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11/18/14 3:54 PM |
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Michael Hranek wrote: Insufficient time to write more 1. I am not arguing for the apostolic gifts Then I misunderstood and apologize for that.Michael Hranek wrote: 2. I am say we need and ought to seek God for the Power of the Holy Spirit, in our lives, service, witness, praying Agreed but this comes from the means of grace.Michael Hranek wrote: btw the pastor did not pray, my friend, her family and friends did _ afterwards when he was visiting her home and she told him what had happened, it was then he cussed her out, essentially for what God did in answer to prayer Sorry again- read yours too quickly and missed that your friend was a lady. I have no sympathy for the so called "pastor" who clearly is not fit for ministry._______________________ M. Semple - looks to me like you're a hypercalvinist who knows not the scriptures. 1 Cor 4.15. |
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11/18/14 12:10 PM |
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John UK wrote: I know many born again preachers who preach the gospel... Tells me that either they profess to preach the gospel, but in fact do not. Or else, the gospel is having it due effect in being a savor of death unto death. In which case the preacher truly concerned for salvation should maybe move on. As regards my first point, I know many who couldn't even tell you what "the gospel" was even though they are saved. In other words they think that every time they preach from the Bible they are preaching the gospel, whereas the term "gospel" is used very specifically in the NT.John UK wrote: Another example: How many folks who are preachers are actually called of God to preach? This is a subsidiary point, but I agree that preaching is a vocation. Churches are too ready to appoint any 'ol Jo, and there's no shortage of these since in most circles there is a very romantic view of the preaching role. However, that said, I say with Paul:Phil. 1: 18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. Because it all falls "out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel". Assuming that "gospel" is understood aright. |
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11/18/14 10:54 AM |
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John UK wrote: 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 KJV (4) And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: (5) That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. This is what is required, Josh. When you get preaching like this, not the intellectual spiritless run of the mill preaching, then men are deeply affected, because God is at work. Have you watched the Revival Hymn yet? I don't see that as contradicting Romans 1:16, but as complementing it. In other words, where there is true Gospel preaching, the Spirit of God will be present with power to bless that preaching. The question then is not, somehow we must get the "power" as though the Spirit of God has gone back to heaven. He is here and will be with us until Christ returns. What we need to recapture, if anything is lost, is the Gospel and true Gospel preaching which the Spirit of God can bless. The churches need to return to obeying the great commission if we want to see the Spirit of God at work. A church which is not evangelistic has lost its way and will not see blessing, period. |
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11/18/14 5:16 AM |
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runethegoon wrote: I feel like what passes off for the signs and wonders movement is a cheep immatation of anything remotly biblical. The tounges of today are but repititous babbling, lacking biblical interpretation. The barking on the floor, slain in the spirit, where does it end. The puritans called this will worship, we will worship according to our own vain devices and imagininations. We are called to rightly divide the word of truth. All we see today is liberal theology masking in ungodly deceptions. Experience over scripture is the same as the RCC tradition over scripture. Gospel preaching is what the christian church is needing instead we get self help to pull yourselver up by your own boot straps psycho babble. No law or gospel and liberals and Roman Catholics casting out demons by using God' s name as a magic talisman. We need the Gospel not deliverence ministery. Well said! |
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11/17/14 9:24 AM |
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John UK wrote: It seems to me you are resorting to playing with strawmen, in order to bolster your inability to look at plain facts. ---- I know for a fact that when I prayed over a young Christian sister, she was overjoyed that her splitting headache was taken away by the Lord. It's a shame that Josh would have offered her an aspirin, or told her to cease sinning as it was obviously a judgment of God on her. I see you like to speak different things out of each side of your face. This post is quite a climb down from your interpretation of the Mark 16 passage! Also, just so that you know, I have not said a word against prayer or answers to prayer. In our discussions we have been addressing the apostolic sign gifts, so your changing the subject of this thread to intimacy with God and trying to make out that anyone objects to this is plain dishonest and a strawman of your making, quite besides your silly emphatic statement about how I'd react to someone with a headache, which is plain nonsense. |
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11/17/14 1:26 AM |
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John UK wrote: Maybe some folks deliberately avoid having experiences so that they don't have to come before the Reformed Check-up Police blah God forbid that we should test experiences by scripture. We can all see that you're not one for correct doctrine let alone scriptural experiences. You've had your day flaunting all your extra biblical experiences on here, but at the end of the day this is a Christian site not a site for any 'spiritual whacko' who's outgrown his bible. Go start a website of your own. I'm sure that you'll have at least one follower. Maybe the 2 if you can start a revolution with all your fanciful ideas which don't have to gel with the oh not so important bible. Can you clowns even hear yourselves talk? Writing off church history as nothing and accusing God of not keeping his promises. So you believe in the present day charisma. Where's your evidence? Curing an alleged headache?! Wow! I'm bowled over. Come back when you've grown into real miracles. Even the Toronto blessing guys came up with better, gold teeth and all. I'm real impressed with your fervour for empty rhetoric. When does it get any substance? When's this revival of miracle workers coming that you go on about? Any extra biblical word of knowledge? |
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11/16/14 6:11 PM |
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John UK wrote: This is my testimony, and I will not change that for anybody or anything. I've no doubt at all, that if you examine every Christian on these boards, some will have a similar testimony, but will not speak of it because they don't like the flak, whereas it don't bother me none. Don't you let anyone destroy that by presenting Scripture in any other light. So much for Sola Scriptura and you not interpreting the Bible through the lens of your experiences. |
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11/16/14 5:54 PM |
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Michael Hranek wrote: There is also a wonderful holy of the Spirit of the Living God for the poor that is beautiful to have and grow up into. Christopher000, your testimony imho touches on some people having a childish immaturity in the faith but still that in there somewhere is a genuine love for others that seems so lacking and stunningly absent in (hard to put in words without being condemning) churches that seemingly know only a cold intellectual emphasis on religous scholarship (from what I have read/heard CH Spurgeon did NOT have this, his scholarship cared for the poor) Thanks for your posts Much to learn Not content with wresting Scripture you have to build up your own unloving prideful position by deriding those who love the truth and see no love in error. Put labels like arid, intellectual, anti-supernaturalists etc. whatever soothes your conscience. BUT the plain truth remains that neither you nor John know anything by experience of the things that you argue for and you will go to your graves craving something that the scriptures give you no ground to expect. But, hey so long as it makes you feel like a first class Christian who can look down your nose on those you consider as the have nots, ain't that right? |
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11/16/14 5:09 PM |
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John UK wrote: Do all converts speak with new tongues? Of course they do, and if they do not they are not converted. Mark 16:17 KJV (17) And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; What "new tongues"? 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV (17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Does the convert have a new tongue? Of course he does. Whatever novelties you come up with, I'm sure devil like you'll be able to find some way to justify it from the bible. But don't kid yourself that you are promoting biblical Christianity. You and Michael have given us prime examples of Scripture wresting under the pious guise of doing God service. Discard the Scripture use of glossalalia and substitute it with some meaningless definition that degrades the sign gift so that the verse fits your preconceived theology. And then you have the nerve to lecture others not to do what you clearly do! I'm done. I'll leave you 2 clowns to make merry and impoverish true spiritual Christianity of all meaning whilst pretending to have halos round your heads. You're doing a grand job! |
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11/16/14 4:24 PM |
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Michael Hranek wrote: And how in 1 Corinthians the natural man (carnal unsaved, unregenerate man, maybe just maybe a saved man who is unrenewed/untransformed in the renewing of his mind in disobedience to the word of God as well) accepts not the things of the Spirit of God Wow! Reaching a new low in shamelessly wresting the scripture in support of your POV. |
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11/16/14 4:12 PM |
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John UK wrote: Josh, I don't think your interpretation fits the text at all. In fact, I believe you have started with a doctrine, and are now trying to squeeze this text to make it fit. ..... Man, it don't jive. Give it another read through, and don't base your doctrines on what I can or cannot do. That is a sure way to error, which is why sola scriptura is best. With respect, if there's anyone starting with a doctrine and fitting it into the text it's you. Sure The Lord makes a very pointed reference to their previous unbelief in making this promise. It's just a shame that what they understood shoots straight over your head because of your disposition to believe in modern day charisma, despite all the evidence from the text and from church history to the contrary. You're not the first person to boast of a new understanding and you won't be the last. Your kind come and go but the one thing that is conspicuous by its absence is the NT sign gifts. You just can't be honest enough to address these points and so have to deride the camp that stands most opposed to your continuist standpoint. Read Hebrews 2:3,4 as a commentary on these verses and maybe you'll begin to see some serious problems with your view, though I won't hold my breath. |
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11/16/14 3:06 PM |
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John UK wrote: It makes no sense whatever, but seems to shore up the "we don't want any of that funny Holy Ghost business in our church thank you very much". Nice try but a post filled with great ignorance. Which revival recaptured any of the NT sign gifts? (Unless you believe all the Smith Wigglesworth fiction or the claims of the Azusa Street revival which started the Pentecostal churches). Which tradition has written the most about the Holy Spirit and the absolute necessity of his presence and work for every Christian and the continuing churches; books that detail every aspect of the Spirit's continuing work? I suspect you know very well that the reformed constituency believes in the supernatural work of the Spirit, but you prefer to be economic with the truth. If you ever recover any of the sign gifts come and tell me I'm wrong, but all the time you keep making pious claims which neither you nor anyone else has as a reality, forgive me for staying with the interpretation that best fits the text and the experience of the churches. What amazes me is your claim to be a cessationist. You're the first of such that I've come across who doesn't seem to have a clue what it means to be one. I'll wait with baited breath for you to prove me wrong. |
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11/16/14 1:14 PM |
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John UK wrote: Josh, I am quite willing to discuss this with you, and I hope it can remain amicable, as I assure you I am not writing from a position of authority on the board, as no-one has that right. Observe... Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (Mark 16:14-18 KJV) Now do you have it? Sure I have it. Do you?The Lord made a pointed reference back to their previous unbelief. If not you give credence to the Charismtic notion that a person does not now have the gifts because they don't believe. For all their believing they still cannot reproduce the NT signs! When are you joining the snake charming brigade? |
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11/16/14 11:36 AM |
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John UK wrote: But now and again, a situation may arise where a devil must be addressed directly, especially if it is bent on killing you (a spirit, not a person). ...This is called "resisting the devil" in the NT. Deut. 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: Look up a good commentary on these verses and you'll see that we are not to be speaking with evil spirits at all. In the NT the apostles spoke with the authority of Christ. They were his mouthpieces. What authority do we have to do these things? Your comment to James about inexperience is rude presumption and besides the point. Elevating experience over Scripture is weakness. |
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