Mine, is to believe in Jesus, and then IMPORTANT, be filled with the Holy spirit, that we need our pentecost too. And STAY filled.
After that, He is going to take you somewhere, treat with you, etc.

You could be a famous theologian that if you weren't filled with the Holy spirit, is not worth much how many books you can write.

I can see him as a type of Christ, a foreshadow, if you prefer, in Genesis 24.

Irregardless is an oxymoron.

concretecamper said:

Ugh, and you expect people to listen to your interpretation of scripture

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I don't get to call that one. . .

Bible Highlighter said:

I prefer the truth over my own path or way.
The Bible gives us the truth about God. it says things that I must accept even if I do not like what it says at times.
I accept all of the Bible by faith. I accept both the good parts I like and the no so good parts I don’t like.
It’s all true and must be placed into my heart to the glory of Jesus Christ (Who is God).
Why? Well, it’s better to live in truth than to believe a lie to my own downfall.
It’s like the Leftist machine. They promote lies even if it is at the cost of this country going downhill.

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Amen.

RileyG said:

I never liked them. Just a personal preference, I guess.

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Yep, we all like different things, I suppose.

2 Timothy 3
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Michie said:

Yes it is. It’s ignored largely every time I post about it. People would rather talk their political teams.

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I couldn't have said it better myself.

tonychanyt said:

Let's see the context. Philippians 2:


Be humble like Jesus:


Strong's Greek: 2758. κενόω (kenoó) — 5 Occurrences

BDAG:
① to make empty, to empty
ⓑ of divestiture of position or prestige: of Christ, who gave up the appearance of his divinity and took on the form of a slave

How did Jesus empty himself?


By humbling himself as a servant, he took on the form and likeness of a human.


He died like a human.

Did Jesus empty himself of his divine nature?

To assert that would overstate what Paul said in this passage. People who like to generalize tend to overgeneralize. I rather not overgeneralize. No, Paul did not assert that Jesus emptied himself of his divine nature. He encouraged us to be humble like Jesus, who temporarily gave up his equality with God to live like humans. The "emptying" referred specifically to Christ voluntarily limiting the use of his divine prerogatives during his earthly ministry, not giving up his divine nature.

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Paul throughout is making reference to humility, self-sacrifice, the conviction to put others first...(Philippians 2:3-4)

Paul demonstrates this principle by sharing his own conviction. Whereby he prioritizes the needs of others ahead of himself, choosing to live to be with them than die to be with Christ as this would be more beneficial for them (Phillipians 1:24)
Paul highlights how Jesus is the ultimate example of this principle. The glory of the heaven contrasted with the lowliness of humanity (Philippians 2:5-8)
Paul then shares how Timothy puts the needs of others ahead of his own. (Phillipians 2:20-22)
Paul also shares how Epaphroditus does this, risking his life for others in this case Paul (Phillipians 2:30)

boughtwithaprice said:

It’s a metaphor. Men dance around the heart of a woman and can never catch her. They seem to be very handsome and strong, but she is not interested.

Yeah I think it is funny too, but sad at the same time. I sacrifice my heart and soul to God, and He commands me how to treat my wife. The men in the video are representative of modern men that sacrifice themselves to women in exchange for sex and admiration. It never works

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Meh…it’s a typical video. She is just playing the man’s usual role in this one. I see it as the usual drivel but not a good metaphor. *shrug* men have been playing that role she plays on the video forever. It’s just role reversal.

Jesus said in Luke 23:

31 if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?”

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What did the “green wood” and the “dry" indicate?

Both indicated the temple. The “green wood” symbolized the physical body of Christ, which in turn symbolized the temple of God. The "dry" symbolized the physical Jerusalem temple.

Jesus was on his way to crucifixion, Luke 23:

26 As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.

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Jesus warned the women that bad things would come upon them and their kids. Thirty-some years later, Rome would burn the city of Jerusalem and the temple.

31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

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A green tree was not so easily set on fire. Jesus didn't commit any crime. Despite Pilate's reluctance to execute him, he was about to be crucified. They were about to hang Jesus' body on a tree. Jesus' body symbolized the temple of God.

A dry tree could be easily set on fire. The dry tree represented the Jerusalem temple. It had not been producing good fruit because it was dry. Rome would come and burn the city of Jerusalem and its temple for its rebellion.

Carl Emerson said:

Yep... the muslims have a pilgrimage to the Black Stone and all believers must touch the Copper Plate...

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Best I clarify that we were musing about this in case we are thought to be promoting the latest weird sect...

Thanks for pointing out that shamayim - the -im ending - makes the word plural as it does in elohim - the gods. From my biblical studies, my understanding of "god" (eloah) or "gods" (elohim) is they are any beings more capable or "advanced" than us humans. In today's parlance, these are ETs - intelligent beings from the heavens. Our common reference to "heavens" is "space", and we also have three "layers" of them just as the ancients did: 1) troposphere, where birds fly, tree leaves fall, and weather occurs; 2) outer space, where the planets, stars, comets, galaxies, dust clouds, etc. are; and 3) "the third heaven"; perhaps it might be called eternity - beyond the universe - or perhaps not. Scripture does not tell us the scope of the creation, though it is commonly assumed that it is the entire modern cosmological universe from cosmology. But that is an assumption.

Indeed, the entirety of what is contained in the modern cosmological model is the work of God, but we have enough trouble with the Greek philosophy imported into Trinitarian doctrine to know the totality of what is to be known about God. Could it be that the Genesis 1:1 text about the creation of "shamayim (sky) and erets (land)" might be lesser in scope than our modern conception?

Yttrium said:

After all the economic turmoil from COVID-19, any Republican candidate would look good on the economy. That's why it's tragic that there isn't a decent Republican candidate this time around. It would have been an easy win.

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I think Nikki Haley would have crushed Harris at the debate. None of the issues that sunk Trump would have even come up.

She doesn’t say stupid things that have to then be cleaned up afterwards. She doesn’t spread dumb unfounded conspiracies she read online or saw on tv. Harris wouldn’t be able to so easily crush her on the abortion debate. She wouldn’t have fallen for the easy bait about crowds at her rallies and look like a self interested raving lunatic coming apart at the seams. She doesn’t have a ton of baggage from an unpopular presidency. She’s not an automatically divisive figure. She doesn’t antagonize or demonize people who disagree with her.

I’m hoping for Trump’s loss, if anything to break the spell he has over so many people.

Well done.

Pioneer3mm said:

His ministry had an impact..on my spiritual journey.
- Especially, during the early years.
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I was at his crusade meeting..many years ago.

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Can you imagine so many millions of souls!

tailgator said:

What it says..

I just heard a man prophecied the other night saying that if he is not elected,Israel will be destroyed
Looks like he will send the beast help after he is elected.He believes only he can save the beast.
Hahaha.

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Huh...

RileyG said:

Her house, her rules

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Yep. But I also found her smoking in my house during my daughter’s graduation party after I was clear she couldn’t smoke in the house.

It’s election season, and it’s not the most wonderful time of the year!

Tension is high — in marriages, in families, in churches, between friends, between colleagues, and even at Bible Studies and Community Groups. Between both of us — one is a pastor, and the other a professional Christian counselor — we have been inundated talking to people caught in this web of dissension, division, hostility, and emotional overload. Often the discord is within the home — and sadly, quite often within the Church or in church group settings.

The places that we trust to be “safe” — family and church — are often battlegrounds during election season. And this election year is no different.

How, as believers, do we deal with conflict? How do we turn opposition into opportunity? We start by having the mindset of Christ.

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Michie said:

I’m just waiting for it to be over at this point.

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Yup. I’m still scared how the outcome will be, but I’m putting it in God’s hands.

Sanders' statement is in itself an attempt to misdirect Independents and the Undecideds. It is a fake assertion. He knows very well that these voting blocs are needed and that attracting them for their centrism is necessary at all costs. So Sanders must say that, knowing full well that Harris is not dropping her leftist values. And "values" do equal "policies". Harris and Sanders form a duo: (1) maintain the myth of the flip (Harris) and (2) add a temporary credence to that myth (Sanders). Two steps backwards to get three steps forward, American Marxism at its most devious.

DennisF said:

Elohim in Hebrew is plural and means gods (including Yahweh) yet theologians have a field day with this word, contorting it into a singular noun.

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See Is "elohim" singular or plural? and follow up there

Ephesians 4:

26 Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.

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Is it OK to resolve your disagreement tomorrow?

Yes, it is time to press the reset button when the sun goes down. Replace anger with peace and get some restful sleep. There are always issues that cannot be resolved in a single day.

Jesus informed us in Matthew 6:

34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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How do we get rid of the anger and worries before the night?

1 Peter 5:

7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

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Let God deal with them. Trust God to handle them for you.

Is it OK to resolve your disagreement tomorrow?

Yes, John 16:

33 I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

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See also BE ANGRY and do not sin.