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2. I asked strength
3. I asked for good job
4. I asked for a good woman in my life
5. I asked good feature
It is more than feeling very sorry for someone, more than providing food & various forms of help, more than a loving embrace or comforting words even when the other person despises you. It is a sacrificing love: a willingness to unconditionally give of oneself. One could see it as a parent who would sacrifice everything for their children; one entering a building fully engulfed in flames to rescue a helpless injured person; the many servants of the Lord (recorded in history) who willingly submitted to the burning stake or cannibals, so that the Gospel would reach those who've never heard of Jesus. Just a few examples here of this type of love that also clearly shows how God loved this world of sinners & those really unworthy of any help, to give of Himself (in Jesus, of and from God, made flesh) to be killed for our sakes. God's agapao sent His Son to the Cross that "whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life".
So when the Apostle Paul refers to Isaiah 49:8, he understood the general principle in Isaiah that the Messiah God would be willing to hear their cries for help - that His Mercy would come to Israel, as well to the Gentiles. And though Israel couldn't perceive who this Messiah would be, it was God Himself (the Redeemer of Israel: v7) through His Son, that would bring about a full salvation for all. So Paul could say, "that God was in Christ (the Messiah God), reconciling the world unto himself..."( 2 Corinthians 5:19) and begging the Corinthian believers that "ye receive not the grace of God in vain"; since Isaiah himself prophesied that God's day of salvation had now come & you Corinthians were blessed to receive it ( 2 Corinthians 6:1,2). Therefore, they should accept Paul's work on their behalf & to refuse sin, not allowing it into their lives & the Church, knowing, "the terror of the Lord" against all doers of evil ( 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18).
You say that there is one God not three. The Chistian faith does not teach that there are three Gods, rather that God exists as, in essence, one Being in three distinct persons.
May I ask you, Who spoke from heaven at Jesus' baptism and transfiguration? Who descended upon Jesus at His baptisms and on the disciples at Pentecost? Who was Jesus praying to at the Last Supper and in the Garden of Gethsemane? Who is the Spirit that Jesus promised He would ask the Father to send to His disciples at the Last Supper?
Jesus wasn't praying to Himself. It was not Himself who spoke from heaven during His baptism and Transfiguration. He did not descend upon Himself at His baptism nor on the disciples at Pentecost. And he did not promise that He would send Himself to the disciples.
Very well stated!
God bless you and all you do Brother.
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Colossians 2:3
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
May we all grow in grace and charity.
Romans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
All God's people said AMEN.
My native language is not English but Greek. And my English is not that good as you have surely noticed
As I see it, the KJV translation is a very good translation. Obviously there are some mistranslations and mistakes since translating from one language to another sometimes, few times not always, can not give the right or the very precise interpretation or impression.
But lets talk specifically about the word Godhead. Question. Godhead means Head of God? A somehow group of persons that are Divine?
Anyway the actual greek word in Romans 1:20 is THEIOTIS. It means DIVINITY, and this is how it is written in modern Greek as well. In all versions of the Gospel in Greek, ancient and modern, it is the same, I have never read/heard anything different. Now there is another word in Greek, the word THEOTIS. It is almost the same, the only difference is the letter "I" between letters "E" and "O". But that changes the meaning of the word completely, from Divinity to Godhead. But they are different things, not the same.
Now in my opinion, what Paul is trying to say in the specific verse? "V20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse"
Change the word Godhead with the word Divinity. It makes more sence, doesn't it? It means that the power of God and His Divine nature are shown to people through His creation. This is how I have always read it, tought it, heard of it so far back here in Greece.
Now for the rest you write in your post dear brother I am sorry I can not really answer I can only give you an answer for the specific word. But maybe I am wrong, maybe I dont understand the meaning of the word Godhead as it really is. Anyway one can search that on internet or in encyclopedias or christian books. It would be interesting to see how it is translated in other languages like French, Spanish, German etc
God Bless You
Well stated!
God bless you.
Peter reminds us as well.
1 Peter 5:2-4. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
God bless you.
God bless you and all you do brother.
Let's talk about the Ten Commandments.
The ten com/ments in the OT were a sort of summary of the moral Law given by God to Moses, the most significant ones, we may say.
Are they still valid in the era of the NT? This question can be answered according to what we want to come to.
If we want to see what is the relevance between the Decalogue and Salvation, they are different things. Salvation is a gift from God through the acceptance of Jesus Christ's Sacrifice on the Cross. It is not aquired as a wage of obeying the 10 com/ments or any other com/ment.
But still obeying God's Law or com/ments is essential for our salvation. Disobeying God's Law is a sin, and if one keeps doing that in his life and not repent, I am sorry to say he will not enter the Kingdom of God in Heaven. Many christians, not me, believe that salvation is secured once we believed and were born again and got baptized. But remember the parable of the ten virgins? All of them were virgins (children of God), had oil (Holly Spirit) inside them, had light (pure life) but only five of them were accepted by Jesus in. The rest heard that horrible thing " I don't know you". So obeying God's Law in our christian life is a necessity for believers.
Now, are all ten com/ments still valid in the NT? Yes, unless otherwise stated in the Gospel. The one for Sabbath is not, it is what that verse in Colosians states. Also the one that says to not misuse the name of God is partly changed by Jesus, as far as swearying to God is concerned, Matthew 33-34. And many other commandments from the OT have been changed by Jesus ie about divorce, about loving and not hating our enemy and some more. The rest of them are still valid. But they are not the basis of the christian faith like it was for Jews Jesus Christ's Sacrifice is the basis on where we build our lives. And if one wants to somehow summarize God's Law in NT, I think the com/nts in Matthew chapt. 5, and 6 are the ones to read.
God Bless you brother.
Do you think that verse is a bad or incorrect translation then? If so, do you believe there's other verses in the KJV that are incorrect translations?
My belief is that its already translated and correct and the translators did mostly word for word translations but also took into consideration the intended meaning and in this case they apparently concluded that Godhead was the best English word for it. I believe it was all done far more carefully and prayerfully then us taking a few seconds to look it up and draw our own false conclusions.
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The same trick can be done in English too, where you could translate my comment for example to another language and its not a perfect 1:1 ratio of words, so some words will be missing some added to make it correct. But when its translated and means the same as what I wrote, one can easily cherrypick one word, look it up, and say aha!, what it REALLY means is something else. Consider words like run, set, take, go, place, right. All have multiple meanings depending on context, so someone can easily discredit anything they want by choosing one word and retranslating it into another word, possibly missing the meaning in context, while 'proving' to themselves that it was incorrectly translated. Maybe you are already aware of this fallacy, but if not I hope it is helpful. God bless.
I think that people misunderstand what people like yourself and I feel about Trump. I made it clear that I voted for him...TWICE.
That I 'loved' him. I trusted him. I believed in him. I don't hate him; I don't 'hate' ANY person. But I no longer LOOK TO THE ARM OF FLESH to do any great things for me; for our country or for the world. Again; God DOES use imperfect human beings; that's true. NONE of that is debatable. What IS debatable is Trump specifically; that he is 'anointed' by God. As you pointed out; God is HOLY; and He does NOT put His 'Okey-dokey', His approval; His Spirit; upon that which is profane and unholy. He may HELP people to do good things; but He does NOT ANOINT ungodly to do good things. There's a HUGE difference there.
It is sad that people LIKE ME; AT ONE TIME; were/are SO deceived by this belief that if we can only have 'this' specific person in office; things will go back to being wonderful again. Wrong. Babylon is falling; and will never rise up again. And no human being will make one bit of difference; and IF some person DOES seem to do colossal things; great things; wonderful things; will it be someone 'anointed of God', or the 'other' one, that beast system's leader(s) who will SEEM to have ALL of the ANSWERS for EVERYTHING? How DANGEROUS it is to put our trust in man.
Anyway Kay; thank you again for the insight and wisdom and Scripture you shared; it was all good; and very helpful. Take care, God bless.
I cannot comprehend how some Christians prefer a Muslim leader who pushes for increased baby murders, but have hatred for a pro-Christian leader who works hard to protect life. Trump isn't perfect and we aren't either. God uses anyone He wants. Matthew 7:1-2 Many are judging morals of others based on what they assume is a truthful media report, but fail to consider their own moral shortcomings and that a lot of the news isn't even true.
Media propaganda has distorted the views of many into hatred for their neighbor. Many are based on lies and strategically edited footage just like the current dramatic play about Jan 6th that edited out security police opening the doors and welcoming people into the capital, and edited out the FBI agent who tried to entrap people. Some pretend that all the protestors went inside the capital, even though less than 1% of the peaceful protestors were even in that area. Many paid agitators.
Even though Biden is currently occupying the white house, given his condition and job performance it is unlikely he will be reelected. Many don't believe he was legitimately elected in the first place, due to the rampant ballot harvesting and other problems that have been exposed through security cameras, project veritas whistleblowers, and researchers like those behind the 2000 mules documentary. It has been really eye opening, and given that dozens of people have been convicted of voter fraud and are currently serving prison time, it's strange that some completely deny that any voter in the US has ever cheated.
The end is near. Please pray. God bless all.
If Trump were ANOINTED (the HOLY SPIRIT being the one Who gives us that anointing) -- would the Holy Spirit lead the sheep of Jesus into this wicked system?
I am a senior citizen; over time, I have seen several Christians get involved in politics, and sadly - they can do LITTLE - and 9 times out of 10, get pulled into the system, rather than changing it. It's the old 'putting the hot soup in the refrigerator does not warm up the fridge, but cools the soup' scenario!
I love something I learned from a preacher years ago. He shared how he votes in his prayer closet. You see, Cindy, we live in an ILLUSION that we have a 2-party, or multi-party system. 'They' make us feel like we have a 'choice'; but like another pastor I heard said how he doesn't vote left wing or right wing, because they are the two wings on one dirty bird!! THIS is why nothing ever changes because of world government!
If we REALLY want change, godly change, we must pray that the church repent; we must pray for repentance to be granted to our nation; we must turn to God with all of our hearts, and seek His face and not His hand. We must stop giving Him lip-service and give Him heart service. Only God Almighty can bless us and save us. Psalm 33:
16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Amen!
Blessings, Cindy.
Jesus is so wonderful! When we've been in the 'lion's mouth', the Lord not only graciously delivers US - but he then gives us discernment and understanding by our troubles to be able to recognize when the same 'lion' is about to...or already has...grabbed onto another sheep - and we can warn them! It is thank-worthy to have brethren who ARE our 'keepers', and you have shown you are one of these by your comments to Amy.
Be encouraged, your response was kind, caring, and full of the Word of God, and hardly anything to be 'ashamed' about! God forbid when we have to take shame for sharing God's Word, and sharing what our own experiences have been, in an effort to encourage others by lessons learned.
I must add something I've shared on this site some time ago. Matthew Henry made comments on the book of Daniel that taught me so much. He noted how Nebuchadnezzar had a dream; he saw the world and its nations, its kingdoms, as a comely statue, an idol - which he was very pleased with. On the other hand, Daniel was given a corresponding dream in which he saw the TRUE character of nations; he saw them depicted as BEASTS!!! The kingdoms of this world are all part of the beast system. We need only to look in our own capitol, and look at other nations, and look through history to see this truth!!! The kingdom of this world IS NOT our kingdom! We cannot expect peace and friendship from it!
Furthermore, the apostles lived inn the time of the Roman emperors; they never worked to 'elect a better Ceasar' so that 'they could have a nice life now". They could separate Christ's verses the world's kingdoms!
I have lived outside of America for 24 years; I have seen first hand the disaster of State Churches. And it IS a disaster. No man can serve 2 masters!
I will continue this on another post...
There's nothing magical about the word trinity and I don't know if the origins stated are true or not, but either way I will use the word because people know what it means. The word is used as a convenience to describe what the Bible already says. It already says the 3 are one, already uses the word "Godhead," and already uses the plural word "we" to describe God. There are numerous verses about this concept and those who don't like a particular word don't have to use it, but if they start denying scripture then that is something they will have to work out between them and God. Some deny the word "rapture" too, but the Bible says "caught up." If God's Word says people will be caught up then people will be caught up. Some of the wordplay fallacies can be distractions from the truth of God's Word.
God bless.
Of which Jesus is the head.
Intercessors stand in the gaps (in the broken down walls)
They build up the hedges, so the enemy cannot see the soldiers lying in the ready to ambush.
This is not a Call of Duty video game. Christians on the frontlines (pastoring, evangelizing, ministering) need the ones called to prayer.
It's no small thing we do. Jesus is our rewarder. We will be led to pray by the Holy Spirit.
It's done in secret or with the intercessors in the church. In a church I was a member of; all intercessors came to church on Friday nights. The associate Pastor would join and oversee the group. It was wonderful. Almost as good as evangelizing the lost.
Nobody get the recognition or any glory. It's a meeting between the Holy Spirit and those willing to pray. The Church is blessed with financial freedom, new births, healing, deliverance and much more. Pastor never had to beg for people to show up. If we added fasting to prayer__the harvest was very great.
The Book of Acts, the early Church was doing the same thing too. The Gospel of Christ has covered the earth. With internet and cell phones, I believe every corner and crevice has been reached.
It's time to load the new Ark, which is Jesus Christ. Like Noah, were to build the Ark, and evangelize the lost. Numbers and good reports are Jesus's Department. :)
Revelation 12