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Throughout history; we see two approaches toward the church by either the left leaning leadership (such as under Communist China today) or the right leaning totalitarian dictatorship (Hitler). We see infiltration of the church by the state to constrain and monitor what is taught; or we see the leader himself taken up with a Messianic type adoration who is to be worshipped more or less as a savior. The other option is widespread persecution; looting and burning of houses of worship and executions of believers. Either extreme politically brings about lawlessness eventually; from the revolutions and overthrow of the establishment that is encouraged from the outset; to mock trials which never adhere to even the written codes for justice; to vast excesses with leadership who live in luxury while the rest of society struggles to survive. When Antichrist arrives he will claim to be God to some extent; but be "self made" and deny the father and the son ( 1 John 2:22-23).
When the Daniel 9:27 covenant is made; clearly we see other related verses describing a "man of intrigue" ( Dan. 11:21) who divides the land for gain ( Daniel 11:39) understanding "dark sentences" ( Dan. 8:23); i.e. occult mindset. Money and power broker status has always been the driving force for those in the elite to control the world and enrich themselves. It is clear that we are near an agreement or confirming that covenant with many which will allow the Temple to function and give Israel what seems like a peace arrangement with surrounding nations. At the appointed time it will happen; but also end seven years later
( Daniel 7:26).
Agape. RIch P
"And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; "
In Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches there is name day in which the feast day of a day after whom a person is named. It is a tradition. In accordance with the abstract, God blessed His creation as had indeed in his Son. So God duly brought Adam His creation and whatever names he called them, that were accepted. They were His associates so when the Word of God exhorts him,"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest."(Pr.6:6-8) it is his spiritual space and it is addressed to his spirit. Instead if man wants to heap us riches as with the Parable of the Rich Fool what spirit is he laboring under? Is it not an unclean spirit wrecking the spirit that calls for sobreity and godly living? Similarly spirit of times clamors for incendiary rhetoric and actions against 'deep state' without an iota of evidence. Does it have to invade your sovereign spiritual space where you are only accountable to God. The Parable of Jesus is very relevant in our times.
" When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none./Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished./ Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell therre: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." (Matt.12:43-45)
The spiritual space without being anchored on truth precisely shows in the wicked generation. It is no-brainer what ails our world. "Be ye separate!" exhorts the Spirit. "What concord has Christ with Belial?" Are we to behave as fools as they?
We are considering the generations of Adam and his world"(5:1) which is set against "the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens." We have the word of God that it was set 'in the day'. Thus 'generations of Adam' in a plural sense ought to signify that his visible world formed of the dust moves on with his body so he is a double for the Son. It is neither flesh and blood nor it is that of angels but 'in midair' a spiritual space nevertheless.
"This is the day that the Lord hath made," is like the river that went out of Eden.(2:10) All the blessings of God in the Son 'are yea and Amen' must therefore be explained in terms of spiritual blessings and in terms of his body. We mentioned of the river of time that shall never stop but touch alpha and Omega aspect of God. Analogy of Adam's world can be explained by the vision of Daniel where the man in linen upon the other side of the bank, "and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river."(Dan.12:5). Daniel is on this side of the river. It was thus the man has his world of the Spirit while he on this side of the river manages 'now'. How does one handle the now when the word of God says,'Now is the day of salvation." St Paul gives an account of it in 2 Co.6:2-4. Also he runs 'For the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus'.(Ph.3:14; Ro.8:28) He was called according to His purpose. This is how the Spirit explains God's purpose concerning. Just as God named in the abstract whatever Adam called was the name thereof.
How do we call our world, and do we name it kraken conspiracy because some call their world after the spirit of their times?
"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."
God placed man in the Garden specially prepared for him in accordance with the Law. So when He commanded Let there be light the word of God establishes light or 'as plain as day' in any transaction between God and Man. Thus God reveals His mind to him. In visions and in dreams and also plainly as He did with Moses and Abraham. Before he destroyed Sodom he visited Abraham," And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do?". In the abstract He blessed man (Ge.1:28) so we can understand God giving a context to what shall see in 12:3? He says," Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?" (18:17-18) God has rules from which He shall not deviate.
His rule regarding the tree was legit. His blessings reveal that God was absolutely just. "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"(Ro.8:32)
The Abstract speaks that He created 'them male and female'. Wisdom is a female principle and she built the house of wisdom with seven pillars before the worlds began. (Pr.9:1)
Adam stood for the Son as a double and what did he represent for him? He was wisdom so he had not no need for the knowledge of good and evil. (1 Co.1:30).
God gives us His Spirit and it is His Spirit that produces the faith the Bible speaks of. We do not have the capacity to produce the faith we read about. Now, both believers and nonbelievers alike can produce human faith, but this type of faith is different than the faith the Bible speaks of. Only Gods Spirit can produce spiritual faith, or saving faith ( Galatians 5:22).
As far as Philippians 1:29, here is my understanding:
It says, "For unto you it is given," and by the way, the word given is the word graced. God has blessed you, favored you, in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake;
Isn't that good news? It's God's will! Just like Peter says in his letter, why are you so surprised for the fiery trials that come up against you?
It's God's will that not only you believe, but that you suffer for the sake of Christ.
But check out what it says in the next verse ( Philippians 1:30):
Having the same conflict, and that's the word agony. Having the same agony which you saw in me, and now you hear to be in me.
Paul says, you want to know what it looks like, what I just told you about believing and suffering? It's the same agony that you see in my life, as I, like an athlete battle with the opponent all day long.
That's not just God's will for Paul. That's for every believer!
Blessings to you in Christ!
Rev.5:10-And has made us unto our GOD kings and priests:and we shall reign on the earth.
How can the meek inherit the earth?
Zechariah 4:1-6
1-And the angel that talked with me came again,and waked me, as a MAN that is wakened out of his sleep.
2-And said unto me,What seest thou?I have looked,and behold
(1)a candlestick all of gold
(2)with a bowl upon the top of it, and
(3)his seven lamps thereon, and
(4)seven pipes to the seven lamps,which are upon the top thereof:
3-And two olive trees by it,one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
Interpreting the above Scriptures:
1-Candlestick is the Church(Rev.1:19)of the LORD-His body;
2-with a bowl upon the top of it:-the bowl is for storing and conserving the oil produced by the two olive trees to the Candlestick-that is for the anointed Church of the LORD;
3-and his seven lamps thereon:the seven lamps are the seven Spirits of GOD-Rev.4:5;
4-and seven pipes to the seven lamps which are upon the top thereof(the 7 lamps are 7 spirits of GOD-they are placed on the top of the pipes to enlighten the Church of the LORD,mainly in this time of Apocalypse-END of the times,and establishment of GOD's Kingdom: but NOT by might,nor by power(not by human power),but by my Spirit,saith the Lord of hosts,as is written in Mat.5:5 combined with Rev.5:10)
4-So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying,What are these,my lord?
5-Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me,Knowest thou not what these be?And I said,No,my lord.
6-Then he answered and spake unto me,saying,This is the Word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel,saying,Not by might,nor by power,but by my Spirit,saith the Lord of hosts.
Revelation 11:15-18
15And the seventh angel sounded;and there were great voices in heaven,saying,The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord,and of his Christ;and he shall reign for ever and ever.
I hope all is well with you. Thank you for your kind reply.
See, my objective was only and only to remind you of what is written: GOD the Father is greater than JESUS, GOD the Son, as JESUS Himself said - John 14:28.
For your knowledge and other posters, I live in the city of Joinville, south of Brazil, close to Argentina, so according to the time zone of the Greenwich laboratory, I think there is a difference of 4 hours based on the schedule indicated in the message on the website.
Now here it is 10:10 at night (pm)
Blesssings
I am so glad that your day has been so good Ronald. I pray that God will continue to bless you with a renewed mind filled with grace and peace and love in the presence of the Holy Spirit that is with you in all things.
This loss and trauma are terrible even if it has been decades since your brother's passing. I cannot read God's mind on this one as to why He allowed your brother to die so young. He knew that you and your mom would endure much pain and sorrow of this. may He continue to comfort you in the best way.
But I will have to say that I do not know God's reasons and don't wish to speculate on it. I can only encourage you to lean on Jesus. He will comfort you and lead you. You can be assured that God does not do evil. He is wholly good. But in His great surpassing wisdom, He allows sin, evil, sickness, and accidents, and traumas to occur for purposes we may not ever know in this life.
As to the other question concerning our guilt in the death of Jesus. Yes, all have sinned, therefore all humans have a part in His death because, though He chose to die for us out of love, it was our sin that He took to the cross to bear the wrath of the offense of sin for God once and for all. We can accept our part and confess that we our own sinful choices are the reason for the Holy Son of God's death. And then we can also agree with God that Jesus' death accomplished completely the purpose for His coming=to save us from our sins and give us eternal life. Therefore, we can be thankful to God for this immeasurable sacrifice and gift of salvation AND continue in belief in our Lord and in the Father and in the Spirit as the God we worship and no other. We can commit to growing in our knowledge of who God is and how He has worked in the world, history and in our lives. This knowledge will deepen our faith and commitment to serving only Him and no other made-up god that our minds create.
One eighty. Thank you for these questions. I don't think I gave very good answers, but I hope that others will chime in.
I'll leave you this verse:
Ephesians 1:15-17
Thank you, I do agree.
God bless,
RLW
you have not understood what I wrote. No; I do not agree with your interpretation of these Scriptures. I do agree with your understanding of these modernization of the Scriptures.
It's only God's Spirit that can lead us into the riches of the treasures of God's Wisdom & Understanding for His Name Sake.
This is by Grace / Light 2Cor 4:6,7
This is what Jesus meant in John 12:44-50 John 6:63 Rev 19:10
The Word of God speaking in the heart, that's near us, the Word of Faith that Paul preached.
Who rides a white horse, who is Faithful & True, with a two edged sword coming out of His mouth, & in Rightousness He doth judge & make war against the principalities & powers of darkness in heavenly places within our heart.
And whosoever receive Him in this manner, receive power to become the sons & daughters of God.
and whosoever don't will remain in their sins, no matter how high a profession or form of godliness without the Power.
A question for you: Why do think God took my brother at age 10, which caused my mother and me to live a life full of sorrow, suffering, and grief; without any real healing? My mother was a devout Christian, and from what I was told, my brother was
a very loving and sweet child. As I mentioned to you before (I think), I was 3 years old, and I'm left with very few memories of him. Sadly, the one that is predominant is witnessing his death and my mother's frantic but futile attempt to revive him. I still cry over her pain.
I realize this is probably a difficult question to answer.
One more question, not directly related to the above: Should a Christian feel responsible and guilty and remain in that mode, for the crucifxion of Jesus? How SHOULD I feel?
Please, please be assured, I am not being contentious with these questions. If anyone else wants to chime in, I welcome that.
Peace be with you
Thank you Bro dan, Hammer 63, Fredscanlan, and Frankie J for your thoughtful replies. I will continue with an open mind to absorb what you have spoken. My prayer is we experience how wide, how long, how high, and how deep is the love of Christ. In Jesus Name. Amen
I KNOW you believe we are saved by grace ALONE, everything is the WORKS of GOD.
May the spirit of truth add to your comments:
You said OUR PART is confess and believe.
IS IT NOT the ''works'' of CHRIST IN US that CAUSES us to believe.
Philippians 1:29 For it is given (GRACE) to us on the behalf of Christ --- TO BELIEVE ----
ALL is the WORKS of GOD.
The ""belief" by and of, the "faith" by and of, the "life" by and of ---JESUS CHRIST ---
We are just the BODY of CHRIST, the "heart" and "mind" in that body; you and I and everyone else, IS CHRIST
Christ; the firstborn, of many brethren, we are the FRUIT of the TESTOR.
Isaiah 14:29 and out of the ROOT of the serpent (man) shall come forth a cockatrice (a saviour of men) and his (the saviours) FRUIT shall be a FIERY FLYING SERPENT.
God BLESS YOU as the spirit of truth makes us all ONE in Christ.