Comments for Sacred Meditations http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com The Beauty of the Gospel Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:18:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on On Being a New Creation by Doorman-Priest http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/on-being-a-new-creation/#comment-1669 Doorman-Priest Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:18:59 +0000 http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/on-being-a-new-creation/#comment-1669 Thank you for a blog with good theology. Can I commend my new Lutheran Blog to you? Blessings D.P. Thank you for a blog with good theology. Can I commend my new Lutheran Blog to you?
Blessings
D.P.

]]> Comment on on the Baptism of our Lord by Ryan Schroeder http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/on-the-baptism-of-our-lord/#comment-16 Ryan Schroeder Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:51:01 +0000 http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/on-the-baptism-of-our-lord/#comment-16 Bonnieq, I am glad that you found my essay benificial to you. Your comments were interesting, although i cannot say that I agree with them. Obeying the commandments of God cannot bring us into harmony with God. Only if the entire law was kept perfectly, could this even be a possibility. Even then it would depend on our motivation in keeping the law. However, nobody has kept the law (save for Jesus) and thus we are all sinners who are under the curse of the law. There is no middle ground in keeping the law. Either you have kept the law 100% or you have not. If you only sinned once in your life, it was one time too many. The question is "have you kept the law" only yes or no are acceptable answers. All must answer no. If the answer is no, then no work that you do can bring you into harmony with God. Only the sacrifice of Christ on the cross can do that. Praise be to God that it did. The other statement that I find troubling is that "The Holy Spirit endowed Him with all the power of God, something He did not have prior to His water baptism." Jesus is truly God. He has been so from eternity. Although while on Earth he did not make use of all his Divine powers, there is no reason to assume that he could not have don so. He did not need to receive his divine powers from the Spirit as he always had them. To suggest otherwise may be interpreted to say that he was only man before the Spirit made him into God an Man. This is a terrible misunderstanding of the nature of Christ. Additionally, in order for Christ's sacrifice to be able to free us from our slavery to sin, Christ had to live a perfect life. This is something that he was only able to do because he is God, even before his Baptism. Again, thank you for your input and may God bless your study of His Word Ryan Bonnieq,

I am glad that you found my essay benificial to you. Your comments were interesting, although i cannot say that I agree with them. Obeying the commandments of God cannot bring us into harmony with God. Only if the entire law was kept perfectly, could this even be a possibility. Even then it would depend on our motivation in keeping the law. However, nobody has kept the law (save for Jesus) and thus we are all sinners who are under the curse of the law. There is no middle ground in keeping the law. Either you have kept the law 100% or you have not. If you only sinned once in your life, it was one time too many. The question is “have you kept the law” only yes or no are acceptable answers. All must answer no. If the answer is no, then no work that you do can bring you into harmony with God. Only the sacrifice of Christ on the cross can do that. Praise be to God that it did.

The other statement that I find troubling is that “The Holy Spirit endowed Him with all the power of God, something He did not have prior to His water baptism.” Jesus is truly God. He has been so from eternity. Although while on Earth he did not make use of all his Divine powers, there is no reason to assume that he could not have don so. He did not need to receive his divine powers from the Spirit as he always had them. To suggest otherwise may be interpreted to say that he was only man before the Spirit made him into God an Man. This is a terrible misunderstanding of the nature of Christ. Additionally, in order for Christ’s sacrifice to be able to free us from our slavery to sin, Christ had to live a perfect life. This is something that he was only able to do because he is God, even before his Baptism.

Again, thank you for your input and may God bless your study of His Word

Ryan

]]> Comment on on the Baptism of our Lord by bonnieq http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/on-the-baptism-of-our-lord/#comment-15 bonnieq Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:25:33 +0000 http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/on-the-baptism-of-our-lord/#comment-15 By the way, I have added your blog to my blogroll. :) BonnieQ By the way, I have added your blog to my blogroll. :)
BonnieQ

]]> Comment on on the Baptism of our Lord by bonnieq http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/on-the-baptism-of-our-lord/#comment-14 bonnieq Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:23:53 +0000 http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/on-the-baptism-of-our-lord/#comment-14 I feel that what answers to the query presented in this great article, Ryan, was Christ's admonition that we are to do as He did: in all things, which includes obeying God's Twelve Commandments (His Doctrine), which brings us into harmony with God Himself. As scripture further enlightens, "the Holy Spirit comes to those who obey." One might also question why Jesus, the Son of God, needed the Holy Spirit to descend upon Him following baptism. The answer, of course, was because Christ was a mortal man. The Holy Spirit endowed Him with all the power of God, something He did not have prior to His water baptism. Excellent article, Ryan! Perhaps you will visit me sometime. :) Love in Christ, http://bonnieq.wordpress.com Truth Seekers and Speakers, link in blogroll Unicorn Haven, link in blogroll I feel that what answers to the query presented in this great article, Ryan, was Christ’s admonition that we are to do as He did: in all things, which includes obeying God’s Twelve Commandments (His Doctrine), which brings us into harmony with God Himself. As scripture further enlightens, “the Holy Spirit comes to those who obey.”

One might also question why Jesus, the Son of God, needed the Holy Spirit to descend upon Him following baptism. The answer, of course, was because Christ was a mortal man. The Holy Spirit endowed Him with all the power of God, something He did not have prior to His water baptism.

Excellent article, Ryan! Perhaps you will visit me sometime. :)

Love in Christ,
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Unicorn Haven, link in blogroll

]]> Comment on About Sacred Meditations by Orycteropus Afer http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5 Orycteropus Afer Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:33:22 +0000 #comment-5 I'm sorry it's taken so long, but Sacred Meditations has been announced and listed with the <b><a href="http://aardvarkalley.blogspot.com/2006/09/bbov-additions-and-changes_20.html" rel="nofollow">Big Blogroll O' Vark</a></b>. I’m sorry it’s taken so long, but Sacred Meditations has been announced and listed with the Big Blogroll O’ Vark.

]]> Comment on On The Comfort of Prayer by Outer Rim Territories » Lutheran Carnival #32 http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/on-the-comfort-of-prayer/#comment-4 Outer Rim Territories » Lutheran Carnival #32 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:12:25 +0000 https://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/on-the-comfort-of-prayer/#comment-4 [...] Ryan offered two posts for your edification. His first from Sacred Meditations entitled On The Comfort of Prayer, he examined prayer, not from the usual perspective of what we should pray for and how God anwers prayers, but from the point of view of the comfort prayer gives us as a reminder of Christ’s Sacrifice for us. [...] [...] Ryan offered two posts for your edification. His first from Sacred Meditations entitled On The Comfort of Prayer, he examined prayer, not from the usual perspective of what we should pray for and how God anwers prayers, but from the point of view of the comfort prayer gives us as a reminder of Christ’s Sacrifice for us. [...]

]]> Comment on On The Comfort of Prayer by Ryan http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/on-the-comfort-of-prayer/#comment-2 Ryan Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:53:35 +0000 https://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/on-the-comfort-of-prayer/#comment-2 Great stuff! I think Christians are sometimes too worried about if they're praying enough, the right way, etc., rather than meditating on what a privilege it is to be able to pray--period. Thanks for your words. Great stuff! I think Christians are sometimes too worried about if they’re praying enough, the right way, etc., rather than meditating on what a privilege it is to be able to pray–period. Thanks for your words.

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