Posted on 05/21/2011 4:46:26 AM PDT by marbren
Camping is a victim of replacement theology. IMHO the lie of replacement theology is almost as insidious as idolatry. The key to holistic understanding of Bible prophecy is to understand the role of Israel in it. God keeps his promises to Israel. This is a model to the rest of us that he will keep his promises to us as well.
A majority of the church going world has been victimized. I believed the lie for 35 years. During the past 20 I have been seeking the truth and only recently did I stop saying IMHO replacement theology is a lie and replaced it with: Replacement theology is a lie dropping the IMHO. For those that do not know, Replacement theology is the lie that the Church has replaced Israel in God’s plan.
The church was polluted by Replacement theology early on. Origen and Augustine, early Fathers of the church, were the first to muddy up the scriptures in this way when they arrogantly took on the mantle of Israel for themselves. Martin Luther apparently did not study it and this lead to his anti-Semitism and Hitler. In many ways IMHO it is like a reverse of the circumcision party that led to Acts 15.
This replacement theology lie has lead to the church we have today. Everyone is running around not knowing what is happening in these end times we are in. The truth is The Church, the Bride of Christ, has a role and Israel has a role. Think of men and women, children and parents, husbands and wives, angels and people, dogs and cats, sheep and goats, wheat and tares. All these have roles God invented.
So the solution: Open your Bible, drop your preconceived notions and open your mind, ask God to reveal the truth about all this Israel stuff written in the Bible. The Lord Jesus Christ is central in it all. Gods Grace and Mercy is incredible, He does all the work. Faith and hope and love permeate the entire Bible and the greatest of these is love.
Thanks for posting this RIM Info written by the Synod. Anyone who has a personal walking talking relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ might find it interesting. So many memories. I lived through it. I even wrote a college paper on the liberal Seminex experience in the 70’s. The LCMS fought liberalism and the charismatic movement, Presently the discussion is I guess over new hymnal old hymnal (liturgy vs contemporary worship)...Where are they today however? Not much concern about end times.
I am sorry you don’t understand. That simple fact is clear evidence that you don’t understand the close relationship we who put our faith in Jesus can have, indeed are expected to have, with a gracious and loving God.
Firstly I would simply suggest you avail yourself of Jesus presence and ask Him. I will let a passage from a book by Franz Theremin to give you an idea from which you can investigate.
Franz Theremin (1780-1846) in his book The Confession of Adalbert (1828) One of the key scenes occurs in Letter #35 (pp. 191- 204), where he corresponds with his spiritual adviser (Steindorf) about the nature of the Christian’s encounter with Jesus.
Has not Christ promised to be with us, even till the end of the world; and to be in the midst of us when two or three are assembled in his name? And after such promises, shall we consider him as at a distance, or as near and present? Has not Christ promised that he will come with the Father and take up his abode with those that love him; and may I not speak of holding converse with him, when he has spoken of a dwelling in us, which implies something infinitely more and a connection much more close and intimate? Did not the Apostle hold such a converse with him, when he besought him to take away the thorn in the flesh, under which he was suffering, and was immediately enjoined by the Lord to let his grace suffice him? Did he not necessarily hold such a converse with him, in order to be able to say, ‘I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me?’ Does he not enjoin the maintenance of this fellowship with Christ upon those to whom he wrote, when he says, “Your life is hid with Christ in God?” And does the beloved disciple, who lay upon the bosom of Jesus, not only whilst the latter sojourned here upon earth, but also after he had departed hence — does John intend anything else when he represents the Lord as knocking at the door, ready, if any one open it, to enter in and sup with him?”
>> where is that per sola scriptura?<<
Don’t start the nonsense with sola scriptura as if it’s solo scriptura. Sola scriptura simply means that if it can not be verified by scripture it is not to be taken as doctrine. Trying to pervert the meaning is demeaning to the accuser.
You're welcome.
And you reply back with proof that is NOT in the Bible -- I thought you were a Bible ALONE guy?
Where's the proof IN the Bible for your "God is my bosom buddy" kind of statement?
Oohh... really -- so then why do you not accept the Presence of Christ in the Eucharist or Baptism for the Remission of Sins?
Lutherans hold to this too -- why don't you?
POST 666 is now history.
What a naïve set of questions.
>>Just a prophet<<
If He was simply a prophet He wouldn’t be able to save would He?
Just a man who died?
If He was “just a man” He wouldn’t have been the “sinless sacrifice” would He?
>>The first born of creation,<<
If He was simply the first born of creation He wouldn’t have called Himself the “Word” without being a liar would He? “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 ….. “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14
>>the Archangel Michael<<
Your silly line of questions is beginning to look to me like a feeble attempt to throw up straw dogs because you are so Biblically illiterate you don’t understand what “believe on the Lord Jesus” means and entails.
Likely because the Word and Sacraments provide all a Christian needs to be about doing what their Lord and Savior wants them to be doing. The call to preach/teach and Baptize hasn't expired.
this group also include those who say that Jesus Christ is:
So, if you say you belong to a group who say that truly trust in Jesus as their savior and have a personal relationship with Him -- guess what -- the Jehovah's Witnesses, Unitarians, etc. all do that too! Congratulations!
So I should believe something just because Lutherans do? Would that include Sodomites as clergy?
I doubt you see how ridiculous your tactics have actually become. See ya.
Interesting who got it.
See ya — check out the threads where the Unitarians use your sola scriptura points to prove their beliefs that they think Jesus wasn’t God. G
Are you Lutheran also?
Cronos
God is not my co pilot. God is the pilot I am a passenger.
no worries — you’ve gotten it before I’m sure, it goes with the multiple post threads!
No worries!look at the lilies of the field!
Yep.
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