Recent content by RefrusRevlis

It does not matter what I say or you say. It matters what God says. All I am to do as a Christian is to sow the seed. The seed is the word of God (Luke 8). When you say man made doctrines, to what are you specifically referring? I quoted scripture and defined some of the words. The...

I haven't been around much on Christian forums in the last 2 or 3 years and have noticed a big difference with the attitudes and positions of those posting. It is, frankly, hard to tell the Restoration group from the non-denominational group. It used to be that this was a forum mainly for...

I am afraid you are wrong.... 1 Corinthians 6:9 "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites..." The word homosexuals is the Greek malakos and means soft...

But Jesus didn't encourage them to continue in sins they needed to repent of. It was not the fact that the men were homosexuals, but that they acted inappropriately. God does love the world, but the only ones who will not perish are those who believe in him. James 2 shows that the type of...

Celebrating Christmas is ones own decision based on conscience. You are right to say that it is not recorded in scripture. It came about when the Catholic church adopted the pagan practices of Rome (the feast of Saturnalia). The question is: did Christ ask to be remembered in this way? Also...

This idea that baptism in water is "only an outward sign of an already inward experience' is merely a man-made doctrine without one shred of scriptural support. If you read my statement carefully, I questioned that the baptism with the Holy Spirit had ceased. It is I believe another aspect...

Not a part of the Restoration movement - a deviation from it. Based on what we can see about Joseph Smith, both his beliefs and behaviour, he was no Restorationist preacher. You can't be restoring something when you are introducing something new and never seen before (the Book of Mormon, Pearl...

The idea of restoration, is to bring back the church of the New Testament (which was never fully lost) by using the Bible only as a standard of faith. This is different to reformation - Luther and others wanted to reform the Catholic church. Most restorationists would believe that you can't...

To answer the last question first: the commonwealth of Israel is not the same as the nation of Israel: Romans 9 But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, 7 nor are they all children because they are...

Paul became "all things to all men", he met them where they were. 1 Cor 9: For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I...

This was addressed to Jews, before Christ's death, burial and resurrection. It was during the time of the Old Covenant. The words we are to heed today, are the ones from Christ. Matthew 17 is significant: Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if...

Firstly, the rapture (as taught by some denominations) is not found in the Bible. Your interpretation of Jesus' words is confusing and contradicts the rest of the scriptures.  This previous passage does not mean the law would continue (to be valid) after Jesus fulfilled it (which he...

What can be established: 1) Christmas: the word, the festival, the practice is not in the Bible. 2) Historically it came about as the syncretistic tendencies of the Catholic church resulted in the "absorbing" of a pagan festival. What we have to ask ourselves is: "are we free to observe a...

I was thinking about the statement: "There is a very small percentage of RM believers who believe that only RM believers are true Christians, but this is not a popular view." and wondered to what extent this represents the belief of the users. Refrus

I would like Creed but can't afford it: it's too expensive, I'll have to stick with Old Spice... However, religious creeds are something I don't want. A human creed by it's very existence says that God's word for Christians (the New testament) is too hard to be understood and tht humans can...