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161 | Who were the witnesses? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 20605 | ||
Greetings pgs, It is believed that these men are Moses and Elijah. Malachi 4:4-6 states "Remember the teaching of my servant Moses" and "Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes". Matt. 17:3 says that is was also Moses and Elijah that appeared at the transfiguration with Jesus. It is interesting to note that both of these men experienced an unusual departure from this earth. No man ever witnessed Moses death or knows where his body was laid nor is there any record of Elijah's death. Elisha only saw him disappear. prayon | ||||||
162 | apostle that was with out god?? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 20624 | ||
Greetings Ruth! When you are asking a question be very careful to only click on the "submit" button one time. For each time you click on it it will repeat the same question. Don't worry everybody still does it occationally. Just didn't know if you knew. love in Christ, prayon | ||||||
163 | Should we pray for world peace? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 20734 | ||
In addition, the Contemporary Bible tells us in Psalms 125:5 and 128:6 to pray for peace in Isreal. prayon | ||||||
164 | Why do people lose interest and leave? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21232 | ||
Sir Pent, I have been here since near the beginning. I have stayed although there have been times when I have been fed up and wanted to leave. I have stayed, though, for a few reasons. One is because of the friends I have met here. The main reason though is because I believe that the forum has the ability to reach baby Christians or those knocking on Christs door who truly want to know what the bible says/means. There is such a tremendous opportunity here to witness to those who want to know and are questioning what the Lord expects of them. I do get frustrated and upset at some of the things that appear on the forum sometimes, but just as I told Hank many times we can expect problems - if we didn't have any then we would know that Satan was not worried about what is happening on the forum. When we get upset we need to take some deep breaths - maybe a day or two - and then get right back with it because through this forum the word of God is being spread and peoples lives are changing. prayon | ||||||
165 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21347 | ||
PART ONE: Throughout history Satan has consistently enticed mankind into his dark, supernatural realm. Although sometimes subtly occultism such as witchcraft is undoubtedly infiltrating and often capturing the masses today. The occult is actually the very crux of the rebellion that the vast majority of today's entertainment world is peddling today. We recognize that the enemy love's to sidetrack not only us but the church in general. He often uses well meaning people to accomplish this purpose. Our children find their entertainment inundated with the occult practices, extreme violence and heroes such as the fictional boy-wizard Harry Potter. M. K. Rowlings is the author of the Harry Potter series. She has signed a contract to write 7 books in he series and has warned us that each one will become progressively darker. She has also intimated that some of the scenes in the books were taken from real life experiences she has had. In books 2 and 3 were a disembodied voice repeatedly hissing "kill"; a monstrous, flesh eating spiders; children being attacked and paralyzed and an apparently dead cant hung upside down by its tail. (I wonder how many children have already tried to do that to cats?) In book 4 the evil character cuts up Harry's arm to extract blood in order to bring the most evil character back to life. (This is an occult practice done to supposedly pass mystic power from one person to another during some occult rituals). It is also interesting to note that Harry Potter has an odd birthmark on his forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt. The lightning bolt has long been a symbol of power in the occult and Satanism. You can now buy an assortment of items such as capes. magic hats, wands, and fake tattoos, each one designed to emulate Harry Potter. The items are called the starter kit for future witches and warlocks. In a Harry Potter birthday kit you can enroll your child in Hogwart Wizard School, battle a Basilisk (a legendary 14th century reptile with fatal breath and glance), practice Quidditch (a game invented for the series that utilizes levitation by another name, and take a class on magic potions! He's a charmer, that Harry Potter. He even has modern day witches enchanted too. A 39 year old computer programmer from Canada, who has been a practicing witch for more than 25 years, (that would of made him 14 when he started), stated " For once the witches aren't ugly old hags, for once they're the protagonists rather than the villians". Most people are unfortunetly ignorant of where the road really leads. Our casual acceptance of the philosophies all around us can short circuit nearly every part of our Christian walk and can certainly derail our ability to stave off spiritual attacks. We have become increasingly tolerant of witchcraft and other occult practices in our society. Show such as "Bewitched" and "Sabrina the teenage Witch" taught us to do more than just tolerate witchcraft. They promoted and encouraged it. Above all, it worked subtly on our senses teaching us to accept it as the norm. Just as a person who is poisoned a little bit at a time doesn't die after the first dose, in the end after enough "doses" our ability to recognize the evil began to shut down and we were doomed. By the time we realized what was really happening we had become too weak to climb out and soon became the delicacy on the Devil's dinner plate. By giving ungodly entertainment our time, mind, money, or emotion, even though we are not involved physically, is the same as if we were actually participating. In Romans 1:32 Paul states this: Who 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. The Full Life Study Bible explains it like this: "Being entertained by watching other people sin and engage in ungodly actions, even while you yourself abstain, brings you under the same divine condemnation as those engaging in such evil practices...Those who use the immoral actions of others for entertainment and enjoyment are directly contributing to public opinion favorable to immorality and therefore to the corruption and eternal damnation of an indefinite number of other people." It is also spiritually damaging to allow these influences a place in our lives and homes. Entire households are weakened and can lose their spiritual battles because of the actions, attitudes, and even physical possessions of one member (see 1 Sam 15). PLEASE SEE PART 2 |
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166 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21348 | ||
PART TWO: Most Christian parents would not accept false doctrine or a lower moral code from someone else's teaching, but we will more readily accept it when it is packaged as entertainment. Through even just the sheer time we spend with ungodly entertainment, whether it be books or the media, don't we enter into a type of partnership with what entertains us? Of course we do. When we allow images and sounds that we know are wrong into our lives, we are open game for Satan in Spiritual Warfare. It is also spiritually confusing to say on one hand that God's word is supreme and then allow our kids to possess occult playthings. God's word demands that we stand up against and expose the many deceptions that the devil is foisting on society (Eph 5:7). Scripture demands that we have nothing to do with the deeds of darkness (Eph 5:11). Christians are not to make decisions based on what culture deems good or bad, nor are we to accept the lessor of two evils while staying clear of the 'really bad stuff'. We are deceiving ourselves if we think that we actually remain neutral to the content while being entertained by stories and scripts inundated with evil. Whenever we voluntarily invite the wrong influences, images, activities, conceptions, or thoughts to have safe harbor in our lives, we are short-circuiting God's plan or us to be "more than conquerors" (Rom 8:37). One pastor commented that "Allowing our children to read Harry Potter books is allowing them to read nothing more than spiritual pornography". We need to instill values and character in our kids that will give then the ability to face the worldly pressure that they will face while growing up. We must be very diligent about what they are reading and watching. (The above came from a book by David Benoit and Eric Barger called "The End Time Occult Invasion: Entertaining Spirits Unaware"). For more information on this subject or any other covered in Deut 18:9-14 I recommend the following website: www.gospelcom.net/menconi/index.html prayon |
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167 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21349 | ||
Tim, Please see my comments to Lizzie. prayon | ||||||
168 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21376 | ||
Retxar, you might find some info in my posting useful also. - Parts 1 and 2. prayon | ||||||
169 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21377 | ||
You are right we need to educate ourselves, but not in the world view but in the Christian view. There is more to this than Harry Potter. You might like to read my posting "Part 1 and 2" further down. prayon |
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170 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21379 | ||
AshestoBeauty, Harry Potter is dangerous for all ages because it is just another ploy from Satan to descensitize us from knowing what is Godly and what is not. To further understand what I am gettin at please see my posting "Part 1 and 2" in this thread. prayon | ||||||
171 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21381 | ||
Norrie, there is much more to it than just silliness! Please see my posts "Part 1 and 2" in this thread. By the way, you can always expect flack from a biblical teaching that goes against mainstream society. prayon | ||||||
172 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21402 | ||
Sis not bro ;o) | ||||||
173 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21417 | ||
Forgiven 100 percent! :o) | ||||||
174 | AGAPE NEWS PRESS: Harry Potter | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21524 | ||
AGAPE NEWS PRESS: Harry Potter Pro-Family Advocates Warn of Potter Film's Content, Effect on Children By Fred Jackson November 5, 2001 (AgapePress) - More than 10,000 people, many of them children, were on hand in London last night for the world premiere of the movie version of the controversial Harry Potter series. Here in the U.S., pro-family advocates are warning parents the occultic content of the Warner Brothers movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone should not be taken lightly. When it comes to the world’s definition of what success is today, the Harry Potter book series is a record breaker. According to Baptist Press, a U.S. consumer research survey says more than half of all children between the ages of 6 and 17 have read at least one of the Harry Potter books, and the movie’s premier in the U.S. later this month is expected to follow that trend. But according to a new video by Jeremiah Films, such literature and films that deal with witchcraft are furnishing not just escapist entertainment for young viewers, but causing an overwhelming interest in the dark arts. Lindy Beam writes in an article for Focus on the Family about similar concerns. She says any time the dark side of the supernatural world is presented as harmless or even imaginary, there is the danger that children will find out too late that witchcraft is neither. Beam says in a world with an obvious trend toward witchcraft and New Age ideology, parents need to consider the effects that these ideas have on impressionable minds. Any comments? |
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175 | What about the Silent Prayer II | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 21806 | ||
I think that the reason we are in this situation is because we have not been praying at all. Proverbs 24:12 says that God can read our mind and knows our thoughts. I agree we usually ask for things verbally because other people can not read our mind - but our Father can. He knows our thoughts before we do. Some people can not stay focused in prayer, that would be a good reason for praying out loud but you don't have to pray out loud for your prayers to be heard. prayon | ||||||
176 | About the Forum | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 24689 | ||
Greetings Brian.g! As Hank said we all stray now and then - but you have something that most who stray don't have - a sincere apologetic heart and we all admire that. prayon | ||||||
177 | Islam believe christ except for what? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 26227 | ||
Greetings friendly stranger! The main defference between the Islam faith and Christian beliefs is that the Muslem does not beleve that Christ is the Messiah. The Koran lists 22 prophets of Allah. These include Adam, Noah, Moses, David, and Jesus. There are 5 doctrines of Islam that Moslems are required to believe. One is mentioned above. The other 4 are that there is only one true God and his name is Allah. 2) The chief angel is Gabriel who appeared to Mohammed in a dream in which Allah had called to him to be a prophet. 3)Moslems believe in 4 God-inspired books. The torah of Moses (what we call the Pentateuch), the Zabur (the Psalms of David), the Injil (Gospel) and the Koran. But the Koran is Allahs final word to mankind and supercedes and overrules all previous writings. And last they must believe on the last day that all the dead will be resurrected and Allah will judge whether each person should be sent to heaven (a place of sensual pleasure) or hell where those who oppose Allah will be. The Koran contradicts the bible in numerous ways. One is that the Koran denies that Jesus is the son of God. He is considered to be a prophet and ranked far below that of Mohammed. It also says that Christ never really died on the cross. According to Islam, Allah took Jesus to heaven before the crucifixion and that it was really Judas, made up to look like Jesus that was crucifified. The Surah 4:111 declares that man must take care of his own sins. The muslim must earn salvation from sin (failure to do Allah's will) by following the 5 Pillars of Faith statement of belief, prayers, Alms, Observance of Ramadan, and at one pilgrimage to Mecca (the holy city). Hope this helps. prayon | ||||||
178 | Islam believe christ except for what? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 26250 | ||
it is definitly inviting confussion into the church. Whenever you are inviting in something that is not of God into your church you are inviting in Satan and as we know Satan is the author of confusion. To those young believers it can have a detrimental impact on their spiritual walk. prayon | ||||||
179 | How important is your Church? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 29014 | ||
8 - A relationship with Jesus is a necessity in my church. prayon | ||||||
180 | FOUR LIVING CREATURES, AND FORM OF MEN | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 29861 | ||
Greetings Swiggy, This prophecy was given in dream form. It portrays the "the vision of God"(1:1) and 'the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord" (1:28). Therefore this is a vision of the glory of God. The vision as a whole was perceived a violent electrical storm from the north. With in the storm were two major objects: 1. 4 living creatures with attending wheels and 2. one like a man enthroned upon an expanse stretchilng over the heads of the four living creatures. Each of the 4 living creatures had the likeness and general appearance of a man with the face of an eagle, an ox, and a lion. Each of the appearances can be linked to the 4 gospels. The lion represents strength (Matthew, the lion of Judah), the ox represents diligent service (Mark who portrayed Christ as the servant), the human features which portrayed the intelligence (Luke - portrayed Christ as the perfect human), and the eagle a symbol of divinity (John who portrayed Christ as the son of God high and divine). Some see these creatures as the most majestic of God's creatures and say that the represent the whole creation. It is interesting to note that the vision of John in Rev 4:4 parallels Ezekiels vision) A turning wheel stood beside each creature each moving in a different direction. Thus able to move anywhere these wheels show that God is able to be present everywhere and able to see all things (1:18). The 4 living creatures and 4 wheels are powerful pictures of judgement. The rainbow over the throne symbolizes God's never ending faithfulness to His people. Just as God sent a rainbow too symbolize His promise never again to destroy the earth so this rainbow symbolizes His promise to preserve those who remain faithful to Him. The human revealed God's holiness and prepared Ezekiel for what God was about to tell him, just as Christ came in human form and prepared us for His message of salvation. With Ezekiel seeing God's glory he fell on his face just as Isreal should of done. We, too, must fall on our face before God either in judgement or out of reverance and awe. The importance of the message is is that God never forgets those who faithfully seek to obey Him. prayon |
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