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3/16/09 12:40 PM |
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Still a Mission World wrote: Quote from Mission organisation "The remaining unreached peoples of the world are progessively harder to reach; the political, cultural, religious, and spiritual barriers to be surmounted are ever more difficult." I like Revelation 14:6-7 where God sends His angels to proclaim the gospel."And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." In the end, angels proclaim the gospel, and everyone hears. |
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3/16/09 10:11 AM |
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Mike wrote: After having spoken concerning his grace, and exhorted his disciples to steady faith, he now begins to strike the rebellious, though even here he mitigates the severity due to the wickedness of those who deliberately — as it were — reject God; for he delays to pronounce judgment on them, because, on the contrary, he has come for the salvation of all. In the first place, we ought to understand that he does not speak here of all unbelievers without distinction, but of those who, knowingly and willingly, reject the doctrine of the Gospel which has been exhibited to them. Why then does Christ not choose to condemn them? It is because he lays aside for a time the office of a judge, and offers salvation to all without reserve, and stretches out his arms to embrace all, that all may be the more encouraged to repent." Calvin on John 12:47 Well, now, this is the Calvin we all know and love.My first exposure to TULIP was when I was at a friend's home and picked up a little booklet with the acronym and the explanations of each doctrine. A quick read seemed to line up with Scripture, and thereafter, I agreed with those referring to themselves as "calvinists." That was until I came on these boards. It got 'ing. |
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3/14/09 10:27 AM |
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I am definitely one who applauds those who are not afraid to stand alone, and one who stood alone when the world was buying into the fraud of global warming was the Czech President, Vaclav Havel. Bravo Mr. President.The Czech republic, having broken free from the evils of communism, and growing as a result of capitalism, knows what a stranglehold power exerts on a people. When Vaclav Havel, came out with his book on global warming, and then, spoke in the U.S. about the reason for those promoters of global warming - namely, power over the masses to control, and, of course, money, he was dissed by the intellectual elites, and those in power positions. Since then, thanks to C-span and the internet, people are seeing a different assessment unfold and opinion has shifted, thankfully. People are awakening to the lies that are promulgated by those who are the news makers. For this, we can all gives thanks that a little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness. |
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3/12/09 8:24 PM |
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John UK wrote: God has not called us to calvinism, arminianism, amyraldianism, pelagianism, augustinianism, lutherism, campbellitism, wesleyanism, scofieldism, catholicism, protestantism, fundamentalism, socialism, paulism, barnabasism or any other ism you can muster. I'm with you, John. I have learned sooo much on these boards about the different "isms". I started out my Christian life measuring everything by the Word of God, and that is where I will remain.As a matter of fact, I need to return to what had been my morning routine for years - spending time with the Lord in prayer and Bible reading. I have been negligent, and I cannot recall Scripture, as easily. I need to refresh my memory by taking in the Word, first. Then, I can read others. It is only after the Holy Spirit has made the Truths of Scripture real to us, that we can fully appreciate men like J.C. Ryle, A.W. Pink, and others, who were also taught the same truths, and were gifted by God to communicate them so eloquently in their writings. Though they were great expositors, the essence of the truth taught by the Holy Spirit, even to the common man, who is born again, is the same. "He makes the simple, wise." |
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3/12/09 8:32 AM |
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DJC49 wrote: That command in Mark 16 to go out and "preach the gospel to every creature" was given at a time when MILLIONS and MILLIONS were living on the other side of the world. "Another world" which could NOT be reached by men with the Gospel for centuries! Don't you think that God knew that? ______________ Matt 27:52,53 says, "And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many."I have heard many stories from different people groups of "one" appearing unto their people with a message like unto the Biblical account of the Messiah. Could it not be that these who "came out of the graves" served this very pupose in revealing to people in lands beyond the holy land, these truths? Of course, the Messiah to come was a promise given in the Garden, and this would have been passed down through the generations, and would have continued even when the peoples were divided. The account of Noah is something that can be seen as regarded in many different cultures. Then there are the heavens declaring God's Glory. God does not leave Himself w/o a Witness. The Gospel message was ever to be expanding, not narrowing. The Light shone in the darkness. |
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3/11/09 5:20 PM |
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John UK said,"CandleLit I know what you meant earlier. You just used the wrong word, I think? Did you mean to say: "Sufficient for all, but efficaceous only in the elect?" _________ Yes, John, Thank you for clarifying my comment. Enjoy your tea! |
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3/11/09 11:42 AM |
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rogerant wrote: ... a blanket condemnation of any one type of church or doctrine that realtes to "Which issue do you think most confronts the Church of today doen't really work. When a Reformed church falls away from sound preaching, it becomes either liberal or hyper. In either case, it becomes works based. Equivalent to the semi pelagian decisional regenation preaching of the dispensensational evangelical Baptist churches in the U.S. today. In either case, God's sheep are not being fed. God help us! Good post, Roger! |
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3/11/09 11:34 AM |
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Joe T. wrote: Remonstrance Article on atonement: "That agreeably thereunto, Jesus Christ the Savior of the world, died for all men and for every man, so that he has obtained for them all, by his death on the cross, redemption and the forgiveness of sins; yet that no one actually enjoys this forgiveness of sins except the believer..." This would be John's position. Synod of Dordt Article on atonement: "For this was the sovereign counsel, and most gracious will and purpose of God the Father, that the quickening and saving efficacy of the most precious death of his Son should extend to all the elect, for bestowing upon them alone the gift of justifying faith, thereby to bring them infallibly to salvation: that is, it was the will of God, that Christ by the blood of the cross, whereby he confirmed the new covenant, should effectually redeem out of every people, tribe, nation, and language, all those, and those only, who were from eternity chosen to salvation, and given to him by the Father..." This is the Reformed position and not John's. I think it is efficacious to ALL, but appropriated or applied only to the ELECT. |
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3/11/09 10:42 AM |
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Mike wrote: Rogerant is telling it like it is, Bible only. He and DJC49 are not the same person. Look more closely at their posts, they do not have the same "fingerprints." "fingerprints, fingerprints, fingerprints" - I wish someone would compose a list of fingerprints linked to the different aliases, so that I could have them at my disposal. I know that one for DJC is the infamous "cough" and "ahem" and he really doesn't want to be confused with anyone else. I guess he reaaaaaaaaaallly likes himself, and no else would measure up. And, Mike, I know that you are witty, reserved, much like an Englishman, with your dry sense of humour. Michael H., is always gracious, and his calling in life is to evangelize whenever given the opportunity. So, you are going to hear Michael talk about how thankful he is for God saving him, and he wants others to know the Lord. Oh, and his style of writing is with run-on sentences, which I find amusing. Rogerant, he's going to hold to doctrine, while he tells us how cold it is in his part of the world, sometimes fishing, sometimes riding around in his jeep, playing A.W.Pink recordings. And, John UK, is such a gracious man who loves the Lord and communicates that clearly at every opportunity. |
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3/10/09 3:04 PM |
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Joe T. wrote: A.W. Pink REGENERATION AND THE NEW BIRTH "We are either saints or sinners, spiritually alive or spiritually dead. children of God or children of the Devil. In view of this solemn fact, how momentous is the question, Have I been born again? If not, and you die in your present state, you will wish you had never been born at all. 1. ITS NECESSITY 1. The need for regeneration lies in our natural degeneration. In consequence of the fall of our first parents, all of us were born alienated from the Divine life and holiness, despoiled of all those perfections wherewith man’s nature was at first endowed. Ezekiel 16:4,5 gives a graphic picture of our terrible spiritual plight at our entrance into this world: cast out to the loathing of our persons, rolling ourselves in our own filth, impotent to help ourselves. That “likeness” of God ( Genesis 1:26) which was at first stamped on mansoul, has been effaced, aversion from God and an inordinate love of the creature having displaced it. The more I read A. W. Pink, the more I am in agreement with a statement that John UK made some time ago. "He was one of those of whom the world was not worthy." Thanks, Joe, for more of Pink's writings. |
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3/8/09 9:16 PM |
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John UK wrote: So you believe the new birth is not salvation, then, as I asked earlier. Thank you. I call it by the proper phrase: "sanctification of the Spirit" as found in 2 Thessaloninas 2:13. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:31. You believe, you get saved. You don't believe, you get condemned. John UK,Are you making a distinction between the new birth and salvation? The new birth being regeneration, and salvation being yet to be realized - when we are with the Lord? 1 Thess 5:8,9 "But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." |
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3/8/09 8:02 PM |
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John UK wrote: Today I am middling, but sometimes fine, and occasionally euphoric; but this is rare. It is very windy today in Wales, but mild and sometimes sunny. When it is sunny I feel euphoric, but that is not because I am a sun worshipper, it is because sun produces vitamin D in the system which gives me a high. When it is cloudy and the overall barometric pressure is low, this can have very severe effects in the faculties, yet during the month when I was converted the temperature was well below freezing for days on end, which just goes to prove that God doesn't need sunshine to quicken a lost soul into believing and getting saved. The light and dark are both alike to him. This is creative, and interesting, when everything is soooo somber. We need some levity. I can identify with the writer. Thanks, John. A thread where one could post a: "thought for the day" "prayer request" or "praise" "book to recommend" or "political opinion" would be useful for people like myself who only want to share a thought, but not necessarily enter into a debate. I appreciate the debates, and those who are gifted in reasoning, but a thread for "random thoughts" would be interesting, also. |
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