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The Atonement-Scarcely Uunderstood Today
What happened on the Cross? Did Jesus die for everyone as some say? Did Jesus make Salvation "Possible", but not DEFINITE for anyone?
Scripture is clear and the answer simple. Jesus does not fail, Jesus died for the elect, and the elect only, it's called "Definite Atonement".
In the OT the High Priest, once a year would go into the Holy of Holies and offer blood, he'd probably see old dried up blood from the previous year, he'd offer it, and then leave. Jesus was both the One making the... -
The Solar Eclipse and God's judgment
From Ray Comfort's FB feed.
"How do you feel about the eclipse on August 21,2017, and what are your thoughts on it only touching the USA? So rare and another one coming 7 yrs later April 8, 2024 making an X on America. Do you think this is a sign from God? of Judgment?" -
The Most Powerful Christian Song I Had Never Heard
“Tearing Down Your Idols” is the theme God put on my heart for this year’s revival services at the church I serve. I was looking for a song that captured the theme. Hope and I looked for over an hour before we ran across this song. Perhaps some of you have heard it. I never had. It’s powerful. Here it is:
Listen to it again. Let the words sink in. Make it a prayer.
The message of the song is one of the major themes woven throughout the Bible.
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Calvin
Can anyone quote Calvin stating he taught limited atonement in the manor the typical puritan five pointer would contend?
In all my reading (which admittedly was not exhaustive and much left in the dust of the Forgottenness) I do not recall a single confirming statement, but rather found him embracing the typical view that the blood was certainly for all, but redemption was given to the few. In other words, he seemed to take as factual, Johns view of the atonement as complete and... -
What is Penal Substitution Atonement
Over a few threads @Martin Marprelate , @Yeshua1 and I have disagreed over whether or not certain people held to Penal Substitution Atonement. This began concerning in what way Christ was “made sin” for us but probably should have started here, with defining PSA.
It only took 3 threads to discover that we never settled on the definition of Penal Substitution Atonement. I think we both took for granted the definition was plain, yet we hold different definitions.
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The fig tree represents Israel? That [Edit: may, in my opinion, be] Gnosticism
The "fig tree" in Matt.24:32 is claimed dogmatically to be Israel. That idea is found nowhere in the entire Holy Bible or Apocrypha. Yet, it is a teaching found in Gnosticism. I quote from the Apocalypse of Peter, found in the Gnostic Society Library online:
"And ye, take ye the likeness thereof (learn a parable) from the fig-tree: so soon as the shoot thereof is come forth and the twigs grown, the end of the world shall come.
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Martin Luther and the Atonement (theories of atonement)
On another thread a brother suggested Martin Luther (and many others) affirmed the Penal Substitution Theory of Atonement (PST) because their understanding of Christ's work contained both penal and substitution aspects. A quick search reveals that this has become a very common position (if you hold to PST yourself). I'd like to look at a few of these, starting with Luther.
Here is what Martin Luther taught on the subject:
“But now, if God’s wrath is to be taken away from me and I am to... -
Early English Translations and word "church"
The Wycliffe Bible (1395) does not contain the word "church", but it contains the following:
"chirch", "chirche", "chirches","chirchis" representing the people of God in both Old and New Testaments.
The Tyndale New Testament (1525) uses the word "church" twice, in the NT, Acts 14:13, 19:37; both times representing heathen, idolatrous temples.
The Miles Coverdale Bible (1535) uses the word "churches" three times, in the OT, Lev. 26:31, Hosea 8:14, Amos 7:9; and each time in an idolatrous or... -
What Do You Feel About John Hagees' Teaching on the Jews...
Has this ever bothered you?
John Hagee on Salvation for the Jews...
John Hagee, who pastors a church in Texas with an active membership of over 19,000 and who has a radio and television ministry that reaches 99 million homes, has written a book, which, by his own admission, is an attack on the very foundations of the Christian faith! In a video promoting his new book, Hagee makes the following claims:
“In Defense of Israel will shake Christian theology. It scripturally proves that the... -
Information passed on concerning Genesis 1:1
The Septuagint - "In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth." full sentence, period
RSV - "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." a full sentence, period
NRSV - "In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth," paused with comma
NEB - "In the beginning of creation, when God made heaven and earth," paused with comma
REB - "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." a full sentence, period
YLT - "In the beginning of God's preparing the...
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