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5/14/08 7:22 PM |
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Michael Hranek wrote: Preacher I whole heartedly agree with what Jesus Himself says in the Sermon on the Mount. But that does not nullify the reality of what the Holy Spirit moved Paul to write in Romans 10 and no amount of Greek will nullify the context either. Shame on you. Do you by any chance remember the Pharisee and the Tax Collector? Did Jesus by any chance approve of this Tax Collector, who cried out, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' Just what kind of a stumbling block are you trying to put in the path of people to hinder them from, Yes! Even in their panic at the discovery of how lost a sinner, deserving nothing but death and hell they are, from calling upon the Name of the Lord, to be saved from their sins? Shame on you. This kind of teaching whatever it is simply doesn't come from the Lord Jesus Christ for God abounds in mercy to all who call upon Him, perhaps you might read that part and repent. Quit with the shame and repent bit, it is getting tiresome.No one will call on God UNLESS they have been enabled to do so by the regenerating power of the Spirit. Corpses do not call out. It begins with the God who raises the dead, not with the dead crying out to God. |
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5/14/08 9:36 AM |
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Casob wrote: Eph 2:12 That at that time (before God extending his grace that brings salvation) ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: You conveniently left out the next part which carefully explains that Israel and the Church are now one entity. He, that is Christ, has made from the two one, reconciling them both to God in one body.How many covenants do you think there are anyway? Can you not see that they all pertain to the one covenant of grace? That God had one plan of salvation from all eternity, and that this first pertained only to the Jews and then to the whole world? Where did this nonsense come from that there are two seperate peoples of God, the Jews and the Church? It is not far short of rank heresy, for the Bible is so clear that only the deliberately blind could miss it. |
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5/14/08 7:17 AM |
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Casob, your idea of the restoration of all things is this nonsensical theory that things will be as they were in the times of the Old Testament prophets. The Roman Empire will be restored, the temple rebuilt, the Jews coming back from captivity. All these things have been fulfilled and it is ludicrous to read the prophecies about Israel coming back from Babylon and to say these are all still future.The Lord said to my Lord, sit Thou at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool. Christ will return when things are the way they should be, and that doesn't mean a restored Jewish religion complete with sacrifices. I never use allegorical interpretation, unless the Bible indicates it is an allegory. The whole concept of literal where possible is a fallacy. It is literal where indicated, allegorical where indicated etc. You have to let go of this theory that the restitution of all things is a restitution of the Old Covenant. It is a blatant fallcacy and fatal to the Church. We are the Israel of God, we are the members of the covenant. Christ is the Seed and all who are in Him are part of that one glorious body, no matter what their ethic origin. |
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5/14/08 1:43 AM |
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Rev. Joel Garrett wrote: It is right and good for the Royal Family to remain unequivocally UN-CATHOLIC. Remaining Roman Catholic means remaining loyal to the absolute monarch of Vatican City - the Pope - who is anti-christ; and who believes he holds authority over all the kings of the earth. That is pure rubbish, indeed! The Church of England is so close to Catholicism one can hardly spot the difference. This has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with politics. So many centuries since the Protestant Reformation and little has changed. |
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5/14/08 1:39 AM |
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Casob wrote: 1) They killed the Prince of Life v 13 2) God has glorified him V 12 3) God has raised him from the dead and took him to heaven v 13 4) This is literal fulfilled prophecy concerning his suffering V 18 5) repent THEREFORE was the command and be converted and your sins will be blotted out. This is a message to the national leaders in Jerusalem who held sway over the people and so far everything is literal even to the promise that he would send him back to them. I'm out of room. Sorry Casob, but you are so far out you are almost out of sight. Read the text. Those who Peter preached to were devout Jews from all over the place and who spoke all kinds of languages at home - hence the tongues. All, and I mean all, promises made in the OT covenants were fulfilled in Christ and all who are in Christ are recipients of those promises. There was one over-arching promise, which Peter mentioned. He did not have to explain to them what it was. It was the old promise of the coming Messiah, and it was still to them and to their children. It has nothing to do with the land of Israel. It has everything to do with salvation in Christ and in Him alone. And it is a universal gospel, not a Jewish gospel. Sorry, but you are totally in error. |
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5/14/08 1:35 AM |
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One cannot divorce regeneration, justification and sanctification. Although theologically we treat them seperately, at conversion they are simultaneous. To see regeneration as coming after faith and repentance, as someone stated below, is to misunderstand completely what it is to be saved. The Arminian MUST have faith preceding regeneration or else his whole free will theology falls into a bottomless hole. But if regeneration is what the Bible says it is, ie, a raising from spiritual death, then this is not possible. Regeneration must precede faith and repentance because the spiritually blind and dead cannot even see the kingdom or discern spiritual things. To call on the name of the Lord is not just crying out to God in need. It literally means to worship. Abraham built an altar and there he called on the name of the Lord. All who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. That is not all who cry out "Lord, Lord", says Jesus. It means all who are true worshipers. And this can only be translated as all who are in Christ, ie saved. The non-Christian cannot worship, or even pray, for God will not regard anyone who is outside of Christ. |
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5/9/08 7:37 PM |
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I did some research on that Acts 12:4 text, and I think I know why they did translated it "Easter".Vs 3 says that "These were the days of unleavened bread", and according to Leviticus the Passover Day was on the 14th of the month and the days of unleavened bread started on the 15th. So the KJV guys probably thought Herod was not referring to the Jewish Passover, which was already past, but the Pagan Easter Festival. This mid-Spring pagan feast was in memory to Tammuz, you can read all about him in Ezekiel. I don't know if they got it right or wrong in the KJV. The old Dutch Bible, and the old Afrikaans Bible both translate it as the KJV did. The old German Bible also makes a difference, calling Passover "Osterfest" but the reference in Acts 12:4 is just called "Fest". I just found it interesting. By the way, I bought a Geneva Study Bible years ago, but it is just a New King James. Is it still possible to get a Geneva Bible? |
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5/9/08 2:39 AM |
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Nobody is as blind as he who refuses to see.The reason the sheep hear is because they are sheep. God has given them ears to hear, eyes to see and hearts to understand. The difference between the two is that all are taught by men but only the sheep are taught of God. "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but My Father in heaven." Many listen to the word and don't obey it. Were we not chosen unto good works, prepared for us from the foundation of the world? What are good works if not obedience to the commandments of God? Obedience is faith in action. Israel could not enter in because of unbelief. This unbelief was manifested in their rebellion, ie, their disobedience. The reason why some fall away from the faith is that they were never of the faith to begin with. They were like the Jews in John 8; they believed Jesus but His word did not abide in them. Believers they were but only on an intellectual level. They were not sheep so they were never true believers. |
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