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 1/18/17 2:19 PM |
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(2Tim 3:16)@ J4J First, l can’t find any evidence that Pro 21:1 is talking about David. There are several other problems with your interpretations but I don’have time to address them. All men are born being rulled by the lusts of the flesh, and only God can replace their all consumeing desire to serve their flesh with a desire to serve Him. You seem to believe that God intervened in the natural state of Pharoah’s heart to harden it further, but that he is unable to do the same to soften hearts. You must believe that a man ruled by the lusts of his flesh is able to desire and choose Godliness over them. This desire would then have to come from some part of the flesh that is good. But as Paul says: For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.(Rom 7:18) Rom 9:11 says: For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;. Esau could not have chosen to harden his heart toward God at that point, because it says that he had not yet done any evil. But Rom 9:13 says: Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. |
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| 1/18/17 9:31 AM |
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(2Tim 3:16)@ J4J Throughout scripture there are many passages that are inconsistant with “free will”. Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Rom 9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Exo 9:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. Rom 11:7-8 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear unto this day.
These are just a few of the verses that are contrary to a “free will” view of things. Do you believe that Pharaoh hardend his own heart or do you believe what the verse says? Does God not choose who he will have mercy on and who he will harden? Do you believe that the heart of the king is his own and that his “free will” guides it, or does God turn it whithersoever he wills? Since all scripture is inerrant you must be able to reconcile these verses with your view, or accept the fact that your view is wrong. |
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| 1/4/17 12:59 PM |
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“Russia/alt right coverage”
The problem we as Christians face today is the growth of two variations of the same evil, each waging war with the other. We can’t decry the satanic roots of Globalist- Communism, while ignoring the satanic roots of Alt-Right, Russian backed, Fascism. The Globalists got solid body-blows in 2016, which is a good thing. Now we must guard against this good thing being hijacked by Fascist radicals who want to bring about the end times. The Alt- Right is a poison-shot; a satanic symbiot that wants to “red pill” (convert) as many conservatives as they can. They are self-admitted devotees of the “Nouvelle Droite” (New Right) of France. The “Nouvelle Droite” is, according to Aleksander Dugin (advisor to Putin, and founder of Eurasianism), “only a project, and we are its architects”. Eurasianism is founded on “Prisci Theologi”- the same basis as Wicca and Neo-Paganism. It’s goal is to combine “the Third Rome- Third Reich- Third International” into a headless “Empire of the End”. In fact, “The meaning of Russia is that through the Russian people will be realized the last thought of God, the thought of the End of the World.”~ Aleksander Dugin. No man can hasten the end- but people who think they can, (ie., ISIS, Iranian Shia “Twelvers”, Eurasianis |
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| 12/29/16 12:07 PM |
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(2Tim 3:16) The statement I made was regarding unreached people today and throughout all of history. God be praised that we have more ways of reaching people today then ever before, but it estimated that of the aprox. 9,809 people groups roughly 4,057 are yet unreached. Remember that is just groups- there are 7,380,894,000 people in the world and 3,109,215,000 of us are estimated to have never heard the Gospel. Apart from these modern peoples that are unreached for your argument to stand you have to say that people throughout all ages, including those before Christ’s birth, heard either the gospel or the promise made to Abraham and at least had the chance to have their faith in this promise imputed unto them as righteousness. The Bible says that Israel was God’s chosen people. What about all of the other people? If you read the verse you sighted carefully you will see that it is referring to rocks praising the Lord not preaching the Gospel. See Rom 10:14-15. By the way my mother who grew up here in the US and attended sunday school several times didn’t hear the Gospel until she met my Dad. Think of how much more difficult it would have been for her in a country like North Korea or Iran. |
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| 12/29/16 10:49 AM |
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(TMC) @B. McCausland
You’re welcome! 
1. True. But the key word is “eventually”. My point on both “Eucharist” and “Mass” is that what words come to reference over time is not nessecarily what they truly mean. In this case, one means “to give thanks” the other “to send”. If we were talking about a derivation of “Thusia” (sacrifice or victim) I’d be on board, but I see no reason to join those who would re-define words (such as the RCC with these words or the Sodomites with “Gay”) in their efforts.
2. I think you underestimate the amount of “relic”-type books that have been digitized. Between Archive.org, Project Gutenberg, and Google books, most old published works, even ones rare in the 1800’s, are available. You may wish to check those sites out, if you don’t already use them!
3. Even granting those to be accepted, that does not make them authoritative for the entire time period. Again, could we be accurately judged by an Osteen book? The cover even says that millions of people bought it!
I’ll be busy the rest of the day, so I’m going to have to wrap it up here. Best wishes to y’all! |
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| 12/27/16 4:48 PM |
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(TMC) @B. McCausland
If memory serves me right, the period around Columba was one with very light “unity” between the various regional churches and their liturgical methodologies. Church history in that period can be rather rough- what with the RCC trying to bolster their “claim to same” throughout the ages; and a general lack of surviving documentation. The question being asked is: Does the word “Mass” refer to a re- “sacrificing” of Christ. The answer, IMO, is no because it literally means “to send”, came from the dismissal, and preceeded the only objective indicator we have of the widespread adoption of Transubstantiation.
@John UK
If Woodrow hadn’t listed the volume and page numbers it would have had to wait ‘till next year! I just so happened to check and see if any library or college may have posted it online, and sure enough there they were! Only took about half an hour with a rather slow internet connection. In answer to your question, yes it does unfortunately appear that Hislop did some serious twisting, jumping, and omiting. Also, considering it was done in the 1880’s there are some errors in his work simply due to the discovery of newer and better evidence. “The Bible is inerrant” On that we can agree whole-heartedly!! |
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| 12/27/16 3:19 PM |
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(TMC) @SC
“I guess that you might be garbed in Ohio State stuff...” Only if they make OSU jumpers or skirts!  Seriously, though, you must see that remaining “genderless” makes it rather frusterating for folks on here to refer to you. You are not a plural, so “they” is improper, as is only using “SC” all the time. If “it” was offensive than you really should pick a pronoun that we can use.
@John UK Sorry about the link, see if this works:
apologetics-notes.comereason.org/2015/12/no-christmas-is-not-based-on-pagan.html
The question about Woodrow is a good one to ask. However, archive.org uploaded Wilkinson’s “Ancient Egytians” in 2015 and I just got done verifying all of Woodrow’s references to it in that article. What he said is true. If you like, I can give you links to the 3 volumes he referenced so you can check for yourself.
As to Christmas not being in the Bible- I think one can make a solid case for there being both warrant and example in Scripture for people setting aside special days to celebrate historical providences of God, like Purim. A good modern example in the UK is “Guy Faulk’s Day” and an example on this side of the pond is “Thanksgiving”. Were either of the events these days celebrate greater than the historical event of Christ’s coming? |
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| 12/27/16 1:20 PM |
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@US LOL! 
@ John UK I’ve read, and researched, the article you linked to and it’s sources before. There are many logical, linguistical, and historical problems with the arguments it makes and the source material it uses. Two things you may wish to look into are:
www.apologetics-notes.comereason.org/2015/12/no-christmas-is-not-based-on-pagan.html
(A 3-part, well footnoted series of articles)
www.equip.org/article/the-two-babylons/
(An article about one of your article’s sources, Alexander Hislop)
I think we can agree that if objections are to be repeated they should be true and accurate.
I’m afraid I don’t have anything on pre-Transubstatiation Communion. I became intruiged by the topic while studying the Reformation and worked backwards from there to when it was first adopted. Hope all is well with you and your tracting/ website building endeavors! Blessings!
P.S. Just saw your latest post- keep in mind this is a modern Catholic description of events. They will refer to communion as the “Eucharistic Sacrifice” because that is what they currently believe it to be- not because people in 604 called it that. |
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| 12/27/16 9:17 AM |
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@US
Thank you for explaining that! I’ll give it a try:
All is good here, we got up to a balmy mid 50’s yesterday! Unfortunately, we are now heading back to more arctic-type temps. Since SC insists that no one can tell whether SC is a guy or girl, I’d likely have a hard time picking ‘it’ out of a crowd. Also, just a guess, but SC seems rather Anabaptist which are mainly located in South-Central Ohio. We’re actually more likely to run into JuneAnnette since we go shopping in Holland, OH occasionally!
Hope all is well and that you have a very Blessed day!! |
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| 12/27/16 7:45 AM |
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@Rodney K
“I have brothers and sisters on both sides of this debate who I love and respect. I don't think our salvation hinges on our observance/non-observance of Christmas. Certainly, we should strive to be Biblical in our worship, but let us have grace towards those who are not of the same mind in these matters.”
Absolutely Awesome Post!!! (I don’t know how to do the little “Thumbs Up” emoji, so all I can give you is a big smile!) |
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