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81 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129668 | ||
I realized when I posted that statement there would be several who wouldn't agree with the sentiment of my post. Please believe me, I really am trying to be objective, thus my citation of the number of times those words appear in the Bible. I might remind you that just a few hundred years ago, you and I would be in a serious amount of trouble in some countries for just reading the Bible and in more serious trouble still for speaking out against the Catholic church. I remind you of this fact to say just because a particular fact does NOT enjoy the popularity of the majority, that doesn't make it any less of a fact, especially when it's from God Almighty. Yes when I look over all those 87 verses, I'm reminded of the tremendous value christians put on that part of the Plan of Salvation or Process. One of the best I can recall is Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. Gal 3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Gal 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. I can understand how some folks interpret other scriptures to exclude the importance of baptism. What I can't understand is how a true Bible scholar such as Mr. Perkins can leave it completely out of his chart altogether. What would be your guess as to how this deception was perpetrated on Bible students? Blessings to you, dear friend. Country Girl |
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82 | Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart | Rom 8:30 | Country Girl | 129640 | ||
I guess you've done a wonderful job of showcasing my point. The word baptism or some derivative thereof is cited in 87 different verses of the Bible, all in the NT. Just to keep things in perspective, the word repent and its derivatives are in the Bible, including both the OT and the NT, a total of 70 times. As my kids used to say, "Duh, what's wronng with this picture? I don't want to belabor the point as I'm sure you've got it by now. It almost seems someone has pulled a big scam on people in deceiving them into believing against this vital step in the Salvation process. But as you say, "people are rarely moved from their perspective." I guess we can only pray that people will re-study the topic and make certain that I'm only citing the truth with this post. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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83 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | Country Girl | 129629 | ||
I'm thinking I can feel free to jump in and respond so here goes. I think your statement shows a lot of wisom. In the final analysis, about as final as you can get on Judgment Day, God is going to be looking to see how we lived our lives. So from a practical standpoint, although DocT's point may be right on target and God IS in fact King of the whole universe, whether or not we make it into Heaven depends on how we lived our lives. Our two choices as freely given by God is to act like He is in fact King of our lives and submit to His commands, guidance and examples in His Holy Word OR we can choose to act in any other way we choose, unruly or unGodly which gets us a one-way ticket to Hell. It seems God's Word is very clear on this matter, is it not? Awaiting your response or possibly DocT's, Hank's?? Blessings to you all. Country Girl PS: By the way, I'm thinking Pragmatism is basically an interesting way to talk about being practical. That is the actual action being accomplished and associated steps to get there in contrast to the theory or merely discussing such an action. In other words: "where the rubber meets the road." |
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84 | What is God's major attribute? | Bible general Archive 2 | Country Girl | 129549 | ||
Please forgive as I feel like I'm on a playground, explaining myself to the school principal. I couldn't help but notice you've posted 31 questions in 2 days and 1 single note which was posted to me just now. Please understand, we're used to a little more of an even exchange of information around here. You ask a few, we ask a few and we all exchange answers and notes. There's usually quite a flurry of discussions on some threads. How about if you give us a little more of an introduction on your background and where you're at in your spiritual walk with the Lord? Just curious. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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85 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | Country Girl | 129516 | ||
I acknowledge what you're saying about the world's obsession with being practical and of course we're all in agreement our first priority is make God, King of our lives. But with that as a given, it does seem that Jesus did use some basic principles of pragmatism with so much talk about parables and "applying Heavenly concepts to earthly stories." Matt 7:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Matt 7:8 "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Matt 7:9 "Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Matt 7:10 "Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? Matt 7:11 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! Here we see Jesus contrasting His Father to our earthly fathers. So of course, we shouldn't let someone take this tendency toward the practical too far but it too does have some value to our understanding of christianity in this modern world. Lastly, I'll agree wholeheartedly we can't possibly improve on His Word and the Guidance therein for every facet of life. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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86 | follow-up question. | Is 9:6 | Country Girl | 129491 | ||
The main difference between us and the Apostles in the first century was the baptismal measure of the Holy Spirit. Only the Apostles were able to perform miracles AND lay their hands on others, bestowing those same miraculous powers. So we're not able to perform miracles like those performed in the first century. This phase out of the miraculous age was predicted in 1 Cor 13. Apparently, God wanted us to come to Him more out of faith than belief in miracles manifested by men. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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87 | Do deacons and pastors need be married? | NT general Archive 1 | Country Girl | 129421 | ||
It's true about the more strict qualifications for an elder (aka pastor, shepard, overseer or bishop) in comparison to a deacon. But one of the strict qualifications they both share is to be the husband of one wife. I'm glad we're in agreement. We should all aspire to follow the pattern of the NT church as much as possible. Blessings to you, dear friend. Country Girl |
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88 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129418 | ||
Although this guidance is from the OT, I still think it's instructive to our age since it deals with something as old as sin and God's relationship with His us, his children. As you've alluded there's no scripture in the NT that I can find with such a clear statement as this. Ezek 18:19 "Yet you say, 'Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity?' When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live. Ezek 18:20 "The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself. Ezek 18:21 "But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. Ezek 18:22 "All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. Ezek 18:23 "Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live? Ezek 18:24 "But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die. Ezek 18:25 "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right? Ezek 18:26 "When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die. Ezek 18:27 "Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life. It certainly seems clear from God's Word that if we really are sincere about spending eternity with God our Father, we've got to get serious about getting sin out of the picture on Judgment Day. The only way to be certain of doing that is to get "clothed with Christ" by being baptized in accordance with His directives to His disciples. In answer to your second question, we hear the voice of Jesus knocking on our hearts when we read His Words. The knocking and His voice, of course gets stronger and stronger with each successive time we read His Words. Yes, I suppose a person could call it imagery or imagination but I think it's applicable to everyone who knows and studies God's Word. Let me know what you think. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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89 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129417 | ||
I'm glad to clarify to at least try. Yes, very definitely, I'm in full support of the idea that our Lord and Master is indeed part of the Godhead and as such participated in the creation of this whole universe as cited in John 1. However, in spite of all that awesome power, He and His Father do not want to overpower anyone into submission to Their Will. The actions we take to accept the Gift of Salvation have to be completely and 100 percent voluntary on our part. Also, I'm convinced through the scriptures I've cited earlier that we also have the complete freedom to turn our backs to the Lord AFTER receiving this Gift of Salvation. We have all the options, all the freedom all the way through our very last second in this life and then it's over and we face Judgment Day where we'll be held accountable for our sins, where we'll reap what we've sown in this life. As I've also mentioned, this CANNOT be interpreted to mean we can earn our way to Heaven. This relationship can be compared to the man that is saved from drowning at sea by a kind gentleman and then the saved man feels indebted to his "saviour" for the rest of his life. He asks his new mentor and saviour what could he possibly do to pay him back and the man says "Go and do likewise for as many people as you possibly can." In this scenario, the saved man cannot possibly earn enough to truly pay back the man that saved him but he feels indebted. Similar to the parable of Jesus about forgiving debtors, for we must also be prone to forgive as we've been forgiven our sins. Hope this helps. Blessings to you in your continued study of God's Word. Country Girl |
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90 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129380 | ||
I appreciate your speaking up. Sometimes, it gets lonely defending the truth. Preach on, dear friend, preach on. Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. Gal 3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Gal 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. Seems pretty clear to almost anyone. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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91 | Do deacons and pastors need be married? | NT general Archive 1 | Country Girl | 129379 | ||
I'm afraid I have to respectively disagree with you, dear friend. If we start making exceptions to God's Word, that just leads to trouble. 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 are quite clear on this matter. In both cases, elders (aka pastors) and deacons are to be the husbands of one wife each. Obviously, God's Wisdom is far above ours and He knows married men are better qualified to provide complete and Godly leadership in the Lord's church. It's always better to trust God's pattern in such matters. As in all things, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound (or more) of cure." I speak from experience as I've been a part of congregations in the past where we appointed men with questionable qualifications and we ended up regretting that decision. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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92 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129378 | ||
I can only encourage you to keep studying dear friend. As I mentioned before when some of God's Word gives us reason to reconcile contrasting verses such as these, it seems prudent to take the more conservative view or the safer position so as to be certain like John talks about. I'm thinking we're all in agreement that we'll be judged by all the Words we see in the NT as Jesus said. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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93 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129361 | ||
I think I can agree with the bottom line of your assessment of the OSAS, or rather than take a chance on misinterpreting let me summarize. I also believe very strongly that ALL christians can reach the point of spiritual maturity that we can KNOW for an absolute fact that we are saved and that we ARE going to Heaven as reflected in 1 John 5:10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. If we've obeyed God's commands to the best of our ability, we can meet God at Judgment Day with full confidence that our Lord Jesus, our Advocate will be there to cover us with his Pure Blood. That and God's Grace is all that we'll need to go to Heaven forever and ever. Blessings to you, dear friend. Country Girl |
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94 | The Making of the King James Bible | Gen 1:1 | Country Girl | 129312 | ||
I'd like to think we'll all be very interested in your digest and recommendation concerning the book. Please feel free to share. Thanks for the head's up. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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95 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129311 | ||
So I'm assuming you and Hank are preparing your responses to my other post with scriptures from 1 Timothy and 2 Peter, correct? I await your responses. Thanks. But back to Ananias and Sapphira. I still don't see how anyone could draw any other conclusion about these two. They lied to the Apostles, and to their Lord and didn't repent of these sins before their obvious and very deliberate deaths at the very behest of the Holy Spirit. At the very least, we should draw a conclusion of extreme caution when it comes to sinning and going on with our lives with no intent of repenting. This is exactly what Paul was talking about in the following: Heb 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The LORD will judge His people." 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. However, I'm still interested in your response. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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96 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129252 | ||
I also remembered the other example of christians with a weakness for "the darker side" of sin as shown in the following verses from Paul. 1 Tim 1:18 This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight, 1 Tim 1:19 keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. 1 Tim 1:20 Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme. And then of course, there's the words from Peter 2 Pet 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 2 Pet 2:21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them. 2 Pet 2:22 It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire." If a person reads God's Word as much as possible in the same spirit as He intended it, we'll see His Messages to us as being very straight forward and simple. Here it seems very clear that God knows that we humans have and will exercise our freewill. That's one of the aspects of humanity that distingusihes us from the rest of creation. If we had no such option to "change" our minds and go back to a life of sin AFTER becoming a christian, it wouldn't be near as glorious as one of His children actually choosing to remain faithful till death as cited in Rev 2:10. Then our Father beams His glory all over the place and He gets the praise. Because remember, there's nothing in this process that can possibly be glorious for you and me. He gets it all. I hope this is helpful in your understanding. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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97 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129250 | ||
I'm sorry but I have to respectfully disagree. It proves the point against OSAS at least as much as all of the verses that have been cited in its support. As I mentioned, there's several million christians who hold to this interpretation just as I do. As you know, there's going to be quite a bit of controversy about this subject as shown throughout the Forum. Nevertheless, I pray God's blessings on you and your continued study. Country Girl |
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98 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129189 | ||
I'm not sure how you could have possibly misunderstood my statement but I'm of the opinion like most christians that Ananias and Sapphira died in their sins. Acts 5 seems pretty clear on that point. I'll have to check later on this thread. I simply must leave you all now and do some homework. Blessings on you all. Country Girl |
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99 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | Country Girl | 129186 | ||
Since we know the Bible to be absolutely complete and true, we have to think of ways that these kinds of passages compliment one another. In my mind, without a whole lot time to study the matter, I think back to the verses on God's Grace. You see, as long as we're giving God our very best then His Grace covers us, just in case we die suddenly we're good to go. I'm convined it's after a significant period of neglect of our precious relationship with God, that we christians jepordize our salvation. We must see ourselves in constant (at least daily) need of prayer and repentance to our Lord for the sins of yesterday and the sins we might commit or the good deeds that we ommit from our lives in the day ahead of us. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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100 | Impatience with the World | Jon 4:11 | Country Girl | 129177 | ||
Yes, I agree with you to think in this area and be impulsive is very dangerous. In our more sober moments when we really take time to think long and hard, it's times like these when we do best and most noble thinking. Sometimes, I think back and try to place myself in the days mentioned in the Bible stories we read. For example in your story of Jonah and Ninevah, if you or I were in that town on that day, would we have done any better? If you or I were in Jonah's shoes, would we have felt the same way? In the story of Noah and the flood, had we been in the shoes of any one of those eight people that survived, would God find us worthy? Or would we have been one of several million people that perished in that story? Oh, but then thanks be to God, we can read God's Word, especially in 1 John 2 and "know for certain, we're in Christ," since we've obeyed His commandments. Yes, what a comfort. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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