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881 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | gracefull | 80743 | ||
Hi Joe,and all other fellow forum brothers and'or sisters: I have been visiting this forum for a year almost, and I have noticed something that I intend to correct in the way I post. The problem with these threads is that they jump from scripture to scripture, even from subject to subject, and this ends up in confusion which I believe will not be helpful to visitors and may actually be harmful. Since I started this thread discussing 2 Corinthians, in light of teachings on healing, that is where I have concluded. For discussions here to be both productive and reasonable, time and research wise, I will not attempt to address 'scatter shots'. Although these scriptures by all of you do indeed address the subject of healing....I was addressing 2 Corinthians. We will surely have opportunity to address these others, but I intend to read your posts, pray and ask the Holy Spirit for guidance on what scriptures to study next. I hope this will help create a more 'Bible Study' atmosphere for visitors. Prayerfull...someone seeking an answer of "sufferings" will realize Paul is speaking of persecutions and hardships due to our association with the person of Jesus the Messiah, and will realize one can't erase 'messenger of Satan' and write 'sickness and desease or affliction' as Paul's thorn. To accept this fact does create some new things to consider, but that is what Bible Study is supposed to do. Get to truth and eliminate deceptions and lies from Satan. God bless |
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882 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | gracefull | 80745 | ||
I do believe all scriptural truth can be traced back to His teachings, although in the other letters, there is often much more detail. Let me ask you...Since physical healing was a MAJOR emphasis of His ministry, how do you think such a MAJOR exclusion as never telling ANYONE who asked for healing, that it was God's will for them to remain sick for awhile. Scripture takes it a step further...They were Not healed due to unbelief... Mark 6:5-6 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. Jesus Himself, the son of God the Christ, the Messiah... Could do not mighty works because of THEIR unbelief.... I hope this explains my understanding of your question. God bless |
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883 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | gracefull | 80753 | ||
Again, you attempt to divert from the subject by interjecting controversial debates off the subject... I will not participate. God bless |
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884 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | gracefull | 80760 | ||
My friend...what does homosexuality addressed in both the Old covenant and the New covenant have to do with the subject I was addressing. I was speaking of healing and there are many scriptures to compare on the subject in the New covenant alone. Jesus, in the gospels did not address homosexuality at all, however he addressed healing and faith almost/if not every chapter of the gospels. Your statement does not address scripture. God bless |
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885 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | gracefull | 80774 | ||
Thank you.. I intend to work much harder at this. It can't be a good witness to hear all this when they are hoping to just get some scriptural input. God bless |
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886 | Did Jesus go to hell? | 1 Peter | gracefull | 80775 | ||
I agree, Jesus did not teach on homosexuality, and sinc I do believe the entire Bible is inspired (Holy Spirit breathed) the observation that Jesus never ever forbade healing for ANY reason does not prove anything scripturally, I do believe it should at least be a point to ponder, an eyebrow raiser, when going into the study of healing. Jesus attitude concerning healing and all the situations He addressed when healing are equally important with all other scriptures. If you do not see healing as a major point of Jesus ministry...OK. I do see it as a major point..I will move on now... God Bless, |
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887 | Healing by Strips physical or not | 1 Pet 2:24 | gracefull | 82374 | ||
Hello Fritzeverett, Hello..i would like to comment on your statement if I may. "I know that Paul did not receive a healing because Gods grace was sufficient. Corinthians 12:9." Please read, if you have not already, my post #81017. 2 Corinthians is often used to confirm sickness as God's will and instrument of discipline. However, if you re read 2 Corinthians carefully researching the word "suffering' and giving no consideration to the traditional teaching, you may find this is not the case. I do suggest reading the entire book. when I did this study, I opened my Bible and asked the Holy Spirit to help me read it as if for the first time blocking any presuppositions and previous commentaries I had read. As I read I was careful not to interject any words or beliefs and to take the scriptures purely based on what they actually say. I suggest you try that as well. The reason you should reconsider this conclusion is because if you accept this common interpretation of 2 Corinthians (the entire book) your understanding of other scripture in regards to healing will be influenced by this. For instance, you say you are still considering the issue of healing being provided through the atonement. If Corinthians tells us Paul was suffering a physical sickness or desease given him by God, or Satan and allowed by God then the issue of healing and the atonement is already concluded, healing is conditional and not provided for everyone because we have a Biblical exception. Please consider two points. Does scripture tell us what the thorn was? Does scripture tell us why God did not remove it? I would be interested to hear your comments after you read the thread. God bless |
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888 | Healing by Strips physical or not | 1 Pet 2:24 | gracefull | 82536 | ||
Excelent post of the compassion of our Lord. As one who believes it is always God's will to heal, even though many do not receive, it saddens me a lot when brothers and sisters conclude erroniously that just because we believe this we are somehow condemning them. All of us have suffered lose of some kind in this war, and scripture clearly says we are in a battle, and the battle Satan wages is to discredit God's Word and take souls to hell. To suffer lose is not defeat, but rather a challenge to dig deeper into the truth of God's covenant. I never lose touch with the fact that I am human and although I have been born again, my mind is continually being renewed to the truth. My spirit is constantly being taught by the Holy Spirit, of if my mind is BEING renewed and my spirit is BEING taught..there are things of God I do not yet know. When I am knocked down, for me that means I need to dig into God's word more and pray more for a deeper understanding of His will,(Colossians chapter 1 and Ephesians chapter 1) not that I should condemn myself or deny truth, but rather that I accept His grace an move on. I always look at Jesus teaching in Matthew on the sower sowing the word....the thief comes to steal the word sown in my heart....How does he steal the word? By lying to me and telling me the Word does not work. the Word is not true, if it were, this would not happen or that would not happen. If God is love, why are children suffering? If God's will is to heal everyone, why is everyone not healed? If it is God's will that no one perish, why are people still lost? There are cults present today because of these very questions....None are lost, all are saved... None are really sick...the mind just 'thinks' we are sick and in reality, our mind is lying to us. If we can change our mind, we can see our circumstances as they realy are. The Word says we are transformed by the renewing of our mind...but the renewing is to God's Word which does not deny the existence of evil opposition. This is Satan's way of distorting the truth..he is real, God is real, a battle is raging in the spirit rhelm. But the truth is Jesus defeated the powers (dominions of darkness). Bbut he is still lose attempting to deceive the world into believing Jesus is not Lord. Faith does not deny the existence of negative circumstances, faith speaks the Word of God against these circumstances. Faith believes God's Word(Jesus is the Word made flesh) is supreme and circumstances must bow their knee. And when we are knocked down, and sometimes we will be(not because the Word is not true, but because we are not yet perfected, we still rely on our human vision more that God more often than not) we get up, brush off and continue forward. Let God's Word be true even though I myself, or any other human being, be found a liar! Why should this offend me? God is God! God bless |
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889 | How about Deut33:7? | 1 Pet 2:24 | gracefull | 82539 | ||
imf: As Ed said, there were many at the pool... and only one was healed, but I do not agree with his conclusion that the reason only one was healed was because it was not God's will to heal the others. But rather that man's lack of faith to receive healing because of his opposing belief that that it is not God's will to heal everyone. Though these scriptures do not specificaly state that unbelief was present, scripture does tell us that unbelief prevented Jesus from performing miracles, and no where in scripture does Jesus or the apostles teach that sickness and desease are God's will in some cases,and scripture does not record a single case where Jesus crefused to heal anyone who asked Him. Jesus acredits healing to faith..not faith in faith but faith that God is both willing AND able to heal them. Everyting we receive from God must come through this kind of faith...TRUE BELIEVING FROM THE HEART. If the belief of the hear is divided between 'yes it is God's will to heal' and 'but I do not believe it is His will to heal everyone' then we waver between the two and Satan the liar can create havoc in our minds with such lies as, 'you don't deserve healing'. Of course not! God does not heal us because of our own righteousness any more than He saves us because of our own righteousness! It is because of Jesus! "According to you faith be it unto you". "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" "I am willing". "Jesus could do no great works there, save healing a few sick folk, because of their unbelief." Jesus also reprimanded for lack of faith but not as one condemning, but rather as one saying 'here is where you are falling short...work on it!' "Faith 'comes' by hearing and hearing by the Word of God". Faith comes through hearing with the physical ears? Or is it rather by having our spiritual ears open and the Word entering our spirit? Faith is BELIEVING with the heart and when the faith of the heart mixes with God's Word...miracles happen! The new birth is a PERFECT example, as it is the first miracle in the believers life produced by Faith in God's Word concerning Jesus the Christ. Psalm 119:130 "The entrance of Thy word brings light". God bless |
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890 | Healing by Strips physical or not | 1 Pet 2:24 | gracefull | 82549 | ||
In response to... "Divine Healing: The Privilege of All Believers [Part 1] "As the privilege of believers, the promise of healing does not rule out suffering for Christ’s sake and the gospel’s. We are expected to be prepared to follow His example (Hebrews 5:8; 1 Peter 2:19,21; 4:12—14,19)." Hebrews 5:7-97 In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, These scriptures state that Jesus suffering unto obedience was demonstrated through "loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety." Was this in the Garden before the crucifiction? These scriptures do not speak of Jesus' suffering sickness or desease, but the unjust crucifiction of the righteous Son of God. The suffering was both the carnal will waring with the spirit and the, rejection of those He loved, and finally the physical suffering of the crucifiction. 1 Peter 2:19,21 SERVANTS, be SUBMISSIVE to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable. 19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when SUFFERING UNJUSTLY. 20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. 21 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered(Again, how did Christ 'suffer' for us?) for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, 22 WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH; 23 and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed." These scriptures speak of external unjust treatment, again comparing to the suffering of Christ as spoken of in Hebrews..and even goes on to say in verse 24 that he bore our sins in His body and by His stripes we were healed. but Since this is quoted from Isaiah 53 and in Isaiah healing means to be made whole and theologians for the most part agree that in Isaiah it means spirit soul and body,Peter odviously chose his words carefully, we must agree that it is the same word thus the meaning is the same. 1 Peter 4:1, 12-19 1. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: FOR HE THAT HATH SUFFERED IN THE FLESH HATH CESED FROM SIN; THAT HE NO LONGER SOULD LIVE THE REST OF HIS TIME IN THE FLESH TO THE LUSTS OF MEN BUT TO THE WILL OF GOD. 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the FIERY ORDEAL among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; 13 but to the degree that you share the SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST,(and what were the sufferings of Christ?) keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation. 14 If you are REVILED for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 Make sure that none of you SUFFERS as a MURDERER, or THIEF, or EVILDOER, or a TROUBLESOME MEDDLER; 16 but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name. 17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for THOSE WHO DO NOT OBEY THE GOSPEL OF GOD? 18 AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER? 19 Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in DOING WHAT IS RIGHT. The suffering these scriptures 'in context' is again compared to Christ's suffering and is not in any way speaking of suffering from sickness and desease. All the above scripture compares the suffering we should expect with the sufferings Christ endured. We are to endure persecutions, vexatons of our soul when persecuted for righteousness. One can say "Yes but sickness is suffering so can't we include it?" Not here. These scriptures in context do not support that statement. Neither Peter nor Paul are speaking of or using any comparison of sickness and desease. God bless |
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891 | How about Deut33:7? | 1 Pet 2:24 | gracefull | 82550 | ||
"Now they had enough faith to be there and wait for the angel to stir the water but they didn't have enough faith to turn to Jesus right after he healed a man in their sight. Sure!" Why would it surprise you that their faith would be in something other than Jesus? "I also did not give an explanation as to why they all weren't healed I simply said all were present and the apparently all weren't healed. God had another plan. God doesn't always heal when we think he should was the point I was making." I apologize for my incorrect observation of your point. But I do believe when faith and the Word join, God's healing wil take place. I think you need to read Matthew 15:22-28 Jesus did refuse but the persistance of the woman made Him change his mind. Also David prayed for his son and God did not heal him. Jesus also did not heal Lazarus but allowed him to die to show God might. God does what glorifies Him the most and serves His purpose while working all things to our good. Interesting points...Jesus had not purchased healing through the atonement when David's child died. Also David's child was conceived in sin and could not be the heir of the promise. The woman of Canaan's child was 'grievously vexed with a demon'. And even if you wanted to view this as healing...Do you honestly believe Jesus 'refused' in the sense of the word you use here? Jesus knew she would persist and no doubt in His wisdom..provoked her to press Him. Jesus said to the disciples 'this sickness is not unto death...but that the Father might be glorified'. However, you have a point here. "The Bible says nothing about the servants faith in the story of the Centurian and Jesus healed the servant. The father of the demonic son said he lacked the faith but asked for it and Jesus healed the son and if the son was demonic he couldn't have had faith for healing so Jesus worked in face of a lack of faith." Read again.. faith received. the Centurion had faith for his servant. The demonic son's dad said "I beieve, help thou my unbelief". This speaks of limited faith. Apparently enough. Jesus said 'go' and he went. Still faith. God bless |
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892 | How about Deut33:7? | 1 Pet 2:24 | gracefull | 82562 | ||
"I think that was a distasteful remark." Distasteful? What politically correct or tasteful term would you use? She was married to another, not David. "Besides Perez was in your “words conceived in sin,”Tamar tricked her father in law Judah into getting her pregnant and he is part of the line of Jesus Matt 1:3." This is not the same. Tamar's husband was dead and so was Judah's wife. Although this was not what we in our society would consider acceptable, she was not out of order. She sought seed from her dead husband's bloodline. In the case of David, Bathsheba was married to another man, whom David murdered I might add. "Your right, but are you telling me of all the people at the pool Bethesda none had any relatives or friends or servants or master that believed in Jesus and they weren’t praying for them to be healed? I find that unlikely." Since faith is how we receive, I supose not. Why would you find this unlikely? Isn't there a scripture that tells us hell is enlarged daily? Untold billions have rejected Christ's salvation. I do not find it unlikely. But we have moved into speculation anyway. "If the just the faith of others can heal people as you claim in the case of the Centurion, why don’t you clean out the hospitals of this country? I mean put the doctors out of work. Surely you have as much faith as demonic son’s dad had." Ed, I won't tell you what in scripture this statement reminds me of...Although I understand your reasoning here, I will not compare my faith or anyone else's as a guage to judge the truth of the Word. I am leaving for the day. Have a blessed weekend, my brother. God bless |
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893 | John15:18-25 | 1 Pet 3:15 | gracefull | 76774 | ||
Since the goal is to draw them from the authority of Satan, we should be examples of God's grace. We need to show them the way out, not go in with them. We are 'scattering seed' God gives the increase. What seed? the truth of God's Word in both our words and our actions. God is searching for those who want out of the world's bondage. This does not mean isolating ourselves, because we could not be a witness that way, but we are not to conform to their way of thinking and acting. We are to demonstrate Jesus in all our affairs. God bless |
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894 | Desended into Hell? | 1 Pet 3:19 | gracefull | 73405 | ||
See also... 2 Corinthians 5:26 Galatians 3:13 Acts 2:24-31 There are also other threads where this has been discussed. You might do a word search for more information. |
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895 | What are "Sacraments" | 2 Pet 1:4 | gracefull | 85776 | ||
Good question, "what we ingest in the supernatural?" YES I believe the answer is threefold... Point One: It is impossible to partake of the divine nature if one is not born again. This is the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. John 3:3,6 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. 6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Point two: We as believers have a new born spirit supernaturally provided through the new birth and have also been given all the tools we need to partake in this divine nature. These are supernatural...We can't KNOW Him except He show Himself to us by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:2-4 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. Point three: We have a responsibility in this process without which we will not develop as we should. We are CHANGED AS WE GO. Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. James 1:21-23 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted Word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: To partake in the divine nature only requires us believing and doing His Word, and the transforming is the work of the Holy Spirit. God bless |
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896 | What's the "seed" that keeps u from sin? | 1 John 3:9 | gracefull | 69714 | ||
The Word of God, the Spirit of God, and God are inseperable. God and His word are the same. The Holy Spirit came to reveal the word, the heart, God, to our newborn spirit and transform us into the likeness of Christ.(the likeness of God) John 1:1 In the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God.... We are transormed by the renewing of our mind. The seed of the word, is the seed of the heart of God and produces the image of God in us when revealed by the Spirit and then mixed with faith. Hebrews 4:12 gospel unprofitable not mixed with faith Romans 12:2 Be ye transformed Romans 8:28 predestined to be transformed to the image of His son. John 16:12-14 God's word is truth, and the Holy Spirit has been sent to reveal that truth to each of us. Summary We are the spiritual seed of God (reborn by the Holy Spirit) but the seed of the word mixed with faith must transform us into His image. Our old nature wars with our new nature, but as our minds are renewed, and our will surrendered to be obedient to that truth, the old nature weakens and our spiritual new man becomes stronger, therein we become victorious over sin... Galatians 5:17-19 |
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897 | I wan to YEILD | 1 John 5:13 | gracefull | 88800 | ||
Lightman, I have read all the responses and Stella seems to come close to answering your post in the light of your true search. Most address the issue of assurance of salvation. If You will indulge me, I would like to now speak.... You said you asked Jesus into your heart..I am taking you at your word that you recognized by the presence of the Holy Spirit and the preached word that you were a sinner and repented asking Jesus to be your saviour. Correct? Now, assuming so I would like to go beyond to what I perceive to be the heart cry of your post. There comes a time in every believer's life when they desire to be more yielded to the spiritual truth of God's Word and not just the external service. Let me give you a few scriptures and if you desire to continue this discussion, let me know... John 1416 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 8:14-17 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. Inside your spirit is a cry that there is something more, and you have come to realize it is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I, too came to this place. After being a Christian for about 12 years, I KNEW something was missing...I did not doubt my salvation, but scripture challenged me to believe there was more to salvation than just deliverance from hell..the life of the early church was one of supernatural manifestations of God's Spirit through believers proving the will of God to be deliverance, healing, revelation through them. If you like, we can talk more... God bless |
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898 | what's this saying? | 1 John 5:16 | gracefull | 93083 | ||
Hi Christian 24, Can we talk about this? Your statement is logical but let me ask you a couple of questions... You said... "The sin that leads to death is the sin of suicide (killing yourself). Once that sin is commited, you cannot repent, and the bible clearly says thou shalt not kill." Notice this statement, ", He will grant life to all those whose sin is not one leading to death" Notice it says LEADING TO death. Now wheterh you believe this term death is spiritual seperation from God or merely physical death, either way the person who commits suicide IS DEAD physically and if he did not Know Jesus, spiritually as well. He is not committing a sin that leads TO DEATH but has committed a sin that led to death. Assuming you interpret death here as being the spiritual death (eternal seperation from God)as well as physical death, are you saying a born again believer who dies and has an unrepented sin in their life, are they going to Heaven or Hell? This would have to be true of all sin if it is true of the sin of murder. The sin one can't pray for another and them be forgiven is the sin of rejecting Jesus Christ's redemptive work. This is the only sin that condemns mankind to hell. Matthew 12:30-32 As heartbreaking as suicide is, it is a sin among many sins. We Christians have a tendency to create these sin categories often without realizing it.... Category 1:Least sinful Category 2:More sinful Category 3:Most sinful Sin is equal with God. James 2:9-11 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law." If you became angry with a brother or sister, and emediately you were run over by a car with no time to repent...would you be eternally lost? What do you think? God bless |
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899 | Searching for the truth | Rev 1:1 | gracefull | 78357 | ||
Sheer specualation...If we saw Heaven,God, our Lord Jesus Christ, all the host of angels worshiping, with the perfect joy, perfect peace and beauty-what would be our response to continuing our life and service here? Would we become so discontent we could not function? Would it overwhelm our carnal mind so much that it would simply shut down? Forgive me for my wondering, and my lack of scripture, but your post inspired me to-wonder... God bless |
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900 | Jesus' Physical Description | Rev 1:12 | gracefull | 77983 | ||
Isaiah 53:2B He was not well-formed or especiall handsome;we saw Him, but His appearance did not attract us. God bless |
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