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Recent content by greatbar

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    General Call or Free Offer?

    How can we, born reprobate and filthy sinners, ever choose good? We will always choose evil in our natural state. We can NEVER choose God. He elects us. God, through His sovereign election, chooses some to salvation and condemns others to damnation. To say we are capable of saving ourselves...
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    Just Give Christ a Try - Elder D.J. Ward

    Wow. Amen indeed. Thank you for sharing.
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    Does God love everyone?

    No. Absolutely not. “Nothing is more absurd than to imagine that anyone beloved of God can eternally perish" (A. W. Pink). If God loves everyone, why doesn't he save them all?
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    What Bible verses help strengthen you?

    My Mum has terminal cancer, and is now in her final days. She will last 2 weeks longer at best. Recently I've taken tremendous comfort from Isaiah 35:10 "And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and...
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    Passover v. Day of Atonement

    Christ is the lamb of God. He is our passover who was crucified for us.
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    Zac Smith's story

    This story hits home quite hard for me personally. My Mum, who is 53, has suffered severe Lupus all her life. It has hindered her, but not stopped her living a normal life. In fact, rarely did I ever hear a word of complaint come from her mouth regarding her illness. Rather, she would just...
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    What I'm Reading -- How About You?

    More than conquerors by William Hendriksen Dramatic events across the world over the past 6 months has motivated me to revisit Revelation.
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    The morning I heard the voice of God

    I can't post links yet, so I'll cut and past this article by John Piper: "Let me tell you about a most wonderful experience I had early Monday morning, March 19, 2007, a little after six o’clock. God actually spoke to me. There is no doubt that it was God. I heard the words in my head...
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    Exclusive psalmody

    My apologies. Here is an exert from an unknown author I took from my church website. I presume a fairly aged article given the language used. "No doubt, one may compose spiritual hymns for his own and others' religious recreation; but to admit forms of human composure into the stated...
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    Exclusive psalmody

    Thank you for your responses. I do appreciate them, and must say how nice it is to be involved in discussion with like-minded believers. It seems to me a lot of this discussion will revolve around "psalms, hymns and spiritual songs". Understandably so. I will come back to this another time...
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    Exclusive psalmody

    I believe in the doctrine of the regulative principle regarding worship on the Sabbath. Bearing that in mind, I'm interested in the thoughts of others regarding exclusive psalmody. Is there a place for man-made hymns to be sung in Sabbath worship when God has given us His own song book?
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    Does God love everyone?

    No. God is sovereign. He is absolute, and controls all. To say that God loves everyone, but it's up to the individual to either choose God or reject Him is fundamentally erroneous. We are ALL born in sin and misery. We are wicked by nature, and it is IMPOSSIBLE for us to choose good. We...
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    Galatianism and/or Judaizing

    But brakelite3's correct though bbbbbbb. It is our duty and responsibility in life to live in obedience towards God. We can only do so insomuch as He reveals Himself to us in the scriptures. All we need to know for life is obtained in the scriptures. Therefore we can deduct that it is our...
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    When does God stop loving you?

    I firmly believe that God does NOT love everyone; rather, just the elect. "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" Romans 9:13 Firstly, we need to understand the nature of God (as best our finite minds are able). God is sovereign and absolute. He created us, and our main purpose in life...
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    why is abortion wrong?

    What we must all remember is that our most important goal in life is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. One way we glorify God is by living in obedience to Him and His Word as it is found in the bible. Pro-choice? There are really only two choices; 1. Obey God; or 2. Disobey God. Abortion...