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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: granma_ota Ordered by Date |
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1 | Predestination vs free will--a thought.. | Bible general Archive 1 | granma_ota | 3601 | ||
Amen to you! Your example is extremely apt. | ||||||
2 | Are 'we' there, yet? | Matt 16:18 | granma_ota | 3596 | ||
Study these verses, Acts 14:27, 1 Timothy 3:15, Ephesians 2:19-22, and 1 Peter 2:5. In Acts 14:27 it says they gathered the church together, in other words, the church is the believers. If the believers are the church then the organizations, the different faiths are none of them the church of Christ. And if only the true believers are the church, then 'No', we are not there yet. We will not be there until the coming of Christ when He brings His church to earth. And since no one but God knows the hour or day of His coming, we don't know when this will be. I am Baptist and my neighbor is Catholic - each of us are strong believers and so both are part of God's church. Your desire to witness the whole church may have to wait until His coming. | ||||||
3 | Do you know people in heaven? | Bible general Archive 1 | granma_ota | 3155 | ||
Read Matthew 22:24-32. I believe that if your loved ones died in Christ, you will be reunited with them in heaven. I also believe that we will all be family in heaven and will recognize everyone, for Jesus said that those who believed in him were his brothers and his mother. Whether you will be happy to see them, I don't know. To know that you are in the presence of God and can glorify Him will probably outweigh any thoughts of family members for at least the first thousand years. | ||||||
4 | Where is the message found? | 1 John 1:9 | granma_ota | 3144 | ||
I know this has been answered by those more qualified than I am, but a sentence here has been on my heart since I read it yesterday. You said, 'I can't always pull over to stop and pray for God to forgive me.' Would you pull over and stop before making a comment to a friend sitting in the seat next to you? God is with you always and will always hear you. He is next to you, around you and in you. You can speak to Him at any time. You can ask His forgiveness at any time. He wants to have a personal relationship with you. If He has made a spectacular sunset and you are looking at it and say 'Thank you Lord for allowing me to see the beauty You have created', He will hear you. If you are making a difficult decision and aren't sure which way you should go, a quiet 'Lord, I need help making this decision.' will bring His assistance. Do not become as the Pharisee's arguing over the letter of the law and forgetting the spirit of the law which is that God loves you and knows your frailties - after all, He made you. Your acceptance of Him and allowing Him to lead your life as He sees fit is what is important to Him. He is a patient teacher and willing to forgive as long as we continually seek His will in our lives. | ||||||
5 | Is 1 John 1:9 applicable to Christians? | 1 John 1:9 | granma_ota | 2892 | ||
As soon as we accept Jesus into our lives as our Lord and the Son of God, Jesus' blood washes all our sins. But as humans, we sin even after having accepted Christ for we are weak. For the sins we commit as Christians, we should ask forgiveness. God is a patient teacher that slowly teaches us His way and the way He wants us to walk. His goal is to daily make us more like His Son. We do not lose the salvation that the sacrifice of His Son has entitled us by committing these sins. If you have ever had children, you know that many times you already know what they have done, but it is important that they confess their wrongs to you in order that they don't do them again and you forgive them. Our Heavenly Father is the same way. We are to confess our sins to Him in order that we learn from our mistakes and He forgives us for these sins. | ||||||