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Guojing · 2025-11-09T19:30:01-0600

fli said:
I am begotten by God. I did not do any work to be saved.

That means you believe salvation/eternal life, is by faith alone, without works.

fli said:
Then I replied to BelieveItOarKnot of his comment that Jesus will reward those who give a cup of water to His brethren. The reward for blessing Jesus' brethren is the Matthew 25 judgment which corresponds to the Revelation white throne judgment. That judgment is for those who have blessed Jesus' brethren. None of us who are born of, adopted by, God will be judged at the white throne. Those of us who are born of God will live in heaven and have spiritual bodies. Those who enter eternal life from the white throne judgment will live on the new earth, not be allowed entry into heaven and still be flesh and blood. Yes, their work of blessing Jesus' brethren earned them a place on the new earth.

So to you, what differentiate your salvation from those who face the white throne judgement?

How come you could eternal life without works, but they had to bless Jesus's brethren to enter eternal life?

ThatRobGuy · 2025-11-09T19:29:56-0600

Richard T said:
It seems the USA is in recent times elevating white hegemony. So that this trend in politics and policy might also explain why there is a drop in rap seems at least plausible.

Per my previous post, I think it's more of a "Swifties Hegemony" happening lol.

It's sort of a more modern version of when Michael Jackson released Thriller, and almost every song from that album occupied a top 40 spot.
(as a more recent example, one of Drake's albums had the same deal... 21 tracks... all placed in the top 100 simultaneously)

DragonFox91 · 2025-11-09T19:26:21-0600

I think Habakkuk is one of the few books I haven't read.

It's interesting to me how the prophets were picked to be Scriuptual when the prophets were often in the minority. What would lead the mob to pick them as canon?

Yarddog · 2025-11-09T19:26:13-0600

rjs330 said:
Good question. I don't think they do. If anyone does its pretty tiny minority of people.

I would say the same about ICE. Many don't like that they've been called into cities and make arrests based on quotas but they don't hate the agents.

Guojing · 2025-11-09T19:26:12-0600

rachelrising said:
Christ asks us to keep his Commandments and to believe in him and to also nurture our first passions for the faith in Revelations 2 for me I would say try and do the will of God in my life. Works can vary on capability of what you can do there was the lady with the two coins and the lazy servant. They will decide alone and we can do our best to follow them and what they say.

Alright, glad you clarified.

rjs330 · 2025-11-09T19:25:56-0600

FAITH-IN-HIM said:
American people from important issues by focusing on Mandami the socialist, they may find themselves surprised after the November elections. next year

I agree. If Congress doesn't get back to work and start focusing on bringing costs down they will lose out. Its typical though for the party in power to lose the mid terms. So even if they do lose the house it honestly should be expected.

But they need to show some progress if they want to at least minimize the losses. The media and democrats are going to hammer on tge fact that there is inflation even thougj its better than the Biden years. T h e Republicans have been able to do anything to bring costs down except for gas prices.

Guojing · 2025-11-09T19:24:53-0600

RandyPNW said:
The prophecy in Dan 9 and the Olivet Discourse of Jesus were focused upon the time of Jesus' earthly ministry, leading to his being "cut off." Both prophecies spoke of the fall of Jerusalem and the fall of the Temple following Israel's apostasy and rejection of Christ.

The Mark of the Beast was spoken of by John after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD and refers to the prophecy in Dan 7, where the "Little Horn," aka the Antichrist, will reign for 3.5 years, unmolested on earth and raining terror down upon the saints, ie the Church. And so, we are talking about two separate prophecies, one focusing upon Israel and the other focusing upon the entire Church at the end of the age.

So, when you claim that "The very thing described in Matthew and Mark as the AoD Luke identifies as the Roman Army of Jesus' time", it is actually your own interpretation and not what Luke identified.

There is nothing in Luke that linked the Olivet Discourse to the Roman Army.

DragonFox91 · 2025-11-09T19:23:48-0600

Today I was looking at a picture hanging in the wall & making a story out of the scene in it.
I'd ask 'In the days of technology, do people still do that?' But when I was growing up, not many seemed to.
We s/n need 'moving pictures.' We can do it in our mind.

.Mikha'el. said:
Why is it always a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? Why couldn't it be a jelly and peanut butter sandwich?

Ha ha my niece was saying the same thing today.

FaithT · 2025-11-09T19:21:56-0600

Michie said:
I’ll try to get to it soon.

Ok thanks.

mourningdove~ · 2025-11-09T19:20:31-0600

Chesterton said:
I enjoy hanging out with him when I do, but ultimately I only want the relationship of priest and parishioner. When I said in the OP that John and I were not friends but friendly, that was the best way I could think of to describe it. I've played basketball with him, had lunch with him, had a few long deep talks with him, but he's a family man, and not like one of my actual friends that I'd call up and say "hey, you wanna go do such and such".

After reading all that you've shared, I can better understand why you're now questioning John's recent peculiar response regarding the ballgame. While not close personal friends, you two do definitely appear to have a relationship on some level, and some good history. To approach him with your concerns about this matter sounds very wise to me.

Relationships can so easily fall apart over things like this incident. I guess I haven't wanted to see that happen in this instance, so that's why I've taken the time to respond. You appear to have 'a good thing' going for you in your church. (Such a hard thing that is to find nowadays!) Not to get too spiritual on you, but it's not hard for me to imagine that the 'enemy' (aka 'the great divider'!) might like very much to fracture your relationship with John. Good that you care enough not to let that happen.

God bless!

Dikaioumenoi · 2025-11-09T19:20:25-0600

Freth said:
Chosen in Him

Being Chosen in Him = God's will for us: "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will."

God chose us, but it is our free will to choose Him.

Our Free Will

Having Free Will = Either Doing His will or not doing His will: If we are doing His will then we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. If we are not doing His will, then we are not being holy, are not without blame before Him in love.

One can reasonably conclude that it is when we choose Him and do His will that our names are written in the book of life, and that the phrase "book of life from the foundation of the world" refers to the book itself existing before creation, and that it is part of the overall plan of salvation, which includes "...the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" and "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love."

But what I don't see in your explanation is an exegetical argument from Scripture, or a rebuttal of what I have already offered to the contrary. Respectfully, the ability to describe a point of view is no indication on its own that it is actually what the biblical authors intended to communicate. The latter is what must concern us.

The structure of Paul's argument in Eph. 1 simply does not allow for human choice to precede or condition divine election. Notice the order of clauses:

καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, ἵνα ἦμεν ἅγιοι καὶ ἄμωμοι...

God chose (ἐξελέξατο) before the foundation of the world in order that (ἵνα) we might be holy and blameless. Holiness isn't the basis of being chosen; it is the intended outcome. Likewise, verse 5 grounds predestination "according to the good pleasure of His will" (κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ), not ours.

Human faith and obedience are therefore the fruit of election, not its cause. To invert that order is to ignore what Paul wrote.

As for the Book of Life, Scripture never describes anyone's name being newly written because of faith; it speaks of those whose names "were written from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8; 17:8). The "foundation of the world" modifier applies to the writing, not the book. That means God's saving decree precedes both creation and human response.

So yes, believers truly choose Christ and obey Him. But they do so because God first chose them in Christ. Election isn't God's response to human decision, nor does it erase human decision; rather, it is the divine cause behind it.

Jipsah · 2025-11-09T19:19:22-0600

LoveGodsWord said:
My view is we should be more worries about understanding what the mark of the beast is so that we can avoid receiving Gods' judgements.

Just make sure you don't offer a sacrifice to an image of Caesar.

Akita Suggagaki · 2025-11-09T19:16:08-0600

From William Barber II and Jim Wallace to Billy Graham Jr. and I don’t even know the other prominent voices. As a Catholic I will hear out the bishops and usually defer to them.

contratodo · 2025-11-09T19:13:14-0600

Warden_of_the_Storm said:
What else would the light source have been if it couldn't have been the sun

Yes, the light source is the sun, the following image shows an approximation of what they experienced and why there is always light at that time of year in that spot.

The little gray dot is an approximation of where they are and the orange shows the path of the sun, at different times of year that path widens and moves, thus different parts of the land get different amounts of light.

My drawing is not a perfect representation, and from looking at the videos more closely now, in the 360 view on my phone, the path is more directly over them than what I drew, from what we can see in the videos the sun looks to be pretty much over them the whole time, it really does not look like it is millions of miles away, but rather circling directly above them. For some reason the path of the sun gets close to that spot at certain times of year, then moves back and expands at other times of the year.
The correction my image needs is for the path to be over the grey dot.

Jipsah · 2025-11-09T19:10:44-0600

Jipsah said:
Co-pilot is still one of the pilots, and on a long run he's going to be doing the flying a goodly portion of the time.

Anyway, the term co-redeemer creates more confusion than understanding, and on that basis alone it ought to be dropped.

Bradskii · 2025-11-09T19:05:32-0600

Postvieww said:
He is also aggressively seeking 1.2 million dollars from a California church . Over covid violations. Will that help his national profile? Voters open your eyes!

Will you now please correct your post? I'm sure that you wouldn't want to be associated with what someone told you now knowing that it's a lie.

Dikaioumenoi · 2025-11-09T19:03:50-0600

fhansen said:
God's focus is on man.

Can a perfectly holy and righteous being delight in that which is less than perfectly holy and righteous (man), more than that which is (Himself)?

The Liturgist · 2025-11-09T18:56:56-0600

The Barbarian said:
I'm not encouraged by the idea of machines thinking for us. But I think it could be handled.

The trick is to not use AI to think for us, but to think with us, symbiotically, as a tool and force multiplier, not a substitute.

GodAndChocolateVanilla · 2025-11-09T18:56:54-0600

God please help me.

SabbathBlessings · 2025-11-09T18:55:46-0600

Carl Emerson said:
Sorry but you didn't respond to my question...

How can obeying the Spirit possibly violate the intent of the Law ?

I did. You just don't seem to like the answer the Scriptures tell us plainly. I know it sounds good to think we are abiding in His Spirit without obeying His laws, but the Scriptures clearly says something different.

That's about all I can do post the Scripture, so I will just agree to disagree and it will get sorted out in God's time.

Be well.

Bradskii · 2025-11-09T18:52:29-0600

BPPLEE said:
That's an equivalent of $400 million in TODAY'S dollars.
He didn't receive but about a fourth of that.
So get your calculator out again

Yeah, today's dollars to today's dollars. It's just 17.5x. Mine is significantly better than that. And making money was all he was trying to do.

ThatRobGuy · 2025-11-09T18:47:28-0600

Kansas AG files charges against newly reelected mayor for voting as non-US citizen

Jose "Joe" Ceballos, 54, a two-time city council member, was reelected as mayor this week by the residents of Coldwater, Kansas, population 687.

www.usatoday.com

Attorney General Kris Kobach said Jose Ceballos, 54, is a Mexican citizen with legal permanent residency in the United States but is not a citizen. Ceballos was re-elected as mayor this week by residents of Coldwater, a community of 687 people in southwestern Kansas.

Skip Herd, Coldwater city attorney, told Wichita's KWCH-TV that Ceballos, who he said holds a green card, drew "red flags" by applying for permanent citizenship.

“He’s been a registered voter since 1990," Herd told the news station. "He applied for citizenship in February of this year, and through that, raised the issue of whether he was a legal citizen,” Herd said.

BCP1928 · 2025-11-09T18:44:01-0600

rjs330 said:
Then get a better paying job.

And if you can't then take the welfare.

Richard T · 2025-11-09T18:28:42-0600

I used to almost say I would be sorry when the American economy crashes, but now I am just honest and will be happy to get back to the reality of the monster that exists in the financial markets, U.S. government budget, and social security shortcomings. Why the lack of concern? Because these monsters are unsustainable and the longer we weight the worse it will be. Spiritually, too the love of money seems quite elevated. So a humbling economy is likely God's will. This does not mean all believers must suffer but we have to check ourselves concerning the use and abuse of money. I know I still lacking in this area.

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