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He need to be surrounded by some Godly Men in the name of Jesus Christ Amen

you and someone else at the same minister God word to both of them your wife and her mother in the name of Jesus Christ Amen at the same time

tell your son to pray everyday join a Apostolic or a Pentecostal church and go on a regular basis in the name of Jesus Christ Amen

Re the pretrib contentions nowadays. I have a controversy with this for when a young Christian I was reproved of beloved *FATHER GOD* for some aggression in my walk. I was so moved, ashamed & repentant to think I was bruising others after experiencing much bruising attitudes and sad handling of situations through life till 52 years old when I finally confronted my Mother. "Mum, I have always though you did not like me." An immediate response was. " Edwin, how could you say such a thing!" "Well, thats the way Ive always felt." I answered. Again her quick answer was. "I can prove you were a wanted child, as I wanted 7 boys and you were number 5." Then as though conviction came upon her, she bowed her head saying. "OH Ed, I am sorry, I did neglect you." Resulting in her humbly accompanying me to Church of CHRIST NZ Mt Roskill, and her returning to her early Christianity. At death she said: "I said to GOD. I must be the proudest woman alive."Then with a grin. "I think *HE* said. "Dont be proud Jean, you are not." Loved that ! Brought up as atheists. Our *FATHER GOD* with infinite understanding foreseeing my response to the aggression reproof gave me three vivid dreams, clearly memorable to this day.

1/ We lived next to a catholic famly and a great wind storm came from the east to the west and I was blown horizontal, on our side holding onto a post of the fence between our two properties while all sorts of objects flew past me.

2/ A group of people complete with backpacks waiting on the northern grass siding of the Riverhead Road. Dad approached me from across the road. I noted his bright eyed face. Sparks fell around us as we lifted heavenward. Malachi 4:3. Rev 6:11. *GODS*wrathful DAYafter sifting tribulations.

3/ I was sitting in a round craft above the earth, two beings looking over the edge and one said to the other."Theres another one." As I looked to my right in the distance I could see the city of GOD bordered with a rainbow. Matt 24:31, Mark 13:27 GBU.

He can speak in an audible voice.

Eg.

1. When Jesus Christ was tempted by Satan in the wilderness, Satan spoke with Him audibly.

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. Luke 4:3

2. Satan spoke with Eve audibly. Gen 3:1

Again, God is God. Your prayers may not be the answered in the way you wanted, but in Gods will, they were. God is not a wishing well and we can not see how his works are used for the future. Have faith.

My son Brett is in constant back pain-very severe-in order not to get hooked on strong pain pills-over the years

he started to drink alcohol for the pain now he is addicted. He truly loves God-prayers are needed for him to be set free from it all.

whom the Son of God sets free -one is free indeed, Amen and God Bless

Jesus of Nazareth was called Son of God, Son of Man and Son of David. What is the significance and meaning of these three titles?

That's an interesting and realistic thing you came up with , I have known for years that churches at least the many I visited have errors .

So I don't go to one . I read and pray on my own for years . Sometimes it's hard but Jesus is my back up . Amen .

It says that God seeks those that worship him in Spirit and TRUTH.

We must separate from sin or errors or we become partakers of it .

I learned this many years ago . It has done me very well in separation from these things .

Israel is restored just prior to the second coming of Christ . Most people in the land today will not make it to the end , only a remnant will .

i joined a church that was very pretrib and all the doctrine that goes with it , they followed JN Darby very closely.

I was a new seeker at the time in less than 2 years I was totally convinced from reading the Bible that there is no pretrib rapture .

200 % sure today .

But that church kicked me out . I thought God gave me a revelation through the Bible and I was trying to help them out of their error . Not a chance . But at least I'm set free by the truth . Amen

I agree James , it's very hard to to convince anyone that has their mind made up . Many of them are not open to hearing the truth .

It's said they will not endure sound doctrine but heap teachers having itching ears , in 2 Timothy.

The easy way is what they want .

It's just human nature .

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom . To depart from sin and error .

But deception is an easy way out but a dead end .

Staying in the word prayerfully is so important or temptation can trip us up .

I need commentary for bible study

Colossians 1

23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

It is likely that Christian churches down through the centuries have always had more false believers than true. The Bible is written to the Church to the saved and lost together, and God never encourages believers to take comfort in their salvation and ignore their responsibility to go on with God. Those believers who do not pay attention to God's word and never get saved will end up falling away into hell.

True believers have a responsibility to walk with God in fear and trembling, seeking always to please Him and obey His word. A true believer who walks in disobedience cannot be lost again, but he can become less profitable and may be taken out of the world early because of that.

2 Peter 1:10

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

True believers will heed the warning to give diligence to walk with God, but the unsaved will not pay attention and will fall into hell in the end for not giving proper heed to the word of God. The unsaved who fall never got saved in the first place.

I typed up a response earlier but lost it by hitting the wrong key. At any rate, the Bible teaches that there are two main types of professing believers. 1. The saved, and 2. The lost. Lost professing Christians can fall away from Christ and return like a dog to his vomit, but saved Christians cannot.

Kay, you, too, are so sweet and loving. Thanks for your outreach to me and prayers. My Mom is tough and comes from a family with longevity (late 80's into the 90's. She birthed 10 children. Had appendix removed in her twenties, had a ruptured ulcer in her seventies along with a torn ACL/meniscus from a fall. So, overall, she has not had many negative incidents requiring hospitalization for someone her age. But Sepsis takes many people out of this life. I am being realistic as well as hopeful. I urged my brothe (who lives in Hawaii) to get a flight home as soon as he cane because things can turn so fast. I am praying he will be able to be here very soon. All of my other 8 siblings live in the area and so we can all be available for Mom at this traumatic time.

Suze,

How are your parents doing this week?

It is possible for Christians to live in disobedience and be taken out of the world for disobedience, as alluded to in 1 Corinthians 11:30

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

However, the Bible is full of warnings for professing believers not to trust in their profession if their profession is not genuine. That is where so many Christians confuse fake Christianity with real Christianity. Christians who are truly born again will never lose their salvation and they are told in 2 Peter 1:10

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

Christians are not to be puffed up and idle about their profession. Christians need to make their calling and election sure by growing in the Lord to gain the assurance from Him that they are right with God and not just deceived.

False Christians should also give diligence to apply themselves to seeking the Lord and studying the Bible to discover that they are not saved and need to seek salvation that is real.

Nobody "does things" to get saved. Doing things will help the sinner find or gain assurance of salvation, but will not give the sinner credit with God by which to earn or buy salvation.

Yes she is. It was really a blessing to be able to be at the hospital with her and my sister yesterday. We are taking turns being her daily visitors so that all 10 of us can have a chance to be with her over the next two weeks. Praying that she continues to improve rather than have a down turn. Sepsis is very, very serious and often deadly. So we are praying for her recovery, but are ready if God takes her home. She is ready for that. So we are leaving her in God's hands as to the outcome. We just want to be sure each of us can have time with her without everyone being there. (which cannot happen at this time anyway-only two visitors per day)

Thank you for your prayers. How is your Mom doing?

If addiction to pain medications is troubling you then you may be experiencing the conflict all believers have between the flesh and God's Spirit united with their born-again spirit. A born-again believer cannot change back into a lost sinner once he has been born again, but the flesh of believers can become a problem God uses to help the believers draw nigh to God and seek His deliverance from evil. If you are troubled in any way for any reason, go to the Lord and beg Him for help and deliverance from evil and never stop going to the Lord and never stop praying for His help to become the type of Christian He desires you to become.

She may have been dark-skinned but the Bible does not say and it does not seem to matter. However, the Shunammite was black and was dearly loved by the Lord for her character, not her skin color.

Song of Solomon 1:4-6

King James Version

4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Hi Giannis.

It's 11pm here in the south east.

I just got your reply via email. I haven't had the chance to go over the material, I will read and return a reply perhaps tomorrow evening.

Good night and God bless.

Amen Gigi.

The key thing is Jacob blessed them as his sons. There is no virtue or lesson to be learned concerning their skin color.

And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. Gen 48:5.

Hello My Dear Sister!

I am so sorry to hear about your Mom! Sepsis IS very serious for anyone, and as you said, more so for Mom because of her age! How marvelous that you had the opportunity to lay hands on your Mom and pray for her! I will surely and gladly join you in prayer for her! May the Sun of Righteousness, Who has healing in His wings rise upon her! Amen!

That's wonderful to hear you're wearing regular (albeit a bit larger-sized) shoes again! What rapid progress you've made I'm not surprised that your grip isn't fully returned yet. That will take a bit more time. In some recoveries, 'slow and steady' progress is best! :)

I also want to thank you, Gigi, for always being so sweet and encouraging. The graciousness of God's Spirit shines through you, sis. I thank God for you!

Have a blessed night! You and your dear ones are in my prayers!

-Kay-

Ephesians 4:27

27 Neither give place to the devil.

29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

You need to be on alert at a party if there is alcohol and lack of self control from others. Be considerate of the wives and girlfriends. You can see how Satan can "work this" against you.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

[Comment: he's invisible]

Yes, Abraham was a Gentile, a Shemite (Semite), a descendant of Eber (Hebrew). Not all Hebrews are descended from Abraham, nor Israelites, as Eber had other children who did not descend down to Abraham. Ishmael and Esau are Hebrews and Semites, also. But Isaac was the son of promise, and Jacob was chosen as the son of promise. So, the promises of Abraham was passed down to Isaac and then to Jacob, and then to the twelve tribes that came from his twelve sons.

Kay, Just beautiful!

Anita, Of course, but I would recommend that a male be friend to a husband, not the wife AND a female be a friend to the wife, not the husband. Husbands and wife need to guard their marriage from inappropriate friendships with members of the opposite sex.

If you feel fear, confusion, temptation, it could be an evil spirit. The one time I heard a voice (they're invisible) it quoted scripture. I refused what it said.

Check your home for any forgotten items that evil spirits might hope you'll be entangled with again; and destroy those things. Acts 19:19.

Memorize Ephesians 6. "They are invisible."

Be quick to plead the blood of Jesus. They don't bother blood bought children of God.

I had alot of push back from them. I found, that even if you can't speak it out, ALL OF HEAVEN can hear your screaming born again spirit. Angels will be dispatched.

I'm saying this because I don't know if this is a one-time creepy event or more.

You are beloved in the Son, Jesus. Be encouraged.