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  1. NewCreation435

    Google+ is going away soon

    I received a email today from Google+ saying that there features related to Google+ including all communities and features and blogs are going away in April of this year. So, I am going to have to find another place to set up a blog. Do any of you blog (other than on this site) and enjoy the...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    I would agree with you that the idea of covenant is foreign to most people these days. At least in the U.S. it is. I'm not sure about other countries
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    Did Adam lose his salvation or did he simply sin?
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    Having started this thread with quote from Php 2:12 I am going to share some of my thoughts about it 12 "So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;" You see this verse is...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    When I hear you say that the will is bound in sin that speak to me about depravity. It makes me think of the verses in the Bible that say that the flesh cannot please God. The flesh doesn't want to nor can it. So, our salvation cannot be based on personal merit. Yet, by saying that man can...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    No, I haven't heard it from one of my pastors. It is a way of expressing that the puppet has no choice of his or her own and is manipulated by another. I'm having the same problem that Mennosota mentions on this thread with what you have said. You are saying that free will doesn't play a part...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    And I have affirmed both God's Sovereignty and free will. I have not claimed that God does not lead a person to himself. What I specifically asked you is how you reconcile the Bible affirming both and basically your telling me that we don't have a free will and that we are merely puppets on a...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    So for example, let's say you go hear Donald Trump speak at a rally. He gives a speech, but for one minute of the speech he addresses someone else in the crowd and says "you" and looks directly at the person. They you wouldn't conclude that the whole speech was directed to the one person, but...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    I am assuming you mean John 15. I would reject the idea that the rest of the teaching doesn't apply to us. But, verse 16 seems specifically to mention the apostles in particular. He is here briefly interrupting his discourse to address them personally. he says 16 You did not choose Me but I...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    That's one way to interpret that verse. John 15:16 says 16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you." Another way to interpret that is that...
  11. NewCreation435

    I hear - I know people who go to church but are not saved. How do you know?

    We can't know for sure about someone else's salvation. Ultimately if they say that they are followers of Christ we have to take their word for it. I believe Paul once said that he didn't even judge himself
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    jsimms435's blog posts

    Listening to this song "Power of Your Love" here are the words to it. Lord I come to You Let my heart be changed, renewed Flowing from the grace That I found in You. And Lord I've come to know The weaknesses I see in me Will be stripped away By the power of Your love. Hold me close Let Your...
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    So... What are YOU doing? - Part 6

    I missed Sundays sermon so listening to it online tonight
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    Yes, I'm well aware of the verses. There are even some more difficult ones you didn't mention in Hebrews. I'm not disputing that there are verses that say that. I am asking how do you harmonize both the verses that emphasize God's Sovereignty and also man's free will. Because that tension is...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    Those aren't the passages I was referring to. Though, I think your taking John 18:8-9 out of context. Those were Jesus words in the garden when he was arrested. He said to let these men go because they might have otherwise arrested them also and hindered them from sharing the gospel in the...
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    Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, Good Night, Good Day!

    They are closing school early today due to possible icy roads later today. This county overreacts to almost everything weather related. So, I am going to go make a home visit with a client early today since she won't be at school
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    Perhaps this is why this command to set aside the Sabbath is there in the first place, because God knows that if we don't set aside the time other things will crowd it and take over. Just like the pens of animals that crept into the temple in Jesus' day and he had to cleanse the temple and told...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    I guess your not seeing the inconsistency. When Calvinist stress the Sovereignty of God they are saying that even your faith is a gift from God. And if your truly saved then God will be able to keep you saved and give you the faith to continue to belief. So, if you "don't turn back to God"...
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    work out your own salvation Php 2:12

    Can you explain that inconsistency? If I didn't earn it than how can my works cause me to lose what I didn't gain by works
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    What does resting in Jesus mean?
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