How Dead are Your Logs?

Ever watch "mythbusters"?

Isa 1:18 "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.


Myth busted!

We can see that even a "dead log" can reason with God...so this takes us back to exactly what "dead" means. Is it corpse, or separation, in the same way our soul is separated from our body when we die, our souls are spiritually separated from God? f we are "dead in sin" and "dead to sin", they both must mean the same thing. If it's "corpse", then believers never sin!

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What a great post!

Nice going!

 

Thats why I call him friend. lol

 

I can understand when a person takes scripture out of context, but out of sentence? You should ponder the complete sentence and thought as you lay there wondering.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (Joh 1:12-13 KJV)

Note that the qualifier "Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" modifies "as many as received him". The qualifier in past tense indicates that those who received Him were already in a state of new birth, not that "of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."

This passage does exactly opposite what you claim. Rather than a defense of you position it actually denies your position and supports the model you intend to attack.

You have neglected simple hermenuetics in your pondering and substituted philosophy for scripture. I would recommend 2 Timothy 2:15.

 

You have it so backwards it's not even funny...

 

If the Scripture had of stopped here and there was not more, then you and I both would be lost for we were aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, without God, having no hope in the world. Thank God He sent His apostles out again after He arose from the grave unto the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature, not just Israel.

 

Perhaps you would like to exegete the passage to substantiate your claim against me. It isn't so because you say it, you have to prove your assertion. Here is the passage:

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (Joh 1:12-13 KJV)

I'm not sure if you are addressing me. If you are, I'm not the one that stopped in mid-sentence. I was pointing out what you just stated: We must take into account all of scripture, not just what we want to read into it.

 

I know the passage quite well, thank you.

Our problem is the fact you separate regeneration and faith in Christ as two separate acts. The Bible teaches us they are one in the same, exactly what this passage shows.

 

I didn't ask you to exegete it for you but for my sake and others if you find fault with what I said. Don't you work for the edification of others?

Actually I don't. Temporaly speaking I agree that this occurs at the same time. The rebirth is the process in which faith is generated. Logically speaking the rebirth occurs and we respond in faith to God's calling. The best example of this rebirth process is in Eze 36:25-27 which coorelates with Jesus' words to Nicodemus:

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (Joh 3:5-6 KJV)

 

How can you claim regeneration is a process leading to faith while claiming they occur at the same time? Once you have faith in Christ, you are born again...regenerated. No process, justificaiton is an event.

 

How dead is my log, daggone this is exciting stuff.:BangHead: :BangHead:

 

It truly saddens me that I am not seeing a desire to engage in meaningful discussion but rather argumentation. Assertions that go unsubstatiated in this manner exhibit a lack of respect for others and provide no edification. I have no desire to engage in something unedifying.

Point substantiated. May God continue to have mercy on us all.

Pilgrim, I want to make it clear that my above comments in this post were not directed at you.

I believe the grammar and tense in the original Greek (and even English) do bring question to your statements. So that I am clear, I was referring specifically to "which were born". In any case, what I have presented brings evidence, of at least the possiblilty, that your assertions are incorrect. May I suggest that we look to more clear passages of scripture or that we be careful to engage the text properly with brotherly love. As I mentioned above, I have no desire to be unedifying and I am concerned about some of the attitudes I have experienced on this board.

My apologies ahead of time that I may not be able to respond before Monday.

 

He already did have mercy on you, so lighten up and answer the questions instead of picking on others, or if its too much beneath you then just leave.

My humoreous remark was to HP and Web and didn't concern you at all, but you chose to attempt to condemn it and therefore, being that this is an open forum and you used my remark and iniatials, then I shall respond in kind.

And Walling; My remarks are directed at you, but I do not remember whatsoever addressing you before, so if you can't say something nice then don't say it, or be prepared for a response. Hope you learned something from this little exchange.:thumbsup:

 

I apologize that this sounded the way it did involving you. I didn't mean to involve you as one not substantiating claims. Perhaps I should have pointed out more clearly that there is a "beating the dead horse" syndrome on this thread. I apologize if I offended you.

 

Thank you, I accept.

 

Thank you for noticing my signature HP: It does say a lot dosen't it?