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61 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | hobbs | 173962 | ||
Ocelot, He would perish if their was no one to save him. But all analogys eventually break down. Our subject is NOT a victem of an unfortunate incident. He is a traitorous criminal fleeing from the authorities! Even the promise of amnesty fails tyo move him, for he is in bondage to his saviour's arch-enemy. John |
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62 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | hobbs | 173932 | ||
Dear Mark, Since when is belief a choice? One cannot believe in something which they understand to be foolishness. Rom 3:11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; 1 Cor 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. 4 John 6:65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." I would be glad to discuss any and all of these verses with you. John |
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63 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | hobbs | 173927 | ||
Ocelot, I'm sorry that you would think me so vile that I would sink to perpertrating "a gross fabrication". I assure you, that my intention was to share what I believe is God's truth. To be sure, I am a sinner, but in the instance you referred to, I was seeking to do good. Rom 3:4 May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, "THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED." John |
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64 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | hobbs | 173924 | ||
Dear Ocelot, What if the person in your analogy was deaf and blind? what if he thought your rope was really a snake? John |
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65 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | hobbs | 173895 | ||
Dear Mark, following your logic regarding the brazen serpent being a foreshadowing of salvation... how does "free will" fit into the picture? Those who beheld the brazen serpent had been in a condition of extreme distress. They KNEW that their only hope was to believe Moses and to do what he instructed them to do. Scripture does not record anyone refusing to look, nor, anyone dis-believeing. The lesson is not about man's ability to save himself, but about his helplessness apart from God's grace. John |
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66 | Can know Jesus then lose salvation? | Matt 13:20 | hobbs | 173780 | ||
Bereaniam, I believe the following verses support the doctrine that true the elect of God will never totally fall away. Matt 13:20 "The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; Matt 13:21 yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. I myself, absented my self from the worship of God for a number of years. Praise God! He sought after me and returned me to the fold. I believe we perservere in our faith to the end, because He causes uw to persevere. That we are His workmanship; clay in the hands of the potter. John |
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67 | Grace, Graciously Offered | John 11:43 | hobbs | 173741 | ||
Hi Mark, 2 Tim 2:24 The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, 2 Tim 2:25 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, 2 Tim 2:26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will. My understanding of Paul's teaching to Timothy, is that the condition of the unregenerate is one of bondage to the will of the devil. In fact, apart from God's gracious granting of repentance, they will remain in opposition to the truth. John |
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68 | Remaking of the Will | Rom 8:7 | hobbs | 173643 | ||
Jer 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil. Dear Ocelot, John 3:16 has nothing to say regarding man's ability to choose. One either believes the gospel or they do not believe. All the will in the world could not persuade a person to believe that which he truly does not believe. Example: If I offered you a million dollars if you would simply believe that the moon is made of green cheese...could you will yourself to truly believe it? John |
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69 | You might be a carnal christian if--- | 1 Corinthians | hobbs | 173642 | ||
"Is there such a thing as a Carnal Christian?" Answer Yes, in fact, there is no such thing as a Christian who is not at times carnal. Did you get that? And if you're saying to yourself, "I have never been carnal," then, "God have mercy on you." But let me tell you what people mean by that. There was a definition of a Christian as a Carnal Christian, as if that was a permanent condition. The people in the Church used to teach that there were three kinds of people, Natural, Carnal, and Spiritual. And they would define the Natural person as unregenerate, unsaved, self on the throne, life in chaos, and sin everywhere. Then there is the Carnal person. What's that? That's the Christian who still has self on the throne. Christ is still in there somewhere, running around, but He is not in charge, and the life is still in chaos. So the only difference between a natural and a carnal person is that Christ is in there somewhere, but the life hasn't changed. And then thirdly, there is the Spiritual Christian. Self is off the throne, Christ is on it, and the life is all in order. And so people came up with the idea that you could be either a Carnal Christian or a Spiritual Christian. You know, once you are saved you could say, "Well, I am going to stay a Carnal Christian, I like it better." And that brings in this whole idea of Lordship, because those are the people who accepted Jesus as Savior, but not as Lord. Those are the people who said, "I don't want to go to Hell, and I want you to save me from Hell and I want you to forgive my sins, but I just don't want you to run my life. And the old definition of a Carnal Christian was a person who believed in Jesus for salvation, but didn't let Him be Lord, and didn't let Him run his life. That's not what a Carnal Christian is. That isn't at all what Paul had in mind in 1Corinthians 3, not at all. Let me show you what it is. There is only two kinds of people in the world. My grandfather use to say the "saints" and the "ain’ts," that's it, Christians and Non-Christians, Believers and Unbelievers. Now listen, the Natural man is the unregenerate. The Spiritual man is the regenerate man. Read Romans 8, the Spiritual man is the regenerate. But the Spiritual man can act in a fleshly way. Anytime you disobey the Lord, you are carnal. Anytime you obey the Lord, you are Spiritual. Anytime you do what you ought not to do, you are carnal. That means fleshy, you're operating off the principle of sin. Anytime you do what the Lord wants you to do, you honor the Word. So carnality is not a permanent state of Christians who have not given Christ Lordship. Carnality is simply a momentary experience of the Believer who is disobedient to God. So it is not a state, it is simply a kind of behavior. And all Christians at any given moment, right now, this moment here, are either Carnal or Spiritual, depending on whether you functioning in the Spirit or in the flesh. If you are sitting there and the Spirit of God is teaching you, and you are enjoying what's happening, then the Spirit of God is at work, you're a Spiritual person. If you're sitting there saying, "I don't like what he is saying, I don't buy any of this stuff. I reject all this stuff. This stuff isn't true." And you have hostility in your heart, and you may be dealing with sin, and you don't like what I said, I don't know. Your flesh is reacting, that's Carnality. Understand? (From an article by John MacArthur) Hobbs |
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70 | Will Power and God | John 7:16 | hobbs | 173566 | ||
Dear Jason, Yes, I have heard that "where there is a will, there is a way." The problem I have with this saying is that, taken to the extreme, it places man on par with God Almighty! Luke 12:16-23 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man was very productive. "And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?' "Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."' "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?' "So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." And He said to His disciples, "For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. "For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. John |
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71 | Difference backsliden or not saved? | 2 Cor 13:5 | hobbs | 173555 | ||
Dear winningside, the point of my question is that faith and unbelief cannot possibly exist simultaneously. One either trusts in Christ, or he does not trust in Christ. By this, I don't mean to say that a true believer never suffers attacks upon his faith, by the world, the flesh or the devil. To the contrary, a true believer is the only one who has a faith worthy of attack. Why would Satan seek to destroy that which does not exist? Going to church is not proof that one is saved....neither is believing sound doctrine, or generous giving, or emotional feelings. One may believe that the gospel is the inerrant Word of God...but this does alone prove that he is saved. The only thing that really matters and is absolute evidence is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in one's heart. So, if one has the Spirit of God, he also has been sealed by Him... 2 Cor 1:22 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. Eph 4:30 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. John |
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72 | Difference backsliden or not saved? | 2 Cor 13:5 | hobbs | 173350 | ||
Heb 3:12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. Dear winingside, Could you explain to me how a person can have two hearts? One being a God given heart of flesh and the other a heart of unbelief? John |
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73 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | hobbs | 172820 | ||
Hi Mark, I agree with your friend. It is the gospel that has the power to save, and any departure from it diminishes the glory due to God alone. Inviting Jesus to come into one's heart,infers that the "inviter" has the power to veto God's will. That the power of the gospel to save may be overthrown bt the will of man. Matt 1:21 "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins John |
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74 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | hobbs | 172739 | ||
Beautiful Doc...absolutely beautiful! John |
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75 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | hobbs | 172659 | ||
Hi Mark, Ater further study, I have concluded that the verses in question may be interpreted both ways. The problem I have with long threads is that, mostof the time the original question is gets lost among the trees. Now the topic (at least as far as amnd me are concerned, is "Whose names are written in the Book Of Life?" John |
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76 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | hobbs | 172647 | ||
Hi Mark, should not written be translated. Having no education greek, I would be a fool to question a great greek scholar :-) Is it your contention that "not written in the book of life" is wrongly translated? If so, the majority of our translators are wrong as well. It would be helpful if you would show how Robertson would amend the 2 verses in question. John |
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77 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | hobbs | 172623 | ||
Mark, You asked..."But what about Ezekiel 18, where the people's spiritual status was gained or lost based on their adherence to the Law? This was the fundamental weakness of the Old Covenant, while the New Covenant brought spiritual creation that could not die..." The only thing that the Law accomplished (besides instruction on what God expected from His people) was condemnation. No man (except Jesus)ever kept God's Law. The institution of animal sacrifce etc. was God's grace which He provided for His own people. No person has ever attained righteous status apart from grace and faith. John |
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78 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | hobbs | 172601 | ||
Hi mark, I'm at work so forgive the brevity of my replys. Don't worry about posting me...I'm the only one who I can get in trouble with...I'm self employed:-) Consider...Psa 4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him Does this not indicate that God's people had a spiritual status that was not held by the pagan (ungodly) peoples of the earth? Got to run.. John John |
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79 | In Jesus' name...except baptism? | Col 3:17 | hobbs | 172597 | ||
Yes yy..., We must be born again, but we are not born again by anything which we do...we are born again by the will of God! John 1:12,13 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. Sorry...I must stop for now. Time to earn my daily bread. John |
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80 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | hobbs | 172596 | ||
Hi Mark, You had written": "This seems to speak a clear doctrine, that God wrote a book of all who would live, and as they sin, they draw their wage of death, and God blots them from His book. The verses which cause me to doubt your view are: Rev 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. and... Rev 17:8 "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. " everyone whose name has not been written". Obviously, the Book of Life does not include everyone whom God has granted physical life! Rather it includes only God's elect. His people whom Jesus came to save from their sins. ( Matt 1:21). |
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