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If you say you are not a Christian, then you are denying him now.
Rebuttal of the dreadful doctrine of reprobation
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If you say you are not a Christian, then you are denying him now.
nikolai_42
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I would add another example (more recent) in Charles Spurgeon who pointed to a man he didn't know and called him out. His comments in his autobiography follow :
He publicly disavowed being a prophet and believed the gifts had ceased (at the very least in the apostolic sense) but the above is more than just intuition. But he was not "Pentecostal".
Eph 4:14 :freak:
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You do this with Cruciform. Did you grow up in the RCC?
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Nor can we say it was by the "Holy" Spirit that "such presence of mind" originated within him, can we? Did he ever record the results or conclusion to such inclinations? Did they ever change lives? Was the church edified?
". . . . having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
2 Timothy 3:5 (KJV)
Speak of what Spurgeon was only noted for?
Why pray? You could be playing foosball.
:yawn: Take it up with Abraham:
Then Abraham came near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then sweep away the place and not forgive it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” And the LORD said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will forgive the whole place for their sake.” Abraham answered, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” Again he spoke to him, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” Then he said, “Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” He said, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” Then he said, “Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak just once more. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.” And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place (Ge 18:23–33).
:yawn: Strawman
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...And God bless daddy and mommy and uncle Joe and auntie Margie...
No son, not auntie Margie. She's a headcase. :listen: Doesn't seem like she's one of God's
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How would you pray for someone who did not know Christ? Sonnet says he does not believe. Pray for him, as many of us here are....And God bless daddy and mommy and uncle Joe and auntie Margie...
No son, not auntie Margie. She's a headcase. :listen:
Doesn't seem like she's one of God'select. Move along in prayer now. :freak:
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nikolai_42
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I hardly think that changing the name of what it was that happened to him is tantamount to denying the power thereof. He explicitly credited the Holy Spirit for what happened. But he didn't need to draw attention to it. He was merely explaining it. I think the disinclination to call it prophecy is because of a strong belief in cessationism. Not a denial of what it is, but what to call it. Spurgeon agreed what he was moved to say was correct and that it wasn't of his own ideas that he conjured this up - and that it was of God. But to call it prophecy opens the door to say there may still be the office (or continual gift, so to speak) of a prophet. That is what I think is the resistance.
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh a sign...
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And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life (Jn 3:14–16).
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Here is sample prayer:...And God bless daddy and mommy and uncle Joe and auntie Margie...
No son, not auntie Margie. She's a headcase. :listen: Doesn't seem like she's one of God'select. Move along in prayer now. :freak:
"Dear God, that my child/friend/sister/neighbor, might come to saving faith in Jesus Christ. Make provision for a clear opportunity for me to bring him/her to a saving knowledge of Christ. Give me opportunity and boldness to invite_________to come home to You." (Luke14:23)
"God, grant_________a good will to respond to Thy call."
"O Lord, give______a new heart to believe in You."
That was his plan from the foundation of the world. He made it happen. John MacArthur said Jesus couldn't have gone to the cross unless God saw it in advance. :dizzy:
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God didn't make it happen. Jesus, the man, did. That is what Gethsemane was all about, i.e., Jesus yielding His [love] will to His Father's heart's desire to make possible the vast family of many sons to be brought unto glory through redemption. Jesus set the captives free. God could not have accomplished it without Him.. Jesus was the only person who could ever have done such an otherwise impossible task.
nikolai_42
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:thumb: Much better than that gay Neil Diamond song. :scripto:
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nikolai_42
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Jn 1:1-3
As a reminder Cross Reference is number 7 on Satan, Inc. (TOL Heretics list) in the Misc. category. :burnlib: