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Hey Tom,

This is my understanding; All Israel was looking for the Messiah when He first came to deliver Israel from all oppressors and lead them into a new golden age. We see this as the question the disciples asked Jesus in Matthew 24:3. Jesus' purpose of His first coming was hidden from them, even the Apostles and John, Luke 18:31-34. They even asked Jesus right before He ascended, if He was going to set up the kingdom then, Acts 1:6.

We see how distraught all were when Jesus was crucified and they did not even believe Mary when she told them He had resurrected, Mark 16:10-14. They were confused and had doubts because they were looking for Him to set up the kingdom then. John probably had these same thoughts when he saw what Jesus was doing because it didn't look like Jesus was moving to deliver the people from the Roman rule and set up the kingdom.

No one could know, because Satan could not know this part of God's plan, it was still a mystery.

Just my understanding

God bless,

RLW

Nice stuff

What does the former rains and the latter rains falling in the first month mean in Joel chapter 2?

What is the "sin of the world"?

Thank you ...

I am sorry my dear sister but I do not think that there is a warrior gift given from God. What made you think that? Where in the Gospel do we find that gift?

The spiritual gifts that the Spirit of God gives to his children are all described in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11.

Finally gifts are given for service in church not for individual use, that is for my own use.

Now if you mean a natural gift that everybody has and serve the church then it is you who knows it.

Now how do we know which Spiritual gifts we have i also think you know better. It is usually the one that suits you are gre good at it, God will never give you a gift that you can not hold.

God bless you

Dear Marvin: if you have been born again, that is saved, allow me to suggest you study the Gospel of John which teaches the deity of Jesus, and the verses written by the Apostles Paul and Peter which show us how to grow stronger in our walk with Jesus Hebrews 5:11-6:12, 1 Cor. 3:1-4, 10-15, Eph 4:11-16, 1 Pet. 2:1-3, 2 Pet.1:3-10.

Jesus said in John 3:3 "Ye must be born again to enter the kingdom of Heaven."

What the Bible says about being saved.

"As it is written, 'There is none righteous, no, not one.'" ( Romans 3:10)



"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." ( Romans 3:23)

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." ( Romans 6:23)

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." ( Romans 5:8)



"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." ( Romans 10:13)



How to be born again

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.- Romans 10:9-13

God bless you on your journey for Christ.

please pray for Kristie and me and our families pray for our lost coworkers

You can ask the Holy Spirit, but He will choose your gift(s).

Learn what each Gift does; and the Armor. Bible Study is crucial.

Pray for the Anointing. Luke 4:18 and Isaiah 61:1-4

Isaiah 145:18

Often.

A warrior in Christ is one who enters into "boot camp" first. Learn being a soldier from King David, Joshua and Gideon.

Your Armor in Ephesians 6.

Intercessory prayer. Find one in your church, or form one. Intercessors are the most courageous: fighting off the beings that oppose Jesus. Our prayers can tear down strongholds; open the skies so prayers cannot be silenced. silence lying spirits that say you cannot do this.

Prayer Warriors:

Stand in the Gaps

Repair torn down hedges

Sit in the Watch Tower, looking for enemies

Listen to the Holy Spirits counsel: ask Him for the gift of discerning of spirits ( human, evil, or of Heaven)

Our enemies are not flesh and blood. They're invisible and sometimes inside of a consenting human, animal or creatures. The Holy Spirit will alert us what spirit is opposing us.

Pray Harder: call it out, use its identity if the Holy Spirit reveals it. Bind and Loose as Jesus taught us. Ask God to send angels when extra protection is needed.

A testimony: I've been immobilized by demonic things. Had my mouth shut so I couldn't yell for Jesus. All of heaven can hear your SPIRIT screaming THE BLOOD OF JESUS. You will be released immediately. Don't panic. Plead the Blood. [Get anything no matter what_ the Holy Spirit says is cursed, Acts 19:19, destroyed.]

There are passages in the Old Testament that describe war and battles: lapping water, running low, digging trenches: which can be used in war prayers. Watch that movie, the War Room. That woman had the devils on the run. Those are our enemies. We have to be alert to their "fruits." Like anger, violence, threatening fears (they're buddies Torments) Mishaps in the house: hindering and harassment devils.

You might watch a FEW videos by Derek Prince. Devils exist but Jesus gave us everything we need to defeat them: SCRIPTURE. Spend time in Gods presence, soaking up Bible in massive amounts. No speed reading.

Watch Iverna Tompkins videos

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. How often I am reminded of this condition within myself. These moments in the trials that we must all face at one time or another. Again, reminded of Christ in the garden sweating droplets of blood. The power that has been given to you who believe, is the same power that will get us through to the end! While Jesus experiences the pressures in the flesh, we see Him go unto a desert place, upon hearing Johns death. Once again reminded that even though Jesus is God, He is in the flesh suffering and feeling the same trials as us. This moment the same as when Lazarus died! Sharing our griefs, understanding all our pains, failures, this is why Jesus came! There is none like Him. None! Jesus the savior of the world.

Dear family in Christ. I kindly request the prayer to break the chains of poverty and of being over indebted. I pray for progress in my career and to grow in knowing and trusting in the Lord.

As for the part about rendering to Caesar he put them in to a trap.He said give to caesar whats his and God what is his.What is God's ?Everything.Jesus did such way of puting his enemies to a trap even other times when he was asked by tge pharisees about his authority he asked them about John authority.So the sincere would understand it as being about giving all to God while the wicked will understand it as being for wretched caesar.And as for Luke 14 Counting the cost is not about investing money its counting the cost of discipleship which Jesus shows just some 3 verses after your citation Luke 14:33 we should give all.And the parable of the talent aint talking for investing either

Read it yourself.

And we know the parable of the rich fool which made treasures for himself luke 12:13-21

And what did Abraham say to the rich man in the story of the rich man and lazarus which i dont think its even a parable luke 16:25 so he will not go to heaven because he had his riches in earth not in heaven .

Verse 21 you said, i know it comes from the heart just like your protection of the offspring of usury money and i know money is iron but if we serve like the greek word servus which means to labour for we have blasphemed God and make him angry in his jealousy it is not talking about worshiping or slaving like overworking for it but for working for it because the pharisees mocked Jesus afterwards because they were covetous .Now i dont think that the pharisees worshipped money.Do you?

Now as for the God Jesus working for money as you say to me it looks blasphemic as God provided for him because he preched that in Matthew 6:19-33.Jesus was no hypocrite to say and dont do it himself.We get this idea that for some time Jesus forsook his heavenly throne and then lived as a poor person to be raised again in glory to his Father who is in heaven and Jesus.In the bible it says the son of the carpenter not Jesus the carpenter.

Dear "RichFairhurst", i read your post, and got inspired :) In peace i say: It mayby is how Christians live today who is the big question here: Are we in the great apostasy? Too many people think they are on the right path, but few are so, said Jesus Himself! Matthew 22:14

Then i better understand that God is patient with us and the days are made for us Christians, all this comes from God we know! He wants everyone who is predestined to come to His Rest. 1 Timothy 2:3-4

Oh Good God help us and find the way! We are so terribly slow in perception and body that we divide the road and go wrong without knowing it! Lord, use Your time! Thank You for Your patience that can not be measured by anyone! God bless us all for repentance from dead works to faith in the Counsel of the Living God. He who Is.

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

So what if your husband walks out on you. Can I still divorce??? and start dating. My husband left me with a lot of bills Glory to God, the Lord is really helping me. I have not talked to him but maybe once. He left me last September 24, 2021.

I can never forget how he did this. He called me all day long at work and said that it was date night. By the time I get home, the Holy Spirit told me he would not be there. I'm in the car arguing with the holy spirit. So therefore, I had to repent. When I got home he was not there after 10 calls at work telling me how we were going to have a great time and eat steak at a restaurant he found not to far out in the area.

He actually came home the next noon day and demanding he get 5 outfits. Prior to asking for the 5 outfits he cursed me like I was a harlot. Then I finally said take everything. I told him I didn't want a husband that could not come home to me, his wife.

Several months later my son told me he had saw him coming out of a crack house. Even though he was not making love to me i went to see my doctor and every test came back negative. I thank God for that also. I have days that I really feel lonely. I work and trying to start a bakery I sell pies and cake slices to help pay bills along with my job. Other days, I feel rejected. So what the does the Lord command us to do. I need companionship. I do want to start dating again.

Tuesday 29th March , wow , there are some excellent messages on here this morning ! Thank you all for starting me off on the right foot today .

Sorry , no idea what A C L J is .

Maybe John knew but he sent his disciples to Jesus because he wanted them to know , there is a theory that some of John's disciples became followers of Jesus and that maybe even some of Jesus apostles started out as John's disciples . John wanted his disciples to follow Jesus after his death , I'm sure he already knew he was to be executed , so he sent his disciples to Jesus .

Dear "Yvonne Haynes", Here you have found a question. :) Which probably has more views on it than i have. I will try to show you. A snake: Crawls, eels, bites, is poisonous, is cunning, hides, waits for the right moment.

A pigeon: Alert, stays at a distance, flies away easily, sensitive, notices everything, wants a quiet environment, peacefull.

In the kingdom of God for and saved souls, all this can be used for that cause and much more. These are opportunities we can use forever, and be a servant of Jesus Christ. So it is not a small option. This makes me think of all the possibilities. But we must be aware of and end up in the salad once in a while as well. :)

Good luck and here are some words from Jesus Himself:

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Dear "Bridgette Bradley", know that a Warrior is the strongest, the one who attacks and defends. The one who goes out first to meet the enemy. That's a big thing. To become this warrior, you must fill yourself with the Scriptures every day. Watch and pray in time and out of time. Be patient and strong because you do not get the prayer answers the way you want. You can often see the answers from a distance. And then the thanksgiving becomes great.

Joshua and Paul's letters have strategic war plans and are important in this gift. Be happy with what you have received, this is a very important gift. In the warrior task, almost all gifts lie latent. Try next time and use them when you go to church meetings. What can be difficult is to get a chance to speak. Pray that the Lord will make an opening for you. Keep praying for the people around you. Then of course in silent prayer. If you have been given another language, pray incessantly in that language. Good luck there is a gift that will build you up a lot. The Lord Jesus has not and will never leave you, look here!

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Hi Tom. This is a very short account in Matthew 11:1-6 which has brought up different views of what had taken place in the prison. I feel that more information would have given more light on the matter to be able to make a proper judgement.

One view is that it was John's disciples that were in doubt of Jesus, why Jesus had more disciples than John, or maybe doing a work inconsistent with that of the expected Messiah. So John wanted them to go out for themselves & learn & be convinced.

However, in my reading of the passage, I can't help but think that it was actually John himself who began having doubts, given his miserable position & condition in prison. Why wouldn't Jesus come to him, perform a miracle to secure his release, rather than spending so much time with the people, could be a question on his mind. Or, maybe over such a long period, John was being persuaded while in prison to entertain unnatural questions in his mind - sometimes a lengthy period of confinement, with various depravations & abuse, might cause one to have doubts & fears. We just don't have enough information to know exactly what John was thinking or feeling & how the evil one might have been having his way with him.

As to the prophets, they spoke as the Spirit of the Lord directed them, but as you wrote, that John was "filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb". Can such an one entertain doubts & fears? Maybe for a man under harsh conditions, there would have been a spiritual conflict going on & he needed a confirmation from witnesses to strengthen his spirit & his resolve. To all this I can't be certain and I hope you can get other views on this difficult passage.

The only sin we cannot be forgiven for is blasphemy against the holy spirit which is yo deny Christ

Hi Alvin,

I agree with some of your points, but not your main conclusions. Here is an example: "Christians cannot work for money( Matthew 6:24)". Here two different things are conflated. The verse says you can't serve two masters. At the end it says you can't both serve God and mammon or weatlth. This verse is true of course and I fully believe it. For context you can read verse 21- where your heart is. It's talking about not money itself being evil, but your heart serving and slaving money... like making it a false god or idol.

Along the same theme I noticed you suggested that the root of evil is money, but that's also not what it says. The Bible says the "love" of money is the root of all kinds of evil. So we should not love it.

So, its not the product that is bad, but the condition of the heart that makes it bad. This is the same for many other sins, for example: idolatry, greed, lust, coveting, lying, hating ones neighbor or father or mother. These sins occur from conditions of the heart, not objects. This is supported by the life of Jesus as he had a job and worked as a carpenter. He make something of value to society and likely traded that for things He needed for living such as food, shelter, clothing. Likely there was a unit of currency used as a convenience for trade and currency is not inherently bad as it facilitates more accurate trade- otherwise its hard to trade 1/10 a house for 1/2 a horse, for example. There is no indication that Jesus grew food himself, or made His own clothes, or was 100% self sufficient, so it is a fairly safe assumption that Jesus traded and bought and sold to meet needs.

Matthew 22:19 - 22:22 - Jesus asked to see the money and said Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. He was for being a good steward of resources: Luke 14: 28-30, and the parable of the talents seems pro-investing. God bless.

Dear "Latisha Horton", call on Jesus and remind yourself of the blood that flowed at Calvary. Speak loudly, for God raised up Jesus after He died, and He lives. The power of death is broken! Remind the powers and authorities of this. Then you command the tormenting spirits to leave you. Be strong and brave. And always be happy.

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Welcome "Marvin Michael Kent", here there are always people who are willing to help as best they can. We are on the web, :) if your country is catholic you will automatically stay in that church. If you find another denomination in your country, it's fine to sign up there. Then you sign up, but everyone in a country, most countries must belong to the church to which the state is subject. So that everyone is also offered a place of burial. When we walk with God, we do not know where He is sending us. He may have a plan for your life there with the Catholics, who knows only Him.

I hope you understand my wording. Stay blessed and we have One Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Hi Justleenpernia. In Exodus chapter 16, we read of God's provision of Manna & Quails to the children of Israel. When the manna first fell onto the ground, they said, It is Manna (v15). The Hebrew word for Manna is 'man-hu', or 'what (is) it?' So it wasn't called Manna as a name given for this heavenly food, rather it was their question about this mysterious substance and that question (what is it?) then became its name.

Then in verse 31, we read, "And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey"; so it was referred to as Manna from that time & eaten for the next forty years.

I dont work for money.

I have never been endangered by responding to the nudge of the Holy Spirit. I'm just an ordinary believer; not rich or poor. I have enough, and to spare with another.

Ive seen what some children do with a deceased parents belongings. It makes sense to me to give it to someone who would enjoy it.

Giving, always gives me deep joy. I live near a huge orphanage. I take them good reusable items to sell in their onsite store. The proceeds are used for store bought necessities for the orphans (all ages). A lot of people do. I support Salvation Army because they give things to people who are flooded or burned out of their homes. It makes me happy to know "someone" gets new dishes or new sets of pots and pans; sheet sets.

I had a home burn up. For years I'd look for things and realize they got burned up. My sweet neighbors saved my pets (I was at work when it burned)

Fire teaches you what is truly important. :D

Many homeless aren't fakers. It's painful to be hungry and people look away. If I'm going downtown I take 6 Turkey sandwiches and 6 bags of chips and cookies. At least I know they got a good lunch. I can't cure homelessness, but I can fill an empty belly. Look for the ones who are skinny and have pain etched in their faces; or a kid who shouldn't have to be hungry.

Listen to a song Mac Davis recorded: "Whoever Finds

This. I love you." Loneliness kills more people than anything else.

Everybody in heaven is saved. Now__is when we can show heaven to someone lost in darkness and pain.

Gigi, God sees us everywhere. He's lookin for anyone who will go, for Him.

Just to take this further, Jim. I'm assuming that you're referring to Luke 3:38: "Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God." To remain true to the original language, the phrase "the son" (wherever it appears in the reading), is not shown in Greek. Rather, it would read, "...of Enos, which was of Seth, which was of Adam, which was of God"; as it would similarly read for the others in that passage.

From research, one can learn that in these verses (vv24-38), the Greek word 'tou' (with the genitive) means 'belonging to'; though in Luke 3:22,23, the word 'Son' is definitely used. Why the translators chose to add "the son of" is known only to them, though I suspect that in almost all cases there was a clear line of humanity (of 'begetting') which they carried through to the beginning, that of Adam. And the fact that "the son" is shown in italics, indicates that they understood that it wasn't in the original language.

With that aside, the 1 Corinthians chapter 15 reference by the apostle, was to show that though both Adam & Christ were alike in their 'coming' from God, their origins were totally different. Adam was created from the dust of the earth - Christ created into humanity by the Spirit of God ( Luke 1:35). The first was a product of the earth - the second a product from Heaven. True, Jesus was humanly formed & birthed & that was so, for His Coming was to be understood from the Davidic line, fulfilling the prophecies that went before Him & of course, to lay down His Life as a Sacrifice for all.

Then to assert that "Adam is also God", would be false, as there was nothing about Adam's creation to indicate that another god was produced & then fell. But for Jesus, His Coming was from God's Presence & Being - entitling Him to be called the Son of God & also worshipped.

Dear Jim,

This will be the last time I reply to you on this topic.

I took ample time to show numerous verses that clearly say Jesus is God and you deny it. It sounds like your heart is closed based on your response. That is between you and God. No amount of dialog between us will likely change your mind. So, I will wish you well because you are putting your hope and trust that verses like John 1:1 are wrong. It says Jesus (the Word) is God and you believe Jesus is "not" God. It sounds like you are reading it with your own premise, THEN finding and interpreting scripture to fit your premise, rather than starting with reading scripture first with an blank slate THEN praying for understanding. Every one of your points above are answered by just reading the Bible without any filters or bias.

While I appreciate respectul dialog up to this point, what I don't appreciate is a disingenious comment such as this "you totally ignored it." This is false. I didn't ignore anything. To try to figure out what you accused me of "ignoring" I now scrolled up to a higher comment where you posted a verse to someone else. Of course your same assumption of "ignoring" could be said about you, because you didn't respond to each of the verses like John 1:1 that I actually replied to you, not to someone else like you did.

You also didn't respond to my question to you if you've prayed about this? Have you prayed to know the truth about Jesus and have you felt any confirmation or anything in your heart as a response? I won't characterize you as intentionally ignoring as you did to me, but it's noteworthy that you haven't responded to this important point. God bless.