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12/7/06 3:01 PM |
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Seed Sower “The point in question is whether or not a person can freely receive the Spirit if they accept Christ. The point you are defending is that you cannot receive the Spirit to understand the scriptures unless you are the elect.”My point is we need to be born-again of the Spirit before we will hear and understand the Gospel to believe and repent. Can an unregenerate man with a stony heart hear, understand, believe and repent. Eze 36:26-27 (26) A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. (27) And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. "As JD is saying where does it say that there is two different groups of unsaved people( the ones who will be elected and the ones who won't)." The Bible says it, the sheep and the goats, the wheat and the tares etc. Mat 13:37-39 (37) He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; (38) The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; (39) The enemy that sowed them is the devil… |
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12/7/06 2:27 PM |
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continuedJesus is not talking about a decision of the heart as unregenerate man has a stony heart until he is regenerated by the Holy Spirit and given a heart of flesh. “This heart of flesh, is a new and right heart, and spirit; an heart to fear God, to love him, and to trust in him; in which Christ dwells by faith;” Eze 36:26-27 (26) A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. (27) And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. Christ is the one that soweth the good seed and Satan is the one that soweth the tares. There is no decision of the heart here. Mat 13:37-39 (37) He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; (38) The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; (39) The enemy that sowed them is the devil… Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. |
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12/7/06 2:26 PM |
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Seed Sower “Take one last example, in the parable of the sower and the seed in Matt 13, Mark 4. Christ tells us of the different types of soil related to our hearts. If we are already predetermined or elect, then what does this parable prophet? Is not Jesus talking of a decision of the heart? In Mark 4:20 it says they such has hear the word, and RECEIVE IT. God has given the ability of faith to all, and our is determined on how our hearts receive the word.” Christ tells us “His sheep hear His voice and follow Him.” It is Christ who opens the understanding of the Scriptures. Luk 24:44-45 (44) And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. (45) Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures, |
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12/7/06 11:21 AM |
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We receive the Spirit of God while the gospel is preached, the Holy Spirit falls on them that hear it, conveys himself into their hearts and they are born again by the word of truth. Ga 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? (Rom 10:17) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Joh 10:27) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: God gives life to whom He will and they will repent and believe the Gospel. (2Ti 2:25) In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; ****if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;**** |
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12/5/06 10:37 PM |
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"Jesus Died for All, Not Many: Schismatics Falling into Calvinist Heresy""When we actually read what the Popes write, they affirm this Council of Trent teaching. He did not shed his blood only for many, but all. We have the Bible teach unambiguously teach that Jesus shed his blood for all (1 John 2:2, others). For anybody to say that they follow the Council of Trent, they must believe that he shed his blood for all. All the Popes before, and all the Popes prior, affirm this teaching. Was the Council of Trent infected with modernism? No. It is indeed impious (according to many popes) to state, that Christ did not shed his blood for all. Thus, when the Mass that we celebrate declares that his blood has been shed for all, it is indeed not heresy, but reflects a long held truth. To say that Jesus did not die for all, is heretical and different from what the Bible and the infallible magisterium teaches. If one teaches limited atonement, one joins forces with the Calvinist, and Jansenist heretics long ago condemned by the Catholic Church. Those who follow this teaching cannot even pretend to be faithful Catholics." (Catholic Apologetics Page) |
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12/5/06 4:44 PM |
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Continued"Add to these many others: monks, nuns, monasteries, convents, forty days lent, holy week, Palm Sunday, Ash Wednesday, All Saints Day, Candlemas, fish day, meat days, incense, holy oil, holy palms, Christopher medals, charms, novenas, and others." |
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12/5/06 4:40 PM |
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continued21."Fasting of Fridays and during lent; 998 22.The Mass, developed gradually as a sacrifice, attendance made obligatory in the 11th century 23.Celibacy of the priesthood, decreed by pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand); 1079 24.The Rosary, mechanical praying with beads, invented by Peter the Hermit; 1090 25.The Inquisition, instituted by the Council of Verona; 1184 26.Sale of Indulgences; 1190 27.Transubstantiation, proclaimed by pope Innocent III; 1215 28.Auricular Confession of sins to a priest instead of to God, instituted by pope Innocent III, in Lateran Council; 1215 29.Adoration of the wafer (Host), decreed by pope Honorius III; 1220 30.Bible forbidden to laymen, placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Council of Valencia; 1229 31.The Scapular, invented by Simon Stock, an English monk; 1287 32.Cup forbidden to the people at communion by Council of Constance; 1414" |
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12/5/06 4:36 PM |
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Rome's Church Traditions"Some Roman Catholic Heresies and Inventions, and the Dates of their Adoption:" 1."Prayers for the dead; about 300 2.Making the sign of the cross; 300 3.Wax candles; about 320 4.Veneration of angels and dead saints, and use of images; 375 5.The Mass as a daily celebration; 394 6.Beginning of the exaltation of Mary, the term “Mother of God” first applied to her by the Council of Ephesus; 431 7.Priests began to dress differently from laymen; 500 8.Extreme Unction; 526 9.The doctrine of Purgatory, established by Gregory I; 593 10.Latin Language, used in prayer and worship, imposed by Gregory I; 600 11.Prayers directed to Mary, dead saints and angels; about 600 12.Title of pope, or universal bishop, given to Boniface III by emperor Phocas; 610 13.Kissing the pope s foot, began with pope Constantine; 709 14.Temporal power of the popes, conferred by Pepin, king of France; 750 15.Worship of the cross, images and relics, authorized in; 786 16.Holy water, mixed with a pinch of salt and blessed by a priest; 850 17.Worship of St. Joseph; 890 18.College of Cardinals established; 927 19.Baptism of bells, instituted by pope John XIV; 965 20.Canonization of dead saints, first by pope John XV; 995" |
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12/5/06 4:32 PM |
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The Reformation was truly from God and I for one thank Him for it."From 590 to 1517, the Roman Church dominated the western world. The Roman Catholic Church controlled religion, philosophy, morals, politics, art and education. This was the dark ages for true Christianity. The vital doctrines of Biblical Christianity had almost disappeared, and with the neglect of true doctrine came the passing of life and light that constitutes the worship of the One True God as declared in Christ." "ROME’S THEOLOGY BEFORE THE REFORMATION Infallibility of the Pope Salvation in the Roman Church Only Salvation by Works Complete Sanctification Worshiping of Saints Exaltation of the Clergy" ROME’S PRACTICE "System of Penance" "System of Indulgences" |
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12/5/06 4:07 PM |
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The Reformation gave a Biblical understanding of the office of a ministerBefore the Reformation, the concept of the Christian ministry was sacerdotal. That is – it was understood that every clergyman was a sacrificing priest. The clergy were understood to hold the keys of Heaven and to be practically the mediators between God and man. The Reformers brought the office of the clergy down to its Scriptural level. They stripped it entirely of any sacerdotal character. They cast out the words “sacrifice” and “altar”. They taught that the clergy were pastors, ambassadors, messangers, witnesses, evangelists, teachers and ministers of the Word and sacraments. The Reformers taught that the chief business of every Christian minister is to preach the Word and to be diligent in prayer and the reading of the Scriptures. The Reformers taught the immense superiority of the pulpit to the confessional. For this reason, where the altar used to be, the Lord’s table was placed with an open Bible, or a pulpit, showing the centrality of God’s Word in the worship of Protestant churches. |
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