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21 | why is sacrifice the means to salvation? | 2 Cor 5:21 | prazn | 91434 | ||
Parable, Sorry that my response didn't answer your question. Since God is the only Being who can absolve a person of their sins, I would have thought that His words, declaring that there can be no remission of sin, without the shedding of blood, would be enough. You may be familiar with the saying, "God said it, I believe it and that settles it!" Perfect understanding of the "whys" of Gods ways is a noble endeavor. However, we mustn't forget that God's ways are higher than our ways, as are His thoughts. I pray that you get the answer that you're seeking. Peace, prazn |
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22 | The Only Way to Heaven | John 3:3 | prazn | 88245 | ||
I am concerned about many of you who post in this forum. It seems that quite a few of you have a religion, but no relationship with our Lord. Some of you even profess to be "believers", but I wonder whether you are truly saved. Examine yourself, friend. Are you a born-again believer? Have you believed that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins so that you may have eternal life? John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. Have you confessed Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? Rom 10:9 if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; Rom 10:10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Have you acknowledged that Jesus, and Jesus alone, can save you (not good works, not studying the Bible, not going to church every Sunday)? Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Eph 2:9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. If you have not asked Jesus Christ to forgive you and to save you from your sins, you are not saved. I urge you to call 1-888-NEEDHIM so that someone can agree with you, in prayer, for your salvation. God bless you, prazn |
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23 | Peace with Cancer | Phil 4:7 | prazn | 88244 | ||
It was never my intention to imply that our Lord is a "Sugar Daddy". The Lord cannot be manipulated by anyone. However, why not ask the Lord for healing? He may very well be willing to heal. He is certainly "able"! The Lord's will cannot be activated (i.e., manifested) in the earth except by the prayers of the saints. Wouldn't it be a shame to die, needlessly (before our appointed time) because we never exercised our faith in the Lord? Yes, we may be present with the Lord, following your physical death. But, what about the "work" that the Lord may have planned to continue doing in us and through us. The Lord is always growing us in our faith. Why would Jesus tells us that if we had faith to tell a mountain to be removed, that it would be cast into the sea? Why is faith such an important key to living this life on earth? Because we have a very real enemy, who seeks to "steal, kill and destroy". Why roll over for a defeated foe? The Lord does not cause our illnesses; our sins and the devil cause us to experience poor health! And, though He does not cause it, the Lord will use illness to grow our faith in Him!!! Eph 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Eph 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Eph 6:13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Eph 6:14 Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, Eph 6:15 and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; Eph 6:16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Eph 6:17 And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Eph 6:18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, Peace! prazn |
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24 | Peace with Cancer | Phil 4:7 | prazn | 88040 | ||
What is the harm in believing that the Lord is able to heal and is willing to heal? I don't understand how a child of God could ever lose hope in Jesus. There is a girl in my church who received a "bad" report from her doctor (i.e., cancer). She doesn't even look 30 years old, yet. She immediately went to the Lord, in prayer, and asked for His diagnosis. He told her that she would be o.k. So, rejecting her first doctor's report, she sought a second opinion. The second doctor could find no trace of cancer in her body. Was the first diagnosis wrong? Or, was she miraculously healed by the time that she went to the second doctor? God only knows! We must keep our "eyes" on Jesus. And, unless He tells us that He is not willing to heal us (as He did with the apostle Paul) continue to fight the "good fight of faith" and believe that He will heal us. "Nothing shall be impossible for him who believes." God bless you! prazn |
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25 | Whose will causes a believer to sin? | Rev 13:8 | prazn | 88037 | ||
Thanks, brother! Romans 11:32; what a revelation for me!! Glory to the Lamb!!! Keep fighting the "good" fight. The Lord is with you! Stay blessed! prazn |
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26 | The Only Way to Heaven | John 3:3 | prazn | 88031 | ||
I am concerned about many of you who post in this forum. It seems that quite a few of you have a religion, but no relationship with our Lord. Some of you even profess to be "believers", but I wonder whether you are truly saved. Examine yourself, friend. Are you a born-again believer? Have you believed that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins so that you may have eternal life? John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. Have you confessed Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? Rom 10:9 if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; Rom 10:10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Have you acknowledged that Jesus, and Jesus alone, can save you (not good works, not studying the Bible, not going to church every Sunday)? Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Eph 2:9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. If you have not asked Jesus Christ to forgive you and to save you from your sins, you are not saved. I urge you to call 1-888-NEEDHIM so that someone can agree with you, in prayer, for your salvation. God bless you, prazn |
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27 | Whose will causes a believer to sin? | Rev 13:8 | prazn | 88026 | ||
Forgive me, I haven't been following this strand, so my post may be repetitive or incongruent with the general pattern of thought. God's Word says: "...for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." -Phil 2:13 "...it [God's mercy] does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH." So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?" On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, "Why did you make me like this," will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles." -Romans 9:16-24 just food for thought, prazn |
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28 | Peace with Cancer | Phil 4:7 | prazn | 87981 | ||
Please don't allow doubt and unbelief to keep you and/or your friend from believing that our Lord is able to heal whomever he pleases, whenever He pleases. The Lord God Almighty (Jehova Rophe: my Healer) is able to heal your friend!!! Mark 6:1, records that Jesus went to His own hometown, where the people doubted His ability to heal. Verses 5-6 record, "And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He wondered at their unbelief." Do you recall that David (the man after God's own heart) fasted and prayed for his dying son (the son who was born to him through his affair with Bathsheba)? In 2 Samuel 12:22 David explains, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said 'Who knows, the Lord may be gracious to me, that the child may live'" What harm can come from believing for your friend and encouraging him to believe, as well. The Word of God tells us: "without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him." Hebrews 11:6 "...let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting," James 1:5-6 "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." Eph. 3:20-21 Keep the faith!!! prazn |
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29 | What yr was Jesus born? | Is 61:2 | prazn | 87949 | ||
Thank you for your response. It's good to know that our Lord has placed true Bible scholars, such as yourself, within His body. Blessings! prazn |
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30 | The Only Way to Heaven | John 3:3 | prazn | 87932 | ||
I am concerned about many of you who post in this forum. It seems that quite a few of you have a religion, but no relationship with our Lord. Some of you even profess to be "believers", but I wonder whether you are truly saved. Examine yourself, friend. Are you a born-again believer? Have you believed that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins so that you may have eternal life? John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. Have you confessed Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? Rom 10:9 if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; Rom 10:10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Have you acknowledged that Jesus, and Jesus alone, can save you (not good works, not studying the Bible, not going to church every Sunday)? Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Eph 2:9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. If you have not asked Jesus Christ to forgive you and to save you from your sins, you are not saved. I urge you to call 1-888-NEEDHIM so that someone can agree with you, in prayer, for your salvation. God bless you, prazn |
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31 | was elijah john the baptist | John 1:1 | prazn | 87707 | ||
Sorry! Had to do a little more digging to fully respond to your question. John the Baptist's ministry was foretold by the prophet Malachi: Mal 4:5 "Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD." My understanding is that John the Baptist was not Elijah, the prophet of old; but, he came in the spirit of Elijah. Hope this helps! prazn |
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32 | Can you live with alcoholism? | Eph 5:22 | prazn | 87680 | ||
Jim, Sorry! I got you mixed-up with John. I've been reading too many posts!! Also, I notice that you mentioned, in one of your posts, that your spouse is not a Christian. With that in mind, may I encourage you once again to pray for her, in earnest. Then share the "good news" of salvation with her, as the Lord leads. Do you go to church? If she does not go with you, perhaps you should ask her to join you. Get your clergy involved (that's why they're there). Sorry about the mix-ups, it's easy for me to get into a topic that seems "new" (because of the question), but is actually the continuation of a rather lengthy strand of posts about the same topic. God bless you and your wife! prazn |
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33 | Justification for non-Christian Living?? | Gal 5:24 | prazn | 87550 | ||
Hi EdB, Nope, you never said that Christians should take action against "tares". That's why I asked for your thoughts about what we should do with them once we've discovered who they are. I agree wholeheartedly with your conclusion that vengeance belongs to our Lord! Peace! prazn |
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34 | These are the last days | 2 Tim 3:1 | prazn | 87548 | ||
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35 | What kind of "fruit" is this? | John 10:27 | prazn | 87547 | ||
Children of the Living God have an assurance from our Lord that no one can take us away from Him: John 10:27-30: "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one." If you hear Jesus' voice, you are one with Him. And, if you are one with Jesus, you are one with the Father: John 15:4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:6 "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. John 15:7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. John 15:8 "My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples." What kind of "fruit" has been exhibited in this forum in recent days? Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, self-control? prazn |
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36 | Justification for non-Christian Living?? | Gal 5:24 | prazn | 87525 | ||
Hi Curtman, To expand upon John R.'s post, we cannot do anything that the Lord requires of us in our own strength; that's why we need the Savior. His power is made perfect in our weakness (2 Cor 12:9) and when we are weak, He is strong (2 Cor 12:10). But, we must confess our weakness to receive His strength. Rom 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. Blessings! prazn |
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37 | Justification for non-Christian Living?? | Gal 5:24 | prazn | 87523 | ||
Hi EdB, Granted, there are some in the body of Christ who have been given the gift of discernment. My question is, what do we do with those "tares" that we find in our midsts? Shall we stone them? By the way, there are people in the body of Christ who claim to have the gift of discernment in order to legitimize their own wicked activities. Mercifully, the Lord did not grant me that gift of the spirit, so I am left to follow our Lord's example, instead. Though Jesus knew that Judas was "a devil", He still taught him along with the other disciples and even washed his feet. Heaven only knows how many "devils" the Lord blesses through our obedience to His will. Jesus did not come into the world, the first time, to judge anyone (John 3:17). However, when He returns it will be to judge (and the saints with Him) in complete fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah (see Isaiah 61). For now obedience to the Lord's command to "love your neighbors as yourself" is a daunting enough task, all by itself. But, glory to God, we don't have to do that in our own strength. love in Christ! prazn |
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38 | Justification for non-Christian Living?? | Gal 5:24 | prazn | 87500 | ||
Thanks for the correction, RM2! Your diligence in rightly dividing the Word is to be commended! What I am trying to say is that Jesus never wagged His finger in the face of anyone who had a need, and demand that they "repent" before He ministered to them. Did our Lord demand that the adulteress repent before showing her mercy? Did He call back the nine cleansed lepers, who didn't even bother to say "thanks", and demand that they "repent"? Did He refuse to feed the 5,000 until they repented? Our Lord says in Jer 31:3, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness." |
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39 | Justification for non-Christian Living?? | Gal 5:24 | prazn | 87493 | ||
By the way, Jesus Himself used the same "seeker sensitive programs" when He walked on this earth. Think of every encounter that He had with those seeking healing for their minds (e.g., the demoniac), for their bodies (e.g., the man at the pool of Bethesda), and for their emotions (e.g., the Samaritan woman at the well). He also ministered to those who simply wanted a free lunch (e.g., the feeding of the 5,000 and the 4,000). Jesus' message was not one of repentance (with the exception of the scribes and pharisees; who though religious refused to believe that Jesus was their Messiah). The Lord draws His people with lovingkindness to His cross. A person may join a church, initially, for the wrong reasons; but, Jesus makes Himself known to those whom He so chooses, as He chooses. So, the "seeker" may come in looking for child care on Sunday mornings, but given enough exposure to the spirit of the living God; and by the power of Almighty God, that same seeker will come to the realization that they are not their own...they were purchased by the blood of the Lamb. Oh happy day! "For God so loved the WORLD...", my friend. Not just Betty and Joe in Tulsa, OK. He loves the world (the muslims, the hindus, the budhists, the Catholics, the Protestants, the backsliders, and...dare I say it...SINNERS). It is not His will that ANY should perish! Peace! prazn |
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40 | Justification for non-Christian Living?? | Gal 5:24 | prazn | 87490 | ||
John, You know... you're right. There are probably lots of people who call themselves Christians (i.e., born again and bought by the Lamb) who really aren't (hence the reason for our Lord's parable about the "wheat" and the "tares"): Matt 13:24 Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. Matt 13:25 "But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. Matt 13:26 "But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. Matt 13:27 "The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' Matt 13:28 "And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves *said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?' Matt 13:29 "But he *said, 'No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. Matt 13:30 'Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.""' Almighty God is the only One who knows who His children are. I think that, when we get to heaven, we'll be amazed at who ain't there and equally amazed by who is!!! God bless you! prazn |
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