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What Jesus meant Matt 10:23.16:28 26:64 |
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Rev 17:10 |
RC Scrolls |
Sun 07/6/08, 1:22am |
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No problem have a good time. Let me know if you need anything broke down, Or if you dont understand something. Just write. I wouuld rather it this way so you can determine your self. Thanks in Christ Jesus .RC |
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Retain or forgive sins? |
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John 20:22 |
flinkywood |
Sun 07/6/08, 1:19am |
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Hi, Val, Nevertheless, James tells us that the healing is accompanied by forgiveness for any sins committed. |
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Is Jesus the same God as God, or a God? |
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John 1:1 |
humbledbyhisgrace |
Sun 07/6/08, 12:03am |
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COLT.045,
Your shooting blanks! :-)
Your post is like a mixture of JW and WOF teachings. Do you claim to be either of the two?
First, Jesus did not become Christ, He was Christ, is Christ and always will be the Christ! Read more of John. For example, read the second verse.
John 1:2 (NASB) He was in the beginning with God.
He (is Christ), He is referring to the Word in verse 1.
"...and the Word was with God.." should be understood as a relationship between the Word (Christ) and God (the Father. i.e an eternal fellowship in the Trinity).
"...and the Word was God." Christ the Son is God.
John 1:14 (NASB)
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Christ was NOT born again nor was there any need for God the Son to be born again!
Colossians 2:14 (NASB) having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Note the debt against us was dealt with on the cross. Not afterwards!
1 Peter 3:18 (NASB) For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit
Note, He died for sins once for all ... having been put to death in the flesh...
Hebrews 10:10 (NASB)
By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Note, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ! Again, and again we see it is His sacrifice on the cross, the death of His flesh (body)!
Colossians 1:22 (NASB) yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach
It doesn't get any clearer then Colossians 1:22. He has reconciled you in His fleshly body through death! And for what? In order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach.
John 19:30 (NASB)
Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
When the Lord Jesus Christ said it was finished, it was finished! There was nothing more for Him to do! The price had been paid!
Steve
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Retain or forgive sins? |
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John 20:22 |
Val |
Sat 07/5/08, 11:47pm |
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Colin, this passage in James 5:15 if you look at it closely you will see that the person who is sick is the one who initiates the call for the leaders of the church to come pray over him. Some believe this means that God has put this in the heart of the sick person and it is this impression from God that is an assurance of his healing. We know not all sick people are healed here on earth so it is not for everyone, just those whom God has put this in their hearts. |
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Retain or forgive sins? |
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John 20:22 |
Val |
Sat 07/5/08, 11:41pm |
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Colin, there is a principal that states when studying the bible let the obvious passages explain the difficult passages. We know that only God can forgive sin. We know that because He is our judge. This is in several obvious passages in the bible.
This passage in John is a difficult passage. In understanding its meaning we consider the obvious passages: that only Jesus can forgive sins. So we must dig deeper to discover what the meaning is. |
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Retain or forgive sins? |
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John 20:22 |
flinkywood |
Sat 07/5/08, 11:27pm |
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Doc, I'd agree with you if scripture did:
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. (Jas 5:15)
This verse seems to echo both in form and practice Jesus' healing of the paralytic in Matthew 9:2-8, which indicates that Jerusalem elders, called to imitate Christ, were doing so in a manner already well established by the time of James' writing.
These verses lend credence to an interpretation of John 20:23 as indicating that our Lord did indeed authorize the apostles to forgive sin - and most certainly in His name.
I do appreciate your view of John 20:23 as a commission to declare what God has already done; but Jesus hadn't yet ascended to the Father and was still about the business of founding and teaching His fledgling church on earth. For sure we're called to proclaim the Gospel and to "be holy" as our Father is Holy, but in this verse forgiving and retaining, like binding and loosing, are more about institution than proclamation.
And of course none of it, not one jot or tittle, would be possible without the atoning work of Christ.
I also take issue with you about Jesus not partnering with the apostles. How else to take the meaning of, "As the Father sent me, so I send you"? These are his brothers, his family, what better partners?
And though I respect J.C. Ryle's opinion, it does sound like saying, 'the fact that cars kill so many people proves they were never meant for driving.' In other words, a conclusion doesn't change a fact.
Thanks for your careful reply.
Colin |
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why christains can't have house cats. |
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NT general |
humbledbyhisgrace |
Sat 07/5/08, 10:11pm |
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I think it's a Jehovah’s Witnesses teaching also Doc!
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why christains can't have house cats. |
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NT general |
DocTrinsograce |
Sat 07/5/08, 10:06pm |
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Hi, searcher7...
Welcome to the forum!
Sounds like you might have been reading some sort of stuff from Judaizers. They try to bind believers with the OT law. In Judaism cats are unclean animals.
Enjoy your pets without guilt.
In Him, Doc |
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Retain or forgive sins? |
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John 20:22 |
DocTrinsograce |
Sat 07/5/08, 10:01pm |
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Hi, flinkywood...
It's that pesky, old word "alone."
Scripture alone: The Word teaches that officers of the church can only declare what God has already done (John 20:23), not that He partners with the apostles. We don't find a single example in Scripture of church officers forgiving sin. Instead, they direct every to seek forgiveness from God. Clearly they did not interpret John 20:23 as the authority to forgive sins. Therefore, one must find some other authority on which to base such a doctrine.
Grace alone and faith alone: Justification can only come from the judge Himself (Romans 3:30; 8:32-34). Sin is, after all, a direct offense against God's law (Romans 5:13), will (Leviticus 26:24), and holiness.
Christ alone: The forgiveness of sins is always connected to the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 24:46-48). It is never joined with anything else. He is our sole advocate (1 John 2:1).
To the glory of God alone: The Lord does not share His glory with anyone or anything (Isaiah 42:8). Redemption originates in Him (Psalm 3:8), is effected by Him (Hebrews 12:2), worked entirely by Him (Ephesians 2:8), and entirely for Him (Psalm 21:5; Isaiah 48:9).
In Him, Doc
"The experience of the Romish Church, in which the priests are practically regarded as having the power to absolve sinners, and shut heaven against persons not absolved, affords the strongest indirect evidence that our Lord's words can only have been meant to bear a 'declarative' sense. Anything worse or more mischievous, both to minister and people, than the results of the Romish system of penance and absolution, it is impossible to conceive. It is a system which has practically degraded the laity, puffed up and damaged the clergy, turned people away from Christ, and kept them in spiritual darkness and bondage." --J. C. Ryle |
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Is Jesus the same God as God, or a God? |
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John 1:1 |
COLT.045 |
Sat 07/5/08, 9:57pm |
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John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word greek logos meaning utterance or that wich is uttered. Some say it means spokesman. The creator became a human being in the form of a man Jesus, his thoughts, his mind, his word became the Christ. Let this mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. God, Jehovah, Yaweh, Elohim became Jesus the Christ the annointed one, the lamb. This is my understanding of who Jesus was. What he is now is the first born "born again" of many brethren. He has many titles. He will be returning soon to bind the God of this world, Satan and to set up the Kingdom of God on this earth!! Hope this helps you. |
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