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The bible says he's a spirit, Why would you think he's any color?

How do you possibly get 3 full days starting from Friday-Sunday? God grief Good Friday has got you sussed.

fri/sat @morn

sat/sun @morn

sun/mon @morn = 3 full days or 72 hours

How can that possibly be right, and how can you teach that. You are guessing!!!

Thank you for your reply. I asked that because I was troubled, I have been baptized with the triple immersion.

What will happen to those that lived and died before Christ's sacrifice? What will they do when they stand before God? How will they be saved, or will they? I'm sorry if I'm asking irrelevant questions, but I really would like to know the answer if anyone has one.

Yes, but you have to remember that their older children refused to go with them. She likely had friends there. And she may have had a good life. So she looked back on it. The thing is, they were ordered to flee and not look back, but she did and was turned into a pillar of salt. This is a lesson for us to heed God's word above all else.

Hey Carleton,

I would not say the Christian life is a life of practice, instead I would attest that it's a life of obedience and there is a difference. Practice has differences while obedience is the same for all throughout. In religious practices there are many differences but obedience to God's in dwelling spirit can only go one way, God's way. Hope this helps. God bless you

The Israelites day ended at sundown. So, Monday at sundown became Tuesday morning about 6 pm.

You have to take into account that Jesus was crucified before the "high sabbath" (feast of Unleavened bread), which was separate from the weekly sabbath (Friday at sundown through Saturday at sundown).

JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK = Wednesday ( Daniel 9:27).

The Roman soldiers had to remove His dead body from the cross at sundown, Wednesday, by Jewish law.

Jesus was resurrected Saturday at sundown, at the end of the weekly sabbath, beginning Sunday (Sunday is the 1st day of the week).

Listen to this: "Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils." Mark 16:9

Who wrote this book?

Paul

I might have had that wrong, I think the phrase is: "the mode of baptism is in the water" , still wondering if anyone is familiar with the corrected phrase?

Thank you!

God bless you Vince. You are practicing as you write.

:)

Holy Holy Holy

Reginald Heber 1783-1825

(42 years)

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty! God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, Holy, Holy! All the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee, Which wert and art, and evermore shall be.

Holy, Holy, Holy! Tho' the darkness hide Thee, Tho' the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee Perfect in power and love, and purity.

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea; Holy, Holy, Holy!

Merciful and Mighty! God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity! AMEN.

How does the Bible liken us to Elijah

Has anybody heard the phrase "the baptism is in the water" ?

At no time in the book of Esther is God's name mentioned. And yet we know that because Esther requested three days of fasting from her people, when she learned of their possible fate, it had to be accompanied by prayer. God requires that the two are performed in unison. We know that as always, God is in control of every aspect of the situation. If someone has another explanation or theory regarding the outcome of this story, could you please share it, so I'll know that I'm interpreting it correctly. Thank you. Blessings!

verse 13 says that he won't allow us to be tempted by anything we can't defeat and that he will show us a way out, ok that is for believers only ? 2, When God forgives me, am i still forgiven if I can't forgive myself sounds wrong but i come across lots of people who can't forgive themselves sometimes for a sin that has broken up families or causing shame or something just as destructive, who need to know they are still forgiven by God if they repented. Am i right in this.

is god black

Crystal,

Please explain your question in a clear way.

Ingred,

Where is the tree of wisdom written about in The Scriptures?

God gave Adam ONE commandment. "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Gen 2:16-17

From this point in time until now, we are faced with this fundamental question, "Will I CHOOSE to believe God?"

Our natural inclination is to ACT as if we do NOT believe God. And this is exactly what happened. God wants people who will believe Him, no matter what! Adam failed the test and the rest of The Bible contains examples of a few people believing God and God's Mercy and Grace being extended to those who believe, because we ALL believe imperfectly.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."Joh 3:16-18

"For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life." Rom 5:10

Simple things like not spelling Jesus with an I when you are not supposed to because you do away with the spiritual reference and or physical reference ultimately taking away the secret he wants to share with those who are seeking.and enough with correcting the so called mistakes most are" eye dialect" or "homophones" ex: vp ...eye dialect teaches you how to read and helps bring letters and their sound into use.....poyson &poison are homophones .do the etymology on poy and son .it's. not a liquid.this work of art is not archaic it just bothered knowah webster.ei:preface to his 1833 bible.

Bonsu,

The MAIN things are the PLAIN things.

This is NOT one of the MAIN things, meaning that this is not a matter of salvation and good Christians dunk, triple dunk or sprinkle.

Many people believe that baptism is essential based on...

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Act 2:38

But look what happened when Peter preached to Gentiles...

"While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days." Act 10:44-48

They received The Holy Spirit, that is they were regenerated, without baptism. Then they were baptized as a testimony of their conversion and in obedience to Christ.

But it never states a formula. The Ethiopian Eunuch went down into the water but was he splashed, single dunk, triple or what? Don't know. And we should not make a formula a means of dividing The Body of Christ unnecessarily.

I'm a baptist, with a small b. I have a conviction about baptism, being immersed as a sign of my death and burial of my old life with Christ being buried and coming out of the water as a sign of my new resurrection life in Christ. And I'll kindly discuss with those who differ. But we are not enemies. We just have a different persecutive on an issue that is not essential.

In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.

please keep myself and my daughters Deanna and Jessica and there families in your prayers

hello can you explain the connection of daniel to the 2

3.verses 20,,,25..the scriptures

please keep Kristie and myself in your prayers pray the Lord gives her strength and courage to face what is before her pray the walls the separate be removed once and for all

Lew,

Who is The Creator, according to The Scriptures?

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made."Joh 1:1-3

"[He] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:" Col 1:15-16

So let's just imagine the Godhead among Themselves agreeing with Each Other, "Let US..." And then God The Son executed Their plan. Each member of The Trinity is fully God: God The Father, God The Son and God The Holy Spirit; Three distinct Persons in ONE Divine Essence or Being.

God The Son, Jesus, is the revelation to mankind of the invisible God.

"And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was."Joh 17:5

One God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity.

Since water baptism does not bring salvation but comes after salvation as an outward testimony of an inward change, we have to wonder if it truly matters if you are dunked once or three times.

I can tell you that when Jesus walked the earth, before the church began, the Jews used to dunk three times. They didn't know why they did it that way, they just did.

But it is interesting that Jesus said in Matthew 28:19 that when you baptize, baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Again, the Jews dunked three times, they just never put it together why three times.

There are three things we identify with during baptism, Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.

Whether we are dunked once or three times has been debated for a long time. Again, however many times a person goes under will not affect their relationship as a born again believer in Christ.

Why, in 26, did God refer to the creation of man as follows: Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likenes...........& then in 27 says: "So God created man in HIS image, in the image of God.........

I am unclear as to whether it is an effort by a singular God or some type of reference to a group effort. Thak you you for providing clarity on this juxtaposition.

Is hard to understand who is evil but there are like measurement of greed ,lied ,envy, or I say the seven sin . The most important is the Ten Commandments that we supposed put in front of us and the church too .We always see a person suffering and we give money and everything is ok because you think your safe now . The most sin is not having knowledge if have knowledge money would be worthless and so is evil.

David ,you are definately not alone ,not for one second ,i also think that many people are afraid of the Truth and dont want to know about it because they think they will have to completely change their lives and give up everything that they enjoy and they dont want to do that , i enjoy watching films ,music ,reading novels even the odd glass of wine ,i know that all these things are just distractions and as long as i dont get too distracted by them its ok for me to enjoy them occasionally ,materialism is a big problem for a lot of people i think ,our whole society seems obsessed with buying bigger and better and more of mostly unsatisfying junk as far as i can tell ,i get genuinely sad when some one i know and like gets a bit obsessed with wanting the latest phone or a better car etc,if i honestly believed that that was all there was to life ,the getting of more stuff and nothing else ,i think i would put an end to it all .I have said to one or two people something like ,if you die tomorrow what use will all your stuff be to you ? Your family will either bin it or use it themselves ,whoever i say that to they look at me as if im the idiot . You are not alone David ,stay strong and be happy in the Truth ,no one can take it from you and no one can take you away from it.

The unpardonable sin!



First of all, in 1 John Chapter 2 Verse 2, it says that Jesus Christ is the propitiation, or satisfaction for our sins, and He has died for the sins of the whole world. Everybody! He died for the sins of the whole world.



Every human being, when they stand before God on their appointed time, they will not have to answer for their sins. Jesus died to forgive the sins of the world.



However, what they will have to answer for is what did you do? How did you respond when the Holy Spirit came to you and testified to you about Jesus Christ? What did you do?



Blaspheming means to express rejection.



In John Chapter 16 Verses 8 to 11, Jesus says that when the Holy Spirit comes, after He ascends up into heaven, the Holy Spirit will convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.



So when the Holy Spirit comes and convicts somebody of their sin, and of the righteousness that can only be found in Jesus Christ, and if they reject Him, they will be judged for their sins.



If they reject that conviction and that testimony, they have committed blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. It is the only sin that a person cannot be forgiven for, the rejection of Christ!

Hi, Stewart, This is hard to show in a short post but here goes. Good Friday has been a tradition for many years. If we go back to the 1st Passover which this Passover should match the lamb was taken up on the 10th of Nisan and sacrificed on the 14th. We must keep in mind the Jewish day begins and ends at sundown. Jesus fulfilled the feast of Passover so, it was the same as the first. We see in John 12:1 Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. The next day Jesus rode into Jerusalem. That would be 5 days until Passover that would be as called today Palm Sunday, Sun.10th of Nisan, the next day Mon.11th, Tue.12th, Wed.13th, Thur.14th of Nisan the Passover day. The next day is Fri the 15th the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread which is a holy day.

Jesus said he would be in the grave for 3 days and 3 nights. Some say Fri, Sat, Sun. on the third day. Ok, first we know Jesus was crucified on Passover day but Passover day is also a preparation day for the Feast of Unleavened Bread because that is a holy day and no work could be done except to eat. John called it a high day. When the sun went down Wednesday13th it became Passover day the night of the Lord's Supper. In the garden, the betrayal, arrest, trial, and crucifixion all were done before the sun went down that started the 15th, the night they ate the Passover. Remember the days start and end at sundown.

Fri.day15th=1day Sat. night16th=1night Sat. day16th =1day Sun, night17th =1night all equal 2 days and 2 nights Jesus rose before the sun came up.

Thur. day=1day Fri. night=1night Fri.day=1day Sat night =1night=1night Sun night=1night Jesus rose befor the sun came up. All = 3 days and 3 nights.

I hope this was not too confusing but if you read in Exodus the first Passover will help. Many think they ate the Passover meal on the 14th but it was eaten the night of the 15th, that is part of the confusion. Ron