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Don't look back with regrets; what you call mistakes, God calls a learning experience to gain knowledge.
Josephs brothers thought that they made a mistake and had regrets, Joseph, in the wisdom of God SAID:
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to SAVE MUCH PEOPLE ALIVE.
2 Corinthians 5:18 ALL THINGS (even what we deem as mistakes) ARE OF GOD, who hath reconciled (a completed ACT) us unto himself by (the resurrection) of Jesus Christ, and hath given us the ministry (KNOWLEDGE) of reconciliation.
Romans 8:7 The carnal mind is ENMITY (in direct rebellion) against God (the WORD) .........
God Bless You
You are most welcome. How wonderful it is that the True God is so generous with us in life matters and in so many ways. We are very blessed. Cultivating an attitude of gratefulness to God and generosity towards others is something I am working on, too.
Even though I love to help others and serve where needed, I understand that there is so much more to being thankful and generous. We cannot "outdo" God in looking out for the needs of others and not just our own, but we can pray and hope to be continually better at this over time.
Again, I wish you blessings today. May you be touched by God in just the right way as He knows your needs and what is best for you.
There are many deceived people, and false teachers out there saying you don't have to follow God's Commandment's.
John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments."
Those that do not keep God's Commandments do not love Jesus/God.
1 John 3:24 "And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us."
Here the scripture tells us plainly the if someone say they know God but don't keep the commandments are a liar.
1 John 2:4 "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Lastly, Jesus tells us in the scripture below: those that do not keep the commandments - do not have right to the tree of life, and can not enter in though the gates of the city - Eternal Life!
Revelation 22:14"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
There is much more scripture regarding keeping Gods Commandments throughout the bible. Do not take anyones word regarding your salvation. Please read the scriptures and pray to God for His truth. God reveals all truth in scriptures like above regarding following His commandments and all things related to receiving your salvation.
GBU
2 Peter 1:20. Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
And yes, those OT Sacrifices clearly pointed to Israel that "their sins brought them under condemnation and the Wrath of God", yet they still needed to faithfully perform them so as to stay the Wrath of God from them. For this reason, verses such as Numbers 15:25 & Leviticus 4:31 (after the priest offers the sacrifice, the burnt offering becomes a "sweet savour unto the LORD' and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and IT SHALL BE forgiven him") spoke very clearly to them concerning their state before God & their lives were under God's Judgement. If all that they sacrificed before God & receiving His forgiveness by it, only meant that they were performing an act which was useless, since Christ (as you believe), was already sacrificed for them from before the foundation of the world, then we do have a problem in understanding the nature of the OT sacrificial system.
If Christ already atoned for their sins, what was the need to introduce a system of works to please God & receive His Forgiveness? It's almost like saying, 'that we have been forgiven by Christ's Blood, but we still need to add our own works to make His Sacrifice complete'. Certainly, the OT Sacrifices contained no efficacy, for their blood shed had no lasting atoning value to the offeror ( Hebrews 10:11,12), but it still had to be done, so that God's Wrath could be stayed, their sins had to be covered, that they be not destroyed. And if that were not the case, then so help any who failed to perform what God had commanded - their fate was sealed.
The sacrificial system was absolutely important for Israel's physical preservation, but it did look forward to that One & only Sacrifice which would avail for them & for us. To understand the Bible in any other way concerning the sacrificial system, becomes meaningless.
Then you state, "you die because you disobey Goddeadly effect on the body". I think you are referring to anyone after Adam, including you & me. What I believe here, is that I don't die (in the flesh) because of my disobeying God, but I die because Adam's sin nature was transmitted to me ( Romans 5:12). And how do I know that I have Adam's sin nature? The evidence is in physical death & of course, spiritual death as well, for which Christ's Blood avails. But that Blood does not avail for my death physically, except to know the promise of the resurrection.
So this 'disobedience' that you're focussing on, is not the primary sin of Adam, but a product of the existing sin nature in each one of us. And to 'disobedience', we can add lust, envy, pride, stubbornness, idolatry, etc., showing that even if 'disobedience' was Adam's downfall, our downfall is not 'disobedience', but is the transmitted fallen nature of Adam, to which Christ is the only Remedy. So, it's a case of 'is our disobedience the root of sin within us, or does the root of sin in us cause us to disobey?'
According to GOD's Word,what needs to happen first?Exactly what is written in Rev.18:1-5, i.e.the Judgment of the Great Whore,as follows:
1And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven,having great power;and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2And he cried mightily with a strong voice,saying,Babylon the great is fallen,and is become the habitation of devils,and the hold of every foul spirit,and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven,saying,Come out of her, my people,that ye be not partakers of her sins,and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven,and GOD hath remembered her iniquities.
Just after the fall of Babylon as above quoted,the marriage of the Lamb will be celebrated,yes,the marriage of the Lamb comes and His wife makes herself ready,yeah,the Bride makes herself ready for this wonderful event,Hallelujah!And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen,clean and white:for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON
Rev.19:1-10
1AFTER these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven,saying,Alleluia;Salvation,and Glory,and Honour,and Power, unto the Lord our GOD:
2 For true and righteous are His Judgments:for He hath Judged the Great Whore,which did corrupt the earth with her fornication,and hath avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.
3 And again they said,Alleluia.And her smoke rose up for ever and ever
4 And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped GOD that sat on the throne,saying,Amen;Alleluia(Rev.11:15-18describe this celestial Event)
5 And a voice came out of the throne,saying,Praise our GOD,all ye His servants,and ye that fear Him,both small and great.
I work with the Word of GOD. The Word is GOD, self-executable. Daniel 12:10 says: Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
JESUS said: For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. Matthew 25:29. (This will be LITERALLY fulfilled from now on)
1 Corinthains 13:9-10 & 8
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
8 ... But whether there be prophecies, they shall fail (be annihilated); whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
The kingdoms OF THIS WORLD are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever- Revelation 11:15.
And the NATIONS were (will be) angry, and GOD's WRATH is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be Judged, and that GOD should give reward unto His servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear His name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth.
Get ready
You said:"I confess to not following much of what you are saying."
You do well,I also don't follow you and others,except the written GOD's Word,I only exchange messages.What does the Law say? 1st commandment:"You shall have no other gods before me"
See,it is written in the Law,'I have said you are "gods",He called 'gods,' to whom the Word of GOD came-and Scripture cannot be set aside-BUT we cannot forget that THE LAW ALSO SAYS:"You shall have no other gods before me".It has nothing to do with idols.
So,what matters and prevails is the Word of GOD,the Word is GOD,self-executable,understand?When He was MADE FLESH around 2000 years ago and He preached the Gospel of GOD's Kingdom,even He said and we cannot deny, but to assert what He said:"All the prophets and the Law PROPHESIED until John",period. "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear",period."And from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of heaven suffereth violence", that is, the Kingdom of GOD is is violently attacked, "and the violent take it by force", yeah, violent people have been raiding it - Matt.11:12-15.
Matt.13:27-28:- 27-Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?28 An enemy hath done this.
Paul said:Christ is become of no effect unto you who are trying to be justified by the law,you have been alienated from Christ and have fallen away from grace.The Scripture foreseeing that GOD would justify the heathen through faith,preached before the gospel unto Abraham,saying,In thee shall all nations be blessed.They which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
As many as are of the works of the Law are under the CURSE,no man is justified by the Law in the sight of GOD for the just shall live by faith.The law is not of faith,Christ has redeemed us from the CURSE of the Law,being made a CURSE for us,that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through JESUS Christ,that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
The Ten Commandments are ten laws in the Bible that God gave to the nation of Israel after the exodus from Egypt.
They are essentially a summary of the 613 commandments contained in the Old Testament Law.
The first four commandments deal with our relationship with God. The last six commandments deal with our relationships with one another.
Many people mistakenly look at the Ten Commandments as a set of rules that, if followed, will guarantee entrance into heaven after death.
In contrast, the purpose of the Ten Commandments is to force people to realize that they cannot perfectly obey the Law ( Romans 7:7-11), and are therefore in need of God's mercy and grace.
No one can perfectly obey the Ten Commandments ( Ecclesiastes 7:20.
The Ten Commandments demonstrate that we have all sinned ( Romans 3:23) and are therefore in need of God's mercy and grace, available only through faith in Jesus Christ.
Tdianne, All of God Commandments are holy and any STRENGTH you have to keep them comes after you have been saved.
If you have ever ONCE broken any one of these commandments you've already fallen short of God's requirements and in need of God's mercy through trusting in the one whom God has sent to take away the sins of the whole world. Jesus!
So, should you be baptized? Yes, if you ARE saved but not to get saved.
You are saved by trusting and believing in Christ and his finish work on the cross.
Everything else is obedience to him after you are saved, because he wills you and Lords over your life with a regenerated heart of flesh which causes you to love God's statutes and yet convicts you of sin so we will fully appreciate the grace of Christ.
I hope this helps.
God bless.
and removing the stoney heart
Genesis 13:14-17 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the LAND which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed FOR EVER. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Hebrews 11:8-10 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an INHERITANCE, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the LAND OF PROMISE, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the HEIRS with him of the SAME PROMISE: For he looked for a CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS, whose BUILDER AND MAKER IS GOD.
Hebrews 11:13-18 These all died in faith, not having received the PROMISES, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were STRANGERS and PILGRIMS on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a BETTER COUNTRY , that is, an HEAVENLY: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God:
Hebrews 11:39,40 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
The Promise of the Land, the Inheritance, the City, is the Kingdom of God, New Heavens and New Earth which are, ETERNAL, FOR EVER. It is not a piece of property on this sin-cursed earth which will be destroyed.
Christ "spoke in parables" Mark 4:33,34.
The Bible does speak of the peace of God which passeth understanding. This peace is totally incapable of being shaken by errors or mistakes of any kind. It denies the ability of anything NOT of God to affect us. Actually, this is the proper use of denial.
In peace one needs nothing and asks for nothing. This statement makes it obvious that very few in this world are experiencing this kind of peace on a steady basis, including myself. Nevertheless, we should always pursue it from the only Source in which it abides: the Holy Spirit. Contrary to peace, in war, one demands everything and finds nothing. This war is literally in the mind that believes in separation from God and each other. The peace of God which passeth understanding is the Mind of God NOT at war which KNOWS only of HIS holy Self, His perfect creation, and ONENESS with His Creation. Only equals are at peace. God knows us only in peace, not war; and this is our reality.
The absence of this peace of God means but one thing: We think we do not will for God's Son(s) what His Father wills for him. It will be given us to see our brothers' worth when all we want for him/her is peace. And what we want for him we WILL receive.
The peace of God which passeth understanding is impossible without mastering forgiveness. Where could our peace arise BUT from forgiveness? The Christ in us looks only on the truth, and sees no condemnation that could need forgiveness. Christ is at peace BECAUSE He sees no sin. One might say Our sinless bother is our guide to peace. Our sinful brother is our guide to pain. And which I CHOOSE to see I will behold.
Peace and understanding go together and never can be found alone.
GOD IS
peace
I agree totally with the Scriptures you are quoting. Those scriptures are explaining the purpose of the OT Ceremonial Laws as a SIGN, A SHADOW, of the SUBSTANCE, the REALITY of Christ's Atonement which is the ONLY basis for the Salvation of OT and NT Believers, alike. And that is why no OT Believer could ever become saved by rigorously keeping the Ceremonial Law, or, in fact, any Law of God. Just like every NT Believer.
the book is the words of God, but not God the Word
I confess to not following much of what you are saying.
God gave us His Law to benefit Mankind. The Law of God is the Whole Bible.
To the the measure that anyone obeys the Law of God, they will enjoy to a greater extent their life on this earth.
But the Law of God shows us our sinfulness and the penalty for our sin. The wages of sin is eternal death.
Therefore, the Law is our "schoolmaster" to show us our need of a Savior and God's Mercy in providing Himself as the Savior.
Once we have become saved, we are no longer under the Law in the sense that our guilt before the Law has been fully satisfied by Christ and we no longer stand guilty before the Law.
Furthermore, once we have become saved, the Law of God, the Bible, is now our friend and cannot condemn us. It is the Rule Book for the Kingdom of God and we will have an increasing desire to serve God by being more and more obedient to the Law of God, the Whole Bible, as we Grow in Grace.
Recognizing that God is generous to you is acknowledging God and his presensence in you: YOUR HIS BODY. His word says he causes you to do his pleasure; therefore, you are not acting irresponsible with his generosity, but are acting according to his will.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God that WORKETH in you, both TO WILL and TO DO of his good pleasure.
Ezekiel 36:27 And I WILL put my spirit IN YOU and CAUSE you to walk in my statutes and ye shall keep my JUDGEMENTS and DO THEM.
Colossians 1:27 .....THIS MYSTERY ..... CHRIST IN YOU ......
You DIED with Christ on the cross, ONLY Christ arose; and you as a joint heir, with Christ of that resurrection, A NEW CREATION.
Luke 20:36 Neither can they (YOU, Jema) DIE anymore, for they (YOU, Jema) are equal unto the angels, and are the children of God, being the CHILDREN (YOU, Jema) of the RESURRECTION.
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he (YOU, Jema) that hath part in the FIRST (you and Christ) RESURRECTION ......
1 John 3:9 Whosoever is BORN of God (TRUTH) CANNOT COMMIT SIN; for his seed (the anointing) remaineth in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God (TRUTH).
The wages of sin is DEATH: you DIED on the cross, the life IN YOU is CHRIST, your the BODY of CHRIST.
BELIEVE, Christ is CAUSING you to do HIS WILL, for his good pleasure, you ARE NOT irresponsible, but walking in the WILL of God.
God Bless you
The Danial reference is incorrect. Should be:
Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Greetings in Christ JESUS
The Law having a SHADOW of good things TO COME, and not the very IMAGE of the things(so just like a shadow),could never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. Hebrews 10:1
Hebrews 9:-Verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service,and aA EARTHLY sanctuary.There was a tabernacle made; the first, where the priests went always into to accomplishing the service of GOD, but into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
But the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
which was A FIGURE for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience, which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
If the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to GOD, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living GOD? And for this cause JESUS is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified