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Xeno.of.athens · 2025-11-16T05:32:21-0600

Always in His Presence said:
Because some people here think because I am not Roman Catholic, it automatically makes me ignorant.

Do you mean that some people state those things?

Dan1988 · 2025-11-16T05:25:44-0600

Dan Perez said:
And this is what ACTS 15:1 SAYS !!

# 1 AND //. KAI ,is a CONJUNCATION

# 2 CERTAIN MEN //. TIS , INDEFINITE. PRONOUN , in a NOMINATIVE CASE , in. the PLURAL

# 3 WHICH CAME DOWN //. KATERCHOMIAI. , in. the. AORIST TENSE , in. the ACTIVE VOICE , a PARTICIPLE. in. the NOMINATIVE CASE.

in. the PLURAL

# 4 FROM // APO. , is a PREPOSITION

# 5. JUDAEA //. IOUDAIA , in the GENITIVE CASE , in. the SIGNULAR

# 6 TAUGHT //. DIDASKO. , is in the IMPERFECT TENSE , in. the ACTIVE VOICE , in. the INDICATIVE MOOD , in. the PLURAL

# 7 THE //. HO , is a DEFINITE ARTICLE , in the ACCUSATIVE CASE , in. the PLURAL

# 8 BRETHREN // ADELPHOS. , in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE , in. the PLURAL

# 9 AND SAID //. was added , EXCEPT // ME , is a DISJUNCATIVE PARTICLE NEGATIVE

# 10. YE BE CIRCUMCISED // PENTEMNO. , in. the PESENT TENSE , in the PASSIVE VOICE. in. the SUBJUNCTIVE. , in. the PLURAL

# 11 AFTER THE // THE , is a DEFINITE ARTICLE. , is in DATIVE. CASE. , in. the SINGULAR , is a NEUTER

# 12. MANNER. // ETHOS. in. the DATIVE CASE , in. the SINGULAR and. in. the NEUTER

# 13. OF MOSES // MOYSOS. in. the GENITIVE CASE. , in. the SINGULAR

# 14. NOT //. OU. is a DISJUNCATIVE PARTICLE NEGATIVE

# 15. YE CANNOT //. DYNAMA , in. the PRESENT TENSE in. the MIDDLE or PRESENT VOICE. in. the INDICATIVE MOOD , in. the PLURAL

#. 16. BE SAVED // SOZO in. the AORIST TENSE , in. the PASSIVE VOICE.

And this verse PLAINLY says men , to be saved , you have to be CIRCUMCISED

# 17. And just what are woman going to. DO. ??

# 18 Are we saved by Rom 10:9 and 10 , if you confess with your mouth the LORD JESUS. and should believe your heart. that GOD.

raised Him from the dead you WILL BE SAVED

# 19 Are you saved by Water Baptism

# 20. Saved by BEING BORN AGAIN ?

# 21 Saved by WATER and the SPIRIT ??

What say you. ??

dan p

Thanks for raising this important question. Many Christian Denominations teach that you can't be sure that you are saved, until judgement day.

But Gods Word reveals that believers can be sure of their salvation, in advance. If we believe what Gods Word reveals about the matter, then we can be 100% sure of our salvation.

You made reference to >>>>
Romans 10:9-10 If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

As we can see in the verses above, salvation is not a complicated set of requirements to fulfill in order to earn salvation, (as most Christian Denominations falsely teach).

God is not the Author of confusion, so salvation is extremely simple and anyone who simply confesses the Lord Jesus with their mouth and believes in their heart that God has raised Him from the dead, will be saved.

I love the simplicity and the verses and the promise of salvation. Notice there are no good works or keeping the law, required for salvation.
I believe the above, so I'm 100% sure that I am saved, the only way I could lose my salvation is if God lied and we know that's impossible.

Jerry N. · 2025-11-16T05:22:54-0600

prodromos said:
Another lie by @Apple Sky
Bart Sibrel did no such thing. If he claims he did then he is lying.
It is truly disturbing that you surround yourself with falsehood as that cannot possibly benefit your relationship with God and there has been a noticeable change for the worse in your posts over the last few weeks. I'm considering putting you on ignore and recommending that others do the same so that we do not unintentionally play a part in your downward spiral. Everyone has been extremely patient with you whereas you have lately been treating everyone with obvious disrespect. To treat your fellow Christians in that manner is not of God and has its source in another spirit that is unholy. It makes it quite clear that "flat earth" is a satanic deception.
I have not yet made up my mind about putting you on ignore but seeing the change in you since your husband passed is pushing me in that direction.

Deception is usually a sin, unless to protect somebody from harm. Satan is the great deceiver, but human beings are able to deceive without Satan’s help. The question is who is doing the deceiving and why? Is Bart Sibrel intentionally deceiving or is he deceived?

Benaiah468 · 2025-11-16T05:18:24-0600

If Jesus is literally going to reign on earth, then He must necessarily reign from a geographical standpoint. One of Jesus' names is ‘Son of David.’ Scripture is clear that the Messiah will reign over David's kingdom (the Kingdom of Israel) and that He will sit on David's throne (in Jerusalem). In order for Jesus to fulfil biblical prophecy, both the people of Israel and the city of Jerusalem must exist forever.

G-d has designated Jerusalem as Jesus' global headquarters on earth during the 1000-year kingdom. Jesus called it ‘the city of the great King’ (Matthew 5:35) because it is the city from which G-d's appointed Messiah will rule over the earth (Isaiah 9:6-7).

For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. Ps 132:13-14

Jesus comes to rule over the earth from Jerusalem. The establishment of G-d's kingdom throughout the earth is dynamically linked to Jesus' return to reign as King of the Jews in Israel. He will sit on David's throne (King of Israel) and his kingdom will never end

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. Isa 9:7

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord G-d shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Lk 1:32-33

G-d has determined that righteousness will shine forth from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth, fulfilling all His covenant promises to Israel as a nation, saving them, restoring them, and ruling over them from Jerusalem.

When Israel is saved and Jesus reigns from Jerusalem, the earth will be filled with G-d's glory

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Isa 11:9

Before Jesus ascended to heaven after his death, burial and resurrection, the disciples asked Him when the political kingdom of Israel would be restored

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? Acts 1:6

Some have used this passage to illustrate that the disciples were slow to understand the nature of the kingdom. However, Jesus does not rebuke them. He does not deny that there will be a physical, political manifestation of his kingdom. He merely says that the manifestation will not take place right now.

The prayer for Israel and Jerusalem is about the salvation of all Israel.

Jesus' return to Jerusalem depends on Israel's acceptance of their Messiah

For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Mt 23:39

We are aware that G-d does not have a separate path for the salvation of Israel. Paul is very clear that there is no inherent privilege outside of a personal relationship with Jesus

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. Rom 10:12

The salvation of all Israel (Romans 11:26) refers to the nation as a whole returning to the covenant with the G-d of Israel through the blood of Jesus.

SabbathBlessings · 2025-11-16T05:10:41-0600

linux.poet said:
That is not correct. The definition of sin is simple: to do what God tells us not to do or to not do what God says to do. This is evident from the Garden of Eden in Genesis 1-3. Adam and Eve ate the apple God told them not to eat and thus were banished from the Garden. None of the Scriptures cited above disprove what I just said.
Sin is not defined by the Law. It is defined by God as whatever displeases Him that He wants to write a command against. The Law was given to a specific people (the nation of Israel) during a specific period of time. Our Lord Jesus updated those commands in His Sermon on the Mount. He’s allowed to do that because He is God. God is inherently allowed to give humans commands. That authority is established in Genesis and runs all the way to Revelation. (He’s allowed to make us as miserable as he wants, seeing as misery is defined by our fallen body systems that oppose Him.)

Hi Linux,
I appreciate your response back. I am a big believer when the Bible tells us something, we should believe it. This is what the bible says sin is. We can choose to believe it or, but it doesn't change God's Word.

1 John3:4 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
James 2:11 11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law

Sin is breaking any of the Ten Commandments.

Why Paul said:
Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

The Bible could not be more clear on this. Why Jesus said quoting from this same unit if we break the least of these commandments one would be in fear of sin and judgement Mat5:19-30

Sin is also defined as anything not of faith Rom14:23 and faith does not void the law it establishes it. Rom3:31

We also have verses like where there is no law, there is no sin Rom4:15 so sin is very much breaking the law of God. Without God's law there would be no need for grace or mercy. We would not be separated from God. As long as there is sin in the world, there is the law of God, defined by God, not man.

linux.poet said:
The purpose of the Law - Decalogue and all the rest of it - was to show that we, as fallen human beings, cannot follow God’s commands no matter what commands are given. God is Holy, and we are not, so any instructions He gives we will fall short of.

This doesn't make sense, God gave us the Law that we will be judged by because we can't keep it. That means God who judges us by His Law James2:11-12 Ecc12:13-14 Mat5:19-30 Rev11:18-19 Rev22:14-15 is part of the conspiracy against man. That's not at all what Scriptures teach.

While God is holy and we are not, if we come to Him in our sinful nature (justification) and ask for His help in overcoming our sin (sanctification) He will do so. But we have to want to obey God because we love Him. If we make the effort to obey Him, He will work in us so we can do so. Its the devil who wants us to believe we are a slave to sin, that we can't overcome so why bother, not God. Sadly many believe their devil is bigger to keep us in sin than God is to keep us from sin. Have faith we can gain victory and keep God's commandments by our love and His power, its a promise of the Bible.

John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

God tells us He has a people who overcomes - but it requires us to let God define things and believe we can overcome through Him

Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

linux.poet said:
Believe it or not, people longed for relationship to God, to know and be known by Him. If you doubt me on this, take a good read of the Psalms. (People longed for what we have today, and what we have is so much better than they could ever imagine: God as our Father, Christ as Our Bride, and the Holy Spirit inside of us FOREVER.) So, out of love, God gave us a set of commands and he said “Follow this.” The idea was simple: through the Law, we became aware of our sin problem. God was saying “This is your relationship to me. You are not following my commands. You are no better than your father Adam.” The Law was meant to show us that.

This is the test of knowing Him according to the Scriptures.

1 John 2:3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God [a]is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

I do understand why those who long for a relationship with God would want to worship others gods, or bow to idols, or vain His holy name or not want sacred time set aside with God on the day He designated to spend holy time with Him on the only day He sanctified and blessed to do so. This argument that keeping God's commandments leads us away from Christ is the opposite of what God says Psa19:7 John15:10 1John3:24

linux.poet said:
It is. There is nothing to preclude God from updating His commands to us at any time in response to our success or failure in dealing with Him. All of His commands are perfect and holy, but not all are sufficient to deal with our fallen condition.

Yes, but I would want a Text before saying only worshipping the God of Creation went from being a blessing to a curse. We we are told to worship this God only Rev14:7 Exo20:11 Exo20:3

Instead God says this right before His Second Coming

Rev 22:14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

Sin, breaking God's law separated us, doing what separated man before is not how we are going to be reconciled. Isa59:2

The law that defines what sin is (Ten Commandments) cannot be the same law that was given as a cure for sins until the Seed came (animal sacrifices) Lev7:37. Why God made so many distinctions from these laws. Only one set is written by God and is under His mercy seat.

linux.poet said:
When our Lord returns for us, I imagine that a new set of commands will be given for us to follow.

Those who make it through the gates of heaven are not going to be sinning, they will have already overcome through Jesus (Rev14:12 John14:15-10 John15:10 Rev22:14). In heaven there is not going to be any sin. The law of the Lord is perfect for converting the soul, His testimonies are sure Psa19:7 His Testimony is what is already in heaven Rev15:5 Rev11:19, the Ten Commandments written by the Holy Spirit, not man- if everyone was keeping these commandments now, the way Jesus taught Mat5:19-30 there would be no more sin. I do not believe He is going to have more laws, He is going to restore things back before sin hijacked this world.

linux.poet said:
Missing the relationship component behind the Scriptures is to come away with an impoverished theology. I

What is the point of of keeping the Sabbath anyway, if not a deeper relationship with God?

Amen! We can know doctrine Truth and still not know Jesus. But Truth helps and staying in darkness (untruth) is not the way either. The Sabbath is absolutely about a deeper relationship with God. Why God wants us to cease from our works and labors on the seventh day Sabbath Exo 20:8-11 and have spiritual rest with Him Heb4,4,9,10- keeping our focus on Him Isa:58:13

linux.poet said:
If you think there’s a conspiracy, I’m not a part of it. I think there is some utility to keeping the Sabbath in this present age.

God claimed His times and laws was changed not by Him Dan7:25, the only law (4th commandment) that is a time (every seventh day Exo20:10) was changed clearly in history, not by God. The institution who changed it claims they did so on their authority over the bible and anyone who keeps Sunday over the Sabbath is bowing to their authority just as His Word predicted.

We are all involved in this conspiracy regardless if we want to or not by our choices. Our worship comes down to who we serve and obey. Do we stay faithful to God Rev14:12 or do we follow the crowd what popular man says Rev14:11 Mark7:7-13 Mat15:3-14 Jesus tells us which path to take, but sadly not everyone comes to Him, because they like their sins more than their love for Jesus John3:19-21

Paul warns about this too

Col 2:8 Beware lest anyone [a]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

The Sabbath is a commandment of God Exo20:8-11, written personally by God Exo31:18 comes with His power of Blessings Isa59:2 and Sanctification Eze20:12. Man needs God Eze20:20

linux.poet said:
The danger of following the theology of the post quoted above is that it can lead one to idolize one’s Sabbath over one’s God,
and I will have no part of that. Our relationship to God is more important than any Sabbath or lack of Sabbath worship/rest.

This is a popular theory against doing what God asked, but its not in reality. The Sabbath is about God, doing what God asks through faith and love. So by this theory, you are saying God would rather us profane His Sabbath than spend time with Him on the day He sanctified and blessed to do so despite so many thus saith the Lords in the Holy Word of God saying the opposite. Rebellion to God is not love or faith, it is just that, something God is trying to get our attention on if we hear Him Heb3:7-19

I pray you will reconsider some of these things and our Bible really is our guide and safeguard Psa119:105 Pro30:5 going away from it is the danger Isa8:20

Warden_of_the_Storm · 2025-11-16T05:06:18-0600

stevevw said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo. More people are coming in. Its already a pile on. Helllllllllllllllllllllllllllpppppppppppppppppp. lol.

Are you a child?

Jermayn · 2025-11-16T05:00:20-0600

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Aryeh Jay · 2025-11-16T04:42:58-0600

Fervent said:
The dregs!

The Liturgist · 2025-11-16T04:29:45-0600

Habakkuk is extremely important in the Orthodox Church as the author of one of the Odes of the Canon at Matins.

Desk trauma · 2025-11-16T04:29:13-0600

Bradskii said:
But they all know he's lying. They cannot not know. Doesn't it eat away at your soul to keep denying it?

I neither know nor care about the condition of their souls.

timewerx · 2025-11-16T03:57:34-0600

Michie said:
You are in the Catholic forum…

You're right! I'm sorry.

Perhaps treat my reply as one explanation why some believers are convinced they don't need mass gatherings anymore.

Michie · 2025-11-16T03:43:06-0600

Yarddog said:
That has nothing to do with Democratic Socialism. Look it up.

You said Venezuela was communist. They aren’t. But I’m not going to strain gnats with you.

Fervent · 2025-11-16T03:36:19-0600

Dikaioumenoi said:
a q]I skimmed your latest set of assertions. I will not waste my time responding point by point because the pattern is clear: claims are being offered without engaging the actual argument or evidence I've presented. It is not my burden to disprove your assertions; it is yours to substantiate them. If you want a substantive discussion, raise focused, textually and methodologically grounded objections. Broad dismissals and unfounded accusations do not qualify as argument and do not merit serious engagement.

To clarify the stakes: your position on ἑλκύω implies that, syntactically, John 6:44 leaves coming to Jesus potentially impossible -- a consequence of your view I have already argued and that you have ignored. You have also ignored that the semantics of ἑλκύω are irrelevant to the Calvinist argument itself. Once again, you are sidestepping the actual issue and fishing for something to latch onto just to have a reply. I am not going to play that game. Until you offer a focused, substantive objection that engages these points seriously, this conversation is over.

So since you seem to have taken your ball and went home, I should probably explain something. What you call my "latest set of assertions" are largely drawn from Barr's criticism, which was not exclusive to the TDNT but simply used the TDNT as its exemplar. His criticism in no way discredited the TDNT, though it did alter how it is used in scholarship as well as every other lexography. You seem to misunderstand what Barr was actually saying, which was not that the TDNT was methodologically flawed but that word studies are misguided in general. His argument rests on 4 fallacies he identified, 2 of which you are clearly employing(word-concept and essentialism) and a 3rd seems to be present in your argument as well(totality transfer). Barr's argument was that word studies are poor exegesis because meaning is not at the word level, with Barr believing it to be at the sentence level but more recent arguments placing it primarily at the level of the paragraph or even entire pericope. Word studies are a supplement to exegesis, not an act of it. Word meanings aren't sufficiently fixed to be able to establish a meaning outside of their context, which is why now when scholars engage in word studies they are comparitive studies of a limited body of work, not sweeping studies of particular meaning. If you're going to cite a source, you might want to make sure you actually understand what that source argued.

Servus · 2025-11-16T03:29:04-0600

rjs330 said:
It appears this really is the only reason the left cares. If they can help sow chaos they are happy to do so. Maybe we ought to just ignore them since their concern isn't really genuine.

Sounds like when it comes to this issue there are those on the left who are just basically trolling. So noted.

boughtwithaprice · 2025-11-16T03:14:34-0600

JimR-OCDS said:
Learn to detach from the need to be accepted. I've gone through this and I'm still learning to detach from that
necessity in my life.

We need to contemplate why we are at Mass. it is for worship of God and His sacrifice to save us from sin. Fellowship with others is secondary, and we need to clear our minds of distractions

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Satan and his demons play with our emotions and look for our weaknesses. If we feel overwhelming loneliness at Mass, we can be fairly confident that we are being attacked.

Know that we pray for you and the body of Christ will join with you in the fight against the powers of darkness

RamiC · 2025-11-16T02:54:39-0600

hedrick said:
Father and Son are both relational words. All 3 persons are involved in all activities, including creation.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 NIV

When this becomes "For the Creator so loved the world that we were given the Christ that whoever believes in Christ shall not perish but have eternal life." the crucifixion starts to look a lot less personal, human and agonised. This is God suffering as one of us, for our sakes, and because of our sins, such that they are forgiven. It is important to know the extent of that love.

SamInNi · 2025-11-16T02:48:25-0600

The purpose of our faith is to see God glorified and to accomplish His will (read John 14:13). So when we pray we must keep in mind that “If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” (1 John 5:14). If it’s not according to His will He will not give us what we ask for.

There are reasons why we don’t know—aren’t able to discern—His will. For example, we may need to be transformed in our thinking by renewing the mind “so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2).

Those who are “filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding” (see Colossians 1:9) will offer prayers that God will receive. When He answers our prayers the Father and the Son will be glorified.

Jesus taught the disciples that a tiny amount of faith will move a mountain (Matthew 17:20; see also 1 Corinthians 13:2). This certainly exposes my level of faith for what it often is and is another reason why my prayers go unanswered.

We are more likely to pray with understanding when we are grounded in the fullness of God’s Word. In each Bible-centred local assembly God provides gifted teachers who build up believers so they will follow Christ with “spiritual understanding”.

Bob Crowley · 2025-11-16T02:47:41-0600

I think this universe will be swept out of existence. It adds up to nothing anyway, in that it is a sum zero energy universe.

What's the Total Energy In the Universe?

Most cosmologists believe the universe contains exactly zero energy.

www.livescience.com

Considering the amount of energy packed in the nucleus of a single uranium atom, or the energy that has been continuously radiating from the sun for billions of years, or the fact that there are 10^80 particles in the observable universe, it seems that the total energy in the universe must be an inconceivably vast quantity. But it's not; it's probably zero.

God made it from nothing; it adds up to nothing; and when He's finished with it it will disappear back to nothing. Energy can be neither created or destroyed, so if it started from nothing (except possibly some sort of quantum fluctuation) it's going to continue to add up to nothing.

What this "new earth" will be is in the too hard basket as far as I'm concerned. The impression I get is that God will dwell with His people, and He doesn't need a planet to do that.

There is also the image of the celestial city with streets of gold and all the other gadgetry. I don't bother thinking that one through, as the main business of life now is to keep short accounts with God. If we do that, the rest will take care of itself.

Christsfreeservant · 2025-11-16T02:22:03-0600

“Deal bountifully with Your servant,

That I may live and keep Your word.

Open my eyes, that I may behold

Wonderful things from Your law.

I am a stranger in the earth;

Do not hide Your commandments from me.

My soul is crushed with longing

After Your ordinances at all times.

You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed,

Who wander from Your commandments.

Take away reproach and contempt from me,

For I observe Your testimonies.

Even though princes sit and talk against me,

Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

Your testimonies also are my delight;

They are my counselors.” (Psalms 119:17-24 NASB1995)

If you are someone who loves God, who loves his word, and who takes God and his word seriously, to obey it to the best of your understanding, and so you have renounced sinful practices, and you now walk (in conduct) in holy living, in obedience to the Lord, by the grace of God, in the power of God, and by his Spirit, then you are likely to find yourself being opposed, even by some others who also claim to believe in Jesus Christ, and even by some pastors of “churches.” For not everyone is who they claim to be.

Many who are in positions of leadership within the gatherings of what are being called “churches” are wolves in sheep’s clothing. They are what the Scriptures refer to as “dogs,” but many of them are in disguise. And a dog is someone who is despicable, who is a spiritual predator who feeds off others. They are the impure, the wicked, and those outside of genuine faith in Jesus Christ who are workers of evil and smooth talkers who manipulate and who charm and deceive the naïve into believing their lies disguised as truth.

They are those who oppose the gospel message taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context. And so they will remove particular Scriptures out from their intended context, and they will alter what they say to make them less offensive and more appealing to human flesh and to the ungodly of the world. For their goal is to trick and to deceive people into believing the lies, and into rejecting the truth, while they promise them heaven for eternity, but while they are leading them to hell.

We are to resist such people as these. And we are to reject their false teachings. And we are to be students of the Scriptures who are testing what we are hearing against the Scriptures (taught in context), and by comparing Scripture with Scripture to make sure that they agree with one another. For Romans 10:9 has to agree with Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; and Romans 12:1-2. And Ephesians 2:8-9 has to include verse 10, and it has to agree with Ephesians 4:17-24.

And sometimes we may need to pray for protection from those who oppose the truth of the gospel, and who teach the lies, for they are not all content with just giving out a false doctrine of salvation, but they also fiercely oppose the truth of the gospel and those who are teaching the truth of the gospel, too. We may need to pray that God will rescue us from such evil liars and deceivers who are trying to force their way into our lives, either in an attempt to deceive us, or to try to dishearten us to the point of us quitting.

We should never give in to their intimidation, though, but we must be those who love God with all our heart, mind, and soul, and who love his word (taught in the right context), and whose desire it is to obey our Lord and to do what his word teaches us that we must do, as his followers. And we must continue to spread the good news of the gospel of Christ (taught in truth) to the people of the world, and to the worldly church, for the salvation of human lives from bondage to sin, so they can serve Jesus with their lives.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Walking in The Light

Based off 1 John 1-2
An Original Work / November 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When I lift up my voice, and
Sing praise unto God,
I will fellowship with my
Lord and Savior, King.
In Him there is no darkness.
He is in the light of truth.
If we walk in His light,
From sin He purifies.

If we repent of our sins,
He’ll forgive us now,
When we humble ourselves, and
Before Jesus bow.
The man who says, “I know Him,”
But does not obey His truth,
There is no truth in him.
In darkness still he’s found.

Do not love the world of sin,
For it is hell bound.
If you follow the world, you’ll
Not in Christ be found.
The world and its desires
Will not last; they’ll expire.
The one who does God’s will,
Receives eternal life.

See that what you have heard from
Christ remains in you.
Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and
In His Father, too.
This is what He promised us –
His eternal life with God.
So, continue in Him, and
You’ll receive a crown.

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An Original Work / November 16, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

mindlight · 2025-11-16T01:59:04-0600

Maria Billingsley said:
The Prosperity Gospel fundamentally contradicts the teachings of Jesus Christ of Nazareth by replacing His call for self-denial, suffering, and humility with a promise of guaranteed earthly wealth, health, and happiness.
Blessings

Yes I agree but it remains a fact that Christians are more prosperous than other religions. Also the societies they inhabit are more likely to prosper. So a life of self denial, suffering and humility seems to be a better platform for earthly prosperity as a whole than one of greed, selfish ambition and egoism.

Servus · 2025-11-16T01:44:17-0600

eleos1954 said:
It will be interesting to see how this all plays out

The great experiment.

Probably at the expense of many New Yorkers.

Servus · 2025-11-16T01:28:46-0600

bob121 said:
Paul says some of you are sick and dying because you gulp the Supper unworthily (1 Cor 11). Share the moment the bread and wine stopped being routine and started feeling dangerous.

What happened, and how did it change the way you prepare?

I agree that taking Communion is a sacred and solemn occasion, and we should examine ourselves before partaking.

However Paul made it very clear what the unworthy manner was. And it's virtually impossible to repeat it when taking Communion in church these days.

The Communion is known as the Eucharist. And Eucharist means "Thanksgiving". And in Paul's time the Eucharist was like the feast Americans have on Thanksgiving Day.

It was a big banquet. And some were being selfish and depriving others. Selfish and committing gluttony. Treating the Eucharist like a pagan pig-out. Which is clearly spelled out in 1 Corinthians 11.

Considering how Communion is taken in church these days, it's virtually impossible to partake in an unworthily manner as Paul described, by hogging the Eucharist and pigging out on it, and getting drunk on the sacramental wine.

Unqualified · 2025-11-16T00:40:36-0600

I’m feeling a year older, and all that goes with it. I feel like I don’t want to do much. But when there is something it gets done. I have a very quiet life and it’s very enjoyable. I feel the Life still surging. Gods love is still there, it needs expressing. Fall wasn’t long enough, spring is far away. Some people hibernate for winter and I sleep and will sit by the fire this winter and I will pray and spring will sprang. Hope will continue God willing.

Rescued One · 2025-11-16T00:39:08-0600

Do people still send Christmas cards? Some years I sent 70. At any rate I always sent several cards. Now I'm blessed if I receive two. Are cards a thing of the past? I have some boxes of beautiful cards and i hate to throw them away. I also miss receiving them. Can someone enlighten me about this custom?

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