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Ryan I will pray for you and Rachel,

Lord Jesus

We lift up this relationship between Ryan and Rachel. We ask that You bless it and them. We ask that You bring complete healing to Rachel from the past harm done to her by her ex. We ask You to create godly love between Ryann and Rachel. We ask that You will create trust and allow them to bond in healthy ways. We ask that You take away the negative things that keep Rachel from committing fully to this relationship. We ask that You give Ryan proper patience, wisdom, and understanding in this relationship.

We ask these in Your name Jesus, Amen.

Mary,

I'm not sure if there is an answer to that. If I had to guess, and this is just a guess on my part, I would say that the reason the word speak is capitalized is because they were quoting what was said to Moses and the first word in that quote was the word speak. So maybe it could have been written this way: And they said unto Moses, "Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."

Again, this is just a guess!

Hello Charles, It is true that the Christians in the early church lived differently than we do today in some respects, but there were some respects that we are today similar. We do know that in the early church, the believers gathered together for worship (we do that now).They prayed for each other (we do that now).They gave funds to help those in need (we do that now).They taught one another the doctrines of the faith (some churches do that now as a matter of course).They held everything in common (we do not do this today).They desired unity and oneness of belief (we desire that today).They were unable to keep the unity of faith and fellowship, as there were many false teachings creeping into the churches and many schisms within fellowships (we have this today).They had apostles establishing the churches, re-visiting them, and writing letters to them (we do not have that today).They were persecuted and martyred (there is some of this happening today in parts of the world).They had pastors, elders, and deacons (we have that today).The OT Scriptures and letters from the apostles were read during worship times (we do this today). The Holy Spirit manifested in believers in various ways (we have that today).

There is a lot that we do not know of what the early church did or was like. And the church was in constant change as the decades passed and centuries rolled by. Jesus said that He would build His church, and He has over the last 2000 years. Jesus always fulfills His word and what He purposes to do. As believers, we should believe that our Lord is still building His church today and has been over the centuries. To not believe this is to deny that Jesus keeps His word.

But we know He is faithful and His words are true. We know that as God the Son, He has the power to preserve the church against the gates of hell. Yeah!

We in our time do not need to be just like the church in the 1st century anymore than the 1st century church needed to function like the Israelites.

Hannah,

We also see this in 1 Peter 2:24. It says, "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree." And then there's a purpose clause: in order that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

This comes from Isaiah 53:5. Now my approach to interpreting scripture is that scripture interprets itself. So if someone comes to me and says, "You see, it says here in Isaiah 53:5 that He died on the cross not only for the forgiveness of our sins, but so that we can be healed of all of our sicknesses and all of our diseases."

My response would be "Really! That's what it means? Are you sure he wasn't talking about sin?" Because look what the next verse says ( 1 Peter 2:25) because it explains it. Verse 24 says says "By whose stripes you were healed," and then it says in Verse 25, "For you were as sheep going astray; (still in Isaiah 53), but now are returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

That's what we've been healed from. We were healed from going astray. And we've been returned. And it is interesting that the word returned is the word for conversion. When Jesus died on the cross, not only did He die for my sins, but so that my relationship with him would be healed. I would be brought back to the shepherd and bishop of my soul. And that's what it means. Peter interprets Isaiah 53 for us.

Hope this helps!

Question: Does "by His stripes ye are healed mean physically also"

My beloved Rachel's heart has been poisoned by the enemy. The mere thought of the words, "commitment," "relationship," causes her to panic. Her ex used these terms to manipulate, control and abuse her. My love for her is holy and pure and she knows such. I truly believe the Lord has been using me as an element of healing for her. Please pray that she let go of the past trauma and evil associations of those words and let me love her freely that she also feel safe to return that love to me.

I just ask all too pray for the usa,

Will we see our saved loved ones in heaven?

Hi Sandra,

Believers can be comforted by knowing that God completely understand our weakness towards resisting the sinful nature. And in His perfect knowledge, He chose before creating the world to redeem us through His Son, Jesus Christ, because He knew Jesus alone would be the perfect sacrifice for sin. So, we can rest in God's work in saving us, knowing we can confess our sins and He is faithful and just to forgive us. (see 1 John 1). Our guilt for sin has been removed once and for all in Jesus' death and resurrection, and unrighteousness has been exchanged for His righteousness before God.

So, although we should admit that we continue to be sinners even after conversion, we can know that we are fully redeemed and made clean by the washing and regeneration of the Holy Spirit. We should feel sorrow when we sin. But we should not feel hopeless, because Jesus is our Peace between us and the Father, opening the way to the Father by His blood shed for us, which is all-sufficient to remove our sin and make us holy before God. So, we should not be prideful or haughty, thinking we are sinless, because no one is in this life, nor should we revel or brag about our sin to others. We should be repentant and pray for God to help us overcome sin, learning to hate sin and love what is godly.

Hope this helps.

Try this James5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Obeying Gods word is vital

resist the devil and he shall flee from you; fight on friend

James 5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Milta,

You can find this account in Daniel chapter 4.

James5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

thanks gigi godbless

James5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Thanks GiGi.

I have to sign off for a moment, I'm out of town working using the cell phone again.

God bless.

Hi George

From what I have read, the OT was originally written in Hebrew by Moses, David, Solomon, and the Prophets. In the 3rd century B.C. The Jews of Alexandria, Egypt transcribed the Hebrew text into Greek. This was called the Septuagint.

In Jesus' time and after, the Scriptures were written in Greek, as that was the common language of the area in the first century. I am not aware of any Scripture originally being written in Aramaic. But you can research that idea and find out for sure.

James 5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Be sides prayer on her try this. James 5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Hi Diane

You'll find it in Revelation 21:27

I have one prayer mostly, Come Lord Jesus, come quickly

A cubit is considered the length from the elbow to the end of the fingers of a grown man. People would make a rope of a stick this length and use it for measuring. The accepted length of a cubit varied from culture to culture. In Egypt, it was closer to 24", in the area of Canaan, it was around 18-20 inches. You can Google online and find out the size of the ark.

We now have two peoples those who believe and those who don't except for the Jewish people of Israel God's chosen people.

Hi Tamala,

Hmm I do not think the clothing grew with them, Children who outgrew clothing were given bigger clothing that was passed down from older children. And they may have made new clothing for new babies born during the wilderness years. But as for the adults, they were able to wear the same clothing for the entire 40 years and it did not wear out. Neither did the children's clothing; it was just passed down to younger ones when outgrown. We need to remember that in these times, people did not have many sets of clothing. They wore the same clothing day after day until "wash day" when they came to water sources to bathe and clean their clothing. so, people then did not have a wardrobe of clothing as we do now.

Hope this helps.

God swore His wrath on the disobedient, so you have to obey as well, it's more than that there are rewards that can be earned crowns and jewels and your judge on what you do after you are saved Grace covers the sin you committed before you were saved the one's afterwards you have repent of and ask for forgiveness. You can't say Jesus and do whatever you want because of grace.

Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, be gotten in death we are not So Son referring to Jesus always, means begotten Son

LaTonya, that is so good to hear! How good God is!

Jeff,

Welcome to our fellowship here. We are glad you are with us and hope to hear more from you. Be blessed today.

Do you constantly read and continuously read the 66 that are? God preserved the Bible the 66 books and adding to that well Rev 22:18&19 The Apocrypha Books are on this site and it's in there, plus the 1611 King James Bible Introduction and the Standard King James Bible Introduction. These will explain why the translators choose the books they choose and why.