Comments on: Postmodern Post Bible Postmillennial Christian Pagans of Christendum

By: donni

donni — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:44:13 +0000

Thanks Don – the links were appreciated.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:40:58 +0000

Can I just use this forum to express how grateful I am that God chose me, totally undeserved, through no merit of my own? I’m so grateful for His mercy and for His sovereignty. In a world of opinions, falsehoods, self exaltation, darkness and evil, His righteousness and laws are never changing. I find so much comfort in that. It is this comfort I want to share with a lost world. Give praise to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:23:43 +0000

List of passages to accompany my comment as promised.

John 6:44-45
Galatians 1:15
1 Corinthians 12:3
1 cor 2:14
Eph 2:1
Eph 2:4
John 5:21
John 15:16
John 15:5
Acts 16:14
col 2:13
1 john 5:20
rom 8:5
Phil 2:13
Rom 3:10
Rom 8:7-9
Rom 10:17
Rom 9:10-21 (very sobering passage, puts humans in their rightful place of complete submission and humility)
Heb 12:2
eph 3:16-17
matt 16:15-17 (great illustration of His work being done in us, not faith of our own will, our faith comes from Him)
I Cor 2
John 14:6-21
I pet 2: 9
2 pet 3:3
1 pet 1:2
Rom 1:7
I Thes 1:2-4
I thes 2:4
Acts 4:28
Rom. 8:29
Eph. 1:4-5
Eph. 1:11
John 13:18
1 Corinthians 1:18
James 1:21

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:54:31 +0000

I know there will likely be alot of opposition to this but I just have to throw in my thoughts on the sinner’s prayer, since this is a comment section after all. According to scripture, our prayers do not save us. Our attempts to “conjure up” faith do not save us. We are quickened by the Holy Spirit, our dead souls are raised by Him and our faith itself is a gift of God through Jesus Christ. How could a dead soul have faith? It is His work. He chooses us. Christians will say with confidence that it is not their works that saved them, yet they are relying on their “work” of faith to earn salvation. While it is necessary for us to have faith in order to be born again, that faith is a precious gift that we could not have known if not for his mercy. He is sovereign. So often, one or two verses are cherry picked by teachers to demonstrate how to become a believer through our faith while the rest are neglected, tainting the message of salvation. Those who are His realize that being saved means taking up our cross and following him, dying to self, seeing things spiritually, not physically because we are now spiritually alive through him. Belief in Him means belief in all He said and all He expects of His followers. It is costly, bought with a price, we are no longer our own. We did not do this through our own means, our own faith. It was truly His work. I will send a separate comment with scripture to back up these statements. There is nothing worse than “i feel”,'”i believe”, “my thoughts” statements without scripture to back those up. Let me clarify that I am essentially a”nobody.” Just someone who spent the last 30 years prayerfully studying scripture (often through tears and agony) to know Him and His truth. I attended only one year of bible college so I am no “scholar” but I know that the Bible is there for even me. I know that His truth is available to those who earnestly seek Him. And that happens to be my greatest credential.

By: Don Koenig

Don Koenig — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:18:36 +0000

In reply to Bill. Bill, Calvary Chapels are full of former Catholics and they teach through the scripture. I was raised and educated Catholic so I know all the practices that they add.

By: Don Koenig

Don Koenig — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:13:01 +0000

In reply to donni.

Hi donni,

Here is the info on Pentecost and Easter.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Feast-of-Weeks.html
http://www.gotquestions.org/date-easter-determined.html

Easter is not really the same day as Resurrection Sunday. It should be observed using the Jewish calendar but its not. Anyways you can find this stuff on the internet through a Google keyword search. There is so sense in me creating a rabbit trail here.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:59:06 +0000

In reply to Don Koenig.

That’s what I thought but I was just wondering if they’ll try and make people do a mandatory National Registry w/ chips in hand. That’s where I would sit her and other people down and be explicit.. You Are Not taking It!

Hi Donni,

Thank you. That’s a good idea to gradually switch like u explained. I’ve thought about it too. The way I’ve been handling it was to get my sermons from 3 individuals on tv Sunday morning.. David Jerimiah, Michael Youssef, Charles Stanley. I got a basket of other preachers I enjoy. Then let her go to church, she sits and listens to them w/ me most of the time. They help me w/ end times, she hears it from those guys.. kinda helps me.

I do need to start pressing it a little though…

I hafta check out for tonight, go eat. take care everyone.

By: donni

donni — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:40:35 +0000

Don – this is my fourth post. Every time I create a post you post the same thing (like the sinners prayer). That was the exact article I found to send to Bill (on pagan churches). You guys just post faster than I do (lol). I was actually looking for an article on the book of Acts when I found that article. The transition from law (Jewish people) to grace (mostly gentiles). I think people get that salvation is Faith plus Nothing but I am not sure they understand what it is that makes up that faith. People fail to use 1 Corinthians 15 (1-4).
I for one have a hard time understanding the beginning of Acts. Mainly Pentecost. Is it 1,2 or 3 days. Is it 7 weeks from Easter Sunday or Passover Sunday? How do they determine when Easter is (I thought the first Easter was during Passover?)
Anyway – you may have an article on Acts that I cannot find?

Bill – I was going to send you the same link and suggest you find a church (place of assembly) to go to that might be in line with biblical doctrine. After a month if you like it then make a deal with your wife. Every other week you go to each others churches. Then after 2 months stop going to the catholic church even if she refuses. If she truly gets what she is suppose to believe it is hard to imagine her not giving up the catholic church. Maybe hearing proper doctrine from someone other than you might help the situation.
My husband was raised in the catholic schools and now hates the idea of any church or any biblical learning. Slowly I guilt him into going every now and then. I think he is coming around but I cannot find a true biblical church (the one he likes right now is Baptist and
all I can do is clarify on what the pastor says -( baby steps I guess). If I knew what city you lived in I could look for you.

By: Don Koenig

Don Koenig — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:29:59 +0000

In reply to Bill. Bill, The Mark of the Beast does not exist before the Beast. Yes the general buy/sell system most likely will be under development before that, but it does not become the mark of the Beast before the Beast appears and the angel announces that taking it is forbidden. The Beast is in the last 3 1/2 years. He rises after the Rapture.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:26:19 +0000

In reply to Don Koenig.

“Faith in what Jesus did and what Jesus will do for those that trust in Him is what saves people.”

I know she’s got that straight in her understanding. She can explain it to me and she now brings up ‘Jesus’ in her conversations w/ trusting in Him & so forth. She repeats a lot of stuff I’ve been preaching to her from over a few years now. She knows u can not earn your way by being good, she use to think that!

I do want to find a church more suitable but all in due time, the Lord will help me in that.