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Hey Richard in Christ,

Thanks for your comment.

I did not say we should not repent our sins. Of course that's what we as Christians should do on a daily basis, because we see sin everyday and we try everyday not to live according to the works of the flesh by crucifying ourselves daily to the cross. Evidently, in Revelation 2 when Jesus is talking to church of Thyatira, He tells them He knows their works and their patience, charity etc and He tells them to repent OF THEIR DEEDS and those deeds happen to be sins.

So He tells them to turn from "teaching and seducing His servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols." v.20 and Jesus gave them a chance to turn from fornication to not fornicating but they did not.

When Jesus told some people, "...sin no more..", He basically is telling them to repent of their sins, because "sin no more" implies that they were "sinning" and so they are to turn from " sinning, to no more sinning"

The parallel verse to the verse you put - Matthew 4:17- is Mark 1:14-15 and it says, Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."

BELIEVE THE GOSPEL

Hey Adam,

Repenting and confessing are two different things. Confession is admitting you are a sinner( 1 John 1:8-9) but repentance, as I have stated earlier, is "to turn from something...." You say, "It is an unusual position to claim that repenting doesn't mean repenting of sins. In this context what else would someone be repenting of?" But looking at the bilbe, God repented more than anyone else. So if you are asking "..what else would someone be repenting of, if not sins" then I would ask you, did God sin so that He can repent? The problem is we associate repentance with " repenting of sins" and that's not the case. Even Hebrews says this:

Hebrews 6:1-3

"Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit."

Did the author say Repentance from sins? No! He said "repentance from dead works"... We cannot just add "...of your sins" in front of every "repent" word...

The Bible does not say devils believe so they will go to heaven. Romans 10:9 says - "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." I have never read anywhere where devils confessed with their mouths that God raised Christ from the dead, and even more so, devils cant get saved because it's to late for them - Jude 1:6 - Hitler, Stalin there is no evidence to suggest they got saved because of Matthew 7:14-20

Dear Ismael, after receiving the scripture that you sent, and while doing Bible Study this morning, The Lord led me to Isaiah 43: 1 and Listening in my Heart heard The Lord whispering "I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine." In humble silent gratitude, a gentle smile formed on my face as The Lord's touch in my Heart came so alive. The grace of His Love was so overflowing I wanted to share it with you as part of my thanks for your response. Helga

Dear Mishael, Many thanks for your generous response. I did find the specific verses that I was seeking: i.e. Psalm 139: 13, 14. I appreciate your response, and if I may express, your name has also touched my Heart with inspired thought. Also many thanks for your Blessings for a "good day". All blessings of Love and Life. Helga

Dear Friend in Christ, Thanks oodles for your response. There is much thought and inspiration in the scripture references you gave, and I will go through each one in prayerful listening to the Lord of my Heart. Thank you so much for caring enough to respond. To my way of thinking in our world so cyber dependent it is nice to have a human touch through cyber events. The Heart essence comes through sometimes. Thanks. Respectfully with a grateful heart, Helga.

Jeremiah 20:17

Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

Job 31:15

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

Psalms 22:10

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Psalms 22:9

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

Psalms 127:3

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Psalms 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Psalms 139:13

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

Luke 1:42

And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. (Speaking of Jesus)

Isaiah 49:1

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels (uterus) of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who makes all.

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Matthew 19:12

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs by men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive.

Hope you find it in here. Mishael

Thank you again Glenn. I understand that you dislike pursuing this 'debate', so you can end it whenever you wish. On the contrary, I love such 'debates': I believe this type of exchange helps us to study the Scriptures more closely, to understand the others' points of view, & to re-check or revise one's own understanding, if required. And this Christian Site, amongst very few out there, gives us this opportunity to have such exchanges, if not only for our benefit, but for others wanting further light on the matter.

Briefly, to answer your last comment: the way the Bible speaks about creation & that God rested after He completed His Works, is simply just that: a special day different from His other six days of creating & so it was set apart (sanctified) as that special day. To this special day, God had, with His other commandments, prescribed to His special chosen people, Israel. Was it given to anyone else? No. And not only did the Gentiles not receive any commandment from God, neither was the Church under any compulsion to be brought under them (i.e. the Gentiles didn't have to become Jews first before receiving Christ's salvation).

As well, to note, I've never claimed Sunday to be the new Sabbath. Sunday was simply a day chosen by the NT Church to worship God through His Son & not connected to the Sabbath (rest day). If they chose any other day, I would easily comply, even if it was a Saturday. Or even if my Fellowship changed it to a Wednesday, that too would be fine. To me, Sunday is not Sabbath - just an ordinary day set aside to worship the Lord in fellowship with His children. And the coming Antichrist will demand worship of him, not necessarily on a Sunday as no Scripture indicates or supports that theory. Thank you for your time. God bless.

Get a sampler pack of Chick Tracts and give them to the kid & his folks. Almost Everybody loves those little comic book tracts.

You can ask someone from your Church to pray over them to escape the waste can.

Google: Chick Tracts

(You can read all of them online. They have large comic books too) they don't cost much at all

I relate. Like saying be forgiving for that is the way, but when you are in anger you cannot be forgiving or be genuine.

Praise God the Father and his only begotten Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit

Talk about the OT prophets to see where we stand. The prophets spent much time describing the sixth trumpet, "day of the Lord", one hour battle, than any other trumpet. Our future is of catastrophic destruction. Our leaders have aligned their working with scripture to bring about our demise. How is it no one recognizes America for who she is, from what she's done, or its judgment?

( Ezekiel 33:6)

Thank you for answering my last question, here's what I need to know ?

Is the theory once saved always saved correct?and can you please explain salvation to me what does salvation mean?and can it be lost.

Sandra- Please seek out an Apostolic Pentecostal Church you will be able to grow in the Lord there. Remain Blessed In Jesus name.

So I know this kid who believes that they are saved by salvation. And I explain to him (in a nice way) why that is incorrect. And they still are so set in their ways. Should i keep trying to explain why you are saved through faith and not through works or should I just give up?

Helga,

I think the verse you may be looking for is Psalms 139:13. It does not use the word knit in the KJV, but I did a side-by-side comparison with other English bibles on that verse and I found 23 other versions that use the word knit.

One would be the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) which reads "For it was You who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb.

I hope this helps you!

Pray for healing my body from sickness and illness

Temeko,

In 1 Peter 4:18, it says, "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

The word "scarcely" in the Greek text is a word that means difficulty. Jesus said that we would go through trials and difficulties as believers. What this is saying is that if the righteous are saved with difficulty accompanying them, not that it's difficult to get saved, but once we're saved, difficulty accompanies our salvation, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

I mean if we're going through hard times and we're saved, wow, wait 'til the sinner comes under the judgment of God. They won't even be found!

Hello Temeko, the book of Romans was written to the Romans, who are Gentiles. Paul, of course, was an Isrealite from the Tribe of Benjamin. The Gentiles were not given the Laws, Statutes and Commandments ( Romans 2:14) Only Isreal. Paul was explaining that the Law alone will not get you into the Kingdom, but by Grace and truth ( John 1:17). Most people don't understand what truth is because we have been taught not to read the Old Testement, but the truth is none other than the Laws of God ( Psalm 119:142), except animal sacrafice, which is the only law that was fullfilled on the Cross because Christ was the Perfect Sacrafice. We are commanded to keep the Laws that were given in the Torah ( Romans 3:31). Believe me, many will totally disagree, i guess they think Christ died on the cross so we can be Lawless but what will we be judged by in the Book of Revelations? We will be judged by our works!! (Revelations 20:13). Shalom!

To Mary, "But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost". Jude 1:20 (kjv)

I love reading the bible it is more under standable for me to read it from my phone I under sand it more but I do need a new Bible with big print

Hey my name is alex. I am an angel in a materialized body and i grew up in a cult that killed my mother in what im sure was a satanic ritual and blamed my dad for it and now he is in prison(has been for 20 years). This happenend when i was 3 years old i am now 22 recently. I have been raised in a literal cult city where the majority of the city are satanists and have tried to turn me into a fallen angel. It all really started when i was 19 and i went off to my freshman year of college. One night early in the semester, I was laying in my bed late at night and i get a call from one of my "friends" and he wants to play basketball. I say yes and hang up. As SOON as i hang up i have a literal feeling sensation that basically says dont go. But this was before i knew the bible and god and i didnt think much of it but looking back i know for a fact that was god. I end up going and while we are playing basketball he elbows me in the nose super hard, and i can tell that he definitly 110% did it on purpose. Blood is everywhere and i go to the hospital. In my 19 years at the time i had never sinned other than white lies to protect myself or others, was a virgin, all of the above. The literal next day its like something came over me and i started watching porn and i passed it off as "oh you're 19 and discovering your sexuality as a man". But now i know that they did a blood satanic ritual on me to possess me. The sexuality got progressivly more disturbing but insidiously so i didnt notice. It got to the point it was really bad and i said to myself, this isnt right. So i started praying and reading the bible. Then i started having SUPER scary dreams that feel really then me typing now. I was attacked by this human reptilian hybrid pale white thing with piercing greens eyes. The dreams continued and I cant type more because the characters are limited but all my friends, family, that i grew up with were decieving me the whole time and doing satanic rituals on me and posioning me

Hello Tomeko,

Unfortunately, many misunderstand what being saved by grace means.

Yes, there is nothing we could do to save ourselves. Jesus had to die for us to save us. However, we have to repent of our sins and believe (or trust) in Jesus Christ as God's means of removing our sins and saving us. Repenting means that we tell God that we are sorry and that we no longer want to live in sin.

But, once saved, a person must keep himself in God's love.

Jude 1:21 "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."

John 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide (remain) in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide (remain) in his love."

We also need to walk in the light if we are to have the blood of Jesus wash away our sins.

1 John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

The apostle Paul fought a good fight to remain in God's love and thus could receive the crown of righteousness.

2 Timothy 4:7, 8 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Perhaps, an example could help.

A man kills another man. He will be executed. The judge has mercy on him and tells him he will free him if the man repents and promises to not repeat his act. The man agrees. The man was freely forgiven as an act of grace and mercy. There was nothing he could do to save himself. But, now, he must keep to the terms and not kill again. If he does, he will be executed.

Philippians 2:12 "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."

I bid you a good day.

Please agree with me in prayer that the LORD Jesus Christ's Father--Almighty GOD--will please tell me the address of where I may go and rent to, to escape from Satan's children and their lifelong abuse of me. My parents--with all due respect to them--are into evil (Satanic/witchcraft/magic/etc)--and therefore have the power of GOD (remember how GOD gave Satan some of his power to hurt Job in Job 1:1-12)? Remember, too how GOD is all-powerful and He ONLY gave all-power to His Son, the 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.")? Therefore, ALL POWER that is, is Christ's Father's (GOD's), others just have some of it either directly from GOD the Father, or the Son, or the Holy Ghost, or they get it indirectly via evil--i.e. the Devil or devils/unclean spirits/familiar spirits who got it from Satan via GOD & GOD's permission only). Remember, too, that GOD's will be done in earth as IT IS in heaven ( Matthew 6:9-10). This means, since Hell is in the belly of the earth ( Matthew 12:40) or the center of the earth, or the hottest place on earth (the earth's core--where scientists have taught is molten lava). GOD's will is done therefore in Heaven, on earth, and in the earth (aka in Hell). I beg you to ask GOD to please tell me where I may go to escape Satan's children's abuse. I've been abused all of my life and I have NEVER been allowed to escape it. I am tired. Please help by praying for me. Thanks.

Good evening Sacha, I am thinking too of your love that you share and your encouragements. Often the timing of our walks with each other are for a reason. Your message helped me this past week which was well needed.

Thank you.

So what is god saying to us

John 15:7

Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

Jesse ,what an excellent and incisive post , thankyou .

Michael, have you considered Matthew 16 and John 14? I gave up using single verse some time ago and either copy an outline or better create an outline (better) as I read.

I call it 'Conversion' and the best description of that is found in Matthew 16:24-28

24 "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."

". . . follow me." At this point there are only 1555 characters left so I will just say, 'follow me' is the beginning of a journey, not the end. I have found examples out side the Bible that fit well.

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." Will Rogers We follow Jesus on His path, We keep his teachings not by anything we work at, but by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost which is the final step of conversion.

John 14 The outline I use is"

Jesus Comforts His Disciples (1-6)

Oneness with the Father (7-15)

Role of the Spirit (17-31)

My first sermon used the Role of the spirit.

31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. (KJV)

31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father, [d]I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here. (ASV)

When I read it is from the king James Version. The language is modern enough to be understood, but old enough to remind me of the Majesty of God.

I do refer to the (NASB1995) for present day language on many occasions.

I do look forward to reading your comments. Thank you and Bless you.

If we are saved by grace and not works,why does the scriptures say the righteous scarsley make it in?

B beautiful sermon love every bit of psalm s , i love reading and studing gods forever living and loving word to pray for me to succeed and bether and to put the kingdom first in be jesus name aman