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10/23/19 7:52 AM |
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John UK,How can they believe on Him whom they haven’t heard? “How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!”” â€â€Romans‬ â€10:14-15‬ This preaching of the gospel is not without affect! “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” â€â€Hebrews‬ â€4:12‬ |
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10/23/19 3:29 AM |
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Lurker,“But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming,” â€â€1 Corinthians‬ â€15:23‬ “But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.” â€â€1 Corinthians‬ â€15:20‬ Jesus is first and those who believe will follow in His resurrection. “knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will present us with you.” â€â€2 Corinthians‬ â€4:14‬ It was the Father who raised Jesus, so it would be the Father who will raise believers also. Either way, it is God. “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”” â€â€John‬ â€6:40‬ “Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power.” â€â€1 Corinthians‬ â€6:14‬ Maybe God the Father will give Jesus the power to raise the dead as He did when Jesus performed miracles? |
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10/23/19 1:49 AM |
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John UK,Rms 3:11 is a quote from a time when Israel was disobeying God. They didn’t always behave that way. It isn’t a discription of all people at all times. It was quoted to show that the Jews were just as sinful as the Gentiles. ““Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” â€â€Matthew‬ â€7:7-8‬ “and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;” â€â€Acts‬ â€17:26-27‬ God says there are those who seek Him and not only that, God has placed us in the exact time and place that we might seek Him. Nicodemus wasn’t born again prior to having faith. You are once again adding to scripture. I mean, if it actually said that, you might have a point but it is pure unfounded speculation on your part. |
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10/22/19 4:26 PM |
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Lurker,When a believer dies, how do they go to be with the Lord? “Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.” â€â€2 Corinthians‬ â€5:8‬ They are drawn up to be with the Lord and Jesus will raise them up physically on the last day at the a Resurrection. “knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.” â€â€2 Corinthians‬ â€4:14‬ It also says God will raise believers like He raised God. They will be raised as a result of Jesus, so He is having them raised as a result of His death and resurrection. Please quit bringing up fatalistic grace, it confuses me into thinking you are a Calvinist. |
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10/22/19 2:14 PM |
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Lurker,“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.” â€â€John‬ â€6:44‬ You are correct, but I don’t see any problem with that. When we die we are drawn up to where Jesus is and Jesus will raise us up the last day. I think what you have a hard time grasping is that a Christian would reject Calvinism! John UK, I beg to differ. There are plenty of instances where God shows us how to be saved and it starts with faith. Death is just an analogy for separation with God. It doesn’t mean a person can’t sin or obey God. |
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10/22/19 8:13 AM |
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John UK,There is only one baptism! Just like there is only one Lord, one God, etc. This isn’t talking about one particular God among others or one particular Lord among others. Neither is it speaking of a particular baptism among others. There is only one! Now it’s pretty clear from scripture what that one baptism is. “I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."” â€â€Mark‬ â€1:8‬ “for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."” â€â€Acts‬ â€1:5 Unless you feel like John and Jesus we’re wrong or lying about that, but then you would be the one in the wrong! |
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10/22/19 4:35 AM |
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John UK,Without being baptized in the Holy Spirit we don’t even belong to Jesus! “You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.” â€â€Romans‬ â€8:9‬ Lurker, “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."” â€â€John‬ â€6:40‬ Jesus was talking about those who believe in Him only. Which is what I pointed out, that God chooses who He gives eternal life to. It is to those who believe. Jesus said He came down from Heaven and was going to return, so how are believers going to be with Him unless God draws them up to where He is? Believers will come to Him on the last day as the verse says (John 6:39), this isn’t about an inability to believe! NeedHim, In the passage, it just says they believe Jesus and then are born again by God as a result. It doesn’t speak to some sort of inability to believe the gospel or to an inward call or outward call. Remember sola scriptura! |
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10/21/19 8:51 PM |
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John UK,The reason it is so important that believers are baptized in the Holy Spirit is because eternal life is a result of being in Him. “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” â€â€Romans‬ â€6:23‬ It is in Christ that believers become a new creature. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” â€â€2 Corinthians‬ â€5:17‬ |
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10/21/19 7:37 PM |
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John UK,I agree with you about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but you are leaving out so much more. You are correct to point out that baptism is only for believers! “...the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."” â€â€Acts‬ â€5:32‬ “...you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” â€â€1 Corinthians‬ â€6:11‬ Believers are washed of sins, sanctified, and justified by the Spirit. As you pointed out already, believers don’t receive the Holy Spirit until they believe and therefore they aren’t washed, sanctified, and justified until they have been baptized in the Holy Spirit. “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,” â€â€Ephesians‬ â€1:13‬ Believers are sealed in Christ by the Holy Spirit. Why is that so important? I’ll have to continue later. |
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10/21/19 4:21 PM |
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NeedHim,I’m not sure if God had a moral justification for saving people or not. I just know it is for His own good will. As I keep pointing out, Lazarus died and was raised from the dead. The Bible says why and this is not even close to a good proof text for irresistible grace as it doesn’t speak to his salvation and was in fact so that others might believe. John 1 says that Jesus gave the right to become children of God to those who already were believers. Not sure what you don’t understand about that. These were people made children of God and then were forced to believe. John UK, I want to address what you said when I get home from work. I think you are partially correct, but not totally. |
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10/21/19 4:33 AM |
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NeedHim,I think you are brainwashed to think if someone holds a biblical view of Lazarus being raised from the dead, that they must be a Pelagian of some sort, which isn’t the case. I simply pointed out the truth and you are trying to come up with some reason not to believe it. You are trying to shoot the messenger, but have missed. The fact is God chooses who He will save. He chooses to save those who believe! “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” â€â€John‬ â€1:12-13‬ Err, maybe you meant another verse? Did you mean this one that says all who believe Him first are then made children of God? That doesn’t sound very Calvinistic! Believers are then born again through the baptism of the Holy Spirit and not by anything they have done or could do. It is an act of grace by God. |
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10/20/19 6:09 PM |
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Just to finish my last point which was cut off. Just like those other things mentioned, there is only one baptism. There isn’t a sprinkling baptism, a dunking under water baptism, but only the one baptism which Jesus mentions, the baptism in the Holy Spirit.“for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."” â€â€Acts‬ â€1:5‬ NeedHim, There is nothing Pelagius about scripture! I have not said anything about it. Again, this is Calvinism in a nutshell. If the Bible doesn’t teach it, that’s okay, we will just make it up! There is only one call of our salvation, just like there is only one baptism. “There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—” â€â€Ephesians‬ â€4:4‬ |
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10/20/19 4:32 PM |
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The Bible doesn’t convey a message of irresistible grace. We see many times God reaching out to people and crying over those who will not believe, but He never forces anyone to believe. That’s why people invent places where irresistible grace is supposedly taught without any biblical evidence. Nowhere will you find it taught Lazarus was unsaved and God made him a believer. Lazarus was instead raised from the dead to bring glory to God and provide proof to who Jesus was. Peter, who was already a apostle and follower of Christ, believed Jesus to be the Son of God through some kind of unspecified revelation from God. Whether through miracles, or preaching, or vision, we do not know, but at any rate Peter had already been a believer and therefore does not speak to irresistible grace.“There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” â€â€Ephesians‬ â€4:4-6‬ Funny that a mere ordinance should be found grouped together with the body, the Spirit, the call to salvation, the Lord, the faith, our God and Father? It isn’t on the same level as the Lord’s Supper. It’s far more important and just like the other things mentioned, t |
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