Patricia A
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JESUS TOOK ON THE FORM OF HUMAN AND THUS AS A HUMAN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME UPON HIM.
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Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and not by the union of male and female. Jesus is God in the flesh--even though in human flesh He was God and thereby not conceived in usual way of man. This is a central belief in the Christian faith.
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Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and not by the union of male and female. Jesus is God in the flesh--even though in human flesh He was God and thereby not conceived in usual way of man. This is a central belief in the Christian faith.
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Our flesh is weak and thus we the saving blood of Jesus Christ. The Law reveals our sins to us but we are too weak in the flesh to obey--we need the Holy Spirit to give us strength needed to live a Christian life.
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When we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, we die with Him. This death with Him is death to our old nature and to sin; thus we are not slave to sin any longer and by God's grace we are free. If we do fall back into sin, we only need to ask for God's forgiveness and through His conditional grace, we are again no longer slave to sin. Praise God for this gift too wonderful for words. We can live and joy and praise His Name.
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I believe Paul is referring to the symbolic death of sin because of the real death of Jesus Christ who is Our Savior. When Christ died for us, it was made possible to put our sinful lives away forever. All we have to do is accept Jesus is Our Savior and our sins are put to death. What a joy and blessing and we praise and glorify God.
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I believe Paul is referring to the symbolic death of sin because of the real death of Jesus Christ who is Our Savior. When Christ died for us, it was made possible to put our sinful lives away forever. All we have to do is accept Jesus is Our Savior and our sins are put to death. What a joy and blessing and we praise and glorify God.
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Buried corresponds to the act of Baptism and Christ was raised up related to coming out of the water in Baptism and being raised up to a new life (reborn).
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Baptism is a symbolic way of sharing our rebirth. We let the world know we have died with Christ at Calvary and have been reborn in Him. We believe Christ's death was so that our sins are forgiven and by His grace was are now free to live with joy knowing we are living for Him.
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When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We do not have to do anything but accept this free gift given to us through grace. We do not earn it. It is given to us and we gain the huge benefit of being in the family of God.
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Adam is the father of the human race. He was disobedient and his sin was passed on to all of us. This is the fallen human nature or original sin.
Jesus is the Son of God who became man, lived as a man on earth and was obedient to God giving his life to redeem us from our sins. Thus he is Our Savior and shows us unconditional love. What a joy beyond comparison with any other joy.
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Some of the following scriptures were helpful to me in thinking abot these questions:
Romans 3:20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
Romans:4:15 because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.
Certainly the law makes us conscious of sin and we believe there is no sin from which we are not justified through the death and salvation given to us by Jesus Christ.
I believe God does give us a conscience about what is right and wrong--even without a law.
These questions require much thought and prayer as we seek to give answers.
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Some of the following scriptures were helpful to me in thinking abot these questions:
Romans 3:20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
Romans:4:15 because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.
Certainly the law makes us conscious of sin and we believe there is no sin from which we are not justified through the death and salvation given to us by Jesus Christ.
I believe God does give us a conscience about what is right and wrong--even without a law.
These questions require much thought and prayer as we seek to give answers.
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There are so many times in our lives when one person had great influence and speaks for the entire group. Some that come to mind are:
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Principal of a school
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Pastor of a church
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Father in a family
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President of a club or organization
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Captain of a team
These people have a big responsibility to represent their group fairly and to make good, moral decisons and as Christians, to show Christian love.
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Principal of a school
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Q4. (Romans 5:9-10) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?
Verses 5-8 We know that God will never disappoint us. One writer says that God’s love is ‘like rain that pours onto dry ground’. We know God’s love in two ways:
a) He has given us the *Holy Spirit. The Spirit helps us to know that God loves us. His love will never give us up. It is like Paul’s words, ‘The Spirit joins with our spirit to declare that we are God’s children’ (Romans 8:16).
God has proved his love by *Christ’s death on the *cross. When God gave his son, God was giving himself. He was giving his love to those who do not deserve it. ‘We had no power of our own.’ So we cannot rescue ourselves from *sin. But God chose the right time to rescue us. God is very different from men. On a rare occasion, a person might be willing to die on behalf of a good person. But *Christ died for bad people. We were *sinners who could not earn our own *salvation. So our *salvation was entirely the result of God’s love.Verses 9-10 God considers us *righteous because of Jesus’ death. So God has forgiven our *sin. This means that we will not suffer punishment from God for our *sin. Our *salvation is complete. We have become God’s friends, although we used to be his enemies. This happened because of Jesus’ death. But God raised Jesus to live. And the result is that we too have a new life (Romans 6:4).
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Q4. (Romans 5:9-10) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?
Verses 5-8 We know that God will never disappoint us. One writer says that God’s love is ‘like rain that pours onto dry ground’. We know God’s love in two ways:
a) He has given us the *Holy Spirit. The Spirit helps us to know that God loves us. His love will never give us up. It is like Paul’s words, ‘The Spirit joins with our spirit to declare that we are God’s children’ (Romans 8:16).
God has proved his love by *Christ’s death on the *cross. When God gave his son, God was giving himself. He was giving his love to those who do not deserve it. ‘We had no power of our own.’ So we cannot rescue ourselves from *sin. But God chose the right time to rescue us. God is very different from men. On a rare occasion, a person might be willing to die on behalf of a good person. But *Christ died for bad people. We were *sinners who could not earn our own *salvation. So our *salvation was entirely the result of God’s love.Verses 9-10 God considers us *righteous because of Jesus’ death. So God has forgiven our *sin. This means that we will not suffer punishment from God for our *sin. Our *salvation is complete. We have become God’s friends, although we used to be his enemies. This happened because of Jesus’ death. But God raised Jesus to live. And the result is that we too have a new life (Romans 6:4).
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Verses 5-8 We know that God will never disappoint us. One writer says that God’s love is ‘like rain that pours onto dry ground’. We know God’s love in two ways:
a) He has given us the Holy Spirit. The Spirit helps us to know that God loves us. His love will never give us up. It is like Paul’s words, ‘The Spirit joins with our spirit to declare that we are God’s children’ (Romans 8:16).
God has proved his love by Christ’s death on the cross. When God gave his son, God was giving himself. He was giving his love to those who do not deserve it. ‘We had no power of our own.’ So we cannot rescue ourselves from *sin. But God chose the right time to rescue us. God is very different from men. On a rare occasion, a person might be willing to die on behalf of a good person. But Christ died for bad people. We were sinners who could not earn our own salvation. So our salvation was entirely the result of God’s love.
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Verses 5-8 We know that God will never disappoint us. One writer says that God’s love is ‘like rain that pours onto dry ground’. We know God’s love in two ways:
a) He has given us the *Holy Spirit. The Spirit helps us to know that God loves us. His love will never give us up. It is like Paul’s words, ‘The Spirit joins with our spirit to declare that we are God’s children’ (Romans 8:16).
God has proved his love by *Christ’s death on the *cross. When God gave his son, God was giving himself. He was giving his love to those who do not deserve it. ‘We had no power of our own.’ So we cannot rescue ourselves from *sin. But God chose the right time to rescue us. God is very different from men. On a rare occasion, a person might be willing to die on behalf of a good person. But *Christ died for bad people. We were *sinners who could not earn our own *salvation. So our *salvation was entirely the result of God’s love. -
Verses 5-8 We know that God will never disappoint us. One writer says that God’s love is ‘like rain that pours onto dry ground’. We know God’s love in two ways:
a) He has given us the *Holy Spirit. The Spirit helps us to know that God loves us. His love will never give us up. It is like Paul’s words, ‘The Spirit joins with our spirit to declare that we are God’s children’ (Romans 8:16).
God has proved his love by *Christ’s death on the *cross. When God gave his son, God was giving himself. He was giving his love to those who do not deserve it. ‘We had no power of our own.’ So we cannot rescue ourselves from *sin. But God chose the right time to rescue us. God is very different from men. On a rare occasion, a person might be willing to die on behalf of a good person. But *Christ died for bad people. We were *sinners who could not earn our own *salvation. So our *salvation was entirely the result of God’s love. -
As we deal and cope with trials and suffering in the life, we have the blessing of knowing Jesus is with us and will help us get through withever life brings. We can grow stronger and develop character and endurance as we live according to the Word and depend on God for our strength. As we live this way, we grow stronger in hope and learn to live for eternal life with God. We know the things of this world will pass and are not really important.
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Q3. (Philemon 18-19) Paul vouches for Onesimus and puts up his money (at least in theory) to cover Onesimus's debts to Philemon? Is this wise in all cases? Why does Paul do it here? How does Christ vouch for us? When should we vouch for our Christian brothers and sisters?
It would not be wise in all cases to "put up money" for those who are in debt as some may need to deal with the reasons they are in debt. However, Onesimus is now a brother in Christ and therefore Paul wants to help and encourage him. He will vourch for Onesimus just as christ died for us on the cross. We need to help our Christian brothers and sisiters just as Christ did for us.
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Q2. (Philemon 14) Why doesn't Paul come right out and command Philemon? Is this out of respect for his personhood or to build moral character in him -- or what?
Paul makes a strong appeal indeed, but he seeks Philemon's action out of his own free will rather than in response to an apostolic command. God always seeks our heart rather than merely our robotic response.
"But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced." (verse 14)
Does Paul go over the top in supporting his plea. He's near the edge, perhaps, but yet he seeks Philemon's heart decision. That's why he doesn't go farther and command Philemon.
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Q1. (Philemon 12) Why does Paul send Onesimus back to Philemon where he can lose his freedom again? Why is it necessary for Paul to do this? Why is it necessary for Onesimus to do this?
Paul send Onesimus back to Philemon to pay anything that he still owes as he is a runaway slave and may still owe a debt. Paul want Onesimus to not only be free physically but also to be free spiritually. He must reconcile anything which is not truthful in order to be truly free. Paul know Philemon has become a Christian and thus pray that he will treat Onesimus fairly and with Christian love.
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Q4. (Colossians 4:17) Why do you think Archippus was singled out in verse 17? If you could invent a story of his role in the Colossian church, how would you describe Archippus? In what ways does he remind you of yourself?
For Archippus, it was not a matter of trying to make something happen, or create a ministry where none existed, or start a new church, or anoint himself to do something he wanted to do. He had already received a ministry from the Lord. The precise nature of this ministry, and what he was called to do, we have no way of knowing. It may have been something that, to our eyes, was grand and noble. More than likely, it was something small and seemingly insignificant. All we know for sure is that Archippus had received a ministry from the Lord, and he had not, as of yet, fulfilled it. Archippus knew it, and Paul knew it, and now everyone in Colossae knew it. He was called to something, and had received something from the Lord, but it was dormant, stagnant, inert, still waiting to be put to use.
Q3. Person or Power?
in 3. The Holy Spirit Paraclete (John 14-16)
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Why do we believe that the Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force or power, but a Person?
Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as He and has qualities of a person such as a helper and counselor. The spirit advocates for us, is a helper and counselor. Some find it difficult to see the Holy Spirit as a divine being and therefore refer to the Holy Spirit as "it".