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I repent of my sins, I forgive everyone, pray for all men to be saved, pray for all leaders, ban abortions, ban all kinds of weapons, ban death penalties, pardon all criminals, bless & heal Pastor Derrick with everything he truly needs for his own recovery, resolve world hunger, peace in Jerusalem, bless & pray for the poor, the destitute, the outcasts, & downtrodden, bless & pray for those who are hurting & suffering, bless & pray for those in mental hospitals, jails, & prisons, restoration for the world due to the pandemic, restore all families, re-open all churches, to have Brittany Hall to be my wife for good & forever, bless me & Brittany with the very best of everything we both desire for our own happiness, bless my mom with the best of everything she needs for her own well-being, bless my dad with the finest fruit trees in the world, bless us all with everything we have always wanted & needed, bring back our loved ones from the dead, heal & cure all kinds of sicknesses & diseases, bless & pray for everyone in Ukraine, bless & pray for those who serve & attend all churches, bless & pray for all believers & unbelievers, revival, unity, reconciliation, grant me & my loved ones with abundant prosperities in our bank accounts, bless & pray for my brother Ramiro to find the right person for himself, heal my entire body, pray for the consecrations of Russia & Ukraine, bless the world with the very best Christmas ever, have my house in San Jose, CA to be rebuilt, make everything else all right.

My life has been one of strong needed faith in god being a widow at19 and going to give birth to my son then being strongly attacked spiritually and physically during years of rebellion until Jesus poured his spirit over me and let me know how much he loves me and all I had to fight against people who wanted me to abort my babies Jesus kept me strong and removed some from my life bringing me to my destiny as a church musician but being persecuted for worshiping Jesus and concerns for others especially children my oldest daughter is one who rejects me and I thank god that he gives me unconditional love for the word of god tells of the division coming upon true believers I pray for all and need prayed as well with the love of God shed abroad in our hearts in Jesus name

Amen, Spot on Brother Jesse.

I believe the short cummings of the disciples during Jesus 3-year ministry exhibits the lack of "fruit barren faith" that only can be produced by the vine.

This is faith in a substance, (Our Lord Jesus.) The author and finisher of the faith.

If I'm going to have to go with the body of scripture as a whole, I would have to come up with the conclusion that my faith is a fruit of the Holyspirit without having to go to the Greek.

However here is the Greek in the Strongs.

Author= Chief leader/Captain or prince.

Finisher=Completer that is consummater.

Faith:

Greek:

Transliteration: pistis

Pronunciation: pis'-tis

Definition: From G3982; persuasion that is credence; moral conviction (of religious truth or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher) especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself: - assurance belief believe faith fidelity.

Ephesians 2:8-9.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Now if it's God's grace, and my faith, then I would something to boast of. "My faith initiated His grace".

That would be a form of work to add to my salvation and it would be something I could lose.

But if he is the Author and the finisher of "HIS faith, I can't lose that.

BECAUSE HE IS THE FINISHER OF WHAT HE STARTED.

God bless you.

David, this is correct, thanks for bringing this up today. We all need to be reminded often about this and keep our focus on the matters of most importance.

Our Lord is so marvelous beyond words. how thankful we are for Him. God did not have to make us or save us, but it is a bit boggling to think that He created all things to do just that, save a people for Himself to share in the loving relationship of the eternal Trinity forever.

Before Creation, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit enjoyed an eternal, loving, perfect inter-relationship within the Godhead. Out of the overflow of this love and to give expression to His grace and mercy, God created all things, especially mankind and the angelic beings to bring us and them into this eternal fellowship. The Father sent the Son to us. The Son took on human flesh to die for us to bring us forgiveness of sin, and the Hoy Spirit regenerates us in order to bring us to receive the Good News in Christ.

Always amazes me to think on these things. I am thankful that God drew me to Him and loved me first. Without these first moves, I would be forever lost.

alex1939...Benny GBU I love your post...But lemme remind you there are 2 kinds of baptism as Jesus told the Woman at the well of 2 kinds of water...Whosoever drinks of this water shall thirst again Jacobs well the Old Covenant...water baptism ...But the water that i shall give him shall be a well of water springing up unto every lasting life...Thats H.G. BAPTISM The gift of God... John 4:21...That New Covenant in his blood...When he took the cup he said this is the New Covenant in my blood drink ye all of it...Thats y John the bap. said behold the lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world...Not water baptism but the Blood of the lamb of God...Even in the O.T. without the shedding of blood there was no remission of sins...They cd not apply water to the doorpost they cd only apply the blood to the doorposts...When i see the blood i will pass over you....ty Jesus..I kiss you my son.

....Jesus knew that all of his disciples had been water baptised but he warns them if i wash thee not you will have NO PART WITH ME...Which speaks volumes of a greater baptism in his blood...All the water in the world cd not redeem mankind from his sin nature...the curse of Adam...In adam we all die but in Christ we will all live b/c of his Blood that New Covenant...Its not our personal hygiene that defiles its our hearts that defiles us...When he washed their feet it was really a heart washing..As he said its the things that come from a mans hearts that defiles him...Not his feet...But b/c of Judas who was his old friend that ate at his table that lifted up his HEEL against Jesus he had to wash their feet... Psalms 51...The heel is part of the foot but is just symbolic of the heart..As satan had entered the heart of Judas to betray him...Thus he washed their feet...Everything was in metaphors and parables but is revealed unto babes the H.G..That which is born of the spirit is the H.G...When Jesus said behold i sent the Promise of my father upon you that was baptism of the H.G...GBU

Thanks Giannis.

God bless you.

Amen Giannis.

Perhaps this verse says the same.

Luke 17:7-10.

Hi Gerald.

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

I believe thinking of Jerusalem geographically as the Jews did under the law being "temporary" blinded, it was also a part of the worldly sanctuary looking forward to better things.

Hebrew 11:9-10. 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.

Galatians 4:26-28

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

GB.

Thanks, and Amen Giannis!

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, SACRIFICE AND OFFERINGS THOU WOULDEST NOT, BUT A BODY HADST THOU PREPARED ME:

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

BY TH WHICH WILL WE ARE SANCTIFIED THROUGH THE OFFERING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST ONCE FOR ALL.

Hebrews 10:1-10.

I love the way you broke down 1 Peter 2:5 in the Greek.

"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ" We have a spiritual Temple/House now ("Temple" in grk (Naos) means "Place of Residence") and as priest we offer our prayers for people as spiritual sacrifices to Father God.

It parallels with Philippians 2:13.

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

Doing the act of these things you mentioned in the flesh "for carnal reasons" (for show, glory, etc. etc.) or APART from a regenerated heart we are incapable of pleasing God.

By the spirit we are able to worship him in truth and in spirit.

Thanks, and God bless for all you do.

Dear Heavenly Father, please bind up the plans of the enemy and DESTROY EVERY WEAPON formed against Peter in the physical and in the spiritual realm.

I ask you to cover Peter with Your blood today Jesus, and to set Your Angel's around him, as You do for all those who Fear Your name. Help him to put on the WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD.

We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers, so I ask You to bind up those principalities and powers that are behind these attacks on Peter. Raise up a standard against them.

That every evil plan against him be stopped and utterly destroyed, forever.

I cry out for Your mercy Father for all those practicing witchcraft and serving satan. And for all enemies of the cross. Hell will be the final, eternal home for them unless they repent.

Regardless of how or why they became entangled in the works of darkness, (there are none righteous no not one), please take off their spiritual blinders so they can see their true spiritual condition and repent. Forgive them and save them from the devil and Hell.

Save them Father, deliver them, loose them, set them free! You are able to save their souls.

He who the Son sets free shall be free indeed!

I lift up every Blood bought child of God today, let NO WEAPON formed against us prosper, crush the enemy's plans and let them fall to the ground,completely shattered. In Jesus name.

Amen.

Yes , I did , thank you . I'm now fully able to be a pest on this site !

Please pray for me to overcome victim mentality

I need help to go throw my life strongles i need your help for i am lonely

Discarriage? I meant discourage.

There's a whole lot of discussion these days on social media about what book belongs in the Bible (ie Jasher, Enoch, etc). I submit to you through my own convictions on this. Nothing matters more than Salvation. It is God's plan. It was his plan from the beginning. We, Christians, know that God, in the beginning, knew he would dwell in a flesh body and he created the whole world based off of the body in which he would dwell and become the ultimate sacrifice for our sins.

Do not let anyone deceive you, nor take away your joy in salvation by wrapping you up in theologies and in bankrupt "what-ifs."

Salvation in God's word is key to everything. We must hear, believe, have faith and obey his word for this salvation. Yes, Jesus did the work and fulfilled the Law and the prophets, but he commanded his apostles to Go, Teach, and Baptize. Jesus himself, who is God in the flesh and his flesh now glorified, was even baptized himself to fulfill all righteousness. If he did it and commanded his apostles to do so in his name, we should have no question about doing it as well. Whether you disagree or not as far as salvation goes, it's very clear that baptism is very important and was applied to many things in the Bible giving us examples of why it is and remains so important. The great flood, The Red Sea crossing, the laver where the high priest cleansed and washed, Jesus's baptism, Jesus commanding his apostles, The apostles baptizing in Jesus' name, Phillip preaching "Jesus" to the Eunuch and the first thing he asked for was to be baptized, Peter being present for the Jews, Samaritans, and the Gentiles to repent, be baptized in Jesus name and be filled with the holyghost, Paul telling the Jailer to believe and he would be saved and taking him and his house and baptizing them, etc etc... Baptism is very essential. Jesus commanded it and even said in Mark 16:16 "He that believeth AND is baptized shall be saved..." Do not be decieved nor robbed of your birthright.

PT 1

Hello Chris

May I put my perception on this matter, faith?

About the thief that was crucified next to Jesus, you are right that he knew what was Jesus' teaching, everybody in Israel knew, that was the only thing that was discussed between them the last 3 years. But what made him believe in Him after the initial time of his crucifixion when he was mocking Jesus together with that other thief? Here it is that I agree with Gerald. It was Jesus' behavior on the cross that made him think that that guy next to him may actually be the Savior. Also surely he had heard of all those miracles that Jesus performed the past years. Also he was in a difficult situation and we all have the experience of looking for the Lord especially when we are in any need. So his faith was produced/inspired/given by Jesus, Jesus' behavior on the cross. I also agree with Gerald that faith in the world is the same as faith in believers, the difference being to whom or what it is directed to, also by whom or what it is inspired.

How does really God inspire us to have faith? There are various ways depending on the individual and on the specific time, place, condition, etc. But lets have a look at Jairus' incident. Here we can see how Jesus drived that man to get his daughter's healing.

Jairus was a ruler of the synanogue. there was no way he would ever go to Jesus. What made him overvome that obstacle was his daughter's desease. Surely he had gone to the priests and other religious people of Israel, surely they prayed on the little girl, surely they laid hands on her, surely they annointed her with oil, but nothing happened. When his little girl was about to die, not much time was left, he takes the big (for him) decision to go his enemy (Jesus), there is no other hope, the girl is dying from a moment to another. So it is often the difficult/crucial situation we are in (like that thief's) that makes people go to God as their last chance in life when everything else seems to fall apart

Pt 2

Jairus' faith is not something really big, he has just heard of Jesus' miracles but has never met or talked to Him personally. He doesn't know Jesus' personality, character, hardly anything about Him.

We know that Jesus accepted to go with him to his house. But on the way there that woman with the problem in her blood appears. Jesus miracusely heals her, everybody sees that. But that seems to cause a delay and before starting walking again towards the house the little girl dies. If I was Jairus I would definately doubt about Jesus' intentions to me. "Why did you allow God this to happen? Oh, not now, you could have arranged to heal her sometime later on, not now, time was spent here, my girl died, only if that didn't happen, we could have been there on time, now she is dead, every hope is lost". Jesus tells him something exraordinary, "Don't loose your faith, she will be saved" "Saved? But she died Lord, finished, end" Jairus could have been angry with Jesus, lough with what he heard, cry, fall down from dissapointment, anything. But he kept believing in Jesus. Why? Because the guy that said those words to him was the same guy that a few moments earlier healed a woman. Even if Jairus wanted to disbelief Jesus, a look at the woman standing next him, would discarriage him from doing so. Now we understand why God allowed that. To keep Jairus' faith strong, to keep him from dissapointment and a possible loss of faith. Because he must keep his faith to receive from Jesus his request. The story doesn't finish. When they go to the house, they see people crying and in a few minutes Jairus will see his girl dead on the bed. Jesus says to people there something that seems to be a "nuisance". People lough at Him. Why did Jesus say that? Was He in a mood to start a conversation with them? No, those words were for Jairus, Jesus is trying to keep Jairus' faith in Him, His words are for him, He assures Him indirectly that his girl is not dead, he is going to wake her up

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Pt 3

Jesus takes with him only Peter, John and James and the parents of the girl and enters the house. He doesn't want other people to enter the room, their disbelief will ruin Jairus' faith, and that should not happen no way. And so Jairus gets from God what he needed. Was his faith big? No it wasn't. He just heard of a guy called Jesus who makes miracles and claims for Himself that He is the Son of God. Who enhanced his faith? Who drived him to the very end? Jesus did that with His words and actions. This is a way to understand how wisely God works with people. We put our little faith on him and when He sees that we are sincere about it (and humble) then His help comes to us. He drives us to get what we want from Him. At the end faith in God is a gift from God himself. God is wise, He adapts Himself to the individual to help them. Because God love is. The only thing we must do is follow His instructions and that is in many ways from Him. So everything starts from God and everything finishes on Him.

I Hope I haven't tired you. Now something that I have wriiten before, The proper definition of faith in Hebrew is as the grk text is translated more accurately. "Faith is the existence(brings into existence)of things we hope for, it is observation of things we do not see". Also it makes more sence than the Eng. translation.

Have a blessed weekend.

Christ's Faith

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.

The FAITH through which we are saved is Christ's faithfulness in performing everything required to accomplish the salvation of those whom God has chosen to save.

The faith the we exercise is a WORK and, if we are saved, is a RESULT of our salvation, not the CAUSE nor the MEANS.

A WORK (i.e. a good work) that we do is obedience to ANY commandment of GOD. And we are not saved by any work that we do. We are saved by Christ's WORK, and Christ's work ALONE. We contribute nothing.

Thank you.

Yes I would say I am strong Christian and I read the sculptures almost daily but still struggling with sin in my life although I am trying.

I know sin opens the doors to satan and these spiritual attacks but greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world. I can feel that I'm on the right path

Please first praise the LORD with me for Who He is and His faithful, trustworthy and good work. And please knock the door of Heaven with me, for more breakthroughs in my life , family and work situation.

2 Samuel 23:3 is THE prayer for America.

alex1939...Gerald GBU but let me remind you its what Jesus did at Calvary that saved all of us...His blood that New Covenant in his blood... Romans 5:8...While we were yet sinners Christ died for us,all of us...If i be lifted up i will draw ALL MEN unto me...The 2 theives were made Clean by his blood and the words he spoke to them...That New Covenant in his blood You are made Clean by the Words i have spoken unto you...Abide in me and i in you ...They didn't need to be water baptised the old covenant Johns water baptism...This was a new COVENANT IN HIS BLOOD...Remember what Peter said to whom shall we go lord thou has the Words of Eternal life...Jesus had a conversation with these 2 theives and it was his words that made them Clean... Hebrews 10:20 I was found of them that sought me not and i was made manifest unto them that asked not after me...This New Covenant is a different covenant then the 1 st covenant...God Almighty says i will know them ALL from the least to the greatest... Jeremiah 31:34...And this knowledge is an intimacy that is gonna form Christ in everybody...Thus the babes and sucklings he mentions...And Isaiah says that this Knowledge is gonna cover the earth as the waters cover the seas...Thats everybody...As Bro Paul mentions the whole creation groans for the manifestation of the Son of God (birth pains) ...The Children of Promise the H.G.... Romans 8:22...Real Faith is a spirtual pregnancy...They don't call him the bridegroom for nothin his words are his seeds that are gona fulfill that great Promise of Multiplication and regeneration...But these things are hid from the wise and prudent and revealed unto babes...Spirits the H.G. a living being our new heart and new spirit...An Israel of God...That New heaven and new earth...His seed and his name sake the H.G...27 times in the O.T. the Prophets saw the world in travail and birth pains...And thats y Elijah has to come and turn the fathers hearts to the Children...The Children of Promise...gbu Gerald

Hi Cindy, thank you and I agree with you but I must say in this case they absolutely know what they are doing. I happen to know these people well enough and I found out they run a brutal pedophile cult and it involves psychics and satanic priests and they openly blasphemy Jesus Christ. Kind of like how the abortionists say "Thank Jesus for abortions", It is the same kind of thing here. I can't help but think that they deserve some kind of hurt - If I could save those children by force I would. Anyways I thank you for your prayers, please take care.

The two thieves on the cross either side of Jesus , while of course they were two individual human beings , they are in fact representing the whole of humanity , us , me and you . For starters , under Jewish law , thievery was not to be punished by death . So when one of them says that they are recieving their due punishment for their deeds , he's not talking about their thievery , hes confessing his human state of sinfulness , the wages of sin is death , he's confessing that he is a sinner and as such deserves to die . This should be part of our confessions also . Then he asks Jesus to remember him in his kingdom , he acknowledges Christ , that Christ will not die and stay dead , Christ will be ressurected , Ecclesiastes chapter 9 verse 5 , he acknowledges that his only hope is that Christ will remember him and have mercy on him when Christ is ressurected . Thus , these two and their words are there solely for our learning and understanding , they represent the whole of humanity . It pays to read everything many many times and very carefully and also to listen to what others have to say , even if we don't agree , those little brain sparks can start firing off in lots of good directions if we allow ourselves to be stimulated into continually open to learning . I've been so inspired by this site , thank you all !

I want to thank you . Your posts have inspired me in my studies . This is why this site is so great , lots of different people with different perspectives bouncing of each other can only be invigorating to all of our brains and hearts . I notice that people disagree sometimes but I think that's good ! It gets our brains going ! It doesn't do for a Christian to never have their beliefs and understandings challenged , we can all learn from each other and maybe even teach each other something new . Have you not noticed , particularly in the Gospels , how the personalities and different perspectives of the writers come through ? This is not an accident !

I have always thought that the words the thief said were not his own , but that they came from the Holy Spirit . They are the words of all humanity crying out for help : Luke chapter 23 verse 40-41, these are all of our confessions . They are us . We are condemned with them , we hang either side of our Saviour . These words were spoken for us to hear and understand that they are our words , describing our state .

Excellent post , thank you .

Yes . Many of my friends and family are quite stupid I think . They put their faith in their jobs , in their bank balances , in other humans ( politicians , bosses , partners , parents , children etc ) they think I'm the crazy one ! These are for sure the blind leading the blind and we know what's going to happen to them . It's sad to be honest , so many people walking towards the pit . We , as humans , are supposed to learn from the past and from our own life experiences . Still people just don't get that this life is nothing and it's taking them nowhere . Buy this and you will be happier , you will feel superior to others who don't have what you have etc . Utter nonsense . Have faith in God and the promises that He has made to those who believe and trust and don't buy into the vanities of this world . There are wonderful eternal days to come , and we can be there . That's better than a new car any day ! Where your treasure is is where your heart is . Make Christ your treasure .