tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post2804611385749813012..comments2024-02-29T10:31:18.505-06:00Comments on What's in a Name?: 1st John Chapter 5 Part 12Ian Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027275808408069964noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post-57944516371448664702013-01-14T13:23:44.488-06:002013-01-14T13:23:44.488-06:00Like Iron sharpening iron, the interaction helps u...Like Iron sharpening iron, the interaction helps us both to clarify our our thinking. I know it can get discouraging if no responds. Donald Fishgrabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977970195032209188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post-16985068491499281222013-01-11T19:52:11.074-06:002013-01-11T19:52:11.074-06:00PS:
Thank you for the inquiry/correction. I enjoy ...PS:<br />Thank you for the inquiry/correction. I enjoy and am refreshed by having someone care enoough to provide them. I was in the midst of prayer when I was reminded that I had not thanked you for your comments!Ian Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027275808408069964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post-65649413626568928972013-01-11T19:34:30.045-06:002013-01-11T19:34:30.045-06:00I don't disagree with your assessment of the i...I don't disagree with your assessment of the idea of the civil penalty reagrding one's sins; in fact I alluded to this in my commentary on verses 16-17, perhaps not clearly enough. But Scripture does reveal that death results from sin for more than civil penalties, as was the case with Ananias or the Corinthian Christians.<br />As for the invisible church, I was merely attempting to point out that every member of Christ's body, being saved by the gospel, is in fact that; a member of His body: the church. Whether you are affiliated with a local church or not does not preclude such a saint from universal membership in what I termed as the "invisible" church which compasses the world. Christ is the head, we are all brethren, and there is but one church of which all are members who have been saved by grace through faith. This is what I mean by the invisible church. Though most Christians are fit into a local church body, I see these biblically as appendages of the larger entity of the single church that Christ is building out of all of us.Ian Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027275808408069964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post-32444955313013992832013-01-10T14:06:16.135-06:002013-01-10T14:06:16.135-06:00Good post.I just have a couple points you might th...Good post.I just have a couple points you might think about.<br /><br />Under the law certain sins demanded the death penalty. While people could forgive most things, and drop the penalty, I think John was saying we were not obligated that the penalty be dropped in such cases.<br /><br />The word church comes from a word meaning assembly. The universal church will never assembly until the Lord returns, so at the present time we participate in the local visible church as subsets of that heavenly church. When it does meet, it will be a local church for all who are members. Nowhere in scripture do I find a reference to an invisible church. When we meet iDonald Fishgrabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977970195032209188noreply@blogger.com