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On or After: Tue 06/23/09 ordered by Date
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abide |
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1 John 2:3 |
grafted in |
Fri 07/3/09, 5:18pm |
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John,
I understand those commandments and doctrines of men spoken about are the extra oral portions of the law. The parts that men came up with. (I wasn't even considering that it could be things to do with paganism, not even anything the gentile believers had brought in with them, all to do with the Jewish Oral Law.)
There were all kinds of extra things tagged onto any one of the God-given observances, and they tended to steal away the original idea of what that particular "law" was even for.
You folks have a great weekend, a blessed, safe holiday. I'll talk to you again on Sunday or Monday. |
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"Galatians: God's Antidote for Legalism" |
Note |
Gal 1:7 |
DocTrinsograce |
Fri 07/3/09, 4:06pm |
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"The enemy against which Paul is fighting in the Epistle [to the Galatians] can be reconstructed fairly well from the Epistle itself. Paul was fighting against the doctrine that a man can earn a part, at least, of his salvation by his own obedience to God's law; he was fighting against the doctrine that a man is justified not by faith alone, but by faith and works.
"That doctrine was being propagated by certain teachers who had come into the Galatian churches from the outside. These teachers were men of Jewish race; and since they sought to induce Gentile people to 'Judaize' -- that is, to adopt the Jewish manner of life -- they are commonly called 'Judaizers.'
"The Judaizers agreed with Paul about many things: they agreed in holding that Jesus was the Messiah; they seemed to have no quarrel whatever with Paul's lofty doctrine of the deity of Christ; they believed in the resurrection of our Lord from the dead. Moreover, they even held, no doubt, that a man must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ if he is to be saved.
"But their error lay in holding not only that a man must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ if he is to be saved, but that he must also do something else namely, keep at least a part of the law of God. Salvation according to those Judaizers, in other words, is attained partly by the grace of God and partly by the merit of man.
"The particular form of merit which they induced men to seek was the merit of keeping the law of Moses, particularly the ceremonial law. At first sight, that fact might seem to destroy the usefulness of the Epistle for the present day; for we of today are in no danger of desiring to keep Jewish fasts and feasts. But a little consideration will show that that is not at all the case. The really essential thing about the Judaizers' contention was not found in those particular 'works of the law' that they urged upon the Galatians as being one of the grounds of salvation, but in the fact that they urged any works in this sense at all. The really serious error into which they fell was not that they carried the ceremonial law over into the new dispensation whither God did not intend it to be carried, but that they preached a religion of human merit as over against a religion of divine grace.
"So the error of the Judaizers is a very modern error indeed, as well as a very ancient error. It is found in the modern Church wherever men seek salvation by 'surrender' instead of by faith, or by their own character instead of by the imputed righteousness of Christ, or by 'making Christ master in the life' instead of by trusting in His redeeming blood. In particular, it is found wherever men say 'the real essentials' of Christianity are love, justice, mercy and other virtues, as contrasted with the great doctrines of God's Word. These are all just different ways of exalting the merit of man over against the Cross of Christ, they are all of them attacks upon the very heart and core of the Christian religion. And against all of them the mighty polemic of this Epistle to the Galatians is turned." --J. Gresham Machen |
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Organ Donation |
Answer |
Bible general |
DocTrinsograce |
Fri 07/3/09, 3:12pm |
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Dear jtb1948,
Welcome to the forum!
There is nothing in Scripture that directly or by principle that prohibits the voluntary donation of organs.
In Him, Doc |
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NT Church |
Note |
Matt 16:18 |
rakpak |
Fri 07/3/09, 1:19pm |
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Sorry |
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NT Church |
Note |
Matt 16:18 |
srbaegon |
Fri 07/3/09, 1:02pm |
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Hello rakpak,
I knew the answer when I asked the question. I was trying to draw out the contributor to understand the intent of the post.
Steve |
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NT Church |
Note |
Matt 16:18 |
rakpak |
Fri 07/3/09, 11:44am |
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Most people refering to the OT church are refering to:
Exo 12:6 And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
NT Church: ekkleesia
Thayer Definition:
1 A gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly
Fron the Strongs:From a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564; a calling out, that is, "concretely" a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation "Jewish synagogue", or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both: - assembly, church.
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Are Jewish people assured salvation? |
Note |
Gal 3:16 |
hopalong |
Fri 07/3/09, 9:28am |
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Hi Edd,
thanks for your Q.Heb 10:1 For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.
Heb 10:2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins?
Heb 10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.
Heb 10:4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
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Is Church body, Kingdom of God same |
Answer |
Matt 16:18 |
DocTrinsograce |
Fri 07/3/09, 8:11am |
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Hi, Edd...
The kingdom of God (heaven) and the church are not synonymous, though when we mention one we often find ourselves talking about aspects of the other. The kingdom of God speaks to the Lord's rule and the whole setting in which that rule is applied (Psalm 45:6; Isaiah 45:23; 1 Corinthians 15:24) . The church, on the other hand, speaks to the body of believers who have been "called out" (Colossians 1:1-14; 1 Peter 2:9-10). There are "already" and "not yet" aspects of both.
Probably the best thing is to have me give up trying to put it into words, and offer up something better articulated than I might otherwise provide.
"The Kingdom is primarily the dynamic reign or kingly rule of God, and, derivatively, the sphere in which the rule is experienced. In biblical idiom, the Kingdom is not identified with its subjects. They are the people of God's rule who enter it, live under it, and are governed by it. The church is the community of the Kingdom but never the Kingdom itself. Jesus' disciples belong to the kingdom as the Kingdom belongs to them; but they are not the Kingdom. The Kingdom is the rule of God; the church is a society of men." -- George Eldon Ladd
We could go into more detail on the comparison if you like.
In Him, Doc |
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freedom of speech on the pulpit |
Answer |
2 Tim 2:15 |
DocTrinsograce |
Fri 07/3/09, 7:50am |
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Dear Sister Azure,
The focus of church in worship is Gospel-centered, God honoring, Christ magnifying, Spirit led. Consequently, we make every effort to magnify the Word. Music prepares the heart so that people whose lives are being changed by the Gospel, led by people whose lives have been changed by the Gospel, may more readily receive the ministry of the Word. Hence, our music must augment our doctrine and be consistent with our doctrine. As believers, our affections are changed from love of the world to delight in the Lord -- does our music diminish the one and magnify the other? As believers, our minds are transformed from carnality to the Word -- does our music diminish the one and magnify the other? As believers, our bodies are not vessels of sensuality, but living sacrifices -- does our music diminish the one and magnify the other?
As believers, all things are brought into subjection to the Lord of us all. Therefore, our objective is to creatively seek to design all of our activities to honor and reflect the character of the King.
Below are some quotes that I find helpful.
In Him, Doc
Of worship and worship styles: "[The Master] did not will in outward discipline and ceremonies to prescribe in detail what we ought to do (because He foresaw that this depended on the state of the times, and He did not deem one form suitable for all ages)... Because He has taught nothing specifically, and because these things are not necessary to salvation, and for the up-building of the church ought to be variously accommodated to the customs of each nation and age, it will be fitting (as the advantage of the church will require) to change and abrogate traditional practices and to establish new ones. Indeed, I admit that we ought not to charge into innovation rashly, suddenly, for insufficient cause. But love will best judge what may hurt or edify; and if we let love be our guide, all will be safe." --John Calvin
"All worshiping, honoring, or service invented by the brain of man in the religion of God, without His own express commandment, is idolatry. We may not think us so free nor wise, that we may do unto God, and unto His honor, what we think expedient." --John Knox
"There are always two parts to true worship. There is seeing God and there is savoring God. You can't separate these. You must see Him to savor Him. And if you don't savor Him when you see Him, you insult Him. In true worship, there is always understanding with the mind and there is always feeling in the heart. Understanding must always be the foundation of feeling, or all we have is baseless emotionalism. But understanding of God that doesn't give rise to feeling for God becomes mere intellectualism and deadness. This is why the Bible continually calls us to think and consider and meditate, on the one hand, and to rejoice and fear and mourn and delight and hope and be glad, on the other hand. Both are essential for worship." --John Piper |
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abide |
Note |
1 John 2:3 |
MJH |
Fri 07/3/09, 4:33am |
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John,
I'd be very glad to. I'm off to work and may be delayed a couple days, but I've written on both so should be quick enough when I get back.
MJH |
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