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761 | Gods will for your life | John 16:13 | Mommapbs | 48933 | ||
Greetings TrayCee! You have received good counsel! I wholeheartedly agree that the barometer of peace is a good indicator - Jesus, is the Prince of Peace, so when He is present in your circumstances, peace should be too. But what about those times when peace is absent? This is a call to respond - to pursue Christ and His righteousness. How do we do this? Prayer and fellowship with Him through His Word, relying upon the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth. Stop striving to "know God's will" and trust that He will reveal it to you! The more desperate you become for God, the more you will realize that He is right there cheering you on to follow Him. Jesus is you biggest fan, He is at the right hand of the Father, interceeding for you! As you consider decisions or directions, some will be obvious - it this God-honoring and God glorifying? Other choices may not be so clear and will require the wisom of Solomon to discern and the patience of Job in the process. But remember that God gives you these gifts to enable you to know Him and to "wait" upon Him! Jer. 33: 3 'Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.' Hope this helps! God bless you as you seek Him and His will for you! Mommapbs |
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762 | where can this scripture be found? | 2 Cor 6:17 | Mommapbs | 48888 | ||
Greetings Kingskid! Isn't it strange how some people look at you like you have two heads when you begin to discuss or talk about the Lord Jesus?! Why can we be extreme fans of sports figures (which is allowed and encouraged) and lower our voice when we express our love of the only One who is a TRUE HERO? Funny how the first is called a "fan" and the second is labeled a "fanatic!" But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. 1 Cor. 2:14 Read the entire chapter for a complete understanding of this verse. How privileged we are, as believers, to possess the Mind of Christ! Blessings in the Truth of His Word, Mommapbs |
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763 | Who believes the Bible? 2 Tim 3:16 | John 1:17 | Mommapbs | 48887 | ||
Greetings Grace and Truth, welcome to the Forum. Please explain "Let's talk Bible!" Not everyone speaks the same "language" nor does everyone understand the same language. What do you expect to happen when we all "talk Bible?" How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news - to teach the WORD of God to others who have yet to know His Truth!So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. (See Romans 10:15-17) Many on this Forum do not know the "language" of The Bible yet - many may not know that God's Heart is Trustworthy! Let's always remember to be encouraging them to come to know and love the One who loves them (and us) with ALL His heart! The Lord Jesus met people where they were, as He continues to meet each of us where we are today! His invitation remains open - to come and dine, to enjoy fellowship together, which to me, presents a picture of friendly conversation, of interchange and dialogue BUT NOT preaching! As you will discover, many of us on the Forum are passionate about what we believe about Jesus, because this is HOW we have come to know Him (as limited as it is in this life!). Some may be more simple in their approach. Not all are seeking THE Truth, but rather A truth they want to believe. It is important to discern the difference. This Forum is an opportunity for sharing, caring, learning, discovering and hiding as well!Please consider what you desire to gain from your participation here. You can walk softly and still carry a stick. Blessings in Jesus' Name, Mommapbs |
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764 | significane of three names for communion | 1 Cor 11:20 | Mommapbs | 48309 | ||
Greetings Essence Angel! Why do I get the impression that your three posts are "homework" questions? The Bible uses the Lord's Supper to describe what churches call eucharist or communion. How they arrived at those terms, I do not know. Try a search engine! We observe the Lord's supper to remember the Lord's death,UNTIL HE COMES - 1 Cor 11:26 After that, we who are His bride will partake of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.(Rev 19:9) Aside from others who are invited guests to this supper, all who remain will become the main entree at the great supper of God. (Rev 19:19) Perhaps it is better to know the names of THESE three suppers than to know three names for just one! Blessings as you study God's Word, Mommapbs |
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765 | will the church see the antichrist reign | 2 Thess 2:3 | Mommapbs | 48303 | ||
Greetings Flo! Before I answer this question, please note that the following is MY PERSONAL position that I have embraced,at this point, after much study of the Scriptures.I remain teachable! The church is the body of born again believers in Jesus, not everyone who belongs to a church is a member of THIS spiritual body! SO this is what I presume you mean when you refer to the church in your post. "Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him," 2 Thess 2:1 From this passage, note the progression: first we (the church of Jesus Christ) will see apostacy or a falling away from the TRUE faith. ( And what have we seen in these days? an increased awareness of spirituality, increased occultic practices with New Age influences abounding!) Jesus also noted these and said the "love of many will grow cold" (Mt 24:10-12) which is also the description (lukewarm)of the last church in Rev 3:16. It is only reasonable to expect lawlessness (which does not necessarily mean criminal activity!) to increase as people stray farther from the absolute standards set forth in God's Word. Just look at what has been legislated:removal of God from our schools, etc, abortion, euthanasia, etc. Yet God's Word warns, "Woe unto those who call evil good and good evil!" Isa 5:20 So the stage is set. There is much debate about the order of our "being gathered to Him," but I stand upon the Word of God which states,"For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ" 1 Thess 5:9 "You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, . . . you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come." 1 Thess 1:6,9,10 This wrath is different from tribulation mentioned in v6; even Jesus tells us to expect this! "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." John16:33 Many folks confuse these two words. The GREAT TRIBULATION of The Revelation refers to the time when God's WRATH is poured out on the WHOLE WORLD! This is the wrath that Jesus promises to rescue us from! So as you can see from these Scriptures, my position on the matter is that as a believer in Jesus Christ, I can expect to undergo tribulation, but I will never suffer the coming wrath of God. Secondly, according to 2 Thess 2:3, "it will not come" (meaning our gathering together to be with Christ) unless the apostasy comes first,(which we have just addressed) AND the man of lawlessness is revealed. Does this mean that we will see the REIGN of the antichrist? I don't know but God's Word says he will be revealed. Is this to be interpreted as a singular individual at this point in Scripture? I don't know that either, but it may not be too difficult to recognize the rise of a world order that offers a "moral code" to those who are seeking peace. These are my thoughts on the subject - do check out the search feature and dialog with other participants from there if you have questions about their thinking on the matter! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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766 | Jesus' name baptism? | Acts 2:38 | Mommapbs | 48245 | ||
Greetings Charis! This is a very old thread but I do have a question about this verse. So I'm putting it out there to some of the participants. The following is a statement from a denominational web site: "As with the first Christians, when a person repents and is baptized their sins are forgiven and the Holy Spirit begins to work in their life. (Acts 2:36-41; Romans 8:5-11)" I am troubled by this, not because I am an unbaptized believer, but because many who I know to be born again believers have not been immersed! It just doesn't "sit" with me that physical baptism is a prerequiste for forgiveness. Any comments? Blessings, Mommapbs |
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767 | Baptism, Trinity, and Teachers? | Acts 2:38 | Mommapbs | 48244 | ||
Greetings Hank! This is a very old thread but I do have a question about this verse. So I'm putting it out there to some of the participants. The following is a statement from a denominational web site: "As with the first Christians, when a person repents and is baptized their sins are forgiven and the Holy Spirit begins to work in their life. (Acts 2:36-41; Romans 8:5-11)" I am troubled by this, not because I am an unbaptized believer, but because many who I know to be born again believers have not been immersed! It just doesn't "sit" with me that physical baptism is a prerequiste for forgiveness. Any comments? Blessings, Mommapbs |
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768 | Prayer Chains and biblical truth. | James 5:16 | Mommapbs | 48238 | ||
We are told to "pray for one another." Don't deny believers in your fellowship this God given privilege because of a few tactless remarks. God is bigger than their ignorance! You wrote: "I find myself wanting to protect my little one." WHO is the only ONE who is ABLE to protect her??? Don't be guilty of the same "ignorance" by not seeking the intercession of others for your little girl! I'll lift her (and you) up before the Throne of Grace too! May God comfort you with the peace of His presence. Blessings, Mommapbs PS. Now go and make that call! I suspect that you will be surprised at how God "shows up" in your circumstances - don't limit Him, but be looking for Him! |
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769 | Can perfect love cast out fear? | 1 John 4:18 | Mommapbs | 48235 | ||
Greetings 1summers: First of all, we must establish what love and fear are. GOD is LOVE. 1 John 4:8 Just as 1 John 4:18 reminds us, "fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love." Fear is our response to expected punishment - as well it should be when we realize its eternal nature! Because of what Christ did for us in love, we we have no fear of condemnation when we have accepted Him as our Savior! (Romans 8:1) The love of God is the only love than CAN cast out fear! But until we have received His love, fear of punishment is our reality. Jesus said, "But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!" Luke 12:5 Fear is cast out when we accept the love of God for us as demonstrated by Jesus! (We might say that when we ask Jesus to be our Savior, we become "perfected in love" and at times we may need a reminder of this!) "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him." I hope this helps clarify WHO love is and who and what we are to fear! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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770 | Joseph a "type of Christ | Genesis | Mommapbs | 48214 | ||
This list is taken from "Dispensational Truth" (1918), by Clarence Larkin.He notes these events in Joseph's life as a "type of Christ:" 1. Taken to Egypt 2. Tempted and overcame 3. Savior of the world 4. Rejected by his brethren 5. Sold for 20 pieces of silver 6. Interceded for his brethren 7. Got his bride (gentile) before the famine (tribulation) 8. Reveals himself to his brethren and is accepted (I found it interesting that I had to correct Larkin's spelling of "brethern" to brethren! They didn't have "spell check" in 1918 and this list was actually handwritten.) |
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771 | How to overcome spiritual dryness | John 7:38 | Mommapbs | 48144 | ||
As a believers we have the "living water" but indeed we do experience periods of "spiritual dryness as you have perceived. I guess the easiest answer to this problem is to go to the Source of all solutions. When you are thirsty, go to the well and drink deeply. God knows how much you need, and if you are still "dry" you have to keep drinking! Regarding the the issue of disobedience we could look at the warnings of Jer 2:13"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters,To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water." Ask God to show you if there are areas of your life where you are drawing water from your own cistern! He promises to answer - and when He does, I trust that you will be obedient to respond to His loving counsel! Hope this helps - I've been in the desert many times too! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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772 | Did God created people before Adam | Gen 1:1 | Mommapbs | 48050 | ||
Greetings marg! You wrote, "I don't think we all are descendants of Adam." According to God's Word: "All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind;of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. Gen 7:21-23 Noah was responsible for re-populating the earth. The genealogy of Noah is recorded in Genesis 5. He is a descendent of Adam. We are all descendents of Noah; therefore we are all descendents of Adam as well. Hope this clears up any confusion about your ancestors! Mommapbs |
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773 | military alliances of kings of juda | 2 Kin 16:7 | Mommapbs | 48018 | ||
King Ahaz of Judah made an alliance with Assyria. He sought rescue from the attacking armies of Aram and Israel. He took silver and gold from the Lord's House and the palace treasury and sent it as a gift to the Assyrian king.(v8) Yet it was not until Ahaz's son Hezekiah's reign that (2 Kings 18:7) Assyria conquered Israel and deported them. What I found interesting in this passage of scripture is what happened spiritually when Ahaz made his alliance with Assyria! See 2 Kings 16:10-18!) I haven't been able to find a second King of Judah so perhaps you should re-post your question! Mommapbs |
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774 | Guardian Angles are they real? | Acts 12:7 | Mommapbs | 48001 | ||
Hebrews 1:14 describes angels - "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?" These angelic hosts that do God's bidding are powerful beings but they will never experience the love relationship He desires to have and extends to us! Questioning if your recent experience was the result of angelic intervention is really not the issue. God is soverign, He is absolutely in control. Why and how God choses to "rescue us" is for Him to know and for us to be eternally grateful for! We must be cautious to worship the DELIVERER and not worship the means of our deliverance! I have learned that the more I know about God, the less I really know - for His ways are not mine and He does exceedingly more than I can ever even imagine. God does not need our permission to operate outside the scope of human understanding! Nor is He limited by what we believe about Him! Frankly, I think that God loves to surprise us with more of Himself and the only way He can get the attention of some is to be extremely overt! From what I have read of your posts, God has miraculously protected and preserved you. Thank Him and ask Him what His purpose is for your life! Don't get stuck on the "why me?" It really isn't about you! What you have experienced is all about God and His plan; I'm glad that He chose YOU to be part of it! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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775 | what is the parable of the lost sheep? | John 10:16 | Mommapbs | 47843 | ||
For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. Matthew 18:11 Jesus is the Good Shepherd - read John 10. The parable of the lost sheep is not about our relationship with others, but it is about our relationship with God. We are "lost" until we are "found" in Jesus! As we grow in our relationship with the Shepherd, we will sense the urgency of His call to the many lost sheep that are in our midst. Let's introduce the Good Shepherd to these "lost sheep" and encourage them to respond to His call! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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776 | so "cuts away" means "prunes"? | John 15:2 | Mommapbs | 47775 | ||
Greetings Parable! Your question has been on the "unanswered" list since Wednesday! Searcher56 did write a post that addresses this question; so I have taken the liberty to cut and paste it here on this thread following my observations about another illustration of barrenness. At one time I equated fruitfulness with soul winning! (Boy was I in trouble here!) but God has shown me that there is much more to this "fruit" that He expects to see IN our lives! In Romans 12:1-2, Paul exhorts believers to "...be transformed by the renewing of our mind..." and throughout Scripture God challenges, "Change the way you think and act!" How do we accomplish this? Jesus said "Apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5; and Paul asserted, "I can do all things THROUGH Christ . . ." Phil 4:13 I believe that the following parable reveals what FRUITFULNESS really is! "Then Jesus used this illustration: A man had a fig tree growing in His vineyard. He went to look for fruit on the tree but didn't find any. He said to the gardener, 'For the last three years I've come to look for figs on this fig tree but haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up good soil?' The gardener replied, 'Sir, let it stand for one more year. I'll dig around it and fertilize it. Maybe next year it'll have figs. But if not, then cut it down.'" Luke 13:6-9 Just as the gardener expected to find figs on a fig tree, so does our Heavenly Father expect to see the qualities of His Son growing in us- His children. When there is no fruit evident, He uses measures to encourage its growth. We must remember that it is the presence of Jesus that enables the "fruit" to grow; He uses different means to accomplish His purposes for us! Fertilizer adds necessary nutrients to stimulate production and the action of digging brings life-giving air to the soil as well as removing obstacles that hinder strong root formation. Yet, the ultimate expression of that fruit is dependent upon our cooperation, our yieldedness or obedience. (First to believe and then to grow by continued obedience to He who is IN us!) God is patient with us, but it is clear that barrenness has consequences! Blessings, Mommapbs From Searcher 56 Word Study: Prune (Kathairo) Take away (Airo) Prune is kathairo (Strong's 2508) and means "to cleanse, of filth impurity". It is translated purge by NASB in Heb 10:2. The root is katharos (Strong's 2513) "clean, pure". Airo (Strong's 142) gives us take away. The same word is used in Matt 16:24, when a disciple is to take up his cross. It is to move it from place to another. The fruitless branch is not pruned, only the one bearing fruit. If there was no pruning, eventually the fruitful branch would be fruitless. Hope this helps, Searcher |
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777 | Who'd Be In Charge? | Gen 24:5 | Mommapbs | 47475 | ||
Greetings Lionstrong! The question I am prompted to ask to further understand this passage is why did Abraham issue this warning? "Beware that you do not take my son back there!" Perhaps this is an admonition for those who are "in charge" that they faithfully fulfill the will of their "Master!" I don't see this as an authority issue as much as it is an obedience one. Remember that Abram was called to come out of Ur,(see Gen 11:27-12:1; Neh 9:7) just as we are called today to come out of sin and into a love relationship with Jesus. Those who are charged with our care and instruction would do well to heed the warning Abraham issues to his servant. Just my personal observations from this passage! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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778 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | Mommapbs | 47458 | ||
The Amplified Version of Matthew 1:25 says, "But he had no union with her as her husband until she had borne her firstborn Son; and he called His name Jesus." From your earlier question, "Didn't Mary and Joseph have another child?", you now know that Jesus had "half" siblings.So the real question becomes: If this is so, HOW could Mary remain a virgin her whole life? As you are discovering, certain things we are told to be true have no foundation in the Word of God. Examine the Scriptures! God will reveal His Truth to you when you do! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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779 | Give me some direction in the bible. | Matt 19:9 | Mommapbs | 47456 | ||
Greetings running4mylife! God's Word says, "And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away... Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace." 1 Cor 7:13, 15 God is MORE than able to meet all of your needs; His Grace is sufficient and will enable you to be obedient to His Word! Continue to seek Godly counsel and devote youself to prayer - intercede for your husband. Let God be in control. Blessing follows obedience. In Christ's love, Mommapbs |
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780 | are we as christians only to drink water | 1 Tim 3:8 | Mommapbs | 47454 | ||
Greetings! The Berean appropriately wrote this statement to you: "The danger many of us face today is we don't test what we hear." "Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God."Col 3:1 Just because you have heard something from someone in authority does not make it true! Examine God's Word for yourself, or better yet, ask that individual to show you where his/her support comes from in God's Word! As iron sharpens iron, so does one man sharpen another! (Pr 27:17) If more people would earnestly seek to know God through His Word, we wouldn't be confused by "second hand" knowledge! (Does anyone really like "hand-me-downs?") As you read, study and become familiar with God's Word, the more you will be able to discern HIS truth from what you hear! And best of all, the MORE you will KNOW HIM! Blessings on your pursuit of the Truth! Mommapbs |
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