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The United States of America fits every description of Jeremiah Chapters 50 and Chapter 51. Also Revelation Chapter 18, and Isaiah Chapter 47. Instructions for Gods people is to flee out of her to not receive of her plagues or destruction. Jeremiah 51:45 and Revelation 18:4-5. Ancient Babylon was surrounded by the desert in Iraq. Modern Babylon, The United States of America is surrounded by waters. Jeremiah 51:13, Revelation 18:17-19 trades by the sea. Time to pray for the people of America and that your steps are ordered by the Lord. For the time is short! Pray also that America does not betray Israel anytime soon or this will happen sooner and not later. One last thing, Modern Babylon, America has a mother, England or the U.K. Jeremiah 50:12.

How do I send Hebrews 11 thru email to friends?

Prayers for long life and God's protection, prosperity, good health, strength. Please pray for all of this. Thank you for your prayers!

1 week = 7 years

69 of those 70 weeks have already been fulfilled

Amen.

Some talk about obeying Jesus as being "bad" and disobeying is "good." Those opposites sound awfully familiar and it definitely doesn't come from God.

Isaiah 5:20.

More than ever we must be on guard and have the armor of God on to protect against false teachings. Satan is working overtime to try to deceive people, even Christians. Matthew 10:16

For on that day of judgement,.. no one stands between you an our Heavenly Father,.. an it's of your works shall we be judged, an who will go first ? The pulpit, those who taught, an as in sharing, it is most important to be of kind and helpful understanding,.. an never going to the one upmanship ways

Peace

Thank you i will look these scriptures up

Marlo Don't understand what your inquiry is about.

It say you do works for the lord

Hi Daniel, The apostle Simon was called Cephas by Jesus.

Hi Osteen, I give you words of encouragement and prayer. Yah chooses the simple of the earth to confound the wise. So don't think because you are not Albert Einstein that Yah can not use you. Look at Moses who himself said he was a man of slow speech. Yah used him to deliver his people from the hands of the Egyptians. Try to focus your time on the things that you do well. Yahweh, I come before you to ask that may you give Osteen the tools that he needs to accomplish your will for him and his life. We also humble ourselves and ask that, may that include being able to finish school. I ask this in the name of Jesus.

I would like to stand with Ryan in his prayer request, for the scripture says, where two or more stand together on one thing their desire shall be granted.

Amen Sister GiGi.

Thank you for another wonderful and loving summation on how we "as Christ followers" should love Jesus and keep HIS Commandments, as he specifically asked us to do.

We have the best teacher, and the perfect role model in Jesus, and he lovingly instructed his disciples and others during his life - on how we should live our lives. Jesus gave us a wonderful roadmap in the scriptures, but many will rebel, and confuse themselves and others, with complicating the scriptures into something that is unrecognizable.

As Christ followers we need to keep a healthy "fear of God" to keep us on the right roadmap!

God Bless.

Gigi I'm going to keep this simple you stated as other here that they knew people i myself included that

were never were water baptized but were born again, on that evidence alone confessing Romans 10:9+10

and thanking God for forgiveness of sin is the doctrine to get it done. I'm not going to dispute Paul's teaching

that wa given to Him By Jesus Christin This the Age of Grace. So again I'm Moving on you can judge me as

you wish but I'm not going to judge any I answer to the Judge. If you want stuff on the temple fine if not

moving on GodBless.

Exodus 31:12-17, Isaiah 58, Exodus 20:8-11, Matthew 12:1-13,

Hopefully these scriptures are helpful in your question.

S.Spencer Amen to that Brothers

God is good and His commandments are good and good for us. They show us how to love God and Love others. They help us have relationships that honor God and others. The help us have civility in our families and society. What parent does not teach their children to not lie, steal, hurt others? If we feel that our children need to obey these commands, then certainly we should feel that we should do, especially since God granted us grace that has the power for us to say no to what is sinful and yes to what is good. God wants His children to live godly lives among wicked, unbelieving people. So, one who lives in godly ways will love His commands and obey them. Just because we are "under grace" does does not give us license to dispense with God's holy commands.

Where in the King James Bible Does God say its okay to Pray for the Dead people?

Gigi Bless ya but you are way over thinking this and that's your right to do so. Moving on

Gigi The only other point you and others and I know of people who are definitely born again but never

were water baptized are they or I all wrong or is it God didn't change on His love through Christ but brought

to where they were originally no laws just walk by the Spirit to the best of your ability and honestly that I've

given you. That being said again I moving on. P.S. If you want info on the Temple let me know. God Bless

Amen Brother Chris.

I also believe Jesus conversation with Nicodemus had nothing to do with baptism at all.

God bless.

Gigi I don't understand the question since in the Gospel of Mathew the Greatest Law is answered,

Thou Shalt Love the lord thy God with all thy Heart with all thy soul and with all thy mind, and the second

is to love thy neighbor as thyself. These were being done already by Abraham before the Law Isaac before the

law and Noah before the law and in Gods eyes they were righteous before the written law. The law of Moses

was given to the adopted children of Israel so they would not do what the unbelieving or pagan nations were

doing that they were surrounded by. God new what they were doing and was trying to keep his adopted children

out of the soup. I never said Not To Do the Ten Commandments. When were born again of Gods Spirit and

in obedience to Gods word we are to walk in a Higher spiritual plain the law of agapeo Gods love Which Jesus Christ

displayed above and beyond the ten commandments. Don't forget there were over 400 laws given, thats why Jesus

Christ spiritually summed them up in Mathew. If a christian endeavors to walk by the spirit which no one does 24/7

he's walking the law of Love. Jesus Christ fulfilled the law and the Day of pentecost started an entire different time

period in the way God deals with man in the Age of Grace. The Apostle Paul writes about it all over the place and

these instructions were given to Him by Jesus Christ directly so how can what he was Given Be Wrong. This is not

an argument by any stretch its understanding the difference between the law period and the Age of Grace which

many don't understand I being one for awhile. I'm not going to deny what I know the scriptures are saying.

The Apostle Paul in Galatians 1:11-12 he's telling the Galatians that he got born again but they were tricked into not believing anymore that what he taught them was Directly From Jesus Christ that settles it I didn't write the book

I'm just endeavoring to believe it.

Dear Rick, then why don't you obey Jesus' clear command to be water baptized? Jesus knows that it is Himself who supplies the ability for us to believe in Him. He also knows what He accomplishes in water baptism and in the empowerment of the Holy Spirit (I don't think the Scriptures ever call this the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but I may be wrong). I don't think we really know exactly what He accomplishes in these two actions, but one was explicitly commanded (water baptism) the other (enduement of power by the Holy Spirit). Jesus tied believing and water baptism (not enduement of power by the Holy Spirit) to salvation. I am not one to argue with my Savior, but I just believe what He said and obey.

I am well aware of the sayings of Paul about being saved by grace and not by works of the law. But I believe that he is saying that we cannot gain acceptance with God by thinking that if we obey the law we will be justified. Therefore, so that Jesus would not contradict Himself in what He said in the gospel verses and what He inspired Paul to write, I believe that water baptism is an act of grace on God's part. He bestows grace to us when we avail ourselves to the means He proscribed for one to be saved. This is classical orthodox Christian belief that goes back to the 1st century time of the apostles. Today, when people place grace in and adversarial relationship to obedience to the commands of Jesus, I believe it departs from these age-old teachings that have been affirmed throughout the centuries. I don't think that the "church" just happened to discover this doctrine of grace as an adversary to the good commands of God, thus being incompatible with one another in recent times, thus negating the teaching of the Church through the centuries. I tend to always check to find out what was taught in the early years of the church when I read a Scripture that seems unclear or incompatible my view. Perhaps more people should do this and not rely simply on their own ideas.

I would like request as I've been saying for past few days or so that God make me willing to be willing and willing to cast those burden unto him that are hindering me from following you.



But I would like to ask you what your will for my life is. I've been telling you about getting grounded in a direction and the particular direction you have for me and so I ask where that is to head. With things seeming to near to the end, feeling unready and hearing about country living and other that seem to be what those living near the end should be doing, I would like to pray that I can clearly understand these things and they be incorporated in the direction you have for me. You know the worries that come before me with living for you and so lift me out of this trouble and give me help out. ( Psalms 40:2)

Hi Grace.

You are so welcome,

I've been doing a lot of traveling lately and haven't been able to engage lately, I will be home tomorrow and would be engaging on this important topic.

God bless you.

Alex, I think it is a bit arrogant to judge that Peter was somehow not working under the inspiration and direction of the Holy Spirit when he insisted that those who had received the empowerment of the Holy Spirit be baptized in water.

Just imagine, 2000 years later, some think that they know better than Peter. Hmmm.

Dgjot,

You tried with your neighbor. She is responsible. If she was raised Catholic she knows of Jesus and His work on the cross for us. She knows that she needs salvation from sin. Even tough she is not "practicing" does not mean she does not have a Christian belief in Jesus. That may be why she said, "I am Catholic". My suggestion is to try to have pleasant conversation with her and tell of what God is doing in your life: answered prayer, guidance from Scripture, overcoming a particular sinful habit, gratitude to God for providing your daily bread. These things can sow her the desirability to seek a closer relationship with God and open doors for other discussions. Whenever I am talking with Catholics and a topic comes up on religion, I try to steer the conversation to the gospel message as having been effective in my life and that I would never go back to not believing in Jesus, but instead, I want to know Him more and learn from His Spirit through the Scriptures. A Catholic really cannot argue with that, and hearing it plants seeds in their heart to begin to yearn for Jesus more than they presently do and step out of their complacency.

Hi Charlotte, I am not sure what you are meaning by your question. Are you relating it to Genesis? Or is it about a topic about "works"? Please rephrase your question in a different way so we can know how to respond to you. God bless you.

Rick, How is obeying Jesus' command a "work of the law"? Is obeying Jesus by Loving Him above all else a "work of the law" since it is in the 10 commandments? Is not having graven idols to worship a "work of the law"? Is not taking the Lord's name in vain a "work of the "? Is honoring your parents a "work of the law"? Is refraining from stealing a "work of the law? Or obeying any of the other of the 10 commandments? Are we to disobey these commands since we are under grace? Paul unequivocally said "no" in Romans 6:1

By espousing that it is fine to disobey Jesus command to be baptized, then, logically, you are de facto saying that it is ok for us to murder, commit adultery, idolatry, lie, steal, covet, because we are under grace, (since all of these "laws" are Jesus' laws also if we believe that He pre-existed in the Godhead and therefore, is the Lawgiver).

I don't honestly think that any Christian would recommend people living a lifestyle in disobedience to the 10 commandments. All of these commands are contained in Jesus' phrase that all of the Law was summed up in the two commandments: to Love God and others, as are any commandments He gave in addition to the OT commands. To obey Jesus' command to be baptized is to obey the first command Jesus said as Loving God. It is an act of loving obedience. I don't see how anyone would say that not being water baptized is a loving act of obedience to Jesus.

Although I understand that people are free to believe how they wish. I just do not ever want to espouse or support any view that will lead others to disobey God.

The loving thing to do towards God and other believers is to follow Jesus' command and example, period.

Absolutely the heart is desperately wicked! That's what the word of God says NEVER QUESTION IT. To read into Gods revealed revelation something other than its simply understood message is a ploy of Satan and his number one strategy to deceive. Remember in the Garden of Eden the great deceiver,S strategy "Did God really say?" And man in his Sin has doubted Gods precious promises ever since.Placing ourselves in Gods rightful place on the throne of our lives. We in and of ourselves are responsible we sinned and we continue to do so. But God in that while we were yet Sinners sent Christ to die for us. Despite of our desperately sinful hearts despite the fact that while yet his enemies he JESUS LOVED YOU SO MUCH! That he sacrificed his life for yours. Redeeming you and me to his Father paying a price that only the Sinless life of Christ could pay for our rebellious hearts.Now by his Grace and mercy on this side of the Cross is still redeeming undeserving Sinners to himself! PRAISE HIS PRECIOUS NAME! JESUS IS LORD AMEN AMEN