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Hello Free,

I hope you are doing well.

We have so much to celebrate as children of God! We can never exhaust our response to His glorious grace in our life, choosing us in Christ before creation. We did not ask to be chosen. He made that decision independently of us and our choices. It was according to His wise counsel, perfect will, and good pleasure to the glory of His grace. (Ephesians Chapter 1)!

Therefore, none of us can boast in ourselves in this matter. It is all of God who did all that was necessary to regenerate us, call us by the gospel, give us faith and a willingness to believe this true gospel and put our faith in the Father's eternal Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. We boast in God, who made us alive when we were dead in sin and in rebellion to Him, not willing or able to turn from sin to God. This regeneration is not because we put our faith in Jesus, it is the reason we can turn from sin to Christ.

Praise to the Lord always!

Hello again, Forgiven3

Did you happen to find the commentary sections on Romans Chapter 8 as I relayed to you?

The default commentary is Matthew Henry's. But you can switch to a couple others that are tabbed at the bottom of the Henry's commentary.

Gill wrote a verse by verse commentary. That may be the most helpful to you.

You can also google: Gill's Bible Commentary and find it on other sites.

Hello, we met with our neighbor and suggested that he could buy the piece of property from us at------$$.

He said he'd think about it and get back to us this week. We are hoping he will take our offer since we told him the estimated going cost of the property per sq. foot was between $7-$10 per sq. ft. The price we gave him was about 50-70% less than the going rate. We hope he realizes that this is a deal and not try to counter back for a lower price. Also, the price we quoted was much less than it would cost to take this matter to court.

So, please continue to pray that he will agree to the terms we laid out and give up on his plan to take the land from us for free due to a "squatter's law" here in Washington state. We are being very generous towards him. I pray that he will realize this.

(James Part 4):

James 2:1 - My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

First of all, he says my brethren. So, these are believing Jews. Have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

I'll try and break this down:

My brethren, have not. The word have (also translated hold), is what is called the Present Tense. And it literally means stop continually having the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ with respect of persons. It shows that the problem is ongoing. He's literally saying stop continuously having the faith of our Lord with respect of persons. And that is a command!

Now notice it says have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. The more modern translations again change this to faith (in) Jesus Christ, not faith (of) Jesus Christ. That is a major problem in understanding the bible and the biblical presentation of faith.

If I may summarize it because it's going to be important for this Greek Perspective study as well. The word faith, PISTIS in Greek, means persuasion. PEITHOS is the goddess of persuasion in Greek understanding. It is a word that describes the presence and activity of God's Spirit. It is an unseen movement, a persuasion. And it's called PISTIS, faith.

Hebrews 12:2 tells us that Jesus is the author and finisher, and it says of "our" faith, but the word "our" is the definite article "the." There's no our in the Greek text. He is the author and finisher of the faith. He's the source, and He brings faith to its completion.

(James Part 3):

James 1:12 - Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Blessed is the man that endures trials. The word blessed, MAKARIOS, literally means to experience the fullness of something. It's the same word used in the beatitudes, to experience the fullness of something. The blessedness in the believer's life, especially the poor believer, is that they get to experience all the fullness of Christ. They're not distracted with the material wealth of the world.

That person is blessed. The most blessed person in the world is somebody who experiences the fullness of Christ with them during the day, all day long. We have the fullness of Christ according to Colossians Chapter 2. But we don't experience the fullness of Christ in our personal relationship with Him because we are distracted.

And that's what Spiritual growth is. The more we grow in Christ, the more we have His influence in our life. So blessed is the man who endures trials: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those that love him.

(James Part 2):

James 1:2 - My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

And if you remember, the word count means to let the leading thought of your mind be all joy when you fall into various trials. Why is that? It's because of knowing something in Verse 3.

James 1:3 - Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

Knowing this, that your trial of the faith, and I shared earlier that the word "your" in the Greek text goes with the word trial, not the word faith. Your trial of the faith is working out endurance.

What he's telling them is that we are to live by faith and trust the Lord and not trust our circumstances and not trust our feelings. And we are to do this by remaining under our circumstances and trusting the Lord.

And we experience two things when we do that. Number one, we experience Christ Himself. He's the one who sustains us. And number two, we get to learn about the ways of the Lord to pass on to others.

James 1:9 - Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

Now wait a minute! Look at the positions here. The term "low degree" is the same word used for a poor man. And we will soon see that God has chosen the poor to be rich in faith. It says let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted. So, a Christian in poverty is at the highest exalted position.

James 1:10 - But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

But the rich, let him rejoice. You have to bring the verb down from Verse 9. But the rich, let him rejoice, in that he is made low. Can you just hear the rich man saying, "Yesterday I was a billionaire, but today my finances are all gone, so praise the Lord, I just got exalted?" Let him rejoice, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

Biblical Greek Perspectives:

(James Part 1): James is part of a collection of books in the New Testament that are called the Jewish Literature which begins with the Book of Hebrews and continues through to the end of the Book of Revelation. The theme of the book is found in James 2:20, "Faith without works is dead."

The Book of James is not a doctrinal book. James is a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount given by Jesus in Matthew Chapters 5 through 7. Everything that Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount is found in the letter of James. The letter of James is made up of a series of tests by which the genuineness of salvation can be determined.

Verse 1 tells us that James was written to the Twelve Tribes which were scattered. These were Jewish believers who had scattered outside of Israel because of persecution. This group is officially known as the DIASPORA. That's a Greek word that means scattering. They were the scattered ones.

Hebrews gave us a lot on faith and the book of James will give us even more. In fact, James can be outlined as follows:

Chapter 1: The Development of Faith.

Chapter 2: The Activity of Faith.

Chapter 3: The Maturity of Faith.

Chapter 4: The Enemy of Faith.

Chapter 5: The Function of Faith.

Do you think it might be about faith?

Hi, Il want to send some words to you all in this day. ( night here in north) Stay blessed and reach out to the word of God everyday. Ask for Spirit of wisdom and knowledge. It will give all what we need. Medicine for body and soul. The word sets us free from habits and what we are chained to. And most of all we get to know our Lord and Master Jesus Christ. Never loose hope! Oh yhe the word.

2 Tess 2:1-12

Have a glorious day in Jesus name, Amen ps. remember to pray for and with each other. Jesus Christs love is real!

Hi Bemtivi.

Welcome to the site.

I would like to talk a little bit on what you stated.

Your quote;

"It's amazing how looking at the Bible from different perspectives shows us that everyone has their own way of seeing things - and honestly, it makes the world much more interesting." End quote.

The Bible is not based on everyone's perspectives, in fact the Bible is a collection of books inspired by God and is the word of God.

Scripture is not based off anyone's perspective.

(All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:)

2 Tim 3:16.

How does the scripture reprove anyone if all scripture is based off various perspectives?

How could scripture be correction, for instruction in righteousness if it's based off various perspectives?

Different interpretations of the scripture arise from varying experiences, cultural belief and Etc..

But God's word has direct purpose and meaning and cannot be altered.

We learn as we grow and let the scripture explain itself.

There has always been Man's perspective and then there's TRUTH!

We seek truth that we may know God and that's only done by the Spirit of truth! (The Holyspirit!)

I do agree with you on one thing, You said different perspectives shows us that everyone has their own way of seeing things and the world would be much more interesting.

Well, that's the condition of the present world we live in! ( everyone has their own way of seeing things.)

And yes it's interesting but it's chaos.

The Bible doesn't speak well about the world or man's perspective.

Here's Paul in 1 Corinthians 2:11-16.

Jesus didn't leave us alone, he sent us his Spirit to instruct us from the "in ward parts" Our heart. This is Lordship!

Without it we would be like Israel without a King!

Judges 17:6 and Judges 21:25.

Thank you Bemtivi for letting me elaborate on this a bit, it's very important.

God bless.

For a man to know the reason I got in touch with him is because I love the Lord. The Lord made him special. He never reads my emails

Prayer for a Blessed protected day for me and my daughter. Prayers that she has a very Blessed Birthday and that I will have the finances to see her soon. I ask for all of these things in Lord Jesus Christ Name, amen. Thank you all for praying.

Dear "Forgiven3"

I'm not sure if you want my own commentary on the subject or those which have been posted here. I probably did some study on it in the past; certainly Predestination is an intricate subject and I've given my opinions about it and scriptural backing.

Please pray for us as we meet today with our neighbor over the property dispute. Pray that my husband follows the lead of the Holy Spirit in conversing with this neighbor as he told me to let him do the talking, which I will honor.

Mother Mac

I look forward to getting to know you more.

Dear Jeanie,

I will be praying for your husband. may the Lord bless him with a reversal of the cancer and a healed liver. Keep us posted so we can be reminded to continue to pray for him.

Hello Forgiven3,

If you go to the main page of this site and click odn KJVStandard you will come to a page where you can select book, chapter. Click to Romans 8. When you come to that page you will find a button for Commentaries at the bottom. This is where you can click to read Matthew Henry's. Also, there is a button for Discussion where you can find discussion on this chapter from people on this forum.

Ever since I was little, I've asked God for the gift of tongues, knowing it's a gift that helps the person who receives it.

From what I understand from your text, I didn't know much about the debate between cessationists and continuationists, and I don't want to label anyone...

With God's help, I try to maintain a peaceful heart and avoid arguments or conversations that don't truly help anyone grow.

I truly value the solitude God gives me - it's where I find space to reflect and grow.

I'm also praying for peace in your dad's heart and in yours as well.

I've been keeping your study in my list too.

It's amazing how looking at the Bible from different perspectives shows us that everyone has their own way of seeing things - and honestly, it makes the world much more interesting.

please pray for me and my family

I had misplaced Solomon being the result of Davids adulterous sin with Bathsheba; surely

I had read that. I have spent so much time in the New Testament; sparingly reading the Old. In years past mainly reading Psalms, Proverbs, Genesis; so I need to visit the Old more.

I did get sidetracked momentarily, please excuse me.

I would like commentary and footnote detail for Romans chapter 8; I this morning I began reading up to verse 5, stopping, then coming back to it now. Verse 8, I stopped to search for this, me asking for commentary and footnotes for the chapter.

I have the original KJV with footnotes, albeit having theological commentary would be great if available.

Thank you, as we follow the Spirit of our living God in Christ Jesus

just for clarity, distinction: evil, disasters, calamity occur when man separates himself from G-d (ie sin, transgressions), and when G-d separates himself from man (diluvial, departing the Temple). when and what needs spiritual discernment (ref Is 45:8)

Excellent response, Chris !!

Footnotes and commentary for Romans chapter. 8

Ecclesiastes: An introduction

There are many themes in this book; some of which are familiar such as vanity; and the brevity of life. Other issues such as a description of the hydrological cycle of the earth (chapter 1); and avoiding the snares of a wicked woman are also seen in Proverbs. The concept of the fact that all are sinners is seen in chapter 9 verse 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. Of course the ending states this in chapter 12:13-14 -When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. 14For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

I'm debating how much detail to put into each section of the book with these repeated themes. Many of you probably know that Solomon had wrecked his life and much of this was deliberate disobedience to what the Lord had warned him in not multiplying women and marrying from foreign nations; not multiplying horses and silver and gold and such. He not only had warnings from God that the results would be catastrophic; but the example of David his father who was unable to complete the Temple being a "man of war" as 1 Chronicles 28:3 states. He no doubt was cognizant of his own family history being the descendant of David and Bathsheba and all the struggles David endured due to this and other sin such as the situation with Absolom. He would sadly be unable to continue the successful reign and Israel would decline after his death; his own life likely cut short. Instead of the Kingdom being manifest and completed in his reign it would happen with Christ who eventually will come back to fulfill all the prophecies as the son of David (see Psalm 110:1). Nonetheless the Temple was completed in his reign and wars ceased during his rule. In all it seems the simple pleasures of food and drink for the common laborer were lauded over riches.

Thanks Brother Jesse for all the time you put into this great study.

God bless you.

Please pray for my return to The LORD.I f you would please pray for The LORD to help me through the trials I am enduring. Please pray for His protection and provision over me. Please pray for my deliverance from my enemies and for healing for me.

please pray for me and my family. deliverance and health

Heavenly Farther, as we begin our church service, we seek your guidance and your wisdom.

We know that we are imperfect and in need of your divine direction.

Open our hearths and mind to your word, that we may receive the insights and the revelations you have for us today.

Farther may your spirit be our compass, leading us in the path of righteousness.

Help us understand your will and follow it faithfully. We trust in your everlasting guidance.

In Jesus name I pray Amen.

Please keep my husband in your prayers. The doctors ssy he has terminal cancer. Non-alcoholic liver cancer. Please please pray for him. His name is gordon. Thanks and God bless!!!

That means cook your meat. Chicken,beef,fish. Do not eat rare.

Christian,

Prayed for you again last night. I will keep you in prayer.