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61 | What happens to Christians that die 2day | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187061 | ||
According to 1 Thess 5:23 the nature of man is spirit, soul, and body. I quote from THE SPIRITUAL MAN by Watchman Nee: The body is the "world-consciousness," the soul is the "self-consciousness," and the spirit is the "God-consciousness." There are five organs in the body which afford man the five senses. This physical body enables man to communicate with the physical world. This is why it is called the "world- consciousness." The soul comprises that part in man known as the intellect, which makes man's existence possible. The part of love generates affections toward other human beings or objects. Affections originate from the senses. All these are parts of man himself; they form the personality of man. Hence, they are called the "self-consciousness." The spirit is the part with which man communicates with God. With this part man worships God, serves Him, and understands his relationship with God. Hence, it is called "God-consciousness." Just as God dwells in the spirit, the self dwells in the soul, and the senses dwell in the body. The soul is the meeting point; here the spirit and the body join. Man communicates with God's Spirit and the spiritual realm through the spirit and receives and expresses power and life in the spiritual realm through this spirit. He communicates with the outside world of senses through the body; the world and the body interact with one another. The soul lies in between these two worlds and belongs to these two worlds. On the one hand, it communicates with the spiritual realm through the spirit, and on the other hand, it communicates with the physical world through the body. The soul has the power of self-determination; it can make decisions concerning the things related to it in the environment and can choose or reject them. It is impossible for the spirit to control the body directly; it requires a medium. This medium is the soul, which was produced when the spirit touched the body. The soul is in between the spirit and the body; it binds the spirit and the body together as one. The spirit can rule over the body through the soul and subject it under God's power. The body can also induce the spirit through the soul to love the world. The soul is the seat of personality; man's will, intellect, and emotion all lie in the soul. The spirit is the part with which man communicates with the spiritual realm. The body is the part with which man communicates with the physical realm. The soul is in the middle of these two parts. It exercises its judgment to determine if the spiritual realm is to rule or if the physical realm is to rule. Sometimes the soul rules through its intellect and senses; when that happens, the psychological world rules. Unless the soul yields its rule to the spirit, the spirit cannot rule. Hence, the soul has to authorize the spirit to rule before the latter can rule over the soul and the whole body. The reason for this is that the soul is the origin of man's personality. The soul is the master of a person because man's will is part of the soul. When the spirit controls the whole being, it is because the soul has yielded itself and has taken a lower position. If the soul rebels, the spirit will not have the power to control it. This is the meaning of "free will" in man. Man has the absolute right to make his own decisions. He is not a machine which turns according to God's will. He has his own faculty of deliberation. He can choose to obey God's will, and he can choose to oppose God's will and to follow the devil's will. According to God's arrangement, the spirit should be the highest part and should control the whole being. Yet the main part of man's personality, the will, is of the soul. Man's will (soul) has the power to choose to let the spirit rule, to let the body rule, or to let the self rule. Because the soul is so powerful, the Bible calls it "a living soul." |
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62 | was this a scribe's error? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Aslans_Friend | 187059 | ||
So you believe that a copist, a scribe "corrected" the discrepancy? | ||||||
63 | Why do we try the Spirits? | Matt 12:31 | Aslans_Friend | 187058 | ||
The gifts of the Spirit can operate regardless of the presence of a spirit of error. 1 Corinthians is talking about the gifts. 1 John is talking about truth and error, a source of heresy for the church. (specifically, gnostic beliefs, I believe) |
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64 | "Saved" but not saved? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187054 | ||
Matt 6:19-21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. | ||||||
65 | freedom from power of death do in life | Heb 2:14 | Aslans_Friend | 187053 | ||
It gives us courage when faced with physical danger, since we know that this life while in the body is only a temporary state. Our life is in Christ. | ||||||
66 | Experience assures salvation? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187050 | ||
Too much going on in the head. Take that mind captive to Christ and trust in Him. Romans 10:8-10 "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. |
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67 | Is perseverance certain? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187049 | ||
"The trouble with living sacrifices is that they tend to crawl off the alter", I once heard from a pastor. Bottom line: Christ did it all for you. Heb 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. You just need to keep your relationship with your Father who loves you dearly. Trust and obey. |
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68 | Real change? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187048 | ||
John 15:1-11 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. You know the change you have experienced is real by the life that is growing in you. Remember, man is spirit, soul, and body (I Thess. 5:23). The spirit is God-consciousness, the soul is self-consiousness, and the body is world-consciousness. Romans 8 tells us of the dichotomous strugle between the spirit and the flesh that goes on in a believer. We must crucify the flesh so that the spirit may grow into the reflection of Christ. |
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69 | Faith that is self-centered? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187047 | ||
Rom 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God Rom 12:1-3 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. You must differenciate between your conscience and the accusations of your enemy the devil. You do that by getting to know the Spirit of God through worship and reading His word. |
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70 | No reprobates in the Bible? | Matt 12:31 | Aslans_Friend | 186817 | ||
'remember a born again Christian can "never" lose their salvation.' Really? No reprobates in the bible? |
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71 | Assurance based on performance? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 186816 | ||
Assurance based on faith in Jesus' performance. In Christ alone. His heart is not deceitful, His soul is not corrupt, when I am weak - He is strong, I have the mind of Christ, my mind is renewed. |
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72 | Is Jesus "equal to god"? | Phil 2:6 | Aslans_Friend | 186751 | ||
The history of the Watchtower Society starts with a group called Russellites, who followed a false prophet of the day (19th century) who proclaimed the end of the world was scheduled for early 20th century. A publisher in New York City found he could make a lot of money from the followers and, through a greedy plot, conspired to organize the society into a religious works mill. Adherants must work to earn salvation through quotas and distribution of written materials. At first, they used the King James bible, but now have their own authorized translation that twists the original Hebrew and Greek to their own advantage. |
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73 | jesus spoke to dead | Eccl 9:5 | Aslans_Friend | 186749 | ||
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to announce that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. Isaiah 61:1 quoted by Jesus and presumably refering to those is "Abraham's Bosom" who were released from Sheol as Christ assended on high with captives. |
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74 | What do you say? | Acts 13:39 | Aslans_Friend | 186746 | ||
For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it. But now God has shown us a different way of being right in his sight-not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures long ago. We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done. For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard. Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus. Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law. Rom 3:20-28 The Law of Faith in Christ. |
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75 | Nephilim Humans? | Gen 6:4 | Aslans_Friend | 186744 | ||
I have studied this through several commentaries. There is varied opinion, to say the least. The most sensible, in my opinion, is that the Sons of God, refering to the godly descendants of Seth, used no spiritual discrimination in chosing wives for themselves, and married descendants of Cain for beauty alone. This led to ungodliness and perverted the gifts of God towards humanitarian achivements. (commentary : Clark?) | ||||||
76 | Would Adam and Eve have fallen? | Gen 3:13 | Aslans_Friend | 186736 | ||
As finite creatures, we have a hard time reconciling free will and predestination. We are part of the space-time but God is transcendent. God has no contingency plans. He knew you before the beginning. (and loved you anyway) That's why the actions of the devil are so irrational, he knows God's nature and his ultimate end, but his hatred leads him to... steal and kill and destroy [John 10:10] |
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77 | reference to sexual nature | Bible general Archive 3 | Aslans_Friend | 186735 | ||
I believe that God has a great sense of humor. The guideline might be, if you told the joke to Jesus, would he laugh? | ||||||
78 | Does chancing it make it? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 186732 | ||
Luk 10:25-28 And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?" And he answered, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE." Perhaps half-hearted Christians, or Christians serving themselves only, or Christians just serving the Church need to re-vitalize their relationship with Christ to validate their "assurance". |
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79 | Feelings demonstrate the facts? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 186731 | ||
Feelings are very important to us because we are emotional creatures. However, emotions can be deceiving. Man is spirit, soul, and body. Emotions are a part of the soul of man, they reflect the self image. A person who is spiritual, more importantly, one who is born again, is in communion with our heavenly Father through the spirit. During such communication, the Spirit testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. External stimulae comes from the flesh and can give no assurance of salvation. You might read THE SPIRITUAL MAN by Watchman Nee. Available entirely online at http://www.ministrybooks.org/ This classic work shows great insight into the nature of man and, at least in my case, helped me realize that salvation is more of a process than an event. On the other hand, the greatest promise I can hold out to you is: Rom 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. I pray this helps. |
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80 | Bible inerrancy versus author's mistakes | 2 Tim 3:16 | Aslans_Friend | 186686 | ||
While reading Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's MISQUOTING JESUS, I see that Mark 2 says that Jesus said that King David went into the temple while Abiathar was the high priest, but according to I Samuel 21, it was Ahimelech. | ||||||
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