Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. Genesis 4:17

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There are two Enoch's in the scriptures, the other being the Son of Jared who walked with God.

So who is this son of Cain called Enoch ?

In the Book 'The Genesis 6 Conspiracy' by Gary Wayne, he states that this Enoch was evil who took after his father Cain. So apparently it is Cain's decedents (blood line ) who are the Kings, Queens, Illuminati & the Freemasons we have of today.
Before the flood of Noah it was Enoch who carved out on rock in hieroglyphics the 7 sacred sciences, these were placed in a vault somewhere, as not to be lost, which were discovered by Nimrod

So truly Nimrod was the very first King & Freemason.

1. So were these rocks that Nimrod discovered the Emerald Tablets ?
2. who was Hermes Trismegistos ?
3. Was Nimrod or Hermes the first to introduce hieroglyphics to Egypt ?
4 Are the Kings & queens of today the bloodline of Cain ?
5. Why are the kings & queens of today into Freemasonry big time ?

For any one who is interested in this subject should read Gary's book, very interesting it is on PDF also.

I posted this in another thread but I am currently single and I have a guy friend that I have been talking to for awhile and he is a great christian man and we both like each other. We seem to be equally yolked and both have a strong faith for Jesus. The only issue is that he has kids from a previous relationship and I do not want any kids. This situation is hard because he is a great christian guy and would be someone I am def interested in dating but I do not want any children, at least not right now. Maybe 1 in the future but not 100% sure. We talked about this before and decided to just remain friends but I feel as though this keeps popping up in my head and sometimes we do a flirt a little still. My question is should we just strictly remain friends and set up more boundaries? I just do not want this to feel like a friend's with benefit type thing since we are not dating and dont plan on it soon. Should I not let the idea of not wanting kids get in the way of a potential relationship? I just need some Godly advice if anyone can help. Thanks

If we read this in its full context we realize that this was written by King David. And in this Psalm he spoke of how blessed we are whose sins have been forgiven by God, whose sins are not now held against us in whose spirit there is no deceit. And then he shared of a time in his life when he had sinned against the Lord, but he kept silent about his sin, and so the Lord’s hand was heavy upon him.

But then he acknowledged his sin to the Lord, and he did not cover up his iniquity as he had previously done, but he agreed with God and he aligned with God about his sin and he repented of his sins (he turned from his sins) and then the Lord forgave the iniquity of his sin. And so he then encouraged all the godly to offer prayers to God, and God would be their hiding place, and he would preserve from trouble those whose trust was in him.

And then he went from that to the quoted section of this Psalm above, which sounds as though it is God speaking, yet many believe it was David still speaking, that he was the one who was going to instruct the people in the ways of the Lord, in the ways that they should go, and that he would counsel them with a watchful eye over their lives to warn them to not be stubborn as a mule and to not resist the will of God and to go their own way, instead.

But whether it was God speaking directly or it was David speaking, God did speak through human beings, such as through David and through God’s prophets, and so he used human beings to speak his words to other human beings, just as he still does today. But we must be very discerning with regard from whom we receive instructions and counsel, for not everyone who professes faith in Jesus Christ is following Jesus and teaching the truth.

So I counsel you to test everyone and everything you read or hear against the Scriptures in their full and appropriate context. For many lies are being spread from Scriptures taught outside of their context and twisted to say what they do not say if they are taught in context. And I counsel you not to be bullheaded and think that you can go your own way, and not God’s way, and that God is still going to let you into his heaven. He won’t!

For the Scriptures teach that we must deny self, die daily to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands if we want to have eternal life with God. And if we choose, instead, to hold on to our old lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. For if sin is what we practice, and not righteousness and holiness, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, God’s word teaches that we will not inherit eternal life with God.

But many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ are still walking in sin, still deliberately and habitually sinning against the Lord while claiming for themselves salvation from sin and eternal life with God. But that does not agree with Scripture, and for those who know better, they are miserable. For the only way to true peace with God, and true joy, is to walk in obedience to our Lord and to be the upright in heart, in practice, in the power of God.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

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I Sing of His Mercy

An Original Work / April 10, 2014
Based off Psalm 32

Blessed are those whose sins are forgiven
By the blood of Jesus Christ.
Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does
Not count against them; freedom found.
When, in silence, I did not confess
My sin to You; had no strength.
Then I owned up to my sin and
You forgave and cleansed me within.

Therefore let the godly pray to You;
Draw near to You; grace they’ll find.
They will not be o’ertaken by afflictions,
But in Christ peace abounds.
Lord, You are my hiding place.
I find my refuge in You secure.
You protect me from all evil.
You give songs of vict’ry in You.

Lord, You teach me to walk in Your ways;
Counsel me in love, I know.
Help me to not be stubborn and
Unwilling to follow in Your truth.
Thank You for Your love and mercy.
I put my trust in You always.
I rejoice in my Lord and
I sing of Him throughout all my days.

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Pray that The Holy Spirit comforts & heals all those affected by the deadly violent stabbings that occurred at a Shopping Mall in Sydney, Australia on 13-April-2024:

If asked what a dinosaur sounded like, many people would likely recall the roaring T. rex of Jurassic Park. However, that earth-shaking bellow seems to be a case of Hollywood exercising some creative liberty. While we don't know what these reptiles really sounded like, since they mostly died out some 66 million years ago, scientists at least have some reasonable ideas based on the anatomical structures of well-preserved fossils, combined with studies of the dinosaurs and their close relatives that exist today.

Continued below.

I have been a Acts 9 , Dispensationalist and one person that I know said to me , did I know , that in Rom 16:7 that Andronicus and Junias , my fellow countrymen and my fellow prisoners , who are illustrious among the apostles , who also have BECOME in Christ BEFORE ME .

I believe that Saul / Paul as the first ONE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST !!

So how could anyone be IN CHRIST , before Saul / Paul ??

Your thoughts ??

dan p

Iran has suspended commercial traffic over its' airspace. Iranian and Israeli embassies are being evacuated. Widespread blackouts in Israel due to cyber attacks on grid. Israeli cargo vessel seized by Iran. Netanyahu takes refuge in a nuclear bunker. Biden suspends his vacation. Israel jams GPS throughout the region. IDF sets guidelines to end protests by Israelis.

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What can we derive from this? If the war ramps up in the Middle East; we can expect to see oil prices skyrocket. They are already climbing quickly. Civilization as we know it is fueled by oil. It's possible that we could see another Middle East oil embargo. This could cause the price of oil to climb at even a greater rate. Financial analysts have purported that if crude reaches $130/barrel; that it would have such severe effects on the supply chain; that it could send the entire world into economic collapse. The supply chain is already strained with disruptions to Middle East shipping channels. All of this might explain why the price of gold is skyrocketing. The smart money is buying physical assets.

I've been investing heavily in practical assets that I might need if I'm forced to live a more primitive lifestyle.

Let us prepare for the worst, and pray for the best.

Dear prophecy enthusiasts, if you have any notion of where this is going, from a prophetic perspective, please give me your insight? Thank you!

Kim Jong Un Threatens North Korea's Enemies With 'Death Blow'​

A bullish Kim Jong Un toured North Korea's top military institute on Wednesday and reaffirmed his goal of creating the "world's strongest army," state media said, amid sky high tensions with the United States and its allies.

Kim, 40, visited Kim Jong Il University of Military and Politics—named for his father—for the first time since it opened a decade ago, urging cadets at the elite academy to perfect the art of winning wars, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Thursday.

North Korea's strongman leader described the global environment as one of "ever-escalating violence and armed conflicts," and the regional situation around his country as "insecure and unstable," the KCNA said.

"[N]ow is the time to be more thoroughly prepared for a war than ever before," Kim was quoted as saying, adding that "the [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] should be more firmly and perfectly prepared for a war."

If North Korea's enemy "opts for military confrontation," Kim reportedly said, without naming any country, "the DPRK will deal a death blow to the enemy without hesitation by mobilizing all means in its possession.

The KCNA report was published a day after South Korea held its general election, in which the main opposition Democratic Party won a landslide parliamentary majority over the conservative People Power Party of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Seoul accused Pyongyang of interfering in the vote with "provocations."

KCNA photographs of Kim's university tour showed him inspecting a raised-relief map of Seoul and aerial images of air bases used by American and South Korean forces.

He has discussed military plans in front of maps of South Korea on seven occasions in the last two years, according to the specialist website NK News.

In the past few weeks, Kim has been photographed personally leading tank, artillery and paratrooper drills—all described by state media as defensive measures against the U.S.-South Korea alliance.

Kim also has kept up a steady streak of ballistic missile tests, largely ignoring the long list of U.N. Security Council sanctions levied on his government in the past decade.

Long-time observers say Kim is likely to continue as the United States heads into its own presidential election this fall, with a view to extracting concessions for his troubled economy.

Washington has accused Moscow and Beijing of offering Pyongyang political cover by vetoing further punitive measures at the Security Council. In addition, Russia is alleged to have received North Korean weapons for use in Ukraine in exchange for assisting in Kim's burgeoning military satellite program.

Both North Korea and Russia have repeatedly denied trading arms, which would be a further violation of U.N. sanctions.

Kim may be on a war footing, analysts say, but he is not short of friends.

Zhao Leji, the Chinese Communist Party's No. 3 official, was scheduled to arrive in Pyongyang on Thursday for a three-day visit to mark "China-DPRK Friendship Year," according to the Foreign Ministry in Beijing.

Kim Jong Un threatens North Korea's enemies with "death blow"

Kim was pictured inspecting maps and models of South Korea in a pointed message to the U.S. ally.

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And this article from 6 years ago shows how North Korea might likely wage war, and it's pretty nasty:

Here’s what war with North Korea would look like

A full-blown war with North Korea wouldn’t be as bad as you think. It would be much, much worse.

www.vox.com

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Iran's retaliation for Israel's attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus has begun.

Iran launched drone attack on Israel, U.S. and Israel officials say

Iran launched dozens of drones against Israel on Saturday night local time, four U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios.

It is the first time Iran launched an attack from its soil against Israel. It's unclear what the targets are.


It will take approximately 8 to 9 hours for these drones to reach Israel. Iran also has cruise missiles that can reach Israel in 2 hours and ballistic missiles that can reach Israel in less than 15 minutes.

What are Iran’s missile and drone capabilities?

Report says ballistic missiles fired from Iran would take 12 minutes to reach Israel, cruise missiles would take two hours, and drones would reach targets in nine hours

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A couple of weeks ago, I made a decision that saved me from getting into a huge problem. I received a message from God through a movie and swiftly acted on it.

Quite uncanny to say the least. It was the new movie Argylle. The lead character is practically me, aside from being female. While she (warning, movie spoiler alert!) is an amnesiac writing a spy novel and assume it's all fiction and not fragments of missing memories, I've had quite a few dreams of working as a spy (some of them I posted in this section last year) and my overseas co-workers had suspected me of being Mossad. The lead character had also been suspected of being a real spy by a "fan".

Other commonalities, we both skate and I'm currently training myself in figure skating. We've also been in a recent accident. We're both members of a discreet organization with uncanny similarities like having no address and other similarities I won't mention. Mine is not a spy org and does nothing illegal and totally legit but the movie is clearly pointing to the org I'm a member of.

Her rescuer is also very much like me. I love wearing flannel shirts like his cover identity. He's also good at self-haircut. I also cut my own hair and been doing it for almost 10 years now. Like in other spy movies, they seem to indicate that deep undercover agents must be good at cutting their own hair to aid in disguising. There are other similarities I won't mention because they're so private to be shared. They're just technically me. They even had Dua Lipa in there and I think I wrote about a dream here that later ended up in one of her music video that I've never seen before.

Going back to the org which is an evil org in the movie (not in mine despite the uncanny similarities though mine seemed like a very shady org even though they're perfectly legit). The lead character later got back her memories and remembered working for that evil org.

In the end, she successfully cut ties with the org quite spectacularly.

I did exactly the same thing after watching the movie, except I did not blow up nor destroyed anything. I simply ceased being a member of that org I joined.

The movie is just so uncanny and is practically almost about me so I had to think it must be from God. And thank God I acted in a similar manner as the lead character based on what I saw in the movie. I took the message very seriously.

Just a few weeks later after what I did, the org I was a member ran into a huge problem that could have affected me so badly and praise God, I was no longer with them!

Just to make it clear, I'm not a spy, nor an undercover agent. Because if I'm really one, I would not be making this post! And I'm probably too inept to be one.

"Trump is not charged with any wrongdoing in reaching a “hush money settlement” with Daniels. He is charged with entering those payments in his accounting register as “legal retainer” with the specific intent to aid and conceal another crime. The prosecutors are mum about what Trump should have put in his register. Perhaps if he had entered “legal bologna” or “legal extortion payments,” he would be in the clear.
Trump never sought a tax deduction on the payments, and was apparently following the legal advice of his now-discredited and convicted fraudster lawyer, Michael Cohen. Prosecutors must not only prove it was wrong to enter these payments in the manner Trump did, they must prove it was done with criminal intent."
A jury of all never-Trumpers should not be allowed.

Being lost is a state of madness. It is the insanity perpetrated by the darkness inflicted on all men by the god of this world, the devil.

Ecclesiastes 7:25 KJV
25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things,
and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:


Ecclesiastes 9:3 KJV
3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea,
also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live,
and after that they go to the dead.

2 Peter 2:15-16 KJV
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor,
who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

The prodigal son was said to be out of his mind, and when he "came to himself," that realization ignited repentance within his heart.

Luke 15:17 KJV
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

Those who crucified our Lord were out of their minds, in darkness, and filled with madness.

Luke 23:34 KJV
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Acts 3:14-17 KJV
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea,
the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

Luke 23:33-34 KJV
33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors,
one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

1 Timothy 1:13 KJV
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

John 12:38-40 KJV
38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report?
and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart,
and be converted, and I should heal them.

2 Corinthians 4:4 KJV
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

In this state of madness, people are lost in the darkness and cannot believe. Repentance is the realization, the "coming to your self" and right mind. You see your state, and flee back to the Father, humble and broken, offering nothing, desiring only to become a servant.

This post follows an article written by Russell Moore,
editor of Christianity Today.

Christianity Today Editor Rips Republicans For Lacking 'Moral Vision' In Abortion Stances

With the cancerous growth of political tribes in America, the true voice of historical Christians is being subsumed by ludicrous conspiracy theories, and golden sneakers.

Although Biden claims to be a Catholic Christian, his loyalty to the Democratic Party's position on abortion, is completely at odds with being a Catholic Christian.

Although Trump claims to be sensitive to Evangelical Protestant Christians, his logically incoherent statements on the law and morality are incompatible both with historic Christianity, and the historic definition of a fair rule of law.

It's time that ALL Christian groups in America realize that there is no American political party that represents them. And this grinding fact, is clear on the topic of abortion.

Russell Moore, editor of Christianity Today, is right. American Christians should never let the political parties presume to speak for historical Christians.

American Christians need to vote for a candidate that will uphold the fair rule of law in America, regardless of the outcome of court decisions. This, at least, will uphold freedom of religion for Christians in America. That is a basic starting point.

Then, at the state level, Christians should be quite clear that our bodies are not our own -- they belong to God. And we have a moral-ethical OUGHT to live in our bodies, in a way that is righteous and brings honor to God. This contradicts the lawless posturing of Donald Trump, who thinks that the law of the land is only valid if it acquits him of dozens of felony charges. This contradicts the immoral tolerance by Joe Biden of abortion on demand, which historic Christians have always associated with murder of a human being.

The teaching of the Bible on how we ought to use our bodies, is offensive to BOTH of the caricatured policies of the American political parties.

And American Christians must come to grips with the fact that orthodox Christian teaching has now become offensive to both of the main political parties.

American Christians must stop voting for political parties, and start to vote strategically first to uphold a fair rule of law, and to uphold public safety, but then also to support freedom of religion for orthodox Christian groups that are increasingly treated as second class citizens.

And Christians in America need to reject the political rhetoric of the political parties, that claims to uphold Christian values and morality. The behavior of the House is despicable. The behavior of Donald Trump is despicable. The claim by Joe Biden to be a Catholic Christian is despicable.

Christians need to extricate themselves from their attachments to either of these political parties. And Christians need to start voting as a completely independent block of voters, cut free of the childish conspiracy theories that Trump trumpets, or the fake Christian associations that Biden claims to have.

English Standard Version, Galatians 2:16a

yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ,

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faith
πίστεως (pisteōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

in Jesus
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord, and two other Israelites.

We have two genitive nouns in apposition. The English preposition "in" is supplied by the genitive case and is not explicitly present in Greek.

Alternatively, Berean Literal Bible:

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, except through faith from Jesus Christ

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BLB translated it according to the genitive of origin, i.e., faith originated from Jesus.

Moreover, King James Bible:

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ

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KJV used the genitive of identification, i.e., Jesus is the faith and faith is Jesus.

Usually, I go against KJV translation and favor the more modern versions. Even NKJV updated it to "faith in Jesus Christ".

Let's continue, Galatians 2:16b:

so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ [πίστεως Χριστοῦ ] and not by works of the law

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have believed
ἐπιστεύσαμεν (episteusamen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

in
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Christ
Χριστὸν (Christon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

Now we have the Greek "in". No translation controversy here. It is explicitly required because the accusative does not supply it.

The next part, "faith in Christ" [πίστεως Χριστοῦ ] is again in genitive apposition.

To be consistent with part a, KJV part b:

even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ

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Overall, for this verse, I like the KJV "faith of Christ" indicating genitive of origin and identification.

For the whole verse, King James Bible, Galatians 2:16:

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ,

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i.e., the faith that comes from Jesus and that identifies with Jesus, and not the faith from ourselves

even we have believed in Jesus Christ,

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Yes, we have the responsibility to actively believe in Jesus as an action. (John 6:29)

that we might be justified by the faith of Christ,

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However, justification is from Christ and of the person of Christ.

and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

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It's the works of God that matter. See He remains faithful.

This is a rare occasion where I favor KJV over ESV

See also JUSTIFICATION by works, grace, or faith?.

There was a knife attack at a shopping centre in Bondi today. It appears to be about 2.5 kms (1.5 miles) west from (world famous) Bondi Beach.


As yet we haven't been told the motive but six people are dead including the assailant who was shot dead by a female police officer.

The assailant was "known to police" but that's about all we know. At this stage they don't think it's an act of political or religious terrorism.

I think one of our Australian forum members might live not too far away but I'm not sure which. I'm assuming that based on a posted photo taken by a drone which looked north towards Sydney Heads. It was posted a few months ago. My apologies if I'm incorrect.

Several other people are in hospital, some seriously injured.

“In him we have redemption” (salvation; deliverance from sin) “through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us” (Eph. 1:7-8a). “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more” (Heb. 8:12). “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 Jn. 1:9). “Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out” (Ac. 3:19).

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb. 4:15-16). “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one” (2 Thess. 3:3).

“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh” (Gal. 5:16). “…be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph. 5:18b-20).

I Sing of His Mercy

An Original Work / April 10, 2014
Based off Psalm 32

Blessed are those whose sins are forgiven
By the blood of Jesus Christ.
Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does
Not count against them; freedom found.
When, in silence, I did not confess
My sin to You; had no strength.
Then I owned up to my sin and
You forgave and cleansed me within.

Therefore let the godly pray to You;
Draw near to You; grace they’ll find.
They will not be o’ertaken by afflictions,
But in Christ peace abounds.
Lord, You are my hiding place.
I find my refuge in You secure.
You protect me from all evil.
You give songs of vict’ry in You.

Lord, You teach me to walk in Your ways;
Counsel me in love, I know.
Help me to not be stubborn and
Unwilling to follow in Your truth.
Thank You for Your love and mercy.
I put my trust in You always.
I rejoice in my Lord and
I sing of Him throughout all my days.

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Heavenly Father may the people of God have no tangible enemies. May Lucifer and all unclean spirits have no power against God's own children. For the adversary has been disarmed. (Colossians 2:15) May we all no longer be a target. May all schemes be deleted, shut down, discarded, ruined. Thank You Jesus Amen.

I believe that the subject of “law and grace” is one of the most difficult and complicated subjects in the New Testament Scriptures, and one of the most widely misinterpreted and abused and misused of all the Scriptures, too, especially for all of us who did not grow up as Jews during the time period prior to Jesus’ death on that cross and his resurrection from the dead when he did away with the Old Covenant liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification and dietary laws, including the requirement for circumcision.

For many people today, possibly the majority here in America, are interpreting these verses to say that we are no longer under any law, and therefore we do not have to submit to Christ as Lord, and we do not have to repent of (turn away from) our sins, and that we do not have to obey God at all. And if we read these verses out of the context of the whole of the teachings in the book of Romans, I can see where people might come to that conclusion, which is why context is critical to correct biblical understanding.

But if we read the whole of the book of Romans, and the whole of the teachings in the New Testament, that should dispel that notion. For we will learn that faith in Jesus Christ = obedience to his commands under the New Covenant, which are primarily his moral laws which never went away. And we will learn that if we do not obey our Lord’s commandments (New Covenant) that we do not have salvation from sin, we don’t know God, and we do not have eternal life with God, regardless of what we profess.

So when this teaches salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, that faith is not lawless. We just aren’t under the Old Covenant liturgical laws that the Jews of old had to obey. For this faith comes from God, it is not of our own doing, it is perfected by Christ, it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God to do the will of God for our lives. But we are not saved by doing a list of ceremonial laws and works that have nothing to do with our salvation from sin. Yet our salvation is not absent of works, for we still have to obey God.

[Hebrews 12:1-2; Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Titus 2:14]

For what is the righteousness of God? It is divine approval, the approval of God, and it is what is deemed right by the Lord, i.e. what is approved in his eyes. And all throughout the New Testament we learn that what God approves is us surrendered to him to do his will, doing what he commands us to do, dying to sin daily, and walking in obedience to his commands in holy living and no longer in sinful rebellion against the Lord. And if we hold on to sin and we don’t obey him, we do not have eternal life in him.

And what is God’s grace? His grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce (say “No!” to) ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return. For Jesus Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works,” “which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:10; cf. Romans 2:6-8; Philippians 2:12-13).

And what is redemption? It has to do with God buying us back from our lives of slavery to sin and winning us back to him and to his righteousness and holiness. It involves us being rescued from what enslaved us so that we can now live for our Lord and honor him with our lives. It is about deliverance from our old lives of living in sin so that we can now live holy lives, pleasing to God. And to be reconciled to God means that we change from living in sin and for self to now following our Lord in obedience to his commands.

And what was the gospel that Jesus taught? He said that if anyone would come after him, he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our old lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if for Jesus’ sake we deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience to his commands, then we have the hope of eternal life with God. But if we deny him with our lives then when he returns he will deny us (see Luke 9:23-26).

So, we are not under the Old Covenant liturgical and ceremonial laws. We do not have to obey them as the Jews of old had to. But faith in Jesus Christ is obedience to him and to his commands under the New Covenant, and it is walking in holiness and in righteousness, and it is dying daily to sin and living for the Lord in doing whatever it is that he commands us to do. For by faith we die to our old lives of living in sin so that we now walk by faith in obedience to our Lord in holy living, which is pleasing to God.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

He Gives Purpose

An Original Work / June 9, 2012

“Listen to Me when I’m calling to you.
Obey freely My word.
Follow Me in all of My ways.
Do all that I say.
Hear Me gently whisper to you
My will for your life and future.
Give all of your life and heart to
Follow Me always.”

Repent of your sins and worship Jesus.
He’s your Lord and Master.
He died for your sins so you could
Live with Him today.
He has a plan for your life and
He gives purpose and direction.
He gives meaning to your life,
So follow Him today.

“I love you so much I gave My life for
You to walk in My ways,
Living for Me each day as you
Bow to Me and pray.
Witness for Me of your love for Me and
Of My grace and mercy,
How I died to save you of your
Sins now and always.”

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New here just wanted to say hello, little bit about me Was raised a Methodist I’m now Baptist Retired from the railroad live in Maryland love spending time in his word and time with my grandchildren. Hope to learn something here make new friends. God bless

Ephesians 6:10-18

I can ask and think some pretty big things. He can do exceedingly abundantly above all that!

Ephesians 3:20-21 KJV
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

1 John 5:14-15 KJV
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Much of Prayer and faith is just daring to do it!

Mark 9:23 KJV
23. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

Mark 11:23 KJV
23. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Mark 11:24 ISV
24. That is why I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.

Matthew 7:7-8 KJV
7. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

John 14:12-14 KJV
12. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

John 15:7-8 KJV
7.If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Mark 11:24 KJV
24. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Luke 1:37 KJV
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Mark 10:27 KJV
27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

Matthew 17:20 KJV
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Mark 11:24 RV
24 Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye have received them, and ye shall have them.


Matthew 18:19 RV
19 Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 21:22 RV
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

John 16:23-24 RV
23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be fulfilled.

1 John 3:22 RV
22 and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

I had a conversation with a coworker about how my voice sounds at work an t honestly rubbed me the wrong way. I've been told that my customer service voice sounds like a Disney princess but honestly i take it as an insult. The more irritated i actually am the more try to hide it and thus sound fake or as a man the other day said" anyone ever tell you you have the voice of a child?" I feel like the more i try to be a better person it just explodes in my face and i end up looking or feeling ridiculous. I've been really depressed lately and anxious but I'm constantly surrounded by non Christians so i feel like i have to hide it but then they think I'm cheerful as can be and that makes me more depressed. Anyone can relate? Please pray for me.

Please pray that The Holy Spirit grants Godly Wisdom & Proper Proportional Judicial Skills to Vietnam's politicians & judges by Overturning the death penalty ruling for a Businesswoman named Truong My Lan who engaged in fraudulent business practices that amounted to USD$12.5 Billion