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Comment on The Fire by Paul C

Paul C — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:21:20 +0000

Sorry #64 - the beginning part should read:

There is not a scriptural basis that supports that works (or your response to God’s grace) are unimportant or immaterial.

Comment on The Fire by Chad

Chad — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:20:48 +0000

Paul,
The problem is with the way you phrase it. When you say:

Anyone who supports the fact that I can accept Christ, continue to live like the devil all my days and still receive eternal life is a deceiver.

….you aren’t making much sense. First, no one says that (no one I know). Second, if you have truly accepted Christ than the rest of your statement is nonsensical. A house cannot be divided against itself.

Comment on The Fire by Paul C

Paul C — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:26:30 +0000

#61: “Why don’t you agree with me?”

Not really Rick. There is not a scriptural basis that supports that works (or your response to God’s grace is unimportant or immaterial).

On the other hand there are dozens (see the scriptures mentioned above) of instances where Jesus, Paul, Peter, Jude and James saw a response to the word of God as absolutely critical.

When Jesus returns He will not be looking for talents buried in the ground - rather He is looking for a response to the grace He invested in us as evidenced in how we lived. No response? No eternal life.

Anyone who preaches ‘once saved always saved’ is promoting a false gospel. Anyone who supports the fact that I can accept Christ, continue to live like the devil all my days and still receive eternal life is a deceiver.

Again there is confusion here: works is not a bad word. Paul did not condemn works, but the Judaizers who maintained that adherence to ceremonial laws as the path to salvation.

James 1: Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

Would you condemn James?

Comment on JC Ryle: Unconverted Ministers are the Dry-Rot of the Church by Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:55:59 +0000

A child cries from hunger. Even so come Lord Jesus. A gay man is dying. Even so come Lord Jesus. A family is dividing. Even so come Lord Jesus. A teenage girl sells herself. Even so come Lord Jesus. A homeless man begs. Even so come Lord Jesus. A drug addict gets another fix. Even so come Lord Jesus. A young man wants to kill himself. Even so come Lord Jesus. Another unborn baby dies. Even so come Lord Jesus. Sin is exalted. Even so come Lord Jesus. "But I have already come", Jesus says, "Now you go, they are waiting for you to come".

Comment on JC Ryle: Unconverted Ministers are the Dry-Rot of the Church by Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:20:10 +0000

We do not need the vision of some man; we need to see Jesus and see as does Jesus. What would happen if the followers of Jesus became the greatest friend sinners ever knew, and the word spread that if a sinner was in trouble or came to the end of himself, he could find hope in a follower of Jesus Christ?

What would happen if instead of taking delight in the names God gives wicked men , we seriously take up the ministry of reconciliation and stand in the gap for the blind goats that are precious in the eyes of our Lord? What if we gave our lives for the lost instead of using our tongues to both attack the lost and praise ourselves?

Why is the “ministry” of the “watchman” seem so empty of redemption and humility? Why do we lift up men and not Christ?

The whole world is thirsty and yet we are bottles and not rivers. The whole world lives in darkness and yet we are flashlights and not beacons. The whole world is dead and yet we are condemners and not life sharers.

Sinners do not need Calvin or Luther or Whitefield or Bell or MacArthur or most of all they do not need Frueh. They need Jesus and they do not realize He lives right beside them.

Comment on JC Ryle: Unconverted Ministers are the Dry-Rot of the Church by Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:04:29 +0000

What do I care what vision of God that Calvin lived?

Comment on JC Ryle: Unconverted Ministers are the Dry-Rot of the Church by chris

chris — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:32:56 +0000

John Calvin saw the world as a theater where the glory of God is always on display. This conference will show how the vision of God that Calvin lived and taught is relevant in all our lives for the parts we play in God’s drama.

Uh…oh sounds almost new agey to me. Drama, relevant, always on display???? Next thing you know they’re going to encourage us to meditate on the word of God.

Comment on JC Ryle: Unconverted Ministers are the Dry-Rot of the Church by Joe

Joe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:00:13 +0000

Poor Piper,
He was rebuked by our ever present ODM’s.

Comment on JC Ryle: Unconverted Ministers are the Dry-Rot of the Church by Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:45:44 +0000

I know all you want to make plans to be at this conference. It’s called,

With ~~Jesus~~ Calvin in the theatre of God.

I can’t wait!!

Comment on JC Ryle: Unconverted Ministers are the Dry-Rot of the Church by Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:29:21 +0000

I object to writings with 5 points.