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61 | Timothy's background / character | 1 Timothy | Reformer Joe | 98947 | ||
Read Acts, Philippians 2, and 1 and 2 Timothy. --Joe! |
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62 | would this wine make a person drunk? | John 2:3 | Reformer Joe | 98941 | ||
Alternatively, you can examine a more historically-based analysis of the use of alcohol in the ancient Near and Middle East and in the church by reading "What Would Jesus Drink?" by following this link: http://www.christiancounterculture.com/cc_30812.html --Joe! |
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63 | KJV vs "New Age Bible Versions"? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Reformer Joe | 98939 | ||
"I believe that if Spurgeon was alive today he would agree with me." I believe that this sentence wins the "Silliest Comment of the Week Award." "The knowledge we poses today gives us more inlightinment into prophecy, Even Isreal wasnt a nation, ww1, ww2, nuclear bombs, these are all in prophecy which we are aware of today." Who says these are all found in prophecy? This is the kind of foolishness that comes from reading the Bible through the lens of the newspaper rather than the other way around. "The Holy Spirit reviels knowledge to those who can understand,without these things being real people in the past couldnt understand." And you think that you have understanding? Please wake up: God's self-revelation is complete. If you think you have more insight into the things of God than Charles Spurgeon simply because you were born later than him, you neither know Spurgeon nor yourself. I suppose then that you are millennia wiser than Paul, that outdated ignoramus who didn't even know about steam-powered engines or the printing press... --Joe! |
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64 | The Sacred Romance | Num 28:11 | Reformer Joe | 98851 | ||
It is a tough call when husbands do not follow the commands found in Ephesians 5. The bottom line is that disobedient husbands are walking lies about Christ and His church. God has not forgotten you, however, and remember His own commandments to you, and the be encouraged by the possible results of your obedience to them: "In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. Your adornment must not be merely external--braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands; just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear." --1 Peter 3:1-6 --Joe! |
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65 | The Sacred Romance | Num 28:11 | Reformer Joe | 98836 | ||
"I find it hard living trying to figure things out by myself under his ridicule of me." Is your husband a believer? It will be hard for him to lead you spiritually if he is not a Christian himself. The two books I would recommend which give a biblical analysis of the woman's role in marriage and motherhood are _Praise Her in the Gates_ and _The Fruit of Her Hands_, both by Nancy Wilson. http://www.discerningreader.com/praisheringa1.html http://www.discerningreader.com/fruitofherha1.html Hope this helps! --Joe! |
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66 | Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98834 | ||
"If the Father is, and the Son is God, and there is but one God, and they not the same, then what you're statement is saying is that there is one Title of God" God is one being, eternally existent in three persons. Jesus and the Father are two personages, but they are the same being. Difficult for the finite human being to grasp? Sure, but that is how God has revealed Himself to be. "How ever the Trinity does teach that the Father is the Son and also the Ghost, stating that they are all each other... this is contrary to what you just said..." The historic doctrine of the Trinity does NOT say that they are all each other. This is a heresy known as modalism or "oneness." Go read the Athanasian Creed: http://www.reformed.org/documents/athanasian.html "And Why back on the Mormons? Did I not say to leave them out of this?" Because you are promoting LDS theology, whether you label it as such or not. --Joe! |
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67 | Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98832 | ||
"So when talking about an equally worth of a destination the LDS and the general Christians all agree... Faith alone will get you there..." Actually, Mormons teach that almost everyone will be going to one of the three heavens. Other than apostate Mormons and "anti's" like me, hell (the "outer darkness") is pretty empty. I am aware of the way cults like the LDS manipulate Christian terminology to mean something different. Most aberrant groups have their own jargon, "code" vocabulary, or altered definitions of theological terms that lexically isolates their members from having meaningful theological conversations outside the group. Defining terms is indeed important. The LDS has defined them incorrectly. --Joe! |
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68 | who are the women of Genesis | Genesis | Reformer Joe | 98764 | ||
Heheheh...we could write a whole book on her using Forum material. --Joe! |
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69 | who are the women of Genesis | Genesis | Reformer Joe | 98752 | ||
Rebekah--responsible for the Jacob/Esau switcheroo Rachel and Leah--Jacob gets what is coming to him --Joe! |
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70 | Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98726 | ||
You wrote: "Now, my point, the Mormon definition of Salvation is equal to what the rest of the world calls Sanctification... and every church I've studied believes Sanctification can only be obtained through their Church... so where are the Mormons so wrong in their understanding of salvation?" Because biblically, sanctification (our being made righteous in practice) is subsequent to justification (being pardoned and declared righteous because of Christ's obedience and sacrifice for His people). I am going to heaven because of what Jesus did for me, not because of what I did for myself. My best actions are imperfectly good ones, and our infinitely holy God accepts nothing less than perfect obedience; that is, obedience like Christ provided on my behalf. Therefore, the LDS version of salvation is like sanctification, but according to the Bible our progressive sanctification is the EVIDENCE and FRUIT of being saved, not the BASIS of me being saved. --Joe! |
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71 | Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98725 | ||
"And back to the origanal topic... Since when in the Bible was it taught that there are to be no more Apostles or Prophets, it doesn't..." And yet the LDS gets it backward, placing the Prophet (why only one?) on a higher authoritative ground than the Quorum of the Apostles. I think it is clear from the New Testament that the apostles were the leaders of the church, not the prophets. "I know you will quote those same verses, but then I quote Acts 7:55-56... but if the Bible does not contradict itself, how can Christ stand on the right hand of the Father if they are the same..." Because Christ and the Father are NOT the same. You misunderstand the church's doctrine of the Trinity. The Father is God; the Son is God; but the Father is not the Son. "So if we can do this, why should we not have Apostles and Prophets to settle these petty doctrinal issues?" Because they are not needed. We have the teachings of the apostles inscripturated in the New Testament. The church plays a role in interpreting the Scriptures (albeit imperfectly). The LDS errs in allegedly providing additional revelation above and beyond (and in contradiction to) what God has already revealed. We do not need "another testament" or any other supposed teaching from God; what he gave us in the Old and New Testaments is absolutely, 100 percent sufficient for the church and for the individual disciple of Christ. --Joe! |
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72 | Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98723 | ||
You wrote: "There are many passages that state there is only one God yes... but where in the Bible does it state this is the "Trinity" and the Godhead is no where explained as that of the "Trinity" in the Nicene Creed" The Trinity is the understanding and synthesis of separate teachings, all of which are found in Scripture: 1. There is one God. 2. The Father is considered to be God. 3. The Son, Jesus Christ, is considered to be God. 4. The Holy Spirit is referred to as "God." 5. The Father is not the Son, nor is He the Holy Spirit. 6. The Son and the Holy Spirit are distinct persons. 7. In many, many places in the New Testament the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are placed in conjunction with each other on equally authoritative footing (most notably in Christian baptism). If all of those statements are demonstrated in the Bible, what other formulation could the church have codified but the Trinity? Therefore, the Trinity is taught in Scripture; it just isn't taught in one single, isolated verse. Like other biblical doctrines, it requires a little work on the part of God's people to grasp it. --Joe! |
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73 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | Reformer Joe | 98709 | ||
"Of you want to see a simple and typical example of WHY I cannot replace my 1769KJV with the NKJV, just go to Psalm 17:13-14 and compare. There is a WORLD of difference there... and the KJV is right." Okay, I'll bite: 1. How is there a WORLD of difference there? 2. Show us how the KJV is right. Give us a Hebrew lesson as well as a lesson in how to properly translate from one language to another. "THANK YOU Lockman Foundation for providing this forum! Now please fix up that NASB so I can recomend it!" As far as I know, none of the posters here are on the staff of Lockman. I don't know why you keep thinking that we can make the revisions you are proposing any more than you can. "I believe that GOD Himself is presently voting for the 1769KJV as THE STANDARD ENGLISH BIBLE." I can believe that I am Napoleon; it doesn't make me right... --Joe! |
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74 | Why would you include 1 John 5:7? | 1 John 5:7 | Reformer Joe | 98707 | ||
"now....... did the God who inspired these words KNOW that the Revelation would eventually be part of a bigger book? I say, YES." So what? The warning in Revelation refers to the text of Revelation. "I insist that the warning applies: especially when you consider that 1 John and The Revelation were both penned by the same human writer." Again, so what? Tolstoy wrote _Anna Karenina_ and _War and Peace._ They are different books written at different times. The fact that John wrote a gospel, three epistles, and Revelation does not make them the same book. --Joe! |
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75 | KJV "inspired"?? | 1 John 5:7 | Reformer Joe | 98706 | ||
"Makarios - I say (and believe) that theKJV is "inspired" in the lesser sense of the word; very much like when we say that a sermon or a piece of music was "inspired". I do believe that God superintended the translation and revision process for THIS VERSION PARTICULARLY so that it would NOT mislead anyone." And your basis for making this assertion is...? And are there any other translations in the world which have the privilege of being "inspired" like the KJV? --Joe! |
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76 | IS there any answers out there? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98637 | ||
"BUT it raises a question what about the child/baby who is not one of the elect" If they are not saved, then it seems that they will be in hell. "how do you know which child is one of the elect" Outside of assuming the children of faithful believers in Christ are among the elect, we cannot be sure. The bottom line is that the Bible would seem to indicate that some are saved (such as the child conceived in sin between David and Bathsheba), but there is no indication that all are saved (what about Canaanite children executed by the Israelites?). --Joe! |
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77 | How much does salvation cost us? | Matt 13:46 | Reformer Joe | 98597 | ||
Good to hear from you again, LS! How have you been? --Joe! |
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78 | IS there any answers out there? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98561 | ||
"BTW, you're back from your summer at Vandy I presume?" You presume correctly. It was a great experience, and with your literary training I bet you would have appreciated the comparative lit seminar in which I participated. The seminar did convince me even further of one important thing: there need to be more thinking Christians glorifying God in the realm of academia. --Joe! |
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79 | IS there any answers out there? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98555 | ||
"It's been some time since I did a systematic study of WCF and I forget the precise definition of 'elect infants' in 10.3." Well, I think that this paragraph is intentionally vague, since there isn't a lot in the "source material" (i.e. the Holy Scriptures) on an "age of accountability." It is based on covenant theology, which holds that children of believers (esp. those who are baptized) are "set apart" from the world by virtue of their parents' belief and commitment to raise them as followers of Christ. Those who hold to this understanding look to passages such as Deuteronomy 6, with its attendant blessings and curses, and Acts 2:39 with its promises to the promises to believers and their children. At the end, we know that the infant is not cognitively capable of a reasoning faith in Christ. We also know that no one comes into this world "innocent." However, we also know that the infant is not cognitively capable of committing reasoning acts of sin, and we can see from examples like David and Bathsheba's first child that at least some infants go to heaven. I think it would be going too far outside the bounds of Scripture to conclude that EVERY dead baby is therefore carried up to heaven (since God does work covenantally, in my view, what about those who fell under God's judgment when He has the Israelites kill them along with their Baal-worshipping parents?), but we cannot say much more than the Westminster guys did when they said that "the Spirit...works when, and where, and how He pleases." --Joe! |
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80 | IS there any answers out there? | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98544 | ||
You wrote: 'What is he on about? I was asked a simple enough question, " when a child dies, in the age of innocence, where does the soul go and how can the soul return to Heaven if sin is not allowed into the presence of Holy God? The word I was researching was," Limbo" the Catholic doctrine that is their answer, what is ours?' The confession that my denomination adheres to answers the question thusly: "Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated, and saved by Christ, through the Spirit, who works when, and where, and how He pleases: so also are all other elect persons who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the Word." --Westminster Confession of Faith 10.3 --Joe! |
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