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81 | Freem will, why? | Deut 29:29 | hobbs | 171891 | ||
Adam and Eve were created with absolute freedom to obey God's command. But, after the fall they and their decendants lost the ability to attain perfect righteousness. Spiritual death reigned supreme over all they thought said and did. Gen 6:13 Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. They were not created to be slaves to sin, but, God's just penalty stripped them of what should have been their birthright. Hobbs |
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82 | Is sacrifice requirement to christianity | Bible general Archive 3 | hobbs | 171586 | ||
Ah! theres the rub. I view all para church organizations with trepidation. I believe that they may be good-hearted and well intentioned, but unscriptural. Scripture alone should be our rule, and we must measure everything we say and do by God's Word. It is my prayer that God will be pleased to send us a new reformation. One that restores the gospel to the church and opens our eyes to the fruitless schemes of men who think that human institutions and organizations please and glorify our God. They do not! "No one doubts that many have been greatly blessed as a result of the parachurch. But in light of the testimony of the Scriptures to the sufficiency, function, efficacy, promises, gifts, offices, endurance, position, and potency of the church, one must wonder seriously why there even exists such an entity as the parachurch. What is needed beside the church?" I recommend the article from which the above quotation is it's closing statement. http://www.credenda.org/issues/15-3doctrine101.php |
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83 | Blotted Out If We Reject Him | Rev 3:5 | hobbs | 171563 | ||
Dear Tim, V.5 is a compound sentence containing 3 promises for those who have overcome: 1. He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments. 2.I will not erase his name from the book of life. 3. I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. My answer to your question is that the second clause is meant to bolster the assurance given in the first. A second reason may be found by asking: What does it mean to be an overcomer? 1 John 4:4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. This indicates to me that our ability to sucessully overcome, is not credited to us but to Christ who lives within the "little children. To God be the Glory, John |
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84 | Church staff's salary questionable | 1 Tim 3:7 | hobbs | 171471 | ||
Please read 1 COR 9:13 in it's in light of the verses that preceeded it. John |
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85 | how many people did john baptize? | Matt 2:5 | hobbs | 171397 | ||
Thanks Hank, John |
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86 | will they go to hell? | Acts 4:12 | hobbs | 171367 | ||
Dear Max, one often hears the question, 'WHAT HAPPENS TO THE INNOCENT SAVAGE WHO HAS NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL? The fact is that is no such thing as an "innocent" savage. Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. and Rom 3:9-18 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE." "THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING," "THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS"; "WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS"; "THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD, DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS, AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN." "THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES." John 6:43,44 Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves. No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day." John |
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87 | Loving God with all your heart | Gen 1:1 | hobbs | 171350 | ||
Hi Doc, I was curious about Newton's use of "Blasted my gourds". After a bit of research, I landed on John Gill"s commentary on Jonah 4. I think you would enjoy it. Thanks Doc, John |
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88 | Must Christians follow OT Law? | James 2:10 | hobbs | 171331 | ||
Hi Jeff, I base my statement ("What Christians are free from is not the Law itself, but free from the penalty of failing to keep the Law.) on the following verses. Romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter. Whether we translate the verb as “released” or (as you suggested) delivered, it does not change the fact that we must serve the Law in the Spirit. Rom 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. The Law referred to is the Ten Commandments. I believe that the fact that they were written in stone by God Almighty himself has particular significance! (See Doctrinsograce recent post...point 6 is an excellent summary of my own thinking... ID# 171295 John |
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89 | What do you mean by predestined? | Romans | hobbs | 171228 | ||
Dear RS, I agree that God knows all things. I also know that He placed a curse on Adam and upon Adam's decendents. The direct result of God's curse was physical and spiritual death. 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 The condition of "natural man" describes our condition prior to our spiritual re-birth. Not only did we not believe, Paul said we could not believe! How can a man believe what he considers to be foolishness? Jesus told Nicodemus that unless a man be born again, that no man could see the kingdom of God. (John 3:3) Therefore, when we present the gospel to the lost we rely not on our skill or our ability to persuade, or even on the listener's attitude, but on the Holy Spirit's power to bring life to the dead. John |
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90 | Is baptism needed for salvation? (One.) | 1 Pet 3:21 | hobbs | 170975 | ||
Dear LuvHisWurd, It also does not require a doctorate to know that building a doctrine based upon a single verse is a great mistake. Can you support your statement from other books or other authors of the Bible? John |
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91 | Subordinate? | 2 Thess 2:15 | hobbs | 170964 | ||
Dear Robin So ..on the one hand Chrysostom denys sola Scriptura, while on the other he affirms it. "Chrysostom clearly believes in a divine oral tradition that teaches some things, not contained in scripture." and... "Regarding the things I say, I should supply even the proofs, so I will not seem to rely on my own opinions, but rather, prove them with Scripture, so that the matter will remain certain and steadfast." Is it any wonder that not one member of the Forum has yet to accept your argument? Luther was well aware of the divisions that would arise as a result of releasing the Bible in the language of the people. Nevertheless, he believed that keeping them in bondage to a corrupt teaching magesterium as far worse. In the end, it is not the actions of men, which will determine the outcome of history. It will be God’s Sovereign Will. Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Hobbs |
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92 | Subordinate? | 2 Thess 2:15 | hobbs | 170936 | ||
St. John Chrysostom: Regarding the things I say, I should supply even the proofs, so I will not seem to rely on my own opinions, but rather, prove them with Scripture, so that the matter will remain certain and steadfast. Hobbs |
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93 | "Here I stand; I can do no other." | 2 Thess 2:15 | hobbs | 170930 | ||
Well said brother Tim! John |
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94 | the Bible Alone | 2 Thess 2:15 | hobbs | 170928 | ||
Robin Hass, Having visited the Via Media web site, I now no why your attack against the doctrine of sola scriptura is so relentless! As long as Protestants hold fast to the doctrine of sola scriptura, the agenda of liberal churches will never win over the hearts and minds of the majority who consider themselves "bible believing" Christians. Hobbs |
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95 | the Bible Alone | 2 Thess 2:15 | hobbs | 170874 | ||
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96 | the Bible Alone | 2 Thess 2:15 | hobbs | 170868 | ||
Modern-day converts to Rome, especially those who fall into the EWTN/Scott Hahn/”The Journey Home” style of conversion experience, are zealous for their newfound cause. And they are armed with a legion of heart-tugging audio and video tapes, along with full color magazines and friendly sounding books to add to the force of the appeal. There seems to be something about getting others to “come along” that helps them to be comforted in their own decision to embrace Rome’s authority claims. And the questions that come out over coffee eventually get quite pointed. “So have you ever really thought about why you believe the Bible alone is enough?” Then comes the personal story, “See, I was just like you, and had heard that all my life, but I had just accepted it. But then I started to read the early church fathers, and found out that sola scriptura is really just a human tradition, and we really need an infallible church to guide us into the fullness of the truth, and that the one true church has been around for two thousand years!” You may read James White's entire article at http://www.aomin.org/SS.html |
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97 | Coffee and Cigarettes a sin ? | 1 Cor 3:17 | hobbs | 170863 | ||
Welcome Ecamil! Thank you for sharing your view. My question is how did you arrive at your conclusion? I did note that you included 1 cor 6:19 as part of your foundation, but it is unclear to me how it supports your belief that Paul is including physical health as well as spiritual health. In fact v.13 of chat 6, seems dismissive of physical health. (I'm not saying that God cares nothing for our health, rather, I am saying that the concern here is spiritual morality). Afterall, the immorality which Paul points out to the church at Corinth are moral failures. Our topic concerns smoking and beverages containing caffiene. To my mind, the use of these are disputable John |
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98 | Coffee and Cigarettes a sin ? | 1 Cor 3:17 | hobbs | 170855 | ||
Well, dear friends, you know that some men can do to the glory of God what to other men would be sin. And notwithstanding what brother Pentecost has said, I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God before I go to bed to-night. If anybody can show me in the Bible the command, "Thou shalt not smoke," I am ready to keep it; but I haven't found it yet. I find ten commandments, and it's as much as I can do to keep them; and I've no desire to make them into eleven or twelve. The fact is, I have been speaking to you about real sins, not about listening to mere quibbles and scruples. At the same time, I know that what a man believes to be sin becomes a sin to him, and he must give it up. "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin" [Rom. 14:23], and that is the real point of what my brother Pentecost has been saying. Why, a man may think it a sin to have his boots blacked. Well, then, let him give it up, and have them whitewashed. I wish to say that I'm not ashamed of anything whatever that I do, and I don't feel that smoking makes me ashamed, and therefore I mean to smoke to the glory of God. This statement of Spurgeon's actually launched a huge controversy in London. The influential pastor was on the receiving end of not a few attacks from friends, foes, and newspaper goofballs. But Spurgeon believed one cannot bind another's conscience where God has not. Rom 14:1 Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. Rom 14:2 One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only. Rom 14:3 The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him. Rom 14:4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. 'nough said, John |
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99 | why did God create the world | Gen 1:1 | hobbs | 170827 | ||
Dear Estee, Prov 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. Our faith is all about trusting our creator and holding to our belief in His written word. I suggest you spend some time in reading the Book of Psalms. Ps 8:1 O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens! Ps 8:2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. Ps 8:3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; Ps 8:4 What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him? Ps 8:5 Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty! Ps 8:6 You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, Ps 8:7 All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, Ps 8:8 The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. Ps 8:9 O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth! |
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100 | Creeds and Confessions-help/hurt? | 2 Tim 4:3 | hobbs | 170706 | ||
Thanks Doc, Great thoughts from some great men of God. Honestly Doc...If I had a lower view of God's soverignty than I actualy hold...I might be tempted to despair. Praise God for shaping all things together for the good of those who love Him. John |
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