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MarkRohfrietsch · 2025-12-17T06:47:44-0600

High Fidelity said:
Good to see you Mark. Hope you're keeping well and have a blessed Christmas

You too!

Jerry N. · 2025-12-17T06:46:14-0600

Kathleen30 said:
Jerry you mention Isaiah 43:17, 1st Corinthians 7:12, Galatians 1:11 along with a few other passages, emphasising the importance of when God speaks. You then say all the Bible is true. However you then say some texts are private, poetry, written accounts or genealogies along with a list of materials. You than say but when the author says something is from God then it is the highest inspiration from God. I would agree with that many passages hold higher importance but would disagree that they have a higher inspiration than other scriptures. Simply because all Gods scripture is equally inspired . But when thinking upon Joshua 10:12-13 when Joshua directly asks God to give power to still the Sun and the moon. What category does that fall into ? View attachment 374608As the the publications of the New Testament with the words of Jesus in red having greater weight being from God directly. Ok. But others have argued why not the Old Testament as well. Yu know like the 10 commandments or where God speaks directly to Adam and Eve or Abraham or Moses.Just out of curiosity I guess some have debated the issue that the Bible should have remained the one colour. But it does no harm from what i can see. Yours Kathleen

There is a problem with defining “divine inspiration.” Sometimes, God inspires the writer to record something in the writer’s own words. Take for example, I Kings 1-5. The author is just writing down what happened, but I’m sure God used His influence to make sure the author wrote it down accurately and truthfully, or maybe God chose the right person who feared God to be the author. I don’t know if you would call that inspiration, but you can if you like. David was inspire to write beautiful psalms to praise God, but the talent to do so was David’s which was given to him by God; however, God probably didn’t give David the individual words. Nowhere in Joshua 10:12-13 does God speak or even tell Joshua what He was doing. The account is from Joshua’s point of view and limited to a human description, even if the writer was inspired to record the event. Divine inspiration does not mean that every word came from God, and that is evident because the writers of the books of the Bible always make it clear when the words came directly from God. If every word came from God, the writers would not make the distinction. I’ve never seen a “Red Letter Bible” that put God’s words in the Old Testament in red. Maybe one exists. My guess is that rabbis have been arguing this very problem verse by verse for many years. The only thing they agree on is that the Torah has a separate importance to the writings of the other books. The Torah even has its own holiday.

Maria Billingsley · 2025-12-17T06:42:33-0600

Michie said:
Author and apologist Dr. Sean McDowellhas researched and discussed many aspects of the Christian life—including heaven. McDowell recently answered one of the toughest topics and questions with an approachable truth.

“Would you say that [people in heaven] can’t sin?” asked an audience member at a recent event.

Sean McDowell Says in Heaven, We’ll ‘See Sin for Exactly What It Is’
As an apologetics professor at Biola University, Sean McDowell speaks at schools, conferences, and universities. After taking a question from the audience from a recent event, McDowell jumped into a conversation about heaven.

Continued below.

Can You Sin in Heaven?—Apologist Sean McDowell Gives Surprising View

Apologist Sean McDowell recently answered even the toughest topics and questions with an approachable truth.

churchleaders.com

I have a big problem with this persons apologetics especially when it is couched with the current culture. His quote:

“I actually think when we get to heaven, we see sin clearly for exactly what it is,” McDowell argued. “The lure is completely gone.”

This person clearly has no understanding of what Jesus Christ of Nazareth did for humanity and how it is transferred into " incorruption".

"Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality." (1 Corinthians 15:51–53,)

Incorruption means the transformed, immortal state of the resurrection body, which is not subject to death, deterioration, or the effects of sin.

The incorruptible state granted to believers in the New Heaven and New Earth signifies the complete and final eradication of sin, not merely a resistance to it. As explained in scripture, our Father explicitly forbids anything that defiles from entering the eternal city (Revelation 21:27), confirming that sin simply does not exist there, allowing the redeemed to live in a reality of absolute holiness and perfection.

But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Be blessed.

Dan1988 · 2025-12-17T06:38:34-0600

BelieveItOarKnot said:
God has spoken through His Son from cover to cover. His speech is entirely sufficient for all, everywhere, already. Openly available. No holds barred.

Your man trust claims would bring alarms to most believers of the traditional sorts, me included. It's cultish, particularly when not disclosed who it is, but backhanded to others. You may not even be an accurate spokesperson

No, none of that is true according to God. His speech is foolishness to the vast majority of mankind. Most of the 8 billion inhabitants of the earth are unbelievers, and Gods Word confirms that His Word is foolishness to those whoa re perishing and that's the majority view.

It would be refreshing to see, if at least one of your opinions was biblically correct.

johnnypapa · 2025-12-17T06:32:21-0600

Day 2 — December 17

Hail, and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem in piercing cold.

In that hour, vouchsafe I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayers and grant my petitions through the merits of Jesus Christ and of His most blessed Mother. Amen

(Mention your intentions here)

PRAYER

O Wisdom that comest out of the mouth of the Most High, that reachest from one end to another, and orderest all things mightily and sweetly, come to teach us the way of prudence!

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory be....

BobRyan · 2025-12-17T06:31:14-0600

BobRyan said:
Definition for "Antinomianism"

AI:

Antinomianism
is a term used in Christian theology to describe the belief that, because salvation is granted by divine grace through faith, believers are not bound by the moral law of God, including the Ten Commandments. The word itself comes from the Greek anti ("against") and nomos ("law"), literally meaning "against the law"

BobRyan said:
R.C. Sproul

What Are Legalism and Antinomianism?

Legalism and antinomianism undergird all forms of false teaching and heresy.

learn.ligonier.org

"Antinomianism says that God does not require a believer to obey the Law of God (the Ten Commandments)"

BobRyan said:
Antinomianism | Monergism

Antinomianism is a theological heresy that holds that, because of grace and faith in Christ, believers are no longer bound to obey the moral law of God. The

www.monergism.com

Antinomianism is a theological heresy that holds that, because of grace and faith in Christ, believers are no longer bound to obey the moral law of God. The term comes from the Greek words anti (against) and nomos (law), and it literally means “against the law.” Antinomianism falsely teaches that Christians, having been saved by grace, are free from the obligations of the moral law, leading to a rejection of the law’s role in the Christian life.

If you have read the threads on this particular forum then every now and then you will see someone arguing against the moral law of God , specifically the Ten Commandments. As James 2 says "he who is guilty of breaking one is guilty of breaking them all"

As Paul says in Eph 6:1-2 "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

hint: What are the set of commandments in scripture where the first one in that list WITH a promise is the 5th commandment calling children to Honor father and mother.

1 Cor 7:19 what matters is keeping the Commandments of God
John 14:15 Love Me and KEEP My Commandments
Ex 20:6 Love Me and KEEP My Commandments
Rev 14:12 the saints KEEP the Commandments of God and their faith in Jesus
1 John 5:3 this IS the LOVE of God that we KEEP His Commandments
Epn 6:1 where the first COMMANDMENT with a promise is "Honor your father and mother"

DamianWarS said:
If antinomianism (lit. against law) is regarding no longer being bound by the "moral law of God" then the critical question is what is the "moral law of God".

My Response texts above show that the Commandments of God include the TEN where the first commandment with a promise is "Honor your father and mother.

DamianWarS said:
This is not terminology found in scripture, so there is no biblical way to isolate what this moral law of God

wishful thinking.

Heb 10 perfectly isolates "sacrifices and offerings".

The antinomian position has a lot of Bible challenges to overcome.

DamianWarS said:
is and what it is not, which begs the question: Is this responsible terminology/should we be using it?

Some antinomians don't like it. That is for sure.

DamianWarS said:
Scripture doesn't bifurcate law

Until you read Heb 10

DamianWarS said:
, and when the subject of law is raised, law is treated as whole

Until you read Heb 10

DamianWarS said:
units defined within covenants. Some indeed have more of a moral foundation and others ceremonial/ritual or symbolic, but the law doesn't separate itself to sub categories like this, that's a post-biblical thing to do. So the real question is what aspects of the law of the old covenant should we consider universally moral? The answer, as it applies to the legal code, is nothing.

For those who don't read Heb 10:4-16 or Acts 15, or Rom 13, or Rom 7 or James 2 or Deut 5 "He spoke these Ten and added no more"

MarkRohfrietsch · 2025-12-17T06:29:50-0600

From and article first published back in 2018 by Rev. Dr. Timothy Teuscher, our Lutheran Church Canada President. Since then, a lot has happened in the world, and yet our National Bishop's message is as relevant now as it was then.

"...in order to put Christ back into Christmas, we need, above all, to put the “Mass” back into Christmas. After all, that is what the word “Christmas” literally means: “the Mass of Christ.”

St Peters Ev. Lutheran, Stratford Ontario, 2024.

Full article can be found here:

From the President - Putting Christ Back Into Christmas - The Canadian Lutheran

By: Timothy Teuscher “Put Christ back into Christmas!” It’s a familiar exhortation we often hear at this time of year—and for good reason. After all, “Happy Holidays” rather than “Merry Christmas” has become the socially accepted and politically correct form of greeting this time of...

www.canadianlutheran.ca

Blessings and peace to all!!

wing2000 · 2025-12-17T06:25:29-0600

RocksInMyHead said:
Well, we gotta make sure we check all the boxes in the playbook. It's 2003, right?

~~Iraq~~ Venezuela has terrorists and WMDs and they need regime change to remove their mustachioed dictator and bring peace and stability to the region. Oh, and also oil.

....with a bit of 1823 flavor (Monroe Doctrine).

Yusuphhai · 2025-12-17T06:16:51-0600

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Maria Billingsley · 2025-12-17T06:15:47-0600

Bro.T said:
“Tis the season to be jolly.” Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all men. These are sayings associated with Christmas, the day that Jesus the Christ was born; or was it? Certainly this could be a description of Christmas. Celebrations such as these were taking place among non-Christians centuries before Jesus Christ was born! Such customs do not come from the Bible. They have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ. Jesus did not originate them, nor were they observed by the prophets (Old Testament) or the apostles (New Testament). We're going to examine Christmas, its origin and customs, and see if in fact Christmas is of God or Pagan. Should it be Celebrated or Rejected?

Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all men. Why, because we feed and shelter the less fortunate on this one day called Christmas? Shouldn't we care for the less fortunate all year long? Retailers increase the prices on merchandise, to try to recover from poor sales from the 1st three-quarters of the fiscal year.

Christmas (December 25th) is taught to be the day that Jesus the Christ was born. The fact is Jesus was not even born in the winter season. When Jesus was born, "there were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night." (Luke 2:8). This could never have occurred in Judea in the month of December. The shepherds always brought their flocks from the mountainsides and fields and corralled them no later than October, to protect them from the cold, rainy season that followed. Notice in Songs of Solomon 2:11 and Ezra 10:9, 13, that winter was a rainy season and typically the herds would most likely not be out in the rainy winter season. "It was an ancient custom among Jews of those days to send out their sheep to the fields and deserts about the Passover (early spring), and bring them home at commencement of the first rain," says the Adam Clarke Commentary (Vol. 5, page 370, New York ed.) Continuing, "During the time they were out, the shepherds watched them night and day. As..the first rain began early in the month of Marchesvan, which answers to part of our October and November (begins sometime in October), we find that the sheep were kept out in the open country during the whole summer. And, as these shepherds had not yet brought home their flocks, it is a presumptive argument that October had not yet commenced, and that, consequently, Jesus was not born on December 25th, when no flocks were out in the fields; nor could He have been born later than September, as the flocks were in the fields by night.

Therefore, to celebrate Jesus' birth date on December 25th is not scripturally sound. Any encyclopedia will tell you that Christ was not born on December 25th. The exact date of Jesus' birth is entirely unknown, as all authorities acknowledge - though by reading the scriptures, it strongly indicates His birth was in the early fall, probably September, approximately six months after Passover. This can also be found in the Catholic Encyclopedia 1967.

Some may say, "It does not matter when He was born. I am just celebrating His birth."; whereas others may say "Jesus is the reason for the season." Is that really the case? If Jesus is the reason for the season, then why didn't He let us know when to celebrate his birth? We claim we love Jesus so much but why don't we observe his death as he commanded us. Luke 22:19, "And he took bread, and gave thanks, and break it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me."

It wouldn't be Christmas without the yearly reminder that it is a Pagan holiday. Well, I look at it this way, I believe I am in line with what Jesus Christ of Nazareth said about " extra " activity done in His name:

Luke
'Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.' But Jesus said to him, 'Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is on our side.'"

I feel very confident that choosing a random day celebrating in His name while sharring love to one another is on His side!
.

Thanks for sharing.
Be blessed

Nithavela · 2025-12-17T06:12:52-0600

Larniavc said:
Does this mean he will invade China?

Of course not. Any country with ACTUAL weapons of mass destructions is a valued partner.

Yusuphhai · 2025-12-17T06:12:52-0600

HIM · 2025-12-17T06:09:58-0600

Dan Perez said:
And I have attended many churches in. my 88 years even those that kept the sabbath. ,

And you say that you. really KEPT. all the LAW and even. Peter. in ACTS 15 : 10. says it was a burden.

So do you BELEIVE what HEB. 9:18 , YES or NO. ??

And the apostle Paul wrote 14 epistles and that INCLUDED HEBREWS. !!

AN you of course are keeping all. the LAW and Peter in. ACTS 15:10 says he could NOT !!

So. what does Acts 15:11. REALLY MENS. ??

dan. p

You did not address her post. You just spoke over it with questions without actually addressing any of her points

Inokuma · 2025-12-17T06:06:41-0600

Please pray for my mother who might have pneumonia. Her lungs are squeaky when she breathes, and she was really bad off when she woke up yesterday morning but after a bit she got a little better. Her oxygen level seems to be dropping while she sleeps, according to her watch. I can't get her to go to the hospital, but also most of the time she seems fine, but I can see this getting worse if more fluid builds up in her lungs while she's sleeping. Please pray for God to heal her.

Maria Billingsley · 2025-12-17T06:03:12-0600

peter2 said:
Hello,

i created a thread a few months ago on this forum, asking muslim Allah to kill me if He does exist. The thread was moderated and closed.
I read someone mentionning on the thread a killing in England the day after this of its creation. No other substantial reply

i created a few days ago, on the "kitchen sink" as well, a thread questionning about the moral purpose of the veiling. No reply either, but i heard about a killing, the day after it was created in Australia.

Do you think, please, it's just my paranoïa, or it could be more than a coincidence between these killings and the threads ?
(Actually, it's just that the killings makes me more and more doubting muslim Allah exists, and moral arguing also for veiling)

Of course Allah exists for the Muslim just as G_d exists for the Jews and it is the same God that the Christian's worship however, the big difference is access.

" No one can come to the Father except through me". Jesus Christ of Nazareth

No access, not heard.

What you need to be concerned with is your attempt to test your Father through other means in other words, you think there is power where there is none and more egregious was your attempt to cause harm to yourself for proof.

Sorry to be so candid, your post was very unsettling.

Be blessed.

Yusuphhai · 2025-12-17T06:01:04-0600

雅各看見母舅拉班的女兒拉結、和母舅拉班的羊群、就上前把石頭轉離井口、飲他母舅拉班的羊群。
Genesis 29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

tturt · 2025-12-17T05:57:04-0600

Also, you'll want to save tidbits for the interview

HIM · 2025-12-17T05:57:00-0600

Jeesuspelastaa said:
The law of Moses is one whole, and its partial observance is the breaking of the law.

Many people ask what Law is in our hearts.Let's take a look.

Two covenants in the time of Moses, The New and the old. The old was from Sinia and the new was first establish Moab prior to entering into the promised land. according to Deut 29:1

Deut 29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

Chapter 30 goes into details about the New Covenant that Jeremiah doesn't. In verses 6-10 it says our Lord our God will circumcise our hearts to Love Him. And That we shall return unto the Lord and obey and do all His commandments. That we are to hearken unto the voice of the Lord To keep His commandments, Statutes contained in the Book of the Law if we turn unto the Lord with all our heart. TAKE NOTE, THE JUDGEMENTS ARE NOT MENTIONED IN VERSE 10.

Deut 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Deut 30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

Deut 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

And this commandment to hearken unto the voice of the Lord to keep His commandments and statutes contained in the Book of the Law is now far from us or hidden from us. That we say, who shall go into heaven or across the sea to bring it to us. But this Word, to hearken unto the voice of the Lord to keep His commandments and statutes contained in the Book of the Law is very nigh unto us. It is in our hearts and in our mouths to do it.

Deut 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
Deut 30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deut 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deut 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

This New Covenant is in the present tense not future as in Jeremiah. But because it was only completely fulfilled in the People in that time due to the stiff necks and hard hearts like today it is repeated in Jeremiah 31:31. just in different words. There as you know it says, the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

One can plainly see that it is the Same covenant just in different words and in the future tense.

Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Both these wordings of the New covenant are repeated in the New Testament. The way it is written in Deut 29 and 30 is repeated in Romans 10:6-8. And as you are aware Jeremiah's wording is repeated in Hebrews 10 and 8. Take not of the difference emphasized in bolded print.

Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

Rom 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above
Rom 10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
Rom 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

The readers of of Romans were both Jew and Gentile. That being said they would have recognized the wording in Romans and went to Deut, 30:10-14 and seen the wording there and would have seen what was meant by the word being in their mouth and hearts through Christ. And in seeing they would have seen that it was the circumcised heart that would hearken unto the voice of the Lord to Keep His commandments and statutes contained in the Book of the Law due to the Love that He has placed there. No judgements mentioned, just a loving heart hearkening unto the voice of the Lord to keep His commandments and statutes contained in the Book of the Law through Him.

Megaduck · 2025-12-17T05:56:35-0600

Unqualified said:
I pray for you to be strong and prep. It’s uncomfortable bt many have already handled it before you and ask for a sedative. I pray you will take it moment by moment and be glad. Put yourself in Gods hands and He will see you through. And laugh. Take joy in this and laugh. A little stressful, please lord overcome in Jesus Name.

Thank you!

Normandt · 2025-12-17T05:41:12-0600

Homily Thursday, December 18 2025

Jeremiah 23:5-8

“As the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of the house of Israel up from the land of the north.”

The living Lord is with every person. Every person can benefit from the Lord’s presence.

Matthew 1:18-24

“When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.”

Joseph has the attitude of a true disciple. He listens, he discerns, and he realizes that it is truly the Lord who is speaking to him and inviting him to the mission. He accepts, and this is confirmed: “He took Mary home as his wife.”

Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.

Nithavela · 2025-12-17T05:29:09-0600

RileyG said:
Well? I doubt anyone is reading that obscure book anyway. I don’t like book banning or censorship but i also understand why some material needs to be age appropriate. I guess I have overall mixed feelings? I dunno.

Is there a minimum amount of readers a book should have before people are allowed to read it?

Christsfreeservant · 2025-12-17T05:22:36-0600

“Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things. But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? (Romans 2:1-4 NASB1995)

This is not a condemnation against all judging, but it is against hypocritical judging. For the Bible teaches that we should not judge unjustly, by human standards, by comparing others to ourselves, in hate, with wrong motives, and/or prejudicially, but we are to judge righteously. So, this is like “the pot calling the kettle black,” i.e. when those who are guilty of certain sins stand in condemnation against others who are guilty of the same exact sins.

[Matthew 7:1-5; John 7:24,51; John 8:15-16; Romans 2:3; Galatians 6:1-5; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 2 Corinthians 10:12; James 5:19-20; Jude 1:22-23]

And it might not be the exact same sin, technically speaking, but in the same category. For example a heterosexual might condemn someone for being in a homosexual relationship but while that person is engaged in adultery and sexual immorality of a different nature. For that person might be a porn addict, and all that comes along with porn addiction, but while that person will look down upon and condemn a homosexual relationship.

And this is about people who make sin their practice. All sin is wrong, but it is those who practice sin who are condemned by God, i.e. those who deliberately and habitually return to the same sins over again and do not change course. They always return to their vomit without conscience, and without remorse, and without concern for who gets hurt in the process. For their god is their flesh, and feeding the flesh overcomes all else.

“But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each person according to his deeds: to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God.” (Romans 2:5-11 NASB1995)

And we are talking here about many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who are not living holy lives, pleasing to God, in walks of surrender to the will of God in obedience to his commands. But they are still walking in sin, making sin their practice, and not obedience to God. For they are those who are stubborn and unrepentant in heart and mind, many of whom are convinced that their habitual sins will not hinder their eternal life with God.

But Paul, as led by the Holy Spirit, makes it clear here that God is going to render to each person according to his deeds. For those who persevere in doing the good that God requires of us, we will have eternal life with God. But for those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth of God’s word, his gospel, but who obey unrighteousness, instead, they will face the wrath and indignation of God, and they will not have eternal life with God.

For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For 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.” For not everyone who calls Jesus “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father in heaven (see Titus 2:11-14; Matthew 7:21-23).

[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]

Living Water

An Original Work / November 21, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Based off Various Scriptures

My people have forsaken Me,
Their Savior, who died on a tree;
Made idols, and they worshipped them;
So empty, they will ne’er fulfill.

Lord, You are the hope of Your chosen ones.
Those who turn away from You will be shamed;
The Spring of Living Water left behind.

Living Water satisfies.

The thirsty, let them come and drink;
Believe in Jesus as their King;
The gift of Jesus given them,
So they will never thirst again.

Indeed, the Living Water flows within.
It springs up like a fountain cleansing sin.
Eternal life in heaven promised them.

Living Water glorifies.

Oh people, won’t you come to Him?
Obey Him and repent of sin.
Let Jesus come and live within.
Surrender all your life to Him.

My people, won’t you turn your hearts to Me?
Forsake your idols and then you’ll be free.
Won’t you come now to Me on bended knee?

Living Water sanctifies.

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Hypocritical Judging
An Original Work / December 17, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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