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Mark 12:14 - 17 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.

My prayer requests is ( for myself & my family to overcome whatever comes there way , financially , spiritually, health issues , mentally & to be humble . Especially to have love, faith, hope that life is gonna get better. (As mother, I am trying to let go & let my kids live & It hurts when I can't help. I want to be their guardian angel & protection them everything that stop the growth to live a better life but I can't barely deal with my life. I am struggling.myself. I have have faith that everything is gonna get better. Please pray for us ... Thank you. Victoria Phillips

Prayers proction over my family nicole abd family

Hello Mary-Jo. In Exodus 4:18-26 we read of this sad account. Moses had failed in his duty to have his son circumcised on the eighth day, as prescribed by the Law. Moses had two sons: Gershom & Eliezer. It may well be that Eliezer is referred to here & Moses even at this late stage, had not fulfilled the Law. Moses & his Midianitish wife, Zipporah, were travelling with their sons when the Lord met them & desired to afflict Moses with a punishment leading to his death. We're not told why Moses was remiss in this act; maybe because other matters pressed upon his mind or even being in the Midian environment where circumcision was unacceptable, he planned to do it later on; but in this encounter with God's Hand heavily upon him, Zipporah stepped in & performed the circumcision herself thereby sparing Moses' life.

Thanks Chris. This does help.

Hi Brenda. In Ecclesiastes 1:1, the preacher is clearly Solomon, King David's son, & king in Jerusalem. No one else could fit that description. The word, 'preacher' is used here, but in Hebrew, it comes out as a 'teacher, a convener of people'. And so he was: not only a king but also one who taught the people, as is written about him in 1 Kings 4:29-34 & 1 Kings 10:23,24.

Thanks Gigi, I appreciated your thoughts.

I am a christian and was baptize in the name of Jesus. I asked that I am connected with the lord. I have faith and believe. I go to a church that speaks Spanish but they do translate in english. I love my pastor and family and all the brothers and sisters in our church. I second pray for my husband Segundo Barrera to be safe and heal fast when he has his surgery. also I pray my family changes and seeks the lord . Thank you I pray in Jesus name AMEN

Hello Neville. I tend to understand this verse as referring to those who are contrite, even broken, in their spirit. Maybe because of their circumstances in life, hardships, trials and so forth, they have nothing to boast about or revel in, but their spirits are brought into a correct attitude about life & their need of real help. Any material blessing would only temporarily make life easier but when the spirit reaches out & longs for that which really satisfies, God will readily meet their need.

Luke 6:20 reads as, "Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God". And Luke 4:18, Jesus quoting from Isaiah about Himself, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor...". Whether in spiritual poverty or lacking in worldly goods, even having a spirit that is contrite before God, Jesus came to minister to these folk, that through their poverty & spiritual need they would ultimately be blessed; and post-crucifixion & the Work of the Holy Spirit, these are the broken spirits that will be affected and moved towards the Lord's Salvation.

Worldly: in contrast with the promise of the kingdom

Please pray for me and my family

Dear Nai, Jesus didn't promise us a life without problems and struggles. He promised to be with us during our rough times. If you have been saved, you have been sealed and nothing can take that away from you. Have faith, Nai, and endure to the end. Those who have been saved bear the fruit of the Spirit: Galatians 5:22-24 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Love is the greatest fruit. You can have everything in the world, but if you do not have love, you have nothing.

Jesus is the only way to be saved. Here are the instructions--

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.

If you have asked Him to forgive you and come into your heart, you are saved. Surrender to Him. Do His will. Pray, read and study His Word, bear witness of him, have faith.

God bless you!

Pharisees and scribes asked Jesus

Mark 7:5- 9 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Any Philosophy that adds to or changes the word of God, the tradition/Doctrine of Jesus Christ is tradition/doctrine of Men, Easter is another example.

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Hellow Antony.

Although I don't agree with you about the church going through the great tribulation (but this is another topic), I agree with you about those 7 churches in Revelation

Notice. In verse 1:7 says "Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia...".

Now Jesus says to John to write His words and send them to those 7 churces. If the churches are symbolic for the history of the church through the ages and not litteral, just imagine say the pastor of Sardis who maybe was doing well in his ministry to receive a message from Jesus telling him that he is dead. He will definately die of heart attack. The pastor of Ephessus? If he had not fallen from his first love to read Jesus telling hin that? Imagine if Philadelphia was not doing well and Jesus congratulated them? How about Antipas the martyr, was he symbolic for something? It is obvious that those churches were litterally existing at that time and Jesus adressed some issues there, He knows they have to be corrected.

But the problem ia always initiating from what Jesus said to Philadelphians."Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."

But what is it meant by "the world" and "the earth"?

Colossians 1:6 "Which is come unto you, as it is in ALL THE WORLD; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, ...:" also verse 23 "If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and WHICH WAS PREACHED TO EVERY CREATURE WHICH IS UNDER HEAVEN; whereof I Paul am made a minister;" Romans 9:17-18 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went INTO ALL THE EARTH, and their words unto ENDS OF THE WORLD

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Anthony

So what is meant in those verses when saying the whole world, about every creature under heaven, ends of the world, into all earth,...?

When Paul (and the ancient people) talks about the whole world he primarily means the Roman world, the Roman empire, the west civilized world. Everybody and everything outside that region was not worth to be mentioned of (plus the fact that they had a limited knowledge of the actual size of the earth and the existing nations).

Now what is it that God protected that church from in reality? Maybe a general persecution in the empire, some major catastrophies, some big wars with enemies to Romans? One has to read the history of the late 1st and early 2nd centuary AD to find out.

But to be honest I am wondering, why Jesus included those warnings to those churches in a book written about the end times? Surely He could do it in another way. Is it possible that the actual litteral churches were also a symbol for the church history. Facts do seem to coincide with the actual church history(?). And we also know that in Bible often real events are also a symbol for something else that happened later in the future.

Now about the great tribulation. Christians have so far gone through persecutions and tribulations many many times. Also through harsh times due to wars, famine, physical catastrophies like the rest of the world. But the great tribulation is something else. It is not just a tribulation. It is a tribulation due to God's wrath. It will be caused this time by God, not people. And I cannot think God sends His wrath on earth while His people are still there, to suffer His wrath together with sinners. This is what the scripture says about Noah and Lot. First God took away His people and then sent His wrath to those places. Plus the fact that we now live under Grace. Grace and Wrath do not fit together. First His Grace has to be removed with the rapture of the saints and then His Wrath will be sent to the sinful world.

GBU

1st Corinthians 11.25

I believe he was born between 6 and 4 BC.

Dear Olivia

Firstly you have to have to find out what is it you fear for?

Is it that you feel quilty about things you have done but repented and asked to be forgiven? Then you'd better forget them since God Himself has forgotten them. Sometimes we have a guilty concience (without any reason) that does not allow us to enjoy our relationship with God.

Is it that you don't feel you walk in front of God perfectly? Nobody does. We all have our struggles in our christian life, our ups and downs, but we still keep going, this is the most important thing to do. Keep going nomatter what you have done and how you feel, things will eventually become better. God is on our side to help us, not to condemn us. He wants to get His children to the end, to Heaven.

Is it that circumstances in life make you frightened about the present and future? You have to trust and rest in God's Word. Faith in God is increased by reading and listening to God's Word. Be in company with fellow christians to get support, christians should not be loners in no case.

Maybe you can not locate where your fear comes from? Ask God to reveale it to you and how to get rid of it.

I think it is you that can help youself, with God's grace and strength.. Have a Blessed day.

I have a question. Why did God try to kill Moses?

PSALM 27:1-7

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb

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Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and He shall bring it to pass.

He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him:

VERSES 16-26

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

For such as be blessed of Him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of Him shall be cut off.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in His way.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread

he is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

Believe and rest in His Words and they will be fulfilled in your life.

Have a Blessed Weekend

Dear Donna, it's so incredibly true. For at once the heavenly multitudes and Jesus Him Self come to guard His newborn child. Tell everywhere, anytime and to all ppl, that's your testimony! It comes faith in that, if possible, can u save others. It does well to younr next In any case.

God bless us all in Jesus name. After Gods will.

Romans 4:7-8 love u in Christ

Dear God Father in heaven, you who have created all things and know all things. Fill us with Your peace and joy Lord, so that we always may praise You God Almighty. After Your will. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen Romans 4:7-8

Thank You Lord Jesus Christ hallelujah amen. In Jesus name. Stay strong in the word, love u in christ. Romans 4:7-8

The book of Ecclesiastes has 12 chapters. Check your scripture reference again and bring the point

Is baptism necessary to be saved?

Who is the preacher speaking inn verse one ,chapter one?

If a person believes Jesus was commanded by his Father to establish the following doctrine, then they must obey the command:

"...if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift."

Matthew 5:23-24 KJV

If a person does not want to obey the preceeding command, they must present a compelling argument against it.

"For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist."

Luke 21:15 KJV Crown copyright in the United Kingdom

God was content to dwell in a tent.

Why does (we) the Christian faith, celebrate Jesus birthday. Where in the Bible does God or Jesus say to pick a random day for this?

What is it to be poor in spirit? Mathew 5:3.