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Hello Bobby. In Romans 4:8, the Apostle Paul is quoting directly from Psalm 32:1,2, where in that Psalm, David is rejoicing in receiving God's Forgiveness (possibly this Psalm is a sequel to Psalm 51).

Then in Romans 4:1-8, Paul gives an example of Abraham who was justified before God (i.e. declared righteous) without him having to work to obtain that right standing before God. If Abraham had any goodness within him that could secure God's Approval, then he would have to pat himself on the back, for God would give him no credit (loosely translated from verse 2). But as Genesis 15:6 states, "And he (Abram) believed in the LORD; and he (God) counted it to him for righteousness".

So Paul uses these illustrations to show that our righteousness before God can only come by faith alone in Him and nothing else. That being the case, how "blessed" are those who are completely forgiven, sins cast aside, and we now stand before the Lord uncondemned. When the Lord does not "impute" sin to the one made righteous by faith, that sin which was removed can no longer be reckoned or charged to his 'account' (i.e. not imputed). This of course, does not give the saved sinner liberty to continue to sin knowing he is made righteous before God, but now being saved from sin's penalty & God's Judgement, he by the power of the Holy Spirit within will now live unto God, dealing swiftly with any sin that surfaces. As 2 Corinthians 5:15 states, "And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again." "...we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul" ( Hebrews 10:39).

We are indeed so blessed to be in this glorious position of being the beloved of God, accepted, uncondemned. Those thoughts should always be in the forefront of our hearts & minds when sin comes knocking at our door.

Hi Sandra. T. Levis has given you some great Scriptures. I would add that: yes, we do need to pay attention to our lives, that they are well-pleasing to the Lord & our communion with Him through the Word & prayer equally important, we know that it is God, by His Spirit, Who causes spiritual growth ( Philippians 2:13). And 'His Will & His good pleasure' is that we grow into the likeness of His Son.

Those IN Christ, must always be growing, certainly not stagnant or backsliding. And a part of that growth is learning from our experiences & the Lord's dealing with us in our daily walk with Him. We need to be mindful of this & not discount them as something that happens to everyone, or as some would say, 'just our good luck'. Those in Christ are continually ministered to by God's Spirit - all that He allows in our life, whether good or ill, will be for a reason & often unexpected. Those particularly in Christian service in hard areas, as well as those facing struggles in day-to-day living, very often see the Hand of God moving on their behalf.

Some of my more spectacular experiences were on the mission field that certainly brought me closer to my Father & to trust Him for even greater things. And He will do for you also as you give, even your 'little faith' fully to Him. Once, when driving to a particular area in a S. Asian country, a brother in Christ who was also the driver, did all the right things to indicate a U turn. But the motor cyclist behind us, too eager to overtake us when he saw a gap, connected with our vehicle & went for a mighty fall. We were concerned for him & the outcome, as usually this never ends well in that part of the world. But the Lord was there: that man saw in a dream that he would be in an accident but didn't know the outcome. That his life was spared gave him much cause to rejoice & hug us all (this wouldn't normally happen after an accident) & my brother also shared Christ with him. We rejoiced greatly as we proved the Lord's intervention.

1John 1:9, Ezekiel 33:11-20

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Please read these: Mark 16:16, context Mark 16:14-20, Mark 1:8, context Mark 1, Matthew 3:11, in context Matthew 3, Matthew 28:18,19-20, Luke 3:16,21,

Acts 1:21-22, Acts 2:38,

Acts 16:19-34, Romans 6, 1Corinthians 12, 1Corinthians 12:13, Colossians 2:10-15, 1Peter 3, 1Peter 3:21,22

James 1:5,

Matthew 7, Matthew 25:31-46,

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What does Romans 4:8 mean?

James 4:7, Mark 3:15, Mark 6:13, Matthew 10:8, Mark 16:16,17,18,

Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 9:1-29,

Proverbs 14:5,25, John 8,

Revelation 12:19,

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Do you have to be baptized to enter heaven?

Amen and thanks again brother Jesse.

This is very important for one to understand.

God bless.

2Timothy 2:15, Romans 10:17, Psalms 1:1-3, James 2,

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Dear God the Father in Heaven. You who rule over sea, and mountains. All over the planet. You who have created all things that are in the heavenly world, outside and in the world we cant see. You Lord know about everything. Also Bradley Denton Karr. We invoke the only name that reigns in this World Jesus Christ who overcame death. His holy sacrifice will forever triumph over death. And You Lord leave no one alone.

You are in the demonic world where He is the only one who all fears Jesus Christ. No one Die in His reign. HE IS THE LORD AND KING. We turn to God the Father in His name always. We proclaime the Victory by Jesus Christ. His blood tell the truth for all creation, Amen.

Dear friend, never ever do anything without this proclaime. Always Custom this spiritual world from the holy Scripture. It is only His name Jesus Christ who rules. Amen You have got a gift who is not fir all to see. What can u do to serve the Lord with that?

If u turn right now and belive that Jesus Christ have this power. And that He is Gods Son. He will save u. Talk it out load please. He will never forsake u. He loves u, and will not let u go. The spiritual world can do lot of eval thing. That goes away, never give up hope. I will pray for u Daily. God bless u in Jesus Christ holy name, love u in Christ, Amen. Revelation 10 chapter

Dear Denise, I will pray for you.

Dear Heavenly Father, we come to You in the name of Jesus to help Denise now as she is suffering with nerve pain. Please bring her relief from pain and proper treatment to being improvement. We ask that You bring supernatural healing to her, if that is Your will. We trust that You will do what is best for her. But we ask that You be merciful to her now and every day. Amen.

Dear William, I am so sorry that your girlfriend has treated you this way and thus ended your relationship. My sense is that it is now dead since she so easily has found another man. My suggestion to you is to be prayerful and seek God for wisdom, healing as you grieve this loss, and wait patiently for what God wants to do, not what you want to do. I will pray for you, William, since I know how hard this is to go through.

Dear Heavenly Father, how much William is hurting. We ask You in the name of Jesus to help him through this loss of the woman he loves, of the relationship that is ended, and the future that he thought he would have with here completely destroyed. I pray that You will comfort and lead William, keeping his heart stayed on You and give him the strength to really trust in You for what his future may hold. I know that You know when it would be best for You to bring the best and right woman into his life. This one he loved is not that woman, as far as I can tell since she mistreated him and the love they shared so terribly. Amen.

Dear Verleen, I wanted to get back to you concerning your first inquiry about the two places that God does not abide. Scripture says that God the Father resides in unapproachable light in heaven as I mentioned in my other post. Scripture also says that God's presence fills the universe, including earth. So, God fills all things with His Presence. Scripture also says that He abides in the believers by the Holy Spirit. Scripture also says that God, our Lord Jesus Christ now sits at the right hand of the Father in Heaven but also resides in believers through the Holy Spirit, also. As Richard said, He even oversees hell, as His Presence is everywhere, hell not excluded.

But as to the only please that God does not abide is in unbelievers. He is still Presence in believers due to His omnipresence, but He does not abide in unbelievers as He does in believers.

I would like to list some Scriptures for you to look up on this. I will see how many I can get on this post.

Dwell: Is.57:15 Is. 8:14 Ex. 25:8 Lev. 26:11 Deut. 26:15 1 Kgs. 8:30 Ps 46:4 Joel 3:4

Zech.2:11

Jn. 1:14 Jn. 4:23 Jn. 14:7 Jn. 14:10 2Cor. 6:16 Eph 2:22 Eph.3:16-17 Col. 1:19 1Tim.6:16 2 Tim.1:14

Heb. 11:9 Rev. 21:3

Heaven: Gen. 24:3 Ex. 16:4 Jos. 2:11 2 Chr. 6:14 2 Chr. 714 1Kgs. 8:23 1Kgs. 8:27 1Kgs. 8:30 Ps. 2:4

Ps. 11:4 Ps.73:25 Ps. 108:5 Ps. 115:3 Ps. 115:16 Ps. 139:8 Is. 40:22 Is. 66:1 Jer. 23:24

Dan.2:19 Mt. 6:9 Mt, 7:21 Lk. 24:51 Jn. 12:28 Acts 7:49 Acts. 7:55 Eph. 1:20 Eph. 4:16 Col. 4:1

1 Th. 1:10 1 Th. 4:16 Heb. 1:3 1 Pt. 3:22 Rev. 21:2 REv.21:10

Earth: Is.66:1 Jer. 23:21 Mt. 5:35 Acts 7:49

Evil: Hab.1:13 Job 34:22 Ps. 119:15 Mt. 7:23 Lk. 13:27

There are more, but hopefully will support my thoughts.

How to grow in one's faith in GOD.

Thanks Brother Spencer,

I was not intending to create contention. I just don't agree with Acts 2:38 being the New Testament salvation message. Teaching that water baptism is necessary for salvation and that it has to be in Jesus' name only does not line up with scripture. Paul never taught that. Paul had a much different salvation message.

I have stated my position on water baptism in the past. I do believe water baptism is important, but it comes after salvation, not as a requirement for salvation. In Acts 10:44-48, the Holy Spirit was given before they were water baptized.

Water baptism is a testimony of our salvation and shows our identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.

In 1 Corinthians 15:1-2, Paul speaks of the gospel that saves.

For a young Christian Mother called Monica, and her baby.

For all concerning them. In Jesus name. Alleluia. Amen.

I am very sorry for your situation . When a person doesn't treat us very nice , it often means that they don't like or respect us . It seems that you have been very nice to her and she has not appreciated you very much . Maybe it's time you left her to get on with her life and you get on with yours . Try to find a girl who appreciates you , you , for who you are , not what you can do for her . There are many people out there who don't seem to mind using and abusing others for their own benefit , try to identify this kind of person before getting into a relationship with them , once you recognise the signs then move away from them . Do you read the Bible ? Say your prayers ? Attend a church ? Give thanks to God for His blessings towards you , ask Him to give you discernment when dealing with people , read your Bible and find a decent church . Maybe there you would find a nice lady who will appreciate you and whom you can give your love to .

Amen!

Very well stated Gigi.

Very well spoken Brother Jesse.

It is true what you say that "One verse does not make a doctrine," and yet there is a certain group where a majority of their teachings and doctrine center on one single verse ( Acts 2:38).

Beatrice,

In Philippians 3:10, Paul shares his motivation, and more specifically his compassion.

It is difficult to define this one word without taking the entire verse, but I will try.

He (Paul) says, "while being made conformable unto His death;"



So the first two things, the power of His resurrection, and fellowship of His suffering, just those two things, while something else is going on all the time, Paul says, while being made conformable to His death.



You see, Paul saw himself that if he was going to have fellowship with Christ, if he was going to belong to Christ, Jesus gave up, suffered and died for His mission.



Paul saw his life that every day, he's being more and more conformed to the death of Christ, that he too, in order to have his mission that God called him to, that he too would have to die every day, being conformed to the death of Christ.

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Please pray for me to keep my eyes on Jesus Christ, also please pray for me to do well in my interview today. Thank you all, and God bless you.

I'm a meditation pioneer who has the potential to innovate the entire field and cultivate a more holy and wholesome world for our planetary family. I stand in righteous defiance against the epitome of evil, a crime ring of literal demons who told me of a scheme to frame me "for all time." A diabolical plot to frame me in such a way as to never be solved, even in the afterlife. I vividly remember hearing of such diabolical plans. Secret devices and demons who don't realize what they're doing, without mind, and using residual effects to conceal their nefarious activities while hiding behind a false appearance of "accidents," "consent" and "helpfulness." I have endured what nobody should have to, may the Good Lord deliver from this evil so that I can live the amazing life I should be living, for the benefit of me and my people. I am innocent, and I don't want to be removed from the universe. I never let those demons in, they used foul schemes to egregiously invade me unjustly. May I live eternally, so that God can keep close my love for Him, a love as endless as His for me. What greater beauty than that which is fully whole? Wholly holy hold me, Lord.

Thank You so very much for having this.

It has helped me in finding many scriptures.

I really reading the Bible

Thank You for making this possible.

Jennifer Minton

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Many Blessings to You and Family.....

What dose comformable mean ?

The epistles were written to the people that came from the book of Acts. They were the people that were water baptized in Jesus name & received the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38 is the gospel. It is the New Testament salvation message.

Therefore Ephesians 1:13-14 is not written to the world, nor to the sinner UNTIL YOU HAVE OBEYED THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. It is written to the saints that obeyed this gospel.

We must first read the 4 gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke & John then read the entire book of Acts. Acts is where the church was born.

So many people say they have the Holy Ghost & they do not. So many people think they are saved & sadly, they are not. Who is teaching you? Who are you listening to?

The epistles from Romans thru Jude are to be followed once you have obeyed the salvation Acts 2:38.

You do not receive the Holy Ghost once you believe. It took me close to 3 years to receive the Holy Ghost & with the utterance.

Acts 19, "He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, we have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost".

Do not jump into the epistles until you have read the beginning of each chapter. The epistles {letters} are written to the born again churches. Written to the saints. They obeyed the gospel which is the death, burial & resurrection of Jesus Christ.

For example many people preach John 3:16, however you must read the very beginning of John 3 before John 3:16. One verse does not make a doctrine.

Pray that we will not be deceived. False doctrine is out there.

Pray for discernment.

Hello Bible Study,

I agree with S. Spencer,

When we are born again a new spiritual nature is created in us, this nature desires to obey God, not out of compulsion or fear, but out of love for God and love for what is good. We are changed, yet still have the sinful nature in us. So we battle with this nature with the help of the Holy Spirit every day. We battle it by obedience to God, which, as we practice godliness we become more and more like Jesus who's will was to live in total obedience to His Father. That should be our aim, too.

Paul told us to aim for perfection in 2 Cor.13:11, and He was the apostle who also told us that we are no longer under law and under it's curse for disobedience, but grace and told us that we are saved by faith not works. But He also spoke often, as Jesus did about living godly lives and obeying the commands of Christ and some that He, himself commanded.

Any Christian that thinks that they can live simple faith in absence of obedience to God is fooling himself, as James speaks of in his epistle. In chapter 1 21-25 he speaks of being a doer of the word. And he explains how good works follow faith in chapter 2 mentioning that with Abraham, who was justified by faith in verse 22 says that, "Do you see that faith was working together with his faith and by works was made perfect, concerning his obedience to offer Isaac. In verse 26 he said this, "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead."

The point is that true believers will live by faith because they have been made just by the work of Christ, but living by faith means living for the will of God to be manifested in our lives, as Abraham desired. Faith and obedience go hand in hand in a believer's life. One without the other is not a true Christian walk that honors God and respects the work of Christ on our behalf.

Dear Pastor

My girlfriend Christian broke up on Wednesday this week .I have been paying her rent for over

a year I don't ever stay over or even be allowed

up into her second floor apt .I Love her .well anyhow I had a doctors appointment on Wednesday so she said after your appointment can I come and take her do some shopping and I said sure I'll come right over well when I got to her house after the appointment she was getting out of some guys car and run into the house while I'm watching her so I texted her what's going on she said she's talking to Cyf and I asked her what's really going on and she got a attitude and told me to leave because her friend was taking her somewhere and if I come around her house she will call the cops .So I asked her if you want if you want me to leave you alone just say you don't wanna be bothered,And she said she doesn't want to be bothered and please leave .so I left I really love her . I have blocked

her number and haven't looked for her or anything.please help me because I miss her .

Hi Bible study?

I agree with what others have shared.

I would say the evidence of faith will result in obedience.

That obedience is not always resisting evil or wrong doing.

It's also not just you complying to a command. IT'S CHANGE!

True faith causes change that results in Obedience.

"Your heart" is obeying all of scripture that APPLIES TO YOU.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:13.

I hope this helps.

God bless.

Dear Ajay, greetings. The best way to gain joy is to serve God and do for other good toward other people.

That said, are you positive that you are saved?

"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." John 3:16

Paul and Silas's jailer asked them in ACTS 16:30 ..."Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" Their answer was as simple as this in ACTS 16:31 ..."Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved..."

Simple as that.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.- Romans 10:9-13.