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Hebrews 1:2

What other worlds did God create?

Acts Chapter 1 verse 26 Were these men right in casting lots, is this the same as witchcraft.

Mild Bill,

Thanks for your comments. I am not suggesting anything. I simply summarized what our Lord Jesus has done for us, as a man, not as God, model to follow so we can live in his image or likeness.

So, in verses one and two he is basically saying 'don't do charity to the poor just to increase your public image in front of your peers.' right? So, if you want to donate to the homeless don't go around tooting your own horn (bragging or boasting) to get people to think you're a good guy.

If so, then I am already falling short of God's glory. I did a good deed a while back and I went and told almost everyone about it. I suppose I should repent for this. Great lesson Jesus gave here.

Pray for my husbands and I finances and for him a job.

Thank you, Chris! It was good to remember that David really didn't have a temple to go to (I didn't remember this detail). And really the church can serve us as a meeting place with God. I find then that there are two meeting places: externally, in the Church, and internally, in the secret of our hearts. Thank you for the answer, pray for me; God bless you!

Amen Fred, Thank you.

thanks I love this . I use it for my daily devotionals and study. Im blessed to have this bible. thanks again and God bless you

No longer want to do life alone. Need people who have been in my shoes who can help me pray and make better decisions for my children. Lord we don't know how to guide them. We decided to adopt children not knowing if it was your will. Forgive me Lord, Forgive my husband Lord!! Still Bless our children in spite of me. Lord I am broken and don't know what I'm doing!!! Please help me Pray for mercy and Grace. Please soften the consequences for our decisions that were unwise. Mercy and Grace Lord. Amen

Davie Miller,

The second death is similiar to the first death, a separation. In the first death a person is removed from their body and our present position in the time/creation sense of "world". In the second death a person is sent to "outer darkness" apart from God for eternity. For a believer, the experience is eternally exhilarating and joyful. For someone who did not believe, there is torment simply because God is. You see, while here in this form of life, both believers and non-believers may neglect God in our thoughts, but once we leave here, God is never absent in our mind. When he really is in our hearts as Lord and Savior, we never lose our place in his heart, forever.

In verses 26 it reads let's make man in our image and verse 27 it reads God made man in his own image. What is meant by " our image" and " God's image"?

Robert Malit,

Are you suggesting Jesus had something to repent of in baptism, he was born again? You also seem to misunderstand the distinction between his diety and humanity. As I pointed to in my previous post, you don't know everything, which God does. As believers are indwelt of the Holy Spirit, a potential of knowledge exists, but revelation is only of the will of God, the Sovereign of creation. Emulation of Jesus is a self-willed imitation "monkey see, monkey do" approach to what God has told us he is doing in our lives here on Earth, namely, changing our character, and thus the heart, to resemble Christ. Jesus is a superman, unique, then, now and forever. Would you also claim to be God? Which do you find most thrilling about Jesus, his supernatural powers or his personality? Yes, you could avoid answering by saying both.

Thankyou Fred ,i needed that ! The only truth we can truley know and depend upon is the Bibleand the Word in it ,God is love ,the two greatest commandments are about love ,Jesus is the fulfillment of the law because of his love ,his love for God and his love for us ,God is truth ,Jesus is truth ,forever and ever ,we can smile .

How do we know what is true, and what is a lie? In a world full of lies, that represent one another's self interest and not the interest of all? After all, the weather channel does not always get it Right? The truth is, man is evil from his youth, there is nothing in him that is good! With these things in mind, where then should we be focused? Never put your confidence in man! Always look too the Cross knowing what you see their is real!!! Knowing all wisdom and knowledge will come from their! God is in control of all things. Satan 's desire is to deceive, it is the master of all lies! It has the ability to make things into light where there is none! The world is Satan's, He has no power more than God will give Him! As we get older, we become even more susceptible to his ways. Remember, strength is made perfect through weakness. The power we need will come through the holy spirit, this spirit is what you will need in the time of temptation!

Prayers for Christ to elevate my family's creativity, impetus to work long, and do justice in God's world. Let us teach like cops, color the world in Spirit and Beauty.

God will is faithful and will honor those who honor Him. There is a verse in Scripture I believe in Paul's letters that says, be ye not conform to this world nor the things which are therein. Do not let the world squeeze you into its own mold. As Christians we need to know to whom we belong and demonstrate such ownership to others be it kings, presidents or peasants as Daniel and his friends did.

Thank you.

Please keep me in your prayers.

God is my savior remind I'm not alone. Man should love his wife as God love his church. Depart Devil this is my house I'm the master here and God is master of my soul my love

For my wife and us are one together in heaven we shall be one as together let no man are another take up apart god got his arms around us

Thank You

your comments r true 2 words

please pray for Kristie and myself today

I believe that we need to understand what 'death' is when seen in the Bible. If you ask a man on the street, he will think of death as just a cessation of life & the body disposed of. But the Bible generally speaks of death as more than cessation of life on Earth, but of the requirement to enter into another dimension. When Adam & Eve were told that they would die if they disobeyed God by eating of that tree, indeed they would experience physical death, but much more, that death would take them into the next dimension of existence. So physical death (as in a deep sleep) is generally understood as a 'curtain' that we pass through into the next life. However, as in John 11:14, Jesus also spoke of just a present bodily death of Lazarus.

So when you read of a Second Death ( Rev 20:14), there must of necessity be a First Death. So the First Death is that first experience that we will enter as we close our eyes to this physical world & become aware of the next world. Even though there are other views on when & how this happens, my understanding is that if we are saved through faith in Jesus, we (our souls) are transported into Heaven (pre-Cross: there was a holding stage where the righteous & unrighteous were held: Luke 16:19-31)). But at Jesus' death & resurrection, those righteous were removed from there.

So the Second Death now only applies to those who have died without Christ, whether from days past or yet in the future. They no longer will be held in Hell suffering awaiting judgement, but at the close of the age, they, together with the Devil, his angels, the Antichrist & Death & Hell itself, will be consigned into the Lake of Fire for all eternity ( Mark 9:43-48). As for those in Heaven or in God's new heaven & earth (Revelation chapter 21) who will live into eternity in God's Presence, so too will those who have been sent to the Lake of Fire, be enveloped in continual flames for all eternity. Some believe in a reprieve - the Bible doesn't indicate this at all.

Please pray for me, my job as a Medical Debt Collector has gotten hard due to covid 19. I am struggling my numbers this month. I am under $20K for the 1st time in 2 yrs in my collections! This is very embarrassing me. I need to be over $20K to secure my job and between $25K-$35K to bonus well. I have to take a lot of verbal abuse. I wish the Father would bless me with the funds to have an annuity or bond to live off of for the rest of my life. So, I can stop working. I have lost everything and everyone that may have care about me.

Hi Richard, Hope that brought you a smile, but you're right, scripture don't have much to say on it, How did you like the knats and mosquitoes? Lol. I heard one guy on here mention hammer head sharks. Lol.

Please pray for my son, Karlowe, for his salvation. He is full of anger and rage now. He has a lot in his plate right. Please pray that he will submit to the Elders tomorrow when they talk to him. That he will humble himself and be calm. That God will use this circumstances to save him. Amen

Brother Mild Bill, the disciples were regular men like us today. The difference is they personally lived and walked, talked, witnessed Jesus performed miracles for 3 years. Today, each of us, learn this from reading the gospel - written word of God in the Bible. So God has given us a much better perspective, to learn more about our Lord Jesus.

Consider this, Our Lord Jesus has dual nature - God and man, but mostly living, preaching, healing as a man. Notice that when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist to fulfill all righteousness, immersed under water in the Jordan River as to repentance, dead to sins, when rose from the water as to new birth the Holy Spirit descended upon him, then Spirit led him into the wilderness, fasted 40 days 40 nights and tempted by Satan - passed perfection tests thereafter recruited the 12 disciples and preached the gospel, healing the sick, casting demons - nothing was impossible for Jesus as a man - a model for us to emulate.

If Jesus did this as God, it is impossible for men like us to emulate, so Jesus had done it as a man. During this time frame, 12 disciples doesn't have the Holy Spirit indwelling in their hearts yet - so this explain why they had very limited understanding - human understanding.

What does the bible mean buy the second death does it mean that your soul will be destroyed for ever like you never excised or does in mean you still burn for ever because death means you die so if God says they were thrown in to the lake and this is the second death. And death means to die wouldn't also mean the second death is your soul dies like you was never created I just don't understand what that verse means about the second death

The dictionary definition, which is similar to the meaning in the Greek, is: unrestrained sexual behaviour, or an inclination to such behaviour; lustfulness, lewdness.

Golgotha is a word taken from the Chaldean language, 'gagulta' & Hebrew, 'gulgolet', meaning 'skull'. And then 'Calvary' is from the Latin, 'Calvariae Locus'. The exact reason why that area just outside Jerusalem was called 'a place of a skull' is not certain. Options are: it was a place of public execution and 'Skull Hill' somewhat resembled the shape of a skull.

The fact of Golgotha by its meaning & executions there, shouldn't deter you from 'eating bones', at least the flesh of the bones. Eating flesh of animal bones should be fine & you won't be taken to task for doing so, by God.

My brother Steven,

Hopefully you know I have not the answer to your question nor do I believe anyone else does. Saying how they go to heaven if by the blood of Christ? Well animals don't have sin, as humans do, so I believe they are on a different scale than us. Of coarse this is just my opinion. I agree our concern should most definitely be for other souls of people rather than bugs.

Still, I believe animals are a beautiful creation of our Father and carry His finger print. Seeing butterflies, dogs, birds flying and singing would be beautiful in Heaven. To me. But as said I guess there is only one way to find out the truth. It is all up to God.

Revelation 5:13 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

As this verse states every "creature" which is in Heaven. Could it merely mean just Angels with humans? Or animals also? God knows and one day we will too my brother.

God Bless.