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541 | What was reason for the virgin birth? | Matt 4:1 | jlhetrick | 185008 | ||
Steve, very excellently put. While I very much appreciate Mark's post (as I always do) I do disagree with any who would argue that Christ was capable of sinning OR that the word of God does not make that perfectly clear. To believe that Christ had the potential to sin is to say absolutely that God has the potential to sin. This argument disagrees with everything I have come to understand about the nature of our Creator. I believe that's why it is important to distinguish between His being sent in the "likeness" as you pointed out. God bless, Jeff |
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542 | what think you about gifts and anointing | Is 14:12 | jlhetrick | 184977 | ||
Hello other, not having read the book it would be hard to guess. As you probably know, there are thousands of "Christian" authors and books out there that teach and condone all sorts of outrageous malarkey. Speaking directly to the musicians issue the construction of your sentence through me off. I'm not sure if your saying that the "musicians" are right or wrong in thinking their "making music in church is the business of the Lord". Here are some of my thoughts on that subject which hopefully will help. Praise: One of humanity’s many responses to God’s revelation of Himself.—Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary To worship God is not only a command (Deut. 6:13, 1Chr. 16:29, Psa. 2:11 etc.) but a reason for which we were created (Isa. 43:7) The musician is a biblical reality and example of praise and worship 1 Chronicles 6:31-32 (ESV) 6:31 These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there. 32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order. Of course you know all of this having researched Scripture for your book. The thoughts I wanted to offer though is that I couldn't imagine God creating mankind with "a" primary function to be our worship of Him; commanding His own to worship Him, and then not specifically calling individuals to participate in specific ways. Now that your research and mine has established that we are to worship God and that the musician is a biblical component of that worship, I believe we must conclude that God has both gifted and called individuals to that function. The problem, and this may be where you are coming from, might be in that any individual can put too much significance on any one calling/task/function that he/she neglects other responsibilities. I also believe that there are many "musicians" that are far more interested in their own talent and being on stage than they are in worshiping God. Not to put too much effort into that thinking though...they have received their reward. Your definitely right in my opinion that our personal relationship with our Lord and Savior (if I'm understanding you) is of the highest importance. With that said, it is through our service to Him that we do our part (so to speak) in participating in that relationship. I believe the "fullness" of the "business" of the Lord is much more than any one function with the spreading of the gospel way up there on the list. Some might do that by leading or participating in a music or other ministry such as, for example, writing a book. Hope this helps and good luck with your ventures, God bless, Jeff |
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543 | EXPLAIN MATTHEW 24 VS. 1-10 | Matt 24:1 | jlhetrick | 184875 | ||
Coper, I can appreciate that you did not anticipate the types of responses you are getting on the forum. We see many come and go that jump in with both feet attempting to push their biased views. Less frequently do those initiate the dialogue under the pretense that they 1) have little understanding regarding the topic of their question when they truly believe they do, and 2) comment that they are off track and want to be redirected "back to Scripture" when they really don't believe they are off track; and in fact the goal is to pull others into their view. So you will have to appreciate that as you began to reveal yourself, your credibility quickly became questionable. Furthermore, you continually accuse others, including myself, of "abusing" and "misusing" Scripture. All the while you continue to use Scripture loosely to support your own ideas while rejecting any possibility that ALL of those responding to you might have a point. You wrote: "Unless one has studied the events of 70AD exhaustively, and been able to rule it out definitively, he is not qualified to rule out a first century coming as at least a possibility." DONE and ruled out definitely; thus, the realization that Christ has not yet returned "on the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory". I do appreciate your enthusiasm and as you have studied up on the issue for all of a year now (according to your words) I hope you will follow your own advise and continue with your research. As for your less than relevant remark about reading Abraham Lincoln the answer is no. We have a very accurate collaboration of historical information to verify the Civil War has occurred. It's in sticking to the topic that we find that there is not that same type of reliable information to support the history that you wholeheartedly teach. In all honestly Coper, the short time you have spent looking into this subject really only begins to qualify some good guessing; hardly sufficient to position yourself as a teacher of the topic. In the mean time keep in mind. In speaking of His return, Jesus said no man knows the hour or the day. In speaking of His return Jesus also said that when it does occur it will be obvious to everyone and "all the tribes of the Earth" will see it. That, being the grandest and most obvious reality of the prophecy should be what you are looking for. If you corroborate that with history, please, bring it to our attention. As for my blessing in allowing you to continue on the forum, you don't need it but you certainly have it. With that said though, I won't be responding further to this this topic as I see it unfruitful and plenty divisive. And know, I don't place all the blame for that on you. God bless, Jeff |
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544 | Still not convinced preterism is false | Matt 16:28 | jlhetrick | 184851 | ||
Coper, You wrote: "Matt. 28:16-20 is called the great commission. To whom was it addressed? Verse 16 says explicitly that it was to the eleven remaining disciples. Was it written to us? No. It is history. And, they proceeded to do just as Christ commanded them. If one chooses to apply that to themselves and others, I believe that they are misusing the direct command of Christ to the eleven. If one does not use this hermeneutic they open themselves up to all the abuses that we've all seen." Respectfully I must say that your standard that others must use "this hermeneutic" in other words, Your interpretation then they "open themselves up to all the abuses that we've all seen" is perhaps the most telling of anything you have written thus far. You have essentially stated that any interpretation other than yours (specifically concerning Matt 28:16-20) is an abuse. WOW! You have just declared yourself an authority. I'm afraid that, based on your teachings, I can't accept that. However, as a self-declared authority (in my opinion) can you please explain a couple of things regarding Matt 28:16-20. Was Jesus' command to the eleven as you assert, or was it to the Church of which He is the head? If we are to believe your hermeneutics then we must absolutely accept that the eleven failed to fulfill the command of Christ. After all, we know from record that they did not in fact reach every nation with the gospel. We also know absolutely that every nation still has not been reached with the gospel. So my concern is that if the rest of Christendom was to accept your interpretation and belief on the issue, the church would not be continuing to do the work of the Kingdom. I can appreciate that viewing the "Great Commission" as a "principle" instead of a command would lend convenience to many who wish not to take seriously the responsibilities of reaching the lost. But I would seriously caution calling the position the majority of Christians take on this command as being an "abuse". Still hoping to shed light, Jeff |
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545 | EXPLAIN MATTHEW 24 VS. 1-10 | Matt 24:1 | jlhetrick | 184847 | ||
Hello Coper, forgive me if you have already been directed to this passage of scripture. since you have continued your preterist teaching in more than one thread now I just haven't had the time to read all the posts though I am aware of the strategy. You write that you "believe that every word of Scripture is true". Then considering the very words of our Lord regarding the issue at hand. While I agree that eschatology is a secondary issue, the Lord spent a significant amount of words and gave a significant amount of "detail" so that we would at least not be confused to the level that you currently are. Matt 24:15-31 15 "So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place ( let the reader understand), 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, 18 and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 19 And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! 20 Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. 23 Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. 26 So, if they say to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out. If they say, 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27 For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. The Coming of the Son of Man 29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. ESV Absolutely nothing close to what Christ Himself described has been recorded in any source of history and I confidently say that such events could not possibly occur and not be recorded and discussed world-wide. I mean, the "Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with POWER AND GREAT GLORY". And lets not forget the "loud trumpet call" and the hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people instantly being gathered up and taken away. Even the much more quiet, local event of Christ's resurrection couldn't be kept from the historical records by the political powers of the day. How much more obvious, to the saved and unsaved alike, will be the tremendous event that will be witnessed by "all the tribes of the earth" In your original post on this issue you presented as though you were wanting the Forum to "...shed some light on this subject and redirect me back to a more proper understanding of Scripture". Well of course that statement is more than suspect at this point and it seems clear that your intentions were actually come to the forum and shed some light for those of us that just don't get it. Personally, I would rather see the Forum's "Terms of Use" more closely adhered to. Since you have shielded yourself from the light that has been shed, perhaps it's time to move on to a different subject and thus gain some benefit from forum participation. Jesus said "Matt 24:26 26 So, if they say to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out. If they say, 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it." (ESV) I take those words to heart and caution others that if anyone should say "look, he came in 65AD, or 90AD, or 95AD"; do not believe it. for when He comes He will come "on the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory." God bless, Jeff |
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546 | Believe all the bible verse for verse? | 2 Tim 3:16 | jlhetrick | 184783 | ||
Hello Agee, And word for word! :) |
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547 | Jesus getting the keys to hell | Rev 1:18 | jlhetrick | 184782 | ||
Hello follower, Welcome to the forum :) Did you wish to ask a question or make a statement? |
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548 | Genre of Matthew 16:19 | Matthew | jlhetrick | 184760 | ||
Hello Mariana, Welcome to the forum :) The book of Matthew is a Gospel. In other words, a proclamation of the good news of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Matthew's primary goal was to demonstrate that Jesus Christ was in fact the Messiah prophesied of by the Jewish prophets. The words of Christ in 16:19 represents the authority of Jesus on earth and in heaven and His ascribing that authority to His church. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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549 | Clearing up philosophical confusion | 1 Cor 10:20 | jlhetrick | 184678 | ||
Hello Lon, thanks for the reply. It doesn't appear that you got much past my comment "You sound like you might be young and impressionable." It was an honest remark though and certainly not meant to be insulting. Sorry if you took it that way. The impressionable part still concerns me though and it sounds like there are a lot of people close to you with the same concerns. I pray that this time of apparent struggle will strengthen you as I believe God intends. If you care to go back and read my previous post to you I would ask that you skip over the third sentence and see if the rest of the post offers any help at all. Blessings, Jeff PS. Disclosure is always at the discretion of the person, but too much personal information on a public forum may not be a good idea. |
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550 | explain 1 John 5:1 | 1 John 5:1 | jlhetrick | 184622 | ||
Hello reedy, Blessings and welcome to the forum. I'm not sure where to start because I don't know your foundation. So I will just be short and simple and see how it goes. As with any verse in Scripture it is important to have the context in order to understand it. The apostle John had just finished saying the following in the previous verse. 1 John 4:20-21 (ESV) 4:20 If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. It is not just so simple to say I believe in Christ and I am born again. Faith is involved. Being born again is an actual event: Eph 1:13-14 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit , 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. ESV When considering the surrounding context of 1 John 5:1 you see the focus is on "love". In part the focus of John is to exemplify the righteous love of God and to demonstrate that God's very nature calls for believers to live holy lives in brotherly love. So if I say I love God, I too love the one born of Him (hopefully that includes you). If you are born again, you are born of Him. Christian brotherly love is a demonstrator of having been born again. Eph 4:30-32 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. ESV John 13:34-35 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." ESV I hope this helps. Others who are more capable will likely respond soon. God bless, Jeff |
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551 | ... | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 184620 | ||
Hello tony, welcome to the Study Bible Forum. Friend can you please be more specific regarding your question. I'm truly not following you. God bless, Jeff |
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552 | The fruit and leaves of the tree of life | Gen 2:9 | jlhetrick | 184613 | ||
Jonp, First, I can appreciate feeling the need to respond to every post made to you. Second let me say that a quick lesson to learn regarding the forum is to not expect to respond to every post made to you. It may seem rude, but it's the reality of it. Very often the multiple responses are addressing the same issue and a response to the first questioner should be sufficient. In addition, there are others who can competently answer questions as well freeing you up from some of the responsibility. As for your response to the "angles" issue, I consider your response "spin" (and long-winded to state it truthfully) and will stand by my previous statements. You seem very intelligent and I'm sure capable of understanding my earlier point. Never mind getting into a NEW debate about the translations, that is, was the writer saying God incited David, or God's anger incited David. With the right understanding, the "angles" are easily disregarded. You will never find in Scripture the teaching that God is the cause of sin. I don't expect you to respond to that point, just consider it. I certainly have not suggested that the event times, culture, characters, and writer's personalities, etc. are not important and do not show up in what we read. None of it effects the truth as that has always been safe-guarded by the Author (Isaiah 55:11). You wrote: "So I can't quite agree that there are no angles in Scripture, even if we ignore the different angles from which we approach them." Fine, hold strongly to it if it pleases you. And it's your right as well to ignore my pointing out that the different angels are in how we approach the scriptures and not the other way around. Perhaps most revealing of yourself is your statement that "Eastern minds will interpret them very differently from us,.." Well, I can only say that you may be far more misguided than I had originally believed. The truth of Scripture is the truth of God and is not open to any interpretation other than that of God Himself. It's never changing. It is not influenced by time and certainly not geography. If I interpret Scripture in one way and someone in China interprets the same Scripture in another way, well friend, one of us is wrong. What your teaching is better known as relativism. It's not Scriptural. Please don't feel compelled to respond to this post. It is intended to help not hurt. Take from it what you will and throw out the rest. I do encourage you to be more careful in what you are teaching and at least consider a bit of the barrage of negative feedback you are getting from others. Otherwise, you risk presenting yourself as a "know-it-all" and unteachable. God bless, Jeff |
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553 | The fruit and leaves of the tree of life | Gen 2:9 | jlhetrick | 184604 | ||
Hello brother Jonp, I believe what I have observed happening on the Forum regarding you, is very much the same as what happens with a lot of new forum members. However, your excess of posts (147 in 22 days) makes the issue seem bigger than perhaps it truly is. I haven't kept statistics but I'm guessing that your posts make up a significant percentage of the postings in the past 22 days. And all that with the rest of us knowing very little about you. Your user profile is more of an advertisement for your website (no offense). Perhaps what's most important is that, while a lot of what you present is very well explained and supported by Scripture, some of the things you have presented are questionable at best. For example, you have mentioned more than once that the truth of the word of God "comes to us from many angles. I truly do not know what you mean by that. I would agree that the differences in our own histories and presuppositions causes each of us to approach the truth of the word of God from "many angles", but it is our angles that require straitening. Honestly though, I just can't position you from the way you present your statement. There are certainly no angles on the truth and as I believe we both agree, the truth of Scripture is never changing. Time, circumstances, culture, nor anything else has any effect on truth. God's truth is absolute. And while we agree that there is symbolism in the bible, I don't agree that "obtaining a balance" is what we're to seek, but the truth verified with Scripture and not going an inch further than that. Jonp, in finding this forum my guess is that you must have run across at least a few different forums that were mostly chaotic and anything goes types. Most of the regulars here work hard to keep SBF from becoming such a place. All types come here, saved and unsaved I'm sure. I'm fairly sure too that many of those don't actually read the "Terms of Use" that they agree to when registering. So you can imagine that those of us who have found SBF to be less tolerant of unsupported "winds of doctrine" and focused on the truth of God's word would like to keep it that way. God bless, Jeff |
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554 | Clearing up philosophical confusion | 1 Cor 10:20 | jlhetrick | 184584 | ||
Hello Lon, I might be able to add something helpful here. I'm working from the assumption that you are a Christian. As a professional in the field I can honestly say that you appear to be pointed in the wrong direction and taking the wrong approach. I mean that sincerely and write it with Christian love. You sound like you might be young and impressionable. I remember well how difficult it was to get through those classes (philosophy, anthropology, sociology, biology, etc.) and keep my faith. Had it not been for the grace of God, I might not have kept it. Many who confess to be Christians go to college only to be firmly indoctrinated into the religion of secularism. As a Christian, my loyalties are first and foremost to the Lord and obedience to His word. As a psychotherapist my loyalties are first and foremost to the Lord and obedience to His word. As a psychotherapist I'm not responsible to know the religions of the world. Though we are taught and take an oath to treat the "whole person" (mind, body, and spirit) I absolutely never provide spiritual guidance and encouragement from the perspective of any religious position other than Christianity. To do that would be to compromise my own moral position and commitment to the Lord and His word. I'll give a quick example to help illustrate my point. On any give work day I might do as many as five or six "couples therapy" sessions. Notice the "couples". You don't bill for "marriage therapy" anymore. It's "couples therapy". Anyway, I never do "couples therapy" with homosexuals. Why? Because it violates my religious beliefs and moral position. I do provide individual therapy to homosexuals but I never participate in repairing and nurturing their homosexual relationship. My wife is a operating room nurse. She never participates in an abortion "procedure". The point is, if we can't perform the duties of our jobs without compromising the truth and teachings of Scripture, it's time to quit and look for another job. I offer this feedback with sincere Christian love. I truly hope it's helpful. I had to draw these conclusions on my own, over a very long time through stress and struggle. Mark 4:18-19 They are those who hear the word, 19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. ESV 1 John 5:19 - 2 John 1 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. ESV God bless, Jeff |
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555 | What is a demon, spirit, or deity? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 184548 | ||
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556 | I can use Galatians 4:16 as a support. | 1 Tim 5:19 | jlhetrick | 184475 | ||
Greetings TTime, thank you for your comments. I'm glad your concerned about the witness of Christians and I pray for a successful outcome regarding your current struggles. I do appreciate what you are going through. In my years as a Christian I have been disappointed by many in the church regarding their sin. In time though, I finally realized that my attention to their sinfulness did more to take time, energy, and effort away from dealing with my own sin. It's like racism. Focusing on the perceived shortcomings of the other in order to feel superior. It's a tragic trap to get caught up in. I agree that it is inappropriate for any Christian to be participating in any sin at any time for any reason. Any Christian, including one in a leadership position, needs to be held accountable when continuing willfully in sin. If you find it necessary to take on that role of disciplinary yourself, I hope this exchange has given you enough to think about during the course. One final thought and passage that hopefully will help. "Matt 7:1-5 "Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. " NKJV It is not my intention to call you the "hypocrite" but to encourage you to ensure that you are not. God bless, Jeff |
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557 | Jesus getting the keys to hell | Rev 1:18 | jlhetrick | 184435 | ||
Hello hungering, You won't find the scripture because it's not given in the bible. My understanding of the unscriptural teaching is that it evolved from the unscriptural "Word of Faith Movement". Many, if not all, of the WOF teachers preach a concocted tail of Jesus going into Hell and doing battle with Satan while He was there, yet, the Scriptures never make mention of such a fable. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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558 | I can use Galatians 4:16 as a support. | 1 Tim 5:19 | jlhetrick | 184426 | ||
Hello TTime, It seems you have resisted if not rejected my input. Allow me to clarify please. I did not intend to suggest that you have no grounding in the Word, I apologize for having come across that way. On the forum I have a habit of "cutting to the chase" as the space and time is limited for responding. Your original question was: "Where are scriptures to support having to confront leadership or authority? I recall I believe there was a time when Peter had to confront authority..." A clear statement that you did not have the Scriptural foundation to address the problem at hand. This issue being such a delicate matter, I felt it prudent to recommend you leave the matter to someone "more" grounded in the Word. I hope this is better expressed and received. Sorry you didn't find the scripture reference helpful. But your follow up to me did very well to demonstrate the application. You are half right concerning those sinners that Jesus interacted with. Some were changed, but some, as we see in the text, were not. Multiple encounters with the religious leaders of the day are good references. I agree totally that if this "leader" is accepting of the sin vs. the sinner then your concern is legitimate. While I am not an "official" church leader, I do believe I am a respected member of the church and local community. This weekend I will be attending a dinner party with my wife and her coworkers. It will be in a public place. There will be alcohol served and at least two of the participants are openly homosexual. I will be friendly and sociable. I know some things about these people and I don't believe a one of them to be saved. They also know a little about me. It's nice to know that my presence alone is enough to prevent dirty jokes and other behaviors that are customary for this group. I will enjoy my meal and my wife's company and pray that my witness will be obvious. Of course, I always pray that the Lord will use me to lead another to Him. God bless and thank you for allowing me to clarify. Jeff |
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559 | WHY DOSE IT HAVE TO BE MOSSES AND ELIJAH | Revelation | jlhetrick | 184405 | ||
Hello weit74, Just thought I'd let you know that you are responding to a post that is just a couple of weeks short of being six years old. This is perfectly fine, just wanted you to know you might not get a response back from Elijah. |
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560 | Why great expectations come back small | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 184402 | ||
Hello just777, welcome to the forum :) Since you describe yourself as not being a new Christian allow me to speak frankly. I don't believe that there is a "greater" thing than the Lord saving your lost soul. Since He has apparently done that, every other blessing He might provide in this life would be "small" in comparison wouldn't you agree? By you wording I am inclinded to believe that you are referring to material blessings. In this case it might be appropriate to say that instead of focusing on what you might be "missing" regarding "prayer or waiting process" you might focus more on your relationship with your saviour. What I mean by this is to focus on what you might do in response to His having saved you instead of what He might do additionally for you. Where your prayers are for the salvation and physical welfare of others, continue these prayers in faith. What might be missing regarding other prayer is not recognizing the motive for your prayer. consider Proverbs 16:2 and James 4:3. There's not a special formula. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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