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UK Labour Party push for digital ID prompts concerns: 'Step toward mass surveillance'

Opponents organize 'Resist Digital ID' protest; gov't says it's safe and efficient

The U.K. Labour Party is pushing for a digital ID for its citizens, a reprisal of former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s attempt under his premiership two decades ago, this time under the guise of using it to stop illegal immigration. Many, however, are raising concerns and warning about its implications for security and civil liberties.

The Labour government released a statement on Sept. 26 announcing plans to institute a free digital ID for U.K. citizens, claiming it will thwart the employment of illegal migrants by enhancing Right to Work checks. It does not address the housing, monetary and educational assistance provided to illegal migrants who apply for asylum and receive benefits until their cases are decided.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has claimed the digital ID initiative is necessary to combat the illegal immigration that has been plaguing the U.K.

Continued below.

Bill Gates launches micro-patch implants to serve as "vaccination passport" for entry into public and commercial buildings

Incidentally I loved The Exorcist.

There's nothing more Catholic than a good old Satanic horror movie and in that particular film the priests are the heros, of course.

The scene in that movie that bugged everyone out wasn't the final exorcism scenes but the spinal tap scene.
I happened to be with a Catholic friend when we watched The Exorcist in the theater when it opened. He gave me a play-by-play that cleared up a lot of the context for me.
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Sept 23rd Rapture

Every other christian generation faced persecution and martyrdom, but my generation is special, the rules don't apply at all. God's totally gonna teleport us out of here like in some occult fantasy novel.
I do believe in the rapture, I just don't believe we can know when it is. You might not, but please don't be rude and make fun of the idea that we do. If you want to debate it, I don't mind doing that, but making fun of a theological doctrine that a lot of people believe, isn't okay.
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does it do me any good to read a couple verses of the Bible each day?

Sometimes it helps to join others if you’re struggling. The Bible Recap may be of interest. It’s helping people like yourself get into the word on a daily basis.


~bella
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The Conjunction of Opposites

Point 1, good!

Point 2 doesn't necessarily follow. There is exactly none of us that are apart from God's Direct influences internally OR the influences of the adversary internally. Therefore freewill is, well, kind of nonsense. There are, scripturally, 3 wills in operation within mankind, which makes freewill a moot point.

Plus it's technically a Godless claim to start with. Man claiming God is not in them, in their will.

People only believe it so they have some basis to pat themselves on the back for making the right decisions to get into heaven. Sure ya did.
Let me explain what I was thinking.
Freewill is our ability to make a choice that's all if their is no choice, like Calvinism teaches, their is no freewill.
Yes ultimately Gods plan will be done, I believe that its Gods will that none should perish but for all to come to the knowledge of the truth, Gods will must and will be done but within that will we are given choices to either follow Jesus now in our mortal body, which has the greatest reward or to choose him through purgation which has a loss of inheritance. These are real choices on our part but without choice we are merely robots.
God because he is outside of time knows what are choices will be, so he knows the beginning from the end, but we still have to make those choices and each has its own consequences but God does not make our choices for us as Calvinist think , does the Father help us and is he involved with our lives, yes he can do whatever he wants, but we are responsible for our actions.
I see this in the Romans letter that compares all humanity to a lump of clay some for noble use some for common, our choices are what make us either noble or common, but its our choice, even if the Father knows what choice we will make.
In the end the Father will be all in all, on the new heaven and a new earth.
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Understanding Colossians and Ephesians and the author of ordinances that were against Jesus, Paul and the Church of God. Part 2.

Matt. 3: 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O "generation of vipers", who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Same world, same serpent, same "other voice". Jesus fought against the philosophies promoted by these preachers His whole life. Not because they obeyed God's Word, but because they rejected God's Word.

How many time did Jesus address the mainstream preachers of His Time? How much of HIS Teaching was geared towards exposing the hypocrisy and wickedness of the Priests of the Temple in the City of God? And they murdered Him for it.

Paul, being zealous for the commandments and traditions of men this worldly religion promoted, persecuted God's Church, just as the wicked Kings of Israel did to the Faithful, and Cain did to Abel.

Jesus and Paul battled, Not God's Judgments and Ordinances, but the commandments and judgments of men that "professed to know God".

When Jesus was asked about the end times and what to look out for, here is what HE warned about.

Matt. 24: 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (He didn't warn about God or His laws and judgments deceiving us) 5 For "many" shall come in my name, saying, I (Jesus) am Christ; and "shall deceive" many.
He didn't warn about the "commandments contained of God's Ordinances", He didn't warn about the "handwriting of ordinances of God" that was against them, HE specifically warned about being deceived by "other voices" who profess to know God, even coming in HIS Name”.
Paul fought against these mainstream religions of the world God placed him in, every day after his conversion. Their philosophy, their ordinances and laws, were against him and against the church of God, just as they had been since the very first "other voice" who professed to God, deceived Eve. He didn't fight against God's Law, He fought against the principalities and powers of darkness. It was the Pharisees Law that condemned Jesus and Stephen to death. Just as it was their fathers law that condemned the prophets God sent to them, just as it was Eves Law that instructed her to eat, what God said not to eat.

But in many sermons on Colossians and Ephesians, promoted by the preachers of this world God placed me in, all of this is ignored, not even considered in the "context" of their teaching.
Because of the omission of these extremely important Biblical Truths, this world's religions have always united in their teaching that God's Judgments and Feasts and commandments are "against men". As a result they incorrectly identify the author of the "Handwriting of Ordinances" that Paul said was against Jesus, Paul and the Body of Christ, claiming it was God, when it wasn't, in Colossians. And they do the same in Ephesians, preaching that it was “God’s” Ordinances and Judgments" that relegated Faithful Gentiles as “without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Anyone who is willing to study God’s Word, knows this is not true. God very Law gave hope and an avenue to Him for "ALL" people, we can tread this for ourselves.

Lev. 19: 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But "the stranger" that dwelleth with you "shall be unto you" as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.


This world's religions do the same When Peter says in acts 15, "why tempt you God to place a Yoke on the necks of the disciples that they or their fathers couldn't bear". The promoters of this world's religions teach this “Yoke” is God's Laws that they claim, and have always claimed "were against them".

But Jesus Himself tells us who created this Yoke.

Matt. 23: 4 For they (Pharisees, not God) bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and "lay them on men's shoulders"; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. Of course Peter knew this because he was there when Jesus taught it, and he knew of the Shepherds who lead God people astray "by the precepts of men", spoken of by the Holy Prophets.
I could go on and on. Jesus said men are to live by "Every Word" of God, and I believe Him. But “MANY” have been convinced by the "other voice" that some of God's Word are against them and contrary to them and therefore men shouldn't live by them. Exactly the same message given to Eve in the very beginning. Paul warns about this very thing, from turning away from the Simplicity of Christ. “Live by God’s Words”, not "other voices".

Paul warns of this very thing also in Colossians and Ephesians.

Col. 2: 8 Beware lest "any man" spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition “of men”, after the rudiments “of the world”, and not after Christ. (The Rock that followed, Fed and Watered Israel)

Eph. 2: 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course “of this world”, according to the "prince of the power of the air", “the spirit” that now worketh “in the children of disobedience”:

But somehow in spite of all this teaching, we are preached to by "many", who call Jesus Lord, Lord, that it wasn't the Traditions, philosophies and ordinances of men that was against Paul and the Church of God, it was the Ordinances of God.

It is my hope that anyone reading this will “do the Study themselves”, in Faith that God is Perfect, and it is philosophies of the "other voices" in the World that God placed us in, that was against Jesus, Paul and the Church of God, and is against the Faithful even to this day. And that Jesus didn't "live by" the Commandments of men they taught for doctrines. And even though they killed Him, the very God they Professed to know, raised Him from the dead. Truly HE triumphed over the prince of this world whose ordinances condemned Him to death.

And for that I say, "Amen".

Please don't hesitate to ask questions or PM me to engage in honest discussions about these things.
The Greek word “dogma” is used five times by the NT and all three of the times that it is used outside of Colossians and Ephesians it is used to refer to something other than that Law of God, so justification needs to be given for why its use in Colossians and Ephesians should be interpreted as referring to the Law of God, especially in light of the fact that all of God’s righteous laws are eternal (Psalms 119:160).
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Is it wrong to be disgusted by how overly sexual the world has gotten?

I hope I'm in the right forum. This is the debate forum that non-Christians are allowed to participate in? If not, please be so kind as to move my posts to the proper place. I'm here to be a good neighbor.

Jakechi, first, please know that I feel as you do about the harm that our cultures absolute obsession with sex is having. It's not healthy. I'm not sure that I would classify it as sinful so much as DYSFUNCITONAL, very bad for our emotional wellbeing. The worst of it is how much exposure to sexual imagery and topics CHILDREN are getting. SMH.

I would like to respond to your comment on rape. Rape has nothing to do with sex. It has to do with power. The man may use his sex organ to dominate and subjugate the woman (or man) but he's not raping because he wants to make love to her, he's raping because he is angry and needs to be a violent bully.

Although the public response to rape today has a lot of room for improvement, we are honestly a lot better today than in the past. Go back 100 years, and the woman who was raped was routinely blamed for her rape. Her skirt was too short. She shouldn't have been walking in the dark. What was she doing at the bar. She led him on by smiling. Real ROT.

There is still a major problem with rapists not being convicted. About 13% of women in the United States have experienced a completed rape in their lifetime. Of these rapes, only about 25-33% are ever reported to the police. Among the cases that are reported, approximately 20-30% lead to an arrest. From the pool of arrests, about 60% result in prosecution. Of those prosecutions, roughly 60-70% lead to a conviction. If you do the math, that means only 2-3% of all rapes ever end in conviction. That's really tough to accept.
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Yes you are in the right forum to debate this. Unfortunately, due to prudes and perverts alike, our society has become VERY dysfunctional. And it happens when we were very young. This can happen when a child is found by their parents pleasuring themselves or discovering their bodies. The parents punish and humiliate them by spanking them and saying "Naughty!", "Dirty!". And it is just as bad with permissive parents who see their son watching a porn website and either encourage him or turn a blind eye with no discussion.

These boys grow up to be extremely dysfunctional and express themselves in highly undesirable ways by becoming rapists and paedophiles (although the latter is something for another discussion as it can be quite a complex matter).

You are quite right that rape has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with power and control. This is what Jesus cautioned against when He taught "You were told 'do not commit adultery'. But I am telling you now that whoever looks at a woman to lust after has already committed adultery with her in his own heart. So if your eye offends you, then pluck it out and throw it away! It is better to enter God's Kingdom with only one eye than keep both eyes and be thrown into hell!'"

I have written a song about men in the Christian movement who exercise dominance over women's bodies and dress sense called "The Saved Are Unsafe", because I have lived with Christian women and non-Christian women alike who have been survivors of rape or had controlling and narcissistic boyfriends and husbands.

The statistics where rape are concerned are sobering. We need to encourage our girls and women to call for body autonomy in the Christian movement than to be subservient. I know that this is not going to be popular with the guys, but women tend to be used a lot more in marriage situations than guys are.
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Men now surpass women in church attendance, especially among Gen X, millennials: Barna

Ironically the side project I have put on hold could solve many of their problems especially the big ones.

Mass immigration is a global experiment that’s splintering societies and creating bastions of crime and unrest. That’s the threat we’re facing now and several countries are up in arms. If you have a project that’s promising you should commune with the Lord for counsel. If we’ve learned anything from Gaza it’s the necessity of taking action.

But if it works, it can dramatically shift the geopolitics in the region, and I'd be riding a huge wave staying ahead to fund my the next phase of the project. Success or failure.

The clock has started and you don’t have time to waiver. This was posted yesterday and a comment follows.


What I did read was that Bill Gates has said that in about 10 years smart phones will be obsolete, and that we will have our digital identity along with smart phone /internet ability tattood on our arms and that it will have our financial, health, bank account, passport, ID, ect. right on it.

The number is significant but you’d need to understand its application biblically. Ten is traditionally associated with completion, order and divine authority. If you add up the year it would occur (2035) you’ll get 10. The announcement was made in July which is the 7th month. Seven usually symbolizes completion or perfection. Everything related to the message is referencing a theme. If you’re familiar with the Chinese calendar we have the red horse in 2026 and the fire dragon in 2036.

I forgot! But I remember about AI giving similar solutions you're proposing. I consider AI feminine purely by behavior and nature of replies and mirrors your posts so I'm not mistaken on your gender!

Of course I’m female. Get to work. ;-)

~bella
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Are we born again by loving God and others? Please share scriptures and thoughts. Thank you.

This is what John 3:5 says !!

# 1. Jesus answered ?? IESOUS , is. in. the. Nominative Case , in. the Singular

# 2. ANSWERED //. APOKRNOMI , in. the Aorist Tense , in. the MIDDLE VOICE , in. the Indicative Mood. , in. the SINGULAR

# 3 I. Say //. LEGO . in. the PRESENT TENSE , in. the INDICATIVE MOOD , in. the. SIGNULAR

# 4. UNTO THEE //. SOI , is. a PERSONAL POSSESSEIVE PRONOUN. , in. the DATIVE CASE , in. the SINGULAR

# 5. EXCEPT // ME , is a DISJUNCATIVE PARTICLE. NEGATIVE.

# 6. A MAN // TIS , is indefinite article. , in. the nominative CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 7. BE BORN //. GENNAO , in. the. AORIST TENSE , is a SUBJUNATIVE TENSE , in. the Singular

# 8 OF // EK , is a PREPOSTION

# 9 WATER // HYDOR , in. the GENITIVE CASE in. th SINGULAT in. the NEUTER

# 10 AND // KAI , is. a CONJUNCATION

# 11 THE SPIRIT //. PNUEMA , in the GENITIVE CASE in the SIGNULAR , in. the NEUTER

# 12. HE CANNOT // DYANNAI , in. the PRESENT TENSE , in. the MIDDLE VOICE , in a INDICATIVE MOOD , in the SINGULAR

# 13. ENTER // EXSERCHOMAI. , in. the AORIST TENSE , in. the ACTIVE VOICE ,

# 14 INTO // EIS , PREPOSTION.

# 15. THE KINGDOM //. BASLEIA. ,, in. the. ACCUSATIVE CASE , in. the SINGULAR

# 16 OF GOD //. THEOS. , in. the GENITIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

And my question is Hoe re you BORN of WATER and of the SPIRIT. ??

Can. you give a clear verse ??

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Now, Let’s jump right in a conversation that Jesus was having with a man name Nicodemus. John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Notice verse 3, except a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. We have just learned something here. If you are not born again you can not see the kingdom of God. As we go further you will understand this. Remember there is a time for everything.

Nicodemus asked a very good question. Take a look at the next set of verses.

John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

In verse 5, born of the water in this case is the Word of God. Notice the Lord mentions the kingdom of God again, but He adds a little more information. He says "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. When he mentions spirit He means exactly that. Watch how the Lord gives something physical to describe exactly what He means.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Notice: He made a difference between flesh and spirit. Ask yourself that question, was you born flesh or spirit? Angels where born spirit being, man and beast are born flesh and blood. There will be no flesh in the Father Kingdom, only spirit beings, so everyone must be born again. Only Jesus in his thousand year reign will have both, which includes the first resurrection.

John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Notice: He compared the wind to a spirit. Can you see the wind? No! We have seen things being blown around by the wind, but we have never seen the wind. If you are born of the spirit you are like the wind. This is when you are truly born again, when you are born of the spirit.

Notice: what Jesus does in these next few verses.

Remember, this is after His resurrection.

John 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

Note two very important things within these verses. 1. Jesus appeared in the midst of them and the doors were shut. 2. Thomas called Him God. When Jesus came out of the grave he was born into the God family, Jesus was Born Again.
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Why we Christians still have to struggle with sins?

1. Romans 5:13 does not mean there is “no sin without law.”


Rebuttal:
Paul is not denying that people sinned before the Mosaic Law — in fact, he explicitly says “sin was in the world.”
He means that before the written law, sin was not charged in the same way because there was no formal, codified standard. Yet death still reigned (Romans 5:14), proving sin existed and was judged.

Supporting texts:

  • Romans 2:14–15 — Gentiles “who do not have the law” still have a law written on their hearts and are accountable.
  • Romans 4:15 — “Where there is no law, there is no transgression” — meaning no legal violation of a covenant code, not no moral guilt.
So “no law, no sin” is a misreading. Sin always existed (Genesis 4:7; 6:5); the Mosaic Law simply revealed it more clearly (Romans 7:7–9).

2. Sin is indeed “transgression of the law,” but that doesn’t mean the Mosaic Law still governs believers.


Rebuttal:
John is not redefining sin but reaffirming that lawlessness is rebellion against God’s moral will. But under the New Covenant, believers are under “the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2), not the old Mosaic code.

Supporting texts:

  • Romans 6:14 — “You are not under law but under grace.”
  • 1 Corinthians 9:20–21 — Paul distinguishes between being “under the law” (Moses) and being “under the law of Christ.”
  • Hebrews 8:13 — The old covenant is “obsolete.”
Moral truth (don’t murder, don’t steal, etc.) continues, but the covenantal framework (the Ten Commandments as part of Sinai) does not bind believers.

3. The “two laws” framework is artificial.

The Bible never calls the Ten Commandments and sacrificial system two distinct laws. They are parts of one covenantgiven at Sinai.

Supporting texts:

  • Deuteronomy 4:13–14 — “He declared to you His covenant… the Ten Commandments… and the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments.”
    → Both were part of one covenant.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:7–11 — The law “engraved on stones” (the Ten Commandments) is called the ministry of deathand has been done away in Christ.
So Scripture never divides the law into “moral” vs. “ceremonial” categories in the way later theologians do.

4. The Levitical sacrifices did indeed atone for unintentional sins, but that was temporary and symbolic.

Leviticus 4–5 shows sacrifices were for unintentional sins, but the whole system pointed to Christ.

Supporting texts:

  • Hebrews 10:1–4 — “The law is only a shadow… it can never… make perfect those who draw near.”
  • Hebrews 10:10–14 — “We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
The writer of Hebrews explicitly says the entire sacrificial system and priesthood (not just part of the law) has been replaced.

5. Galatians 3:19 refers to the Mosaic Law as a whole, not just sacrifices.


Rebuttal:
The “law” here means the entire Mosaic code, including the Ten Commandments. It was given after the promise to Abraham to define sin and prepare for Christ (Romans 5:20; Galatians 3:24).

Supporting texts:

  • Galatians 3:23–25 — “Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.”
    → If the “law” were only sacrifices, then we would still be “under” the Ten Commandments — but Paul says “no longer under the law.”
  • Romans 10:4 — “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.”
Thus, Galatians 3 is not distinguishing two laws but showing the entire Mosaic system was temporary until Christ.

6. Romans 3:31 does not reinstate the Law of Moses.


Rebuttal:
Paul means faith fulfills the law’s righteous purpose, not that believers remain under its covenant authority. Through Christ, the law’s moral intent is written on our hearts (Romans 8:3–4; Jeremiah 31:33).

Supporting texts:

  • Matthew 5:17 — Christ “fulfilled” the law, not perpetuated the old covenant form.
  • Romans 8:2 — “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.”
Faith “establishes” the law by achieving what it aimed at — righteousness through Christ (see Romans 10:4 again).


Yeah...it's looks like you are stuck on Roman Christianity Doctrine and you are bringing destruction to yourself whether you understand this or not. In, (Is. 42:21) we find another prophecy concerning Christ and the law. It reads, (v.21) The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he (Jesus) will magnify the law, and make it honourable. When you magnify something you enlarge it and bring it out more of its detail and richness. Jesus revealed the fulfillment of this prophecy when he explained, (Mat.5:27-28) (v.27) Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: (v.28) But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart

By magnifying the law and making it honorable, the spiritual intent of the law is now emphasized which goes far beyond the mere the physical intent. God has raised His standards, not lowered them! All God ever wanted was what was best for us! He designed us to be His children. We are happiest when we love and obey Him. He is a God who is totally righteous and holy. God cannot sin. And He wants us to follow in His footsteps. The person that says, (1John:2:6) “that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.”

Jesus says in (Mat.5:17-19) (v.17) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (v.18) For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (v.19) Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus came to fulfill, to fill to the full (Gk. plereo). He fulfilled many prophecies - but not all. There are many in the Book of Revelation still to be fulfilled. There is still some in the Old Testament that hasn’t been fulfilled. Jesus at His first coming came to fulfilled that which was written for Him to fulfill at His first coming. He has NOT fulfilled everything that was written for Him to do. And He kept all of the Law that he could - but that was not all! He was not a Temple priest. He was not a woman. He could not keep the laws intended only for priests and women. No matter how you think about Jesus, there is still much to be fulfilled! So not even the smallest part has yet passed from God's Law!

Jesus made it quite clear that anyone who would break even the least commandment and teach people to do so would be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. The fact is, God did not find fault with His laws but rather with the people who did not obey them. (Heb.8:7-8) (v.7) For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.(v.8) For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: The writer of Hebrews then proceeds to quote Jeremiah 31:31-34, quoted above. Under the New Covenant we now have a living High Priest, Jesus Christ, who can make intercession for us. One who was tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. He is an intercessor who understands our weaknesses because He lived as a human being.
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How do I stop doubting? (in prayer, or regarding the Gospel)

What do you think? Is there some way to stop doubting? to be finally convinced the Gospel is true?

There are basically two choices. Either nothing existed and blew up to become everything which then organized itself into us or we were created. If you see this as true, you can find you can create your own reality and act in whatever way you want to satisfy whatever lusts and desires you want.

The other choice is that God created the world and gave us his word. If this is seen as true, we have a responsibility to learn what our creator desires for us.

The choice is based on what you think is true and once you decide, putting your trust (faith) in it.

The voices supporting evolution are many and persistent. They boil down to numbers, presumed authority, media channels, schools, repetition and volume. However, what they lack is proof. They claim proof, but when examined, it is only conjecture dressed up to bully others.

Satan sets the course of the world (for now and insofar as he is allowed by God). One would expect he would use many of his resources to explain away God so that people would become disconnected from truth and be vulnerable to his manipulation. There was a book written called "Evidence That Demands a Verdict" that might be helpful for you as well.
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Tipping Banks: The New Way Billionaires Steal From the Poor

If you look around you tipping is everywhere. Well beyond the usual places like restaurants. We’re witnessing the same with fast food and delivery services of course. If you’ve wondered how we got here have a listen. It’s a global phenomenon affecting our wallets and knowledge is power. And the next time you think of ordering Door Dash remember this.

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When Jesus Returns, Will We Know It's Him?

AM 84 years old and still pondering it. I still have trouble understanding symbolism from reality. Up in heaven, but he dwells in your heart and soul? The whole world is to witness the warning, but since 1/3 of the world will be asleep at the time, did we just dream it? I figure if I keep a clean conscience and trust in the Holy Ghost, I can make it thru somehow.
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Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom is bringing my generation back to church

I'm glad that Charlie has reached out to the future generations and got them returning to church. There is no Australian branch of Turning Point at present, but I'm hoping one will be set up very soon to bring our youth back to Christ.
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