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by Sudsy
Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:44 pm
Forum: Written Word
Topic: Who reads Greek?
Replies: 37
Views: 3347

Re: Who reads Greek?

Many things I read are "Greek to me". I find myself at times reading Greek right here on this forum. :laugh
by Sudsy
Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:53 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Saved, unsaved, saved again
Replies: 7
Views: 577

Re: Saved, unsaved, saved again

Some of my random thoughts on your OP, Sudsy. Some are really random :lol: none of them are nonnegotiable and definitive articles of faith. These are just my life experiences and observations. God doesn't leave us; rather we leave Him when we are distracted by the world and forget who we truly are:...
by Sudsy
Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:45 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Saved, unsaved, saved again
Replies: 7
Views: 577

Re: Saved, unsaved, saved again

I thought my problems were things like I wasn't kind to some people, etc. - basically the world's definitions of right and wrong. Once I decided to try to follow Jesus, he started changing things about me I didn't know even needed changing. And I realised his standard for me was much higher than I ...
by Sudsy
Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:07 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: When does Romans 14 apply?
Replies: 27
Views: 1692

Re: When does Romans 14 apply?

Question DanZ - where in NT scripture do we see the early church establishing "collective (church) conviction'. We'll Sudsy...off the top of my head...the second description in Scripture of the early church (Acts 4) includes these words: "Now the full number of those who believed were of ...
by Sudsy
Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:26 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Knowledge puffeth up
Replies: 31
Views: 2006

Re: Knowledge puffeth up

But the New Testament also talks about knowledge in a positive way. What kinds of knowledge and approaches to knowledge help us in our daily walk as Christians? What kinds of knowledge and approaches to knowledge just puff us up? 1 Cor 13:2 - If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all myster...
by Sudsy
Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:10 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Saved, unsaved, saved again
Replies: 7
Views: 577

Re: Saved, unsaved, saved again

I thought I got saved when I was 3 or 4 since I asked Jesus into my heart and spoke in tongues. I think I repeated this when I was 9 and 13. Don't really remember anymore. By the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think God existed at all and certainly didn't feel, act, or think I was saved. In my 30s ...
by Sudsy
Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:20 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: The Brotherhood Filter
Replies: 2
Views: 366

Re: The Brotherhood Filter

In times past, God has raised up an individual to get the "brotherhood" out of a rut in their Christianity. Some church splits (i.e. Anabaptism) resulted in renewed interest in following Jesus. However, regardless of how we attempt to remake the church or not remake the church into our lik...
by Sudsy
Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:47 pm
Forum: Written Word
Topic: Sharing the Word
Replies: 4
Views: 690

Re: Sharing the Word

[bible]2 corinthians 4,16-18[/bible]
by Sudsy
Fri Feb 24, 2017 6:41 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: When does Romans 14 apply?
Replies: 27
Views: 1692

Re: When does Romans 14 apply?

If I would put Paul's examples from these verses into one category (eating meat or not, esteeming one day over another), I would say they are examples of personal religious conviction sincerely aimed at pleasing God . A brother or sister doesn't eat meat because they believe this practice is what G...
by Sudsy
Thu Feb 23, 2017 1:11 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Saved, unsaved, saved again
Replies: 7
Views: 577

Saved, unsaved, saved again

This thread is not for discussing whether or not one can be saved and lose their salvation but rather if you thought you were saved and then backslid (living for self, disobedient, deliberate sinning), did you sense at that time that God never abandoned you as His child (you were still saved) or di...