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721 | (no short q. for what i have to say :-P) | Matt 21:22 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151870 | ||
Greg Laurie writes: The Key to Answered Prayer "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." – John 15:7 How often have you felt that your prayers were hitting a glass ceiling—as though the Lord were saying no? Maybe it is because you are praying outside of His will. Maybe it is because you were praying for something that God didn't want you to have. We need to remember the promise Jesus spoke of in John 15, which says, "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." Another translation puts it this way: "If you maintain a living communion with Me and My words are at home with you, you can ask at once for yourself whatever your heart desires, and it is yours." I really like that translation—especially the part that tells us to ask at once whatever our hearts desire. But let's remember the condition: "If you maintain a living communion with Me and My words are at home with you. . . . " If you are maintaining a living communion with God, and His words are at home with you, then your desires going to change. Your prayers will not necessarily be the same as they were before. As you get in sync with the will of God, you'll see that prayer is not getting God to do what you want Him to do, but that prayer is getting you to do what God wants you to do. You will discover the important truth that prayer is not bending God our way—it is bending us His way. And then, you just may see your prayers being answered in the affirmative. Copyright © 2005 by Harvest Ministries. All rights reserved. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright ©1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Bible text from the New King James Version is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Attn: Bible Rights and Permissions, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214-1000 |
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722 | forgiveness | Matt 5:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151863 | ||
The question may better be; Aren’t we unfit to commune with God until we forgive. Mark 11:25 (NASB) 25"Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. Is the offering acceptable to God if offered with an unrepentant heart? Or in the present case, seeking God’s forgiveness at the altar is a religious exercise, is it a proper exercise if you hold malice, envy, discontent or any form of wrath in our heart when we approach God? 1 Timothy 2:8 (NASB) 8Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension. Isaiah 1:15 (NASB) 15"So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen Your hands are covered with blood. Love is better than any sacrifice or gift you can offer. So much better that God will wait for the gift (or whatever the act may be) until reconciliation is made with the brother rather than receiving it while we are still under the guilt of our quarrel or disagreement. WOS |
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723 | Sprinkling vs. Immersion | Rom 6:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151719 | ||
Furthermore, let me refer you to the following verses, keeping in mind when you read them that Scripture does not contradict itself: John 3:16 Titus 3:5 If Baptism is a requirement for salvation, then please explain the following: 1 Corinthians 1:14 1 Corinthians 1:17 So the cross of Christ does not have the power? Is that what you claim? How about the following verses in The Gospel of John alone, in which we are told to “believe”, and never once does it mention being baptized: John 1:12 John 3:16 John 3:18 John 3:36 John 5:24 John 11:25-26 John 12:44 John 20:31 Also realize the following with Mark 16:16: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” Only the first half of that verse speaks of belief and baptism. The second half only speaks of belief. It does NOT say, “but whoever does not believe or is not baptized will be condemned.” Baptism is a step in obedience, and an important one. However YOU cannot make it a requirement. WOS |
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724 | Sprinkling vs. Immersion | Rom 6:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151715 | ||
Nick, You need to take your own advice in which you quoted Matthew 22:29: “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God” Read Ephesians 2:8-9. Seams to me that you boast you are saved due to some kind of work in which you did. Understand that the power of God means the power of God. Your salvation is not dependant on anything you do for which to earn it by. It is a gift. WOS |
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725 | Theological Term: Conversion | John 12:40 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151662 | ||
Doc, 1 John 3:9 would then apply to us in our state of glory based on (1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith)? Or do we take that verse in slightly different context to support the quote from John Owen? (He removes all obstacles, overcomes all oppositions, and infallibly produces the intended effect.") Or is the “intended effect” Owen refers to actually our state of glory in which the Holy Spirit enables us to obtain through the ability of increased knowledge and the resulting increased effectual faith to (renounce and forsake sin and, instead, to walk in obedience to Christ)? I think you’ve answered my question regarding that particular verse, if I am grasping correctly. Am I? WOS |
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726 | Heb 6:4-6 | Matt 12:31 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151648 | ||
It's much easier to tear someone down than it is to build them up. The high road is the hard road. Let's walk it together. WOS |
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727 | Heb 6:4-6 | Matt 12:31 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151646 | ||
candy lee, If I may, please let me refer you to a site in which I found most helpful regarding "lost salvation". http://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/lewis_chafer/salvation/ A breif preview that I found enlightening: Not only is it revealed that God is disposed to keep the one whom He has saved, but the true child of God is also a gift of the Father to the Son (Jhn 10:29; 17:6, 9, 11) and has been committed to the keeping power of the Father by the prayer of the Son. "Holy Father keep." That prayer will be answered. Thus it may be concluded that should the saved one be lost, the eternal purpose of God will have been thwarted. Admitting this, it must be concluded that He Who can design a universe whose remotest star shall not deviate by a second from its appointments throughout the ages; Who can plan the universe from the highest arch-angel to the marvelous organism of the smallest insect; Whose purpose has never yet been known to fail—that such a God may be defeated by the mere creature His hands have made. If the saved one is finally lost, it must also be concluded that God is, to that degree, lacking in power. He Who has testified that not one of His sheep will ever perish, must yet retract His bold assertions and humbly submit to a power that is greater than His own. He Who created and holds the universe in His hands; Who calls things that are not as though they were; Who could speak the word and dismiss every atom of matter and life from existence forever must retire before the over-lordship of some creature of His hand. And, lastly, admitting the revelation concerning God's eternal purpose and His infinite power to accomplish that purpose, if it could still be proven that the saved one might be lost we would be shut up to the one and final conclusion that it could be so only because the All-powerful God did not sufficiently care to keep those whom His power had created as new-born children. But what do we find? The revelation is full of testimony concerning that very care. Who can measure the revealed devotion of His boundless love toward the objects of His saving grace? Who will dare claim that He will not answer the prayer of His Son? – Lewis Sperry Chafer WOS |
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728 | I hope you don't get weary of my ?'s | Ex 28:3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151586 | ||
Thanks Doc, I would not have been able to word it as easily as you did. Don’t ever hesitate to “jump in” with me. I would rather defer to someone who can more adequately answer. Sometimes, I’m okay as far as developing a response in my mind, but getting it into type, in a way that makes sense, is another story altogether. WOS |
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729 | what is the diff btwn conse and sanctifc | Ex 28:3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151541 | ||
It's not you. There is no difference as far as I can tell. The words are used interchangeably both meaning to set apart as holy. If I’m not mistaken, the same Hebrew word is used in the original text in both verses. I’ve read however, that sanctify in the NT also took on the meaning to free from guilt and sin, to cleanse externally or purify as well as setting apart as holy. WOS |
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730 | can you lose your salvation or not? | 2 Cor 1:22 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151512 | ||
Don't know if this will answer your question or not, but it will give you the words to ponder. 2 Corinthians 1:18-22. If God sets His seal of ownership on us, who are we to take it way. Will not God be able to watch over His own? Will God lose those that belong to Him? Many will disagree on the issue of whether or not one can lose salvation. If you search on salvation in the search provided, you'll see many different views. WOS |
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731 | Theological Terms: Regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151495 | ||
Doc, I've found your posts to be thought provoking, enlightening and edifying in the short time I've participated in this forum. Don't sell yourself short. Some, like Eutychus, will fall asleep no matter who is speaking. :) WOS |
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732 | Theological Terms: Regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151487 | ||
Doc, Wow, have you been busy. Please allow me, for the purpose of my own edification, to follow up with the reasoning of my question for clarification. If 1 John 3:9 applies to the regenerate at the time of regeneration and not during glorification, then why are we warned not to quench the spirit? Referencing 1 Thessalonians 5:19 as well as Ephesians 4:23-30. If we have the ability to quench the Spirit, then after regeneration, wouldn’t we have the ability to sin again? Doesn’t Colossians 3:10 show us that there should be a continual renewal? Matthew Henry wrote: “Quench not the Spirit. Christians are said to be baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire. He worketh as fire, by enlightening, enlivening, and purifying the souls of men. As fire is put out by taking away fuel, and as it is quenched by pouring water, or putting a great deal of earth upon it; so we must be careful not to quench the Holy Spirit, by indulging carnal lusts and affections, minding only earthly things. Believers often hinder their growth in grace, by not giving themselves up to the spiritual affections raised in their hearts by the Holy Spirit. By prophesyings, here understand the preaching of the word, the interpreting and applying the Scriptures. We must not despise preaching, though it is plain, and we are told no more than what we knew before. We must search the Scriptures. And proving all things must be to hold fast that which is good. We should abstain from sin, and whatever looks like sin, leads to it, and borders upon it. He who is not shy of the appearances of sin, who shuns not the occasions of it, and who avoids not the temptations and approaches to it, will not long keep from doing sin.” I guess my question is more along the lines of: Since death entered through sin and death came to all because all sinned (Romans 5:12), once the ability to sin is removed, after regeneration, wouldn’t death also removed? We are told that the last enemy to be defeated is death (1 Corinthians 15:26). Since the wages of sin are death (Romans 6:23), when death is defeated, will it be then, that sin is removed as well therefore making it so we will be unable to sin. However, if all of that takes place at the time of regeneration, why do we still die (physically)? Since death (being the wages of sin) is not defeated until Christ returns, doesn’t even the regenerated Christian have the ability to continue sinning until that time, until we are glorified with Christ? (Colossians 3:4) And at that point, there will be no more death? No need to answer if you will touch upon this topic later. Just wanted to elaborate as to why I had raised the question to begin with. Again, I’m not disagreeing with anything you have stated, just trying to take it all in and gain a better understanding. Thanks a bunch Doc. WOS |
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733 | Theological Terms: Regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151477 | ||
Hi Doc, Can you help me understand something if you will? You quoted 1 John 3:9 at the end of your post: Every one having been begotten from God is not practicing sin, because His seed abides in him, and he is not able to be sinning, because he has been begotten from God. (1 John 3:9 ALT) Are you implying this is applicable during regeneration or glorification? WOS |
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734 | Walking in the light of the Lord. | Eph 5:8 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151440 | ||
Ray, I see many, many posts in which you seem to be hung up on capitalization and non-capitalization of certain words. I’m really at a loss I guess, because I fail to see why this is such an area of concern. Does the presentation of the text, in terms of punctuation and correct grammar, really pose that much of a stumbling block? Maybe an audio rendition of the Word, and to hear it spoken instead of being read may be a better route to take. (Unless you are prone to being particular about pronunciation) I mean, when Christ, Peter, Paul and the others spoke to those that they spoke to, I’m sure they weren’t interrupted and asked whether or not a particular word should be capitalized. Hear the word bother. The message that God has revealed should be far more important than the punctuation used or whether or not a certain word is capitalized. Just my thoughts. WOS |
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735 | Who are the lost sheep of israel? | Matt 15:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 151369 | ||
Jesus' 'personal mission prior to his death and resurrection was only to the Jews, God's people. Kalos, just want to point out that although Jesus’ “primary” mission was to the Jews, He did make exceptions: Matthew 8:10-13 (NASB) 10Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, "Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel. 11"I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; 12but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 13And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed that very moment. Matthew 15:22-28 (NASB) 22And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed." 23But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us." 24But He answered and said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" 26And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 27But she said, "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." 28Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed at once. He didn’t actively seek out the Gentiles, but did minister to them as scripture shows and thus (for one) points out that ethnic and cultural prejudice must be eliminated in missionary work. The early church, I’m sure, saw this example and followed it. WOS |
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736 | Can we not ask God to forgive another? | John | Wild Olive Shoot | 150976 | ||
Christ gave the authority to the Apostles to announce forgiveness and warn of guilt. As Christ’s ambassadors, they didn’t provide forgiveness, only proclaimed it. If a person confesses and turns to Christ, they can be assured that God forgives their sins. However, should they refuse to confess they are to be warned they will face the judgment of God. As pointed out in Mark 2, only God has the “right” to forgive sin. We can only proclaim it. WOS |
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737 | Can we not ask God to forgive another? | John | Wild Olive Shoot | 150965 | ||
If you wrong me in some way, and you ask for my forgiveness and I don’t offer it, what effect does that have on you? What effect does that have on you if I do extend forgiveness? But, refuse the atoning power of the blood of Christ and do not seek God’s forgiveness and tell me what effect that would have on an individual. There seems to me to be a rather enormous difference. WOS |
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738 | Can we not ask God to forgive another? | John | Wild Olive Shoot | 150964 | ||
mommapbs, It wasn’t my intent to insinuate that you were equating God’s forgiveness with man’s nor was I being accusatory. As I read through the posts that originated from jen2000, I read were she was informed that she should “ask God to forgive” the person who trespassed against her. A follow up post stated, that remark was unscriptural and pointed out that Jesus had the authority as God the Son to request God the Father’s forgiveness we however, do not. It further pointed out that, referencing The Lord’s Prayer, “This verse teaches us two things: that we are to pray for the forgiveness of our own debts [same as 'sins' in Luke 11:4], and that we are to forgive our debtors, i.e., "others for their transgressions" as Jesus points out in Matthew 6:14. But it says nothing about asking God to forgive someone else. “ After that point, it seemed to me anyhow, that the discussion started, not necessarily comparing God’s forgiveness of man and our forgiveness of man, but intertwined the two. My point is that, and I agree with you concerning. “Since this post was to be a source of encouragement to one who was offended, I would prefer to look to God for a response that will glorify Him”, while encouraging another, there as well runs the risk of further confusing that person. All I wanted to do is point out that there is a difference between the two. Whether or not we forgive another has only an effect on our own relationship with God, not necessarily the offender’s. However, God’s forgiveness has an eternal effect. With God’s forgiveness, we must first have faith, then confess and repent. Through the blood of Christ we have atonement. But just as you stated, we can forgive another without them even asking and probably should. I know many that would never “stoop” to apologizing and asking for forgiveness when they harm another, intentionally or not. But when Paul wrote to the Church in Corinth about forgiving the sinner, it is never mentioned that the sinner repented yet they were still instructed to forgive and comfort. (2 Corinthians 2:7) I think it is important to distinguish between the two for the sake of the person who initiated the question. WOS |
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739 | Can we not ask God to forgive another? | John | Wild Olive Shoot | 150953 | ||
If I may be so bold as to interject, I think the discussion may be an amalgamation of two very distinct topics: 1. Our forgiveness of our fellow man; 2. God’s forgiveness of man. The first is mentioned in Matthew 6:14,15 / Matthew 18:21,22 / Matthew 18:34,35 / Mark 11:24-26 / Luke 17:3,4 / Colossians 3:13, and I’m sure other places as well. The latter is mentioned in Matthew 26:27,28 / Mark 2:9-11 / Acts 2:38 / Acts 13:38 / Ephesians 1:7 / Colossians 1:14 / Hebrews 8:12, and again, other places as well. We can forgive others for their trespasses against us, but only God can forgive trespasses against God. I think they are to very different applications of forgiveness one, from us to others, and the other, from God to us. We should continue to forgive those who wrong us so long as they repent. God on the other hand has granted us forgiveness of sins eternally through the blood of Jesus, should we confess and repent 1 John 1:9. I don’t know if I presented my thoughts eloquently enough to properly convey them. Maybe another who can more easily convey this thought can help or correct my understanding of the two? WOS |
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740 | Jn3:16 ;1Jn2:15 Do/don't love the world | John 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 150895 | ||
Starfire, I’m not the expert, there are others within the Forum who can surely enlighten you better that than I. But a quick search at the link listed below would lead me to believe that there is a difference in the use of the word “world” in both of the verses you cited when taken in context. Kosmos is the original word and it is used in the following manner within scripture. Kosmos: 1) an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government 2) ornament, decoration, adornment, i.e. the arrangement of the stars, 'the heavenly hosts', as the ornament of the heavens. 1 Pet. 3:3 3) the world, the universe 4) the circle of the earth, the earth 5) the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human family 6) the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ 7) world affairs, the aggregate of things earthly a) the whole circle of earthly goods, endowments riches, advantages, pleasures, etc, which although hollow and frail and fleeting, stir desire, seduce from God and are obstacles to the cause of Christ 8) any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort a) the Gentiles as contrasted to the Jews (Rom. 11:12 etc) b) of believers only, John 1:29; 3:16; 3:17; 6:33; 12:47 1 Cor. 4:9; 2 Cor. 5:19 In John 3:16 it may refer to the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human family. In 1 John 2:15 in context it could be meaning to convey; the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ or world affairs, the aggregate of things earthly. Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for 'kosmos (Strong's 2889) ' " . Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2002. 21 May 2005. http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/words.pl?word Again, I am by no means an expert in that area, just trying to offer some help. WOS |
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