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Satan was of the highest of angels but he was jealous of God and wanted his own kingdom and started a war in Heaven where him and his followers fell from the Heavens. Satan created evil and deception and wants as many souls in Hell with him so that people will also suffer his demise. God gives us the choice to choose good or evil. Hell was not created for human beings God created it for Satan and his imps but Satan is buying as many souls that will be bought to join him in Hell.

Mary,

That is a great question. The bible teaches us that God is eternal, meaning He has no beginning and no end. By faith, we believe that God is the creator of all things. No one created God. He has just been in existence throughout eternity. That seems hard to conceptualize because we live in a time/space factor. But what would be easier, to believe He has always been in existence, or to try and figure out who or what God came from?

If we take the latter route, then we would have an endless cycle of trying to figure out who the one before God came from, and who came before that, over and over and over again. It would never end!

who follow Jesus for fish and bread

No one knows where God came from unless he has told someone. One thing to always remember nothing is impossible with God! That is like trying to explain why there are bones of animals that they say are millions of years old. God could have put them on the earth millions of years ago and did not like them, nothing is impossible. There is a lot to say about history when a day is like a thousand years to God. Jesus will have to judge billions of people when he comes down and I have always wondered how he would do that? Maybe one day we will know all the answers but more than likely will not care about that then. Nothing at all is impossible with God, nothing!

My souls know right well that the pastures are green and the waters are still ( at peace ) because Christ is there.

LadyC,

In 1 Corinthians 7:7, Paul says "For I would that all men were even as I myself."

Paul was not married at the time he wrote the letter, even though he was probably married before. Paul was not against marriage but there are some principles that he was presenting concerning marriage among believers.

He said in verse 1 for a man not to be attached to a woman. In other words, when you get into any relationship, your devotion to the Lord changes. And Paul talks about that in another place. Once you get married, you cannot be solely devoted to Christ. You are divided. You are in conflict all the time. The husband is focused on how he might please his wife, and the wife is focused on how she might please her husband.

It's a natural human response. Here's what the Lord wants me to do, but here's what that person wants me to do, and this person over here is not happy. A married man is supposed to live in total devotion to the Lord as if he's not married. Now, that doesn't mean that he avoids the wife. I hope you understand where I'm going with this. I'm talking about devotion. We have to seek the Lord as to what He wants us to do. In other words, it's the opposite of compromise.

Maybe I've given you more than you've asked, or maybe I have not even answered your question at all. I hope I have and I hope this helps you!

Mishael thats awesome info there.didnt know that,but had experienced it..what happened was the Father of the bride to be, didn't want to let go of her.(for good reason),he is powerful who owns business's/property all around the globe.

Her Love n devotion to her Father n his bus. His Love for her,cannot be put into words.While dating received warnings,etc.

One afternoon,her Father came here,was furious. here to take her away.i said 'look,you can have her wisdom,you can have everything she owns,,take it all.. All i want is her Love'. he didn't say anything and left.

On our 7th wedding anniversary he wanted her back..(Jubilee) we both wrote a letter to him and it was ok'd to continue... after reading your post,was like aahh

Thanks

Lex,

The Holy Spirit in a believer causes them to come to true repentance. I say true repentance because there are two separate words in the Greek text for our English word repent. One is METANOEO, and the other is METAMELOMAI.

Metanoeo (Repent) is true repentance. It's when a person makes a decision to change the direction of their life and surrender their life to Christ. But with that comes the understanding that we cannot change ourselves. It takes the Spirit of God in us to make that change. Metamelomai (Repent) simply means you are sorry for your actions. The bible tells us that Judas repented, but the word that was applied to Judas was not Metanoeo.

If you have the Holy Spirit living inside you, He is always working. God's Spirit inside a believer is never dormant. I agree with you that we can be deceived. If we think something is coming from God, how do we know? Satan knows the bible very well. We see that in the instance where he was tempting Jesus out in the wilderness. Satan quoted scripture perfectly. He just misapplied it. So how I know it's from God and I'm not being deceived? I have to trust Christ.

You mention "Genuinely wanting to reconcile with God." Here's a thought. It wouldn't be genuine if God's Spirit didn't put it on your heart. Our flesh wants nothing to do with God and is constantly trying to get away. It's the Spirit of God in us that continually draws us to Christ and brings us to confess the things that disrupt our fellowship with Him.

As far as getting to a place to where we clear on what the scripture says, good luck on that one. I don't know how to get to that place. All I can do is study the word, pray for understanding, and place my trust in the Lord.

In Hebrews 3:12, the word departing is the word apostasy. A believer cannot commit apostasy. Only someone who is involved, maybe intellectually understanding, being enlightened, and even agreeing with the truth, but when the hardships come, they leave. That's called apostasy.

Brother Norman, may CHRIST IN US grace us with HIS wisdom and HIS understanding.

1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed (flesh dies), but incorruptible (Spirit CANNOT die), by the WORD OF GOD, which liveth, and abideth for ever.

The bible is the written WORD, Christ and the Father are the LIVING WORD.

When the WRITTEN WORD becomes TRUTH to you; you are Born of the (living) word, CHRIST IN YOU.

We are sinful flesh.

Christ came in the LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH.

Christ died on the cross. Therefore WE; sinful flesh, died on the cross with him.

When he arose; His new body was no longer a body of SINFUL FLESH, but a body in the IMAGE OF THE FATHER (GLORIFIED).

We also were raise with him (first resurrection), we were GIVEN a down payment of the SPIRIT.

Upon the departing this of the body of flesh; at it's death, we will be GIVEN the rest of the payment.

THE FULLNESS OF GOD.

A Son of God in the perfect likeness of Christ.

The NEW HEAVEN, where CHRIST LIVES.

But if study the scripture with historical basis as well and most importantly with the guidance of the Holy Spirit you will discover the truth. Hope this helps.

Now a lot of Christian are not aware of this because these days were indoctrinated into Christianity for a very, very, very loan time.

The Sun God here is a whole study on the origin of this day of worship.

That's how most Christian were introduces to observer Sunday as a day of worship. Sunday is consider to be the day to worship

This day is honored based on the Hebrew calendar, now the major back in forth of the day Sunday comes from Roman Catholic origins. In the history of Christianity changes were made by them altering of celebrated or observed days to appease Pegan relations with the Catholic Church's.

Hi Yvonne Given I was reading Isaiah 41 full chapter when I came across this commentary Please read the book of (Deuteronomy Chapter 5 King James Version) because NIV has extracted some verses and even chapter of the Bible. Another book that will help with your question would be (Genesis Chapter 2 and Exodus Chapter 20). All these 3 books give the reason and commandment as to why we should observer the Sabbath. Now keep in mind that here and the US we follow Roman/Greek calendar.

Hebrews called male prostitutes 'dogs'.

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Some of them (Hebrew people) were considering going back into the old religious system of the Old Testament.

3) There were also Hebrew unbelievers. These were those who were at these meetings, those who were in the crowd that just did not believe.

So if I understand these three groups, I can better understand some of the scriptures that are being presented. There are sections of scriptures to each one of these three groups in the book of Hebrews.

Now, all that to say this:

Hebrews 6:4-6 does not worry me at all. My relationship with Jesus Christ can never be broken. My fellowship with Him can be broken but never my relationship. A true believer, a person who is born of God's Spirit, cannot commit apostasy.

What I see in those three verses is the writer talking to those in group 1 and explaining to them the outcome of those in group 2 if they should walk away.



Now those in the 3rd group were non-believers who were following along but were never going to believe. They were probably there to watch and accuse those in group 2 who decided to identify with those in group 1 which would in turn cause them to be persecuted.

So what I see in Hebrews 6:4-6 is a group of people (Hebrew people) who were faced with a decision. Do I leave Judaism and receive Christ as my Savior. Or, do I walk away and go back into Judaism because of what it would cost me to surrender my life to Christ. For a Jewish person, this was a very difficult decision.

What the writer is saying is that after they have come to a full understanding of salvation through Christ, if they do not take the next step in turning from Judaism and surrendering their life to Him, but instead walk away because of what it would cost them, it is impossible for them to find salvation any other way.

If we were to put ourselves in the same position that these Jews were faced with, which of these three groups would we identify ourselves with?

take NO thought of tomorrow!

This John 17 : 5 is telling us that Christ is gonna be Glorfied and he says his Glorfication is the very Glorification of God the Father . Glorify thou me with thine own self, Even with the Glory I had with you before the world was, Remember he died for the whole world. and the script. says the H.G. is the Glorfication of Christ simply b/c the H.G. was not yet given b/c that Christ was not yet Glorfied thus the multiplication of Christ is the multiplication of very God, Thats y he says to whom the word came ( his seed the living word ) it made them Gods . And that is y the scripture is saying the very Father swore by his very self when he made that PROMISE OF MULTIPLICATION OF Christ, when the sower of that Good Seed ( when the book is opened that is when the sower will go forth to sow his seed thus the H.G. will be given , thats y the woman is given Birth which is the H.G. A SPRITUAL CHILD, That which is born of the spirit is spirit as God is spirit thus he will Glorfy/Multiply the Father ,as the H.G. is the Glorfication of God the FATHER. His prayer was Glorify thou me with thine own self etc and the womans child is another Father a baby God ,to whom the Word came it made them Gods . Thats ye he was praying GLORIFY me that I might Glorify you . See his multiplication VIA HIS SEED is the multiplication of VERY GOD IN US. Unless ya receive the Kingdom of God as a little Child this implies a heavenly birth of Christ in US. The Father said i have Gloried it and i will Glory it again, there has been an intermission of 2 k yrs. 2 DAYS. It was glorIfied a bit at Pentecost but they ran outta of that 1 st wine the H.G. wine and we will receive that 2 nd wine on the 3 rd day the day of the marriage .At the wedding they received the best Wine the 3 rd day., Ya remember the wedding CHIEF said You have kept the best Wine for last. As Paul said when that which is perfect is come that which is done in part will be done away with.

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Lex,

I'll have to respond in a couple of posts. I believe this is important as some use this section of scripture to show that our salvation can be lost.

When I approach any book of the bible, I first have to understand who the book was written to and why it was written. Hebrews was written to the Hebrews, Jewish people. The letter was written to Hebrew Christians. But at the same time, as I go through the book, I see three different classes of people. So I have to understand it from a Jewish standpoint.

The Purpose of the Letter was to warn against apostasy during persecution. It's when believers suffer that believers consider to stop following Christ, or consider compromising in their walk with the Lord when things get tough. Now when I say believer, I also think this can be broken down into two classes, those who are saved, and those who are unsaved.

Now in order for me to understand the various passages and the various sections of Hebrews, I have to understand these three groups to whom it was written.

1) To Hebrew believers. (Saved believers)

2) To Hebrews who have an intellectual understanding of Christ but have not been saved, and they are considering going back to the religious system of Judaism because of the persecution for identifying with Hebrew believers. So these are Hebrews who understand what's being taught, and they intellectually agree with it, but they have never received Christ.

Chapter 10 tells us that after they identified with the Hebrew believers and they went home, their possessions were stolen. Their fellow Jews were kicking them out of the temples. And it would cause some of them to lose their jobs. Their friends would disown them.

So you can imagine a Jewish person, right at that place where they understand and they agree with it, but they haven't received Christ. But they have this persecution going on and they say "If I go all the way with this thing, this is what's going to happen. Everybody is going to disown me.

praise the lord!

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I was raised in the Catholic church up until I was 27 years old. I then left the Catholic faith because I felt I didn't know God or the Lord Jesus in a way that I grew up hearing and listening about. It seemed the word of God was kept from us Catholics except for a couple of small scriptures and a twenty minute sermon I couldn't ever understand because the priests are from other areas of the world and have very broken English. I felt God was this like this supreme far away person spirit and I didn't really know him. I found a little steeple church by a distant relative and accepted Jesus as my savior and baptized in a river one day in a Christian camping adventure. When you teach about the Sabbath in these verses in Isaiah, it is a day to me that I've not taken the way God has commanded us to. I'm confused about the day of the week it falls on. And there's not one church that says it's on Saturday but uses Sunday as that holy day to God. It's like a big secret. The Catholic religion did not teach me the words of God, it showed me more that God exists and we did the same prayers and praises over and over again. Nothing was different. I hardly knew God' in a personal way nor his words in the bible what they truly say and mean. Now I have grown to know God and our Lord Jesus and how they both have guided me how to live and love others. What day is the Lord's day? I heard it Saturday. I just can't dedicate a day myself. I hope and pray to make it holy for God.

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Thank you Jesus for saving us!!!!!!!!

I am praying now for you.

We can Trust God, fully.