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61 | Who needs to repent? | 2 Pet 3:9 | benjamite | 32196 | ||
In the context, repentance is in contrast to perishing. As believers, we don't have to worry about perishing. I see this kind of repentance as permanent. John 3:16 says that believers "shall not perish". (see also John 10:27-28 and 1 Cor. 1:18). It is that kind of repentance we are dealing with here, one which keeps us from perishing. You mentioned Romans 3:23-24, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;" I am saved. I am a believer. God has declared me righteous. By His grace, Romans 3:23 doesn't apply to me, positionally, anymore. My sins have been passed over (Romans 3:25). Can you imagine that? "There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." (Rom. 8:1-2) Do we still sin? Of course, but we won't perish. 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." |
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62 | Why the change from "they" to "you"? | 2 Pet 3:9 | benjamite | 32197 | ||
Revelation 22:20, "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus." Benjamite |
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63 | Who needs to repent? | 2 Pet 3:9 | benjamite | 32301 | ||
I appreciate you saying that I am right, but that is not what I said. Romans 8:2, in the NASB, says "The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus HAS SET you free from the law of sin and of death." It is not a future event. It has already happened. WE ARE FREE from the law of sin and of death. God did it, Himself. Note Romans 8:3-4, "For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, GOD DID: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, HE CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." (Romans 8:3-4, NASB, emphasis mine). We still sin but we are not under the law of sin and death. We won't perish. We are free from that law. That's the point. (see also John 3:16, 10:27-28, 1 Cor 1:18). |
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64 | Who needs to repent? | 2 Pet 3:9 | benjamite | 32458 | ||
Amen. Likewise, Romans 6:1-2 says that we died to sin. How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Also Galatians 2:20 says that we have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer us, but Christ lives in us. We won't perish. Praise the Lord! |
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65 | Who needs to repent? | 2 Pet 3:9 | benjamite | 32975 | ||
Brother Ezra, It is true that we are to be holy as He is holy, (the "mark that God has set for us") (1 Peter 1:15-16). We won't reach that mark until glory (Phil 1:6). As I have said before, that is not what 2 Peter 3:9 is dealing with. However it happened, we know that Christ did not sin. He was (and still is) perfect, without spot. (1 Peter 1:18-19). As believers, in our position, we are perfect. We have been justified (declared righteous), Romans 3:23-26. Also read Romans 8:29-30. Positionally, we have been "glorified". Why do you mention Enoch? He was almost unique in that He did not die. (Gen 5:24; Heb 11:5) All others, unbelievers and believers alike, up until now, with the exception of Elijah, have died. Benjamite |
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66 | Who needs to repent? | 2 Pet 3:9 | benjamite | 33040 | ||
We could continue to argue back and forth, but unless what we say can be supported by scripture, what we say about the things of God is not right. What you have said, here, troubles me - more for your sake than for mine. I trust you've read the references I gave you. To what extent are we justified? How precious is the blood of Christ? Since you trust experience, in my experience, Romans 4:25 speaks of "He who was delivered up because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification." If we are not "justified unto perfection", if we have not been totally and completely declared righteous, then Christ is still dead, and we have no business before the throne of grace. (Hebrews 4:14-16) In my experience, Romans 5:9 says, "Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him." By Christ's death, we have been justified--fully and completely declared righteous. Christ rose from the dead as proof of that, and therefore I can know Him. How do we come to know God? Whose doing is/was this? 1 Corinthians 1:21-31 How do we come to know God? How do we come to be known by God? Galatians 4:8-11 Did Paul know Christ? How? Philippians 3:7-11 What does Paul mean by Philippians 3:15-16? What does John mean in 1 John 4:13-15? How do we abide in God? Has God not given us understanding to know Him? 1 John 5:19-20 Brother Ezra, you know I've checked my Bible. I've given you scripture reference after scripture reference to support what I am trying to tell you. For now, I'm done. Feel free to have the last word here. If you'd like, feel free to email me. Benjamite |
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67 | Is the first resurection in Mat 27:52 | Rev 20:5 | benjamite | 33856 | ||
Okay Tim, What did I say wrong, it sounds like you are agreeing with me. I didn't complete the thought of the "1st resurrection in the "points" but I mentioned it above that, (1 Cor 15:23). Now, since I've given an opinion on Matthew 27:52, what's your take? Where does Daniel (etc.) fit in? In Him Benjamite Missouri Bible Scholar |
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68 | Is the first resurection in Mat 27:52 | Rev 20:5 | benjamite | 33867 | ||
Wait a second. It is an interesting theological "aside", but let's get back to the issue. If we want to make too much out of the word again, let's take it in the context of John 10:17. Christ, who had taken "life" (John 1 - the word became flesh), laid his life down. When He rose, he took life again. When Revelation says "This is the first resurrection", it speaks of those who came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (Rev 20:4). |
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69 | Is the first resurection in Mat 27:52 | Rev 20:5 | benjamite | 33875 | ||
Three points, 1. Rev 20:6 does not limit the resurrection to OT saints. 2. 1 Peter 5:8 says, "Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." The devil isn't bound. He is still deceiving the nations. (2 Cor 11:3; Titus 3:3). 3. 20:6 says, "over THESE, the second death has no power" (speaking of those raised in the 1st Resurrection). That fits me. John 3:16. In Him, Benjamite |
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70 | Is the first resurection in Mat 27:52 | Rev 20:5 | benjamite | 33899 | ||
No sweat Preacher Tim, If you don't mind my asking, you said "righteous souls" and "unrighteous souls". "Souls" can be pretty generic, so some poor soul might still be confused. Are you saying that only the souls (or may I say "immaterial parts") of men are resurrected? Or, were you just using "souls" in the general sense to mean person? (as I did above) In Him, Benjamite |
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71 | Is the first resurection in Mat 27:52 | Rev 20:5 | benjamite | 34544 | ||
I'm not sure that we'll ever see eye to eye on this. It seems like what you are saying is that there won't be a future, literal, physical, earthly reign of Christ. I see way too much evidence to the contrary. There is a lot of information here. I do not wish to bombard, but to present the evidence. Obviously, I see Revelation 20 as beeing yet entirely unfulfilled (and still future). Outside of this chapter, there is a bunch of evidence for an earthly reign of Christ (where He is physically present on the earth.) I see the first resurrection as that of the just (before the millennium), and the second as that of the unjust (afterwards). Romans 8:18-22 says that creation will be set free. (I see this as being before it is destroyed by fire - 2 Peter 3.) Isaiah 11 speaks of physical blessings that have yet to happen (I have yet to see a weaned child putting his hand on the viper's den). Also, Isaiah says that the nations rather than being "deceived" will resort to the root of Jesse. Isaiah 65 speaks of youth dying at the age of 100, yet it still speaks of death. Few people over the last two thousand years could even dream of reaching the century mark. In the new heaven and new earth, there will be no more death (Rev 21:4). Although John 18:36 says that Christ's kingdom is not of this world, it doesn't mean that it cannot be on the earth. (cf. John 8:23). Note also that Jesus says that we, believers, are "not of the world" (John 15:18-19). There are those who look at Luke 17:21 and say that the Kingdom has already begun. I would respond that the kingdom of God was "in [their] midst" because the King was there. Note also that in Acts 1:6, the disciples still had to ask if Christ was, at that time, going to restore the kingdom to Israel. If they were not still expecting a physical reign, they would not have asked. In Acts 3:19ff, Peter speaks of "times of refreshing". Note that it says "times", not just personal "refreshing". Also, we see that the sending of verse 20 is in contrast to the "receive" of verse 21. Note also the future "period of restoration". There is coming a day when the Lord will restore the Kingdom to Israel. (Acts 3:22-26) For these reasons, and others, it is my belief that Rev. 20 is yet to be fulfilled. In Him, Benjamite |
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72 | where's it say innocent goes to heaven? | Rev 21:1 | benjamite | 37886 | ||
Oh, okay. How about Isaiah 7:15-16? Here we see that there is a time before someone knows to choose right and reject the wrong (and they are therefore innocent). Perhaps 2 Samuel 12:23 (or David might simply be referring to physical death when he says "I shall go to him..."). |
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