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Desire to be a vessel of honor unto the Lord Jesus Christ?
Join For His Glory for a discussion on how
https://christianforums.net/threads/a-vessel-of-honor.110278/
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Taking the time to pray? Christ is the answer in times of need
https://christianforums.net/threads/psalm-70-1-save-me-o-god-lord-help-me-now.108509/
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Depending upon the Holy Spirit for all you do?
Read through the following study by Tenchi for more on this topic
https://christianforums.net/threads/without-the-holy-spirit-we-can-do-nothing.109419/
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How are famous preachers sometimes effected by sin?
Join Sola Scriptura for a discussion on the subject
https://christianforums.net/threads/anointed-preaching-teaching.109331/#post-1912042
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Belief and Faith
I'm not preaching a vain philosophy. I'm preaching the knowledge of God and his Son. Humans are destroyed because they deny God. I don't think in terms of responsibility. If a man stumbles are you going to blame him for stumbling? No. I'm not here to judge anyone. I'm certainly not going to... -
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Belief and Faith
Right. That's a statement. Paul says, 'you have become slaves of righteousness'. At one time they were slaves of sin. So how did this supernatural change come about? By choice or by hearing the word of God and faith? Paul says, "Thanks be to God". Romans 6:16-18 Revised Standard Version (RSV)... -
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Belief and Faith
I don't see two choices. I see one admonishment. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. 13 Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your... -
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Belief and Faith
I'd say he is our Master because we have his Spirit. Jesus Christ is our Master, therefore we obey him. So Paul, having the same Spirit, counsels us to keep ourselves from sin. He is not giving us a choice when he says sin leads to death. He is speaking plainly. Sin leads to death. Obedience... -
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Belief and Faith
Re. what Paul wrote, Where do you see the word 'choose'? "Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?" Romans 6:16 RSV This says nothing... -
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Belief and Faith
That's right. Chose the fear of the Lord. The fear of the Lord prolongs life Pr. 10:23, is a fountain of life Pr. 14:27, is instruction in wisdom Pr. 15:33, leads to life Pr. 19:23 If you fear God, then there's no not obeying. No option. No choice. -
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Belief and Faith
Knowing the fear of the Lord, there is no other option. Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Without the fear of the Lord there isn't even the beginning of wisdom. -
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Belief and Faith
free will noun [mass noun] the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion. I hear you say you have the power to choose to obey God or not to obey God. So what are you free of in terms of constraint. God? How can you be free of God and... -
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Belief and Faith
I'm talking about freewill. What is your will free of? God? You can't be free of God and have his Spirit too. I do what I do out of love, to please my Father. I didn't choose to love my Father. And yes, His Spirit does drive me. -
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Belief and Faith
What do you mean by freewill? Do you mean God free in the sense that we are not subject to God? How can those who possess his Spirit say they are God free? -
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Are all people infected by sin?
Like I said, you have to have a spiritual mind. "As the LORD said" reminds us of what the LORD said. To say Pharaoh hardened his own heart is to deny the LORD, and it doesn't give him glory. -
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Are all people infected by sin?
I know. I get the same feeling. Nevertheless By definition a hard heart is an unbelieving heart; a heart that does not understand, a heart that will not listen. So Moses turned the waters of Egypt into blood, but that wasn't enough to make Pharaoh believe. Pharaoh didn't lay it to heart. So... -
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Are all people infected by sin?
Basically Pharaoh said NO to Moses. That's what 'he hardened his heart' means. It means he said NO. But that's what the LORD wanted him to do. Indeed the LORD willed it. Ex. 4:21 'I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.' In other words, Pharaoh did what the LORD willed... -
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Are all people infected by sin?
Hi Ezra First I have to correct myself. You can harden your heart; like if someone asks you for money and you walk on by. Or you see someone in need and you walk on by. Can you harden your heart to the word of God? I guess it can happen. We would call it falling away. But I'm sure of better... -
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Are all people infected by sin?
That's a good one; attack the person. Obviously you still don't understand. -
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Are all people infected by sin?
You can't choose to harden your heart. And your heart does not get harder. That's ridiculous. Nowhere does it say your heart gets harder. What are you doing adding verses together like it's a mathematical equation? Might as well say pharaoh's heart was hardened ten times (ten plagues) so it was... -
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Are all people infected by sin?
Depends on your perspective. If you have a spiritual mind, the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart. If you have a human mind, Pharaoh hardened his heart. Take a look at EX. 9:34 - 10:2 Both expressions are used to say the same thing referring to the same event. ie. Pharaoh sinned again, and he...