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In reading your post, you said that what everything that is living changes. However, God is ever-living and the Bible clearly says that He is changeless (immutable), the same yesterday, today, tomorrow, eternally so. Just wanted to clarify that.
Thank you for the warning. I can only speak through my own life experiences with God. Surely I will read and re-read the Bible and do Gods will. Thus far I always make errors and mistakes when I trust on myself, listen to men , and please men. Then after understanding the blood Jesus shed for my sins, I only want to trust God in all my decisions, I carefully listen by studying the Bible and daily want to please God. I will expand my reading and pray that God lead us all to the truth. Thank you for our discussions.
This "ultra-dispensationalism is something new to me, having not been exposed to it ever in my life before coming onto this site. The errors you mentioned are serious ones and should be refuted. Thanks for the info from Got Questions. That is a good website that has helped me with so many things I wish to know more about. God Bless.
Things bear like things as was established in James 3:12. The idea of both spirit and flesh being what/who I am,I must admit, is a bit confusing to me. If Spirit gives birth to spirit, and God who is a Spirit created me, am I not also spirit? Or if I truly am a body, is God a body? Is it possible He is both? If a fig tree bears only figs just as an olive tree bears only olives, and a grapevine bears only grapes, then logic tells me I am also spirit, if I'm created by God, Who is a Spirit. I could accept the possibility I'm both a body and a spirit, except being opposites, can they coexist? Again, it is a bit ambiguous to me. I could use some clarity.
I have three lesbian sisters. I have only been able to talk with one of them about their soul condition and need for salvation in all of these 50 years they have been in this lifestyle. I continue to pray for them. God does not give up on our loved ones once we have gone on to be with Jesus. He will continue to seek and save the lost.
I also have three sons who were brought up in the faith but all three turned away from it in their late teens/early twenties. The lure and deception of this world and their generations' culture greatly influenced their choices to turn from Jesus. As a parent, this grieves me very much. But I do believe that God loves them more than I ever could and that He is able to work in their lives 24/7 and I can not. So I came to decide over 20 years ago to really leave them in God's hands, as that is the best place for them to be. I continue to pray for them almost daily. I know God hears my prayers and does answer them even though I cannot necessarily see how He is working things out for their good.
I cannot agree or disagree more. I just know that God speaks to all of us fellowbelievers. I do believe the mystery of "Christ in you". I have experienced many Angelic situations. I know they are from God because they are in line with all goodness discussed in the Bible. When I understood in my heart the blood Jesus shed for my sins on 11/11/21, I knew then that nothing in my flesh is righteous. So I completely depend on Jesus' righteousness. Through Faith, by trusting, and believing He will direct my paths. Unbeknownst to me, He kept His promises to me since I was young, for I confided in Him a lot, for I know nothing about the world, but I can sense something is not right to many people. There are situations that I do not even know how I could have done things on my own. Indeed there is that higher power that guided me through. Make no mistake I do understand I can never be perfect here on earth because I am still in my corruptible flesh. But I look forward for the time I get my incorruptible body. It will be great if we get raptured while we are still alive. It will be a surprised for some. We can only pray. So we comfort one another.
I will pray for the Thurman family tonight.
Dear Heavenly Father, Draw near to the Thurman family as they grieve the death of their son. Cover them with your comforting healing grace. Help them to work through this loss with faith and hope in your promises. Help them to lovingly help each other during this time. Father, we know that your Holy Spirit grieves with us in our times of sorrow. Cause them to know this. We ask this of You, Father, in the name of Your Son, Jesus. Amen.
Manasseh and Ephraim were the sons of Joseph. Joseph died in Egypt and these two sons remained with the Israelites and produced generation upon generation along with the tribes of the other sons of Jacob. When the time of slavery was up and God delivered the Israelites from Egypt, led them for 40 years in the wilderness, and brought them into the promised land, the land was divided into allotments for each of the 12 sons of Joseph. Manasseh and Ephraim were each given an allotment of land- a double portion according to the blessing given them by Jacob. It seems that was given a portion that was divided into two separate parcels of land, therefore, half a portion-Bashan and Gilead east of the Jordan, and another portion on the west of the Jordan. See Joshua 17:1-18
Friday evening at sunset to Saturday evening sunset is the Holy Sabbath Day.
God gave us this day to rest, just like He rested on the last day after His creation. It is one of the 10 Commandments (#4). God tells us to remember to keep the Sabbath Day. This is the only commandment that God specifically tells us "to remember". Should we consider this special? Yes we should.
Jesus tells us the Sabbath was made for man. It is a gift from God to us. We should use this day to rest, and give thanks, help others in need, visit with friends and family, attend church services, and perform in a manner consistent with the way Jesus and the Apostles performed on the Sabbath. Jesus tells us in scripture that he is the Lord of the Sabbath. This tells us that Jesus holds the Sabbath in high esteem.
Man cannot change any commandment from God, so this is still in affect for The Church and Christ Followers today if they wish to be obedient to God.
Hope this helps you!
GBU
Sunday Christian worship was codified by order of Constantine, true. But this was already a practice for Christians for three centuries.
Simon the Sorcerer (Magus) was not the first "pope". He was one who practiced sorcery among the Samaritans. When he heard the Gospel from Apostle Phillip, he believed and was baptized. When Peter and other disciples came to Samaria and laid hands upon the new Samaritan believers (in which these received the Holy Spirit), Simon Magus wanted to buy the power to do this and other miraculous acts done by the apostles. He was rebuked by Peter sharply, and he repented.
Early Church history records Simon Magus as later falling into Gnostic apostasy, leading many astray. the word "simony" is named after him-it is using the ministry as a means to gain.
Day and night. With unwearied zeal; with constancy Lu 2:37. The ordinary Jewish services and sacrifices were in the morning and evening, and might be said to be performed day and night. Some of their services, as the paschal supper, were prolonged usually till late at night. The main idea is, that they kept up the worship of God with constant and untiring zeal and devotion.
For which hope's sake. On account of my cherishing this hope in common with the great mass of my countrymen. See Ac 23:6. If Paul could convince Agrippa that the main point of his offence was that which had been the common belief of his countrymen, it would show to his satisfaction that he was innocent. And on this ground Paul put his defence: that he held only that which the mass of the nation had believed, and that he maintained this in the only consistent and defensible manner--that God had, in fact, raised up the Messiah, and had thus given assurance that the dead should rise.
Ac 23:6-11
May these verses help to shine some light for you to understand that Jesus is in fact God.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Here Jesus is speaking to the Apostle John in Revelation 22:13
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."
There are three (3) entities in the Godhead. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Many people struggle with trying to understand this unique and very special relationship.
GB you
Our twelve tribes. This was the name by which the Jews were designated. The ancient Jewish nation had hoped to come to that promise; it had been the hope and expectation of the nation. Long before the coming of the Messiah, ten of the twelve tribes had been carried captive to Assyria, and had not returned, leaving but the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah. But the name, "the twelve tribes," to designate the Jewish people, would be still retained. Comp. Jas 1:1. Ac 26:7 Paul here says that the hope had been that of the Jewish nation. Except the comparatively small portion of the Sadducees, the great mass of the nation had held to the doctrine of a future state. This Agrippa would well know. Instantly. Constantly; with intensity; with an effort with zeal. This was true; for, amidst all the sins of the nation, they observed with punctuality and zeal the outward forms of the worship of God. Serving God. In the ordinances and observances of the temple. As a nation, they did not serve him in their hearts; but they kept up the outward form of religious worship.
Dear Heavenly Father, I ask You, in the name of Your Son, Jesus, to bring quick healing to Rob and his mother from Covid.
Restore them to health and restrain covid from having lasting effects upon both Rob and his mother. Thank You Father. Amen.
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad.
"The twelve tribes which are in the dispersion," or of the dispersion, This word occurs only here and in 1Pe 1:1, and Joh 7:35. It refers properly to those who lived out of Palestine, or who were scattered among the Gentiles. There were two great "dispersions" --the eastern and the western. The first had its origin about the time when the ten tribes were carried away to Assyria, and in the time of the Babylonian captivity. In consequence of these events, and of the fact that large numbers of the Jews went to Babylon, and other eastern countries, for purposes of travel, commerce, etc., there were many Jews in the east in the times of the apostles. The other was the western "dispersion," which commenced about the time of Alexander the Great, and which was promoted by various causes, until there were large numbers of Jews in Egypt and along Northern Africa, in Asia Minor, in Greece Proper, and even in Rome. To which of these classes this epistle was directed is not known; but most probably the writer had particular reference to those in the east.
The phrase "the twelve tribes," was the common term by which the Jewish people were designated, and was in use long after the ten tribes were carried away--leaving, in fact, but two of the twelve in Palestine. Benjamin and Judah.
good stuff sister, yes the gospels are the same, the new testament explains the old testament, there's no divisions
I appreciate the history. I am very happy to understand your point of view. But how can you explain Paul's gospel and epistles? I will study and pray for the truth on these messages. Agape.
I accept the writings of ALL of the apostles and disciples included in the N.T. as being for me, not just those of Paul. This includes the four Gospels. Jesus is the one who teaches me through His Holy Spirit. His words and life story is for my application. And His Spirit teaches me from all of the N.T. Scripture writers along with the O.T. as well.
Wow I agree everything you said. You just explained it in detailed. Thank you. Agape.
I tend to understand the word dispensation by the definition of: the act of distributing. So, when Paul was using the word, He is speaking of the giving forth of the Gospel, not necessarily a period of time distinct from another period of time.
Also, Paul was not the 12th apostle, Mattias, was. (See Acts chapter 1)
I also believe that God is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow, and eternally so. So, I do not believe that He respecter of persons, other than choosing out Abraham's lineage through Isaac to be a nation that He specially uses to reveal to all humanity Himself and His will through the ages. That is why the O.T. is considered to be God-inspired and useful to those who follow Him in the ways spoken in 2 Timothy 3:14-17.
I tend to think of the lost sheep of Israel as both the house of Judah and the house of Israel, the Southern Kingdom and the Northern Kingdom. Many of the Jews returned to Jerusalem form the Babylonian captivity, but very few members of the remaining 11 tribes returned from Assyria, and those that did intermingled with the transplanted peoples that the Assyrians government moved into Israel when they took the Israelites captive. Most members of these 11 tribes and many of Judah migrated out of Mesopotamia northward into western Asia and eastern Europe, and eventually to all parts of the earth. Most of the members of these dispersed 11 tribes today do not even know that they are Israelites. So, Jesus came for these Israelites all over the world, not just for the Jews, when He made that statement you cited.
Even so, the Gospel of Christ is the same as the Gospel of the Kingdom as well as the Gospel of Heaven, and the Solitary Gospel is to be preached to all inhabitants of the world because Jesus is the Savior of humanity, not just of the Jews.
I truly appreciate your response. I am also happy that we can discuss the truth according to the word of God, KJV Bible. I really do agree with what you said that Jesus came to save all of us. So as the apostle Paul. That is why he wrote the gospel according to the scriptures in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. There is none that indicated in my explanations that Paul has a different Gospel than Jesus Christ. I simply stated that these two verses distinguishes one from the other (i.e. between v8 and v16). Come to think of it. It makes it more amazing that God is a God of number. It multiplies the 8 by 2 and you have verse 16. Anyway, I digressed. It also amazes me that in Matthew 15:24 Jesus said that. I know every word in the Bible is very important, especially inspired by God. There is no way one can understand the Bible without dividing the word of truth per 2 Timothy 2:15. That is why I study very hard. Because Jesus Christ personally selected Paul to be His last disciple, Jesus revealed to Paul more information for us Gentiles. Something that Jesus did not reveal to other Apostles. Peter even agreed that some of Paul's epistles are hard to understand. But in the end Peter agreed with Paul. I am trying not to repeat myself in every comment entry I have here. With my 60 years experienced in the world, my professional job is really not to confused people. I have noticed some understand but not many see the truth. That is why I made my comment a stimulating discussions. I truly understand your point. I also can see why people get confused on the passages. I truly believed there is a dispensation in the word of truth. For example, why do you think Jesus Christ said to His disciples in Matthew 10:5-6 to not go to Gentiles but to the lost sheep of Israel? Then in the last two verses in Matthew 28 He said to go to all Nations? If there is no dispensation, one would say Jesus is contradicting Himself. But we know God better than that. Don't we?