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4/7/09 12:15 PM |
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God uses evil to accomplish His purposes.Example: And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. 1Ki 22:19-23 Amo 3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? “God is the Author of all the calamities which come upon you, and which are foretold by His prophets. The evil of sin is from ourselves; the evil of trouble is from God, whoever be the instruments.” |
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3/27/09 6:58 PM |
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Candle Lit wrote: Sorry for the delay, ml. Dinner. The verse that immediately came to mind, and one which I pray often is 2 Peter 3:18 "But grow in GRACE, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." You asked for "full of grace" to which I would equate - "full of the Spirit" -there may not be any. We do know that we are told to be "filled with the Spirit." We also know that though the Spirit resides in us, never to leave, we may grieve the Spirit through sin, lack of time in the Word or prayer, etc. We are told in the following passages that we have this grace of God. Ephesians 4:7 says, "But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ." Ephesians 3:7,8 "...[Paul speaking] according to the gift of the GRACE of God given unto me by the effectual working of His power. Unto me, who am ...is this GRACE given, that I should preach among the Gentiles..." OOS Thanks Candle Lit for answering most of my questions. Hope you have a good dinner. God bless you. |
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3/27/09 5:21 PM |
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cont. with Candle LitAs a catholic I would confess my sins to a priest and then that priest would determine my penance, for example I might have to pray 2 Our Fathers and 10 Hail Marys. It goes like this: Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Do you understand now what I meant by my first post? As to your question "And, a little different, but what do you think Jesus meant when He said of Nathanael in John 1:47 "Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" I think Jesus meant there was no deceit or craft in Nathanael. |
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3/27/09 5:04 PM |
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Candle Lit wrote: ml, I'm interested in your interpretation of "full of Grace." What do you mean when you say, "Mary was not full of grace?" What do you mean when you say, "[Jesus] was full of GRACE?" I understand grace to be an attribute of God. The hail Mary prayer, is used by the Catholic Church to convey that this grace is also an attribute of Mary. “The Latin Vulgate... The Latin Vulgate is the Latin translation of the Bible done by St. Jerome in the fourth century. It is here in Luke 1:28 that is found the unfortunate Latin translation which says "ave gratia plena "Hail full of grace.'" Remember, the New Testament was written in Greek, not Latin, but the Roman Church has derived its doctrine from the Latin translation, not the Greek original. Therefore, it constructed its doctrine on a false translation. Of course, it cannot correct itself since so much is invested in the worship, adoration, and prayer to Mary in the Roman Catholic Church and to recant of this false teaching would greatly lessen its credibility. Unfortunately, this means that millions of Catholics will continue to look to Mary for help, not Christ who is truly full of grace.” |
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3/27/09 4:00 PM |
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John Yurich USA wrote: How can you state that praying the first half of the Hail Mary Prayer is unscriptural when the first half of the Hail Mary Prayer comes directly from the Gospel Of Saint Luke and thus the first half of the Hail Mary Prayer is totally scriptural to pray. The first half of the hail Mary prayer is totally unscriptual, so is the second half of the prayer.Mary was not full of grace, she was highly favoured, only God is full of grace. (Luk 1:28) And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. (Joh 1:14) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) FULL OF GRACE and truth. |
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3/11/09 5:29 PM |
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John UK wrote: And it is easy to prove from the Bible that Christ died for all men, as I have already done a few months ago, without refutation. To what purpose did Christ die for all men? |
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3/6/09 3:58 PM |
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lyn wrote: As for your continual sarcasm, it too is growing thin. You and your buddy, Rogerant, have raked many a brother and sister over the reformed coals. What is your goal? To win the argument, or to edify a brother or sister? Lyn, I think you are being unfair. DJC49 and rogerant are entitled to their opinions just as much as we are. Your accusation of them raking many a brother and sister over the reformed coals is unjust. What you call raking is what I call debating, as to those brothers and sisters they too were raking/debating their brothers over the reformed coals as well. They were not attacking JM personally but disagreeing with him on some points. I gather from what they have stated below that they like JM and most of his teachings. DJC49's quote " His teachings, for the most part, are excellent. All things considered, he's a terrific expositor of Scripture. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!" Rogerant's quote "Our problem is not with Jm himself. As I said before, he is a very gifted brother in the Lord." Hope you will consider these things. |
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3/5/09 3:04 PM |
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Hi Rogerant, thanks for your testimony. Do you believe the Spirit was convicting you of sin, of righteousness and of judgement before you were regenerated? (Joh 16:8) The reason I ask is because I saw the Spirit working in my life in this way and I know it was before regeneration. Raised as a Catholic I was under the law and very convicted of my sin, so I tried to keep the law but of course to no avail. I knew Jesus was righteous and that He would be coming again to judge the world. I was very afraid but I still rebelled, continuing on in my sin for many years. Then I heard the glorious gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit opened my heart to hear it and I believed. I repented and have continued to follow the Lord ever since that day. I thank God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for my salvation. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. (1Pe 1:2) |
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3/4/09 11:25 AM |
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Helps wrote: Quote from Ross: "THE VERY SIMPLE TRUTH ON REGENERATION OR NEW BIRTH the "bottom line" or simple truth which is very clear in Scripture is this: One who believes in Christ is born again, and one who is born again is the one who believes in Christ. Slice it up in as many pieces as you wish, the simple truth is that the believer is born again, and the born again person is a believer: "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life" -- I John 5:12. So all of this "ordo salutis" drivel about "regeneration precedes faith," or "born again before faith," and any other effort which tries to separate faith from the new birth, is hokey-pokey, pure and simple." I noticed in Bob Ross's quote that he cited 1 John 5:12 as his proof text, is he saying that the word ‘life’ in this verse means new birth? |
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