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NASB | Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]; The punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him, And by His stripes (wounds) we are healed. |
Subject: claiming things in your life |
Bible Note: Janae, thanks for your candid response. ..... No, this is not a Baptist Forum. ..... No, you should not feel unwelcome at this Forum or fear that you will be asked to leave because you are a member of the Assembly of God denomination. Two of my closes and dearest friends on this Forum are members of the AG. ...... A personal note: I have not always been a Baptist. I was a Presbyterian for some 40 years. I grew up in a Church of Christ congregation, and it was while attending that denomination that I became a follower of Christ at age 14. (I'm 69 years old now). God did not lead me to the denomination called the Church of Christ; He lead me to Christ! I became a Christian while attending the Church of Christ, remained a Christian when I attended the Presbyterian Church, and now having cast my lot with the Southern Baptist Convention, I remain a Christian still. ...... My point is that we are Christian because of our belief in Christ as our Savior and Lord, not because of membership in a denomination. My name being on the membership role of First Baptist Church of my home town will not justify me before the Holy God. I am saved (justified) by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ. ...... My dear Janae, if Jesus is Lord of your life, and I have every reason to believe He is, you are as much my sister in Christ as a member of the Assembly of God as you would be if you were a member of the First Baptist Church in your home town -- and sang in the choir! :-) ....... I don't speak in tongues; I don't hold to the belief that physical healing is in the atonement, though I believe in divine healing in accordance with the will of God; I do hold to the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints (also called the eternal security of the believer and sometimes referred to as "once saved, always saved"); I do not hold to the doctrine of baptismal regeneration. My views on these and other issues have modified somewhat over the years as I have tried to dig deeper into God's word, but this has not caused me to be more of a Christian or less of one, or more saved or less saved! But this experience of modifying my views on certain topics as I came to know more about God's word has served to teach me humility, because I have come to recognize that my interpretations of Scripture have not always been correct in every respect, though at the time I thought they were. So it is that none of us is infallible. None of us knows so much about God's word that there is no room left to know more. None of us has reached a point of holiness and sanctification at which we can honestly say we've reached our zenith. And the Bible affords ample room in which to grow. As Spurgeon observed, when we dig deeply into the Scriptures, we discover newer and deeper depths, and beneath them, deeper depths still. ..... Perhaps all on this Forum have heard of "death-bed" conversions, and I have no doubt that this has occurred. We have only to consider the thief on the cross. But how much they are missing who do not surrender to Christ when they are young! I'm so thankful that God saved my soul when I was a lad of 14. This sacred journey with Christ has filled my life with peace and joy for 55 years, and words fail me to tell how precious this journey has been to me and grows more precious with each passing day. --Hank |