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981 | Worshiptainment | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 110214 | ||
Hi Edb, All I can say is that the Lord knows those that are His. John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. We sure have to stick with the Word, CDBJ |
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982 | Worshiptainment | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 110188 | ||
Hi New Creature, Now doesn’t that just beat all? That sounds like the church that I went to before I was saved! Years ago, after I believed and trusted in Jesus as my own personal Savoir, I was looking for a church that actually expounded on teaching the Word of God, because I couldn’t seem to get enough of it! I came to find out that they are few and far between using an example from Scripture. Acts 20:11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. Now days, people don’t appear to have the hunger that I did when I was a new born in Christ; the desires today are closer to that of one who is stillborn and this puzzles me greatly. 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: This desire wasn’t something that I had to drum up on my own anymore then one would have to teach an infant how to cry when it is hungry. My hardest problem was finding a church that could keep me filled up with God’s Word. I was starting to grow quite rapidly and the pabulum that I was being feed didn’t satisfy my growing needs. I had a very hard time finding a church that had a pastor teacher that could dig into the deep thing of God, and the baby bottle routine wasn’t doing the trick anymore. There is a real need for pastor teachers in this country that are willing to study and be able to crank out Bible doctrine, on a consistent bases. They need to spend more time digging into Scripture with a good sound background in the original languages so that they can teach lay people things that they can’t find on their own. One of the big problems is that the congregations think that a pastor is supposed to be a wet nurse and a door mat and he should be there for all their little nicks and bruises. The way I see it God wants us to be sustained by Him and His word but the problem is, what pastor has time enough to do both? Pastors are too busy with changing dippers, as it were, and kissing bruised knees or tied up with meaningless programs and there isn’t enough time in a day to do everything. It takes about five to eight hours of intensive study in God’s word to be able to have a good one hour message; and most congregations won’t let a pastor study that long with out interruptions. It’s no wonder are churches are getting sidetracked into the programs and other things, we are to the point where teaching the Bible is just taking up the slack in a nice mutual admiration society. This problem started to happen in the first century church and they dealt with it. Acts 6:1-4 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. Acts 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. Our ministers are having everything dumped in their laps and it wasn’t meant to be that way originally. Ephes. 4:11-14 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; Singing is a very important part of almost every service but when disaster strikes, in ones life, all the singing in the world isn’t going to sustain you like Bible doctrine that's been metabolized into ones soul. Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. In most churches, half of the service is dedicated to music, and then we get a little thirty to forty five minute message that actually has about fifteen minutes of actual Biblical facts and promises. I think if our church services were turned around that we would see a great change in this country. We need to get back to more dependence on God’s Word with pastors that are able to crake it out more then, supposedly, one hour a week. I’m in trouble now, CDBJ |
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983 | Weather of skies | OT general | CDBJ | 110154 | ||
Hi EdB, That is one that usually works, unless you live in Ohio. I have a sailboat on Lake Erie and have been bitten by that saying a few times. VHF radio is a little more accurate but they didn't exist when this was made popular. I think that something as dramatic as the first advent of Christ went unnoticed yet people could determine what was supposedly going to happen, weather wise, just by watching the sky. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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984 | Just your interpretation? | Rom 4:3 | CDBJ | 110103 | ||
Great post Kalos and I agree 100 per. CDBJ |
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985 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | CDBJ | 110098 | ||
Often when we sing, in church, I get choked up praising the Lord because God’s grace blows my mind, that He has chosen someone like me, to reveal the truth about His Son too. I tell my wife that I think when I sing that it must make my nose run; you know the resonance and all? I always manage to pull my handkerchief out some time during the song service. You know, guys don’t get emotional like the ladies do, oops! Praise the Lord, CDBJ |
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986 | How to "win the world" ? | Bible general Archive 2 | CDBJ | 110083 | ||
There is a point at which we do this in our church, besides after a moving song, and that's when someone follows the Lord in baptism. I don't know about the rest of our congregation but it brings tears to my eyes and I always thank the Lord. | ||||||
987 | How do we tithe properly? | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 109869 | ||
I just directed my last post to myself because I don't want it to be pointed. | ||||||
988 | How do we tithe properly? | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 109868 | ||
You are absolutely right and I stand corrected with regard to the word tithe not being mentioned in the New Testament. What I meant to convey is that it is not to be an issue with Christians. From what you are saying it sounds like we both hold about the same position. I think that a lot of believers get their offering or collection for the Lord’s work mixed up. It seem as though they think that God can be bribed with their measly giving. God is a God of grace and cannot be bought as it were. They think that by giving a certain percentage that God has to bless them and as a result give them back more then they gave. It doesn’t work that way in the New Testament. It would be no big deal for God to drop a million dollars in our laps and then we could give as our heart dictates. We are to give after the Lord prospers us in the New Testament. 1 Cor. 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. Notice is says, as God hath, “past tense”, prospered him. The problem with most believers is that if God were to dump a fortune in our laps most of us wouldn’t be capable of handling it and our life would go down the drain, so to speak. A lot of believers don’t have the capacity for wealth and the Lord knows it. It would be like me giving my son when he was just a kid, a nice 45 long Colt peacemaker. I like guns but I loved my son too much to do that; I sure wouldn’t be doing him any great favor with such a move because it would cause more harm then good, he didn’t have the capacity for it and couldn’t handle it properly. The Lord knows our capabilities and capacity better then we do and He prospers us through grace, and when He does we should give as our heart dictates. So many believers give because they feel that they have too! 2 Cor. 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. The words, or of necessity, are also in that verse. The truth is God isn’t broke, and if it isn’t easy for one to give X amount don’t do it. One should give to the Lord’s work because they really love doing it and it doesn’t strap them down because the Lord has prospered them to the point that it’s no problem or a big deal. When someone asks the question with regard to tithing of his or her money and time etc. before or after taxes, it is already to the point of being a necessity or they wouldn’t have asked. If someone wants to dispute this point I don’t care to debate it, take it up with the Lord, and yes I know what it says in the Old Testament! Well I guess I just got put on the TBN black list! Have a great day, CDBJ |
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989 | Was Martin Luther King Jr. wrong? | Matt 5:13 | CDBJ | 109810 | ||
Good luck on your crusade, I would suggest that you look up the word repent in the Koine Greek! CDBJ | ||||||
990 | Christian Activism? | Matt 5:13 | CDBJ | 109760 | ||
Our God is an awesome God! | ||||||
991 | How do we tithe properly? | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 109753 | ||
Let me see if I am understanding you right? Are you saying, in affect, that God can be bought with my puny little tithe and that by doing so I can impress Him more so that he will bless me more? Is this called blessing for sale to the highest bidder? OK then, that being the case, I figure if I starve the wife and kids I will be able to give more, right? That way everyone will see how bad off we are and everyone will want what I have? That sounds like it would be a great testimony for the Lord! What happened to grace? CDBJ |
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992 | Christian Activism? | Matt 5:13 | CDBJ | 109746 | ||
Great post mommapbs, Even if we could beat the world into our little mold that still wouldn’t save their souls. We need to be proclaimers not protestors; with all the changes we think we can make, we still can’t change a person’s nature. Even perfect environment won’t accomplish that and we can see that by the fact that even after 1000 years of perfect rule in the world, with Christ on the throne, the old sin natures in unregenerate man will still rebel. Rev. 20:7-10 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Try as we may the only way people will change is when God changes them and they become new creatures in Christ. I’m sorry to say but most of these, so called Christian activist, are only whitewashing the devils world! The Bible has the answer to the worlds problems at that is God's Son, the Lord Jesus Christ! My two cents worth. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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993 | explain Kenosis | Phil 2:7 | CDBJ | 109615 | ||
Hank, your a trip, CDBJ | ||||||
994 | explain Kenosis | Phil 2:7 | CDBJ | 109589 | ||
Thanks for the info, I went to it and read myself out, if you know what I mean? CDBJ | ||||||
995 | explain Kenosis | Phil 2:7 | CDBJ | 109520 | ||
Greetings mommapbs, I have always thought that while Christ was here on earth, to redeem man, that he didn’t exhibit all of the attributes of God. A good example of this I think would be the following. John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. Mark 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. CDBJ |
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996 | Demons? Today? | Matt 8:31 | CDBJ | 109478 | ||
Dear keynam, My heart goes out to you and after I read your post I had to pray that the Lord would work a great work in your daughters life! Never give up!! Ephes. 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Matthew 21:21-22 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. CDBJ |
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997 | Demons? Today? | Matt 8:31 | CDBJ | 109451 | ||
Hi Rowdy, What do you mean by the term end of the world? The throne of David is an earthly reign so how could there be an end to the Earth? Isaiah 9:7 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. Luke 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. The destruction of the Earth will occur, just as it did during the flood, and then Earth will be refurbished just as it was then, only instead of using water God will use fire. The newly refurbished Earth will start over with all believers as it did then, after God poured out his wrath. God will reinstate perfect environment with Christ in charge that will last for 1000 years, not figurative years. CDBJ |
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998 | Ephesians 2:9-10 Good works ? | Rom 1:15 | CDBJ | 109390 | ||
That was an interesting post and when we look at it that way the same thing was reflected in the life of Christ, he said in essence that the price was paid and then he died physically; his work here was completed in the physical body. John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. CDBJ |
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999 | Is Holy Communion for baptised believers | 1 Cor 11:27 | CDBJ | 109377 | ||
If you feel this way why do you bother with being on the forum? Are people supposed to listen to what you are saying and have no regard for what the Lord said through Paul, who wrote more books in the Bible then anyone else? 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Galatians 1:8-9 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. As you find fault with people do you find fault with God and what he has done through the person of His Son Jesus Christ? Would you refuse God’s gift of eternal life by failing to have faith in Christ. Ephes. 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. You are blaming religion, faith in Christ is a relationship with God through His Son! John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Get your eyes off of people and focus on Christ! None of us are perfect but Jesus was and if you will put your trust in him God will credit you with the righteousness of Christ. 2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. CDBJ |
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1000 | Homo Heaven | Is 56:7 | CDBJ | 109350 | ||
Now there is the epitome biblical distortion if I have ever heard it before. Romans 1:24-32 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. What do you assume is going to get these eunuchs to heaven in the first place and where does Jesus fit into this picture? Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. CDBJ |
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