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Good Morning,

Please continue to pray for me that God will heal me 100% completely from my surgeries, for my left eye to heal from double vision, to get all my strength back, and to be bless with a large Financial Miracle to pay off large debts. I'm still off from work and receive limited income. Thank you in advance for praying for me and with me

Consecration into priesthood

Hi GiGi dear,

I am glad I found your comment here and I am already able to access my account. Firstly, I have a question about Andrew's topic, then I will comment about the prayers for our sons when you reply to this one.

Leviticus 20:10 points out that (a man commiteth adultery with another man's wife, even he that commiteth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.)

I have a few questions because this connects to the relatives of mine who are very important and dear to me.

Situation 1: As far as I understand this verse, it conveys that the status of the man is not specified, so he could be single or married, it is only the woman who is to be a man's wife or married to get involved with that man, that will form the sinful act of adultery on both sides . Does this mean that a married man actually is allowed to have a relationship with a single woman which means, as long the woman is not another man's wife? Is it still not considered adultery in our present period? It is evident in Deuteronomy that some God's chosen men has many wives like Solomon, Jacob, David and others... I know there might be many more. This requires me to continue reading the bible to know the entity. Can men in our present times practice polygamy without committing adultery?

Situation 2: How will this verse be applied to a woman if she is divorced from his previous husband? It looks that the woman is not permitted to do polygamy just like the ancient men can. One particular verse by St. Paul states that even the divorced wife from his husband may stay away from her husband but should remain single.

Looking at these facades: Can we still conclude in our present period that a man can practice polygamy as long as the lady is single and not commit adultery, but the same cannot be applied in vice versa to the woman?

If this is really what God wants, then I will say Amen to this because we are not to question God.

God bless you all !

Mary

Hello Texsis.

Glad to hear from you again.

I am going through the book of Leviticus now, having studied Genesis and Exodus. I write my "take aways" from my readings. Writing this out helps me process what I read and I hope it may benefit others or prompt others to add more info to help me better understand the text.

J

This happens very often.

Hello all, prior to yesterday I didn't believe in aliens or life on other planets. I thought God made the universe simply for us to admire in amazement at the vast scale, but figured that God's attention has been on our activities on earth. But I watched someone's interview and it was so detailed that I believe he's telling the truth. It's about a 2 hr interview on YouTube with Joe Rogan and Bob Lazar about Bob seeing, testing, and going in an alien aircraft which presumably originated from a different planet.

But believing in this now has ramifications- if there's intelligent life on other planets, did Jesus go there and die for them too? Is there a different "Jesus" for them? Is there a different Bible? Different heaven? Or, could these be heavenly beings?

A Blessed Sunday to all of you guys !

Dgjot,

To add 1Kings 1, then continuing into 1Kings 2, Please notice : 1Kings 1:9-12, Nathan Being a real Prophet of GOD (the one that GOD was using in that Day, 2Samuel 12, ) told Bathsheba "._._.that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon"

The fact Solomon let Adonijah live after that was very merciful. An important fact about who Adonijah had by his side, as highest ranking Military Man, if you question was Solomon's life in danger= Joab, the one who pulled off the murder of Uriah at the cost of others lives also in that battle, 2Samuel 11, 2Samuel 2, 2Samuel 3, 2Samuel 12:27,28, that's Joab.

What's even worse, it appears Adonijah had turned all the other Princes & family against Solomon & not one written that brought up Solomon, nor the promises of old, {That Solomon was to rule & build the Temple } 1Kings 7:51, look at 1Chronicles 22, note 2Chronicles 22:5,17, they knew & were ordered by King David to prepare & help Solomon even while he was very young. 1Chronicles 28, David had called an assembly & announced it publicly also.

Hopefully these are also helpful

Hello Dgjot.

"Cursing" in 1 Kings 2 and Leviticus 20:9 has the meaning of "talking to somebody with no respect, insult him". In Deuteronomy it has the meaning of "punishment/condemnation", like we say that "Jesus became a curse for us" which means that He took our place on the cross and was punished/condemned instead of us. GBU

Catholics believe you can marry a baptized Christian. Yet on the other hand, Christ died for our sins therefore, baptism of water is NO longer a factor. ONLY spiritual baptism.! If we reject His victory over the grave, we deny ourselves a place in eternity. But if we accept the truth, Paul assures that we will be saved. Having ever lasting life.!

Amen, amen and amen.!

What is said is true yet, beings I'm just getting back on after a few months, (minus once) I missed the question! What was your purpose of Lev 8:25? oh and thanks for welcoming me back Gigi.

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

please pray for me and my family please pray for my son in law who just lost his job

Thank you sister and May God bless, you and yours,

May God bless you and thank you for your prayers

If I read and understand verse 7 and 8 correctly: Is there any speculation concerning out of what (or which) earth was man created from and which he was taken from to be placed in the eastern part of Eden ?

Dear Shamira Anika Hollis, have you taken Jesus Christ as your personal Savior?

"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.

Olga , the physical drying up of the river has not to do with scripture . it's symbolic , the river Euphrates in scripture is symbolic for the divide between truth and confusion , babylon . The water separates lies and deception from the truth . when the river dries up so do all the lies and deception . nothing but truth remains and all it's biblical spiritual completion is cast upon mankind/earth . the verses you ask to be explained are of their own symbolic nature where we must be familiar with seals trumps vials and whats in them . in short , it's the brunt of the the great tribulation , when Satan and the locust armies are thrust upon the scene in an instant where a third part of man is slain by the dragons tail . the 6th vial poured out on the earth . but the tribulation had already begun back @ the woe of the 5th trump where all God's elect/grass were sealed .

The LORD is praised and magnified as we learn of HIS will and desire for us. Let us build up our nation by praying for the leadership to lean on the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Thank you LORD for the blessings and daily benefits, for the LORD GOD HIMSELF will blow the trumpet soon and we will experience "... the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids."

GOD shine HIS face upon all on this forum.

November 20, 2022

Can a Christian marry a Catholic ?

Andrew, Yes, one can be forgiven for adultery. As you said, repentance is what God wants of us. This means leaving off that woman and not getting into sinful situations with her anymore. It is a turning from sin to God and confessing this sin and asking for forgiveness. God does grant forgiveness. He does help us when we turn to Him. We can trust His word on this.

Good Evening Richard,

Church polity can be very good or very bad. It can uplift and tear down. I've experienced all of these. There are different ways that a congregation administers the matters of church business. Some have elders, some have committees, some have a pastor overseeing everything. All of these have their strengths and weaknesses. So, my take is for members to gain understanding about such matters early on so that they can work within the normal process or, if they do not agree with such process, they can prayerfully move on to another fellowship.

I can't say what approach is best. And as a church grows in numbers, what worked for a small group may need to change for a larger group.

COnclusion (for real this time) on committees. My point is in conclusion is that pastors may not know these things. My pastor actually agreed with me about a group invited to one of his social events. The communication was bad with the music director. Since then it has been better venues. He wasn't aware as well about certain music and groups that legally are supposed to get a cut due to copyright issues when their songs are played. He didn't seem to think so; but I know that if the music ever is recorded that would be an issue. The theological impact of the verbage of music also has to be evaluated.

I would suppose that preachers known to be errant could come up (again I am supposing the leadership is unaware of something that a layperson may be informed of). There are times to say "nay" in voting; that's my main point here.

Agape.

Meetings; conclusion.

Other things meetings involve are activities for all ministries in a church as well as work in the local community. Due diligence should be given to those familiar with charitable organizations; for instance before deciding to serve at a particular charity; for instance. In the past I have seen how the Pastor didn't know that the founder and leader didn't believe in the concept of the Trinity. More seriously; another group wasn't even preaching the Gospel as to repentance from sin; just a general "feel good" message to international students. Thankfully the Pastor decided not to go back there again. I would say from my own observations that churches tend to be myopic as to those already established rather than making any active efforts to support those who are currently having small groups and or prayer groups or wish to start doing that. Such things as evangelism as well are often ignored; when there are individuals who are already doing that and have experience to offer in that area. Again; often laypersons don't attempt to open up dialogue and it is partially their fault that these things aren't being incorporated into the regimen. There are cases where the establishment have their own itinerary. I would venture to say that the lack of prayer that I have seen in many fellowships is why there isn't more openness. Pastors and laypersons should be able to confess things to one another and support each other moving forward. There are times when asking for a public vote may not serve the best interests of the church. I saw where a committed couple that would come to pray before the service was voted out because their musical venue was considered "boring." Fortunately the replacement person who was rather immature in faith showed some signs of growth eventually but not all things should be a popular vote. My pastor now had to be told not to play certain music from bad ministries that he trusted the music director on as well.

Church committees (cont). It should be stated from the previous post that often church members aren't asking about some of the issues which come up for public vote. One example I have seen is congregational meetings on procuring monies for a new facility as opposed to remaining in the current one. I have seen firsthand how the wisdom of a licensed contractor with many years of experience was ruled out with everyone supporting the Pastor on purchasing a church facility needing much work which originally was to be about 100,000 dollars work of which most was already available in the church budget. Instead of being willing to pay for things being fixed properly the church all worked with a plan to bring in missionaries; and for people to pitch in on projects; as well as having one of the elders who had some industrial construction experience be the one in charge. In short; largely due to the foundation issues inside with the gully and overwash in the driveway outside today they are estimating it will be 400,000 dollars to put into it. I had earlier voiced concerns over spending about a thousand a month more than the place we were sharing with another church for a more convenient space at an earlier time as well. In any case; it appears God is continuing to expand membership so they may eventually be in the black; but it is a risky thing especially when there was such a surplus a few years back that could have been spent on missions.

Church discipline; as well as membership also involves public meetings as well as; of course marriages. If laypersons would follow Biblical guidelines when a brother sins against them and that includes those in leadership as well being held to the same accountability; we surely would see less decay today.

When it comes to missions; there is often sadly a great lack of money in terms of percentage of the overall budget for those entrusted to preach the Gospel overseas; and members can express this at budget meetings.

Dgjot,

I'm taking the word "cursed" directly from the Bible not other witchcraft things of this world because GOD said no undue curse shall stand. Proverbs 26:2, That stuff has no power over Believers that stay in GOD's ways.

Malachi 2:2, Deuteronomy 28, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 20:11, the laws GOD had given Moses included the things forbidden that he was actually asking for Solomon to give permission. Being the king, guilt would have cursed as Deuteronomy 28:15-68, promises. Israel agreed to that, in Deuteronomy 27,

Look also at Ezekiel 21,

Hopefully these are helpful

Please pray. We miraculously fell pregnant thanks to IVF but had a miscarriage at under 10 weeks the other week. Devastated but trust god. My workplace had been bullying me and disclosed pregnancy and IVF however. Prayer that I forgive all and help my husband and I heal and move forward and have another miracle. Believing my uterus is healed and fruitful. We are not doing IVF again as we trust god as Sarah did and many examples in the bible. AMEN.

Prayers for a situation at work.The situation is years old. Where someone claims they were hurt. I did. EVERYTHING to let them know my equipment was there. They did not listen and proceeded anyway. Prayers the situation dont cost me my job. I just had heart surgery and need my job. As i am my only means of financial support. My husband died 10 yrs ago.

Prayers all goes well and i dont lose my job. Amen

Please pray for my uncle Danny salvation and all my kids and there families salvation and tarra and her families salvation. All of our finances to get better we all get to church and live for christ thank you