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On or After: Fri 05/10/13 ordered by Date
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luke 14:26 |
Note |
Luke 14:26 |
doubledrop |
Sun 05/19/13, 7:49pm |
237121 |
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Thank-you, Doc... I never heard of the word hyperpole.........I also am going to get the book The Syrian Christ....I have a thirst to seek the face of our God and to know the truth...He promises if we keep seeking we shall find the truth and the truth shall set us free................ |
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Waging War on Sin by the Holy Spirit |
Note |
Ps 119:47 |
DocTrinsograce |
Sun 05/19/13, 4:22pm |
237120 |
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"Justification by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone does not lead to more sinning. On the contrary, it is the only sure and hopeful base of operations from which the fight against sin can be launched. All the bombers that go out to drop bombs on the strongholds of sin remaining in our lives take off from the runway of justification by faith alone. The missiles that we shoot against the incoming attack of temptation are launched from the base of justification by faith alone. The whole lifelong triumphant offensive called 'operation sanctification' by which we wage war against all the remaining corruption in our lives is sustained by the supply line of the Spirit that comes from the secure, unassailable home-base of justification by faith alone. And it will be a successful operation but only because of the unassailable home base. " --John Piper |
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cornerstone and morning stars |
Answer |
Job |
DocTrinsograce |
Sun 05/19/13, 4:19pm |
237119 |
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Hi, Ian...
Welcome to the forum!
Regarding Job 38:6, the earth has no foundation (cf Job 26:7).
Regarding Job 38:7, the morning stars is a figurative way of speaking of angels (cf Psalm 19:1; 148:3; Revelation 22:16).
In Him, Doc |
| 4 |
hate family to be a disciple |
Answer |
Bible general |
DocTrinsograce |
Sun 05/19/13, 4:12pm |
237117 |
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Duplicate question. |
| 5 |
luke 14:26 |
Answer |
Luke 14:26 |
DocTrinsograce |
Sun 05/19/13, 4:12pm |
237115 |
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Hi, doubledrop...
Welcome to the forum!
The word "hate" in Luke 14:26 is the use of a figure of speech known as hyperbole. The word "hate" in Luke 14:26 is the use of a figure of speech known as hyperbole. Hyperbole is also called "extreme language." Abraham Rihbany, author of "The Syrian Christ," explains that the use of "hate" in the Bible is an example of linguistic extreme in an Eastern culture. There is no word for "like" in Arabic. He says, "To us Orientals the only word which can express a cordial inclination of approval is 'love'." So, they use extreme terms even to describe casual relationships.
Therefore, what our Lord is saying, is that our love for Him must radically exceed even our closest human relationships.
In Him, Doc |
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john called the heart of christian revel |
Answer |
Rev 1:1 |
DocTrinsograce |
Sun 05/19/13, 12:20pm |
237111 |
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Hi, Celi...
Welcome to the forum!
I don't ever recall reading that John -- the person or the book -- was ever called the "heart of Christian revelations." Sometimes John has been called the Revelator, since he was the author of the book of Revelation (see Revelation 1:1).
In Him, Doc |
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Who is in heaven with Jesus right now? |
Answer |
Rev 7:9 |
DocTrinsograce |
Sun 05/19/13, 12:16pm |
237109 |
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I think this is what you are looking for:
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen." (Revelation 7:9-12 NASB)
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second coming of Christ |
Answer |
Gal 5:21 |
DocTrinsograce |
Sun 05/19/13, 12:13pm |
237107 |
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Hi, Deb...
I assume by the unbiblical phrase "let Jesus into their heart" that you are talking about the redeemed. Salvation is a transformative work done by God: the Father calls, the Son atones, and the Holy Spirit regenerates. The reality of this work is always made visible (Matthew 7:17-18), because the believer becomes an entirely new being (2 Corinthians 5:17).
"By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother." (1 John 3:10 NASB)
From what then are we saved? From the wrath of God (John 3:36; Romans 5:9b). The saving death of Christ is the propitiation of our sin (1 John 2:2). In other words, our sin doesn't just disappear. Instead our sin is imputed to Christ's account -- just as if it were His own -- and His righteousness is imputed to the redeemed, just as if it was their own. This way the justice of God is fullly satisfied, for all the sins of the elect from the very beginning until the very end. What a marvelous and glorious thing He has done!
In short, yes, all sin for the believer is forgiven; but where sin is forgiven, sin is no longer practiced (Romans 5:20-21). Note that word "practiced." It refers to the repeated, habitual exercise of known transgressions.
In Him, Doc |
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Scriptural Selectivity |
Note |
Jude 1:17 |
DocTrinsograce |
Sat 05/18/13, 4:55pm |
237102 |
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"Heresy is not so much rejecting as selecting. The heretic simply selects the parts of the Scripture he wants to emphasize and lets the rest go. This is shown by the etymology of the word heresy and by the practice of the heretic. 'Beware,' an editorial scribe of the fourteenth century warned his readers in the preface to a book. 'Beware thou take not one thing after thy affection and liking, and leave another: for that is the condition of an heretique. But take everything with other.' (sic) The old scribe knew well how prone we are to take to ourselves those parts of the truth that please us and ignore the other parts. And that is heresy. --A. W. Tozer (1897-1963), from his book "We Travel An Appointed Way" |
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Making Light of Sin |
Note |
Jer 8:11 |
DocTrinsograce |
Sat 05/18/13, 4:46pm |
237101 |
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Hello, friend...
So many faulty presuppositions here, I scarce know where to begin. I guess I will just deal with a couple major ones, for the sake of the many silent readers.
Because some have fallen into the left hand ditch of an unbiblical libertinism does not require a leap into the right hand ditch of an unbiblical legalism. An unbiblical error is still an error.
When people abuse a truth, it has utterly no impact on the validity of the truth. If not, every truth would stand in jeopardy!
All religions in the world are about man finding ways to connect to God. Christianity is the opposite: It is God redeeming a people for Himself who cannot help themselves (Titus 2:11-14). Nothing we do can make God love us more or love us less. Yes, we are saved by works, but not human works. God's own work.
Look back through all those "overcome" verses you cited -- look even outside of Revelation. Who is doing the overcoming? People??? I trow not!
A few years ago I had the pleasure of hearing Conrad Mbewe speak. Many others over the centuries have expressed the same thing, but I think that Pastor Conrad says it in a very clear fashion for the modern ear. He said,
"I think that the number one principle in seeing through the subtlety of error is learning to handle truth in its biblical context. As someone has said, 'A text without a context is a pretext.' -- it is a lie! It is often pretty clear to any discerning mind when a text has been wrested our of its comfortable context in order to say what someone else wants it to say. When I listen to many preachers today and they state something which makes my hair stand on end, I will often wait for them to prove it from the Bible. I often find that all I need to do is dig around the verses they would have quoted and I find that there has been a gross misapplication of Scripture. The Holy Spirit was saying one thing when He inspired the sacred writer, and the preacher is saying something totally different.
"When the context is not able to help, the second principle is that obscure passages of the Bible must be interpreted by those passages of the Bible that are more perspicuous. In other words, Scripture does not contradict itself since its primary author is the Holy Spirit. So, if a false teacher quotes Scripture to suit his situation but it contradicts the clear teaching of another passage of the Bible, it should send all the warning signals that you are in danger and ought to tread carefully. Is that not how the Lord Jesus handled Satan when he tempted Him using the Scriptures in Matthew 4? Jesus simply referred to other Scriptures that were clearly being violated by the meaning that Satan was putting upon the Scriptures he was quoting. We should do the same!"
See post #158836.
In Him, Doc |
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