In Christ Alone (Happy reformation day)

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[presently no screen name]

Read your own paragraph here. It is about his deeds, or rather, lack of them, ...

That's NOT what I said, are you reading minds?

[presently no screen name]

I think I would change it ‘now’ more often to add more honey to avoid any infection. Once it starts to heal - I think longer intervals of changing the bandage would be OK.

[presently no screen name]

Forgot to add - I would change it 2x a day for a couple of days.

[Quix]

THX THX.

It has liberal doses of NEOSPORN . . .

and there’s no evidence of infection.

???

[Lera]

So sorry for your loss.

[presently no screen name]

Then once a day! Right now - for the first couple of days - I’d be proactive. When did you change it last?

[boatbums]

Jesus came to set us free, not to enslave us to the bondage of works again.

I totally agree. I was thinking about how much different I am now than before. There has been much growth and maturity in my faith and my walk with the Lord. Doesn't it seem like now we do the things that bring glory to God and honor him without usually even thinking about it? Like the people Jesus spoke about who would say to him "When did we see you hungry and fed you...?" they were living their faith because it was a natural extension of the spirit-nature and, when we live in obedience to the Lord, we naturally do good works out of a new heart. Those without this new birth will constantly struggle with sin and they seem to be the ones who NEED the "hair shirts", self-flaggelation and such to try and fight the urges of the old nature. I'm not saying we never mess up, just that those times get fewer and we do good because we have the desire to.

[boatbums]

Praise the Lord for your healing progress. If you feel throbbing, try raising your arm at the elbow, it helps stop bleeding and lessen pain. Praying for a complete recovery! And be careful! We like having you here. :o)

[Lera]

John the Baptist didn’t do that because of penance he lived that way because he was a Nazirite like Samson. He was actually a Nazirite from birth.

Luk 1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Nazrite = “holy to the Lord all the days he is seperated”
This has nothing to do with the Catholic concept of penance.

Numbers 6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
:3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
:4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
:6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
:8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
:9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
:10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
:11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
:12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
:13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
:14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
:15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
:16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
:17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
:19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
:20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
:21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
:23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

[boatbums]

I wonder why some people are so perfectly content to just swallow whatever they are told especially when it concerns their eternal destiny. I can read God's Word and he not only made sure his truths were written down in words and concepts people could understand but he also gave us his Spirit as a teacher in our hearts. God expects us to ask, to reason with the brain he gave us, to think and to learn. he gives us pastors and teachers to lead us, but he never intended for us to relinquish our minds to see for ourselves that what we are being told is proven from his Holy Scriptures. Why else do you think he gave them to us?

[metmom]

Like the people Jesus spoke about who would say to him "When did we see you hungry and fed you...?" they were living their faith because it was a natural extension of the spirit-nature and, when we live in obedience to the Lord, we naturally do good works out of a new heart.

That's what some of the works advocates miss.

The works that Jesus was talking about were apparently done without the person really being aware of it, in contrast to what many of the salvation by works advocates advocate, that we have to try and do all these good works that precious few people could accomplish, that would have to be conscious.

For someone who is truly saved, the works are the fruit that flows naturally from the life within them.

The kind of works that Jesus referred to cannot be done by someone who is not saved. He doesn't have the capacity to do those kinds of works. And if he's already saved, then he doesn't need the works to earn the salvation he already possesses.

[boatbums]

I have my old, falling apart, wide-margin KJV that I used all throughout Bible College. I have so much written in it, cross-refs, notes, poems, prayers, etc. that I would never even consider getting rid of it. I have other versions, but I still use it quite a bit as most of my memory verses are from the King James Bible. When I use the online searches I mostly look up phrases from memory when looking for the chapter/verse in KJV but will often read the verses from other versions for better understanding. I really like also having an online concordance - what a 21st. century treat!

[metmom]

With a serious hand injury, keeping the hand elevated keeps the blood from pooling in the hand and clotting because the circulation is poor. The elevation causes the fluid in the hand to drain out on its own under gravity instead of the heart having to pump it through.

I had carpal tunnel surgery last year and I had to keep my hand elevated for a full two days to help with healing.

I know a man who dropped something on his foot and had a crush kind of injury and he had to keep his foot elevated to allow the blood and fluid to drain out so that he wouldn’t loose his foot. If the blood had clotted in his foot, it would have stopped the circulation and the foot would have died.

Keeping the swelling down is critical in surgeries and injuries, especially where there is the potential for a lot of clotting.

Praying for you, Quix.

[boatbums]

I am sorry to hear about your Dad, CB. Prayers for comfort, strength and grace to endure for you and your family and a safe trip there and back.

[count-your-change]

I cast the foolscap of my understanding upon the blaze of your wisdom to be reduced to the ash of mine humility.

[boatbums]

The Greek for either is "metanoia". "Do penance" better matches the works of John the Baptist who wore a hairshirt, lived a hermit, and ate meager foods, -- typical works of Catholic penance.

So THAT'S what all those homeless guys are? They're doing penance? ;o)

Let's not forget that John the Baptist may also have taken the Nazarite vow. The angel in Luke 1:13-15 that announces the birth of John the Baptist foretells that "he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb".

[D-fendr]

Thanks for your reply.

Why else do you think he gave them to us?

I don't think he gave you your brain to create your own Christian Church - along with dozens of others doing the same thing creating other churches.

Christ established His Church, the pillar and foundation of truth, with Him as the head, guided by the Holy Spirit, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

You don't have to create Christ's Church all over again, starting with one piece of the Church, the only piece which you use to derive meanings and beliefs far afield from His Church. and arriving at a theology contrary to those given to the Apostles by Christ and passed down through the Church by their successors.

This is rebelling against Christ.

To use your brain to attempt this is not using your brain well or wisely - as God intended.

[boatbums]

It is typical Protestant sleaze, to cite two verses out of the passage and cut the quote exactly where it no longer "sounds Protestant", at verse 10. That's your entire method in nutshell.

Actually, it was typical Catholic priest "sleaze" that couldn't stomach the truth of what the Gospel really is.

[boatbums]

By their fruit I know them. Catholic Pastors don't scatter the flock.

No? Catholic "pastors" have done much worse things to the flock!

[boatbums]

And let’s not forget that the rich, young ruler was convinced he had kept the law perfectly from his youth. We know and Jesus SURE knew that he was deceiving himself for “All have sinned”. Until we come to the understanding of our sinfulness and our need of the Savior, we can never be saved regardless of how good we think we are or can be.