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Protestant Statement of Faith Questions

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Tdigaetano

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Ok Agree.

He lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.

Ok Agree.


Question: Who are "His own" that Jesus is making continuous intercessions for?

Man was originally created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying God; thus, he was alienated from his Creator. That historic fall brought all mankind under divine condemnation.

Ok agree.


Man's nature is corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please God. Every man is in need of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Question: How does this renewal happen? And what does it do to renew us?


Question: What does this faith of Christ consist of? (His teachings, His actions, He exisited, or anything else?)


Question: If a person who trusted in Christ as their Savior wen't through a hard time and ended up rejecting Christ and God are they still assured of their salvation?


Question: At the day of Redemption, does the Holy Spirit leave us?

Every believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit that he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will bear fruit to the glory of God.

Question: What is considered the "Lust of the flesh"? What if the believer doesn't bear fruit?


Question: What if someone doesn't want to assemble together?

At physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal, conscious fellowship with the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body to everlasting glory and blessing.

Question: So when a believer dies he goes straight to heaven?

At physical death the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal, conscious separation from the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body to everlasting judgment and condemnation.

Questin: So when an unbeliever dies he has to wait to go to hell? Where does a believer that doesn't produce fruit go?

Jesus Christ will come again to the earth -- personally, visibly and bodily -- to consummate history and the eternal plan of God.

Ok agree


Question: Where in the Bible does Christ command "All Believers" to proclaim the Gosple throughout the world and to disciple men of every nation?


If there are more then these 14 points that protestants use as their statement of faith please post....
Found these at http://www.ccci.org/about-us/ministry-profile/statement-of-faith.aspx
 

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Question: Who are "His own" that Jesus is making continuous intercessions for?

"Us" (believers) -- Rom. 8:34

"Them" (those who draw near to God through Him, Jesus) -- Heb. 7:25

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Question: How does this renewal happen? And what does it do to renew us?

The citation alludes to Tit. 3:5. There, "renewal" is a parallelism for "regeneration" or "rebirth." It calls to mind John 3, where Jesus told Nicodemus, "You must be born again / from above," and "Unless one is born of water, that is, the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God."

In the branch of Protestantism with which I identify, we believe we are "born again," "born from above," "born of the Spirit" when we "become His children" by receiving Him and believing in Him. (John 1:12-13)

As is clear in the Titus context, it is at this point that we become "saved," and it happens apart from any meritorious "works" on our part. However, it is also clear from that context (v.8) that "works" are expected to later result.


 
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Hello Tdigaetano, nice to meet you.

Question: Who are "His own" that Jesus is making continuous intercessions for?

His own, aka, the sheep, the elect and the lost. You will call Him Jesus for He will save His people from their sins. (Matt 1:21.)
His own as opposed to those who are not His own. "You do not believe because you are not my sheep." Jesus told some. He did not tell them they did not belong because they did not believe but they did not believe because they were not His sheep. (John 10:26.) His, they listen to Him and follow Him.
John 17:9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
We were chosen in God before the creation of the world and we were lost in Adam when he fell. Jesus came to find the lost, those chosen, the elect only.

Question: How does this renewal happen? And what does it do to renew us?

Spirit gives birth to spirit. It? It gives us a new nature that enables us to turn to God in repentance and belief. Regeneration precedes all our actions. If we turn and believe it is because we have been baptised by the Holy Spirit. Turning and believing is the result of renewal not the cause of it.
This rebirth happens only to the elect and it happens in God's time and is the result of God's will not man's decision. (John 1:13.)

Question: What does this faith of Christ consist of? (His teachings, His actions, He exisited, or anything else?)

Belief is trust. I believe Jesus Christ died for my sins and as such I can no longer face God's justice. I have entered God's rest knowing that Jesus stood in my place taking the punishment for my sins.

Question: If a person who trusted in Christ as their Savior wen't through a hard time and ended up rejecting Christ and God are they still assured of their salvation?

They will not be assured but if Christ died for a man's sins then that man is saved regardless of his sins.

Question: At the day of Redemption, does the Holy Spirit leave us?

I was redeemed on the cross. God will never leave us.
Question: What is considered the "Lust of the flesh"? What if the believer doesn't bear fruit?
The believer will produce fruit. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Eph 2:10.
The lust of the flesh and the pride of life is what makes us what we are, sinners. All men suffer this, even the reborn.

Question: What if someone doesn't want to assemble together?

Is it a sin? Did Jesus die for your sins? What happens when a Calvinist has only free will Churches close by and far away?
Church is there to blow faith into flame but one can be an evangelist in Church as well as out of it.
Let your conscience dictate what is what. If you can get away with it accept it. If you find that you must keep justifying a decision then it's probably a wrong choice.

Question: So when a believer dies he goes straight to heaven?

No. When a person is born again he goes straight to heaven because the curtain was torn away. We stand in the presence of God, face to face, at all times.
But yes, when we die we go to be with the Lord in spirit and perfect.

Questin: So when an unbeliever dies he has to wait to go to hell?

Where does a believer that doesn't produce fruit go?
When an unbeliever dies he is held for the Day of Judgment in the condition that he will face when he is resurrected and thrown into hell. God continues the punishment of reprobates even while they live.
A believer will produce fruit. A saint, even when his theology is wrong and he has helped to send many to hell with his false teachings, is still a saint and will not see death. Jesus will greet him as a brother as his body dies. (1 Cor 3:10-15.)

Question: Where in the Bible does Christ command "All Believers" to proclaim the Gosple throughout the world and to disciple men of every nation?

To disciple another would mean that one knows something. Unless one knows one should not teach in this regard but it behoves us all to give the reason for our hope to anyone who asks.

john.
 
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