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Thank you all for your prayers. May God richly bless you.

Hello Richard

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

There is often a misinterpretation of this verse. It doesn't mean that God "makes us willing", that would be a violation of our free will. Instead what it means is that "God WORKS IN our heart to make us behave according to His Will" BUT (and this is very important to know) the outcome of His work in our heart does not depend on Him but it does depend on our heart. God will do anything from His side but man has to respond, if not God can do nothing. ie He has given us His commandments to follow and he works in us to make us obeying them but at the end the result is on us, not Him. GBU

HI,

by the grace of God all scripture is given by inspiration of GOD and the Scripture CANNOT BE BROKEN

so, take the bible as the word of God and Not the word of men.

Just as the bible has described that's what He means.

Be blessed.

Who are the 24 elders?

There is no way you can lose your salvation. If you are a Christian, you can never be a non-Christan again.

Conclusion. My last posting basically was stating that we need to see things with "spiritual eyes". The Spirit is the Comforter; for instance but we should never be too comfortable not to recognize His distinct Holiness and how inadequate we are to even speak as the Prophet Isaiah and Ezekiel as well as John the "revelator" experienced when they got a glimpse of His full glory.

This distinguishes Him from Satan who "appears as an angel of light" ( 2 Cor. 11:14). When we get a true vision of God; therefore there is no messing about; we are "made willing" (Phillipians 2:13). As we see with Isaiah 6:8 there is no hesitation on God's part to send out those who are qualified to proclaim the truth. He has equipped us for what is needed; but sadly the "harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few" ( Matt. 9:37).

Agape; Rich P

Jesus is the same yesterday; today and forever. That could be said of the entire Godhead.

Christ has the fullness of the Godhead bodily dwelling within as said in Colossians 2:9. The Spirit was in Him without measure ( John 3:34) and whoever has seen Him has seen the Father ( John 14:9). Nonetheless there is certainly a destinction in terms of roles with Christ being the sin bearer and the Father turning away when He bore our sins at Calvary ( Psalm 22:1). God cannot dwell in unrighteousness; and for that moment it was God's will for Jesus to be crushed ( Isaiah 53:5).

The Holy Spirit isn't given any distinctive appearance except in the beginning of the Gospels ( Luke 3:22 for example appearing like a dove); and with cloven tongues of fire at Pentecost ( Acts 2:3).

Revelation 3:21 indicates Christ overcoming all things; death could not hold Him ( Acts 2:24).

In some sense whether in the Preincarnate form or since His Resurrection He is both in the form of a man (the Man who is the second Adam as it were) who still bears the marks on His body being the first of the Firstfruits resurrected from the dead ( 1 Cor. 15:23) and of course beyond time as the Creator of all things ( Jn. 1:3 and several other verses) fully God. So there is distinction and unity with the "Trinity" as it were. When looking at His glory; we see the fullness of sight and sound (with mighty thunderings with His voice ( Ezekiel 3:12-13; and verses in Revelation; Psalms etc.) We should be aware as believers of our sinfulness (as the Spirit indicates in John 16:8) and we tremble at His presence. This is different than the reaction of the wicked who sense their destruction and love their sin more than God ( John 3:19). Nonetheless it seems that there are "revelations and visions" abounding; but few seem to describe that Holy fear of God of which is the beginning of understanding ( Psalm 111:10). Compare this with much music and preaching today that presents a sappy God without other attributes.

Great way of putting it , thankyou you are so right. One thing that I think is important to remember is this : the Bible is a perfectly faithful account of events , it's full of people , all the people in it , except for Jesus , are imperfect and , even the good ones sometimes do and say wrong things . No matter what these imperfect people do or say , God's plan and purpose is always fulfilled . He is in charge of all these people and they end up where He wants them to be . Also , all these people have thoughts , feelings , motives , fears etc , it's very rare indeed for the Bible to speculate on what is going through their hearts and minds but , that should not stop us from recognising ( as we are also imperfect humans ) that they would all have had thoughts , feelings, motives etc . I feel we need to spare a thought for the ladies of the Bible . Many of these women could be judged harshly by us , let us try to remember that very many women , especially in O.T. days ,but even in N.T. days , would have had very limited , if any at all , choices in how to live their lives . Even women of wealthy families would have been pawns in their fathers or grandfather's or brothers or husband's lives . Married off to men they might not have wanted , in order to cement political alliances . Ephraim and Mannaseh were children of an Egyptian princess . Merab and Michal , caught between their father the king and the future king David . How much power over their own lives do we think these women had ? All people, with one exception , are imperfect , think of Gideon . If you don't know his story , read it in Judges chapter 6-8 . In ch 6 he destroys an altar of baal , in ch 8 he rebuilds it . Why ? I think it was because it was in his home town . He annoyed everyone there very much by destroying it . At the end of the day he wanted to continue living there with his family . So he built it up again . He was weak , human . We must not judge , leave that to God ,He is righteous .

Riki , may God bless you in this life , the thing that you should have prayed for first is the thing that you asked for last . Get yourself on God's path first , you have to do that , you have to make the effort , read , pray , meditate on His Word , put His Words into practice in your daily life and keep them in your heart and mind all day every day , to do this you must first read His Word .

May (GOD) answer me and mom prayer, we have been praying and believing and putting in many prayer request in for may month when we found out that the rent will be going up 400 dollar more, and we are here now trying to pay for extra rent we don't have, my mom is 88 of age (Ada Avant) is on a fix income and I (Marc Bryant) am self-employed with no saving and work is hard to find because I take care of her also. As I said in the prayer request before the new landlord since her father past all she see is dollar signs, we would never have this problem if her father was still living. The devil just keeps putting road block in front of us. Please pray that we will find a home in a nice area that we can afford, soon and very soon. Thank you all for your prayers.

I am sorry , I guess I should have given some exposition . I will try and do so but I'm not confident at this sort of thing so I will keep it brief . Regarding Saul's body , in 1st Samuel David blessed the men of Jabesh for risking their lives in retrieving Saul's body . In 2nd Samuel he seems to have a beef with them and accuses them of stealing Saul's body and he removes him from where the men of Jabesh buried him . With regard to David's only sin being against Uriah , we see in 1st Samuel chapter 24 that David swears an oath to God , that he will not destroy Saul's offspring . Merab was given to Adriel , we don't know if that was her choice , I can guess that it wasn't and she was a pawn that Saul used to annoy David . Judging by 2nd Samuel chapter 21 , she at some point died and her sister Michal ( also David's wife ) was raising her sisters children . Under the guise of appeasing the Gibeonites , who weren't even Israelites , David breaks his oath , has Saul's grandchildren and children by his concubine , murdered . My guess also , that Michal didn't have any children to David because if she had , they would also have been of Saul's lineage and that would have caused David no end of problems when naming his successor . The incident in 2nd Samuel chapter 24 was just a last minute one that came to me as I was typing my original post . My whole point was that the statement in 1st Kings chapter 15 verse 5 , could be seen to be inaccurate if investigated thoroughly . It makes no difference to me personally , all things work together for good to them that love God and David certainly did that and was forgiven for his sins . I was also giving these references as the only ones in the whole Bible where even a tiny bit of contradiction could be found by me . Others may think they have found some but these are all I could find after many years of reading . Sorry for not being clear , I shall make more effort in future , thanks for your reply . You were clear , I wasn't

Please pray that I have energy strength protection favor do an excellent job it's not busy at work today and I can go to the store a few times ijnip amen

2 Peter 3:6 mentions the firmament in regard to the flood. Apparently there was a separation of the waters above the earth from those beneath. The theory is that ice crystals were in the atmosphere perhaps like Saturn's rings and it would have collapsed causing some of the water in the flood. Underneath the earth there is a considerable amount of subterranean waters (such as seas under the sea). This would have been brought out perhaps by forces of vulcanism at the time.

please remember Kristie and me and our families in your prayers

The song, "Amazing Grace", was written in 1779 by John Newton who died in 1807. Your welcome to look it up

thank you GiGi this means alot may God Bless you and Keep you

Hi Pondee69. Are you thinking of a particular Scripture that says that 'our lives were predestined'? The main ones that come to mind are in Romans 8:29: ("For whom he (i.e. God) did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren").

And Ephesians 1:5,11: ("Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will...In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will").

In both these Scriptures, the Apostle Paul speaks about God predestining lives according to His Foreknowledge. Since every life that comes into the World has been given by the Creator of life, He also has all knowledge of how that life will be lived & how & when that life will be extinguished. For those who have come to faith in Christ Jesus, those verses assure us that according to God's foreknowledge of that person's life's path, He predestined some to come into His family, increasingly being conformed to His Son's Person (i.e. by the Power of the Holy Spirit).

But does God predestine lives to live & behave in a certain way, even if we don't want to go down that path? I would say No. God leaves us to live according to our determination & we will be responsible for our decisions. We are a free moral agency & the Bible is replete with examples. Such as Cain in Genesis 4; he had a choice about the type of offering or his manner of offering it. God told him that it was his decision - though God knew the outcome with him.

In Deuteronomy 30:19, the Israelites were told to make a choice; they were encouraged to choose the right one, but it was their decision. God doesn't force His Hand upon us - we are all responsible for our choices in life. But if we belong to God, then His Spirit will always guide us to what is right - yet we can still disobey Him.

Please pray for healing and Safety for Magdy Noshy . In Jesus Name . Amen Thank you

good bless. preyer for my family

It's day 6 of our 21 days fasting at salvation ministries, it's not been easy for me because I'm somewhat surrounded by fetish people. Please pray for me that I shall continue to the end and that God shall use me to bring everyone around me to the light of His Word and turn from their fetish activity forever. Also pray that Glory Reign in salvation ministries starting from 23rd of this month to the 27th shall be a huge success.

What does it mean when our life was predestined. Does that mean the way our life goes that it is because we don't have a choice because it say our life was predestined.

Hi Benjamin. In Habakkuk 2:4, the subject is the "just" person, the one who is righteous & lives carefully before God; as opposed to the one described in that verse & following verses (here, the Babylonians are intended): one who is haughty, given to drink, uses unethical practises, & with an unsatiable appetite. So in Habakkuk, and looking up the Hebrew for that verse, it seems that the righteous one will live his life with stedfastness & faithfulness, unlike the proud & haughty who is self-centered, lusting for more wealth, power & kingdoms (as were the Babylonians).

Then in Galatians 3:11, I believe the focus is on the Faith that is acceptable by God which is not law-dependent. When the Law was given to Israel, they had to obey it to the letter, coupled with various sacrifices offered to cover them whenever they failed - and fail they did. But when Jesus came, the Law that only led to the Jew's condemnation & death, was cast aside, simply because the Sacrifice of Jesus was God's Sacrifice & Gift to us and not man's sacrifice to God for pardon. The shed Blood of Jesus that required the sinner to accept & believe (i.e. coming to God in faith), could never be mixed in with the Law that had no saving power & could never give life ( Galatians 3:21,22).

Therefore, when the Apostle Paul in Galatians 3:11 quotes from Habakkuk 2:4, I feel that he is highlighting the main point of that verse - that of the righteous living by the faith that is in him, and not specifically about the origin of that faith, even as he referred to Abraham's faith (that was apart from the Law).

Praying for your dad

I'm praying for you Micheal. Keep the faith even (especially) when you can't see it.

I'll be praying. The Lord is able to heal Ezekiel supernaturally. He IS ABLE!

please pray for a brother in Christ I know, he's gonna have a big tornado warning tomorrow so please send prayers for him and his family that everything will be safe, God will protect if it is in His will. Thank you.

James 1:5,

Hopefully this is helpful

Psalms 139

2Timothy 4:5, 1Peter 2:19,

Sometimes Hebrews 12:7

Matthew 24:13, Mark 13:13, James 5:11,

Hopefully these are encouraging to you, as your words & scriptures were to me, thank you

Revelation 4:5, Revelation 3, Revelation 5:6, Psalms 104:4, Hebrews 12:9, Hebrews 1:7,

Hebrews 1:13,14,

Hopefully these are helpful