I'll Be Honest

There are many seeker sensitive "churches" that are trying to manipulate people into their church. They treat church membership like a numbers game. The true church is looking for those who have truly experienced regeneration.

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When Jesus died, did His human nature die or did His divine nature die? If only His human nature died, then what is the significance of it? If God can't die, how did Jesus die if He is God?

We need to make sure we get our answers from Scripture; not let anyone disarm us from using our Bibles. We also need to understand what death truly is according to Scripture. We also don't need to be afraid to acknowledge that some things that Scripture teaches are mysteries.

There is nothing in your life that is evil, corrupt, wrong, dirty, that can withstand the Spirit. This is a mighty Spirit of God and He is let loose in the life of God’s people and He will accomplish the perfecting of you. – Tim Conway

If a person is casual about their sin, they are in danger. Jesus Christ looked men directly in the eye and warned them that they will be thrown into hell unless they cut off occasions that cause sin. Many professing Christians will soften a warning like this under the pretense of "grace", but they misunderstand what grace produces in someone's life. If a person is saved by grace and justified by faith, they will take the warnings of Christ seriously and not dismiss them. We must fight or go to hell.

When people are pursuing Christ and say, "nothing happened", they can either give up seeking and go to hell, or they can keep seeking Him until they find Him. Christ may even test us and not give us what we're asking for immediately, but a person with faith won't give up because they have nowhere else to go but Christ.

Many people say they are seeking Christ, but they're not fully intent on seeking Him until they find Him. They're not really seeking Him; it's just a trivial matter to them.

Every Christian ought to be able to look at their conscience and find nothing between their souls and the Lord. If we find something that displeases the Lord, we need to put it to death immediately.

Some of the reformers had pretty severe, shortsighted flaws, but we honor them nevertheless for their faith and their faithfulness; while at the same time not justifying the mistakes that they made.

The Christian can cling to any promise in the Bible because they belong to Jesus Christ. All of the promises of God are ours because of Him (2 Cor. 1:20). We should always be reading the Bible looking for promises (in both the Old and New Testament) that will help us in the Christian life.

What Biblical advice would you give to someone who feels that another Christian has misjudged their character? If someone brings some of your actions, which you think are unintentional, and you just don't agree about their judgment, what is the Biblical and loving way to proceed?

"The right thing is to not revile in return, but just entrust it to the Lord. He will sort things out in the end. Now, if it affects your reputation in a way that it damages the truth, you need to set the record straight." - Phil Johnson

From the: The Pillars of the Reformation Conference || GCC Laredo || Nov. 10-12, 2017

View the full Question & Answer session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNSK9YxCeao

What is it to seek? Seeking is to set the mind and heart on something. We go to Scripture and read it and our brain processes the ideas being communicated and we let our heart and mind be fixed on those realities. You seek Christ by calling upon Him and pleading with Him.
When someone is seeking Christ, one question to ask is what they're seeking Him for. Are they seeking Him to be saved from sin or to just be saved from trouble they find themselves in?