phrase as He was actually dying, that he was referring to His physical death. That seems a much more reasonable understanding of this text than to speculate that He was signifying his spiritual death and seconds later his physical. In Christ, Beja |
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555 | Crusifixtion a sacrafice? John 3:16 | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 223616 | ||
Integrity, Here is the entirety of your original post that began this thread: "Christ Death was only physical and only lasted three days. I hear people from all corners state that the Death of Jesus was a great sacrafice. Jesus knew that his death was only temporal. 1.Why is this death considered such a sacrafice. 2. What was the true sacrafice of Jesus." So you basically said that Christ's death on the cross was not the sacrifice for our sins. Asking what the true sacrifice was implies that his physical death for us was not the true sacrifice. You are going to make an assertion like that and now you say, "I do not think I have to point to scripture to prove this?" All I can say is "wow." Sir, you must always point to scripture, not the least when you try to debunk an orthodox view of the sacrificial atonement of Jesus. In Christ, Beja |
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556 | Cain's wife is from who? | Acts 17:26 | Beja | 223604 | ||
Preston, Read the context, this is not a parable at all. Rather it is an explicit teaching from Paul. In Christ, Beja |
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557 | Cain's wife is from who? | Acts 17:26 | Beja | 223602 | ||
Seems this verse throws a pretty big wrench in the theory of creating other lines of people. Act 17:26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, In Christ, Beja |
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558 | Cain's wife is from who? | Acts 17:26 | Beja | 223594 | ||
Grandpa, Here is why, you said: "That is why we end up with seemingly impossible things like talking snakes and such" The suggestion seems to be that whatever else can be said, the language isn't really truely reliable. Or rather incapable of expressing the truth. In Christ, Beja |
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559 | Cain's wife is from who? | Acts 17:26 | Beja | 223592 | ||
Grandpa, This forum has a specific terms of use that you must agree upon to be welcome to use the forums. Part of this is confessing that scripture is the error free word of God and the ultimate authority. It is alright to suggest that scripture is using metaphors or symbolism, it often does so. However, when it does so, it does so intentionally. So the notion that scripture is inaccurate or unreliable is not welcome on the forum. I encourage to read the TOU carefully because our gracious host has in the past restricted users from the site for not following this very thing and I would hate to see you not be able to learn and study scripture with us. In Christ, Beja |
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560 | Crusifixtion a sacrafice? John 3:16 | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 223589 | ||
Integrity, Let me add some further thoughts. Scripture clearly affirms that the physical sufferings of Christ very much were the atoning factor. Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our wellbeing fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed. In Christ, Beja |
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