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On or After: Tue 05/14/13 ordered by Date
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Author |
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What a Difference! |
Note |
Luke 11:47 |
DocTrinsograce |
Fri 05/24/13, 4:52pm |
237134 |
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"If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified." --Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994) |
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How many people were saved on the Ark? |
Answer |
1 Pet 3:20 |
DocTrinsograce |
Fri 05/24/13, 6:30am |
237132 |
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Hi, Ellis...
Welcome to the forum!
"...during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water." (1 Peter 3:20b NASB)
In Him, Doc |
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Look Upon Jesus |
Note |
Ps 72:3 |
DocTrinsograce |
Thu 05/23/13, 6:12pm |
237129 |
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"Some of you have truly been brought by God to believe in Jesus. Yet you have no abiding peace, and very little growth in holiness. Why is this? It is because your eye is fixed anywhere but on Christ. You are so busy looking at books, or looking at men, or looking at the world, that you have no time, no heart, for looking at Christ. No wonder you have little peace and joy in believing. No wonder you live so inconsistent and unholy a life. Change your plan. Consider the greatness and glory of Christ, who has undertaken all in the stead of sinners, and you would find it quite impossible to walk in darkness, or to walk in sin. Oh, what low, despicable thoughts you have of the glorious Immanuel! Lift your eyes from your own bosom, downcast believer -- look upon Jesus. It is good to consider your ways, but it is far better to consider Jesus. Oh, believer, consider Jesus. Meditate on these things. Look and look again, until your peace flows like a river." --Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) |
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Not how they pray, but how they think |
Note |
Jer 17:7 |
DocTrinsograce |
Wed 05/22/13, 4:05pm |
237128 |
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"He who comes to God in prayer, comes not in a spirit of self-assertion, but in a spirit of trustful dependence. No one ever addressed God in prayer thus: 'O God, Thou knowest that I am the architect of my own fortunes and the determiner of my own destiny. Thou mayest indeed do something to help me in the securing of my purposes after I have decided upon them. But my heart is my own, and Thou canst not intrude into it; my will is my own, and Thou canst not bend it. When I wish Thy aid, I will call on Thee for it. Meanwhile, Thou must await my pleasure.' Men may reason somewhat like this; but that is not the way they pray." --Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921) |
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Royal Proclamation |
Note |
John 6:57 |
DocTrinsograce |
Tue 05/21/13, 3:46pm |
237127 |
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"If an earthly king were to issue a royal proclamation, and the life or death of his subjects entirely depended on performing or not performing its conditions, how eager would they be to hear what those conditions were! And shall we not pay the same respect to the King of kings, and Lord of lords, and lend an attentive ear to His ministers, when they are declaring, in His name, how our pardon, peace, and happiness may be secured?" --George Whitefield (1714-1770) |
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Blessed Providence |
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Ps 149:4 |
DocTrinsograce |
Mon 05/20/13, 5:16pm |
237126 |
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"But a Christian is to pursue his lawful calling [as a saint] with an eye to the providence of God and with submission to His wisdom. Thus, so far as he acts in the exercise of faith, he cannot be disappointed. He casts his care upon his Heavenly Father, who has promised to take care of him. What God gives, he receives with thankfulness, and is careful as a faithful steward to improve it for the furtherance of the cause of God, and the good of mankind. And if he meets with losses and crosses, he is not disconcerted, knowing that all his concerns are under a Divine direction; that the Lord whom he serves, chooses for him better than he could choose for himself; and that his best treasure is safe, out of the reach of the various changes to which all things in the present state are liable." --John Newton (1725-1807) (the author of Amazing Grace) |
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After captivity, what happened to Daniel |
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Daniel |
DocTrinsograce |
Mon 05/20/13, 5:11pm |
237125 |
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Hi, geneh...
Welcome to the forum!
Scripture records nothing about Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah returning to Jerusalem. Nor does it record anything about them remaining. Therefore, we simply cannot say.
In Him, Doc |
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luke 14:26 |
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Luke 14:26 |
DocTrinsograce |
Mon 05/20/13, 6:26am |
237122 |
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Yes, seek Him using good-old-fashioned study of what His Word. There is life in the Word. |
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luke 14:26 |
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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 |
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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 |
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hate family to be a disciple |
Answer |
Bible general |
DocTrinsograce |
Sun 05/19/13, 4:12pm |
237117 |
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Duplicate question. |
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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 |
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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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Making Light of Sin |
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Jer 8:11 |
Jesusfriend |
Sat 05/18/13, 3:32pm |
237100 |
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Doc, I don't know how you came to that conclusion reading my post. The bible, which all Christians should take as the only means of true salvation is the only place I get my information. You will very rarely hear me quoting anybody but scripture. I have spent my life studying the bible. I have read many famous Christian authors to my utter disappointment, but on the other hand reading Christian authors gives one the assurance that following man will not lead us to God. I am not saying that reading other Christian writings outside the bible are bad, BUT! we must have our priorities straight and match every word we read about God to His loving word, not the other way around. There are many places in scripture where we are admonished to be perfect, not in a man made sense of "I will sin until I die and still be 'saved'", but in a "he that sinneth is of the devil".
I have one question for you sir, When you ask for forgiveness from God during a whole night of praying on your knees before God, or even just a short prayer of forgiveness, how many sins do you have left? Are you not sinless at that moment, if you say you are not sinless at that moment you do not believe Jesus promises and therefore your faith is presumption which has been handed down by man and not God's word.
Spurgeon was a great author, but he along with the majority of professors of Christianity are in great error on the most important subject for any Christian, which is "what must I do to be 'saved'". It matters not who preaches the error, it is still error. Jesus did say that the majority of Christians will be lost, and this is the reason. There is nowhere in the bible that tells me I can not ever stop sinning, but it does say that if I do live without sinning and brag about it then I am sinning. I will never say that I am sinless, because a Christians life is all about others not self. When self is dead, which is what baptism is all about, there is no sin. There is no half death either. Most people who are baptised are burried alive, and come out of the water the same as they went in. The thought that we can never overcome all sin in our lives is from the devil not God nor His word. Please read all the overcome verses in Revelation. What must we overcome to receive these blessings? a couple sins? or all sin in our lives. Remember only few followed Jesus when He was alive, and He promised that only few will be "saved". |
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According to Jesus, can we eat pork? |
Answer |
1 Tim 4:4 |
DocTrinsograce |
Sat 05/18/13, 9:59am |
237099 |
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Hi, onthebrink...
I taught my children to distinguish between the words, can, may, and ought. The words are so different that it will make a huge difference in the answers you are seeking.
A Jew could eat pork if he chose to do so.
A Jew might eat pork at some point in the future.
A Jew ought never to eat pork for it is proscribed by the law (Leviticus 11:7-8).
I will assume that you are using the colloquialism "Can we eat pork?" (sic) to mean, "Is the eating of pork prohibited in the New Testament?"
The Biblical basis of our liberty would be:
"And He [Christ] said to them, 'Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?'" (Mark 7:18-19a) Then Mark asserts "Thus He declared all foods clean." (Mark 7:19b) Paul additionally asserts, "I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself" (Romans 14:14a NASB). Nonetheless, we limit our liberty to eat and drink anything in deference to the conscience of our brothers (Romans 14:21).
I would go on to add one more point relative to the pastoral epistolary references:
Prayers of consecration do not transform unclean food into clean food. (Doing something in the natural in order to achieve a supernatural affect is what we call magic. We surely want nothing to do with that kind of junk.) Paul writes, "For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer." (1 Timothy 4:4-5 NASB); and, as Paul states in another epistle, "To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled." (Titus 1:15 NASB) The impurity is not inherent in the nature of the food itself, rather the issue is in the heart of the person eating -- food is impure when eaten without gratitude to and dependence on the Father; i.e., failing to honor and be grateful to God in His Providence like heathens do (Romans 1:21). On the contrary, the apostle says of the redeemed, "he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God." (Romans 14:6b NASB)
In Him, Doc |
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