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81 | Should one try to be clear or muddled? | 1 Pet 3:15 | John Reformed | 101598 | ||
Hi George! Rom 12:8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. John |
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82 | What can you call someone? | Matt 5:22 | John Reformed | 101583 | ||
Dear Tim, Jesus used "brother" in His admonotion. Do you see any reason behind His using of a famillial name, rather than a general term like "person"? John |
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83 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | John Reformed | 101559 | ||
Dear George, I think you are overlooking the fact that many, if not all, christians die having failed to confess each and every sin. Thank God that we will not be judged according to our sins, but, by our relationship to Christ. Does this offer the person considering suicide a way out? I don't think so, for the Bible says that the one who perserveres to the end will be saved. It also calls upon everyone who names Christ as their Lord to work out their salvation with fear and trembling...to examine themselves to make sure that they are truly His and not mere professors (non-believers who claim to be believers). I do not say it is impossible, but, it seems to me, highly un-unlikely that a believer would choose to take his own life. What is impossible is that a christian could forfeit salvation. Salvation is a gift which, when given, is irrevocable. Rom 11:29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable John |
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84 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101524 | ||
Hello Tim! It is not my contention that the primary teaching John 3:18 is that those who do not believe are condemned already. But, there is no denying that all mankind are in fact condemned by virtue of being "in Adam". The point that I wish to stress is that, all who approach the cross do so as condemned men seeking pardon for their crimes against their King. Those whom God has granted repentance will trust and believe that Jesus is the only way to attain to that pardon, which they so ferverntly have come to desire. The un-repentant will remain un-repentant. That which makes the difference between the two is God's grace. Rom 2:12 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law; Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 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, It is not the disposition of our "wills" (to believe or not believe) that pardons or condemns. Rather, it is God's grace in granting repentance that leads to the knowledge of the truth about man and his need for The Savior. God Bless, John |
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85 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101289 | ||
Good Morning Tim, It's about 10am here in sunny Tucson. The birds are chirping, the coffee is brewing and God is on His throne! I've recieved wonderfull news.! Four family members have recieved God's grace and are now new creatures in Christ Jesus. Halleluia! Thank you Lord! My aunt and uncle (both nearing eighty years old), their daugter and her husband. Joy unspeakable and full of glory! I promise to answer your post later. I'm too emotional too think straight. Your brother, John Reformed |
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86 | Balanced, centered, or lukewarm? | Eccl 7:18 | John Reformed | 101287 | ||
Dear Noble, It is always a pleasure for me to recieve posts from the forum members :-) This very morning, I recieved word that four members of my family; Aunt, Uncle, cousin and her husband have been called out of the kingdom of this world into the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. I have prayed for them fo twenty years. And today, Praise His Holy Name, I learned of their conversion to Christ. O for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer’s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of His grace! My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad The honors of Thy name. God Bless Noble, John |
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87 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101227 | ||
Greetings back at ya Tim! Ps 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be condemned Luke 6:37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned. Titus 3:10,11 Reject a factious man after a first and second warning, knowing that such a man is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned. It seems that there are at least 3 other ways of being condemned apart from the rejection of the gospel. But I grow weary with much scribbling and must lay my fevered brow on yon soft pillow. Good Night, Jon |
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88 | Balanced, centered, or lukewarm? | Eccl 7:18 | John Reformed | 101222 | ||
Dear Noble, Matt 6:34 "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Who knows what tomorrow holds? We pilgrims have just enough grace on our plates to take care of us today. Pehaps tomorrow God will send us sailing only He knows where. Round the world or round the block, it is all the same to Him and so should it be with us. You just have to love Watts, don't you? He cuts right to where we live. Personally I like the idea of being bourne aloft to heaven on flowery beds of ease. But I suppose that with all the sanctifiying I need, it's unlikely that I will be transported in quite that way. Good Night, John |
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89 | Balanced, centered, or lukewarm? | Eccl 7:18 | John Reformed | 101211 | ||
Dear Compudex, Martin Luther would have agreed heartily with your post. He preached that even common labor was a good work ordained by God for His own. Jesus must have been a good carpenter, and He only did those things which He saw His Father do. Thanks, John Reformed |
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90 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101204 | ||
Dear Hank, the factis that I did answer you. It's not my fault that you would not accept it. I dont mind your inserting yourself in the middle, we all do that quite often. But in all fairness...you never addressed the issues I raised, but instead, dismissed them as "calvinistic spin" and "smoke and mirrors." Hardly a basis for a polite arguement over the question at hand. Now, except for an "attaboy" from Ed to Hank, Ed has disappeared. John |
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91 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101200 | ||
Dear Rextar, Your probably right. Thats the problen with shooting from the hip, it often misses the mark. Thats what I get for posting while at work :-). If you read my further remarks, you may find my arguement more persuasive...or less. Thanks for the advice, John |
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92 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101199 | ||
Dear George, Thank you for your generous comment, but no, I'm a printing salesman with a G.E.D. that I earned while in the Navy. However, I've always loved to read and perhaps something of the authors I've read has rubbed off on me. I have particular fondness for the classics. Thanks, John |
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93 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101192 | ||
He is condemned because he has not believed, and that's what the passage says. ..... The former is a Calvinistic spin. The latter is what the passage actually says. And the two don't mean the same thing at all. --Hank What then is the is the legal position of those who are not saved? Innocent or Guilty. And if guilty are they not already condemned before placing faith in Christ? Their rejection of Jesus is the fruit of their spiritual condition. Luke 24:11 But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them. |
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94 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101189 | ||
Dear Hank, Comparing scripture with scripture. Eph 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, That is the condition of all men prior to belief in Christ. If they continue in this condition they will die spiritual corpses, and their condemnation will be realized in fact. The only way I am wrong is if men are not condemned in Adam. 1 Cor 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. If that's spin, unspin it for me please. What is your understanding of the condition of men prior to faith in Christ? John |
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95 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101186 | ||
Dear Hank, Another thought occured to me just now. Are we not all born into the world under the sentence of death? Are we not all lost and doomed to eternal damnation? Is it not tue that our sole hope is the gratuitous mercy of God Himself? Does this not show that we come to the gospel as condemned men already? Cetainly our rejection of Christ merely proves our just punishment, does it not? Since the gospel has not been preached to all men, in all places and in all ages, do those who have never heard it escape final judgement by virtue of their ignorance? I think not! Therefore we are condemned for our sins against our Creator and not for rejecting Christ alone. John |
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96 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101182 | ||
Dear Hank, I find the term "calinistic spin" offensive. It is a derogatory remark that offends a group of christian brothers and sisters of yours. By your use of that term you characterize all calvinists as spinners of Scripture, when in fact, Calvin himself, would have corrected me for not including other, clearer evidences to buttress my statement. If you want to correct me, fine. Just be a bit more sensitive to the spirit of the rule, which is the nurture of brotherhood. Smoke and mirrors? Of what good is critisism without explanation? It may serve the flesh but not the spirit. Where have I erred? John |
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97 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101181 | ||
Hi Ed, "Hank,Good catch!"?...Do you really see our conversations as a ball game with two competing sides? Is the goal to get John Reformed OUT? I trust that is not your attitude. John |
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98 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101179 | ||
I knew you'd recocognize a "sweeping remark" when you saw one. :-) John |
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99 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101178 | ||
I don't know why I waste my time? "for there is none so blind as he who will not see" I love you anyway :-) John |
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100 | How do we preach the Gospel? | 1 John 2:2 | John Reformed | 101177 | ||
But he who believeth not is condemned already. This means that there is no other remedy by which any human being can escape death; or, in other words, that for all who reject the life given to them in Christ, there remains nothing but death, since life consists in nothing else than in faith. The past tense of the verb, is condemned already, was used by him emphatically, to express more strongly that all unbelievers are utterly ruined. But it ought to be observed that Christ speaks especially of those whose wickedness shall be displayed in open contempt of the Gospel. For though it is true that there never was any other remedy for escaping death than that men should betake themselves to Christ, yet as Christ here speaks of the preaching of the Gospel, which was to be spread throughout the whole world, he directs his discourse against those who deliberately and maliciously extinguish the light which God had kindled.(John Calvin) I suppose the past tense of the verb may not prove my point, but neither does it refute it. I appeal to an earlier verse and will attempt to defend my statement from it. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." That which strikes me about v.3 is the use of the verb "cannot see" as oppossed to "will not see". It seems as if Jesus is telling Nicodemus that unless a person is born again he unable to percieve spiritual reality (the Kingdom of God which is real as compared to this world which is a mere shadow of reality). Paul, as well, wrote in 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." It is also a fact that God is omniscient and knows the end from the begining. Therefore He knows (without getting into how He knows; election or fore-looking)who will not believe. Those who do not believe can be said to be "condemned already" by virtue of God's omniscience. "The former is a Calvinistic spin." I will not be drawn in to a topic that is "...strictly forbidden on this StudyBibleForum." If indeed you are in a position of some authority, you should be the last one to critisize or open a door to debates of this nature. If I, a mere user, were to say "arminian spin" or "Southern Baptist spin" you would be quick to correct me. Maybe even report me as an abuser! Let's be fair with each other; Shall we? If you want to accuse me personally of spinning...fine, I can defend myself with scripture...but if I defend calvinism I am in violation of the rules. You know that better than I. John Reformed |
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